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SPRING GROVE CHURCH OBSERVES 75th YEAR (Continued from oaee 1) have their own parish. The Archbishop granted permission to start a parish providing they could find a priest willing to take over as pastor. Father Clement Duerr, who was about to reitre in 1900, agreed to organize the new Spring Grove congregation. He was to serve ten years before finally retiring. The year 1900 was also the year in which the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad came through Spring Grove, with incorporation as a village following in two years. The Burton township area had originally been known as Blivine Mills and had been settled back in the early 1840's. St. Peter church was con­ structed a year before Spring Grove became a village. On Candlemas day, 1901, the church was dedicated. The rectory was built in the sum­ mer of 1902. In Latin and in the graceful flow of German script, Father Duerr records the earliest baptism in St. Peter's parish: "Christina was born the daughter of William and Margaret Freund on February 3 and was baptized on February 4, 1901. Her godparents were Frederick Maier and Christina Thelen". Another hand adds a latter notation: She married Fortis G. Hanford on October 26, 1921. Father Duerr records the earliest wedding in St. Peter's parish: "On July 17, 1901 after banns were announced, I united in matrimony Anthony Gaides, the son of Anthony and Antonia Gaides nee Jalemski - and Frances Kinne, the daughter of Deaths ALICE D. DILG Alice D. Dilg, 71, of 3613 W. James street, McHenry, died Tuesday morning at Condell hospital, Libertyville. Mrs. Dilg was born June 19, 1905, the daughter of Herman and Minnie (Moll) Egebrecht. The deceased was a member of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church. Among the survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Frank (Shirley) Lamerand, Mundelein; two sons, John of Dolton, II., and Allen of Gurnee; five grand­ children and one great- grandson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry, J., May 7, 1948. Visitation was held at the George R. Justen & Son funeral home Wednesday afternoon and evening with services offered at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church at 11 o'clock Thursday. Interment was at Irving Park cemetery, Chicago. WALTER ZWIERZYCKI Walter Zwierzycki, father of Mrs. Frances Schneider of McHenry, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, at Sherman hospital, Elgin. The deceased was born in Poznan, Poland, July 5, 1898, the son of John and Mary (Krause) Zwierzycki. Mr. Zwierzycki served in World War I in Naval Aviation and was a member of the American Legion, William Chandler Post 171, Crystal Lake. A carpenter with the R.T. Crane company, Chicago, for thirty-seven years, he moved to Crystal Lake at the time of his retirement ten years ago. Survivors include his widow, Mary Adelaide (Gaynor), whom he married in Springfield, II., Oct. 1923; a daughter, Mrs. Michael ( F r a n c e s ) S c h n e i d e r , McHenry; two sons, Walter of Ames, Io., and Raymond of Crystal Lake.; fourteen grandchildren; two sisters, Mary and Irene, both of California; a brother, Joe, of Rawlins, Wy. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, three brothers and a grand­ daughter. Visitation is scheduled Friday after 7 p.m. at the Querhammer funeral home, Crystal Lake, with Mass to be offered at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic church Saturday at 11 a.m. Interment will be at Crystal Lake Memorial Park cemetery. Revamp Parking Meter Post PAGE 3 - PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1976 L A F F o f t h e W E E K St. Peter's parish, Spring Grove, will celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary Saturday, Sept. 4, with a concelebrated Mass at 4 p.m. in the church. The Jubilee Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Arthur J. O'Neill with concelebrant priests. A reception will be "in the parish hall following the Mass. Reservations for the dinnW are requested before Aug. 22. Charles and Caroline Kinne. Attending witnesses were Nicholas May and Florence Gaidee." The first parish school was a brick addition to the church. It was completed in 1905 and classes began with lay teachers. Later in 1915 the Sisters of St. Francis became the teaching staff. A new school was constructed in 1948. In 1910, when Father Duerr retired because of advancing age, he was succeeded by Father William Dommermuth. The next parish building project was a convent, which was completed in 1915 during his pastorate. In May of 1919, Father Dommermuth was transferred and Father Benno