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^ ~ ; ^ -f -h Th5r»!ay,-May 13,1384 •>,- V >.'" '.>;• Tti£ M.HENRY plain dealer SPRING GROVE |W\ 1 -Jtre. Charles Frennd '^Mr. and Mrs. Allan May have ifioved from Dunn's Lake to the apartment In the William Engels tfUllding. Mr. and Mrs. Herman .^anner, w*ho were living in the 4£artment, moved last week. r- jMrs. William Engel entertained members of ner club at Her home on Thursday afternoon. Q&mes of five-hundred were inayed and piizes went to Mrs. Jake Miller, Mrs. William Britz, Mrs. Math Nimsgern, Mrs. Joh$ Smith and Mrs. Huff. A delicious lunch was served after cards. The birthday club met at the llttme of Mrs. C. L. Stevens on Thursday afternoon. Cards fur- Dished the? entertainment and Prizes we're awaided those a- Chieving high scores; • Refreshments were served to complete the party. -.*> Mr. and Mrs. George W. May entertained at their home on Sunday in a honor of the First Communion of their son, Jimmy. Guests were Mr. and Mrs., Charles Freund and family, Mr and Robert Sutton and son, t)ean, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Elfinab and Miss Judy HollidaY Members of the bowling teams. Iftf the Twin Lakes league* and their wives and sweethearts en- • joyed a banquet af Twin Lakes as a closing of their bowling season last Thursday night. Approximately sixty people were present. A trophy was presented to Miller's Corners team as first place winners. Mr. ami Mts.. Clarence Miller visited Bill Koenig of Stacyville, Iowa, at Veterans' hospital in Milwaukee on Saturday. - Those from here who attended the Mother's club meeting at Richmond-Burton high school on Monday night were Mrs. Leah Kautz, Mrs. Helen Smith. Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Therese Miller, Mrs. Eva Freund, Mrs. Mayme Tinney and Mrs. Francis Widhalm. A Style shovy vfas held with girls of the home economics class and ladies of the adult evening sewing class modeling the clothes made during sewing classes. Election of officers was held. Mrs. Vaughn Shaw was elected president by unanimous vote. Those re-elected were Mrs. Charles Freuhd, vice-president; Mrs. John Hora, treasurer; Mrs. Prouty, secretary. Refreshments were served after the meeting. Mrs. Bertha Esh was a visitor In the home of Mrs. Alice Wagner last Thursday evening. Members of the village board held their Tegular meeting on Monday night. Paul Weber was appointed to act as mayor for Uie unexpired term of ' John Rauen, deceased. Roll call was held and all answered "jfye" in favor of the appointment." Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith and Mr. and, Jslr*; -Martini Weber of JohnsbumJ visited with Mr. and Mrs. Charles JVeund on Saturday evening. Mrs. Shirley Dawson spent several days in Lombard last week, where she was called due to the illness of her mother. We are happy to report that she is greatly improved at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Bernie May are the happy parents of a girl. She has been named Denise Clair. A group of girls enjoyed a pajama party at the home of {Catherine Tinney on Wednesday night. T.iose present were Laverne Meyer, Mary Ann May, Mary Ellen Williams, Verna Miller and Ginny Dawson. Mrs. Eldred Johnson was hostess to the members of her club at her home in Woodstock on Tuesday night. A delicious supper was served, after which cards were played and prizes awarded to those achieving high scores. Those from here who at- THANK YOU We want to thank everyone for the wonderful and successful Grand Opening, and for the good Wishes and Flowers. Our Goal is to Help and Serve Your Families),, Better, with Finer Shoes. PETER GIES SHOE STORE and SHOE REPAIRS RIVERSIDE DRIVE McHENRY, n.I. tended were Mrs. E Ragun, Mrs. Arthur Kattner, Mrs. Ray May, Mrs. Edward May and Mrs. Charles Freund. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rogers proudly announce that they are grandparents. Their daughter had a 6 lb. 12 oz. boy born at a Waukesha hospital. Guests in the Arthur Kattner Home on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. George W. May and family of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. John Weber of Antioch and Mrs. Regina Schaefer and Son, Jack, of Fox Lake. The family gathered together at the Math Nimsgern home on Sunday in honor of Mother's Day. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Jordan and family of Sharon, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lent and children and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Nimsgern and children of McHenry and Mr .and Mrs. Arthur Nimsgern and son, Randy. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freund and family were guests in the Paul Gerasch Ciome in McHemy on Sunday. The occasion was in honor of Suzanne Gerasch's First Communion day. Happy birthday to Prank Mikoleit on May 8. Juniors and seniors of Richmond- Burton high school enjoyed one of the big events of the season, their Prom, on Saturday night. Their dinner was served at Honey Bear Farm and later the dance was held at the high school gym, which was beautifully decorated in a springtime rendezvous theme, with streamers and flowers of pastel colors Page Fifieen covering the ceding. To add to i the attraction there was a pool filled with gold fish. Chaperones i were Mr. and Mrs. Lorrie Stead- j man and Mr. and Mrs. Bruns-, wick. STRICTLY FRESH ^ WOMAN'S thumb is really a great deal larger than it looks --just consider how often it has a man under it. • • .• Headline: "Seats in Congress to Be Made Softer." And most of those guys would be happy Just to hang onto the one they've got. An/!. iIn dustri*a l *ph y*s ician says he cat) sometimes tell what kind of work a^atient is engaged in by V.F.W.Auxilary News By Jean Weyland ' a( g trarisac looking at his teeth. Weil, prizefighters and football players ought to be easy to spot. • • • At any given moment, there are approximately 1800 thunderstorms in progress throughout the world, scientists say. Wish we'd known those odr,<s before that last picnic. When fully ripe, black pepper Js white. NATIONAL HOMES IN McHENRY WOODSTOCK • HARVARD - MARENGO • VETERANS * NOTHING DOWN 3 Bedroom National Homes in McHenry including lot for as low as $10,800. Monthly payments $7100 per month including taxes and insurance. Just $300.00 to cover closing and financing costs. WRITE OR CALL TODAY! * Open Evenings by Appointments RICHARDSON CONSTRUCTION CO. be. OFFICES: 10S E. VanBuren Woodstock 662 41S Berry R& Harrington 168# Saturday Last Day of our Smoke Damage Sale Only 2 more days and our sensational store-wide price slaughter ends. Only a small amount ^ of Smoke Damage merchandise remains, yet for the next few days you will save on EVERYTHING YOU BUY. Don't delay another minute, hurry down right away. Save "' 70% m LAST CALL This is the END of our Smoke Damage Sale. unlay Positively Last Day. at these low Smoke Damage Sale Prices McHenry Dept. Store The regular meeting of the V.F.W. auxiliary to Post 4600 was field Monday evening, May 10, with President Oertrude Barbian presiding. We take this added opportunity to welcome a new initiatjs, Mt-s. Florence Svoboda, of Lilymoor subdivision. good deal of business was cted and it is hoped that members who did not attend will note dates in this col urn as there will be no meeting May 24. Delegates to the fifth district meeting at Batavia, May 16 at 2 p.m. are Helen Low, Gladys Soucie, Mary Hettermann, Betty Clark and Jean Weyland. President Gertrude Barbian will also attend, as will Lina Kilday, who is chaplain of the fifth district; This is an election meeting and Lina will run for junior vice* president. We are proud of her untiring efforts in the auxiliary and m the fifth district. It means a great deal to be represented outsidA of our own community in a nation-wide organization. Our DoWJiey hospital party fs scheduled for May 19. Girls attending include Isabel Thompson, Terry Becker, Connie Thomas, Helen Low, Jean Weyland, Dorothy Miller, Pat Haynes, Betty Clark, Tina Morrison, Lina Kili day, Irene Stoller, Ann Pollock, ; and Mary Wiedeman. Betty Clark is chairman. We will meet at the usual place at 6 p.m. with the following exception, those girls who are going to the x-ray section are asked to meet at 5:30 p.m. Delegates to the department encampment at Rockford June 11, 12 and 13 are Lina Kilday. Betty Clark and Mary Hettermann. Alternates are Gladys Soucie, Helen Low and Jean Weyland. Volunteers for Poppy Day sales, May 22, and Memorial Day activities will be contacted by phone. If you are able to help with Poppy sales, please call Gussie Diedrich. We also wish all members with uniforms to plan on marching in the Memorial Day parade. Bettje^Clark, conductress. will call fl*practice on or about May 27 at the club house. The next meeting will be June 14 at 8 p.m., with Tina Morrison and-Ann Brzezinski on K.P. A poltroon is a coward MAKE APPOINTMENT OF CENTRALIA MAN TO LIBRARY GROUf ' Secretary of State Charles P. Carpentier, state librarian, has announced the appointment of William C. Stephens, Centralia attorney, as a member of the Illinois state library advisory committee. Stephens, a member of the i board of diiectors of Centralia public library and a former Centralia city attorney, will be the citizen representative from Library Region 5, a 19-county area in the southern part of the state. Libia rian member from that region is Miss Louise Anthony, librarian : of -the Alton public school system. Stephens will complete the unexpired term, ending December 31. 1956, of Irving Dilliand of Collinsville, who resigned. 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