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JANUARY 3; 1952 X 10c Per Copy MANY SKNS OF PROGRESS Wlffl RESUME OF ACtNITES M CITY DURING PAST YEAR MO ACCIDENTS ON mOBWAY RECORDED HOLIDAY WEEKEND . j^Momlnt Unnohed fa th* twr year, it is only natural during its first few days to take out a few moments not only to take stock of how 1951 affected us as indtluals but also the year's effect the community in general., Several very definite progressive steps were undertaken, the most recent being the big campaign for paper and scrap metal conducted by the Business Men's association. The fine cooperation ot the public in supporting the drive has been commendable and should assure the city new &n3 modern street lights la the not ^|p distant future. 8teys ware taken to provide Mc- Henry with a nsto tfbtftry of which thsjr oould he proud whea the T«sch t>MpertJr tras purchased at fh4 corner of Main and Orees, streets tor this purpose. Interest* ed individuals and organizations have contributed generously since that time to make the dream of long standing come true in 1952. Three other campaigns vital to P« community as well as the nation were also well supported. They included the annual March of Dimes drive, the Red Cross appeal for funds and the holiday "Gifts to the YankB Who Gave" campaign. Veterans' groups were unusually generous and when polio-' hit the community hard the V. F. W. staged a benefit baseball game. The Legion sponsored a 4ublic party /.to swell library l^ds. Providing kuraluable training sad knowledge for youngsters residing in an area abounding in rivers and lakes was the annual summer Red Cross water safMy program which again this past summer drew large crowds. Ther nearby resort area of Plstakee Lake was again the vacation home lor orphans a g4 handicapped children with . the opening of Vamps for hundreds of Chicagolsnd youqgstscs. V A beatttifnI^ueW IMSIMOI opened to McHenry children in September, providing the most modern ia educational t faiiUitiM- It con- Mction with the opening aqd to lump and the public in general informed, the P. T. A. planned open house for all ot the city's public schools, using as their theme, "These &e Your jBchools." Individuals and groups distinguished themselves locally during 1951. McHenry'g 4-H boys and girls were named prominently on the list of county and state honor members. Girl Scouts were unusually active and two Boy Scouts, Cliff Todd, Jr., and James Weber, were taken into the Order of the Arrow, made up of Superior Scouts. Honors were bestowed on •patrol boys at the parochial school for the completion of a special safety course conducted by the McHenry Police department. The rifle squad of the American Legion was honored in being chosen to lead the eleventh district parade at the state convention held in September. c Other Changes Other changes resulting directjfcr and indirectly from the growth of the community serv«d as milestones in the history of the community. On Jtily 1 McHenry became the home of a first class post office and in the fall one df its churches, the Zion Evangelical Lutheran, observed, in a fitting program, its diamond anniversary, iily Lake voted to incorporate as |t village on Nov. 27. As might be expected, all was £u>t growth and progress; there were times of sadness for individuals and the community as a whole. Not the least was the announcement that at the end of 1951 more casualties were reported in the Korean war thus far than in the first full year of World War II, 1942. This' was certainly a sobering thought with which to start a new year since many McHenry boys are on the flighting front and one, Gerald Justen, is still among the missing. In spite of this unpleasant nerws Which greets not only this com ORlinity but the entire nation, McHenry enters upon a new year with a prayer for peace, hope for a happy year and a determination {or continued growth and proegress. JOINS FACULTY 1951, which brought a variety of unsettled^, news throughout its twelve months, to say nothing of its freakish weather, again threw in the element ot surprise in bow place of the customary wrath with which the old year has been known to leave in recent years, 1951 slipped away quietly in McHenry, leaving at least a pleasant memory, with Its balmy breezes and ice-free roads. No accidents on the highway were recorded in the McHenry community, and only one, ot a minor nature, .occurred in the county. This took place near Woodstock on the Franklinville blacktop road. Nation-wide, the highway accident toll was high, as predicted by the National Safety CouaeU. ROSE OLITA Joining the faculty ot the McHenry Community high school with the resumption of classes