Hildebrand took charge of the parish. His seven-year period was marked by repairs to the church and school. In the spring of 1926, Father Anthony Schunicht became pastor and he expanded the parish property with the purchase of two acres of land and the house which had belonged to Father Duerrr situated immediately to the west of the church property. This house became the rectory. BENEFIT SALE The village of Sunrise Ridge will hold a rummage sale at 10 a.m. Aug. 28 at the Community house located in Highland Shores, Wonder Lake. The purpose of the sale is to raise money to purchase equipment necessary to meet the needs of the area in the event of a disaster. In order for the village to reach its goal, full efforts of the community are needed. DIVORCES Linda K. Parfrey from Alfred P. Parfrey, Spring Grove. Esther M. Redding from Robert A. Redding, Wonder Lake. Carol Lee Fandre from William E. Fandre, McHenry. Janet Blankenhorn from William C. Blankenhorn, McHenry. Father Schunicht, who left the parish in 1929, was followed by Father Ambrose Weitekamp from 1929-1932 and Father Charles Meehan from 1932-1933. The period of their pastorates were the days of the Great Depression and Father Weitekamp and Father Meehan guided the parish and its people through these bleak and dif­ ficult times. On July 25, 1933, the long and industrious pastorate of Father John L. Daleiden. Father Daleiden served the people of St. Peter's until Jan. 4, 1960. In 1942, Father Duerr's niece, Margaret Zugg of Chicago, donated ten acres of land to the parish. The property, located north of the church, is used by the village as a picnic and play area. On April 1, 1948, ground was broken for a new school and renovation Work on the church was started. A shrine to our Lady of Fatima was dedicated in 1952. It was also during these years that the remodeling of the rectory and convent was completed. ^ Father Daleiden waif suc­ ceeded in January of 1960 by Father Edward Lehman, who served for five years before being transferred to Richmond. On June 18, 1965, the current pastor, Father John J. Kilduff, arrived. He inaugurated im­ provements when he replaced an old coal fired steam boiler with a modern gas fired steam boiler, thus renovating the entire heating system of the combination church-school-hall building. Another outstanding improvement was the in­ stallation of a new modern kitchen in the parish hall, a project of the Christian Mother and Holy Name societies. At that time one lay teacher and three Sisters staffed the parish school, a four- classroom, eight-grade facility. Faced with an acute and growing shortage of teaching Sisters, Reverend Mother Candida SMIC (Missionary Sisters of the immaculate Conception) reluctantly an­ nounced to Bishop Lane her At Monday's City Council meeting, members approved the recommendation of the Finance committee to set up a wage scale for a new parking meter service man and to hire Jim Bacon, 25, of McHenry, for that position. The committee's suggestion that Bacon be under the chief of police's jurisdiction was also okayed by the Council. At a previous Council meeting, Stanek proposed that Ba jn be put under the Police department and his (the Mayor's) jurisdiction. When the aldermen would not go along with his suggestion, the matter was turned over to the Finance committee. It was noted that the Com­ prehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) would pay 100 percent of Bacon's salary for the first year. If the governmental program was extended, CETA might jrick up Bacon's salary for more than one year, Stanek explained. Bacon's duties were listed by the Finance committee as the collecting of moneys, ac­ counting for same^ issuing tickets, repairing parking meters and other duties assigned by Chief Kenneth Espey. Starting pay for the meter services man was set at $3,90 an hour with a wage of $4.60 at the three-year level. Glaze Construction company of Algonquin, was awarded the bid for the 1976 summer street repair program. Glaze sub­ mitted a low bid of $52,710.97. Other bidders were Curran Construction company of Crystal Lake, $52,710.97. Other bidders were Curran C01V struction company of Crystal Lake, $52,745.06 and Liberty Asphalt, Mundelein, $55,312. The recommendation by W. Rakow and Associates, city engineers, to accept the Glaze bid was unanimously approved by the aldermen. Following Monday night's meeting, it was learned that the owner of Glaze Construction company had been very decision to withdraw the Sisters from Spring Grove in June, 1967. Father Kilduff immediately assembled an all lay teacher staff. However, enrollment in the once flourishing school fell to about