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"Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" olume 85 -- No. 5 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, Thursday, June 4. 1959 18 Pages -- 10c Per Copy ^School days for the spring term of 1959 are over, and a even before commencement tomorrow night many hours have . been spent in planning for a college to attend? Experts say* that the brighter the student, the more he and his parents worry about his not being admitted to a- "good school". If it is any comfort, these stone folks who have made a 4hdy of the situation say that the fears are groundless, that $ny high school graduate who is qualified to do college work ,$an get into college, and further, that this will continue to be so despite the oncoming rush of applicants. • Hie big fuss seems to be that the big majority of young people want td attend one of the fifty or seventy-five col- 9>es and universities which have become famous and are now bearing the brunt of the rising tide of applications, while scores of other good colleges are not so crowded. In many cases plenty of room is going begging. Those who have made a study of the college entrance problem say that even the 4tudents whose marks are inly fair can go to a college that will give him what he needs --- and as much of it as he can take. Parents are urge?! to remember one thing, that there is nothing magical about any college. What is important is the student's attitude. Surveys of college alumni have shown that 70,to 90 per cent would «turn to their alma mater if ey had college to do over again, even though many went to a college that was not originally their first choice. We were mighty proud of McHenry's marching units in Saturday's parade. There is nothing that can give a bigger lift to our spirit of patriotism than a good,, marching band ?nd we--ar-e most grateful that ur local units have given so generously of their time and talent. Not many weeks ago, an old time resident, Charles Ensign, returned to McHenry to make his home. He arrived just in time to celebrate his eightieth birthday last week and to receive the congratulations of a ^>st of friends. Peggy Stamer, a senior at the University of Illinois and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Stamer of Rt. 1, McHenry, was recently awarded the "outstanding senior award" of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, given by the alumnae chapter of that group. - Miss Stamer. who is major- Qkg in mathematics, is treasur- ~ er of Sigma Sigma Sigma on campus. New signs have been posted on the blacktop road leading from Rt. 120 to Johnsburg, east of McHenry. informing the public that this is now known as Chapel Hill road. Speaking of signs, the stop i«gn at the Riverside beach has *en erected, indicating that the swimming season is with us. EXPAND COUNTY JUNIOR FAIR THIS SUMMER Study Possibility Of Having New Auto Exhibit McHenry county's fair this year will be expanded to include a number of new contests, exhibits and programs. Loren Massey, „ president of the McHenry County Fair association, says that he has written automobile dealers of the county exploring the possibility of having an automobile- show at the fair. He has also .written to machinery dealers asking that they again show their merchandise in the new, improved area set aside for their equipment. Another possibility being explored by the fair board is that of having an industrial exhibition showing the ijiany items m a n u f a c t u r e d i n M c H e n r y county. Massey says that while a manufacturer may not benefit directly by showing his products, the good will generated is of high value. Showing products to approximately 20,- 000 people .also gives the public an idea of what is produced in the community and what can be purchased to support a neighbor's efforts. Special Days The fair will be held again this year from Aug. 6 through 9 and will again include one day for Future Farmers of America, one for 4-H club members, one for open class and one all-horse day. There will also be horse races, a horse-pulling contest and a rodeo, in addition to the horse show. Again there will be two queens, Miss McHenry County will be chosen for her beauty from among candidates submitted by communities in the county. Any community or any organization may sponsor a queen contestant. Interested persons should contact A. B. and a 4-H king will be chosen by their fellow club members. Civic clubs of the area should contact Massey if they would like a speaker to discuss the fair which encourages the young people of McHenry county to better their own best efforts. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scarbrough and son and Mrs. Roseal O'Donnell and daughter, K a t h y , h a v e m o V e d f r o m Court street to Acqua Lane Estates. NEW PARKING LOT , - ,• - " * . Kotalik Studio Photo Looking with pride at the new parking lot on the Legion grounds west of Green street, are Commander Robert Hendricks of the American Legion Post No. 491; Mayor George P. Freund and Donald Doherty, president of the Chamber of Commerce. The new blacktop area, which will accommodate eighty-eight cars, was completed last Friday, and is a cooperative effort of the city, the Legion and local business men to accommodate the driving public. CLEAN STREAMS GROUP HEARS OF PATROL PROBLEMS The McHenry County Clean Streams committee met Tuesday evening at the V.F.W. clubhouse. ' Secretary George Kammerer reported that all seals for boat toilets have been distributed and are now being installed. He also said that dye tests are being resumed, starting Saturday. A report was made of a meeting held for representatives of the City Council, Clean Streams committee, State Sanitation division and the McHenry Country club, concerning the installation of a sewer line in the Country Club area. Assurance was given that action would be started within ninety days. Several members of the local Clean Streams group were present at Tuesday's meeting, including some from Wonder Lake. Guests were Ben Leland of the State Sanitary division; McConnell,' Woodstock, chairJohn G. Morris, Lake county man of the Miss McHenry sanitary engineer; ; and Mr. County contest. The 4-H queen * Sergeant; •'•newly' elected supervisor of Burton township. Mr. Morris spoke briefly on Lake county's sanitation program. He said that Lake county's board of supervisors had passed the same ordinance now in effect in McHenry county on the sealing of toilets on boats. He also stated that the Lake County Sanitary division plans to enforce this ordinance, and that seals for toilets are being provided. Mr. Leland told that of this (Continued on page 8) NEW BUSINESS OPENS Memorial Day, 1959, is now just a memory, but the significance of the day remains with us throughout the year. Locally, this year's observance will be remembered for its colorful and impressive parade. Alt was while the South was nghting to free itself from the Union that its women were (Continued on page 8) 4 Kotalik Studio Photo Pictured at the grand opening of Smith-Craft, Inc., furniture and carpeting at 133 N. Riverside Drive, are Bob Lubecker, manager, Charles Smith and Mrs. Ruth Smith, owners. The Smiths have moved to Pistakee Bay from Chicago, where Mr. Smith spent twenty-two years in the furniture business on Michigan avenue. THREE MEN DEAD IN ACCIDENTS DURINGWEEK Sunday Morning Crash Fatal To T. A. Desbekis Three county men are dead as the result of traffic accidents this past week. One, Thomas A. Desbekis, 22, of Rt. 1, Spring Grove, lost his life during the holiday weekend. The auto of the young man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Desbekis, was reported to have gone out of control and struck' a tree. The driver was pronounced dead by a Plainfield doctor. The accident occurred on Highway 59, two and one-half miles north of Plainfield. Desbekis is survived by his parents, a brother, George, and a sister, Gloria, both at home. Services were held Wednes.- da^ in Chicago. Eleventh Fatality The county chalked up its eleventh traffic fatality of the year last Thursday evening, May 28, when Richard Elyea, 22, of Woodstock was killed instantly about 9:38 p.m. on Rt. 14, just south of the intersection with Highway 23. His wife, Judith, 17, suffered broken bones and lacerations and was taken to Harvard hospital for treatment. Elyea was driving south when his car collided with a truck operated by Gary Elliott. 17, a 1959 Harvard high school graduate. According to authorities. Elliott was making a turn from Rt. 14 into the Harvard Sportsmen's club when he was struck by the Elyea car. It took the Harvard rescue squad some time to extricate the driver's body from the demolished car. Elliott and two companions. Wayne Hysen, 17, and Don Welke, 16, both of Harvard, received only minor injuries. Louis Franke, 30, of Woodstock, was killed at 5:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, June 3, when his car went out of control on Dean street, near the intersection of Fremont. A companion was seriously in-" jured. This was the county's twelfth traffic fatality of the year. Clean-up Week Next week has be^en designated as "Clean-up Week" in McHenry. A city truck will pick up rubbish placed on the curb in containers on Thursday and Friday. No garbage or ashes will be collected. Local residents are urged to clean up about their homes in an effort at fire prevention. City officials hope these efforts will extend beyond basements and attics to back yards and vacant lots, making McHenry an even more £t< tractive place in which/ to live. 362 WILL RECEIVE DIPLOMAS AT GRADUATION PROGRAMS PUNNED IN McHENRY SCHOOLS THIS WEEK 109 To Graduate AT Junior High A large class of 109 pupils will receive diplomas at the McHenry Junior high school 'graduation exercises to be held tonight, June 4, at 8:15 o'clock in the school auditorium. Marcella Christensen will play the processional, after which R. J. Bertellotti, principal, will present the patrol awards. Scholarship