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"^fm v^w •' ' "'; * *- :-t ? » - •' • "*•",<'v-li'-.-;t.'~~j.. + * - . •:*•>.?„. • . • • ' - • • • •» ' ' -- • T 1 4 * > * H : ^rVT?' •*&# t 'f.| %4-^M' *1 f-. . • .•7-'»#V-?.S- PLAINDEALER wSERVING THE CffAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" iits ' ' SBlSSt I" ife' Volume 81 -- No. 18 M McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1955 10c Per Cop? I Musin' ; ! 1 • and S • Meanderih' | '••••a........ 1 •What a long" way we've come! Old Plaindealer. files tell us that ^ twenty-five years ago, M.C.H.S. welcomed 200 students, a record up to that time and a 100 per cent increase over the eight-year period prior to 1930. Today, administrators have been planning for many weeks to provide suitable accommodations for more than 600 students in the local high school. It would be interesting to note the great increase, too, in the elementary -schools, where growth has ibeen so. very great the past five years. ^ Fifty-five marriage licenses were issued within McHenry county during August, the high figure having received its last contribution with the issue of a license to Robert H. Krickl of McHenry and Joyce L. Krumwiede of Ringwood on Aug. 31. June topped the summer months with sixty-nine. Ip Juty, only forty-three were issued. Another Labor Day weekend has passed into memory but unlike the holidays of a few years back, McHenry no longer talks of "folding up the sidewalks" for the winter. The growing number of permanent residents kept the city bustling through the week and there is no indication that .there will be any lack of activity in the months ahead. Supt. of Schools C. H. Duker greeted the largest faculty list ever recorded at a meeting of teachers of the- high, junior high and Edgebrook schools Tuesday morning. He selected four of the more important phases of teaching aims on which to talk. Sixteen new teachers met other instructors and are looking forward to becoming a definite part of the community. Mrs. George Pj, Steijqn received congratulations of family and friends last Sunday on the occasion of her eighty-eighth birthday anniversary. Dinner was served at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hilary Rodenkirch, Sr.. and son, George Steilen. Grandchildren and greatgrandchildren -- fifteen in all -- were present to spend the day and present this charming octogenarian with gifts and cards. Discussion has taken place this past week on the possibility of establishing a theatre-in-theround in the county. Should the plan not develop, it is believed that a winter program will be considered as carried out in the past. Self confidence is a good trait, but be sui;e you are in a position to back it up. FEW ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN THIS AREA DURING WEEK More than 400 persons died in traffic deaths throughout the nation over the Labor Pay holiday weekend. McHenry county was fortunate in reporting few accidents but as a result of one of them Lyle B. Wendt, 34, of Crystal 'Lake, died in Memorial hospital Wednesday. .The accident occurred early Sunday morning when his car failed to make a curve on Rt. 176, near the Griswold Lake blacktop, and he was thrown from the auto. He suffered' internal and back injuries. William* Dust, 16, of Pistakee Bay, suffered only minor injuries one afternoon last week when he lost control of his car and it hit a pole on Pistakee Bay road. He reportedly was driven off the road by another car. Elmer W. Kinsala, 23, of Batavia, suffered cuts, bruises and shock when his car went out of control and hit a pole on Rt. 31, near Batavia, early last Thursday morning. The car was entirely demolished. . Elmer is the son of the late Elmer Kjnsala of McHenry. Richard N, Brun of McHenry reported to sheriff's deputies that his car was forced into a ditch by another auto on Rt. 120, near the Greenwood blacktop road, one evening the last of the week. He was driving northeast and the other car was travelling in the opposite direction;- CONSAGO 'RITES Mrs. Frances Consago, 55, of Chicago, died Aug. 31 following ^ a short illness. She wis the mo- * ther of Louis Consago of McHenry. Last rites were conducted Saturday from St. Angela's church. NEW BUDGET PLAN FOLLOWED BY CITY COUNCIL Thorough Study Of Financial Sei-Up Made By Alderman Following a very well received report from Alderman Donald Johnson, chairman of finances, the City Council will follow a new budget plan for the current fiscal