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AUGUST i, WS - PLAINDEAUER CENTENNIAL EDITION-PAGE 14 Interest In Girl Scouting Continues Since Founding In the Fall of 1947, several members >of the V.F.W. auxiliary made plans to start a Girl Scout troop. Previous to this time, there had been several lone troops in the area but at this particular time they were no longer active. These women advertised for girls to join a troop. Almost 100 girls answered that call to organize. The only thing that could be accomplished that day was to take the names of the girls and send them home, with the message that they would hear more at a later date. A call for help was sent out to assist with this overwhelming response on the part of the girls. The response was tremendous and eight lone troops were formed from first grade to eighth grade. Each troop was an individual lone troop with two leaders and three adult troop committee members and each troop had a sponsor. Many of the local organizations volunteered to sponsor these lone troops. By June, 1948, Girl Scouting was well launched in McHenry and it has been growing ever since that first meeting, with no lapse. Many times leaders were desperately needed, but there has never been a lack of girls interested from June, 1948, the date accepted into the National Girl Scout organization, and the present day. At that time all troops were lone troops operating in­ dividually. The leaders felt a need of an organization to better help the girls and to exchange ideas and so the Leaders Breakfast club was formed. Meetings were held once a month with the first president, Mrs. Frank J. Ga.ns. Later it was called the Adult Leaders association and presidents were Mrs. A.J. Wirtz, Mrs. Ralph Smith, and Mrs. Stuart Engh. By pooling their problems and knowledge, all of the girls were able to receive better leadership. Also, plans were formed to hold inner troop programs, such as pageants, father-daughter banquets, mother-daughter teas, Easter egg hunts. Christmas parties, caroling, and cook outs. These are projects that are still carried on after twenty-five years. The National Girl Scout organization in 1954 decided there should be no more, lone troops. A study and develop-' ment committee was formed and Mrs. Roy Miller and Mrs. Stuart Engh were the delegates from McHenry. After three years of meetings and plan­ ning, the Sybaquay Girl Scout council was_formed in 1957. The McHenry area became a Neighborhood in this council. The members in this area, which included McHenry, Johnsburg, Sunnyside, Fistakee Highlands^ Holiday Hills, Lakeland Park, East­ wood Manor, Lilymoor and Lakemoor selected the name of Valley View for their Neigh­ borhood. A Neighborhood chairman .had to be elected to head the Neighborhood and Mrs. Frank Gregory was the first. In succession they were Mrs. Frank J. Gans, Mrs. Vincent Weyland, Mrs. W. Quast, Mrs. Stuart Engh, and Mrs. John Johnson, who is the present chairman. With the forming of the council, the number of troops grew until the present time, when there are now over twenty troops in Valley View neighborhood. One of the first new projects to be inaugurated after entering council in 1957 was Day cajnp, which was held on the Granger farm. Since then, many sites have been the scene of the yearly Day camp. Besides Day camp, there is Troop camp and Resident camp. The council is very proud of the progress it has made in the past seventeen years. It now owns three troop camp sites, Chapman Hills in East Troy, Wis., Shabbonna Hills, just north of Woodstock, and Hawthorn "Hills in Elgin, and one Resident camp, Pokonoha, near Bloomer, Wis. Girls can spend two weeks in the summer at the Resident camp. These camps have all been bought and developed from the proceeds of cookie sales. The troops are engaged in' many other activities, one of which is community service. This has included making tray favors for hospitals, nursing homes, and children's homes, feeding the ducks during the winter months, collecting and distributing food to needy families, planting flowers in the urns in McHenry and many other services too numerous to mention. American Field Service Program Brings Many To City AFS is a well known ab­ breviation for the American Field Service international scholarships. It is a two-fold program and through its door pass students from more than eighty countries in this world - families and communities everywhere learn and grow by hosting AFS students. The history of AFS in McHenry goes back twelve years. Listed are students who have visited McHenry for a .•year, their home country and the families with whom they stayed. 1963-64: Carlos Rebas - Argentina (Chas. Liebman family). 1964-65: Antonio Carmona - Spain (Walter Carlson family). 1965-66: Mercury, Do Ti Kim Ngan - Vietnam (Ed Guettler family). 1966-67: Paulo Lopez - Brazil (Ed Reid family). 1967-68: Francisco Martinez - Panama (Melvin Moehling family). 1968-69: Arnfinn Stokkan - Norway. (Phil Wheelock family). 1969-70: Ena Meza - Peru (Bill Lingenfelter family). 