The Marengo Beacon News from Marengo, Illinois • Page 20

I 1 PAGE 20-TH URSD AY, MARCH 8, 1973 TELL 'EM YOU SAW IT IN THE BEACON-NEWS New York Publisher Prints Bill Matte Receives Academy Appointment! Teaching Program Of Marengoan Marengo High School Senior Bill Matte has received word of his appointment to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Bill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Matte, 747 East Washington Street. Lutheran Church in North Plato.

Surviving are his widow, the former Ruth Chamberlain whom he married on March 28, 1923; one son, Vernon of Elgin; one daughter, Mrs. John LILLIAN FISHER Mrs. George (Lillian) Fisher, 55, of Kingston, formerly of Burlington, died Saturday, March 3. in the home of her daughter, Mrs. James (Mary) Sanders in Genoa.

Born Jan. 19, 1918. in Lucas original nomination was made by Congressman Robert Mc Clory some time ago. After-reviewing academic and phy-: sical tests, activities, person-; al interviews and the academy selected Bill as one. of approximately 1400 young; men from throughtout the coun-i find improvements to make" this Mrs.

Ray (Beth) Gablnskt of idea practical, educational, and Roselle and twins John and still fun. I know many parents Joan, both seniors at Marengo shared the work too, because Community High School. Today, Mrs. Mary Krause has realized her secret ambition. In the, March issue of the "Teacher" on page 54 is her story.

It is available or will be at the Marengo Public Li- brary within the next few days. I expected daily excerpts in- Anyone knowing Mrs. Krause (Esther) Peters of DesPlaines; can't help, but feel her loving Iowa she was the two step-sons, Glen Stevens of .111 i flniirtntai of Carl daughter and Phina Whitehall, and Cyrus All of Marengo today shares a proud and happy moment with Mrs. Mary Krause, 3118 Elizabeth Street, as she has realized her ambition of having her story "The Dear Diary "Way to Language Skills' pub- llshed in the professional magazine of the elementary schools. In October, Mr.

and Mrs. Alfret Krause were the surprise recipients of a letter from their daughter, Mary, who resides in New York City, with round trip tickets for a visit to New York. Mary had known for some time of her mother's ambition of showing to professional magazine publishers, some of the diaries written by pupils of Mrs. Krause whom she had taught in the area. Mrs.

Krause, a warm, friendly person and a dedicated teacher for many years, had written a paper en- iry. me nrsi group is picKea. in March, with other groups-following in April and May Bill will enter the academy; on July 2, and begin his basic; training. He will then be a four-year student while continuing: miltary training, and graduate in 1977 with a degree and a commission as a Second Lieu-; tenant in the Air Force. Graduates must then serve on active duty for a minimum of.

five years. Bill has been an outstand--ing young man a MCHS. He! is an honor student in the top; 20 and active in many areas. McGee Leech. She married George Fisher in Bettendorf, Iowa, on April 18, 1936 and they lived there until moving to Sycamore in 1957.

In 1963 they moved to Burlington where her husband died in January of 1971. In August of 1972 she moved to Kingston. She was a member of the Women's Order of the Moose. In addition to the daughter, Mrs. Sanders, she is survived by one son, Buddy of Kingston; five grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.

Esther Morgan of Garden Grove, Iowa; and one brother, Lester Leech of Humeston, Iowa. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Fredrick Funeral Home in Hampshire with the Rev. Clair Deming, pastor of the United Methodist Church in Genoa, officiating. Burial was in Union Cemetery in Burlington. 0 Stevens of Tucson, 19 grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning in St. Peter Lutheran Church in North Plato with the Rev. Kenneth Rozak officiating. Burial was in Washington Cemetery, McQueen Station. Friends called in the Fredrick Funeral Home in Hampshire.

JOSEPH P. SYKORA Joseph P. Sykora, 95, died early Monday morning, March 5, in the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Josephine Kallal, 425 S. Ann Marengo.

He was born (in Czechoslovakia Dec. 27, 1877. He was a retired machinist having worked for the railroad, and had lived in Marengo for 20 years. Surviving in addition to his daughter, are one son, Charles Sykora of Cicero; 17 grandchildren; and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held stead or weekly." "The entire article which I wrote was not printed, and this is so understandable, as I know that there is a limited amount of space.

Also, some of the ideas I had touched upon were brought out by others contributing to the magazine." Mrs. Krause is a 1946 graduate from Concordia Teachers College in River Forest. Her first teaching assignment found her at Trinity Lutheran School in Davenport, Iowa. It was while she was here that she married and became the mother of five children. Nevertheless, Mrs.

Krause never gave up her teaching career and it was in 1958 that the family moved to Roselle; Illinois; which had been her hometown as a child and where she had attended Trinity Lutheran School. It wasn't long and Mary Krause was contracted to teach the third and fourth grades at her childhood school. It was in 1962 she joined the Public School System, teaching at Hoffman Estates Public School. Mrs. Krause joined the staff at Washington Grade School in 1968, where she taught third grade until January 1972.

Mr. and Mrs. Krause are the parents of Delwin of Woodstock, Mary, New York City, Mrs. Dale (Linda) Cox of Champaign, persunamy raaiaie me entire surroundings; she is a Christian person beyond reproach and can be spoken bout only with love and great respect. Mrs.

