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»»y« V- .ivSL^ »* News MISS ADELINE PERKINS Mr. and Mrs. Benr* Vogel, Mrs. K Bassett, Mr Mid Mrs. Fred Nickels, Mrs. Fred Justen and daughter, May, George Kramer and daughter, Hazel. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Loomis, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. A. Land we r and son, Keith, Woodstock; Mr. and Mrs. Milo Loomis, Njiles^ iSich. * JUNE WEDDING At - ST. JOHN'S CHURCH MTRR ADELINE PERKINS WEDS WAUKEGAN MAN A pretty June wedding of interest to local people took place at Waukegan on Wednesday, June 5, when Miss Adeline Ferkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Perkins of McHenry, became the bride of Mr. Edward F Matson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Matson of 423 Oak street, Waukegan. Tht marriage ceremony was solemnized at St. John's Reformed church, Waukegan, at 8 - o'clock Wednesday evening with the Rev*. J. N. Naly reading the service. Attendants for the wedding were Mifes Liia Scott of Waukegan, maid of honor, Elaine Krug, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alby Krug of McHenry, flower girl; Paul Rossberg, best man; Allen Haese, cousin of the bridegroom and Lloyd Lockwood, cousin of the bride, as ushers. Mrs. Garrett DeVolk, organist played tb« wedding marcnes, and preceding the ceremony Percy Gustafson sang, "1 Love You Truly." The bride on the arm of her father, who gave her away, was preceded to the attar by the little flower girl, Elaine Krug, who scattered rose petals from a rose basket along the bride's pathway. The little five-yearold flower girl filled her role to perfection with her sincerity and seriousness M&ftng fo the impressiveness of the occasionl The bouffant wedding gown was of wHHe organdy witfi lace insets in the full skirt With it the bride wore a laee cap wkh long tulle veil and white lace n/Hts. Her colonial style bouquet was of white gardenias and lilies tit the valley. The maid of honor, Miss Lila Scott, wore green organdy and the flower girl, Elaine Krug^ was dressed in yellow organdy and she carried a basket, of rose petals. Miss Scott's flowers were a colonial bouquet of yellow roses. The men of the bridal party wore white flannels. Following the wedding ceremony a j reception was held in the church parlors after the services, with a color motif of yellow, green and white carried out in the decorations. About 400 friends and relatives witnessed the wedding ceremony at the thurch and about 110 guests wert present at the reception. Mrs. Fred Nickels and Mrs. E. E. Rassett catered and the bride's cousin, Darlene Lockwood, and Mrs. Henry Vogel of McHenry and Mrs. Frank Nemanick and Miss Betty Eleene Judd £^,1 poured. Following the reception the bride and groom left on a short wedding trip, after which they will make their home at 702 Glen FTora avenue", where everything was ready for occupancy Mrs. Matson is a graduate of the McHenry high school and is cashier at the Illinois Bell Telephone company in Waukegan, where she . has been for the past seven years. Her husband is a graduate of the Waukegan township high school and owns a grocery store on North avenue in Waukegan. Friends here extend congratulations to Mr and Mrs. Matson. Those from McHenry who attended the ceremony were: Mr. and Mrs. William Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Goodell, Mrs. Agnes Wentworth, Mrs. Mattie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferwerda and daughter, Genevieve, Mr. and Mrs. .Alby Krug and daughter, Elaine, Mr. and Mrs. William Greea, A pretty June wedding was solemnised at St. John's church, Johnsbarg, on Tuesday, June 11, When Miss Marie Mertes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. £j[ertes, of Johnsburg, was united in marriage to Mr. Arthur Wagner, only son of Mrs. Catherine Wagner, of Round Lake. The ceremony took place at 9 o'clock with Father A. J. Vollman, pastor" of St. John's church hearing the marriage vows. The scene wits an impressive one as the bride, escorted by her father, who gave her away, proceeded down the aisle of the beautiful Church to the altar, where she met the bridegroom Attendants were Miss Laura Schaefer, a niece of the bride, who Served as maid of honor, Lucille Wagner, cousin of the