1970-71: Manasseh Gasana - Uganda (Alvin Benoy family); Juan Vallet Carroza - Chile (Jerry Rogers family); Armin Schwolgin - Germany (Dick Wiegman Family). 1 9 7 1 - 7 2 : D e n e v a l SequiraDeAzevedeo Filo - Brazil (Cy Broman family). 1972-73: Christine Guillermou France (Joe DeMarco family); Larry Izaacs - South Africa (Chas Frantz family). 1973-74: Sonja Corbin - Barbados (Jerry Rogers family.) 1974-75: Masatoshi Wada - Japan (Don Toole family). 'These are the American Abroad students: 1966-67: Lynn Krebs to Switzerland. 1968: Kurt Easton to Ger­ many. 1973-74: Ron Ahlberg to Chile and Larry Fry to The Netherlands. 1974: Keith Durkin to Malasia. 1974-75: Barbara Krebs to Brazil. AFS began in Paris in 1914 in the early days of World War I. The American hospital there offered its services and am­ bulances to the French Army. These were driven by a handful of young Americans who were living in France at the time. Under the leadership of A. Piatt Andrew, interest was created in the United States. More ambulances were obtained and more volunteers were enlisted until more than 2,500 men operated donated ambulances, serving sixty-six divisions on nearly every important bat- tlefront in France. In addition, the AFS operated a transport service to move men and i equipment to and from the front. In World War II AFS again was activated under a new director general, Stephen Galatti (upon the death of Andrew). Operations expanded and AFS ambulance units served with troops on fronts in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, India and Burma and carried over a million wounded soldiers. During these years, AFS volunteers worked side by side with men of foreign countries ~ Frenchmen, Indians, Burmese, Englishmen, Italians. They discovered how personal contacts like these created understanding and respect. After World War II drivers of both wars felt that there was an even greater need for strengthening the bonds among nations. So, the decision was made to continue creating personal contacts by bringing foreign students to the United States to attend secondary schools. This experiment was so successful that it was decided to devote the entire program to the educational level of teen-age students. In 1950 foreign returnees started a program called Americans Abroad enabling teenage American students to live with families abroad under one of two arrangements ~ summer or school year. Upon the death of Mr. Galatti in 1964, Arthur Howe, Jr., became president of the American Field Service. Mr. Howe, former Dean of Ad­ missions at Yale university, was a World War II driver with the AFS and has been a member of its board of directors since the beginning of the International Scholarship rograms. AFS is a private, non-profit, ion-sectarian organization insisting mostly of volunteer lelp. More than 2,900 chapters are active in this country. This program is supported by the student's family, private grants and funds raised in the community for each AFS student attending the local school. The school makes no charge for tuition, books and other incidentals. Chapters are responsible for the foreign student's welfare and must see that the program is properly handled. AFS-New York keeps Kiwanis Has Proud History The McHenry Kiwanis club was chartered by the Kiwanis international Nov. 28, 1955, having been sponsored and organized by the Wonder Lake Kiwanis club. The first president of the McHenry club was Dr. Urban Comes, who served in that capacity until Jan. 1, 1956. The McHenry Kiwanis club is fortunate in still having one of its original charter members, Edward Guettler. As is true of every civic organization, the McHenry Kiwanis club has seen many members come and go, has gained in strength, civic awareness and pride at a steady rate ever since.The club is proud to have had the op­ portunity to serve the com­ munity and grow to the point where it is now one of the leading service organizations in the area. Last year the McHenry Kiwanis club was proud to have one of its members, Dean Cunat, serve as the Lieutenant Governor to Division 20 of Kiwanis Intetnational. The club also had Clint Claypool serve in this important role in 1966. The club has grown to the point where more than $2,500 is annually disbursed to the needy right here in the McHenry community. The McHenry Kiwanis club is most proud of its Blood Bank which now has in excess of 800 members an­ nually donating some 350 pints of blood. In addition, it an­ nually aids in the sponsorship of the A.F.S. student, and makes numerous donations. The McHenry Kiwanis club annually issues a $500 scholarship to a graduating senior from McHenry Com­ munity High School District 156, and actively supports the Spastic Paralysis program. Funds to enable the club to remain so actively involved in civic and charitable affairs are derived mainly through the club's annual Peanut day, Pancake Breakfast and the sale of gumballs. a constant check on each student as well as each chapter to see that things are running smoothly. It should be noted that AFS is not a foreign ex­ change program - rather a scholarship given to a student who qualifies. This year each local chapter must raise $950 