on Jan. 7 is Miss Rose Oliva, who will become the new school librarian. She replaces Miss Lucy Howden of Richmond, who resigned, effective with the vacation period, to accept a position in a Florida school. Miss Oliva, a native of Madison, Wis., was graduated from the University of Wisconsin and has had teaching experience in Elkhorn, Stoughton and Fall River, Wis. She comes to McHenry from fivanston, 111., where . she has been librarian in the Roycemore School for Girls. In addition to her duties as librarian, she will teach Latin in the local school. • Miss Oliva has been ipaking her home at Morton Grove.1 Announce Survey Returns Jan. 2S^P -- ^ '* Farmers in McHenry will participate in an egg marketing survey this week conducted by Farm: Adviser W. H. Tammeus in co- _ operation . with the College of lng out last Monday evening. In Agriculture. It will consist of a postcard mailed to farmers to get: information on size of flocks* number of puilets kept in relation to old hens, date baby chicks are started, site of quarters, method ot selling, etc. Returns on the survey will be available cm Jan. 25 when B. E. Broadbent and Sam Ridlin, College of Agriculture poultry specialists, will appear on the annual McHenry county Farm and Home Day program. At that time those who cooperate in the survey will be able to find out how they stack up with the rest These men will use the information from the survey to give suggestions on Improvements that oould be msde. « In connection with the meeting, a farmer's egg show will be held with prises presented by the hatcheries in the county. There will alap be samples of each grade of eggs as they now appear under the new egg grading law ot the state. and Home Day sponsored by 'the McHenry County Firm Bureau and McHenry County Home Bureau will be held at the W oodstock Community high school starting at 10 a.m. Jan. 26. WRITE-IN WINNER APPEALS DECISION TO APPELLATE COURT Three County CraplM Welcomed Babies Xmu At least three McHenry county couples received new babies for Christmas this year, born at the Woodstock hospital. ' One couple resides in this community and the mother of the second child was a former local girl. Shortly after the day had started, Richard William, weighing 7 lb. 7% oz., Was 1iur«i to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frett of Woodstock. Mrs. Frett is the former Dorothy Freund of McHenry. Proud maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Freund. A daughter, Janis Lee, was born a short time later to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brocken. She weighed 6 lbs. 13 oz. The third child, a boy, was born to a Hebron couple, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stewart.. KILLED IN CRASH Raymond Dowell, about 59, was killed in an auto accident which occurred on slippery pavement near Danville. 111., the middle of Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 2. His wife sustained a broken arm in the crash. No details of the accident had been learned when the Plaindealer went to press but it is known that the Dowells and her sister, Mrs. Wayne Bacon, of Crystal Lake were enroute on a vacation trip to Florida. The Dowells reside between McHenry and Wauconda. SCHOOL OPENS JAN. 7 Mchenry's tour schools, (he Bdgebrook, junior high, St. Mary's-St. Patrick's and high school will re-open after the sixteen- day vacation period on Monday. Jan. .T. ALIEN RULING Attorney General J. Howard Mc- Grath has reminded all aliens that they must submit current address reports through any U. S. post office during the period Jan. 1 to 11, inclusive. Under the amended law any alien residing in the United States on Jan. 1. 1952, except one in an authorized temporary status, must notify the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. Washington, D. C. of his current address within ten days thereafter and during the same period in each succeeding yew- , ' 0 SISTER DIES Mrs. Christine Russell. 33. sister of Nels Russell of McHenry, died at her home near Belvidere last Friday, Dec. 28. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the James J. O'Connor funeral home in Huntley. with Rev. Arthur Schroeder of the Trinity Lutheran church officiating. Burial war in Huntley. Ella Mourne of Harvard, who to date has been unsuccessful In her efforts to be seated on the county board, has appealed the decision of Judge Albert O'Suil van of Belvidere to the appellate court. Judge O'Sullivan recently dismissed the mandamus petition of Mrs. Mourne, asking the caurt to direct the township officials to certify her as assistant supervisor. 