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:2) PctWednesday,\December 30, 1959 - Eastwood Manor TRIM XMAS TREE AFTER DECEMBER' BUSINESS MEET '0 Lois Ryan - EV. 5-5377 The -December meeting of the EMPOA got off to a fast start and lasted a short time. All old business was discussed and no new business was brought up at this meeting. After the meeting was adjourned the group proceeded with the tijee trimming party. We want tcS thank everyone who so gra- . Qkmsly gave their time to put JHP decorations and trim the ; free for the children's Christinas party. The Christmas party was a great joy for the .children and the committee really did a fine job. Tim McCormack \yas chairman and headed the. following committee. Lois McCormack, Lois and Warren JjCrebs, Lois and A1 Bianchi. ®at Kellogg, Carol Hayes, Jack Mclntyre, Pat Coughlin, Helen and Tom Birmingham, and' Lois and Jerry Ryan. A special thank you goes to Santa Claus who always does a fine job, to Tom Birmingham for working stall that day, to Lois McCor- ^mack for leading the children .in song, ^.to Jerry Ryan for «• showing movies, and to everyone who donated their time ,.^Jhd put in some effort to make -this a dandy party. A number of children and adults turned out to carol in the evening. Their Christmas .-.songs were lovely and it was a - ^pleasure to look out the win- **"dow and see all the faces aglow with Christmas and to hear "'their carols proclaiming the Irt'birth of a Savior. When the ' jgarolers finished their rounds - wiey had a get-together at the ^ barn where Rita Simpson and Lois Ryan prepared cocoa and served cookies. A perfect end to a perfect day. Thank you one and all; THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Block Rosary The Block Rosary ;to be held Tuesday, Dec. 29, will meet at the Tom Birmingham home at Mill Lane at 9 p.m. Faith Presbyterian Church • On the first Sunday of the New Year Rev. Jack Mclntyre will celebrate the Sacrament of Holy' Communion. Tuesday, Jan. 5, the choir will practice in the,church at j 8 p.m. On the eve of the new year four Elastwood Manorites celebrate their natal day. Edwin Haldeman, Harry Brodin, Murray Alford, and the only one who is telling, Edward Anderson, who will be seven. On the third day of the new . year James Long wil^blow out his birthday candles. The seventh day of the new year brings two birthdays ' to our attention. That of Lois Krebs and Janet Long. W£hile Lois isn't disclosing her age, Janet proudly announces that she will be four yearfc old. - .Baptized Shelia Jessica Barry v£as baptized Sunday, Dec. 20, at St. Patrick's church in McHenry. Her gddparents are Eileen and Richard Police of Skokie. Dinner was served at the Barry home following the church ceremonies. Happy Birthday „ Sick List.. Marie Dalton has a terrible cold and Michael and'Jack are in the same awful boat. Get well soon. This i«nd That Karen Betke was pleasantly surprised when she thought that she was going over to the Kuck home to see a new fireplace only to find a birthday party for her eighth birthday. Her sister, Susie, was there along with Barbara, Gene and Ernie Kuck Mrs. Kuck served cake, candy and soda. It was fun. The Dalton clan spent the weekend at the home of Jack's brother. Dick Dalton. On Sunday they went to Jack's mother's home for dinner. John and Mary Lou Barry and children visited old friends in Carpentersville on Sunday. Jane and Bill Graves and daughter, Debbie, welcomed them graciously. Bill and John had been buddies in the service. An open house party for a number of neighbors was held at the Hayes home by Carol and John Hayes and Ray and Nancy Lessard. The guests played ping-pong, listened to Christmas records, and sang around the piano. They had a wonderful time and the refreshments were delicious. Winnie Hansen's mother, Mrs. Lemont from Norridge, spent the day at the Hansen home for an early Christmas celebration. Dolores, Len, Tommy and Linda Lawrence also joined the Hansens and had a delightful time. Debra Ryan was happy to | have her grandiparents, Mr. | and Mrs. Jerry Ryan, great-® ! grandmother, Mrs. Martha Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank I Wonsik, arid aunt, Gertrude , Ly nn, view her in her first Sunday School program for Christmas at Zion Lutheran church in MCHenry on Sunday, Dec 