for each student it sponsors. The "Host Family" accepts the child as its own and is NOT paid by anyone for expenses in­ curred while keeping the student. Both the host families and AFS student must abide by certain regulations set up by AFS-NY. A community must host a foreign AFS student as a prerequisite to qualifying for sending an American Abroad from its community. In the past twenty-five years more than 56,000 students from eighty countries have taken part in AFS programs around the world. Moose Charter Presented In 1953 Small Group Of Men Found Rotary In 1955 The McHenry Rotary club was founded May 12, 1955, through the efforts of Dr. William Nye and John Looze. A freind and fraternity brother of Dr. Nye who lived in Glencoe, 111., persuaded him that a Rotary club would be good for McHenry and its businessmen. Several organizational meetings were held in the Fox Hole with the following men in attendance: Dr. William Nye, Ed Knox, Claude Rainer, Dr. Louis Richberg (Glencoe), Ralph Bennett, A1 Blake and John Looze. The charter members of the club were: A1 Barbian, A1 Blake, William Burfeindt, Gerald Carey, Howard Fike, John Herdrick, Richard Hester, Dan Justen, Richard F. Justen, John Looze, James McMahon, Charles Peterson, Harold Steffen, John Torrence, Ralph Bennett, Jerome Buch, Edward Bruchheuser, Chauncey Duker, Joe Gausden, Walter Hojnacki, Richard Jager, George Justen, James Lennon, Ray McGee, William Nye, Herbert Reihansperger, Henry Tonyan and Ernest Useman. Blake, Fike, Peterson, Buch, Jager, McGee and Reihan­ sperger hold current mem­ bership. The first president of the club was William Nye. The following year, John Looze was elected president and the club began to function as a leader in civic affairs. A sports banquet honoring high school athletes and cheerleaders was held for a second time with the well- known Jesse Owens as speaker. One of the highlights of the next year, with Ernie Useman as president, was a Rodeo sponsored by the Rotary club. Hundreds of different projects have been conducted by the Rotary club for the benefit of people of McHenry. Over $14,000 has been loaned to college students at no interest to help them through their last years in college. A public address system valued at $1,200 was donated to the high school for use at the athletic field. Thousands of dollars have been donated to various charities over the years by the rrtembers of the club. These include Woodstock Children's home, Christmas Baskets, Free eyeglasses and Shoes for School Children, Rotary foundation, In 1952, proceedings began to bring a Moose lodge to McHenry by Richard Jager. a member of Waukegan lodge; Clyde Carr and Dale Thomas, members of Crystal Lake lodge; and William Darr, Fred Kent and George Haack, members of Woodstock lodge. One year later, on March 1, 1953, a charter was presented to McHenry Lodge 691 by Gordon Main, regional director for the state of Illinois. The Women of the Moose, Chapter 1348, was instituted in May, 1953. Charter members of Lodge 691 were Elmer Freund, An­ thony Werbnig, Harold Blake, Hilary Rodenkirch, Carl J. Adams, Alfred Aregger,' Charles Brda, Leo Blake, Walter Breszczad, Robert W. Donnelly, Arthur V. Freund, George P. Freund, Frank Gende, Roy Homo, Maurice Ketchum, Michael Moscinski, Howard W. Stoller, Robert Kantorski, John Thennes, Laurence Anderson, Joseph H Adams, Joseph Bauer, John F. Buckie and Thomas Budil; Also George Barbian, Fred Fenske, Peter Fischer, John Granath, W.W. Hagbe.g, Albert Justen, Harold Meyer, Robert Mailfold, Lance Parks, Donald Howard, George Rodenkirch, Lawrence Brusso. Lyle Anderson, William Ahrens,' Edward Buss, Jr., Cecil Ballowe, Leland Berg, Vincent Day, Eugene Freund, George Fitzgerald, Edward Guettler, Lawrence Hensel, George Kleinhans, Gilbert Koscinski, Earl Paddock, and Robert E. Stoller. Meetings were held on West Main street for several years until members purchased the building at 2816 W. Rt. 120, the site of the present lodge, in the year 1955. As membership grew the need for expansion became evident and a large 53x70 ad­ dition was built. Grand opening was held Sept. 3 and 4 of 1961. The Viscounts Drum and Bugle corps presented a program of drills as part of the program of dedication. The Moose lodge was hoping to assist the Viscounts in their fund raising program to send the corps to Denver to compete in the national Legion competition the following month. The governor of the lodge at that t ime was Edward Ozog and membership numbered about 330. Ethel Bruce was senior regent of the Women of the Moose. In 1971, some/ needed im­ provements were made to the club facil i t ies followed by a face l if t for the exterior of the building. The original facade' was white stucco with a red, Spanish t i le roof. This was replaced by an updated brown stained barn wood with a black shingled Mansard style roof. John Flannagan was governor of the lodge when the work began and was completed in the term of Governor Jim Taylor. The most recent im­ provements to the lodge building were completed in June, 1975 and a grand reopening and dedication of the new club and lounge