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ff-v, 7-^- ' * • *'"„ *' ' '< '< -r •• ' t V ' " , t . " , N ( ^ ' ' . sv- ..... r* Ht1 \ *j 'V» MCHENRY Volume - No. 46 Musin' Meanderm* McHENRY, ILLINOIS. TlftftlSDAY, MARCH 25. 1954 •i Students and visitors to the total high school have been casting admiring glances. at a special display in the front hall, consisting of beautiful household Items made of wood by Virgil . Prine's first year crafts class. -V Articles include magazine Ticks, coffee tables, large lamps, "What-not" shelves, etc. All are done with workmanship which might be envied by one with years of experience. The expert craftsmanship is unusually fine in ever detail and must surely •be a source of pride to the designers and instructor. The C.R.O.P. program reeently undertaken in McHenry county •brought in a full carload of corn and $600 in cash to aid needy people abroad. The program was conducted under the leadership of Rev. Harold Wilke = of Crystal Lake. RECALL EJUHY DAYS OF PUIHDEALER WITH TWWH6 OF SEVENTY-TWO-YEAR OLD RECEIPT ISSUB BY VANSIYKE 10c Per Copy In less than a month local i residents will have an opportunity to hear one of the state's really fine men's singing groups when the University of Illinois men's chorus visits McHenry. The local concert is being Sponsored by the vocal department of the high school. The sixty young men who are members of the chorus will receive over-night housing accommodations through the courtesy of volunteer P.T.A. members and students. Plans to bring the chorus to McHenry was given impetus by the fact that of tie sixty-voice touring group, Mjsto young men •re local graduates. Bill Weber and Jack Wirtz. The danger of fires, and especially where children are concerned, was brought to mind this week with word that Barbara, Vawghter of tile /lay Albrights, underwent surgery at the Woodstock hospital on Wednesday; The operation was to perform a skin grafting on one leg where the youngster sustained severe burns in a fire near the Albright home two weeks previous. Several county residents have been added to the May petit Jury. Included is Arline Pearson of Ringwood. Ella Jean Buss, a senior student at the local high school, recently completed a scholarship test at the Katharine Gibbs secretarial school with about twenty- two other girls. „ Two winners were named and -two alternates. Friends of Ella Jean and her commercial teacher, Mrs. Jennie Mae Richardson, are proud of her rating as first alternate. Don't be fooled toy the April Pool. GREENWOOD YOUTH, MISSING ONE DAY, RETURNED HOME Two Greenwood township young people, Michael Hruby, 16, a(id his sister, Marie, 13, were reported missing from their home last weekend. According to the sheriff's office, the <two left a note saying they were "going to see the world." The same night of their disappearance, Hamilton Noyer of -Greenwood reported his station wagon taken some time between 11 at night and 9 o'clock the next morning. , On Tuesday night, the boy returned home of his own accord, driving the station wagon. Learning that the girl' was at her grandmother's home in • Chicago, she was brought home by her father. Of interest to old timers in the community, and also to the Plaindealer staff is a receipt found for a subscription to the paper which was issued on Nov. 27, 1882. It is now in possession of former Publisher A. H. Mosher, who found it recently as he was looking through a collection of treasured items. The receipt was given to him by Joseph N. Miller, now a resident of Wisconsin, who had found it among the belongings of his father, the late Peter Miller. It was issued by the Plaindealer founder, Jay VanSlyke, only seven years after the paper was started. The receipt, which appears elsewhere on this page, contains a typical scene of printing in the old days, with the editor hanuing copy to the printer to be hand set. Finding the" receipt recalls stories of the Plaindealer's early history before the turn of the century. ' Launching a newspaper in a small community required courage and vision then, as now, in addition to a love for the business. All of these traits were said to have , been possessed by J. VanSlyke. He encountered many difficulties but as business increased the paper established standing in the village and the circulation increased. Fourth County Paper The Plaindealer was the iourth weekly newspaper of McHenry county when it opened its doors seventy-nine years ago. It was started at a time when personal journalism was common. Editors quarreled and in their columns many times said things which are no -longer seen in print It was truly a period of strong verbiage. * Mr. VanSlyke was a native of Massena, New York, where he \la.s born in 1837. His founding of the McHenry paper followed many years of experience in the newspaper business. An ardent Republican in politics, during the dark days from 1861 to 1865 he was a loyal supporter of President Lincoln and the cause of the Union. At this