awards will be made by Mrs. Ray Mc- A new and improved tele- Gee of the faculty, and the New Phone Book To Be Issued phone directory for McHenry will be issued late this summer, according to Telephone Manager R. C. Zahn. This "new look" directory will provide -- in a single alphabetical section -- all the phone numbers for the Mc-; Henry county area, including phones in Woodstock. McHenry, Harvard, Crystal Lake, Marengo and Union. At present, only a portion of the telephones in this area are listed in the McHenry directory. "This change is designed to make the directory more useful to McHenry telephone users," said Zahn. "Surveys show that many of our customers want a wider-range directory to match modern calling patterns. "As our community and the surrounding area continue to grow, more and more people need to keep in touch with friends and businesses throughout the county. With all phones in this area listed in the McHenry directory it will be easier to obtain the number." * Classified listings in the yellow pages will continue as at present. The new directory cover will < show a map of the McHenry county area and the towns and communities in it covered by the wider-range alphabetical listings. x Zahn explained that because more numbers will be provided, the directory will be slightly thicker. "We feel." said Zahn, "that our customers here in McHenry will like this new directory because it will provide modern, wide-range directory service in a single, easy-tohandle book." FILE INFORMATION An information has been filed in county court against Joseph DiMaggio of West Shore Beach, McCullom Lake, charging him with assault. He is charged with assault of Victor Hoppe, local school bus driver a few weeks ago. LARGE SUM MONEY TAKEN FROM BUS DEPOT MONDAY Between $600 and $700 was taken from the Unti Bus depot on the corner of Green and Elm streets sometime between midnight Sunday and the time the business was opened Monday morning. The money, taken from a cash register and a desk drawer, included four fivedollar bills, $41 in singles, four rolls of quarters, four rolls of nickels and fifty rolls of dimes. Entrance to the building was made through a window in the rear. FIRE IN HOTEL McHenry firemen were called to the Riverside hotel about 4:45 o'clock Wednesday morning, the second time in two weeks, to extinguish the flames of a burning mattress which had caught fire from a cigarette. While the actual fire damage was confined to the mattress, there was considerable smoke damage on the second and third floors. American Legion honors will be made known by Legion Commander Robert Hendricks. Under direction of Paul Raasch, the school band will play three numbers, followed by the main address of the evening by Dr. Ralph Belnap, associate professor of education at Northern Illinois university. The presentation of diplomas will be made by Supt. Carl Buckner and Assistant Superintendent M. L. Schoenholtz. Graduates The graduates are Jacqueline Ambrose, Lee Amour, Donald Antonson, John Bailey, Clarence Bares, Jodeane and Jadeane Barlow, Carroll Beck, Thomas Bitterman, Deborah Block, Marianne Borchert, Richard Burns, Donald Cameron, Marcella Christensen, Karen Christian, Richard Colberg, Rebecca Dalby, Mary Lou Day, Adella Dickson, Charles Dixon, James Edwards, Timothy Farr, Heather Fike, Bobbie Ann Frindell, Michael Fischer, Edward Foster, Barbara Friedberg, Edward Gee, James Giddings, Carol Gray, Carol Grandt, Eugene Halcom, Shirley Gustafson, Susan Gregory, Mary Hanley and Renee Hammershgy •.. ^ Also Sally Hansen, Martin Hans, Lucina Haupt, Carol Herdrick, Roberta H o u c k, C h e r y l H u e c k s t a e d t , C a r o l Hughes, Willard Hyatt, Larry Johnson, Lois Johnson, Randy Johnson, Richard Johnson, Pamela Kalfus, Barbara Kazowski, William Kidd, May Kirk, John Klingberg, Arnold K l e p f e r . R a y m o n d K n i g h t , Carol Krumsee, Ronnie Krumweide, Wayne Latimer, Nancy Lockwood, F i o r e Luciano, M a d e l y n n M a l s t r o m , J u d y Martin, Jack Meyer, Michael Michalik, David Miller, Thomas Miller, Toni Mogdans. Judy Anne Murray. Susan Murraft Kenneth Nelson, Tom Newman and Jacqueline Noel. Also Arthur Olsen. Nancy Olson, Pamela Ostergren, Adrienne Ozog, Susan Prawl, Jean Peterson, Barbara Porters, John Reese, Gayle Reid, Virginia Roehrs, John Rourke, Brigitte Sack, Mary Ann Sanchez. Hugh Saynor, Jr., Philip Schmidt, James Schmech, Bonnie Segerm&rk, Pamela Sexton, Ann Shaw, Cleo Siscoe, EIGHTY-FOUR IN TWO PAROCHIAL GRADUATIONS A total of 362 .students will receive diplomas in graduation exercises in the four McHenry schools this week. Of this total, 171 will graduate from high school, 107 from the Junior high, fifty-eight from. St. Mary's parochial school and twenty-six from St. Patrick's. St. Mary's The graduation class of St. Mary's parochial school will receive diplomas Thursday evening, June 4, at 8 o'clock in the parish church. Class day will begin with Holy Mass and the reception of Holy Communion in a body, followed by a breakfast