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"Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875** Volume 83 -- No. 29-- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1957 20 Pages -- 10c Per Copy One of the most worthwhile of holiday projects is that conducted by members'of the Aiiieriean Legion land its auxiliary in their "Gifts to the Yanks" program. Only those who regularly visit (terans' hospitals can realize at not only recent wars are still continuing, in their own particular way, for many men ,-and women, but even many who fought in 1918 can't forget the tragedy of almost forty years ago. Every cent collected goes to the veterans at Christmas time. Certainly it is a very small contribution, for those of us fortunate * Enough to spend the holidays with our families,'to contribute a few cqihs to make the season a little brighter for others. With tiie temperature dipping since Monday night, plus blustery winds, the sudden appearance of snow fences in many fields was probably not necessary to assure us that winter has arrived. J Like most folks, we find the 'arrival of winter brings a business and social program which is hard to follow and it becomes necessary to pass up a few interesting items. One which we were very sorry to have missed was the recent junior class p^ay which we are informed was a really outstanding achievement tor 16-year-olds. About 120 administrators and school board members from throughout the county gathered in the McHenry high school cafeteria last week and heard public schools criticized by Wilbur Yauch, associate dean of education at Northern Illinois university. He agreed with critics who feel that schools are not all doing the best job on their primary purpose, t$hich he says is intellectual development Mr. Yauch also expressed his belief-that schools are responsible for social education, which he defined as teaching the child to become a "better member of a team." In spite of his feelings on the subject, Mr. Yauch admitted that he didn't haw all the * solutions. Few experts feel they have, which means that any degree of progress must wait. In the meantime, one form of becoming a member of a team-- a big team--we noted first hand last Monday in Marengo, where more than 500 young high school people from the county sought to blend their voices harmoniouslv In song. If anyone is acquainted with the blending of even a few voices, he can imagine the tremendous task of accomplishing Hhe task as the number grows. Today, when we feel all of ns -- regardlesa of age -- need more self-discipline, we feel the undertaking was doubly successful. Six hours of concentrated effort 'In any worth while direction should not go unmentioned and dispels any belief that young folks refuse to work in a cultural vein. And ^there is nothing as gratifying as the loyalty displayed. It doesn't take a winning: team to bring it out either. These 'teen agers are proud of their home community and their individual schools and want everyone to know it. ADULT EDUCATION CENTER OFFERS VARIED CLASSES 3.000 In County Benefitted Since Program Started Adults-of the county, including present high school seniors, are invited to take advantage of classes ofered by the Adult Education Center, which is opening its fall term. Listing of classes may be secured by writing to the above organization, Woodstock Community high school, Woodstock. A special advertisement in this issue of the Plaindealer lists those in which only a few more students are needed to register to justify their formation. In the past years, the adult classes have covered eighty-two subjects, with over 3,000 adults in attendance. TTie county is fortunate in having such a school, since they are generally limited to cities of larger size. Only the combined cooperation of all adults in the area makes this possible. Since Woodstock is the geographical center, it semed the logical place for an all inclusive Adult Education Center. The classes are divided into eight groups namely liberal arts and sciences, commercial and business, trades and industries, arts and handicrafts, hobbies and avocations, homemaking, recreation and agriculture. Any subject will be taught in any group provided the minimum number of students (8 to 15) are secured and a common night of meeting agreed upon. A certificate of attainment may be secured and high school credits given when a semester's work of