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Thursday, March 21, 1963 THE McHENHY PLAINDEALER - fPt*a gty#; . FMniifis viiin ^f ^ Plstakee Terrace AUXILIARY SETS PATE FOR ANNUAL SPRING DANCE J«yoe Toepper -- 888-M44 The Pistakee Terrace Women's auxiliary, meeting at the Zamastil home on Thursday evening, set May 11, as the date of the annual spring dance. This is the one project for which the cooperation of each and every member of the Terrace is needed. Committees are being formed and the more workers the easier the Job. The dance will be held at the Johnsburg community hall, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Mark your calendar now and get your babysitter lined up - this is one affair few want to miss. Just a reminder that the auxiliary is sponsoring a bowling party at Johnsburg Saturday evening, March 30. This is strictly a fun affair so come out and join your neighbors. It is necessary to know in advance as many planning to attend as possible inorder to reserve enough alleys. Please call me, Joyce Toepper, if you are interested. A committee was formed to organize the Easter Egg hunt for the subdivision children. This hunt is held on Saturday afternoon preceding Easter at the Terrace beach area and gives the children great pleasure. The committee consisting of Eleanor Moore, chairman, Dee Gregg, Clara Kurowski, Pat Merhaut and Dorothy Parker will be contacting all families explaining the details Barb Zamastil is arranging a tour of Haeger pottery on a school day in the near future. Everyone is invited and it is hoped that those who don't wish to go will take a turn at babysitting for the girls who otherwise might find it hard to get away. As the tour becomes definite everyone will be contacted. The special program was postponed and a social hour followed the meeting with cake having been furnished by Agnes Secord. les out for them and they proceded in assembling the parts followed by a gun war. Cookie host was Scott StulL At the March Pack meeting Dick Jablonski received his wolf badge. Registration cards and pins were given to all den fathers including our own Joan Stull and Marilyn Wiggerman. Much attention was given to the forthcoming Scout- O-Rama to be held March 23, at the Crystal Lake Community high school field hou»e at Franklin and South Walkup. Beginning at 11 a.m. and going until 9:30 p.m. the Scouts in the Kishwaukee district, Blackhawk Area council of Rockford will have booths on display. Our own Pack will be showing their wolf molds. Two special shows will be presented by Scouts one at 2:30 p.m. and the other at 8 p.m. Tickets can be obtained from any Scout with each pack retaining half of its ticket sale proceeds for its own treasury. Children under eight will be admitted free if accompanied by a parent. Give these boys your support. Brownies Brownie Troop 150 received instructions for a Japanese grace form Scout visitor Debbie Obstfelder as she worked for a badge at their March 6 meeting. Cheryl Kinder was cookie hostess. Cub Scouts Cub Den 4, Pack 452 meeting in March at the Stull home finished pouring their wolf molds the first week in March. They drew and colored space men and spent some time running relay races. Cookie *host was Scott Wiggerman. Having taken their molds home during the week and painting them, the boys spent the second meeting in March making rifles out of wood. Ron Wiggerman had cut the hand- Basketball The Johnsburg grade school basketball team participated in two tournaments following the close of regular season. Both the junior and varsity were included in the Spaulding Invitational double elimination tournament held in Waukegan Feb. 22, and March 1. The junior varsity lost its game on Feb. 22, to Round Lake but came back on March 1, to beat Westfield from Winthrop Harbor 19 to 17 to capture the consolidation trophy. The junior varsity is to be congratulated for also winning the sportsmanship trophy and placing Steve Stahlman on the all tournament team. Unfortunately the varsity lost both games the first to Round Lake and the second to Fox River Grove. The varsity having tied for second in the conference standing met Big Hollow in the con ference tournament on March 8 and 9, at Grant high school in Fox Lake. They defeated Big Hollow 23 to 14 on Saturday afternoon winning the right to meet Oaklawn Saturday even ing. Oaklawn undisputed winner of the conference having gone undefeated found themselves in a tough game against our boys. However Johnsburg had to settle for second again as the final score showed them one point behind. Now the season is over except for the athletic banquet which will be held on March 30. Certainly these boys deserve a word of praise in the form of news print. Selected for the varsity tournament team were: Rocky Eide, Bob Moore, Rolf Schilling, Jim Colandrea, Keith Taylor, Walter Harbecki, John Walczak, John Todd, David Fletcher, Steve Stahlman. The junior varsity tournament team included: Mike Haffener, Steve Stahlman, Jesse Stamer, Gregg Haze, John Todd, Jeff Jensen, David Fletcher, Bill Anderson, Ted Jost, Ted Bierchen, and Bill Hornewer. Terrace Tidings At a recent meeting of Boy Scout Troop 452, Jim Vyduna received his tenderfoot pin anu second class badge. Eignteen friends from Chicago, DePlaines, Elmhurst and even Indiana gathered at the Paul Fedorchak home on Friday evening to wish Bob Higgens of Chicago well as he left for the armed services. The Anthony Kurowski family dined with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Caraher on Sunday. Latei in the afternoon they stopped in to see the newest addition at the home of his brother. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kurowski's fourth child and first son. Saturday visitors at the Jerry Connerty home were Bunny and Dewayne Everman of Chicago. The Tom Merhauts attended the seventy-fifth birthday celebration of her grandfather at the grandparents', Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Prezell of Chicago, on Sunday. Before going to the Prezell home they made a stop at the Harry Olsen home to extend birthday wishes to him also. Loretta and Don Kern left on Saturday evening and will be back on Sunday from a house hunting trip to New Jersey. The Kern family will be leaving us this summer when Don is transferred to New Jersey. Gathering at the Pritchard home to help Donna Pritchard celebrate her sixth birthday on March 2, were Karen Kern, Debbie Cisewski, Scot and Mark Wiggerman of the Terrace and Timmie Bute of Sunnyside Estates. The Gregg family attended the Shrine Circus on Sunday afternoon followed by dinner at the home of Dud's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Gregg, Forest Park. Barbara Zamastil and Dorothy Parker took in the Tuesday tour of their employer's Morton Grove plant. Attending the Boat Show on Sunday were the Joe Benoches and the Jim Moores. Weekend guests of the How ard Secords were her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Frost of Grafton, Wis. Also visiting in the Secord home on Saturday afternoon were his brother and wife, the Charles Secords of Kenosha, Wis. Guests of honor at a birthday dinner in the Don Zamastil home on Sunday was Barb's father, William Zimmerman, Addison, and her cousin Laura Gust, Chicago. Also at the celebration were Mrs. William Zimmerman and the Fred Casper family of Addison. Having postponed a gettogether at Christmas time the Norbert Mierzwas visited the Melvin Bieschke family at Lisle on Sunday. Since they were exchanking Christmas presents the Bieschke children, Sharon Jotmsbur], MOURN SUDDEN DEATH OF BELOVED FATHER BLITSCH Betty With a heavy heart I write sad news once again. This time the sadness is shared by everyone in our community. Our beloved pastor, Rev. Father mr\K Dlilnnk nOCCA/1 OWOV *I fl the rectory early Monday morning. Father had just finished saying the 8 o'clock Mass and returned to the rectory when he suffered an apparent heart attack. The Johnsburg Rescue squad and a local doctor were summoned. His loss will be felt by anyone who has ever come in contact with hitp during these past fourteen years he served as pastor of St. John's church. Father Blitsch was the chaplain and an honorary member of the Johnsburg rescue squad. Father Of Local Resident Succumbs Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith last Thursday morning notifying them of the death of her father, John Plantz. Mr. Plantz passed away at the County Nursing Home in Dixon. Had he lived, he would have celebrated his one hundredth birthday on July 9 of this year. He was born in Gettysburg, Penn., in 1863. Funeral services were conducted in Dixon last Monday afternoon. Mr. Plantz is survived by his daughter, Lucille Smith. He was preceded in death by his wife in July, 1960. We join In extending our sincere sympathies to Lucille and Clarence at this sad time. and Bruce got out the aluminum tree and put carols on the phonograph as the families gathered around the tree to open their gifts. Better late than never. Dee and Dud Gregg attended the annual dinner dance put on by Dud's company on Saturday evening. Jennie jo Benoche joined with classmates in the mixed octette as well as the girls sextette as they entertained at the Lutheran church on Tuesday evening, practicing for an upcoming tournament. I.a Verne Mierzwa had quite a day on Friday as she took her own two children, Carolyn and Keith, and Maggie Moore to the Shrine Circus in Chicago. Besides getting a ticket in Chicago, the car stalled twice on her plus taking a wrong turn off the tollway. Rolf Schilling and Kenny Weiss attended the boat show on Friday. Illnesses Several families have the flu bug including the Pritcherds with Bill the only one who escaped it, the Jerry Connertys with Jeff being out of school for two weeks because of it, the Roy Erickson family and Judy Vyduna followed by Cal on Monday. Marie Kern has been sick with the flu *md Kathi Parker was out of sch<>oi due to a bug. Mr. Kurow n was off one day of work due to a cold and Clara was quite uncomfortable with an eye infection during the we^fc, -; Current Project -- Smocks Representing this area at the recent meeting of the Pink Ladies