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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 4 Oct 1962, p. 18

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Page Eighteen THE McHENBY PLJtfNDEALER Wonder Lake Chamber Holds Slogan Contest Mary Lou Hartog - Have you ever thought that Wonder Lake should have a slogan like other towns and cities have? Something that could be used on brochures, stationery, signs, etc? Well, now's your chance to put in your two cents worth and get $24.98 change. If you win, that is. Interested? Naturally! Well just read on we'll "tell ya what we're goin' to do". The Chamber had one of the best meetings they've had in quite some time last Thursday. There were sixteen members and guests present. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wagner, Rev. W. L. Thummel of Nativity Lutheran church, Bob Bruce, Jr., and Harold S t e f f a n were guests. During the coarse of the evening, Mr. Wagner showed a rough draft of the new Wonder Lake brochure which is to be printed. It has a handsome cover of blue with a sail boat, and a mill wheel on it. On the inside pages are pictures and history of Wonder Lake since its beginning. Also on the inside will be a full map of Wonder Lake. This is a large folded map which opens out to what looked to be about 15" x 12". The brochure will also include a business directory of local businesses. The brochure is being compiled and financed by the W. L. fire department in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce. A committee was formed to Conduct a slogan contest in order to find a suitable slogan for Wonder Lake. This slogan will be printed on the brochure and will be used in all advertising and promotion of Wonder Lake in the future. It is to be the official Wonder Lake slogan. Th£ committee, Dr. Ruggero, Pastor Thummel, Bob Bruce, Jr., and James Bixby, have set the contest up as follows: The slogan must express in some way the spirit of Wonder Lake, its history, its advantages as a place to live, etc. It must not be too long. Any good slogan must be descriptive but brief. Write your slogan on a postcard, address it to W. L. Chamber of Commere -- Slogan Contest -- Box 111, Wonder Lake, 111. Be sure to sign your name and address. A prize of $25 in merchandise certificates will be given to the winner. The certificate will be redeemable at any Chamber member establishment.. All entries must be postmarked no later than Oct. 21 midnight. You may enter as many names or slogans as you wish but each on a separate card. In the event of a tie the card with the earliest postmark will win. Contest is open to anyone except members of the Chamber of Commerce or their families. Garden Club Card Party About, sixty-five people attended the W. L. Garden Club party at Harrison school last Thursday evening. Alice Condren, Dorothy McEachren, Betty Fiala, Ruth Redman and Lillian Forsbe^g all worked their fingers to the bone but the results were gratifying. Everyone had a good time and there were prizes galore. My spies tell me that Ruth Woodward has best bring a shopping bag along next time because it seems that she is the prize winningest gal of all time. Home made pies and coffee were served as refreshments. Surprise Shower Jean Weber was very pleasantly surprised last Monday evening when a baby shower was held in her honor at the home of Audrey Jackson in Oakwood Shores. Mrs. Jackson and Barbara LaGreca were hostesses. The cake was unique in that it was in the shape of a baby sweater and booties. Thirteen friends attended from Wonder Lake and McHenry. Wonder Lake Bible Church Rev. Richard Wright, Pastor 'Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul --And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when your walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." 11:18a, 19. Mr. Robert Repke will go before the Ordination Council in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Tuesday, Oct. 2. An ordination service will then be held in our church on Sunday, Oct. 28. Mr. Repke and his wife, Rhoda, are completing^ work and arrangements for leaving for the mission field in Southern Rhodesia. The church is sending our Sunday School superintendent, Larry Beaman, to the National Sunday School convention being held in Denver, Colo., the week of Oct. 8. The S.S. staff meeting will then be held on Oct. 15 instead of the usual second Monday of the month- Thursday, Oct. 4, 12:30 p.m. the ladies prayer band will meet in the church. Friday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m. --First meeting of the Pioneer Girls. All girls from third grade on up are welcome. Sunday, Oct. 7, 9:30 a.m. -- Sunday School promotion certificates will be awarded, along with the pin awards for years of perfect attendance. son, Scott LaGreca and Penny Hager- twisted, diaed and danced at a birthday party held recently for Penny Hager's fourteenth birthday. The Hagers l i v e in Oakwood Shores. Confined to Hospital Mrs. Robert Asmus of Highland Shores is in traction at the Memorial hospital in Woodstock with a dislocated back. Mr. Asmus says it will be a while before she is able to come home. 40th Anniversary Happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Madsen, 8902 Evergreen Drive, who celebrated 40 years of wedded bliss on Sept. 16. Woodstock Streakette Peggy Wrede, daughter of Gail Wredes of Wooded Shores, was one of the girls named to be a Streakette at Woodstock Community high school. Peggy is a sophomore at WCHS. Local Twisters Ronee Sommers, Donna Dean, Kathy McMillian, Randy Neilson, Mike Licty, Earl Han- A This week only at (Name of Dealer) BIG TIRE and WHEEL DEALI SUBURBANITE NYLON WINTER TIRES NEW WHEELS TO FIT YOUR CAR i >48 FOR " "ONLY 7 JO * U of 6.70 x 18 Btackwall Plus tax ana t old tktt • Fnm Storage Till Snow Timo • Froo Mounting When You Wont 'Im m" Subu^*^i^7i^r-- • J*• e yo<"** • f*T nvlon CORD * • , for tnun alrength «"d TUFSVN .. greater traction wET * le for P##lers In N o85 "ner tor number J* HMnelur««). KB? /riuvv1™" wmkKSS**™™ iowance on iK° L Canada win lS2t ar