year. While McHenry, like all cities, has had' an annual appropriation ordinance to follow, it has been felt for some time that a more practical approach should be made to the manner of guiding various committees in expenditures in their departments. In a thorough study of the financial structure, Alderman Johnson made up charts covering a five-year period before boiling down the figures to anticipate present day needs. Going back to May 1, figures will be brought up to date and charts in addition to the regular bookkeeping system will be prepared. Hie annual tax levy ordinance was passed with only minor changes, such as needed in bond and interest items. The levy exceeds $33,000. It was agreed by the Council to make a check on all gasoline and fuel oil storage tanks in the city and enforce loial regulations requiring dikes. The Council went on record some time ago that, in the absence of state regulations,. the city would make such requirements. AI concerted effort will" be made by the city to clean up vacant lots and require mowing of weeds. A list of property owners is being compiled and notices setting forth a time limit will be given. As previously reported, the state legislature has given municipalities the right to cut weeds and bill the property owner. Refusal to pay is covered by giving the municipality the right to file a lien against the property.' While these measures seem drastic/it is expected that better, results may be attained. News About Our Servicemen MISS ELIZABETH OLESON RICHARD HARTHUN MRS DOROTHY SCHARF Pvt. Charles L. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Johnson of 511 N. Park street, and Pvt. William Newman, son of Mrs. Margaret Newman of Chapel Hill subdivision, graduated frofn the artillery track vehicle maintenance course at Fort Sill, Okla., recently. The purpose of this ten week specialist course is to train qualified motor mechanics in the performance of organizational maintenance on tracked vehicles as used in artillery unitti. Pfc. Roger J. Stilling writes from Korea, where he is with a tank battalion about thirty-five miles north of Seoul. In Pusan since last November, he spent a recent weekend in Seoul with Walter Miller. Donald Aevenman is enjoying a leave from Navy duties at Great Lakes. On Sept. 16 he will import for further service at Newport, R.I. Ronald Hieber, fireman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Heiber of Route 2, McHenry, alboard the USS Gregory was scheduled to return to San Diego Sept. 4 with Destroyer Squadron 17, which completed a sixmonth tour of duty in the Far East. While overseas, the destroyers visited Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan, Honolulu, Hong Kong, and Banglkok, Thialand, between operations with the 7th Fleet. Second Lieut. Jack Justen has been stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, with the Army for the past two weeks. He is at present attending guided missile school. Pvt. Harvey L. Schaefer, son of Joe M. Schaefer, Jr., is taking his basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. HEART ATTACK VICTIM Rex M. Wright, assistant supervisor of Algonquin township, died unexpectedly of a heart attack while visiting in the home of friends, the Stanley Kubas, in Fox River Grove late Sunday afternoon. Wright had been a member of the county board for the past five years and had served on several important committees. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayes of Chicago visited his mother, Mrs. Etfith Hayes, Sunday. SCHOOLS WELCOME NEW TEACHERS MRS. BEfTY CAMPBELL JACK (PHEANIS MRS. ESTA (STELZRIEDE YOUTH TELLS OF ASSAULT SUNDAY AT LAKE COTTAGE An unusual assault in which only ten dollars was obtained was reported to have occurred on the west side of McCullom Lake last Saturday night. According to dhepiff's deputies who have been investigating, Bernhardt Marren, 21, of Chicago, told of being tied up as he was visiting^ in a cottage owned by Sebastian Suriano of Chicago. A neighbor, Ted Breyer, told authorities he heard a noise between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning and on going to the cottage found Marren tied to a chair which had been upset. Marren said someone entered the home, struck him on the head and then tied him to the chair. A ten dollar bill was taken. The young man told of coming from Chicago Saturday night and spending some time in the resort region of southern Wisconsin before returning to the cottage, where the assault took