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lursday, July 1 & ,1957 ^W»|K. T&Wz™ T VTtf * V ^ ' . THE1 McHENRY PLAINDEALER News }. *'*A0,•r* -.{'. W* Oartaoa , t v„vi V- .'" <t> Attention The annual pil&iij^ige of grade school age ch|B(|ratilof the community to the iShrine circus in Rockford will be sponsored by Rotary of Richmond again next month, in fact on August 8 (Thursday). rThe tickets will be furnished by Shriners'Of this area. Volunteers for driving pars to the circus as well as children who wish to attend the tij&jcus Are rei(| Ssted to register Jit the drug store in Richmond for the big event. The exact time of departure will be announcfi^ilater. Last year 24 voluntift^jears took 125 children to the |j$j&us and many a child retu/ne^il^pd, but happy. " - , Rotary' •4f, The travelling RotaHafls, Claud flffrdon an3 Doc Harris .have retarned from their sojurnl/^bn July 30 the Williams Bay chitt "will be guests of the Richntand Club and at that time the travellers will relate some of their experiences. On July 25 the Richmond Rotarians will attend i dinner meeting in McHenry which will take the place of the meeting in our town for the week. John Sell, was initiated into'the Iftary last week. Late next month the McHenry club will have a rodeo. The Richmond club has been invited to purchase tickets in advance. At a board of directors meeting an additional appropriation of $25 was voted for the iewly formed Boys' club. A Boy -Little Paul was bom July 2 at Arlington to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Amandes of Richmond. There are four other children in the family--Peggy, Laurie, Mary and Johnny. Sunday School Picnic Last Sunday afternoon the Sunday school of the Community church held a picnic and swimming party at the home of W. Efomilton of Twin Lakes. About f^ty people were in attendance and enjoyed a day of fun and fellowship. ' Vacation Churcf^S^hbol y; This is the last week of vacation church school at Grace church. ,,"Fifty children were enrolled for the program. Tomorrow night the / closing program is scheduled and if.it doesn't rain the SpiGnic was ^fJdatoday. ^ Obituary v' Last week little Gary Ray Weber, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Weber of Genoa' City died. Gary died just four days after his twin brother, Larry. , little twins were two months phi,' They leave one brother and three sisters, Steve, Shelly, Jan and Joan. The childrens' maternal . .grandparents are Mr. EtfidC'Mrs. Fay Katzenberg of Richmond. Our deepest sympathy goes to the family. Family Forty Mr. and Mrs. Hirn and Mrs. Schwartz, mother of Mrs. Hirn had their relatives' visiting them for most of last week. Mrs. Ora Gehrig Herron sister of Mrs. Schwartz came from Los Angeles. Mr. and- Mrs. Eugene O'Connell, daughter and son-inlaw of Mrs. Herron came from Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. William Mohr came fronr Rock Island. Mrs. Mohr is a sister to Mrs. Schwartz. Then Mrs. Schwartz' son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Schwartz arrived from Mokena. It, was quite an occasion for the different branches of the family came from so many different parts of the country. Mrs. Herron works as a fitter of gowns from R.k.O. Studios in Hollywood and had many interesting stories to relate about her job. She has worked in her profession for many years. After the Eugene O'Connells left Richmond they went on to Chicago to the new Prudential building where Mr. O'Connell had some, business. Birthday "Lisa Holmgren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Holmgren celebrated her fifth birthday last week. She brought a treat of bubble gum for all the children in her class at vacation church school. ' Here and There Representatives of several Richmond families enjoyed listening to Rise Stevens at College Camp, Lake Geneva Sunday night at the first concert of the current "Music by the Lake" series. They were the J. W. Kruses, the Ed Wittmayers, the R. Noyces, Mrs. H. Burton, the Bob Gardners, Mrs. F. Woods and the H. Carlsons. The four Hoffman children, Jimmy, Denny, Peggy and Jeff, are the proud possessors of a dog, Brownie. Their daddy bought Brownie at an auction Saturday and four happy offspring, I never did see. We hope Brownie will thrive under all the attention she is receiving. Dinner guest Sunday at the home of the H .Carlsons was Miss Grace Greiner, missionary nurse who has been serving in Liberia. Miss Greiner spoke to the children of Grace church Sunday school last Sunday. -She taught last week and this wsek at Camp Alpine. Chuck Steinke spent a day or two in northern Wisconsin with his uncle recently. The Cub Scouts enjoyed a game of baseball at their July Pack meeting in back of the high school,, last week. Several boys received badges and arrow points. Greg Duncan has returned home New Construction •r Remodeling Masonry and Frame Homes J. R. LEVESQUE & CO. General Contractors ^1 • FRAME or BRICK HOMES McCULLOM LAKE, ILL. Phone McHenry 2171 Satisfaction Guaranteed Call For Free Estimates CONVENIENT HOURS FOR DEPOSITING YOUR SAVINGS '4 Fridays Other Weekdays \ 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. CLOSED WEDNESDAYS EARN UP TO 4% SAFETY! THRU FEDERAL INSURANCE """ SAFW SAVINGS ^cn^P McHENRY