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J*-- ^ •%. A * * V^Ji X, -"W ^ ' 1 * <• M - • * * . - , / 5 • . , • „ ' J ' <'••*;'; - -r/^-V rr >-~ y togt Eight m Wi^"!$§£ ~Wi '><<• T\f •'••V. ;• S 'i&slSl #»-' f. . e«6Bw«' 1ns sa ife; •s •• V~»f THE McHEKStY "IJUNDEAfcEt r • • >w |,rv * ^ V* ~ % * ^ * *iv. !•....'/i >*4H V I p; ./v.. :%i,- <«& *•: 2, 1942 Society Notes ." Riwrvitf Camp '..._ ' ,*Chcre will be a meeting of the Jtlveryiew. camp, R.N.A. onTuesday , 'ijwenin^,* July Tv:.;J; '•'•,• • " 5^yCla>a's Court vfet. Clara's Court. Catholic Order of foresters; will hold one rheetinjf a month during the summer. The July meeting- will held on the ninth and AuiUi'. C^^thirt^iitli,.; ' ' '• Diitwr Guests "; •fwo ?<»l*-ctees, Pvt.-'Curtis. Jfewjiian' Jefferson Barrack^ Mo., and Daniel justen, wh<>\wis inducted early • this week, were jeruests of honor at \'v.;|C dinner Saturday evening- at the ':hgms.pf Mr, and Mrs. Alex Justin./ < *•• '"'?V\ \ V.', Selectee Ho«ia«^3i&$#'•:• '"•* TSfr. Vid Mr*. Peter* M. Jastefe "wrre ;V'-:|tateit8 to a family jproup of twelve, last, Sunday evening at a si* o'clock dih- ,Tier. The occasion honored their ^on, COLLEGE ROMANCE . IS CULMINATED IN MARRIAGE SUNDAY ....?" Circle ni W. S.CS. - ' jpircle three of the." W„ S. C. S. will rni°Pt with Mrs: Ey-G. Petersen, Ofu Thursday, July 9. Members are asked, to .bring sugarless recipes for exchange. :'. "7 ' - v.-. • • '.z±sui*r: ••' *;• »' # Church Weddinf ^At a very quiet ceremony performed at the Community Methodist church, last Saturday afternoon at five ^o'clock, Rev. J. H. Miller united in ^marriage Mrs. ftelen Szarmacfi and Mr. Earl W Celine,, both of Chicago, They were attended by Mf;'and "Mrs. Haffner of Blue Island, III. V:-;> • ;^Sunday Nighters y. -I'he iieWly oric»f»«ed MetH<>dist "Sunday Nightets" held a picnic at • Sportsahan.V.. Pj»rjk Jaet Sunday afternoon and eyeiimjs: Jhose who attended were unkriimo^ itt thi&ir opinion ihat it wri^is a hui?P success/ live next regular meeting will', be held Sunday, .P&niel, ho left .Tuesday' morning tol Jiil-y -6, at eight o'clock at the church, enter army service. He was one of"^n>" inarried couples wrho would care McHenry mert in the ."second -W. 'Jiin^ diVft call from MfcHenry county., come. * " Public Card Parly '... '-Clara's Court will sponsor: » ^blic card party in the city park on afternoon of July 23. It will begin two o'clock and in case of rain kill V held in St. Mary-St. Patrick School hall. ^V. prize will be given for ich table. Admission is twenty-eight tax included.' ,.-L . w-• * * * - • " East River RoadrWiwdSf^ Mrs. Ellsworth Shoemaker was lMlstess to members of the East River ICoad Pinochle club w^ien they met at her home last Thursday aftei-noon. j Mi's. Ben Dietz and Mrs. Albert Vales ' merited the prizes. The next meet- j ing will be a 12:30 o'clock luncheon! at the hopie of Mrs. Thomas Thonnmon on July 9." r ^ y * Enjoy Ojitlng' • ^Following -the Crystal Lake--Mc Henry tennis match last Sunday on the former's home courts, the two teams, their families and a few friends enjoyed a picnic-at Walkup's Woods, north of Crystal Lake. The j outing also served, as a farewell for Bdwin Stowe, a member of the visitors team; who left Monday for Mt.. -Pleasant, New Jersey, where he . re- , joined the Coast Guard after a fifteen . dfty furlough. : " » *.