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Volume 79 -- No. 16 McHENRY ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1953 usin' - v and nierin* Announcement was made this pai|t week of the retirement Aug. 31- of one of the relatively few women of fleers of a railroad company. She is Miss Vila M. Graves, assistant secretary of the Milwaukee Road, who resides «t ;121 Riverside Drive, McHenry. '""'IL daughter of the late Herman C. Graves, Milwaukee Road train conductor who was in active service for over fifty years, Mifcs Graves started with the railroad in 1917 as a stenographer and clerk in the office of the division x superintendent which was thien located in, the Clti Chicago Union Statio|pv" Subsequently, she held positions in the operating, engineering and accounting departments and in 1937 became secretary to the late A. G. Hagensick, who was then assistant secretary of tp company. Since February, 1912, She has been assistant secretary of the railroad. jfhe McHenry high school • Mffeteria was honored in being selected as the meeting place for the School Lunch Workshop of Boone, McHenry and Lake counties, which took place Wednesday, Aug. 26. : % • 'jThe program discussed includes general requirements of school lunch operation, menu planning, meal pattern, personnel problems, kitofeta lay-out aAd record keeping. Mrs. Louis Adams heads the vrify modern cafeteria program in the local school. She is assisted by Mrs. Joseph May and Mrs. Niek Nett. Those interested in 4-H work 'w$| be happy to learn that there was 'an Increase of thirty-three agricultural members in the djflrtfy this past year. Jfhere are only thirteen counties with larger membership in agricultural 4-H in the state and some of these have double the ftxta of McHenry county. Crowds attended the grand opening of Community Auto Supply in its new location on Kt. 120 last weekend. - • it had been a long tims date a band of gypsies visited McHenry until last weekend, when two truck loads arrived in town to spend a few hours before beginning again in a leisurely manner, heading north. By Sunday night they had gone no farther than Spring Grove. ; ^ Sphere was a time when these ttmnads arrived In our community regularly and their mode of travel was often by wagon. Now they travel in large trucks and their attire is hardly the type which fascinated mom and dad Wlteh they were youngster*. The more sound religion a tnan has, the slower he is to quarrel about it. TEEN-AGER HURT IN AUTO-HAYKACI ACCIDENT FRIDAf # Mary Ann Bonomo, 16, of Island Lake, suffered a broken leg: as the result of an accident involving a hayrack and a car last Frtday evening. According to sheriff's deputies, who investigated, the hayrack was side- Sniped by a car, causing injur- • Mt' ^to the one girl. Two hayracks were being pulled by a tractor and were proceeding in a southerly direction oin the Wilmot road, north of Johnsburg about 10:30 last Friday night when the accident occurred. The car involved was driven by James Oeffling, who was travelling north. Although the hayracks were filled with young people, only the Bonomo girl was injured. SCHOOL REGISTRATION The Johnsburg public school Will hold a preliminary enrollment on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The school building will be open frqpi 9 to 11 a.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m., at which time parents Will meet Mrs. Tuft, the teacher. First grade children are asked to bring birth certificates or proof thereof. School begins at H a m. on Sept. 8. McHENRY PRIEST TELLS OF VISITS TO FOUR SHRINES Fr. EL C. Coakley Home After Nine Weeks' Trip Abroad Rev. Fr. Edward C. Coakley, pastor of St .Patrick's church* McHenry. arrived h^me this past week after two months' of traveling in Europe. Hie trip abroad was made aboard the Queen Mary in only four and one-half days. He reported both the weather and transportation excellent throughout the trip, adding considerably to the • enjoyment of his travels. Leaving New York on June 11, he arrived in London on the sixteenth and went on to Ireland, where he spent • eleven days. He visited two aunts, Mrs. John Foley and Mrs. William Lahey, and numerous cousins, none of whom he had ever seen. From the Emerald Isle he flew to Rome in a five-hour trip and spent twelve days in the Holy City, where he was privileged to see the Holy Father on two occasions. On the Fourth of July he was fortunate to be in Rome and. among those invited to a reception for Americans given by the United States ambassadress, Mrs. Clare Booth Luce. In France, Fr. Coakley spent a short time at