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1$ fX* * #"*^ *' . . Section Two ^ Pig* Etcflil pj Iff ,i.. .,.. !•, *»I-I.I «• -- ; THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday* July 22, .1965. LAKELAND PARK NEWS BARB MEURER -- KAY DRUML 885-4356 UtTLE LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON DRAWS TO CLOSE It doesn't seem quite possible that our baseball season is all but at an end. June 10 was opening day for the league and tomorrow, Friday, July 23. will see the last game of the schedule played. The games this year have been very interesting with most of the scores being close in the Major league. The score and standing£ will show that it has been a close race for that coveted first position. We both hope that every parent will get out for the last two games. Tonight, Thursday, will see the Tigers and Braves playing and to end the season it will be the Orioles and Pirates in the major league. The minor league will have the Tigers and Braves playing on Thursday and the Orioles and Pirates on Friday at the old field. Let's get out and cheer the boys on these last two evenings. There is a meeting tonight, Monday for the All Stars team choices and we hope to have the names for you next week, as well as a listing of All Star games to be played. Homerun hitter for this week was Bob Minor who put )iis over fight field. Little League Scores And Standings Minor League On the 12 of July the Pirates beat the Tigers 8 to 7. On the 13th the Pirates were again the winners when they beat the Orioles 9 to 8. The game on the 15th between the Orioles and Tigers was rained out. The Pirates really went wild on the 16th and beat the Braves 17 to 1 and continued their good playing on the 17th by beating the Tigers in a makeup game 18 to 3. The standings for the Minor league are: Team W Pirates 8 Tigers 7 Orioles 6 Braves 2 Major league: On the 12th of July the Pirates beat the Orioles 7 to 3J and on the 13th they lost \t the Tigers 7 to 6. On the th, the Braves won 5 to 3 the Orioles and on the phe Tigers beat the Pian extra inning ball T to 5. These games have been very exciting because the teams are. running so close in standings that every win counts. The standings for the Major league are: Team W L Tigers 8 4 Orioles 7 5 Braves 6 7 Pirates 4 9 News From The L.P.P.O.A. Board Last Thursday at the regular board meeting Mr. Douglas accepted the mighty task of road commissioner. We both hope that everyone will give him a helping hand in his undertaking. Grading on the roads is being started as we write our column this morning. •It has been asked that everyone bear with the work as well as with the officers and board members who are doing their very best for all of the residents. Playground equipment has been ordered for both beaches and community house and is expected to arrive this week.' Installation will require help and it is hoped that Dick Walinski will receive many phone calls to help get the equipment up. Dick can be reached after 6 at 385-6526. We'd like to add a comment here, we hope that youngsters of all ages will respect the equipment as if it were their own. The softball field at Glosson's farm will be ready soon. It is located at the northwest of the community house. The first practice game will be on Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. and the first game is set for August 8 at 4 p.m. Players are still needed and anyone interested for information can contact Dick Walinski also. Best Wishes Extended to the following members of our subdivision who, celebrate very special days during the coming week. Craig Leigh will be 17 and Sissie Grey 9 on the 22nd. Lance Kuehns turns 11 on the 25th. July 26 has Barb's number 1 daughter reaching 10, Ann Kroening becomes a teenager, Robbie Wickenkamp will be 11 and Christine Sweeney turns 9 on the same date. Debbie Schadel will be 8, Billy Burns 11 and Jackie Laursen enters his teen years all on the 27th. Jackie's mom, Gayle, adds another candle on the 29th. May each of you spend your day filled with joy. Community House Schedule For any reservations or cancellations please contact Mrs. Jo Rizzo at 385-2728. July 28--Little League open meeting. 