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PACiK 2 - PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1977 PIERO CAPIZZI MARIANNA VISCONTI PLAN SPRING WEDDING - Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Visconti of 5103 Barnard Mill road. Ringwood, announce the engagement of their daughter. Marianna, to Piero Capizzi, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Capizzi of Italy. Miss Visconti is a graduate of McHenry Community high school in 1975, while her fiance graduated in Italy. A Spring wedding is planned. PLEDGE DRIVE - St. Paul's Episcopal church is in the midst of a pledge drive and organization is in the hands of Ann Byers, chairman, left; Rev. William D. McLean, III, rector of St. Michael's Episcopal church in Barrington, center; and Pat Mayer, right, one of the twenty callers who will visit parishioners in the near future. Fr. McLean has met with organizers during the past week to get the pledging program under way. Audubon Society Presents Slate At Potluek Supper In August of 1963. the first annual meeting of the McHenry County Bird club was held January of 1977 found members and guests at the Crystal Lake Nature center for the four­ teenth annual meeting of the now named McHenry . County Audubon society. The sub-zero weather lowered attendance and prompted those who did travel to the Nature center to suggest that all should go back to August meetings. It was as usual an enjoyable evening, beginning with a potluek supper with special and delicious recipes appearing on the serving table Following supper, committee reports were given and the 1977 slate of officers introduced: Dwight Dick of Crystal Lake will remain as president; Andrea Kane of\Woodstock as vice president and newsletter editor; Marguerite Kaufmann of Woodstock as secretary and Barbara Gay of Wonder Lake as treasurer The evening ended with a slide and tell show. The photography enthusiasts had the floor and provided glimpses of .Isle Royale in Northern Minnesota to shorebirds off the coast of New Jersey, to the beautiful wildflowers and wildlife right here in Illinois Those present are now- looking forward to the February program which will be open to the public and will feature John and Kitty Kohout. professional photographers, and their- outstanding fim From Season to Season'. This program will be given at Central School. Crystal Lake, Feb. 19, 8:00 p.m. No ad mission charge. - CRESCENT CRAY" "5-AHpiNQ PRESENTS COOK'S TOUR '77! our next stop is ITALY Sasha has prepared a complete Italian dinner, featuring Green Noodles al Forno, Saltimbocca ala Romana, » and Cannoli di Calabria. ^ (with "Passport" $7.50) This dinner will be served on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 15, 16, 17 & 22, 23, 24 5:30-9:30 p.m. (regular menu also available) as part of our continuing Cook's Tour. Next countries to be "visited"-Greece, Yugoslavia, Bavaria Ask about advance sale Cook's Tour "Passports" for significant cost savings. Call 815/385-8899 or 385-5508 for details. CRESCENT BAY LANDING 3309 N. CHAPEL HILL RD., McHENBY, ILL. J Community Calendar FEBRUARY 12 Friendship Club Potluek Dinner and Meeting -- 6 p m.;- First United Methodist Church. > FEBRUARY 14 , McHenry Senior Citizens Club -- Meeting -- 7:30 p.m. -- East Campus Cafeteria American Legion Post 491 -- Meeting - Post Home - 8 p.m. t FEBRUARY 15 Women of the Moose -- Meeting - 8 p.m. - Moose Hall. C C D Parents, Association Meeting - St Patrick's Church Ha" -- 8 p.m. FEBRUARY 16 McHenry Senior Citizens Club -- Bus-Luncheon Trip to Janesville. Wis. -- Bus Leaves McHenry State Bank at 7:30 am Whispering Oaks Woman's Club -- "Neapolitan Night" -- 7 p.m. -- Men's Night. FEBRUARY 17 United Methodist Women - Potluek Luncheon and Meeting -- Noon -- First United Methodist Church -- Marcia Mary Ball Circle Hostesses - Program. Home Missions. Joyce Kilmer Court 573, C D. of A. - Meeting -- 8 p.m. -- K of C Hall McHenry O.E.S. Officers Serve Stations at Nunda Chapter. Crystal Lake - 8 p.m. FEBRUARY 18 St. Margaret Mary Chapter of NAIM Meeting - Oak Room. St. Mary's School -- 7:30 D.m. FEBRUARY 19 Marian Fathers Club Fun , Night - Marian High School Wafeteria, WoodstoCk--8:30 p.m. . FEBRUARY 20 Pancake Breakfast American Legion Post 491 - 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. American Legion Post Home -- Pancake Breakfast -- 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. -- Tickets at Door FEBRUARY 21 Regular Meeting - McHenry Unit American Legion Auxiliary - Legion Post Home - - 8 p.m. - Cancer Films - Members Bring Guests. FEBRUARY 22 Stated Meeting McHenry Chapter. No. 547, Order of the Eastern Star -8pm.