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wmm*. V ;r'M WtPfP •**.: jUMT**' ' " i«i :\? ypet WIM*- V •; 3 V" • "*' y, March 20, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ „ . 7 3 , MAltVX or MoHXNSY DIBS SUKDAY NIGHT b o c i e t y hJotes m. .i-. Mid-Week The members of the Mtd-Week club met last Wednesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. William Spencer. Prizes were merited by Mrs. Thomas Phalin, Mrs. Martha Page and Mrs. Ben Dietz. * • » Neighborhood Club Mrs. Cora Bassett entertained the fnetnt>ers of the Neighborhood club last Thursday evening. Prizes were awarded Mrs. €. H. Duker, Mrs. William Spencer and Mrs. George Johnson. Mrs, Peter M. Justen will be the hostess in .two weeks. V S t * - ' . , ' .... Zj , O. R. S. At tlM» wst meeting «f ttie drder of the Eastern Star, the dates for several evenings of entertainment were set a? follows: March 24, All Members Night; April 14. Past Officers' Night; May 12. Friends' Night; June 9; Advanced Night; . September 8, Worthy Matrons' Night, "Afternoon Bridge Mrs. Rose Freund was hostess to tli^ members of tho Afternoon Bridge club on Monday afternoon, St. Patrick's Day. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Rose Freund. Mrs. Marie Wildebrandt, Mrs. Eva Nye and Mrs. Dorothy Page. The club is planning an outing for Thursday afternoon, March 27, which will be held at Westlake's at Solon Mills. » « * """ Book Review A number of book lovwr* enjoyed a review of the currently popular "For Whom the Bell Tolls," by Ernest Hemingway, which was related last Wednesday evening by Mrs. Son Baker. This was the first public book review Mrs. Baker had ever given and the audience received her keture with great acclaim. • 9 • KrtMay Celebritim V>x River Valley Camp, H H. A., celebrated the thirty-fifth anniversary of its founding Tuesday night at a dinner which was held at 6:30 in The Nook, in West McHenry. Following the dinner a meeting was held in the Royal Neighbor ha!l and the Past Oracles took the chairs at this meeting. Cards and bunco were played to complete the evening. Prizes in five hundred went to Mrs. Fred C. Schoewer and Mis. George Lindsay. Miss Stoffel took the award in banco. Sextet selections, "Seranade," Schubert, "Minuet," Beethoven, and "Hope March," G. Papini, played by Gordon Scholle, violin, Laura Sherman, violin, Bonnie Page, clarinet, Edith Sehrman, clarinet, Warren Jones, cello, and Mrs. Goodell, piano. They received a great deal of applause for each of their selections. • McHenry Choral Ckib The members of the McHenry Choral club are reminded that they are to meet at the high school auditorium j Henry Ranger, for members. Brother Ralph Schramer, Chief Ranger of Our Lady of Good Counsel court of Aurora, 111., and state representative of the Muldoon district, expressed his appreciation of the work done in this district. Besides the Rey. Msgr. Charles S. Nix, the following clergymen were called on for talks. Rev. A. J. Neidert, pastor of St. John the Baptist church at Johnsburg, 111., Rev. John L. Daleiden, pastor of St. Peter's church at Spring Grove, Rev. Paul Termer of j Buffalo, New York, Rev. John F. Tuchlinsky, assistant pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel church of Aur-1 ora, 111., and our spiritual director, Rev. Paul A. Tuchlinsky. Our court speaker was then called! upon to address the assembly and, in I concluding, hd asked Father Paul to I read the current edition of the Mc- I Thomas J. Cleary, 78 years old, of 764 South street, Elgin; a retired veteran of the postal service in that city and a leader for many years in Catholic parish and fraternal circles, died in St. Joseph's hospital Sunday evening, March 16, 1941, following several months of failing health. Mr. Cleary was born at McHenry on March 24, 1867, a son of Patrick and Ellen Cleary, pioneers in this community. He forked on the farm as a youth and moved to Elgin about fifty years ago. On March 1, 1895, Mr. Cleary entered the employ of the postoffice as a clerk, and on July 1, 1900, was ap- Friday evening at 8:15. This will be the final rehearsal before* tike concert. * * * Evening Pinochle Mrs. Anton Blake entertained the members of the Evening Pinochle club Wednesday at her home. Prizes were j was pleasing to the large number of awarded to Miss Francis Bauer, Mrs. Elizabeth Weber, Mrs. George Bohr and Mrs. Kate Worts. Mrs^ Anttfn P. Freund will be the hoestess on Wednesday, April 2. a court paper edited , pointed to the position of reccfrd clerk. by a mysterious eAdniittAorr aonnrdi npMreOseannrtAedd ' M . _ at each meeting of the court. This little paper, in its fifieth edition, was dedicated to the two members who had been honored at the meeting, and its six pages of matter of various import 8t. W. C. O. F. Clara's court, Women's Cathoiic Order of Foresters, held election r' ' of officers last Thursday evening in C ' • St. Mary's hall with the following re- • suits: Kate Worts, Chief Ranger; Mary Freund, Vice Chief Ranger*; Lillian Stoffel, Financial Secretary; Bar- ^ bara Krause, Recorder; Helen Weber, « . Treasurer; Martha Freund, Margaret ^ Freund and Helen Wegener, Trustees. " V The other officers ©f the court are to be appointed by the Cheif Ranger. Ig£ Kate Worts was also appointed the delegate to the convention which will f-t". ^ 'n Chicago this summer, while ,r Mary Freund will be the alternate. 