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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 28 Jan 1960, p. 15

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Thursday, January 2Q, 19§Q 0" 1 --«.-•• •" Tp McHEWPY PIAtWDEAIJEH Ringwood Entertain Club At Brever Home Ruby Shq^ud Miss Lona Brever entertained her "500" club at her home W^&inesday. A one o'clock dessert luncheon was served. High score went to Mrs. Kenneth CriSty and low to Mrs. Pete Sebastian. Sewing Circle The W.S.C.S. Sewing Circle met' at the Lena Peet home Wednesday. A pot-luck dinner was served at noon and the afternoon was spent in sewing ai* embroidering. Page Fiftwa, Church News Sunday morning was communion Sunday at the Methodist church. Senior M.YJF. Last week was busy for our fellowship. It was voted to buy twertty darts to further equip ga chhivRn--cchh.. They have purchased five M.Y.F. handbooks to increase their understanding and ability in the Fellowship. They voted to change their meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. each Sunday evening. The youth discussed the possibility of supporting an orphan in his foreign school and are now in correspondence on thrtt project. They have been invited to an intercity church on Feb. 21 and plan to take part in the sub-district midwinter institute at Wesley Woods March 12-13. Building Fund Committee Meeting This group is in current meetings and wishes to hear from you on any ideas for their arw of work. Contact Mrs. B e s s i e C r u i c k s h a n k o r M r s . Mary Butler and give them your suggestions and help. Mrs. Flora Harrison 111 We were sorry to hear that Mrs. Flora Harrison, who is making her home at Round Lake now, has been very ill. We are all pulling for you, Avjjt Flora, and hope you will be all well soon. Tonsillectomies Mary Kay and Dianne Adams underwent tonsillectomies at Woodstock Memorial hospital at Woodstock Friday morning. Personals Mrs. Louis Hawley spent WMnesday in Chicago. Mrs. Kenneth Cristy and Mrs. John Hogan attended a W.S.C.S. meeting at the Chicago Temple in Chicago Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey of Richmond spent Wednesday in the Mrs. Emily Beatty home. Mr. and Mrs. Williaqj^ Peabody of Chicago were callers in the Dr. Hepburn home Sunda^ Gordon and Claudia Lovelette of Park Ridge spent the weekend with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cruickshank. Mr. and Mrs. Popenhagen of Woodstock were visitors in the Dr. Hepburn home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Andreas arid Margo spent the week end in the John Smith home at Matteson, 111. fcr. and Mrs. Lester Carr w e r e v i s i t o r s i n t h e E l m e r Carr home at McHenry Sunday afternoon. Sonny Hocin and John Brill of the Great Lakes naval air station spent Sunday in the John Skidmore home. Mrs. Laura Smith returned to her home in Crystal Lake S u n d a y a f t e r s p e n d i n g t w o wa|!<s in the Roy Harrison home. Mr. Ruth and son of Bartlett. 111., were callers in the Dr. Hepburn home Saturday. Mrs. Francis Costello ahd cfi&dren of Hartland spent Sunday ' afternoon • with her pare n t s , M r . a n d M r s . W i l l i a m Cruickshank. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Andreas and son spent Sunday evening with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Andreas. Miss Mae Wiedrich of Harvard called on her mother here Saturday. Mrs. Ronald ^Rowe and daughter of Woodstock spent Sunday afternoon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aissen. Miss Joan Blake of McHenry spent .the weekend with Miss Jackie Skidmore. t Mr. and Mrs. John Ehlert spent Saturday afternoon in the Duane Ehlert home at Burlington."v Mr. and Mrs. Sleiner of Chicago were visitors in the Dr. Hepburn home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison and son, Loren, entertained Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Harrison and family and Miss Faith Wagner of Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde DowefiPof McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Dov;- ell at dinner Sunday honoring the birthday of Boyd^Dowell. .Mrs. Ruby Shepard entertained Mr. and Mrs. Alan Ainger ahd family of Hebron, Mrs. Ella Walkup of Greenwood, Will Claxton and John Dreymiller of McHenry at dinner Sunday in honor of her birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Kiltz of Rockford were callers in the Dr. Hepburn home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs: Paul Walkington spent Sunday in the Wilbur Benoy home at Elkhorn, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Low and family, Mrs. Emily Beatty and Mrs. Viola Low spent Sund a y i n t h e W a l t e r W i l c o x home near Woodstock and celebrated the birthdays of Patty Low and Mrs. Viola Low. . Mr. and Mrs. Ben Marcinkers and son of Waukegan spent Sunday evening in the Dr. Hepburn home. Mr. and Mrs.