place. VIOLINIST DIES Carl Hendrickson, director of music at Todd school in Woodstock for many years, died Sept. 4 in Memorial hospital. His death ended a long career which started when he was recognized as a child prodigy on the violin. Joseph A. Millers Wed Sixty Years Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Miller of Chicago, who have been summer residents of Pistakee Lake for the past fifty-one years, celebrated their sixtieth weddings anniversary Sunday, Sept. 4, at the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Fanning and Mrs. Carl G. Kustner and their children were hosts at an open house party in celebration of the occasion. The family was especially delighted that a grandson, Lt. Charles Kustner, and his wife were present, having returned a few days ago from an Austrian tour of duty. ;J On Monday, the anniversary date, the 8 o'clock mass at St. Patrick's Catholic church, McHenry, was sung for the bride and. groom of sixty years ago. DIES OF BURNS Frank Zimmick, 60, a porter, died Saturday, Sept. 3, in Sherman hospital, Elgin, of burns suffered a week previous in a fire which destroyed the Fiesta hotel, tavern and restaurant on Rt. 14, southeast of Crystal Lake. Zimmick had escaped from the burning building but returned to his room to get his wallet and became trapped. Miss Villa Smith of Cleveland, Ohio, visited in the Robert Thompson home last week. Continue Relief Drive For Victims Of Flood; Plan Benefit Ball Game The local Red Cross is continuing its efforts to assist the national organization in contributing money to aid in the relief of flood victims in northeastern states. The biggest benefit now being planned is • a ball game between McHenry's Speedettes, local girls' team, and either the Bloomer Girls or the WAVES. It will be played at the V.F.W. diamond Saturday evening, Sept. 10, at 7:30 o'clock. Those who would like to make direct contributions may do so by sending checks to Red Cross. McHenry. Also, there will be containers in most local stores by this weekend. To thousands in the floodstricken northeast, Hurricane Diane is still front page news. The waters have receded, the soup kitchens are disappearing and the temporory public shelters are being abandoned. Now comes the depressing, seemingly endless struggle to restore lives and families and communities to normal. In this work the Red Cross plays a unique and indispensable parte Registration of families for Red Cross aid has risen from 8.000 to nearly 14,000 families over the weekend. Latest surveys of the stricken afrea also show hundreds of additional homes destroyed *or damaged. Every ,effort should be made to generously over-subscribe the chapter goal. C. M. FRIESENECKER, RETIRED DRUGGIST, DIES AT AGE OF 76 Old friends of Charles M. Friesenecker, 76, were sorry to learn of his death, which occurred last Thursday, Sept. 1, in Presbyterian hospital, Chicago. A retired pharmacist, he resided at 3409 S. Western blvd. Mr. Friesenecker had been a summer resident of Emerald Park subdivision, McHenry, since 1923 and had many friends in this area. During his early residence here, he was instrumental in obtaining gas, electricity and mail service in Emerald Park. Through the years, he remained interested in the progress of the community- The deceased operated a drug store at 2100 W. 35th street from 1900 to 1940. He was a past president of the Illinois Pharmaceutical association, Chicago Retail Druggists association, Chicago Drug club and Chicago Veteran Druggists association. Surviving are his widow, Alida; two sons, Earl M. and Glenn E. Services were held Saturday at 2 o'clock from the chapel at 3301 Fullerton avenue. ' Tt CHORAL CLUB TO OPEN FALL SEASON MONDAY. SEPT. 12 The McHenry choral club will Open its ninth consecutive season <jth Monday evening, Sept. 12, in whe high school music room at 8 o'clock. v^ast fallls membership was at "all-time high with -Sixty-five members, a figure which* dropped only slightly by spring. With rehearsals due to start immediately on the annual holiday program, it is hoped that all interested persons be present the first night. Membership is open to anyone who likes to sing who is over high school age. In past seasons the club has attracted singers from all. of the surrounding communities as weJl as nearby cities. A few of the members sing professionally, others merely enjoy it as a hobby. Arthur Muellsr, president of the club, has announced the date of the holiday program for Sunday, Dec. 4. Deadline