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" •-" • .• • v ; *••-'•• I'J • 'v. •:• r % . ° ^ ... \* ^ ; ." . • '• v * . / • : „•.- '• . V:; •:" I, ,> v- •**.* -* ^ - *,? '_.-JLWJ^^ V ' • : , / • • • ' • ' • • * ' . ' , v ? , r ' " / " . i T - ' ' ' - < t- "<tv. , $$' . **&$?'f*¥:: rr-\T*: ••;!>&: v • V * * s VOLUME 77 McHENRY, ILLINOIS. TROMDAY. MAY 31. 19S1 No. 3 Edwal Laboratories, Inc. Proves One Of This Community's Fastest Industries Of Decade McHeniy luu toag noted with lTi>tide and a certain gratefulness the natural advantages of a beautiful river, proximity to a large Industrial city and the many other Attributes which assure a growing and prosperous city. Only occasionally, however, do we stop to take note of the farsighted indi- WALTEg S. OUTHMANX viduals who because of these adtftMrantages have settled here and are very directly responsible for this thriving community. Among the foremost are the men who. chose Ringwood as the site of the- Edwal Laboratories, Inc., almost twelve years ago. After examining many possible locations, they chose tfce former Bowman dairy plant, then closed for several years, and, opened ^their chemical plant in the heart ^Ot Ringwood in February of 1941. At that ttae the local industry Was known as the Ringwood Chemical company, a branch of the original Edwal Laboratories, Inc., Chicago. However, in February of 1950 a consolidation of the two took place and all business was transferred to Ringwood, as well as the name Edwal Laboratories, Inc. if, The Bowman Milk plant was a natural choice for a structure designed for chemical production and research since the requisites for both included cleauliness features, good drainage, railroad __ Biding and the like. Approximately 100 of the 140 employees, espically those em- ... ployed in regular production and maintenance, are from this area, bounded on the north by Genoa 4) City, on the south by Crystal Lake, on the west by Woodstock and including a number of Mc- 0(H) annually ; and $50,000 is spent each year on waste disposal. In the past twelve years, several thousand dollars have been spent with local contractors on new buildings and additions to original structures. Passing through the outir offices of the cr&am-colored brick building, one is attracted to a rooirt housing a sizable library, where chemists- regularly consult 'the 1,000 leading American and foreign volumes, some in their native tongue, for technical information. Some of the most popular chemical Journals date back to 1908. The first large laboratory room, just beyond the small but well equipped dark room, is for research purposes and deals with academic chemistry. Here skilled chemists work day after day on the origin of what may be one of the new and important chemical products of the next five to ten years. Present products are also expanded in this laboratory. The Ringwood plant deals to a great extent in custom manufacturing and ideas originating with the research director here may bear importance in the pharmaceutical field at some future date. Adjoining is the control laboratory, where raw materials are evaluated to meet necessary requirements, as well as inspection of the finished product prior to shipment.' The balance room is necessarily maintained to meet the most exacting requirements of any in the entire building, since absolutely even temperatures are a necessity in employing the highly specialized equipment which is used for such tasks as weighing samples, etc. This balance room is part of the control department. Continuing further into the interior of the building one finds the maintenance cage, where equipment accessories, including valves, motor belts and the like, are kept. Still further is the development laboratory, where work of the research department is taken. Here costly chemicals are made for the government's medical corps by a staff of technically trained men. Purification The purification of chemicals takes place in one of the small adjofhing rooms, where oil of mustard concentrate is also made. Edwal is one of two plants in the United States to turn out this pro- 1 duct, which is used in pharma- I ceutical products as well as a ' flavoring material. The . product .Olio ^ the mort interesting dopartments is that of photo packaging, where twenty-two employees, eighteen girls and four menwork throughout the day and occasionally an evening 'shift. Two other buildings are .confined solely to the manufacture of products for individual customed companies on contract. Initial activities were devoted to the manufacture of organic photographic chemicals not then available commercially and the formulation and sale of photographic processing solutions,, particularly for the-expanding market opened by the popularity of 35 mm cameras. Edwal Grows The reputation earned by the high quality of the products marketed soon brought requests for custom synthesis and formulation and a consulting division was set up, serving particularly the reproduction, cosmetic