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PG. 2, - PLA1NDEALER - OCTOBER 11, 1967 • • _ 9 Elect Officers Mental Health Unit Recalls Year's Service WA1 <3^ Former Girls Counselor To Speak For Club / The October meeting of the McHenry Woman's club will be held at the Community Methodist church on Friday, Oct, 3, at 1 p.m. The program for the after* noon will feature Mrs. Edward J. Menkaus, daughter of Mrs. Christopher Quinn, scholarship chairman of the McHenry Woman's club. Mrs. Menkaus will present an informative lecture titled " Problems of Unfortunate Girls" She is a graduate of the Marquette University School of Journalism in Milwaukee and is currently public relations director at St. Dominic college in St. Charles. Mrs. Menkaus was formerly executive administrator of the Girl Scouts in suburban Chicago and a counselor at St. Charles Training School for Girls. Mrs. Robert P. Blake will be on hand as tea hostess for the social hour following the program. STATE NURSE COORDINATOR SPEAKS HERE Fine Arts Announces The Nickelodeon Series Officers of the women's auxiliary of the Mental Health Center for McHenry County posed for their first photo following election at the annual meeting last week. From left: Mrs. Lynn .Lund, McHenry, first vice president; Mrs. M'mi 'Ladd, Crystal Lake, second vice president; DON PEASLEY PHOTO Mrs. Marge Schwennesen, Crystal Lake, president; and Mrs. Mary Schwartz, Crystal Lake, recording secretary. Absent when photo was taken: Mrs. Vera Zoll, Crystal Lake, treasurer; and Mrs. Lee Patton, Woodstock, volunteer service chairman. • The first year of service has -been a satisfactory one, Mrs. Gibson Kurtz, president, told .members of the women's auxiliary of the Mental Health Center for McHenry County at the . first annual meeting last week. Mrs. Kurtz said that several fund-raising events were held, climaxed with a tag day earlier •this year which provided the single biggest amount of money the organization donated to the Mental Health-Center for McHenry County. Altogether contributions exceeded $3,000 the first year. Members elected Mrs. Marge . Schwennensen, Crystal Lake, president, for the upcoming year. She has pledged continuous effort to aid the Mental Conduct Fund Drive For County Children's Home " Rev. Clifford D. Redding, ex- ^ecutive director of the Woodstock Children's horns, calls •-the public's attention to the ptome's annual fund drive bejWSCS Sponsors ^Annual United ^Nations Lunch £ The public is invited Thursw day, Oct. 21, to the annual C United Nations luncheon spon- •" sored ay the Women's Society S of Christian Service of the Mc- / Henry Methodist church. The •I luncheon features a menu o" C foods from around the world •; and an opportunity to buy gifts 1\ made by the woman of the church w at the Christmas bazaar tables. £ Following lunch, a movie en- £ titled "United Nations, Organization For Peace" will be * shown in the Fellowship hall. Z Tickets may be purchased from ~ the members of the W.S.C.S., t the church office, or at the 1 door the day of the luncheon. ^ Baby sitters will be provided. FIRST DANCE OF YMCA SEASON :•PLANNED OCT. 13 The first dance of the 1967- *•68 school year for Junior high v school seventh and eighthgrada * boys and girls will be held on ». Friday, Oct. 13, at the Lakewood ^village hall at 2500 W. Lake * avenue. The dance is conducted * by the Lake Region YMCA. * This dance will be the first - of a series of eight monthly ~ dances being cond acted for the " third year in the Lake Region C service area. The doors will be open at 7:10 p.m., with the music beginning ,at 7:30 p.m. The monthly dances become I- fun for all junior high students I- and something for them to look I forward to each month. The v cooperation of parents in picking up their youth after the v dance is very much appreciat- » ed, since the buildii.g is located I in an area where it becomes * extremely hazardous to walk *. home. Adequate adult supervi- »' sors will be present daring the Z complete dance. No one is ,> allowed to leave the dance un- -Z less they are picked up by their C parents. The November dance is scheduled for the tenth and the December dance will be held on the eighth. Admission is free to YMCA members, but there is a K small fee to non-members. Re- It; freshments will be available. Additional information is available by calling the Lake Region YMCA. ginning on Friday, Oct. 13, and Saturday, the fourteenth, when it will inaugurate a countywide "Pencil Day" for benefit of its work except in the Crystal Lake and Cary areas, now operating the United Fund, in which W.C.H. will be a