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mm m Thursday, Febr.^ 17,1955 -.YK:;; v'.^v RINGWOOD By Un. George Shepard Social Activities Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sebastian entertained tlheir five hundred club Monday evening'. Prizes were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cristy, high, and Mrs. B. T. Butler and Ben Walking- * ton, low. The Home Circle was entertained in the home of Mrs. C. L. Harrison Thursday, With Mrs. Pete Sebastian as co-hostess. A luncheon - was served at 12:45. The usual business meeting was held and a program in chsirge iOf Mrs. George Shepard followed. The evening group of the W.S.C.S. was held at the (home of Mrs. Jean Decker Wfednesday evening. The usual business meeting was held. Plans were made for a bake sale to be held Feb. 26 at McHenry Cleaners in McHenry. Mrs. Bobbette Fossum u|rave the devotionals and MM, Mertie Harrison gave the lesson on "The General Life of the :]^eaconesses," The Round-up club m£t at the home jpifj, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin. Benoy lat. XlcHenry Saturday evening 4 with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith as co-hosts. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Norman * and fatfiUy of Evanston spent Sunday * afternoon in the Ben Walkington home. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Carlson of'Woodstock and Mr. and Mrs. Robert .Howe and sons of Richmond spent Saturday evening in .the Earl Shales home. Chari'efr Krohn and daughter, - Ethel, and Mrs. Roy Merchant of Woodstock were Sunday din-' ner guests in the Roy Harrison home. Mr. and -Mrs. Henry Aissen spent Saturday evening in the Harry Thomfordha home at Woodstock. Mrs. Clayton Bruce and daughters, Judy,' Yvonne and Cynthia, * spent Sunday in the Delmar Shook (home at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrison spent Sunday in the Wayne Donahue home at Huntley. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pearson arid family spent Sunday in the Kirk Harrison home at Antioch. t Stanley Jepson visited relatives at Wauconda Sunday. M/Sgt. and' Mrs. John Woodward and family left for their home at ..Smyrna, Tenn., Friday ,4 morning after spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hawley. Robert Stevens of Richmond frwas a* visitor in the Pete Sebastian home Tuesday." Mrs. Louis Hawley spent Thursday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilcox of Woodstock and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Low and family spent Sunday in the Beatty-Low home Mrs. Robert Woods of Genoa City spent Tuesday in the Pete Sebastian" home. Mrs. Cora Woods returned home with her for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hawley spent Sunday in the Erhest Reinwall, Jr., home at Cooney Heights. Sunday dinner guests in the George Shepard home were John Dreymiller and Wm. Claxton of McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Ainger and family of Hebron. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Yardley and daughter, Linda, of Woodstock spent Thursday evening in the Fred Bowman home. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Andreas of McHenry spent Friday evening with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Andreas. Mrs. Viola Low and Mrs Emily Beatty spent Wednesday ill tttie Walter Wilcox home at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. John Powers, Mr. and Mrs. Hank Padgett and Mrs. Martha Bowman of Chicago spent Sunday in the Fred Bowman home. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Ehlert and son, Jeff, of Bohner's Lake spent Sunday in the John Ehlert home. Anna Mae Aissen spent Saturday with Loretta Teezel at Woodstock and celebrated her fifteenth birthday. Mrs. Ernest Reinwall, Jr., and Mrs. Herb Kulasik of Cooney Heights were visitors in the Louis Hawley home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Kennetlh Cristy, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Cristy and family and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrison attended the McHenry County Service company meeting at Woodstock Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sebastian and Mrs. Cora Woods attended. a birthday party in the Ray Bui lis home at Genoa City Saturday evening: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cristy attended a banquet at the Westwood school, at Woodstock Monday evening for the Farm Bureau membership drive members. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jones returned home Sunday evening from their honeymoon in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cristy and sons, Kenneth, Jr., of Chicago, and Jerry, were Sunday dinner guests in the Gordon Fossum home. Mrs. FYed Meyer visited her brother at Passavaht hospital in Chicago Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moravec spent Thursday at Cicero. Mr. and Mrs. John Linton of Diamond Lake spent SundayWith' her Rarents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyers. Mrs. Roy Merchant and Ethel Krohn of Woodstock were callers in the Lester Carr home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Berg were visitors at Woodstock Friday' afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cruickshank spent Sunday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyers attended a farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Young are moving to Elkhorn. Sunday dinner guests in the Clarence Adams home Were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Condon, Bonnie and Gerald Condon of Richmond, Mrs. Phil Parfary and son, Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Miller and family of Spring Grove, and Pvt. Robert Condon of Ft. Knox, Ky. Joe Schmitt, and daughter, Jo Ann, of McHenry were callers in the Bob Brennan home Sunday morning. Mrs. Kenneth Tretow and children of Geneva, N.Y., are visiting her parents, Mr. arid Mrs. Byron Sowers. X , Mr. and Mrs. Phelps Saunders and daughter, Georgia Mary, of Sycamore, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Winn of Lake Geneva, Mr. and Mrs. James Wegener of McHenry and Mrs. Jack Leonard and daughter, Nancy Sue, of Lake GeneWijpfent gurirajTM 'the Fred Wiedrich, Jr., home. They celebrated the birthdays of Mrs. Winn and Mrs. Saupders, whose birthday was Feb. 14. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sdhaefer, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Justen and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bauer spent Saturday evening in the Clarence Adams home. , Mr. and Mrs. James Wegener and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., spent Saturday afternoon in the Jack Leonard home at Lake Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Glauser of McHenry and Miss Grace Glauser of Chicago were Sunday dinner guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Glauser. ^•0 School News Mr. Andreas was ill last week for two days. Miss Tuft from Johnsburg substituted. Susan Davvs treated the upstairs pupils Feb. .7, as jt was her thirteenth, birthdajr. ; ;!'j Donna Ackerman gave a birthday party Thursday evening, Feb. 10. She too was thirteen years old. Two movies were seen last week. They were "The Doctor", and "Cotton." On Feb. 14 we had our Valentine party. Some of the upper grade children brought a preschool age child to enjoy the party. Community night will be tonight, Feb. 17. Veronica Davis, school reporter Savings Investea m Crystal Lake Savings and Loan earn 2»/z% phis1 Yt% extra. - 23-tt CLARENCE'S SHOP Redwood or Pine - Chaise' tongues v Bird and Dog Houses, Lawn Chairs and Swings, Picnic and Umbrella Tables. Pier Benches, Window Boxes, Flower Wheel Barrows, Rose Arf»ors, Trellises, Picket Fences, ptc. Children's Swings, Sand Boxes, Play Pens, Tables, etc. Made to Order: Cabinets, Chest of Drawers, Screens, etc. Cement Cesspool Ringfr and Chimney Caps. CLARENCE J. SMITH JOHNSBURG, ILL. A MCHENRY ISISW ROBERT HAY "THE LOW OVERHEAD WAY" General Contractor "lew Construction . and Remodeling LET US FIGURE FOR YOU Phone 622-W-2 ROUTE 4 . McHENRY, ILLINOIS CORN GROWING CHAMPS Pictured are three of the four county farmers honored recently at a banquet for northern Illinois corn growing champions. They are, from left to right, D. W. Robson of Windy Knoll farm, Nunda, who to<pk second place honors in the contest with a yield of 161.10 bushels per acre; the third place winner, Wilfred Freund of McHenry, witji a yield of 149.90; and the fourth, place winner, Ira Pulse of Marengo, who raised 148.02 bushels per acre. The first place winner, Otto Grosse of Cary, who produced the highest yield of 166.56 bushels per acre, was unable to be present. ALCOHOLISM Alcoholism is 100 times more prevalent than polio, according to a recent survey. According to recent national estimates made by the American Cancer society, District of Columbia Tuberculosis association, U.S. Public Health organization, it was revealed thai alcoholism/ is 5.5 times more prevalent tflian cancer, 3.2 times more prevalent than tuberculosis and 102 times more prevalent than polio. 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