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ew Home In South (by Father William 0. Hanner, rector emeritus of Holy Comforter church, Episcopal, Kenilworth. Father Hanner, who has contributed to the Plaindealer columns for some time, moved to Florida recently with his wife, Rose). We arrived at our new home early in July, the second to be exact. Suncoast Manor is a retirement community operated by the Episcopal church in the St. Petersburg area. The purchase of the property and the drawing of the plans was under way while I was still working in the Diocese of South Florida. The Manor occupies 30 acres of land. There are twelve two-bedroom villas and 158 with one-bedroom, a living room and large bath. This is the kind we have. We also have a screened-in porch and two large storage closets. They are built in groups of three and four, are one-story in height and face a large central lawn with pool and fountains, palm trees and indigenous plantings. Beside these separate small homes there is a five-story central building housing ninety- two persons in one-room apartments. All are very comfortable. They come fur­ nished--or you may bring your own items as your wish says. Our furnishings were entirely brought from McHenry. We just like some of our own things. The dining area embraces two pleasant rooms plus kit­ chens. Each meal is served in two sittings - you may go to either sitting you wish. There are choices available at break­ fast and entrees at the other meals from which you may choose. The meals are served by high school seniors and some college folks from Eckard college hard by. You sit wherever - with whomever you choose. We have a swimming pool. We are in nearly every day. Rose, who has always had a "thing" about water, is starting her swimming lessons. One gentleman aged 85 had just learned to swim. He leaves for a tour of the West, Tetons, etc., all by himself by plane and bus next week. We also have several shuffleboard courts. I cant stand shuffleboard! There is a nealth center where you go for care-shots-to see your doctor (here they come to you). A small chapel is part of the center. There is a library, a beauty parlor which I do not use, though in a sense I suppose I might, a place where one can do a bit of laundry, a TV room, a rather decent library, a large lounge with a good piano and an assembly hall. We have all the blessings of a small city and no political campaigns. What does one do for en­ tertainment? We have called on old friends. We had little parties and been entertained by our new friends. You cannot have more than six in because with yourselves that makes eight-and eight is a houseful] here. We generally meet at 5 p.m., and break up for dinner or go together to a common table for eight. Inasmuch as each one is being fed by the manor it makes an inexpensive party. The Bishop of Ecuador passed through town with his happy, smiling wife. We were privileged to have them to dinner along with some of the local clergy. Ecuador is a diocese without a church building in it. The whole diocese worships in the homes of the people. Down at Sarasota there is a summer theater to which we have been twice, with tickets for another evening per­ formance. We have visited several local flower and plant nurseries (tropical plants). Rose has planted two new fancy hibiscus while the little statues that graced our place in McHenry and now are at our front door have their own new plantings. The Whispering Oaks Garden club will realize how in character this is for their first honorary member. Members of my former Miami parish, St. Stephen's-- the Ray Plumers--live three blocks away. We discovered a lady who worked with Rose on diocesan projects when we were in the Diocese of Quincy. A white heron who stands up to my shoulder (about) frequents our yards--looking FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of August 26, 1926) Mrs. Catherine Young and daughters, Genevieve and Rosina, and son, Louis, Mrs. Arnold Reinert, Mrs. Ralph Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Schmitt motored to Milwaukee, Wi., where the former's daughter, Sr. M. Edulfa, took her final vows in the Franciscan order of sisterhood. Wednesday afternoon oc­ curred the second drowning in the Fox river in Jfehe last ten days. Gus Segreen, aged 42, of Chicago, was the latest victim. A fully equipped brewery, capable of manufacturing 150 barrels of beer a week, was located by McHenry county officials on the vacant farm owned by William Sullivan, Hartland. Although the raiders found brewery equipment worth in the neighborhood of $20,000, they failed to find anyone on the farm at the time who knew anything about the well constructed plant. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of August 27, 1936) Storms over the weekend were blamed for the many accidents in this region which for lizards or frogs (near our pool). Seagulls perch on the high building for we are but two blocks from the Gulf of Mexico. We have found several good spots to dine when we feel like going out on the town. On Sunday, I have helped out at the Cathedral-gone sermon tasting (a privilege long denied me). But now I am taking services on Sundays at a parish called House of Prayer over in Tampa. An old schoolmate, a retired priest, comes with his wife to dinner Wednesday. The Atkinsons from Miami Lakes will be over next week for a few days. We have cards for two libraries-I have read eight books since we got here. 