1 Mrs. Mourne received four write-in votes for assistant supervisor in Chemung township last April. Defendants in the ease are Supervisor Frank Beck, Assessor Fred Dean and Town Clerk Lyle Tody. Had she won a seat on the board, she would have been the first woman elected to such a position in this county. JOHN VYOTAL M BUSINESS 4!T YEARS, IS DEAD Time Of Services Pending Word From Son Now In France McHenry lost one of its Veteran buainess men, John J. Vycital, on Wednesday of this week. He is believed to have been the oldest active business man in the city in years of service, having operated a store on Green street Bince 1906. Mr. Vycital suffered a heart at- LAST RITES HELD' FOB BUSINESS MAN OVER TWENTY YEARS FaneNil rites were condscteS at' 10:80 o'clock last Saturday morning from St. Mary's church for Nick P. Justen, long time McHenry business man, who died unexpectedly on Dec. M. Burial was In the church cemetery, with Fred Rogers, Leo Helmer, James Doherty, Charles Adams, William Wolf and Frank Pi teen acting as pallbearers. Mr. Justen was born on the Plstakee Bay road Oct 17, 1891, the youngest of nine children of John and Susan Justen. When he was still in his 'teens, his parents built a home on the site of the present Justen residence on Elm street With pride in the achievements ot his older brother, Fred, he accepted enthusiastically his first job about forty years ago, helping in the operation of Justen's hotel, now known as the Riverside hotel. He also managed a service station across from that hotel for a number of years. Later, he built a new hoine on the site of the old fsmily residence and on July 3, 1930, opened the Standard service station which still stands «n the corner of Elm street and Rt 31. This he operated for twenty-one years, recently with the assistance of his only son. fits interests were not confined to his own business but also uppermost in his mind was the city's growth and progress. Thus it was natural that he serve a term as alderman from the first ward during the time that Mc- Henrfr celebrated its centennial year. He was an enthusiastic sportsman during his younger days and continued his pursuit of his faV^ orite hobbies, fishing and hunting, until poor health forced him to give up these activities about ten years ago. On May 5. 1915, he was married to Caroline Steinsdoerfer, who survives as does the son, Richard; two grandchildren; two brothers, Jacob of Waukegan and Stephen of Ringwood; two sisters. Mrs. Margaret Bowers and Mrs. Rose Huff of Waukegan. Donald Freund, a student at Notre Dame, spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Freund. FRIEDA HAl'G DIES Mrs. Frieda Haug, 73, mother of Walter Haug of Shalimar, died at the Haug home New Year's day. She had been a local resident for twelve years. The body rests at the Peter M. Justen funeral home until Friday at 1 o'clock, when services will be held from the chapel, followed by O.BLS. services in Chicago at S pjn. Burial Will be private. H«ad the Want Ads! Postal Rates Changed Jan. {p* As the bells rang out the "Old year last Monday night, a number of postal changes went Into effect, not the least among them being the passing of the penny post card, used in the United StateB since 1873. The price jumped to two cents along with other boosts in postal rates which are expected to produce 120 million dollars a year more for the post office department in Washington. This is the sccond -time ia the history of the post card that the rate has been raised to two cents. The first was back in World War I. when it remained that price for twenty months before returning to a penny in 1919. Other changes effective this week include parcel post, with a reduction in maximum weight and size of package handled between any first class domestic post offices from 100 inches in combined length and girth to 72 and from 70 pounds to 30 and 20, depending on zor/'s; also a halfcent increase for third class books, catalogs, seeds, cuttings, plants and the like not. on special bulk rate. Higher fees are in effect on special deliveries, from 15 and 45 cents to 20 and <0. Higher fees are also noted on domestic registered mail, from 25 cents and $1.50 to 30 cents and $1.75. Domestic insured mail jumped from 5 and 30 cents to 5 and 35 cents, while domestic collect-onde 11 very mail fees were raised from 20 and 60 cents to SO cents and $1. Effective in April, newspapers, magazines and other printed matter will cost 10 per cent more, with additional 10 per cent hikes scheduled on April 1, 1953, and April 1, 1954. BUSINESS MEN TO OPEN TEEN-AG1 CANTEEN SOON Definite plans for the 'teen-age canteen program sponsored by the Business Men's association will be made at a meeting of that organization's representatives on Thursday evening of this week. At