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Page Twenty THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday, November 13, 1958 McHenry Shores *v Club Meeting Well Attended by Louise Winters The -thirtieth meeting of the McHenry Shores club was held last week at the VF'W as usual. We had a very good turnout; no new faces, but then some of the older faces are new to lots of us. The business part of. the meeting went very smoothly, however, we were waiting, for a suggestion to leave the roads as they are, SLOW signs wouldn't be necessary shortly, there would be too many broken axles. All kidding aside, we should certainly do our best to take it easier. If a child' were killed, we'd all slow down ill a hurry; do we have to wait that long? was at a loss for words over the birthday cake and song at our meeting last week. May we surprise you for many years to come. To Doris Wetzel, over 21, and to Michael Wetzel who is now all of seven years old. Ten lit- Twice Told Tales From issue of Nov. 14, 1918 The world's greatest war is over. The news of the signing tie boys helped him celebrate j of the armistice, by Germany, at a birthday party last Satur- | reached McHenry shortly after day. Michael and Freddy ;2 o'clock Monday morning, the Stark, Jimmy Lando. Michael ' welcome message having been and Edward Pitts, Keith O'Brien, Michael and Bobby Rumelin, and Corky Olbinski were the happy guests. Later on grandmother -and grandfather Wetzel came out from Chicago, and an aunt and uncle phoned out from Chicago to William Pries, proprietor of the Centerville meat market and grocery. No sooner was • the news spread until whistles were blowing and bells ringing. Many, many letters have been written, but have failed to reach him. ' Last evening a telegram was sent to Mrs. .Michael jFreund of this village, from Washington, stating that her soil, Pvt. Hen- I ry Freund, was missing since Oct. 10. He left McHenry in June for Camp Gordon, Ga. and left for oversea^ with the 86th division about two and a half months ago. He was twenty-six years old. from Palatine. A good time j Within a few minutes the town was had by all. | was alive with people and at -- j 4:30 a.m. a parade of more News and Views than 150 men, women and chil- The Miller - Engvalson COEP-| dren wer* marching through Party A belated report on our Hallowe'en party shows that a jgood time was had by all. The costumes were very original. Choosing the best was a hard task, but the final tally was as follows: Helen Smith and Mildred Liss, first prize; Gordon Hattan, second prize; and Ed Olbinski, third prize. Get on i your thinking caps for next year. Many thanks for all the donations, both of time and refreshments. oration held its annual banquet at the Country club last Sunday evening for all their employees. There were sixteen couples attending, many of whom are our friends and neighbors. From all reports, everyone enjoyed themselves. the streets. Shortly after the march began, three huge fires were started, one in each part of the visage. Many citizens attended the 6 o'clock mass read by Rev. M. 3. McEvoy at St. Patrick's church. Every business house in town Evidently the Hallowe'en i closed its doors at noon, and Illness Thanks to the generous hearts and open pocketbooks of McHenry Shores, Donald Ray is off to Texas for treatment of Hodgekins disease. He has all our prayers and thoughts with him. Mr. and Mrs. William Corcoran were saddened to hear of the sudden sickness of their brother-in-law, who has been travelling in Europe. He was overtaken with duodenal hemorrhage in Barcelona, Spain, and was on the critical list at the hospital for several days. At last report he was improving. but how frightening to be ill in a foreign country. party last weekend took care of all the entertainment in McHenry Shores for there are no visits or visitors to report. Are we just a summer resort or not? If you happen to see our youngest daughter's new hairdo, please don't think it's just messy. Since we cut off her top knot, Daddy's new name remained closed for the balance of the day. The biggest and most spectacular parade ever witnessed in McHenry took place shortly after 1 o'clock, with approximately three-fourths of the population taking part. It was headed by a hearse in which lay an effigy of the ex-kaiser. A third parade of the day took for Mary Ann is Gina Lolahair- i Place about 7 o clock in the evecut. i ning, followed by a meeting at All for now, see you next the Central Opera house, with week. P. S. more phone calls Everett Hunter as chairman makes more news. Census Takers Begii n Training Small World Lots of us out here may feel as if we are far from old friends and relatives, but every once in a while up pops a familiar face in an unfamiliar place. Such was the case recently when your reporter was glancing through the current issue of the Ladies Home Journal. We did a double take on one of the pitcures of the participants in the Journal forum. It just happens to be a picture of our next door neighbor and good friend, Betty Phillips, back in New Jersey; And she never said a thing about it when we saw her a few weeks ago. Happy Birthday to Mrs. Ellen Duncan who A capacity crowd was in