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vOuiuiUuiiy GRADERS ENTBtTAINED BY by Phyllis Carlson '*4 ' "• :.;;Thie eighth graders of the Richmond grade school were guests of the seventh graders op Tuesday of last week. The . pupils of both grades attended : the movie "Old Yeller" in Genoa City. After the show they returned for a short program and refreshments at the school. Mothers of the seventh graders helped serve refreshments and provided transportation to the party. Mr. and Mrs. W. Toppen and Mr. and Mrs. D. Johnson, teachers and spouses of the two grades chaperoned the party. The band and chorus director is Norman Vogt. Saturday night is the bis night of the year for the Sen iors for the prom will be held that night. The Juniors have been working on arrangements and decorations for quite awhile now. After dinner in Gurnee, the Juniors and Seniors with their guests will return to the high school where dancing will ,coni tinue until? After* the dance we will trust the young peoples' good judgment to keep their entertainment sane and their driving the same. Open House Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mecklen- . berg of rural Richmond will hold open house next Sunday afternoon, May 18, for their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mecklenburg, Jr. Earl Jr. has just been discharged from service and has returned home with his bride of several months. Mrs. Mecklenburg Jr. is the former Anna N. Segebartt of Seattle. •Wash. The Mecklenburgs invite all their friends, neighbors and relatives to attend. High School Graduation Sunday, May 25 the Class of '58 will graduate from Richmond Burton Community high school. Baccalaureate services will be held Friday, May 23 at the high school for the class. , Auction and Rummage Sale There will be a rummage sale held at the parish house of Grace church Saturday morn-' ing starting at 10:30. There will be items of clothing and many other things. Come, and browse around. In the afternoon there will be an auction sale at which there will be many interesting items. If you want to buy a duck, come and join the crowd for there will be five muscovy drakes a year old as well as an electric stove, lawnmowers, etc. Light refreshments will be served. , Sympathy The community extends its sympathy - to Mr. and Mrs. Charles .Heinisch ori the loss of their eldest son, 2 year old Eric . Peter, last: week. The Heinisch family has two other children. Funeral services were held at St. John's C^holic church at Twin Lakes. The child's paternal grandfather is Jack Heinisch, proprietor of the Richmond Hotel. named for her great aunt. Mrs. Klabunde's sister. Mrs. James Domony and son, Archie and daughter, Sue of Barrington were also visitors in the Granger home on Mother's day. Callers that same day were the Y Misses Helen and Ruth Hayes and friend Rose Ward of Berwyn. f* Mrs. Ethel Bell had as dinner guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prutzman of Oak Park, Glint Bell of Richmond and Mr. and,Mrs. George Bell and family of Burlington, Wis. Rural Graduation Tuesday evening, May 20, will be rural grade school graduation at the high school. Band and Chorus Concert The concert last Friday night was well attended and was very good. The mixed chorus sang several selections, both religious and secular. The band played many selections and the band and chorus together did a festival anthem, "Born to be Free." There was "a piano solo by Mike West, a vocal solo by Jeanette Busch accompanied by Verna Miller, a Girls' double duet -- Sue Harsha, Pat Hohn Diana Winn and Sue Johonnott, a vocal mixed quartet- Karen Weise, Jeanette Busch, Mike West and John Vierke. Sue Johonnott played a trumpet solo, Virginia Runyard and Marilyn Miller played a clarinet duet. Rich Johnson played a baritone solo. The most exciting number of all was "Carnival of Roses" for Paul Stone was the guest conductor. The audience, young people and adults as well as these participating in the concert were delighted to see both Mr. and Mrs. Stone. Mr. Stone was music teacher in Richmond for many years and was always both popular and a good teacher. Church News Last Sunday morning at Grace church the Rev. Paul Erickson, parish education secretary for the Illinois Synod of the United Lutheran church conducted the morning service. In honor of Mother's Day the Junior Choir sang. Sunday evening the Senior Youth Fellowship met. The