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% Pig« Elghj£atf M* THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Eastwood Manor HOLD MEMBERSHIP CLASS AT FAITH PRESBYTERIAN Dec lVnick EV. 5-5527 Faith Presbyterian Church News The second in a series of six church membership classes will be held at the George Landin home, 204 Eastwood Lane, Eastwood Manor, on Friday, May 27. Tlie sermon to be delivered by Jack M-cIntyre on Sunday, May 29, will be entitled "The Book of Daniel and You". The Faith choir will practice at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. May 21. Cancel BarbecVu e The barbecue has been cancelled. The committee will be regained to plan something. bipc:or and better. It was decided bv those present at the. '3/iay 20 EMPOA meeting, that the facilities at oUr disposal are not adequate for holding a get-together of this kind. It takes a lot o feffort to plan arid execute a party so we don't riiind waiting awhile if it means the assurance of a more successful one. We'll keep you in touch as things develop, and we thank the committee for not being satisfied with a 'halfway' job! Birthday Greeting* are extended to Chris Durkin on May 25, to Steve Lessard, Walt Kuck, Linda Charbonnier and Cynthia Landin on May 27, Doug Messer. Eddie Schwabauer and Florence Noonan on May 28, Kathy Penick and Cheryl Kuester on May 30. and to Susan Grom and Hazel Schulz who celebrate on the last day of the month. May 31. and John Coughlin attended t lie bowling banquet which was | held at the Wing 'N Fin. John's i team was the winner of the : trophies. On Sunday they en- • tertained relatives in their • home. John's mother and Pat's ; mother, Mrs. Garaty" and her • grandfather, Mjjr. Mahony, and ' her brother, Ed Garaty. The Mcrsches journeyed in- . to Niles to a gathering of about forty well wishers. Jean's , niece, Mary Lynn, was the guest of honor. The occasion was her fourth birthday. Walt and Peg Garrelts had an exciting evening when they participated in a bowling tournament. It was on Saturday, May 14 and was held in Cary. Madeline and Les Freckman had the pleasure of 'treating* both sets of parents for Mother's Day, by taking them to a nice restaurant in Dundee; Jack Mclntyre was in Freeport on Tuesday. May 24. He "spoke to the men's organization of the second Presbyteriain church of Freeport on National Missions and the McHenry Story'. Homer Anderson is back in, EWM now after being in Dera^ ver, Colo, for three weeks, was receiving jet training there and will soon qualify for jet piloting. On Monday May 16 Helen Mathes had a group of friends in to honor Charlotte Urban on her birthday. Sharing the cake and coffee were Dolores Woolwine. Charmaine Pohlman. Tammy Hawkins, Larry Moore and Margie Brodin. On Thursday, May 26. Cub Pack 454 will meet at the Community barn. The time of tne meeting is 8 p.m. Boy Baby Bob and Florence Tucker are showing off their new baby, Russell Stuart, who joined the family at 7:08 on Wednesday, Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken From the Files of May 19, 1910 The sixteenth annual commencement exercises of the May• 18. He was born in Wood- 1 McIIem.y high school wil, takc stock, measured 19'-i and , . ^ • , weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. at birth. p ace at the Central opera house next Thursday evening, EMPOA May 26. Members of the class The Association met on the i are: Anna Mabel Bolger, Agnes twentieth and we should be Ethel Dodge, Fanny Granger able to report the outcome for Julia Louise gtoffel and Q you next week. „Fr ancisco. j The Rev. William " Nickle, | who taught school in McHenry ! fifty years, will occupy the COLOR GUARD OF, VISCOUNTS RATE TENTH PLACE r _j pulpit at the M. E. churcfy next I Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. ! Fred Matthews is having, anj ' addition built to his John street Anniversary Gre©ting»Vi\l to the Hal3amans. Ed and Ericka, who will be celebrating on Friday, May 27. Mea«le« Linger On The Garrelt family is being revisited by the measles, with David and Suranne being the victims this time. Bridge Club Hannah Harner was hostess to thf- Bridge club on tire evening of May 18. Peg Anderson won both high score and traveling, and Mary Hadley was the winner of the booby prize. Octettes The regular meeting of the Octettes was held at Margaret Tinkler's home on May 17. Lydia Fenner won first prize and Lilian Zgorski won the second. Loral Doins' As it turned out the 'work' fciob Newlon was doing in his darkened garage was shushing the whispers of a group of friends who were waiting there to sing out "Surprise" to Len and Winnie Hansen! And a pleasant surprise it was, in honor of their anniversary. TTiose on hand to share in the f e s t i v i t i e