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Page Eight THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER PERSONALS Mrs. Robert Conway and son, Robbie, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Thomas Spantideas son, Greg of Crystal LakP, and her mother, Mrs. Carl Manner of Rockford, returned last week from a trip lo Nebraska. In Omaha they called on .riends and toured "Hoy» .own". Their next stop wan lattsmouth where they npMit .-ome time with an mint at.•? ancle, Mr. and Mrs. lIpoVKP Fomoff. M r s. Manner remained there while the rest of the party motored to Lincoln, Neb., for a visit with Mr». Conway' s sister-in-law,' S i 8 t e r Mary St. Hilda. Miss Elsie Anderson of Chicago was a weekend guest in the home of her sister, Mrs. Ben J. Miller. Mrs. Annabel Aicher was honored guest at a birthday luncheon af the home of Mrs. Harold Abbott in Woodstock recently. Other guests were Miss Clara Miller. Miss. Marion McOmber" and Mrs. Carl Bradley. A 2-c Herbert Hurtt, on leave from Fort Belvoir. Va.. with his wife and little daughter have been vacationing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stilling. Mrs. Hurtt's sister, Miss Virginia Stilling, and her aunt, Miss Julia Stilling, accompanied them home for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Purvey and Mrs. George Jones returned Thursday, from a trip along the Mississippi to Red Wing. Minn; stopping to visit places of interest enroute. They also spent some time at Starved Rock * before returning home. Robert Engel of San Mateo. Calif., was a recent guest in weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Bassett. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander of .Hebron enjoyed a few days trip through Wisconsin and Michigan. Mrs. Anna Cohrs, Mrs. Car! Lobitz, Mrs. Julius Roeder. Mrs. Fred Bienapfl and Mrs. Martha Feltz attended a child welfare rally held at the Mel- I'two Park Lutheran church Monday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson and Miss Maud Granger , 'nitcd Mrs. Gilbert Burnett at i.nUe County General hospital. Saturday, where she is seriously 111. Mrs. Martha Feltz and daughter, Mrs. Pearl Patzke, sj>ent the weekend in the Ralph Patzke home in Champaign. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson of Skokie.and Mrs. Erie Geer of Crystal Lake were Sunday visitors in the George H. Johnson home. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nye. were Milwaukee visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dixon and family were visitors in the Robert Brugger home in Kenosha Sunday. Park and Mr. and Mrs. John Shaw, Lombard. Mr. and Mrs. Nick B. Freund ind the hud Freund family attended a gathering at the Merle Blowers home in Fox Lake Sunday honoring their daughter Debby, who made her First Communion at St. Bedc's church ihat morning. Other guests wove, the Charles and Floyd Freund families of Woodstock, and the Victor Hunt family of Wonder Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bienapfl were Sunday visitors in the Richard Sedar home in Waukegan. Patrick Moriarity of Chicago was a weekend guest in the home of Mrs. Kathryn Worts. His wife, who had been Spending the past week with relatives here, returned home with him. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Powers and son. Scott, of Pekin. Ill: spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Lillian Powers. Those who attended the Walsh funeral were Miss Mary E. Walsh, Mrs. Mary McCabe, Joseph E. McElroy, Ray J. McCarthy, Fred, S. Hopkinson, Robert E. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ryan, Mrs. M. M. Hip- . skind, Mr. and Mrs. George Mr. and Mrs. Emil Boos of j Kelly of Chicago; Mrs. Karin Chippewa Falls. Wis., visited | E Walsh. Mrs. Louis Gill, his uncle. John Smith of Johns- | vince Shay of Oak Park; Mr. burg, and other relatives here I an(} Mrs. Emerson-Beverly, Mr. the past week. > arKj Mrs. George Westerman, Mrs. Eleanor Nye and Art • Miss Mary Margaret Wester- Martin visited Waukegan rela- j man, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Westtives Sunday. I erman, Mrs. James Costello of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Then- j Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. nes have returned from a smith, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Muldoon. Thomas Muldoon, Mr. and Mrs. George Gav, Mr. •#- Thursday, October 29, 1959 •{"M"}"!"!"!"