20. Alter the prograpn everyone went to the Ryan home ;for supper. Alice and Bob Ryan also attended ,the supper. Women's Club The first meeting of the ^ Eastwood Manor Women's j club under the direction of Lee I Landin will be held on Monday, Jan. 4 at 8:30 p.m. at the barn. \We hope to see • all you gals out and xeach one of you bringing a new member for the New | Year. There is a great deal of j business to discuss and re fresh- J rnents to follow: Both are always good. I In Cluing . , Please ..call, m....ail your holiday news and start ihe New I \ear right.. Have a good year, I a healthful year, and a happy year. . [ Bye now. See you next year at the Women's club meeting. # 9 tey blewY^ May Old Father Time treat you well throughout the coming year! GREEN STREET BARBER SHOP IRVEN SCHMITT, Prop. 134 S. Green St. EV 5-2585 McHenry SHANGRA-LA HOME FOR THE AGED { We are privileged at this time of the year, as on no other occasion, to give expression to" our thoughts concerning those .whose friendship and good will we cherish. May your New Year be joyous, filled with the pleasures of friendship>sSg4fglBjg|ggg|lee wed, and abounding with prosperity and real happiness! MR. and MRS. ALLEN BISBEE EV 5-0419 Proprietors OBITUARY Charles E. Kluk Services were held in Chicago last week for Charles E. Kluk. 51, of Lakeland Park, who died Dec. 21 in Memorial hospital, where he had been a patient for only two days. However, death fallowed an extended illness. The deceased was "born July 1, 1908, in Chicago, and had resided in Lakeland Park for five years. He was a department manager for International Harvester Co., in Chicago. H s wife, Rose, and several brothers and sisters survive. The body was taken to the Peter M. Justen funeral "home and then removed to Sendziak chapel in Chicago, where arrangements for services. werv made. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE I"1 'IIi MM'iH' Mi-Hi Twice Told Tales •' '8* 'I' '1' <• -Hi .[• FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken From Ihe Files of Dec. 28, 1909 Three extra clerks are employed at Block and Bethke's store this week, as follows: Misses Marie Block, Alice Sxmes and Mayfne Heimer. Mrs. Charles Gibbs is helping out at Bohlander's. McHenry chapter, No. 547, O.E.S., received two new .members, Mrs. William Spencer and Mr. H. E. Price, into its chapter last Monday evening, and the occasion was marked with a little more than, its usual hospitable welcomg to the new comers. We have noticed several cases • of neglected horses on our streets the past week. In one instance,' in particular, an unblanketed team stood shiverng in the cold for three hours. Is this right ? Albert C. Matthews died at his home on John street Dec. 18, at the age of 59 years. He is surviyed by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Bert Mc- Cannon of Ringwood arid Mrs. Starr Brink of West McHenry. The ice, harvest has begun in earnest in McHenry. Although the heavy snow has interfered, to a ceHain extent, the ice is thirteen inches thick and clear as crystal. Announcement has 'been made of the marriage of Miss Martha Wolff of McHenry and Charles McArthur of Elgin, which took placp in the parsonage of the First Congregational church'in Elgin last week. given to Mrs. F. E. Covalt and Dr. R. G. Chamberlin. Although all lighting and power restrictions have been lifted, it will be some time before all industries effected by the recent coal strike and subsequent shortage will be able^ to resume operations according to their normal schedules. At the McHenry public school, where the coal supply is almost exhausted, the board of education has placed an order for twenty tons of wood. The election on the proposition of establishing a community high schafbl will be held at the city hall Saturday, afternoon of this week. The proposed district takes in all of McHenry township except a small strip half a mile wide along the northwest edge ofthe township, and in addition to this the two north rows of sections of Ntlnda township. The biggest, event of the kind, both in attendance as well as total gross receipts, ever held by the Ladies Aid of the M. E. church was the chicken pie supper and bazaar which netted more than $200. Members(of the Just Us club are planning a dance at Stoffel's< hall On New Year's eve, when