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V® "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" ume 84 -- No. 50 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. APRIL 16/ 1959 22 Pages -- 10c Per Copy CITY. VILLAGE ELECTIONS APRILTl Musin' and - Meanderitt That April 15 income tak deadline was a hard one this y§ar, and at least some of us at the Plaindealer office had to hurry Wednesday to be sure w« didn't miss the last mail. Since we w^re among the very last, it has occurred to us that we are like the repentant sinner in his last hours. It takes something really big to get us moving. STOKES HOLD GRAND OPENINGS Those chilly winds of recent days might make us think spring had passed us by ex-cept for a few familiar signs: (£fula hoops making a weak revival after the winter season. The alternating blue skies and clouds, making us look foolish for carrying an umbrella or sorry that we left that rain hat at home. The little sparrows working feverishly outside our window each morning in their efforts tqJpuild a sturdy nest. The robins engaged in cheery song one minute, in a good scrap the next, from early morning until sunset. The wet snow that leaves a winter wonderland at 7 a^m. and gives way to green grass an hour later. The budding trees which are assured a good chance of producing a bountiful crop by sjAying trucks which make their appearance with the first breath of spring. A certain something in the air, which you are unable to describe, that makes getting up early in the morning not quite as unpleasant as in the winter months. When the air reaches the point that it's really easy, then you'll know spring isjreally here. - Friends are pVoud to learn that Paul Patzke has been named comrtiittee chairman for the Chicago Garfield Park conservatory central international gladiolus show next summer. The Illinois Gladiolus society hosts the annual flower show, wjiich is one of the big events of its kind in the Chicago area. Sa^eral thousand exhibition spxes will be put on display. Since we can't think of any of this spring's crop of candidates for whom we can't say a good word, we thought it safe to repeat what we consider a witty little thought that appeared in recent publication: "A lot of politicians make the mistake of forgetting that tjj^y've been appointed, not anointed." --J-- At the annual reunion of several hundred members of an agency - conducted tour, Mrs. Peter A. Freund of Fox street was named "happiness queen" from among several hundred in attendance. As queen, she has her choice of a trip to various parts of the country within the n^ptt year. Needless to say, Mrs. Freund is the envy of her many friends. From Flora Harrison at Round Lake comes a welcome note, along with the renewal of her subscription. She tells us that this is the first time in over seventy years that a subscription for her family or for liBreelf has gone out of the county. Mrs. Harrison has been a loyal reader for many years and it was with regret that her many friends saw her leave Ringwood to make her home in Lake county last vear. K.A.F. VOTERS APPROVE $100,000 BOND ISSUE FOR SCHOOL McHenry will be assured additional educational facilities for its children as the result of the action-of voters at the polls last Saturday. In District 15, where two major issues were presented, 466 voters approved and 173 were Opposed to a proposition raising the aifnual tax rate for the educational fund from .96 to 1.17. A second proposition on the issuance of $400,000 schoo^ site and building bonds was also approved by a vote of 493 in favor and 164 opposed. A large $qte saw the incumbent board member. Margaret -< Kotalik Studio Photo Two new McHenry businesses are holding grand openings this week. They are Millstream Drugs at 315 W. Elm street and Gem 1 hour Cleaners at 317 W. Elm .Street. The new drug store's grand opening started Wednesday and will continue through Sunday, April 19. R. S. Emerson is manager of the business, which is housed in an attractive 40x120 ft. building. The store was opened on April 3. In addition to a prescription department, the store's eight employees will serve the public with complete lines of such items as homemaking needs, cosmetics, greeting cards, jewelry and cameras, among others. Flowers will be given each lafly who calls on opening days, and there will be balloons for the children. The grand opening of Gem Cleaners will continue from now through Saturday, April 18. The store