*1 't"> 'I* I' ji 41 Twice Told Tales week's vacation, through the south, where they visited many places of interest. Miss Florence Antholz spent the weekend with Crystal Lake relatives. Dr. and Mrs. Edward Wiater have returned to their home in A --TWICE TOLD-- FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken From the Files of Oct. 21, 1909 William Powers, a pioneer resident of the vicinity, passed away at his home in Nunda township Oct. 14, at the age of 78 years. Now that the North-Western has given us such an excellent new depot, why would it not be the proper thing for the village to get busy and build a new city hall in place of "Noah's Ark"? The Week End club, togeth* er with the graduation class of *'07" of the McHenry high school, tendered Mr. and Mrs. James N. Sayler (newlyweds) a reception at the home of Miss Myrtle Wattles Friday evening. They were presented with a set of solid silver knives and forks. Theo. Winkel informs a Plaindealer scribe that he was one of the recent victims of the chicken thieves, havipg lost 165 springers one night a short time ago. Not satisfied by the haul they made on that occasion. the bold band returned to the Winkel farm one night last week, but luckily for Mr. Winkel, he was aroused from his slumbers in time to give the scoundrels a bad scare and save the few chickens he had left. Duck and mud hen hunting is reported to be the best in years. The limit of twenty has been brought down by so many and Mrs. Obie Parker, George | during the past two weeks that Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Doves of Whiting, Ind.; Mrs. Vitus C. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Albert McGann of South Bend, Ind.: Rev. John A. Coleman, the home of his aunt, Mrs. An- \ Long Beach. Calif., after a vis- j Herman J. Klaer, Mrs. J. M. r^bel Aicher. i it with relatives here where shaw of Fox Lake: Mrs. Kate ! had left in a buggy a short dis Mrs. Annabel Aicher. Mrs j they helped her parents, Mr. j Graham, Long Lake; and Mr. I lance from their favorite hunt- Jane Gitzke of Cary and Mrs. i and Mrs. William Althoff. eel- j p^d Mrs. Louis J. Young of | ing ground. Elaine L^ures of Northbrook j ebrate their fortieth wedding j Waiikegan. enjoyed luncheon at North- ; anniversary Saturday, and on the feat has become an everyday occurrence. Two of our West Side sportsmen went out last Sunday and were unfor- ! Anderson, mother of Mrs. Rich, surprised Mrs. Elizabeth Buss at her home on Waukegan street Thursday evening, the i occasion being her birthday. | The band, composed of mandolins, zither, harp, kazoos, horns and cow bells, played all the latest jazz music. Mrs. William F. Powers entertained a group of twentyfive friends at her home, south of this village, Sunday evening honoring Miss Edna Phalin, who will be a fall bride. Two Ford auto trucks are now carrying McHenry employees to and from work at the Terra Cotta factory. They are being driyen by Amos Wolff and B. I. Adams. Rt. Rev. Bishop P. J. Muldoon of Rockford conferred the sacrament of confirmation upon a class of forty-five at St. Patrick's church Wednesday morning. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken From the Files , of Oct. 18, 1934 Miss Ruth H. Kent, daughter of Mrs. Laura Kent, and Mr. Leo Conway were united in marriage by Rev. William O'Rourke at a nuptial Mass at Sacred Heart Chapel at St. Patrick's Monday morning. Thev were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kent. Miss Kent was honored at four showers the past week. They were given by Mrs. Roy Kent, Mrs. George Adams. Mrs. Carl Weber and Helen Schneider. Mr. ancJ Mrs. A. E. Nye and Supt. and Mrs. C. H. Duker motored to Champaign Sunday, where they visited their sons, Guy Duker and Lowell Nye. One of the dreaded and much talked of "black widow" spiders was found in the entrance hall of the Elmer Rich home !n Grayslake, when Mrs. Otto tunate enough to lose their shells and "lunch" that they Mrs. Elsie Reiker, Mrs. brook. Tuesday of last week, in I Sunday served as sponsors for Etho] Ho]]y and Mrg ' ' observ.naMnMcAe o«Ff their birthWdr tanTy'sp U o T v«i/ -» t o tnn nAi i* nni l r rh_ " which occur a few davs apart. Mrs. Harry P. Stinespring. Jr., past president of the Women's Auxiliary to McHenry hospital, is leading a Problem Clinic at the tenth anniversary conference of the Women's hospital auxiliaries of the Illinois Hospital Association being held in Peoria Wednesday and Thursday, of this week, Oct. 28-29. ^ Mesdames Charles G i b b s, Ray McGee and John Bolger and Misses Genevieve Knox and Nellie Doherty attended the first fall meeting of Delta