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THE PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 84 -- No. 34 -- 2 Sections ^MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23; 1958 12 Pages -- 10c Per Copy Meanderin Santa Claus came early this year to two former McHenry girls now making their home in Idaho. ^.ast week the Plaindealer carried a letter from Kathy and Carmen Anderson, asking Santa for two plain tickets east, or if that was impossible, at least letters from home. Last Sunday evening Kathy picked up the receiver at her Moscow. Idaho, home and was greeted by Santa Clans. The voice sounded more like Ferdirrnnd Borchardt of McHenry, twt Kathy knew it was Santa for he had twenty-five of her friends on hand to extend Christmas greetings. Members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship had gathered at the Borchardt home for a party and most of them had a word with Kathy. who, needless to say, was speechless. Of one thing, particularly, we thankful this Christmas season. We are quite sure that regardless of the many changes in this old world of ours, Santa Claus and his reindeer will always remain as the secular symbol of Christmas to little ones, just as the Christ Child represents the real reason for celebration of the day. e uter Victi FIGHT FLAMES AT HOME It Is gratifying- to see how €iany homes are beautifully decorated In keeping with the spirit of the season, even though no contest was held to recognize the efforts. A little note concluding the column of one of our correspondents last week carried a j thought which gave us a chuckle The writer asked for a®operation in meeting an earls' deadline on the two holiday weeks "so that employees could spend, more time with their families." This is an ideal time for a visit to a newspaper office for those who feel that "things shut down" until 3 couple of days before publication date. These " t w o - d a y s - s h o r t " w e e k s o f f e r the biggest headaches of the £ar. and incidentally, working at a much faster pace. These Weeks we aren't even sure we have families! From the senior William Prieses in Florida wo received a Christmas card and message: also a clipping from a Miami paper which carried a feature section entitled "Whatever Reg i m e O f . . . . " . The article concerned the whereabouts of a former McHenry resident for several years, the famed banjo king, Eddie Peabody. who made his home in the Country Club subdivision within recent years. The capsule story told how the musician, now 57, is still as busy banjo playing as ever. £e is booked full until Novem- >r, 1959, around the nation. His wife, Ragna, and two sons live in Madison, Wis. Now a reserve captain, with retirement two and one-half years away, he continues to plunk the banjo and banjoline. They tell us that a little boy, son of one of our presidents, is responsible for sending the Christmas tree industry soaring beyond the dreams of many, as well as paving the way for a new custom -the community Christmas tree. It seems that some modernday Scrooges convinced Teddy Roosevelt that the cutting of Christmas trees would soon deplete the nation's forests and TR promptly banned the tradition at the White House. .."fie old itougfirfder forjSifYo consult his young sons, however. The little fellows cared little about presidential edicts and less a'ooui conservation, so they smuggled a tree into the mansion and set it up in Archie's room. This story, with a happy ending relates that the president relented and ever since, the A'hite House has had an indoor Christmas tree. K. A. F. i WONDER LAKE MAN SHOT IN CHEST WHILE HUNTING RABBITS ON BULL VALLEY FARM DEC 17 Kotalik Studio Photo McHenry firemen are shown playing their hoses on the Sam Schmunk residence at 106 E. Second street, in the north part of the city, which was partially destroyed last week. The family, including five children, were all away from home when the flames broke out shortly after noon Thursday. Admit* CHICAGOANS n-ainns iTHWARTED IN Patient COUNTY HOLD-UP Garage Total Loss; Roof And Side Also Burn The home of Mr. and Mrs. On DeC. 12 of this year, the McHenry hospital admitted its 2.800th patient. In the twentyseven months since Sept. 5, 1956. when the hospital opened, there also have been more than 2,100 admitted to the emergency room. During October and November. occupancy ran approximat- The Harvard State bank escaped being robbed last Friday through an odd assortment of circumstances which has given prominence to Ronald Wachlin | of Marengo, a state trooper for j little more than a year. Three | Chicagoans were arrested by-j. him before they were able to j enter the bank. They have been , Sam Schmunk at 106 E. Sec- i ely 9(5 per cent. When this high t ^ ace un er A on J ond street, McHenry. in the 1 percentage is reached, it is dif- J« The men were I-ewis Hardnorth part of the city, was par- ; ficult to handle the number of man. 26. Melvin Glission. 