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Volume 83 -- No. 28 -- 2 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS* THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 1957 16 Pages -- 10c Pit Cepy Anyone who had failed up to Nov. 1 to get into the holiday spirit must have been instilled with it last week if they visited the first Christmas show of he McHenry Garden club. In viewing the array of holiday ideas on display, one couldn't help but be amazed at the great amount of work accomplished by . ;$-yery few ladies. The festive looking mail boxes which greeted the visitor as he entered made one long for old fashioned holidays where gay boxes were a prominent part of , the Christmas picture. One of the most beautiful sections of all was devoted to rooms decorated in keeping with the season. It was hard to tell whether Slebration £4 the modern, old shioned or" contemporary style would have been most fun, for all seemfed to extend a cheery welcome by their colorful appearance. It would be impossible to adequately describe them, so warm was the feeling of hospitality as one looked at a tiny kitten playing with a bright ball of yarn in one room, and in another an old fashioned stand on which were alaced tho family Bible and ^ ^rftndma's glasses. 'The gift wrappings reminded those of us who are less' artistic that a few lessons in the art of making packages look beautiful might be most appropriate about this time of year. « It would be difficult to say which of the twenty-two members of the local Garden club were most responsible for the show's success. Certainly most of them must have oevoted many hours to have such a large undertaking so successfully carried out. For our own nart, we know the value of public, .y and are most grateful to Marie Schaettgen for SPONSOR TB TESTING PROGRAM *•' A W Keeping us informed on the show's highlights in advance of the event and the winners almost as soon as the judges had placed their ratings on the various items, v, And the holiday show is not the first--or mill It be the last public function for which Marie provides this service, She has been one of the important "behind the scenes" people for morfi . events than we can remember, .still finding time to make her . own show entry and contribute Ideas and hard work to the project at hand. A Our meanderings have taken As by the old "clay hole" on Center street recently and we find that within a short time there will be no water left. The old timers will remember well'that the "clay hole" was a rather small and muddy, but deep, body of water where youngsters would sneak for a swim. We remember parents who were not otherwise severe with thlr childrn . |gtho made the violation of this One' rule ample reason for a good paddling. After many years, we also remember the day a young bey in the neighborhood disregarded the warning and lost bis life in the pond. It Wes one cf those lessons learned the hard way but made the job of keeping other youngsters away a little easigr for a time. Now the "clay hole" is becoming one of those many memories of another era in McHenry. Worwick Studio photo First graders are shown lined up in the office of Mrs. Pauline Pries, registered nurse, at Edgebrook school to receive their tuberculin test. The project is sponsored by the McHenry County Tuberculosis association and is financed 1 by the Christmas Seal Sale which opens Nov. 15. Those found to have a positive reaction will also receive chest x-rays provided by the association. , Pictured, in the rear, are COTf" Buckner, assistant superintendent of schools; Mrs. Eleanor Foley, Edgebrook principal; Mrs. Claribel Naylor, county tuberculosis nurse; Mrs. Beata Goettsche, R.N., and Mrs. Pauline Pries. In the first row are Gail Yungnickel, receiving her TB test from Dr. Peter Greisbach, and Michael Krickl, getting his test from Dr. George Alvary. 25.000 Xmtxs Seals Are Distributed Tuberculosis Christmas seals will begin arriving at 25,000 McHenry county horiies and businesses this week.9 "The annual mailing of 75,000 sheets of Christmas seals ~is~thelargest in the history of the McHenry County Tuberculosis association," said Mrs. Claribel Naylor, county tuberculosis nurse. The annual Christmas Seal sale is the association's only fund raising project. The Tuberculosis association's year 'round program includes tuberculin skin testing in the schools, mobile unit x-rays, clinic x-rays and tests, all of which are methods used in finding the unknown cases of tuberculosis that could adversely effect the health of the 58,200 residents of McHenry County. BE HELD NOV. 16 AT J0HNSBUR6 Presbyterian Church To Hold First Sunday Rite The Plaindealer is without its sports editor this week. S.I.H. is spending a few days in Wisconsin and for a time we thought what a delightful experience it might be to take over his column. S.I.H. had different ideas though. .