-• *' * * ' . . " f Surprised On Anniversary _ . Friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. T. -.J vii Thonneson at their home on East Kiver Road last Saturday evening in tonor of their thirty-third wedding anniversary. Pinochle provided entertainment during the evening with high honors going to Mrs. Albert Vales, Mrs. John Braeseke and Mrs. George Justen. A delicious lunch served at midnight and a lovely gift was pre- . .sented the honored couple. Those present at the party were Messrs. and Mesdamjes Albert Vales, George Justen, William Freund, Ed. Satton, Ben Dietz, Harry Wright, John Braeseke Miss Marguerite and Hugh Kirk. " ^ . " Lily Lake PTA - . ' The- Lily Lake school -PTA was entertained at B«tt#'s Pljfce last Thursday, June 26. The hostess, Mrs. •Betfy Boyko, served tf lovely luncheon to the seventeen guests present at th conclusion of an enjoyable afternoon* spent in playing bunco anAcards; Due ti> the added activities caused by the fernival and the fourth, the regular monthly meeting-of; the PTA usually held at- ^the ^choolhouse the first Friday of the wonth, will be p o s t p o n e d . -- - v •' will Christening • e. The infant daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. B. ;Murphy was christened Kathleen Marie at St. Patrick's church on Wednesday afternoon June 24, at four o'clock, ijiev.i Father William O'Rourke officiated at the baptismal Ceremony. Sponsors for tjie baby were Dr. L. D. Murphy, Sr, oi Chicago and Mrs John Karls of McHenry, grandparents of Kathleen Marie. She was christened in the same dress worn-by her sister, two-year- | old Mary Lynn Murphy, and her t&ther at their christenings. About twenty-five friends and relatives gathered at the Murphy home tkffeer the baptism to enjoy dinner. 'i ^-Announce Mairriage Friends in this' community interested to learn of the marriage on Tuesday, June 23, of Miss Delma Freund, of McHcnry arid Staff Sergeant Robert Rusboldt of the First Fighter Group, U. S. Air Force, who is stationed at Daw; Field, Bangor, Me. The marriage was performed by Reverend Father Carmady of the U. S. Air Force at Daw Field chapel. Staff Sergeant Thomas Beresford and his wife, Susan Peresford, were witnesses. at the Nuptial Mass. •••-y. • » '.;i Triple Celebration A triple celebration was observed at the Pete Engeln home eaSt of "the river last Sunday, June 28, when about one hundred friends and. relatives gathered to observe the twentyfifth. anniversary/of the^marriage oi Mr. and Mrs. Engeln, tnfe first wedding anniversary of their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Melsek, and the birthday of a son-inlaw, Robert Allen, of Cary. Many beautiful gifts were given the honored guests, among them several silyer pieces to Mr. and Mrs. Engeln. They were married in Chicago but have been residents of McHenry for many years. They have three' daughters, Mrs. Robert Allen of Cary, Mrs. LeRoy Melsek of McHenry, .and Betty Engeln of Chicago; t " Fashion Revoe If McHenry ladies are not dressed :in the most fashionable sports clothes this summer, it will not be the fault of the ladies of Circle I of the W. S. C. S. or of Mrs. BettjP Neilsen, sponsors and director, respectively, of the fashion revue presented at the theater Tuesday evening. Models from here and also surrounding towns stepped forth in guy summer finery that night to show the general public what the well dressed women and children will wear for 1942. The models were Mrs. Richard Overton, Elaine Fredrickson, Mrs. Walter Carey,- Mrs. Eugene Sayler, Mrs. E. Glendee, Miss Gloria Felz, Mrs. Quentin Walsh, Lucille Weingart, Mrs. Madison King, Mitzi Durland, Mrs. Harold Owen, Joan Reitvansperger, Monica Beller. Betty Kramer, Mary Grace Murphy, Kathleen Henn, Kathryn, Westphall, Beatrice WilliarrVs, Shirley Heide, Mrs. LeRoy Melsek and Mrs. Harry Durland, all of McHenry; Mrs. James Connley. Woodstock; Marie Kreuser of Grayslake, and Jean Ostroff of Aurora. : A college day roma'nee was culminated last Sunday ijrl the niarriage of Miss Alfce Huffman, daughter of Mr.- and Mr^. Philip A. Huffman, of Terra Cotta, and Irving B. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. ~J. T.-Johrtson of Chicago. -.