Kappa Gamma held at Harvard with members of the Harvard school system as hostesses and Miss Dorothy Thompson chairman. Homer Bassett was home *rom Chicago to spend the Patricia Joan, the new daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Althoff. who was baptized at St. Mary's church that day. Richard Hayes and son. Robert of Chicago, visited his mother, Mrs. Edith Hayes, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wayman and family of Arlington Heights spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Simon. Mr. and Mrs. James Wagner of Milton. Wis., were visitors in the Simon home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Engdahl entertained a group of old friends at an anniversary dinner party Sunday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hoffman Lindholm attended the ice show in Chicago Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Christianson of Park Ridge were dinner guests in the William Staines home Thursday. Friday callers there were Mrs. Dorothy Witt and Mrs. Myrtle Johnson of Highland Park, and on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. George Pattinson and son, David, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Whiting and the Mervin Staines family of Woodstock called there. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Freund spent Sunday in Waukegan, where they attended the silver wedding anniversary of friends. went to get her coat. Mr. Rich managed to get the insect, which measured about four inches in diameter, into a jar which he took to the high school at Grant. FORTY YEARS AGO Taken From the Files of Oct. 16, ,1919 Deaths the past week include Mrs. Mary McLaughlin. who passed away at her home on Pistakee Bay road last evening- Miss Delia Conway, a former local resident whose death oo curred at the home of her sis- Tops In Honey Show Once again Illinois has taken top honors in the American National Honey show, the Illinois Department of Agriculture was informed. Eugene E. Killion, Paris, was awarded the Sweepstakes Trophy for his honey ter, Mrs. John Avlward. in El- and beeswax entered in the nagin. Saturday; and Mrs. C. A : tional show at Detroit, Mich., Hutson, a native of McHenry. | recently. It was the fourth who died at her home in Chi- ; t»me he has won in the national cago Thursday. exhibition. Eugene is the son of A triple drowning occurred Carl E. Killion, chief of the IIin the Fox River, at Elgin, Sunday, when a canoe in which the victims were riding capsized. The victims of the said fatality were Misses Hazel ana linois Division of Apiaries since 1938. The Killions, father and son, operate about 400 colonies of bees in Edgar county. and Mr. and Mrs. John Hend ricks, Downers Grove; Mr. and J Brenner in Chicago Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. John Skelly, Oak ' READ THE WANT ADS Mr. and Mrs. William Ling- | Marjorie Landis, sisters, aged enfelter and Art Edstrom attended the funeral of Alfred 16 and 18 years, and Edwin Howard. 16, son of Mrs. Florence Howard, a former McHenry resident. The West Side ladies' band HOSE WERE THE DAYS With many new and exciting models now or soon to be on display, owners will be rushing to trade in their old cars. The Institute for Safer Living^suggests that car-trade in time is also a good time for owners to take a careful inventory of their driving habits, get rid of any which may be unsafe. Adopt newer, safer driving practices to conform to the ad- McHENRY LADIES ATTEND DISTRICT AUXILIARY MEET By Marie Schaettgen The District 2 meeting of the Illinois Hospital association auxiliaries was held in Highland Park on Thursday of last week. Mrs. Harry P. Stinespring, Jr., of McHenry, district chairman, introduced the panel speakers, Alan B. Campbell, a d m i n i s t r a t o r o f t h e n e w Northwest Community hospital in Arlington Heights, and Frank Schwermin. administrator of Highland Park hospital who discussed the problems of hiring and keeping good hospital personnel. Mrs. David R. Jos'vn presented her list of nominees for district officers for the coming vear. They were elected unamimously. Mrs. E. Wagner of Arlington Heights is the new c h a i r m a n ; M r s . A l l e n F Thompson, of Glen Ellyn, vicechairman; and Mrs. Raymond Flanagan of Elgin will continue as secretary-treasurer. The presidents of the twentythree hospital auxiliaries of District 2 gave short reports on the activities of their units in the past year. Some interesting facts came to life. Probably the most amazing fact is that although