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P*g.TWT .. \ THE HlH&NRr PLAINDEALER Rlngwood WOMEN'S 500 CLUB ENTERTAINED AT DESSERT LUNCHEON Ruby Shepard Mrs. Louis Hawley entertained the Women's 500 club and an extra table at her home Wednesday. A one o'clock dessert luncheon was served. High score went to Mrs. Viola Low and low to Mrs. Agnes Jencks. Those, besides the club to attend, were Mrs. Kenneth Cristy, Miss Clara 1 Godsen, Mrs. Swanson, Mrs. William Cruickshank and Mrs. Agnes Jencks. Birthday Party Mr. and Mrs. John Charrey i entertained Sunday in, honor ; of. the first birthday of their j son, Johnny Joe. Those • to at- < tend were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lunniss and Mrs. Dagney Lun- j niss and children of McHenry Mrs. Lena Palmenteri and son of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs Dee Goebel and children of Mc- : Cbllum Lake, Bessie Penkuhn'j of Evanston and Mrs. Charles tJhl and "children. Bunco Club The Bunco club was entertained in the home of Mrs. Thomas Doherty at McHenry Thursday. A one o'clock dessert luncheon was served. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Lizzie Thompson, Mrs. Viola Low and Mrs. Ruby Shepard. M. Y. F. The Senior M. Y. F. met at the home of Patricia Jacobson Sunday evening. Cemetery Benefit Party A card party was held at the school house Thursday evening for the benefit of the ^metery. Roast Beef Dinner There will be a roast beef dinner in the Ringwood church j basement on Memorial day. J Serving to be from 12 to 2 p.m. ! for the benefit of the building ! fund. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Personals Miss Virginia Jepson of Chicago spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Walkington. Mrs. Clara Godsen of Chicago spent a few days the past week in the . Louis Hawley home. Mr. and Mrs. Swanson have returned home from Ft. Wayne where they visited their son and family. Mr. and Mrs. Gunard Carlson of Chicago spent Tuesday in the Louis Hawley home. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kunz visited his parents in Chicago Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Walkington called on Mrs. Flora Harrison at Round Lake Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Neilson of Chicago spent Friday afternoon and evening in the Mrs. Agnes Jencks home. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rowe and daughter of Woodstock spent Sunday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aisseri. The pupils of the Sunday school went roller skating Saturday afternoon. Mrs. ArnolH Harvey Mrs. Walter Low and Rev. McChesney accompanied them. . Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hawley and Mrs. Clara Godsen spent Tuesday evening with relatives at Crystal Lake. ' Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pettise and daughter Susan of Barrington spent Sunday with Mrs. Agnes Jencks. Mr. and Mrs. William Cruickshank are leaving May 18 for Montana, where they will attend the Stockmen's Diamond Jubilee and also visit their son,- William and family. Jackie Aisseh spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs. Ronald Rowe, at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hawley spent Sunday with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Reinwall, at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ackerman and family of Moses Lake, Wash., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bruce. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop and daughters, Joan and Judy of Chicago, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. jCarl Kunz. Mrs. Charles Anderson and daughter of Twin Lakes spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Ruby Shepard. Norbert Lisk of Duck Lake and Roger Kunz of Great Lakes spent Thursday evening in the Earl .Kunz home. /Mf. and Mrs. Kenneth Cris-, ty and Mr. and Mrs. William Cristy and family spent Sunday in the Gordon Fossum home. Mr. and Mrs. Wolf Shadle were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Barber at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Harrison and family and Miss Faith Wagner of Greenwood, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison. Floyd Foss of Richmond called on Dr. and Mrs. Hepburn Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kunz visited St. Jesu church at Milwaukee Saturday and also visited Mrs. Julia Kline. Boyd Dowell spent the past week at Lake Minocqua, Wis. His wife was there over the weekend. Jim Pearson was home for the weekend from DeKalb. Mrs. Roy Harrison attended the W.S.C.S. at Greenwood Thursday. Will Claxton arid John Dreymiller of McHenry spent Sunday with Mrs. Ruby Shepard. Mr. and Mrs. Burrows of Belvidere spent Sunday afternoon with Dr. and Mrs. William Hepburn. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Colby of Woodstock spent Saturday afternoon in the Dr. William Hepburn home. Saturday guests in the John Charrey home were great g r a n d m o t h e r M r s . Anna Thompson and grandmother and grandfather Feaster of Chicago. Sunday guests in the B. T. Butler home were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stanek and family of Elkhorn, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Benoy and family of McHenry and Mrs. Ted Mikita and children of Elmhurst. John Dreymiller and Will Claxton of McHenry spent Sunday with Mrs. Ruby Shepard. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Norman and family of Glenview were Sunday dinner guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Walkington. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Low and son of McHenry, Mrs. Walter Wilcox of Woodstock and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Low and family were Sunday dinnef guests in the BeaUy-LoW home. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Olsen and son, Delmer, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Olsen of Richmond, Miss Donna Zarnstorf of Genoa City and Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Montanye and daughters of Huntley. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinze of Crystal Lake were visitors in the Mrs. Lena Peet home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Low and family spent Sunday afternoon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Thomas 1ft McHenry. Mrs. Alan Ainger, daughter, Mary, and son, David, of Hebron spent Sunday morning with her mother, Mrs. Ruby Shepard. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Russel of Des Plaines and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Russel qf Elk Grove Village spent Friday in the Dr. Hepburn home. Mrs. Olive Roberts of Salem called on her mother, Mrs. Hattie Curtis, Sunday. -4UThursday, May 14, 1959 Twice Told Tides YOUTH PROGRAM A "teen-age television program with a different approach" will be broadcast by station WTTW, Channel 11 -- Chicago's educational television station --Thursday evening, May 14, at 9:30 CDT. The program was developed from a joint discussion session attended by Chicago area high school leaders, and by representatives of WTTW. Key clubs of the Chicago area, upon the request of WTTW, arranged the discussion session, invited the high school participants, and -- upon request -- are doing much of the production work necessary to the •uiBjSoad ISJIJ AM jo JSBOPEOJQ SHOP IN McHENRY FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken from Files of May «?, 1909 McHenry h£s at last fallen in line with other up-to-date and progressive cities through the organization of & volunteer fire department. It consists/of three companies, No. 1, 2 and 3. T. Wagner is captain of the East Side team; Joe Rothermel, captain of the Centerville team and William Krause, captain of the Westside. Mrs. Oliver William Owen, 79, a McHenry resident for many years, passed away at her home Friday morning Apr. 30. She had been confined to a wheel chair for the pait 17 years, due to paralysis. ' The large hay shed, 24x60, on the farm of John Claxton was completely demolish^ by the wind storm last Thursday night. Do you know that the McHenry saloon keepers have placed a lid on gambling .in McHenry? It's a fact and furthermore, they placed the lid voluntarily. No more dice, no more cards, the day of reform has come--and come to stay we hope. Auctioneer F. O. Gans and family have moved to our village from Woodstock, and are now occupying the Jacob Bonslett house. Mr. Gans expects to embark in the real estate business in connection with auctioneering. In a letter appearing in the Chicago Tribune last Sunday Miss Lottie Voss writes: For several seasons I have spent ljny vacation on the Fox River at McHenry. This is as ideal a place as can be found anywhere for recreation, pure air, beautiful flowers, river sport, etc. One can board in the hotel or may sleep in a tent, or cottage on the river and cook their own meals which is cheaper for a party. The railroad fare is 90 cents a trip and for $20, in two weeks I know of no better place to spend my vacation. 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EU jumbo 14 ounce bottle gives you 4 to 6 months of beautiful shampooing, BED-HEAD adds flame to red hair or "borderline" colors, BLONDETONE illuminates blonde or light brown hair with gold, BRUNETTE-TONE adds jet lights and warm shimmer. BROWN-GLOW washes red-gold into "plain" brown hair, SILVER-TONE silvers grey or platinum, corrects yellow. And for dry, (flomagssl hair, SOJt-aHEEM SHAMPOO. BULGER'S FORTY TEARS AGO Taken from the Files * of May 1, 1919 Every seat in the school auditorium was taken, wi t h standing room at a premium, when the senior class presented "The Camouflage of Shirley", 'an up to minute war drama, last Friday evening. Special mention is given the two fun producers, not members of the class, who appeared in a vaudeville sketch between acts: We ftefer to Miss Jennie Mae Cooley and Frank Gans. Alfred