groom, and Marion Wegener, a friend of the bride, bridesmaids, while John Schaefer, nephew of the bride and Bob Wagner, cousin of the groom, were groomsmen. Little Alvin Schaefer,. nephew' of the bride, acted as ring bearer'and carried the ring on a white satin pillow The bride wore a gown of white satin and lace with a lace cap and veil held in place with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of white roses and calla lilies. The maid of honor, Laura Schaefer, wore a pink lace gown with accesoriea to match and carried pink roses. The bridesmaids were attired in peach color chiffon with accesories to match and each carried & bouquet of pink tea roses. J The ring bearer was all in white. { Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served in the home of the bride's sister, MTS. Joe Adams. I Later a reception was held at the' 'home of the bride where dinner and 1 supper were served to seventy relai tives and friends. ' I Decorations at the home were in I pink and white with wedding bells landjpandfes to correspond. j and Mrs. Wagner will make j their home on his farm near Round 'Lake. . Among the guest? at thr wedding 'were the bride's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mills and ; daughter, Berrtice, of Kalamazoo, Mich., aind Mr. and Mrs. William and daughter* Hannah and NEARBY NEWS TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES friend of Chicago. j HOFERLE--McCORMICK I Miss Emo^a Hoferle, daughter of :Mr. and Mrs. John Hoferle of 5073 (Lincoln avenue, Chicago, and Robert j McCormick were married at St. Mathjews church, Chicago, at 10 o'clock ' Saturday morning. The maid of honor was Miss Kay Boyle and the bridesmaids were Misses Patsy Cur ran and Marian Klank while the groomsmen were William Hoferle and Robert O. Boyle. Following the ceremony a reception for about fifty guests was held at the Sovereign hotel, Chicago. The bride's parents have a summet home on Fox river near Johnsburg; here Mr. and Mrs. McCormick spent weekend, then going on far'i trip through Wisconsin. sir X. C 15thQAnnual Homecoming I M I ar n i val Sponsored by Wm. J. Metsen Post, Am. Legion, Benefit Legion Community Building Harvard, Illinois N Jiiil >-20-21-2 2 Come Early and Stay Late Fun for the Kiddies Merr/-Go-Round Ferris Wheel Concessions of all kinds Thursday night, June 20, 40 and 8 Fifty-piece Military Band of Rockford. DANCING Every night 8:30 to 12. Music by Quin Bow en and His Orchestra of Rockford M. E. CHURCH Beginning next Sunday, June 16, there will be only one service. This will be an hour and fifteen minutes urited/service for children and adults. This^service will begin promptly at 10 o'clock. Come and bring your family and friends. Sermon Subject--"A Wonderful Mechanism" by pastor, Rev. L. H. Brattain. Lake county's first drowning of the summer season -occurred Sunday morning of last week, shortly before 8 a. m. when David Vincent, 35, of. Chicago, jumped from a sinking rowboat with three other companions while fishing at Channel Lake. The three others in the party were saved by other fishermen who came to their rescue when they heard the cries for help, but Vincent was not found until 12 hours later when the first aid squad of the Antioch fire department brought the body to shore. Permission fras granted the American Legion to place ornamental cannons in the depot park and Virginia street park at Crystal Lake at a meeting of the city council Tuesday night of last week. Will Tessendorf, commander, stated that the Post will be able to secure these pieces and they will add to the beauty of the parks. He also stated that the Post expects to place one In tin park at the lake. • Preliminary tabulations of the 1985 census pf agriculture returns for Illinois disclose 232,226 farms compared with 214,497 farms in 1980, *an increase of 8 per cent. The census shows 2725 farms in McHenry county as compared to 2607 in 1930 or an increase of 118 or -5 per cent. . Mrs. Caroline Wickersheim, 81 year old Prairie View woman is in tjie Condell Memorial hospital at Libertyville, suffering from lockjaw as the result of an infection from a sliver in her finger. Mrs. Wickersheim suffered the injury more than three weeks ago and the sliver remained imbedded until last week when infection developed. A physician