SAVINGS and Loan Association^ 208 W. Elm PHONE 2 McHenry aftre spending some time with his grandmother. - . - Bill^Jensen and Don Mky did very nicely on T.V. last Friday morning. Isn't it fun to see someone you recognize? The hour was; early, but it was good to sit quietly and watch the boys work on the feeder bunk. They were chosen from the F.F.A. to appear on George Menard's Town and Farm program as stated on the front page of the Plaindealer last week. llllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillNIIIIUIIIIIIIII LEGAL iiiniiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiii|iiiii NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given by the Board of Education of School District No. 36 in the County of McHenry, State of Illinois, that a tentative budget for said school district for the fiscal year beginning July 1. 1958, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at Harrison School frorrj and after 9:00 P.M. on the 30th day of, July, 1957. Notice is further hereby "given, that a public hearing on said budget will be held at 7:45 p.m. on the 3rd day of September, 1957, at Harrison School in' this school district No. 36. Dated this 25th day of July, 1957. Board of Education of School District No. 36, in the county of McHenry, State of Illinois. By GLADYS GUSTAVSON, Secretary Harrison School Board (Pub. July 18, 1957) Page Eleven Twice Told Tales .38 /Mxt/i/i/r/lzixiyriyi/ FORTY YEARS AGO From Issue of July 19, 1917 McHenry friends have received announcements of the marriage of Miss1 Margaret Ward, daughter of Mr. and'Mrs. Frank Ward of this city to Arthur Rasmussen of Chicago, which took place in that city on July 17. Mrs. Ernest Moelmann, mother of Mrs. G. A. Stilling of this city, passed away at her home in Chicago, Sunday morning after a brief' illness. Joseph May is erecting a new bungalow on the William Davis property, west of town, which he purchased recently. It is, expected to be ready for occupancy by/all. Jacob May, a farmer residing near Johnsburg was badly injured Friday while mowing hay with a mower, during an electrical storm, his team became scared and ran away. He fell forward and was caught in the guards of the\ sickle! his body being baaly mangled. He is in a serious condition at the Woodstock hospital. Dr. D. G. Wells has taken the examinations for the Medical Reserve of the U.S.A. Two auto loads of young women dressed in overalls arid blue shirts were the center of attraction at Griswold Lake where they were enjoying an outing Sunday afternoon. saved only by the timely discovery of a passing motorist and quick work of the McHenry fire department.. MisSes Dorothy and Genevieve Knox and Katherine McCabe returned home Saturday night from a month's trip to Los Angeles, Calif. They covered 6,000 miles the trip taking seven days each way. Robbers wrought havoc at the club house, at the Pistakee Bay golf course, Saturday night when they broke 0in and stole the entire concession owned by Earl Dowell. Frank Smiley, 75, of Burton's Bridge died at Hartland, Tuesday, Burial .took place at Terra Cotta. Reports from Grass Lake are that the lotus flowers came into blossom last week and the crop promises to be more beautiful and plentiful than ever this year. Richard B. Walsh, president of the Merchandise Mart restaurants in Chicago was host to twenty-five friends at a picnic at McCullom Lake Sunday. TEN YEARS AGO From Issue of July 17, 1947 Norman Neiss, son of Mrs. Theresa Neiss has been commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve and designated a Naval Aviator. He , received his wings and commission at the Naval air training base at Pensacola, Fla. , Allen Kueney, Sl/c, 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kueny of Kenosha, stationed at Quonset Point, R.I., recently won a prize of $1,000 on the Bob Hawk comedy quiz show. Allen is the grandson of the late Mrs. Helena Degen of McHenry. Charles F. Sutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sutton is enrolled 1 at Roosevelt college, Chicago for summer school. Caretakers of the chapel at Chapel Hill, erected more than a century ago by Frederick Schmitt, entered the building a few days ago and found the offering box -torn from the wall and the money gone. The money collected is used to keep the familiar landmark in good repair. History proves that the high speed of living has something t©- do with the high cost. BETTER SCHOOLS BUILT BETTER COMMUNI VILLA NURSING HOME ON PI&TAKEE BAj., NEAR McHENBl Home for the Aqed SENTHC BED PATIENTS PHONE McHENBY 461 $ TWENTY-FIVE YE4RS AC.6 From Issue of July 21, 19S2 Fire threatened to^destroy the McHenry Floral Corrtf>any greenhouses, Monday night, which \Vere See actual road-test proofI D0D6E outperforms "other twonloW'priced tracks! They're off! All three low-priced trucks are lined up at the bottom of a test grade equal to the steepest hill in San Francisco. The flag drops, and this grueling test of climbing power is officially underway. Dodge takes an early lead. II . •• , Halfway up. The extra V-8 power under the of the Dodge sends it quickly ahead. It's two lengths out front. And there's a lOOOrl load on each one of these comparably etjji trucks. 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