- Robert Woods of Genoa City and Mrs. George Schultz and son of Twin Lakes, were supper guests in the Pete Sebastian home Sunday. Roger Kunz was in training at Great Lakes Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gee of Elburn, 111., were visitors in the Dr. Hepburn home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Wegener spent Saturday evening in the Don Smart home at Waukegan. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Appelt and family of Waukegan spent Sunday in the Bob Brennan home. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leonard and family of Lake Geneva were Sunday dinner guests in the Fred Wiedrich, Jr. home. Mrs. Mike Freund and grand daughter and Mrs. Arado of McHenry spent Sunday evening in the Dr. Hepburn home. Lakeland Park * SLATE COMMITTEE TO NOMINATE FOR BOARD DIRECTORS Vlckey Bottarl - EV. 5-2362 The following is a list of the nominating committee for the Lakeland Park Property Owners association: Gayle • Laursen -- EV. 5-2254, Bill Herzog -- EV. 5-3993, Dick Burmenn -- EV.5-3752, Ted Kaminski --" EV. ,5-1923 and Veretta Gerstad -- EV. 5-4043. If you have not as yet called in your favorite candidate to run for the board of directors to be elected at our April general meeting; please do so. as the time for j election will be here before j you know !t and we Want a 1 good slate to run again this ' year as^we have had in prev- j ious years , Welcome Party There is another welcome party to be held in the community house this evening which is held by the Lakeland Park Women's ;club. The party will start at 8 p.m. and we would like to have a largo turnout of all new members (women that is) as a good time is being plianned for all of you. See you there this evening. tozzi are the proud grandparents of their fourteenth1 grandchild, this one being the first Pintozzi boy being born in "seventeen years. There ,are three other grandsons in the family but their last name is Johnson, sons of their daughter, Anna Marie, who is a resident of Lakeland Shores. Little C h a r l e s W i l l i a m P i n t o z z i (named for his maternal and paternal grandfathers) is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pintozzi of Crystal Lake. Polio Drive Workers Shirley Ozog named the following group of ladies who went out on the Polio Drive this year: Lillian Glosson. Gladys Hafer, Jean Parisi, Jo. Rizzo, Mary Laurence, Betty Laurence. Ann Leigh, Marian Hulbert, Virginia K r i s p i n. Claudia Garn, Dorothy Glorch. Joan Schwegel, Mickey Gladman, Gayle Laursen, Dorothy M%ineke, Evelyn Kaminski, Edna Oldham, Janice Stack, Veretta Gerstad, Agnes Clove, Anna Marie- Johnson; Mrs. Jacjc Oakford, Shirley Ozog and mvself. Clubs The following is from the Community House directors. "Now that we have our community house, and it is ready for use, the Community House directors are asking for people' who are interested in helping to form two clubs for the adults of the community. The two clubs to be formed are for people of retiring and retired ages and one for people below those ages. Anyone with ideas to help from each club please contact either John Chismar at EV. 5-2090 or Foster Glorch at EV. 5-2044. They will give you all the details that are needed for the club. The directors are anxious to see the adults get the use of the community house as well as the younger folks. Let's hope that we will have the clubs started soon and be an active community. Junior Teen Club The Junior 'Teen club will resume their meetings starting on Wednesday. Feb. 3 at the community house at 7 p.m. All membprs of the Junior 'Teen club and all new members are asked to attend this meeting. The