Tlr» good/VEAR MORE PEOPLE RIDE ON GOODYEAR TIRES THAN ON ANY OTHER KIND MARTICKE & NIXON, Inc. GOODYEAR DISTRIBUTORS Hiverside Drive & Elm St. Phon. 38S4424 National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association Member No. 80 'pewilBQ, material f'm«aern tT alr|.t Welcome to Wonder Lake Newcomers In Indian Ridge are Paul and Carol Zimmer, formerly of Clinton, Iowa. They live at 7216 Oak Street. Mr. Zimmer attended St. Ambrose College in Davenport and the State university of Iowa where he received his bachelors degree in chemistry. He is employed in Woodstock. Highland Shores Rerideat Dies in Chicago Our deepe^ sympathy to the family of Mrs> William Gieselman of Highland Shores who died last week in Chicago. Visitation was at Schneider-Leucht funeral home in Woodstock and burial was from Christ the King Catholic church Saturday morning at ±0:30 a.m. EvangelicalN Lutheran Church, The Finnish Lutheran Church in America, and the United Lutheran Church in America. Hospitalized A special get-well to the following who were hospitalized this past week. Mrs. Helen Asmus, Mrs. Carol Fink, Jasper and Mildred Indelicato, Mrs. Isabel Swanson, and Mrs. Mary Sandgren. Nativity Lutheran Church W. L. Thummel, Pastor Please refer to the "Church Section" for the schedule of the week. Pastor W. L. Thummel and W. T. Peterson represented Nativity Lutheran church at the constituting convention of the Illinois Synod of the Lutheran church in America, Oct. 1 and 2 in the Pick-Congress hotel in Chicago. Official visitors, clergy and lay delegates represented all four of the national church groups recently consolidated: The American Evangelical Lutheran Church, The Augustana TIe a Girt!! Mr. and Mrs. Jerome King were parents of the week when they were gifted with a brand new daughter. Christ the King Church News Do not forget that the sched* ule for Sundays will continue the same as it has been all summer: 7:30, 9, 10:30, and 12 (High Mass). Father Vanderpool will leave this weekend for Rome to attend the Ecumenical Council He plans to be gone four to six weeks. Daily Mass for the next two months will be at 8 a.m. A "Missionary Guild" of the Thursday, October 4, 1962 Altar and Rosary has been formed; anyone wishing to join may call Mrs. Leo Wines, 653- 6111 or Mrs. A. Nemsick. The purpose is to make and supply goods for our home Missions, for example bandages, etc. They can use all clean old white shirts, sheets, bedding, etc. A box will be at the back of the church, next Sunday, only. Please hring these items at this time. Be sure they are clean before you bring them. Next Sunday Is Altar and Rosary Sunday. The sodality will receive Communion together at the 7:30 Mass. From there they will go to McHenry for their annual breakfast. Reservations must be made. BE WISE USE THE CLASSIFIED FREUND'S DAIRY, he. Complete Line of Dairy Products I-- FREE DELIVERY -- Locally Owned and Operated ^ Phone EV. 5-0195 or EV. 5-0232 DAirOEROQS BLACK WIDOWS A special warning from the Illinois Department of Public Health has been issued regarding black widow spiders, usually in evidence in early fall. The black widow has a shiny black globular body with two reddish or yellowish triangles on the underside, forming the characteristic hourglass mark-) ing. Its body is more, than & half-inch long. "Be on the lookout for these unpleasant creatures in dark secluded places, such as corners of basements and garages, under porches, woodpiles, sandboxes, and even in clothing in dark closets, warns Dr. F r a n k l i n Y o d e r , state health director. If bitten by the black widow spider, a physician should be Consulted immediately. The black .widow can be eradicated by killing them or by using an insecticide containing either cMordane or lindane according to prlnted| directions on the containers. , EMERGENCY ACTION _ Eight southern Illinois counf ties have been approved emergency action which \ra| allow farmers with severe crop losses due to drouth conditions, to graze livestock and take haji off of land retired from pro* duction by U. S. Department of Agriculture programs through Nov. 15. The emer* gency authorization was the result of a request made by Gov. Otto Kerner on Sept. 12j at which time he pointed <mt that "although recent rams have brought some relief to Southern Illinois, many farmers of the area are still faced with inadequate feed and in* sufficient pasture, and shortages of hay are expected to prevail throughout the winter." ALTH0FFS HEATING 385-0324 ^ 903 N. Front St. YOUR CERTIFIED immOXPEALER To the Public... with Love as true for a company as for a family: are esjiecially grateful for the even greater Often it is in time of difficulty that one learns how helpful people can be. We know! The Telegraphers' strike, now elided, brought our operations to a complete standstill. We know, and regret, that it caused great hardship or inconvenience to many of you, our customers and friends. Despite this, thousands and thousands of you--shippers, farmers, businessmen, civic leaders, wage-earners, our commuters and even our employees--set aside your own problems and sent us messages of encouragement and support These helped us more than we can ever say* We thank you for those letters, those telegrams and those telephone calls. And we number of messages supporting this railroad which you sent to your representatives in government, as well as for the support voiced by the press from coast to coast. But most of all, we thank you for your understanding of why we had to take a strike--of the vital principle that was at stake. The overwhelming support you, the public, havegiven the North Western during the difficult period just past has renewed and strengthened our determination to continue modernizing and improving in every way possible. Only in this manner can we contribute to our growing economy and provide you with what you must have--and deserve: highly efficient transportation at the lowest possible cost. JFJ"XCT-^C3tO -A.KT2D XrORTH JATESTERSL JLMm WW JE^LA.XXrW-A."5r

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