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Thursday/ Stptiiobw 4* 1S58 Two grand folks, Dave and j Mrs. Carl Betts, Sr., all of Ringitarfe Davidson, were truly surprised Sunday afternoon and thrilled beyond words when as they, entered the Legion hall in McHenry, they were greeted by fifty people, which included relatives, neighbors and friends, in celebration of their twenty-fifth silver wedding anniversary. As tfiey strolled in, they were serenaded by Kenny .Sawdo and . his accordion, beautifully playing the refrain "Here comes the Bride". Mrs. Anna Mullen of Chicago, ' the sister of Mrs. Davidson, then pinned a beautiful corsage on :: Marge, which was of yellow tea roses, and had twenty-five dimes : hanging on it. Dave also received a beautiful yellow rose ! boutonniere. TTiis wonderful surprise party was planned by Mrs. Davidson's ; niece, Mrs. Bernice Zimmerman of Morton Grove, and her nephew, Joseph Mullen cf Chicago. A delicious buffet supper was served to all their guests includ- ' ing a beautifully decorated silver wedding cake served with coffee. Mrs. Briar and Mr. Aregger " sent beautiful bouquets of various colored prize gladiolas which were placed in the middle of the table, making a lovely centerpiece. Marge and Dave received many beautiful gifts which included two casseroles, butter dish, three pair of pillow cases, card set with chips, a tree decorated with silver dollars, a silver bag with dollars inside, and numerous other gifts of money. Out of town guests included Mrs. Bernice Zimmerman and her two daughters, Diane and Linda, of Morton Grove, Mrs. Anna Mullen and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mullen and their children, Charlotte and Jimmy, all of Chicago. The other guests included neighbors and friends from this community. wood; also Nancy's sisters, Cheryl Lynne and Patty Ann. fcnd her grandmother, Mrs. Ger trude Makofske,. Mrs. W, Brahm and her daughters, Patricia Jean and Kathleen, Mrs. Kate Lennert, Mrs. G. Burl, Cathy and Jackie Buri. Nancy received many beautiful gifts and had a wonderful birth day long to be remembered. Miss Charlene Simmons, the lovejy niece of Mr. and Mrs. W Schultz, spent a wonderful Labor Day weekend at her uncle and aunt's beautiful, home in Knollwood. '-V>.v4 i- • Mrs. gawdo was shocked last week to hear of the death of her sister, Mrs. Myrtle Larsen, of Wisconsin. Mrs. Larsen %ad narrowly escaped being struck by an automobile and the bright and scare of it caused the stroke which resulted in her death. Mr. and Mrs. John O'Hallern and their six children are now residing in McCullom Lake. They had spent the summer in Island Lake, where Mr. O'Hallem has a service station. Their two sons, Jimmy and I^enny, who were both seriously injured in the accident last winter at the "Four Corners", are now well and back to work again! Brimful of tension and an abundance of humor and hilar- •'ious comedy, the Jose Ferrer production of "Stafag 17," the Broadway hit play by Donald Be van and Edmund Trzcinski, comes direct from its New York run to play a limited engagement at the Erlanger theatre. C h i c a g o , b e g i n n i n g T u e s d a y Sept. 2, under Theatre Guild auspices. Bringing the same terrific cast, headed by John Ericson and George Tobias, the players include Laurence Hugo Lcthar Rewalt, Edward t^latt, Jerry Jarrett, Allan Melvin, ^Robert Lansing. William Pierson) Robinson Stone, Otto Simanek, Victor Sordan, Richard Cleary, Edward Stroll, Glenn D i c u s . J e s s C a i n , M i c h a e l Everett, Jason Robards, Edwin Strome, Vincent Donahue and Curt Lowens. Stalag- 17" is realistic drama and an endless series of comedy episodes that combine with the excitement to complete an unforgettable evening in the theatre.. It stems from the observation of the authors who seven years ago were actually shot down over Germany and while interned in a Stalag camp had little to do but sit, look and listen. From their combined experiences comes this play that prospered for a year and fifty oerform^nces on Broadway and boasts of a unanimous favorable press reaction. It is well to keep in mind that this is predominantly a comedy--a down to earth comedy and some exciting melodrama. As "Mister Roberts" depicted the human side of the Navy, Stalag 17" is a oomic and WONDER LAKE : + : * I »* '* >* S* [* (* »* >*!