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1 Thursday, May 10, 1962 o*. Johnsburg MARY HETTERMANN HEADS ST. JOHN'S ASSOCIATION Betty Hettermann THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALEH At the last meeting of St. ^ihn's Home and School association, about fifty members were on hand to elect new officers for the 1962-631 season. These officers will be installed at the May meeting. Newlyelected were: Mary f Hettermann, president; Ejj/na Gunther, vice-p r e s i den t; Lillie Hovseth, secretary; and Helen Decker, treasurer. _ Members of the rescue squad ™nd Mr. Beckman were on hand to show some very informative movies on safety. Cookies and coffee were .served at the close of the regular business meeting. passed away in Oklahoma last week. Wednesday morning funeral services took place in St. John's church with burial in the church cemetery. The whole community joins in relaying its sympathy to the surviving members. Girl Scout News •Troop 408 met last Monday in the community club hall. Mrs. • Mangold was unable to be. present but Mrs. Thomas brought two guests. They were Alice Bieschke and daughter, Tammy The group discussed their camping trip coming up next month. At the last meeting of troop X7H the girls practiced their skit which they will perform at the Mother-Daughter tea later this month. Carol Jean Hiller was cookie hostess. ^This troop was driven into Chicago last Saturday where they enjoyed a most delightful ' stage play produced especially for children titled "Beauty and the Beast". Mesdames Sullivan. Peterson, and MacGregor furnished the transportation. Troop L'95 started their last week's meeting by busily working on their Mothers Day gifts. Connie Thomas, troop ^)8 leader, and Alice Bieschke, troop 150 leader, were present to explain various phases of their forthcoming over n i g h t camping trip. These two leaders were kind enough to be on hand at this time to make 'dear t'<Mhe girls what will be happening on their trip which will take place from June 11 to the 1M. Eight girls from this troop, their leader, Mrs-.rBarth, ^id a mother, Mrs. Roggenbarh, will make the trip. They also talked about the Mother- Daughter tea which will be a little different this year. It will be a "Hawaiian Surprise" and quite a surprise is in store. Nine girls were present as well as Mesdames Barth, Anderson, Dehn, Patters'on, Roggenbach and Hiller. "Linger" was used as their closing. • Sad News Mr. and Mrs. Emitt Roberts and three of their children Spent several days last week In Missouri. They attended the wake and funeral of Emitt'.s dad who had passed away on May 2. Funeral services were conducted in Kirksville on Friday. Our sincere sympathies Jtn to the entire Roberts *amily. Words cannot express the sad feelings of the surviving members of Father Nicholas S c h m i t t . F a t h e r S c h m i t t Rescue Squad Fire Calls The firemen of statipn 2 and the rescue squad were both called out twice within the past week. A house fire in-Pistakee Highlands took them out last Friday morning. A great amount of damage was "done to the interior of the home and to the furniture. Their second call was in Pistakee Terrace where a dryer started to smoke. S^o damage was rej ported. i Rescue kquad members were called upon last Thursday afternoon when a car-missed the curve on the Johnsburg road anrl crashed. The driver received no injuries. Late Saturday evening the squad members were called upon when af victim suffered an accident which involved a gunshot wound. He was taken to the McHenry hospital for first aid. Lady Foresters to Meet Officers and members of St. Agatha's Court will meet next Tuesday evening, May 15. in the community club hall. Ar this time this years eighth grade graduating class will participate in the May crowning. Evelyn Deidrich will head the refresh menl committee. She will be assisted by Grace Bentz. Pat Brennan, Judy Michels, Elaine Weber. Elaine Sehmaling, Ardele C o n w a y, Andv Oeffling and Veronica Klein. Kiwanis Awards On Monday evening, May 8, six young eighth grade students from this area received the annual Kiwanis award given to the deserving students. This is a proud event for their ! parents. This award was given by the Kiwanis of the Wonder Lake area at a dinner held in Wonder Lake. From the ( Johnsburg public school Candis | Kowal and Joseph Schulz were i ^elected. Repre s e n t i n g St. j John's in this honor were David Himplemann and Deborah ; Montalbano. Awards in the ! Harrison school went to Donna Mae Dean and Richard Rezicka. Our very best wishes i to these young people. Congratulations Corner Special wishes ttiis week to | Mivand Mrs. A1 Pepping who observed their fifty-sixth wed- | ding anniversary on May 1. i They were feted with a family ! celebration in the Fred Pepj ping home last Sunday. ' i Birthday wishes to Bill Meyj ers who observed his birthday j this week. Also best wishes to Mary Ellen Freund who was just twelve this week. Patsy Meyers will turn 11 on j Mav 13 while on the same date j Buddy Smith will be 12. | Mareella Wakitsch also is in ' line for birthday congratulaj tions. Also she and G^rry will j be celebrating their twenty- I first wedding anniversary