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Thursday# February 20,1958 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER \ WONDER LAKE ^ S"WHTa»tHT0FCARYSCH00l tffm TO P.U COUNTY COUNOL * HARRISON SCHOOL MARCH i * by Jane Ducey -- 2731 The Harrison Parent Teacher association will be host to the McHenry County" Council P.T.A. at a meeting March 6, at 8:15 at Harrison school. The . ootincil is composed of dele- Jj&tes from ail the P.T.A. organizations in McHenry countj^ nd their guests and any of the general public who are interested in schools and their ffftoblems. • Lorence Stout, .superintendent of the Cary community school and council legislation chairman, will be tHe speaker and will talk on legislation, in preparation for the oountywide meeting to jbe held at the A^j^dstock Community, high school March 20 at 7:30 p.m. Another subject on the program will be study discussion groups,, how to organize them, choose the program, prepare details, etc. The council meets four times a year, in October, January, March and May, at different schools around the county. All Wonder Lakers are urged tdwkvail themselves of the opportunity to hear Mr. Stout in his presentation of the problems of school finance, new legislation needed and the citizens responsibility in regard to school problems. Girl Scout Rally Twelve Brownie Scouts from Wonder Lake will participate irurthe program March 8 at the fiSa house in Crystal Lake in the district rally honoring Juliette Low, founder of Girls Scouts. All Scouts, adult scouts and parents are invited to attend. Wonder Lake will be seated on the south side of the field house and all troops are asked to be there at 12:30. The leaders suggest that pareltfej start now to make, up car pools, since it will not be possible for the leaders to take care of the transportation of all the scouts at the lake. The theme of the rally will be "International Friendship" and the program will include ten minute skits put on by the scouts in each neighborhood. €epublican Women's Club rrangements for the candidates meeting to be held March 18 at 8 p.m. at the Legion hall in McHenry were the order of business at the board meeting Tuesday noon at the McHenry Country club of the McHenry Township Republican Women's club. » , All the republican candidates for office , on the national, st^e, county and township levels will be present for an Introduction and five minute speech. The public is welcome tdf come and meet personally these men seeking office. Refreshments and entertainment will follow in the social hour alter the meeting. Neighborhood Meeting • The next meeting of the Vailed View neighborhood (7) of Girl Scouts will be held Wednesday, March 12, from 12 to 2 p.m. at the American Legion home in McHenry. Each adult scout is asked to bring a nose bag lunch and coffee will be served. Each leader is asked to send a representative fob her troop, if she is uriable to make the mating. Among the topics for difKtission will be the setting up of workshops for neighborhood 7. Harrison P.T.A. Those flappers of the 20's and a raccoon coated collegian stole the show at the costume Style show put on by the Harrison P.T.A. Tuesday night. The girls went all out with wued and ribbon-banded coiffures typical of the twenties. An 1895 night dress and cap and a 1904 bathing dress also came in for their share of attention. as did the chemise of today which dosed the show. The vivacious narration was made by Van Sells, accompanied at the piano by Lyle Mattox, who played background music suitable to each era of diOs. Models were Jean Decker, Jane Ducey, Dorothy Herttile, Grace Sellek, Clarence Lippert. Marcella Parker, Dolores Borree, Gertrude Diedrich, Eleanor Wright, Betty Gable, Anita Sommers, George Gergits, Estelle Waseliewski, Lois Haak, Esther Sturm, Barbara Fiala, Evelyn Konecny, Joan Gergits, Lorraine Wenck, Dotores {talkenthal, Ann Dol# jfl&Lee Pickrum, Merle Thomas, Pat DeWald and Marlene Goetchel. a Standing committee reports were made with membership qjiairman, Mrs. Henry Setzler reporting 182 members and piagazine chairman, Mrs. Richaird Pearson, reporting twentytwo subscriptions to P.T.A. magazine. Health and safety ch^*man, Mrs. Gordon Larson, reported 314 students examined in the recent eye testing program with thirty-one referral letters sient home to parents. Airs. Austin Hood, president, appointed Mrs. Harry Jones chairman of the ways and means committee to fill the vacancy. The hot dog program, which