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r j r I X ' " •' BrP^ iff"" t. *W* " 4 $<*>%* •> - n<< >s^,\^;->' if;}^ <•; % i * |;j 4 v\ 'f 4- ', », « ^ '• >"< / • c11 i . •• ? " ^v" ' *' r • • * f, V . <•* --' **•- -- «L_ ?">; • V, V-; ';; V,;^.. V •j.fi,,../ w; ,-• s- . .'v. ' : ^ ^ , - ' r: • ' ,.;.• .'.r: ;,. ', J : . . ..« , .V-".- ,?„;>,*• «; • t*yMMkii MM. THE McHENBY PLAINDEALER v •* 4 » J / * 4 /• : : •>*'^ ' ,; -.yft; •M. '• '••> " LTtfra Thursday, May 10, 195 ffcftt Katroas .fat Oa lwiit Seventeen past matrons of the O. R. S. held a meeting at Acacia kail last Monday evening, with Bthel Holly and Alice Lindsay serving as co-hostesses. Games and visiting were enjoyed, after which 4 tasty lunch was served. Katie garrison and Gertrude Watklns Will act as hostesses at the next meeting on .June 4, also at the hall. Stover luwii ;~\y n, Virginia Baves • ' • Mts. R.. C. Raven was hostess at stork shower held at her home southeast .of McHenry Sunday afternoon, honoring Mrs. Clinton itaven. The guest of honor ret^ ivad a variety of gifts from the ijMny Wends and relatives who attended. fiike Coaaty Mjl. ImM In > nation ' sMttnlters of U>« McHenry Community Parent Teachers association have been invited to attend tfce Lake county P.T.A. school of instruction to be held in Gurnee aa Monday afternoon and evenlag. May 14. Mrs. Carroll B. Code, state legislation and citizenship chairman, •111 be one of the speakers during the .afternoon and evening pro- ^ Dinner will be served between 4m afternoon and evening sessions at 11.75. Anyone wishing a ride or to make dinner reservations are aaked to contact Mrs. Fred Svo- AHht To Speak T* Biihem WoMeit r ^The Business and Professional ^Pwnen s club of McHenry county Wis been very fortunate in obtaining Leon R. Peacheret,, artist fW»m Whitewater, Wis., as a guest speaker Monday, May 14, at 7:30 pjfn. The meeting is being hold in tiie Clay street school gymnasium as Woodstock. The public is in- •tted to attend. £>- rir Bareaa ^ected Qfftesn ^The Ringwood unit of the Home Bureau met May 1 at the home of «rs- Bra Eppal, wkh Mrs. Arthur WPPe as oe-feoetees. A discussion m program planning was let by Mm. Hoppe, .after whichthe home adviser, Miss Betty LangfOrd, gave Uie Jesson on corsage making as a •Obby. The group then made coraages of the various material available. ^The following officers were elec- * serve for the ensuing year: Mr*. Charles Johnson, chairman ; *rs. W. E. Troxell, vice-chairnan, Mrs. William Born, recordto* secretary; Mrs. A. H. Dimon A. R. Dimon, correspondto* ••cretaries; Mrs. J. J. Neu- •M"th, treasurer. ^The next meeting will be on Jw 5 at the home of Mrs. Born, wkea the lesson will be "Cake IVoatlngs and Decoration* " *Mwn4.KIHer twft Anaoaucefl _Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Freund W Johnsburg announce the angatement of their daughter, to Walter "Sonny" Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of vfr- Benry. No date has been aet for Che wedding. Bridal Shower For Emily Simon The former Emily Simon, who became the bride of Earl J. Rees last Saturday, was honored the previous week at a dinner at Slmonlni's restaurant *t Algonquin. Hostesses were the telephone commercial girls. Attending the shower were Mary Taylor, Lorraine Sattem, Vida Brown, Vernice Lordan, Barbara Randolph, Louise Bellows, Devon* na Nelson and Margaret Michelsen, The bride-to-be was presented with small, individual gifts as well as a single gift, a beautiful lamp. Patricia Henn ; At Dtoner-Jianife^^-" Miss Patricia Henn attended tht* Queen of Hearts ball, held in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Fort DesMoines at DesMoines, Iowa, last weekend. Miss Henn made the trip by train with a friend from , DePaul university. The ball wrafi sponsored by Iowa Delta of S^gma Phi Epsiion. ' f Karls-May