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'mmm r. •«,31 r-r*-±. -$!- >• *4"r:w>- Hafc "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" V:*" .• . *Y" ** / '; * 2 Volume 80 -- No. 28 McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 128. 1954 10c Per Copy VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS TUESDAY, NOV. 2 Musin' and | Meeriderin' ! Something new has been instituted in this community by members of the Future HomemakerB of America at the local high school. On Nov. 2, between 4 and 5 o'clock, they are offering their services as baby sitters for any mother wishing to go to the polls to vote. Calls will be accepted^ until Monday night, Nov. 1. For baby sitting service, mothers should call any of the following: Mrs. R. Mahal, Wonder Lake 3311; Mrs. Carl Neuman, MCHenry 1049-W; Mrs. H. E. Tischendorf, Pistakee 1241-J; or Mrs. Andrew Krause, Sunnyside Estates, phone 1483. The corner of Green and Elm streets will hardly seem the same without the daily appearance of George Schreiner, who has retired after forty years in the meat market business. , While still attending School, Mr. Schreiner began learning the business as an employee of Charles Prett, now of Aurora. He has continued in almost the same location throughout the' years and for a time managed his own business. In taking a vacation from Central Cettified three weeks ago, he made his decision to retire from daily routine, giving his friends hope that they may still see him ait work occasionally. Mchenry's high school band, under the direction of Paul R. Yanda, \ attracted great enthusiasm as they marched, played and cleverly executed special drills at the Zion-Benton game• at Zion Benton high school last Friday evening. The young musiei$ns •--IwiY^jfceeh JiiTi tin entertaining crowds at home games this season said the outof- town trip way a -special treat for their efforts. £ The Legion post of McHenry is in the midst of a program by which they hope to encourage the display of flags by every local home on fifteen special days throughout the year. The days include Jefferson Day, April 17; Freedom Day U.S.A., May 1; Memorial Day, May 30; Flag Day, June 14; Independence Day, JUly 4; V-J Day, Aug. 14; Labor Day, Sept. 5; Constitution Day, Sept. 17; Columbus Day, Oct. 12; Veterans (Armistice) Day, Nov. 11; Thanksgiving Day, ilov. 25; Christmas Day, Dep. 25; Lei's Birthday, Jan. 10; Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12; ind Washington's Birthday, Feb. 22. The increase in the student population in the McHenry area has caused both public school districts to re-investigate school building facilities. The grade school board is investigating the junior high school field and the high school board is planning additional building facilities for the mgh school. The grade school now has five first grades. When these grades reach the. eighth grade, the school will need forty-five classrooms plus all of.,the auxiliary facilities which are needed to produce a modern school. The school system will have thirty classrooms when the Edgebrook addition is completed. Therefore, without any influx into the school which results from the continual building of new homes in McHenry, it can be seen that a minimum of ten new rooms must be available. The junior high school now has an overload of at least two classrooms. Two rooms have been divided to furnish additional facilities to take care of this condition. The full capacity of the building is 200. It now houses 267. The grade school board has foreseen this condition for several years. Therefore, when they employed an architect for the present addition at Edgebrook, they also employed him to make plans for the junior high school building. The architect, together with four members of the board, Mr. Freund, Mr. Blake, Mrs. Haug and Mrs. Meyer, visited two junior high schools &pt week. In the forenoon, they saw the Larson junior high school at Elgin and in the afternoon they visited the Dekalb junior high school. At each, the principal spent nearly two. hpurs explaining the building and showing, " ' • i ' j ' j * • ' " ' j i g p f c i ,v ^ 1--"Us.--«*•* The Pure Oil Men's glee club will make their first appearance of the fall season on Thursday, Oct. 28, in Elgin when the group will provide the entertainment at a supper given \ by the Elgin Lions club at the Masonic Temple in Elgin. Gerald Miller of McHenry is a member of the group. The sales office of Panogen, Inc., has moved to Ringwood from Lake Geneva, Wis., where it has b?en located for several years. The company manufactures a liquid seed disinfectant marketed under the company name. Location of the sales office at Ringwood, where porduction facilities are located, is expected to enable the company to • improve its service. Further experiments with the product are now under way at Ringwood. McHenry high school is among 104 in this state which have entered the national search for the American homemakcr of tomorrow in which senior girls in high school graduating classes everywhere are eligible to participate. THREE MEMBERS OF CHICAGO FAMILY HURT IN CRASH Three members of one family were injured last Sunday evening in a collision which occurred on Rt. 120, two miles west of McHenry, about 6:30 o'clock. They were Walter Elder, ,34, of