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Pag* Two THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Tbvraday, * April 23, 195? Celebrate Wteenth 'Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hay celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary Saturday evening, with a buffet lunch served at midnight. Guests included Messrs. and Mesdames Joe Mahoney, Hilary Rodenkirch, William De- Vries, George Rodenkirch,. Merle Nelson, Philip Skiba, Edward J u s t e n, Clarence Adams, Hans Behnke and Stanley Diedrich. The couple received many lovely gifts. 180 AT FIFTH CONFERENCE OF WCOF GROUP Bishop Lane Reads Mass At St. John's Church Bridge Club Meets At Van Kanegan Home The Wonder Lake Catholic Womens' Bridge club held the monthly meeting at the home of Harriet Van Kanegan. Winners were Lorraine Houda and Gloria Coughlin. Other players were Alice Condren, Betty Selsdorf, Joanne Higgins, Mildred Kersten and Harriet Mc- Call.. The hostess served delicious homemade chocolate eclairs and coffee. The group will meet next month at the home of Marie Shrosbree. Democratic Women Plan Spring; Luncheon The Democratic Women's club is planning a spring luncheon to be held at the McHenry Country club on May 21 at 12:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Judge Helen Kelleher. an assistant probate judge of Cook county. She is a graduate of DePaul university and has been an outstanding woman attorney of Cook county for many years. The public is invited. Reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Monica Byrne, 2614-M. Hold Tea April 27 For Fall College Students The annual tea for senior girls who will attend college next fall will be given by the McHenry Pan Hellenic association on April 27 at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Donald Tappan at 404 Dacy street in Woodstock. The purpose of the tea is to acquaint the girls with the various college sororities and answer questions they may have. Tell Engagement Off -Helen McCurdy Mr. and Mrs. William D McCurdy announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen Patricia, to Gilbert P. Soustek, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Soustek' of Fox River Grove. An early summer wedding is planned. About 180 members and guests attended the fifth annual conference of the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters Diocesan association at Johnsburg Sunday, April 12. They provided an honor guard from the rectory to St. John's church for the Most Rev." Loras T. Lane, bishop of Rockford. who celebrated a Pontifical Low Mass at 11:30 a.m. to open the day long meet. Dinner was served in the Johnsburg Memorial hall to the clergy. Bishop Lane. Rev. Joseph Blitsch, Rev. J. F. Moroney and Rev. John Reuland. Members of the high court in attendance were High Chief Ranger Josephine Weigl, High Vice Chief Ranger Anna Rottgen. High Secretary Mary Fraser, High Treasurer Florence Welch, all of Chicago, Angeline Mauer of Aurora and Lucy Domino of Rockford, high trustees. Other members present came from Sterling, Rockford. Elgin. Aurora, McHenry and Johnsburg. Following dinner Marie Oeffling, association president and member of St. Agatha court of Johnsburg. welcomed the guests and introduced the clergy and high court officers. Lucy Domino presented a spiritual bouquet to Bishop Lane from the association members and Florence Nicklas, association treasurer, gave him a check for the seminarian fund. Rev. Blitsch, pastor of St. John's was given a spiritual bouquet and a check for the St. John's school fund on behalf of St. Agatha court by the chief ranger, Hilda Thelen. Escort Class Special Conductors Charlene Freund and Betty Lou Hiller escorted thfc thirty-si*; numbers of thfe "Rev. Joseph M. : j : : = Blitsch clafes cif 1955" into the meeting hall for the initiation ceremonies, which were presided over by the high court. In the class from St. Agatha court were Kathy Joyce, Joann Haag, Rita Schaefer, Helen Ogelsby and Magdalen Miller; from St. Clara court McHenry; Suzanne