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'4 " : . . - • Thursday, May 24.1956 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Wonder Lake News By Phyllis Whitfield May P.T.A. Meeting An installation of new officers was held at the May P.T.A. meeting Tuesday, May 8. Each new officfer was presented with a pin. The financial report was read, covering the past year of P.T.A. activities. Mrs. Julie Covert of Algonquin presented a short talk and showed slides of children of this ftip who are suffering from cerebral palsy. This was very timely aS* the (Jrive for C:P. started the folowing week. Refreshments were served by the kindergarten and first grade mothers, under the direction of Mrs. Helen Kenney. Those helping serve were Barbara Fiala, Judy Rasmussen, Iona /'Hood, Betty Kamprouski and Pern Paetow. The cakes were served f$in a table centered with a May pole. A bake sale' was held after the serving, which together with*4 the donations -from the room mothers netted ^$35. - Mrs. Helen Kenney, who is retiring as hospitality ehairman, was happy to have worked with such cooperative mothers during the past year. It made her job a much easier and more pleasant % 12 Yean Old May 17 was the twelfth birthday of Petrea Jacobsen of Wooded Shores and she invited fifteen guests to help her celebrate. Games ' were played and refreshments of hamburgers, French fries, cokes, ice cream and cake were served. The following school friends were present: j^tet Schimke,- Jan Wrede, Shirley Johnson, Cathy Thompson, Jackie Christensen, Susan Watkins, Judy Dickman, Joanne Kline, Mickey Hansen, Margaret Reynolds, Mary Jane Gillis, Nancy Voldness, Jackie Ann Cannon, Judy Wenck and Susan Jacobsen. cess it was and hope no names of workers have been omitted from the list' given them. Results of Cancer Drive , The cancer drive held two weeks ago and carried on by the 4-H girls and, women in several subdivisions, under the direction of Mrs. C. L. Wright, contributed $113 to the , cancer fund. part in this colorful event are asked to contact the parade chairman, Sarge Duttko, immediately. Visits Son and Family Mrs. Ruby Nugent from Lexington, Ky., came to visit her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Benoche, and as a practical nurse has accepted a position at a McHenry rest home. She is temporarily making her home in McHenry. 7 Years Old Jamie Grasser had an all-boy pP'ty May 11 to help him celebrate his seventh birthday. Thirteen boys helped him eat ice cream and cake in honor of the occasion. Bible Church News -Pastor Richard N. Wright and the Bible church extend an invitation to this commuftity to come and meet with the congregation. Regular Sunday services are held each week, with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening service at 7:30 p.m. A youth meeting is held each Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. and a prayer and Bible study time at 7:30 each Wednesday. The Bible church, in cooperation with the Lutheran church, will conduct a vacation Bible schol the last week in June, from the twenty-fifth through the twenty-ninth. The morning sessions will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and the age limit is from 5 years of age on up. The adult Bible class has purchased two road signs telling of the Bible church and the times of worship and they are to be installed Saturday morning. They are to be located on each blacktop road leading into the community. „ The adult Sunday school class will hold a social time Thursday evening. May 24, at 8 p.m. at the Skimp home oA'the Fox river. Games are planned and refreshments will be served. No Longer Barbering Due to a minor illness, Pete Samkus will no longer do harboring in his home. • ^Honors Retiring President Whe executive board of the P.T.A. honored Mrs. Robert Thomas, retiring president, at a dinner held in Woodstock May 9. She was presented with an orchid and a gift which will be a reminder of her year of leadership of this P.T.A. Cerebral Palsy Drive A total of $350 has been coll^. ed here, at the Lake, to be turned over to the cerebral palsy drive. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hensel were co-chairmen of the drive and the following workers helped them solicit families in each subdivision: Wooded Shores, Mrs. Falkenthal, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Hansen; Hickory Falls Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Mrs. Paetow and Mrs. Decker; Indian Ridge, Mrs. Ruggero, Mrs. AVasielewisk^ P Mrs. Knackstedt, Mrs. Denman, John Cecich, Jerold Raske, Elmer Raske, Evelyn Raske, Kay and Mrs. Feldhahn; Wonder Center, Mrs. Motulewicz, Mrs. Rotl and Mrs. Fuhrer; Lookout Point, Mrs. Strom; business section of Wonder Lake, Mrs. Diedrich; Deep Spring Woods, Mrs. Schlofner, Mrs. Davidson and Mrs. Leidtke; Store Hills, Mrs. Birch; Highland Shores, Pat Strom and Dorothy Polka; Wonder Woods, Mrs. Grothmann, Mrs. Mack, Mrs. Stendeback and Marcella