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y ~\ o ' v'--. "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875 Volume 85 -- No. 35 -- 2 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1359 16 Pages -- 10c Per Copy ; - f \i m ROTARY FORCED TO DISCONTINUE CITY SKI TOW Unhappy news for youngsters of the community, and also some of their i»arents who are youngu in heart, is announcenr »nt |hat there will be no ski tcHK on the Country Club hill. The McHenry Rotary club, sponsor of the tow for the past couple of years, learned recently that insurance rates would make it impossible to maintain the service. For the past two years, the Country Club has generously donated use of the hill, and their insurance has extended to odpcr the tow as well as the club's other needs. However, new insurance regulations make tt impossible for them to include the tow. The cost would also be prohibitive for the Rotary club to assume. Wr Musifl' and • Meanderty'j The long observed custom of making New Year's resolutions comes in for its share^of jokes*, each year, even though there is probably not one of us alive who hasn't the need for such promises. As for ourselves, we can always think of resolutions which are *most appropriate for our friends. After all, our own failings seldom bother us as much as they do others, and we realize the wisdom of the old saying as it applies to us, "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak". In a day dreaming mood we look through rose-colored glasses at an ideal year which would start with our arrival for work any hour which wouldn't mean literally dragging ourself out of bed. We would like to be smiled upon as we arrived and wouldn't complain if som^ kind soul had the coffee water hot. ' Now the worst thing to happen to anyonej is to be hurried in the early hours of the day -- say until noon. In a newspaper office-it isn-t easy to avoid such annoyances, but we would greatly appreciate any effort in that direction by everyone with whom we come in contact. After' a hearty lunch, we wouldn't complain too much if we were asked to settle down to the business at hand. Of course, the stipulation is that the work session last only until we become weary or bored, at which time some light refreshments would be in order. ' If some enlightened labor leader saw fit to establish a four-hour day in a „three-day week, this, too, would be^a welcome variation of the pattern which by Dec. 31 becomes too familiar and sometimes tiresome. As we sit (lay-dreaming: through these rose-colored glasses, this is what we see 'ahead for 1960. But in our more lucid moments we know some unkind hand of fate is just waiting to kit off those glasses, at the sptfne time wiping from ouyface the fo<Hish smile pr antici- Resident Dies In Accident GREETS NEW YEAR $1* tiiwi ISlii TWO RECEIVE MINOR INJURIES IN AUTO CRASHES Ronald Tranberg of McCullom Lake suffered abrasions tfhen the car he was driving west on Rt. 120, left the highway about a mile west of McHenry, struck a mail box and then crashed into a utility pole. The*" accident occurred at 6:57 o'clock--Satuixlay~->night.v , ; He was taken by a passerby to McHenry to be treated by a local physician. Damage to the car was esti«- mated at $450. David Clark of Barrington was treated for minor injuries when the car in which he was riding* driven by Bruce Olson, of Palatine, was involved in a collision with an auto driven by Edwin Nyden, 17, of Oakhurst subdivision, McHenry. The accident occurred on Sunlay. TAF BOLEY. 76. KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY CAR DURING SEVERE SNOW STORM LAST WEEK DAMAGE KEPT TO MINIMUM IN TWO LQCAL FIRES An oil burner unit and blower in the furnace of the Overton Buick garage on Front street were destroyed by firfe late Saturday morning. Firemen said the furnace apparently backfired, and resulting oil on the floor near it caught afire. No "other damage was reported except to the furnace. Members of the Lakemoor fire station were cailed to thv ' The Christmas spirit was i completely lacking in on© or ; more individuals who stole | eighty bulbs from the , Craristi mas tree at the corner of Elm one eve- 'ix, 1 Mr & I street and Wauk j then took more lig! 1 decorations of at 1 i idents on Main stri I ning last week. | The incidents reminded us of j a story in a recent issue of the Publishers' Auxiliary, noting the results of a "shock therapy J experiment" tried by a Michi- | gan judge who administered I this medicine to a 17-year-old ! youth who pleaded guilty to burglary on his first offenses ; forty-five days in solitary confinement on a diet of bread, water, milk and vitamin pills; probation for five years following discharge, with orders to be in every night at 10. and not to drive a car during the probation