Sewing Guild of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Ms- Henry hospital were: Mesdames Agnes Koman, Nel Bergener, Esther Knapp and Mildred Kennedy. They along with other members met at the home of Lilah Jordan in Mc- Henry. T. This is the second child for Jim and Lona Patzke of Mc- Cullom Lake. Congratulations are in line for all! Troop 408 News On March 13, the Scouts of this troop indulged in some basketball playing. Those who had not finished their moccasins did so at this meeting. Mrs. Bonnie Meyers made up a quiz game which the girls participated in. Patrol 1 had to say the Girl Scout promise while patrol 2 sang the Girl Scout song. Patrol 3 just sat back and enjoyed the goings on. "Day is Done" was also sung at this meeting. Susan Oeffling served refreshments. Thelens and the Ben Thctens. Also returning from Florida after a few weeks vacation there were the Joe Huemanns, the Joe Millers and the A1 Oefflings. The Huemanns returned late last week and the other two couples arrived home over last weekend. All th couples dropped in for a visit with Jack Keenans of Pom pa no Beach. « That's it for another week: Please keep those calls coming. Remember the news deadline is Monday by noon. Recent Visitors To Florida Enjoying Florida's sunny climate recently were the John FREUND'S DAIRY, Inc. Complete Line of Dairy Products I-- FREE DELIVERY -- Locally Owned Operated Phone 385-U195 or 385-0232 Leaves For Florida Bob Hiller, son of Gerry and Joe, left early last week for Florida where he hopes to play ball. With him go our wishes for good luck and much success in this undertaking. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Thiel had the pleasure recently of announcing the engagement of their daughter, Sharon, to William Dust of Palos Park. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dust. Sharon's ring is just beautiful and we hope it brings lots of happiness to these two young people. As yet no plans have been made for the wedding. Diaper Line News On March 10, George and Jane Mann welcomed their third daughter. The young Miss was born at the Memorial hospital in Woodstock. The George Schmitts of Spring Grove Road are real proud of their new granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. George Nowak became grandparents once again when their daughter and son-in-law gifted them with a new granddaughter on March 'gfNBuM, CLEANING Birthdays Many happy returns of the day to Richard Stull on March 21, Pat Kaiser on the twenty-fifth and Marcia Merhaut who will be three on March 27. Anniversary Greetings Congratulations to Bill and Hazel Stahlman as they celebrate their wedding anniversary on March 21. SPECIMEN BALLOT To vote upon the question of issuing $685,000 County Home Bonds of said County and levying an additional annual tax within the constitutional limit of Seventy-five Cents per One Hundred Dollars valuation to pay the interest on and principal of said bonds. DATE OF ELECTION: Tuesday, April 2, 1963 POLLS OPEN: Six o'clock A.M. to Six o'clock P.M. OPENS CLOGGED SEWERS irttfioul digging •OOt DSSTROYEt dissolves Roots, Paper Orease, Slwdgo eotify. 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For example, Chevrolet doesn't build one type of suspension system for all sizes of trucks. Chevrolet designs suspension systems to QUAUTY TRUCKS COST USSj insulated. Body floors are select woodL not metal. Tailgate chains are wrapped, in rubber. If you'd like to examine or drive a new '63 Chevrolet truck, just call tuu We'll be right over. (Place a cross (x) in the square opposite the sentence following the statement of the proposition indicating the way you desire to vote.) Shall The County of McHenry, Illinois, issue its County Home Bonds in the principal amount of $685,000 for the purpose of constructing an additional building to the existing County Home at H-artland, Illinois, in and for said County, and shall an additional annual tax be levied upon all the taxable property in said County of three and one-half cents ($.035), or so much thereof as may be necessary, on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of taxable property in said County for each of the years 1963 through 1970, inclusive, to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds, said additional annual tax to be in excess of the tax permitted to be levied annually for County purposes without an election, and to be in addition to and in excess of all other taxes authorized or permitted to be levied by said County within the constitutional limitation of Seventy-five Cents ($.75) per One Hundred Dollars ($100) valuation of taxable property, said bonds to be dated M^y 1, 1963, and to be due in numerical order on December 1 in each of the years as follows: $ 70,000--1964 75,000--1965 80,000--1966 and 1967 90,000--1968 and 1969> 100,000--1970 and 1971 bearing interest at not to exceed the rate of 3Vz% per annum, all as provided by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of McHenry County adopted on the 11th day of February, 1963? 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