time he owned the St. Lawrence Plaindealer in Canton. When coming to Illinois in 1867, he became editor ot the Woodstock Sentinel, moving to McHenry in 1875. He was owner and editor of the Plaindealer for twenty-six years. Well Drillers Hit Gat Pocket At Cary Friday An unusual occurrence was reported "by the Clem and Fred weH drilling concern of McHenry while drilling at Hansen's Marine Service, Rawson bridge, Cary, on Friday. The men reported hitting natural gas at 75 feet, with resulting flames which arose 2% feet in the air and continued until Monday, when they disappeared. Acceding to one of the partners, the ^flames were hot enough to boil water in two five-gallon pails. The men believe they hit a gas pocket; FUTURE FARMER ^ PARLIAMENTARY TEAM RATES FIRST McHenry's F.F.A. chapter repeated its success of last year by winning the Section 6 pailiamentary procedure contest last week at the Marengo high school. The team is now anxious to compete in the district contest in May and tqp ^their last year's rating of second place. Dick Nowak's superior job as chairman and, in turn, from the floor was a major factor in winning from the runner-up team, Belvidere, 118 to 109. . Secretary Arnold Freund was a close second in comparing the five secretaries. Other members of the team pat ticipating for the first time this year, were Dave Smith, Ronald May and Dick Wissell. The other schools participating were Marengo, Richmond and Barrington in that order. Woodstock chapter participated as spectators to create interest for next year's contest. M. Bryson, vocational agriculture instructor at Arlington Heights, was the parliamentarian and John Henning, state F.F.A. secretary-treasurer, was one of the judges. Norman Pollock, Section 6 F.F.A. president, presided at the contest. HARVARD WOMAN TELLS LOCAL GROUP OF VISIT TO GREECE The county PanHellenic group met on Monday evening of this week at the home of Mrs. George Stilling, with Mrs. Fred Wahl, Jr., president, conducting the business meeting. Mrs. Peter Trilikis of Harvard gave a most interesting talk on her three months' ^'sit to Greece and illustrated her travels with colored movies. Since Mrs. Trilikis speaks Greek fluently she and her husj band and their four children were aible to visit remote villages and places that ordinary tourists do not see. Some areas of particular interest they could find only by traveling by foot. The county gioup is planning a tea in May tor all senior high school girls in <the county who will go on to college. Refreshments " were served by the McHenry members, Mrs. Wahl, Mrs. Vale Adams, Mrs. Walter Bartow, Mrs. Clifton Fulton, Mrs. H. C. Reihansperge: Mrs. H. P. Stinespring, Jr., and Mrs. Howard Weiss. THREE FIRES, NONE SERIOUS. REQUIRED FIREMEN'S HELP Thfee fires, none of them iatfious, required the attention of local firemen during the past Week. The first occurred on Friday at the Chester Helwig residence at McCullom Lake. Mis Helwig was melting some butter in the oven and it began to burn. The 1 resulting flame scorched the front of the stove. On Sunday, a grass fire near the Kleinhans Lumber company, east of the river, spread to the extent that volunteers were needed to extinguish the flames. A" similar fire near the beach at Lakemoor got out of control and began burning a large tree on Tuesday of this week. Firemen were called when it was feared the tree would fall on some telephone wires. REVERSE DECISION IN CASE OF YOUTH VERSUS VILLAGE Judge William Carroll, in Circuit court on March 22, heard evidence in the case of the Village of Lakemoor versus Francis Ritzert, which was an appeal of a. decision from a local justice of the, peace, who on complaint of the Village of Lakemoor charged Mr. Ritzert with a nuisance for parking his trucks on his property. Ritzert was found guilty and assessed a fine a- (ainst him of $50 and costs. Judge Carroll reversed this decision and found in favor of Mr. Ritzert on the grounds that the Village of Lakemoor did not prov? that a nuisance existed. Joseph Hoffman Buried In McHenry Last Monday Joseph M. Hoffman of Chicago, husband of the late Lillian Heimer, died last Friday, March 19. He is survived by one son. John of Iowa, and one sister, Anna Fitzgerald. Funeral services were held Monday morning at 8:30 from the funeral home at 318 E. 71st street to St Columbanus church, Chicago. Interment was beside his wife in St. Mary's cemetery, McHenry. , Kiyvanis Plans For^tnstalla+ion Thirty-five' boys, between the ages of 8 and 14 were guests of the McHenry Township Kiwanis club at a delicious steak dinner last Monday evening. They were either sons or guests of members and were honored as part of the Kiwanis program of working with youth. Announcement was made during the meeting that twentyeight new members would be officially installed at the meeting on May 24. At that time, Ken Greenway of the International office and formerly governor of Kiwanis in Canada, will be present to officiate. A crowd of 150 is expected