Vows Exchanged May S Rev. J. Elliott Corbett Offfffsted at the Bervlce which united George May and Doris Karls in marriage last Saturday. The ceremony took place at 4 o'clock in the afternoon in the Community Methodist church. The couple will reside near Johnsburg. P.T.A. PUMM f Annaal Pitaic St Mary's-St Patrick's school P.TA. is planning for its annual picnic for the school children on May 29 at Veterans Acres, Crystal Lake. M!rs. Elmer Hettermann will act as chairman. At the last meeting, held Wednesday, May 2, Warren Jones was guest soloist, offering "May Morning." "I Light The Blessed Caftdle," "The Old Refrain," "If Any Little Song 'of Mine," "If I Could Tell You" and "Me and My Little Banjo." In charge of the last meeting were Mrs. Alfons Adams, chairman; Mesdames Donald Howard, Joe Diedrich, Charles Brown- Thompson Baby ' Baptised 8anday The little daughter and Mrs. George Thompson was christened Lorraine Annette in a baptismal service performed at St. J o h n ' s c h u r c h , J o h n s b u r g , l a s t Sunday. Sponsors were Mrs. Walter Freund of Barrington and James Thompson of McHenry, aunt and uncle of the infant. Dinner was served later in the Thompson home, with the following present, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Freund and family, Mr. and Mrs. J a m e 8 Thompson, Mrs. Edw. Thompson and Mrs. Victor Hunt and daughter. PERSONALS EMILY SIMON WED, TO EARL J. BEES SATURDAY MORNING The Floyd Colemans have returned from a winter vacation spent at Lake Worth, Fla. Mrs. Cecelia MusjnSbki of Mc- Cullom Lake has been convalescing at the home of a daughter, Agnes Idziak, in Chicago. She underwent Burgery at the Woodstock hospital on April 23. MrAlbert Vales attended the rfleth wedding anniversary of a cousin and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Bartosek, in Berwyn Saturday, May 5. Mr, and Mrs. Robert Frisby and sons of Chicago visited McHenry relatives on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Davis of St. Paul, Minn., called on relatives and friends here Saturday. Mr. Davis resided in McHenry a few years ago when he was a surveyor at the time the natural gas line Was being pat through this community. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Seepe of Chicago were local visitors last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Art Smith, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith and son spent Sunday in the Art Smith, Jr., home in Chicago, where they helped young Jimmy Smith celebrate his birthday anniversary. Walter Warner of Elgin was a McHenry caller fffl Sunday eventng. ^ Harry Whiteman of Pelican Falls, Minn., an old time resident of McHenry, called on friends here Monday. The Arnold J. Rauen' family returned home last week from Florida. Mrs. Rauen and daughter, Barbara, spent three months there and Mr. Rauen joined them four weeks ago. Before ending St Peter Damien church in Bartlett, 111., Was the scene of a beautiful wedding last Saturday morning which united in marriage Emily Simon of 108 N. Park street and Earl J- Rees, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Rees of Bartlett She was given in marriage by her father, Emit C. Slqion, of 3425 N. Oakley avenue,*.Chicago. Rev. Fr. Home officiated at the 11;30 o'clock service. Organist for the occasion was Mrs. Albert Barbian of McHenry and Miss Clara Miller, also a friend of the bride, was soloist She sang Rosewig's "Ave Maria." The altars were attractively dec* orated with bouquets of spring flowers. Organ music was played throughout the double ring ceremony. Mrs. Emil C. Simon,Jr., acted as matron of honor fbr her sisterin- law and Francis Reese, brother of the groom, served as best matt. Emil Simon, Jr., and George Kelley, brother-in-law o( the groom were ushers. The bride wore a ballerina length dress of white embroidered