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SixfeMk' THE NtSEmr PLAINDEALER Tfiiisda'y. Jannairy 1ft 196f In I960 -SUMMARY OF 1960 NEWS GIVES HIGHLIGHTS OF HAPPENINGS IN McHENRY, SURROUNDING AREA January Growth , and progress in Mc- Henry area were reviewed with a resume of the past decade. The Johnsburg Rescue Squad opened /und drive for new building. Yearly report revealed over nine million telephone calls were made in the community during the1**year of 1959. i • Johannes Hugo Kuldma, 33, of- Terra Cotta became /the community's first traffic? fa- " tality of the year, and the second in the county, when he died of injuries suffered in a one-car accident which oc- ^ curred on-^lt. 31, near Terra Cotta. Topis and money valued at $450 were taken from the Community Auto Supply on Rt. 120 east owned by Sigmoid Strach. During a record rainfall for a twenty-four hour period flooded conditions existed in the Park avenue and Edgebrook school area. McHenry was selected as location for National Cancer survey. A large crowd, including many friends of Ray McGee and those interested in the new March of Dimes, attended a testimonial dinner for Mr. McGee, an event which also served as kick-off to the annual January polio campaign. The McHenry area became the scene of the fourth traffic fatality of 1960 when a Franklin Park girl was killed in a car-train collision at Spring Grove. ^ In a meeting of the McHenry County Republican committee members declared themselves in favor of abolishing the office of supervisor of assessment in this county. Miss Judy Hans, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hans of Rt. 1, was selected as winner of the D.A.R. good citizenship award at the McHenry high school. Three new rural routes were added to the postal service, making a total of nine routes. The change will affect all the present routes and will give improved service to 206 patrons. Burglars broke into Sportsman's Inri on Main street and took between 5150 and $200 in change. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lowrey and their five children of Birch Drive, Wonder Center, Wonder Lake, were made homeless when fire destroyed the first floor of their home. Lynn Buckie was named McHenry high school's "homemaker of tomorrow", after receiving the highest rating among senior girls in a recent test. The soaring traffic toll reached five in McHenry county Jan. 29, when Eugene F. Freund died in McHenry hospital of injuries suffered six days previous in a head-on-collision on Rt. 120, east of the city. February Twenty-five McHenry business firms held dcAlar days, Feb. 4 and 5. The new Fabric Center at 108 S. Green street opened for business Feb. 4. Mayor George P. Freund was named chairman of the fund campaign to raise $200,- 000 for McHenry hospital. The worst blizzard ^71 twenty- five years struck the McHenry area blocking roads, closing schools a n d virtually stopping all traffic throughout Lake and McHenry county for two days. The storm started the night of Feb. 9. A small but decisive vote by the citizens of McHenry approved the proposition authorizing the issuance of bonds in the amount of $360,000 for improvements to the waterworks system in the city. Seven men from McHenry area were named to board of newly formed Eastern County Planning Group. The State Revenue department disclosed that 1,379 taxpayers in McHenry county paid $2,206,931.50 in retailers occupational tax for a oneyear period. For all classification, McHenry paid $344,535. March The Project TALENT Office of the University of Pitts burgh, supervising a national Survey of the abilities and aptitudes of American youth, selected McHenry Community high school as an official proj- ^«ct- TALENT school. All stuaents of McHenry school received a two-day series ot tests. McHenry churches planned special Lenten services for the next six weeks. Over 400 people took part in the opening of the fourth addition to the V.F.W. clubhouse. ^ With the adoption of an ordinance governing the issuance of S300,00Q general obligation bonds, as1-approved by the voters Feb. 16, the City Council moved a step closer toward the goal of ;' providing adequate water supply to the city of McHenry. . , Approximately 310 incoming freshmen registered for next year's classes. Assessed valuation in McHenry township showed a larger increase than any others within the county. McHenry, with a valuation of $63,013,495, was second only to Algonquin with $78,720,975. One