Mijler, Mary Miller, Judy Stilling, Judy Phannenstill, Felicia Kuna and Agnes Schwingel- The virtues1 of . Love, Benevolence and Charity were Carol Ann Dehn, Diane Hiller, and Betty Himpelmann. Flag bearers were Mary Ellen Freund and Mary Jo Haag. Elseda Fucsh and Rosemary Young were sentinels. All taking part were from St. Agatha adult and junior courts. High Chief Ranger Weigl spcke to the group on the importance of^ diocesan associations and their aims to help further the education of young mien for the priesthood through the donations to the seminarian fund: At the present time the Rockford Diocesan association is the only oh'e in the state of Illinois. Others are in the process of organizing. Panel Discussion A panel discussion on "Forestry In Action", given by St. Anthony court, proved interesting and helpful. The new slate of officers presented by the nominating committee was accepted and installed by the High Chief Ranger. New officers are Mary R|cCormick, St. Rita court Sterling, president; Loura Ingassia, St. Anthony court, Rockford. vicepresident; Mildred Bradley. St. Rita Court, secretary and Emily Besch, St. Stephanna court, treasurer. Members of the nominating c o m m i t t e e w e r e A n g e l i n e Mauer. St. Stephana court, Aurora; Hilda TTielen, St. Agatha court, Johnsburg; Mathilda Gerasch, St. Clara court, Mc- Henrv; Lucy Domino, St. Anthony court, Rockford; and Betty Stahl, St. Ellen court, Aurora. St. Agatha court 777 was the host court for this year's conference. Committees in charge were General Chairman Marie Oeffling; public city and reservations, Virginia Pitzen; invitations and programs, hostess was Hilda Thelen. Music was furnished by Mrs. Catherine Guzzardo during the dinner hour. SANDRA SEXTON BECOMES BRIDE OF JAMES CONWAY A lovely spring wedding took place last Saturday, April -18, when Fr. William Collins officiated at a nuptial rite at 10 o'clock that united Miss Sandra Jean Sexton and Mr. Jamfeg Conway. The. bride--is the daughter of Mr. Ira Sexton* of 125 Freund avenue, McHenry, and the groom is the son of Mr. and "Mrs. Earl Cortway of 542 Main street. The ceremony was solemnized in Sacred Heart chapel of St. Patrick's church; The pretty bride selected a white ballerina length dress featuring a lace bodice, long CARD OF THANKS I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all my friends who have been so generous with their cards and giftsduring the past few months. 51 Dorothy Sanford Photo--by Kotalik lace sleeves and full silk skirt with bustle in back. Attending Miss Sexton was Marcy West, who was attired in a blue silk, full skirted dress, styled with short sleeves and pleated white n.ylqn over the skirt. Ronald Conway served as best man for his brother. Mrs. Conway chose a blue chiffon dress in floral pattern, with which she wore white ac-_ cessories. Breakfast was served to the bridal party and immediate families at noon at the groom's home, followed by a reception for 300 guests at the Wing 'n Fin club. The couple will reside on Fox street, postponing their wedding trip until next summer. Both the bride and groom attended the local high school, the bride graduating in 1958. The groom is employed at Guettler's service station. AWARD DINNER TICKETS Tickets for the annual Kiwanis club merit award dinner may be obtained from Edward Guettler, phone 9831, Ed. Conekey, Wonder Lake 7233. or Leonard Freund, phone 195. LARGE COMMUNION CLASS AT LOCAL CHURCH SUNDAY The children of the St. Patrick's parish will • receive their First Hbly Comiflunibn bn Sunday, April 26, at the 8 o'clock Mass. Mass will be celebrated by Rev. E. G. Coakley, pastor. Mass servers will be Ronald White and Kenneth Martin. Allen Miller, Thomas McCormack and1 Alan White will assist. Mary Hbrms and Ann Mary Kroening will be the angels. These children are 'brothers or sisters of the First Communicants; ! The class consists of the following children: John Anderson, Kathy Becker, Douglas Belohavy, Mary E. Boetsch, Robert Brennan, Philip Bucaro, Michael Byrne, Kit Carstens, Francis