program was a movie, "A Living Church," made to celebrate the fortieth birthday of the United Lutheran church in America. At their meeting the group voted to give $60 to be used to help a young person in Bangalore, India. The money will be sent to the Chandrans who spoke to the group a couple of months ago. They also voted to buy a goat to send to Japan. Next Sunday Alan Dale of Beloit will preach at Grace church. School News Monday evening the staffs of the Rocket Review and of the high school annual had a picnic at Genoa City park. Wednesday there was a Shark Conference Track Meet at Beloit College in which several boys from Richmond participated. This morning an honor assembly was held at the high school. The Senior Class has purchased a gift for the school. We will tell you more about it next week. A style show was held a week ago Monday under the direction of the Home Economics teacher, Mrs. Thompson. It was shown at the Mother's club meeting. The Senior boys were guests of the Rotary Club Tuesday evening. Mother's Day Guests • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Granger and daughter, Beverly, entertained Mrs. Ann Klabunde and son, Gus, on Mother's Day. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Domony and daughter, Patti Ann of Oklahoma City, Okla. Patti Ann, a great niece of" Mrs. Klabunde flere and There Bud Jarrett has been discharge from service and we are happy to have him back in the community. We are sure his parents and fiance are also glad to have him home again Several,, people from Richmond attended the minstrel show in Genoa City last week. There are four little kittens at the H. Carlson home who are looking for homes. If you have a little child who would be happy with a kitten please let us know, we will be glad to oblige. Pastor C a rlson returned home last week from Rochester, Minn., where he underwent major surgery and will recuperate for awhile longer at home. John Pierce has been home from the hospital for awhile, but will be recuperating at home for quite sometime yet. We knov^you will all be thinking of him. PRESENT SEVENTH SPRING FRIDAY The McHenry Junior high school presented its seventh annual spring concert last Friday, May 9, in the Junior high school auditorium. The program directed was as follows: "Star Spangled B a n n e r," "Notre bame Victory March," "Deep* River Suite," "The Blue Danube," "Mendelssohn Melody", "Bolero Non", "Ciribiribin", "The German Band", "Bright Dawn", and "Chop Sticks", all by the band.' Special number was "Autumn Leaves" b.y Valerie Peterson, flutist; "Donkey Serenade" by Robert Beckenbaugh, oboist; "Country Gardens" by clarinet duat, Janet Eckstein and Virginia Peterson; -and "Crown Prince" by Floyd Covalt trombonist. The band consists of Robert Beckenbaugh, oboe; Sandra Hastings, Valerie Peterson and Cathy Thompson, flutes; Virginia Peterson, Marilyn Kiehl, Melody Losch, Susan Prawl, Judy Palmback, Diane Tusch- Johnsburg URGE RECEIVES HOLY COMMUNION by Betty Hettermann jokes. After the meeting was a d j o u r n e d f t h e f e s t i v e group, proceeded to enjoy a social evening of cards and other games. We a^e sure everyone has t h e s a m e t h o u g h t i n m i n d , "Let's do it again next ykar." In a beautiful ceremony performed at St. John's, church, a class of 41 marched through the aisle to receive their first Holy Communion. Our good Sisters in charge of this big day are to be congratulated on their success. The Sisters worked most patiently w i t h these children throughout the weeks prior to last Sunday. A good part of the time they were working with a handicap as measles and chicken pox took a toil on the class attendance. All in all, it could noti have turned out more perfect.! Names of the First' Communicants and the attendants appear elsewhere irNthis paper. Richmond Garden Club The Richmond Garden club met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Jim Mclntee. Plans were confipTetedVfor the June 27 and 28 flower-show to be .held in the Richmond Community high School. Flower urns contributed by the group will beautify and add a new appearance to the bridge within the next few weeks. The club will sponsor its annual plant sale May 23 and 24 from 9 a.m. 