- The ceremony was- read in* the Huffman home at 1:30 by the Rev. O. Phil-, lip Johnson, pastor of Bethany Lutheran churchf As the couple took their places before flowered"altar, Mrs. Myrtle Thurlwell., sister of the bride, played the wedding march. .. , ' v The attractive bride was attired in a gown of blue Sharkskin and wore a corsage of yellow roses. Mrs. Phyllis Holtz, her sister, acted as maid of honor, wearing yellow sharkskin and had a corsage of mixed flowers. Floyd Anderson of Chicago Was the best Fifty guests"'-veifeat.' th* 'redepitioii-"••Vhiclr-" followed." - A buffet supper was served, the bs iile cutting the three-tiered wedding cake. . • , Mrs. Johnson was graduated fwiw th<5 Crystal:-Lake high"^sjfhbol and attended Cornell college for' 'two yettifs," For. the past year she -has beeft em ployed in the Home State Bank there. Mr. Johnson has a graduate assistant* ship rrt chemistry at Columbia,^hivei^ "sity, N^»|^fork City, wh«re they1 will: make uroffl^home. ' • r;- LUCILLE NIMSGERN AfTRACTIVE BRIDE ^ OF ROY NELSON A^lovely wedHinfc took^plajbe Satutday aft^rnortrt at tTiWe^'clock at St, Peter's rectory ui^ert Miss Lucille Nimsgern, daughter of Mr.'and Mrs. VICTOR MILLER ^ TAKES BRIDE AT FREMONT CENTER One of the most beautiful June weddings "in this community took j)lace last Satujflay morning at 9:30 at Fremont Gemter, uniting in marriage Miss Flortnce Behm of Fremont Center and LUCILLE MICHELS I; • T BRIDE OF WOODSTOCK MAN LAST SATURDAY " - > • ' St. xFhomas ehurch in Crystal Laxe was the jscA'e* of'a*lovely June wedding last Saturday morning when Miss Lucille Michels of that city be-, yanle the bride of Mr Marvin Bptaford, son of Mns. Elizabeth Bo^ford of Woodstock. The bride, accompanied to the altar Hby her father, was charmingly attired in aAlace and net gown. Her fingertip veil was held in place by a headpiec? of orange blossoms and she carried gardenias and Stephanotis. Sharon Parker, a niece of the bridegroom, preceded the pride down the aisle, scattering flowers , in her pathway. She was dressied la yellow or- »andy-^ • Miss Naomi Botsford, the maid of honor, was attired in pale green silk JKENNEBECK-GAYLORD NUPTIAL VOWS ARE EXCHANGED JUNE 27 \a beautiful irith a two- ?il attached LIFSmCK v Smart girls everywhere are raving about the new Revlon Lipstick, how H stays on--never sticky-- never "faded". Doesn't dry Hps. 40c, also}% IM (i». Bolger's . - Drug Store- Green "Street McHenry A wedding of 'interest to? many in this community took place last Saturday afternoon at t^e recfory of St. Mary's Catholic church in Woodstoctt uniting in marriage Miss Jeanett«r Ann Kfnnebeck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Kennebeck, who resides near McHenry, and Raymond Julian Gaylord of Woodstock The lovely bride wore white slipper satin gown tyard train and a tulle to-,a heart-shaped headpiece.' She'carried a bouquet of white roses and babysbreath and wore a pearl necklace, a gift of the groom. The grooms sister, Miss Jean Gaylord, served as bridesmaid, attired a poudre blue marquisette "and lace dress with an orange blossom head piece. Her, flowers were pmk roses and blue delphinium. . Daniel Kennebeck, pother of the bride, served as best man. - A dinner for the bridal party and immediate families ?was held at Hetterman's dining room at Johnsburg at six o'clock, with a reception for friends, and Relatives' at the V.F.W hall in Crystal Lake at eight. Upon their return from a short wedding trip in Minnesota, the newlyweds will make their home Vith the groom's parents in Woodstock where bot^i are employed at the Alemite (Photo by Warwick) MRS. VICTOR MILLER Mr. Victor Miller of McHenry. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.