Gouglih, Sandra Dawson, Di^ne Dember, Jeanne De- Vries, Nadine Estes, Julie Fenwick, Cynthia Ficken, Victoria Ficken, Steven Freres, Robert Frett, Gerald Freund, Bradford Grote, Mary Hagen, Rosalyn Hammershoy, Patricia Harms, Regina Heckmann, Ellen Huska, Michael Kempfer, Judith Koch, Robert Kroening, Patrick Long, Timothy L'ow, Patrick McAndrews, Gail McCormack and David McNish. Also Earla Marshall, Marta Martin; Mary Martin, Denise Mascari, Mary Lou Miller, Francis Moran, Margaret Nims- ^ern, Elena O'Brien, Marion O s b o r n, Alan Osinkowske, Bradley Pictor, Mary Jane Powers, Betty Rash, Ronald Reid, Ronald Reinboldt, Thomns Ringelstetter, Jo Ann Rizzo, Burke Romkowski, Michael Sarner, Gary Schaeffer, Christine Thelen, Gregory Uhles, Jill Van Sant, Kenneth Wahl, Pamela Walters, Thelma Walters, Janet Weber, Kathleen Weyland, Gary White, Bruce Wiedenhoeft, Nicole Wirtz and Michael Wojtanek. MARRIAGE LICENSES John W. Baumstark of Chicago and Joanne Weyland of McHenry. RUMMAGE SALE The Women's Home Bureau of Sunnysid£ will hold a rummage sale this Saturday, April 25, at the Leaky residence, located at 53 Spring Creek road, Sunnyside, one-half mile north of Johnsburg. The proceeds will be given to the 4-H Cardials, who are sponsored by this organization. The 4-H group will use the money for their project tours. "SUN ANP FUN" THEME OF STYLEf SHOW ON MAY 13 DENNIS O'BRIEN "Sun and Fun" is the title of the extravagant style show which is to be -presented on Wednesday evening, Mfty .13, beginning at 6:30 o'clock with a buffet dinner. Sponsor of the show, to be held at the Wing 'n Fin club, will be the women's auxiliary to the McHenry hospital. Plans are being made by the chairman, Mrs. A. C; Thornton, and her co-chairman, Mrs. Chuck Miller, and they are certain to equal the trend setting evening revue of last May. In order to accommodate the large crowd anticipated, plans are being made to seat diners on both floors. Fashions will be presented by the Casual shop, White's Men's store, the Toddler shop, Riverside Hairstyling and Elm Street Florist. Mrs. Fred Lieberson will be in charge of decorations and Mrs. Henry Tonyan is ticket chairman. :--ir~3r--"-- appeared on -numerous occasions in thi6 area. *'"> Reservations must be made by calling Mrs. Henry Tonyan. This is necessary to avoid selling more tickets than seating is available. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams spent two weeks in California, where they visited Pfc. Norbert Adams at. Camp Pendleton. They also visited in Oceanside and San Diego. Mrs. Alex Adams and Mrs. Anna Dic#drich and daughter, Van, attended the. funeral of Math Dorn in Chicago Monday. • Harriet Daly will be among approximately 400 high school seniors who will attend the annual spring festival weekend on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan university, Bloomington, on Saturday and Sunday this week. Mr. and Mrs. .Elmer Koerner of Naperville, former McHenry residents, called on Miss Ahn Frisby at McHenry hospital, this past week. They also visited other friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Frank and family of EfeWitt, Iowa spent the weekend in the home of Mrs. Frank's brother and family, the Norbert Yegges. On Sunday the Franks and Yegges were dinner guests in the Louis Yegge home in Woodstock. CARD OF THANKS My heartfelt thanks to all those who sent cards, flowers, and good wishes during my stay in the hospital recently. My special thanks to the blood donors who were so sorely needed and greatly appreciated. 