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Page Fourteen THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday, October 25, 1962 VISIT FROM A STAR Don Peasley Photo Big thrill for Susan Gregory, McHenry high school student, came during an enforced stay at Memorial hospital, Woodstock, last week when teleyfsiorix star Joe Bodrie dropped in to see her. Bodrie visited Susan, hospitalized with a broken leg, while in Woodstock to give talks on safety in handling firearms. Well-known among television western fans, Bodrie plays the deputy on "The Sheriff of Cochise" series and instructs actors in deft handling of a gun. UNIT 491 The regular monthly meeting of the American Legion auxiliary was called to order Oct. 15 by President Dorothy Weichmann. Rehabilitation chairman Peggy Garrelts reported Lydia Fenner, Tom Landre, Bill Brogan, Frank* Sprague, and Stan and Dorothy Diedrich entertained the veterans at Downey hospital. Clem Wirfs provided the music. There was also a party held for the patients at Elgin h o s p i t a l . D o r o t h y D i e d r i c h , D o r o t h y M. M i l l e r , D e l i a Freund, Joy Landre, Frank" Sprague, Ruth Mrachek and Vic and Marie Howe attended. The membership drive is "in full swing and we hope to reach our quota before Nov. 11. This year we are competing with the Woodstock auxiliary. If you haven't paid your dues, please try to do so before the next county meeting Nov. 2 when we will compare memberships with the Woodstock unit. Membership chairman Lil Miller stated the following qualifications: mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of veterans who served their country between April 6, 1917 and Nov. 11, 1918, December 7, 1941 and Sept. 2, 1945, and from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 are eligible and should belong tothe .American Legion auxiliary. Join up today and help lis 'with our many fine programs. Rehabilitation, child welfare, - Americanism, community service and civil defense just to name a few. The past presidents of McHenry unit held a meeting at the home of Minnie Meyer of Algonquin. Those present were Pearl Pietsch, Ruth Mrachek, Eleanore Reid, Ann Thennes, Marge Mikota, Frances White and Henrietta Ahrens. Thirteen Crystal Lake Legion home Oct. 18. The eighty-one past presidents present from McHenry County elected the following officers: President, Lima Tessendorf of Huntley; Vice-President, Mary Einspar of McHenry: Secretary, Marietta Hayes of Harvard; Treasurer, Shirley Diedrich of Fox River Grove and Chaplain, Marge Mikota of McHenry. The county past presidents will meet again in Harvard sometime in April. A pleasant evening followed the brief meeting. Members please read your monthly bulletins carefully for future activities of the auxiliary. Our next project will be our annual pot-luck supper to be served Veteran's Day. fyofti 2)aucj,@der& ^llewb The regular meeting of the International Order of Job's Daughters, Bethel 98, of McHenry was held recently, with Sandi Fairchild, honored queen, presiding. We decided to make our next meeting, Oct. 25, as guest night. All organizations linked with the Masons are inivted to attend. Marlene Viita, Recorder SHARE FOREST CHECK Nine southern Illinois counties will share in "a check for $14,922.77 from the U. S. Forest Service, Gov. Otto Kerner has announced. The money represents 25 per cent of the income from timber sales and special permit fees from the Shawnee National Forest during the fiscal year ended June 30. The annual dividend is to be spent equally for rural roads and schools and is in lieu of tax money which would be re- „ , ceived by the counties if the , c e"ry past presidents at- forest land were privately tended a dinner meeting at the 1 owned. *Snua "Always First With The Finest." 801 North River Road McHenry OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK Starting This Friday Serving 6;30 to 10:00 p.m. "SeUor, Bufftt" Featuring Lobster Thermidor Baby Lobster Tails Shrimp - Scallops, Etc. HALLOWEEN October 27th BUFFET and PRIZES Music every weekend featuring FRANZ MILLBROOK at the Rialto Theatre Organ ZOE RUTHERFORD Trmpet and Vibes V Twin Told Tales ..