facil i t ies held. A completely new bar has been buil t and carpeting in­ stal led with new wiring and heating, new panell ing and a new acoiist ic cei l ing with a new sound system and central air condit ioning. A gala weekend included such dist inguished guests as Marvin Kaus, I l l inois regional director and David Davies, director general of the Moose in England. The present officers of the lodge include Don Humann. governor; James Taylor, past governor; Ray Cynowa, Jr . , junior governor; Mike Gribben, prelate; secretary, George Haack; Bob Couftley, t reasurer; trustees, Bob Peters, John Destefanis and Paul Starzvk. Many of the early records were destroyed in a l ire in a storage area and the names of original members and of­ f icers were lost . The Moose has been involved in civic affairs for many years and among early projects was a Spring. 1958, bicycle safety inspection conducted by Chief Joseph Grobel . Some of the officers assist ing with the project were Win Hagberg, governor; John Grist , junior governor; Hilary Rodenkirch, secretary; and trustees, Roy Biggs and Dale Thomas. Many local children received safety- st ickers for their bicycles. Another early annual youth project was sponsorship of the local grade school basketball dinner held yearly with athletes from McHenry Junior high, St. Patrick's, St. Mary's, Harrison and Johnsburg honored. Each year the lodge donates a square for the McHenry Little League and most recently held a breakfast with proceeds going to the Viscount Drum and Bugle corps. Several other benefit breakfasts are also in the planning stages. The local Lodge has participated in the program for Guide Dogs for the Blind and have worked in conjunction with other organizations such as the Lions and Jaycees, and have been involved in the local Christmas and Thanksgiving needy relief program. The main purpose of the Moose is to provide for children and as such not only have the men the women qf the MooseA-supported local /youth endeavors, but have given much to Mooseheart where the children of deceased Moose members may live and com­ plete their schooling. Moosehaven, a home in Florida, for ret ired Moose members is also a Moose project . The McHenry Moose lodge is a member of the Third Distr ict , which is composed of twelve lodges from northern Il l inois. Members part icipate in the Third distr ict t raveling bowling league and are now playing Sof tba l l in the traveling Softball league. Membership is currently counted at about 400 numbers and meetings are held wi the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 8:30 p.m. Meetings of the Legjlon of/ the Moose* are held on' the fhird Sunday of each month following a family breakfast served from 8 to 10 a .m. Women Of Moose Had Start Twenty Years Ago McHenry Women of the Moose, Chapter No. 1348, had i ts s tart in 1955 with the help of the McHenry Loyal Order of the Moose (men's chapter) and the Woodstock chapter of the Women of the Moose. I t was required that forty-four women be enrolled before a charter could be issued. The t irst officers were ap­ pointed by the men and ins- 5 tai led by the Woodstock Women's chapter . They were Ann Rodenkirch, senior regent; Vivian Howard, junior regent-; Adalaide Fitzgerald, recorder and Eleanor Brecco, t reasurer. Their f irst meetings were held in a l i t t le s tore on Main street . They remained there for quite a nCffhber-of years unti l a Moose hall was purchased by the men's chapter^lt is located on Route 120, jusp^ast of the ci ty. The McHenry chapter con ducts various projects to raise money which is sent to Mooseheart , the organization's "Child City". When a parent die- and the children have no one to raise them, they can go to Mooseheart . where they receive an education and all graduate with a trade. Moosehaven also benefi ts by donations from the women's chapter Moosehaven is located in Florida and houses elderly members of the Moose. These women's committees sponsor projects to provide im pr overrents, equipment, recreation. And buildings at Mooseheart The Women of the Moose established the f irst scholarship for Mooseheart gir l graduates in 1939 and each year- presents a number of scholarships to graduates of Mooseheart high school. Mooseheart 's l ibraries are stocked with books and annual contributions l ire sent each year to keep the l ibraries up-to- date. "Christmas in October" is an an/iuai act ivi ty in tf te chapters ' to/provide Christmas gif ts for the children at Mooseheart and the aged at Moosehaven. Present officers of the Women of the Moose. McHenry Chapter No. 1348. are Eleanor Maerle. senior regent; Marge Granath. junior regent; Violet Haack, chaplain; Carol Sexton, junior graduate regent; Ruth Simonson. t reasurer, and Ila Hogan. recorder. FROM 1875 PLAINDEALER - Steamboat excursions to Fox Lake leave Sundays at 10 a.m. and return at 5 p.m. The McHenry public school will open the fall term Sept. 6 with S.D. Baldwin as principal and Miss Lola Bishop and Oliver Owen, Jr., as assistant teachers. The baseball game which was announced to take place in this village on Friday last