8 p.m. Blue Bundle Ronald and Sherry Patterson are the proud parents of their first child, a son, born on July 16 at the Waukegan hospital. James Frank weighed in» at 6 lbs., 11 oz. Our very best to the whole family, we know you will enjoy having a baby in the house. | Lakeland Park Teenage Softball Team It is hoped that many cf our residents will get out t :> the V.F.W. field to watch th i teenage softball team plaj. At present they are tited fc r second place. The teart* mar - ager is Bill Walker, Jof.j ar 1 Co-manager is Bill Walke , Sr. Members of the team ai » John Gables, Mike Toma, Ray Franklin, Duane Diedrich, Bob Harris, Tony Mogdans, Jim Kujak, Frank Visconti, Don Harris, Rollie Koerper, Frank Sweeney, Mike McEnery, Ed Schultz, Bud Rogers and Ed Wagner. They have only a few games left on their schedule July 26 they play Johnsburg and on the 28th they take on McHenry Bakery. August 4 they play against McHenry Merchants. All games start at 7. Playoffs will be announced and we hope that they will get the dates to us. They have won 6 games and lost 4. We hope to see a large group from here out rooting for the lads. Strolling Through The Park Jeanette, Jack and Johnnie Hertzog returned to the Park after a weeks stay in Pennsylvania where they did plenty of resting with both Jeanette's and Jack's parents. Guests at the Eckhart home on Sunday were Nedra's mom. Mrs. Chamblin, her brother Wayne and his wife. Susan Pankiewicz had a Ocaftsman UTEX wall PAIN! ALEXANDER LUMBER CO. "The Best of Everything for the Builder" On Highway 81 South of Main Street McHenry, III. Phone 385-1424 wonderful time with her grandparents visiting the New York World's Fair. Upon their return Susan's brother, Stas, joined them in Chicago and they spent Wednesday at that well known amusement park where we saw them having a wonderful time. Last Wednesday Rose and Ed Oswald went to Evanston to help their oldest granddaughter Jackie celebrate her sixteenth birthday early. Jackie left for a two week Girl Scout trip to Canada. Saturday the Oswalds were guests for dinner and an evening of cards with old friends, the Schovains. On Sunday they again had dinner out, this time with the Geiishecker famiy and later they visited with Rose's brother, Bert, her sister, Kay, and her husband, Ray. Sounds like a real busy week. Charlene, Dick and the, Wimmer boys had Dick's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wimmer of Glenview as dinner guests on Sunday. Knowing Charlene it must have been a delicious meal. Danny Kamp celebrated his fifteenth birthday on Saturday with his parents, brother and sister, grandma and grandpa Druml, aunt Kay, uncle Eddie and Dennis and Kevin. Cake, ice cream and pop were served. Tommy and Lloyd Wagner spent the weekend up at Exline, Wis., on a fishing trip, they are due back today and Gerry hopes with a large catch to put in the freezer. Kitty and George Hendle and their two sons had George's mother and dad as guests for dinner and to watch the Fiesta Day parade on Sunday. Hear the Hendle home has another mouth to feed these days, George surprised Kitty and the boys with a German Shepard pup last week. To help smooth things over with his better half George took the family out to dinner at a local dining spot in Wilmot. Dorothy, Rudy and the Lense children went to Lake Geneva with Mr. and Mrs. George Pacheco for an all day outing. They enjoyed a delicious meal at one of the famous restaurants, along with fishing, swimming and card playing. Fran, Nick and the Di Blasi children have been enjoying the company of their grandmother and uncle Anthony from Brooklyn, New York. They will have plenty of time to take in the sights on their three week stay, hope its a good one weather wise for them. The Becker home was turned into a camp grounds last Tuesdayfwhen the Girl Scouts were brought back from their two dew Campout. The first eveningpJoan Schwegel stayed out wit|£ the fourteen girls and they ? leader Pepper. Dottie Be<i<er was to stay out with the group the second evening but with weather warnings as they were the police notified the campers and they all returned to the Becker home to campout in their basement. Wonder how Irv and Kenny made it with all the female surroundings? Donnie Shorgren of Fox Lake, Sue Funk's nephew, has been a week long guest in the Funk home, while Mike Funk went to visit with his aunt, Dorothy, and her family in Fox Lake. Mary and Jim Daurio enjoyed the day long visit on Sunday of Jim's mother, his brother, John, and his wife, Val, and their three children, Jim's