Nice, on the Mediterranean, and then set forth on the real purpose of his trip abro&d, to visit the four major shrines in France. The first of these was Lourdes, -where he spent three days and witnessed the wondrous processions to the Shrine which take place each afternoon and evening. Contrary to popular belief, it is not visitors who make up the big percentage of the marchers but the priests and residents of the community, who are joined by faithful who visit Lourdes from all over the world. Interesting is the fact that all hotels and restaurants in the city are named for saints. The aura of faith which has spread from Lourdes into every nation seems to be deeply rooted I that city itself. Visited Lieseux Using Paris as the base "tor his travels in France, the second shrine visited was that of St. Therese of" the Infant Jesus at Lieseux, better known as '"Hie Little Flower." Here a new basilica is being erected and hundreds of pilgrims arrive daily to worship at the shrine of this popular saint, who was canonized in recent years. Fr. Coakley also visited her ancestral home and surroundings in his two days at Lieseux. His third visit was to the 200-year-old shrine, at Paray le Monial, where athe Lord appeared to St. Margaret Mary. Here, too. many pilgrims make regular visits to the shrine and to see the convent of the Ursuline nuns. The fourth and last shrine visited was that of St. John Vianney, patron saint of diocesan priest^ at Ars, France. The town, one of the smallest in the country, was brought to worldwide attention when word spread from country to country of the events which led to the canonization of this simple country man, known as the cure d'Ars. Returning to England from France, Fr. Coakley left by TWA plane from London at 11 o'clock on a Friday night and was in New York at 10 o'clock the following morning. Three hours later he was in Chicago, marking the end of a trip which leaves the McHenry priest with memories which should make visiting with him a real pleasure for his many acquaintances. Fr. Coakley's trip abroad was his second in nine years, the first having been made also aboard the Queen Mary when it was a troop ship during the last war. At that time he spent twenty-two months overseas but was only in northern France. The shrines visited this past summer are all located in the southern part of the country. WONtfER LAKE BOY OF 13 DIED MONDAY MORNING OF POLIO TRANSIENT „ JAILED John Haubauer, 65, a transient, was fined $75 on Monday of this week on a charge of disorderly conduct. He was arrested by McHenry police officers who found him asleep in the Green street business section. He became abusive when aroused and was taken before a justice of the peace. When he was unable to pay the fine, Haubauer was taken to the county ^il. ELECTED TO BOARD Mfs. Walter Bartow of McHenry was elected to the board of the county chapter of the American Cancer society Tuesday evening. McHenry county '•recorded its fir8t xpolio fatality of the year on Monday acTOthis week when James Chester Cegielski of Deep Springs subdivision, Wonder Lake, died in the Woodstock hospital. He had been ill only two days. James wag th«4<K5-year-old son of Mr. and irfrsl William Cegielski of Chicago, summer residents of Wonder Lake. A post mortem confirmed the physician's diagnosis of bulbar polio and bronchial pneuft.wiia« i This wa«T first recorded case of bulbar polio in the county in 1953. Besides the parents, there are several older children in the family. The body was taken to a Woodstock funeral home and then removed to Chicago for burial arrangements. During the past ten days at least four other polio cases have been reported in the county. Two cousins, one from Marengo and the other from Crystal Lake, wer$ stricken while the Crystal Lake lad was visiting in Marengo. Two children of the Glenn Walkingtons of Greenwood also became ill of the disease last week. 10c Per Copy Local State Fair Entries Rate High McHenry's Hickory Creek Farms exhibited a number of theirX Holsteins at the Illinois state' fair at Springfield last week and came home with top honors in several divisions. Their senior yearling bull, Hickory Creek StylemaSter, was given the award of first place senior yearling, junior champion and grand champion. This is an unusual honor for a junior animal to be named grand champion over the more mature senior champions. Crescent King Jule Fobes Susie won first prize as aged cow and was senior and grand champion female of the show. She also won the class for cows with the best mammary system. OthSr awards won by the Holsteins were the