Lieut Jimmie's jazz orchestra of Chicago will furnish the music and there will be novel features introduced at midnight. the hospital by seeing two nurses from this vicinity, Rose Tony an and Christine Wegener. The girls, who graduated from the nurses' training school at the hospital June 10, have each been supervisor of a floor at the hospital. Harold Lindsay, class president, &nd Agnes Steffes, cochairman, are in charge of arrangements for the second annual class reunion of the McHenry high class of ' 'SI". Other class officers beside Lindsay include Theodore Miller, vice-president, and Kenneth N. Boley, secretarytreasurer. The Christmas party ^Yor members of. the Mothers club was held at the hbme of Mrs. George H. Johnson Friday afternoon. The program included a selection of songs by the girls' glee club of the high school, a piano solo by Barry Taxman, a vocal solo by Warren Jones and a cornet solo by Jack Hess. FORTY YEARS AGO Taken From the Files of Dec. 18, 1919 Fire of an unknown origin totally ""destroyed the tspacious dwelling on the old Sayler farm, now owned by E. J. Fellows of St. Charles, southwest of this village Friday morning. The tenants on the farm are Ostick Bros, and the loss is estimated at more than $8,000. The members of the Merry- Go-Round club were delightfully entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Page at their pretty rural home near this village last Friday evening. Awards in five-hundred were TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken From the Files of Dec. 20, 1934 Mrs. Sarah, Sherburne, a resident of this community since 1840, died at the home of her 1 daughter, Mrs. Clayton Harri- , son, near Ringwood. Dec. 13, at age of 102 years, 3 months and 26 days. Congratulations are in order to .Vernon J. Knox, who recently received word that he was one of the few successful ones that passed the state bar examination held recently at Springfield. Vincent, and Clemens Adams^ popular entertainers, sang ori the Christmas program for the ex-service men at Eigin State hospital Tuesday night. McHenry patients at St. Anthony's hospital, Chicago, are cheered during their stay at TRAILER HEATERS A space heater in a trailer must be properly vented to the outside, the Illinois Department of Public Health warned. Space heaters 6f a type that have, been installed in 82 makes of camping or travel trailers have been responsible for eight deaths in three separate incidents in Michigan in recent weeks, according to the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The heaters, which have an 8.000 B.T.U. capacity and use bottle gas, were not properly vented to the outside. They very rapidly build up lethal concentrations of carbon' monoxide in the trailer under normal operating conditions. Efforts, to locate such unvented Waters that have been irsMalled camping trailers h: ve not been completely successful, according to Dr. Roland R.^Cross, state health director. Viscounts Drum; & Bugle Corps presents The Wizard of Oz" Featuring Walters Marionette Co. at the McHenry High School Auditorium SATURDAY, JAN. 2nd 1 P.M. and S P.M. Donation 50c 0 Potent Drugs? W« havt a wealth•« A CHAT WITH US Regular check-ups and maintenance by our experts, means lower car costs to you! Call us today and find out for yourself. Brake Service All Mechanical Repairs Complete Motor Overhauling BUTCH'S 24 HOUR TOWING SERVICE S16 Front St. McHenry, III. EVergreen 5-0811 Village of Sunnyside REPORTER OFFERS THOUGHTS FOR COMING YEAR ^ Irtna Gunther - Reporter - i V EV. 5-o484 I fn a few days we will/he • ushering in a New Year. MW I of us say we'will do all tinthings this year; thaY we'had planned to do last year. Many of us make resolutions which we try very hard to keep but something usually interferes. I m not going to make any resolutions because I probably won't be able to keep them. I am going to pray that our family will have a normal and a healthy year, that our children will do good in school and that my son, Fred, will be able to continue going to the seminary. I hope all of y6u will have a better New Year, be thankful for what we have and that we are able to get along better with our fellow men. God Bless You All. White Christmas Again you are $sked to be careful especially how that we have a. lot of snow. Watch out for