is being managed by a \yell known McHenry man, Donald Hbward, who (had his first glimpse into the work of a cleaning establishment as a child, when his mother conducted a business in McHenry. He has been associated in this type of work actively for the past twenty yeate. The new business features all the latest type of equipment, including an automatic drying system and air operated presses. They are specializing in one-hour service. The store opened on March 20. Present Show At St. Mary's Rehearsals are being concluded this week in preparation of 'Showboat Serenade" at St. Mary's school auditorium on Sunday evening, April 19, and Tuesday, Aprii 21, at 8 p.m. The two-act musical variety show was Written and is belfig produced by Rev. Fr. Harold Nilges. A cast of more than 100 will unite their efforts in bringing the evening of entertainment to McHenry. This includes a chorus of sixty voices performing such favorites as "Dry Bones," "Kentucky Babe" and "Stephen Foster Fantasy." Dan Justen will play one of the leading roles as captain of the showboat, "Robert E. Lee." Proceeds of the two performances will go toward financing the new Marian Central Catholic high school now under construction. Seating: capacity of the new auditorium, which is equipped with a modern lighting and sound system, is 850. The cast hopes it will be filled on both nights of the performance. TWO SELECTED . FOR ATTENDANCE AT GIRLS' STATE A vote of the high school faculty resulted in Judy Hans and Sue Etheridge being selected to attend Illini Girls' State this summer. Their alternates are Jean Borchardt and Rosemary Roti. J udy is being, .sent, to jGirlX State by "the McHenry Legion auxiliary and Sue by the Wonder Lake auxiliary. The two girls were selected on the basis of outstanding character, honesty, leadership, cooperative spirit and scholastic record. Girls' State Will be held from June 13 to 23 at MacMurray college in Jacksonville, 111. HURT IN ACCIDENT Leonard Hutts of Rt. 2, McHenry was taken to Memorial hospital in Woodstock for treatment of minor injuries sustained when his car left the road, struck a sign, then rolled over and landed on its wheels, on Sunday night. He was driving west on Rt. 14 when his car rolled over at the intersection of Rtes: 14 and 31. «SBtVE "OPERATION 41ERT » McHENRY H SHI ncSWENTS SEE REFKi HERE DEDICATE NEW POST OFFICE EARLY M MAY Congressman To Address Public si! During Program On Monday. May 4, an impressive program will mark the dedication of McHenry's new post office building at 104 S. Green street. The new structure is a part of the Post Office department's commercial leasing program, which uses private financing to obtain needed facilities. The building has 6,592 square feet of interior space in addition to platform room and park and maneuvering area for use of postal vehicles. , Prominent guests to attend the dedication ceremonies, set (Continued on page 8) "Operation Alert Illinois -- 1959" will be observed in McHenry on Friday, with all residents asked to cooperate by Joseph Grobel, director of civil defense in the city. At 10:30 Friday morning, April .17, acting as they would in case of an enemy attack by air, all persons will be evacuated from the streets when the siren sounds three one-minute blasts. All local schools will participate and fire departments and auxiliary units in the fire district will stand by. The American Legion rifle squad will act as auxiliary policemen, assisting in the direction of traffic. At 1 p.m.. Director Grobel will receive orders just as he would in an emergency, informing him of the direction of the wind so that lie may tell residents the amount of radio active fall-out and give specific orders on whether to take cover or evacuate the city. Cooperating- in the observance, leading officials of Skokie will represent their community in evacuating before a simulated attack on Chicago. These officials will do as all residents would in time of emergency. leave their city and seek refuge farther from Chicago. They will partake of a "disaster luncheon" ^ the V.F.W. clubhouse, under the chairmanship of Gertrude Barbian, at noon. Guests that day will be director of Civil Defense Arthur W. Haab, Mayor Ambrose Rei- (Continued on page 8) CAVE-IN SUNDAY AT RICHMOND KILLS BOY, 9 A young Richmond boy, Brad L. Duncan, 9, whose grandparents reside at Wonder Lake, was suffocated Sunday afternoon, April 12, when he was buried in an excavation cave-in near his home. The