71 v..< Fox River Valley Camp v : third of a series of card parties being sponsored by the officers of Fox River Valley Camp, R. N. A., was held at the home of Mrs. Leslie Olsen last Wednesday afternoon. The party was a dessert bridge which began at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Gilbert Howard assisted f Mrs. 01°en as co-hostess. The prize in bridge was awarded Mrs. Gertrude Schaefer. Mrs. Emil Patzke and Mrs. Joe Holly received the pinochle prizes and the bunco awards were merited by Mrs. Mary R. Miller and Mrs. Gertrude Thurl- «a1I <•«« "T : * • * ; V I Perform at Elgin Members of the Forte club of McHenry took part in a program Mon- 'day evening at $|ln at a meeting of the LTStude de Musique club of that city, which was held at the home of Mrs. Linea Reiser, 629 Cooper avenue. The selections were as follows: "Valse Cromatique," a piano solo by Bonnie Page; "Where'er You Walk," "Caro Mio Bien," and "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes," sung by Warren Jones, tenor, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. C. W. Goodell. fICOLD IN HEAD? t' < GO TO BED/ On November 1, 1915, he was named bookkeeper for the postoffice, an office he held until his retirement on pension July 10, 1932, after more than thirty-seven years of sen ice for the government. He was one of the twenty-one veteran employes who • Sneezes. Sniffles. Watery eyes. Running nose. Yes, those are the old familiar symptoms. Bat dea't pass it off as "just another cold." This time, take the tentiblt course. Go to see your Doctor, right away. Bring his prescription here to be compounded. Then, if you possibly can, go to bed and stay there. Many serious disorders begin with the symptoms of a common ' ; cold. Don't run the risk of a 3 dangerous and costly illness. Gat expert advice, sa4 met on k. Bolger's Drug Store ^reen Street McHenry ' my-" - • »7 Groop 3, Woman's Society Group three of the Woman's Society held a meeting last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ben Dietz, at which time the ladies planned to make a number of articles which >vill be used at the bazaar which the society is sponsoring in June. Nine ladies were present for the meeting and for the social hour and luncheon which followed the meeting, » • * "Vera and Lyls" Lyle Franzen and his partner, Miss Vera Coffee of Crystal Lake, known throughout the locality for their very fine exhibitions of ballroom dancing, took part in a program Saturday evening which was given for the benefit of St. Thomas church at Crystal Lake. Since this was an entertainment in honor of St. Patrick, they appeared in typical Irish dress and danced to as Irish medley. r • • • • v - St. Patrick's Party Tne St. Patrick's party which was sponsored by the Alter and Rosary sodality in St. Patrick's hall Monday evening, with Mrs. John R. Knox as chairman, was a decided success. Approximately 140 people enjoyed the pot-luck supper which began at 6:30 and was followed by cards. A large basket of fruit was given to Mrs. Mollie Givens. Prizes in bridge were awarded to Mrs. Paul Yanda, Mrs. • Margaret fc>imon, Eleanor Kinsala and Genevieve Knox; in pinochle to Dan O'Shea, Charles Sutton and Andrew Ferwerda' in five hundred to Mrs. Fred Kunz', Mrs. Edith Hayes, Walter Walsh and Mrs. Ricnard Fleming; in bunco to La Verne Hobbs and Maurice Foley. The committee in charge of the affair consisted of Mrs. Daniel O'Shea, Mrs. Sue Rankin, Mrs. Albert Vales, Mrs. Edward Thompson, Mrs. E. R. Sutton, Mrs. William Staines, Mrs. A. I. Froehlich, Mrs. William Nye, and the Misses Mary Fleming, Marie Powers and Ann Frisby. • • • Mothers' CM> Mrs. John fiolger was chairman of last regular meeting of the Mothers' club which was held on March 7 in the high school auditorium. She was assisted hy Mrs A. J. Wirtz, Mrs. Roy Miller,. Mrs. C. J. Carp and Mrs. M. L. Schoenholtz. For entertainment Earl Pomrening played four records ^hich were made by the famous banjoist, Eddie Peabody, at his home in McHenry. Mr. Baer, of Swift and Company contributed to the program with an illustrated lecture on gardenmg, which