of the most tragic highway accidents of the winter in this area took the life of Murray Alford, 33, young father of three children. The body of a McHenry man, Raymond Klawitter, was found floating in the Fox river, near Oakhurst subdivision, March 27. The man had not been seen since Feb. 15. " Three McHenry business houses were broken into. The Northwestern depot, Pedersen's Variety store and the Riverside Bake shop were all burglarized of an undetermined sum of money and merchandise. The gusty winds which' blew heavy snow in dense clouds across the highways caused a chain reaction pile-up three miles south of the city which eventually involved nineteen vehicles. There were no serious injuries. April Flooded conditions such as local residents have never seen before in the memory of a lifetime left hundreds temporarily homeless in the McHenry area. It was estimated that about 150 and 200 families were evacuated. Donald Muscarelli, 19, of Round Lake, died from injuries suffered in a car accident on Rt. 31 and the Johnsburg road. There were 8,560 qualified voters registered in nine local precincts for the April election. Mark's Marine Center and Millstream Coin Wash opened for business at 205 W. Elm street. In hotly contested races for state senator and coroner, Robert McClory won over his o p p o n e n t , Lee F l e m i n g , and Theron Ehorn defeated Dr. John C. Goetschel. In another contest Richard R. Cross was nominated for state's attorney. Donald Weingart and Vale Adams were elected to the high school board and Mrs. Naomi . Meyer and August (Bud) Uttich were elected the grade school board. The McHenry area churchei held special services for Hoi; Week and Easter Sunday. A McHenry high school junior, William "Bill" Hintze, lost his life in a tragic accident, April 14, when he was crushed by his car while working under it. Mayor George P. Freund was honored on "This Is Your Life" program given at the Chamber of Commerce banquet held at the Wing 'N Fin. Proposed re-routing of 120 was regarded as a serious threat to business in McHenry. The McHenry Publishing Co. announced the purchase of the Harrison building at 405 W. Elm street, which will become the new home of the McHenry Plaindealer in the spring of 1961. Charles "Chuck" Miller was unanimously re-elected chairman of the GOP Central committee at the organizational meeting. Edward Justen was appointed fire chief of the McHenry Township Fire Protection district when Harold Hobbs retired after twenty years of service. Theodore Miller and Thomas Diedrich were appointed assistants to the chief. May McHenry observed "Operation Alert" day in connection with Civil Defense. The city was host to "evacuees" from Skokie. A new McHenry hospital building with eighteen more beds and a maternity department will become a reality soon, as officials of the hospital completed negotiations for a construction loan amounting to $175,000. State police confiscated three slot machines in raids on McHenry taverns. Monday nights to give shoppers extra shopping night. Fred Meyer was appointed public works superintendent by City Council. Mrs. Kathryn Freund was bound and gagged by intruders to' her home on Pearl street and kept under guard for over an hour while one of the two men completely ransacked her house. The men posed as revenue men and requested to see' her tax bills. Investigation by the police disclosed $100 and two valuable diamond rings missing. Census litres released indicate a tremendous population increase. Within McHenry's confined limits, the increase showed a rise of little more than 1,000, from 2,147 in 1950 to 3,318 at the present date, "l^rom a figure of 7,296 in the township the 1960 count rose to 16,758. June Hundreds of McHenry residents and visitors gathered at the dam, southeast of the city, May 29, to see Gov. William G. Stratton cut the ribbon which officially 'put into operation the hew navigation lock on the Fox river. In spite of a 15 to 10 vote by the board of supervisors to dismiss Stanley Cornue from his duties as supervisor of assessments effective June 1, Mr. Cornue continued to serve his office until formally charged with action for removal from office. Represe ntatives of the Chamber of Commerce, postal department, Public Service and Northern Illinois Gas Co. met for the purpose of discussing a proposed new system of address for rural routes in the McHenry postal area. A dramatic mid-China Sea fescue recently saved the life of Joseph