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V*\v "i Jr* v»: -f ',I „ ; J.f - PLAINDEALER - JANUARY 31, 1968 iS £«/; MARY ODOM | S, Mrs, Mary Odom, 46, East- I-:^ood drive, McCullom Lake, r jflied suddenly in Sherman host. pital, Elgin, last Saturday mor- 'liiing, Jan, 27. She became ill sgj .ite prficsding Monday and was taken to Memorial hospital for McHenry County, Woodstock that same evening. Her condition worsened on Wednesday and she was transferred by ambulance to Elgin, where she • succumbed. According to a report, death was attributed to a virus infection. The deceased was born Nov. 14, 1921, and married William Odom, Jan. 6, 1957, The family Which includes Patricia - 17, and Jiifimy-11, moved to McCullom Lake from Arlington Heights on Nov. 8 of last year. Ted's Funeral Service, Elgin prepared the body for shipment to Couterville, 111., where services were held early this week. In addition to her husband and two children, Mrs. Odom is also survived by a married daughter, Mrs. John (Judy) Baird, Oneonda, Ala., one grand-, child and one sister from the East Coast. nan and Robert Brennan of Ringwood and William Brennan of McHenry; eighteen grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Libby Coates Wiedrich of Ringwood; one brother, Roy of Burlington, two sisters, Mrs. Flora Carr of Ringwood and Mae Wiedrich of Woodstock. Two brother, Frank and Harolds-preceded him in death. - ROSE M. FRETT Mrs. Rose M. Frett of 1625 N. Park street, McHenry, died Jan. 26 in Memorial hospital, Woodstock, where she had been confined for a day. She was 96 years of age. , Mrs. Frett was born in Chicago Oct. 10," 1877, daughter of Joseph and Amelia Miller Kohler. She had lived in this community about forty years, moving from Chicago. Her husband, Ferdinand (Paddy) Frett, died Sept. 3, 1954. Survivors are a son, Harold, of McHenry and two grandchildren. Mrs. Frett was a member of the Christian Mothers society and of the Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters.' The body rested at the Peter M. Justen & Son chapel until Monday morning at 10 o'clock where Mass was sung at St. Mary's Catholic church. Interment was in the church cemetery. ANNA PRAVNAN Last rites were conducted Saturday in Trinity Slovak Lutheran church, Chicago, for Mrs. Anna Pravnan, 79, of 7606 Cedar road, Wonder Lake, who died Jan. 24 in McHenry hospital. Burial was in Bohemian National cemetery. Her husband, Andrew, preceded her in death. She is survived by four daughters and eight grandchildren. ELEANOR NELSON Mrs. John (Eleanor) Nelson, 68, of 3613 E. Wonder La^p road, died Friday, Jan. 26, in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. The family had resided there since 1946. Survivors are her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Wilke, of Chicago; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Jewel Mitchell, of Chicago; and a brother, Harry Brooks, of Chicago. Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday in the Pierce-Bier funeral home, with Rev. Thomas Johnson of Wonder Lake officiating. Burial was in McHenry County Memorial Park cemetery. FRED 'VIEDRICH, JR. Rev. Darrell Sample, formerly of the Ringwood Methodist church and now of Rockford, officiated at last rites conducted Saturday afternoon at the Peter M. Justen & Son chapel for Fred Wiedrich, Jr. Burial was in the Ringwood cemetery. Mr. Wiedrich, whose home was at 5000 N. Richmond road Ringwood, died Jan. 24 at Harvard hospital, where he had bsen confined for eleven days. He was 62 years of age. For the past four years he had resided with a daughter, Mrs. James Wegener, and family. Born in Ringwood, April 16, 1905, he was a lifelong resident of the area and was well known as a cattle dealer. Mi*. Wiedrich was a member of the Woodstock Elks lodge and of the Livestock Dealers association. His wife, Georgia Vogel Wiedrich, preceded him in death about nine years ago..He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. James H. (Mary Ann) Wegener of McHenry, Mrs. Phelps (Georgia) Saunders of Sycamore, Mrs. Louis (Helen) Winn of Richmond and Mrs. Jack (Betty) Leonard of Lake Geneva; three sons, Charles Bren- JOHN RICK A funeral Mass was sung Saturday in St. Mary's Catholic churqh for John Rick, 80, of 710 Country club drive, McHenry, who died Jan. 25 in Hines Veterans hospital. Mr. Rick was born April 10, 1887, in Missouri. He had resided in McHenry since 1950. Survivors are his widow, Brigitta; and a sister, Miss Emma Rick, of St. Louis, Mo. The body rested at the George R. Justen funeral home until the time of last rites. MARGARET M. HORNER Mrs. Margaret M. Horner of 7715 Lucy drive, Wonder Lake, died Jan. 27 in Harvard hospital, where she had been a patient one day. Death followed an illness of about a month. Mrs. Horner, 68yearsofage, was born in Three Rivers, Mich., March 28, 1899, and came to Wonder Lake from Chicago about eight years ago. Survivors are her husband, William M. Horner; a son, William M., Jr., serving with the Air Force, in