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*SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" ,'f# * 1 • " K , Volume 81 -- No. 6 McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, JUNE 16. 1955 Musin* and Meanderin' It was an excellent concert jpfeeard by music lovers last week Wednesday night as the 'wetherman cooperated to the extent of keeping back rain throughout the city band's first program. Selections were varied enough to be enjoyable for everyone, yet displayed technical skill to give - the public a general idea of the abundance of talent present among young folks in the. community. With such fine programs scheduled for another seven weeks, interest grows in the effort to make possible a new and modern band shell. , ^ There always has been an abundance of nice, helpful people living in our McHenry community and this week the Chamber of Commerce is most grateful to two whose names are unknown to them. About 10:30 Tuesday night, two boys living along the river, south of the city, noticed the C. of C. barge floating down the river after it had become loosened in some manner from where it was tied in Boone creelk. After considerable effort, they managed to g'et it ashore before it reached the dam and notified police. * William Goettsche of Bill.s Outboard Service aided Chamber members in returning the barge ' ^ to its moorings on Wednesday. Albert S. -Blake gave up a good share of his Wednesdaw afternoon assisting*in the effort. >. The Rev. J. Elliott - Corbett, pastor of the Community Methodist church, and Harry P. Stinespring, Jr., of Pistakee Bay, lay delegate from the church, plan to attend the annual session of the Rock River conference of the Methodist church, June 20 to 24, at the First Methodist church in Elgin. Attending the conference will be 2*0GQ Methodists from the northern third of -Illinois. 0 Dr. George Buttrick of Harvard Divinity school will speak at 7:30 p.m. ' Wednesday, June 22, and Thursday, June 23. Miss Julia Foley of McHenry, accompanied by Eunice Peterson of Chicago, will leave for abroad June 16 by plane, landing in Shannon, Ireland. She will visit the British Isles and then travel through much Of the continent. Because several of Miss Peterson's relatives reside in the Scandinavian countries, they will spend much of the three months there. They will leave from Copenhagen for the return trip early in September. COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY GRADUATES 10c Per Copy saiwiKS ,,,, JACK DeROCHE EVA UNTI DUANE ANDREAS JACK JUSTEN HERBERT ENGDAHL BARBARA HIRT BARBARA NELSON WILLIAM WEBER Impressive Court Of Honor Held DEGREES CONFERRED ON McHENRY AREA STUDENTS BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS At a meeting of the Professional Photographers Association of Northern Illinois, held at Ro- * chelle recently, Andrew Worwick, local photographer, won a merit award ribbon. Entries, all by professional photographers, were rated by a panel of four judges. McHenry welcomes a new business in the Boone Creek laundry, which opens on Elm street Friday, June 17. The high school violin quartet, accompanied by Paul R. Yanda, auditioned recently for the Chicago amateur hour heard every Sunday and this weelk the young musicians were informed that they had been accepted and would appear in the near future. The young violinists have been frequent winners in state con- 4 tests and it is hope'd they will receive the support given other local contestants who have appeared in TV contests* Arvilla Fisher Petersen of Rt. 2, McHenry, has enrolled in the . summer school at the National College of Education, Evanston. Vaji Sells of Wondftr Lake is one of three McHenry county residents selected to act as judges in the I take county "Share the Fun" festival to be held in- Grayslake June 22. The festival is arranged to promote agricultural interests throughout Lake county. >r Tentative plans are for Miss Barbara Stripp, director of beaches under the Red Cross program, to visit places where instruction is to be given during the week of June 20. The program will start Monday, June 27. Under the program planned, ; there will be instructions given three mornings a week in McHenry. People cannot. We judged by what others say about them but they can be judged by what they say about others. Fourteen non-Chicago Illinois residents were among 701 University of Chicago students who were graduated Friday, June 10, in the university's 265th convocation Laurel Richardson of Ringwood was awarded a bachelor of arts degree in the college. Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton awarded bachelor and masters' degrees at the morning session and doctor of philosophy and professional degrees at the afternoon session. He gave the .convocation address on "The Educated Slan" at both sessions. Lee J. Cooney, son of Martin jEooney of I^chmond Road, was one of 525 candidates receiving degrees at the 58th annual commencement^ convocation at Bradley university last week. Maj. Lenox R. Lohr, president of the Chicago Museum of SctaKe and Industry, was guest ^peSKer at the exercises, held at in Robertson Memorial fieidhpuse. Cooney received the b^ralelor of science degree. A total of 324 students were graduated from Northern Illinois State . Teachers college earlier this month. Twenty-three received th'e master of science in education y degree, while 301 were granted the bachelor of seience in education degree. Local Graduates Representing this community among the graduates were Duane Andreas, who majored in zoology; Barbara A. Hirt of Rt. 3, McHenry, whose major was early elementary; and Barbara A. Nelson of Fox street, with the same major. Another Northern Illinois State Teachers college graduate is Miss Alice Clark, who resides between McHenry and Woodstock. She was one of nine out of a class of 320 to receive highest scholastic rating. She was also one of seventy-five in the entire college honored at a banquet recently for those with highest scholastic attainment. s Miss Clark was awarded her BS degree in education and was invited last spring to join Kappa Delta Pi, national honorary society in education. She was initiated into the society in April. The graduate taught for four years at Harrison school, Wonder Lake. She has no definite plans for next year. At the University of Illinois, Jack DeRoche, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter DeRoche of Pistakee Bay, will receive his degree in mechanical engineering on Jurie 18. A member of the NROTC, he will begin his cruise July 17 and will receive his commission Aug. 29. Others receiving degrees at the University of' Illinois were Herbert M. Engdahl, Jr., Frederick D. Hartmann of Rt. 3, Jack J. Justen and William Weber. All have earned BS degrees which they will receive Saturday, June 18. President Lloyd Morey will confer the degrees and President Russel J. Mumbert of DePauw university will speak. The 10 o'clock ceremonies that morning will be broadcast by the university's non-commercial radio station, WILL, heard in most parts of the state. Engdahl, who graduated in the College of Agriculture, will be married June 25. On July ll he will begin employment with GRANT APPROVALS IN RE-ZONING; IMPOSE VIOLATION FINE Among several other approvals the county board early this week granted petitions for re-zoning in three local cases. Included was that of Twelve Acres, Inc., and Richard and Bertha Jager, who received permission to ; re-zone certain tracts of property on their farm, formerly tftfe,', Skidmore property, east ofipsfc city% to B-l arid R-l. ,^oth«||j§|quesi was granted for Hugh and Dorothy Kirk to reclassify their - property south of McHenry to R-l. Susie Miller and Gordon Sergant received permission to re-zone property on Rt. 12 in Spring Grove from farming to B-l to a building to use for processing plastics. The first fine for violations of the county zoning ordinance was imposed against Emil Puis and Liberty National bank, who own property in Johnsburg. One violation was for construction without a permit and the other for continuance of construction after being ask^ji to stop by the zoning enforcement officer. $3,307,287 OF COUNTY TAX BILL COLLECTED TO SET NEW RECORD The county board heard from County Treasurer Vernon W. Kays this week that $3,307,287.20 of the county's tax bill of $5,652,727.13 for 1954 had been collected by May 31. This is the largest collection in history for the same period of time, with collections coming # from both real estate and personal property. Earnings in the office of the treasurer reached an all time high of $111,492.77, with expenses for operating the office amounting to $22,580.35. Circuit Clerk Lester Edinger reported earnings of $19,496.20 for the. same peripd. In the office of County Clerk Raymond D. Woods, the amount earned for six months was $22,742/19. Receipts in the Edinger office were $16,517.75 and in the Woods office, receipts amounted to $22,151.25. Wilson &•, Co, meat packers, in Chicago. 