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Fottf ftetn a. V? •'( "«r \\ * '-- " '_' i ""•!!!'" -.",';'5VS* " T !'.«•„ McRENRV J>LAINDEALt:R Thursday. March 8.1956 Richmond Community News By Phyllis Carlsen1 .. . Birthdays Patty Savage celebrated -her 'sixth birthday a week ago Tuesday with a party for a few friends. Those attending were -Mike and Susie Rekenthaler, -Richard Eilts, Ruth Carlson and .Murray say age. Patty will be a 'ffirst grader in the fall. Beverly Granger was 8 years : old last week. She had a birthday supper for a few neighbor children in for barbecues. Robert. iDonnie and Janice Harris and David and Ruth Carlson were ,j the guests. 8 Crippled Children The. Easter Seal collection will ^be bolstered this year by collec- "t'ions around the county to help our center in Woodstock. Did you {enow that in our county w« have one of the best therapy centers in northern Illinois? To help support this wonderful work, a meeting of Mrs. Paton of Woodstock, with some local people, took place last Friday evening. Dr. Bertha Shafer was there as district director for this part of the county. Several school children were there, for they will be captains of their committees to collect at school. The high school representative is Bonnie Condon, who just might call on Jim Harris for assistance. For the grade school, it's Bruce Gardner for" the seventh and eighth grades, Peggy Gunderson for the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, David Carlson for the second and third grades and Nancy Gunder son and Jimmy Schroeder for the first grade. For the grandmothers and the young Aarrieds, it's Harriet Noyce and Phyllis Carlson. Any of you grandmothers and young married women like to volunteer? Harriet or i wlll be glad to have you. council met .at the Lutheran parsonage. Tuesday night the Lutheran Women's guild met at the church, with the program a discussion about "You and the Guild." ' Moving To Florida Mr. and Mrs. Dingley have moved to Florida. They have long been residents of Richmond in the big white house on Route 173. We will purely miss them and hope they like the warm, sunny south. P.T.A. fVfeeting: Next Wednesday evening, the IP.T.A. will meet at the grade school. The program will be a panel on "How to teach responsibility to your children." In case you're in a dilemma over your irresponsible offspring, do come and put your question to the panel. Pee Wee King ^how- Friday, March 23, Pee Wee King and his cohorts will perform for you and your friends at the gym. This year will be even more corny than last year, for Pee Wee is bringing more of his show with him. If you or your small fry are cowboy crazy, I'm sure you'll have a wonderful evening. See a P.T.A. member for tickets.- Chicken Pox Dennis Hoffman and .Charles Waspi have missed school because they have had chicken pox, but are feeling better now. Sympathy to the Busch (Family We wish to extend our sympathy to the Busch family on the loss of their son, Ted. Perhaps you read on the front page of the Plaindealer last week about Ted's death in Korea. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. Jimmy Schroeder 'Visits Grandma Jimmy Schroeder visited his grandmother while his mother was in the hospital. His mother is feeling better again and Jimmy is . back home. Rotary JVews Wally Kruse spoke about the early history of Richmond and^ McHenry county at the last Rotary meeting. This week the program, in charge of Frank Buchert, was presented by Alvin Querhammer, civil defense director for the county. Birthday greetings to Bud Wendt and Howard Vogel this week. * Pete Ehorn is delegate to the district conference at Medinah, IM„ April 3 and 4. All Rotarians and their wives are invited. On March 27, the Richmond Rotary will entertain the high school football and basketball teams and their fathers at a turkey dinner. The speaker will be Stu Holcombe, head football coach at Purdue university for seven years, and at present athletic director at Northwestern university.. Last week, guests were Bur Meisel and Charles Meyer from the high school. Dan Jus ten from McHenry and "Curly" Stevens of Richmond were also guests. Vacationers .The Eldrege family has left for a vacation in Florida. Changing Houses ' The Bob Lindblooms have bought the Dingley house and are now living in it. Bob is happy to note that he now has the same number of sons as he has lawn mowers, namely two. Nothing left for Bob to mow, he hopes. Speaking of changing houses, Ronald Steadman is now officially a civilian again and is farming for .himself on the Cole farm, where the Shotliffs lived. Ronnie should make a good dairy farmer, what with his experience with his dad, a farm bureau director, and his work in F.F.A., in which he was once State Farmer, and his work in 4-H, where he was a junior leader. He and his wife, Carol, are at home on the farm since March 1. Carol still works at the Woodstock hospital. Rumors have it that she was just fixing supper for Ron the other night when she was called back to the hospital to be on hand for an operation. Such is life for a newlywed. Marilyn Olson Home Marilyn Olson, former R.B.H.S. graduate, has returned home from Moline, where she wtorked as a nurse. She will work in Libertyville and live at home, at least for awhile, until she is married to her fiance, who is. attending the University of Illinois. Marge Ehorn with 169, Helen Klemstein, 167-454, and Helen Savage, 166. ° i, Elfrieda Meisel, one of the finest women bowlers in this area, had another one of her good nights, only this time had a terrific score of 531. Even with this big series, her team still fell behind three and a half games. Miss Meisel's high series came on games of 195-147-185-531. Wilmot has been rough on Dicklin's all year, even if they are in last place, and last Thursday wasn't any exception." They won two out of three once again. For> Wilmot, Virginia 164-440, and Phyllis, 429. - For Dicklin's, Joyce had a 172-451, and Lorraine Rudolph, 165-161-462. Pistctkee Highlands - By Mary Mueller ' i ii fr'l'•?'