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WW r?<: • |?P\ , ' 1 *• » 4 * , ^ ^ "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LA KES REGION SINCE 1875" Volume 81 -- No. 9 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. JULY 7. 1955 10c Per Cqpit Musin' and Meanderin' • van aaaaanaaasW •Summer passes quickly at the Plaindealer office. After the long weekend, everyone took their turn in tearing off a month from the big general calendar until before we knew it the heat was gone and September was at hand. GOVERNOR OF 214th DISTRICT VISITS ROTARY Nothing can be quite so deserted looking as a carnival ground the morning after festivities, when the last truck pulls away with the company's equipment. Lady Luck was with the Legion this year and kept back the rain until the very end of Mon- ^ day evening's program. Even then it failed to deter the crowd, which welcomed even a brief respite from the heat. Riverside .Hair Styling Studio on Riverside Drive has a new look these days following a recent enlarging and remodeling program. Congratulation^ are extended to the Woodstock Daily Sentinel, which started this past week on its centennial year. It was first published in July, 1856, with George L. Webb and Thomas F. Johnson as owners and publishers. #- \ A total of 114 are now registered for water safety instruction on the McHenry beach under the Red cross program. Throughout the county, about 2,000 are enrolled in the program. Listed on the honor roll at the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn., is Charles J. Hiller of Johnsburg; who maintained a "B" average or better for the last semester. Summer theatre opened in the county on July 1, when opening night was held at the Woodstock Ope'fa house with the presentation "of- "The Moon Is Blue." Vacation- time productions have been absent from the unique old theatre for more than a decade. Those who attended the first fine play hope it is back to stay. Of the 383 students at DeKalb college to receive honor roll rating for the second semester were Duane Andreas, Patsy Goranson, Barbara Nelson and Mary Nye of McHenry. Keeping up appearances what pulls a lot of bank accounts down. MINOR FIRES City firemen had a quiet weekend and were most happy that their services were sought so seldom. On Friday, they extinguished a grass fire at the "Clay Hole" on Center street. Monday evening, while the fireworks were being displayed, on the Legion grounds, a spark fell on the roof of the William H. Althoff house in Millstream subdivision but failed to do any damage. Donald Aeverman enlisted in the Navy on June 22 and is now stationed at the Great Lakes Naval training center. I. W. Parrish, Jr. Will Address Club On Official Viisit The Rotary club of McHenry will be host to I. W. Parrish, Jr., governor of the 214th district of Rotary International at the regular meeting Thursday, July 7. He is making his annual official visit, and will address the club and confer with Dr. William A. Nye, president, John F. Torrence, secretary, and comftiittee chairmen on Rotary administration and service .activities. Mr. Parrish is a member of the Kankaikee Rotary club and lives in St. Anne, 111. He is president of the S?t. Anne Brick & Tile company, manufacturers of clay building tile and drain tile, and also of the St. Anne Farm Drainage "company, whose principal business- is the engineering and installation of farm drainage systems. Mr. Parrish was born in Nashville; Tenn., and moved to St. Anne while still in school. In addition to the above he is engaged in a large farming operation in his home community. He was elected district governor of Rotary International for NEW QUEEN CANDIDATES the 1955-56 fiscal year at Rotary's golden anniversary convention in Chicago last June. He is one of 238 district governors supervising the activities of some 8,700 Rotary clubs which have a membership of 414,000 business and professional executives in ninety-two countries and geographical regions throughout the world. Wherever Rotary clubs are located their activities are similar to those of the Rotary club of McHenry because they are based on the same general objectivesdeveloping better understanding and fellowship among business and professional men, promoting community-betterment undertakings, raising the standards of business and professions, and fostering the advancement of good will, understanding and peace among all "ihe peoples of the world. SSS&SSSsS JACQUELINE KLEIN CATHERINE WOLF MAROO LEE ZETTERBERG