beneficiary. Permission has been granted by the various towns and villages of the county for such soliciting. The home is calling this year's project "Pencil Day" instead of "Tag Day" used in previous years. In exchange for contributions solicitors on the streets will give every donor, if he so desires, a beautiful pencil, inscribed with the words -"Woodstock Children's Home, Woodstock, Illinois-Providinga Home for Children since 1886". The 1966 county-wide street soliciting project resulted in .receipts of almost $2,000 for the home. This was mide possible through the cooperation of pastors and interested friends in various communities who aided in providing workers for key locations. Many of these friends are volunteering to aid in this year's project. If you can assist, notify the Woodstock Children's home office and your services will be appreciated. Readers are reminded that the more persons who volunteer their services the greater will be the amount of dollars available for continuing the good work the home, is doing. People are always welcome to visit the home and see for themselves what is being accomplished. Within a few days letters requesting financial assistance will also be mailed to business and professional people and residents in all parts of the county except in the Crystal Lake and Cary areas which are conducting a United Fund, informing them that the home is continuing the excellent program of child welfare care it has been fostering over m-tny years, indicating that their continuing support and contributions will be appreciated in assisting in the care of a total of sixtyone children. Health center in a variety of ways. The biggest way, of course, is to provide funds for the many health care services provided by the county-wide organization. The annual meeting was held at the McHenry Country club with more than 150 members attending, primarily from Woodstock, Crystal Lake, and McHenry. The goal of the organization if to expand membership to other McHenry county communities because a check of the records of the Mental Health Center for McHenry County shows that patients come from every township in McHenry county. On the committee for arrangements of the annual meeting wore Mrs. Mary Schwartz, Mrs. Joann Hutchinson, Mrs. Mimi Ladd, Mrs. Lynn Lund, and Mrs. Judy Morgan. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Marge Schwennesen, president; Mrs. Lynn Lund of McHenry, first vice-president; Mrs. Mimi Ladd, second vice-president; Mrs. Vera Zell, treasurer; Mrs. Connie Zukowski, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Mary Schwartz, recording secretary; and Mrs. Lee Pattern, volunteer service chairman. Elected to the board of directors were the following: Kathy DeLano, Bev Kuhlman, Sue Kurthz, Joann Hutchinson, Liz Nolan, Elaine Stork, Sandy Bradshaw, Vivian Johnson, Eunice Schuett, Mary Stompanato, Lou Shook , Gretchen Dedaro and Valerie Gitlin. Nancy Fischer Becomes Bride of Stephen Fike„ A wedding of interest was solemnized Saturday, Sept. 30, in Grace Jtf.ithodist church, Westerly, R.I., when Miss Nancy Fischer became the bride of Mr. Stephen Fike. Rev. Phillips officiated at the 4:30 o'clock afternoon ceremony. Miss Fischer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fischer of 3006 Charlotte, McHenry, and Mr. Fike is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Howard Fike, also of McHenry. . The bride was attended by Carol Stone of Elmhurst, a sorority sister. Peter M. Fischer of McHenry, brother of the bride, served as best man. The new Mrs. Fike graduated from McHenry high school in 1960 and from Northern Illinois university four years later. She received her Master's degree last year from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is teaching in Westerly, R.I. at present. Her bridegroom is a 1960 graduate of McHenry high school, and continued in a business course at Elgin Community college. Since 1965 he has been in the Navy Seebees. Back from Vietnam after eight months of service there, he will return to that country for additional duty in December. The Woodstock Fine Arts association is pleased to announce the coming of "The Nickelodeon Series". The Nickelodeon series is a rare opportunity to see the "greats" of the silent and early sound movie era once again. Famous films of Chaplin, Barrymore, Fairbanks, Valentino, Laurel and Hardy are brought back from those faraway dayis along with the wonderful old-fashioned song slides for sing-alongs. A series of six programs have been scheduled for the Opera House in Woodstock beginning Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. This