period. ifter thinking -it over for irty-fU't days in 'solitary confinem/ nt the youth thanked the judge for "the break you have given me." "I won't be back", the youth told the Judge. "I am through with jail." youth's attorney said they believed the young man had definitely been cured of his criminal tendencies. » It is a safe-bet; . too. that there'll be a great lull in juvenile delinquency in that community for some time top fContinued on page 8) Kotalik Studio Photo t DAVID SMITH, Jll. Greeting the New Year with a smile and the customary' frivolities of the season is sixteen-month-old David Smith, Jr., son of David and Judy Olson Smith of 502 Front street, McHenry. Proud grandparents of the young man who heraldsrthe-~yeac_Jl)§p are Mr. and Mrs. Leo Smith of Rt. 2, Rrehmond, formerly of McHenry, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl 01s<wof Solon Springs, Wis., formerly of Spring Grove. : : J. L. Hewitt home at Lake According to the Sheriff's of- View and Rt. 120, in that vilflce! the Olson car had stoppedi 'a^e, Saturday nujiit--when rat'- at the intersection and UjenXters became abjafte from a firci proceeded onto the highway ^arouncTTlW--aiimney. Only a when his car collided with the: limited amount of damage re- Nyden auto, which was „ " Local firemen were called to Cooney Heights about 7:30 that evening when a resident, reurrring home, thought he saw house on fire a block away. The conflagration was found to be in a garbage burner. elling on the highway. TAXPAYERS DISMISSAL OF TAX PROTESTS NORTHBROOK MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SATURDAY LOSS OF BARN. CONTENTS IN SATURDAY BLAZE ESTIMATED TO REACH CLOSE TO S40.000 Donald Ray Dies In Texas Property Owners Claim Action Was | „ , "777" , , I W+V. * C • Charles Robbins of North- Without consent j brook suffered injuries' which | were not considered serious in A number .of^ lc^al ^roperty ' ^^, ing accident which oci owners, particularly from the | ourrod on tue Wing 'n Fin • Pistakee Highlands area ap- huntinR lod £ peared in county court on hunting lodgi property last Saturday. Robbins was reportedly Donald Ray, 25, died early Tuesday morning, Dec. 29, in St. Luke's hospital, Houston, Texas, following a lingering illness. His wife, the foitner Patricia Dixon, and nine-month-old son, Teddy, were with him when he died. His body is being returned to the George Justen & Son funeral home, where services will be arranged later this week. Besides his wife and son, he is survived by his parents, Mr and Mrs. Theodore^ Ray, of McHenrv Shores. , Tuesday morning of this week i when an appeal was made in i . . . . , . ... , 1 their behalf by State's Attor_ ; b ock, ng pheasants at the end i ney Don Wicks for dismissal !° ° coin ,w. l.e e * | of their tax bills on the grounds i | that the act failed to comply between $30,000 and $40,00^ with the rules of court. Fire damage estimated completely destroyed a large bam on the/ Mauri'^ Grange!' farm (the former Wattles farm) on the blacktop road ;i mile south of Rt. 120, at the bottom of Sherman Hill. Firemen from the three local fire stations--McHenry, Johnsburg and Lakemoor -- fought the blaze from the time it was discovered, about 3 "30 Saturday afternoon, until 9 o'clock in the evening. No. animals were kept in the 140x40 foot structure, and 'the the row. As a bird flew into the foggy atmosphere, one of the party fired and a few pell e t s s t n i c k R o b b i n s i n t h e hands and chest. The injured man was taken t© McHenry hospital for treat- Judge James Cooney indicated that favorable action ifi behalf of those in court and in accordance with letters received would be taken. T h e s e t a x p a y e r s c l a i m e d j r r , 0 , T* that action for filing their tax j ~ ~ payments under protest was | NOTICE taken by Atty. Robert Doyle { The McHenry Sayings and without theif knowledge or; Loan association will remain consent. Judge Cooney said j open Wednesday this week, their names would be taken off j but will be closed Thursday thfe protest list and the original ' afternoon and all day Friday, tax bills returned to the tax- Jan. 1. payers. There will then be a j -- BUILD NEW FACTORY AT SPRING GROVE International Register Will Employ Hundreds | only harm to a living being court order entered, putting i TRITCK BLOCKS HIGHWAY was to a cat which was singed, this money into circulation. . j A" large truc» slid off Rt. 14, | However, a new tractor, a cat- Atty. Doyle asked for a con-j rear the Lily Pond tavern, beer- pillar machine, grain drill, i tinuance of his case until Janj. , tWeen Woodstock and Crystal I fertilizer spreader and a quan- 8 and this was granted by j'Lake, at 6:15 Tuesday morning !j tit y of corn, hay. oats and Judge Cooney. However, act ion j blocking