was called and found the tetanus germ already - at work ami the caBe well developed. He had the patient removed to the hospital Tuesday following the administering of anti-tetanus serum Monday night. Her condition is regarded as serious. Harry Reardon, attendant at the Roney milk station south of Wauconda, suffered „a painful injury to his knee cap Tuesday evening of last week when he fell in the milk house. At first it was believed the knee cap had been fractured but fortunately this was not the case. The knee cap was badly brUised and will for&e Mr. Reardon to remain Inactive for two of- three weeks. ' While helping wfch the farm chores Sunday evening, May 26, Mrs. M. Mad sen, who lives on the old Burge farm north of Grayslake, fell and broke several bones in her ankle and leg. She was taken to the office of Dr. Strqthers, and then taken to her home, and is improving as rapidly a j can be expected. Bernita Plagge, five years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Plagge, Barrington, broke both bOnes in her left arm between the wrist and elbow when she fell from her tricycle Saturday afternoon of last week. She had been riding along the sidewalk in front of the home. The accident occurred when the vehicle overturned; In spite of the accident, Bernita played a leading role in the kindergarten playlet at school Tuesday afternoon. A misstep while fishing on top the Wilmot dam resulted in the drowning of Gordon J. Adam»on, 37, Kenosha, in Fox river, about noon Friday. Adamson, decked in heavy fishing boots attempted to cross the river on top the dam .with his fishing tackle, stumbled over a rock and was swept Into, a whirlpool by the rapids. The body was recovered about four hoars later 200 feet south of the dam. The cornerstone of the new postoffice building at Church street and Brainerd avenue, Libertyville, was put in place Friday afternoon of last week to mark the second step in the construction of the new federal building there. Although the event was not officially recognized by the government officials the workmen employed on the building conducted a brief ceremony in observance of the act. r' Irwin Nicholls, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholls of Roseville, was the victim of a most unfortunate accident recently, when a rifle with which he vas shooting blackbirds backfired, powder burns causing the loss of sight in his right eye. ~ Frank Smith of south Williams st^ Crystal Laice suffered a fractured thumb on his right hand Monday evening of last week while inflating a tire at the Ormsby Garage When the tire exploded. Jack Do^rns, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cassius Downs of McHenry and * member of the Downs Motor Express, suffered a sprained ankle Wednesday evening of'-last'week when he alighted form a motor truck with a package he was about to deliver to a Wauconda store and stepped on a stone. Fletcher Stavely, 22, of Highwood, Was fatally injured Saturday night, of last week, when his car was in a collision with an automobile driven by Erich Strand of Chicago, on Route 59 between Ivanhoe and Diamond Lake. Stavely and William Summers, 19, also of Highwood, had attended tha dance at Dietz's Stabels Saturday night. Shortly before 1 o'clock Sunday morning, they were on their way home when their car figured in a head op collision with the Strand car. Four passengers in the Strand car besides the driver were injured in the accident and taken to Condell Memorial hospital at Libertyville. Stavely died a few moments after arriving there. Fred Mlauns and William Shaw, employes of the Whitney-Ford Plumbing Supply 0o., pf Chicago, had a narrow escape in a freak accident Sunday afternoon of last week. Both of the men are friends of Charles Bauch, who resides on the old Tom Reardon farm near Wauconda. Attempting a short cut from the old Flint Creek road to the Baoch home, their car almost sunk out of sight in a slough hole before they were able to extricate themselves. A hurried call was made to Mr. Bauch, who, after securing men and a tractor, succeed* ed in getting the car out and enabling them to return to Chicago the same evening. " James Wiser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wiser of Volo, and a student at Wauconda township high school, suffered