sponsored by the P.T.A. The luncheon program, under the direction of Mrs. Roy Miller, will be attended by the graduation class, Msgr. Nix, Fr. John Reuland and Fr. Harold Nilges. The graduating class is as follows: Ronald Anderson, Elizabeth Barbier, Arnold Berry, James Brefeld, Richard Brefeld, Valerie Brefeld, Deno Buralli, Ronald Bykowski, Sharon Clifford, Joy Ann Colburn, Mary Jo Connor, David Druml, Dennis Freund, Thomas Gates. Frank Gende, Diane Glosson, Donna Gorgo, Patricia Hamil, Rex Hester, Theresa Hettermann, Alan Jacobson, Roger Jurack, Marie Justen, Paul Karls, David Kennebeck, Dean Kennebeck, Dolores Klapperich, Kathleen Kozicki, Mark Laskowski, Camille Lopez, Michael Mayfield, Gail Meyer, Carol Miller, Roy Miller, Sharon O'Leary,, Mary Ann Oik, Margaret Parisi, Edward Parks, Kathleen Phelan, S a n d r a R o d e n k i r o h , J a m e s Sayler, Bonnie Schiller, Donna Schiller, Ruth Schmitt, Pa- (Continued on page 8) Only Minor Accidents In City Over Weekend While the traffic toll was mounting over the first holiday weekend of the summer season, McHenry remained a safe place in which to drive. Police Chief Joseph Grobel reported that there were only two minor accidents within the city in the three-day period. No injuries resulted and there was only minor property damage. non, Mary Sheehy, Sandra Smith, Ann Sperandio, Sandra Spohr, Judith Steadman, Kenneth Stilling, Gary Vycital, Edward Wagner, Keith Weingart, W i l l i a m W i l s o n . R a y m o n d Wisnieski and Karen Ziebel. St. Patrick's Sunday afternoon, June 7, in St. Patrick's church at 4:15 o'clock, twenty-six boys and girls from the school, dressed in blue caps and gowns, will graduate. The cross bearer, Donald Meyer, and acolytes, Terrance Mahoney, AHen White and Gary Walsh, wiulfead the procession into the church. After the pledge to the cross and flag, diplomas and awards will be given by Rev. E. C. Coakley, who will also address the graduates. Rev. W. P. Collins will assist in giving the diplomas. Graduates Graduates are Dennis Birmingham, Cheryl Budasi, John Con very, John Corso, Frank Dawson, Duane Diedrich, Joseph Fino, Kathleen Foran, Patricia Glosson, Clifford Harris, Thomas Justen, Lesley Kilday, Roland Koerper, Colleen Mahoney, Kenneth Martin, Michael McEnery, James Meyer, Sandra Miller, Bernice Nyden, Jane Nye, Dolores Piotrowski, Kathleen Smith, Louis Stramaglio, Roger Thompson, Thomas Ulick and Ronald White. An act of -consecration to the Sacred Heart will be recited by the graduates and this will be followed by benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The girls of seventh grade will sing in the choir, accompanied COMMENCEMENT WILL BE HELD : FRIDAY, JUNE 5 j A large graduating class of 171 members will march to the strairis of "Pomp and Circumstance", played by Joyce Eckstein and Judy Hans, at commencement exercises to be held Friday evening, June'6, in the high school gymnasium. Harry Mueller, senior vicecommander of the American Legion, will present awards of his organization to the boy and girl selected by a vote of the faculty as outstanding in the qualities of leadership, scholarship, character, etc. The names of the winners of these coveted awards are not made known until graduation night! Henry Houck, president, and Judy Hans, vice-president, of the Student Council will present the Louise Barbier mem o r i a l s c h o l a r s h i p s , a f t e r which the Pan Helenic scholarship will be awarded by Mrs. John R. Thomas and the Kiwanis scholarship by Dr. Urban V. Comes. Instead of the practice of having a leader in the educa? tional field address the 1959 class, four members of that class will talk. They were se^ lected by several members of' the faculty to speak on various phases of the theme, "Our Re». sponsibility". The four, to b^T introduced by M. L. Schoenholtz, assistant superintendent? will be Patty McCracken; speaking on "Responsibility to Ourselves". Dorothy Ann Cook, "Responsibility to our Families", Edward Haack, "Responsibility to our Community" and Howard Segermark, Responsibility to our Nation." tricla Schmfttr Barbara 3haTr--b -Honor-awards^riH- bemade by Principal Marvin Martin, after which Carl Buckner, 9Bperintendent, will present diplomas to the graduating class. Baccalaureate A large crowd gathered in the gymnasium last Sunday evening to hear Rev. George Martin of the Community Methodist church give an inspiring talk on the qualities and requirements of good citizenship, stressing the responsibility of each person in order to attain the desired goal. Career In Sky (Continued on page 8) Flying as a North Central Airlines stewardess is Lizzi Schwanke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Schw.anke of Holiday-Hills.r She is a graduate of Humboldt Institute, Minneapolis. Before winning her wings, she attended stewardess training classes in Minneapolis- St. Paul. Miss Schwanke, a native of Schoenermark, Germany, came to the U.S. five years ago. McHenry High School Graduates Of 1959 Kotalik Studio Photo