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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 30 Aug 1956, p. 16

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Sixteen THE McHENRY PLAHWfiALEft Thursday, Augtnf 30,1956 Wonder Lake News By Phyllis Whitfield CP Play Cards for Hospital The Wonder Woods canasta group playing for the benefit of the Woodstock Memorial hospital, met at the home of Mary Sandgren Thursday, Aug. 23. The hostess and Mary Jane Sellinger were high scorers. The other lacjies who played canasta were: Helen Cope, Neva Fuhrer, M a r c e 11 a Meeker, Catherine jyurm and Ruth Woodward. Six Hollars were collected for the hospital auxiliary. Enjoy Trip to Mackinac Island Mr. and Mrs. Jack Young and daughter, Pame la, enjoyed "a trip to Mackinac Island last week. They crossed Lake Michigan by boat and drove on to Mackinac City. There they ferried across the strait to thf Jttsland. On that -trip they sawihe mile and a half bridge that is in construction across the Mackinac, Straits. Aft.er. a day sight-seeing on the Island they returned to Wis., via boat and visited at the Dells before returning to their home in Wooded Shores. 7,000 Mile Trip To West Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Redman of ^fieep Spring Woods have returned from a month long trip to the west. Their 7,000 mile trip started July 21 took them West through the Northern part of the United States. In the Black Hills of South Dakota they went on a buffalo hunt in the Slate Park. There are 1,000 bulfalos in the park and they run in herds of various sizes. •The Redmans were fortunate to »ee the largest, from 80 to 90, and took pictures of them. They 1 raveled on to Yellowstone Park where Ihqy caught their \limit of cut throat trout. In Canada they saw Glacier National Park, Banff National Park, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake. In Banff they were lifted by ski lift to 9,000 feet. They drove back to Seattle and on' to take M boat trip from Anacortes, Wash., through the San Juan Islands to Victoria, British Columbia and from there back to Port Angeles, Wash. Down the coast they drove to Portland, Or?., to attend the national convention of the Pi Beta Alpha Ifraternity of the Professional BookVnen of America. Their h o m e w a r d d r i v e t o o k t h e m through Salt Lake City and Colo. ^Tie Redmans brought back about 500 pictures taken in three-dimension. Home Nursing • Course Offered Among ..the scores of activities engaged in by the American Red Cross, there is one called Red Cross home nursing instruction. This year it is proposed to start a class for women on the east vjiide of Wonder Lake. Mrs. rtetty Booth, official instructor, will conduct such a class if enough are interested. Last year a class of eighteen women of the west side of Wonder Lake received viyuable instruction in how to give first aid to victims of accidents and minor ailments until a physician arrives. Thes£ home nursing classes will be held twice a week for three greeks beginning early in Oct. Medical men throughout tthe c o u n t y h a v e e n d o r s e d t h e s e classes. Time and place of meeting of these classes will be announced later. They may be held at a school, at a church or at a home. In the meantime, if you intend to enroll, send your name, mailing address, 10ib-division in whictr you live and on what road, street or drive your home is situated, to W. T. Bourn,. Box 249, Rt. 4, McHenry * If you care for more definite information as to the nature of the instructions, call Mrs. Betty Booth at W. L. 6252 or 6294. C a t h l e e n e M c l n e r n e y a n d Sandy McLariety of Springfield, were guests last Thursday afternoon in the home of Judy Dolce. Dean Hargis whq has spent the summer in the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Redman has returned to his home in Clarksville, V^nn. He will enter Austin State College next month where he is a member of the football team. it is to help mission congregations who have shown that they can help themselves-. - The church picnic which had to be postponed because of the rains last Sunday has been postponed until Sunday, Sept. 9. It shortly after school starts. Time and day will be announced later. The ages for this class' itiClUde 9 through 14/ Remember school begins Aug. 31. Children in grades 1-8 will vyill begin with .the worship serv- i h5ve only a half day of school. Tuesday, Sept. 4 will be a" full day of school and kindergarten children will register that day. • Rosalie Eck of Chicago has been visiting a week in the home of her aunt, Mrs.. Jan Weisenburger arid family. , Kfwanis Notes At the Aug. 20 meeting a vote approved making the annual donation to the Children's Home in Woodstock. Sept. 27 and 28 has been chosen for Kids tag day. The Kiwainis Club decided to sponsor a picnic for the Little League players of- Wonder Lake to be held in Sept. This date will be announced later when plans are complete. Guests Monday night were Dan Potter and Louis Benton, the latter a nephew of Art Schaettgen. Remember--attend and bring a friend, ice at 11 instead of the dinner at 12 as previously announced? Everything will be the same on that day as was planned for last Sunday, and all are invited to attend. 