ninety pupils from a high of 200. Parents, parishioners and Father Kilduff discussed the matter, and the decision to close the school was made in October 1967. The schoolrooms and lower church hall now serve as an active CCD center and parish library. St. Peter's parish numbers about 300 families. Associate pastors who assisted in St. Peter's parish from 1956 to 1965 were Rev. Andrew J. Plesa, Rev. Alfred P. Kruk, Rev. Lawrence London, Rev. Thomas J. Monohan, Rev. Robert B. Hoffman and Rev. William F. Myers. At the present time the LaSalette Fathers of Twin Lakes, Wis. are assisting. Members of St. Peter's parish who are in the priesthood and religious life: Diocesan priests, Rev. David Kagan and Rev. Michael Tierney; Missionary priest, Rev. Eugene Jung, MSC; Religious Order, Sister Ruth May, OSF, Sister Mary Lou Kagan, SDS, Sister Jean Amore, SMIC, and Brother Gale Tinney, OFM. con Final Summer Clearance Our last reduction en summer merchandise • SHORTS • TOPS • DRESSES UP 10 JUNIORS-MISSES-HALF SIZES THE FASHION SHOPPF 1007 N. FRONT ST. (S. RTE. 31) MCHENRY, ILL 815-385-7747 Fridavs Till 9 JOIN OUR CHRISTMAS MERCHANDISE CLUB TODAY seriously hurt in a car-truck collision over the weekend. The company had therefore sub­ contracted the city road repair work to Curran Construction company of Crystal Lake which submitted a bid just $34 higher than the Glaze bid. When City Clerk Terry Wilde presented her report for study by the Council, Alderman Jack Pepping, chairman of the Finance committee, * com­ mented, "We are in extremely good shape financially com­ pared to what the city was a year ago " He pointed out there ap­ peared to be no need for tax anticipation warrants as were needed last year. He also noted that the sales tax and state income taxes were coming in "quite a bit ahead of what they were last year." Building permits are also up significantly which reflects favorably on the local economic outlook, Pepping said. Stanek mentioned, "There are other cities in this county that are already into tax an­ ticipation warrants." The payment of two bills in connection with construction of Well No. 5 was given approval as follows: a final payment of $963.80 to Layne Western company and a payment of $44,643.13 to William Tonyan & Sons of McHenry. There is a balance of $13,572 due Tonyan on the Well construction. Payment was also issued to Payton Chevrolet for the Chevy three-quarter ton pickup truck for $5,454. The truck will be used by Jim Wiser of the Public Works department. Regular bills in the amount of $28,538.36 were paid from the following funds: General, $20,265 42; Revenue Sharing, $1,960.50; Water and Sewer, $5,236.15 and Motor Fuel Tax, $1,076 29. Alderman Bolger, chairman of the Water and Sewer com­ mittee, announced he would like to hold a committee meeting with Dr. Hal Sundin of Baxter and Woodman, city engineers, for the purpose of discussing a new city reservoir and to consider the feasibility of putting a new well adjacent to Well No. 5. He noted it would be "a very preliminary discussion and it might be years before we get it but we have to start sometime". He was given approval to conduct such a meeting. No definite date was set. Harker mentioned the Water & Sewer committee would also be considering the request of three people on John street west of Route 31 who want to install a 6-inch water main for about 300 feet in that area. At the present time there are private wells at that location. The committee will study the matter and present a recom­ mendation at the next meeting. Attorney Narusis reported that the courts had informed him a decision would be handed down Aug. 27 regarding the Jake's Dead End Lounge case. The courts will rule whether or not the city must hold a public hearing before the local Liquor commissioner regarding Mayor Stanek's denial to reissue a liquor license to Jake's Lounge for this year. Mayor Stanek is also the city liquor commissioner. The State Liquor commission ruled it would not hear the city's case until a local public hearing was heard first. Narusis contends this is not necessary and it is now in the hands of the Circuit Court at Woodstock. Alderman Harker of the Streets and Sidewalk com­ mittee advised that residents of Clover street in Edgebrook Heights have petitioned the city for permission to install curbs and gutter on the north side of the street The other side is already done. Cost of the project would be paid by those property owners. Stanek instructed Harker's committee and Narusis to study the legal necessities and other aspects and come back to the Council with a recom­ mendation. 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