following: Hickory Creek Miss Betty, first prise heifer calf; Dibble ^Crescent Proud Estel, second prize heifer calf; Kenland Homestead Beauty, first prize senior ^yearling heifer; Hickory Creek Princess Celia, second prize senior yearling heifer; Green Crest Lassie Fobes, first prize 3-year-old cow; Holwis Crescent Pabst Lass, second prize 3-year-old cow; dairy herd, first prize. Hickory Creek was named premier exhibitor and premier breeder. In the junior division, Marita Thomson of McHenry was proud Wm. Cunningham Died After Crash Latest victim of highway accidents in McHenry county' was William Cunningham, 21, of Mc- Cullom Lake, who died early Sunday morning in Mount Sinai hospital, Chicago, of injuries sustained in a crash the previous Wednesday afternoon. According to state police, who investigated, Cunningham was traveling north on Rt. 31, when he lost control of his car near the Connor trailer camp about 5 o'clock in the evening. The injured man was taken to the Woodstock hospital and then removed to Mount Sinai in Chicsgo, where surgery was performed Sunday morning. He died in the early evening without regaining consciousness. ' V Young Cunningham, had. resided in this vicinify for the past three or four years and jvas employed recently by the OUen contracting firm at McCullom Lake. Survivors include the mother, Mrs. Therefe Cunningham, of McHenry; a sister, Mrs. Therese Huska; and a brother, Jofcn, stationed at O'Hare Field with the Air Corps. Services were held Wednesday morning from St. Brennan's Catholic church in Chicago, followed by burial in . St. Mary's cemetery there. MOBILE UNIT FOR CHEST X-RAYS TOf VISIT CITY SOON .-a Admire Flower Show Exhibits McHBftY YOUNG PEOPLE LEADERS IK COUNTY FAR COMPETITION; MISS CHARLOTTE HOGAN POPUUHTY QUBN James Freemans Wed Fifty Years Mr. and Mrs. William Van Oeyen, Jr., are entertaining at their home in Fernwood, southeast of McHenry, on Saturday,, . Aug. 29, in honor of the golden | O-rtott. Hog,n. 1ft »n"0«n«d After the outstanding winnings by local young people at the McHenry county junior fair, there is not a shadow of a doubt but that they are among the leaders in agricultural and home economics work in the state. Probably the biggest thrill of all was to have a Ringwood girl, Photo by Max Kolin Shown adrrhring some of the giant zinnias at the flower show held in the high school cafeteria last Friday and Saturday are the vice-chairman, Mrs. N. J. Hill, at left, fend the chairman, Miss Mary Burdahl. The successful event was the second sponsored by the McHenry Garden -club. The state mobile unit for chest x-rays will be in McHenry cofanty during September. The McHenry County Tuberculosis association sponsors the program and it is under th» direction of Mabel Hobbs, county nurse. These surveys have been very helpful in finding early tuberculosis while It can be con* trolled. The x-ray also discovers other conditions of the chest. This survey is approved by the McHenry County Medical socle* Sand also the Illinois State edical society. McHenry will be visited SaWraay, £fcpt. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. of her Culver Dictator Eden Hope, judged first prize aged cow and reserve grand champion. Her Admiral Crescent Miss Diane won first prize in the junior heifer calf class and Elmwood Jule Bessie received second prize as a two-year-old heifer. Gordon Thomson had two entries. Pai-o-mita Bell Lilly Fobes PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUN FOR OPENING OF TERM SEPT. 8; REGISTRATION DATES SET FOR AUG. 1-SffT* 1*2 will open Sept. 8, with the first day sessions in both the high and •grade schools only in the afternoon. The forenoon Will be devoted to teachers' meetings. Busses will report sufficiently early for high school pupils so that the session can begin at 12:30. Busses will then make a second trip for grade pupils, who will begin their studies at 1 p.m. They will return the pupils to their homes at the usual dismissal time in the afternoon. Plans for registration' for the high school are very similar to past years, the days being Aug 31 and Sept. 1. At that time" each high school student will confirm his registration of last spring, or if he .has not yet registered will do »cL He will purchase his books and pay towel fees, and, if desired, insurance fees. Lockers Will also be assigned at this time. Students who find it difficult to register oo the dates set may do so any forenoon of the week before general registration. The high school office will be open for that purpose. The schedule will be as follows. Seniors, Aug. 31 a.m.; juniors, Aug. 