proved very educational and was greatly enjoyed. At the close of the meeting a delicious lunch was served by the committee. The next meeting will be held on April 18 in the home of Mrs. Peter M. Justen, who will be the chairman of the affair. The sewing class at the high school, under the instruction of Miss May Justen, will present a style show at this time. The guest speaker will be Dr. E. Beatty. » • • » . Honors Given at CO. P, Meet The regular meeting of, St. Mary's Court, No. 594, Catholic Order <\r For. esters teemed with excitement and enthusiasm last Tuesday evening with the presence of distinguished officers of the order and clergy of the district After the regular business had been transacted, the chair was taken over by our distinguished State Chief Ranger, Brother Michael Donahue, who spoke briefly upon the progress of the court during past years. In recognition of the activity of the court, he bestowed the Legion of Honor, Third Degree, upon two deserving members. He explained the purpose of this honorary degree, which is bestowed upon members for outstanding achievements and long service in the order. Then, to the surprise of all present, and especially of the recipients, he called upon Very Reverend Monsignor Charles S. Nix, pastor of St. Mary's parish and former spiritual director of the court, and upon our Chief Ranger, Brother John R, Schmitt, to receive the honors. The emblem of membership in this Legion of Honoris a beautiful gold lapel button having a small diamond encased therein. Following the expression of gratitude of the two honored members, the cihair was taken over by Brother C. D. DeBarry, member of the high court and general sales director of the order, who spoke on the high standing of the order in the insurance field and who outlined the system to be followed in their drive for new members. State secretary, Brother Leo Gorgen, then spoke on the necessity of insurance protection at the present time. Brother George Paff, ftate court trus-! tee, showed the advantages of belonging to a fraternal organization where J besides the insurance protection, there members present, . j have been pensioned by the postoffice The meeting was closed in regular; j.j jn order and another chapten was added j Mr cj wag one of the ori?inal to the annals of St. Mary s court to board member, of St Laurence retain its reputation of being one of church E1 -n ay hafl 8erved ag trUB. the most outstanding courts ia the ' tee of the r5sh since 1929 The , t jurisdiction of Illinois. ; nine he had been superintendent SEEKS $25,000 DAMAGES Henrietta Burr, Crystal Lake, filed suit last Friday against Alma Evenson and Albert Evenson, of Island Lake; John Haznow of Crystal Lake; C. J. Conway and Virgil Kiefer of Woostock, and Anna Hanson of Crystal Lake. The plaintiff asks damages of $25,000 under the old dram shop act. At the same time Arthur Brink of Woodstock appeared as plaintiff in the same suit against the same defendants asking damages of $1,000 under the same act. All defendants are claimed to have been operating taverns at the time of the accident. Mrs. Burr charges that on March 15, 1939, she was riding in a car driven by Frances Peters of Crystal iLake when the car figured in an accident with a car driven by E. J. Knox of Crystal Lake. Mrs. Burr alleges she fcras badly injured as the result. Brink charges he received injuries to himself and that his car, a third car in the accident, was badly damaged. He asks $1,000 damages as the result. He alleges he spent eighteen dollars for medical care and that it cost $82.18 to repair his car. «f Latest records and sheet mttsic at 3 for $1.00. Nye's Jewelry, Mnsic and Radio Store. 44-p8 I of Mount Hope cemetery. He was also a charter member of the Knights of , Columbus. 1 Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary O'Malley Cleary; a daughter, ( Mrs. Harry J. Osborne (Avis ClearyV; two sons, T. R. Cleary and Robert E. j Cleary; two brothers, Michael Cleary I and James F. Cleary, all of Elgin; ; three sisters, Mrs. Alice Bowles of [ Maywood and Mrs. Arthur Hamilton and Miss Nellie Cleary of Elgin; also four grandchildren surviving, Harry Osborne, Jr., William Osborne, John Cleary and Patricia Ann Cleary, all of Elgin. / Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock from the late home and at nine-thirty from St. Laurence church with burial in Mount Hope cemetery. HERB REIHANSPERGER GIVEN HIGHEST FRESHMAN HONORS Herb Reihansperger, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Reihansperger, who is majoring in journalism at the University of Wisconsin, has been invited to become 9, member of Phi Eta' Sigma, the freshman scholastic honor fraternity. 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