Chicago, his wife, Geraldine, and their son, John, 2 months old. School Building Studied Carefully As Community Growth Continues how it met the needs of the junior high school age. The junior high teachers have also visited several new buildings. From these Visits, and from their experiences and training, they have drawn up the requirements for a building in McHenry, This list has been furnished the architect and he is now in the process of making a temporary drawing to fit these needs. High School Needs The high school board finds that their needs are juat as great and they are in the process of selecting an architect. At the present, they have reduced their list to three. One of these will likely be selected at their next regular meeting. A projection, based on attendance in the grade schools, shows that there will be 1,275 students in high school in the fall of 1962. This projection shows that there will be an increase of from 75 to 100 students each year fop the next eight years. One of the more interesting elements of the projection is the fact that grades 4, 5, 6 and 7 which were grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 in 1951 now have 903 pupils, whereas in 1951 they had only 705. This is a 30 per cent increase in three years and this increase is due entirely to the current trend of building. The increase in birth rate affects the size of the first grade only. At present, the high school is loaded to capacity.1 Every room is in use and many of them are used by two or three teachers. By occupying each room each period of the day, the building can handle approximately 100 additional students. If new classrooms are not available by 1956, an extreme overcrowding will be' felt. ^Continued on page CHAMBER VOTES NEW HOLIDAY DECORATIONS i -- Marine Day Comes Up For Discussion; Cnange Parade Time At the regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, held Monday evening in the Legion home, a number of important items of business came up for discussion. Among them was the appointment of a nominating committee, members of which include jack Thies, chairman; Earl R. Walsh and John Thennes. Due to the fact that no December meeting will be held because of the holidays, new directors will be elected at the November meeting. From their ranks new officers will be selected, with installation scheduled for the January meeting. A complete discussion on Marine Day took place, including a resume by board members of a meeting held last Thursday with members of the clergy. In an effort to reach an agreement on the time of the parade which would be most nearly satisfactory to all concerned, it was voted to start the Kline of march at 11:30 next year. It was disclosed that in a telephone survey conducted by the Chamber during the past month, eighty-seven members had been contacted to obtain their desire on the continuation of Marine Day with 62 in favor. A new retail merchants' committee was appointed during the meeting, including Harry Dean, Bill Pries, Harold Stefran, Jan, - Althoff, George pollette and Albert Barbian. Decorations Christmas decorations came in for their share of discussion and several new ideas were brought up. It was definitely decided to purchase a number of very beautiful lighted scenes for the light poles in the business districts. They are 28x38-inch aluminum frames set on brackets on the poles and include both religious and happy holiday scenes. Completely installed, each unit will cost forty dollars. It was further voted that the Chamber would spend an amount equivalent to other years for the and purchase as Their auto was struck by another car driven by Samuel Rap- decorations pold of Wonder Lake, who was many of these permanent units reported to have swung to the i as possible. It is expected that left side of the road to avoid between twenty-five and thirty hitting anther car. will be installed this year and CONSERVATION PRACTICES MAY BE APPROVED TO JAN. 1 Farmers with soil conservation problems on their farms are urged to contact the local ASC office at an early date. This advice was issued by Clinton E. Martin of McHenry, acting chairman of the McHenry county ASC committee. Since much soil improvement work can be accomplished between now and Dec. 31, farmers can still secure approval for their practices to be performed before Jan. 1, 1955. Limestone is an excellent practice that can be carried out through November and December to prepare the land for a legume seeding in 1955 as a good conservation practice. Payment rate is $1.40 per ton on tested land showing need. A CP funds for 1954 are still available to McHenry county to bring about increased soil conservation. "Any farmer who needs some help to get the job done should call on us without delay," said Mr. Martin. CUB PACK WILL STUDY HISTORY OF EARLY McHENRY Selecting history as their theme for November, Cub Pack 362 is arranging to have a display of old items reminiscent of an early period in McHenry at its next meeting in the Legion Home on Nov. 19. Parents in charge are eager to secure such items as models of old cars, tools, toys, furniture, clothing, china, cooking utensils, lamps, photographs, maps, jewelry, etc., which might have been passed down through the generation? and now may be in the possession of local families. The items will be on disp!