Meeker. Mr. and Mrs. Hensel feel the excellent cooperation of the workers made this drive the suc- Scholastic Awards Given The first two scholastic awards given to elementary graduates in the Wonder Lake area were presented at the Ringwood school graduation exercises on May 18. Miss Karen Corso and Harry Hogan were presented the awards by the Legion post, No. 1169, Commander Lois Weeks and Robert Kiddell, Americanism chairman. Congratulations to these yQung^ters who were chosen by 'their fellow students and teachers. Memorial Day Parade The annual Memorial Day parade will form at the Sinclair service station at 10:15 a.m. and leave the starting point at 10:45 a.m., May 30. The ceremony will be held at the Legion triangle in Wonder Center. Following the parade, all children who marched are invited to the Legion hall for an ice cream treat. All organizations, stores, etc., that would like to take Business & Service £ BtoetoEY of Wondbi Lake Open On Sundays 9 to 1 WONDE1 LAKE BUILDERS SUPPLY Free Estimates A Delivery Phone W. L. 3231 CIUSTY and STIM0EBACH General ContMic&ttFQ NEW HOMES and REMODELING Phone Wonder Lake 5432 -- 2464 -- 5301 "WHERE NOBODY • GETS OLD" •(Author's name below) Some day it is the hope of medicine and pharmacy that people will never "Get Old" but will live a great many years, and always be young. This happy day is not too far distant because each year new "Miracle Drugs" and better methods of diagnosis and treatment are increasing your life expectancy. Right now it is possible to add'extra years to your life by always visiting your Physician at the first sign of illness, following his advice' exactly, and taking one of the new geriatric medicines that are so helpful. Your Physician will prescribe the particular one that is best for you, and it is awaiting your need in our prescription department. YOUR PHYSICIAN CAN PHONE McHenry 26 WHEN YOW NEED A MEDICINE A great many people entrust us with the responsibility of filling their prescriptions. May we compound yours? NYE "Qt/aifHm*t /Jyttaf" PHONE 26 129 N. Riverside Dr. McHenry, 111 PRESCRIPTION CHEMISTS •"Quotation by William B. Yeats (1865-1939) Nativity Church News Sunday services are at 8 and 10:45 a.m., with Sunday school at 9:15 a.m. We welcome all to come and worship with us at our Sunday morning services for as someone once said, "The church has something for you that you can t get elsewhere." If you have small children, a nursery is provided during the service to care for the, children. Next Sunday is Memorial Sunr day, when we honor those who have given* their lives for their nation, and also when we will re-dedicate ourselves that they will not have died in vain. The sermon for that day is entitled "From Fame to Glory." The junior choir will sing at the 8 a.m. service and the sgfhior choir will sing at the 10:45 a.m. Serr vice, as always. Lutheran Church Camp The • Illinois Synod Of the United Lutheran Church in America has just purchased Camp Alpine, located near Richmond, and itwill be used for the first time this year as our new Bible camp. The Sunday Schools of the Illinois Synod are now conducting a drive to pay for this camp and anyone interested in making a contribution to Nativity's Sunday School drive for the camp may 5o so by mailing it to the church. Camp Alpine will serve the children of the Tilings, synod with eight weeks of camping, each week having a different age group. Pastor Schroeder will serve as an instructor at the camp during one of the junior weeks, from July 8 through 14. Registration blanks are now available for any child belonging to the church who desires to go to the camp. Quotas for enrollment at the camp are on a "first come, first served" basis so send your registration blank in soon. been active in Red Cross work at Wonder Lake and feel keenly the importance of the water safety progfam which this drive supports. It costs the McHenry county, chapter of Red Cross $4.50 for each child taught in the six-week program, as all instructors and life guards are paid personnel in this county. It is hoped that reconsideration of personal budgets will be made and that the drive will be met. Pag* Elma Forgotten Tragedies? •i • William T. Born, chairman of the committee at Wonder Lake, issued a statement this week, which we print in part: "Somewhere, sometime, during the last two years, there were train wrecks, great floods, tornadoes and other catastrophies which took many lives. You did' not actually dismiss these events from your minds, you probably recalled them when you made your contribution to. the Red Cross last March. You helped restore the victims to their homes, you fed them temporarily. However, the strain on the Red Cross treasury was so great that a deficit naturally followed. "Eight branches of the Red Cross fell short of their quota last March, partly due to the fact that a shortage of workers prevented many of you from being solicited. Let's make up our own