nylon over pastel blue taffeta. Her cap, of matching material, was attached to a shoulder length veil. Her only jewelry was a single strand of pearls, a gift of the groom, and she carried a colonial bouquet of tiny talisman roses. Mrs. Simon chose an aquamarine faille dress, with net overskirt of ballerina length. She carried salmon-colored camellias in a colonial bouquet and wore soft matching veiling on her head. The bridegroom's mother wore an orchid shantung suit dress and a pink caipellla corsage. A reception followed the nuptials at Sunnybrook Acres in South Elgin for thirty guests. Following a trip to the 8tnoky mountains, the newlyweds will be at home at 108 N. Park street after may lC Mrs. Reese li a local high school graduate and has been employed by the Illinois Bell Telephone company as service representative in McHenry. The bridegroom graduated from the Elgin high school and is also an employee of the Illinois JElall company out of Geneva, but will be transferred May 14. He does private switchboard maintenance and installation for the company. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Harold Morris are the parents of a daughter, born May 1 at the Woodstock hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wahl of Orchard Beach are the parents of a son, born at Victory Memorial hospital, Waukegan, on May 6. They have two othar boys, Fred, Jr., and Bobby. A daughter was born at St. Joseph's hospital, Elgin, on May 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brenner of Arlington Heights. Mrs. Brenner is the former Amy Harrison of Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Erber of West McHenry are the parents of a son, born at the Woodstock hospital May 6. " Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Blake are the parents of a daughter, born May 3 in the Woodstock hospital. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kunz at the Wooda$p6$ hospital on May 3. vows EXCHANGED SATURDAY, MAY S In a .quiet wedding service solemnized in the rectory of St John's church in Jojmsbprg last Saturday afternoon, May 6, Miss Doris Jean Freund; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Freund became the bride of Mr. Perry J. Walker, of Chicago. Rev. Fr. • Joseph 'Blitsch officiated at the 2 o'clock service. The pretty bride was attired in a gpwn of white marquisette, styled with short, puffed sleeves and long train. Her fingertip veil was held in place by a tiara trimmed with seed pearls and she carried the prayer book which her mother used at her wedding. On it was . placed a camellia. M2s* Marilyn Freund acted as maid of -honor for her sister, attired In a floor length gown of yellow marquisette and a large, matching bonnet. She carried a colonial bouquet of daisies. Miss Blaine Nell and Miss Kathryn Jackson acted as bridesmaids, attired in green marquisette dresses, matching bonnets and carrying colonial bouquets, also of daisies. Little Donna Lee Fretlnd, niece of the bride, was the lovely flower girl. 8he wore a blue, floor length gown, a flower in her hair and carried dairies in a colonial bouquet CARI» OF THANKS I would like to^ take this opportunity to thank all my friends for their many kindnesses extended at the time I was confined to the hospital. Everything was greatlyappreciated. MARGARET FELTES 52 Spring Grove >H»HH<»HH»HH»H»»HH»HHH»»iwi»%»H%>%H%»%W*HHI»> James Thompson, Victor Freund, Clifford Hyatt, George Stenger. Alfred Freund. Bernard Jung, Joe *gu Before end,n' Glosson, Ben Chelinl. Charles l^ey to Nas J u r a c k , F r a n k Low. B e r n a r d f ? n i t , B a h J " n a s- A « e p h e w , S t e v e Peschke and James Wolf. Miller, returned with them for a The next meeting frill be May 23, at which time election of Officers will take place. Mrs. Gus Freund is chairman of the nominating committee. visit, Leonard