and food and flavoring industries. Problems in fields as varied as theatre stage effects and canine repellants for the protection of shrubbery were presented to the new company and successfully solved. Edwal operations fall into three main divisions, photo, chemical and contract manufacturing. General Electric X-Ray Corp. is a big customer of the photo department, which manufactures all the chemical solutions for processing X-ray films, shipped nationwide and ipto Canada. Edwal also manufactures all of the X-ray chemicals used for processing films for General Electric. Medical Products company, the exporting division of G.E. These products are shipped to South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. Another large customer is Remington Rand, Inc., for which they bottle liquid chemicals used in the processing of photo copy paper. They also manufacture _ Micro- Film processing chemicals for this company. Other large customers are Bell & Howell, Inc., which manufactures movie and Micro-Film equipment ; the Revere Camera com pany, for which Edwal manufact ures a kit for processing diaversal paper for amateur and professional use; and the Pitman company, for which they manufacture fixer used in the graphic arts and printing field. Lastly, they manu facture a complete line of photographic chemicals for amateur photographer* marketed by Edwal S c i e n t i f i c P r o d u c t s c o m p a n y , headed by Dr. E. W. Lowe of Lake 35 Graduates At Parochial School • i Above is an aerial view of Ed- smaller structures which have wal Laboratories. Inc., including been added in recent years. Edthe main building Mid the many wal chose the former Bowman dairy plant in which to open their chemical plant in 194|. Henry people. These 140 enir ployees are a far cry from the twenty-three who reported for work when the company opened £its doors in 1941. Interesting, tpo, • ia the fact that many of the 140 •re stockholders in the business. In line with the increase in number of employees was the necessity for acquiring additional land. The old Ringwood Nursery p r o p e r t y , i n c l u d i n g t h e l a r g e home occupied at one time by the nursery owners, the Bucklands, was purchased and also three acres in the rear of the plant. ^ $4SJ>O0 Payroll To grasp the immensity of the growing institution and its direct bearing on the prosperity of the community, one must realize that the employee payroll each month runs $45,000; that local . purchases by the plant reach $20,- accounts for the very peculiar odor which sometimes emanates from the building. One of the newest departments, established about five years ago, is £he_ processing area, where material is brought to the second floor from a spacious, nearby warehouse. Here are seen huge kettles, ranging from 25 to 2,000 gallon capacity, which are used for pressure or vaccuuin. While a few of the kettles are reserved for one particular chemical, most are utilized for many products. There is one small unit at this point which was set up for the Standard Oil company, where 5,- 000 pounds of chemicals a day are turned out when the unit is in operation. Next door is a high pressure research laboratory, a new unit added two years ago. > J Geneva. Packaged For Y.A. In the past they have packed for Montgomery Ward, Sears, Hunter Photo < Co., and others. During the war they also packaged large quantities for the Signal Corps and the U. S. Army. Just a year ago they packaged better than $100,000 worth of Xray solution for the V.A. Currently they are packaging large quantities of X-ray solution for government ordinance plants engaged in war work. At the time the V. A. work was being handled, this department operated on two shifts. Big customers in the chemical end of Edwal's business are Chas. Bruning & Co., DuPont, Proctor A Graduation exercises for mem' bers of the eighth grade at St. Mary's-St. Patrick's school will take place at the 8:30 o'clock masa in St. Mary's church next Sunday* June 3. There are thirty-fivi young people to graduate: t RITA BARBIAN / GAIL BREFELD JAMES BURNS • SHIRLEY CONWAfr^/'- v MARY ANN FORD - A' V , ALAN FREUND •* ; JUDITH FREUND MARGARET FREUMO> ASHLEY GRANGER RAYMOND HIRSCH MARGARET HULTSCH JANICE JACOBSOIt EDWARD JUSTEN JACQUELINE JUS' DAVID KENT JUDITH KRKIN PATRICIA LONG LORETTE Ll'BKE CIJU'DE McDERMOW ANN MARIE MAY DOLORES MERCURB DONNA RAYCRAFT £. PATRICIA ROSIMjM1-^ RONALD SCHMIDf SHIRLEY THl.'RLWRLL CHARLES TONYAN ROBERT TONYAN KATHLEEN TURPEL GUS UNTI ANN LORETTA WEBER WILLIAM WEBER RICHARD WHITE CHARLES WIEDEMAN JOYCE WILLIAMS ESTELLE YAGER RITES TUESDAY FOR LIFELONG RESIDENT OF McHENRY AREA Funeral services were hold at 9:30 o'clock from St. Patrick's church on Tuesday morning for Miss Mary G. Doherty. 