LOI ETTE HARTMANN Queen Entries Total Sixteen With Deadline Date Tuesday, July 5 Eight, new entries been received in the quefcjl Contest during the past week-, ^bringing the total nuirnber <rf - candidates to sixteen. They are Nancy Litke, 16, of 400 E. Elm street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Litke; Margo Lee Zetterberg of Rt. 4,. daughter of Conrad Zetterberg; Janice Franz, 16, of Wonder Lake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Franz; Diane MUnson, 17, of Rt. 1, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Munson; Mary Banks, 16, of Huemann's subdivision, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Banks; Erna Petersen, 16, of McHenry, daughter 6f Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Petersen; Peggy Stamer, 16, of Rt. 1, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Stamer; Shirley Berthoux,<• 17, of Huemann's subdivision, daughter of Mrs. Lola Mears. Candidates previously entered include Jacqueline Klein, Sandi Sells, Adele Leon, Pat Louette Hartmann, Ca Wolf, Vicki Kleinhuizen J|ary Dayis. „. Twentyvehe girls "were present at last Tuesday evening's class, of which ^thirteen were candidates. The •> class work was devoted to orientation. Cam Jepsen and Beatrice Newkirk were present to give tips on modeling and makeup. The last general class will be held Monday, July 11, at 7:30 o'clock in the high school auditorium, at which time a review of the course will be made, with an emphasis on modeling and hair styling. A special class for candidates only is planned for Wednesday, July 13. Details on judging, which takes place July 18 at the high school, will appear in next week's issue of the Plaindealer. Mrs. John Bolger and daughter, Mary Ann, accompanied by the former's sister, Mrs. Earl Highland, and daughter of Rockford left Wednesday on a trip into Canada. Two Injured Friday In Auto Accident Two were reported to have suffered injuries at 2 o'clock last Friday morning when their car overturned on Rt. 120, just west of Rt. 12. George Picardi of Chicago escaped with bruises, cuts and shock and was dismissed from St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, after treatment. Harry Smith, Jr., of Ringwood sustained broken ribs and other injuries. WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTION FIVE SPEEDERS Five persons were arrested this past week and fined for speeding in - McHenry. Tfcey include Paul Brefeld and Fred O'Halleran of McHenry, Lyle Young of Elgin, William Torgesen, Jr., of Wauconda and Ralph Carbon of Melrose Park. MINOR ACCIDENT George D. Cowan of Chicago, James Dowling of Naperville and Harry Dyiker of McHenry were involved in a minor accident which occurred early last Mon- j day afternoon on Rt. 31, just j south Of the city. I LOCAL JURY MAKES RECOMMENDATION AT GERASCH INQUEST An inquest was held Wednesday evening of last week into the deaths of Leo and Mary Jane Geraseh, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerascn. Testimony was presented at the George Justen & Son funeral home, with County Coroner Theion Ehom reading information as contained in the inquest held recently in Lake county into the death of Lcuise Barbier, who died in the same accident. The verdict of the first inquest was withheld so that the local jury could be independent in their decision. The Geraseh verdict was that "Leo and Mary Jane died of injuries received in an auto accident caused by improper driving of a car driven by Thomas Allen of McHenry which occurred in the village of Lakemoor on Rt. 120, May 1, 1955. "We, the jury, recommend that Thomas Allen and other persons responsible for his alleged condition at the time of the accident be held to the grand jury.". At the Barbier inquest, a recommendation was made that Thomas Allen be held in the custody of the Lake county sheriff on a charge of reckless homicide pending further decision of the Lake county grand jury. ORGAN SOLOS TO BE FEATURED ON JULY 13 PROGRAM Organ so^ps with band accompaniment. and an instrumental Quartet including organ, marimba, piano and drums will be included on the band program presented Wednesday evening, July 13, at 8 o'clock on the high school grounds. This is the sixth concert 6£ the summer series. The entire program will be« a^ follows: "The Star Spangled Banner" March, "The -fxjotlifter" •-- Fillmore . Waltz, "Nights of Gladness" ^ Ancliffe Overture, "Lustspiel" Keler Bela Popular Number "Tweedlee Dee" -- Scott March, "Lights Out" -- McCoy Selection, "The