to bp iit attendance on this occasion. The committee on juvenile delinquency reported to the club that a meeting had been called of officials of all municipalities of the county and of county officials to consider preliminary program plaits on youth problems. REX BLAIR ARRESTED IN GREENWOOD FOR RECENT BURGLARY Acting on a tip, sheriff's deputies were led to the Noyes farm in Greenwood township on Tuesday morning of this w eek and arrested Rex Blair. He had been sought in connection with a burglary at Richmond three weeks ago. It was reported that Blair was residing at Richmond at the time the Stang farm home was burglarized. The owner was in a Chicago hospital at the time the home was "broken into and merchandise valued at $400 taken. It is said that Bl,air posed as owner of the property while disposing of the articles, for which he received only forty dollars. At the time of his arrest, Blair was oper ating a tractor on the Noyes farm. He had been employed there for two weeks. COUNCIL MEETING The regular American Legion county council meeting will be held tonight, March 25. at 8 p.m. tat Huntley. TADDITIONAL NEW BOOKS ON PUBLIC - LIBRARY SHELVE^ Names of additional new books lecently purchased by the local library board were released this week. "The Hour Awaits" by Cost; "View from the Air" by ' Fosburgh; "The Queen's Gift" by Hetcher; "I and My True Love" by Maclnnes; "They Escaped the Hangman" by Busch; "Muted Murder" by Sinclair; "Murder on the Matterhorn" by Carr; "Speak Justly of the Dead" by Lorac; "Death Plays the Gramaphone" by Stafford; "This Years Death" by Dodey. "No Pockets in Shrouds" by Revell; "The Bus Station Murders" by Revell; "A Silver Spade" by Revell; "Diplomat's Folly" by Wades; "The Daughter of Tinie" by Tey; . "Death in Dark Glasses" by Bellairs: "Which I Never" by Strong; "The Case of the Happy Medium'% by Rush; "Quietly She Lies" by Hawthorne; "The High and the Mighty" by Gann; "The Lodger"/by Lowndes; "The Harlot Killer, Jack the Ripper" by Barnard; "Nobody is Safe" by Cumberland; and "In the Wet" by Shute. ADULT GIRL SCOUT COUNTY GROUPS TO MEET IN McHENRY The Adult Girl Scout organization is planning a county meeting on Wednesday, March 31, at 1 o'clock at the McHenry Legion Home. All Girl Scout leaders and other interested adults from surrounding communities and cities are invited to attend. A discussion r»f groat impor- BREAK GROUND FOR CHURCH RT. REV. MSGR. NIX NAMED TO HEAD FIFTH DEANERY OF ROCKFORD DIOCESE; PLAN PRIESTS' HOLY HOUR MARCH 25 Last Sunday before church service, members of the Community Methodist church participated in a ground-breaking service and ceremony. Shown here in the foreground are some of the members of the building committee. From left to right Messrs. Harold Vaupell, Lon Smith, Norman Eggert, Carl Buckner, J. Albert Roesch, chairman. J. Elliott Corbett, minister, and Ray Horenberger. Other members of the committee not shown include Messrs. Donald Barger, Harry Stinespring, Jr., Vale Adams. Clyde Bailey, Howard Collins and E. M. Letcher. This $54,000 religious education structure started this week will consist of a basement and first floor including Sunday School space, a kitchen, youth area, kindergarten, church parlor and church office. Contracts were awarded to Tonyan Construction Co.. and H. E. Buch and Sons. PRELIMINARY PLANS MADE FOR '54 COUNTY FAIR Event Scheduled For August 5-8 On 4-H Town Grounds With the first days of spring, thoughts turn to the big events of the summer season for which details must be worked out weeks and months in advance. Last week, committee chairmen for the 1954 . McHenry county junior <air were named tu. the regular monthly .meetiflg of the board of "directors. This year's fair will be held at 4-H Town, Inc., fairgrounds from Aug. 5 to 8. The first day has been designated as F.F.A. day, to be followed on Friday by 4-H day. Open class judging will take place on Saturday, while Sunday will feature horse shows, horse pulling contests and harness racing. One of the major decisions was to return to the practice of choosing a beauty queen as done prior to last year. Last year the task fell to the 4-H Federation and the winner was Miss Charlotte Hogan of Ringwood, the first local girl ever to claim the honor of fair queen. Queen Candidates According to Harold . Beth, 1954 chairman, there will be candidates from each of the county communities and the winner will be selected by judges on the first night of the fair. Service clubs and the various organizations will be encouraged to sponsor candidates. A discussion took place concerning the erection of a building for the home economics department and it is believed that the 4H Town board may approve at least some of the project for erection before the fair dates. A structure 40x60 feet has been considered to be used for dining facilities. Among committee chairmen named is included Clinton Martin of McHenry. School Elections In City April 10 Just preceding the primary electlon on