*•*,*,*> Legion Drills 1*» American Legion drill team put on a display at La- Greca's pier Sunday and were particularly commended for the Queen Ann silent drill which was snappily gone through. Those participating were Roy Meiswinkel, John Eberle, George Pilgrim, Al Franz, Bill Karnp, Bill Haak, Steven Duttko, Willie Fiala, and Stan Wilson. Also drilling was Commander John (Bud) McMahon of the Wonder Lake Legion post. The Legion team was elegant in white leggings, pistol 'belts and helmets, Legion blue shirts and pants. Now In Army Robert Armamentis, former summer resident and a nephew of Mrs. Betty Selsdorf, is now with the army in Georgia. Until his induction, Bob was studying for his master's degree in phi losophy at Loyola university. •• Now In -New Honk - Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thompson and their three children are now all settled in their home Weekend Visitor" on the county blacktop road. The i Mrs. Grace Paetow, Chicago. Thompsons recently purchased was a weekend guest in the Hic- Trip To Montreal Mr. and Mrs. Roy Noren have returned from a vacation trip that took them to Montreal, Canada, and through several of the eastern states. One of the stops they made was in Woodstock, Vt., where they visited the newspaper and were shown a complete set of Woodstock Daily Sentinels from Illinois detailing the recenv "-entennia) celebration. the home formerly owned by the Joseph Monteleones. Thompson owns the Electrometric compapnv at Woodstock, which makes TV parts. Two weeks ago, Mrs. F. Surz attended the funeral of her brother-in-law, Julius Schloss, of Muskegon, Mich. While there, she stayed a week and visited with relatives and friends. Guests over Labor Day at the Surz home were their grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jablonski, and their great-grandchildren, Gail and Jim. Also visiting them were their son, Orville, and his wife* and their son, Gerald. A lovely weekend was had by all! Mr. and Mrs. Jablonski and their two children will be va- We are very happy to hear that Mrs. Ted Olsen, Jr., of Wonder Lake, is now convalescing very nicely from an ope-, ration she underwent two weeks I ( ^ record of our famous ago. Mrs. Olsen who was a WAC | ^ captain during the war, was Condon is the associated the only woman patient among | Pr°ducer, the scenery and light- 200 men patients at the Great are ^ "John Robert Lloyd Newest HoasewonMUa Diane Hunt, Wickline Bay, is thQ newest of the younger generation to acquire a horse of her own. Diane, eighth grade student at Harrison, is one Of three much-envied youngsters tn Wonder Lake who own their own mounts. The other two are Judy Troxel and Nancy Swanson. Lakes Veterans hospital. Mrs. Betty Houck of McCullom Lake was the "good angel" who took care of Ted and Doris's three little girls, Deborah, Ingrid and Nancy, while Doris was in the hospital. How about that ? ? That was a wonderful deed, Betty! Newlyweds, My. and Urs. Lawrence Dega ' are renting the Palmer residence and are going to try to brave the winter out here. It's not too bad, folks, we've gone through many a winter, and we're still here!! Mr. Herbert is the winner of the "carp" contest -- His prize weighed 17 pounds, thereby eliminating Mrs. Cuda's catch of 13 pounds. " We would like to state that the prize of $5 is not money cationing with their *raadpar- from any cUlb or a bag. of con_ ents this week. I tributions from people, this was voluntarily and the costumes are by Noel Taylor. # A special mail order department has been set up to facilitate prompt service for patrons ordering seats by mail. The usual Wednesday and Saturday matinees will be given. HEAVILY LOADED TRUCKS CAUSE OF ROAD DESTRUCTION ^ . „ made by myself, Mr. and Mrs. C. Dwre and jjr8 Gertrude Makofske. friends from Waukegan had a wonderful Labor Day weekend As this is the end of the sumat their cottage in Lakewood, | mer season we are very happy Wis- I to say there were no accidents Sunday afternoon, a *-wely combination birthday &h * garden party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Betts, Jr., in celebration of Nancy Betts' sixth birthday. A lovely buffet lunch, cake and ice cream was servt** to all their guests, who "r.-raded Mr. and Mrs. Karl Knoblauch, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burger, Nancy's great-uncle, Paul JodeiC, Mrs. Carter and her son, Frank, all of Chicago; Also Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ritt and their two sons. Gregory and Jimmy, of Woodstock, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Betts and their children. Earl, Jr.: Esther Marie, Peggy Ann and Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Betts and daughter, Deborah, Nancy's grandparents, Mr. and and no drownings and that from what we have heard from the all year 'round residents and the summer folks, a wonderful summer was had by all! Mr. Svoboda was taken very ill suddenly last week and sent to the Woodstock hospital. He is home'now and recovering very nicely. The election meeting of the Cullom-Knoll association will be postponed until the first Sunday in October!! Playtex Baby Products Wattles Drug Store McHenry, 111. 