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1 PAGE 17-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, Ma^ 26, 1971 Whispering Oaks Gertrude Disney 385-7515 CONFIRMATION CLASS--Above is last Sunday's confirmation class at the First United Methodist church, McHenry. Top row, Patti Laursen, Barbara Virgens, Carol Leighty, Rev. Raymond L. White, Shirley Meurer, Laura Dolby, and Laurie Swans on. Bottom row, Timothy Jones, Michael McCracken, Keith Bates, Roger Gerstad, and Steven Toole. (GAYLORD PHOTO) Wonder Lake Mary Jean Huff 653-9167 Young At Hearts Group Enjoys Tulip Festival A friend of mine told me the other day that she can't wait till she's a grand mother and can join the Young at Hearts' Group and go on their fabulous trips. Right on, Mary Lou! This truly young hearted group sang their way to Holland, Mich., and back again on a recent trip to the famous tulip festival. They saw almost everything there was to see, including an outstanding parade, tulip farms, tulip lane, etc. Tehre will be a bit of Holland in Wonder Lake next year as some of the group bought bulbs to be planted in their own yards. A trip to Pioneer Park in Aurora is in the planning stages for the end of June. There they will have dinner, see the famous Meister Brau Horse Show and the sites of the Park, which is a restoration of a rural area farm village from 1880 to 1910 and includes a country store, barber shop, pawn shop and a kissing bridge; also, birds and zoo animals and many more things of interest. In July, a journey to the Biblical Gardens near the Wisconsin Dells is being considered. EAGLE SCOUT A former Wonder Lake resident, Mark Ehredt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Ehredt, now of Pittsfield, 111., recently received the highest rank a Boy Scout can attain, the Eagle Scout Award. Congratulations, Mark! This is a rare honor and one to be proud of. TOO MANY POLKAS We're still recuperating from too many polkas danced at the Wonder Lake boys' baseball dance which was held Satur­ day, May 15. A gay time was had by many Wonder Lakers, with dancing, drinking and some great sandwiches and coffee served later in the evening. Special prizes were given out during the in­ termissions. Couldn't help noticing the party garb of the ladies present - used to be we all wore dresses of the same length and current style. Saturday night we saw dresses, all lengths, pant suits, hot pants, etc., - now, heaven knows, anything goes! Well, the party's over and we've given our financial support to the Wonder Lake Boys Baseball, but let's not drop it at that. Go to the boys' games. Give them your encouragement and moral support. Let's have a great baseball year at Wonder Lake NEW ARRIVAL Veronica Draffkorn was born Sunday, May 16, in Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, Woodstock, and weighed in at 7 lbs., 7 ozs. Veronica is the tenth baby to be welcomed to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Draffkorn of Woodstock. Lots of tender, loving care will be coming her way from her five sisters and four brothers. Her grandmother, Mrs. F.P. Draffkorn, is a resident of Oak- wood Shores and her home was the site of a surprise shower for mother-to-be Ellen, a few weeks ago. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Jay (Marianne) Cristy, Mrs. Jerry (Betty) Draffkorn and Mrs. Tom (Janice) Draffkorn. Welcome to our world, baby Veronica! BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Belated birthday greetings to our "Uncle" Ralph Larsen, whose unusual birthday present on the fourteenth was 155 fluffy, yellow baby chicks. And our "Aunt" Edie Berner, whose flower gardens boast gorgeous blooms from earliest spring till snow time, celebrated her birthday on May 17. Frank Jackson, Audrey's better half, was honored with a rousing happy birthday song at the baseball dance on Satur­ day, May 15. Frank is one of the fathers who spends a great deal of his time working for and with the boys of the Little League. One of the five Jackson sons, Donny, celebrated his ninth birthday on Sunday, May 16. Monday, May 17, was the tenth birthday of Michael Weber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weber and our hard working paper boy. Jackie (Cannon) Forbes celebrated her birthday on May 16, her first birthday party in her new home in Harvey and her husband, Bill, also shares a May birthday, May 29. Carol Freund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Freund, and one of Wonder Lake's great teen­ agers, became 17 years old on May 18. Beth Ann WiUiams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norm Williams, qualified for kin­ dergarten in the fall as she was five fingers old yesterday, May 25. Best wishes to all you bir­ thday people. GREATER LOVE- Greater love no man hath - than to forsake Black Hawk Stanley Cup Play or the Cubs ball game to be with his daughter. This was proved when the girls of Wonder Lake Brownie Troop 413 and Girl Scout Troop 416 spent Sunday afternoon, May 16, with their dads. A box lunch was prepared by each girl for herself and her father, consisting of sand­ wiches, fruit and dessert. Following lunch, kite flying, bean bag throwing, three legged and relay races were enjoyed by fathers and daughters. MEMORIAL DAY PARADE The annual Memorial Day parade at Wonder Lake will be held on Monday, May 31, starting at 10:30 a.m. from the fire house on the east side of the lake. All participations are welcome, including floats and others. Join in if you can and if not, be sure to attend. It gets bigger and better every year. ATTENTION BALLPLAYERS ATTENTION: All American Legion Post 