§#• " :vw f FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken from the Files of Oct. 10, 1912 The "Just Us" club, the members of which include Mc- Henry's most active young ladies, and who during the year have given two very successful leap year parties, will again entertain on Saturday evening, Oct. 19. The event will be in the shape of a harvest dance and arrangements are under way which promises to surpass all previous efforts of the Just Us girls. Walsh's orchestra of Chicago will furnish the music: and tickets will be 75 cents. From the school notes comes the news that Dr. Nickels, France Bonslett, "Bud" Heinier, Loren Martin, "Gen" Sherman and Euchre Steve performed an operation on Ed. Bolger Monday morning. A speedy recovery is hoped for. A hayrack load of our young people drove to Wauconda last Saturday evening and took in a dance. They returned home in the wee small hours of Sunday morning and report a fine time. Mrs. Freeman Whiting passed away at her home near 1 Ringwood Sept. 26, 1912, after a lingering illness, at the age of 80 years. She is survived by her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Richard Thompson, Mrs. C. W. Harrison and Mrs. F. E. Martin, and one son, Delbert Whiting. Other deaths the past week included Mrs. Theodore Meyers of Johnsburg and the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Huff, who reside on the McHenry-Johnsburg road. Miss Elizabeth Miller, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, and Mr. John Degen, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Degen, were united in marriage by Rev. Edward Berthold at St. John's c h u r c h , J o h n s b u r g , T u e s d a y morning. An overturned kerosene stove in the flat over Barbian Bros. Cigar factory caused a fire scare Tuesday, but the burning stove had been thrown out the window before the hose cart arrived. FORTY YEARS AGO Taken from the Files of Oct. 18, 1922 A most impressive ceremony took place at St. Patrick's church Wednesday afternoon when the Right Rev. Bishop Muldoon blessed the new bell for the sanctuary belfry of the new church. The bell is a gift o fCount Oscar Bopp Von Oberstadt and his wife, Elizabeth, and bears on one side the personal coat of arms of the count and his wife, in combination with a decoration worn by the count as privy chamberlain to the pope. A cross and the name of the pastor are on the reverse side of the bell. Miss Mary Cecelia Burke, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Burke erf this city, and Mr. Francis Sullivan, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sullivan, of Chicago, were united in marriage, at St. Patrick's church last Saturday morning, with a reception following at the M. J. Walsh home. Other marriages the past week included that of Miss Theresa Freund and Mr. Peter Neiss at St. Mary's church Wednesday morning, and Miss Juanita Mudron and Leroy Bohlander, whicn took place at Crown Point, Ind.; Oct. 3. Approximately one-half of the working force at the Oliver typewriter factory have been laid off. Too many machines on hand and $1,000,000 on the books are said to be the cause. An account of the low market price of $o per ton, which scarcely pays for the harvesting, hundreds of acres of cabbage in lower Wisconsin will be plowed under this fall. Mrs. Lena Saupe passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clyde Kent, Oct. 8, after an illness of three years, at the age of 72 years. Leo Heimer and Walter Carey have resigned their positions and are planning to motor south to spend the winter. The public drinking fountains about town have been taken down and stored for the winter. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken from the Files of Oct. 14, 1937 Rev. Minar Gerrard is the new pastor for the Methodist Episcopal church, replacing the Rev. R. W. Pinnell. Past worthy matrons and patrons were honored at a meeting of McHenry chapter of the O.E.S. at Masonic hall Thursday evening, when the chapter observed its thirtysecond anniversary. Robert Hunter, 92, of Richmond, among the last surviving Civil War veterans, died in Richmond Monday after a four year's illness. When the Civil War broke out, Hunter, for whom the golf course was named, who was a student in an Antioch school at the time, ran away and enlisted in the Army. He was with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea and was one of the first soldiers to march into Savannah, barefooted and ragged but happy over his mission being accomplished. From the items of thirty years ago comes the news that ONE WEEK ONLY! BONUS PLAID STAMPS FOR RUG and PILLOW CLEANING We'll give you: 100 Extra Plaid Stamps with each rug cleaning order (min. size 8x10 rug). 