Firefly" -- Friml Waltz, "Tales from the Vienna Woods" -- Strauss Overture, "Americana" Buchtel Selection, "Lilt of the Latin" -- Bennett March, "Strike up the Band" -- Ward Finale, "God Bless America" --- Berlin Special Numbers "L'Amoui Toujours L'Amour" -- Friml Organ and Band --. Joan Weber at the Organ "Marie" -- arranged by Yoder Organ and Band -- Jean Weber at the organ "Flapperette" "Lady of Spain" -- Instrumental Quartet JUNIOR PRESENTATIONS "Portrait In Black" will be presented July 9 and 10 as the second play in the McHenry County Junior Theatre Guild's third season at Chicory Hill barn near, Woodstock. Rehearsals are also in progress for the musical, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," a full length operetta in which McHenry young people will be featured. This will be presented the last of July. Water safety instruction demonstrated above on the McHenry beach, is only one of the many services the public supports when joining the McHenry Red Cross in March. This year, the local community did not meet its quota, so it has been necessary for other branches in the county to assist in furnishing the services! of an instructor and lifeguard. If any summer visitors were not contacted during the fund drive, the Red Cross would be most grateful if they would send a check. It costs $4.50 for each child or adult to learn to swim. Are you helping as much as you can? LIQUOR SALE TO MINORS PROVES A MAJOR PROBLEM (An Editorial) A long holiday weekend ended Monday night with another shameful record of traffic fatalities. Although statistics had not been broken down early Tuesday, it can be safely assumed that the twenty-five percent in which drinking was predicted as a factor was at least approximated. - This was a nation-wide prediction and it should be a matter of satisfaction that the McHenry area failed to contribute to the toll. However, there are two unpleasant reminders in our own community that we are not immune to such tragedy and disgrace. Within recent days, two damage suits amounting to $130,000 were filed in which intoxication was blamed for an accident which took the lives of three McHenry youth. Under the Dram Shop act, another $180,000 was asked from two places in McHenry and Lake county-where liquor was alleged to have been purchased by the driver, a minor. The total amount involved was $310,000 -- a sizable sum but of little meaning to those who have lost in life. Less serious in itself but suggesting a possible repeat performance of tragedy was an incident within our own city limits involving four 'teen-agers arrested by local authorities for illegal possession of liquor in their car. Upon questioning, it was learned that the purchase had been made across the Wisconsin state line. 'Teen-agers may not prove to be more Indifferent than adults to the danger of the combination of drinking and driving. However, because of their age arid inexperience it is the public's duty to protect- them by our "laws. Only an aroused citizenry demanding that the sale of liquor to minors be forbidden can accomplish the aims which are so generally" desired. Home Bureau Annual Meeting McHenry county Home Bureau will celebrate its thirty-seventh year Tuesday, July 12, at its annual meeting to be held at Westwood school, Woodstock, beginning at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Miss Florence Kimmelshue, University of Illinois 4-H specialist, will highlight the program With her talk, illustrated with colored slides, on "India As I Saw It." Miss Kimmelshue recently returned to the state home economics extension staff after two years in India as head of the home economics department at Alahabad Institute. She has been in McHenry county many times in her capacity of 4-H specialist, and is looking forward to renewing acquaintances with her many friends here. County President Mrs. Leah Schuler of Harvard will preside at the annual gathering. The program will include the business session, election and installation of officers, group singing, and short reports of past and future Home Bureau work, in addition to the talk on India. following the program, members * and guests in attendance are invited to a tea to be served in the school's cafeteria room. Arrangements for the tea are under the direction of Mrs. Lois Steffan, Hebron, and other members of the county Home Bureau executive board. MARK DECADE OF SERVICE TO CEREBRAL PALSY VICTIMS WITH OPENING OF 1 CAMP AT RIVERDALE SUBDIVISION j RITES SATURDAY FOR VICTIM