t /V ^':S-- Mr Hi I VIADI ALER SENIOR CfTIZENS^ Come In And Get Your Free 10% Off CARD THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER Established 1875 3812 West Elm Street Phone 385-0170 McHenry, Illinois 600b0 Published Every Wednesday & Friday at McHenry, Illinois Second Class Postage Paid at McHenry, Illinois By McHENRY PUBLISHING COMPANY Larry E. Lund •• Publisher Adele Froehlich •• Editor NATIONAL NEWSPAPER MWUTION rwKH 1111 Frei Prtss I * K«7 NNA SUSTAINING MEMBER-1975 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year $9.00 l Year $12,50 In McHenry and Lake Outside McHenry and County Lake County ^ uuumy LdKe ouuniy Wed May 3 Come in and browse, you'll get ideas for furnishing your bath and discover many charming gifts. Model For Fashion Show Observe Diamond Jubilee Gail Marie Checchin of 207 S. Park road, McHenry, became the bride of Steve M. Cooper of 3717 N. Garfield road, McHenry, Saturday, May 3 in St. Patrick's Catholic church. The Rev. Edmund Petit of ficiated at the 3 o'clock ser- W1TH STEAMEX- RENTAL CARPET CLEANER I Get professional results for • far less than professional costs Hourly Daily Weekend Rates \ pr 11 DRIVE-IN I UEIFL CLEAsNERS McHenry's Fin^st^^. Fabric Care Specialists : 3004 W. Route 120 McHeniy, III. 385-2231 PAGE 2 - PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1975 Gail Checchin, Steve Cooper St. John's Jubilee committee is feverishly making all preparations for the activities of the day, May 24. Tasting some of that old fashion Johnsburg cooking, left to right, are Father Leo. J. Bartel, Jerry Klein, president, Parish Council; Mrs. Paul (Virginia) Pitzen, President, St. Agatha Court, No. 777; Mrs. Michael (Eva) Schaefer, president, St. John's Blessed Virgin Mary sodality, and Mrs. Alfred (Marie) Oeffling, secretary, St. Agatha Court No. 777. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD At 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 24, a solemn procession at St. John's church grounds in Johnsburg will officially start the celebration of the church's diamond jubilee. The parish of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic church is actually 133 years old, founded in 1842. However, because of a disastrous fire in 1900, a new church was built, and the entire membership and community of Johnsbug is now celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary. A concelebrated Mass will be sung in this magnificent edifice with the pastor, the Rev. Leo. J. Bartel, as celebrant. Con- celebrants will be the former pastor, Rev. John M. Doring, Associate Rev. Matthias Rauen, the Rev. Mr. Jerome Tobin, permanent deacon; the Rev. Raymond Hetterman and the Rev. Everett Hill, vocations from within the parish, and finally the Rev. Eugene Lutz from the Viatorian Villa. St. John's choir will sing, directed by John Heidinger. The church services will end ap proximately at 6 p.m. A dinner-dance reception will be held at the Johnsburg Community club's Memorial hall, starting with cocktails before several dinner seatings. The guest will hear organ music selections and a thirty minute program being emceed by Gerald Klein, Council chairman of St. John's. Dance music will follow. The entire membership of this old historic parish and guests are expected to enjoy this eventful day. For those who would like to participate in the activities of the day, call Mrs. Michael Schaefer or Mrs. Alfred Oeffling. Proceeds ot this event will go to St. John's Restoration fund. DOIT CANDICE JO NORTH PLAN WEDDING--Mr. and Mrs. William R. North of 4815 Deering Oaks lane. Crystal Lake. announce the engagement of their daughter, Candice Jo, to Michael W. Zielke, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Zielke of Dundee. Miss Northis a third grade teacher at Hilltop school. McHenry. Her fiance is attending Southern Illinois university. A June 13, 1!>75, wedding is planned. MILK Milk foods alone provide adequate nutrition for most babies for the first six months of life Many mothers may switch to solid foods too early and excessive amounts of protein and calories can be provided Kitchen Band Opens Season The McHenry Senior Citizens club Kitchen band opened the current season Wednesday, May 7, fulfilling an engagement made last year to play for the Algonquin Women's club at the Congregational church at Algonquin. The Club also invited the Algonquin Senior Citizens group to hear the band play. It was a most interested and enthusiastic audience. The band members were delighted to find they had another en thusiastic audience on the outside, at the windows. In fact, the youngsters were so in terested that a small group came into the hall after the program to inspect the in struments to see how they were made from kitchen utensils and gadgets, and to ask how such lively music could come from them. The band members had a good time visiting with the audience while enjoying the refreshments at the conclusion of the program. The band fulfilled another engagement made last season when they played for the St. Peter's Christian Mother's club, at St. Peter's church in Spring Grove, Thursday, May 15. The band has many requests for programs and is now busy trying to get its schedule completed for this season. Any IAD BAR1 NOW AT vices. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Checchin of 207 S. Park road and the groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cooper of 6610 W. Route 120, all of McHenry. Miss Checchin was given in marriage by her godfather, Leno Checchin of Chicago. Loretta Checchin attended her sister as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Debbie Checchin of Chicago, the bride's cousin, Cathy Humann of McHenry, a friend of the bride, and Michele Cooper, the groom 's sister. Thomas Fuchs of McHenry served as best man. Groom smen were Bruce Domoto of McHenry, George Piccolo of Chicago and Frank Vanek of Atlanta, Ga. The bride graduated from MCHS in 1972 and attended McHenry County college. She works as a computer operator at McHenry hospital. The groom graduated from the same school in 1968 and received a degree from Southern Illinois university in 1973. He is employed by an insurance firm in Lake Villa. The young people are making their new home at 3717 N. Garfield, McHenry. Invite