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IW.fr, .-G»$WK4FLWB$W- - -•> N-» •Ifo^'^^.,':-. ,:^.;^..;. ..'-a,.! lis MciffiNRY PLAINDEALER Thursday. January 21 Summary of McHenrv NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST YEAR IN McHENRY COMMUNITY CONTAINED IN BRIEF RESUME trie pqjver May 26 for a short period due to under-ground transmission cable failure. January At the start of the new year Math IN. Schmitt, who has been supervisor for the past twenty years, announced he \Vould not seek re-election. The ski lift at the golf course hill, provided by the Rotary club, has proved mighty popu lar with youngsters and adults - alike. The Consolidated Board of Education, No. 15, announced the need of fourteen additional classrooms and expect to ask the public to approve a bond issue. The annual March, of Dimes set, $30,000 as the goal for the county. . Illinois Bell Telephone company filed a tariff asking the Illinois commerce commission tp allow it to discontinue off e r i n g f o u r - p a r t y r e s i d e n c e pihon@ service to new customers o r - t o p r e s e n t c u s t o m e r s who move to new locations. The interior of the Donald Kidd home at 11 Orchard Beach was a shamble following an explosion caused when a gas pipe snapped leading into the house, the fumes igniting a spark from the motor of a freezing unit. Donald Doherty was elected president of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce. Two serious explosions were recorded in the McHenry area. Walter Sielisch of 102 N. Meadow Lane, Pistakee Highlands, was thrown from his bed by the force of an explosion which completely destroyed the furnace and resulted in a great amount of other damage. The building vVhich houses both the home and business of the "Whitey" Bjorks at McCullom Lake suffered a similar fate after the furnace exploded and damaged the building extensively from soot. The heavy snow storm whicti struck McHenry cost the city OVer $1,000 for snow removal. A new church, the Mount Hope Methodist, began regular services at Pistakee Highlands. A McCullom Lake resident. Edward Liston, 55, was killed a n d h i s w i f e , F r a n c e s , was critically injured when their car and a Chicago & North Western train collided at the McCullom Lake crossing. February Dr. William A. Nye was named chief of staff of Memorial hospital for McHenry County by the board of directors. • After almost forty-eight hours of sleet and snow which played havoc with power and telephone liues and poles, many sections of the McHenry area were without phone service and electric power. The post office moved from its place of business on Riverside drive to its new home in the beautiful building on North Green street. Dedication services were held at the new Alliance Bible Church at 408 John street, McHenry. The largest paper in the history of the Plaindealer was published Feb. 26. It was made up of fifty-six pages which included the quadrennial real estate tax assessment list. Nearly 600 students were listed as absent from the McHenry schools due to cold,, flu, scarlet fever, mumps and chicken pox. A sujruTier resident of Pistakee Bay. Alice E. Arkema, 17, was killed March 20 in an auto accident which occurred' at Gilmer road and Illinois Rt. 83, near Prairie View. Lake county. Dense fog was believed to be responsible for the fatal auto accident which took the life of a father of eleven children, Morton Hart. 46, of Rt. 5. Illinois Bell Telephone company began excavation work on two major telephone projects which will provide for dial service in McHenry. April In one of the biggest votes ever recorded in a McHenry township election. L e R o y Smith emerged winner in a spirited race for supervisor over Michael Schaefer. Carried along to victory with Smith were two members of the People's Party,' Albert Adams of Johnsburg and Walter Dean of Wonder Lake, who become the new assistant supervisors. Charles (Chuck) Miller, runn i n g w i t h o u t o p p o s i t i o n , was elected highway commissioner, a post he has held for, the past twelve years. Mrs. Albert Barbian and Mrs. Fred Rogers acted as cochairmen of the 1959 cancer "drive for the city of McHenry. Voters in District 15 approved a proposition raising the annual tax rate for the educational fund from .96 to. 1.17. A second proposition on the issuance of $400,000 school site and building bonds was also approved. A large vote saw the incumbent board member, Margaret Haug re-elected to office and' Edwin Wittrock