-y only and will not be handled. Adults will be in charge and would be most appreciative if any items of this nature could be borrowed so that McHenry's young boys might b6 given some idea of life in the period between 1836 and 1900. wihin the next few years it will be possible to light all seventyone poles. The retail merchants' committee will meet soon to decide on any additional lighting they wish to install for the holiday season. Funds will be raised by some project decided upon by this committee if further decorations are favored. A committee will be named for the home decorating contest. GENEVIEVE MATCHEN DIED UNEXPECTEDLY WEDNESDAY MORNIfiNp 1 ---- . . ^ Mrs. Genevieve Matchen, 3% was found dead in bed on Weife nesday morning, Oct. 27, by her husband. She had apparently, died in her sleep, Mrs. ^Matchen* ii} poor health for several years, complained of a severe headach# the previous night and consulted a physician. He#1"%>ndi^^^U4' not seem serious at UtoiL Survivors include the "V*„ John; one daughter, Gail; ajlii her mother, Mrs. Anna Wagnetf, of Chicago. J The body will rest at "UMg George Justen & Son funeral home until 9:30 o'clock Saturday jnorning, when last rites will be conducted from St. Mary% church, with interment in tli^ church cemetery. QUESTIONNAIRES FOR FARM CENSUS MAILED THIS WEEK Questionnaires for the 1954 census of agriculture are now in the mail and will be in the hands of local farmers within a few days, it was announced by Field Supervisor Edmund M. Moss of Chicago. The farm census questionnaires are being mailed from a central point with the distribution timed so that the report forms will arrive about a Week ahead of the date when enumerators will be* gin the field canvass. The advance mailing is for the purpose of giving farm operators time t& consult their records before filling in the answers required by the questionnaires and getting them ready for the census enumerators. This procedure is designed to insure greater accuracy of reporting and to save time both for the farmer and the enumerator when the latter calls at the farm. The 1954 census of agriculture questionnaire is designed to provide information on the number and size of farms, acreage and harvest of crops, livestock production and inventories, selected farm facilities and equipment, selected farm expenditures, farm values and mortgage debt. On the average, each farmer is asked about 100 question^! many of which can be answered by simply checking "yes" or "no." CHURCH BAZAAR Zion Evangelical Lutheran church is planning for its annual Christmas bazaar at the American Legion home on Nov. 9, starting with a tea at 3 o'clock. There will be special booths featuring fancy goods, hooked rugs and holiday cookies. A cafeteria supper will be served at 5:30 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. ENDORSE BLUE BALLOT Shown endorsing the reapportionment amendment to the state constitution, on which the people will vote Nov. 2, are Circuit Court Judge William M. Carroll (left), Woodstock, a prominent Republican, and Elmer Murphy (right), Wonder Lake, county Demdcratic chairman. In center is Lowell Nye, chairman of the McHenry county Blue Ballot committee. W.S.C.S. Annual Bazaar Nov. 3 The McHenry Woman's Society for Christian Service will hold its annual bazaar on Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the' new addition to the McHenry community Methodist church beginning at 1 o'clock. A ham supper will be served at 5, 6 and 7 in the evening under the direction of Ruth Barg'er and Mildred Hinspater, who have proved in the past their ability as outstanding managers of this department. Advance reservations for the supper may be made by contacting Ethel Bailey of Orchard Beach. The bazaar Will offer a variety of "new-idea" aprons. An especially large general merchandise booth la being set up from gente" T&a contributions and special effort on the, part of members of four Circles. The bake sale, too, Will feature items not too generally offered at such sales. Candy will be the new attraction of the pantry booth. The J parcel po#t booth made popular in the bazaar last year, introduced by Ruth Roesch, w(ll again appear at the Nov. 3 ba- "Z&kr and (here will be interesting postal stamps on many of the packages. Mrs. Norman Eggert will assist Mrs. Roesch with this portion of the bazaar. Cynthia, Fike will again serve coffee and tea during the afternoon. Mrs. Edwin Wittrock, Mrs. Harry Stinespring, Mrs. Howard Fike and Mrs. Edwin Nardi, officers, extend a hearty welcome to the general public. VOTE NOVEMBER 2 THE ELECTION STORY (AN EDITORIAL) ying for the honor and responsibility of shaping the future of our county, state and nation are candidates of two great potitica] parties. n November 2, it will be the privilege, as well as the duty, of every adult American to take steps to assure this future being favorable for himself, for his children and for generations yet unborn. hrough weeks and months past, issues have been argued pro and con; because of the freedoms made possible by the remarkable foresight of early American leaders they have reached into every home in which the occupants have been interested enough to become Informed. very person of voting age should now be properly registered and should consider it a privilege to walk proudly into the polling place next Tuesday and assure the continuation of these freedoms. ^ jFj o'.vhcre else in the world but in our own state -- our own cuuatr# '--• are yotT.as.'a Hi.