high school level is attained. . HONOR PLAYERS. COACHES DEC. 5 AT KIWANIS BANQUET In the interest of safety, we are very happy to learn that the county bogird has decreed that adfj^ ertising' devices such as signs, Dillboards and the like will be set back five-hundred feet from the right-of-way on limited access highways in the county. This applies to toll roads and expressways. Deep, bass voices are resounding from home economics classrooms at Southern Illinois university and this year they should 4ftave a special meaning to local girls for one of them belongs to a McHenry man. He is Gerald Jacoby, who is among twenty-seven male students enrolled this fall in Course 300, "Home Economics for Men," according to word received at the Plaindealer office this week from their instructor, Mrs. Mildred Collins. Jhe course, which has been * Offered for several years and continues to grow in popularity, covers lectures and demonstrations on such topics as family relations, food buying, table etiquette, grooming and clothing selection. K.A.F. FIRST SANTA LETTER REMINDER CHRISTMAS CANT BE FAR AWAY .. Plans for the football banquet on Dec. 5 are hearing completion. An interesting, speaker, Stu Holcomb of Northwestern university^ a good master of Ceremonies and a musical program will all add up to an unusual evening. The master of ceremonies, Earl Walsh, probably knows the individual members of the team as few, others do. His comments are always interesting and to the point. The high school boys' octet will sing a group of college songs and some of them will be featured in solos. Telia Nardi is the very capable accompanist. The cheerleaders, who do so much to keep up the spirt of the team will also be honored at the banquet. These attractive girls are Anita Beckenbaugh, Pat Blake, Lois May, Mary Lou and Suzanne Miller, Carole Schueler, Ardelle Oeffling and Jeanne Marion. The coaches, whose job is so important to the team on or off the field are: Paul Mandli, head coach; Cliff Fulton, line coach; Chuck Cuda. Bob Hendricks, Jerry Kalk and Jack Thomas, froshsoph coaches. Ron Howard is manager. Members of the team being honored are: Matt Eichinger, Bob Meyer. Denny Conway, Gary Vogt, Jerry Raycraft, Sonny Hocin, Mark Vycital, Carl Walker, Ed. Cfiron, Tom O'Brien, Don Bentz, John Scarbrough, Bob Hauser, James Jones, James Justen, Terry Brady, Dick Antonson, Tom Roti, Jim Peterson, Allen Franz, Ron Creutz Chuck Hutchinson, Jack Schaefer, Don Rochel, Bob Borchardt, George Krickl, Pete Haines, Lee Reyden and Ron Glosson. The boy to receive special honor as outstanding player will be named at the banquet The Kiwanis club take the initiative in presenting this annual banquet but it is the business men and the entire community who really make the event possible. - , vs. n It only took a few Hakes of snow in recent days to make little ones start dreaming of sleds and skis, and most of all of !3anta Claus. The first letter of the fall season (we had one arrive during the summer) was from Laura Jean and Jane Phannenstill and reads as follows: "Dear Santa: "I know it is a little early for a letter to you but I want to be sure you get it in time. My sister want some clothes for her little Ginnie doll and I would like a bride doll with high heals and a buggy. You can bring my brother, Richie, an electric football game and also the game of "Clue". for my big sisters. I am in secohd grade and Jeanie is in first grade at St. Mary's" Letters to Santa from the kiddies will be printed just as received from now through Dec. 19. Just write "Santa Claus, care of McHenry Plaindealer, McHenry, 111. Plaindecder To Be Printed One Day Early Next Week Because Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, Nov. 28, the Plaindealer will be printed one day early next week. In order to bring the weekly news to^the community in advance of the holiday, it will be necessary to set new deadlines for this week only. ' , . General news will be accepted until 5 o'clock Monday evening, display advertising until Monday noon and classified advertising until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. All correspondents' columns from nearby communities must be in our office one day earlier than usual. Ask Cooperation In Xmas Mailing The McHenry main post office and station are preparing to handle the heaviest Christmas' voKune of mail ever processed locally. Due to the tremendous growth