31 p.m.; sophomores, Sept. 1 a m.; and freshmen, Sept. 1 p.m. Both rooms at Lake moor will be used this fall, with all students who attended that school last year also attending this term. It is thought that there will be a full first grade. If registration shows this to be a fact the second room will house all the second grade pupils and half the third g^ade. School Re-Decorate* A great amount of w6rk has been done on the Lake moor school NEARBY SCHOOL TERRITORY SEEKS ANNEXATION HERE Accept Tuition Pupils As Trusteap Study The Petition McHenry schools continue to ffrow, not only by the natural increase in students caused by a steady rise in population growth but also by the desire of parents from nearby districts to have their - children attend the local educational institutions. While the practice is evidence of the high type of schools maintained in McHenry, the additional students tend to bring closer the day when more room will need to be provided to accommodate this rapid growth. At the August meeting of the high school board of education, S committee representing the territory south of Lakemoor, extending to Island Lake, appeared to request that incoming freshwon second prise as senior year- students from that area be ling heifer and C Ranch Cres- j allowed to attend the local high cent GR Gleam won second as i school as tuition pupils. They a senior heifer calf. J>ave beer\ att™dirf /he Mc* Henry grade school for some time but upon graduation would be required by law to attend the Wauconda high school since they are not in the local high school district. Await Action Some time ago these same people, residing in Sections 7, 8 and 17 and parts of 18, 19 and 20, presented a petition to the McHenry county board of school trustees asking that this property be detached from the Wauconda high school district and added to McHenry. Action has not yet been taken on the petition. The lpcal board, after considering the matter, voted to allow the freshmen students from thilS territory to attend the local school as tuition pupils for the 1953-54 year. Should the petition fail in the meantime, they would need to transfer to Wauconda at the end of the year. However, since these children now attend the local grade school, there is reason to believe that the county board will take favorable action. It may be recalled that last spring Sections 5 and 6, south of Lakemoor, were granted their petittbn to be annexed to the local high school district by concurrent action of the boards of trustees in Lake and McHenry counties. Since" that time the school law has been amended during the last session of the state legislature, making action necessary only by the board in the county to which the school will be annexed. About ten new pupils joined the high school last spring as the result of favorable action by the trustees on that petition. The public schools of McHenry i this summer. Residents will find that the rooms have been completely re-decorated, a new heating plant installed and one room has a new set of modern furniture. A new plan of registering grade students previous to the opening of school will be inaugurated this fall. This includes junior high. Edgebrook, Lakemoor and kindergarten. The day has been set as Wednesday, Sept. 2. The grade buildings will be open all day for that purpose and in order to assist pupils living out of the city limits, busses will cover all of the highways. The schedule will be staggered so that only about fifty pupils will arrive at the building each hour. The one purpose of the registration . day will be to get textbooks into the hands of the pupils; thus they or their parents should be prepared to pay for the texts that day^ Parents may bring their children* using their own transportation, but if this procedure is followed they should bring them at the same hour other children hi their community arrive. The Lakemoor school will be open for registration only in the forenoon on Sept. 2. Those who wish to confer with the school superintendent on any matter should call 1145 and obtain an appointment. He is in his office each forenoon for conferences but the office is open for service all day. Bus Schedule The bus schedule for grade school registration day on Sept. 2 is as follows: 9 A.M. -- Lakemoor (Tliis includes all the pupils who live on FARMERS PLANNING FOR FIELD DAY IN COUNTY SEPT. 3 Farm Bureau Farm Management field day will be held Thursday, Sept. 3, starting at 9:30 in the morning. The group will visit the Kenneth Cristy farm to see his dairy herd and' then will go on to the Dick May farm on the Wonder Lake