lat- 1 or this month.. The Hettermanns all cele- ! URN Clean Your Home the Safe Modern Way Wall - Kujj - Carpeting; Machine Cleaned ill Your Home Call for Free Demonstration Interior Beauty ^ PHONE 459-2475 - 385-4723 brate wedding anniversaries again this monthv too. Ed. and Dot complete 24 years on May 11, Jim and "yours truly" chalk off 12 years on May 13, while Gerry and Mary mark off 17 years on May 19. The Richard Dehns will be celebrating "lucky 13" on May 28. Best wishes to one and all! First Holy Communion Day Last Sunday was a most memorable day in the lives of fifty-six young boys and girls. This was their First Holy Communion Day. The rite took place in St. John's church at the 8:30 Mass. Most of these youngsters were feted with family gatherings honoring the occasion. Our very best wishes to these young communicants. Forty-seven women turned out recently to . clean the church. These ladies and those who cooked the noon meal deserve a big vote of gratitude. Visiting; Folks Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith entertained the Robert Zimmernhann family of Beloit for the day last Sunday. Recently their guests were; Mrs. Ann Dor.in, Mr. and Mrs. Einar Fossum. Mr. and Mrs/ftobert Smeltzer and family and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Elmer. The Jim Hettermann family were in New Munster last | Sunday to attend the First • Holy Communion of Donnie j Lois. Breakfast was served in the Lois home following the Mass for the family an^the godparents. Remember your "Mom" next Sunday! o PLAN ILLINOIS PAGEANT Planning for the 1962 Miss Illinois Pageant, official state preliminary contest to the 1962 Miss America Pageant, is well underway, according to James B. Snyder, Jr., Elk Grove village, state director for the Illinois Jaycee--sponsored event. Mis» Illinois. 1962, will be chosen in Elk Grove on the final evening of the four-day pageant, June 27 - 30. More than fifty girls from throughout the state are expected to compete for the title in an atmosphere closely simulating the annual Miss America Pageant. The winner of the Miss Illinois Pageant, in addition to $7,000 in prizes and awards, will represent the Prairie state in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Sept. 3 to 9. Anyone has a right to their own opinion-- whether based on facts or on imagination. Rlngwood SUDDEN DEATH OF LONA BREVER SHOCKS COMMUNITY Lor Brennan - W.L. 2045 Our small community was shocked by the passing of a well known and liked neighbor and friend, Lontf Brever. She was found dead in her car in front of her home on Tuesday, May 1, around 4 p.m. She was very active in St. Mary's church affairs and the Women of the Moose Lodge at McHenry, where she held the office of chaplain. She belonged to >card clubs as well as the Home Circle. She was 74 years old and is survived by one sister and two brothers, all of Wisconsin. She was preceded in death by a brother, who passed away at Easter time. Services were held from Ehorn's Funeral Home and St. Mary's Catholic church in McHenry at 11 a.m. on Saturday with burial in Wisconsin. She will be missed by many, many friends. ^ Church Calendar Ringwood Methodist Church Rev. Bruce Brenneman, Pantor May 11, .8 p.my - The official board will meet at the churcn. May 12, 1:30 -*3 p.m. -- Jr. M.Y.F. will meet at the church. May 13 -- Mother's Day -- 9 30 -- Worship Service (Festival of the Christian Home, May 17, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. -- All parents are requested to register their children for Daily Vacation Bible School. Men's Club The Ring wood Methodist Men's Club is sponsoring a program (to be announced later) on June 2 in the high school auditorium. Tune in next week for more details. Cemetery Card Party A Success The cemetery card party held in the school house was a huge success. "Many people from out of town aliio attended. A Baby Girl Mr. and Mrs. Ed Skidmore became parents of another baby girl on May 2. She will answer to the name of Denise Sue. They have one other daughter. Donna Jean. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Skidmore and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Caley. Congratulations to all! Belated Birthday Wishes To Mrs. Nellie Hepburn and Joy Walkington, May 2; Charlie Brennan, Mav 5. Birthday Party at Skidmorea Mrs. John Ehlert celebrated , her birthday at the home of her daughter, the-John Skidmores, last weejs-r Those present to help her were: John Ehlert and Mabel, and Mrs. £>olly Malsch of Ringwopd, Mrs. Millie Rush, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pacey, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Ehlert, Miss Donna Ehlert and friend, all of Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ehlert of Kenosha, Wis.; Herman Ehlert, Mrs. Siavia Ehlert, Mr. and Mrs. Don Brown and family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ehlert, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Ehlert and Rick, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Pacey and Susie, Mr. and Mrg. Haase and Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stockton, all of Wilmot. Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. James Minnis and family of Twin Lakes, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Senkerik of Sunnyside, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Skidmore and Donna Jean of McCullom Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Creutz of Crystal Lake, and Mrs. Hazel Bowman of Wonder Lake. All had a wonderful time helping Mrs. Ehlert celebrate her birthday: Congratulations! -- Personals Mrs. Nellie Hepburn, Mrs. Ruby Shepard and Lily Boyd were callers in the Arthur Larsen home on Sunday afternoon. Mr. &nd Mrs. Bill Cruickshank, Jr., and family spent Sunday afternoon in the Bill Crnickshank, Sr., home. Guests in the Walter Low home on Saturday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Betts and Mr. and Mrs. Preston. Mr. S c h w e g e 1 's Sunday school class went to Apple River Canyon at Galena, recently. Mrs. Ruby Shepard and Mrs. Nellie Hepburn .attended the Choral concert at McHenry last Sunday. Duane Ehlert spent Friday night at the John Ehlert home. Mrs. Millie Rush spent the weekend in the John Ehlert home. & Mr. and Mrs. Phelps Saunders and Georgia Mary of Sycamore. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Winn and Mr. and Mrs. Don Smart of Waukegan'werc callers in the Wiedrich-Wegener home on Sunday. Mrs. Beatty and Mrs. Viola Low had Sunday dinner in the Walt Low. home. Afternoon callers were Alice Mae and Walt Wilcox. The Bob Brennan family had Sunday dinner in the Richard Schmitt home at McHenry. It was Sharon Schmitt s' first Coqimunion day. That's it for this week. See von next week. OBITUARIES REV. NICHOLAS SCHMITT Rev. Fr. Nicholas Schmitt, who spent his early life in the Johnsburg area, died last Thursday, May 3, in St. Ant h o n y ' s h o s p i t a l , O k l a h o m a , City, where he was a patient for six weeks following a long period of poor health. The s e v e n t y - f i v e - y e a r - o i d p r i e s t was a resident,of Ponca City, Oklahoma, Assumption Villa convent, for eight years. He was a native of Nebraska. where he was born Aug. 14, 188t\ but moved to this area with his parents, Jacob and Mary Freund Schmitt, as a child. Later, he studied at Quincy college and Kenrich seminary in St. Louis, Mo., and was ordained to the priesthood June 12, 1914. Fr. Schmitt read his first Mass June 21 of that year in St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Emma Bert rang and Miss Catherine Schmitt, both of Aurora, and Mrs. Agatha Thelen of Johnsburg; four brothers. Joseph N. and Bernard N. of McHenry, John N. of McCullom Lake and Stephen N. of Si. Petersburg, Fla. A brother. Matt, and sister, Miss Clara Smith, preceded him in death. A pontifical Mass was read in St. Jo.seph's cathedral in Oklahoma City Saturday, and a Mass was read Monday at Assumption Villa., The body was then brought to Johnsburg where it rested in St. John's church until Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, when a requiem Mass was sung, followed by burial in the church cemetery. Arrangements were made by the George R. Justen & Son funeral home. THEODORE WINKEL Several months of failing health ended in the death-Sun-' day night. May 6, of Theodore Winkel. 47, of 621 W. Rand road, Lilymoor. who died in McHenry hospital. A lifelong resident of the area,'Winkel was a machinist by trade and for a time operated his own shop in the Lilymoor community. More recently he had been .employed in Barrington. . The deceased was a veteran of World War II, in which he served as a staff sergeant, and was a member of. V.F.W. Post 4600. He is survived by his wife, Bernice. His parents, Michael and Anna Hoffmier , Winkel, preceded him in death. The body rests at the George R. Justen & Son funeral home until 10 o'clock this (Thursday) morning, when Mass will be sung at St. Mary's Catholic church, with interment in the church cemetery. •I. P. KASPER Funeral services were held from the Merik chapel in Berwyn Wednesday afternoon for Joseph Paul Kasper, 66, of Wonder Lake, who died May 5 in McHenry hospital. Rites were under the auspices of Lawndale Lodge 995, AF & AM, followed by burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Mr. Kasper was born June '27, 1895, in Chicago, and was a member of the Berwyn V.F.W. post. His uife survives. STANLEY J. I)l \ \L A three-week illness ended Some people whistle .while"- May 2 in the death of Stanley they wait, while others hustle. Page Nina I. Duval, 52, of Pistakee Highlands, who died in Lake County sanitarium, Waukegan. He and his wife operated "Anne's Town Lounge in Fox Lake, where they lived until moving to the Highlands. Survivors are the widow? Anne; two stepsons, two sisters and two brothers. The body rested at the Hamsher chapel in Fox Lake. Mass was sung for him at St. Peter's church, Spring Grove, Saturday, with interment in Fox Lake cemetery. Mrs. Wiu. F. MELSON Last rites for Mrs. William F. Nielson of Pistakee Highlands were held Tuesday afternoon from the Edwards funeral home in Chicago. The local resident, who died May 5, was buried in Montrose cemetery. Besides 1 he widower, she leaves a son, William F., Jr., a daughter. Gail Mane; her parents and a brother. 1 NORMAN E. DAHL, Sr. Norman E. 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