in this area, postal workers are faced with a herculean task in dispatching and delivering the holiday mail. The public has been very cooperative in the past by p u r c h a s i n g n e c e s s a r y s t a m p s early and aiding the employees still further by separating "local" and "out of town" mail in bundles properly faced and marked, showing proper distinction which expedites- handling. This kind of cooperation will be appreciated again this year. Applications for Christmas help at the offices are being taken now at the main office on Riverside Drive and the station on Main street. NURSE HONORED BY COMMUNITY AT MEETING TONIGHT first, Mrs. joanne Kuiieiv wwiuuer ui v.um- Tickets coriunutiity - with _state an* county high school and at White's Men's shop. TTiis is always a popular event, so do get your tickets as soon as possible. LEADS PILGRIMAGE His Excellency, Most Reverend Loras T. Lane, bishop of Rockford, has announced that he has appointed the Rev. Joseph T. Healey, pastor of St. Joseph's church in Harvard, to lead the first Rockford diocesan pilgrimage in its' history to Lourdes and Rome during the /Tentennial year of 1958. The pilgrimage will also be one of the major features of the Rockford diocesan jubilee celebration. POST OFFICE SCHEDULE The McHenry post office and station lobbies will be open for the convenience of boxholders from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28. No mail will be received or dispatched, there will be no window service, city or rural delivery. The McHenry Community P.T.A. will meet Thursday evening, Nov. 21, in the high school cafeteria. It will be of interest to the entire community for two reasons. First, Jbanne Ruliei 150 GOP LEADERS GATHER TO HONOR MRS. C. W. BROOKS REV. FISON WILL SPEAK TO W.S.C.S. IN CITY TODAY Rev. David Fison of South Deer- ,ing Methodist church, who is speaking in our city on Thursday, Nov. 21, to the W.S.C.S. of the Community Methodist church, will be featured on "Time for Re- The Legion home was the scene of a large gathering of 150 Republican leaders Tuesday evening of this week, including almost all township, county and state officials. Purpose of the gatherings, sponsored by the McHenry Township Republican Women's club, was to honor Mrs. C. Wayland Brooks of Chicago, widow of the well known senator from Illinois, on her first appearance in the county since becoming national committeewoman. Her subject was "Positive Republicanism," in which she gave a resume of the many accomplishments of the party. Marion Carder of Wonder Lake is president of the local club. ELMER GRANSO TO HEAD CLEAN STREAMS GROUP TWENTY-FIVE 6AM STRAIGHT T HONOR ROIL AT MCHS; SEVENTY MORE RAMI HIGH WITH X PIUS Twenty-five M.C.H.S students had special reason for pride in their first quarter report cards this fall, which shows that they had earned a straight "A" average. Another group--larger in number--also had no reason to hide their cards as they displayed "B" plus and "B" averages. The straight "A" students included Linda Anderson. Doris Berkeley and Joanne Hayes, seniors; Richard Antonson, Albert Cajthaml, Eileen Huff, Rosemary Mercure, Diane Rietesel and Ronald Smith, juniors; Karen Bailey, Mary Carr, Joyce Eckstein. Dolores Freund, Lambert Freund, Judy Hans, Barbara Krickl, Karen Thompson, Carolyn Vanthoumout and Nancy Weber, sophomores; Anita Barger, Nancy Chadwick, Kathryn Curran, Alan Rietesel, Patricia Walsh and Nancy Whiting, freshmen. Those earning "B" plus averages were the following: Seniors Zelinda Bennett, Roger Benson, Vincent Cina. Dave Fantus, Ann Marie Groh, Judi Kdlar, Andre Larson, Dorothea Miller, Arlene Oeffling, Ronald Swanson, Mary Lou Watkins Wayne Wirfs and Carl Walker. Juniors T e r r e n c e B r a d y , C h a r l e n e Freund, Janice Hettermann, James Jones, Judy Koch, Georgette Kotalik, Bette Miller, John Moss, Kathleen Polenski, Richard Smith, Mary Ann Swenski and Mark Vycital. Sophomores Joan Adams, Jean Borchardt, Lynn Buckie, Mike Creighton, Carol Diedrich, Sue Etheridge, Paule Granger, Sandy Harris, Janice Huff, Karen Kralowetz, Karen Olsen, Lance Parks, Kathy Prawl. Daniel Sompel, Arthur Sternickle, Carol Stritar and Sandra Whiting. Freshmen - Dorothy Adams, Kenneth Averman, Roy Broderson, Nancy Buckner, Sharon Carlson, Camille Covalt -Carol Dorescher, Sherry Evans, Gary Francke, Roberta Hammershoy, Ken Hettermann, Randy Hughes, Rita Keerberg. Judith Lange, Jim