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MV:- Thundar- .K^r )9< 1955 - THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER m Lake News By Vafe^M Sell* •-- Plone«r Resident Dies It waa fitting, Tuesday, that Percy Cormier should. be burisd in the new, r§.y^-%ttle cemetery &t Wonder Percy was a pioneer reaidetp^^T- Woiwier Lake and*it was fitting*that he should, be a pioneer resident of the first cemetery of the coirfmunity. He is the seoondr-person to lie in Christ the King cemetery -- but the first bona fide Wonder Laker to be laid to rest tftere. A rural Ringwood woman, is his eternal neighbor. About fourteen years ago, I Percy bought a bit of land in the then new^-opened subdivision of. IhdiAn* Ri<%e. The fentlre subdivision at . the time of his - purchase wavecL.in tall grass hay so that the lot markers were hard to find. For two years the Oormief family occupied the cottage they built tariy summers. Then Perey wanted to move to tfce country even' when it meant hours added -to We work day to cbmmute.. He Loved the Land No man loved! (the earth mpre than Percy did. With loving care he planted' ail kinds of vegetables, some of them seldom seen outside the deep south. Probably he was 'the only man at Wonder Lake who yearly harvested eggplants and okra. He liked flowers, too, and trees. So imuch did he love growing things that •today, one can scarcely recall the open field where he built his house, so carefully is it landscaped. Statistics Are Easy The vital statistics of a man's life are easy to give and ithey take up little space. Percy was. 60; he had four children; he had a wife. But the value of a man id not in statistics. His worth was In his community where the helped in making a good school better; where he aided1 in the building of Christ the King church; was a charter member of the Kiwanis club; and a working member of the original Rod and Gun elubV He was constantly a working gbod neighbor. Almost every person in the immediate Iiraian Ridge neighbor- Stood has beeb a recipient of his bountiful good neighborliness. He gave of ;hds wonderful vegetables, of ,t%e water from his well when .it^was a precious and scarce commonli'tyi df his money when it was needed in the various drives, of (himself as long as his health permitted. American .Legion Auxiliary The Ajj^rica^ L^ion auxiliary, of Wonder Lake- will hold ^ Its regular monthly meeting Thursday night ('tonight) at 8 o'clock in the Legion post home on the Ringwood road. The county president and her secretary will be present at the meeting. Wonder Lake's auxiliary will sell poppies on May 27 to aid dlisabled veterans in hospitals who make the poppies. Money, raised by the poppy sale is also1* used to aid' dependants of disabled veterans and of deceased veterans. . Volunteers are needed to sell poppies trnd any. persons, whether or not they are auxiliary members, are solicited) to aid in the; sales. Any person wishing to volunteer should contact Nancy Elberson, telephone 5272. .preach. his farewell sermon to the congregation at 11 o'clock. His subject wH4 be "The last Account." The senior choir will stortr. lfr the afternoon an open house Will be given in honor of the pastor and his wife from 2:30 to 5 o'clock. The dosing service will be at 7:30. Special speakers and musical talents will have part m these services. Wonder Lake Garden Club Members of the Wonder Lake Garden • club and their friends' saw two beautiful color presenC tations at their meeting held Thursday, May 12, at Harrison school. Mrs. John Condren opened the meeting and welcomed the guests arni. itold of the civic project of the • cljib, -the beautifying of the triangle at Wonder Center. John Cecich operated the projectors in the Showing of a film showing the acres and acres of beautiful roses, Floribundas, tree, climbing and hybrids as grown by Jackson and Perkins, rose growers of New York. Every variety shown brought exclamations of admiration from the audience. Following 'the rose presentation, a trip through the Bellingrath Gardens of Mobile, Ala., was shown and beautiful scenes of azaleas, camellias followed one after 'the other. A plant sale was in charge of Mrs. Gertrude