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• »-ir' r*A+ *"V; #*; Thursday. June 24, 1984 •**£!£ T^y W'f|; • 5 % ?9' >• '-gj ****$**' 4 Vfc/ n * '% r! "f ; "* %' v%$i * i * i V »• * a* 'W.VW: * * - |£~ # &«•£•.•*?«* THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER ' « i^Tf- ^ "i»r . „ \ 1 .*' Wonder Lake News ®3T Vaaesse Selli Blue Ballot Committ<>« Mrs. Alice Noren of Wonder Lake will serve as local chairman for the 1954 Blue Ballot as a member of the McHenry county Blue Ballot committee. The committee was formed at Woodstock Monday night and a Harvard man was elected county chairman. He is Lowell Nye, editor of the Harvard Herald. Vicechairman of the organization is Van Sells of Wonder Lake. Other Wonder Lake residents named as members 'of the county committee include Mrs. Fern Paetow, Mrs. Elaine Spuehr and ;"Mrs. Ruth Redman. All of the Wonder Lake ^resi- -dents are members of the McHenry Township women's group formed recently to study local government and the Blue Ballot will be one of their first projects. While the Blue Ballot carries three proposals, the Ballot committee is primarily interested in educating the public about the reapportionment part, seeking to reapportion the state of Illinois Into new and more representative districts. The matter is not controversial and is backed by dozen* of bi-partisan groups. Red Cross Annual Meeting Mi s. Ruth Redman was re-elected chairman of the Wonder Lake branch of the Ameiican Red Cross at the annual meeting of that group held Tuesday evening. Mrs. Alice Noren was re-elected as treasurer and Mrs. Lois Weeks was re-elected as secretary. William Born has accepted the vice-chairmanship of the branch and will also serve as fund drive chairman in 1955. The slate of officers was presented by a nominating committee headed by Mrs. Rut* "Woodward aincluding Jane Ducey and Van Sells. The branch chairmen from McHenry county will all attend the annual chapter meeting of the Red Cross next Tuesday night in chapter headquarters .at Woodstock. who are interested in the water safety program are asked to register Monday at 1 o'clock at the two official beaches. On the we£t side of the lake, registration is to be at Wonder Woods Beach No. 4; on the east side of the lake at Deep Springs Beach No, l. The water safety program Is to be held Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Deep Springs and on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Wonder Woods. Instruction at both beaches starts at 1 o'clock on the days mentioned. Children registering must be 6 years of age. Theie is no limit to how old a person must be. The water safety program, designed to teach everyone how to understand water, how to swim and how to save lives, is paid for by the McHenry county chapter of the American Red Cross and is free to all registering. Accredited life guards and instructors will conduct,., the program. Both beaches were inspected Tuesday morning by Ed Sobotkiewicz, county director of the water safety program, and Mrs. Ben Redman, Wonder Lake branch chairman. New Dentist Arrives Raymond Ha t rie Watkins was born on June 20, a Father's Day gift for his dad, Dr. Raymond Watkins, and it is already a foregone conclusion that he will be the fifth-generation Watkins to serve as a dentist. The baby weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and he has two sisters, Susan, 10, now at 4-H camp, and Carol, 7, staying with her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Gertrude White; Next Sunday, June 27, the pastor will be preaching in the church he was seiving as pastor for many years, the Evangelical Ft ee church, Summerdale, Chicago. William Kerr, a noted BUble teacher of Villa Park, will be preaching here in the morning at 11 o'clock. In the evening of the same day, there will be a missionary service, sponsored by the Missionary Guild. Sunday Bible School at 10 a.m. and midweek service of prayer, praise and Bi/Ue meditations, every Wednesday night at 8 p.m. PAIR SUPERINTENDENT State Fair Manager Strother G. Jones has announced that Dewey Wheeler, of Kansas (Edgar county), will be livestock superintendent at the 1954 Illinois State Fair. Wheeler, who sei-ved as superintendent of livestock for the fair last year, also will act as grand marshal for the mammoth livestock parade in front of the grandstand and superintendent of the annual steer sale, both to be held on Friday, Aug. 20. CROP REPORT Fields of wheat are beginning to ripen in southern Illinois, and oats «re heading in mid-state and further north, according to the state and federal departments of agriculture. General rains and favorable temperatures have hastened the growth of corn and soybeans; ^ome southern Illinois corn is now a foot high or more. A surplus of top-soil moisture is reported from mid- Illinois northward. Combining of winter barley is getting under way in the southern part of the state. HISTORY OF FFA INCLUDES HELP FROM MANY FRIENDS In the past twenty-five years many people -- businessmen, farmers and teachers - have had an oppportunity to work with members of the Future Farmers of America. They have found that this organization pro/ vides many ways of helping"^ young boy to grow into farming and of becoming a useful citizen. I Some of these people have been I enough impressed by the work of the F.F.A. organization to want to help it to do the job well. Do you feel that what the members of the F.F.A. are doing and have gone in your community merits your support? In 1947 a group of Illinois business organizations and individuals organized as the Illinois Foundation, Future Farmers of America, in order to piovide the financial support needed to promote F.F.A. awards on all levels in Illinois. A , state committee was formed and a board of'trustees appointed. The policies of the Illinois Foundation and the uses made of its funds are decide;! by the fourteen trustees, thirteen of whom are directly connected with agricultural education in Illinois. Many of the trustees are the present and past presidents of the Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers and selected vocational agriculture teachers. The state committee