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"-*tfe'f ••i"' .•vS;.~*;-4:Li "" i v • ' •, •: ^ .«•, - :••'••• .• • * .!:tii?,?fe. "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875 Volume 83 -- No. 2S -- 3 Sections HcHENBY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1957 18 Pages -- 10c Per Copy Former ~ WW »W «F ^ wy^ mi >- , , • X, - ; The leaves have lost that brilliant color --'more and more they are carpeting the ground. --and to top everything, the white frost which appears with too much regularity of late reminds us that the holiday 'season isn't far away. We were looking at some of last year's issues of the Plaindealer the other day and were interested to note some of' the projects, then in the planning stage, which have become a reality. One of the most important, it seems, was the announcement in November\of a year ago that Mc- Henry would definitely have electric stop and go signs on Elm street. Although they have been installed for a number of weeks now, we still remember to bo -grateful each time we approach ^bne of them and realize how well regulated ^ traffic has become at these points. As we see advertisements for . holiday shopping ideas creep more and more into big city newspapers, we are reminded that the multitude of duties which accompany each Christmas season had better take precedence SOOT over less important tasks if we are Ato arrive in any state of preparedness come Dec. 24. One of the most important projects of general interest which we hope will receive attention early this .year Is the annual holiday decorating eontest. If memory serves us correctly, a few public spirited folks, members of the Chamber of Commerce, were doing a great deal of work last year in H the early days of December on the contest. The latenem of the date proved a strain on those who were already taxed with holiday rushing and gave home owners very little time to make plans. McHenry has been one of the best lighted cities in northern Illinois since the contests were Inaugurated several years ago. We hope it will continue to be ^through an early announcement that the competition will be held as usual. Friends are very proud that a local high school senior, Telia Nardi, has been selected as piano accompanist for the 550-voice Mc- --^Henry county-vocal festival Which will be held in Marengo on Nov. 18 The honor is well deserved since ^Telia was a state final winner last spring, the first time a. local pianist has been so highly rated. McHenry will have 123 young singers taking part in the event, sharing with Harvard the greatest number of students alloted the eight schools. It was a gala evening at the new Junior high quilding last Saturday night, where an estimated VI,500 grade students and their parents gathered to enjoy the annual fall carnival. It is the one evening of the year planned by the Community P.T.A. for family fun '-- and those who attended say that every minute of the program was devoted to the persuance of that very thing -- fun. The smaller ones, admittedtly, and the older ones, with some re- (rfjwerve, enjoyed the antics of the clown, and all participated in the assortment of games which were set up around the sides of the large gym. A cake walk occupied the center of attention. Large printed signs In keeping .with the carnival atmos- ^ phere and colored balloons provided decoration for the big hall, which was an ideal setting for- one of the community's most 4 entertaining programs of the year. It was, the type of get-together that folks enjoy too little these days and one that leaves ggiiemories for many weeks to come. • K.A.F. ATTEND DADS' DAY Saturday, Nov. 2, will be Dad's "Day at the University of Illinois, j^the thirty-eighth annual observ- •Pance of an event which originated on the campus in 1920. There are three McHenry county chairmen who will meet with others in session Friday afternoon, among them Ralph Bennett of McHenry, NO--IT'S NOT A BABY SPUTNIK Worwick Studio Photo There has been great excitement this week since it was learned that some aerial object had crasned into the yard on the Ray Koerber farm, located three miles south of McHenry on Rt. 31. There was much speculation as to what it was until a call by the Plaindealer to Del Mar National Laboratories in Los Angeles,-, Calif., brought forth the information that It was a target which probably fell from a plane flying over this area. Pictured above are Ray Koerber, Chief of Police Joseph Grobel and Dr. E. L. Brunswick of Crystal Lake, examining the remains of what the more imaginative folks hoped might turn out to be a relation of Sputnik. FIRST SERVICE IN NEW EPISCOPAL CHURCH OCT. 27 Services were .held for the first time last Sunday, Oct. 27, in the new St. Paul's Episcopal church on South Green street, about a mile south of Elm street: The building is not nearly complete as yet, but sufficiently so that it can be used while in process of completion, and so that the congregation may have the comfort of a heated building for their services. ' The Holy Eucharist is celebrated every Sunday at the church at 11 a m. by the Rev. Vincent Fish, vicar inehargeThechurch school convenes at the same hour, with Mr. Rollin B. Norris of Seabury Western seminary, director, and a staff of teachers conducting classes for children of all age groups. GRAND