OF ELECTROCUTION Walter Kurbyun, 44, Killed On Contact With Electric Wire One of the community's most tragic accidents in recent yearsi was the electrocution of Walter Kurbyun, 44,' of Lilynrflpor, Wednesday evening, June 29. He was electrocuted when he came in contact with a crane bucket As the boom of the machine struck a high tension wire. The accident occurred about 8:45 p.m. at the family home east of McHenry as his son-inlaw, Robert Miller, was helping him fill in a hole following the installation of a septic tank. He had a shovel connected to. the boom. Kurbyun was guiding the bucket from the ground as Miller operated the crane. When the boom of the machine accidentally came in contact with the wire, Miller realized the danger and shouted not to touch the bucket, but at almost the same instant his father-inlaw made contact with it. A doctor was called to the scene but all efforts to revive him failed. The deceased had been a resident of this community for a number of years and was employed as a butcher at Central- Certified Food market. He was CHILD KILLED AND THREE INJURED IN WEEKEND ACCIDENTS A child died and' three others were injured in traffic accidents in McHenry county over the holiday weekend.. Dead is Bonnie Gondek, 2- year-old daughter of the Edmund Gondeks of Woodstock, who died Tuesday morning of injuries received at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon -in an auto crash which took place a mile south of Alden. The child was riding with her father when another auto, driven by Nick Ramon, 15, of Alden, was reported to have failed to stop at the highway, striking the Gondok machine. A freak accident at the Fox River Grove picnic grounds Monday afternoon caused an accident which necessitated the amputation of the leg of Mrs. Jeanette Marquardt, 36, of Chicago. A car belonging to Antone Orlowski of Chicago was parked on a hill when his 4-year-old daughter released the brake. The machine raced down the incline and just missed one group enjoying an outing. It plunged through an open barbecue stand and into a picnic table, which crushed Mrs. Marquardt's leg against a tree. Miss Dorothy E. Priegnitz, 35, of Crystal Lake was injured Saturday morning when she lost control of her car on Rt. 14, near the Ridgefield 'blacktop road. The machine struck a fence. George Kruckenberg, 18, of Harvard, suffered a broken leg in an accident early Sunday a half mile south of Chemung. He reported that a car parked on the side of a gravel road suddenly pulled out ahead of him, raising dust so that he lost control of his own- auto. ^ Red Cross Legally With McHenry branch officers of the Red Cross elected last week and with water instruction having started for the summer season, it is interesting to review the Work of this organization in our own community during the past year. During the twelve-month period, service was extended by the Red Cross to forty-two aetive servicemen, thirty-five veterans and fourteen civilians, bringing the total served to ninety-one. For the entire county. 853 individual cases were handled and most of these had several different services. Sixty-three were granted water .safety certificates at the close of the 1954 Reason in McHenry, while for the county as a whole, 1,110 were issued at nine beaches and the Woodstock pool. First aid certificates were issued to sixty-three (including the Johnsburg rescue squad) and for the county the total certificates issued totalled 305. Junior Red Cross was active in McHenry schools, with gift boxes shipped overseas te school children in foreign countries. DOUBLE TROUBLE Trouble came double this week for two members of the Fred Wirtz family. Dick, 16, has been confined to Memorial hospital as a medical patient and his brother, Michael, 13, suffered a broken bone in his hand while playing baseball. A decade of camp service ttt1 victims of cerebral palsy is this record chalked up this season by the Chicago club for Crippled: Children, how opening its tenth season at Riverdale subdivision, north of Johnsburg. • This year a record number jtf eighty youngsters, all victims of the dread disease, will benefit from the many advantages of camp life offered in our own. community. To accomplish this, it was necessary to enlarge the dormitory and to employ several more skilled persons to meet the many needs of these handicapped children. Beginning her tenth season as camp director is Mrs. Mary Sharkey Longo, who with a staff of seventeen will provide services for forty