Krause, Marengo is indeed proud of you. Congratulations. Hawthorne -Honor Roll Hawthorne School has released its honor roll. Students receiving honors are: Susan Kopecky, Adrienne Sloat, Deanna Mavis, Kathy Npvak, Cheri Smith, David Simons, Diane Peterson, Heidi Wolff, Vickie Fruin, Lisa Dickerson, Debbie Dinley, John MENTION -Glen Chewning, Janelle Smith, Brett Boschma, Tony Englebrecht, Tracy Naber, Gordon Strege, David Deuss, Therese DeSerto, Jeff Dickerson, Gerry Fish, Bridgett Foley, Kathy Irvin, Bob Mavis, Becky Morris, Kay Reschke, Kim Odehnal, Mike Dinley, Lorna Anderson, Ellen Burket, Debbie Deuss, Chris Karsten, David Kopecky, Cellast Scharenberg, Lorna- Whitney, Linda Blank, Roberta Foley, Laurene Wagner. CITIZENSHIP Adrienne Sloat, David Simons, Laurie Mielczarek, Vickie Fruin, Cathleen Partyka, Heidi Wolff, Kay Reschke, Mark DeGrand, Debbie Dinley, Debbie Schultz, Linda Blank, Roberta Foley, Deanna Mavis.

The formal appointment was made March 1 by the academy, and Bill was selected over nine others for the opening. The tie uaa aiai icu 111 iwivau, uaa ketball, baseball, and track on the athletic side. Bill -is also a four year Student Council: member, and active in several clubs. The new cadet will be join-; ing his brother, Mike, a sophomore, who has been outstancK ing among current academy; trainees. 1 The appointment is finitely a high honor, since; only the top young men are-selected.

Congratulations to" Bill, and good luck. titled "A Language Program That Really Works' in which she told of her nine years during which she taught and had worked on a program in the language area and which has been enjoyed very much by her pupils. The main part of the program was focused on a diary-type story which en- i i -i at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Cooper Funeral Home. The Rev.

Fr. John W. Ryan, pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, conducted the service, and burial was in Ressurec-tion Cemetery in Justice. Joseph's hospital, Belvidere. She was born in Marengo Nov.

21, 1917, the daughter of Albert and Lillie Davis Schultz. On Aug. 22, 1953, she married Clarence Kent in Minnesota. He survives as well as one son, Gene Ditbenner of DeKalb, and three daughters; and two brothers, Leslie Schultz of Marengo and Neil Schultz of Harvard. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Wit-beck-Wheeler-Sabien Funeral Home in Belvidere.

ren to learn spelling, wrue complete sentences, make re-portSand write or tell stories they had created, as well as learning to read better. So as the plane left tHare airport for New York City with the did the article and severahof the diaries. Mrs. Krause, upon learning of the publcation, had this to say: "When I was given the privilege to visit with Mr. Lit-tledale, the editor of Teacher Magazine, formerly called The Grade Teacher, I told him I had an article I thought might have value for other teachers in the language area.

He suggested I mail it to him, but I told him I had brought numerous diaries with me, and he decided to take a look at them. He looked at the diaries before he read my article and he was deeply impressed in the heart warming stories so well written by 8 and 9 year old children. While he saw various experiences related and illustrated, I think he felt it was quite an individualized type program where children could feel a sense of accomplishment without being pushed." WILLIAM A. THURNAU William A. Thurnau, 84, Rt.

1, Freeman Hampshire, died Saturday, March 3, in the Americana Nursing Center in Elgin. He was born April 22, 1888 in Plato township, the son of William and Catherine Blass Thurnau. He farmed in the Plato Center-Stark Station area all his life until retiring in 1967. He was a member of St. Peter Few School Petitions In First Week 'At that time, Mrs.

Krause expressed the thought tht she realized the chances of getting LOUISE KENT Mrs. Louise Kent, 55, Rt. 1, Kingston, died early Sunday morning, March 4, in St. Our state doen't happen to have a lottery we just take our chances in traffic. snmethinp nrinted verv doubtful, but since she had seen the many children benefit from this program she hoped to get other people to start thinkir I was so pleased when he advised me he planned to print With Feb.

being the first day for filing for the school board elections of April 14, not too many petitions have been filed, although a full slate are listed for districts 154 and 140. In Community high school district 154, Steve Otis and Leroy Merritt have both filed of this as a strong language learning help. Her one regret was that she wasn't able to show the hundreds of diaries she had read in the past years, as each and every one of them had great value. it and it is here now that I wish to take this opportunity to Thank all the children in Marengo who participated in this program while I had the them. for reelection.

Erwin Rosen-' opportunity of teaching The first two years I taught in Marengo, we were still on part of an uphill struggle to Honor Student Selected By NOTICE TO General Electric candidates AAoro Pontfocs Are sold in Crystal Lake than Anywhere else in the Fox River Come to Crystal Lake for the finest selection Pontiacs Available including Grand Prix Firebirds and Wag onsij Thomas E. Nelson, son ofr Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Nelson, 404 West Railroad Street, Marengo, has recently graduated with High Honors from the University of Illinois.

He received his Bachelor of Sci-. ence Degree in Electrical Engineering and for the past year has been attending Graduate School working towards his Masters Degree in Business Administration. winkel has decided not to run again, and in his place, Arnold Bowen, 17709 Meadow Union, has filed. Richard Bauman and June Meyer have filed for re-election in Marengo Elementary district 140, along with Henry DeBoer, who was recently appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Richard Graf. To replace John Starr, who is not seeking Frances Hoffmann, 104 West has filed.

No petitions have been filed as yet in Hawthorn district 17 some are being circulated. In Riley School District 18, only one petition has been filed up to Tuesday evening. That is for incumbent Paul Page. Others are circulating. Union Consolidated District 8 has had only one filing, that being Henry Freise seeking reelection.

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