4 Miss Eva Unti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Unti, was one of 109 students who received bachelors' degrees at commencement exercises at Lake Forest college on June 11. Eva, a graduate of McHenry Community high sohool, is an economics major. She is past president of Alpha Delta Pi sorority; member of Kappa Alpha, women's scholastic and activity honorary society; secretary of the Women's Athletic association; menjbgr of the variety show for threeyears and member of Pan Hellenic council. President Ernest A. Johnson awarded the Baccalaureates and conferred honorary degrees upon Lawrence A. Kimpton, chancellor of the University of Chicago, who was the commencement speaker; John W. McCracken, director of Christian Education for the Presbytery of Chicago; and Everett D. Graff, director of Inland Steel Corp. STANLEY CORNUE NEW SUPERVISOR OF ASSESSMENTS Stanley Cornue of Hebron, former supervisor of Hebron township and former chairman of the board, was appointed supervisor of assessment by the board of supervisors earlier this week. He won in a contest with Ray Dusenberry of Marengo ami Benedict Kausjal of Woodstock. Cornue received sixteen votes against ten for Dusenberry on the first vote to determine whether a definite ^margin could be gained by one of the candidates. They then went on record to name Cornue unanimously to the post. The vote was by seOlrtt, written ballot. The new office -wap cre^fcfd last November when raters improved a referendum wltttagftip the .position. . ... fa# HOLD QUARTERLY NCCW MEETING IN McHENRY Msgr. Connor Gate Inspiring Talk To Assembled Group A large group of Catholic women gathered at St. Mary's school in McHenry last week Wednesday for the second quarterly meeting of the McHenry Deanery council, Rockford Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Catherine Rogers, diocesan chairman of the confraternity of Christian Doctricine committee, addressed the group, stressing the importance of religious education and the cooperation of all in parish work. Catherine Clark, chairman of the spiritual development committee, was also introduced and spoke of the Mass Circle, which includes pledged attendance at mass, including the devotion of the nine First Fridays in connection with spiritual acts in honor of the Sacred Heart. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Frederick F. Connor of Aurora, diocesan moderator of the Rockford Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, introduced the attending clergy. McHenry deanery parishes and inter-parish organizations now affiliated with the N.C.C.W. are McHenry, Algonquin, Cary, Fox River Grove, Crystal Lake, Harvard, Huntley, Johnsburg, Marengo, Richmond, Spring Grove, Wonder LaJke and Woodstock. New Appointments Appointments of deanery chairmen of committees as proposed by the Deanery council board were announced by Msgr. Connor They include Miss Genevieve Knox of McHenry, publicity; Mrs. Eva Schaeffer, Johnsburg, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; and Mrs. J. E. Condren of Wonder Lake, home and school committee. Members of St. Mary's and St. Patrick's church contributed the lunch and Mrs. Paul Gerasch and Mrs. Leo Blake were in charge of serving. Msgr. Connor gave an inspiring talk to the large group present, in which he outlined the treipendous effect of woman's influence, whether she be wife, mother, business or career woman. He urged all members to be zealous for good in an informed capacity and to enrich the home and community with a program of real spiritual value. A most impressive program was held by the Scouts last Saturday night in the high school gymnasium, when a court of honor was held. The evening's activities opened with the presentation of colors by Explorer Post, No. 662, the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by Earl Conway and the * invocation by Rev. Myron A. Hoff of Long Lake. The Apache patrol of Troop 161 presented the Eagle award ceremony, the boys participating being Walter E. Aufrecht, Anthony Freels, Ronald Nitz, Kenneth Homo, John Gates, Dennis Huff, Lance Parks and Thomas Kujak. ^Commander Roy Morrison of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post presented the first annual award of good citizenship to the man contributing outstanding service to Scouting. Winner of the award was Paul Jessup, who has been very active in