1 •/ The Woirten of the church will meet Wednesday evening, Sept. 5, at 8 to hear Mrs. Julius Juhkentaal, the wife of Rev. Juhkentaal, pastor of St? John's Lutheran church in Hebron. She SAYS CARPENTIER thrilled her audience last year j telling of her escape from the I Secretary of State Charles F. communists, and she has been | Carpentier warned parents today asked to speak again on how, j "no chiid under the age of after five years, she1 was finally i 10 m,ay legally drive a car in reunited with her husband and Illinois though the purpose for how they came to America. All | such operation is instructional." ladies, are invited to hear this Secretary Carpentier said that thrilling story and to join in the f]ie reason for his warning was . This column is conducted by Phyllis Whitfield. Please phone all items to her W". L. 6881. NO CHILD UNDER 16 MAY LEGALLY DRIVE, fellowship of these meetings. New Wonder Laker • Mr. and Mrs. J. Allicoate who live on Lake Shore drive in Nativity Lutheran Church News $82,789 Pledged to Lutheran Church Building Fund Nativity. Lutheran church last Sunday ended its two week solicitation period for funds with which to build a new church. At that time a total of $32,789.37 had been received in pledges. The scheduled final report and victory celebration to be held at thet annual church picnic was cancelled because of the heavy rain last Sunday. Next Sunday. Sept. 2, the church will hold due "to the shocking accident in joliet last week in which a car driven by Carol Fiser, 14, lost control of the automobile she was driving, over ran a turn and Indian Ridge are the proud and ; jumped the curbing, fatally inhappy parents of a baby girl juring Deborah Sue Garrett, 2 who was born Aug. 17 at Wood* | of Joliet. stock hospital. She weighed 7 lb. 14 oz. at birth and has been named Janine. Secretary Carpenter also reminded parents that even those children who have reached the j age of 16 are not allowed to A happy birthday to Mrs. Har- 0pe»-ate a motor vehicle, although riett Bell whose natal day was ^ aceompanied by an adult, unless Aug. 30. • fhPy jiavo obtained an instruc- _ " ~ ! tional permit. The only exdep- Episcopal Church News tion to the 16 year age. law, i The Episcopal church meets < according to Secretary Carpenat 9 a.m. every Sunday at Har-! tier, are certain 15-year-olds who rison School. Holy Communion ; qualify for a special permit after is served each week. Rev. R. ! having met stringent require- R. McMurty officiates. All are ' ments. Twice Told Tales Forty Years Ago • From issue of August 31, 1916) Mrs. F. A. Bohlander was. hostess to five couples of the Merry- GoRound club at a 7 o'clock dinner Tuesday evening, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Frank McOmber, who are leaving McHenry to make their home in DeKalb. Tlie entire D. A. Whiting family. numbering thirty-eight, held a reunion Sunday, with a chicken dinner served in the woods neat; the family residence. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller announce the arrival of a son on Aug. 24. Mrs. John Justen died' at her home in McHenry this morning at the age of 65. She is survived by her husband, five sons an(]>f\vo daughters. Miss Mary Burke has been engaged to teach . the Sherman Hill school the coming year. The Paulist choir, composed of 125 voices under the direction ot Father Finn, who are spending the summer at Crystal Lake, presented a concert at the ball p a r k S u n d a y e v e n i n g . L a t e r they were served ice cream and cake at Woodman hall. welcome to join in this worship service. He also called attention to the fact that parents who kpowingly allow such illegal operation Bible Church News violate both the Driver License Last Sunday in the morning j act and the Act Regulating worship two new families were ..Traffic on Highways. 11 accepted in the fellowship of the | Section 42 of the Drivor Lichurch. Mr. and Mrs. D. Tom- j cense act provides "no person •ano and Mr. and Mrs. M." Dom- j shajl cause, authorize, or knowingvez were extended the right j ingly permit a motor vehicle hand of fellowship by Mr. Losh- j owned by him or under his conbough, board 'chairman and Pas- ; trol to be driven upon any higho faii^..roKin .i , u : tor Wright presented the certifi- way by any person who is not hpirinnincr at i <• ^° I calc membership. In the ser- 1 authorized -- or in violation of t h f i n a f . % ^ u 1 m o n P a s t o r ' W r i g h t a d d r e s s e d j any of the provisions of the the final reports for the build- , the now members in a fourfold ! Act." ^md_Cf: mpaigIl.W1!! be,g!,Ven- I charge of obedience to the j Section 140 of the Act of Christian faith. ; Regulating Traffic on Highways Sunday evening, Sept. 2. at j states: "It is unlawful for the 7:30 the church will conduct a ! owner, or any other' personj^^nrequest night and members of ploying or otherwise dir&Ttiftg the church are asked to have ; the driver of any vehicle to retheir favorite song and hymn j quire or knowingly permit the numbers ready. The