road to learn new methods on the handling of alfalfa brome> The men will lunch on the Herbert Kiltz lawn south of Woodstock and then spend the afternoon there, with Norman Specht, jfield man, analyzing the farm operations of Kiltz and his son-in-law, John Emory: A panel discussion by dairymen will include the following: Bruce Stewart, Hebron; Dick May, McHenry; Bill Turpin and John Cristy, Greenwood; Mrs. Louis Spirrson, Crystal Lake; and William Palmer of Union! wedding anniversary of her parents, the James A. Freemans- Friends and relatives will be present to celebrate with the couple, who are former residents of McHenry now living in Chicago. The gathering will serve a triple purpose, for the occasion also marks the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of the Van Oeyens as well as the birthday of Mrs. Freeman's brother, Will Costello of Los Angeles. Mr. Costello will be present, hale and hearty, to observe his eightyfifth anniversary. This past spring, the Armstrong Brothers Tool company of Chicago, with whom Mr. Freeman has enjoyed fifty years of service, presented him with a beautiful diamond ring at a dinner and get-together. That, as Mr. Freeman puts it, "will last me through the next twentyfive years." Both Mr. and Mrs. Freeman are in good health and looking forward to the celebration. Present with them in addition to those already mentioned will be another daughter, Miss Lorraine Freeman, and a granddaughter, Barbara Van Oeyen. McHENRY TOPS OT '53 COUNTY WATER FIGHT TOURNAMENT Five members of McHenry's fire department again this year took top honors in the annual water fight championship contest, held in the Carpentersville city park last Sunday afternoon. They defeated a strong Itorangn team in the finals. as queen of the fair. The pretty and petite Miss Hogan is the eldest of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. John Hogan. Announcement that she was the choice of the hundreds of 4-H members in the county was made by Dwayne Harris \of Richmond, who acted as M.C. for the program. The crown was placed on her head by Ray Rattray of Algonquin, agricultural chairman of the county. Mrs. Robert Stewart of Woodstock, adult home economics 4-H chairman, put the crown on the head of the king, BUI Ackman, 20, of Crystal Lake. Both Miss Hogan and Mr. Ackman are in their last year of 4-H work, she having completed ten years and he eleven. The five queen and five king candidates rode through the city streets of Woodstock in convertibles prior to taking their place on an improvised stage itt front of the grandstand, where the program began at 8:30 o'clock. The tdh candidates had been selected on their records as 4-H members through the years. Then ballots were sent to each -\ember in the county and the final choice of the boy and girl to reign over the fair was made on a popularity basis. Charlptte appeared In a becoming yellow taffeta and net frosted formal, the bright color providing a contrast to her dark browh hair and brown eyes. Following the crowning, the Wo&stock band played several numbers in honor of the new title holders. The young queen will enter the University of Illinois as a The local team is made up of sophomore in September, where Eddie Justen, captain; Jerome J she will continue with her study and Henry Buch, Ted Miller and of home economics. She has gone TAX DEADLINE Taxpayers are reminded that Sept. 1 is the deadline for the payment of second installment of real estate taxes without penalty. After that date, a penalty of 1 per cent per month will be charged, according to County Treasurer J. G. Stevens. The deadline ior payment of the first installment without penalty was June 1. j;-" Read the Want Ads Marty Conway. } McHenry won the championship and trophy last year after having lost in the finals in 1951. Prior to that time they had been top team for several years. NOTICE Complaints of improper disposal of garbage have been made to city officials. Attention is called to rigid ordinance provisions requiring that all garbage be wrapped and placed in proper size containers. Burning of garbage or any other refuse causing offensive smoke and odor is also prohibited. Further complaints will be referred to enforcing officers. City of McHenry HUNDREDS VIEWED EXCELLENT FLOWER SHOW LAST WEEKEND; MRS. N. J. HILL WON TOP HONORS FOR PATIO DISPLAY (Continued on Page ^ A gorgeous display of flowers, fruits, vegetables and table setings greeted the visitors at the second annual flower show sponsored by the McHenry Garden club at the high school. Profuse banks of arbor vitae furnished a lush green background