sister Ann and her husband, Joe, and their child. Our heartiest congratulations go to Ray Bottari who had tryouts for both the Cubs and Sox teams. e Ray was a member of the Sox Little League team here in the Park and belonged to the Braves Pony League t^am and plays baseball at Marian • Central high. Ray was just a wee bit under age but has been asked to come back again for both teams. We're real proud of you Ray and know we are joined by all who know you and have seen you play ball. Edna and Tom Hountras had Mr. and Mrs. A. Poisel from Indiana visiting for a few days last week. This was the first time they had been to Lakeland Park and really enjoyed themselves. Grace Mandziara's mother, Mrs. Viola Bull, from Wisconsin Rapids, was visiting for a week. I'm sorry to hear that we will be losing the Mandziaras before too long as they are scheduled to move in August. Leah and Wally Nuss had Wally's parents out for the day last week Tuesday and they ended up going home in a storm just as Leah's sister had the week before. Jessie and Bob Matthews 'met Jessie's family at Holiday Park at Wonder Lake last Sunday for an all day picnic and I guess they really had a ball. Those joining them were her mom and dad, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reed, and her sisters and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gampetro, and four children, Mr. and Mrs. Rick Sandri and five children, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kamiptner and son. Nancy had been staying at her Aunt Pat's so she came with them and when they all went home, Debbie Sandri came with the Matthews to spend a few days. Spending a week or two at the Meurers is Ron's second cousin, Billy Blum. He is enjoying the swimming and fishing with the kids. Last Saturday about eighteen men got together over at the ball field for a soft ball game which proved very exciting. In the 9th inning the score was 12 to 9 with the bases loaded and Jim Wickenkamp up to bat. He promptly hit a home run and the team won the game 13 to 12 The game ended, but the fun had just started because they were joined by their wives and convened at the Meurer house for drinks and hot sandwiches enjoy the luxury of..* A/ i anall-Dacron wash & wear shirt and you may never want to wear any other kind of shirt again VAN HEUSEN VANTRIC Vantric is pure luxury! Soft...smooth...silky. So luxurious, it's in a class by itself. Yet for all this, Vantric is the most easy-care shirt ever! Completely wash and wear. Dries in a few hours. Never needs ironing. "Contour- Crafted" for the neat tailored look. Dual Collar may be worn as a dress or sport shirt Van Heusen Vantric, only 5*5 SUNNYSIDE ESTATES VELMA STEPHENS S85 3423 FOUR VETERANS FROM ESTATES NEW AMVETS OFFICERS A memorably occasion, including cocktails, dinner and dancing, will be held this coming Saturday, July 24, starting at 7 p.m., at Johnsburg Community Club, for our entire area. It is- the ^dedication of the charter of Eugene M. Weideman Memorial Post 260, Amvets. It will be the culmination (pf a year's work finally realized. Particular inerest to our subdivision is the fact that four of our own Veterans will be installed as officers of this post. Namely: Harold Palmer, senior vice commander, Melyin Simmons, financial officer, Henry Gam, public relations and James Leahy, judge advocate. Our Rev. Fr. Adolph Weideman, recently transferred, and the immediate members of the family are flying here to attend this special event. Vacation Time Chris Fail and three children drove to Ohio to visit her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Saul Welch, in Jackson, Ohio, and Don's father and brother and family in Columbus. The twins, Merily and Melody, requested mother not to stop at any motel on the way until they found one that had a swimming pool. Thereand dancing which lasted long into the night and early morning hours. On Sunday, the Meurers had as their guests, Ron's folks, Mr. and Mrs. William Meurer, his aunt and uncle from Maryland, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Peach and his aunt and cousin from Maywood, Aunt Laura Peach and Florence Blum and her tivo children, Laura and Biliy. A very enjoyable day was spent watching the parade and swimming. fore, when they finally found one it was at eleven o'clock at night. The next morning the girls fulfilled their wishes by swimming