Koberstine of Spring Grove, who was on a world tour. The City Council signed a contract for a new well. Roy J. Solfisburg, 43, of Aurora, was elected to the Illinois Supreme court. Only 9 per cent of the registered voters of the county went to the polls. Each vote costs the county $3.05* per person. A series of burglaries in the city of McHenry resulted in losses ranging from small radios -to items valued at more than a thousand dollars. The professional building on Green street was entered and two business firms were burglarized, the McHenry County Lettering Service and Ju-Al Beauty shop. Next door, Mark's Sports Center suffered the greatest loss. Twenty-three pistols, four rifles and four knives were taken. /^- The west part of the city was also a target for the burglars. Guettler Service Station and DeVac Chicago Window Products suffered losses. Rain dampened the graduates of McHenry high school and the large crowd gathered in McCracken field for the commencement exercises for 1% seniors. Stanley Vycital was named ie city of McHenry as new or of the municipal band place Paul R. Yanda, who gned at the close of last season. In an opinion/given by the Illinois attorney general's office to the McHenry county board of supervisors, they were informed that the county supervisor of assessments, Stanley Cornue, could not be accidents in McHenry. Even a severe thunder storm failed to keep the annual Legion carnival from being a success. Henry Rogers, 13, son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers of 1546 N. Rockwell, Chicago, drowned near Pitzen's camp, Pistakee Bay, July 20. A crowd estimated at 20,000 people watched the Fiesta Day parade July 17. A capacity crowd attended Drum Magic in the evening at McCracken field. Miss Judy Hans was crowned Fiesta Day Queen from among eleven contestants. Miss Judy Hansen and Miss Trudy Drochner were runners up. Safe crackers entered Nye's Drug store on Riverside Drive on July 18, and took $1,646 dollars. M. L. Schoenholtz, assistant s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of McHenry schools, was named the citizen of the year by the V.F.W. and its auxiliary. The first Rotary sponsored Horse Show held' at the Thunderbird ranch was a big success. August - - Two barns, one containing a three-car garage at one end, were destroyed by flames July 21 on the Northern Pump Co. farm at the intersection of Ringwood and McCullom Lake roads. The loss was estimated at about $100,000. A young Chicagoan, Edward C. Kelly, Jr., 28, lost his life in the Fox river when, in an attempt to save two water ckiers, he fell from his boat and was struck by the propeller. Science Research Associates, Inc., of Chicago announced plans for the construction of a new $200,000 building in Lakemoor. the building, which will be located on Fritzsche's Estates four . miles east of McHenry, will house the company's operations which have been located in McHenry, Woodstock and Lakemoor. The City Council expressed alarm over the growing number of infected city elm treesy Through a survey thirty-eight trees were found with Dutch Elm disease. A The County Fair onened Aug. 4 at Woodstock. I A severe storm, accompanied by high velocity winds, swept over McHenry on Aug. 3, causing extensive damage to service lines and trees. Judy Hans was crowned McHenry County queen at the annual fair held in Woodstock. .George Romanov, 24, drowned in Griswold Lake while attempting to save his younger brother. Trolex transferred operations from Elm street to Elkhart, Ind., thus ending employment for the sixty persons who worked there on Aug 1, An impressive dedi cation ceremony for the new Johnsburg rescue squad building was held at Johnsburg on Aug. 28. A bus survey was started by the C. of C. to determine the advisability of securing transportation from neighboring subdivisions into McHenry. Two young sters were drowned Sunday, Aug. 21, at the McHenry beach. They were 12-year-old Maximi a n o Ramirez and his cousin, Celia Malidonado, 16, of Texas, who were spending the summer "With their parents, migrant workers, at a farm near Johnsburg. McHenry's share of the half per cent return on sales tax removed from office once he--collections for May amounted had been appointed. tb $7,009.01, highest in history Miss Pat Thompson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thompson, was crowned Miss Illinois. Contracts were awarded for McHenry hospital's eighteenbed building. Completion of the b u i