present, it is planned to arrange for the social evenings on Tuesday one week and Saturday the next. The place of meeting has not been decided upon as yet. Entertainment will consist of dancing, ping pong and other games of that nature for the present; later a broader program of recreation may be undertaken. Because the city equipment for removal of snow has been used so many hours each day on McHenry streets the last two weeks, it has been impossible to clean the city iee skating rink in West McHenry of snow. However, this work will be accomplished within the next two days and if the weather is favorable, there should be good' skating by the weekend. The severe snow storing of the past two weeks have also made it impossible to make pick-ups of scrap paper during the holidays but this campaign will be resumed Saturday, Jan. 5. NEWS ABOUT OUR SERVICEMEN Plan Benefit For arch Of Dimes JOHN GRASSERS. OBSERVE 60UBt ,SI The March of Dimes drive opened throughout the nation this week Wednesday, at which time McHenry residents started their campaign to raise a quota of $7,- 500 and the county to meet their goal of $25,000. One of the first benefits arranged locally this year is the public party being planned by the local Legion post. This will be held Wednesday evening. Jan. 16, in the Legion Home. To realize the great need of funds to fight the disease, one needs only to look at the four "black years," 1951, 1950, 1949 and 1948. Cases during these years totalled 28,500, 33,351, 42,- 366 and 27,902. To find a fifth year of more than 27,000 cases, one would have to go back more than a generation to 1916, when 27,363 cases were reported. The coBt of these epidemics will be reflected for years to come. Thousands of today's patients will be on chapter rolls during 1952 and in years thereafter, a crushing burden upon communities unless March of Dimes aid is close at hand. New epidemics must be faced. If a pattern of 30,000 cases annually is to be the "normal" incidence of the future, the nation must meet that problem realistically and raise enough money to fight the disease on a larger scale. • CHORAL GROUP RESUMES WEEKLY REHEARSALS JAN. ? The McHenry Choral club will resume practices each Monday evening beginning Jan. 7. Any prospective new members are urged to meet in the high school at 8 o'clock that evening, at which time plans will be made for the spring program, scheduled tentatively for Sunday, May 20. _ Net proceeds from the Christmas concert, which totalled well ever one hundred dollars, will be turned over to the library for payment on the indebtedness of the newly purchased building and remodeling. Anyone wishing further information on 'membership in the choral organization may call Clifford Kiehl, president, or Mrs. Le- Roy Welter, secretary. NEW PETIT JTRY Several McHenry residents are included ou the new petit jury for the January term of court. They include Joseph Williams, Thomas Diedrich. Bernard Smith, Ethel Woolfe and Peter A. Freund. Order your rubber The Plaindealer now! stamps at tack about 4 o'clock on New Year's day, after which he was taken to the Woodstock hospital, where he died at 6 o'clock the following mnmiug. Jan. 2. He was 73 years old. His death came as a shock to his family and friends aa he had apparently been in qnite good health of late and worked daily in his store. The deceased was born May 5, 1878, at Hnatnlc, Bohemia, a province which -later became Czechoslovakia. He learned his trade as a locksmith and nietal worker in Landskrown, Bohemia, and came to this country in March of 1899. He settled in Racine, Wis., where he was attracted by rela tives who had previously made the ocean trip to the United States and selected that commun ity In which to live. The girl who was to become his bride arrived from Bohemia in September of that same year and the following month they were married. Two Businesses In Racine, he was employed by the J. C. Case Thresh Machine company for several years before moving to MfHenry with his wife and three children in 1906. He set up a variety store and hardware business in the Owen building, now the site of the House of Steele, on Green street. In 1914 he purchased the present building and since then remodeled the structure and confined Ills interests to one store and one business, hardware. In the forty-five years which followed the Vycltals' arrival here, Mr. Vycital, with the assistance of his family, built up a most successful hardware business which has proved to he one Of the leading enterprises in the area. Much of the success of the business might well be attributed to the friendly personality and keen wit of the store owner, which together with his