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Newspaper

Kenosha Evening News

Location

Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1946

Page

4

Kenosha Country Club Announces Dance Schedule for 1946

The Kenosha Country Club invites members to a first dance on Saturday night July 6 with two more events this year. An August 17 party and the Harvest Home on September 21 headline the social calendar. Raye Block and his orchestra will provide music as last summer, retained for the 1946 season. The social committee led by Milton Steinmetz and John Gibbs Smith coordinates events with Miss Ruth Whyte chairing an associate group including Marge Dixon Sue Trowbridge Roberta Whitaker Margaret Whitaker Dorothy Schwartz Lynn Turkelson Ronny Berg Bob Tyler and Jack Myers.

Kenosha Raye Block Milton Steinmetz John Gibbs Smith John K. Northway Ruth Whyte Marge Dixon Sue Trowbridge Roberta Whitaker Margaret Whitaker Dorothy Schwartz Lynn Turkelson Ronny Berg Bob Tyler Jack Myers

Lorraine Stanley Wed to Navy Vet in Great Lakes Chapel

Lorraine Mildred Stanley wed Ralph William Hinklin of Marion Ohio in a double ring ceremony at the Great Lakes chapel. Chaplain George Loring Evans officiated. bridesmaid Mrs. Morris Kincaid and best man Robert Stoltz attended. The couple will reside in Tuxedo Park New York after July 27 following Mr Hinklin’s Navy service.

Great Lakes Chapel William C. Stanley Lorraine Mildred Stanley Anton Nurre Sixteenth Avenue Ralph William Hinklin Marion George Loring Evans Thomas Foley Morris Kincaid Robert Stoltz Wisconsin Telephone Company Ohio State University Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Navy Pacific Tuxedo Park N. Y Hinklin Chicago Waukegan Geneva Kenosha Racine Wis Golden Gate

John Pope Weds Woodstock II Bride in Candlelit Ceremony

Miss June Ellen Becker daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry C Becker Woodstock and John Dewey Pope son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Pope formerly of Kenosha now Chicago were married at First Methodist Woodstock Illinois on Saturday at 730 PM in a candlelight ceremony The wedding party included Navy Army ground forces and paratroops in uniform with Mr Alan Wade of Chicago as best man and Mr Alan Z Taylor of Kenosha and Mr Joseph Lissuzzo of Chicago as ushers A reception followed in the church parlors Guests from Kenosha listed among the attendees.

First Methodist Church Woodstock Ill June Ellen ~Becker Henry C. Becker John Dewey Pope Charles A. Pope Kenosha Chicago Miss Becker Wilma Helen Becker Victoria Henke Navy Army Alan Wade Alan Z. Taylor Joseph Lissuzzo C. E. Dewey Marian B. Hale Walter S. Dexter Robert W. Dexter Chandler Cummings Alan Ebert John Emery Donald Meier Yale Streck

Saturday wedding unites Miss Janette Anderson and John Konecny

At First Presbyterian church in Racine the ceremony joined Janette Jean Anderson and John Adam Konecny with Rev. Roscoe Fulton officiating. Attendants included Emily Kenecny Lilly Ann Gosselin and Patricia Guenther. A 300 guest reception followed at Swedish American hall before a wedding trip and a new home at 1119 Center Street Racine.

First Presbyterian Church Janette Jean Anderson John Adam Konecny Roscoe T. Fulton Janet Reed Milwaukee Anderson William Anderson Emily Keneeny Lilly Ann Gosselin Patricia Guenther Miss Kenecny Dianne Gosecki Frank Konecny John Paton Henry Anderson Michigan Illinois Massachusetts Kenosha Mr. Konecny Adam Konecny Racine

Born in Kenosha and St Catherine’s

Birth announcements list a son for Bonnie Hume and a daughter for the Sim mons at 933 Forty-sixth street and June 16. St Catherine’s notes daughters for Orth and Vollmert on June 15. Bernac chi Fischer and Hubert also welcomed children on June 15 or 16. A Ralph Koster daughter and Willis Hubert son are recorded. The maid of honor typically keeps the groom’s ring in a double wedding.

Arthur Simmons Forty-sixth Street

Wilmot Girl Weds Edwin Parke Jr in Church Rites

Doris Ella Neumann of Wilmot married Edwin John Parke Jr of Barrington Illinois in a Peace Lutheran Church ceremony. The double ring nuptials included a reception for 150 at the bride’s parents’ home and a two week honeymoon. they will reside in Barrington Illinois after return.