l d i n g i s e x p e c t e d n e x t spring. A petite, dark-haired beauty from Richmond, Miss Jeanette Seaman, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Seaman, was chosen the 1960 McHenry county dairy princess. McHenry Plan Commission heard a representative of Mid- State Development Co., report on the company's proposals for the Cooney property on old Crystal Lake road. Negotiations are in progress for about 800 acres where industrial sites are planned and residential zoning for large lots for a fine residential area. Jack Hobbs, Crystal Lake artist and art instructor won the best-of-the-show prize at the Country Art Fair. . July Ground was broken for, the new eighteen-bed building with a maternity department to be built as an addition to the McHenry hospital. The Chamber of Commerce and many business men were offering valuable prizes during "open house" days celebrating Fiesta Day. The Fourth of July holiday Riverside Drive stores open weekend was free from serious ry county. and the first time the total has ever exceeded the $7,000 mark The sixth death and fifth drowning in the last six weeks in local waters occurred Aug. 27, on Griswold Lake, taking the life of six-year-old Clifford Dummer of Chicago. McHenry schools will have an enrollment of more than 4,000 students for • the fir time in history. An M.C.H.S. graduate of almost forty years ago, Howard Phalin of Winnetka, is remembering his alma mater most generously with the gift of a $4,000 scholarship to Notre Dame university, where he also graduated. September The Labor Day holiday weekend traffic death toll in eluded a McHenry area man, Chester Howe, 71, who was killed in a crash of two cars on the Greenwood-Cha r 1 e s comer on Rt. 120. Ninety-one graduates from McHenry high school in 1960 left to attend schools of higher learning. Census reports indicate that McHenry county has grown more than 50,000 in the last half century, jumping from a population of 32,509 in 1910 to 82,647 today. Gov. William G. Stratton and Mrs. Stratton -visited the McHenry area on his eighteenstop helicopter tour of McHen- Dedication ceremonies and open house were held at the new addition to the Johnsburg school. County Treasurer Harry Herendeen was ordered by the board of supervisors to make a concentrated drive to collect delinquent personal property taxes. A favorable vote of 93 to 4 gave approval of the creation of a library district in McHenry and Nunda township in the Lakemoor area. An outstanding honor was bestowed on a young McHenry girl, Miss Sara Kay Douglas. As a I960 graduate of the Peter Bent Brigham hospital school of nursing in Boston, Mass., she was awarded the Reynolds Gold Medal, the highest honor in her class. Findings/ of the recently completed /McHenry Plan Commission were the highlights of the Chamber, of Commerce general meeting. October An announcement was made that ground would probably be broken this fall for a new shopping center in the heart of the village of Sunnyside. Known as Sunnyside Plaza, it is planned as a multi-million dollar eenfter covering fiftyeight acres. County Treasurer Harry Herendeen started a campaign to collect delinquent personal property taxes. The county board of supervisors set up new justice districts to comply with new state law effective next spring. Injuries sustained in an auto accident involving a county squad car, which occurred on Oct. 1, resulted in the death of Kirk Schroeder, 50, of Crystal Lake, formerly of McHenry, on Dct. 7. The City Council awarded a contract for a 800,000 gallon water tank and approved the postal re-addressing 'numbering system. McHenry businessmen offered Spectacular Days. In connection with the three-day program, the Army brought one of the famous Ajax Guided Missiles to McHenry for display. Two well dressed men walked into the F. M. Television shop on Riverside drive on the pretense of buying a used TV set and took a purse containing $209 in cash which belonged to the owner of the store, Mrs. Walter Hojnaki. The school board in district 15 approved the bids on the new ten-room school to be constructed west of the city. Work on the school is expected to begin soon, with completion date set for August of 1961. Shoplifting proves to be a real problem for McHenry businessmen. One local store owner reported between four and eight persons apprehended in the act of taking items each week. November r Nine McHenry precincts listed 9,720 voters entitled to vote in the national