^Ve're sure he was reading our thoughts when he suggested sending a few items from up there thus putting an end to any well chosen (?) thoughts we might have wanted to exnress. A little grudgingly he nodded agreement when Marie Yegge offered help on the remainder of the sports page -- probably only because she was a fellow , Irishman. (( Anyway, we are sort of at- 1 tached to this humorous sportsminded, fellow and hope he is back soon to visit as occasionally, and. in his own words, "put us straight on a tew things." K.A.F. CRIME STOPPERS MEET A meeting of the Crime Stoppers will be held Friday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. at the city hall. Movies I on boating and fishing will be "Shown to the young people by Bill Goettsche. CATTLE SHOW WINNER A heifer named NPC Miss U6248 owned by Northern Pump Co. farms of McHenry, was named winner of the summer yearling class in the Blue Grass Register of Merit Hereford Show last week. for the McHenry area will hold its first Sunday morning service on Dec. 1 at 11 o'clock. The church is holding rites at present in the west barn in Eastwood Manor, on Rt. 120 and Johnsburg road. Officiating at the Sunday rite will be Dr. Cummins. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fenske Chicago were Sunday visitors the Arthur Fenske home. of Wide Variety Of Entertainment Planned By P.TJL is ELECT OFFICERS OF CLEAN STREAMS COMMITTEE TUESDAY K of C Jubilee Plans Completed According to Arthur Nelson, grand knight of the McHenry council, No. 1288, Knights of Co-, lumbus, plans for the golden jubilee are almost complete. The committee for the fiftieth anniversaiy is under the general chairmanship of Arnold May, deputy grand knight of Richmond. Father Daleiden of St. Peter's Parish. Spring Grove, has completed all the church arrangements and selected the clergy to officiate at the mass. Edward Frett, McHenry, is in charge of program and history of the council and has completed the anniversary booklet. Another phase of the planning was extremely successful through the hard work of William Nuber of McHenry and his hard working committee. Dinner tickets are being sold under the chairmanship of Clarence Anglese of McHenry. All special arrangements concerning the church, flowers and other activities have been completed by Arthur Nelson. According to Mr. Nelson, almost 300 people are expected for the dinner Nov. 24 at the McHenry Country club. Dinner will be served at 2 o'clock after celebration of the 11 o'clock a.m. Pontifical High Mass by His Excellency^ Bishop Loras T. Lane, at St". Mary's church, McHenry. Local clergy, state officers of Knights of Columbus and many guests will be present for the golden anniversary. $125,000 GOES TO 1,000 MEMBERS OF XMAS SAVINGS CLUB A very important meeting of the McHenry County Clean Streams Committee will be held at the McHenry V.F.W. at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening,. Nov, 19. Its purpose will be tx»- .4M cuss future prdft&cts and to elect officers. Chairmen are asked to bring An .evening of family fun with them the four additional uprltaunmn edth abty otrhtren nJioThantisnbnu rhgn MP.«T .A. mmeemnjbpeerrss wwnhoo wwiuliT aaccti "oonn "tmheeiirr when that organization holds its committees Fun Fair on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Johnsburg public school. The entertainment offered promises to be of interest not only to the children but also their parents. In addition to the special events, there will be free, continuous movies shown. Games for all age groups, with prizes, will be another feature. An added attraction will be the appearance of portrait painters, Mrs. Jane Weiss and Mrs. Loretta Wilhelm, who will do persona] sketches for those interested. Other booths will display many The new Presbyterian church ^interesting items for sale, especial- A number of prominent county and state officials have promised to be present, among them State's Attorney Don Wicks, Senator Robert McClory, Rep. A. B. Mc- Connell and State Sanitary Engineer Leland. ly for the Christmas season. One will include the popular high heel dolls with wardrobes and others will be bakery and white elephont booths. Due to popular dfemand, there will again be a boot and skate exchange. Refreshments will include ham and beef sandwiches, cake, doughnuts, coffee and pop. The entire family is asked to come early for supper and remain for the entire evening of carnival fuh. WILLIAM PICTOR NAMED TO BOARD OF FAIR GROUP McHENRY WILL SEND 12S TO COUNTY MUSIC FESTIVAL M MARENGO NOV. 18; 500 M AREA SCHEDULED TO TAKE PART The Marengo high school gymnasium will be the scene of the vocal portion of the annual McHenry county music festival on Monday evening, Nov. 18, at 8 o.m., when more than 500 young singers present a concert expected to attract a capacity crowd of 750 people. The select chorus of ninety voices will be directed by t. Arthur Hill of Elgin and the massed group of more than 500 by Sten G. Halfvarson of Aurora. In connection with i the festival, there will be one strictly educational phase in the form of two clinics which will be held Monday afternoon. Mr. Hill will conduct the girls' clinic, and Mr. Halfvarson the clinic for all boys taking part in the festival. McHenry will send 128 singers to participate, among them eighteen taking part in the select choir of ninety voices. Select members from the local school include Judy Wielock, Jeanne