81, who died at her home on north Green street early Sunday morning. May 27. Previously the body rested at the Peter M. Justen funeral home. Interment was in the church cemetery, x Miss Doherty was born Jan. 10, 1870, in the McHenry vicinity, the daughter of James and Johanna McDonald Doherty, among the very early residents of this area. She had always made her home here. A great number of persons still residing in this vicinity owe thei^ early educational training to Miss Doherty, who taught in the rural schools of this area, including Ostend and Clemens, for twenty-five years. She was an accomplished musician also and for a quarter of a century was organist at St. Patrick's church as well as directing the choir. Both Miss Mary Doherty and her sister, Miss Bridget, with whom she lived, were well known for their hospitality. Although seldom in attendance at public functions, they were gracious hostesses and welcomed visits from their many friends. For many years she dally attended Mass. Miss Doherty had been in poor health for several years and had been seriously 111 for the past five weeks. Survivors include five nephews, Thomas R. Doherty, James E. Doherty, Williani F. Doherty, Paul Doherty and Frank Doherty; and three nieces, Mrs. David Powers, Miss Nellie Doherty and Mrs. Clarence Anglese. The five nephews and Mr. Anglese served as pallbearers. REPRESENTATIVES FOR GIRLS. BOYS STATE SHfCIB Louise Barbier Attend; Six Junior Boys Were Chosen -One junior girl and six 'junior boys have been selected by the faculty of the local high school to attend Girls State and Bovs State this summer. Louise Barbier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Gerhard Barbier, has been chosen to represent her class at the eleventh session of illini Girls State at Mac Murray college, Jacksonville, from June 19 to 27. There will be thirty-two girls enrolled this year, chosen from among the junior students of Illinois high schools for their outs t a n d i ng leadership, character, courage, honesty, cooperative ability and scholastic standing. The girls selected will live in a miniature state patterned after the state o( Illinois and following Illinois governmental procedure as closely as possible. The girls create the government units--city, county and state--elect officials and conduct the affairs of government. The purpose is to provide citizenship training for girls of the state, to afford them an opportunity to live together as self governing citizens and to become Informed about the duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of American citizenship. A tie between Miss Barbier and Audrey Andreas resulted from the first faculty vote but it was necessary to break the tie since lack of accommodations at the college prevented both girls from attending. On a second vote. Miss Barbier was the winner and so will represent the American Legion Auxiliary, local sponsor. • Bojrs State The American Legion Is Rjfbnsoring six boys at Boys State, to be included among 1,200 from throughout the state. The six are Jack Wirt*. Charles Hiller, Richard Fuhler. Jack Pepping, Paul Marke and Eugene Perry. In addition to the governmental training, these boys will enjoy a fine recreation program covering such sports as baseball, volleyball, tonnis, badminton and the like. F.H.A. Delegate Mary Hogan, a freshman, was selected to represent her local chapter of the Future Homemakers of America at East Bay, Camp Bloomington. this summer. The state leadership camp extends from July 30 to Aug. 3. Miss Hogan is the daughter of the John Hogans of Ringwood. Music Representative Jack Wirtz, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wirtz. was chosen recently to attend the Egyptian Music camp at DuQuoin, 111., late in June for one week. GRAYSLAKE CHILD INJURED SLIGHTLY IN FALL FROM CAfc^ Thirty-First Annual Commencejx^||| In School Gym Friday/June 1- Police Officer John J. McCarthy believes her guardian angel must have been with small Barbara Ragnier, 4, who miracuously ey>- caped serious injury Sunday morning when she fell out of the' family car near Lily Lake. , The Ragniers were riding w<£st on Rt. 120, about a mile and a half west of Lily Lake when the retfr door of the family's Hudson flew open. Barbara, who was riding in the back seat with her younger sister, was thrown from th'e auto onto the pavement. Although the car was traveling about 55 miles an hour, the youngster suffered only bruises on the left hand and both shoulders and shock. She was treated by a McHenry physician and then was taken to Round Lake for a further check before being sent home. She was resting comfortably at the family home between Grayslake and Round Lake Sun-! day but was taken to a hospital on Monday for a complete, checkup. PLANS PROGRESS R " FOR THIRD ANNUJ& MARINE DAY AUG. T ' Public School Graduation May 31 At a meeting of the. Business Men's association, held Monday evening, plans progressed for the third annual Marine Day, to be held Aug. 5. Committee chairmen reported on the regular features to be held in connection with.this important summer event. Within the next week or ten days, it is expected that there will be several candidates listed for queen. The 1950 queen and her court are still