child was playing with two smaller boys in an excavation for a new home near the south limits of Richmond. When the wall gave away and buried the youngster beneath a layer of mud and clay, his friends summoned help. Chief of Police Richard Stermer was just returning home when he met the boys, and he immediately called the Richmond rescue squad. Although Brad was found within a short time, all efforts to revive him failed. The boy's father, Rowen Duncan, is an employee of the General Telephone Co., of Richmond. Besides his parents, he is survived .by two brothers. Gregory, 12, and Kent, 5 months; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Robinson, of Wonder Lake and Harry Duncan of Fresno, Calif. Funeral services were held at 1 o'clock Wednesday from the Ehorn funeral home, with Rev. Stanley Schmidt of Richmond Community church officiating. Burial was in Mount Emblem cemetery, Elmhurst. of Riverside Drive. Among organizations which have expressed approval of the park district are the Community P.T.A.. which feels that the welfare of children will be aided; the McHenry Planning Commission, members of which believe they can work well with the park board in planning for the future of the community; the V.F.W. post and auxiliary, the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary club, McHenry Women's club and Democratic Women's club. Rides will be given to the polls on election day for those needing them. FORM PHONE EXCHANGE A new telephone exchange at Pistakee Highlands will be formed Sunday, April 19, with about 250 customers, according to telephone manager, R. C. Zahn. With the new exchange Pistakee Highlands customers will get dial service and a new telephone name, "Hyatt." ISSUE TICKETS FOR CARELESSNESS WITH GRASS FIRES There were numerous, grass fires again this week as warm weather brought the urge to clean up about the,,home. In cases where negligence was evident, tickets were issued to the person starting the flames which went out of control. One fire occurred on Bull Valley Ridge road, one at Oakhurst, another at Mineral Springs and one at Woodlawn Park. The Johrisburg station extinguished another on Fairview Lane, Pistakee Bay. On Sunday, local firemen were called to Tamarack Woods and slough near the Bay. Students Enter State Contest PIBIIC WILL VOTE MAY 2 ON PARK DISTRICT Several Local Organiia&ions Tell Approval Plans are going forward in preparation for the public vote on the proposed River Valley- Park district. Voters in the McHenry Township Fire Protection district will go to the polls on Saturday, May 2, to express themselves on the issue. Voting will continue from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will be just one polling place, the1 McHenry fire house. Those most interested in the success of the proposal hope that this will not prove an inconvenience to the voting public. Action to establish just the one polling place was taken at the suggestion of the county, which must assume election expenses. Recent elections in various parts of the county prompted them to suggest a voting procedure which would be less expensive to the taxpayer. In addition to voting on the creation of the park district, voters will also elect five park board commissioners, who will serve varied terms of office without remuneration. In the future, terms will run for six years. However, at the first election, to assure some experienced members remaining as a part of the board at all times, the terms of office will vary from two to six years, and hereafter, the terms of two will expire every two years. The six men seeking election are Ray Cynowa of Lakemoor, Lynn Stuart of Eastwood Manor, Edward Thennes of McHenry, Henry M. Nell of Sunnyside, Ernest Useman of Country Club McHenry friends will be hapsutafli vision and Ralph Bennatt4i>y~-W~learn- that Lt. James E. Obenauf, 24, of Graysiake has been awarded the Air Force's annual Cheney award of $500 for an outstanding act of airmanship and heroism. His daring feat was dramatized on a television show two weeks ago. It will be remembered that Obenauf, a member of a Strategic Air Command bomber crew, was honored for saving the life of a crew member in a disabled plane. The crew bailed out after the plane caught fire. After Obenauf was unable to move an unconscious member of the crew, he chose to attempt a landing. With the protective canopy of the plane gone and his head exposed to the cold, 500-mph air flow, he made what'the Air Force described as an "impos sible" landing at Dyess Air Force Base. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the feat. CONTESTS EVIDENT FOR SOME OFFICE AS VOTERS 60 TO POUS IN CITIES. VILLAGES ON TUESDAY Wins Wings Four soloists, six ensembles and two choruses leave Thursday and Friday of this week for Rock Island to participate in the annual state music contest. Their trip was made possible by winning top ratings in district competition in Northbrook. 111., Feb. 28. The soloists are Joann Smith, French horn; Lois May and Joan Olson, flutes, and Charlotte Houda, mezzo soprano^ A flute trio, flute duet, sax"- ophone duet, girls' octet, girls' sextet and girls' trio were also awarded top ratings and will advance to the state finals on Friday. Twenty-six members of the boys' chorus and thirty - five members of the girls' chorus will compete the following day, presenting both prepared selections and sight reading. LT. OBENAUF WINS AIR FORCE CHENEY $500 AWARD The cancer fund drive continues through the month of! April. ! M@um Untimely D©oths Two Besidents Of is Postmaster Ray McGee is shown using the new stamp machine which occupies a prominent place in the new post office, making it possible for the public to purchase stamps during hours when there is no window service. Send contributions to Red Cross, McHettry, for 2 p.m., include Congressman Elmer Hoffman and Robert R. Justus of Chicago, regional director of the postal department. "This new postal facility symbolizes a new era in communications in this community, Postmaster Ray McGee commented. "It is more pleasant for our postal patrons to do business here, and more pleasurable for our postal employees to provide even better senice," he said. Business Increase Mail business in this area has gone up drastically in recent years. For example, ten years ago revenue was $25,- 677.91 compared with $183.- 538.56 today. The number of employees has jumped from five twenty years ago to thirteen, ten years ago and twenty-seven in 1959. There were five vehicles operated by the postal service in this community ten years ago compare^ with nine today, -and there are now twelve postal routes served by the localjoffice compared to only seven a decade ago. T|je McHenry post office has (Continued on page 8) Commander-elect of the McHenry V.F.W.. Paul R. Nitz, of McCullom Lake died in the early hours of Sunday morning. April 12, at McHenry hospital, after being in a coma for more than twenty-four hours. The cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. HOUSE APPROVES $135,000 FUND FOR LOCKS AT McHENRY Miss Colleen J. Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Ward, 615 Allen avenue, McHenry, has won the silver wings of a United Air Lines stewardess. After four and a half weens at the stewardess training school in Cheyenne. Wyo., she now serves aboard mainliners flying in and out of Chicago. Miss Ward is a graduate of Chicago Aquinas high school and Marquette university, where she was president of the Inter - Resident Hall council, student senate, and of Kappa Beta Gamma and Beta Gamma Sigma. Her hobby is water skiing. MENTAL HEALTH GROUP TO HOLD MASS MEETING On Monday evening, April 20, at the high school, the Mental Health Group for McHenry County will hold an important meeting. The business of the evening includes an election of a board of directors and reports of the committee on progress of the work on the mental health center. The membership is open to anyone in the county interested in the problems of mental health. Invited, particularly, to take part are members of civic organizations, school teachers, the clergy, physicians, lawyers and any others interested in the care and prevention of mental problems. PTA WILL LEARN ABOUT EDUCATION FOR SPACE AGE The McHenry Community P.T.A. will meet in the high school cafeteria on Thursday evening, April 23, at 8:15 o'clock, at which time John Sternig. assistant superintendent of the Glencoe schools and j a science teacher and writer, will address the assembled group on "Education for the Space Age." Mr. Sternig will talk on rockets, satellites and space travel and to illustrate his talk will have charts, models and visual aids. Next Tuesday, April 21, will be another busy day for voters. It, will be the third and last of local Elections this month and will name city aldermen, village presidents, trustees .and police magistrates. The election in the city of McHenry promises to be quiet, with no contests