3d. tially destroyed by flames last j emergency patients who need j ar,d William Haislip, 32, one of Thursday noon. Firemen ans- care, and the steady and rapid 1 whom later admitted the enw e r e d t h e c a l l i m m e d i a t e l y a f - ' i n c r e a s e i n p o p u l a t i o n m e a n s ter an alarm was turned in and | that emergency cases are also saved the structure from total on the rise. loss. i Architects' plans for the new Mr. and Mrs. Schmunk were addition to the hospital are now a bomb had been placed in the at work in Crystal Lake, four near the final stages. The need high school. This was the iniof their children were in school ; for an obstetrical department! tial move of the men to get Ihe and a fifth was staying with j is well known and the comple- police out of the business secrelatives when the fire broke tion of this department, espec-j tion. out. * j ially is anticipated as plans go j Shortly later, Trooper Wach- Neighbors saw a small : forth. ; lin, on routine duty, was stopamount of smoke but thought | It is reported that money on ped by Bob Powell, owner of a rubbish was being burned. Lat-! pledges made in the past has gravel pit on Rt. 14. southeast tire plot. About 1:45 that afternoon. Harvard's Chief of Police William LeFew received a call that Lost -- Hope For A Merry Xmas Christmas should be a happy time, but in at least one home we know this year," maintaining the holiday spirit has been made difficult - if not impossible. Last Friday night the Plaindealer linotype operator, William McKibbin, stopped at State Oil station on Elm street, then proceeded to a" nearby market to complete the family grocery shopping for the holiday. It was there he noticed his billfold, containing his weekly pay envelope, missing . . . money which had been earmarked to provide those essentials necessary to making Christmas a real holiday for three children. "Mac" came to the Plaindealer last February from Michigan, and in addition to becoming established in a new community had the added burden of emerging a long list of obligations imposed by illness in the family. In recent weeks, he has been working many hours of overtime for the sole purpose of fulfilling these obligations and providing a really merry Christmas for the family. Within minutes Friday night, all of these dreams disappeared. The only hope that they may be restored lies in the honesty of an unknown person who may have picked up the billfold. "Mac" would be mighty happy to meet that person . . . not for himself but for the small but most important reason of providing the kind of Christmas for HIS family thart YOU want for yours. McHENRY GIRL IS CANDIDATE FOR SCOUT ROUND-UP Flight Sergeant er, however, when the fire gain- been coming in. AH controlled headway, an alarm was tions will be acknowledged. turned in. The origin of the flames was undetermined, but it is thought t h e y s t a r t e d i n t h e g a r a g e . which was totally destroyed. Smoke Damage About half of the roof, and the west wall were also badly damaged and the interior gutted. Smoke and water caused the loss of most of the furniture and clothing. It is thought that at least one-third of the home will need to be rebuilt. ' Verv fortunately, the fire oc- : curred when the family was away and there was no danger to life. However, the loss means that at least one McHenry fam- • ily. including five daughters ' from 14 to 3 years of age. will need to spend Christmas away f r o m h o m e . A t p r e s e n t , t h e y are living with relatives. of the city, who reported that his car had been stolen only a short time earlier. Wachlin took Powell in his car on a Twenty-eight Girl Scouts of the Sybaquay Girl Scout council have begun a rigorous program of training for the 1959 Senior Girl Scout round-up to be held near Colorado Springs, Colo., next July. Among them is Karen Thompson of McHenry. Approximately 7,500 Girl Scouts and 1,500 adult Scouts from all of the states will unite with 250 girl guides from other j A veiffaict of accidental death | was returned by a coroner's ! jury in a tragic pre-holiday \ hunting accident which took the life of a 49-year-old Wonder Lake man, Paul Reuter, 1 of Wonder Center. ' Reuter was found dead on the Donald Abraham farm on Valley View road, in Bull Val- ; ley, early Wednesday evening by Abraham and a neighbor, Gaylord Anderson. j Reuter, who kept, his horse I on the Abraham farm, arrived there about 9:30 Wednesday morning and told the farm own- ; er that he was going to hunt rabbits. Abraham, who oper- • ates the Wonder Lake Pharmacy, returned home about 6 o'clock that night and discovered the Reuter panel truck : parked near the barn, j Find Body ! Notifying Gaylord, the two ! men followed Renter's tracks j in the snow, which led to a fence about one-half mile from ; the barn, where the body was , found. | It is believed that Reuter's gun may have discharged while I he was opening a gate in the j fence. He had been shot in the ichest ! Reuter. who was a master I plumber employed by L a d d j Enterprises of Crystal Lake, i resided in Deep Spring Woods, Wonder Lake, from 1937 to 1957, when he purchased a buil- | ding which houses a general : store operated by his widow, Helen, and the pharmacy of J Abraham. The Reuter family ; moved to Wonder Center that ' year. The deceased was born July 11. 