- Marcus Behm and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Miller of McHenry. The attrabtive dark-haired bride walked down the aisle alone, wearing a white marquisette dress, princess style, with a long train. Her fingertip veil was held in place by a halo of seed pearls. Vidlet Miller, niece of the groom, was the maid of honor, attired in blue marquisette with matching headdress. She carrjed Talisman roses. .4 Mary Behm, sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, wearing pink marquisette and a matching headpiece. She carried pink roses. Roy Behm, brother of the bride, served as best man. The little flower girl was Ann Behm, niece of the bride. She wore pink organdy, trimmed in blue, and carried a small basket of blue, pink and white flowers. ( liie bride's'mother was attired in a navy blue dress and hat and wore a corsage of roses. The groom's mother wore a flowered print dress.ia navy hat and a corsage of whitep carnations. Following! the ceremony, a wedding breakfast was served at« the Behm home at Fremont Center. Dinner ahd reception were held at St. Mary - St. Patrick school hall for about ont hundred guests and a. wedding dance.. Was "held in the evening at the Bridge ballroom. The bride has been employed in the office of Johns-Manville in Waukegan and "the groom operates a trucking business in McHenry. Out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Johnsop, Glen Dfewey of Chicago and " Mr. and Mrs. Cheeseman of Qrayslake. COMING EVENTS Coloriui Koomi In 1753 a Bostonian advertised h& house for sale. He described ona room as painted blue, one green, one cedar and another like marble. July 2.3.4*5 Legion Carnival. July 3 Christian Mothers Foodi Sale -- .Jacob Justen & 'Sons -- Green Street. Red Cross -- High School. „ July 6 Johnsburg Community Club. July 7 , Riverview Camp, R. N. A./'; July 9 Pinochle Club -- Mrs. Anna Thejiines. St. Clara's Court, Lady Foresters -- Regular Meeting. 1 • East River Road Pinochle $»jb -- Mrs. Thomas Thonneson., Circle III W. S. C. S. Mrs. E. G. •'. Peterson. - ' »• ". July 10 \ ^ . Christian MotheA -- Regular Meeting.' • July 18 - 19 St. Peter's Carnival and Chieketi Dinner--- Spring Grove. , . July 23 ' ' SL Clara's Court--Public Card Party --r 2 o'clock City Park, , " July 25 - 26 St. Patrick's Carnival and Chicken Dinner." # / *• ' July 2$: : . Sunday Nighters. August St. Clara's Court -- .Regular Meeting. ^Iffrs. Mary Thelen > Mrs. Mary Thelen, 90, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Wagner, on Friday, June 19, 194?, after an illness of several months. She had been a resident of 'Atmosphere' in Kitchen » . - * J Dark ivory and dull rich red con**1 bine to give a stimulating atmoSfc.' ' JyC phere to a kitchen, The walls, pain6>T, • ,, ed a gray-blue, are set off fety woo^e-' • * *" work anjj cabinets painted ivory^: The red which tops the working sufi&( faces of the cabinets in the form o|t linoleum is Continued above the cab»t in^ts by a band aboiA a foot deefr. painted along the wall. The win* dow, covered with an ivor^ vencffl tian blind, is hung with curtains o! r^d and ivory plaid gingham. Thepair of ""small opeh shelves holding dishes and pots of ivy are painted red--so are the handles of the cabin; nets. There are red-painted chair# and table. The floor is covered wittt an ivory linoleum, .figured with re4 and gray. 4#* marquisette and carried a bouquet of thi* communitv t!irou»hout most of (Photo by Worwfek) MR, AND AiiiS. iiAi \NELS0N ^[ath Nims'jern, became the bride of M??T?oy' Nelson, Bt)n. qf Mr. and Mfs. Emil Nelson of Chicago. . ; >• The bride was lovely in "ITgewn of blue lace with.'white "accessories and wore a corsage of white roses. Her attendant, Miss Bevnice Nimsgern, •sister of the bride, woro a pink lace gown with white accessories and had j a corsage of pink .roses. Harry Nelson , a brother of the groom, served I as best man. ' . . " • ' '• • ^ Following the ceremony, a dinner -was served at the bride's home for the wedding party., the immediate families and Rev. John Daleiden. A reception was held at the Town Hall at night for aboiit ,one hundred relatives and friends. The iguests were entertained during the evening by several humorous monologues given by the bride's uncle, Paul Pittges. Dancing and singing also furnished entertainment and refreshments were i i e r V e d . _ ' ' . Out-of-town guests present were, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Norits