the Northwest Community hospital of Arlington Heights has not yet opened its doors, the auxiliary has been working almost since the cornerstone wa« laid and has just comnleted paying their pledge of $25,000 to the hospital. They have pledged a like amount again. Mrs. Theo. L. Rehn. president of the Highland Park hospital and the members of her auxiliary did a splendid job of hostessing. After a delightful lunch and good conversation the day's speaker, Dr. B. W. Selin of Bethany home and a member of the state geriatrics committee, gave a humorous talk on the problems of old age and also brought out the more serious aspects. A tour of the hospital followed. Those from here who attended the meeting were Mrs. Harry Stinespring, Jr.. Mrs. Fred Lieberson, Mrs. Walter Carlson and Mrs. Arnold Schaettgen. BRIDGE TOURNAMENT A social bridge tournament will be held at the Chapel Hill Countrv club on Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Interested persons are asked to call Evergreen 5-2541. DEATHS OF THREE PROMINENT IN AREA MOURNED (Continued from page t) Survivors, include the widow, i Grace; a daughter, Mrs. Louise ' Wahl of McHenry and a son, j Robert G. Stilling, of Carpen- ! tersville; eight grandchildren, four sisters, the Misses Eva and Lillian Stilling and Mrs. Viola Jurgens of McHenry and Mrs. Rosalie Barnickol of Chicago. A brother, Leo, preceded him in death. Through his many business associations, Mr. Stilling acquired a host of friends who join the family in mourning his death. Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning from St. Patrick's Catholic church. Burial was in Forest Park, 111. Before that time the body rested at the Peter M. Justen funeral home. Wallace E. Dobyns An illness extending over many years came to an end early Thursday morning, Oct. ?2, when Wallace E. Dobyne, 70, died at the Villa Nursing home, Pistakee Bay. He had been a resident of McHenry for twenty-two years. Mr. Dobyns, at one time a salesman for a Waukegan realty firm, retired in 1950 from employment with the Chicago & North Western railroad. A past district deputy of the Knights of Columbus, he served as grand knight at Quincy, 111. He also was a member of the United Commercial Travelers. His widow, Helen Carey Dobyns, one son, Gene, and one granddaughter, survive. He also leaves two sisters and one brother. Frances Schultz. Dorothy Balthazar and Dewey Dobyns, all of Fond du Lac, Wis. Last rites were conducted at 11:30 Saturday in St. Patrick's Catholic church, with burial in Holy Name cemetery at Wilmot. Prior to that time the body rested at the Peter M. Justen funeral home. He was well known for his knowledge as a bridge expert, and many are the McHenry n'Tvers who have benefitted From his advice. HONOR SPRING GROVE PRIEST ON NOVEMBER 14 (Continued from page 1) Rockford. As chaplain of {}ie Poor Clares in 1929, he received his fourth assignment as pastor of St. Mary's in Elizabeth. Four years later, in 1933, he was transferred to St. Peter's in Spring Grove, where he is now serving the congregation for his twenty-seventh year. • Tickets for the event, to be held at the Wing 'n Fin club, are now on sale by memlCrs of the McHenry council. The public, is invited to the dinner and the dance which follows. Some people prefer to be counted out when the time comes to give an accounting. Read the Want Ads i LICENSE ACTION Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier has announced the following actions by the Drivers' License division of his office: Revocations, W. B. Dixon of McHenry, Franklin Herrtmingsek of Union and Hov4k*d Schmidt of Harvard, all for driving while intoxicated; Don R. Williams of Harvard for his third offense; suspensions, John Allen and Elmer Zepletal of Fox River Grove, both for third offenses, and Raymond Zobjectk of Woodstock, violating restriction on license or permit. Fred Dierking of Fox River Grove was granted a mobationary permit. W BREAK INTO HOME The summer home of Roy Scardina of Wonder Lake was broken into recently and numerous articles taken, according to a report from the sheriff's office. Scardina, who lives in Chicago, discovered the breakin when visiting his home last weekend. Among missing itans were a clock radio, $20 "in change, archery bow and arrows. SHOP IN McHENRY FREE RUG SHAMPOO DEMONSTRATION C Fri., October 30th 7 - 9 P . M . At ED'S RENTAL. Inc. 704 Front St. Phone EV 5-4128 What you don't like or can't afford is precisely what the ncnu offers. 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