local, district and council activities in panning and carrying out the high ideals of Scouting. District Executive Phil LaValle presented the Eagle award to Eugene Dietle. Walter S. Aufrecht served as master of ceremonies. Merit badge awards, Troop 161, were given as follows: Ken Booster, scholarship, citizenship in home, reading, marksmanship and cooking; Donald Kibbe, swimming; John Jones, Jr., public speaking, fishing, cooking, marksmanship, scholarship and camping; Art Sterniokle, marksmanship, fishing, home repairs, public speaking, cooking, cycling, scholarship and citizenship in the home. Additional Awards Also, Walter E. Aufrecht, public speaking, music and home repairs; Terry Jordan, fishing; H. P. Stdnespring III, marksmanship; Anthony Freels, cycling; James Peterson, reading; John G. Larson, dog care, fishing, cooking, public speaking, cycling, firfct aid and camping.- Merit badge awards, Troop 161}, went to Norman Williams, swimming; Randy Hughes, swimming and life saving; Steve Fike, swimming and life saving; Robert Jessup, leathercraft; William E. Kirk, life saving; H. James Kirk, life saving. Special award to Scouter Andy Anderson was made by Ben Phelps. Other awards were as follows: Firirt class, Troop 164, Michael Brown and David Gende; first class, troop 161, Gerald Thennes and Art Sternickle; Star award, Troop 161, Kenneth Booster; Life award, Troop 161, John Larson and Richard Herdrich; junior assistant Scoutmaster patch, Troop 162, Jim Kirk. A few of the men introduced as having helped to bring Scouting to McHenry were Phil LaValle, district Scout executive; Harry Stinespring, chairman of the Kishwaukee district; Ben Phelps, district commissioner K. D.; Larry Silva, chairman of organization and extension, K.D.; Pat Ullrich, chairman of v advancement; Walter Aufrecht, chairman of Cubbing; Phil Higgins, chairman of camping; and A1 Grieble, chairman of Explorers. McHENRY YOUTH LEAVE FOR BOYS STATE NEXT WEEK Five McHenry boys, all of whom have just completed their senior year in the local high school, are scheduled to leave June 19 for Boys State in Springfield. They are John Huff, Paul Jessup, Dick Olsen, Bob Trendler and John Sternickle. The latter replaces Dick Wissell, who was selected to attend but because of conflicts with an F.F.A. convention will be unable to go. Boys State was set up several years ago, patterned after our own Illinois government. Officers for city, county and state posts are elected and the boys make their own laws and operate their own government for a week. Four Fined For Speed Violations Within City Only four were fined for speeding violations within the city during the past week. According to local officers, since names of offenders have been printed in the Plaindealer each week, there has been a noticeable improvement in the speed employed by drivers. Listed for violations this week were Norbert P. Ostinger of Lincolnwood, Roy Thompson of Ingleside, John L. Oster of Fox Lake and Bruce W. Klontz of McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Qlhava of Chicago were McHenry visitors Saturday. THIRD IN BAND PROGRAM SERIES IN PARK JUNE 22 The third in this summer series of band concerts is scheduled for next Wednesday evening in the city park, beginning promptly at 8 o'clock. Two more programs will be presented there, after which the band will move to the school grounds, where the July concerts will be played. Next week's program will be as follows: "The Star Spangled Banner" March, "Officer of the Day" -- Hall Waltz, "Moonlight on the Nile" -- King Overture, "Carnival of Roses" -- Olivadoti r Popular\ number, "Stranger in Paradise" -- Wright and Forrest "March of Time No. 2" -- arranged by Richards "The Missouri Waltz" -- Logan Overture, "Romantic" -- Buchtel Intermezzo, "In a Moonlight Garden" -- King Popular number, "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" -- arranged by Buchtel Selection, "Down South" -- Myddleton Popular number, "Hoop Dee Doo" -- Delugg March, "Men in Gray" -- Brahmstedt Finale, "God Bless America" -- Berlin VOTERS 60 TO ROUS NEXT TUESDAY • C0NCERNN6 PARTIAL HNAMCM6 OF CITY SEWAGE IMPROVEMENTS DISCUSS PROGRESS OF SPEECH SCHOOL AND THERAPY CENTER MINOR INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AUTO ACCIDENT ON SUNDAY Mrs. Roy Miller suffered minor injuries in an auto accident which occurred) Jast Sunday morning on Rt. 120, Just east of the bridge. Her husband was driving during a heavy