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P agt 4 M i H F N W > r> A I N P f A l E R S g < t l o n A I r l d a y . A u g u s t 16.1985 Community Pistakee Yacht Club was the place to be FIFTY YEARS AGO About 300 members of the Pista­ kee Yacht Club and their guests attended Pistakee Night at the . Yacht Club pavillion Aug. 17. The ~ .scene was one of gay reverie with the carnival spirit prevailing as games, dancing and floor show made up an evening of varied enter- O^nainment. Mrs. Walter Ericson 5JS* served as chairman with other vNymembers of her committee: Mrs. C. S$>Kier Davis, Mrs. Arthur Harrison, CSMrs. C.E. Ericson, Mrs. Paul Kling, 2N?Miss Leta LeMoon, Mrs. William JC' Small, Mrs. Chris Wieland and Mrs. Oscar Hoi 1 en bach. ^ Old familiar strains of "Auch du S^Lieber Augustine" and other equal- ^SSjly famous old favorites will roll out N^the crowd at St. John's Church, ^•Johnsburg, when Heine Gaboobler's German band entertains Saturday and Sunday. The ladies of the ^• church will serve a delicious chick- > en dinner on Sunday. k The famous beds of lotus bios- Twice Told Tales soms at Grass Lake, one of the three of the type in the world, are attracting thousands of visitors who enjoy flowers and nature. FORTY YEARS AGO A Gay Nineties Carnival Aug. 24- 26 will be sponsored by the McCul- lom Lake Property Owners Associa­ tion. Their motto, "Work When You Work and Play When You Play" will be emphasized the play aspect at a time when the war is over. Illinois automobile license plates for 1946 will have white figures on a maroon background, according to the Illinois Secretary of State Ed­ ward J. Barrett. As in the past they will be made of plastic material. Tfce second meeting of the newly organized Auxilary unit of the Mc- Henry American Legion Post No. 491 was held Aug. 16. New officers are: president, Mrs. Catherine We­ ber; first vice-president, Mrs. Min­ nie Green; second vice-president, Mrs. Margaret H. Smith; secretary, Mrs. Laura Yanda; treasurer, Mrs. Eva Bacon; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Laura Smith; assitant sergaent-at- arms, Miss Barbara A. Weber; his­ torian, Mrs. Mary Page; and chap­ lain, Miss Gertrude R. Weber. Corp. Joseph N. Schmitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Math N. Schmitt of Court St., now stationed at Langley Field, Va., has been promoted to sergeant. He serves as a radar tech­ nician at the AAF training com­ mand radar observers school. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The grand opening of Albert S. Blake's new auto sales center on Rt. 120, one-half mile east of McHenry, will be held Aug. 25-27. The public is invited to inspect the spacious new structure. Blake started business in a very small building on Pearl Street in June, 1930. At first the business specialized in auto electric and ignition repairs, but three years later moved to a larger building and increased ser­ vice to general repairs. The fran- shise of Dodge and Plymouth cars and Dodge trucks selected. The business expansion continued until the present. New grade school faculty mem­ bers included Donna Maris, Elsie Hoppe, Eugene Maris, F. Herrman, June Reeves and Carolyn Hanson. Dedication of the new Johnsburg Rescue Squad building Aug. 28 will include a parade. "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" was featured at the McHenry The­ atre. It starred Doris Day and Da­ vid Niven. Glenn Ford was featured in "Don't Go Near the Water." , TEN YEARS AGO Unless there are some new devel­ opments within the next few days, teachers in High School District 156 will begin the Fall Term Without benefit of contract. Supt. Richard Swantz said an impasse existed fol­ lowing a short executive session pri­ or to the regular meeting. About 100 people were in atten­ dance at an administrative hearing held for seven hours Tuesday in the McHenry County Courthouse re­ garding an application by Crescent Bay Landing, Inc. For a commer­ cial airport seaplane base on the Fox River near Johnsburg bridge. It appeared about three-fourths of those present were objectors to the proposed operations. As a result, the petitioners offered to amend their original application from com­ mercial to a restricted operation with a waiver to allow training op­ erations and a limit of two perma­ nently based plans. The state will study the request. Honored guests at the Johnsburg Rescue Squad memorial dedication Sunday were Arnold Rauen, master of ceremonies, Earl Walsh, retired McHenry city clerk, Jim O'Hare, McHenry county trauma coordina­ tor; A1 Joundan, county auditor; State Rep. Thomas Hanahan; Jerry Wakitsch, former Rescue squad member and the Rev. Leo Bartel. RINGWOOD: $10-$15-$20-$25; Church plans auction POOLS'N'STUFF 'THE PEOPLE WITH THE SHARP PENCILS" < There will be a combined service .'