ages for this club begin 11 to 14 years old. Meetings will be held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month and will he under the adult supervision of Mrs. Joan Bucaro. News--News The news items are coming in slower qnd slower. How about getting your news to me so that we can all enjoy reading it because if it keeps up the way it has been, I'm afraid soon we will have no column at all and you wouldn't want that, would you? So come on, let's have the news. . MOOSE LODGE WOMEN OF THE MOOSE 1960 EVENT LISTINGS You say you're going to have a big pow-wow, or a centennial, or a regatta or a sauerkraut festival, and people from everywhere are invited? Tell you what you wanta do! Give the Illinois Departmental Tnr formation Service, Room 406 State Capitol, Springfield, complete information and they'll be tickled pink to include your public observance in the Calendar of Events booklet. Sut hurry. Deadline for information included is Feb. 20. According to Carl G. Hodges, head of the state's travel promotion and public information agency, this booklet has become increasingly popular with Illinois citizens as well as out-of-state visitors in helping them plan their visits to points of interest in the state. The booklet was created five years ago as a handy reference! guide to public events. Women's Club The Lakeland Park Women's club will hold its regular J monthly meeting next Thurs- [ day evening. Feb. 4 at 8:30 ! pjn. This is to be a social meeting with a short business meet- I ing before hand and then on with the games for the. evening. Let's have a nice big turn out such as we had at the last meeting. Jos. FRETT & SON BUILDERS Estab. 1926 < RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL Located oil Hwy. 120 VA mile east of Fox River Bridge Phone EVergreen 5-3976 Happy Birthday To Sharon Ozog who will be 18 years old tomorrow, Jan. 29, but she is going to celebrate it with a large party at the community house on Saturday evening. Will let you know in next week's issue what a good time all the guests had. To Mary Ann Borchart who will be celebrating her sweet sixteenth birthday on Jan. 30. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pin- On Jan. 5, the child care committee chairman, Nancy Bowman, presented her chapter night program. As her speaker, Imogene Ruckstuhl, deputy grand regent of the state of Illinois, gave a very encouraging talk to every member present. We were very happy to have with us some co-workers from Crystal Lake chapter. They were Jean Gabriel, Evelyn Myers and Claire Boyle. Flora Carr, sponsored by Lona Brever, was enrolled orf this night. On Jan. 19, <|ue to much illness and bad weather, a very short meeting was held. A very welcome and helpful guest was the deputy grand regent, Imogene Ruckstuhl, who sat in as escort for the evening. The annual mid-whiter con ference will be held at Zion on Jan. 31 at 1 o'clock. All coworkers are invited to attend. McHenry will participate in the very impressive ritual by preforming the opening ceremony. This is a great honor for our chapter and means that McHenry 1348 is in the second highest place in our district^ It takes a lot of hard work and much co-operation on the part of all to get this honor. Let's all feel proud. Best wishes and good luck to our publicity chairman, Pat Torhasello, who underwent surgery in a Chicago hospital Hurry up and get well, Pat. The chapter has received its award of achievement for the year 1958-1959. This is the award that is given to the whole chapter for a successful year. Ritual practice will be held on Jan. 28 at the lodge and we hope that everyone going to, and helping at, the mjd-winter conference will please make every effort to attend this practice as we need to get together before the big day. ADVERTISING PAYS Lilymoor Caution Drivers About Icy Roads By Nancy Ritter EV. 5-5889 Old man winter is really with us, which means we have to take, special precaution. Drivers should be especially careful of the icv roads. Association News The installation of new officers of the Lilymoor association took place on Jan. 16 at Club Lilymoor. On Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. Ehredt, who was re-elected president, there was held a board meeting attended by all the new