Marion,. Lois May, Patsy McCracken, Charlotte Houda, Carol Swanson, Judy Kolar, Mary Jane Bell, Janice Mikbta, Mary Lynn Murphy, Dave Fantus, James Jones, Dan Baldino, Terry Brady, Don Kice, Bill Wilier, Bruce Novak and Larry Pierce. Mr. Hill is well-known as an outstanding figure in musical circles, having acted as an adjudicator at district and state contests in Illinois and Wisconsin for the past fifteen years. His past experience includes teaching music at Naperville. Shorewood (Milwaukee) and Elgin. For the past ten years, he has served as director of music education in the 'Elgin public schools. Mr. Hill has taught at summer music camp at the University of Wisconsin, as instructor of bovs' chorus at the University pf Illinois summer camp, and as director of music at Conference Point, Lake Geneva, Wis. At present he is vice-president of the Illinois Music Educators Association' and state choral representative of the Illinois High School association, among other recognized honors. Williafn Pictor has been elected to the board of the McHenry County Fair association, succeeding Clinton Martin of McHenry. He was among five new directors named to office in the county. At this early date, the 1958 fair was set for July 31, Aug. 1, 2 and 3. The new board will meet Monday evening, Nov. 25, to elect officers and members at large. In the meantime, it is hoped that the books of the last fair can be closed %nd the financial report made known. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Roeder entertained their son from Washington, D. C. over the weekend. The McHenry State Bank this week mailed Christmas club checks totalling more than $125.- ;000, the accumulated savings of 1,000 club members. This years' club reached a new high in both [membership and money saved. Surveys have shown that about one-third of the amount saved will be used for Christmas shopping. Another third will be converted to permanent savings. A portion jA'iU be used to pay off bills, part Vflr Become a down, payment on an automobile or a household item. The balance will be used for numerous other individual needs. The Christmas club, which originated nationally in 1910, now exceeds over a billion dollars annually. The club has made a tremendous contribution to the nations economy through the years. In keeping with the trend for earlier Christmas shopping, the 1958 club, now open, will end and all members >vill receive their checks durine the first week of November, 1958. Marion Carder Will Introduce GOP Speaker Marion Carder, president of the McHenry Township Republican Woman's club, will introduce Mrs. Mary Brooks, wife of the late Senator C. Weyland Brooks, who is national committeewoman for the state of Illinois, at their public meeting Nov. 19 at the Legion home, McHenry, at 8 p.m. Celebrities of the county will be on hand to greet her. Refreshments will be served and everyone is invited to attend. Mrs. William Morgan and children of Elkhorn, Wis., spent Thursday and Friday with her parents, the Joseph J. Millers. --v (Continued On Page 8) EDITORIAL As the readers of this newspaper are aware, considerable controversy has arisen in McHenry and the surrounding area concerning the financial drive which is now underway for the McHenry Hospital. Throughout the campaign the Plaindealer has printed news releases relative to the drive and has willingly published dozens of letters in its Public Pulse column, some of which were in support of the drive while others took issue with the drive. " This has been the policy of the Plaindealer and it will continue throughout the balance of the drive. To the best of our ability every effort will be made to cooperate with citizens who wish to express their opinion on either side of the issue. We do ask that those writing to the Public Pulse present factual information and limit their expressions to reasonable space. - This newspaper throughout its history of operation m McHenry has always maintanied a deep interest in the affairs of its community and the surrounding territory. The publishers of the Plaindealer believe that since a marked controversy has arisen over the hospital issue, it was their duty to present information relative to various phases of the campaign and thereby permit contributors to arrive at their own conclusions. We do not believe that it was our duty1 to take issue and we have not taken issue with either side. We are confident that the citizens surrounding area will find the proper troversy. of McHenry and the solution to this con- THE PUBLISHERS STATEMENTS IN PULSE LETTER CLARIFIED The Plaindealer feels that certain statements in an article which appeared in the Public Pulse of the Nov. 7 issue need clarification. The Public Pulse articles said the McHenry clinic is owned and operated 1 by Sam Leibsohn, Lee and Gertrude Gladstone. Henry B. Tortyan, who is chairman of the board of directors of the McHenry Hospital, Sam Leibsohn. Gertrude Gladstone, and Dr. George Alvary of the Medical Group, commenting on the ownership of the McHenry Medical Group, said "The Medical Group is composed of doctors only, is not a clinic, and Sam Leibsohn and Gertrude.Gladstone