White and Mrs. Mary Lou Hertog. Home-made cookies and dougftnuts, along with delicious coffee, were served by Mrs. Arthur Finnie and her co-workers, Mrs. Marie Milbrandt, Mrs. William Fiala and Mrs. Edward Muchow. Name Omitted Nancy Swanson's name was omitted from the list of stuidients from McHenry who attended and .took part in ithe recent state music contest at Macomb. Nancy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Swanson of Wonder Lake and is a junior class member of the McHenry Ihigh school. She is a member of two choruses, of the girls' sextet, a vocal soloist and also belongs to the band and orchestra. Gospel Church News The Sunday school staff held its monthly meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. , Richard Oldson at Genoa City on Monday evening, May 9. It was preceded by a lovely social hour in which the ladies served delicious refreshments, smorgasbord style. In the business session whicfo followed, Mrs. Edwin Dornbush was elected superintendent of the cradle roll department},, -1$ ^ succeed Mrs. Frank"1 w. Anderson. Two new teachers were elected, namely Miss Ruth Oesterlund and Deaii Oldson. The pastor and his wife were honored with flowers and gifts. At the monthly meeting of the governing board), May 13, Edwin Dornbush was elected vice-superintendent of the Sunday school %p/ fill the vacancy of Herbert 'Jensen, who moved to DesMoines, Iowa. Next Sunday, May 22, the pastor, Frank W. Anderson, will Business and Service Directory oi WONDER LAKE V.F.W. Auxiliary The auxiliary to Post 4600 held its bi-monthly meeting last Monday, May 9. Seventeen members were present Secretary Mary Hettermann read the following notices: Our auxiliary, jointly with our post, placed thirteenth w the department community service program; the fifth distric meeting will be held next Sunday, May 15, at the Moose hall in Woodstock. Meetings will began at 2:30 p.m. The following members were delegates and attended: Gussie Diedrich, Pauline Pries, Tina Morrison, Florence Svoboda, Mary Weideman and our president, Gertrude Barbian. Our (hospital chairman, Mary WiedJeman, read a "thank you" letter from the Downey hospital chairman, with a welcome to our new hospital chairman. A Downey party was held May 18. Members attending included Irene Stoller, Tina Morrison, Dorothy Miller and Lina Kilday. Hospital Day at Downey was held May 12. Community service drives coming up include the cancer drive and our own Poppy Day. We will work jointly with other chairmen on these drives and please contact them if you can possibly help. Lillian Wintz (Mrs. Fred Wirtz) is in charge of cancer; Augusta Diedirich will head our Poppy Day, May 28. Our recently elected senior vice-president, Betty Houck, has tendered her resignation and a special meeting was held Tuesday, May 17, to fill this vacated office. Don't forget our installation of officers, jointly with the post, to be held Saturday, May 21, at 8 p.m. Our regular meeting will be held the following Monday at 8 p.m. See you there. ACCOMMODATE 1Q.000 4-H YOUTH DURING CAMPING SEASON Pack S62 The pack meeting of 362. was held recently in the Legion ibali. The theme was "Conservation." Dens presented skits and had display tables featuring ways to help Uncle Sam conserve out natural resources and wildlife. In colorful ceremonies, conducted • by A1 Meyer, assistant Cubmaster, and Andy Anderson, assistant Scoutmaster of Troop. 162, the following boys received badges and arrows: Paul Nitz, "Corky" Peterson, Donald Kuehn and Jimmy Anderson received their Bobcat pins and registration cards. Donald Allan, Anthony Cajthaml, Donald Cameron and Bruce Christensen, Wolf badges and arrows. Chris Bennett, Jim Miayer and Bob Wahl, Bear badges and arrows. Steve Olson was presented with the highest Cubbing award, the Webelos, and gold and silver arrows on his Lion badge. Billy Anderson reecived the first attendance pin presented in our Pack, for two years perfect attendance at Den and Pack. Denner bars were given to John Rourke, John Bailey, Joseph Mailpede, Lewis PitZen and Robert Lombardi. Mr. Kirk, Scoutmaster of Troop 162, welcomed graduating Bill Anderson into his troop with, an