Marshal, Barbara Miller, Bob Miller, Joyce Motulewicz, Judith Nowak, Nana Oonk, Karen Parkhurst, Donna Peterson, Donald Peterson, Georgians Rzechula, Joe Sanford, Marlene Schroeder, Sandi Stetson and Eleanore Wirfs. for many years, will be honored. After almost thirty years of service, she retired last summer. The McHenry grade and high school boards and both parochial schools have been asked to join in honoring her at this time. Another part of the program will be in keeping with American Education Week, Which occurred earlier this month. Last week, President Eisenhower asked all school boards and Parent Teacher associations to examine their schools and make sure they are offering the standards of education these modern times demand. Tonight, Carl Buckner, assistant superintendent of schools, and Marvin Martin, principal of the high school, will discuss "Education For Life" and "Understanding Our High School". The P.T.A. feels this is a fine opportunity for everyone in the community to find out what the high school is offering students of this area. Mrs. Charles Peterson, president of the organization, extends a cordial welcome to eveveryone to join in honoring Mrs. Rulien and learn about the hi£h school program. A crowd of about forty interested persons gathered at the V.F.W. clubhouse Tuesday evening for an election meeting of the McHenry County Clean Streams Committee. Named to office were Elmer Granso, president; Hugh Kirk, vice president; and Del P. Newman, secretary and treasurer. Prior to the regular meeting officers of the Chamber of Com WONDER LAKE CHILD CHOKES ON DRY MACARONI. DIES An unusual accident Tuesday morning of this week caused the death of little Reriee Ahrens, 21- month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ahrens' of Wonder Center, Wonder Lake. The child found a box of elbow macaroni and was playing with it when her mother discovered it. As she handed the box to Mrs. Ahrens, Renee put several pieces she was holding in her other hand into her mouth and evidently inhaled. As she began to choke, Mrs. Ahrens summoned a doctor, who arrived within minutes. However, the little girl was dead. Besides her parents, Renee is survived by a sister, Kathy, 8; two brothers, Robert, 6 and Dick, 5. Her maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. William L. Lowrey, who have been residents of Wonder Lake for about twenty years. The Ahrens family has resided there for approximately ten years. The body rests at the Merwin funeral home until 10 o'clock this (Thursday) morning, when Mass will be sung at Christ the King church, with interment in the church cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Phalin and daughters of Waukegan visited McHenry relatives Sunday. officials, informing them of the work planned by the Clean Streams Committee. Present to learn of the work to be accomplished were: Senator Robert Mc- Clory, Rep. A. B. McConnell, Mr. Beardsly of the Inland Waterways division, State's Attorney Don Wicks, Supervisor Matt Schmitt. Assistant Supervisor Le- Roy Smith, Mayor George P. Freund and State Sanitary Engineer Ben Leland. All of them pledged support of the group and offered to assist in any way possible. While work to be undertaken by the newly formed committee was among projects of the local Chamber of Commerce, the new group will operate independently of any sponsorship. Following the election, the procedures of the various committees were outlined and possible projects discussed. During the evening. State's Attorney Wicks spoke briefly, telling of ways to prosecute violators who refuse to correct infringements of the law. Chairmen of the different areas are G. Markeson. Hunterville Park; John Allen, Sunnyside Beach; Fred Wetzel, McHenry Shores; Dr. James McMahon; McHenry; Fred Smith and Mike Schaefer, Johnsburg; Dr. William A. Nye,,Pistakee Bay east; Walter Misavice, Pistakee Highlands; Mrs. H. Byrne, Mineral Springs; and Robert Lombardi. Oakhurs* Meetings will be held the first Tuesday of each month. At the next one, committees will be assigned areas and given membership cards, plus violation forms.. City Receives $5,315.57 In Sales Tax Collection McHenry received $5,315.57 on city sales tax collections during September, according to a report from the state Department of Revenue. September collections represent the one-half cent city sales tax on business transactions during August. For