winner of a seat on the school board. Action taken by the Illinois House in approving the spending of $135,000 to complete the locks and channel dredging at McHenry dam will allow passage of pleasure boats from Algonquin to the Chain O'- Lakes. In a write-in campaign in the second ward Harry Conway defeated Glenn D. Dixon, whose name appeared alone on the ticket for alderman. -At nearby McCullom. L-akt in a contest for village trustees, the entire Progressive ticket contenders won all three posts. Robert Zahn, Arthur R. Nelson, Charles Thacker were the victors and Arthur Stuhlfeier was elected for a twoyear term trustee. In a race for village press dent at Sunnyside William J. Linden defeated Casimer Cios. Winners for four-year terms for trustees in Lakemoor were John Bonder, Lorain Booster, and George Vollmer. For two year terms James Krein, Jr and Kenneth W. Nemes were elected. Because of the coopfcratio.i o f b u s i n e s s p e o p l e a n d t h e many others who assisted in "Operation Alert", McHenry's observance of the special civil defense program was a fine success. June His Excellency, the Most Rev. Loras T. Lane, D.D., conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders on Rev. Richard W. Paddock of McHenry. at an impressive ceremony on June 6, in St. Mary's Catholic church. Diplomas were given to 362 students in the McHenry schools. Three county men died as the results of traffic accidents. One was Thomas A. Desbekis 22, of Spring Grove, who lost his' life when his car went out of control near Plainfield. Firemen were called to the Riverside hotel for the second time in two weeks- to extinguish • flam&s in a mattress which had caught fire from a cigarette. • Between $600, rnnd $700 was taken from the Ifjnti Bus Depot! The money was taken from a cash register and a desk drawer. Hundreds of people attended graduation exercises at the various schools. The coveted Legion awards were won by Albert Cajthaml and Patty Mc- Cracken. Tom Olsen was named valedictorian. Gov. William G. Stratton was a guest of the McHenry County Republicans at a "GOP Fun Day" held at the McHenry Country club. Tragedy struck the village of McCullom Lake Sunday evening, June 7, when Harry Berry, Jr., drowned. One of McHenry's oldest businesses, operated by the Overton family to serve the driving public of the area, marks its half century in operation this month. R. I. Overton began the business in 1909. At the annual Country Art Fair held in the junior high school over 100 McHenry county artists displayed their works. Two popular assistants in McHenry churches were transferred. Rev. Fr. John\E. Reuland was sent to Car^ while Rev. Fr. William Collins was assigned to St. Edward's in Rockford. Rev. Fr. A. F. Rennell will be assistant at St. Mary's and Rev. Fr. Eugene Parker came to St. Patrick's. March The Easter seal goal is set at $20,000. A light vote of 260 votes found a $78,500 school building bond program for Harrison school at Wonder Lake approved. The congregation of Faith Presbyterian church completed plans to move into. its first church home near the corner of Johnsburg and Lincoln roads in Eastwood Manor. ? Richard Herdrich, son of the John T. Herdrichs, was one of six seniors of Campion Jesuit high school at Prairie Du- Chien, Wis., declared finalists in the National Merit scholarship program. Five McHenry high school seniors were named as recipients of Gov. Stratton's state scholarship program. They were Richard Arftonson, James Jones, Richard Smith, Ronald Smith and Dorothy Cook. "Hie Illinois Bell telephone company reported that 726 telephones had been installed during the past year. Illinois Bell Telephone company established Pistakee Highlands as a separate phone ex- Change, effective April 19. About 250 customers are in the new exchange. The telephone business office moved into its new quarters in the newly constructed telephone building*1 St '111/ North Court street. Mrs. Minnie Block celebrated her ninety-ninth birthday, July 17. The Chicago Club for Crippled Children at Riverdale subdivision, Pistakee Lake, opened its fourteenth season. McHenry merchants announced the semi-annual Dollar Days for Aug. 7 and 8. Teresa Dason, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dason of McCulloni Lake, was crowned Miss McCullom Lake. Robert Moore of Pistakee H e i g h t s , 3 7 , f a t h e r o f f o u r c h i l d r e n , was e l e c t r o c u t e d while tightening a belt on a road gravel crusher near Waukegan. That evening, John Celletti, 18, of Burton's Bridge, a 1959 MCHS graduate, lost his life while attempting to rescue a friend from the Fox River. Miss Pat Hogan. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. -John Hogan of RingwOod, was named 4-H queen of McHenry county. The county board of supervisors passed the new county half cent sales tax for unincorporated areas, to become effective Sept. 1. Only the daring of the Jewel Tea Co., manager, Ed. Rooke, prevented two armed hold-up men from obtaining money at the local store in a daylight robbery attempt. The car they used was found abandoned in the parking lot of St.- Patrick's church. An epidemic of boat and motor thefts swept the McHenry area. Four boats were stolen, some of them stripped and damaged. Three motors were also taken. Richard Cronin, 64, a long time resident of McHenry^was krlled Aug. 18, when His car went out of control on East River road, about two miles southeast of the city, and struck a tree. An employee of Carey Electric, Henry Robert Arndorfer, 38, of Woodstock, was killed in an automobile crash one-half mile west of the Crystal Lake- M c H e n r y b l a c k t o p , on B u l l Valley road, Aug. 25. Aug. 30 was dial day in McHenry. At 2 a.m. the first local and long distance calls Vrere made through the new dial telephone system. An auto accident on the ChaAnnouncement was made pel Hill road claimed- the life that the McHenry Publishing of Claude F. McDermott, Jr.. 22, son of the village president and Mrs. McDermott of Lakemoor, June 18. A 120-year-old horse barn was completely destroyed and the upper portion of another barn at Ringwood was badly damaged by a fire which swept through the two buildings on a farm located just south of the intersection in Ringwood and is owned by I. F. Ettinger of Chicago. The county's largest tax bill of $9,456,666 reached local residents during the last week of June. 9 May May 4, was a memorable day for the McHenry post office and for the city itself, for on that day the hew spacious of fice which handles the postal needs of 27,382 patrons was dedicated in an impressive cen emony. The new assessed valuation for 1958 is $341,000,000. The park district was defeated decisively at the polls when 608 people voted against and 353 in favor. A twenty-four-year-old Eastwood Manor man, Merle E. Kaufman, was killed early May 10 in a head-on collision on Rt. 59A, near Ivanhoe. The historic Riverside hotel, for more than a century ' a landmark on the Fox river, escaped total destruction in a fire confined to t-tfe third floor Extensive damage by fire. smoke and water was estimated at $50,000. Residents escaped unhurt. McHenry residents heard the good news that they will have a lower tax rate, 2.954 as compared to 3.447 last year. . A new furniture store, Smithcraft, Inc., was opened at 133 N. Riverside Drive. Miss Ellen Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Clark of McHenry was named vale dictorian at St. Mary's high school In Woodstock. McHenry was without elec-1 drive. July The county's fifth drowning of the year occurred July 4, at Lily Lake, taking the life of Elwood Weeks, 15, of 4808 W. Ainslee, Chicago. He drowned in the lake at Fritzsche's Estates. Joseph DiMaggio, 49, of McCullom Lake, was sentenced to six months in Vandalia for the shooting of a school bus driver, Victor Hopp, 26, of Ringwood. Mayor George P. Freund accepted a new forty-nine-star American flag from the president of the Legion auxiliary. A tragedy on the waters of Pistakee Bay was narrowly averted July 3, when two boats collided, one carrying twentyseven girls ranging in age from 12 to 15 years, who were members of a group of girls staying a t V i l l a M a r i e c a m p a t t h e Bay. There were no serious injuries. A total of 158 Girl Scouts Of the Valley View neighborhood were in attendance at the day camp held on the Granger property west of the city. line second annual Fiesta Day was held in the city with a colorful parade and Drum Corps Magic held at McCracken field. The V.F.W. carnival was also held during this busy weekend. Eighty-four stores of every _tvpe--joined-in-tfae-special "Open House" 2-day event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Msgr. C. S. Nix, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, observed fifty-six years in the priesthood. The board of supervisors approved the patrol of county waters on weekends. Miss Carl Frisby of Sunnyside was named Fiesta Day Queen. The citizen-award of the-year presented by