has as its cl>airman, A. E. Becker, Springfield, Association oft Illinois Electric Cooperatives, and as its vicechairman, C. W. Weldon of the First National Bank of Chicago. To assist the work of the state i committee in raising funds, local! committees have been appointed in each, of the twenty-five sections of the state. Mr. Weldon, who resides at Barrington, has served as a member of the Section 6 committee for the past two years. Other membeis of the lpcal committee, who have also served two years, a:e Ralph Ost rander of the National Farm Loan association and Dr. H. E. Van Der Veen, county veterinarian. Mr. Weldon, who retires from the local committee in 1954, is being replaced by George Connell, holder of the Illinois State Farmer degree, of Gurnee. Also working with the committee is Section 6 F.F.A. President, Norman Pollock of Marengo, Section 6 President of the Vocational Agriculture Teachers, Robert Vogen, Marengo, and W. E. Pictor, vocational agriculture teacher, of ! McHenry. | Organizations or individuals wishing to encourage the F.F.A. boys in Illinois to greater effort may contact any of the abov. men. A contributor to the Foun dation gives any amount frorr. $1 to $50. A sponsor is one giving $50 or more. All contributors leceive a letter and a membership card in recognition, whilt a contributor of over $5 and al. sponsors receive a certificate. The Foundation is primarily in- i terested in securing a broad base of understanding and support. It would rather have a large number of relatively small investors continuing year after year than few large contributors for any one year. In 1953 the supporters of the Foundation numbered fifty sponsors and 584 cont: ibutors for a' total of $7,953.75. These funds are used primarily for k%rards and plaques. Medals are %iven to boys of each chapter who enter sectional competition in production awards for the best supervised farming progiams in swine, beef cattle, dairy, sheep, corn, poultry, soybeans, and small grains; and for improvement in farm mechanics, m Page Thirteen arm electrification, farm safety, joil and water management, and arm and home beautification. The sectional winner gets a per- J onal plaque and one for his [ 'chool. Expenses of state judging 1 teams to the national contest are partially paid from Foundation funds. The preparation of program of work booklets for national chapter entries is also partially paid. No cash awards are given by the Illinois Foundation.. If funds received exceed the expenses now involved for awards and plaques, new awards to promote F.F.A. activities will be initiated. FAIR ATTRACTIONS "the famous '"Hour of Chart* will be presented by Phil Spitalny and his all-girl orchestra at the grandstand show of the 1954 Illinois State Fair on Saturday night, Aug. 21. Frank Parker, baritone member of Arthur Godfrey's radio and television family, and comedian Will Mahoney will appear on the same program. Additional sparkle will be provided that night by "The Harmonicats," yrhose rendition of "Peg O' My ".'Heart" several years ago caught the fancy of record collectors throughout the nation. the range that makes good xooks better Water Safety Monday All persons of Wonder Lake Gospel Church News There was a great and increasing interest in our vacation Bible school this year. Each day saw new pupils coming until every available place was ta:.en. The children, coming from different churches and denominations, showed a keen interest in the lessons and the sessions seemed too sjiort. The teachers and workers' corps did a very wonderful piece of work under the able leadership of Mrs. Richard Olson. Business and Service Directory WONDER LAKE ALL PHASE Plumbing DISHMASTER Push Button Dishwasher Completely Installed only $55.00 Phone W.L. 8651 New Horizons in Building Crifcty and Stendebach GENERAL CONTRACTORS Phone Wonder Lake 5432 -- 2464 -- 5301 WONDER am LAKE Hi BtTILDERS (( SUPPLY 1} Free Estimates ft Delivery Phone W.L. 3231 , Virgil'i AUTO ^5 REPAIR "AUTOMOBILE WRqCK REBUILDING" Frame - Alignment - Painting At Wonder Lake 1 Mile North of Route 120 on Wonder Lake Blacktop Road. Phone W.L. SMI - Nlte Phone 4191 T. P. MATHEWS REAL ESTATE INSURANCE of All Kinds WONDER LAKE 3061 Street's Hickory Falls Phillips "66" Service Station t Hashing t Greasing f Tires • Batteries One block So. of Ringwood- Road on Blacktop - North-end of Wonder Lake . . . Phone Wonder Lake 8651 SANITXRY SERVICE Pumping and Cleaning . Complete Septic •-- Systems Installed L. PERRIN Phone Wonder 1 tjtf 5672 or 3013 WIDEN'S Standard Service Washing ' • Greasing Wonder Center Phone W. L. 8241 If you have news items of interest to your neighbors in Wonder Lake, please contact your correspondent, Van Sells, at Wonder Lake 2933. From where I sit Joe Marsh No Sale! Right in f ront of Granny White's beautiful old house on Maple Avenue there's a brand-new sign: "Antiques. Inquire Within." Now--don't get excited. Granny explained it all the other night --after we settled down in her parlor, me with my temperate beer, Granny with her tea. I asked her if she was really going in the antique business. "Oh, no," says Granny, "I wouldn't tell anything. 1 put that sign up so folks would come in and talk-- • Jnd look around. If they insist on " fir ice, It tell thSm some oifUa-f^ geous figure! I guess I Just like people," she said. From where I sit Granny can be excused for her little rose. She snay be in her eighties, but her mind is young--and open. She'sSjl the kind of person who's made this . town so wonderful. Granny not only likes people--but she respects them and their preferences and opinions. Come to think of it, "liking" and "respecting** mean saueh the same thing, don't they? Copyright, 1954, United Slates Brewers Foundation IT'S ALWAYS a*#*** C O N V E N I E N 1 S A V E - B Y - M A I L Save time and steps. Mail us a check or money order in the amount of your savings, together with your name and address (include your passbook if you are now a saver). Well send back your credited passbook Dy return mail. Open your, savings account today. Receive Earnings Every Six Month*. 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