rain storm when his car collided with an auto driven by Bernard Hiller of McHenry, who had stopped on the highway to let pedestrians cross. Mrs. Miller suffered cuts and bruises on the face. Damages were estimated at $300 to the Hiller car and $200 to the Miller auto. C OF C PLANS CYPRESS GARDEN TRIP FOR QUEEN Weekly Charm Classes Continue To Draw Many Girls Miss Elaine Morley of Waukegan was present at Monday evening's charm class, at which time she discussed proper attire, suitable bathing suits and formals to be worn for judging and the art of modeling. The fifteen girls who attended were informed of the wonderful week's trip to Cypress Gardens, Fla., for this year's queen and chaperone, with all expenses assumed by the sponsors of Marine Day, the Chamber of Commerce. Miss Judy Freund, last year's Marine Day queen, has promised to be present next Monday night, June 20, to tell the girls the JANIE MASCARI highlights of her own trip to Cypress Gardens. She will also show pictures taken there. Next Monday's class will , start promptly at 7:30 o'clock in the girls' gymnasium. Since much of the evening will be devoted to calisthenics, girls attending are asked to wear either shorts or slacks and bring blankets. The deadline for entering the queen contest is July 5 and Miss Betty Nielsen, chairman, hopes that girls planning to enter will do so very soon. To date, Miss Janie Mascari, 18, of Huemann s subdivision is the only entry. All contestants from previous years are eligible to enter again. Entry blanks may be obtained at either the Plaindealer office or at the Betty Nielsen store. With the summer speech school sponsored by the McHenry County Association for the Crippled now being conducted, there was great interest in the financial report and general progress of the organization at a directors' meeting held last, Thursday in McHenry. Included in collections was $138.38 turned in by Mrs. Mary Kauss, chairman for the McHenry area. The board also expressed appreciation for the fifty dollar gift from the McHenry high school Girls Athletic association in memory of Mary Jane Gerasch. Twenty-six children between the ages of 3 and 8 are enrolled in the summer speech school which opened this past week. Progress made at the therapy center in Woodstock was revealed in a six months' report given by Mrs. Eleanor Jorgensen, physical therapist. The report, ending May 31, carried information that the center was open 122 days, that 3,898 treatments were given and the average number of patient visits per day during the period was nine. In addition, it was disclosed that forty-one new patients were received during the six-month period and that of the thirtyfour on treatment as of May 31, twenty-six were adults and eight were children. Give Memorial Scholarships \ Barbara Cable, who plans to attend the University of Illinois next fall, has been named as winner of the $100 Student Council Louise Barbier memorial scholarship award. Th\ alternate is Peggy -Whitingy--wSo will enroll as a student nurse at St. Therese Hospital School of Nursing, Waukegan. Friends of Miss Barbier, who lost her life in an auto accident May 1, recently turned over to the school seventy dollars, also to be used as a memorial scholarship . Terry Reiki of this year's graduating class was selected to receive this award and expects to enroll at Northern Illinois State Teachers college at DeKalb. The alternate will be Jack Pearson, who will attend Parks college, St. Louis. DRIVER INJURED IN AVOIDING TWO SPEEDING AUTOS Joseph Powers of Crystal Lake, son of Mrs. Mabel Powers of McHenry, has been confined to Sherman hospital, Elgin, since Saturday night, when his car hit a tree as he tried to avoid hitting one of two racing autos near Veteran Acres, north of Crystal Lake. An employee of the McHenry Sand & Gravel company, he was returning home from work when the accident occurred. The racing autos were driven by Conrad Oker, 18, and Fred Timm, 18, both of Crystal Lake. The Oker car was said to have just left a driveway and turned north, causing Powers to swerve off the highway to avoid a headon collision. He suffered a compound fracture of one leg and other injuries. APPROACHING JUNE CARNIVAL BENEFITS COMMUNITY CLUB A carnival Which will benefit the Johnsburg Community club will be held at Memorial Park on June 24, 25 and 26, with a gala program planned by the committee in charge. The carnival is the first of that type of entertainment scheduled