*.-* JcU axi IIB to select under such a democratic system the men and I women who will be your leaders. nly here, by learning the background of each candidate and deciding for yourself the merits of their aspirations can you hope to keep that heritage. Only by intelligently casting your vote can you dream of a greater future with the confidence that dream will come true. oting has so long been a part of the American scene that few stop to appreciate just what It means; stories of elections in other countries are too often regarded lightly and seldom do we pause to reflect on our own superior system. 0 V 2 parties will be looking to YOU for support next Tuesday. Become acquainted with the men who represent them, make your choice and then go to the polls on Nov. 2. Your vote is worth nduch even among so many! News About Our Servicemen The Plaindealer is in receipt of a letter from Richard Duncan, who expects to return soon to the states and to Great Lakes: "Still getting the home town newspaper and want to extend my sincere thanks for being so faithful in Bending it to me. "After the month of December you will not have to continue to send me the paper. In March I am being' transferred to' Great Lakes to be discharged between March and June. I will have finished Jfour years with Uncle Sam, sorr*e time which was.T not so £>les&aht during the Ko&an VJraf. "But noW that it'*- over I have the future to look forward to just as every young man is doing when he can expect to stay home with his lovfed ones. Hope that date will come soon for everyone. "Wish to express my sincere appreciation to the people who make it possible for the servicemen to receive^ the paper from home and to the people behind the desk and in the printing rooms. The whole staff has done a good job in making it a little easier on the boy in the service when he's far from home. "Sincerely yours, "Richard Duncan "San Francisco, Calif." From Cpl. E. N.. Raven comes the following letter: "Dear Sir: "I, Cpl. Eugene N. Raven, would like to take this time to thank you for sending me the home town paper. All the people at home don't know how much It means to someone so far away to read about what goes on back home and it won't be long till I'm back home with all my people for I have been here since June 23, 1953, and will be on a ship the first of November for home. "I thought that the least I could do is write and tell you how much I appreciated the home town paper for the last year over here on Okinawa, Far East Command. "Yours truly, "Cpl. Raven" Charles T. Brooks, hospitalman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clare F. Brooks of Burton's Bridge, Rt. 3, McHenry, completed on Oct. 21 a twenty-week course of instruction and received a hospital corps certificate at the U. S. Naval hospital corps school at Great Lakes. The school, a co-educational primary training; school for en tfunhc' basic, subjects and procedures required to qualify them for duty as hospital corpsmen. CLOSE LICENSE STATIONS Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier has announced that all drivers' license examining stations in the state will be closed election day, Tuesday, Nov. 2, a legal hdliday. The stations will resume their regular schedules Wednesday, Nov. 3, Secretary Carpentier said. •GOP CARAVAN A caravan of McHenry county Republicans is scheduled to make a tour of the county, ending Saturday, in behalf of the GOP ticket, according to an announcement made last week. NKC TOWNSHIP PRE0NCT VOTERS ELECT COUNTY, STATE AND U.S. OFFICIALS; POLLS OPEN 6 AX. TO 5 PJ4 SET NOVEMBER DEADLINES FOR SENDING PARCELS Nov. 1 is the deadline set by the Post Office department for sending parcels to Africa and the Near East to assure delivery to service personnel by the Christmas holiday. Nov. 15 is the deadline for South and Central America and Europe. Packages to the Far East should have been sent by Oct. 15. Owing to the long sea transit frequently involved in the transmission of parcels by surface means and to customs inspection and other formalities to which parcels may be subjected in the countries of destination, it is recommended that mailings be made as early as possible. Every care should be taken in packing boxes to be sent a long distance. If a parcel does not appear to be packed adequately for its journey, it may be refused at the post office. Hospital Gifts Reach $200,000 At the initial meeting of the special gifts committee of Memorial hospital held in Woodstock, it was announced by William Tittle that the area, to date, had subscribed $200,000. At the McHenry report meeting Tuesday night, Ray McGee expressed confidence that $375,- 000 would be oversubscribed and that it would be possible to ftave an adequate and modern hqfifcital. On viewing the occupn^cy reportir- dr%he past " month' at morial hospital, there have, only been four days that pattents iiave not had to be cared for in the halls. One day there were fiftytwo patients and ten babies, all in a forty-five bed hospital. CAST OF FIFTEEN IN PLAY REHEARSAL A cast of fifteen has been selected