traffic for about for- straw were destroyed in the 'o remove the name$ of many i ty_fjve minutes. j blaze l*10 individuals is expected | ' When it became known that | '"j* takcn a,°ncf: ... ! the torn could not be saved. Hearings on the dismissal of :, firemen concen.t rat. ed, .th. e.i r e,f -!i o..t_h er protested tax cases con- 4U . , ... (Continued on page 8) A Sl'-t million factory for International Register company is now rising on U. S. 12 and Johffsburg road in the village of Spring Grove. The new plant will be the first industri- ^-^^_jal building in this village of 200 Both the judge and the "^nd the nucleus of a projected 148-acre industrial park. The new factory is of one story, windowless design with p a t t e r n e d a l u m i n u m s i d i n g . Most areas' are air conditioned. Two additional sections, each approximately equal in size to the original plant, are sched- £ , , .. . tinued throughout Tuesday forts on saving the hom^,wh;.-h,some Qf them based on a ^ was only a short distance from : _ the burning building. Other,: smaller structures on the farm j - were farther from the blaze; and never in great danger. j Family Away Mr. and Mrs. Granger and son. Ashley, nad left for * Milwaukee, Wis., dhring the after noon. When the fire was discovered, they were notified by phone and immediately started the return trip to McHenry. The ^ Grangers' daughter. Mary, and several friends were at home when a fuse was blown jii the house. Upon investigatiorK. they fdund that fallen wires fron^the burning ! b a r n w e r e r e s p o n s i b l e . T h e entire front of the barn w:;s in flames when the^ discovered the blaze and notified the fire NOTICE The McHenry State Bank will remain open on Wednesday. Dec. 30, arid will close on Friday, Jan!' 1, in observance of New Year's day. c The second fatal auto-pedestrian accident in less, than a week took the life of a lifelong McHenry resident, Gottlieb C. (Pat) Boley, 76, on the evening of Dec. 23. The accident occurred a'bout 11:20 p.m on Rt. 31, just south of the Barnard Mill $'G|ad. ) A verdict of a'c^idental death was returned by a coroner's jury which met Saturday morning in the George R. Justen & Son chapel. According to authorities, Boley was driving south on the highway during the heavy snow storm of Tuesday night and is believed to have ' left his car to wipe off the windshield. It was while he was beside .his car that he was stnick by another auto driven by Arthur Erickson of Genoa City. Wis., Who failed to see him. When Erickson stopped, he found Boley's body on the pavement near the front of his cat. According to police, visibility was extremely poor at the time of the accident . The deceased was born March 17, 1883, in McHenry, in the brick building at il-e southeast corner of Pearl and Green streets, the son of Gottlieb F. and Josephine Boley. I( was because of his birth dale, St. Patrick's Day, that he became known as "Pat". ^ ... Brewer By Trade He lived his entire life in this community with the exception of time spent at brewers' school in Chicago. A brewmaster by trade, he was associated with the beverage industry most of his life. He operated the McHenry brewery in partnership with his brother- in-law, the late Michael L. Worts, and later worked for the McHenry Malt Products Co. He was an ardent fisherman and spent most of his spare time in this occupation, both in summer and winter. He was a member of Si. Mary's Catholic church, the Catholic Order of Foresters, and Moose Lodge. Mr. Boley is siinived by a son, Kenneth N. Boley, o 11008 Bucknell Drive, Silver Spring, Md.; three grandchild ren; two sisters, Mrs. M. L. Worts of McHenry and Mrs. John Olsen of Grants Pass. Oregon. His wife, Anna, preceded hirh in death in April of 1958. The body rested at the Justen funeral home until 11:30 o'clock Saturday morning, when last rites were conducted at St.* Mary's Catholic church. Mr. Boley's tragic death was (Continued on page 8) MILLION DOLLAR FACTORY This week thie Plaindealer staff says goodbye to Old Man 1959, remembering* with a warm feeling the good t h i n g s t h e y e a r brought to the McHenry community. At the same time, the staff extends a hearty welcome to Young Man 1960 to step in and begin his reign. We just ask that he bring with him a full year of progress and prosperity, health and happiness for our many readers. J! Ik 3^" tr. / <Continue^ on page 8 GRANGER (Continued on page 8) Now under construction on U.S. 12 and Johnsburg road, in Spring Grove, is a one and one-quarter million dollar factory for International Register company. The new plant will be the first industrial building in the village" The company expects to employ 350 when.^ the newj^lant opens about May 1. and a total of 800. when the planned extensions are' complet( FIRE