the children who will be busy playing and will not be looking out for the cars. Remember that you must not j park your cars along the high-1 way. If your caf-s are parked! th£ \£ay a will Lbe ^is is\a and start \he I" a lot of ne days. So in Pistake< and let me Page Thirteen ' of the snowpiow fined-. very short column will be able to w Year out with '•s about your holiof you neighbors Terrace be s^ire w what'vou did. STOP ED'S RENTAL. RENTS Electric Hammers to Wheel Chairs EVergreen 5-4123 Al's Welding & Repair Service 606 W-~Main St. McHenry, 111. Phone EV 5-4645 FOR THAT OLD FASHIONED FLAVOR COME TO WILLI KOENEMANN • COUNTRY MADE SAUSAGES • DELICIOUS HICKORY SMOKED HAMS • LEAN HICKORY SMOKED RACON • 22 VARIETIES OF SAUSAGES • TRUE GERMAN STYLE FLAVORS Route 120 • Just East of Route It - Volo, 111. Phone EVergreen 5-6260 • ••to get yov well and e Oar large prescriptions volume permit! •• to maintain ample stocks, including many rare drugs and the newest specialties. Thus, we are prepared to compound all prescriptions promptly--and precisely ai directed. As a special precaution, we dou- - ble-check each compounding step. Yet, you'll find ow prices no higher than elsewhere. Try as, aezt time. Bolger's Drugstore 103 S. Green EVergreen 6-4600 McHenry 1 •E Sherwin ' Sherwin LARGE AUCTION AUCTIONEERS: Russet, Powers and Vopel. 0 Being unable to get satisfactory farm help, I am forced to quit farming and will sell all of my personal property at public auction on the Charles Meyer's Farm," located on Route 176, 3 miles East of Crystal Lake, 1 mile East of Route 31. 6 miles South of McHenry, on the Barreville Blacktop Road and 6 miles West of Wauconda, on: SATURDAY, JANUARY 9. 1960 COMMENCING AT 9:30 A.M. ALL SMALL TOOLS AND FARM MACHINERY WILL BE SOLD BEFORE NOON 112 HEAD OF LIVESTOCK, consisting of: 70 Holsteir. Milch Cows (35 of which have freshened within the last six weeks; a number of close springers and balance milking good.) This dairy herd has been under D.H.I.A. and I invite anyone interested in dairy cows to inspect this herd before sale date. 1 Holstein Bull, 18 months old; 9 Holstein Heifers, 12 months old; 2 Holstein Heifers, 5 months old: 8 Holstein Heifers, 18 months old: 3 Holstein Heifers, 8 months-old; 18 Heifer Calves 5 to 10 weeks old; 1 Holstein Bull Calf, 8 weeks old. THE ABOVE HEIFERS THAT ARE OF VACCINATING AGE HAVE £LL BEEN VACCINATED SEIBEL MOTOR SALES 405 W. Elm St. ' 1 ;M7c Henry PHONE EV 5-5361 L * FEED 30 Ton, first cutting Alfalfa Hay (fertilized); 18 T. Mixed Hay; 1800 Bu. Oats; 45 Ft. Silage in 14 ft. Silo: 15 Ft. Silage in 14 Ft. Silo; 60 T. first cutting Alfalfa and Sweet Clover (fertilized); 15 Ton Straw; 12 Ft. Silage in 14 Ft. Silo: 3 T. Chopped Straw. MACHINERY John Deere 520 Tractor, 1957, with Power troll and Power steering; JD 60 Tractor, 1953 model; " JD 60 Tractor. 1955 model; JD 227 Two row mounted Corn Picker; JD 4 Row 490 Corn Planter; JD 10 ft. Grain Drill: JD 4 row Rotary Hoe: JD 4 row Tractor Cultivator, new; Gehl Field Chopper and Corn, Hay attach.: Gehl Silage Blower; Massey Harris Hay Baler; New Idea 4 Bar S.D. Rake; JD 45 Manure Loader; New Idea Manure Spreader; JD Hay Conditioner, new with Hook up for Hay Mower; JD 7 ft. No. 5 HaV Mower; 2 Forage Master Chopper Boxes: 1 Chopper Box and R.T. Wagon: 2 JD R.T. High Speed Wagons; 1 R.T. Wagon and Hav Rack: R.T. Wagon and Feed Bunk; Hay Rack: 3 Feed Bunks; Grain Box: Int. 10 Ft. Tractor Disc: Int. 8 Ft. Tractor Disc: Lindsay 4 Sec. Iron Drag; Kewanee 40 ft. Grain Elevator: Gehl Hammer mill; Drive Belt; 20 ft. Mow Elevator: JD 3 Bot. 16" Tractor Plow; JD 2 Bot. 16" Tractor Plow; Corn Sheller: 2 Silage Carts; Small-Grain Elevator; Scale; Hog Troughs: 8 Hole Hoc Feeder: New Idea 3 Bar S.D. Rake; Fanning Mill: 1 Hay Bunk; Jacobsop Power Lawn Mower. MILKING EQUIPMENT Surge Pump, Motor and Pipe Line: 300 Gal. Majonnigf- Bulk Tank; 4 Surge S.S. Milking Units: 2 S.S. Strainere; 2 S.S. Milk Pails; 2 S. Wash Tanks: I^ilk Cans; 1 Strainer. ALSO MANY ARTICLES TOO Nl^IEROUS TO MENTION Terms: USUAL BANK TERMS LUNCH WAGON ON GROUNDS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS EL WOOD (Red) SHERWIN. Owner FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WOODSTOCK. Clerking Member Federal Reserve Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation