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"SERVING*THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE.187S" Volume 81 -- No. 8 McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. JUNE 30. 1955 Annual Legion l I a a Musin1 • • a i i i * i i • • and Meanderin* • • • • m m m m m'm m m m m m m m m m a m m m Patty, 15-year-old daughter of the Roy Millers, is not at all sure that her humane instincts in regard to. unfortunate animal friends will be carried on with customary zeal in the future. The young lady saw three very attractive black and white striped "kitties" along the highway one day last week. Feeling that they might be orphans, Patty , x attempted to capture them but found her efforts unappreciated as they scampered into the field. A long chase brought her within reach just as 'Mama Skunk made her appearance, which brings our little story to an abrupt close with Patty making a fast retreat for the car. Actually, the story ended several hours and a good many soapings later when she was • able to rid herself of all association with the recipients of her short-lived friendship. Mrs. Harold Voss of Huemann's subdivision, her sister, Mrs. Ralph McCluskey, and her nephew, Ronald, of Madisonville, *Ky„ are enjoying a six-week vacation in Seattle, Wash., making the trip by auto for a family reunion. They also expect to include some fishing in British Columbia. p The family of "t»a and Ma Gamble" -- four brothers and tl)ree sisters -- have not been together since 1942. The family expects this to be quite a jamboree. Prom Boys State comes word that Paul P. Jessup and Robert Trendler were elected aldermen in elections held on city, county and state levels. They were A among five McHenry high school ' junior boys to attend. Elections are Conducted by Boys State to conform as nearly as possible to the election laws of the state of Illinois. Joseph Waynne and Horace Wagner are representing the McHenry Township Kiwanis club at the Kiwanis International convention held the entire week in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Waynne, member of a national committee, is also chairman of the Kiwanis Spastic Foundation. All habits are stepping stones •-- some lead up, others down. Last Rites Conducted .For Clarence O'Brien VIE FOR MARINE DAY QUEEN TITLE 10c Par COPT T'lfj'TiiC-f PAT GABY SANDI SELLS ADELE LEON QUEEN CONTEST DEADLINE TUESDAY, JULY 5; FIVE NEW ENTRIES BRING TO NINE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES Seven new entries have been made1 in the Marine Day queen contest during the past week, bringing, the total to nine. New candidates are Jacqueline Klein, 17, of Pistakee Bay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Klein; Sandi Sells, 17, of Wonder Lake, daughter of Mr. and ^ Mrs. Fred Sells; Adele Leon, 19, of Lakemoor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Leon; Pat Gary, 16, of Huemann's subdivision, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gary; Louette Hartmann, 19, of Johnsburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Hartmann; Catherine Wolf, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wolf; and Vicki Kleinhuizeh, 17, of Shalimar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kleinhuizen. Other entries announced previously include Mary Davis and Janie Mascari. Miss Betty Nielsen, chairman of the 1955 queen contest, stresses Tuesday, July 5, as th« deadline for entering the queen contest, which means that this is water skiing. Judy Freund, last year's queen, has been present at the last two sessions of the charm course and her enthusiastic and detailed report of her trip last year set each girl present dreaming of what a similar trip would mean to her. In additiqn, the queen and her court will receive Admifal portable radios donated" by the local corporation. They are also scheduled ta appear on several radio and television programs. Already arranged is the appearance of the queen on the Paul Fogerty "TV program on channel 9 at 9:30 a.m. July 20 and the queen and her court on the Mike Douglas show on Channel 9 at 10 o'clock on the morning of July 25 and also on th% Jim Moran Courtesy Hour at 10 p.m. on Channel 7 Aug. i. Course Valuable Without any of the prizes awarded to the winners, the charm course itself, worth a considerable amount of money, has the 'last issue in which the Plain- Provft d , invaluable to the girls Clarence O'Brien, 66, a resident of Lilymoop for the past fourteen years, died June 25 in Memorial hospital, where he had been confined for the past five -days. Survivors include the widow and two children. The body rested at the George Justen & Son funeral home until 1:30 o'clock Tuesday, when last rites were conducted there, followed by burial in Woodland: activities every girl has dreamed cemetery. |of as an ideal vacation, including dealer can give a reminder to interested girls. Any single girl between the ages of 16 and 23 who resides within the McHenry Community high school district or is a summer resident within those boundary lines is eligible to become a candidate. Judging July 18 Judging will take place Monday evening, July 18, at the school, with prominent personalities in charge of selecting the queen and two members of her court. The winner will receive from the sponsoring organization, the McHenry Chamber of Commerce, an all-expense-paid week's vacation trip to Cypress Gardens, Fla., along with her chaperone. There she will crowd into seven busy days all the fun and in attaining pofee and assurance. Twenty-one were present at last Monday evening's class, at which time they were instructed by Miss Elaine Morley on posing for pictures. Previously, they had received information on modeling, suitable make-up, styling of clothes and figure control.' Next week, due to the holiday falling on Monday, the course will be conducted Tuesday, July 5, at which time Miss Morley will speak on orientation, including tips on poise and personality in various situations. The last regular meeting of the cotfrse will be held Monday evening. July 11, at which time hair styling and general modeling will be reviewed. A special class for candidates only will be held Tuesday, July 12. All sessions begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Hospital Ready To Handle Holiday Emergencies; 728 Recorded In 1954 If past experience can be used as a criterion, some time during the long holiday weekend ahead, ambulances with sirens wailing will streak down South street in Woodstock, pull into the emergency entrance at Memorial Hospital for McHenry County and pause while skilled attendants and nurses unload one or more victims of an auto accident. "We dislike hearing the siren or receiving the phone call from the sheriff's office telling us there's been an accident and a SIXTEEN FINED FOR SPEED VIOLATIONS WITHIN McHENRY Sixteen drivers were fined for speeding within the city during the past week. Only five were from McHenry. The sixteen include Wilfred F. Freund, Clarence Ehrhardt, George W. Brefeld, Vann Fredrich and Mary F. English of McHenry, George L- Hartwig of Elmhurst, Fred B. Oppenheimer number Of emergency cases are i an<i Timothy J. Twomey of Chienroute to the hospital," said Miss Manda Roe, administrator, at the county-wide hospital. Q "Last year we treated 728 emer- -frency cases, about 60 per cent of them being some type of highway accident, so we are equipped and prepared for these unhappy occurrences. "However, accidents do happen and when the word comes to us by telephone or by appearance at the ambulance entrance, the patient is met at the door and taken immediately to the emergency room. Emergency Procedure ^ i "The doctor on duty is called, Continued on Page 7 cago, Willard H. Frisch of Cary, Wayne Limbaugh and James J. Krein, Sr., of Woodstock, La- Verne A. Kinney of Crystal Lake, Ernst J. Watts of Wisconsin, Thomas C. Faerber of Spring Grove, Madeline Nurmi of Riverside and James E. Williams of Elgin. In addition, local police recorded four as having been in illegal possession of liquor in their cars. One other person was fined for driving while under the influence of liquor and resisting arrest. •As of January of this year, 215,000 South Vietnam refugees received Red Cross parcels of food, clothing and other necessities. KICKED BY COW Eugene Eppel, who farms on Rt. 120, west of McHenry, suffered a dislocated and broken ankle when he was kicked by a cow Sunday evening. He has been confined to Memorial hospital since that time. THREE McHENRY AREA 4-H CLUBS IN FUN FESTIVAL Five 4-H clubs will be McHenry county's representatives in the district Share-the-Fun festival at St. Charles July 6, among them three from this area. The clubs were winners in the county festival held on April 16. The Share-the-Fun festival is a national 4-H contest. Busy Bumble Bees club, Wonder Lake, will enter a dance number, "Dancing Through the Ages," in the festival. Mrs. J. W. Lundborg, Sandi Sells and Virginia Audino are leaders of the club. Junior Clover club of Huntley will participate in the festival with a musical number, "Old McDonald Had A Farm." Mrs. Henry Marlowe, the former Helen Harrison of Ringwood, is" leader. Also entering ,the festival witl^ a< musical number,- "Indians Elijah," is the Wonder Workers club, Wonder Lalke, with Mrs. Howard Wilkinson, Mrs. Earl Krukow and Lynn Wilkinson as leaders. Two clubs will1 have novelty numbers on the district program, Cloverleaf Boosters, "A Day at the Zoo," and Wonder Lake Live Wires, "Afternoon at an Ice Cream Parlor." Mrs. Robert Siogel, Union, is leader of the former club and Mrs. Earl Miller and Ann Lundborg are leaders of the latter? The event will be held" in the high school auditorium in St. Charles, beginning at 7 p.m. on July 6. Anyone is welcome to attend for an evening of entertainment by 4-H'ers from the eleven counties in northeastern Illinois. Plaindealer News Deadlines Set Ahead Holiday Week Because of the July 4 holiday falling on Monday next week, it is necessary for the Plaindealer to observe new deadlines for that week only. ' Display advertising will be accepted until the usual time, Tuesday noon, and classified advertising until Wednesday morning at" 10 o'clock. General news will be taken until 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. All correspondents' copy should/ be in the office by Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Swim Instruction Twice Each Week With beautiful weather prevailing Monday, a large group of young people reported to the McHenry beach to register for the Red Cross water safety program. Instructions on the local beach will be given Tuesday and WARREN JONES TO BE GUEST SOLOIST ON BAND PROGRAM Warren Jongs, talented tenor, will be guest soloist on the first program of the city band presented on the high school grounds next Wednesday, July 6, starting at 8 p.m. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Gretta Goodell in two selections, Thursday afternoons Wonder j "Through the Years" and "I'm Lake has two locations. One is I Falling in Love With Someone." ait the North Indian Ridge beach, I The remainder of the program vjthere there-will be instructions will be as follows: Monday and Wednesday after- j The Star Spangled Banner noons, the other at Silver Lake; Pioneer" -- Beach, with instructions the |ftme mornings. | At a meeting at chapter headquarters of the water safety lifeguards and instructors to be ployed at the nine beaches in s county, Richard Lappin, unty chairman of the program, nounced Ragni Hiscox, injructor, and Tom Moricoli, gj^ferd, for McHenry; Barbara Sitripp. instructor, and Nancy Swanson and Tom Moricoli, guards, at both Wonder Lake beaches. MARINE DAY ACTIVITY PLANS MADE BY C OF C March, "Band Caneva Waltz, "Old Timers" -- "arranged by Lake Overture, "Vogue" -- Holmes Popular Number, "Dance with me Henry" -- Rogers & Otis March, "Them ^Basses" -- Huffine Waltz, "Mexicali Rose" -- Stone & Tenney Overture, "Sunnyland" -- Olivadoti "Blue Tango" -- Anderson Popular Number, "This* Old House" -- Hamblen March, "Spirit of Minstrelsy" -- King Finale, "God Bless America" -- Berlin. Water Parade May Bet Innovation To Gala Festivities Most of Monday evening's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was devoted to discussion of Marine Day activities Sunday, Aug. 7. Maurice Clark is general chairman of the parade and any individual, organization or marching unit desiring to enter should notify him at Clark Chevrolet Sales as soon as possible. To date, eight bands have been secured by C. H. Duker, superintendent of schools, who is in charge of • that phase of the parade. rrhe line of march is expected to be similar to last year and will begin at 11:30 o'clock. Boat races, • under direction:, of John Looze, will start in the • early afternoon, and as in the Herman Steffes and A. M. I past, will continue until well "Mike" Budler announce the: past the supper hour. grand opening of the Boone j At present time, plans are Creek Laundry on Friday and j ,n the making for a water par- Saturday, July 1 and 2. The bus- i a(je, which would be an innoiness officially opened its doors j vation to Marine Day. Tentative to the public last Friday at 301 \ pians call for decorated and W. Elm street. j lighted boats to make their way Free balloons are promised the down the river at 10 o'clock the children on opening day, as well j Saturday night preceding festivas other prizes. j ities and again at intermission McHenry welcomes this new- time Sunday afternoon, est business, which specializes in j A carnival company has been quick service laundry. ( engragre(j to entertain the public _ , , , T , for four nights, from Thursday, Mrs. Rudolph Bruelheide o Aug. 4, through -Sunday, Aug. 7. McCullom Lake has returned Ri<Jes and stands will be set up home from Sherman hospital., in ^ city p£u.k an ideaJ ,oca. Elgin, where she underwent eye ^ u<m tQ attract McHenry folks and the thousands of visitors expected to be present for 1955 GRAND OPENING OF BOONE CREEK LAUNDRY ANNOUNCED surgery. Courtesy And The Highway Toll (An ^Editorial) Ano„ther holiday weekend approaches, and while the majority of folks are anticipating the pleasures of outings and travel, safety-conscious individuals are also thinking ahead to the more serious and less happy aspects of the period -- accidents. Nearly one-half of the fatalities and. injuries feared likely to occur on the nation's streets and highways will* result from excessive speed, accdrding to the Association of Casualty and Surety companies. If these estimates hold true, 385 people will be killed and 21,000 injured in Fourth of July traffic accidents. In additio*, 3,000 pedestrians will suffer personal injuries. During the three-day period, 154 motorists and passengers are expected to face death and 9,100 may suffer injuries as a result of driving too fast. An additional seventy-two are likely to be killed and 1,860 injured while driving on the wrong side of the road. Other fears are for fifty deaths and 2,000 injuries from reckless driving, forty-two deaths and 5 000 injuries from failure to yield the right-of-way, twenty-six deaths and 1,000 injuries from fatigue or falling asleep at the wheel. Drinking is expected to be a factor in one out of every four fatal traffic accidents. Courtesy and self-control would do much toward cutting down these figures Marine Day. DR. EDWARD FALLER, SUMMER RESIDENT, DIED ON TUESDAY Dr. Edward C. Faller, a summer resident of Fair Oaks subdivision, McHenry, died at Me- . morial hospital on Tuesday morning, June 28, following a period of poor health. A Chicago ' dentist, he' had moved his equipment to his McHenry home last spring and intended to open practice here next fall. Survivors include his widow, Nancy; one sister, Ma?y Catherine; and two brothers, Robert C. Faller and Sam Minnich. The body is resting at the funeral home at 3301 Fullerton avenue, where services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, under auspices of William McKinley lddge, No. 876, A.F. & A M. Interment will be in Acacia Park. Crystal Lake Garage'Bushed Extept for the side walls, nothing remains of Peterson's Automotive Service in Crystal Lake following a fire late Tuesday afternoon which destroyed not only the building but several cars and a quantity of Equipment. « The business was owned by Walter Peterson, who has the agency for the sale of Studebaker cars. There were two reports Wednesday morning concerning the origin of the fire. One was that an acetylene torch used for cutting on a new truak exploded. The other was that a spark from it landed on some fresh enamel and a flash fire resulted. Workmen had only time to emerge from the burning building and were not able to get any of the cars out. Just minutes before, a gas company truck had been taken in and was lost with the other cars. Reports were that firemen kept water pouring over new autos in the show room and that while they suffered damage from scorching, they were not destroyed. NUMEROUS ATTRACTIONS PLANNED BY VETERANS FOR FIVE-DAY EVENT; COLORFUL FIREWORKS DISPLAY MONDAY HEADS SOROPTIMISTS VEREXA JUSTEN Miss Verena Justen, daughter of Mrs. Gertrude Justen Of McHenry, was installed as president of the Chicago branch of Soroptimist International at a dinner meeting held last Thursday evening, June 23, in the Illinois room of the Palmer House. Included in the program of the dinner meeting Was the presentation of checks to representatives of the club's favorite charities, the Hadley School for the Blind in Winnetka; the Chicago Home for Girls and the Chicago Council on Community Nur$iftg> King-Queen Fait Contest Opening Entrants for the 4-fe Federation- sponsored king and queen contest for the McHenry county junior fair are due in the county extension office by 5 p.m. Monday, July 11. Each agricultural 4-H club may select a king candidate and | one of the most important org- Wlien the Legion parking lot becomes the center of interest for local youngsters -- when huge trucks filled with equipment draw them there from early in the morning until dark -- then the only answer is that the time has come for another big Fourth of July carnival. McHenry Post No. 491, American Legion, has been sponsoring holiday carnivals in July for many years and each season brings more attractions and bigger crowds. This year, festivities will begin Thursday night, June 30, and will continue through Monday, July 4. The huge parking lot has recently been graded and fill put in where needed to make the site an ideal location for such a project. Virgil Pollock