Mary McDonald-John Theis exchange vows in Minooka church
Mary Kay McDonald and John M. Theis exchanged wedding vows on May 20 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Minooka. The ceremony officiated by Rev. Msgr. Peter Seidl featured a double ring ceremony with organist Karen Dirst and soprano Virginia Brannick. The couple, both residents of Illinois and Texas origins, plans a Colorado Springs trip after their reception at the Joliet Knights of Columbus Hall. The bride, daughter of John and Mary McDonald, is a 1977 Joliet Junior College graduate, and the groom, son of John J. Theis, hails from Morris. they reside in Channahon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kay McDonald
John M. Theis
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Minooka
Peter Seidl
John McDonald
Channahon
John J. Theis
Alvin
Texas
Narvick
Karen Dirst
Virginia Brannick
Jody Zukowski
Marlene McDonald
Kathy Brannick
Judy Tuggle
Marianne Mitchell
Doug White
Morris
Terry
Tim McDonald
Randy Reynolds
Dewey Anderson
Tom McDonald
Tom Theis
Knights of Columbus
Joliet
Holly Kovel
Darlene Vandborg
Maribeth Quigley
Collette Quigley
Beth Ferrara
Colorado Springs
Colo
Minooka High School
Joliet Junior College
Kroger Co
Morris High School
Northern Petrochemical Co
Center St
Nurses Hold Annual Picnic At Morris Hospital Alumnae
The Morris Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association held its annual picnic at Gould Park last Tuesday. Nineteen members and six guests from Yorkville Sheldon Seneca and Morris attended. Gloria Tweedt of Minooka won the $200 nurses scholarship for scholarship character citizenship and promise of future success. She will enter a four year program at Northern Illinois University next fall. The next meeting is set for Sept 5 at Katherine Chapman’s home in Seneca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Hospital
Gould Park
Yorkville
Sheldon
Seneca
Morris
Joan Olson
Gloria Tweedt
Minooka
Northern Illinois University
Tweedt
Katherine Chapman
Grace ALCW June meeting at Grace church
Mrs Rolf Anderson read Isaiah 12 5 Bible verse while Grace ALCW Women met at the church. Miss Tina Torkelson played a piano solo and Gary Phillips of Grundy County Sheriff's Dept spoke on Juvenile Delinquency and the bumper sticker Hugged Your Child Today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolf Anderson
Grace Alc
Richard Johnson
Tina Torkelson
Gary Phillips
Grundy County
Stanley Larson
ALCW
Herbert Davidson
Anderson
Wilfred Dix
Elouise Peterson
Russell Davis
Rural Home Club Meeting Highlights at Agnes Hoge Home
Members of the Rural Home Club gathered Friday at Mrs. Agnes Hoge’s house with Mrs. Evelyn Lasch assisting as co host. Ada Davidson chaired the program reading poems on endings. Performances included Miriam Chelsea on flute, Dani Malik and Verna Fasen on piano, Kimberly Nelson on solo, Nancy Larson on vocals with guitar, Marvis Breen on piano, and a vocal duet by Miriam Chelsea and Nancy Larson. Lunch followed served by the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Home Club
Agnes Hoge
Evelyn Lasch
Ada Davidson
Miriam Chelsea
Dani Malik
Verna Fasen
Kimberly Nelson
Nancy Larson
Marvis Breen
Retired teachers luncheon welcomes two new members
The Plattville Kendall County Retired Teachers Association held a luncheon at Plattville United Methodist Church. Olive Smith and Edward Dillon joined the unit. President Helen Clayton opened with a poem The Teacher. Ronald Clark spoke on current retiree legislation and a possible calling committee for legislators. Larry Leigh presented a program on transcendental meditation highlighting benefits and noting it is not a religion.