date for membership will be Oct. 3. CANDIDATES FOR ASC COMMITTEE POSITIONS TOLD ( Mr. and Mrs. Guy Duker and sons, John and Paul, of Champaign spent the holiday weekend in the homo ofr his i>ue:ils. Bert Bridges, chairman of the McHenry County Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization committee, announced this week that ballots listing candidates for community ASC committeemen positions will be mailed to all eligible voters by Sept. 9. Ballots returned to the polling place at 110 V2 East Jackson street, Woodstock, must 'be mailed in time to be postmarked not later than Sept. 16. Ballots returned to the county office in person must be returned by the same date. Ballots received after Sept. 16 will not be counted. "If any farmer who believes he is eligible to •=> vote did not receive a ballot through the mail, he may obtain one by calling at, or writing, the county office and establishing %iis eligibility to vote in the elections," Mr. Bridges stated. The candidate receiving the pighest number of votes will be declared elected chairman of the community committee and delegate to the county convention which will assemble Sept. 27 to elect the county ASC committee. The second high will be vicechairman and alternate delegate, the third high will be the third member of the community committee and the next two in succession will be first and second alternate community committeemen respectively. "This is your opportunity to participate in choosing^ the men who will administer the price support, crop allotment and quota and agricultural conservation programs during the coming year," Mr. Bridges advised McHenry county farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rauen returned last week from a tenday trip to Hawaii. They made the trip there by ship and returned liv pi:;ue. NINE GRADUATES CONTINUE SCHOOL ON SCHOLARSHIPS A record number of McHenry high school graduates of 1955 are making plans to continue their education in viarious colleges and universities next month. Of the large number, at least nine are known to toe studying on scholarships. Because of her exceptional musical ability and as winner of the annual Arion music award last spring, Virginia Audino of Wonder Lake will enroll at Carthage college on a music scholarship. Barbara Cable, it will be remembered, ranked highest on the county examination awarded by the University of Illinois and on the evening of graduation also was awarded the Student Council scholarship given as a memorial to Louise Barbier. Two girls in the class ranked high on college entrance exams and thus have been awarded scholarships. They are Barbara Eggert, who will attend Beloit college, and Jackie Moss, who is enrolled at Grinnell college. Four others have received scholarships given by the state to encourage teadfting careers. They include Penny Fike, Lorette Lubke, Terry Ifceid and Betty Wright. In addition, Terry won the $7-5 Friends of Louise Barbier memorial scholarship given on commencement night last June. Peggy Whiting will attend St. Therese School of Nursing in Waukegan, selected from the county hy the auxiliary of Memorial Hospital for McHenry County for the honor. County Education Meeting Sept. 1,2 The McHenry county meeting of the IllinoiB Pre-White House Conference on Education will be held at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening, Sept. 12, in the library of the Woodstock high school. This meeting is a part of the national effort which is known as the White House Conference on Education, .requested liy President Eisenhower a n d authorized through action of the Congress of the United States. The conference is a concentrated study effort being made to help in securing answers to pressing school,problems. Meetings are being fietd at all levels, in each local school district, in each county, in each state and in Washington, D.C2 The McHenry county meeting Ogives an opportunity to all school districts, in the county to bring questions and ideas. The following six problems will be discussed: 1 - What should our schools accomplish ? 2 - In what ways can we organize our school systems more efficiently and economically ? 3 - What are our school building needs ? 4 - How can we get enough good teachers and keep them ? 5 - How can we finance our schools, build and operate them ? 