'to 9 p.m. at the the intersection of Highways 12 and 31. A wide variety of plants will be available to the public. The members wish to extend their sincere appreciation to the Cub Scouts, Brownies, Girl Scouts, 4-H Members and Boy Scouts, as well as their leaders, for the impressive Arbor Day ceremony conducted at the high school, and it was the club's privilege to share in it. Perhaps with the help of these junior groups, the observance of Arbor Day will be an annual affair in Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hoffman and children, Jimmy, Denny, Peggy and Jeff were dinner guests of Mr. Hoffman's parents in Rockford Sunday. They enjoyed a turkey dinner with the family. Several more children have the measles. The Rekenthalers, Beverly Granger, at least two of the Tilton girls and so it goes. On Sunday evening at 7:30, a living rosary consisting of this year's graduating class kowski, Janet Eckstein, Berry j and the First Communicants Leibsohn, Evan Gladstone, was formed in the church. This annual event never ceases to be most impressive/ Jean Smith was chosen to carry the flower bouquet to the Blessed Mother. Tbe members of the First Communion class were enrolled in the scapulars during the evening's ceremony. Nancy Lockwood, R i c h a r d Johnson, Diane Chabot, Alan Olson, Lynne Saynor, Barbara Lorch, Sandra Ficken and klen Olsen, clarinets. Hugh Saynor, Jack Hacfcmeister, Gary Ricker, Tim Farr, Butch Olson, Ken Burns, Terry Markgraff, Ted Hornby, Tom Conley and Jim Benson, John Klingberg, Edward Foster and David Heckman; Edwar^ Mars, Bill Krefft, Floyd Covalt, Bob Gates and Ricky Burns, trombones; Sara Borchardt, Fred Cooper, Susan Lawrence. Gayle Bonder, Jim Hans and Tom Bitterman, saxophones; Judy Reining. French horn; James Mars, John Winston, Roy Moss, John Boss, Linda Pedecone and Jim O Donnell, percussion; Adri Boss, sousaphone; and Bill Wilson, baritone. Tickets are available from band members or may be obtained at the door. Save More? By Shopping At Home RUPTURE-EASE* r.M. Btl. U.S. Fu. Off. M Plssr Btsss taMI KtwanPs Award Recipients Our congratulations are extended to four of our community's youths who received awards at the Kiwanis banq u e t h e l d i n M c H e n r y l a s t week. All four are from this year's eighth grade graduating class. Peter Smith and Marilyn Smith from St. John's and R o b e r t F l e t c h e r a n d K a r e n D u e s c h e r f r o n i t h e p u b l i c school are the lucky students. Gathering the Club Honors Ladies Close to 200 persons gathered at the Community club hall on Monday evening, May 5. It was the annual ladies' night banquet. The members and their ladies sat down to enjoy a most delicious roast beef dinner prepared by the younger set. A short meeting followed the dinner at which time Father Blitsch and his guest, Mr. Welter of McHenry, offered short speeches. The Adams brothers of McHenry rendered a few of their many amusing musical selections followed by Measles Club Our spring-like weather has failed to chase some" of the measles' germs away. Carol Jean Hiller and Jean, Hettermann were most happy their m e a s l e s c l e a r e d up by l a s t Sunday so they could participate in the procession in church. Little Mary Jo Hiller is holding big brother Johnny's hand as they both suffer from this annoying rash. Joanne Freund is another of the "members in good standing" in the measles club. Automatic Softener $6.39 month SEE or CALL JOE NIMSGERN PHONE McHENRY 281-M Hettermann home on Mother's Day were Mr. and Mrs. Herb Simon of McHenry, Mrs. Helen .Hettermann and Jack Keenan. The Gerald Wakitsch family entertained relatives in honor of Ricky's first Communion day. » Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freund and daughter and Sonny Smith and Lois were guests at the Martin Weber home for David's first Communion celebration. Present at the home of Mrs. Agnes Weber last Sunday to help Harold celebrate his big day were the George Gilpin f a m i l y o f M c H e n r y a n d t h e Walter Smith family. Carol Ann Dehn was fet^d with a party in her home last Sunday also honoring her firjst Communion day. Her company consisted of Mr. and MRS. Jo)in Dehn, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Buskow and .Mr. and Mrs. Bfert Davis, all of Chicago, Mr. dQnl Mrs. William May, Richard and Harold, Mr. and Mrs. Catherine Freund and Mr. and M r s . J i m H e t t e r m a n n a n d daughters. ~ Attentioh 'teen-ager^! Don't forget the 'teen - get-togethers ev6ry second and fourth Tuesdays of the Month. Come (m and join in on the fun. 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