officers. The officers discussed plans for the coming year. The next Lilymoor Association fleeting will take place at the school house on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 8. p.m. Spring Grove Small Fire At Gritzuk Farm by Mrs. Charles Freund . The firemen^were summoned to the William Gritzuk farm on Thursday night about 6 p.m. The milk house had caught fire but the flames were quickly extinguished and no great damage was done. The Work of the Brownies The Brownies are learning how to be little bakers. At the last meeting of the Brownies they separated into three different groups and each group went to the home of one of the three leaders. Then the leaders demonstrated and helped the girls bake cakes. After the task of baking the cakes was completed, the girls were then showed how to properly set a table. The Brownies are also working on their individual projects for exhibition at the Girl Scout Fair, which will be held on April 3 at the^American Legion hall. The Brownies will meet again next Tuesday after school. Garden Club News Mrs. Crawley entertained the Garden Club members at her home on Monday, Jan. 11. The usual business meeting was held, after which Mrs. Crawley served refreshments. „ Sympathy Mr. Lannes, a resident of Lilymoor, died on Jan. 20 at a hospital in Chicago. Mr. Lannes vg^s buried in Chicago. Our deepest sympathy goes to his, family. Surprise, Surprise "Surprise!" "Surprise!" those are the words that Mrs. Eggert heard on Jan. 9, when Mrs. Recker and Mrs. Mathews, both of Lilymoor, gave her a birthday party. The party was held at the home of Mrs. Mathews. A few friends of the Eggerts attended this get-together. The hostesses served cake, coffee and sruulwiches. Mrs. Eggert received lovely gifts. Home Visit Jamefe Kagan, a student of Queen of Apostles Seminary in Madison, spent the weekend at his home. Meetings Members of the Christian Mothers Sodality of'Si Peter's met at the parish hall on Thursday night for their regular meeting. Plans were made for a welcoming reception for Father Edward Lehman, our pastor, who will* arrive at St. Peter's- next week. An announcement was made of the success of the candy sales at Christmas for the benefit of the Newman center. After the meeting slides of the Brussels World Fair, King Tuts Tomb and an audience with the Pope at the Vatican and other scenes of Rome were shown by Miss Sah Hanssen. These were greatly enjoyed and we wish to thank Miss Hanssen for the showing of these slides and her interesting'narration. A delicious lunch of barbecues and cake was served at the close of the evening. Rev. Lawrence London and the ushers met at the home of George A. May on Wednesday night'. Following the meeting cards-were played and a lunch was served. Mrs. Frank May was hostess to the meihbers of her club on Thursday afternoon. Games of five hundred were played and prizes went to Mi's. Math Nimsgem, Mrs. Nora Miller. Mrs. Tillie May, Mrs. Frank Tinney and Mrs. Ben May. Lunch was served after cards. An evening of cards was enjoyed at the home of Miss Charlotte Freund on Wednesday night by Mrs. Paul May. Mrs. Bob Sutton, Mrs. Ken Larson, Miss Diane May and Miss Joan May. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Scout Outing Mrs. Charles Class, scout leader of Brownie Troop 518, has arranged several outings for the girls in the past weeks. A roller skating party was held last week and on Wednesday the girls enjoyed a toboggan party at the golf course. Basketball The Spring Grove grade school team played St. Peter's at the gym in Richmond-Burton high school on Wednesday night. Spring Grove school, team won the r ANORCROSS Sunday Feb. 14th Soy the things you want to say BOLGER'S DRUS STORE 1QS S. Green St. Phone EV 6-4600 Use The Free Green Street Parking Area BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . . whose birthday was celebrated Jan. 17th " . . was an apostle of thrift, causes serious thought with this adage; "A MAN MAY, IF HE KNOWS HOW NOT TO SAVE AS HE GETS, KEEP HIS NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE." If you don't like grindstones, the best way to get clear of them is . . . OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH US and ADD TO IT WITH CLOCK-LIKE REGULARITY! J Current Dividend