youngsters now at camp and a like number through August. Only those who have visited the camp can appreciate the tremendous amount of ..work, patience and understanding which go into the operation of such a program; only those who know Mrs. Longo's remarkable personality realize why the undertaking has been so successful. V Large Staff She is assisted in the operation of the camp by a physical therapist, registered nurse, speech correctionist, physical education instructor, school teacher, junior counselors, house" keeper, night attendant and cooks. The camp, maintained entir ^ by the Chicago Club fo* :ripple£ Children, has M ^i^'anny Mandelstam as chai»_> / of the board of directors^ ind Mrs. Miriam Lerner as ponp chair* man. Last year a new memorial building was dedicated which provides additional recreation space for the children. AH of those who attend camp are referrals from hospitals, 'clinics and physicians in the Chicago area. Special equipment of every type helps them to help themselves and to feel the satis-', faction of independence. That satisfaction is reflect! in the pride felt by every who is in any way responsible^ for the progress made by theseeighty unfortunate youngsters. DR. FRANK SEK OPENING MEDICAL PRACTICE IN CITKV McHenry welcomes a new professional man in the person of Dr. Frank >W. Sek of Chicago,' who will open his office for the general practice of medicine^ on Monday, July 11, at 210 S. Green street. Dr. Sek, a native of CKicago, spent two years in the Army, one of them ,as a member of the military police overseas. In 1953 he graduated from the University of Illinois Medical school. His internship was taiken at Milwaukee county hospital, followed by one year at West Suburban hospital, Oak Park. Dr. Sek and his wife reside on Regner Road, Pistakee Bay. RESCUED FROM WELL Kenneth Stoerp, 3, of Crystal Lake, narrowly escaped death when he fell into an 80-ft. well near their farm home last- Thursday evening. ,A fireman, Cal Lockwood, was lowered a rope into the well and recovejf ed the unconscious child. Announce Various Classifications Of Floats For Marine Day Judging ± WALTER KURBYUN a native of Chicago, where he was born Dec. 14, 1910. Capable and industrious, his pleasant manner had won for him many friends who join with his family in mourning his untimely passing. Survivors include his widow, Julia; three daughters, Mrs. Audrey Miller, Mrs. Lois Worts and Mrs. June Diedrich; all of McHenry: four grandchildren; three brothers, Arthur of Lilymoor, Albert of Elmhurst and Fred of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Clare Jordan of Stuart, Fla., and Mrs. Louise Sigg of Defiance, Ohio. The body was tajken to the George Justen & Son funeral home, where last rites were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday, with Rev. J. Elliott Corbett officiating. Burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. Maurice Clark, chairman, and | C. H. Duker, co-chairman, of 1955 Marine Day are busy planning for what they hope will be the finest parade ever held in conjunction with the water carnival. This will be the eighth annual event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Clark announces that judging will take place in eleven classifications as follows: l - Beautiful floats, class A, made professionally; class B, made by amateurs; 2 - commercial floats; 3 - originality; 4 - comical; 5 - decorated cars; 6 - decorated trucks; 7 - high school bands; 8 - musical organizations; 9 - marching units, class A, adults; class B, youth organizations; 10 - twirling units; 11, children's entries, class A, 8 years or under; class B, over 8 years old. Parade Judging This year, judging of the entries will be done as the floats are assembled before the parade begins, at 11 o'clock. The paradf will begin its line of march a half hour later after assembly has been completed at the ban park behind the Admiral building on Front street. Several large out-of-town organizations have already signified their intention of participating in the line of march, including Dean Milk company. Northwest Shriners, the Debbie Williams riding horses and a group of twenty antique cars. Judges are «now being selected by the committee in charge and prize awards are being deter* jmined. Anyone desiring to enter should contact Mr. Clark M soon as possible. Among bands known to take part are Richmond High school, St. Charles Training School for Boys, McHenry high school. V. F. W. drum and bugle corps and a Great Lakes unit.