have no interest whatever in the management. ownership or operation of the McHenry Medical Group." According to information which the Plaindealer has obtained, the L & G Building Corp., was formed with Lee Gladstone, Gertrude Gladstone and Sam Leibsohn as incorporators. Its certificate of incorporation is recorded in Book 499, Page 380, Document 303947, Feb. 9,1956, in the recorder's office of McHenry County, and contains in part the following articles: Article One The name of the corporation is: L & G Building Corporation. Article Two The address of its initial registered office in the state of Illinois is: 308 South Green street in the city of McHenry, County of McHenry and the name of its initial registered agent at said address is: Dr. Lee Gladstone. Article Three The duration oLJhe corporation is: Perpetual. V- ^ggiele Four The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are: To Iniy* deal jn., sell and hold title to real estate and real property; to manage and operate the same; to buy improved and unimproved real estate; to construct buildings of all types and descriptions; to execute deeds of conveyance and to generally, possess all powers incident to the purchase, sale and management of real property and improving same; but not including the practice of law. The MeHenry Medical. jGroup leases from the L & G Corp. a portion of the existing building to house X-ray find laboratory equipment and office space. The McHenry Hospital, a nonprofit corporation chartered under the laws of Illinois, leases the hospital portion of the building and operates a 22-bed hospital in that space. The Public Pulse article said the hospital corporation is made up of Dr. Lee Gladstone, Dr. George Alvary, Don Johnson, John Neuharth and Henry B. Tonyan. It also said these same individuals are members of the board,of directors. Actually, the above named individuals were the incorporators of the McHenry Hospital and also served as members of its first board of directors. The McHenry Hospital is a separate organization from the L & G Corp. and the Medical Group. Tonyan states that, "The McHenry Hospital is a not-forprofit corporation and no person has any financial interest in its operation. Its board members receive no remuneration for their services as board members." Following are the purposes of the McHenry Hospital, as stated in its corporation charter filed under the laws of Illinois: "A. To establish and maintain a hospital for the care of persons suffering from any illnesses or disabilities of a medical or surgical nature which require hospital care. "B. To carry on any educational •' activities related to rendering care to the sick and injured or the promotion of health, which, in the opinion of the board of directors, may be justified by the facilities, personnel, funds or olhej; requirements that are or can t>e made available. "C. To promote and carry on scientific research related to the to the (sic) care of the sick and injured in so far. in the opinion of the board of directors, such research can be carried on, in or in connection with the hospital. "D. To participate so far as circumstances may warrant in any activity designed and carried on to promote the general health of the community. "E. This association is organized exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes as a non-profit corporation and its activities shall be conducted (or the aforesaid purposes in such a manner so that no part of its net earnings will inure to the benefit of- any member, director, officer or individual. It shall not be its purpose to engage in carrying (Continued on Page 8) MJURIES SUSTAINED IN AUTO CRASH AT PAUTW PROVE FATAL TO WELL KNOWNXcDENRY WOMAN REV. SAMUEL STOESZ ACCEPTS CALL TO McHENRY CHURCH v. The McHenry Bible chiirch has extended a call to Rev. Samuel J. Stoesz of Chicago to become pastpr. He succeeds Mr. Donald Liberty of McCullom Lake, who began the work which became organized in August of 1953. The Rev. Mr. Stoesz and his wife are originally from Minnesota. They have two daughters, R h 6 d a Jeanine, 9, and Gloria Joyce, 2. Mr. Stoesz graduated from the St. Paul Bible Institute, St. Paul, Minn.; Wheaton College, Wheaton, 111.; and Northern Baptist Seminary of Chicago, and holds B.S. and B.D. degrees. He has served two pastorates over a period of seven years, one at Lyle, Minn., and another at Aberdeen, South Dakota. At present the family is making its residence at the Northern Baptist Seminary campus at 3032 W. Wash. blvd.. Chicago, where Mr. Stoesz is doing post-graduate studies in the field of Old Testament. The McHenry Bible church is temporarily conducting its services in the basement of the Masonic hall, located on-N. Court street. Sunday services include Sunday school at 9:45 ajn., worship, 11 a.m.. and gospel service, 7 p.m. Wednesday meetings are held in the homes at 8 p.m. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS OCCUR FOLLOWING FIRST SNOW FALL The snow and freezing rain of last week resulted in numerous accidents throughout the county. Riehard Rad, 20, of McHenry was driver of a car involved in an accident in which three youths were injured Thursday evening. He is reported to have lost control of the auto, which struck a utility pole and broke it off. Treated at McHenry hospital were Rad. Clifford Goeretz of Cary and Ronald Mueller of Silver Lake. Two cars, driven by Gertrude Pesz of McHenry and David Erno of Crystal Lake, collided on Rt. 176. east of Crystal Lake, about S:30 o'clock last Friday night. Only property damage was reported. James Carroll of Lakeland Park was driving west on Rt. 14 last Thursday evening when his vehicle is reported to have skidded 'nto the eastbound traffic, striking a car driven by Edward Mazurek of Crystal Lake. Both men were treated at McHenry hospital. 9 Elbert Baldotchi, 17, of McHenry was reported driving east on Highway 176, near Rt. 12, Sunday night when his car was struck by a machine driven by Joseph Steinsdorfer. of Wauconda, which oulled onto the highway from a orivate driveway. Steinsdorfer was arrested by state police on a charge of driving while under the influence of liquor. No one was injured in the accident. TENTH ANNUAL FOOTBALL BANQUET SCHEDULED DEC. 5 The Kiwanis Club of McHenry Township and the McHenry Kiwanis club are cooperating in presenting the tenth annual football banquet on D*»c. 5 at the Community high school in McHenry. The aim of the Kiwanis clubs is fo honor the football team and lo encourage athletics as part of *he activities of the* school. One !s chosen by his teammates as tfie outstanding player of the season, not only because of his abilty on the football team, but because he possesses other qualities considered essential in any field of endeavor, especially in the field of human relations. The guest speaker this year will be Stu Holcombe, director of athletics of Northwestern University. Tickets for the banquet are available at the high school or at White's Men's shop. The Kiwanis clubs ar£ grateful for the wonderful support the community received in the past and hopes for the same support this year. Attend the Fun Fair at Johnsburg Another tragedy of the highway took the life of a well known McHenry woman, Mrs. -Elizabeth Ochs, 68. of Pistakee road, who died in Sherman hospital Elgin, early Friday, Nov. 8, of injuries received the previous Sunday in an auto "accident. Mrs. Ochs formerly assisted her family in the operation of their bakery on Green street for several years. The accident in which she suffered fatal injuries occurred at Highway 14 and 53 at Palatine. Mrs. Ochs was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Joseph, who escaped with cuts, bruises and shock. He is recovering nicely at this time. The second car involved in the crash was driven by Earl H. Blankenship, 38, a member of the 86th A. A. Missile Detachment stationed at Arlington Heights. He and two companions, Earl R. Stiles and James Lewis, also members of the same detachment, were injured and were taken to Great Lakes Naval Training station hospital. An inquest into Mrs. Ochs' death was opened by Coroner L» Victor Peterson, who then continued investigation pending the recovery of Blankenship and his two companions. The deceased was born Nov. 29, 1889, in Hungary and had lived in the McHenry area for seventeen years. She was preceded in death by her first husband. Surviving ar® the widower, Joseph; three sons; John Koenig of Chicago. Steven Koenig Of Fox Lake and Joseph Koenig of Round Lake, operator of the McHenry Bakery; and a daughter, Helen Adams. The body rested at the George Justen & Son funeral home until Monday at 9' o'clock, when last rites were conducted from St. Mary's church, with burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Ochs* son and daughter-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ochs, and Mrs. T. R Lindholm flew in last week Wednesday from Florida to be with the family. ROTARY CLUB HOST TODAY TO DISTRICT GOVERNOR MORGAN The Rotary Club of McHenry today will be host to Ralph Morgan. governor of District 644 of Rotary International, who is making his annual official visit to each of the forty Rotary clubs in northern Illinois. He will address the local Club and confer with president Ernest Useman, secretary Albert S. Blake and committee chairmen on Rotary administration and service activities. Mr. Morgan is owner of Morgan's Bookstore in Joliet and is a member and past president of the Rotary club of Joliet. He is a member of the American Booksellers association, a committee chairman of the Joliet Association of Commerce and a past director of the retail division of that organization. A member of 4 the Will County Board of Supervisors, he is on several committees of that legislative body. He was elected as a district governor of Rotary International for the 1957-1958 fiscal year at Rotary's fortyeighth annual convention in Lucerne, Switzerland, last May. He is one of the district governors supervising the activities of more than 9.600 Rotary clubs which have a membership of 450,000 business and professional executives in 106 countries throughout the free world. Wherever Rotary Clubs are located. President Useman asserted in discussing the governor's visit, activities are similar to those of the Rotary club of McHenry be- (Continued On Page 8)