1169 ball players. A meeting will be held Sunday, May 30 at 4 p.m. at the Legion Post home. SPRING CONCERT There was a full house at Harrison school Sunday evening, May 16, for the annual spring concert. The program included numbers by the girls' choir, with soloists - Kim Nielsen, Nancy Kranz, CoUeen Keith, Linda Kasting, Chris Darr, Sherry Voigt; the boys' choir; the stage band, with tenor solo - Clare Higgins, trumpet solo - Joe Hansen, tenor solo - Ricky Christof- ferson, piano solo - Cindy Weber, guitar solo - Tom Kranz; the concert band and the combined band. Alto-sax soloist, Mrs. Richard E. Mikus, gave an outstanding per­ formance. A special feature of the evening occurred when adults and former students presented instruments and joined in the merriment. Robert Bright, superintendent, presented the band with a plaque, recognizing their ac­ complishments in the state band contest. The band will now compete at the state fair in August. Denise Higgins. was presented the award of out­ standing band member. Concert band officers are: Diane Sturm-president; Denise Higgins-vice-president; Beth Bazan-secretary; Higgins-librarian. Clare SCHOOL TRIPS On Thursday, May 13, the sixth graders of Harrison school took a trip by bus to the Art Institute, Chicago, ac­ companied by their teachers. The chocolate factory at Burlington, Wis., was the destination of the third graders and their teachers on Tuesday, May 18. One of the best features of this trip was the free chocolate samples brought home (or eaten on the way) by the children. Mrs. Bagby's kindergarten class recently had a visit from a member of the sheriff's department. They also took a trip to the fire house where Rev. Richard Wright showed them all the fire equipment, blew the siren and explained the job of a fireman to the children. Another day they visited the Zarnstorff farm near Richmond and rode the tractor, fed the cows and horses and slid down a haystack and observed life on the farm. Though the incubator failed to produce baby chicks in the classroom on the sixteenth, as they had hoped, due to lack of fertilization (or thertilization, as some of the children ex­ plained it) the children seemed to learn a great deal from the failure of the project and provided some interesting dinner conversations, including the role of the rooster, in one home; and in another, how come Mrs. Bagby didn't just go out and buy some fertilizer? Sometimes, kids are fun. Goodwill To Pay McHenry Visit May 28 "The areas of rehabilitative services of Goodwill Industries are in far greater demand, than available materials and facilities," according to Mrs. • Nick (Agnes) Adams, local Goodwill representative. A Goodwill truck will be in McHenry Friday, May 28, to pick up clothing, shoes, housewares, and ether materials which the han­ dicapped men and women can use in a rehabilitation program. Call Mrs. Adams for com­ plete information about Goodwill Industries, club presentations and pickup arrangements. Our wonderful friendly neigh­ bors, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Soren- sen of Sussex drive, are leaving Whispering Oaks for Aiken, S.C. They said they will miss the many fine people they have be­ come acquainted with in Mc­ Henry. We will miss them a lot and especially the endearing greetings from Mr. Sorensen. We wish for them many happy years in Aiken. ANGEL OF MERCY Another one of our "Angels of Mercy" of Whispering Oaks is contributing her time at the McHenry hospital. She is Mrs. Angie Belknap. NEW GRANDSON New grandson for Mr. and Mrs. George Henricks, 4726 Ashley. His name is Chadd Nickolas Henrickson. He weigh­ ed 8 lbs. and 8 ozs. He lives in Buffalo Grove and his par­ ents are Richard and Lynn Hen­ rickson. MINNESOTA VISITOR Mrs. Ruby Pawl, 4712 Cum­ berland, just came home from Edina, Minn. She drove an hour through a snow storm and when she got home she called her daughter to tell her she was home. They said it had snowed all the time and they were sit­ ting in front of the fire place feeling like Christmas had come again. Mrs. Pawl's grandson celebrated his fourth birthday and she went up there to help him. THE AMERICAN PASSION PLAY While the Roman soldiers were guarding the tomb, there came a great earthquake, then there was radiance in the sky. Suddenly an angel appears be­ fore the sepulchre, the stone slowly starts to move from the opening. The guards fall sense­ less upon the ground and in the opening stands Jesus. When the guards recovered their senses they discovered the tomb actually had been opened and that the body of Him who laid there was gone. They hur­ ried to the city where they told the Sanhedrin what had taken place. He promised the soldiers a large sum of money to tell no one. He told them to say His disciples came by night and stole Him away while they were sleeping. Scene 62 Mary stood without the sepul­ chre weeping and stooped down and looked into the grave. She was struck with fear. Mary, the sister of Lasarus, was there too. An angel appeared, and said, "Are you looking for Jesus of Nazareth? He is not here, He is risen". The radiance dis­ appears and the women struck with awe rush to find some of the disciples and tell them what happened. Peter was one of the first (Mies there. After Jesus was no longer with them the disciples became more closely banded together. ' They were afraid and met in the upper rooms. One time as several were sitting together a- round a table discussing the scene at the tomb, Thomas, one of the twelve, was not persuad­ ed, he demanded a visible proof. At this moment there came a knock at the door. It was Jesus. He appeared