between the "Spring City Club of Woodstock" and the "Bashful Boys" of this village did not come off from the fact that the Spring City club failed to put in an Sppearanee. We learned from those who attended from this vicinity that the Sunday school concert at the Ringwood church on Sunday evening last was well attended and highly enjoyed by all. The superintendent, J.W. Cristy, is the "right man in the right place" and no one knows better how to manage one of these entertainments than he does. Hartland home, as well as many others. The club has also had as a project the raising of $1,000 or more per year for the benefit of the Easter Seal Therapy center in Woodstock. A familiar sight every year on the Saturday before Palm Sunday is all McHenry Rotarians soliciting on the streets for the Easter Seal project. In 1964, the city of McHenry was attempting to raise funds for the remodeling and modernizing of the Public library. When the Rotary club found the city was $10,000 short, they proceeded to raise that amount in one week and presented it to the Library board. Over the years, there have been many outstanding Rotarians from the McHenry club. On occasion, particular honor is given to certain Rotarians who have par­ ticularly aided the club and the city in the betterment of the area. The Rotarians who have received this award are Jerome Buch (58-59), Torchy Krause (62-63), Ray McGee (63- 64), Chuck Peterson (64-65), Harry Dean (70-71) and John Looze (71-72). Of the over forty present members of the club, seven charter members are still active in the club. Of these seven, three have not missed a meeting since the club was first organized in 1955. These three are Jerome Buch, Dick Jager and Ray McGee. The presidents of the Rotary club over the past twenty years were Dr. William Nye, John Looze, Ernie Useman, Chuck Peterson, Dr. Howard Fike, William Burfeindt, Harry Dean, Ray McGee, Herb Reihansberger, Jerome Buch, Larry Lund, Earl Walsh, Don Virgens, Albert Blake, Tom Bolger, Don Arvidson, Don Weingart, Warren Kuhlmann, Walter Harbecke, Dave Benrud and Don Howard. | ROTARY FLAGS ON DISPLAY - Rotary members view flags of around the world visited bv local Rotarians. other clubs collected from cities throughout this country and Lions Club Carries Out Philanthropic Goals PREPARE BENEFIT DINNER - Members of the McHenry Rotary club are shown preparing one of the traditional ham dinners served to more than a thousand persons each October. Proceeds are earmarked for charitable and civic uses. Modern Photos by Plaindealer Photographer Wayne Gaylord The Lions clubs of the world had i ts beginning in the ci ty of Chicago by a man who had the interests of unfortunate people in -mind. His name--Melvin Jones. Born in Arizona in 1879, in 1914 he began contacting independent clubs and associat ions to consider for-* mation of a service club organization. The McHenry Lions club had i ts beginning during the lat ter part of 1966. Through the efforts of members of other clubs in the vicinity, some cit izens of McHenry were contaeed. They were Paul Schwegel, John Licastro, Robert Bedrine, James Larkin and Dick Wilhelm. Paul Schwegel became the first president; John Licastro, vice-president; Dick Wilhelm, secretary, and James Larkin, t reasurer. The original membership count was about twenty to twenty-five members. During the years the McHenry club has been in existence, the club has raised thousands of dollars for numerous organizations helping the blind and needy of the community. The Hadley School for the Blind, the Lions foundation, the Foundation for Seeing Eye Dogs are but a few.of the places the donations from McHenry ci t izens have aided, not counting the many pairs of glasses given to needy ci t izens of the community, and food and other essentials made available. The McHenry Lions club today consists of thir ty to forty members who have donated their t ime and effort to the activi t ies of the club. Not only do they work at raising money for chari ty, the men can be called on at al l hours to deliver eyes donated to the eye bank after death The club already made many deliveries to s the eye research inst i tut ion in the ci ty of Chicago. Meetings are at the American Legion hall every second and fourth Monday. The Lions Objectives are as follows: To create and foster a spiri t of understanding among the peoples of the world; To promote the principles of good government and good ci t izenship; To take an active interest in the civic, cultural , social , and moral welfare of the com­ munity; To unite the clubs in the bonds of fr iendship, good fel lowship and mutual un­ derstanding; To provide a forum for the open discussion of al l matters of public interest , provided, however, that part isan poli t ics and sectarian rel igion shall not be debated by club members; To encourage service-minded men to serve their community without personal f inancial reward, and to encourage ef­ f iciency and promote high ethical s tandards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors. Today there are over one million members in Lions clubs in over 120 countries. r