efficiency and long years of experience assured him a thriving business. Survivors Survivors include the widow, Frances J.; nine children, Frances at home, Mrs. Elsie Hoppe of McHenry; John of Washington, D. C.. Mrs. Helen Fowler of Tulsa. Okla., Mrs. Violet Harris of Miami, Fla.. Charles Harold and Stanley of McHenry, and Dr. Richard; also six grandchildren, three boys and three girls. Because Dr. Richard Vycital is at present serving with the 126th bomb group in France, the exact time of service had not been set when the Plaindealer went to press. The Red Cross was notified and was attempting to contact him to learn whether or not he might be able to fly home for funeral services. The body is resting at the George Justen ft Son funeral home until some time Saturday, when Masonic rites will be conducted there. Interment will be in the church cemetery. MASS SCHEDULE The Sunday mass schedule at 8t Mary's church has been changed to 7, • 8, 10 and ^ 11:30 o'clock. " V WITH THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN KOREA--Pfc. William Schlitt, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Schlitt, Sr.. of McCullom Lake, is well prepared for the bitter cold Korean winter with his new issue of the latest in Army cold-weather equipment. This includes a fur-lined parkf, rubberized shoe pacs and a downfilled sleeping bag. All the equipment, some of it new since last year, is designed to keep the sol dier warm and dry no matter hoW severe the weather. * He Is with the 7th division which reoently has been engaged in patrol activity along the snowy Korean east-central front. Pvt. Schlitt, a mall clerk, entered the Army in January, 1961 and has been awarded the Korean Service Ribbon with one campaign star and the Combat Infantryman Badge. • Recently graduated Mm OW aviation electronics technicianelectronicsman school, at the U. S. Naval Air Technical Training Center, Memphis-, Tenn., *as Richard E. Heuser, airman, USN, son of Mrs. Helen Ilauser of 508 Main street, McHenry. Heuser, who has been transferred to fleet aircraft service squadron 701, Naval Air Station, Miramar. Calif., entered the Naval service in November, 1950. The school trains students to maintain and repair complete sircraft electrical systems, as well as Navy communications equipment and radar syatems. Harry Mueller, who is stationed at Aberdeen, Md., spent the holiday with his parents, the Ottt> Muellers. TESSIE ROUSSEAU . DIED FRIDAY AT DAUGHTER'S HOME Mrs. Tessle M- Rousfeeau, 72 years old. died last Friday, Dec. at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Nathan Lubke, at Lakemoor. Mrs. Rousseau had seemed to recover from surgery which she underwent last Bummer but in recent mouths her condition again became serious. The deceased had resided as a permanent resident ot Lakemoor for the past three years and foe eleven years had been a summer resident. Besides Mrs. Lubke, she is survived by one other daughter. Mrs. B. B. McMlllen, of San Antonio, Te^as, who has been with her mother the past month. Also sur viving are five grandchildren. The body rested at the George Justen & Son funeral home until Monday morning, when services were conducted from St. Mary's church, with burial in the church cemetery. / Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Purvey at Crystal La k e entertained for Christmas dinner Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Miller and daughter, Terry, Mr. and Mrs. - Gerald J. Miller and children and Mr. and MrB. Albert Purvey of McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan and children of Elkhorn. Wis., and Pvt Robert* Becker of Fort Sill. Okla. Father Of McHenry Women Died Xmu Day Funeral services were conducted from the Church of the Nativity last Saturday morning for Anthony Shalton of Chicago, father of Mrs. Hilary Rodenkirch, Jr., of McHenry. Burial, was in St Caslmer's cemetery. Mr. Shalton, 62 years pld, died unexpectedly Christmas night. Dec. 26, while sitting in his car near his home. He was locking i havp twenty-seven the auto for the night and when he failed to go into the house his family became alarmed and went to investigate. The deceased was an engineer at Holy Cross hospital. WE6MN6 JAR 7 . : Hold Open House • ot Their Family And Friends Sundajf Next Sunday, Jan. t, Mr. sad Mrs. John Grasser of 109 Broad street, McHenry, will be receiving the congratulations of their large family and many friends on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary. The actual date is Jan. 7 but the Grassers we celebrating on Sunday when mora of their frierfds can be with them. Open house will be held throughout the day. The couple exchanged nnpttsl vows on Jan. 7. 