6 - How can we obtain a continuing public interest In education? In view of the continuing increase in population in the United States, these problems are of great importance to every community. Suggestions from this meeting will be forwarded to the state meeting and seventy-three representatives from Illinois will attend the national White House Conference on Education to be held in Washington. Paul Bertram of Crystal Lake is general chairman of the county meeting. Representatives selected through local community meetings will be present. The public is invited and urged to attend. EIGHT NEW TEACHERS JOIN McHENRY HIGH SCHOOL'S URGES! FACULTY; STUDENT ENROLLMENT SETS RECORD' FR. J. J. McGOWAN IS PRESENTED WITH CITIZENSHIP MEDAL A large group of parishioners of St. - Patrick's church and friends gathered in the church hall last Tuesday evening to honor Rev. Fr. John J. McGowan at a farewell party. He leaves this week for service as a chaplain in the Air Force. Highlight of the evening was the presentation by Commander Roy Morrison of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of a citizenship medal. The award recognized the popular priest for his outstanding service to youth of the community in sports and other activities. He was also presented with a lifetime membership in the local V.F.W. post. Jean and Joan Weber played piano selections and Earl "Marty" Conway sang several Irish numbers to conclude the program. JOHNSBURG SCHOOL HAS 108 ENROLLMENT Northern State Gaming Device Crack-Down On A crack-down on operators of gaming devices in northern Illinois who don't possess federal tax stamps was announced last week by the government. According to U-S. Atty. Robert Tieken, about twenty witnesses were subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury, which is investigating reports of wilful attempts by operators of slot and pinball machines to evade payment of $250 tax for each machine. The government said its investigation will cover about sixteen northern Illinois counties. The maximum for attempted evasion is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine or both. • FIRE (CALL McHenry firemen were called to the curve on the blacktop road near Mineral Springs subdivision about 3:30 last Sunday morning, where a car burst into flames after failing to make the corner and rolling over. An occupant of the car wns reported onlv slightly iniinoil. Principal Shutt Outlined Policies At Friday Meeting With a record enrollment of over 100, the Johnsburg elementary school began the 1955-1956 school year Tuesday, Sept. 6, ac cording to Philip L. Shutt, principal. In addition to Mr. Shutt, who will also teach grades 6, 7 and 8, the following persons have been assigned to the other grades: Mrs. Helen Hammond, 3A, 4 and 5; Franklin H. Kennedy, 1, 2 and 3B; Mrs. Harriet KqehteBf,kindergarten.--...^. .. All of the staff have had extensive teaching experience in the elementary schools of Illinois. Both Mrs. Hammond and- Mr. Kennedy have taught in tihicago and suburban area, and Mrs. Koehler in area near McHenry county. Mrs. Hammond has been a reading co-ordinator in California and Mr. Kennedy has been a rural school administrator and teacher. He has also had experience in personnel guidance. Mrs. Koehler has been a kindergarten, primary and pre-school instructor. Outlines (Policies On last Friday night, a party was held at the Johnsburg school for parents and teachers. Refreshments were capably served by the PXA. organization. At that time the textbooks in use were examined by the parents, and they heard Mr. Shutt outline some of the policies of the school for the year. "The Johnsburg system offers a challenge to both parents and teachers," Mr. Shutt commented in his opening remarks. "We have a fine school building, a new group of teachers, many new textbooks and handicraft materials. Because of the growing population within the school district, we can expect another large enrollment during 1956-57, increasing in all probability to full capacity by 1960. "Looking forward then to such an enrollment, it will mean an enlarged teaching staff so that no teacher, as this year, will be burdened with a large number of pupils. We shall ask all parents to bear with the teaching staff, consequently, as it meets the problems of crowded room conditions," said Mr. Shutt. [Reading Program Emphasis will be placed in particular on a sound reading program so that basic ..reading skills will be taught, it was explained. "The so-called 'progressive methods' of education have been generally carried to an extreme and the future points out a return to more conservative ideas," Mr. Shutt concluded. The enrollment as of last weekend is a follows: Kindergarten. 