unto them saying Peace be unto thee and Thomas reached and put his fingers where the nails had been and said My Lord and My God. Blessed are they that have not seen yet believed. Continued one more time. EARLY RESIDENTS Frank and Eleanor Crawford were one of the first couples to move to Whispering Oaks. The street was not paved and had no street lights. Their move was made from Canton, 111., where Frank has been transferred in 1960. Pre­ vious to that they lived in Brookfield, for twenty years, having moved from Chicago. Frank was born and raised in Marengo so McHenry is close to home for him. He left there in 1925 to work in Chicago. He was very active in athletics. He and Eleanor both played basketball on their church's teams, that is how they met. Frank taught physical educa­ tion for seven years, but then went back to work for the farm implement company where he was a general foreman when he retired in 1967, after 31 years service. Planning to retire to Marengo they bought a lot and planted a few fruit trees and planned to live there. However while listening to Franklin Mc- Cormick on the radio they lear­ ned about Whispering Oaks, when they first looked it over they were not too impressed, but came back several weeks later and decided to settle here. ^Eleanor was one of the ori­ ginal people who started the Senior Citizen Club and serv­ ed as secretary for two years. She also plays the piano for the kitchen band. Frank loves gardening and planted their lawn from seed. 1 He also has a vegetable gar­ den and some fruit trees plan­ ted. The Crawfords have one daughter, Marlene Gizynski, who lives in LaGrange and 3 grandsons, Scott, Glenn and Danny, who take turns visiting grandpa and grandma for week ends and during summer vaca­ tions. Glenn found a baby ra­ coon when a tree had to be re­ moved and raised it until it was too large to keep in the city. Frank and Eleanor love their home and the many friends they have made in the vicinity. They are members of the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Mr. and Mrs. Frank Craw­ ford attended a centennial cele­ bration at their former church in Chicago. Eleanor had attend­ ed the Lutheran school and been christened and confirmed there. Frank joined the church later and played on the base­ ball and basketball teams. They met many old friends some of whom they hadn't seen for 35 and 40 years. BRIDAL SHOWER A lovely bridal shower was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gebhardt, Sun­ day, May 16, for Ellen Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith, 722 W. North avenue, Greenfield, Ind. Many relatives and friends were present. Miss Smith and Edward Stre- ich, son of Mrs. Jeanne Streich of 1919 Sunnyside Beach drive, Johnsburg, and the late Louis Streich, will be married June 12 at Newman Catholic Center in DeKalb. SPRING FISHING TRIP UP NORTH Art and June Kuehn of 4709 Cumberland Circle returned last Sunday from their first fishing trip of the year to nor­ thern Wisconsin. They report they had beau­ tiful weather for the first two days with temperatures near 90, then dropping to 29 the next day and having a snow storm. The cars and trees and cottages were covered with snow and looked more like win­ ter than spring. However, that did not stop them from fishing. So on went the winter clothes and boots and out on the lake they went. Fishing was real good, and they returned home with a good number of Northern and pan fish. They are planning already on their next trip in October and want to catch all the little ones they left there this time and also the big ones that got away. Newly named Eagle Scout, Mark Ehredt, stands proudly between his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ehredt, during the ceremony in which he was elevated to Boy Scouts' highest rank recently in Pitts- field, I1L, where the family now resides. They formerly made their home in Wonder Lake. Mark Ehredt Advances To Eagle Scout Mark Ehredt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Ehredt of Pittsfield, 111., formerly of Wonder Lake, became an Eagle Scout in an impressive ceremony held in the southern Illinois city recently. He is now serving as treasurer of an Explorer group. The young man, now a high school sophomore, joined Cub Scouts in the spring of 1963, when he was 8 years old. That summer the family moved to Wonder Lake from Belvidere. In this community, he con­ tinued through the ranks of Wolf, Bear, Lion and Webelos, serving as assistant denner and denner in Cub Scouts. He became a Tenderfoot in Boy Scouts in the winter of 1966. Mark passed through Second class, First class, Star and Life Scout ranks until attaining the Eagle rating. He received his Order of the Arrow at camp, which he attended each sum­ mer. Mark served as assistant patrol leader, patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader and then junior assistant scoutmaster. While at camp last year he was rated third highest in the mile swim and first in compass reading. During his scouting years in Wonder Lake, Mark was under the leadership of Scoutmaster John Doherty. Besides his parents, he has a sister, Carolyn. BS Degree To McHenry Man Mr. and Mrs. Hakan Chris- tensen of 4620 N. Spring Grove road, McHenry, have just re­ turned from a five-day trip which took them to Manhatten, Kas., for the graduation of their son, Bruce Neil, from Kansas state university. He received his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in business ad­ ministration, Friday night, May 14. The program was held in the new K.S.U. stadium. 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