the state as a whole, 962 citics and villages received $3,866,331. JUDGE CANDIDATE Mayof- James H. Cooney of Woodstock has announced his candidacy for county judge, running as an independent. He has held the office of mayor for three terms. CP MEETING Chuck Miller*; president of the McHenry County United Cerebral Palsy association, presided at a meeting this past week, held in Crystal Lake. REV. DAVID FISON ligion," a TV program on Channel 11, at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Rev. Fison was born in California and raised in a broken home in Missouri, leaving grammar school at 14 to work as printer, - cabinet maker, carpenter and master wood-pattern maker. He soon became the support of his mother and a younger brother and sister. Married in 1943, both Mr. and Mrs. Fison served in the armed forces, she in the Coast Guard and he in the Navy, seeing duty through all the Pacific--to Europe, Africa and India. After the war. with less" than a year of high school, he entered college to become a minister and received his B.A. from William Jewell, a Baptist college and his B.D. from Garrett in June, 1956. Mr. Fison served under a Lutheran chaplain during the war and has served congregations in Missouri and in Maiden and Ingleside, 111., before going to South Deering, an integrated congregation on the south side of Chicago. Guests are invited. The program will begin 'In the sanctuary at 1 p.m. FIFTIETH TRAFFIC FATALITY RECORDED WITHIN COUNTY Nathaniel Hayes, 8 years old, was killed last Friday in Huntley when he darted out between two parked school busses into the path of a moving auto. He was the son of a crane operator on the northern Illinois toll road and the family resides in a trailei camp in Huntley. The fatality brought the year's county death toll in car accidents to forty-nine. Just two days iater, the figure was raised to fifty when an 18- year-old Harvard youth was pulled from the flaming wreckage of his car but died less than two hours later in the Harvard hospital. According to state police, the young man failed to make a curve four miles north of Harvard on Rt. 14, his car hitting « tree. Farm-City Week S o m e t h i n g c o m p a r a t i v e l y new on today's scene is the observance of Farm-City Week, which occurs Nov. 22 to 28 this year. Elwood Howell, who resides southwest of McHenry, is one of two dairy farmers who head the state organization of the American Dairy Association of Illinois. They and other members, all of whom have farming as their occupation, have„taken it upon themselves to develop an understanding of what has been a city occupation heretofore, namely, adveVtising and sales promotion. Likewise, businessmen have made greater effort of late to better understand the really big business which farming has become. The theme of Farm-City Week -- better understanding between rural and urban groups -- will no doubt be accomplished with the very sincere effort being made in that direction. . Mrs. Ella Krause visited with Marge Strassheim in Chicago Monday. McHENRY COUNOL K. Of C. OBSERVES GOLDEN JUMLEE WITH PONTIFICAL > HKH MASS AT ST! MARY'S CHURCH GEORGE POMRENING WITH GEN. LeMAY ON RECORD FLIGHT When Gen. Curtis E. LeMay completed a record-setting nonstop flight from Buenos Aires to National Airport in his fouf-jet tanker plane last week, T3Sgt. George Pomrening of McHenry was one of three Illinois airmen who accompanied him. The flight was to prove that U. S. bombers can penetrate Russian defenses. His mammoth KC-135 designed for refueling H-bombers, completed the trip of about 5,000 miles in eleven hours and eight minutes. Pomrening is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pomrening, who reside on the Crystal Lake blacktop, and has been making service with the air force a career. LeMay undertook the return trip less than twenty-four hours after hanging up a new world distance record--thirteen hours and three and one-half minutes--for non-refueling non-stop flight from Westover field, Mass., to Buenos Aires. Ask Gifts For C.R.O.P. Program The annual solicitation for the support of the Christian Rural Overseas Program. commonly known as CROP,, will be made in McHenry county on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23. Corn is the commodity being solicited in Illinois. Collection center is the fairgrounds in Woodstock from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the