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Traffic was exceedingly heavy and pavements were slippery and made travel hazardous. Charles Armbrust, Jr., 23, of Forest Park, was fatally in­ jured about 1:30 a.m. Sunday by a hit and run driver who has not yet been apprehended. Better read up on the new traffic rules before you go shopping in Elgin, ladies, for they spare no one, even the city officials coming in for their share of punishment. The parking problem in Elgin for out of town shoppers has always been a serious one and now it appears impossible. Perhaps Elgin does not care for the trade of out of town shop­ pers. Why not trade at home, folks, where there is plenty of parking space, where you are familiar with parking rules, and where your home mer­ chants are eager to serve you? TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 30, 1951) Five teen-agers were being held in the county jail in Woodstock this week prior to a hearing Sept. 4 before Joe Ritter, justice of the peace, in regard to their connection with an attempted robbery on Coon Island in the Pistakee Bay region. Bail was set for $2,500 for each offender. The boys were found moving belongings We Reserve The Right To Limit Quantities On Sale Items in the summer home of Mrs. Louise Herrmann on Sunday by George Sammet, who bluffed the five by pretending he had a gun and asking them to put up their hands. A neighbor was summoned and the two ordered the boys to row to the mainland where they were held until arrival of sheriff's police. Registration took place on Monday and Tuesday of this wee) at the McHenry Com­ munity high school, with a higher enrollment than an­ ticipated, especially for the juniors and seniors. There were seventy-six seniors, ninety-six j u n i o r s , n i n e t y - e i g h t sophomores and ninety-three freshmen. Three residents of the county this past week - applied for citizenship papers at the courthouse. They were given preliminary hearings before a representative from the Chicago office of the U.S. State department. The one local petitioner was Anton Harry Freels of Rt. 4, McHenry, born in Germany and a resident of this county since 1934. His wife, Frieda, was naturalized in 1946, and their children, born in Chicago, are American citizens. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Sep­ tember 1, 1966) The McHenry area was the scitene of two tragic accidents during the past week claiming two lives. The dead are Vinton Alderson, 15, who would have been a MCHS junior this fall, and Mrs. Cleone C. Beu of San Mateo, Calif., and Chicago. Alderson lost his life in an auto accident on Thursday evening, Aug. 25, and Mrs. Beu died of injuries in a boating accident at Wonder Lake Saturday, Aug. 28. Alderson was killed and a friend and passenger in his car was injured when the auto went out of control on East river road. Mrs. Beu died in McHenry hospital Sunday afternoon of injuries sustained in an unusual accident at 1:35 the same day on Wonder Lake. Mrs. Beu was one of four passengers in a boat which was caught in the wake of another boat. The occupants were thrown into the water. As the unmanned craft began to circle in the vicinity, Mrs. Beu was caught in the propeller and was badly injured. The first joint pre-school workshop for the faculties of School Districts 15 and 156 is planned for Friday, Sept. 2, be held in the Junior high school building. A welcome will be given by the new superin­ tendent, Dr. Carl Bergstrom, who will be introduced by August Uttich, president of District 15. Earl R. Walsh this week resumes editorship of the sports page of the Plaindealer, a position he relinquished about a year ago due to the press of other duties. With the exception of Mr. Walsh's "So I Hear" column the sports coverage during the past year has been handled by Gene Brooke of the M.C.H.S. faculty. With Mr. Brooke's decision to transfer to a teaching assignment at SECTION 2- PAGE 1 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, 197« Whof One Person Can Do Nelle Shean. Educator Fifty years in education have given Nelle Shean of Gilbert, Mn., a solid grasp of how students have changed over the last half-century. Born in 1893 in Hurley, Wi., she was one of eleven children In .1906, her parents moved to the Iron Range mining region of Minnesota. After high school, Nelle Shean attended St. Cloud Teachers college, where she received a teaching certificate. But before graduation, tragedy struck. Her father died, and Miss Shean returned home to become the breadwinner for her large family, teaching school in Malta at a starting salary of $60 a month. In the period between 1913 and 1963, Nelle Shean taught in eight elementary schools around Gilbert and also served as principal of the local junior high school. Her influent^ has been felt by virtually every child raised inthat part of the Conant high school, Palatine, Mr. Walsh accepted a request of the newspaper to once more assume the duties of sports editor. In the forthcoming week McHenry hospital will be opening a new pediatrics department on the third floor of the new building. The depart­ ment consists of two wards - one for crib patients -- one for young bed patients, an isolation room and a two-bed room for young teen-agers. state during the 50-year period. "We had very few problems with discipline in the early years," Miss Shean recalls " F o r t h e c h i l d r e n o f i m ­ migrants, education was the only way to a better life." Today, she admits, things are different. And she traces the difficulty to the home. "How can you expect discipline in the young," she asks, "if parents themselves have no discipline in their lives? After all, we do learn by example, you know." In gratitude to their pioneer educator, the community of Gilbert has named an elementary school after Nelle Shean. A fitting tribute to a woman whose example was such a potent force in education. PUNCH LINE OF THE WEEK TO TRY AND FAIL MERITS PRAISE; TO FAIL TO "TRY IS WORTH NOTHING. i IE WINES AND LIQUORS Aug. 25 to Aug. 31 * 4610 W. RTE. 120, McHENRY, ILL. Sale Beer Not Iced • • • • No Sales To Minors 7-ur 6-LITER SIZE f REG. OR DIET PLUS DEP. REG. OR DIET 8-16 0Z. BOTTLES PLUS DEP. CALVERT GIN ^KERS P^nadiaw PASSPORT scdfcH ^ ^ _ $449 WALKER'S CANADIAN . 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