evening will.1 operation of such vehicle Upon close with a fellowship time out j a highway in any way contrary on the lawn and refreshments j to law." will be served. Parents are .reminded of the Bible Instruction*-elass to begin for the children of the church Business & Service Directory of V? Wonder Lake Open On Sundays 9 to JL WONDER LAKE BUILDERS SUPPLY % In connection with the fellowship social will also be a new member Reception for all the new members that will be received into the church on that day at the 10:45 service. All are welcome to come to this double event next Sunday afternoon: the final building fund report and the new member reception. Of the total received during the financial campaign, $35,274 was pledged by members of Nativity. Non-member friends of the church subscribed $6,841. The Luther League, the high school group, pledged $612 and the Sunday school children gave a total of $62.37, which they earned themselves during the two weeks of the campaign period. With the campaign's successful completion the church will now start to make plans for the new Church in co-operation with the board of American missions of the United Lutheran church in America whose duty Classified Ada t>rlng™»rnaiiults Place yours with the Plalndealer "oday. 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The first admission ticket was sold to Mayor John R. Knox ami the second to Theodore Sehiessle. Hen "Rones" Smith, McHenry County heavyweight, tied his opponent, Norman Litz, when he ate eighteen hamburger sandwiches in a contest at the Nick Keeller restaurant in Waukegan Twstlay evening. Miss Floribel Basset^ who will be a September bride, was honored at a miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. Peter M. Justen at her home on Waukegan street Tuesday evening. Mrs. Peter Schoewer was surprised by a group of friends at her Iiome Thursday evening in observance of her seventieth birthday. CHILDREN EARNING OVER $600 MAY BE LISTED DEPENDENTS * s_ Parents of youngsters who are working during the summer vacation are reminded by Delbert J. Luippold, acting district di- McHenry friends have received I rector of the Internal Revenue service, that under certain circumstances their children may still be claimed as full exemptions for federal income tax purposes. And the children themselves may be entitled to refunds in whole or part of income taxes withheld from their wages during their employment. The special exemption rule, Mr. Luipinvitations to attend the wedding of Miss Marian Johnson, former domestic science teacher here, to Harold Rogan, which will take place at St. Patrick's church, St. Charles, Sept. 5. Ten Years Ago (From issue of August 29, 1946) Five veterans and their families moved into the recently | pold explained, applies to chilcompleted Wattles apartments j dren who will still be under 19 during the past week. They in-! years of age at the end of the eluded Mr. and Mrs. Gordon j year and to children who are Knox, 'the LeRoy Melsek family, j full-time students, regardless of the Edward Dillon family, Mr. • their ace. and Mrs. LeRoy Smith and Mr. I Exemption may be claimed by and Mrs-. Clarence Anderson, j the parents if they contribute Mr. and Mrs. Richard East-j more than half the child's supman of Chicago, who are spend- | port, regardless of the amount ing the summer in New Hampshire are parents of twin daughters, born Aug. 22. . Mrs. Eastman is the former Vivian Bolger of McHenry. Miss Marion Hausheer of Chicago and Gene Adams, son of Mr .and Mrs. Lewis Adams, were married at St. Mary's church last Thursday morning. A surprise birthday party was held at the A. P. Freund. home last Thursday honoring Miss Bertha Freund, who has just returned from Topeka, Kas., where she completed her nurse's training. The annual reunion of the Sutton family and friends tvas held at the Joseph Sutton home last Sunday, with folks present from Chicago, Elgin, Wheaton, Elmhurst and McHenry. Wedding bell# rang last Tuesday for Miss Esther Schneider of Chicago and Herman Schmitt son of Mr. and Mrs. Math N. Schmitt of McHenry. earned by the child. This new law was passed by Congress in | 1954, Mr. Luippold « explained.! Prior to 1954, no person earnings $600 or more could be claimed as a dependant by another taxpayer. Inquiries received, however, indicate that many who are entitled to this benefit are not aware of it. And some parents continue to have their dependent children stop work before earning $600. Children 19 and over must be engaged in full-time study at a recognized educational institution for at least five months of the year or must be pursuing a full - time accredited on - farm training program. Mr. Luippold said that any questions regarding individual cases should be referred to the district office. Dearborn 2-4500. "OUCH, Doc.\ That drill is hurting my tooth!" "I'm sorry. I'm in a rush. I've got to register for the Nov. 6 election. How about you?" > \ A CHAT WITH US. Regular check-ups and maintenance by our experts, means lower car costs to you! Call us today and find out for yourself. 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