Tuesday, April 13, voters will go to tiie polls to elect members to the various boards of education on April 10. Deadline for filing was last Saturday. No contest appears likely in either of the city school elections. At the- high school, the names of A. J. Wirtz and LeRoy Welter will appear on the ballot. Both are seeking their second term in office for a three-y^ar period. In Consolidated District No. 15, Dr. H. S. Fike will seek reelection. A new name on the Fallot will Meyer, who seeks the post icft vacant by the announcement of Mrs. Louise Draper that she will not be a candidate. x Polling places in Dlstr'et 156, the high school district, are as follows: Precinct 1. city hall; precinct 2. McDermott's garage In Lakemoor. In District 15; there will be polling places in three locations: Precinct 1, junior high school; precinct 2, Charm House, Lilymoor; and precinct 3, residence of Joseph J. Willard, Island Lake. In all precincts the hours-will be from noon to 7 p.m. CHAMBER COMMERCE CONTINUES PLANS FOR MARINE DAY •^JBtehop Raymond P. Hillinger of the Rockford diocese', in announcing plans for a Marian Year observance, has designated McHenry county as a fifth dean- As- a result of the recent mem- * the diocese. The Rt Rev bership drive of the Chamber of M«gr. Charles S. Nix, pastor of Commerce, there are now ninety^- £ary s <*urch. . McHenry, two members in the organization.'*™ *n', This was revealed at the regular j I** addition ttf special -duties monthly meeting held Monday assigned to a dean, the law of evening of this week 1116 church directs him to watch .. During the business meeting it ! P*est* of h* diftrict was announced that an agree- *at they discharge the duties ment had been m,de with the ^ office and that the Elgin Marine club to conduct the •'hurch s yestments and property river races on the afternoon of ** faitMully *dmin- Marine Day. It was also an- lsterednounced that Kolin & Delaney j Popular Choice had been engaged to handle this i Surely the choice of the beyear's publicity. ! loved pastor of St. Mary's par- In connection with Marine ! ^h, who last June observed the Day, a three-day carnival is be-! golden jubilee of his ordination,, ing planned to be held in the i was a popular one... city park. j On Aug. 10, 1921, Fr. Nix be- Announcement was. made of ar, came pastor of the local parish, meeting of the Marine Day com- J In recognition of the service mittee on Tuesday night, March given to the church by the pas- 30. i tor, he was named a papal chani- To conclude Monday s meeting, !berlain on Afril 1935- *ith a representative of Marshall Very Reverend Mon- Field's, Fieldale farm at Roselle was present to show an interesting movie which concerned outdoor sporting. News About Our Servicemen The following letter was received this past week from a young lady believed to oe the only WAVE now serving Jfcr countiy from McHenry: "I have been very happy to find the McHenry Plaindealer delivered to me every week since I joined the WAVES. I enjoy reading of my friends, and hav4*' ing all the news front home. It be that of Naomi/makes it seem as tho I am only --* .-~'a tone's throw from home. "I have been in California a little over three months, and I am soaking up the sunshine every day. I graduated from basic radio school two weeks ago, and will start communications technician school next Monday. We are a part of the communications supplementary activities of the Navy. The school has been very interesting and we have learned a great deal in tne short time that we have been here. "I expect to be home in July sometime, and am looking forward to seeing good ole McHenry once more, even though I am afraid that I have enjoyed the California style winter, and much prefer it to trudging through the snow. "I'd like to tell my friends to keep the letters coming, for I do love to receive news from home. It is hard to imagine how nice the conveniences of home really are until you have been living in a barracks for six months or so. COUNTY MAN NAMED PRESIDENT STATE . UNIVERSITY BOARD McHenry county was honored this past week when a Harvard resident. Herbert B. Megran, was elected president of the University of Illinois board of trustees. Megran, president of a farm equipment firm in Harvard, has been a trustee for several years. He succeeds Park Livingston, who resigned to enter politics. The new president is a World -War I veteran and a member of Harvard's American Legion. This is the first time a resident of the county has been appointed to this important post. Easter Seal Campaign Now In Progress Throughout McHenry County During the pkst week over py center located in the tance to Girl Scouting in the 16,000- Easter seal appeal letters street school, Woodstock. county will take place. All at-1 containing sheets of 1954 seals tending are urg^d to come with 1 were mailed to residents <f the new ideas, suggestions and prob- county as the first step of the lems. PLAINDEALER RECEIPT OF 1882 'if!*/. 