election. Open house was held in the attractive, new Hilltop school, located on Lincoln road, northeast of McHenry. One of two tragic accidents which claimed the lives of local residents occurred Nov. 5 and resulted in the death of Theodore J. Zelnis, 17, of Jak- Ana Heights. William Simmons of McHenry, 38, the father of six children, met tragic death Nov, 4, when he lost control of a sixteen-tcn front end loader he was operating at the Lake Julian gravel pit, east of Cary. McHenry high school was the setting for the largest and most spectacular musical event of the year in the county when 500 young vocal musicians from eight high schools presented the annual McHenry county music festival at the high school Nov. 14. McHenry township precincts remained in Republican ranks except numbers six and nine, giving the Democrtic candidate for governor of the state, Otto Kerner, the edge over the incumbent Governor Stratton. The nation went Democratic when it elected John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson to the office of president and vice-president. The county officials were all elected on the Republican ticket. The total vote cast in the county was 38,840. Leon Webber, 28, of Chicago was apprehended by Chicago police and the McHenry county sheriff in the home of his brother in Fritzsche's Estates, Lilymoor. He admitted kidnapping Peggy McCarthy, 7, in Chicago. Wonder Lake residents turned down a move to incorporate into a village by a vote of three to one. Valley View is the name selected for the new ten-classroom grade school to be constructed west of the city. James Justen of McHenry was awarded a Red Cross certificate for heroism displayed last August when he rescued a young man from drowning. Rev. Eugene C. Baumhofer, superintendent of Marian Central Catholic high school, Woodstock, was appointed pastor of Saint Mary's church, by the Most Rev. Loras T. Lane, Bishop of Rockford,. to replace the late Msgr. Charles Nix. An employee of the local hospital, Donald Seley of McHenry, was apprehended by the sheriff's office at Elkhorn, Wis., and charged with armed assault. He was accused of shooting a gas station attendent ay^CakG Geneva, Wis., durinsr a robbery attempt... county death toll from h i g h w a y a c c i d e n t s r e a c h e d thirty-five when John Anifer, 46s,* of Chicago, died Nov. 28 from injuries received in an auto collision near Terra Cotta. A 2-year-old, -1,875 pound bull named N.C.P. Silver King, owned by Northern Pump Farm of McHenry, was named grand champion over all Hereford bulls at the annual International Livestock Expositiin, in Chicago. Donald Doherty was named head of the county March^^f Dimes. ^ December A pre-holiday trip to visit relatives came to a tragic end in the early hours of Dec. 3, when a 30-year-old mother from Lakemoor and her 4- month-old son were killed in a traffic accident. Mrs. Anita Krueger and her infant son, Dale, died enroute to Sherman hospital after the crash on Rt. 19, east of Elgin. ^ Rev. Fr. Eugene Baumhofer was installed Dec: 6 as pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church. Accident injuries sustained Dec. 5 resulted in the death of Mrs. Elvira H. Malenius of Pistakee Heights. The accident occurred ^on Rt. 12, near Wauconda. Burglaries resulted in large losses in McHenry area, including $3,000 taken from the safe at the Wonder Lake post office. Because of unpaid taxes and those paid under protest, Grade School District, No. 15, did not receive $34,002.85 to which it was entitled to operate in accordance with the budget prepared by the board. The City Council awarded the final contracts for the waterworks improvement project. The route chosen for mains promises to bring about substantial savings in fire insurance rates throughout the city. Tech. Sgt. Jacob A. Pas, 30, son of Mrs. Mary Czechowicz of McHenry, was a flight engineer on the United States Air Force transport plane which plowed into the heart of Munich Dec. 17 killing all aboard. The McHenry Chamber of Commerce announced that the total disbursements for the year of 1960 came to $10,809.