for the exhibits; added touches of garden beauty were provided by tastefully placed accessories such as low white fences and garden furniture. A focal point of interest in the center of the room was a brick-edged planting of house plants in the center of which stood a bird bath supporting a sculptured figure. Punch and home-made cookies were served at little round tables covered with red and white checkered cloths. A wide assortment of delicacies prepared by the members were sold almost as fast as they were displayed at the Country Cupboard. To give credit for the success of the show, it would be necessary to list every member in the club. Each one of them worked harmoniously and cheerfully. The laborious and detailed work of entering specimens was hanMINOR ACCIDENT dled efficiently by a group of An Arlington Heights man. ! Girl Scouts: Susie Sayler. Janice Harold Radloff, was injured ! Mikota. Dorothy Miller, Judy slightly in the early hours of j Baur, Zelinda Bennett and Patty last Thursday morning after" he, Blake. Local business men weie fell asleep at the wheel of his J generous in providing lumber, car on Rt 31T near Ringwood. bricks. background greenery. The car left the road, according plants and flower arrangements to sheriffs deputies, and rolled; for decoration. The excellent over several times. He was facilities of the -high school^ treated for Injuries locally. !cafeteria helped' to" simplify the staging of the show. The exhibits were umuMmtty attractive and compared favorably with those in communities many times larger than McHen- j ^7 Hogan." *mey were ry The tri-colored ribbon the ^ ^ of ^ ^ highest award atta.nable in a ribbon winners downstate for five years as a model representing this county at the state fair and three times she has been named out in competition there. Grand ChampkMM In the home economics division. several grand championships were recorded by local young people. Miss Hogan won a five dollar special award as county winner in the dress revue. Annette Smith and Marita Thomson won similar prizes, the former for having grand champion biscuits and the latter for her cottage cheese eft iff on pie listed under the class of "best things made with milk and eggs.' 1 The Happy Hour club, under direction of Mary Hogan, was' the grand champion party-amonth club and for this distinction received a plaque. Mary, herself, won the five-year room plan exhibit in competition with other county members of the Senior Dreamers club. She also received a plaque. Grand championship award for the best booth exhibit of two clubs went to the Ringwood Sunshine and Busy Bumble Bees of Ringwood, the exhibit having been arranged by Betty Wright flower show, vsws won by Mrs. N. J. Hill for "Grandmother's Patio." Space does- not permit the listing of all winners but the following were given blue ribbons for first place. Prize Wlnnegj* Class 1, Gladioli, % stall: Hickory Creek Farms. Class 3, Dahlias: Wekory Creek Farms. " Class 11, Lily: Mrs. E. Walker. Class 13. Marigold: Mrs. B. Karas. Class 14, Nasturtiums: Mrs. E. Walker. x - • Class 15, Petunia: Mrs. B. Karas. Class 2QK Scabiosq: Hickory Creek Farms. t Class 22, Zinnia: Mrs. George Stilling, Robert Thompson and Hickory Creek Farms. Class 23, Miscellaneous Specimens: C. Noonan. Nick Nett, Mrs. M. Leonard, Mrs. E. Wal- Jker, E. Anderson. Mrs. R. Weber and Hickory Creek Farms. Class 24. Flowering Plants: Mrs. George Krickl and Hickory Creek Farms. Charlotte Hogan won a grand championship award in the home beautification class. Bine ribbon winners for garden exhibits were Mary and Jerry Hogan and Jimmy Hunt. In the foods exhibit, Danny Cheney. Charlotte and Mary Hogan. Annette Smith and Judy Troxell won blue ribbons for their biscuits and Marita Thomson. Judy Wielock, Annette Smith. Judy Troxell and Charlotte Hogan won similar swards for their products using milk and eggs. From this list, plus, others in the county. Annette and Marita became the grand champions. r.FA Winners The first day of the Maty fair found twelve members «f the local F.F.A. chapter competing successfully with fourteen other chapters in Section 6. Loaf range planning, coupled with livestock selection and breeding, led to success at fair time. In the swine division. Loire* Freund set the pace with lite ribbon-hungry Yorkshires. Ms took first place ribbons with Class , 25. Foliage Plants: i each of his entries gilt, sow. Hickory Creek Farms. .( j pen of three market barrow*. Class 26, Unusual Planting (and single market barrow. FOr ^ Continued on Page s ^ ' '^Cowimued ^ : V'-' * '•'JJS fcfe • / ; ' on Page 8)