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Sixteen THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday, April 20,1961 Lakeland Park Make Plans For J- Spring Dance P&t GelwicKS EV. 5-3712 o» EV. 5-4043 ) Our community spring da nee " Is nearin.er -- May 13 at 9 p.m. til the Amerirah- Legion hall. The dance thome will he "The Roaring Twenties". A 20's costume would be ideal, but it is not a requirement to attend. A Charleston dance contest Will be held and a small flooi show will be River. Tickets may be purchased from your block captains, the eorrici store, or at the door. Our Deepest Sympathy Is extended to the family of Waiter Gordon. 305 Bonner drive, Lakeland Shores. Mr. Gordon, 66. passed away suddenly early Friday '"norning ;il his home. He was' born April 22. 1894 in Chicago and had resided here four ' months. Mr. ! Gordon was a i-etired Chicauc fireman and a World War I veteran. He is survived by his widow, -Ruth: a daughter. Cliarlotte. at home: two other daughters of River Grove; and a son. Walter. Jr.. of Chicago. The body was taken to William C. Smith funeral home and services were held Monday. Carol Altmann, Edna Everman and Edna Oldham. All the gals mentioned chipped in and presented the guest of honor with a' stroller besides individual gifts for the expected baby. A late supper in buffet fashion was enjoyed by all. Get-Well Wishes To Lcnnore Abbott of 126 Rogers who has been in bed several weeks with a very bad case of the flu. And to Donald Arient of 129 Rogers who was accidently hi' in the eye Saturday," April 8. with an airplane while playi;.^ with some of his friends. He spent the weekend in the Mc- Henry hospital and returned home Monday. Donald had to stay in bed until last Thursday, but returned to school Monday. Accident Jeff Bierman, age 4, is on the healing, list from an accident he suffered in his home. The lad tripped going out the door and broke the storm glass which attributed to five stitches on his head and seven oil his arih. First Communion Norbie Kwiatek made his first communion Sunday at St. Mary's church. Braving the storm were several relatives and friends to attend his cojnmunion reception. I Happy Birthday ! To Kevin Druml who became =• - - • 9 vears old on April 15; to aft 6 a.m. in Harvard hospital ! Dajsv Krupinski on April 19. was son number four for Dolly . Conn!p r,jaconio on April 2<T Male Express Arriving on Monday morning and Pete Novell of 127 Meadow Lane. This fine bouncing lad weighed a well I? lb«. Mom and son are doing fine and waiting for introductions are brothers. Ronnie, age 14. Gene, age 13 and Richie, age 5. Attention Archers The Northern Illini Bowmen will hold open house progi-am on Saturday evening', April 22. alt 8:15 p.m. at the American Legion hall. Archery film's will be shovn plus comics and entertainment. Refreshments will be served and there is no au- Hjtssion charge. Any interested persons are invited to attend. j and to friends and neighbors I Jessie Matthews and Ray Roee | whose birthdays are April 25. | Happy Anniv ersary I To Bob and Jessie Matthews | and Inge and Walter Pissovv- ! otzki who both celebrated their ! wedding anniversaries on April ; 19. ; Little League : Just a reminder. April 23 is tfie day that the field try-outs \£ill be held for all boys who tfre to play 1his season. The jfiace is the old b?<ll field on Sftiore Drive, the time is between the hours of 2 p.m. and 5tp.m. All players must bring tjieir gloves, if you don't have cfcie at the time, come out and borrow one from a buddy. All tiam managers and - their cj&aches must be on the field bfcfcre the above stated^time. 3Any boy that has^fiM registered, and has a desire to play ball, may do so aj the fielcl that d&y. Boys who have registered lilt still have their applications dfcould turn them in that day. "fiie registration fee is three dollars this year, it should be pgrid as soon as possible. Any information can be obtained by calling Mitchell Przctaczn:k iJV. 5-1822. •Uniforms and all equipment tRat is to be furnished bv the Club will be on d'splay. Any questions can and will be answered by the officers of the Cllib pertaining to the plans of the club this season. So let's gj»t in a little practice before "the big day" and we will see you on the ball field. Birthday Doings Young mister Steven Droesser 'observed his third birthday on Thursoay, April 13. Coming to his little party were Lee Panki?vvic7, Judy Revak and Brenda Thompson. And keeping close watch on activities were moms Joyce Paniewicz, Audrey Thompson (and baby Carl» and Florence Droesser. Also for coffee and cake came I Katherine Ko-'icki. Elaine Susan Bottari observed her sixth birthday April 16. Miss Bottari had a party for. her friends Saturday, April 15. Those who attended wexc LeaTi Rode, Maria Eva, Karen Mecic, Debbie Schabow, Lynn Cygan, Darlene Licastro ard cousin Judy Mazzoni. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mazzoni, ' Sr., Elaine's grandpa and grandma, and Lewis Mazzoni, Jr., all from Chicago dropped in unexpectedly and joined in the party too. Judy's mother, Lorraine, remained home with her two sisters, Joyce and Gayle, who have the chicken pox. Games, cake and ice cream were enjoyed! Little Miss Kathy Campo reached the bright young age of four April 18 and celebrated this day with some of her friends. Margaret and, Theresa Kroening. Johnny, Shirley and Linda Meurer.- After games were played ice cream and birthday cake were sampled. Many more happy birthdays, Kathy! Snow Bound Chuck and Grace Campo and two children, Chucky, age 6^>, and Kathy, age 4, drove into Chicago Friday night to visit. Chuck's mother, Mrs. Helen Campo and to help paint her house. They started for home Sunday evening, but due to our "beautiful weather" they were forced to return to Chicago and finally made the journey home Monday morning. Ha He Ho's jThe Herzogs entertained the [Untrasses and Hafers Friday ling at dinner in their home. After dinner the Mr. Ha He Ho's beat the Mrs. in a good game of pinochle. \LThe Hquni evehii Visitors Ann Hirshberg's brother, Ed Witta, from Niles, dropped in unexpectedly Monday and Tuesday her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Petta, from Chicago spent the afternoon visiting. The M e u r e r s entertained Barb's sister, Joan, and James Ellis and five children Friday night. Ron and Barb talked their guests into staying over night. Then the Ellis returned to their home in Lombard Saturday. Bobby, Visiting Nancy and Carol Matthews spent the weekend in Chicago visiting with, their aunt and .uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gampetrp, while their mom and dad recuperated from the flu. Pat Gelwicks and daughter, Jackie, age 1%, spent last week in Haselcrest visiting Pat's sister, Maxine Freeman, and son, Kenny, age 2. Mrs. Freeman is expecting her second child any day. The Gelwicks left for homa Saturday afternoon, stopping unexpectedly in Calumet City to visit Mr. and , Mrs. Jack Deniffe and daughter, Jacklyn, and ended up enjoying a delicious beef stragenoff dinner. Meet ¥our Neighbor Welcome. "Old-Timers" Joseph and Ann Leone who live at 200 Beach avenue. This house on Beach has-been occupied by the Leones for years. Joe and Ann have two married sons, George and Robert, who both reside in Lakeland Park how. Both sons graduated from Lane high school in Chicago, where they lived before moving here. This happy couple met in a Chicago Park and they will celebrate their twenty-seventh anniversary June 14, 1961. Ann works in Chicago, likes to cook and enjoys bowling along with her hubby. Joe also likes to fish and is an auto mechanic in Oak Park. The pet of the household is Petey, a parakeet. The temperature of sea water ^varies from 28 degrees to 88 degrees, varying, with the season, and latitude. The salt content keeps sea water from freezing at 28 degrees. Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken from the Files of April 20, 1911 At Tuesday's election John H. Miller defeated his opponent, Peter J. Freund, for president of the village board, by fifty-nine votes. Serving with him as trustees will be William Stoffel, Mathias Weber, George Meyers, Dr. R. E. Chamberlin, Joseph W. Freund and Fred Nickels. A*- pretty Easter Monday wedding took place at St. Patrick's church Monday morning, when Miss Harriett Welch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Welch, became the bride of Mr. William Dewey of Indianapolis, Ind., Rev. Fr. D. Lehane officiating. They were attended by Miss Florence Welch, sister of the bride, and Thomas McDonald, cousin of the bridegroom. The Crystal Lake Herald wants to compliment the directors of the Terra Cotta school, Michael Knox, George Ames and John Phalen, for having made the interior of the Terra Cotta school the best in the county, with all modern improvements. A great deal of credit in keeping the room neat and presentable must be given the teacher, Miss Nellie Newman. Dr. N. J. Nye and A. E. Nye left today for Alvado, Ohio, to attend the funeral of their father who passed away on Tuesday of this week. It takes a rich man to draw a check, a pretty girl to draw attention, a horse to draw a cart, a porus plaster to draw the skin, a toper to draw a cork, a frfee lunch to draw a crowd, and a well displayed advertisment in this paper to draw trade. FORTY YEARS AQO Taken from the- Files of April 14, 18(21 S a t u r d a y ' s snow s t o r m brought down the