Richardson, former McHenry high school football and baseball star and an idol of the fans here, arrived in New York last Saturday from overseas service. At the present time he is at the Naval hospital, at' Brooklyn, but expects to be home on furlough soon. v Mr. and Mrs. Ed. L. Hayes were surprised by a group of friends at their home oh Green street Monday evening. .They were caught in the midst of packing preparatory to their leaving for their new home in Aberdeen, S. D. From the files of a quarter of a century comes the news that the brick schoolhouse and site were sold on Saturday last, by the trustees ,to Dr. Fegers, who represented a committee from the German Catholic church. Consideration $900. It is understood that they will alter and repair it, making it suitable for a church and schoolhouse. From the same edition comes the story of a handsome and commodious new house being completed for the R. J. Sutton family where a house warming was held Friday evening. Mrs. George Nell, who has passed the last year or more in the west, has returned and again taken up her abode at her old home near the Johnsburg bridge. She announces that she expects to again conduct dances at her pavilion as soon as the weather permits. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken from Files of May S, 1934 Crops are being menaced by the continued drought which is breaking all records for this vicinity. Total rainfall in this vicinity for the first four months of the current year was 3.52 inches less than half the 8:40 inches rainfall for the corresponding period a year ago and the 8:34 fall for the first four months of 1932. The fire department responded to four calls over the weekend. The first was at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Craver, where the barn in which bay chicks were housed caught fire. About 100 baby chicks were burned to death. On Sunday afternoon the old greenhouse owned by W. M. Crouch on Route tr.S. 12, south of McHenry, was destroyed by fire. A graduating class of fiftytwo seniors, the largest class to graduate in the history of the McHenry high school, will finish on Commencement night June 1. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cushing of Chicago announce the marriage of their daughter La- Verne, to Theodore Anderson of McHenry, which took place in Evanston, May 2. Attendants was Miss Dorothy Hellimar of Chicago and Harold Patzke of McHenry. Rex, a pet dog owned by M. FREE PUBLIC LECTURE "Christian Science: Religion For The Present and The Future" By: MARY WELLINGTON GALE, C.S.B., of San Francisco, Calif., Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Chuch, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Place: CLARENCE OLSON SCHOOL 720 West Judd Street, Woodstock, Illinois Time: Tuesday Evening, May 19, 1959, at 8:00 P.M. SPONSORED BY: FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, WOODSTOCK, ILL. ALL ARE WELCOME J. Walsh family for the past 14 years and known by nearly every resident of McHenry, no longer will be seen about the premises as it was. found necessary to chloroform the little fellow last week. Mrs. Walter Patzke, who with her husband is moving to Chicago to reside, was surprised by a group of friends Monday evening. Awards in bunco were given Mrs. John Fay, Mrs. William Bacon and Mrs. Herman Kreutzer. TWO HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR EARLY IN JUNE Two hearings are scheduled for 3 o'clock on Tuesday, June 2, in tne city hall. At one, the petitioners, Robbert M. Lunak and Yolanda Luna, wish a variation of the zoning ordinance allowing them an addition to a building which is now too close to the lot line. The property is located on Lots 7, 8 and 9 in Block 10 in Shore Hills subdivision. In the other, Peter Hamlin and Edna M. Hamlin would like -a piece of property rezoned from "F" farming to "B" community business. The property is located on Rt. 31, just north of the Johnsburg road. DRIVER ACTION F; The following actions were taken by the Drivers' License division of this state, affecting county, residents:- Revocations^ La Verne Morris, Harvard, and| George Werner, McHenry, driving while intoxicated; suspensions, Charles Caldwell, ^Llgonguin, Allen Hejl and Mrry Kelly, Crystal Lake, all third offenses. Frank B. Wen- < zig of Rt. 3, McHenry, was granted a probationary permit. Know how to protect your brakes when driving through heavy rain or on flooded roadfray? Brakes usually can be kept dry enough for safe operating condition by holding your foot lightly on the brake peAk. Dry wet brakes by light pumping applications at low speed, until they again become effective. NOTICE THE McHenry Plaiadoa^r WILL BE PUBLISHED ONE DAY EARLIER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. ALL COPY DEADLINES WILL BE MOVED UP ONE DAY. * ©UTFIT. With Starflash Camera in your choice of colors Everything needed for day-and-night snapshooting. 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