two days This year the Crop campaign in McHenry county is being directed by the McHenry County Ministerial association and being organized through the various church parishes and with directors of each township. Cash gifts are welcome, of course, as well as corn, and they will be used for the transport of government released surplus commodities. On this basis a one dollar gift means twenty dollars worth of food to hungry people of the world, particularly millions of refugees in the Near East, 650,000 destitute in Hong Kong and 80.000 Hungarian refugees in Austria. Some churches will be designating their Thanksgiving offerings for this purpose. McHenry county has a good record of support of this American and Christian program of sharing our abundance with the hungry of the world at Thanksgiving time. EXPOSITION ENTRY Gordon Schnauter, 10 years old, of Ringwood will show a Hereford steer in the junior livestock feeding contest of the, 58th International Live Stock Exposition which opens in Chicago Nov. 29. BANK OPEN NOV. 27 The McHenry State Bank will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28. in observance of Thanksgiving. The bank will be open on Wednesday, Nov. 27. McHenry c council. Knights of Columbus, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary next Sunday, Nov. ' 24. In addition to the Pontifical High Mass to be celebrated by . His Excellency, Bishop Loras T. Lane, at St Mary's church, Mc- - Henry at 11 aon., a dinner will be served at 2 p.m. at the Ma- Henry Country club, to which many of the.state K of C officials have been invited, in addition to , the bishop and clergy. In 1907, when this council was formed, it was the order's silver jubilee year with only 150,000 members. Today there are weU over a million. Started in 1907 Hie first meeting of the McHenry council was held on Dec. 22, 1907. Some of the charter members are still living in the area today. Stephen H. Freund, who is 93 years .old, was one of the most' active of these. Other living charter members include George G. Adams of Elgin, Charles G. Frett of Aurora, John I. Sutton of Elgin, Martin Knox of McHenry and George Meyers of Woodstock. The first grand knight Was the late Joseph W. Freund. The largest family group are the eight Adams brothers. Father John L. Daleidan, who is the chaplain of McHenry council and pastor of St: Peter's of Spring Grove, selected the ministers of the Pontifical High Mass for the golden jubilee. Father Daleidan will be arch-priest; deacons of honor are Rev. Edward Coakley of St. Patrick's, McHenry and Rev. Joseph Blitsch of St. John's Johnsburg; deacon of the Mass will be Rev. James W. Vanderpool, Wonder Lake; and subdeacon, Rev. Harold Nilges, St. Mary's McHenry. Arrange Program Arthur . Nelson is local grand knight and general chairman lit charge of the anniversary is Arn- ^ old May, the deputy grand knight. A beautiful program, booklet and history has been yritten and edited by a committee headed by Edward Frett. of McHenry. Finance chairman of the event is George Kalsch. McHenry council is looking forward to seeing many of its friends to help them celebrate this greait jubilee day. THREE HURT IN TWO ACCIDENTS IN THIS AREA Two accidents were reported in the McHenry area this past week. Hugo Ross of Chicago suffered injuries to his right arm when he was struck by a car driven by Barbara Ann Vogel of Woodstock on the Wonder Lake-Ringwood blacktop road about 7:30 Sunday night. Ross, who was walking along the highway when he was struck, was taken to the McHenry hospital for' treatment. Two women were taken to McHenry hospital for treatment in a second accident. which occurred last week on Highways 12 and 134. They were Martha Heuer of Chicago and Lela Klug of McHenry. ACHIEVEMENT WINNERS Shown above are the 4-H members who received state outstanding recognition at the annual 4-H fall achievement meeting earlier this month. Left to right, front row: Karen Seegers, Marengo; Arlene Busch, Harvard; Carolyn Jacobson, Richmond; Karen Schmelzer, McHenry; Ann Marlowe, Huntley. Second row: Earl Baylor, assistant farm adviser; Eugene Bop. part, Woodstock: A1 Dorn, Cary; Mark Zimmerman. McHenry; Wayne Berghorn, Crystal Lake; and Bob Smage, Woodstock. The two McHenry youths, both members of the Cherry Valley club, were accorded national recognition on achievement night, the only two so honored. K of C. COUNCIL OBSERVES FIFTIETH YEAR