impressive ceremony. Later on he gave a very interesting talk and had several specimens to show. A large hand was given Mr. Meyer for a job well done. This was the first time he took charge of the pack meeting, due to the absence of vacationing Cubmaster, John Boyle. HUNTLEY DEDICATION The Huntley Legion post will have a gala day on Sunday, May 22, at Huntley -to dedicate their home and burn their mortgage. There will be a parade, starting at 2 p.m., followed by home dedication and mortgage ' burning ceremonies. MILLIE'S PIZZA Phone Wonder Lake 8601 ITALIAN SPAGHETTI . . . with Meal Balls or Sausage • HAMBURGERS • Located at the Entrance of Wonder Woods Drive, Wonder Lake, 111. There's still plenty of opportunity for 4-H boys and girls who went to attend summer camp. McHenry county camp period at Shaw-Waw-rNas-See is Jun6 2D through 24. The camp is near Manteno, 111. Assistant Home Adviser Sibyl Sears says camping facilities in Illinois this year will take care of 10,000 campers. Highest number to go in past years has been about '7,000. Here are two questions parents and leaders usually ask: "Is camping really worthwhile?" "Does it justify tihe time and money spent?" To get an answer, here are some of • the opportunities in the Illinois 4-H camping program: 1. Camping is important for youngsters because it gives them a chance vfor physical development. For example, in the past twenty years of the Illinois camping program, more than 90 per cent of the non-swimmers have learned to swim in the five days they attended camp. 2. Boys and girls have a chance to discover special talents, to practice leadership and to learn cooperative play in social recreation. 3. Special-Interest groups in craftwork, nature study, group activities and evening programs stimulate mental development. 4. Meditation and rest periods, grace songs before meals, reverence for national emblems, nature sounds, music and the devotional opportunities of the evensong encourage spiritual development. As soon as eadh boy' and girl arrives at camp, he or she becomes a member of a cabin family. Each cabin family has a cabin counselor and an adult leader or extension worker to serve as foster parent during Ihe camping period. GEORGE FIRSCHING. AUCTION Edwin Vogel - William Russell Auctioneers The farm being sold and giving immediate possession the undersigned will sell at Public Auction on the John Miller farm located 1 mile east and 1 mile south of Spring Grove, 4 miles north of Johnsburg, % mile south of State Route 12 on the Wilmot, Johnsburg road** on ' « Saturday, May 21, 1955 Commencing at 11:80 a.m. 81 HEAD OP LIVESTOCK Described as follows: 19 head of Holstein cows, 3 of these have freshened in the past 30 days, 4 are springers, balance milking and bred back for fall; 1 heifer bred to freshen 1st October; 2 heifers 12 months old; 3 heifers 4 to 7 months old; 1 bull calf 6 months old. Most cows and heifers are vaccinated. HOGS yOK- 5 Gilts will have farrowed by sale time." DAIRY EQUIPMENT Three single units DeLaval magnetic milking machines, motor, pump and pipe line for 21 cows, 2 wash tanks, water heater, strainer and pails, 13 milk cans, extra motor and pump, cover rack. MACHINERY McD model "H" tractor new in 1951; McD model "H" tractor and cultivator; McD 2 bottom 14 inch tractor plow on rubber; McD 7' tractor plow on rubber; McD T tractor disc; McD 8' tractor disc, like new; 8' cultipacker new; 8' Case grain drill with grass seed and fertilizer attachment; McD 52 R. Combine with motor; McD tractor corn planter new; McD power corn binder with bundle carrier; McD horse drawn corn binder with bundle carrier; McD four bar delivery rake on rubber; 2 McD mowers 6 and 7 foot bar; McD 2 roll corn shredder; McD No. 7 silo filler and 45 feet of pipe; 3 section drag; New Idea manure spreader; rubber tire wagon and rack; Coby wagon with false engates for unloading ear corn; U.S. grain blower and pipes; McD power corn sheller; Wards P.T.O. hammer mill; cement mixer with motor; rubber tire Wheelbarrow; 300 gal. gas tank and stand; 12x38 tractor chains; road drag; 2 drive belts 60 and 75 foot; horn clippers; platform scales; 20 foot extension ladders; wire; pile of