1902. and lived tor many years on the Grasser farm southwest of the city now operated by their daughter sad family, tlte James Currans. After Mr. Grasser retired from farming* they moved into McHenry. Mr. Grasser is a native ot Germany, where he was born Oct I, 1877. He came to this country as a young man and resided at Round Lake before moving to tiM McHenry community. Bern In Germany Mrs. Grasser was born Oct 8, 1882. also in Germany, and came here as a child with her family. They settled at Wauconda bat she moved to McHenry after her inarriage. One ot the eity's moat respected couples, the Grassers reside quietly in. the north part of the city, their greatest pleasure being firequent visits with friends or a day spent with their family. The Grassers have seven livfac children, Mrs. John (Mary) Sailing of Gurnee, Joseph of Franklinville, Edward of North Chicago. Mrs. James (Lena) Curran of McHenry. Mrs. Tony (Rose) ^Talczak of Lombard, Isadore stationed at Newport News, Va., and Francis of Wonder Lake. They also grandchildren 'JSL;:S * I'M £ and one great-grandchild. McHenry residents offer Illcere congratulations to this f»> spected couple as they afcar dn completion of fifty years of ried life. MEMBERS OF NEW VILLAGE CONTEST RECENT ELECTION; AWAIT GENERAL'S DECISION ON ACTION I*- - <§£. The court of Judge Henry L. Cowlin was crowded with residents from the new village of Lakemoor last Monday as several residents appeared in an attempt to prove the legality of their looting status and to ask that a date be set for election of village officers. No action was taken. Several days previous, a procedure had been filed in both the county and ciriuit courts by attorneys representing other persons of the new village, contesting the election by challenging the validity of some of the voters and asking a recount. In line .with the procedure, Atty. General Ivan Elliott was fotified of the election contest and from the time of notification he has ten days in which to act or refuse to act' upon it Should there be no reply of his intention to take action by Next Monday, Jan. 7, the case will be taken before both the county and circuit courts since the law is said to contain some ambiguity as to which court must take action. Should both courts refuse to act, the case may eventually go to the State Supreme court. Monday Deadline Until the deadline next Monday when it will be learned whether or not Atty. General Elliott intends to take part in the case, it is impossible for Judge Cowlin to set a date for an election of officers. The judge did take action on two counts last Monday. One was to make a change in the amount of election costs to be paid by the new village from $17S to $124. He j also withdrew a request for any | advance payment foi; olficer election costs since such an election date is pending. The controversy grew out of the Nov. 27 election in the community of Lily Lake, when residents went to the polls and by a vote of 110 to 105 in favor of the proposal became an incorporated village of Lakemoor. HUSBAND OF LOCAL GIRL NAMED WOODSTOCK MAYOR A former McHenry Martha May Heniken Woodstock's first lady thia past week when her husband, an alderman from the third ward, was chosen acting mayor of the city at a special meeting of the city council on Thursday evei/og. Mr. Heniken will serve in that capacity until the next election. The selection of a member ot the council to fill the poeitioa was decided upon after the resignation of R. C. Johnson, mayor for almost thirteen years. The new acting mayor has ved a total of almost eleven y< in office, this period being interrupted for two years during whicH he was in service. Although serving as mayor, he will vote as aa alderman since the mayor Ofcty votes to break ties. A special election will he in the spring to elect both a or and a city clerk. •iiSt ^4 Renew that subscription to the Plaindealer now. Summer Resident Laid To Rest On Wednesday Vic-tor L. Saunders, a sni resident of McHenry for years, died on Sunday. Deb. M, in Chicago. He is survived by hia widow, the former Catherine O*- Donnell. and ten children, Videra Jr.. John. James, Donald, Robert, Richard. Mary Rightmire. Other ine Lichamer. Patricia Diviaf aad Rita Frett: also fepreaty-to^r grandchildren. Last rites' were conducted at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday from the funeral chapel at 4401 Lawreaca avenue to St Bdward's ehvurcht with interment ia St. JoMfkl cemetery. proclaimed in that community hy election. The first time, the elect* ion was contested in the courts and after a long contravene M the legality of the electh*. tiMf incorporation was dissolved. RESUME SCRAP PAPER , CAMPAIGN 'mmM " i ^