Phillips, a former resident, called on local friends Saturday. AU la Beadiaess For Style Revue Final preparations jure now in I progress fpr the WJS.C.S. style' show on May 16 at the Ringwood) churoh basement. Models are being fitted and practices are being | held for the entertainment planned. N Tickets may be purchased at] Jeannette's Style Shop, at Mrs. Schaefer's Millinery or from the W.S.C.S. or choir members. The public is invited to attend the style show of summer fashions modeled by young ladies of the community. It will start at 8 o'clock next week a$»day evening. Baby Products Wattles Drgg McHenry III. jatf DO IT NOW! MOTHERS -- If You Hiwi't Rtgistend F« MOTHER'S DAY At Our Staff DO IT NOWl AT 8 O'CLOCK TO THE Youngest Mothe^ - Oldest Mother • " AMD THE'-. p: •' Mother wHti the Largiest family VYCITAL'S HARDWARE : SHEET METAL v ' -PHONE 98 Green Street McHenry, I1L FOR JUST YOUR MOTHER ImTI notice*^** omitted the plctare from this ad latentlonally, because It would net be a picture of jast your mother . . that's for you to fill In, but as you can see we left no blanks in oar Nine Star ^Glft Uat for rou te TO MOTHER WITH LOVE" • HOUSE DRESSES • NYLONS : > # . LINGERIE •# BLOUSES ; , 4, SPRING StnTS f ' i „ # COTTON DRESSES 'Pv. SKIRTS SWEATERS ^ ^ And Many Otlier GtHs :"V';VL * % For Mother Your GIB Irom "JEANETTE'S" .. . Till Shop That Know* Just The GUI For ^r' JUST YOUR MOTHER WmiKS STYLE SHOP ELM STREET McWENRY, HJL. QFEV FRIDAY EVENINGS TIL 9 P.M. The lovliest Mother's Day tribute of all! A potted ^ arrangement pf her favbrite flowers - long lasting, colorful! Let us help to make the selec* tion she wilJ enjoy and remember. We are at mather'i service on Her Day - - glad to deliver at Her convenience the flowers of your choice, JRot- :--s--ijj - ted plants, bouquets, corsages . .'. ell tastefully arranged and {rash from our own greenhouses. FLOWERS DELIVERED LOCALLY AND WIRED OUT or TOWN McHENRY FLORAL CO 1 MILE SOUTH OF McHENRY ON ROUTE 31 PHONE 404 " ; JUS!., eawsse kivki jftlwa'rd Stone of 6hicagb, a close friend, served as best itnan and grooaman was George Nugent of McHenry. For he> daughter's wedding, Mrs. Freund chose a nary blue dress, with which Bhe wore yellow acessories and a corsage of yellow tea roses. Approximately 275 guests gathered at St. Mary's - St. Patrick's hall In McHenry after 4 o'clock for a reception which extended Jnto the evening hours. Supper was served at 5 o'clock. After a trip through the South, the young couple will return to make their home in the Mrs. Martin May apartment on Washington street. The former Miss Freund is a graduate of the local high school ) with the class of 1948 and has been employed at the McHenry telephone exchange. Mr. Walker • received his education in Chicago,' graduating form the Vocational MHINpX Owl S W uVwPP| liVQI » to worm mm't hurt, la Mb > MUkir't Day Iruly Cmn hi today. AGATHA m % 110 St. Great St Phone Mctnry 145-J iptsoiscsrssftrjn high school. He served with tlia Marines and since his discharge has been employed by Caaaidy^a Tile company in Chicago. % ? AMONG THE SiCK MNMNnuiimtHiiiitNittiiimNiiiMiniiiiiiimimmMi Peter Blake underwent surgery , at Victory Memorial hospital,v Aj Waukegan, on Wednesday. ' Mrs. Charles Ensign has bedpt - a surgical patieut in the LaW> j County General hospital. The En-_ J signs, former local residents, nowv 1 live in Millburn. - ; „ ^ Police Officer Joseph Grobel ri*- J turned Monday by ambulanQa from St. Francis hospital in Evan^ 5 ston but will be confined to hla'; /i home for some time. 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ALTHOFFS HDWE. ~McfiENBY COUNTY'S LEADING HARDWARE" MAIN STREET PHONE 284 McHENRY, ILL KpPEN FRIDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS TIL S P. K. . - ' SUdS^Y-S -- 9 A. M. TIL 12 NOON .'»» 1 f t> 0 pp -I