for the local area this 1955 season. There will be a f err is wheel, merry-go-round and kiddy ride, as well as games and refreshments. A fish fry will open activities Friday night at 6 o'clock. On Sunday, beginning at noon, a family style roast beef dinner will be served. CONTEST WINNER The service station of Richard F. Justen has been announced as May winner for the entire division in the fifth annual appearance and cleanliness contest conducted among 550 dealers. An important election wffl t» held in the city of McHenry next Tuesday, June 21. That is the day that voters will decide on a general obligation bond issue to finance, in part, the proposed improvements to the present sewage treatment plant. A letter was received this week from the Sanitary Water board of the State of Illinois in which they concur with the preliminary design and state that permit for installation and operation Will be approved when satisfactory plans and specifications have been received. Completion of engineering hinges on the coming election. The Sanitary Water board stresses the fact that McHenry is seriously in need of more adequate sewage treatment facilities ' and asks that they be kept informed as to the progress being made. It was thought at one time that the city would have to purchase an additional site and build a second plant. The Council, realizing the tremendous cost of such a plan, investigated modern equipment now being used extensively in some sections of the county and learned that such installations require less space while bringing about the most efficient and economical opera, tion. Consulting engineers have thoroughly checked the proposed new installation and recommended its use. Faces Ultimatum The City Council is faced with what borders on an ultimatum in making these improvements and anxiously awaits the ex- * pression of the voters at the election next Tuesday. Among the many other activities in the City Council is a decision to request a new census during the year of 1955. It is felt that the 1950 census does not reflect a true figure of population 'in our fast-growing city. Benefits anticipated far exceed the cost of taking a new census. One of the main items being considered is the city's share - of Motor Fuel Tax. tms is an portant item in a recognized need for street improvements. Homes Saddened By Many Death; , Mrs. Peter F. Miller, 77, died at Memorial hospital, Woodstock, > at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, June 15, following an illness . of three months. She was a lifetime resident of McHenry and one of the community's most respected citizens. Survivors include, besides her husband, seven children, Lucy, George, Charles, Roy, Alfred, Victor and Lillian Hettermann; also twenty grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. The body is resting at t|M George Justen funeral home. Services will be held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at St. Mary's church, with burial in the church cemetery. Gregory Thelen The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Thelen of Johnsburg offer sympathy to then} in : the death of their only child, | Gregory Alan, nineteen months " old. The baby died Thursday gve- J ning, June 9. in an ambulance J| about five miles from St. Fran- ^ cis hospital, Evanston, where he I was being transferred from Memorial hospital. Death was attributed to pneumonia and "overwhelming tm j fections." The body rested at the Georgia^ Justen & Son funeral home from Friday noon until Saturday ; morning, when prayers were, >3 read there. Services were • held--; 4 at St. John's cemetery, with Rev.' ; Fr. Blitsch officiating. Survivors are the parents (Mrs. Thelen is the former Lois . Pinnow of Crystal Lake); the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pinnow, of Crystal Lake; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thelen of Johnsburg; and two aunts. Emma Fast Mrs. Henry Fast, 79, died unexpectedly at Memorial hospital, Woodstock, last Friday evening, June 10. She had been taken ill two days previously but death came as a shock to her husband and' friends. Mr. and Mrs. Fast had been summer residents of Lakemoor since 1931 and had made that community their permanent home since 1943. They were married sixty-one years. The deceased helped organize and was a charter member of the Ladies League and until poor health prevented, had attended meetings of the Laken-oor Hjg/- (Continued on Page 8) ..r-a.