-- Acacia Hall FEBRUARY 24 Social Game Night - 8 p.m. - K of C Hall. FEBRUARY 26 McHenry Unit American Legion Auxiliary - Annual Membership Dinner - Legion Post Home - 6:30 p.m. St. Margaret Mary Chapter of NAIM - Oak Room, St. Mary's School -- Cards -- 7:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 28 McHenry Senior Citizens Club Meeting - 7:30 p.m. - East Campus Cafeteria. McHenry Woman's Club - Board Meeting - City Hall - 10 a.m. MARCH 5 Montini Parents Association - - Annual Dance, "South Sea Breeze" - Montini Middle School Gymnasium - Tickets at the Door. Senior Citizen Council To See City Auto Show The McHenry County Senior Citizen's council is offering a trip to the sixty-nineth annual auto showat McCormick Place in Chicago. Entrance tickets have been donated to the council and the trip into the city has been planned for Thursday, March 3. Busses will leave McHenry county between 9 and 9:30 a.m. and will return to the county around 4 p.m. There will be a charge per person for the bus. Meals will not be included in this trip since there are many different places to pick up a snack at the show. Any persons interested in taking the trip should make/ reservations by calling Nellie Cina, information and referral specialist for the council, 815 455-2660 or 815 338-6075. The council operates an of­ fice for Senior Citizens located at 225 W. Judd street, in Woodstock. Johnsburg Card Tournament To Resume Feb. 15 St. Agatha Court 777, National Catholic Society of Foresters at Johnsburg will meet Tuesday evening Feb. 15 at 8 o'clock in the community club hall. The current card tournament will continue. At the January meeting Mrs. Fred Fuchs, Mrs. Joseph Miller and Mrs. Leo Smith were ap­ pointed to the nominating committee and will present a slate of officers for the election at the March meeting. Mrs. George Mann is chairman of the committee, which will be serving pizza. Assisting her will be Mrs. Mike Schaefer, Miss Rosemarie May, Mrs. Ben Thelen, Miss Pat Schaefer, Miss Julie Oeffling and Mrs. Kurt Jensen. HOSPITAL NOTES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WOODSTOCK A son was born to Mr. and Mrs Joe Vinsik of Island Lake Feb. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Castillo of McHenry are the parents of a daughter born Feb 8. MEMORIAL HOSI WOODS! Patients admitted ITAL Memorial hospital. recently included Elizabeth Goebel, Joseph Crick, Master Richard Fikejs, McHenry; Janie Long, Virginia Steffan, Wonder Lake, Baby Heidi -^Regnier, Spring Grove. FIRST SON Mr. and Mrs. Ron Glosson of 3007 Emily lane, McHenry, announce the birth of their first son. Matthew Eugene. The baby boy was born Saturday, P>b. Sat 11:04 p.m. at Sherman hospital, Elgin. He weighed 8 lbs., 14 oz., and measured 22 inches long. Two sisters, Julie Ann, 12 and Robin Marie, 11 will help take care of him. Paternal grandparents who welcome the new baby are Mr. and Mrs William Glosson of McHenry. Delighted maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Niesen, also of McHenry. The baby was named for both of his great grand­ fathers. who each were called Matthew The Conrads Welcome New Granddaughter Mr. and Mrs. Chester C. Conrad of Whispering Oaks have just been blessed with their eleventh grandchild. A baby girl was born to their daughter and husband, Cindy and Steve Ribarits Saturday, Feb 5, at Lutheran General hospital in Park Ridge. Little Christine Mary weighed 9 lbs., 6 oz. and measured 22 inches. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad have HARVARD HOSPITAL Recent admittances to Harvard hospital were Debra Nordmeyer, McHenry and Ervin Hermes, Wonder Lake. MARRIAGES Gary J. Garcia, McHenry, and Gail R. Rath, McHenry. Bruce L. Henderlong, 1911 N. Flower street, McHenry, and Debra L. Brunow, 1403 N. Beach road, McHenry. Donald J Villeneuve, Waukegan, and Rosalie F. Spankuch, 313 W. John street, <? Pistakee Highlands. Piero Capizzi, 5103 Barnard Mill road, Ringwood and Marianne Visconti, Ringwood. John S. Karbin. 709 N. Mill street, McHenry, and Patricia A. Staggs, 3709 W. Filmore, McHenry. Paul Schiiiaci, 1512 Flower, McHenry, and Rita E. Turville, 4513 E. Wonder Lake road, Wonder Lake_ _ True The only international language that has endured is double talk. -News, Dallas. two other daughters, one with four boys and a girl and the other with four girls and a boy. Mr. Conrad is past president of the Senior Citizens club. * l^tine'slkiyisMritfryH Have a heart this weekend Send the FTD E ALSO HAVE PLANTS CORSAGES-ROSES WE WILL BE OPEN SUNDAY AT 9 A.M. & ALL DAY MONDAY cHENRY FLORAL CO. S0SS.RTE.31 1 Ml. SO. OF McHENRY 385-0404 BERTHA STANGE STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD (story series by Jeff Bonato) Community Leaders Women s Role... *«a Just how important is one's heritage? In modern society, good will and old-fashioned kindness seem to have fallen by the wayside. Not so, in the Stange household, where Mrs. Bertha Stange, and her husband Elmer, still believe in the time- honored tradition of helping others. When Mrs. Stange finds a little time for recreation, her moments are often spent at an easel painting a picture. When