by Director Margaret Kreul to present the junior class play, "Great Expectations" in the high school auditorium Friday evening, Nov.. 12. Members include Jim Koehane, Karen Glosson, Kenneth Sawdo, John Sternickle, Bill Brooke, Audrey Tony an, Kathleen Anglese, Ann Lundborg, Marie Karbin, Richard Wissell, Dick Voss, Nancy Swanson, Barbara McGregor, Joan Young and Pete Bastian. The play concerns a country boy in England, apprenticed to a blacksmith. He is summoned to the home of an eccentric old spinster as a playmate for her ward. The play has a surprise ending which should prove most satisfying to the audience. SEEK POLICEMAN ON CHARGE OF BEATING WIFE Authorities in the city and in McHenry county are still in search of Loren Brown of Green street, a member of the local police department, who is wanted for assault and battery on complaint of his wife, Leona. Brown is charged with beating his wife severely last Friday morning during an argument and then driving away in his car. The auto was reported to have been found later in Marengo, where he was once a member of the police department. At Mcr-rln! he Mrs. Browjv was treated, for a lacer- 'ttUid' nOoi., biU.^^U <ifid TRUCK ACCIDENT CAUSES INJURIES TO LOCAL RESIDENT Cletus Shea, 22, of Rt. 4, McHenry, was reported to nave Deen injured last Friday evening when his grain truck overturned several times on Rt. 47, a mile north of Rt. 30, west of Auroral The injured man suffered a lacerated ear, cuts, bruises and shock. He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Aurora for treatment. According to a sheriff's report, Shea was driving north on Rt. 47 when he lost control as he was ajbout to pass ,a state truck. McHenry voters, will join others throughout the country next Tuesday, Nov. 2, in going to the polls to sriect leaders for county, state jand national offices. Voting will take place in the nine McHenry precincts from 6 ajn. to 5 p.m. There will be only one ballot of candidates, with Republicans and Democrats listed. Following will be the choices offered the voters: For United States Senator: Joseph T. M^ek (R) and Paul H. Douglas (D). For State Treasurer: Warren E. Wright (R) and David F. Mallett (D). For Superintendent of Public Instruction: Vernon L. Nickell (R) and Mark A. Petennan (D). For Trustees of the University of Illinois: Vernon L. Heath, Dr." Ralph H. Kunstadter and Maurice Gantzert (R) and Frances Best Watkins, George Wirt Hep*, rick and Kenney E. Williamson \ (D). For Representative in Congress: Chauncey W. Reed (R) and Richard Plum (D) \ For Members of the General Assembly, for Representatives: jiu B. McConnell and W. J. Murphy (R) and Jack Bairstow (D) For County Judge: Henry I*. Cowlin (R) For County Clerk: Raymond D. Woods (R) and Eloyd Freund (D) .jr, For County Treasurer: Verifim?" W. Kays (R) and Arthur & Rauchenecker (D) ^ For county Shertjf? Harry €?. Herendeeh, Jr. (R) and Harohl A. Vogel (D) For County Superintendent «f Schools-;. R'chart^y:^toeweti' |lfj \ Biggest" contewr is expected v the race between Republican Jo-- seph Meek and Democrat Paul Douglas. Blue Ballot Receiving much thought In. . dition to the selection of candfei ;.dates is the senatorial reappof* tionment amendment to the Constitution of Illinois, Better known as the Blue Ballot, which backed by leaders of both partie£u and 1 endorsed by seventy-seven civic, business, labor and farm organizations constituting tiii/ Illinois Committee for Constitttt tional Revision. The Blue Ballot amendment would direct the General Assembly to redistrict the state for the purpose of electing one senator from each of fifty-eight senatorial districts and three representatives from each of fifty-nlife representative districts. v As it concerns the Senate, the area would be the prime consideration in the formation of thp fifty-eight districts. Downstafcs would be entitled to thirty-four and Cook county to twenty-f eighteen of them in Chicago six in the county outside. As it concerns the House, the fifty-nine districts would be based upon equal population as nearly as practical, except that in redistricting prior to the i960 census, downstate would he entitled to twenty districts and Cook county to thirty. The three represenatives from eacdi. district would be elected by cumulative voting, as at present. Voters will also be asked to decide on an amendment changing the length of the term of the state treasurer from two years to four years, with the treasurer remaining ineligible ;.to succeed himself in office. _ Other Amendments There is also a mendment to the separate section of the Constitution pertaining I® canals and waterways. This fcmonrtronr. fr wonM eliminate the present requirement that i&e Illinois and Michigan canal or other canal or waterway riiay be sold or leased only with specific approval of a majority of the voters participating in a general state election; and also would eliminate the provision under which the Illinois deep waterways was financed and constructed. Another Important proposal to be voted on next Tuesday will be the establishment of the office of supervisor of assessments In McHenry county. He would be the chief assessment officer and would spend full time in assessment work. Hie office, which now exists in about seven counproposed'a- (Continued on Page 8)