1909, in Chicago. j Besides his widow, he is suri vived by two sons, Donald of ! McHenry and Paul, who is stationed with the Army in Korea: two daughters, Phyllis at home and Mrs. Joanne Spielman of Wonder Lake; two brothers and a sister. The accident was the third hunting fatality in the McHenry community this fall. Rev. Burton Schroeder. pastor of Nativity Lutheran church •bfficiated at last rites conducted last Monday morning at the George R. Justen & Son funcnal home. Interment was in Memorial Park cemetery. Woodstock. check of the town, to see if | countries for the proposed enthey could find . any trace of i campment. Sixteen of the girls 1he missing auto. j being trained by the Sybaquay (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 8) THE GIFT OF FAITH 1 $ Of all seasons, Christmas time is one of dreams, and « little ones, especially, arc wishing that theirs will come R true. Dreams of toys piled beneath the tree---dreams of § the family gathered happily to see what Santa has de- ^ livered. The wee ones nave Faith that "all this will g happen. S, SAVE VOTES ON ELECTION ISSUE PENDING RECOUNT Notice has been given County Clerk Vernon W. Kays not to destroy ballots on the defeated judicial revision amendment to t h e s t a t e c o n s t i t u t i o n . T h e order resulted from a suit filed by ten supporters of the amendment in Lake county circuit court. The suit seeks a recount of rejected ballots on the amendment. cast Nov. 4. They were granted a temporary injunction against the destruction of the ballots. Still pending is a court decision on the demand for a recount. Those supporting the amendment claim that thousands of r e j e c t e d b a l l o t s s h o u l d h a v e been counted. If they were, they argue, the amendment would gain another 100,000 votes. Attorneys for the amendment GARY VOGT Gary Vogt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vogt of Wonder Center, has been appointed two ' flight sergeant in his Air Force MIXOR ACCIDENT VatricJc M^weeney^of Spring Grove was treated for cuts and (bruises suffered in an accident j near Richmond last Saturday. | His car overturned in a ditch | on Lake Geneva road : miles north of Rt. JL2. ... . , T„. . „ . Tversity of Illinois. He is also ; Army Pvt. Charles J. Gross. J among the first string freshmen 22. whose wife, Peggy, lives on 011 the wrestling squadron in Route 1, Spring Grove, recently j the 137-lb. class. completed eight weeks .of basic combat training at Fort Hood, < Attend the church of your Tex. i.choice on Christmas. Adults have Faith too. Faith that somehow they will make this the most wonderful holiday their children have ever known. And this will come about not^merely by showering gifts upon them, not only by the glories of the shining tree, not even by the big family dinner. Not alone by any of these things can the true spirit $ j advised them that ballots for of Christmas be given, but by the recognition that this Sjjj^he proposition bearing check is a holy season. These same adults, if they take time to gj marks and the word Ayes intllink. will wntjt thf^iantnrp f3fcu"<:f,^Lac be instilled TrTall children and will make the effort to see R | should have been counted injft that it remains throughout the year. They are the adults Si stead of rejected. $ -especially the parents w ho have discov ered that even g; The state electoral boaid de- VJ one holv hour a week can make seven happv days. jg.clared the amendment defeated A ' ft i bv about 66.000 votes following $ During the holidav season, particularly, when parents Sj.the official canvass two weeks _ " . -/• .1.-- »u i :... '.l:! .1 ,.~U K. ago. .. v If the request of the petitioners is allowed, then it is believed there will bp a recount of all ballots cast in the state. R.O.T.C. squadron at the Uni- J8 are so aware of the strength and joy that comes through -- _ C T i l 1 1 T T 1 _ 1 FT 7 *a iIt4 .h1 _ , , i's xtlh e -tiIm. Ze t tton nr'eAsolliv e to 1kv eae pv t that FL *ar <i{ tihl l "shined K up" throughout the ve^ir. It can be done by worshipping $ together at the church of your choice. • ^ There is no finer gift than Faith, not to be enjoyed $ alone on Christmas but throughout the year. » ^§ f Shop for Xmas in McHenry McHenry area churches are offering services at various t i m e s o n C h r i s t m a s E v e a n d Christmas Day to accommodate the faithful of all denominations. St. Mary's At the midnight Mass at St. M a r y ' s C a t h o l i c c h u r c h , t h e senior choir will sing "Adeste F i d e l i s " , " O H o l y N i g h t ' ' , "Glory to God in the Highest", "Angels We Have Heard On High", "Come and Hasten to Bethlehem", "The Birthday of a King", and "And there Were Shepherds", as part of the service. They have selected the Proper by Tozer and will sing the "Mass in Honor of Our Lady" by Owen DaSilva. At the offertory, they will be heard in "Hodie Christus Natus Est" by Korman. About thirty acolytes will participate,j,in the midnight service. For the first time this year, there