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in w Rail Nmt Althoff u Juvenile director. Ver* •on Freund, chief ranger, Fred J. Meyers, finance secretary, Junior Freund, recording secretary, Delpbfne Freund, treasurer held in CMoago Md national finals in Detroit. William^ H. Althoff was elected to the state board of trustees after serving as juvenile director Other members were Ray and and speaker of the court for e- LeRoy Smith, Charles Weingart, jeven years. George J. Freund following history Of St. '• Court, C.O.F., and present [ties of the group have been led by William H. Althoff. ranger, and should be of to those who have folthe progress aiftl growth court during its long exe: St. Mary's Court, No. 594. O.F., of McHenry, had a spepast chief rangers' night on lay, Dec. 1, and a good d attended the meeting and ^ijoyed the report On activities «n the past chief rangers. The ^ chief ranger turned this t of the meeting over to the mediate past chief ranger, rother Joe May. The following it chief rangers were present: Thennes, Jacob Freund, Leo eimer, Anton Blake, George J. und, John R. Schmitt, Paul anda and Joe May. Brother May introduced the chief rangers and asked em to give a short report of {he highlights of the activities furing each one's term in office. Brother John Thennes was the Urst to make his report due to fact that he was the oldest years of past service. e informed us that when he irst got active in the C.O.F. held their meetings in Leber's hall, which was located n Riverside Drive where the resent city park and bathing each is. Mr. Weber had a carlenter shop on the first floor meeting hall on the sefioor. Math Weber was i (lief ranger and Brother Then- £es was recording secretary. The Sourt had thirty-eight members ind the building was a frame Huilding, with no lath or plaster, .|ut had beaded ceiling and sideij| aU. Pot-bellied Stoves were Used for heating and the mem- Hers would walk to the meetings % felt boots and heavy felt locks. Cuspidors were a necessity because most of the mem- ; era chewed tobacco and the , aeetings were conducted in Ger- 11 an. Brother Thennes told us he night a motion was made to hiange the language of the .j Aeetings from German to Eng- | iffe a very lengthy and stormy piston got under way. Finally * the question was tabled to the | next meeting. When a final vote taken the vote was 27 for 9 against the change. Brother elected chief ranv gir at the next election of offi- | ftefs. Under his term of office I Ihey IIMWE' from Weber's hall to I the telephone exchange building J M the second floor and meeti' Mrs were conducted in the Engj Bttt language and a juvenile -i lf|*nch was started at the end ] IN* Brother Thennes' term of of- The present chief ranger was speaker of the court and ali| «o took over the duties of juvendirector. The original juvenile y-'sgiitach consisted of William H. Robett Justen and Jim Freund These boys were put in' as trustees and meetings were held in regular form under direction of the juvenile director and, the chief ranger, Wrather JBke Freund. , This branch of St Mary's Court has been kept active since its inception and Bobby Justen, Jim Freund, Junior Freund and Ray Smith formed a Junior C.O.F. band consisting of piano, accordion, trombone, saxophone and trumpet. Thi% group was used to furnish entertainment for such occasions as Christmas parties, initiations, etc. From thirty-eight members at Weber's hall the court has grown to a membership of 256. The juvenile director then organized a baseball team sponsored by St. Mary's court and John R. Schmitt was elected chief ranger. Again the court had enjoyed increased membership and when he relinquished his office the court had grown to a membership of 412. Out of this number, 110 were juveniles. After eleven years of service as juvenile director and speaker of the court it was decided by the Sigh court and state court, as well as the local court, that the office of juvenile director be a salaried office and five cents for juveniles was allowed annually to the court for juvenile activities and salary for the director. At that time Cletus Althoff was appointed juvenile director. The baseball activities were carried on by the speaker of the court for seven years and the district baseball tournament was held in McHenry. Sycamore won first place in the district and Elgin second place. State finals were --riiUpM HmW»IM|^inil(l>llilli succeeded John R. Schmitt as chief ranger and again the court carried out a program of activities for both juveniles and adults. The juveniles played basketball, in the high school gym every Sunday afternoon and under the leadership of Brother Freund the court increased to 489 members. Brother Paul Yanda succeeded George J. Freund as chief ranger and kept the activities of the court at a high level. During his administration, the first C.O.F. state basketball tournament was held in McHenry. Henry tKft fferit lMft, «nth * and Buddy Thetiiw chairmen, and Brother P&t&'-ii. Meyers as co-chairman, representing St. Mary's court, and William H. Althoff as. director representing the .state court. St. Mary's court has established a record with the state/ and high court of the order second to none. So watch for the announcements of the state basketball C.O.F. tournament sponsored by the state court and see Foresters in action. St. Mary's court also had an enviable record in its civic activities. Brother George p. Freund is the mayor of our city and with him on the city council is o brother George J. Freund as alderman. Brother Brother Fred Meyer. w« the • financial secretary of St. Mary's court and several years ago retired from that office after thirty years of service. We cannot active coach of St. Mary's team, with LeRoy Smith as co-worker. Brother Meyers was appointed by the state court as the general chairman of the state tournament and it proved to be the outstanding state tournament the state court had ever sponsored, both from a standpoint of competition and also attendance. The court now has a beautiful t'ophy case made by the Klapperich brothers in which they display the coveted Tom Heany trophy which had to be won three successive years, namely 1948, 1949 and 1950, in order to be retained by the court. The court also has the ranger champion trophy and in 1953 they won the Heany division trophy. The court also proudly displays three golf trophies and one bowling trophy. Brother Joe May succeeded Paul Tanda as chief ranger and the aforementioned activities were carried on during both administrations. 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