50 Extra Plaid Stamps with each pillow renovating order received before Thursday of next week. (Feather Pillows Only -- We clean, fluff, sterilize and deodorize feathers and put them into a NEW TICKING --• all for only $2«49 per pillow.) Phone 385-0927 FOR PICKUP SERVICE RAINBOW CLEANERS 1304 N. Front Street McHenry There's Always Plenty Free Parking at Rainbow's Drivein! A concerted effort to make every Farm Bureau member and his family aware of their serious responsibility to vote in the Tuesday, Nov. 0, general election is under way The McHenry County Farm Bureau is joining the ninety-eight other county Farm Bureaus and the Illinois Agricultural association in an appeal to every eligible voters' sense of duty to do at least two things concerning the election: 1, Become as familiar as possible with the candidates. Know the issues and know where the candidates stand; 2, Vote at the Nov. 6 general election and ^rge neighbors to vote also. To help remind farmers of the need to vote, Farm Bureau in McHenry county plans to conduct a township-by-township telephone "remind^" calling chain on Monday evening and all day Tuesday, Nov. 5 and 6, Dale Noe, president, said this week. In addition, colorful red, white and blue reminder tags with the words, "I Will Vote . . . Will You?" will be distributed throughout the county. The program is not intended to support any candidate or party, but to arouse a big turnout. Noe put it this way today: "The greatest push to the cause of democracy and good government would be for every eligible voter to participate in this election. Such a goal may seem impractical but if the vote even approached the maximum it would be a source of satisfaction to every good citizen and a pronouncement to the world that democracv FARMERS LAUNCH CONCERTED EFFORT TO GET OUT VOTE Miss Lillian Wheeler opened the Ostend school with five pupils and Miss Myrtle Wattles „ opened the Sherman Hill with seven. Miss Betty Nielsen entertained at a miscellaneous shower for Miss Hazel Heimer Monday evening. Miss Heimer will be an October bride. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Woll and twenty-months-old twins, David Carey Woll and Phyllis Irene Woll, and another daughter, Mary Cynthia, have been visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Carey. Mr. Woll is special assistant to the attorney general and is in charge of federal security act violation and mail fraud matters in Washington, D. C. 0 can and will wprjc to the betterment of all. "We in agriculture and Farm Bureau have a significant part to play in this regard. Farmers are far fewer in number than only a few years ago but throughout America and the world farmers have proven the bulwark of democracy." Noe reminded farmers that during the past several months Farm Bureau has been active in attempting to get practical and workable national farm legislation in the recent Congress. James Curran, McHenry, legislative chairman, is in charge of coordinating the over-all "Get Out the Vote" program. Township directors and assistant directors will organize the township telephone reminder campaign. COURT BRIEFS In the court of Justice of the Peace Charles M. Adams on Saturday, John Henry Delph of Cary was charged $30 for driving without a license and $75 for reckless driving. He was committed to the county jail to serve out time because of failure to pay the fines. William E. Hirn of Richmond was charged with speeding and fined $15. It was his car that struck and killed Daniel John Lee, 5 years old, of rural Barrington, Oct. 26 on River road, Cuba township. Bruce E. Koepke of Woodlawn Park, McHenry, paid a $10 fine for speeding. On a charge of reckless driving, James Hildebrandt of 3124 S. Highwood drive, McHenry, paid a $39.40 fine. In the court of Police Magistrate Donald Howard last Thursday evening, Michael Hanley and Norman Danko, both of McHenry, were fined $17 on speeding charges. ENTER MEDICAL CAMPUS A total of about 167 students from the state of Illinois, excluding Chicago and its suburbs, have entered the University of Illinois at the Chicago medical center campus. Among them are Dorothy M. Adams of 303 W. Lincoln road, and Martha Eugenie De- Havas of 1318 Woodlawn Park, McHenry, and Roger L. Benson of 4918 E. Wonder Lake road, Wonder Lake. 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