OPENING Thennes Oil company has announced grand opening in the new location at 704 Front street Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2. W.S.C.S. Holiday Bazaar Nov. The annual Harvest Holiday bazarr of the W.S.C.S. of the Community Methodist church will be held Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the church hall. A cafeteria style luncheon will be served from noon to 1 p.m. and a roast beef dinner from 5:30 to 7 o'clock. In the bazaar section, there will be. aprons, towels and Christmas items bn sale, as well as. bakery and candy booths. A new addition to the bazaar Will be a plant booth. YOUTHS HONORED ACHIEVEMENT DAY McHenry President To Open Program Ai Harvard Nov. 2 DEACON AT MASS * Rev. Fr. Edward C. Coakley, pastor of St. Patrick's church, McHenry, was one of two deacons of honor for the Solemn Pontifical Requiem High Mass offered Wednesday for Rev. Fr. Francis P. Mc- Nally, who was killed in last Saturday's plane crash. The other was Fr. McNally's cousin, Rev. Fr. Thomas Durkin.s PUBLIC INVITED TO FIRST 'HARVEST OF HOLIDAY HAPPINESS" ON TUESDAY, NOV. 5. SPONSORED BY GARDEN CLUB The. McHenry Garden club, with Mrs. George Krickl as chairman and Mrs. George Johnson as cochairman, and all of their committees, which include every member of this small organization, have been planning and working to make this first holiday event an artistic success. Everything will be in readiness for the club and individual entrants and for visitors to the show. The Legion home is the place, and the date is Tuesday, Nov. 5, the time 1:30 to 9 p.m. The 9 o'clock closing will allow those who are busy elsewhere during the daylight hours to visit the show in the evening. There will be a modest charge for adults and another for children. Entries will close at 10:30 a.m. in order to allow the judges sufficient time before opening to the public. Small Group The Garden club, although only a small group of twenty-two, accomplishes many things, both artistic and of community value. Just as many other clubs will have entries in this show, so does the local club participate in others when invited to do so. The group supports many community projects; they render ser^ ices and tangible help to a number of charitable organizations; at Christmas time they help to brighten the lives of old folks at Hartland and wrap gifts for the patients of a local nursing home. They participate in the Fruit and Flower guild activities and once a year sponsor and assume the expense of sending two boys to the state conservation camp. The landscaping around the public library is also the work of the club members. Present Officers The organization was formed in 1952. The first, president was Mrs. June Gonseth and the immediate past president is Mrs. George Stilling. Present officers include Mrs. Henry Smith, president, Mrs. Fred Lieberson, vicepresident; Mrs. Robert Thompson, treasurer; Mrs. Carroll Dietle, re- (Continued On Page 8) McHenry county's 4-H club members will be given special honors and recognition on Nov. 2, which is the date for the annual county 4-H Achievement Day program. Assistant Farm Adviser Earl Baylor says that a special program has been planned to give recognition to the County's outstanding 4-H boys and girls. It will start at 8 p.m. in the Harvard high school and everyone is invited to be present. Advisers will review project j work during the evening's program and report on other activiti-. ties of the 4-H clubs during the year. They will give special recognition to county outstanding and project honor members. The program, which was planned by the Federation officers, is as follows: Call to order, Karen Schmelzer, of McHenry, president: welcome, Dave Henning, vice president; roll call of clubs and secretary report, Ann Marlowe; treasurer report, Wayne Berghorn; pledges, Karen Seegers; recognition, Mrs. Jean Pless, assistant home adviser, Earl Baylor, assistant farm adviser. Gene Brown, farm adviser; recreation. Beth Rolls; refreshment, Dorothy Olbrich; Ann Marlowe, Karen Schmelzer and Dave Henning. Parents will also get public recognition for the things they have done to help their children do better work in their 4-H activities and projects. Local volunteer club leaders will also come in for their share of the honors. Baylor says that McHenry county has sixteen agricultural 4-H clubs, with 450 members, and thirty- six home economics 4-H clubs with 500 members. All will be represented in the program. McHenry county's Achievement Day program is part of the annual recognition given to the fine work and accomplishments of 4-H'ers that will'wind up on National 4-H Achievement Day Saturday, Nov. 2. Then the entire nation will pay its respects to the more than two million 4-H boys and girls and their 'iclub leaders. The Robert Brugger family of Kenosha, Wis., were Sunday' visitors in the Fred Biengpfl home. Juniors Present Annual Fall Play A cast of sixteen juniors are busy with last rehearsals in preparation for the annual, class play which will be presented next week Thursday evening, Nov. 7, in the high school auditorium. Miss Frances Zender is directing her fifth play at the local school and is being assisted by student directors, Lois'May and Harry Byrne. Tickets for the comedy, "Meet Me In St. Louis", can be purchased at the door or