an ugly gash on his right hand while playing in the school gymna~ sium Wednesday afternoon, May 29. The lad was exercising on some of the gymnasium equipment when he caught his hand on a hook. He was taken to the office of a physician where ten stitches were required to close the wound. ° Chicken thieves are again active around Antioch! This was revealed by the disappearance of mora than *00 chickeds reported to the Antioch News office last week. Mrs. William H. Smart suffered the loss of about 100 chickens last Thursday night when the thieves entered the chicken house and escaped without leaving a trace or even the chicken house door lock. Mrs. Blackburn, near Hatch's comers, lost more than 200 chickens from her property. Others have missed chickens from their flocks but none compare with the aDove mentioned wholesale thievery, the reports $l* close. Gus Goettsche of Chicago spent a few days this week with Dave Johnson. K" BY REMEMBERING HIM ON FATHER'S DAY i Sunday, June 16 A FEW GOOD GUT IDEAS High Ball Sets Siphon Bottle Shaving1 Needs Tobacoo Pipe Bill Fold Smoking Sil Jngersoll Golf Balls Motor Juf * .'(* Cigarette# > Thermos Bottle Fountain Pen Camera Itozens of other items in our store appropriate ^ / for the head of the house. P. Bolger .• & Dad's Store on Green Street ^ " i v-%, y » r ^ * ' ' TQi 'USS . '-v."'- Remember Dad, Sunday, June&fa This year do not let Father be the "Forgotten Man." Tou can males him an exceptionally happy member of the family by remembering him with.* infected from our line. W. TOES .... 25^ UP to $1.50 SHIRTS $1.68 r, up from St , PAJAHAS ...r-.. 11.85 SPORT BELTS. up from 50^ ^jSPOBT SHIRTS, up from 754 MAKY OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL PLEASE HIM -- >. McGEE'S CLOTHING STORE TORTURE ROBBERS ARE SLATED FOR TRIAL .,V-' Wfry BuySJusCAn ILJffHEN YOU CAN BUY THE FAMOUS MOHAWKfTIRE Two members of the alleged torture gang, which is said to have robbed Erama Ibsh of McHenry of some $l,i 750 in cash on a cold winter night, back in January 1934, were scheduled to go to trial Wednesday, charged in indictments with robbery with a gun. They are Prank Sapinski and Mickey Myrda, two Chicago boys. Both these boys have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Three others* Alex Stalesky, Frank Pelc, and Chester Kolbusz, are said to be ready <0 plead guilty. In fact Pelc did plead guilty in the circuit court last week Sapinski is said to have been the leader of the- gang which tortured Miss Ibsh with a red-hot poker until she told where she had the cash hid den in a flower pot. Myrda was brought to Woodstock last week from Chicago, where he was serving a term in the house ot correction for a crime of which he was found guilty in Cook county. A petition filed by Assistant State's Attorney Russell Allen for a habeas corpus writ was approved by Judge Edward D. Shurtleff and Myrda was brought here by Sheriff Nulle Friday, He was accompanied by a deputy sheriff from Cook county, Monday. at the.following prices: 29x4.40-21 * " 29x4.50-20 ...... 30x4.50-21 28x4.75-13 Z: 29x5.00-19 30x5.00-20 _ ^ 28x5.25 18 27x5.50-17 30x5---8-ply Truck . 32x6--10-ply Truck L $5-50 $5-83 -- $ 6 . 0 8 $0.41 $6-86 $7.10 $7.64 $839 $16-56 $28-16 Phone 294 Road Service W. McHenry DEMOCRATS HONOR . REP. T. A. BOtGER Democratic officeholders and party supporters from Lake and McHenry counties gathered 200 strong on Saturday at Einar Sorenson's Channel {Lake resort as a tribute to Rep Thomas Bolger of McHenry, regarded as one of the organisation's most popular leaders in Illinois. Prominent Democrats from all over northern Illinois were present to greet the local "member of the legislature. Detterbeck and spent the week- Mr. and Mrs. L. children of Chicago end at Wonder Lake Friends here will l\p glad to know that Miss Margaret Frett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Frett of Aurora, has received a scholarship to itos^py College. ^ f' * % . * I «V•: •:$!£ K +. AWM ; In fairness to yourself get the facts be* hind the widespread enthusiasm for the Silver Streak Pontine before you invest in a new car. Spend just 10 minutes in the low-priced car America calls most beautiful thing; on wheels! S. Solid Steel rot-Top by fishes 3. 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