Smith, Mr and Mrs. Emil Nebgen and daughter, Irene, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pittges, Mrt; and Mrs. Charles Thoma and Mr. and Mr Joseph Pittges, all of Chicago, Mr and Mrs. Robert Nimsgern, Waukegan, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Degen and son, Bill, and daughter, Josephine, of Waukegan. The bride and groom left on a wedding trip to Madison, Wis., and on their return will reside in Chicago> yellow roses. Miss Doris ^Ann Justen of McHenry, a cousin of the bride, wealing pale yellow organdy, acted as junior bridesmaid. She carried : a' colonial. bouquet of mixed flowers. , Jerry Michels, 'brother of the bride,> served, as best rnahi twhile another brother, Howard Mifchels, "and ; & friend," LeRoy, Smith, were ushers. ' , Followin the cerenpony, a reception was held at the home t>f thi. bride's parents.- The young couple then left on a honeymoon trip into Wisconsin. Upon their return they will reside at-Woodstock where 'Mr Botsford is employed at the Alemite as a tool and die-maker. Since her graduation from the Crystal (Lake high school, Mrs. Botsford has been employed by Aubrey, Moore & Hallace Advertising Co, in Chicago. The former MiSs Michels is well knowri in McHenry where she h|is many relatives and friends. ' 4ver life; il JUNE WEDDING ; Jfivy "Mess Custom Onfe of tKe oldest navy mess customs was that religion and ladies should never be discussed in a gen* tlemen's mfess.; ....^ . •• . ......w Alherican Botanist John Bartram, the first great American botanist, purchased land in Kingsessing in 1728 which became the site of the first botanical garden and hybridizatioif experiments in the United States,. Born in Darby of a Quaker family he had little formal education, but early in life evinced .£reat interest in botany. Despite his wife's disapproval he purchased books on the subject and learned Latin so that he might better understand them. Plants from all along the Atlantic seaboard were gathered and set in his garden. By 1733 his reputation had spread to Europe and he began his famous correspondence with the celebrated English horticulturist, Peter Collinson, whom he never met. He exchanged seeds and bulbs with all the important botanists of Europe. He married twice and had 11 children. One son, William, also became a distinguished botanist, i \ ^hoto try WorwlcJr MRS. RAYMOND SCHILLER At a lovely wedding ceremony per-, "•farmed Saturday morning, June 27, in St. Mary's church. Miss Doris Haraii became the charming bridtT"of Mr. Raymond Schiller. & ~ The recoverable oil in the^U. S. navy's petroleum reserve No. 1 in Kern county, California has b4en estimated at 600.{)00.000 barrels. Hartla&d Church HAS Dedication Ceremonies The most Rev. Edward F. Hobar:, bishop of the Rockford. diocese, dedicated the rebuilt St. Patrick's Catholic church at Hartland last Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service. The edifice was razed by fire April' 10, 1941, after celebrating its 100th year founding in August of 1937. The parish is one of the oldest in Northern Illinois. t „ 'Nigbt Blindn^n' About one out of every 20 persons has a poorly functioning visual apparatus for night seeing. These persons, who in varying degrees are subject to the condition khown as "night blindness," are not able to do anything much under the restricted lighting available in the streets during a blackout. Somt night blinci persons, it may be'pointed out, have good daylight vision, Subscribe for The Plaindealelr! Indian Meaning . Idaho in Indian means the mountains.'* 'light on Announcing the Opening of the SUMMER CAMP at Pistakee Halt Far Girls Ideal summer vacation for your child at a Beautiful Resident Hall oil Pistakee Bay. Boating, Swimming (tinder supervision of qualified life -guards), Hiking, Handicraft. Picnics, Horseback Riding, Outdoor Sports, Supervised IMay* Registration Now. 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