Germany; three daughters, Mrs. Henry (Betty Jean) Hackala, of Auburn, Mass., Mrs. Raymond (Patricia) Wenk of Wonder Lake and Mrs. James (Thelma) Blake of McHenry; seventeen grandchildren; three brothers and five sisters. Rev. Thomas L. Johnson of Nativity Lutheran church, Wonder Lake, officiated at last rites at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, at the Peter M. Justen & Son chapel. Burial was in Wood- . stock. AGNES OBERG Mrs. Charles (Agnes) Oberg, 90, of Crystal Lake died Saturday, Jan. 27 in her home. She was the mother of Mrs. Clarence (Florence) Olson of McHenry. Mrs. Oberg was a native of Sweden, daughter of Capt. Nels and Corinne Grandin Anderson. She came to this country as'a young woman. . Funeral services were conducted from the Warner funeral home in Crystal Lake Tuesday, with burial in Rosehill cemetery, Chicago. WANN B. DIXON Warm B. Dixon, 50, of 1010 W. Rt. 120 died Jan. 29 in McHenry hospital. He was born Aug. 10, 1917 in Missouri and had lived in this area twenty years. At the time of his death he was operator of heavy equipment. Survivors are his wife, Margie; one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Patricia) Wightman of McHenry; three sons, Wayne, Donald and Charles of McHenry his mother, Mrs. Mary Dixon, of Garnett, Kas.; eleven grandchildren; four sisters and tw<f brothers, all of Kansas. '/ The body rests at the George R. Justen & Son funeral home until 1 O'clock Wednesday, when services will be held there, conducted by Rev. Raymond White. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery. SCHOOL INFORMATION Because of some confusion as to the location and telephone number of the new school board offices, the Central Administration of Districts 15 and 156 would like to provide this information. Offices for the school board districts are located at 3926 West Main street. The telephone number for these offices is 385-7210. Anyone wishing to ask questions concerning the schools should feel free to call upon the office inpersonor by telephone. FACES CHARGES James L. Weisensel of Sun Prairie, Wis., a policeman, and Richard L. Potter of Crystal Lake, an Admiral Corp. plant manager, have been bound over to Circuit court in Madison on charges of stealing and reselling color television tubes valued at $2,500. They waived preliminary hearings last Thursday. Tkir A 2 lb. 5 oz. premature baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Steele of 2113 S. Highwood, McHenry, was rushed by helicopter Thursday afternoon to St. Francis hospital, Peoria, after the infant was taken from Memorial hospital, Woodstock, to Gait Airport. A nurse was sent to be constantly with the baby on the trip to St. Francis. FOR EATIMffi ®0T PIEAS9JRE Eimlmm Smowgmbord r^ Fri, Sat, 5 PM to ? Sun, noon to ? -l«OU ALL YQU CAN EAT Fish Fry, Friday night, $1.00 3312 Chapel Hi|l Road AAeHENf^V^il 815 385-1475 • Banquets ® Parties • Meeting Booms • Weddings 0 and Catering Earl M. Hughes Is Re<5<2)§roifeod GEORGE E. FRISBY George E. Frisby, 49, of 1610 Sunset, Waukegan, was found dead in a motel in Reedsburg, Wis., Friday, Jan. 26, while on a business trip. Mr. Frisby was a saleman for a jewelry firm. The deceased was born Jan. 12, 1919, in McHenry and was graduated from McHenry high school. He is survived by his widow, Jane "Betty" Schaefer Frisby; one son, Michael Terrence, of Waukegan; two grandsons; his father, Robert J. Frisby of McHenry; one sister, Lenoraanda brother, Robert J. Frisby, both of McHenry. The body rested at the George R. Justen & Son funeral hoine in Ric Henry until 10 O'clock Monday morning, when Mass was sung in St. Patrick's Catholic church. Burial was in the church cemetery. EARL M. HUGHES Earl M. Hughes, Woodstock farmer and member of the University of Illinois board of trustees, has been given the 1968 plaque for outstanding Service to agriculture by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ESPFMRA). the award came during the Society's fortieth annual winter meeting on the U. of I. campus, Jan. 25-26. The citation recognized him for "distinguished leadership and outstanding service. . „to the agriculture ofthe State and Nation as an Educator, Businessman and Farmer Statesman." -Born on a farm near Woodstock, Hughes was graduated in agriculture from the U. of I. in 1929. He later specialized in marketing and farm management work in graduate school. He received the Ph. D, degree from Cornell university in 1938. From 1938 to 1942, Hughes was a U. of I. Extension agricultural economist. He resigned in 1942 to devote full time to farming on the Hughes Farm near Woodstock. Hughes served as, a special consultant to Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Bensen during 1954-55. During the next two years, he was an administrator of the Commodity Stabilization Service. From 1957 to 1961, Hughes was executive vicepresident of the Commodity Credit corporation, and a member of President Dwight Eisenhower's advisory board to the Commodity Stabilization Service. . Hughes was named "Chicagoan of the Year in Agriculture*' in March, 1962, by the Chicago Junior Association of Commerce and Industry. He is married to Mildred Shuman of Sullivan, who is a 1931 U. of I. graduate. They have three children, all U. of I. graduates, Helen (1958), Robert (1961) and Earl M., Jr. (1965). From The Farm Adviser's Desk WET DECEMBER December, 1967, ranks with December, 1949, as the two wettest Decembers of this century, according to the Illinois Crop Reporting service. Many Central and Southern Illinois areas had the most rainfall on rtcord in December, 1967. CORN HARVEST Illinois corn harvest is now 93 percent complete. Most of the, corn not harvested is buried under a foot of snow in the southern half of the state. Corn harvest in 1967 lagged the farthest behind schedule of any year. Corn harvest is normally finished by the end of November. STORED CORN Is your corn molding or rotting in your bin or crib? A number of farmers are finding the top center of their storage bins have spoiled corn. This warmer weather could cause more corn to spoil. Rake or stir the top six inches of grain in bins - and probe ear corn cribs. If grain is going out-of-condition it will need to be dried, moved to market or fed to livestock. TEACHER OF THE YEAR Illinois Teacher of the Year, David E. Graf, Sandwich, will be presented a special award by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ray Page, in Springfield Wednssday, Jan. 31. In addition to being selected Illinois Teacher of the Year, the 50-year-old Industrial arts teacher at Sandwich high school has also been selected bs one of the five finalists in the contest for "The National Teacher of the Year". Graf, the £a> ther of one daughter and a World War n hero (and army reserve colonel), has taught , for twentynine years. He is a teacher of vocational education and industrial arts and coordinator I of the Diversified Occupations program at Sandwich Community high schodl Cbel^lb cfcuniy), where he himself graduated and where he has been teaching for twenty-two years. c. AT BILL SIGNING Robert M. Schneider; director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, attended a ceremony at the White House, Dec. 15, when President Johnson signed the Meat Inspection Bill, into iaw. The Illinois Department of Agriculture provided strong support for the measure, which stipulates that states must have a mandatory and operating meat inspection program within three years. It also provides for a check on imported meats, which previously had n<k been required. USE THE CLASSIFIEDS Tl! ary March 4 - -First day for candidates to file petitions in the office of the Secretary of State or in the office of the County Clerk. X March 11- Last day for candidates to file petitions in the office of the Secretary of State or in the office of-the County Clerk. March 16-Last day for candidates to file withdrawal^ nominating petitions in the office of Secretary of Stat© or in the office of the County Clerk. May 13-First day voter may file application for ballot under absentee Voting Act. May 13-Last day for registration in office of County Clerk or with registrars. June 11-Primary Election. Polls open from '6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. McHENRY SA..NGS & LOAN • as of December 31, 1967 ASSETS First Mqtfgage Loans 7,299,537.02 Other Improvement Lqeess 41,043.38 Real Estate Sold on Contact 197,993.06 Secured Loans to Investors 95.671.84. Real Estate Owned $2,450.41 Federal Home Loan Bank Stock .... 61,100.00 Cash on Hand and In Bank 241,174.10 U.S. Government Obligations 432,009.38 . Of lie®. Land, Building and EquIpm©2i2-®Jet 487,900.05 Prepaid Expenses and Other te©£s 105,740.58 9,004,619.82 Thanks to the confidence of people all over the County, McHenry Savings and Loan Association has experienced another year of record growth. What do assets of $9 million mean to you? They raeam that McHenry Savtogs and Loan is making an important contribution to the growth of the County by making loans for the building and buying of homes. These loans help McHenry County because the money is used to buy lumber and materials and pay carpenters and other trades -- right here at home -- Not in some city a thousand miles away! And too, more people- are discovering that their savings earn up to 414 per cent at McHenry Savings . . . with insured safety. LIABILITIES AND RESERVES Members' Savings Accounts .... 8,121,971.08 Adwsaces from Federal Home Loam Bask 75,000.00 L@®ib3 In Process of Ctopjfletion 231,010.43 Fmds In Escrow /. .4-:'.'.".'... 132OT495 Miscellaneous Liabilities 4,813.24 Deferred Income 34,526.85 Specific Reserves 7,338.21 General Reserves, Surplus and Pe^maneng Reserves $97,247.06 9,004,619.82 E. Roger Collins, President Attest: Virginia Aalto, Secretary c* \ Open to serve you Monday, Tuesday, 62 13 65 6S 6i Thursday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m,, Friday until 8 p.m. Closed on Wednesday """Wli wmmj cHENEY I N G S & L0AC3 ASSOCIATION 3611 W. Elm St, McHenry 385-3000 'V