first film features Charlie Chaplin in "The Gold Rush" plafyinghis little tramp with the happy trousers, battered walking stick, hat and trick mustache. Chaplin has become the delightful symbol of screen comedy in every corner of the world. From Topeka to Timbucktu, from Bangkok to Buffalo, from Canada to the Cameroons - there is nil place in the civilized world where this pathetic little figure, cavorting among the screen shadows, does not bring the familiar gift of universal laughter whereever he goes. Chaplin's famous "The Gold Rush" made in 1925 will be shown complete as it was originally released. Along with the feature picture, a short subject with the Keystone cops will be shown. The program will be accompanied on an organ or piano just as was done in the theatre years ago. The audience will be Parents Of Handicapped Plan Events The Parents group of the Handicap room met at the Crystal Lake high school Oct. 2. Mrs. Roda Diamonds, supervisor of the Physically Handicapped for Lake County, was guest speaker for the evening. She outlined social activities for the physically handicapped individuals ranging in ages from elementary grades through senior high school. Some activities suggested were swimming, field trips, museums, concerts, hobbies, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair square dancing. Mrs. Diamonds stressed that such activities were essential in the social background and upbringing of handicapped individuals. The next Parents group meeting will be held Dec. 4 at Crystal Lake high school at 8 p.m. invited to join in singing the old sorigs to the amusing " Hand- Tinted Song Slides" of so long ago. Other slides such as "Ladies Will Please Remove Their Hats" and "Gentlemen Will Do Likewise" will also be on the program. . The. audic ice is invited to attend the square dance on the stage immediately following the movies. Cider and doughnuts will be served. There will be a professional caller along with a couple of fine fiddlers, piano and mouth organ. So, for an evening of real old-fashioned fun come on down to the Opera House this Saturday evening. The series of six old time movie greats also includes Douglas Fairbanks in "Mark of Zorro" on Nov. 11, Rudolph Valentino in "Blood and Sand" cm Jan. 13, "A Night o'Shorts" on Feb. 10, John Barrymore in 'Ton Juan" on March 9 and M Jolson in "The Jazz Singer" on April 6. The first four movies are silents, the last two are sound. All evenings will have a selected short and an accompanying event like the square dancing or a buffet dinner. A series ticket may be purchased at the door or by sending a check to the Opera House. The giraffe seldom eats grass it is too hard to get down to. VIRGINIA WILLIAMS Guest speaker for the open meeting of Jt. Mary's Christian 'Mofhe|pBOct, 13 will be Virginia mliftfmi of McHenry. She will show slides of her recent trip to Africa and Europe. Miss Williams has recently been appointed nurse coordinator of a state program to enlist inactive nurses in health care positions, The public is cordially invited to the 8 p.m. meeting in St. Mary's gymnasium Refreshments will be served. Preceding the meeting there w.' ll be Benediction in St. Mary's church at 7:45 p.m. and reception of new members. FRIENDSHIP CLUB PLANS POT-LUCK DINNER OCT. 14 The Friendship club will meet at the Commanity Methodist church for a pot-luch dinner at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14. Hosts are Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Bassett, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stange. The program will be in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mullere. They expect to have an interesting film of the Panama Canal. The giraffe can see behind without turning his head. WEEKLY LECTURE Helen G. Rabichow, executive director of the Scholarship and Guidance association of Chicago, will speak on "Problems of the Adolescent" Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. in the Kimball Junior high school auditorium, 451 N. McLean, Elgin. This is the third in a series of weekly lectures at Kimball cosponsored by Elgin Community college and the Fox Valley Mental Health association. The lectures are open to the public. Tickets are on sale at the door. READ THE CLASSIFIEDS RUMMAGE SALE A rummage sale will be held in the First Congregational church, West Dundee, Oct. 12 and 13, the hours 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon Friday. The sale is sponsored by the Woman's Fellowship group, which promises "Sunday best" clothing and many other articles. 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