will be a candlelight procession to the crib, with the blessing of the crib to follow. Torch bearers will be in the sanctuary from the time of the Sanctus to the conclusion of the Mass. , Other Christmas morning Masses will be at 6:30 (low), when the junior choir offers Christmas carols; at 8, with j the junior choir singing the H i g h M a s s ; 9 : 3 0 h i g h M a s s with the senior choir, and low Masses at 10:45 and 11:45 o'clock. St. Patrick's There will be six Masses at St. Patrick's Catholic church on the Christmas holiday, all offered in commemoration of the birth of the Christ Child. The midnight Mass on Christmas Eve will feature music by the adult choir, which has chosen the Mass in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord. Prior to the service, they will sing carols, with Bill Weber soloist in "O Holy Night". They will sing "Adeste Fidelis" at the offertory and as the faithful leave at the conclusion of the service will be heard in "Angels We Have Heard on High." The children's choir will sing' the second high Mass at 10 o'clock. There will be low Masses at 7,8.9 and 11:30 o'clock. Confessions will be heard from 10 to 11 a.m.. from 2 to 5 p.m. and at 7 o'clock in< the evening on Wednesday. Community Methodist The annual Christmas Eve candlelight services will be held at the Community Methodist church Wednesday. Dec. 24, at 8 and 11 p.m. The Christmas story will be told in scripture and song. Rev. George Martin will preach on the theme, "Living in Expectation." Each service will close with the lighting of candles as an act of rededication. The public is welcome to attend. Zion Lutheran On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, at 7:30 p.m., the junior to seni o r d e p a r t m e n t o f t h e Z i o n i w i I'mri i i . Sunday School will present the Christmas story in song and recitations. A midnight candlelight service has been planned for 11 30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. An invitation is extended to ail. to worship with us on Christmas Day in the 10:30 a.m. service. An opportunity will he given I to assemble in the house of the [Lord for the last time in the i old year, with a service at 8 1 p.m., on New Year's Eve. on New Year's Day to begin the new year with the Lord with a service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School will not meet for sessions on Sunday, Dec. 28. St. Paul's Episcopal The Holy Eucharist will be offered at 11 o'clock on Christmas day at St. Paul's Episcopal church, one mile south on Green street, McHenry. The Rev. Vincent Fish is vicar. St. John's At St. John's Catholic church, Johnsburg, there will be a midnight Mass, preceded by hymns sung after 11:35. These will include "Come and Hasten to Bethlehem", "Hodie", "And There Were Shepherds", "Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming" and "Silent Night". The adult mixed choir will sing the Proper by Tozer and Chimes Mass by Farnsworth. At the offertory they will lend their voices in "Laetentur Coeli" and at the conclusion of the Man, "Shepherds in the Field Abiding." The Children's choir will be heard in "Our Lady of Grace" M a s s a t 1 0 o ' c l o c k . A t t h e offertory, they will sing "Adeste Fidelis." There will be low Masses at 7:30, 8. 8:30 and 9 o'clock. Ringwood Methodist j At the Ringwood Methodist church, there will be a worship ! service on Thursday morning, ! Dec. 25, at 10 o'clock in the morning. The previous night, the Greenwood church will be the scone of a worship service and program at 8:15 p.m... St. Peter's At St. Peter's C a t h o l i c church, Spring Grove, there will be a solemn high Mass at midnight, followed Christmas morning by a high Mass at 8 and two low Masses at 11:15 o'clock. Confessions will be heard Tuesday night at 7:15, on Wednesday afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30 and in the evening from 7:15 to 9 p.m. Christ the King There will be three Masses at Christ the King Catholic church at Wonder Lake on Christmas. .The first will be a midnight Mass sung by the choir, under direction of John Van Kanegan, organist. Members of the choir are Rita Waldy, Billie Willing, Helen Kline. Lois Mathews. Connie Avers. Mary Ruggero. Rose Gustek, Paul Marke i and Ernest Schultze. | Other Masses will be at 8 and 10 a.m. Confessions will be heard Christmas Eve. Dec. 24. childr e n f r o m 4 t o 5 o ' c l o c k a n d adults from 7 to 8 p.m. Nativity Lutheran tAt Nativity Lutheran church. Wonder l.ake. there will be two services on Christmas Eve. 'Hie first will be a communion service at 7:45 o'clock, ^t which the Lord's Supper will he administered. The second will be the traditional candle- •; i service which will begin at^H--unlock. This is an informeaningful candlelight service. All are welcome to these services to welcome -the Christ Child. Bible Church The public is cordially invitod to attend the holiday services in the Wonder Lake Bible church. The Christmas services will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night, Dec. 23. The senior choir will be offering Christmas mu- (Continued on page 8)