1964 campaign to help crippled children got under way. In charge of' container distribution in McHenry was MVs. George Kauss. Other volunteers were also named in other communities. The McHenry county chapter of the Illinois Association for Clay Pari of the funds are used f:>r the speech correction center, which will be held for the fifth consecutive year this summer and gives speech assistance to children throughout the county who need it. A pool of equipment, including wheel chairs, crutches, walkers and other supplies to aid the crippled is available free of charge at the therapy center. A small portion, 8.3 per cent. signor. It was on Nov. 11, 1945, that Pope Pius XII, at the re- > quest of the bishop of Rockford, had him named a domestic prelate with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor. One of the highlights of the golden jubilee celebration last summer was the dedication on the parish grounds of a Marian shrine in honor of Msgr. Nix. Holy Hour On the feast of the Annunciation Thursday, March 25. a Holy •" Hour for pi iests, both religious and diocesan, will take place ;n v.> each of the five sections of the diocese directed by a rural dean. fl Msgr. Nix plans a Holy Hour. t ^ for the priests of the new dean- ^ ery in St. Mary's church from 11 a.m. to noon on that day. -9 Luncheon will be served ia the rectory after Holy Hour. Bishop Hillinger has asked all priests of the diocese to offer * | the Masses they say on March 25 for the intention of Pope Pius f, f, XII. As Bishop Hillinger is ^ ^ scheduled to attend the installa-. tion of Bishop-elect Joseph Annabring at Superior, Wis., he will not attend any of the deanery observances for the Marian Year. i REV. HAROLD WILKE GUEST SPEAKER AT METHODIST CHURCH Tonight at 8 p.m., Rev. Harold Wilke of Crystal Lake will bring the message at the Community Methodist church's Lenten service. Rev. Wilke is the minister of the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church. The guest speaker previously served as a chaplain at the Veterans' Hospital of Valley Forge and as a faculty member at the famous Menninger School of Psychology in Topeka. Kas. Born handicapped himself, he Is ) one of the country's leading au- In the hope that everyone : thorities on how to help handihome is happy and healthy, capped persons. remain, "Lois Snyder, CTSA 4581415W . "Building 102 WAVE Barracks "U.S. Nav. Rad. Sta. <R> <S> "Imperial Beach, Calif." NEW FINE BOXES For the added convenience of i the public, new parking meter 'fine boxes were installed on Mon- Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wirtz wit- day in front of both post offices, nessed an orchestra concert at These are in addition to boxes the University of Illinois re- , in front of the city hall and th* cently. city clerk's offices. NAMED PLANE C APT AIM the Crippled, which is ' respons- | goes to the National Society for kind* ot P!*t» awl tlw «*<t at This is a seventy-two-year old receipt for a subscription to the Plaindealer, issued bv the founder of the paper, J. VanSlyke, to one of his first subscribers, the late Peter Miller. The scene on the left of the check is typical of typesetting in the old days, when all work was done by hand. Mr. VanSlyke served as owner and editor of the Plaindealer for a period of twenty-six year.""Before coming to McHenry, ha had published a newspaper which loyally supported President Lincoln and the Union cause. , ible for the Easter seal drive in the county, indicates that the nppeal for funds begins officially March 18 and ends Easfer Sunday, Aptil 18. tiie same dates used nationally in the campaign. Crippled Children and Adults to support a nationwide program of education, research and direct services. Coin containers have been placed in the majority of business places throughout the coun- According to Gerald Donahue, ' ty so all will have an opportuni- Woodstock, president of that chapter, apd Mrs. Ruth Jacobs, Crystal Lake, Easter Seal county drive chairman, the largest portion of funds contributed in ty to contribute to this worthy cause. Two tag days are schedul Easter lilies (the official emblem of the national organization). One tag day will be in this area will go to support the J crystal T«ihttL the other in Wood* McHenry county physical thera- stock. ; ATLANTIC FLEET Edward L. Bernhardt. Jr.. airman. USN, son of "Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bernhardt of Route 3, McHenry, was named plane captain of the month by Navy Lt. Odr. -- A- Clarke, commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 102. The ed, during which ladies will settv award was based on performance of his duties on the flight deck and hanger deck and general appearance of his assigned airplane. Bernhardt is on a globe-circling cruise aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Tarawa. Before entering the Navy, he was graduated from Grant Community high school. Fox Lake, 111 was employed by the Deepfreeae Incorporated, North A and V* f w ' 3 • • " V