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Plattville
Kendall County
Leigh
The
Association
IAPGCAA Meeting At Barbara Butz Home
The IAPGCAA Class of the First Baptist Church met last week at Barbara Butz home with twelve members present. Luncheon was served at 1 30 p m and the group opened by repeating the Lord s Prayer. Elma Thomson led roll call with each member reading a joke. Irma Gulley gave devotions and read Bible verses plus Homeward Bound and Name of Love. Lorene Kay reported new drapes purchased for the Helen Bunton Sunday School room. A thank you note from Joe Peters and his daughter Eloise for dedicating hymnals in her memory was read. Birthday songs honored Mrs Thomson Mrs Butz and Mrs Gulley. Meeting closed with Mizpath and recreation led by Muriel Terry. Next gathering is in July with Bernice Borens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iapgcaa
First Baptist Church
Barbara Butz
Elma Thomson
Irma Gulley
Lorene Kay
Helen Bunton
Joe Peters
Eloise
Thomson
Butz
Gulley
Mizpath
Muriel Terry
Bernice Borens
Golden wedding anniversary and birth announce in personals
Mr and Mrs Charles Grove of 11095 Clairmont Mesa Blvd San Diego celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Wednesday. They previously lived in Morris and Benton Harbor Mich. They have a daughter Sandra Johns and three grandchildren. John Michael Lankers Jr son of Mr and Mrs John Lankers Jr Oswego born May 30. Maternal grandparents Carl Palmquist Sioux City Iowa. Paternal grandparents John Lankers Bristol formerly Morris residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grove
Clairmont Mesa Blvd
San Diego
Calif
Morris
Benton Harbor
Mich
Sandra Johns
John Lankers Jr
Oswego
John Michael
Carl Palmquist
Sioux City
Iowa
John Lankers
Bristol
Community calendar for Morris area clubs and circles
A weekly schedule lists meetings for GCHE units and branches on Monday through Friday. Events include Royal Neighbors at Eagles Hall, American Legion Auxiliary dinner, UMW unit potlucks, Laurel Chapter 145 CES at Masonic Temple, Erienna GCHE units, Bethlehem Lutheran Church circles, UMW family picnic at Gooselake Club, and a United Methodist Church potluck and Single Parents gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
UMW
Avis Swick
Marion Richardson
Laurel
CES
Masonic Temple
Martha Circle
Gooselake Club
Rebekah Circle
Fay
Fellowship Hall
First United Methodist Church
Morris
Moonlight Bay Theme at Morris Hospital Ball
Morris Hospital Auxiliary hosts its 11th annual Moonlight Bay ball at Drake's Farm six miles east of Illinois 47 on Pine Bluff Road. July 15 from 7 p.m. cocktails to 12:30 a.m. dancing, with catering at 8 p.m. and a 9:30 p.m. moonlight dance. Johnnie Kaye and his 12 piece orchestra perform. patrons donate 45 dollars per couple to support hospital services and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake’s Farm
Moonlight Bay
Morris Hospital
Bayside
Drake’s
Johnnie Kaye
al Cookas
Drake
Illinois 47
Pine Bluff Road
Grundy
James Baum
Carl Johnson
John Hynds
Philip Miesenhelder
Donald Schildgen
Baum
John Rooks
Douglas Macdonald
Robert Malmquist
Herald
Morris Hospital Admits and Births Reported in Local News
Admitted names include Mrs. Anna Nortweet at 305 Washington St and John O'Brien at 400 Goold Park Dr among others from Grundy County towns. Births recorded for Reid, Rogers Jr, Howard, Finn, Cochran with times, while several patients transferred or discharged to St Joseph Joliet Loyola Hospital and local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Nortweet
Washington St
John O’brien
Goold Park Dr
Bonnie Smith
Price St
Joseph Squellatl
Coal City
Thomas Fletcher
Newark
Donald Scott
Dwight
Thelma Holbrook
Frank Beck
Seneca
Lloyd Bush
Mark Pantaleone
South Wilmington
Cyril Finn
Grundy County
Virgil Todd
Diane Sue
Dwight Rd
Rick Howard
Wilmington
Mathew’ _ Finn
Dorinda Wenger
Braceville
Gary Cochran
Karen Henderson
Rte. 5
Robert Slaton
Lisbon St
LaVerne Smith
Prairie la
John Vacca
E. Jefferson
Scott Bricker
Lucille Burris
Shereena_ Keaton
Braidwood
Michael Maston
Marseilles
Ronald Morin
Matilda Sayers
Laurence Weber
Gardner
Mark Brady
Saratoga Towers
Loyola Hospital
James Cameron
W. High St
Gregory Dummitt
Park Blvd
Leslie Dummitt
James Evans
Rte. 2
James McHugh
Liberty St
Harry Peterson
Joanne Heath
Dighton Hooper
Kenneth Kennedy
E. Main St
Andrew Bell
Alva Lantz
Mazon
Leon Ledlow
Raymond Detar
John Bowman
Burnette Isham
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Margo Dado
Miss Margo Dado was honored Saturday afternoon June 3 at a bridal shower and luncheon at the Free Methodist Church. Hostesses were Mrs Jeraldine Arnold Lori Arnold and Stacy Seaman. The table centerpiece featured a green and white theme with a bride doll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margo Dado
Free Methodist Church
Jeraldine Arnold
Lori Arnold
Stacy Seaman
Country Charmers Unit Meeting At Mrs Schaefer Home