- 59. Numerous Weddings Of Local Interest Solemnized In Year January \ Jan. 16--Miss Janice Freund and »Wayne Chase exchanged wedding vows at St. John's church at Johnsburg. February Feb. 6--Miss Carol Szarek of Lakemoor exchanged marriage vows with Mr. Lester Venable, in Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. Feb. 13--Mr. Ralph W. Bennett of Lincoln, England, son of the H. Ralph Bennetts of McHenry, was united in marriage with Miss Joyce Miller of Round Lake. They will live in England. Feb. 20--Miss Julaine Tonyan was united in marriage to Mr. Ernest Pieroni, in a beautiful ceremony at St. Mary's Catholic church. In a lovely wedding solemnized at St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg, Miss Mary Jane Bell of Ringwood became the bride of Mr. Gregory Nowak. Feb. 27--In a ceremony performed by Msgr.' Murphy in Immaculate Conception church, Highland Park, Miss Judith Dale Schultz of Highland Park became the bride of Mr. Leon Schmitt of John street, McHenry. St. Mary's Catholic church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Donna Mae Brown of Edgebrook Heights and Mr. Boyd Lindberg of Tower Lake, Barrington. March Mar. 11--Miss Joyce Gladden qf Davis, Calif., and Tom Cashm of Shore Hills subdivision, Wonder Lake, were united in marriage at Nativity Lutheran church. April Apr. 2--Ronald Meyer of 517 Waukegan road, McHenry, and Eleanor Cripe of Rt. 5, McHenry, were married at the German Lutheran church in West Salem, Wis. Apr. 7--In a ceremony performed at the Zion Lutheran church Robert L. Stock was married to Patricia A. Heine of Cary. Apr. 23--Miss Elizabeth Ann Kosup became the bride of Mr. Gerald Ray Evans of Mundelein at Santa Maria Del Popolo church in Mundelein. Miss Norma Whiting of Grayslake, formerly of McHenry, and Chris Thompson were married in St. Gilbert's church, Grayslake. The Ringwood Methodist church was the scene of the marriage of Miss Virginia Cooner and James M. Hunt of Hunterville Park, McHenry. Apr. 30--Miss Irene Thurlwell became the bride of Jack Miller at St. Mary's Catholic church. Charles (Chicky) Sales of McCullom Lake was married to Miss Caroline Nellies of Chicago at St. Clare De Monte Falco church. Miss Mary Banks exchanged vows with Dr. L. F. Koresch of Lake Geneva, Wis., in the Church of the Holy Family, Lake Villa. N a t i v i t y L u t h e r a n c h u r c h . Wonder Lake, was the scene of the marriage of Miss Joan Hansen of Wooded Shores and Wayne Edward Blixt of Escanaba, Mich. May May 7--Miss Mary Anne May of Spring Grove became the bride of Mr. Larry Gaylord of Richmond in St. Peter's Catholic church. May 14--At a nuptial mass in St. Christian's Catholic church, Chicago, Miss Rita Ann Hunter of Chicago exchanged vows with Mr. Richard Allen Adams of McHenry. May 21--St. Patrick's church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Nancy Justen and Mr. Donald J. Blake of McHenry. Rev. Harold Nilges officiated. A former McHenry girl, Miss Ann Marie May of Woodstock, was united in marriage to Mr. Thomas E. Lalor of Hebron at St. Mary's church, Woodstock. May 28--Miss Arlene Oeffling and Thomas Fowler were united in marriage in St. John's Catholic church, Johnsburg. June June 4--Miss Joyce Marie Mangold, Johnsburg, became the bride of Mr. Joseph Nimsgern, McHenry, at St. John's church. In a ceremony performed at St. Mary's church, Miss. Peggy Thurlwell exchanged vows with Mr. John R. Lawrence of McHenry. Richard • Aissen of Ringwood c l a i m e d M i s s C a r o l Anne D'Ambrose of Crystal Lake as his bride. June 11--St. Mary's Catholic church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Mary Nye of McHenry and Lt. Craig Baldwin, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, Miss Helen Olson of McHenry, became the bride of Roy Dodd, Jr., of Ringwood, at St. Mary's Catholic church. June 18--A beautiful, early summer wedding united in marriage Miss Patricia Ann Blake of McHenry and Mr. Michael Butler Snite, Wilmette, at St. Mary's church. St. Patrick's church was the setting for the wedding of Miss Dolores Ann Freund and Daniel A. Weber of McHenry. Miss Grace E. Hiller, Johnsburg, and Mr. Donald Bentz, of Pistakee Highlands exchanged marriage vows at St. John's church, Johnsburg. A former teacher in McHenry h i g h s c h o o l , M i s s J e a n n e Elaine Miller of Grayslake and Mr. Curtis L. Johnson were married in the Wauconda Federated church. Miss Jacqueline St oiler and Jerry J. Hauter were married in the First Christian Church of Bloomington. June 25--Miss Diana Pieroni of Fair Oaks subdivision became the bride of Mr. Charles Tonyan in St. Mary's Catholic church. St. Lawrence church in Lawrenceburg, Ind., was the scene of the wedding of Miss Sharon Kay Westrick of that city and Mr. C. Ernest Useman oT McHenry. A wedding solemnized at the Wonder Lake Bible church