Doris Ella Neumann Gust Neumann Wilmot Edwin John Parke, Jr Barrington Ill Peace Lutheran Church R. P. Otto Gloria Schneider Twin Lakes Phyllis _Elverman Dolores Neuman Racine Helen Parke de Monte Bowker

Priests Ordained at Green Bay Cathedral

Attendees included Rev. Eugene Flatley of Stockbridge and a class of 21, with uncles Dr. W. T. Flatley and Dr. Leo Flatley and aunt Mrs. Harry Ontko among relatives from Kenosha. Father Flatley celebrated his first mass at St. Marys in Stockbridge. Also noted is Gene Johnson named to Michigan College of Mining and Technology’s next year’s sophomore class, and Royal Neighbors convention in Cincinnati. Delafield commencement at St Johns Military Academy saw Byron C. Dowse of Kenosha County graduate with family presence.

Eugene Flatley Stockbridge Wis St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Green Bay Kenoshan W. T. Flatley Leo Flatley Harry Ontko Kenosha Father Flatley St. Mary’s Church Michigan College of Mining and Technology Gene Johnson Twenty-ninth Avenue St. John’s Military Academy Delafield Byron C. Dowse Kenosha County Catherine Dowse Isabel Helen Dowse Terrence Fosland Terry Milton Dowse James Irving

Camp Lake Man Weds in Berwyn

Virginia Budil daughter of Ladislav and Mrs Budil of Cicero Ill and Harry Orvis Swenson son of Roy A Swenson of Camp Lake were married in a Berwyn Presbyterian church ceremony conducted by Rev. Paul Turner. The 2 pm double ring service featured gladiola and carnation decorations and a royal white theme with bridesmaids and a best man including Verle R Swenson. A reception for 100 followed at the Budil home with guests from multiple Wisconsin and Illinois cities. The bride is a Beloit music teacher and the groom a Northwestern student who recently returned from air corps service. they will live at Camp Lake after a northern Wisconsin honeymoon.

Barton Ridel Antioch Gust Neumann Stanley Maciejewski Barrington Robert Overdue Merlin Robert Janis Twin Lakes Army Air Forces Crystal Lake Ill E. J J. Parke Virginia Budil Ladislav Budil Cicero Harry Orvis Swenson Roy A. Swenson Camp Lake Berwyn Presbyterian Church Paul Turner Riverside Church Ardys Hegeman Wilmot Janet Wessel Milwaukee Edith May Wolters West Allis Mildred Plant Berwyn Verle R. Swenson Robert Brunk Martin Gray Chicago Budil Kenosha Silver Lake Elgin Woodstock California Pittsburgh Beloit Western Springs Swenson Roosevelt Junior High School Wis Milwaukee State Teachers’ College Air Corps Northwestern University Wisconsin Swensons

Ladies of Vikings at National Meeting in Chicago

Members of Ligne Lodge No. 15 Ladies of Vikings attended the grand lodge national convention in Chicago. The local drill team helped install national officers and showcased an exhibition drill. Mrs. Ingrid Holm, local lodge president, was elected to the legislative committee and honored with flowers. Mrs. Holm and Mrs. Victor Johnson served as delegates from Signe lodge.

Ligne Lodge No. 15 Vikings Grand Lodge Chicago Ingrid Holm Outer Guard National Organization Holm Victor Johnson Signe Lodge

Wedding at North Prairie Church Seals Union of Disney and Wade

Miss Tommy Lou Disney of Mundelein Illinois wed Vernon Wade of Pleasant Prairie in an 8 PM ceremony at North Prairie Methodist Church. Rev. Russell D. Lytle officiated as 200 guests watched. reception followed in the church dining room. The bride is Zion High School alumni. groom recently returned from over two years in Europe.

Tommy Lou Disney Mundelein Vernon Wade Pleasant Prairie North Prairie Methodist Church Russell D. Lytle Virginia Evans Charlotte Louise Pearce Wilfred Pearce Leslie Hauck Donna Hauck Madison Louise Otto Heckel Roland Remus Donald Pearce Robert Packman Eugene Schend

Sunday Wedding Unites Couple at First Methodist Church

Elsie Louise Thomas and Andrew Albert Klobuchar were married in a Sunday ceremony at the First Methodist Church. Attendants Jerry Janecek and his spouse renewed vows 14 years later. The couple will reside at 6522 Twenty second Avenue after a brief honeymoon and plan a Chicago reception tonight. Mrs Klobuchar teaches piano in Kenosha and is an alumna of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Mr Klobuchar works at American Brass.