from the cast and student directors. The curtain time is 8:15. The cast includes Al Cajthaml as Mr. Smith; Mary Ann Swenski, Mrs. Smith; Jill Gustavson, Rose; Lynn Wilkinson, Esther; Penny Nye, Agnes; Sharon Curulewski, Tot tie; Terry Brady, Lon; Howard Segarmark, Grandpa .Prophater; Kay Mclnerney, Katie; Mary Etheridge, Mrs. Waughop; Anita Beckenbaugh, Ida Boothby; Matt Eichinger, John Shephard; Tom Claybaugh, Fred Gregory; Carol Roberts, Lucille Pentard; Mark Vycital, Mr. Dodge; Bernie Klapperich, Mr. Duffey. "Meet Me In St. Louis" is a three-act comedy in which four attractive sisters decide to run the family affairs, including the romances of their only brother. The announcement of the family's moving to New York throws the children into a state of general confusion which results in an uproarious comedy which is described as "fresh as a breeze and sparkling as sunshine". BACK YARD ROCKETS BECOME REALITY IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY If you are one of those people who think the age of flying objects In relation to^ourselves is. far in the' future, yoii* had' better thihk again. Whatever Ray Koerber thought before, he certainly puts a great deal more credence today in the possibility of being in the line of fire than ever before. And Mr. Koerber should know, for he found one buried about fifteen inches in the soil on his farm three miles south of McHenry, on Rt. 31. He was working about a quarter of a mile from his home Saturday morning when he came upon a rocket-shaped object which had nosed into the earth as it crashed. It was bright red in color, of cardboard-like construction and banded with white, carrying only the name Del Mar National Laboratories, International Airport, Los Angeles, Calif. The "rocket" contained inside a white styrofoam ball, about a foot and a half in diameter, which had cardboard radar reflectors. It was only when friends became curious over the discovery of Mr. Koerber that word of it spread and reached the Plaindealer office. A call to the Del Mar Laboratories on Tuesday afternoon brought us in touch with a gentleman who explained that the object was a target used for practice by the Air Force. He was of the opinion that it may have fallen from a plane flying from a nearby training base. He explained that the material used was light enough so that in making contact with the plane, the aircraft was not damaged. Nevertheless, those of us who have seen the target, now in view on the Koerber farm, shudder at the thought of having been in its path as it travelled to earth. LEAVES FOR FRANCE COUNTY RECORDS ITS FORTY-SIXTH TRAFFIC DEATH Howard Corneils, 41, of Elburn became the forty-sixth traffic fatality in the county, five more than the total for 1956, when he died, in St. Joseph's hospital, Belvidere, on the morning of Oct. 23. Death was attributed to a fractured skull. Corneils was travelling alone in his car, driving north on Rt. 23 in Riley township, south of Marengo, when he lost control of it and crashed. The vehicle struck a state caution sign, breaking off one post of the two-post sign. Lt. and Mrs. Donald Freund and daughter, Cindy, spent Saturday in the home of the former's mother, Mrs. Anton P. Freund. LT. HERMAN E. LACY, JR. Lt. Herman E. Laoy, Jr., son of Col. and Mrs. H. E. Lacy, recently stationed at Camp F. E. Warren, Wyoming, will be leaving for France on Thanksgiving Day. Before entering the service, Herman was graduated from Bradley college, where he studied to be an industrial engineer. HOLD OPEN HOUSE AT PINK LADY SHOPPE TUESDAY Open house will be held at the Pink Lady Shoppe in McHenry on Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 1 to 4 p.m., at which time refreshments will be served.* Those who haven't yet visited the shoppe to see the many hand-made articles on sale are extended a special invitation to do so at this time. There will be pre-Christmas items and home-made goodies on sale. Everyone*is asked to attend, bring their friends and enjoy* coffee with- the ladies. irL-Xhe shoppe: ,. : l McHENRY YOUTHS TELL HIGHLIGHTS OF FFA CONVENTION John Perry, president of the McHenry'Future Farmers of America chapter, and Russell Carr attended the national F.F.A. convention in Kansas City, Mo., this month. The president was selected as one local delegate and the other member was the senior with the highest ranking. The main purpose of the trip was for the boys to learn more about the program operations of other F.F.A. chapters. Reports were given locally to fellow-agriculture students upon their return. REV. DONALD SCHULER, ASSISTANT PASTOR AT ST; MARY'S, DIED ENROUTE FROM NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL GAME LAKE TRUSTEES REVERSE RULING IN SCHOOL CASE Following a hearing held in Lake county Monday evening of this week, a request by petitioners in the Island Lake, Holiday Hills and Griswold Lake area was acted upon favorably, allowing the territory to be detached from Wauconda's high school district 118 and annexed to McHenry high school district 156. The decision was made by the Lake county board of school trustees. The area in question has been in the news for the past nine years, during which Jime students living therein have attended the local high school some of the time, and later the Wauconda school. Parents presented the latest petition, granted Monday night, so that their children, who have been attending the McHenry grade school, could continue their education in the same school system. The McHenry county board of school trustees granted detachment from Wauconda, and local annexation some time ago, after which the Wauconda school board appealed the case. Judge O'Sullivan overruled the decision on a technicality to^he effect that the county board did not keep sufficient written evidence to warrant their decision in the case. The ruling by Judge O'Sullivan meant that students in the area involved had to transfer to the Wauconda district at the start of the present school year. A hearing on the transcript of the Lake county board will now be sent to the McHenry county trustees and if their approval is given, the case will be settled. Floyd Kendall Died Unexpectedly In West Word was received in McHenry Friday of the unexpected death of Floyd Kendall, 63, who died Thursday evening, Oct. 24, about 8 p.m. at his home at 21429 Villena avenue. Woodland Hills, Calif. He lived in Huemann's subdivision, McHenry, for ten years before moving to California last year, during which time he was employed at the Auto Lite in Woodstock. He is survived by his wife, Rose, and a daughter, Margaret. OCTOBER SERENADE Photo by Kolin The gay caballero on the right is young Roger Levesque, who i6 serenading his pretty sister, Chryssie, in a very picturesque and appropriate setting for waning October. The children, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Levesque of McCullom Lake, seem to b<? getting into the spirit of Hallowe'en, which will be observed in rural and urban areas alike this week Thursday, Oct. 31. The hundreds of McHenry area friends of Rev. Fr. Donald L. Schuler, 29, former assistant pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church in McHenry, were stunned with the news of his death in a plane crash early Saturday evening, Oct. 26. Fr. Schuler, another priest of the Rockford diocese and two other men were killed when their plane crashed near Lowell, Lake county, Ind., while returning from the Notre Dame-Pittsburgh football game in South Bend. Others who died in the accident were Rev. Fr. Francis P. McNally, 51, pastor of St. Patrick's parish in Rockford; George Arvidson, 36, president of Mid-State Wood Products Co., Rockford; and Walter W. Stone, 40 assistant diesel sales manager of Woodward Governor company and pilot of the Illini Airlines Bonanza four passenger, single motor plane which crashed in a blinding snow storm. Flying Low Indiana authorities said they believe Stone was flying on instruments because of the heavy snow and that faulty functioning of the altimeter might have misled him into travelling too low. The plane was heard flying low over Lowell several times. Attempts to get a plane up from the Lake Village;, Ind., airport to guide the single-' engine plane into the airport was impossible because of sleet. The four men left Rockford late Saturday morning and started the return trip about 6 pjn. Stone ran into the local snow storm shortly afterward and apparently tried to make an emergency landing. Ha nosed down into a 80-acre field of standing com just east of the IllinqtE^gtate line, about eighty* five miw|tWest pf South Bend.. The farm owner heard the roar of the enMjtHt and looked out just in time ;'$0 see the plane crash. However; because of the muddy conditio^ of the land, it took almost an hour and a half to locate the wreckage. Born In Aurora Fr. Schuler was born in Aurora Sept. 20, 1928, a son of State Rep. Leon M. Schulejr and Gladys Schuler. He attended St. Mary's seminary in Baltimore, Md., and was ordained May 1, 1954, at St. Nicholas church, Aurora, by Bishop Raymond Hillinger. The popular local priest was baptized, received his First Communion, was confirmed, ordained and buried from the same church. He came to McHenry on May 22, 1954. serving as assistant pastor at St. Mary's until assuming duties as secretary to Bishop Lane on Jan. 13 of this year. During his almost three years in McHenry, he had acquired many friends, not only in his own congregation but of other faiths also, all sharing the same admiration and respect for his sincerity, his zeal for work and a personality which instinctively drew others to him. He is survive^ by his parents; two sisters, Marilyn Orso and Leah of Aurora; and a brother, Dean, also of Aurora. Bishop Lane sang the 11 o'clock MAss in St. Nicholas church Tuesday morning, followed by interment in Aurora. OBSERVE GUEST DAY AT WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING Atf the next Woman's club meeting Nov. 8 at the Legion home, guest day will be observed and members are urged to bring friends. Other clubs in the county will be asked to attend this meeting too, the time for which is 1 o'clock, a new hour established in October. Members are asked to bring useful items for patients at Elgin State hospital. A group of McHenry women visit the hospital regularly to entertain and bring a few treats to the old people living there. These visits highlight the day for many who call the institution home. About 75 percent of these are not of the mentally disturbed type but just unfortunate folks who seem to fit in nowhere else. The mentally ill are f Continued 8) Garden Club To nsor Holiday Show