•of the Greenwood and Ringwood • churches at the Greenwood church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. Kay and Bruce Paulsen will be singing and leading us in worship. They are both professional members of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago - Grant Park Chorus, and veterans of I the Chicago Lyric Opera. *. Do bring the family and enjoy the I morning worship with the Paulsens. "Ifany of you have heard Kay in the past. This is a good time to invite friends. SUMMER WEDDING A beautiful summer wedding of Michael Justen and Kathy Arnold was held Aug. 3 at St. John the B a p t i s t C a t h o l i c C h u r c h , Johnsburg. Those of the family of Don and Betty Justen who attended from a distance were Don and Marie Jus­ ten and children^Don Jr., Lisa and £lara Regner to celebrate tier 90 years Clara (Diedrich) Regner, 35150 N. Gilmer Rd., Round Lake, will cele­ brate her 90th birthday Friday, Aug. 16 at a family gathering in her home. Mrs. Regner was born and raised in the Johnsburg area, and married Leo Regner Fib. 14, 1918 in St. Mary's Catholic Church, McHenry. They became residents of Volo 27 years ago. The couple has five children, Al- I( Dorothy) of Volo, Mrs. Eu-rne (Rose) Miller of Ringwood, rs. Frank (Mary Ann) Ma&s of Woodstock and Mrs. Paul (Therese) , Tonyan of Lakemoor; 14 grandchil- uUjren and 11 great-grandchildren. The nonagenarian enjoyed gar- , dening and crocheting until recent ^years when her health limited her ! activities. CLARA REGNER HANSEN'S COPPERMINE 4921 McCuMom Lake Rd. McHenry, linois Mon.-Fri. -- SENIOR CITIZEN SPECIALS 10 a.m.-3 p.m. DRAFT-SO* HUD fBC omm • 19 iwnvMcw ALSO SENIOR CITIZEN POOL & DART LEAGUES Si»ri After Labor Day SIGN UP NOW! Tracey, Karen and Randy Funk, Randy Jr. and Ryan, all of Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Kathy and Jon Ar- chemeyer, children Jill and Wendy Koch and Jayne and Matt of Ar- vada, Colo. Other friends and relatives at­ tending were from Chicago, Deer- field, Glenview, Lake Zurich, Mc­ Henry, Woodstock, Ringwood and Wisconsin. The reception was held at Kris- tof's and the bride and groom left from there for a honeymoon in Colorado. Congratulations to Mike and Kathy Justen, and we wish you both many years of happiness. CHRISTENING Little Sara Rae Low was chris­ tened Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Ring- wood Church, by the Reverend Gor­ don Smith. The infant is the daughter of Ray and Cindy Low of Wonder Lake. Godparents were her aunt Sue LaVarra of Wonder Lake and a friend of her parents, Floyd Johnson, also of Wonder Lake. Others attending the christening were maternal grandparents Mar­ ion and Bob Graff of Roselle, 111., paternal grandparents DOTis and Walt Low of Ringwood, many aunts, uncles, great-aunts, great-uncles, cousins and close family friends. All went to Sara's parents home in Wonder Lake for refreshments and a beautiful christening cake. SEWING CIRCLE The sewing circle will meet at the home of Blanche Howe Thursday, Aug. 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Co-hostesses with Blanche will be Norma Freitag on salad and Alice Peet on dessert. The ladies will again be working ALL BEDS HAVE NEW BULBS! on items for the upcoming bazaar in November. There are always new things to be worked on and, of course, you shoiild come and bring your ideas to share, also. We hope for a greater bazaar than ever, so mark your calendar to come to Ringwood Nov. 5 to do your Christmas shopping. AUCTION COMING SOON A big auction will be held Satur­ day, Sept. 14 at the Ringwood church, starting at noon. The arti­ cles may be viewed starting at 11 a.m. If you have anything of sale value that you would like to donate, con­ tact 385-5002, 385-2464, 653-3294, 728- 0222 or 653-9262. Friends of the church are more than welcome to participate. To date, we have antiques, cut gla&s, garden produce and woven rugs that will be auctioned off. Help this list to grow by calling one of the numbers. VISITORS Visitors at Chris and Sally Delby's in the past week were his parents Ron and Sonia Delby of Matteson, 111. Also, friend Dave Cot- teleer of McHenry, who recently returned from doing Evangelical work in Eastern Europe. BIRTHDAYS "Happy Birthday" to Helen Hunt and Tyrone Griffen, Aug. 16; and to Bob Baker, Nicky Billikas, Ellie Na- bor and Ruth Ann Hersman, Aug. 17. Aug. 18 finds Linda VanEvery, Frank Visconti, Darek Davis and Jackie Wright adding another can­ dle to their cakes; as Tommy Ho- gan, Jim McGowan and Amy Zvonar will be doing Aug. 19. Aug. 20 finds Earl Sonnemaker, •VALUABLE COUPONS DAY SPECIAL $475 =] j P^Y$39S i purdMM of 8 mumm .! ONLY II iiinipurcMMotgwwMii • - limit 0M P«r Penon 5 brol0n«PaPrion • I Mon. Thun. 11:30AM-2:30PM | L«JS!S3ftft&«»»l L--JKHttttXL..... A GOLDEN TAN - DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT! IJANFASTIC SUNTAN PARLOK 3100 W. 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