attendance, talks, were given by Simon Stoffel, Postmaster T. J. Walsh, William Stoffel and Rev. Edward Berthold. McHenry Choral society, under the direction of Rev. Fr. M. J. McEvoy, favored with several selections, the eventful evening coming to a close with the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner." From Ostend comes word Training session for the fifteen area residents who will act as census takers in the 1959 Census of Agriculture field test to be conducted in this county during the week of Nov. 10, will be staged Thursday and ; that Alfred Richardson writes Friday, it was announced by j. his parents that he has not re- Mrs. Mary Granger of McHen- ; ceived a letter from home since ry, who has been appointed j he was wounded on July 19. supervisor for the test. ; Four-hour classroom ses- j sions are being held mornings covering such, items as how to ' conduct interviews, how to fill out the farm census question- > naire, map reading and related i items. The trainees will en- . gage in practice interviewing of i farmers Thursday afternoon, j and then return to the class- ! room Friday morning for a review of their work and additional training. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO from issue of Nov. 16, 1933 McHenry came in for its share 1 pf freakish weather this week. I On Monday morning residents awpke to find a fine layer of dust settled over their homes, while on Tuesday morning the world was , covered with a blanket of snow, the first real snow storm of the season. McHenry, with surrounding territory, is" shivering in the grip of almost zero weather, this week, and residents awoke Wednesday morning to read thermometers that averaged all the way from six to eight degrees above, in the city, to the zero mark in the outlying district with the ground covered with a light blanket of snow. People are *" reminded Christ- • mas is not too far away. Miss Virginia Karls, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karls of Johnsburg, died in St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, Monday night as the result of injuries received that afternoon when she was struck by a car driven by Gerald Pearce of Spring Grove. The accident was unavoidable. A wedding of local interest took place on Saturday, Nov. 11, when Miss Bernice "Ferwerda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferwerda, was united in marriage to Mr. Elmer Huemann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Huemann, at St. John's parish house, Johnsburg. From the files of the Plaindealer of twenty-five yejfl-s ago comes the following. If a boy wants to be spider-legged and weak kneed, if he wants to be short winded and sunken chested, if he wants to be thinat McGee' IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE PER W puts this completely deluxe, top quality SPEED QUEEN ELECTRIC DRYER into your home to give you the greatest convenience in modern housekeeping m every feahm a QUALITY featar* • HMO-Off tteot Coated • tn-A-Ooor On* Imp Mognvfic DoorColcb^ Qoiet fbommg • Fost Drying YotffJ ntvM know kow loft your fowtlt COM until you tumble-dry them Speed Queenl And you'll never know how many unnecessary hours of 'slavery" yew ore putting ta until you own o dryer. 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Open Daily 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. -- Fridays 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sundays 9 a.m. 'til 12 Noon jawed and dtead on his feet, if he wants to develop into a scrub, that no business man cares to employ, let him be a cigarette fiend. TEN YEARS AGO from issue of Nov. 11, 1948 Recent deaths include Zion Baker. 71, of West McHenry, who died at Grant Hospital, Chicago, Nov. 8, Mrs. Linda Morse Chapman, a former local resident whose death occurred in Woodstock, Nov. 9 and Mrs. Jessie Willie, 73, of Ridgefield, an old time resident here, who died at Sherman hospital, Elgin, Nov. 7. Mrs. George H. Johnson and Mrs. Robert Thompson went to Elgin Tuesday to help their sister and aunt, Mrs. George Smith celebrate her eightyninth birthday. Edward Wesson, long time resident of Greenwood township, received word that the remains of his son, Alfred, killed in action in Italy Oct 24, 1944, is being sent home for burial and is arriving this week in th& states. The William Maywald home in King's subdivision, Johnsburg, was broken into last week the walls smeared with lipstick and the floor with cigarette butts. Among the stolen articles were chicken and meat from a deep freeze, a 12 gauge shotgun, twenty pairs of nylon hose, thirty-six pillow cases, dfighteen new bed sheets, Tblankets, quilts and sweaters. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Steffan and Mrs. and Mrs. George Krickl enjoyed dinner iri Chi- ; cago last Sunday, Nov. 7, fol- • lowed by dancing at the Ara- | gon ball-room, in observance of the former's wedding annivers- ! ary. The Mother's Club held their get0- acquainted social evening for local school faculties, their families and members of the Mother's club' and families, Nov. 2, when a pot-luck dinner was followed by cards. 4r % comM HERE & THERE IN BUSINESS ATTENDS CONVENTION Alan R. 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