•?"1*'1'•!"fr•!' ! We have our first enlisted Naval Reserve service man from I Pistakee Highlands, Roger Fel- { lows, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold FellowV s. •* • 0. Roger was sworn in Feb. 26, 1956, at Glenview Naval Air base, Glenview, ill., for a sixyear hitch. He has been assigned to the jet mechanics division. Attend fUemen's Convention Bob Stevens, fire chief, and Pete Ehorn, fire trustee, attended the thirteenth annual convention of the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts at the Pere Marquette hotel in Peoria last Friday and Saturday. RICHMOND-BURTON lihorn IBorre's [Win Three It was a long time waiting, but Borre's finally won three from Twin Lakes Recreation when it really counted. Going into the three-game set, Borre's were just a half game ahead and needed the wins to increase their lead. The name circle for Borre's was Congratulations Mary Miss Mary Wittmayer was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary fraternity, last week. There are really very few college students who make Phi Beta Kappa, so it is indeed an honor. Mary attends Carleton college in Northfield, Minn., and is a senior this year. ** Church {News Saturday, the Couples club from the Community church wHI meet. Monday, the Noyces will go to Elburn to hear a missionary from the Near East speak. If anyone would like to join them, they are welcome to do so; Wednesday, the board of trustees will meet at the home of Don Rawlins. Tonight, the Junior Youth Fellowship will meet at Grace church. Monday night, the church Ready Mixed Concrete Village Inn &till in £Uump After winning the first half of the season, the Village Inn has been in a tail spin and just can't seem to recover. Since the second half started, they have managed to win just six of twenty-seven garties. Last Thursday they won one of these over Anderson's. Harold Wirch had a 201 and Andy himself was the only one on his team to dent the name list, and that was on a 211 game, the highest for the night. Hildebrandt's won two from Standard and have increased their first place lead to three games over the second place oilers from Wilmot. Chick Schroeder had a 203 and he had the highest series of the night with a 554. One of the oddities of the season came last week when Miller's won two from Spring Grove and neither team had one' bowler over the 200 mark or over the 525 series mark. Miller's were tops in pins for th6 night with 2612, but still didn't get a singfle name on the hdnor roll. Men's Standings -Won Lost Hildebrandt's 18 9 Standard 15 12 Anderson's 14% 12 V2 Miller's 14% 12% Spring Grove 13 14 Village Inn 6 21 Women's Standings Won Lost Borre's 44 31 Twin Lakes 40 y2 34% Dicklin's 35 40 Wilmot 30^ 44 >i DOWN WASTE Stop wasting materials by on-the-job mixing! Tell us your specifications and we'll deliver the right amount of the right concrete mix right on time! McHenry Sand & Gravel Co. "RADIO DISPATCHED" PHONE 920 Zephyrs Win 81st (Game Last Sunday night another fine game was played at the Richmond high school gym. The Richmond Zephyrs gained revenge on a team that beat that a month ago. The score of this-game Was 89-87. The game, one or >the V^ry best that has been at the-school Blanche Haefliger has been spending the week in Minneapolis due to illness in the family. Marie Schlick, wno is infanticipating, suffered a fall last Saturday. We are happy to report that no damage was done except to her feelings. Our grammar school boys are forming a baseball team. They are scheduled to play the boys from Sunnyside Estates March 10. A girls' club is being organized by some of our 'teen-agers. They will hold their first St. Patrick's Day party at the home of Erna and Rusty Rockel. Gloria Rhienhardt has announced her engagement to Robert M. N. Hummelberg of Chicago. The nuptial arrangements will be announced at a later date. FRANK W. SBC, 'fti.D. Physician and S«^g{^n: j 210 So. Green St. Office Hours: 1 to 6 PJW. Dally - Except Wed, 7 to 9 PJM. Tuesdays, & Fridays Phones: Office Residence 164 227? all season, was witnessed by only a hand full of fans. Next Sunday night there will be a big double header with the former Wauconda team. This game promises to be one of the top games of the season. The Richmond Zephyr junior team has been bolstered by several of the boys from the Rockets, and they will be playing Cary. Zephyrs (89) B F P Rudolph 4 5 2 Tibbitts 5 2 4 Nichols ' - ' 4 12 May 6 01 Brunswick 10 0 Judson 10 5 1 Spooner 3 0 0 Johnson 5 0 3 Totals 38 13 13 Possner of Waukegan (87) B F P Martinez -553 Kozial 9 0 2 Freeman « 6 1 4 Bader 8 4 0 Stouper 10 1 '3 Totals 38 11 12 Zephyrs 45 44--89 W&Ukegan 41 46--«7 , Birthday congratulations are in order . for Lorraine Hurckes, Sine Peloquin and , M&ry Mueller. The members of the Johnsburg school P.T.A. are holding a hat sale on March 13. The officers of the P.T.A. living in our subdivision are helping to make it a success. 1 See .their advertisement elsewhere in this edition of your Plaindealer. LEADING HOBBY Gardens first appeared when primitive man, no longer dependent on the chase or migratory stock-raising for his food, settled down in one Spot. Today, gardening is one of the leading hobbies in Illinois, according to the state "Plant Illinois" committee. f i f/ ENNESSEE WALTZ - SLOW POKE ^*?^^==n\Vye5TERN VARIETY SHOW , 1 L i t t l e E H e r L o n g tfeal . FRIDAY, MARCH 23rd Bonnie w-- ^ • Richmond High School Auditorium Reserved Seats $1.25 General Admission: $1.00 -- Grade School Children: 80c J > . * Sponsored By Richmond P.T.A. Wasift Look Your And you will look your very best if you make it a point NOW to have your clothes ex- <p pertly cleaned and pressed here at Local Cleaners. We take extreme care and pride in all work we do because we realize that a satisfied customer is our best advertisement. By the way, you'll want to have your winter garments cleaned too, because you'll be storing them away for the summer months before too long. Phone McHenry 20 For Pick Up & Delivery LOCAL 206 S. Green St. McHenry, 111. DR. 3. C. 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