oak posts; buzz saw; hand corn sheller; 2 hog feeders; hog waterer; hog troughs; 2 motors; steel tank and many other items too numerous to mention. All equipment has been well housed and is in excellent condition. FEED About 450 bu. corn; 100 bu. oats; 150 bales ^ mixed i About 150 chickens 100 Leghorn pullet* 50 White Rocks 5 nests, feeders and Some household goods. •',% Lunch Wagon on Grounds TERMS: All sums of $25 or under; cash. Over that amount, % and the balance in 6 monthly pay-i ments, arrangements for credit 1 5' be made with the clerk before pur | ; chases, are made. - ^| : GEORGE FIRSCHING | Owner •• STATE BANK OF RICHTOwf Clerking Not Responsible for AocMent#'> •' (Pub. May 12-19) People who put off their from day to day are always ones who tell you how vesry bus^ •they are. - Home Improvements KARL SCHNAREL CARY, ILLINOIS Phone MErcury 9-7233 • Insulation • Storm Windows • Asbestos Siding • Fibre Glass Awnings • Ornamental Iron Works j® Fencing • Landscaping Don't Pay for Bottle Gas Equipment PYR0FAX Gas Equipment IS FREE LeRoy M. Smith GAS and APPLIANCES PHONE McHENRY 770-W IT'S AN ADDED ACCESSORY THEY'RE PUTTING ON BIG CARS NOW . . . True, this is one way of making sure you'll get where you're going. But we think it's a whole lot smarter to stop here for a check-up before you start. Well find and fix those little "bugs" that could cause big trouble on the road. You'll drive smoothly* safely! . Ed & John's Wonder Lake Standard Service Phone W. L. 8241 - 3463 All Minor Mechanical Repairs. Lubricaiion - Washing Tires & Accessories "If you can't stop in . . . smile as you go by!" Yon Expect rrauRBnik \ More From t STANDARDJ Standard And Get It! Biggest, Most Beautiful, Highest-Powered Car EVER PRICED WITH THE LOWEST/ CRISTY and STENDEBACH General. Contractors NEW HQMES and REMODELING Phone Wonder Lake 5432 -- 2464 -- 5301 WONDER LAKE BUILDERS SUPPLY Free Estimates & Delivery Phone W. L. 3231 If younha^news items of intertill jour neighbors in Wonder Lake, please contact your correspondent, Van Sells, at Wonder Lake 2933. Street's Hickory Falls Phillips "66" Service Station # Washing f Greasing • Tires # Batteries One block So. of Ringwood Road on Blacktop - North-end of Wonder Lake . . . Phone Wonder Lake 86S1 BUD" STREET'S Radio Shop Located Above Hickory Falls "66" Station Phone Wonder Lake 55.72 or 4442 DEAN'S GROCERY & MARKET WONDER LAKE, ILL. Is Now Accepting Classified Advertising For Es McHenry Plaindealer All Ads For Thursdays Paper Must Be Placed By 5 p.m. on Tuesday Phone Wonder Lake 5681 Qvr /? and an m 6. liiiii iiiii •HI illiilli; L THE BIG, handsome Pontiac you see here represents the greatest automobile value in America! And that's a statement you can easily prove to your own complete satisfaction. Keeping in mind the fact that this Pontiac 860 sedan costs less than many models of the lowest-priced cars and much less than stripped economy models of higher-priced makes, consider ; the many ways in which Pontiac fits so neatly into the fine-car pattern. First of all, Pontiac is big where it counts-- in wheelbase. You get a full 122 inches of roadhugging stability and heft. . Pontiac's beauty is Pontiac's alone. No car at any price is so distinctively keyed to the future. Its exclusive Twin-Streak styling and Vogue Two-Toning bear the future-fashioned touch you know will stay in style. When it comes to performance--Pontiac overtakes even far more expensive cars. Its husky, nimble Strato-Streak V-8, 200 H.P. with 4-barrel carburetor*, provides more power than any car within hundreds of dollars of Pontiac's modest price. You enjoy the flashing response and reserve power of the industry's most modern V-8 engine design ... and with the greatest road-proved economy in Pontiac history! Come in soon and drive the most spectacular low-priced car ever built! You'll discover that there never was a better time to break the small car habit, because Pontiac's very low price puts you solidly and pleasantly into the big-car, fine-car class! ^Optional at extra cost, ISO h.p. standard. Sit AM MlVi AMERICA'S GRIATCST AUTOMOBIll VAIUI fiidfacSM OVERTON CADILLAC PONTIAC Co. 400 FRONT STREET McHENRY, ILL. PHONE 17