51 Alice Dilg 0SRITAL McHenry Hospital Patients at McHenry hosmtal this past week included Lilian Gordon of Fox Lake; William Martin. Marcia McComb, Welling Coss, Francis Fisher and Cynthia Zancha of Crystal Lake; Georgia Lee Vinsik, Myrtle Sullivan, Jbs. J. Karls, Edmund Dier, Joseph Hoyle, Alex W. Wirfs, Hertha Zeiger, John A. Engein. Margery Espey, Emmerson Schwitters and Charles Hastings of McHenry Christopher Jones of WontM* Lake; Dolores Hall of Richmond; Patricia Johnson of LincOlnwood; Mary Catherine Reid of Like Villa; Vida TEberly and Dorothy Louise Wegener of Ingleside; Sandra Jean Young of Woodstock; Julia Covert of Algonquin; Arthur Oman of Island Lake; Joseph II. Gamen and John Janetswe of Ringwood and Danita Tofffcasello of McCullom Lake. Memorial Hospital Patients at Memorial hospital, Woodstock, this past week included Beverly Christianson, Beryl Sim and Vickie Eberlein, of Wonder Lake; Dolores Belohlavy, George Kiddelson and Jeffrey Thelen, Marion Cone of McHenry and Kenneth Petska of Ringwood. "jt' Harvard Hospital Bernard Jung was a patient at Harvard hospital this past week. Success depends not so much on sitting up nights as on being awake in the day time. Total enrollment at the University of Illinois for 195fl spring semester is 26,874. w One of the highlights of the evening will be presentation of the Northwestern Glee club, composed of forty young men and featuring Dennis O'Brien of Crystal Lake as tenor. The club will be directed by Will Ballard. O'Brien, a senior in the school of music at Northwestern, graduated from Crystal Lake high school and is choir master of Trinity Lutheran church at Harvard. He will be remembered for his work with the McHenry County Junior Theatre guild, where he sang the lead in 'The Pirates of Penzance". He also! IZutli & &oL Smttk ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THE Highlander Grill ROUTE 12 AT ARNOLD'S MOTEL Serving Your Favorite Breakfast Hoi Cakes & Mom® Made Donuis Also Lunches & Dinners Open Daily from 5 A.M. to 8 P» Entertain At Buffet Supper A number of folks from River Forest, Highland Park, Woodstock and McHenry enjoyed "Showboat Serenade" at St. Mary's auditorium last Sunday evening, after which Dick Hyatt was host at a buffet supper and dancing party. P.T.A. Sponsors Dance " St. Mary's P.T.A. is sponsoring a dance on Saturday, April 25, at 8 p.m. at the Legion home. Appears With Quartet As a member of a brass quartet from Milliken university, Dave Fantus of Lilymoor recently appeared at a public performance in Kokoma, Ind., playing for the Congress of M i d w e s t e r n P r e s b y t e r i a n Synods. Their numbers were tthe fourth movement of Beethoven's Opus 18 No. 2 and another selection from the suite for brass quartet by Saunders. Bridal Couple Photo by Medlar Miss Joan Haydam of Volo and Gene Evans of Woodstock exchanged nuptial vows in a ceremony performed at St. Peter's Catholic church, Volo, on April 11. SHOP IN McHENRY & B A N of MOTHS/ CAN GIVE YOU service and they feast * on home-stored woolens! protection BE SURE YOU KNOW WHY! As a matter of public interest, the Illinois Bankers Association publishes the ® following information. 1 Offlv a BANK offers a complete financial service To be impressive, generosity must be impulsive and unexpected. Be safe, not sorry . . . use our Fill-A-Box, not your closet, for safe storing woolens this summer. Just take the box, fill it brim full, return it to us. We'll vault-store garments individually on hangers until Fall, when they come back to you clean and refreshed, ready to use. BULK RATE iMilHIN for my im rtm§ / • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • a SEND: suits, coats, jackets and (including $250.00 Insurance Protection) other woolens CLEANING CHARGES EXTRA SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE /© Cash "n Carry Rainbow Cleaners pHonifi? . Around Corner Nosili oi National Tea 100 N. FRONT STREET -- McHENRY Always Plenty of Free Parking at Rainbow's Drive-Iii OPEN DAILY -- 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. -- Fridays to 9 P.M. A Bank is intended to supply most, of your financial needs. Only a Bank offers a complete service such as checking and savings dggqunts; business and agricultural loans, personal ind auto loans; cashier's and travellers' checks; trust facilities and estate administration; foreign banking. When you need help with your financial problems, go to your Bank, and be sure! McHenry State Bank ESTABLISHED 1906 kiEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Phone-1 tocao