is the money reusing project this year, has been highly successful. Over 300 sandwiches are sold each week, with an average profit of $15 per week, through January. The nominating committee announced the slate of officers for next year. Nominees are president, Iona Hood, ' vicepresident, Jane Ducey, secretary, Josephine Hansen, and treasurer, Viola Rochowicz. Election of officers will be held at the next meeting, March 11, at which time nominations may be made from the floor. Mrs. Hopd announced that the executive committee has voted to contribute $20 to the scholarship fund to help recruit teachers for our classrooms. James Cooney of Woodstock, member of the board of trustees for the McHenry County chapter of the Illinois association for the Crippled, Inc., spoke briefly on the work of the Easter Seal society and gave statistics of the accomplishments of the therapy center in Woodstock for crippled children and adults during the year. Mrs. Marion Slavin's second grade room won the attendance count for the evening with forty-eight per cent of the parents there. A social hour followed with the serving of cup cakes, attractively decorated in the Valentine theme, tea and coffee. Hostesses for the evening were Mr. Wenck's fifth grade room mothers, Wilma Simon, Martha Thompson. Lorraine Murphy, and hospitality chairman, Lois Haak. Garden Club Meeting The Wonder Lake Garden club met at the home of Mrs. Ed Cannon in Shore Hills Thursday, Feb. 13, and brought their potted bulbs which «ach member had prepared last fall for indoor bloom at this time. Plans were made for future meetings, among them to have two members make flower arrangements to bring to each meeting for* constructive criticism. They will start with the through the month of October, when flowers are abundant in the garden. They also plan to invite a speaker to talk on flower arrangements in the near future. The club will conduct a bake and rummage sale again this year, on May 24, at the McHenry Lumber offices on the county road at Wonder Lake. Blue and Gold Banquet Cub Pack 358 held its annual blue and gold banquet Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Harrison school. Following the dinner awards were presented to those cubs who had filled their requirements. Guests at the banquet were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Aufrect, assistant district commissioner for the Boy Scout organization, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hunt, ex-Cub Master of Pack 358, Rev. and Mrs. Burton S'chroeder, Rev. and Mrs. Richard Wright, Rev. and Mrs. Gardner Wyman, Rev. James Vanderpool, and Mr. and Mrs. James Widen, Legion commander of the Robert .Vanderstraeten post which sponsors Pack 358. Cubs who received awards were: wolf badge--Allen Jones, Chester Hood, Samuel Lamont and Gorden Anderson; bear badge -- Earl * Hansen, Jackie Doherty, and lion badge--Randy Nielsen and Pat Letizia. Those who received denner s t r i p e s , a s s i s t a n t d e n n e r stripes, and gold and silver arrows were: Pat Letizia, Terry Kenny, Scott LaGreca, Tommy Majercik, Allen Jones, Chester Hood, Edo Cook, Jackie Doherty, James Keller, Virgil Borch, Joe Kersten, Clay Kolar and Edward Rawson. v Thf* planning and arranging of the banquet was done by Cub Master, Wilbur Haak and his committeemen, George Sorenson and John Doherty, and the den mothers, who are Barbara LaGreca, Helen Stich, Mildred Kirsten, Ruth Kolar, B e r n i c e Misiak, Lorraine Stahl, Inez Schimke, Josephine Hansen, Judy Rasmussen, Norma Sorensen,' Lois Haak and Irene Kock. Mr. and Mrs. Haak wish to thank ail the mothers who cooperated with the Den Mothers to make the banquet a success. Nativity Evangelical Lutheran Church News World Day of Prayer will be observed at Nativity on Friday, Feb. 21, with a special prayer service at 7:30 in the evening. Everyone is welcome •to attend and join Christians the world over in prayer for world peace. ^ Sunday, Feb. 23, which will be the first Sunday for world peace. Sunday, Feb. 23, which will be the first Sunday in Lent, Holy Communion will be administered at both services. The sermon topic for the day will be "A Penetential Heart." The Luther League will have a meeting at 7:30 to which all young people are invited. Following the business meeting and program there will be a social and refreshments. The second of the mid-week Lenten services will be held on Wednesday evening, Feb. 26, at 7:45. The sermon topic in the series of Lenten