s w e r e D o l o r e s a n d Len Lawrence. Tim and Lois McCormack, Dick and Louise Weigman, Betty and Ed Radner and of course Rosemary and Bob. The Lindemans enjoyed an unexpected visit from Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fleming. Helen and Pre have been friends since school days and had a lot to talk about while the fellas, Bob and Bill, spent the day fishing, bowling and playing cards. Sunday was so nice it inspired a drive to Hayward, Wis. On Mother's Day the Lindemans were visited by Bob's Aunt Lily and Uncle Charlie Gersdorf and his sister, Mrs. Bertie Henkle. On Saturday, May 14, Pat Have You Met Grace Goffo and her daughter. Carol? They live at 307 Johnsburg Road. Grace is a golf enthusiast and enjoys swimming. While indoors she does some leather crafting and decorative work on aluminum traj's. She is presently employed in Johnsburg. Her daughter. Carol, is well known in McHenry both through school and through her employment at the McHenry hospital. She does fashion modeling in Chicago and plans to teach children to model. The Woodburys reside at 143 Manor. Fred is employed in Skokie, and he enjoys bowling for relaxation. Doris or 'Pam' is an avid card player and is discovering the joys of gardening. Their Son. John, is a fourth ; grader and he enjoys many ac- ; i.ivities. He recently stepped on i a needle which broke off in : his foot but he is off his crutches now in time for the Little League practice. Pam's mother and father, the Eklunds of Rogers Park, were out to visit and help with : (he yard work. Her brother. Howard, and his wife, Dorys, j were out,for the.day also. The color guard representing the Viscounts Drum and bugle corps of McHenry par- I Hci„alert in competition at a from pet r M Evergreen park htgh . school j JuS.,on wHo js nQW ,n last Sunday. , , ' The color guard attended the midwest circuit championship contest. In the preliminaries, there were fifteen guards and ten were selected for the finals at night. The local group placed tenth in the afternoon contest With a score of 69.2 and the same in the finals with a score of 72.05. The Rockford Phantomettes were first with a score of 92.025 and the Norwood Park Imperials were second with 91.95. The Viscounts drum and bugle corps took part in the Blossomtime parade on Michigan avenue last Saturday after- DRIVING PRACTICE j Colo., we learn that he has an j excellent position in the c6ke department of the Denver Gas and Electric Co. His wife joined him there recently, and they are enjoying the many pleasures that the city and surrounding country affords. There are three towns in McHenry county without a single inmate at the county farm at Hart land; these towns being Dunham, Riley and Richmond. Algonquin, as .. usual, leads in the number of inmates alotted to any one town, Dorr coming next. The former has twelve and the latter ten. The total number of inmates under charge of Supt. George E. Mills now reaches fifty-six, the highest ever attained. William Stoffel and sbn, William. and Dr. N. J. Nye went Driving at a fast clip is sure to produce many close shaves. Keeping your distance on ex-J to Chicago last Thursday pressways, advises the Insti- i morning and rode out in the tute for Safer Living, is the j afternoon in the latter's elebest way to avoid a rear-end : gant new Maxwell four-passencollision. Recommended dis- j ger auto. tance is one-car length for every ten miles of speed traveled. Avoid a surprise attack from someone behind you by frequent reference to the rearview mirror. Slow down gradually when you are being crowded -- let that tailgater pass. The Ladies' Afternoon club entertained their better halves at a card party and dance at Woodman hall Thursday evening. Winners in cards were: Mrs. D. G. Wells, Dr. D. G. Wells, Mrs. E. J! Hanly and Carl W. Stenger. The Younger Set Carol Goffo recently entertained a group of her •friends with a Coke tail party. Ricky Hansen Went with his parents and his brother, Dennie, to Antioch on Sunday, May 15, where he and his cousin. Tommy, spent the day fishing in Cross Lake. Tommy had aU the luck this time, but wait'll next time. OMMSVPTJC SYSTEMS FAST HO DIGGING! • Mm>w ihiin. • opMictonii • IHV* •IT B0YIR Scptk Tank Ckantr Ruck's Hardware TRACTOR HOW Tl ' * f i r e s f o n e c h a m p i o n OPENecenur t r a c t o r T I R E S ' ww ovh moo von at uifvto « <fwa»» grip Ik MT nil intitam ftntco* Cemrn ALSO -- Truck and Passenger Car TIRES -- All Sizes 501 W.. Main St. ' X « v i _ Ijtx --j.