deficit. Memorial Day should be, a reminder. When 'workers' come to your door in the near future, thank them for walking around in fair weather or foul, just as they thank you for your contributions." If you are not contacted, you may take or send to the following any contributions, small or large: Ruth Redman, Rt. 1, Ringwood (her home is in Deep Spring Woods No. 1 on Oak Road); William T. Born, Rt. 4, .Red Cross Drive Continued Leo Krumme, Red Cross county fund drive chairman, is appointing "clean-up" committees in all branches where fund drive quotas have not been reached due to cold weather, lack of workers and heavy number of conflicting drives. Mr. Krumme reports deposits amounting to $707.16 from Mrs. Betty Selsdorf, .branch chairman of Wonder Lake. As the quota of Wonder Lake, $950, was not reached, Mr. Krumme has appointed Mrs. Ruth Redman and William T. B.orn 1,0 head. the "cleanup" committee at the Lake. Mrs. Redman and Mr. Born have long - 4th ANNUAL TULIP DISPLAY May 21 - 30. 1956 Visit our tulip display and choose your bulbs for fall planting while you can see them in bloom. 145 varieties. COTTAGE GARDEN SHOP Vi blk. N. Standard Station Leo hartog Wonder Lake, 111. • 4 11 I 8 l"M"t I I' t »•;.|•{. < .j ;• |j.},f.^.|; ,| |.|, 14 REVIEWING EARLY HAPPENINGS IN McHENRY and VICINAGE Plaindealer Files Furnish Memories of Yesteryears •Hvfr Mi FORTY YEARS AGO From Issue of May 25,1916 The Riverside hotel, which has been operated by F. O. Gans for several years, has been taken over by Mrs. Charles Gensen. Frank Kaiser is trying his new tractor in his corn field in Ostend. Like all the other new machinery, he has it to learn. The baseball season will be officially opened here next Sunday when the Elgin Red Men will tackle the McHenry Sox. Included in the Sox players will be Grant, Sahlberg, Brailsford, Koob, Warner, Bowen, McGloon, Annen, Dorr, Knox and Michels. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sutton welcomed a girl this week. An open air dance pavilion is being erected in the Anton Engeln lot on Water street, just south of the Engeln summer garden. Dancing will be conducted McHenry (his home is on Lake Shore Drive in Wooded Shores): Betty Selsdorf, at Wonder Lake Builders' Supply company. Members of the \ high school orchestra returned from Cleveland late Friday evening, tired but happy in the face of. defeat. They made the '450-mile trip in one day. McHenry has gained^ another distinction through one of its residents. "Poems" is the simple inscription in letters of gold every Wednesday and Saturday j which appears upon the volumes night during the summer season of poetry just printed for Maud and arrangements have been j B. Curr of McHenry. made to have Fred Weinschen- j A class of 34 will graduate k^r run his truck between Mc- from the local high school at Henry and Woodstock on those exercises to be held Friday eveevenings. j ningi May 29, wih Dr. Wm. Rev. H. A. Laufer, pastor of j Saltiel of Chicago as guest the Zion Lutheran churches in' | speaker. McHenry.Alden and Woodstock, | Ben Miller of Waukegan street has been forced to give up his j has purchased the Parks house work temporarily due to ill j on John street where h(? and his family, will reside after inv provements have been made. health., The McHenry Choral society, under the direction of Rev. M. j. McEvoy, will present, the "Rose Maiden" at the Central Opera house on Friday evening, June 2. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO From Issue of May 21, 1981 >• Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Hazel Bacon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bacon of McHenry, to Henry Lange, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lange of Waukegan, which took place at St. Joseph's church, Waukegan, May 16, with Joseph Dowe and Elizabeth Lange as attendants. j TEN YEARS AGO Donna Ruth Rosing, daughter Of the Frank IJtosings, died last Saturday on her fourteenth birthday. A. D. Loomis of Woodstock, a former McHenry resident passed away last Monday at the age of 88. ^ Forty-eight seniors, their families and friends will gather at the high school auditorium next Sunday evening for Baccalaureate services. Rev. Wayne Price of the Community Methodist church will be guest speaker. The Frank Gende family has moved from the apartment above the Park Pub to the John Stilling house on Court street. Mrs. Mary Rossman Lihdorfer, a native of McHenry, died at St; Joseph's hospital, Elgin, last Friday at the age of 56. Today she even saves by mail! Mrs. Yesterday used the mails mainly to conduct her social correspondence. But. my how the picture has changed I Mrs. Today (Mr. Toaday ,too) can save ria the nearest mailbox, by taking advantage of our service. She can thus save time, save steps, and suit her own convenience. uviNft CURRENT DIVIDEND 3 PERCENT Marengo Federal AND LOAN ASSOCIATION MARENGO, ILLINOIS 102 N. 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