18; first, second and third grades, 37; fourth, fifth and sixth grades, 33; seventh and eighth grades, 20. This totals 108. Additions were expected as school opened. -^r SOOUT CAMPAIGN George Kleinhans, general chairman of the Boy Scout finance drive, announces a successful campaign as the result of the Thursday house to house canvass and the booths in the business sections on Saturday. Complete returns will be announced when all outlying1 districts have repn. lOtl ill. A record number of students reported for classes at the local high school on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and they were greeted by the largest faculty ever employed. Among the twenty-nine teachers are eight new members, a number which comprised the. entire teaching staff a quarter of a century agoT~" " Latest of those employed is Miss Margaret Dorman, now a citizen of the United States but originally from what is now Yugoslavia, formerly Austria- Hungary. She has made her home in Michigan, where she attended the University of Michigan. Miss Dorman has been employed in the university library, in the Huntington libr&ry and art gallery in California and in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Although she will act only as librarian in the local school, she is very interested in art and has taught it previously. Mrs. Dorothy C. Scharf comes to McHenr • from Lake Geneva, Wis., and will share homemaking classes with Miss Carrier Clark, who has been on the local faculty roster for several years. Mrs. Scharf attended Stout Institute from 1939 to 1943 and the women's college of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she majored in home economics. She has taught in the Racine county agricultural high school, the Lake Geneva high school and at junior high in Dania, Fla. Iowa Teachers Miss Frances Zender comes to McHenry from her home city of Cresco, Iowa, where she was salu^ atorian of her high school senior class. She received her BA degree in 1951 from Clarke college and during the summers attended Colorado State Teachers college and the University of Colorado. Miss Zender has had teaching experience y; in ' J&ceviHe, Iowa,. Strawberry jpoint, Iowa, and. in" Ironvvood, Mich. Sii6 has specialized in dramatics. ^ • In McHenry, she will teach English and speech and win direct class plays. v ' Miss Elizabeth Oleson conies to McHenry from Dows, Iowa, and will teach English and. assist in the library. She graduated from Ellsworth Junior cojlege in 1951 and from Grinnell college in 1953. She also attended the University of Iowa and the University of Colorado. Miss Oleson has taught in Tama, Iowa, and Ironwood, Mich. New (Coach Jack W. Pheanis hails from DeKalb. He attended Mt. Carmel high school in Chicago and Bloom high school. He graduated from the University of Illinois in,-1950 . and attended Northern Illinois - State college. He has had teaching experience in Warren, 111., and at \ DeKalb college acted as coach ai)d graduate assistant. In addition to his^ duties as football coach, he f will teach health and biology. Mrs. Betty Campbell comes to McHenry from Wisconsin, having graduated from the state university at Madison and later had teaching experience there. Mrs. Campbell will teach English and social science. Miss Dor°thy Drakeford will teach physical education in McHenry high School this fall as a replacement for Miss Maurie Taylor. She has had a year's teaching experience in Harvard high school. Miss Drakeford comes from Cumberland county and is a graduate of the University Of Illinois. Richard Harthun of Ocdnomowoc. Wis., is a graduate of tho University of Wisconsin and taught for the last two yean ill the Wauconda high school. On the local teaching staff, ho will instruct in commerce. Mrs. Esta Sfrelzriede, whose picture appears in this issue, is a teacher at the Edgebrook school. Members of the Future Teachers club, with Jane Blake as chairman, acted as guides for freshmen during their first afternoon of school Tuesday and^also for other students during the first full day session Wednesday. They helped a record number of 625 students to become ao» quainted with their new schedule and locate room numbers. In addition to the high school enrollment, other totals are as follows: Junior high school, 293; Edgebrook. 547: kindergarten^ 181; Lakemoor, 60.. Mrs. Agnes Nieman and daughter. Mary Kay. spent Monday 111 * '( nt' if.' y wit J- !"•