First Methodist Church Elsie Louise Thomas Twenty-second Avenue Andrew Albert Klobuchar George Klobuchar Fourteenth Avenue Fred E. Frankson Jerry Janecek Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Milwaukee Kenosha Klobuchar American Brass

Recital by Drama and Vocal Students at Congdon Hall

Drama students of Mrs. Louise Suess Mitchell and vocal students of Ralph Niehaus will be presented in recital Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. The program is open to the public at Congdon recital hall.

Louise Suess Mitchell Ralph Niehaus Congdon Recital Hall

Ida Vena and Louis Cairo Wedding Omission Corrected

The Evening News notes the maid of honor at the Saturday morning wedding of Miss Ida Vena and Louis Cairo, Theresa Russo, was accidentally omitted from the prior wedding report. A separate aside mentions a cooking tip advising against frying chicken before canning to avoid a hard dry crust and off flavors.

Theresa Russo Ida Vena Louis Cairo

Elkhorn Bride Virginia Wolfe Weds Donald Gray in Bethel Church

Miss Virginia L. Wolfe of Elkhorn and Donald S. Gray of Kenosha wed at Bethel church Elkhorn with Mock orange and pink peonies forming the background. Rev. Walter Halliday officiated a 2:30 p.m. ceremony attended by attendants Marcella Wolfe and Barbara Hodges with 85 guests at the Bassett House reception. The couple plans home in Racine after a Niagara Toronto lake cruise.

Bethel Church Elkhorn Virginia L. Wolfe Donald S. Gray Kenosha Walter Halliday Ernest Hintz Virginia Carter Miss Wolfe Marcella Juliet Barbara Susan Hodges Ann Arbor Mich William Bower Ted Moeller Robert McNeil Bassett House Whitewater Grays Niagara Toronto Winslow Avenue Racine D. Eugene Wolfe University of Michigan School of Public Health Kenosha High School Snap-On Tool Corporation Albert J. Gray Sixty-seventh Street

Kenosha Couple Weds In St Thomas Church Ceremony

Elsie Horvat daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Horvat and Anthony Bernard Ribar son of Albert Ribar married at St Thomas church in Kenosha. The Rev William Cox conducted the nuptial service at 9 in the presence of many locals and out of town guests. They planned a two week honeymoon in Denver and will reside in Kenosha.

Elsie Jane Horvat Joseph Horvat Twenty-seventh Avenue Anthony Bernard Ribar St. Thomas Church William Cox Kenoshans Mr. Ribar Albert Ribar Sixty-fourth Street Hansen’s Funeral Home OPA Denver Colo Kenosha Miss Horvat Sweetpeas William Rolbiecki Jane Wiersum Ribar John Tapley Robert Leys John Novascone Union Club

Local Engagements Announced for Rasmussen Pristov and Quandt Families

Engagements announced for Betty Hope Rasmussen to Thomas C. Thomas with wedding planned August 10 at unspecified venue. Jo Ann Pristov to Frank Kuryanowicz set for June 22 at Holy Rosary church at 10 a.m. Shirley Quandt to Carson L. Shepard, no date set, Shepard recently discharged after 23 months in the South Pacific.

Jo Ann Pristov Joseph Pristov Forty-fifth Street Frank Kuryanowicz X. S. Kuryanowicz Tenth Avenue Holy Rosary Church Harry A. Quandt Thirty-fourth Avenue Shirley Carson L. Shepard D. L. Shepard West Fifty-second Street Shepard South Pacific

Club Guide schedules church and lodge meetings this week

Wesley chapel of the W S C S meets Wednesday at Mrs. Robert Gilmore home with Mrs. Alva Nelson assisting. Grace church Group A gathers Tuesday at 2 40 PM at Mrs. Philip W Nelsons 100 Sixtieth Street. German-American Sisters Society meets tomorrow at 8 PM in German-American hall. Danish Sisterhood holds card party Wednesday at 7 50 PM in Danish Brotherhood hall. Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary meets tomorrow afternoon at room S O R at the courthouse to hear convention reports. Lily of the Valley Rebekah lodge meets tomorrow evening at the Odd Fellows temple for a business meeting and reports to the state convention. Mrs. Walther Rothers Trinity Lutheran group meets tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. Edgar Seaman 112 Thirty second Avenue. Mrs. Melvin Weeks O L F S group meets tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. Mable Millers 2620 Lincoln Road.