Rate 4% SAFUT SAVINGS Marengo Fede Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION MARENGO. ILLINOIS 102 N. State St. Phone JOrdan 8-7258 A MUTUAL COMPANY SERVING NORTHERN ILLINOIS SINCE 1925 .. Johnsburg LADY FORESTERS POSTPONE PARTY UNTIL MAY 25 by Betty Hettermann Thirty-eight members of St. Agatha's court No. 777 braved the wintry weather to attend the regular meeting last Tuesday evening in the community club hall. Under discussion at this particular meeting was the luncheon and card party the court planned to ^ hold next month. Due to the bad weather the gmembers voted on postponing this event until May 25. Two new members, Mary Jane Bell and Andy Brennan, were welcbmed into the court at this meeting. The current card tournament was continued at the close of the meeting followed by the serving of refreshments by the committee in charge. ' Confined to Hospital Mrs. Peter Oeffling has been a patient in the Woodstock hospital for almost two weeks now. I'm sure she would appreciate hearing from her many friends while she is confined there. < Brownie News Members of Troop 295 continued to work on their latest project at their last meeting. The girls are in the finishing of their tote bags. Mary Anderson was cookie hostess at last Wednesdays meeting. Troop 378 ^ postponed its meeting last Tuesday because of the bad weather. Cub Scout News Three new boys were welcomed into Den 8 Pack 362 recently. They were Larry Adams, Paul Voight and James McKiel. Mrs. Scott of Hillers subdivision wishes to announce the Cub Scouts will collect papers again at her home on Saturday, Jan. 30. The paper drive will continue to be held every fourth Saturday of the month at her home., If you have excess papers you wish to get rid of. please drop them at the Scott residence. News is real scimpy this week folks. How about some phone calls to keep this column going. Please call before my deadline which is noon on Monday. Phone number is EV. 5- 1296. SHOP IN McHENRY SOCIAL SECURITY - OFFICE RELEASES ~ WORKLOAD FIGURE^ Bernard B a r n e 11. district 1 manager of the Waukegan Social Security administration office;, has Released the year end workload-figures on claims, account numbers, and inquiries for the year just ended. The Waukegaji district office forwarded 4,061 claims for reg-1* ular monthly benefits anil', lumpsum death benefits. There was a total of 352 claims fof" disability insurance benefits - and 133 claims for disability freeze actions. There were 18,- 787 beneficiaries .in Lake and' McHenry counties receiving' $1,406,157 per month, and there there were 393 benefici-" aries receiving disability insurance benefits in the amount of $33,568 per month as of. March 1. 1959, which is the' date of the last over-all tabur lation. ' .. Durihg the year the Waukegan office issued ,5,775 original, account number cards and 3,*^ 297 duplicate account number cards. During 1959 the Waukegan office handled 11,765 genrdral inquiries. 2,223 disability., inquiries and 12,625' beneficiary inquiries and contacts. Mr. Barnett reminded the people of Lake and McHenry counties that there are many persons who may be eligible for benefits but who have not as yet applied for them. These include dependents of disabled' persons who are receiving, benefits, workers who are over age 72 and still employe^, women who are over 62 and are either wives of retired workers, widows, or who have been employed in the past. At so workers who have terminated their employment because of total disability. Mr. Barnett also wishes to remind the people in Lake and McHenry counties that the new payroll, tax of 3 per cent on the first . $4,800 of earnings went int^ effect Jan. 1. The tax for the , self-employed person went up to 4^ per cent on that date.. The Waukegan district office serves all of Lake county and most of McHenry county. The southwestern portion of McHenry county is served by the district office at Elgin. The Waukegan office now has seventeen full time employees.! The office is open each week-' day from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 pin. Anyone wishing information on the social security program should contact the office at 1515 Washington street, ot phone ONtario 2-6595. 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