is general chairman of arrangements and is being assisted in this big undertaking by Dr. John Gray. Committee chairmen include Jennie Mae Richardson, rides; Cliff Fulton, Bob Newkirk, Jerry Larkin, Tom Davis, Roy Nissen, Joe Mikota, Pat Nissen, Roy Biggs, Otto BecKer, Louis Streich, Dick Frett, Frank Gregory, E. J. Gausden, Jay Cristy, Sr., Dr. Thomas Peterson, Prank Gende, Jack Segel, Ray Page, William Brda, Charles Brda, Jim Thompson, Richard Freund, William Meath and Emil Simon, merchandise booths; William Althoff and Gene Frost, special; Jerome Miller, parking; M. L. Schoenholtz, merchandise room; Fordyce Hartford, Ed. Mars and George Mracek, refreshments; Pat Nissen, food. | Four Sides There will be a merry-gOround, ferris wheel, tilt-a-whirl and kiddie ride for the young folks, as well as an athletic show for the sports-minded individuals who visit the carntvaL Edwin Reid is in charge of finances, and policing of the grounds will be under direction of the rifle squad. The latter, RED CROSS OFFICERS At the annual Red Cross election meeting held at the McHenry city hall Tuesday evening, Gertrude Barbian was re-elected branch chairman. Also re-elected were Verona Kent as co-chairman, Susan Olsen as secretary and Robert L Weber as treasurer. Kenneth Hamsher was named first aid chairman. each home economics 4-H club may select a queen candidate, according to qualifications set down by the federation's king and queen contest committee. Qualifications and rules are being distributed to leaders and federation members this week. From the list of entrants, five queens and five kings will be selected by the county 4-H committee, who will act as judges. The ten finalists, who will serve as the queen's court during the anizations within the Legion, is headed by the new president, Harry Mueller, with Bernie Matchen as vice-president; Harry Phoenix, secretary; and Harold G. Miller, range officer. A colorful fireworks display will be seen at 9:30 o'clock Monday night. Lake Carfcival The Holy Name society of Christ the King church in Wonder Laike will have its second annual July 4th picnic and bafair, will be announced in local zaar celebration the weekend of papers the week of July 18. j the second, third and fourth, of Before the county fair, each July. 4-H member in the county will' There will be rides to attract have the opportunity to vote for > both the youngsters -and the old-~ the king and queen to be crown-1 sters. A variety of games will ed Friday night, Aug. 5. Club i be played. The (NCCW) ladies leaders will receive the ballots j of the church will have a food to distribute to their club mem-! booth at which refreshments, bers. sandwiches and plate lunches will | be served. . GERASCH INQUEST I The proceeds of this affair will As .t,h e paper i• s about .to go *t o , ^swell the school, church and con- buildi fund press this (Wednesday) evening, 1 6 an inquest is being held at the George Justen & Son funeral home into the deaths of Mary Jane and Leo Gerasch. $130,000 IN SUITS RESULT FROM CRASH WHICH KILLED THREE The chief of police of McHenry i has granted full authority to the lifeguard at the beach. , HEAD V.F.W. AND AUXILIARY I s ' I*® Two suits asking $130,000 damages as the result of an auto accident were filed last week in Lake county Circuit court at Waukegan. The amount was asked from Thomas Allen of Shalimar subdivision, McHenry, who was involved in the crash May 1 which cost three young local people their lives. One plaintiff is George S. Hartman, Sr., of Lincolnwood, who asked $100,000 for injuries suffered by his son, George S., Jr., 20. and $10,000 for medical care. The other is Gerhard Barbier, who asks $20,000 in the other suit for the death of his daughter, Louise, 20. The suits, reportedly charge that Allen was intoxicated and driving on the wrong side of the road. Leo Gerasch. 23. and his sister, Mary Jane, 21, were killed in the crash also. Photo by Frost Pictured is the newly elected commander of the Veterans of Foreign W>ars and the president of its auxiliary unit, shown with their installing officers. The commander and president of the two organizations took office this month. Left to right are Mary Hix, president of the Fifth district, installing auxiliary officer; Gertrude Barbian. re-elected president of the auxiliary; ^Roy Morrison, re-elected commander of the V.F.W.; and M. L. Schoenholtz, installing V.F.W. officer. BREAKS ARM George Hartmann, Jr.. who has been confined to Memorial hospital. Woodstock, since the auto crash in which three were killed last May 1. suffered a broken arm early this week.. While moving in walker, be fainted and fell* .