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t Thursday, March 15/1962 THE McHENRT PLAINDEALER Johnsburg GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE TIME IS HERE Betty Hettermann 0 Yery soon now, there will be a Brownie or Girl Scout at your door selling cookies. Anyone who has purchased these cookies in the past can vouch for delicious flavor. Again this year there are three varieties of cookies for sale; creme sandwich-, thin chocolate mint and peanut butter patties. Also, the Scouts will be selling • lantern pack of nuts. Each lantern pack consists of two cans of fresh salted nuts. Each troop participating in this sale profits by their sales. Please give these girls a hand while you are also treating yourself to some goodies. Council profits from this sale will be used to develop and equip vCamp sites so our daughters and other Scouts will have more camping opportunities in the future. Please help' by purchasing a few boxes when the Scouts come to call. Rescue Squad Call Members of the Johnsburg rescue squad were called upon last Friday to assist in giving first aid to victims of a two car collision. The accident occurred in Pistakee Highlands «ind four persons were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Hospital Patients jGet-well wishes to Rita Daly - who spent several days in the ^McHenry hospital last week. - Also wishes for a healthier Jfuture to Marge Barth who returned home last week after spending two weeks in the Woodstock hospital. Bronchial pneumonia was the cause of her long hospitalization. Joan Wolczyniki, recently. While there the girls made g*twell cards for their leaner, Marge Barth, who is sick. Other current projects were discussed. Diane Hiller was cookie hostess at this meeting. No meeting was held last week. During the next few weeks of Lent, this troop will hold their meetings on Tuesday evenings instead of Wednesdays. New Granddaughter In line for congratulations this week are Frank and Connie May. The reason being a new granddaughter who made her debut at the McHenry hospital on March 3. This young lady was the first child for Bob and Arlette Cable of McHenry. Best wishes to the new parents and grandparents. Sfwing Guild Meets Lorraine Lindemann of Pistakee Highlands was hostess to the Pink Ladies Sewing Guild io the McHenry hospital when they met in her home on March 8. Members present at this -time from McHenry W ere: '••Marion Carlson, Margaret Bo- "lirf, Tess Kelly, Lilah Jordan, Mae Siadek, Cecil Blake, Marion Ritter and Helene Pepping. Johnsburg' members were: Esr ther Knapp, Agnes Koman and •Nellie Bergtaaer. Other Pistakee , ilighlarils members on hand were: Marge Moreth, Vi ""Sthuble apd Gerl Snell. Lorraine served ;a dessert luncheon at which, time the members joined in wishing their hostess a "Happy Birthday." Birthday Celebrant iiVlost persons are happy to celebrate their\:hirthdays once a 'yeary Bfc,^t^Richard May1 --»'He>WT ,t6"-,celebrafe' two days in succession. His natal days is really March 12 but the evening before several of his friends took him out to celebrate. On Sunday, the Art Kattner family along with Richard's own family celebrated again with a complete turkey dinner served at his home. "Happy Birthday" even though it is a little late. Troop 295 News Kalhy Barth reports that her troop met at the home of W.C.O.F. Notes Officers and members of St, Agatha's court No. 777 will meet in the community club hall next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. At this time election of officers will take place. Also on the agenda is the last round of the current card tournament. The eighth Diocesan Conference of the W.C.OJ*. will be held in Elgin on April i. Mass will be at 11 o'clock in St. Joseph's church. Dinner will JjP served followed by a program and the meeting. Any member of the court who joined since May 1 of 1961 is eligible to be initiated with the class at this conference. Reservations for those to be initiated or any court member-, who wishes to attend must be made before or at the meeting of March 2b. Please contact Virginia Pltzen. One more note to keep in mind for members of this court is the communion Sunday and breakfast coming up on April 8. The ladies and the juvenile court members will receive communion in a body at the 8:30 Mass. Breakfast will he served in the community club hali immediately following. BaskrtbaU WSn<?ttp The windup of the" recettt C.O.F. tournament will take place next Sunday, March 18, in the high school gym. St. John's team No. 1 Of the heavies will meet St. Benedict's at 1:30 while the Rangers oppose St. Gregory's at 3. St. John's team No; 2 of the heavies will meet competition for the championship at 8:15. Wouldn't it be something if both of the heavy teams should meet one another for the Championship game? It tfouid happen! Aroiiiid thltr T«vn Young Eddie Hettermann was on the absent,ee list from school all last week as a result of the chicken pox. Bob Hiller is scheduled to leave sometime this week for Arizona where he will play baseball with one of the farm teams. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Urhausen of Lincolnwood were dinner guests on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mjrs. Clarence Smith. Mrs. Helen Hettermann and Mrs. Jim Hettermafih and daughters, Joy and K&ren, visited Carol Ann Stilling at St. Coletta's in Jefferson, Wis., on Sunday. On Saturday, the Lewis Pit- Smith's ADni: nt Service ELMER SMITH, Owner "Across from Ball Park in West McHenry" 1313 No/1 North Drive McHenry, 111. • WHEEL ALIGNMENT • WHEEL BALANCING • WHEEL BEARINGS • BRAKES AND SHOCK ABSORBERS • MINOR AUTOMOTIVE REPA3BS Phone EV 5 BV 541248 mo MANY FOR CONG1ISS? ONLY ONE has served this district in peacetime and wartime. ONLY ONE has proved that he does not use a public f office for private profit. ONLY ONE has held office in city, county, state and national government ONLY ONE is familiar with Asia, where our future peril exists. ONLY ONE has a positive program for world peace. ONLY ONE is a lifelong resident with a record of holding public office. C0ULS0N has been Mayor, Prosecutor, State Legislator. State Department Special Representative, Writer, Teacher, and Lieutenant-Colonel, and won national commendation in every job. We invite .you to join the 5 COLLSON FOR CONGRESS TEAM COULSON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE 1031 Pacific Ave., Waukegaa, 11L Spring Grove LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND TV WORK SHOP IN CHICAGO Eva Freund Mrs. Albert Wipper and Mrs. William Smith will represent St. Peter's parish at an all day work shop on "Broadcasting in the Public Interest" which will be held at the LaSalle hotel in Chicago on Tuesday, March 20. The purpose of this work shop is "To provide a better understanding of the role of television in every day life, how the industry operates, and how it is regulated by itself, by the government and by the viewer. Also to determine how local action can influence the quality of broadcasting." Anyone wishing to attend this work shop, please send in the following registration form with your registration and luncheon fee. Advanced registration. is necessary. For further information, please contact Mrs. Charles Freund, Spring Grove, Public Relations ^McHenry Deanery Council Of Catholic Women. Send registration to Illinois Commission on Children, 714 Ferguson Bldg., 522 East Monroe St., Springfield, Illinois. P. T. A. The "Cake Walk" sponsored by the P.T.A. of the Spring Grove elementary school held in the new school building on Wednesday night was well attended. Many cakes were furnished by the mothers and won by the "cake walkers." Cookies and coffee were served. Page Twenty-One Dawn, flew to Washington to spend several weeks with her husband, Jim Elwood, who is in service and stationed in Washington. Illness Frank Sanders, who was ill with pneumonia is greatly improved and able to be. up and around again. LCWC Meets Members of the Lotus Country Women's club were entertained in the beautiful new home of Mrs. Peggy Buesseler on Wednesday afternoon', March 7. Eighteen members and two guests were present. The scheduled program "Slides of China" was not available so the ladies spent the afternoon at cards. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Rose Marks with Mrs. Frances Kabot as hostess. The "500" club met at the home of Mrs. Nora Miller on Thursday after noon. Prizes went to Mrs. Minnie Pierce, Mrs. Mame Tinn£v. Mrs. Mary Nimsgern, Mrs. Elizabeth Engels, and Mrs. Frances Shotliff. Refreshments were served. Visitor Mrs. Olga Orvis of Lake Villa returned home Saturday after spending the past week with Mrs. Alice Stevens. Church Services Parishioners of St. Peter's attended Lenten services on Wednesday and Friday evening at eight o'clock. There will be services every Wednesday and Friday evening at this same time during Lent. Members of the Methodist church observed "World Day of Prayer" on Friday, March 9. The church doors were open to all who cared to participate. Trip Mrs. Judy Elwood and baby. zen family visited Susan Pitzen at the same school. Mrs. Mayme Hoffman and sons, George and Dick, of Wilmette, were Sunday afternoon callers at the Bill May home. Day of Recollection The McHenry Deanery Council of Catholic Women will sponsor a Day of Recollection at St. Mary's, Woodstock, on Sunday, April 1, from 2 to 5 p.m. Rev. Leo Lambert of Elkhorn, Wis., will conduct the conference to which all Catholic women and their guests of McHenry county are invited. A nominal voluntary offering will be accepted at the time of registration which will begin at 1:15 pjm. a 4-H News RINGWOOD SUNSHINE GIRLS Ten members and two guests were present at the last meeting called to order by President Linnea Larson. Donna Schmelzer lead the 4-H pledge and pledge of allegiance. Donna also reported on the Federation meeting. A committee was named for Share-the-Fun, the home economics tour to Rock ford April 23 and the roller skating party. Karen Larson gave a talk on demonstration, "Identifying Material," by Linnea Larson and Ida Mae Walkington. The next meeting will be April 7. Karen Larson, Reporter.* Ask any gal if she'd prefer to remain single -- and she'd rather knot. A SPECIAL FRI. - SAT. LARGE CUT GLASS BOWL with fill-ups of 7 gal. or more of BETTER J.