area citizens are asked to give their impressions of Bertha Stange, the picture that is painted is one of a sincere, concerned, and hard-working individual. She is far too modest to ever say so, but among the many area women who are active in worthwhile community projects, there are few who do as much as Mrs. Stange. She is active in the Women's club, the Cancer society, and FISH. She helped start the Pioneer center for "special" children, and helped institute the volunteer program at the local hospital. Yec, Mrs. Stange doesn't consider herself extraordinary. She feels that anything she may have accomplished is due directly to her heritage, the way she was brought up by her parents. "My parents were foreign born and they felt they owed this country a great deal," Mrs. Stange explained. "They in­ stilled in the family the feeling that we should do something for our country." Mrs. Sange was raised in Chicago, and began her community work there. "Myself, and some others helped the social worker on the board of education in Chicago," she said. "We'd bring clothes and things for the very needy people. "You can't imagine the thrill the children had to feel, knowing they would truly be part of the school community," she added. Her work in Chicago ended seventeen years ago, when the Stange family moved to McHenry. Until then, they were summer residents. Almost immediately Mrs. Stange stepped in, and began doing community work. "I saw many problems while I was in Chicago," she said. "I figured some of the same problems were out here." The biggest problem she attacked was the volunteer, or lack of volunteer, program at the local hospital. "When the hospital expanded from just being a clinic, we didn't have any volunteers," she recalled. "So I helped start the volunteer program. "We started building up the coffee shop and the gift shop," she added "It doesn't directly affect the hospital, but it raised money and bought things, such as equipment, for the hospital People don't appreciate what they've got with a good hospital," she concluded. "We can use many more volunteers to work in it, because there are, many areas in which we could help, but just don't have the volunteer staff." If Mrs. Stange has a goal to strive for, it is the hope, "that I can keep going the way I am. People just don't appreciate good health and ability." Her work at the hospital even indirectly led to her newest hobby, painting "I went to a senior citizens art class to ask for help in making posters for the hospital gift shop," she laughed. "I didn't realize it's not the greatest compliment you can give to an artist. "He told me to stick around," she added "and it went from there." % Thus far Mrs. Stange has sold four paintings, a fact that just, "flabbergasted me." If she has had one disap­ pointment, it is that people, "after several generations, lose the feeling of what living in a country is all about." That feeling obviously hasn't been lost in the Stange household Their daughter, Marian, is a special education teacher for emotionally disturbed children, and their son. Bob, is building the pipe line in Alaska Yes. with her numerous community-oriented projects, two wonderful children, and a heart of gold, Bertha Stange paints a very pretty picture- whether she's the artist OR the subject. THE BURDETTE BETHELS GOLDEN YEAR-Burdette and Alice Bethel were married Feb. 12, 1927, in the Bethel Lutheran church in Chicago and are celebrating their fif­ tieth year of marriage. The couple moved to the Whispering Oaks area in July of 197! from South Chicago. Mr. Bethel retired following forty years as a purchasing agent in the electronics field. He is active in the Whispering Oaks Community club and his wife belongs to the Ladies club. Mr. Bethel's ninety-three year old mother resides with the couple. They are the parents of three sons, Robert A. of Crystal Lake, Richard of Delavan, Wise. and William of Springfield, Mass. Their grandchildren number eight. A small family dinner will be held for the couple at the McHenry Country club Feb. 20. "La Fashion Affaire" Set To My Darling Betty Pat Colomer and Carole Barnicle remind everyone the annual McHenry hospital fashion show, "La Fashion Affaire", will be held March 21 at the Branded Steak House. Again it is hoped that the loyal "angels" will help to underwrite expenses. The Early Bird Angels will be invited to a tea March 4 at the home of Mrs. Kerwin Rodes in Dutch Creek Woodlands. To be an Early Bird Angel, simply mail a donation to Box 69, McHenry. Minimum donation to qualify is Ave dollars. (Don Peasley Photography By Kaaren Dodge) The man who lives ac­ cording to his principles should not object when others do the same. INDIAN MANOR RESTAURANT S. LOUHGL BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER 43 DINNER ENTREES '^ITALIAN BEEF DELUXE TO '1400 T-WLN LOBSTER TAIL y2 MI. SO. OF 120 ON RT. 31 ticHENRV 385-8600