in the cool morning air. It was, however, a bit too chilly for mother and Donny. The Rose family, Herb, Mary and Donald, have just returned from an eleven day (4300 mile) motor tour through some of our North Central States. They visited the Corn Palace at Mitchell, South Dakota, the Bad Lands National Monument, Mt. Rushmore, the Blackhills, Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. Mary said the parks had breath-taking beauty and Yellowstone was the most awe-inspiring of the entire trip. They enjoyed the wonders of "Old Faithful", and other Geysers, the hot mud, as Mary called the Lava, bubbling up from the bowel of the earth, and the Paint Pots. Donald was fascinated by the bears-- who appeared to* be tame--but, as the signs in the park warn the visitors not to feed the animals, don't look now! you could come home with one hand missing! The Grand Tetons were an anti-climax after Witnessing all the other wonders of nature. One of the most thrilling experiences for Donald was panning for gold at Rockerville, South Dakota. They visited- the Ghost Cities of Nevada City and Virginia City expressing their views as being a vivid reminder of the wild and wooly west of yesteryear. Rock Hound Donald thoroughly enjoyed the rock exhibits at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, at Rapid City, and at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Donald's biggest thrill was returning home and setting up a display of his collection of rocks, maps, cards and other interesting moments of the trip for all his friends to see. They did not camp out-- stayed in motels along the way--thus being a real vacation for Mom too. Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar Johansen had the pleasure of having two of their grandchildren here for a week; Susan Sissman, fr;om S^oki&> and Pamela Graczyk, from Arlington Heights. Grandpa and Grandma gave them the thrill of their young lives via "Taxi" to and from Fox Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Johansen spent three days in Arlington Heights with their daughter, Bertha Graczyk, and family before bringing the two grandchildren home with them. It was a happy reunion when daughter, Alice Sissman, and three children got together with Bertha and their seven children, while the Johansens were there, to celebrate two birthdays; Elizabeth Graczyk (5 -years) and Mark Gunnar Graczyk (10 years). It was a very happy occasion for all to be together. Misprint This is to inform you that the tickets being sold, by the Johnsburg "Little League" boys for August 3, 1965 are good--even though they are mis^dated 1964. This was a printer's error and time does not permit having them reprinted. So, let us all help the Little Leagues by buying them. Fun Day Outing Marcella Miller's daughter, Betty Lockwood, from Mount Clemens, Mich., came to spend a few days with her mother. Before leaving on Thursday. July 15 to return home, taking Marcella back for a week with her, Marge Palmer and children, Marcella, Betty, Candy Kobus and your reporter spent a day picnicking and swimming at Twin Lakes, Wis. ,It was a restful and enjoyable climax to Betty's whirlwind visit here. Needless to say, the day ® was perfect for all. "Your Day" A very happy birthday to Gladys Kayler tomorrow. To Dorothy Bierchen, Neil Davis ((who will be 14) and Jim Farley on the 24th. Charlotte Maule will celebrate her day on the 25th, and on the 26th Steve Kuntz will be eleven years old. May your day be filled with great joy. Happj Anniversary . . . to Eleanor and John Fiedler who will celebrate 17 years together on the 24th. To Adeline and Hank Zeiger on the 25th and Margaret and Harold Palmer on the 26th. May this year bring you twofold happiness together. ATTENDS WORKSHOP Bob Bruce of 7608 South Drive, Wonder Lake, was among high school newspaper advisers attending a Northern Illinois university journalism workshop recently. Topics covered ranged from organization of the student newspaper staff to school-community press lations. WATER SOFTENER SERVICE SAME DAY SERVICE ON MOST MAKES & MODELS • Service • Rebuilding • Repair • Cleaning Out • Overhauling • Installation • Reconditioning • Removal ALL WORK GUARANTEED WATER SOFTENER SALES NEW -- USED -- REBUILT 385-5566 J<oJie. no WATER SOFTENER SERVICE/SALES McHenry, Illinois 124.> X. 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