&L. GASOLINES NYLONS 51-15 First Quality Dupont pair LIMIT 2 PAIR WITH GAS PURCHASE GOOD 2 GAL. CAN $|09 (LIMIT TWO) Insi » case' SYATI Utl IL #• can 5 J $7.92 NOTE: No free oil on drains during this sale J. & L OIL ; ROUTE ISO TWO MILES EAST OF McHENRY AT L1LYMOOR * M long as they last Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken from the Files of March 7, 1912 Rev. William Nickle of Chicago will preach at the M.E. church here nexf^SQHday, Mr. Nickle is well and favorably known here, having been principal of the McHenry school over fifty years ago. He was also a pastor at Greenwood for fifteen years. Miss Mae Spencer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer, was united in marriage to Mr. E..E. Groves of Chicago at the home of her parents Monday afternoon, Rev. Brewster of North Crystal Lake officiating. Mrs. C. E. Lamphere of C a r p e r r t e r s v i l l e a n d . W. D . Wentworth of this place celebrated their birthday anniversaries together at the home of the latter Sunday. A six-course dinner at noon hour was served to relatives from Chicago. Belvidere arid Carpentersville. The firm of M. Weber and Son. contractors and builders, has been dissolved, the senior member retiring from activity, while his son, John P. Weber, will carry on the business alone. Mrs. J. C. Holly very pleasantly entertained the members of the Jolly Twelve club at her home last Thursday afternoon. Progressive cinch was played and prizes awarded to the hostess and Miss Rose Huemann. A jolly time was had by all. The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad company has discontinued the sale of twentyfive ride bearer tickets between this village :ind Chicago and in their place have issued a twenty> fi\c ride individual ticket. The new hooks sell at S 16.75, the same price as the old bearer book. FORTY YEARS AGO Taken from the Flies of March 9, 1922 The McHenr y Municipal League is the name of a new organization in our municipality. The new body was incorporated at Springfield last Thursday, with C. M. Goodman, G. C. Howartf, Nicholas Rohr, James Revor. A. Ibsh and A. S. Parks a* the incorporators. The object of the new incori> oration is "to foster a clean administration of the town's affairs. Just before closing our forms to go to press we learned of the death of Miss Alice Waite, a . f o r m e r l o c a l r e s i d e n t . S h e passed away at Resthaven. Eligin, where she had made her home for several months. George J. Heimer and Anton E. Blake have just formed a partnership and will hereafter engage in the electrical business in this village. D. I. Granger, rural mail carrier, has had probably more experience as a fisherman than most of us, but the one which beats anything ever heard of tool|p|>lace on Meyers Bay recently, when in taking up one of his set lines he discovered that the hook contained three fish, a perch, bass and pickerel. The hook which had been baited with a minnow first attracted a perch. The perch, in turn, looked good to a bass and to cap the climax a pickerel came along and took the bass, perch and minnow. Walter J. Freund of Woodstock has rented space with M. A. Thelen, West Side harnessmaker, and will soon open a tire vulcanizing shop in this village. Mr. Freund has recently concluded a course in vulcanizing in a school conducted for disabled soldiers in Cincinnati, Ohio. Monear and Phalin recently formed a partnership and have rented the Brewfery service station garage and are now doing business under the name of the McHenry Sales and Service Co. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken from the Files of March 11, 19S7 Exactly 100 loaves of bread were exhibited Saturday in the contest sponsored by William Spencer, proprietor of the McHenry Flour Mills. Miss Clara Kaiser was winner of first prize, the second prize was given to Mrs. C. L. Harrison of Ringwood and the third award was carried away by Mrs. Schlottman of Crystal J-ake. The judges were Mrs. Simon Stoffel, Mrs. C. W. Goodell and Mrs Frank Thurlwell. The Agatha shop moved the last of the week to new quarters in the building next door. The room vacated by the Agatha shop is being included in the Central Market, proprietor of which is William Pries, owner of the buildings. Members of Riverview Camp, R.N.A., celebrated the twentysixth anniversary of the camp with a dinner at the Bickler hotel last Tuesday evening, after which cards were played. Charter members were honored guests. All is well that ends well. McHenry's high school basketball team wound up their season Tuesday night with a 36 to 30 win over Coach Stuessy's scrappy squad from St. Mary's of Woodstock. The teams, brought together by insistent followers, furnished one of the most exciting games of the year. Captam "Bud" Miller, playing his last game for McHenry high, led his mates to victory with a total of 13 points. Allan Noonan, proprietor of "Hoots" tavern, sustained severe cuts and bruises on his head and body and sixteen stitches were taken in his ear as the result of an accident enroute home from Chicago, when an automobile drove onto the highway from a side road, striking his car. He is confined to his home on Main street. ,,,8 acres of each 10 in cultivation in U.S. are used for grain foods -- the others for cotton, tobacco, etc. THE OLDER CAB An older car is as comfortable as an old shoe when it comes to covering the miles. However, the Institute for Safer Living warns that older cars may have trouble ?? competing with the performance of newer cars on fast expressways. Unexpected mecha n i c a 1 trouble may develop at higher speeds. If your car is five years old or more, you may find driving safer and more enjoyable in the slower speed lanes. REVOKE LICENSE Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier has announced the" revocation of the driver license of Melvin R. 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