temperature to the freezing point and for a few hours, at least, it looked as if Old Man Winter had not as yet, bid us adieu. As the result of the visitation of the snow and cold the fruit suffered considerably, in these parts, and in many instances, we are told, some has been ruined for the season. A wedding of interest to many local folks took place at the home of Rev. Sunderlin at Woodstock at high noon, Thursday, when Mr. Kirk Harrison, oldest son of Mrs. Mayme Harrison of this city, was united in m a r r i a g e to M i s s H e l e n Beatty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Beatty, of Woodstock. During a severe electrical storm, Friday morning, lightning struck the steeple of the M.E. church but fortunately very little damage was done. Delbert A. Whiting, one of our highly esteemed rural residents, passed away at his rural home last Thursday, after a four months illness, at the age of 71. Hotel proprietors in McHenry and this summer resort district report that they have already entertained an unusual number of guests over the weekends which is unusally early for business. Clyde Kent of Chicago who recently purchased the William Bonslett home on the corner of Elgin road and Waukegan street, is this week moving his household effects to this village, where the family expects to make their future home. Arthur Groom, who has been attending a school of pharmacy at Des Moines, Iowa, during, the past several months, returned to McHenry Monday and is once more a familiar figure in the West Side drug store. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken from the Flies of April 9, 1936 A belated blizzard struck this region Wednesday night and residents awoke Thursday morning to find every thing covered with a six-inch blanket of snow. Thermometers stood at from 10 to-14 above Friday night, the coldest of the current cold spell The snowfall caused no traffic blockades, although driving conditions were made slush and slippery. Friends of Dr. George W. Hess of McHenry, county veterinarian, were surprised to hear he had tendered his resignation so tha.t he might be free to accept a government transfer, to accept a position in New York City. Charles Gaulke, proprietor of the Gaulke market at Woodstock, died unexpectedly Sunday morning, at the age of 48. He is survived by his widow, the former Bertha Feltz of McHenry. H. E. Hanson, manager of the Joliet Division of the Star.-' dard Oil company, has just announced the transfer to McHenry of F. M. Rogers as local manager. Mr. Rogers succeeds J. W. Kilday who has been the Standard Oil representative at McHenry the past eleven yearg. Mr. Hanson accepted Mr. Kilday's resignation with regret since he had served the company long and faithfully. McHenry chapter of the O.E.S. will sponsor a masqiM|- ade dance at Stoffel's hall April 18. This event was postponed earlier due to severe weather and blocked roads. Music for old and new dances will be furnished by Vycital's orchestra and admission will be 25 cents a person! PUBLIC AID PROGRAM Caseloads in the five public aid programs rose to 427,618Jjn February, an increase, of 11,3m over January, Peter .W. Cahill, executive secretary ojf the Illinois Public Aid commission, reported to Gov. Otto Kerner today. Citing the January count of 416,234 and the February 1960 total of 380.644 recipients, Cahill said the increase was due to the continuing effects of both seasonal and current recession factors. ^ The University of Michigan maintains a colony of 12,000 mice for the purpose of studying effects of in-breeding. RADIATOR REPAIR sj Automotive, Trucks and Industrial 1 DAY SERVICE f] All Work Guaranteed McHENRY AUTO BODY "We are not satisfied until you are" 611 Front St. Ph. EV 6-0444 Your Advertisement iii the TREND-SETTING NEW CONCEPT IN GAS COOKING . . . » Scout-O-Rama "The Kishwaukee District of Ciib Pack is sponsoring a Scout-O-Rama this Saturday, A$)ril 22. at the - community liph school in Crystal Lake ftbm 11 a.m. 'till 9:30 p.m. Dispfeys stage talent, and movies TOli be shown. Boy Seoul s. Cuii Sfjouts and Girl Scouts, etc., wfll participate and have disjSJfeys shown. Troon 1(52 of Lakeland Park will have a nature display on the program. ^All Cub Scouts and parents wSl attend the Scout-O-Rama a£ a group. The boys and paretets will meet in the community house. Saturday, April 22. 6:30 p.m. * Minstrel Show' •The minstrel show chorus will meet aeain tonight (Thursday > at 8 p m. in the conunuliijy house to rehearse. r | Welcome Party The welcome committee ha. many nice things planned for ihf next welcome party. May 25jl a Thursday evening, at the coJnmunitv house. The time is 8 : B 0 p . m . 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