sermons is, "You Are There, When He Was Denied." All are welcome to these special Lenten services to try to better understand God's plan for us. Christ the King Church News Lenten Devotions Each Wednesday evening during Lent, devotions will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the church. A recitation of the rosary, sermon and Benediction will comprise the special devotions. Confessions will be heard immediately following the services. Day of Recollection A day of recollection for all tKe women of the. parish will be conducted on Sunday, March 2, frofti 1 to 4 p.m. Rev. Thomas O'Malley -of St. Gertrude's parish, Chicago will be the speaker. The ladies are asked to prepare questions for the question box and private conferences will be available for any who request it. The Altar and Rosary sodality will receive Holy Communion at the 10 a.m. Mass that morning and all the women of the parish are asked to join them. Holy Name Society The regular business- meeting was held at Mathews hall last Thursday evening with three new members present; Ken Byrns, George Hartman and Robert Smith. It was reported that a Holy Name banner was purchased recently which will be displayed at the coming affairs. A holy hour will precede the next meeting on March 13, at 8 p.m. at the church, after which the members will proceed to meet at Mathews hall. Following the meeting William Whitehead, physical education director for the handicapped children's class in Greenwood school, showed slides of the work being done to help these children. A variety of refreshments were served provided by Thomas Mathews, Ray Machalinski, Jack Rice, John Gustek, and Ray Pipowski. Coming Events April 17--Card party sponsored by the Altar and Rosary sodality at Mathews Hall, 8 p.m. May 10--£)ance at McHenry Legion hall, sponsored by the Holy Name society. May lg^-foshion show sponsored by the Altar and Rosary sodality at Mathews Hall. Wonder Lake Bible Church There will be a special youth conference helifl at the Bible church March 7 and 8, to which all the young people are invited to attend. The meeting Friday, March 7, will start for better homes for lowest prices SEE us ROBERT HAY CONSTRUCTION Co. F.H.A. & V.A. FINANCING • Masonery • Concrete PHONE: 1807 Bus. 1377 Home • Carpentry S05 B. Elm St. McHenry at 7 p.ny. Included in the program will be a hymn sing, special music and a film which will be of special interest to 'teenagers, "The Silent Witness.* The speaker for the evening will be Pastor Wright. Saturday, March 8, the acr tivities will start eafrly with a recreation period at the Harrison school gym from 9:30 until 11:30. Lunch will be served from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. andfollowing at 1:30 there will be a question and answer period conducted by the pastor until 2:30 p.m. A special gospel: team from Lansing, Mich, will have the entire service between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. There will be special vocal and instrumental numbers with Clark Wooten as youth speaker for the afternoon. At 5 p.m. a banquet will be served in the church basement for all those in attendance. It will be a ham dinner with all the trimmings. TTie confer® ence will conclude with a special pieeting at 7:30 p.m. with Pastor Wright ' as speaker. There will be overnight accommodations for those visitors from out of town. and so they are meeting for dinner and dancing in Chicago March 1. New Briefs (The McHenry County chess tournament is winding up its play with six men left out* of the original fifteen contenders. Two Wonder La&ers, Ron Walsh and Dick Pearson are still in the running with the final game to be played about the end of the month. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bruscato of Wonder Center are parents of a 4 lb. 6 oz. girl born Feb. 6 at Memorial hospital. They have named the baby Elizabeth Catherine. She will have to stay in the hospital until she weighs 5 pounds. Other Bruscato children are Glenn, Brian and Mike. Ed Cannon, Sr., of Shore Hills has been confined to Hines hospital for two weeks for observation and tests. It would help him pass the time to hear from his friends at the Lake. Write him in care of Hines Hospital, Hines, 111. Ray Rochowicz has been in bed with the flu (its our private opinion that the Harrison style show preparations finally got the best of him). Viola's other patient is Alex Majewski of Highland Shores who suffered a bad case of frost bitten ears getting stuck in a snow drift on the back road from Highland Shores to Millies in the quest of some Pizza. Theatre Party Phillip Hastings, son of the P. J. Hastings of Wooded Shores, celebrated his thir teenth birthday Sunday with a party for twenty youngsters, who were seventh grade cleesmates and friends. Phillip has had a yearly party since he was six years old. This year the young ladies remarked on arrival, "But Mrs. Hastings, you're shrinking--" Father Hastings, with the help of Bill Moore, transported the group to McHenry to see the Walt Disney "Old Yeller" movie. After the show the party returned to the Lake for the birthday cake and refreshments. Phillip received many nice gifts to remember the day. Yacht Club Dinner Dance The Wonder Lake Yacht club decided that they should have one winter time get-together, Men's Bowling League Paul's Hardware is still in the lead, with Cristy & Stendebach right behind and Kreiiger's Oil third. Circle Inn won 1, W. L. Oil won 2; A1 Schimke 504. Krueger's- Oil won 2, Silk's Sporting Goods won 1; A1 Krueger 229-550, A. Dietrich 254- 579, E. Bell 204-571; G. Stromberg 517, J. Pedersen '200-550, Lake Cleaners won 2, Mill Inn won 1;' G. Street 500, VB. Chudik 532, J. Gruel 510, S. Simon 500, B. Odeen 208-501. W. L. Bldrs won 1, Cristy & Stendebach won 2; Fuhrer 523, E. Johnson 202-560, J. Cristy. Jr. 536, J. Cristy Sr. 216-549. Van's Wonder Lounge Won 1, Lake View Inn won 2; A. Nemsick "23, B. Kusch 505, R. Pipowski 234-575, George's Firemen won 1. Paul's Hardware won 2; B. Sandgren 506, C. Windle 215- 530, C. Kopp 514, G. Gergits 514, H. Brady 525, Joe Wurm 508. Legion Auxiliary The regular monthly meeting of the Legion auxiliary will take place Thursday, Feb. 20, at 8 p.m. at, the Indian Ridge home of Nancy and Jerre Elbersen. Back To School Six energetic Wonder Lake women have enrolled in an extension course in educational psychology from Northern Illinois university. The course offers three hours credit and is held Wednesday evening at the grade school in Fox Lake. Those taking the course are the Mrs. Gladys Gustafson. Lorraine Wenck, Pat Wrede, Betty Selsdorf, Jane Setzler and Eleanor Wright. Business & Service directory of Wonder Lake CRISTY and STENDEBACH General Contractors NEW HOMES 1 . Sock Hop v. A real fine party was given by George Erber Monday night at the Ice Cream Parlor in celebration of his fourteenth birthday. Guests were his eighth grade classmates at Harrison school. The party started with a supper of hamburgers and pop after which the young people danced to the juke box and played games. The traditional birthday cake was served; also George received many nice gifts. News Briefs Wallace Carder of Hickory Falls was operated on Monday morning at St. Luke's hospital in Chicago. Cards from home would be a great help in getting well. J The George Dickmans are leaving Phoenix for California where they plan to spend two weeks. On their return through Phoenix they will stop over at Las Vegas before returning to Wonder Lake about the first of April. \ Frank and Gerry Wledemjan have returned from a three week vacation in Florida. They went down the west side of the state and came back up . the east coast and found the weather good compared with Wonder Lake. They stopped off in St. Augustine and visited Neil, Rosalie anil Deena Eisele, formerly of Wonder Lake. For the benefit of those who commute intermittantly, we are told the C&NW has made some changes on the early morning and 6:30 p.m. train. The baggage car has been taken off and the bar car has been put in the middle for the convenience of passengers. 1 Legislation ^Meeting "What We Must Do For Today's Children" is the subject of a county-wide meeting to be held March 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Woodstock Community high school. The meeting is sponsored by a joint state-wide committee of the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers, Illinois association of School Boards, and the Illinois Education association. working with the county superintendents of schools, and the administrators, of the respective countiei : This committee believes that education is one of the most, important functions of the state. The preservation of our. nation and of the American way of life depends upon how well our schools meet the educational needs of our boys and girls to-: day. The school children of to-; day will be the nations leaders tomorrow. 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