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Wonder Lake News / by Jane Ducey Attention Boat ©toners The boat numerals to be used for the identification of all Wonder Lake boats are now available at the Wonder Lake fire house, at a cost of $1.00 per set. These should be secured as early as possible in order to assist the water pjatrol in carrying out its program. Bathing Beauty Contest Petite Beth Smith of Deep Spring Woods No. 2, was chosen by the judges for the title of •Miss Wonder Lake and the $50 Iheck at the bathing contest Saturday night at 9 p.m. which was sponsored by the Indian Ridge improvement ^association in' conjunction with their annual picnic. Runners-up were Miss Mary Efheridge of Indian Ridge1 who took the $35 prize money, and Miss Jean Marion of Lookout Point who won $15. Eighteen pretty girls walked before the judges while the crowds voiced their approval for the favorites. The judges were Mrs. Dorothy Thomas of Chicago, Jake Levesque of McCullom Lake, and Mr. Z. Reportorte of Mc- Henry. The other contestants were the Misses Susan Ensminger. Karen Lynn Fischer, Donna Toboliski, Mary Anne Kulenski, Jill Gustavson, Vicki Johnson, Barbara Monaghan, Adele Kulenski, Joanne C. Hays, Sue Leith, Lorene Sorenson. Sue Spuehr, Mary Alice O'Conno r , J u d y K o c h , a n d B a r b a r a Grochocki. past week. Please remember ber with your cards and letters and in your prayers. Thursday .night, August 1, at 7:30 will be the beginning of the young people's youth conference. A gospel team from Wheaton college will bring the message. There will also be special music, ft Keep in mind the annual Sunday school picnic to be he!d at Wilmot State Park, Wis., on Saturday, August 3. Busses will " be leaving the church at 10:30 a.m. to take those folks wiwjout other transportation. There will .be a pot luck lunch at noon. Special games and prizes are being planned for everyone. Ice cream and pop will be furnished for all the children, as well as coffee for the grown-ups. More information can be obtained by calling Dan Tomaho at 6393. details of'the show. The following movies will be shown both Aug. 17 and 18 starting at 2 and 6 p.m.: "Hovtf Does Your Garden Grow", "Springtime in Holland", "Pacific Paradise", "Modern Chrysanthemums" and "How to Grow African Violets and Begonias". The public is invited and urged to enter all classes except those m the section "Tables". Bridge Club Meets The .Wonder Lake bridge club met at the home of ^arriette McCall Thursday, July 18. Mrs. Grace Sellek and Simone Fuller had high scores, the other ladies present were Mrs. Greta Weisenberger, Velma Sinplair, Alice Condren. Betty Selsdorf, and Ruth Woodward. Dainty cakes and coffee were served by the hostess. The next party will be at the home of Mrs. Sellek. Nativity Evangelical Lutheran Church Worship Services: 8 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday -- July 28 Sermon topic for Sunday,, July 28 will be, "Unl£Ss Your Righteousness . . ." At 1:30 Sunday afternoon, the Luther League of the church will leave for Fontana, at Lake Geneva, for a picnic and an afternoon of swimming. All young people of high school age are welcome to attend. On Sunday, August 4, Holy Communion will be administered at both services. At this summer Communion service, the Junior Choir will sing. Wonder Lake Bible Church The Couple's club met at the home of the Ryders on Saturday night, July 20, and enjoyed themselves playing games and visiting tyith each other. . Summer Camp at Big Foot Beach, Lake Geneva, is in lull swing and more t>f the boys will be leaving for the camp or. the twenty-eighth of this month. Mrs. Roy Swanson, secretary ol the Sunday School, has been in the McHenry hospital for the Christ the King A large selection of used clothing, household articles and toys will be on sale at the Altar and Rosary rummage sale starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at Mathews hall. Everyone is invited to come in and browse through the items. Home-made cakes, pies and bread will also be sold. Anyone who wishes to donate anything to the sale please contact Mrs. Lee Pickrum at W.L. 2572 before Saturday. The members are asked to bring in their baked goods or if this is impossible, call W.L. 6773 or W.L. 2481 and someone will pick them up. The sale will continue until 6 p.m. Saturday, and will re-open