Wesley Chapel W.S.C.S Robert Gilmore Alva Nelson Grace Church Philip W. Nelson Sixtieth Street Sisters’ Society Danish Brotherhood Hall Sons of Union Veterans Lily of the Valley Rebekah Lodge Odd Fellows’ Temple Walther Rother Trinity Lutheran Church Edgar Seaman Thirty-second Avenue Melvin Weeks Olf.s Mable Miller Lincoln Road

June Jarvis Weds Harry Shakes at St Peter’s Church

June Margaret Jarvis and Harry Jerome Shakes were married at St Peter’s Church in a 9:30 high mass officiated by Rev. Adam Jeskevicius. The ceremony drew guests from Green Bay Milwaukee Racine Sheboygan Wis Lion Mountain Sagola and Cicero Ill with a Mass choir and floral arrangements. They plan to reside at 5615 Sixteenth Avenue. Miss Jarvis is a Frost Company stenographer and Mr Shakes a Nash plant worker.

St. Peter's Church Harry Jerome Shakes June Margaret Jarvis Alfred Jarvis Twenty-first Avenue Mr. Shaltes Antone Shaltes Thirtyfifth Street Green Bay Milwaukee Racine Sheboygan Wis Lion Mountain Sagola Mich Cicero Ill Adam Jeskevicius St. Peter's Shirley Bresnahan Ruby Bernice Tredup William Parker JoAnne Shaktes Joseph Biskofski Paul Dagenbach Shakes St. Peter's Hall

Richards Music Pupils in Recital at Kenosha Club

In the flower decked south lounge of the Kenosha Woman's Club building a group of piano and voice students of Mrs William Richards were presented in recital. A large crowd attended the varied program with Mrs Richards and Miss Mary Alice Graham accompanying the vocal numbers.

Kenosha

St Thomas Altar Society dessert-bridge party panel named

The St Thomas Altar Society announces its dessert-bridge party committee to be sponsored Saturday June 22. Members include Vincent Carroll, Stanley Dory, George Halpin, George Vidas, Wallace Woodard, Louis Bain, Ralph Alderson, Walter Cunningham, George Caughey, Carl Gunderson, Mathew Loewen, Walter Hannon and Wen Fonk.

St. Thomas Altar Society Mies Vincent Carroll Stanley Dory George Halpin George Vidas Wallace Woodard Louis Bain Ralph Alderson Walter Cunningham George Caughey Carl Gunderson Mathew Loewen Walter Hannon Wen Fonk

Weaver Shwaiko Wedding at St Nicholas Russian Orthodox

Junne Hope Weaver and Alex Shwaiko wed in a candlelight ceremony at St Nicholas Russian Orthodox church. The couple repeated vows before Rev Alexander Pyza with a large crowd. Ave Maria was sung by Nancy Nester. The bride, daughter of Eugene and (Mrs) Weaver of Milwaukee, wore white satin with seed-pearl crown and calla lilies. groom is son of Wasil and (Mrs) Shwaiko of Kenosha, a Georgia Tech alumnus active in Phi Gamma Delta. A weeklong New York honeymoon followed. they plan to live with the groom's parents temporarily.

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Junne Hope Weaver Alex Shwaiko Alexander Pyza Nancy Nester Gary Ind Weaver Eugene L. Weaver Sixtieth Street U. of Wisconsin Shwaiko Georgia Tech Phi Gamma Delta Wasil Shwaiko Sixty - Eighth Street New York Eugene Weaver Daphne Leonowich Elsie Rahn Jeanne Prosen Chicago Eileen Neitzel Racine Ann Parcenka Kenosha Barbara Sodlink John Shwaiko Fr. Bene Lawrence Weaver Steve

Bride and groom guests host 400 at St Nicholas hall

Shwaiko and Harry Pagliaroni attended the bridegroom as ushers. Following dinner at 6 a reception was held Saturday evening for 400 guests at St. Nicholas hall. Mrs. Shwaiko wore a pale blue suit with white accessories.

Shwaiko Harry Pagliaroni St. Nicholas Hall

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