enthusiastic in- their reports of last year's ^hirl of activities resulting from their selection. William H. Althoff is queen chairman. Plans go forward for the afternoon boat races which annually attract several thousand people; also for the colorful parade which is a distinct highlight of the day. Those interested in entering a float ara «8k«d -notify -LeRoy Smith. The deadline for program advertising is June 11. Those desiring space, should contact John Torrence, phone 850. fOrSTY Bl'RtiLARY The sheriff's office was the scene of a burglary last Thursday which caused understandable disturbance to Sheriff Henry Nulle. His office and that of Richard L. Tazewell, superintendent of schools, w?re burglarized b u t only $7 was taken. - NOTICE The Woodland Cemetery association will hold its annual meeting and election of officers on Wednesday, June 6, at 8 p.m. at 208 Main street. JUDICIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN 17TH DISTRICT ON JUNE 4 Continued on Page S Voters of the 17th judicial district are again reminded of the election which will bd held June 4. Because of the contests which occur this year it is expected that a greater, amount of interest will be evoked among the general public. Two of the judges elected in 1945 are seeking re-election, William M. Carroll of Woodstock and William R. Dusher of Rockford, both on the Republican ticket. The third jurist elected at that time, Ralph J. Dady of Waukegan. is retiring from the bench after twenty years as a circuit court judge. Taking into consideration the great growth of this judicial circuit. the state legislature passed a bill creating a fourth judge for the district, which includes Lake. Boone, Winnebago and McHenry counties. In their convention at Woodstock in March, Republicans vot- .•tar ed to nominate one candidate from each of the four counties. Names appearing on the ticket with Carroll and Dusher will be those of Atty. Bernard Decker of Waukegan and Atty. Albert O'Sullivan of Belvidere. The Democrats will list one candidate from Lake county and one from Winnebago. They are Jack E. Bairstow of Waukegan and Carl O. Swensen of Rockford. Each party also has a candidate for justice of the supreme court from the sixth district. The Republicans have nominated William J. Fulton of Sycamore to succeed himself, while the Democrats have named Jerome J. Downey of Rockford. Recalling/ the 1945 election, it may be remembered Jliat there was a noticeable lack of interest, with only 2,234 persons taking advantage of the voting prerogative. That number represented less than 1 per cent of the population. TWO ACCIDENTS IN McHENRY VICINITY REPORTED SUNDAY Two voijng men, George Darrell, 19, of Wauconda, and Roger Cameron, 19, of Chicago, were involved in an auto crash early last Sunday morning on the Pistakee Bay road. Darrell, a passenger in the car driven by Cameron, received gashes about the head when the aufto crashed into two trees. Officers Howard Cairns and Armour Birk, who investigated, said Cameron lost control of his car on a curve when blinded by lights from an oncoming car. ^ Florian Bchmitt, sou of Supervisor Math N. Schmitt, received slight injuries about 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening when his car went out of control on Barreville road, a short distance south of McHenry, and plunged down a steep enbankment. The car did not turn over but was badly damaged. On Thursday evening. May 81, at 8:15 o'clock, forty-three members of the eighth grade at the McHenry Consolidated school will receive their diplomas in the high school auditorium. . The program will include the processional by Miss Carolyn i Bauer, followed by three selections by the grade school band under the direction of Paul R. Yanda. They are "Activity" march, "The Little Grey Church" and "Mr. Joe." Patrol awards will be made by M. L. Schoenholtz, after which the American Legion and Business Men's association awards will be given to outstanding students. Supt. Nelson Stork of Woodstock will present the address of the evening, his topic being "Looking Forward." Presentation of diplomas by Supt. C. H. Duker of McHenry will follow. Members of the grade school graduating class are as follows: 1951 Graduates RICHARD BEAHLER , LAWRENCE BEAM AN SHIRLEY BERTHEAU ROBERT BITTERMAjUpS DONALD BUCKLES " ; KEVIN CAREY LOIS CLAYBAUGH ZOE COCHRANE BARBARA EGGERT PENELOPE FIKE JANE FISCHBACH ROBERT FUHLER** DAN GORMAN ROBERT GRANDT RUSSELL HIEHLE ROBERT HINTZE KARLA JENSEN PATRICIA JENSEN JOAN JESKE ROBERT KELLBY PATRICIA KUHN LARRY LARSEN NANCY MUELLER ROBERT NELSON KAREN OLSON RALPH I'ATZKE ROBERT PEPPING WILLIAM REED ^ TERRY REID ' " W PHILIP R1CK»E ROSE RITZERT ARTHUR SCHAFER EDWARD "SCHUMACHER MARGARET SEESE ANGELINE SITKO ROBERT STOCK RONALD TERNBERG MATI TIITUS HOWARD USEMAN ELAINE VYCITAL JACK W1LLARD ROBERTA WIRFS RAYMOND ZOBJECK Two From McHenry Serre On Grand Jury This Month The grand jury reported for the May term on Monday morning, May 2S, with State's Atty. Don A. Wields and his assistant, C. Russell Allen, in charge. Members of the panel include B. N. Schmitt and Math J. Brown of McHenry, among twenty-two. Need Rubber stamps? Order at The Plaindealer. FOUR MEN SERVE NAVY Photo by Worwick Above, are four of McHenry's young men who are contributing to Uncle Sam's Navy at the present time. Left to right, front row, are Warren Wegener, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wegener, ,and Harold Nye. son of Mr. and Mi's. Harvey Nye. On top. left and John Owen McGee. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGee. to light, are Leslie Olsen. son of Mr. and Mrs, Leslie Olseu. Sr., Two of the boys entered Navy service February 29 and the other two a week later. March 6. They were graduated about three weeks ago from the Navy's largest training center in a most impressive service which featured a recruit band, drill team, drum and .bugle corps and presentation of, honor man ceitificate8. ' < * A very impressive commence* ment service is planned for Friday evening. June 1, at 8:15 o'clock, when sixty-four members of the senior class of the McHenry high school wHl receive their diplomas. It is the thirty-first annual commencement held locally and the second to take place within the new school gymnasium. The program will begin with three numbers by the school orchestra, directed by Paul R. Yanda, playing "Entrance of the Sirdar" by Iwanow; "Pique Dame" overture by Von Suppe; and AAvo Maria" by Schubert, with Mary Ann Wiedrich as vocal soloist. The solemn processional by the class of 1951 will be to the strains of "Pomp and Chivalry" by Roberts, the seniors marching the length of the spacious room to take their place before the several hundred relatives and friend* expected to attend. The main address of the eve* nlng will be by Dr. Nelson Vance Russell, president of Carroll college at Waukesha, Wis. - One of the highlights of the eve* ning will be the presentation of American Legion, Business Men's association and honor awards. The former are given to the boy and girl voted by the faculty an outstanding in scholarship, honesty, courage and leadership. Five outstanding boys and five outstanding girls were selected from among the sixty-four members of the clasa by the faculty, after which a second vote was taken to determine those most worthy the awards on the basis of the above named characteristics. The presentations will be made bjr Commander Harold Vycital of the Legion. The Business Men's award !• made for the student ranking highest scholastically for his or her four years as a local student. Honor awards are given by the school to those who maintained a designated high ranking for studies in their four years. Albert Blake, president of .the Business Men's association, will present that organization's awafd and Carl Buckner, principal, will give out the honor awards. After Supt C. H. Duker presents the, diplomas, there will be the recessional. < Bacralaurente A * large gathering of and relatives last Sunday evening attended what was acclaimed by many as one of the most impree* sive Baccalaureate services ever held at M.C.H.S. % Rev. J. Elliott Corbett of the C o m m u n i t y M e t h o d i s t c h u r c h spoke heartening words to the iseniors of 1951 who are leaving school for a seemingly dim future, with the world in a condition at war-preparadness and uncertainty. Encouraging them to prepare themselves to the best of their ability for the years to come, he cited the similarity of the insecureness which exists today with other periods in recent history. He recalled how the graduates of 1941 faced World War II. which was imminent in June that year; and how the seniors of a decade earlier passed through the school portals into one of the worst depressions our country has e*er known. He reviewed the brighter days which have followed each of these periods and stressed the importance of tomorrow's citizens in their ability to surmount present difficulties. The program was concluded with a short program of choral music, the last number being a religious selection of praise to God. with two members of the graduating class. Sharon Sells and Sally King, being the readers. The recessional followed the singing of "America the Beautiful'^ iff the chorus and audience. " If GRADUATES PLAX TRIP ' As the result of a public smor* gasbord held recently at the Big Hollow school, members of the graduating class, along with two mothers as chaperones. Mrs. Gerard Gendrich and Mrs. Alice Cootello. will leave June 3 for a fiveday trip to Washington. D.C.. all expenses paid. The sponsoring group, the Mother's club, is grateful to those "helped to the dinner a success. . SEYE) IXDHTBi Seven county men were induct* ed through the local selective service board last week Wednesday. They were sent to Fort Sheridan. The men are Heins J. A. Koehn. a volunteer; Howard J. Kugath. Charles A. Wolf, Robert E. Wurtzinger. James J. Sals* mann. William F. Beers and Hni Laidroo. REMAIN ©PEN J$L ft- - '•