Entries For Miss Wonder Lake Competition Contestants are being invited to enter the 1975 Miss Wonder Lake contest. Applicants must be between 16 and 20 years of age, single and never have been married, and all applicants must have been a resident of Wonder Lake for at least six months. Ap plications will be given to any qualified girl by contacting Alyce Jenkins, pageant coordinator. The deadline for entry to the contest has been extended to June 2. The pageant will take place June 11 at Nativity Lutheran church, Wonder Lake. The girl chosen will represent Wonder Lake in the McHenry county contest July 30th. requests should be made in writing to the band secretary, Lyda Radisch, 1712 North Knoll avenue, McHenry. Club Guest Friendship Club In Recess Until Sept. 13 There were fifty members and guests in attendance when Pastor Smith offered grace at the pot-luck dinner and meeting of the Friendship club Satur day, May 10 in the First United Methodist church dining room at 6 p.m. During the meeting members voted not to meet again until Sept. 13. President Morris Crouch called the meeting to order, welcoming the members and guests, and complimenting the ladies on their very fine meal. The four guests were Florence and Oscar Berggren, Adolph Borchers and Jean Cameron, all of whom have now joined the club. They were heartily welcomed. Everyone was very happy to see Frances Vycital in attendance following an ab sence due to illness. Esther Sims chose for her meditations, "Moments with God-Count Your Privileges". Two couples received special recognition, namely, Marie and Albert Mullere, who celebrated their fifty-ninth wedding an niversary May 8, and Lilah and Bill Jordan, who will be celebrating their sixty-second wedding anniversary July 10. Members voted against a June meeting. Daisy and Harold Wildhagen were in charge of the program, and they invited Vivian and Lisle Bassett, members of the club, to show pictures of their trip to Germany. The pictures were beautiful and Mrs. Bassett's narration was most interesting. The Friendship club picnic is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 10, and the shelter at the city park has been reserved for the group. In case of rain, the picnic will be held at the church. The club will be in recess until Saturday, Sept. 13. In the meantime, illnesses among members should be reported to the secretary, Lyda Radisch. The secretary hopes to have the new roster, program and menu schedule ready for distribution to the members sometime in August. Two From Area Initiated Into Phi Kappa Phi The Northern Illinois university chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, national honor society, recently initiated 113 juniors and seniors into membership at a ceremony in DeKalb, at which NIU President Richard J. Nelson was the speaker. Two students from McHenry who were initiated into the national honor society were Melissa Mary Hall of 1816 W. River Terrace and Jane Eleanore Basel of 4305 W. Shore drive. Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 at the University of Maine and was the first honorary society to recognize superior scholarship in all fields of study and to accept the highest ranking students from all discipline as members. The society considers the upper 10 per cent of the senior class and the upper 5 per cent of second semester juniors for mem bership. Mass, May Crowning Precede NCSF Meeting Mass and May crowning will precede the meeting of St. Agatha Court No. 777, National Catholic Society of Foresters at Johnsburg. All Junior mem bers and their mothers are invited to attend. Mass will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Community club hall Tuesday, May 20. The regular business meeting will begin at 9 o'clock. Mrs. David Miller is in charge of the following com mittee: Mrs. John Olson, Mrs. Anthony Freund, Mrs. Matthew Scholle, Mrs. LeRoy Miller, Mrs. Glenn Moehling, Mrs. Don Bentz, Mrs. George Hiller, Mrs. Richard Bowe, Mrs. Anita Luther, Mrs. Gerald Schmitt, Mrs. Arthur Kattner, Mrs. Regina Michels, Mrs. Luella Schultz, Mrs. Jos. Miller and Mrs. Yvonne Petska. SADA STERN MEREL Sada Stern Merel, one of Broadway's top performers, will be featured guest ap pearing before the Whispering Oaks Woman's club at its May 21 meeting. Miss Merel will present a two-act comedy titled "6 Rms Riv Vu" in which she portrays eight characters. She is described as "truly a sen sation" and is currently being billed as a "woman of a hun dred voices." Critics say she creates the illusion of a com plete cast of characters on the stage before your eyes. Set Dairy Princess Contest For Mid-June The McHenry County Dairy Promotion council plans to sponsor the McHenry County Dairy Princess contest again this year, just as it has annually since 1954. Those who have been sponsoring a candidate are urged to start thinking about prospective candidates. The Dairy Princess contest is set for mid-June. Candidates must be 17 by Aug. 10, 1975, and not over 25 by the same date. She must be a high school graduate and have a dairy farm background. That is, she must either now live or have lived on a dairy farm. Entry blanks are available at the McHenry County Farm Bureau office. Those who are aspiring candidates should contact Larry Harris, secretary-treasurer, at the McHenry County Farm Bureau office. The State contest, sponsored by the American Dairy Association of Illinois, will be held in Lincoln, 111., Aug. 21. Included Everyday With Luncheon Specials & Dinners! • Call Complete planning and installation of fixtures and accessories. Pictured above are some of the models who will be wearing the latest fashions at the Salad Bar luncheon and fashion show to be held May 21 at Zion Lutheran church, starting at noon. Tickets may be purchased from any Zion Ladies aid member or by calling Mrs. Michael J. (Colleen) Thoma. In photo at top are young Jennifer Ricker, in front, and from left, Linda Woellert, Mrs. Richard Woellert, Mrs. Gary Ricker and Mrs. John Skidmore. In bottom photo, the two enthusiastic youngsters are, from left, Catherine Kupstis and Linda Woellert. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD SPICY VOYAGES Between 1780 and 1873. 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