Sunday, 8 a.m. till 6 p.m. On, Thursday, August 1, the Sodality will have an Outdoor weiner roast at the Andrew Nemsick home in "Wooded Shores. All the members and their guests are welcome to attend an evening of fun. Directions for getting to the Nemsick residence will Be mailed to all members. The business meeting will begin at 8:30 p.m. and will be followed by the weiner roast. Sunday, August 4; the Sodality will receive Holy Communion at the 8:00 a.m. Mass. Weekly Events: Every Tuesday evening at Mathews Hall 8:15 pjn.,' Games Night sponsored by the Holy Name Society. Alcoholics Annonymous meeting at Church 8:30 p.m. each Wednesday evening. August 31-- Sept. 1 -- Annual church carnival pn the church grounds. Sail Boat Race Winners of the race Sunday, July 21, on Wonder Lake were "Wet Pants", sailed by Peter Georgesen, who came in first; "Fancy Pants" sailed by Bob Ploog came in second, and Don Coumbe, W-9, came in third. There was a great deal' of excitement on Yacht club island watching "Fancy Pants" lose that first place position for the first time this year. There was a strong southwest wind Sunday morning. Eleven boats bbmpeted, in the race. County Queen Candidate Miss Beth Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smith of Deep Spring Woods No. 2, will compete in the contest at the McHenry county Fair in August for the title of Miss McHenry county. This is the first year Miss Wonder Lake has been entered in the competition at the Fair. Beth, who is 15 years old, is 5 feet 1 inch tall, weighs about 105 lbs., measures 34-24-35, has light brown hair, gray green eyes and a fair complexion She will be a sophomore at McHenry high this fall and is taking a home economics course. For recreation she likes swimming as well as other sports. Beth has a 17-year-old brother and the whole family is as happy as she is at the exciting prospect of being a candidate for queen at the county Fair.. News Briefs The Jack Moore family of Wonder Woods has been on the go recently; Saturday, July 20, Jack and Dorothea and their children, Jdck Jr. and Sharon attended the wedding of friends iBetty Keating and George Doerner at the Westwcod Lutheran,church in Elmwood Park and the reception for fifty guests. There was an exciting moment when Sharon almost catight the bride's bouquet. Sunday, July 21, Mr. and Mrs. Moore and Sharon and guest Clay Kolar went to the ^foose picnic in Woodstock city park, while son Jack spent the day at Delavan Lake with Mary Ellen Douglas and her folks of Woodstock. Gail Cannon is recuperating at home from an appendectomy performed at the Woodstock hospital last week. Seen lunching at the McHenry Country Club July 18 were Mrs. Mieling, Mrs. Specht, Mrs. Grow, Mrs. Redman a-nd Mrs. Spuehr. The party line bowling .team of the Wednesday, night league enjoyed a dinner party and show in Marengo July 17. Attending were the Mrs. Woodward, Nobel, Letizia, Robisori, Zandier and ' Thumeau. • The ladies postponed the big event out of consideration for Mrs. Letizia's bigger event; Jimmy, who has now passed the one month mark- and is doing fine. Gerry Cormier had a party celebrating her birthday Sunday, July 21, with a barbecue, swimming and dancing for about twenty-five friends. In addition • ; ^ some Wttnder Lake friends the group was • composed off classmates from I the; education course' Gerry has oeen taking at Loyola at night. Tite Chicagoans expressed great approval of outer suburbia: ' Mr. and Mrs. James Widen celebrated their eighth anniversary July 23/and the George Weisenbergers celebrated their seventeenth wedding anniversary July 14. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Neil* son of Wonder Center will move this Saturday into their house in Wooded Shores which they have bought from the F. J. Grassers. Saturday, July 2^ the annual Knights reunion was held dt the Zandier residence, with barbecue, bull session and swimming the order of the day. This group is the first Fred taught while he was still in high school and a counselor atj the YMCA. Out ofthe original 15, seven were present plus their 15 children. One is deceased, one has never been loated, one is a professor at the American Institute in Bierut, ope a professional singer, and one in the Chicago alrea had just become the father of twins. Word of the others will come in this week. Susan Grasser has been entertaining her friend Barbara Jean Thomas formerly of Shore Hills, now of Worth, the past week. Georgbia Widen was 7 years old Sunday, July 21. and Celebrated her birthday with a thea- Results of'Deeji Spring Woods No. 1 Picnic The subdivision members report a very successful picnic at the Dfeep Spring Woods park July 14, and. are graceful to the business men and women of the community for their support and cooperation, the guests from all the subdivisions and their own< «• Wise II Shop At Nye's II "Your Walgreen Agency Drug Store" Lowest Prices ... Always % 129 No. Riverside Dr. Phone 26 McHenry, HI. •fr » 4' • 'I' '>• 'I' '!• <>"t' <"t' 41 ^ ^ Garden Club Meets The Wonder Lake garden club held its monthly general meeting at the home of Mrs. Forbes Koehler Thursday, to finalize /plans for the flower show to be held Saturday and Sunday, August 17 and 18 from 2 to 9 p.m. at Harrison School. After a delicious htnch the ladies worked on the SAVE UP TO'|00%™< WITH T H E A L L - P U R P O S E F U E L OPERATING COSTS REDUCED 3 WAYS: • Dri-Gras cuts engine maintenance up to 50%, cuts down time tractor is in the shop. • Dri-Gas assures longer engine life. • Dri-Gas burns so clean . . . motor oil lasts 2 to 3 times longer. Fewer spark plug changes. With a higher octane rating than preP0WE* PIUS! mium gasoline, Dri-Gas assures OVER 100 OCTANE! users generally use higher gears, get extra speed for faster farming and reduced engine wear. PHONE OR COME IN TODAY! NO COST OR OBLIGATION!---- McHENRY 283 ALL UNITS ARE RADIO DISPATCHED ALTHOFF'S Gas Service 409 FRONT STREET McHonry ILLINOIS County Art Fair Ladies from Wonder Lake attending the meeting at Dr. Gladstone's home in McHenry, Thursday, July: 18, were Mrs. F. O. Marion, Mrs. Norman Specht, Mrs. William Liedtke and Mrs. Fred Sells. The fair is in the final plans stage and will be held in the new junior high school in McHenry Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10 and 11, from 2 to 10 p.m. Tickets may be had in advance from Mrs. F. O. Marion, phone Wonder .Lake 5151, Proceeds of the fair will go to the McHenry hospital auxiliary. ^ ' Weekend Occidents Laurance Clark of Northlake, Saturday, July 20, when , he lost Control of his motorcycle on- a curve on the Ringwodd blacktop, 1/5'mile_ east of the Mill Inn. He was taken to the hospital in Woodstock. Sunday night about 7:30, there was a freak accident in White Oaks Bay, when a car parked on the hill at the Edwin L: Grochocki residence rolled out of the driveway, across,the road, across the Bergstrom property,- through the picture window and door/ finally coming to rest in the living rpom with its front bumper against the opposite wall. No one wa's injured. To add-to the human interest, it was reported that the car was not insured. However, Dr. Bergstrom was fortunate in having a broad coverage policy on his property and everything is insured. It wasr also reported that T. P. Mathews was seen investigating the accident. Firemen's Ckrnlval The Wonder Lake volunteer fire department is again staging its firemen's carnival, which is held annually at the fire house New Construction or Remodeling Masonry and Frame Homes J. R. LEVESQUE & CO. General Contractors FRAME or BRICK HOMES McCULLOM LAKE, ILL. Phone McHenry 2171 Satisfaction Guaranteed Call For ' Free Estimates grounds on the county bl road. The dates are Aug. 2, 3 ; 4 arid the proceeds are U' se&for the operation and maintenance of the fire department rescue squadi This year a new pontoon boat is being outfitted with life saving equipment for rescue work and it" will soon be on the lake. The firehouse" was used for a 'Teen-ag^f youth center during the winter, under the supervision of your (Continued on Page 15) Business Directory of Wonder Lake OPEN ON SUNDAY 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. WONDER LAKE BUILDERS SUPPLY Free Estimate? and Delivery Phone Wonder Lake 3231 CRISTY and STENDEBACH General Contractors NEW HOMES Phone Wonder Lain 5432 McHENRY GIFT ENTERPRISES REMEMBER THIS SIGN AS v YOUR GUIDE TO REAL VALUE \ FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 26-27 OVER *300.00 in Doer Prizes Be Sure to Register At Door Drawing to be Held Sat., July 27 -- 3 P.M. PRIZE Retail Val. 5. Elgin American Carry-All 29.95 I. Diamond Dinner Ring $100.00 6. 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