-. Good appearance is important for social and business success. Complete your good grooming with cosmetics, toiletries and hair conditioners from B MAY TIRE SPECIAL v 6.70 x 15 BLACK \ NYLON $1995 TUBE TYPE Ifc '•50114 WMTEWALLS NYLON TUBELESS Plus Tax and Recapp&ble Tire All Othw" lire Sizes Reduced Proportionately At Low Money Saving Prices! FIRESTONE DRY CHARGE BATTERY We Allow from $2.00 to $6.00 on Your Old Battery DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU GET OUR PRICES! i McHenry Tire Mart FORTY YEARS AGO Tnlc«n From the Filet of May IS, 1020 An unusual sight at this season of the year was witnessed the first of the week when a truck gardener was husking corn in the field. His numerous friends in and around McHenry will no doubt 1 be pleased to learn that Vrof. A. E. Nye, for several years head of our school system, has been re-engaged as principal of the Coal City township high school with a fifty per cent increase in salary. > MemBPrs of the West Side Card dub made their annual trip to Chicago Wednesday of this week. The morning was spent shopping and in the afternoon they saw "Sweetheart I Shop" fat the Illinois theatre. ' Those who made the trip were I Mesdaipes James Revor, P. M. { Justen,- N. J. Justen, Gertrude Miller, Elizabeth Laures, Hen- | ry Antholz, P. B. Freund, A. H. Weber and Miss Clara Scheissle. An article taken from the May-1 issue of the Orange Judd Farmer will be read wit^i ^interest here. When the University of Illinois opened last fall it had enrolled as a freshman a shy, bright-eyed girl from McHenry county who had come to study home economics. She was Ellen Walsh, who had finished at the state fair school with the highest average of 98^ per cent and was attending the university on one of the scholarships given by the farmers' institutes. A grade of 98% is nothing unusual for Ellen, because she began to receive such' gardes^ in high school, graduating, as . valedictorian of he* class. A beautiful rain commenced Monday nig$it and. most farmers are pleased, as it will soften the crust formed after so much rain. There has been lots of work to be dane on the small grain. The heavy rains sealed the grounds over so the grain could not get through. Some used a pulverizer, some a drag and others a roller. ^ Thursday, May 26, 199| -- -- TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken From the Files of 16, 1935 Another popular May party will be held at the Bridge Wednesday evening, May 22, when j I members of Fox River Valley j i Camp, R.N.A., will entertain j their friends* at a card party and dance. The Girl Scouts of the grade school entertained their moth- ; ers and members of the Mothj ers' club at a £ea at the high I school Tuesday afternoon. En- | tertainment consisted of a play, ; "Kangaroo Court ^t The Girls j Camp", given by the girls, and I a style show given by the girls j of Miss May Justen's sewing class at thb high school. I A pretty spring wedding ! took place at St. John's church, I Johnsburg, May 15, when Miss | Marie Hiller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hiller, became I the bride of Mr. Alfred Oef- I fling, son of- Mr. and Mrs, Wil- ! Ham Oeffling:. I Mrs. Jennie Bosdett was suri prised Friday afternoon at the | home of her granddaughter, j Mrs. Henry Vogel, by a group of old friends who gathered to help her celebrate her eightyfourth' birthday. The Altar and Rosary sodality of St. Patrick's church will sponsor a card party and dance at Schaefer's tavern next Sun- 'day evening, May 19. The committee in charge consists of day evening, May 19. The dommittee in rharge consists of Mildred Kinsala, Marie Powers, Genevieve Knox, Rovena Marshall and Kathleen Givens. Matt Freund has opened a jewelry store in the Peter H. Freund plumbing shop, where Mrs. Lester Bacon, were guestt at a Mother's day tea given b£ the junior auxiliary at Wcwdgr stock Saturday. "r: W Ask Zoning Change Of Miller Property A petition has been filed fore the zoning board of peals by Atty. William Carroll for petitioners, Charles J. and Dorothy E. Miller. They are asking for a zoning reclassification. The property is preshe" has taif of"the"to5e "front! fn"y ^ "F" dls: window for display. He is also ,r,ct *!"> lhe a school teacher, recently clos- i rc<"JCS"ns an w h«ht ,n" ing an eight-month school at Lily Lake. term of | dustrial district classification. The property is located ap- Simon Stoffel's Ford coupe, ; proximately two miles west fg which was stolen Friday when j the city of- McHenry, on what it Was parked near his office, 'is commonly known as Sheron Main street, was recovered man Hill. in Chicago Monday. The car was taken by two boys, who left two bicycles which they had stolen in Fox Lake. Mrs. Fred C. Schoewer, <|ounty president of the Legion &uxiliary,^ and her secretary, The hearing on the above petition will be heard on Tuesday, May 31, at 3 p.m. in the city hall in McHenry. The first American subway was built in Boston, in 1897. 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