43Mt Birthday Party Mary Gnadt, Hickory Falls, was honored by her neighbors at a birthday party last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Virginia Mahal. Those attending the party included Uldina Haught, Florence Anderson, Doris Nolan, Bernice Huebner and Fern Paetow. , On Dance Committee Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wagner, Wickline Bay, are on the committee for the Leap Year dance at the Woodstock Country club Saturday night. The dance will be preceded by an , 8 o'clock dinner. More evidence of highway destruction caused by heavily loaded trucks was recently uncovered in a special road test project in Maryland, according to Chas. M. Hayes', president of the Chicago Motor Club, The " M a r y l a n d Road T e s t One", sponsored by the Highway Research board, is the first of a series of highway research projects into the effects of heavy axle loads on roads of all types. Hayes, who led the motor club support of legislation for more rigid enforcement for overloaded trucks in Illinois, said the test proved several things. "First, it proved that as axle l o a d s a r e i n c f e a s e d , t h e r a t e and amount of cracking in concrete pavements increases; that stress and deflection increases in proportion to the weight of the load; and that subgrade soils have a very definite relationship to concrete pavement failure. The test also proved* according to Hayes, that a tandem load of 32,000 pounds causes more damage to concrete pavement than a single axle of 18,- 000 pounds. Previously, it was thought that the stress of the two loads was equivalent. Off To Pttrdae Paul Marke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marke, Sr., leaves soon to enroll at Purdue University. Also leaving to attend Purdue this fall is Ronald Fredricksen, son of Mr. and Mrs.jXvar Fredricksen. W Paul Was graduated from McHenry high school last Junei Ronnie was graduated from Northwestern Military academy, Lake Geneva. BOtaet Aeeaftsew Read The Want Ads! BEFORE kory Falls home of her son and his wife, Charles and Fern Paetow. Gospel Church News- The new porch on the south end of the building, is nearing completion, thank^ to the men who so willingly have given of their time, strength and skill to see it finished. It will serve also as a splendid Sunday school class room. We are glad for any improvement to facilitate the work. Many of our summer resident friends are now returning to their homes in the cities. We will miss them, but are thankful to them all for the interest they have shown and the support they have given to this non-sectarian work at Wonder Lake. CROP PROSPECTS Bumper crop prospects for Illinois dropped slightly during July due to general high temperatures and rainfall shortage in the central and southern areas according to the Illnois and U. S. Departments of Agriculture. Despite unfavorable weather conditions /in July, it was announced, the only crop prospect to fall below normal is that of oats. Corn crop prospects have dropped two per cent from a month ago but the indicated crop of 516 million bushels still is the second largest of record. Soybean prbduction forecast is for a crop of 82 million bushels, compared to 95 million bushels last year and a 10-year Average of 74 million bushels. CITY PUT FQBTH GREAT EFFORT TO ERECT HOSPITAL There's an old saying: "If you want something done, do it yourself." Americans have long been familiar with the wisdom of this advice. Self-reliance has been part and parcel of our national experience from early settlement and pioneer days. And evidence abounds that such self-reliance is still very much in the fibre of our life today. Take for instance, the story of Staunton, 111., which recently came to the attention of Health Information Foundation of New York. Staunton is a mining town of 3,000 people, a mining town which four years ago* had no hospital and needed one badly. . Staunton now has that hospital. The citizens themselves resurrected cm old, abandoned school house to get it, virtually rebuilding the structure brickby Jbrick. There was no outside help in this task. And funds for a modern hospital, especially in a small town like Staunton where the actual cost was a staggering $254,000, are extremely difficult to come by. But people of Staunton raised the necessary funds out of their own wallets and purses. They skimped and saved. And the hospital was built by their own work--manual work, head work, leg work* hard, long and all but 1 JfnJatratlng Work -- built by jininars, mail carriers, grocers. ANNUAL POW-WOW fllprPIP "Stalag 17 om Erlanger Hit By Mrs. Gertrude Makofske Indians of the Sauk and Fox tribes will migrate to their an- house wives. Women's clubs lent Hawk « hand. Church groups. 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ONLY $21.00 DOWN and $M5 PER MONTH I T H O F F ' S ' "McHenry County's Leading Hardware" «n Main Street PHONE UcHtmry, Bt DEATH TOLL ^ The highway death toll in Illinois during July was 162 persons, a 12 per oent increase above the 144 traffic deaths during the similar month last year. The death total stood at 1,090 for the first seven months of this year, an increase of eight per cent as against the 1,008 figure fojr the comparable period in 1951. Simplifies Pressing Keep an ironing board and iron set up while sewing and press each seam as it is finished. This produces neater, more tailored results, and makes the final pressing a simple matter. Wow, Aug. 30 and 31 and Sept. 1, The Indian ceremonials will be staged in a huge natural amphi-^ theater in the state park, with five public performances scheduled. During/ the dates of the Pow- Wow the Indiana village, consisting of native "wck-i-ups" will ba open to public inspection. 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