in prospect. The polls will be open in three wards from 6 o'clock in the morning to 6 in the evening, resulting in the election of three aldermen. All local candidates are running on the Progressive Party ticket as follows: Precinct 1, William J. Bolger; 2, Glenn D. Dixon; and 3, Charles D. Brown. Their terms run for lour years. The Ward 1 polling place is the city hall; 2. Buss Motor Sales; 3, A. S. Blake Motors. McCullom Lake In nearby McCullom Lake, a livelier contest is anticipated for there are two complete slates of candidates to be voted on. Three trustees are to be elected for four-year terms and one for a two-year term. The Local Party ticket includes the names of Clayton Nelson, William E. Creutz and Frank H. Passalaqua for the long term and Charles H. Koch for the short term. On the Progressive Party ticket, Robert C. Zahn, Arthur R. Nelson and Charles V. Thacker seek election for the long terms and Arthur J. Stuhlfeier is a candidate for the two-year term. Voting will take place at the beach house. Lakemoor At Lakemoor, where the polling place is the fire-department building. - community house, there are two complete tickets and one other party carrying the name of one candidate. On the People's Choice ticket. Margaret E. Ehrhardt is running for the office of trustee for a two-year term. For the same length term of office, James J. "Jim" Krein,'Jr., and Kenneth W. Nemes are running on the Independent Party ticket and Roy John Morrison and Nathan E. Lubke on the Progressive ticket. On the Independent party ticket as candidates for trustees for four-year terms are John Bonder, Lorain H. "Larry" Booster and George H. Vollmer, while the Progressive tickets carries the names of James J. Scanlan, Edward John Jinks and Marty Wrublewski. The terms run for four years. Sunnyside Two men seek the office of village president at Sunnyside. They are William J. Linden of the Progressive Party arid Casimor J Cios of the^Atniv^ Progressive PartJ Cios runs alone on his partv ticket. The ticket headed by Linden also carries the name of Leah M. Fritz to fill an unexpired term for village clerk; August Tomsa and Joseph Metzger for two-year unexpired terms as trustees; and Theodore Prell. Harry Mackinson and Fred Garner for trustees (Continued on page 8) r PAUL R. NITZ Nitz had been a patient at the hospital since the preceding Wednesday and his condition became critical early Saturday morning. The deceased was to have been installed as commander of the V.F.W. this Saturday. In addition to this activity, Mr. Nitz w-as active in his own community, serving in the capacity of a police officer. At the time of his death, he was manager of the meat department at the Certified Grocery in McHenry. (Continued en page 8) Good news to McHenry folks ] was action taken this past week j by the Illinois House in approv- i ing the spending of $135,000 to j complete the locks and chan- i nel dredging at McHenry dam to allow passage of pleasure boats from Algonquin to the Chain O'Lakes. Sponsor of the project was Rep. A. B. McConnell„ (R) of Woodstock, who said the completion of the project would open about twenty-three additional miles of waterway. Some short lived opposition j came from Rep. Joseph L. De- j La Cour (D) of Chicago, who i based his hesitancy on some t of the opposition in the past by Republicans and downstate legislators to legislation helpful to Chicago. Rep. W. Murray (R) of Antioch came to the defense of the expenditure by arguing that, the money is not only for McHenry and Lake county residents but for the people of Chicago also. He added that there were 28.000 boats on the Chain O'Lakes last summer and many of them were from Chicago. Gov. Stratton has long stress- ! ed the need for improvement of j the natural recreation wonders . I of the north state area and has ) a long range improvement pro- ! gram. BISHOP PRESENTS PLAQUE Bishop Loras T. Lane of Rockford is shown presenting a plaque to Grace Weber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weber, and Allen Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Miller. Students at St. Patrick's parochial school, Grace, "a""seventh grader; irnrt~ Allen, in sixth grade, tied for- firstplace . as winners in the diocesan newspaper subscription contest. The plaque was one of several presented to nine students throughout the diocese at a banquet held in Rockford at the home of Bishop Lane. It is a travelling plaque which can be kept for one year. -