united in marriage Miss Beth Ann Smith and Mr. Randall Jack Sellek of Wonder Lake. Leander D. Hughes of Chicago and Miss Evelyn Murray of Topeka, Kas., were married at Assumption church in Topeka. Immaculate Conception church in Waukegan was the setting fo# the wedding of Miss Carole Jean Wilson of Waukegan and Mr. Robert Joseph Miller of Johnsburg ( July July 2--Miss Neida Day of Pistakee Highlands and Mr. Chester E. Rechisky of Claremon, N. H., were united inmarriage by Rev. John O. »•- Intyre at Faith Presbyterianchurch. Miss Constance Lee Karlic of Holiday Hills became the bride of Mr. Gerald Raymond Grasser of Ingleside at St. Patrick's church. July 16--St. Paul's Episcopal church, McHenry, was the setting for a lovely wedding which united Miss Peggy Ann Stamer of Pistakee Bay and Ito, Robert Henley of DuQoin, JR. , July 23--Miss Veronica Laskowski of Chicago and Lionel V. Steffen of West Shore Beach, McCullom Lake, were married at Zion Lutheran church by Rev. Carl Lobife July 30--A beautiful midsummer wedding was SOJOTTInizecT at St. Patrick's cWUrch when Miss Nancy Krenz of Crystal Lake became the br^t of C. William Weber of McHenry. In a late afternoon wedding at the Community Methodist church Miss Kay Bucher of Pistakee Bay was married to Dale Brubach of Island Lake. Miss Elizabeth Anne Hintze and Thomas Charles Douglas exchanged marriage vows at St. Paul's Episcopal church. St. Pauk;' Lutheran church, Round LalHJ was the scene of the wedding of Miss Donna Weiss of Pistaqua Heights and Robert Hamm of Fox Lake. August Aug. 6--In an afternoon ceremony performed at St. Mary's church, McHenry, Miss Rosemary Heber became thebride of Stanley Pollitt. St. Patrick's church was the sceM of a wedding uniting Miss Ma£ garet Fuller of Edgebrook ^Heights and John Perry of ^ Wonder Lake. Aug. 13--Miss Martha Nihill of McHenry became the bride of Donald Hojnacki in a lovely rite performed at St. Patrick's Catholic church. Thomas English claimed an eastern girl, Miss Christine MacKenzie, his bride in a late mornif w e d d i n g at S t . P a t r i c k ' s church. Miss Kathleen Freund of Rt. 1, McHenry and Glenn Moehling of Spring Grove were married in a pretty service s o l e m n i z e d at S t . J o h n ' s church, Johnsburg. Miss Sharon O'Shea of Grayslake became the bride of John Iandola of Chicago in a service performed in St. Gilbert's churck Grayslake. Aug. 27--Miss Ardelle Oeffling of Johnsburg, became the bride of Mr. Ronald Conway of McHenry at St. John's Catholic church in Johnsburg. Miss Judith Freund and Mr. Thomas McMahon exchanged wedding vows at St. Mary's Catholic church. September Se^^^^feeJ^ry's Catholjj^ church/was the scene of the wedding of Miss Judith Hocin of McCullom Lake and David G. Young of Rt. 6, McHenry. In a ceremony performed at St. Ann's Episcopal church in Woodstock Miss Sharon Lee McCain of Wonder Lake became the bride of George Lamont Taylor of Wonder Lake. Sept. 10--At the Methodist church in Rutherford, N. Miss Uene Bassett of McHenry became the bride of Dr. Elmar J. Wiedemann of Stutthart. Germany. Miss Judith Ann Hollenbach became the bride of Loren John Freund at St. John the Baptist church in Johnsburg. Three weddings were solemnized at the Zion Lutheran church. At 11:30 in the morning Evelyn Steadmpn and Ray West were united Vi marriage. In the afternoon Benjamin Kellogg of McHenry claimed as his bride, Miss Barbara Gordon of McHenry. Just an hour later, Norman Danko of Lakemoor exchanged wedding vows with Sharon L. Ward of Ingleside. Sept. 17--The Community Methodist church of Ingleside was the scene of the weddirv of Miss Carrie Lou Juul 01 Ingleside and Larry Rex Thomas of McHenry. Miss Nancy O'Brien of Hunterville Park and Da\id Freund of McHenry exchanged wedding vows at St. Patrick's Catholic church. In a wedding ceremony at St. Mary's Catholic church Miss Joyce Anne May was married to Harold Diedrich. At St. Peter's Catholic church, Spr'^ V Grove, Miss Patricia Popelke and Philip Leonhardt were married by Rev. Edward Lehman. Harold P. Owen of McHenry was united in marriage to Mi\s. Reba Lee Wolf of McCullom Lake at the Community Methodist church. Sept. 24--Miss Patricia Tomasello and Mr. Dennis Ansell were married at St. Patrick's Catholic church. At Zion theran church Walter Haugen of Libertyville claimed Gladys Ingersol of McHenry as his bride. October Oct. 1--Miss Shirley Mae Thurlwell was married to Mr. Melvin J. Freund of Johnsburg (Continued on Page 17)