Eleven members and guest Amy Kraft answered roll call as GCHE Country Charmers Unit met at Mrs. Arlene Schaefer’s home. Fran Kodat taught Attitudes Toward Aging, Barbara Kraft discussed Picnic Time, DeAnn Walsh screened a cystic fibrosis movie. A May bike-a-thon raised 1500 dollars with aid from Goodfarm Unit and Merry Goodfarm Maidens 4-H Club. The July 11 gathering at Renfrew Park north shelter will feature a potluck and guests from Goodfarm Unit and the 4-H girls and their mothers. bring table service and a dish to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Kraft
Country Charmers
GCHE
Arlene Schaefer
Fran Kodat
Barbara Kraft
DeAnn Walsh
Goodfarm Unit
Merry Goodfarm Maidens
Medical mission breakfast and church programs noted
The United Presbyterian Women's Association held a medical mission breakfast at the church with co hosts Claudia Rogers and Kathy Kleinfeldt. Committee members included Bonnie Cryder Cheryl Roth Delores Eschenbaum and Pat Sanders. Devotions by Bev Spangler and Judy Henderson outlined the Sunset Gap Community Center layette project in Newport Tenn. Jean Ann Robinson dedicated the layette and thanked helpers including Betty Telfer. A father son dinner is planned at 6:30 p m Thursday with Ruth Shafer presenting a program on An Asian Encounter from her Korea visit. PLATTVILLE Family Mission meets 7 30 p m Sunday at Plattville Lutheran Church. Riverwoods Center ministry will be discussed by young volunteers from St Charles. Vacation Bible School runs 9 00 a m to 2 00 p m today through Friday for kindergarten through ninth grade with Rev Vernon Tweedt, music, missions, recreation, crafts and refreshments. Mission offering supports a home mission. children's contributions aid a Christmas tree display for the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Women’s Association
Claudia Rogers
Kathy Kleinfeldt
Bonnie Cryder
Cheryl Roth
Delores Eschenbaum
Pat Sanders
Bev Spangler
Judy Henderson
Sunset Gap
Newport
Tenn
Jean Ann
Plattville — Family Mission
Plattville Lutheran Church
Riverwoods Christian Center
St. Charles
Plattville Lutheran Vacation Church
VBS
Vernon Tweedt
Stuffed Animal Fair at Morris Public Library
Children ages 3 to 12 may enter a stuffed animal at the Morris Public Library Children’s Department this week. Prizes for largest smallest ugliest cutest most unusual scruffiest largest foot and smallest foot. Winners pick books. Registration today through Wednesday in the multipurpose room. Judging Thursday 1 to 1 30 pm. Fair ends Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Morris Public Library
Children’s Department
Minooka Student Wins $100 Music Scholarship
David McMillin son of Mr and Mrs John McMillin was named recipient of a $100 scholarship award in memory of Henry Ryan former Minooka High School band director. The award honors a senior active in music pursuing further education. Dave participated in all Minooka High School music program activities since freshman year and earned the John Philip Sousa Award for outstanding musical achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
David McMillin
John McMillin
Henry Ryan
Minooka High School
Dave
John Phillip Sousa
Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration Honors Sister Mary Anselma Gustafson
Mrs. John Hoyland and Mrs. Laura Lundstrom of Minooka joined friends in Kankakee for the Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration of Sister Mary Anselma Gustafson SSCM marking her 25th year with the order. A reception followed the service with attendees from Chicago and Lockport. Sister Mary is an aunt to Mrs. Hoyland and Mrs. Lundstrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
John Hoyland
Laura Lundstrom
Kankakee
Mary Anselma Gustafson
Chicago
Lockport
Mary
Hoyland
Lundstrom
Baptism for Thomas Ryan Bednarik at Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Thomas Ryan Bednarik was baptized Sunday June 4 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church by Rev Norval Wigtil. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bednarik of 817 1st Ave. Sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. Michael Myers of Mundelin and Gary Thompson of Morris. A buffet luncheon followed at Mrs. Margaret Bednarik's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ryan
Tom Bednarik
1St Ave
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Norval Wigtil
Tim Thompson
Lisbon Road
Margaret Bednarik
Union St
Mary Bednarik
Morris
Paul Curry
Decatur
Michael Myers
Mundelin
Gary Thompson
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Mary McDonald
John Theis
Time Magazine
Richard Dreyfuss
Marsha Mason
Grace
St. Francis de Sales
Morris Daily Herald Society
Age
Jean Voelcker
Marie Peterson
Agnes Henning
Grundy- Kendall Rta
Rtas
Paul Clifford Warrick
Children’s Memorial Hospital
George Brown
Newton
Royal Neighbors
Eagles Hall
Erienna
Harry Petersen
Connie Gipes
Wanda Thompson
Erienna Day
Gche Eets
Buelah Fosen
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Circles
Circle
Circle 5
Circle 6
John Popidinski
Circle 7
Esther Johnson
Plattville United Methodist Church
Morris Hospital News
Theatre Guild
P. M. Clepper
Morris Holiday Inn
Dramatic Publishing Co
E. Jackson
Medical Mission
PLC News
Stuffed Animal
Tina
Rt. 47
Waverly
Tina Rowe
Ottawa
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