the V.F,W. was given to Mrs. Elizabeth Thomp •son. The store of the year award went to the Smith-Craft furniture store on Riverside Co., which operated and published the McHenry Plainifealer^ for the past ten years, has assumed full Ownership from Mrs. Gracia Mosher. ° Miss RoVena Marshall and Miss Lillian Stilling were honored for serving the Illinois Bel'l Telephone company for the past thirty-five years. September City school enrollment topi 3,700. When registrations are completed an increase of more than 500 expected over the 1958 enrollment. Public interest was growing for erection of a public swimming pool. School District 15 approved levy of $587,490 for the 1959- 60 year. They also accepted a design for a new school to be built northeast of Eastwood Manor. A total of $328,694.11 was paid under protest in 1958 taxes, it was disclosed by County Treasurer Harry Herendeen. Of the 2,356 protesting taxpayers, there were 579 in McHenry township. October In a tragic accident on Rt .31, about a quarter of a mile beyond the Rt. 14 intersection, Norman Larsen, 39, of McCullum Lake, lost his life when the dump truck he was driving went out of control and crashed into a tree. Larry B. Ketchum, 16, lost his life in a two car collision on Barreville road. Fire prevention week was observed in McHenry. A tornado dipped to the ground about 4:50 p.m. on Oct. 8 in the Edgebrook Heights area, destroying portions of several homes and causing thousands of dollars in property damage. Fortunately no one was seriously ^injured. The swimming pool progress and plans were discussed at a kick-off dinner and several thousand dollars were pledged The property east of the high school was chosen as the probable site of the pool. Hubert G. (Bud) Liptrot was appointed superinte n d e n t of the West McHenry station. John Dreymiller was presented with a national citation for his outstanding work as post officer of the Legion Post No. 491. McHenry returned to standard time Oct. 25. More than 1,900 people attend the McHenry Telephone open house. McHenry, council. Knights of Columbus honored Rev. Fr. John L. Daleiden, pastor of St. Peter's church, Spring Grove, -and chaplain of the local council, at a testimonial dinner. Five men lost, their, lives in three accidents in the McHenry area. John Russell McConnell, 61, and his son-in-law. Claude F. Rieck, 32, of Dwight, were drowned in the Fox river while on a fishing trip, Oct. 31. A 20-year-old McHenry youth, Jacob Peter Breit, became the county's, twenty-tjiird traffic fatality of the year on Oct. 30 when he died instantly in an accident on Rt. 176 west of Burton's Bridge. Harold"" E. Dahl, 37, of Island Lake, was killed Oct. 28 in a head-on collision which occurred on „ Rt. 170 in Lake county. A 2-year-old child, Victoria BieleWitz, of rural Mundelein. died of injuries suffered in the same accident. Dr. Owen Chamberlain, 38, grandson of a native of McHenry, was one of the two American physicists awarded the Noble Prize for physics for their research into the nature of. the atom and the discovery of the antiprpton. Announcement was made in Stockhom, Sweden. November Fire loss estimated at between $50,000 and $100,000 destroyed twenty tons of paper at a new warehouse of Science Research Associates, located north of Woodstock, just off Rt. 14. Announcement was made by Gov. William Stratton of a state and federal aid grant in the amount of- $14,546 to the, new McHenry County Mental Health Clinic. v - Chicago Telephone Supplycorporation, Elkhart, Ind., announced that it has purchased the Trolex corporation of McHenry, through stock acquisition. Ernest and Mary C. Useman purchased the assets and right to operate Mark's Sports Center at 212 S. Green street from "Mark" Markeson. Harvey Busche, 43, of 110 S. River road, DesPlaints, who was lucky enough to. escape death when his car plunged into the Fox river near Oakhurst, died when-his auto skidded into a pole. Temperatures dropped to below zero to set a new record for so early in the season. Archbishop Albert G. Meyer of the Chicago Catholic archdiocese was named a Cardinal •by Pope John, the twentythird. The new Cardinal is a cousin of the late Dr. Edwin Meyer, whose widow lives in McHenry. James Hettermann of Johnsburg was appointed as new acting postmaster of the McHenry post office. He replaces Ray McGee, postmaster for almost twenty-five years. A raging fire of undetermined origin destroyed two houses and threatened two others in McCullom Lake. December Tommy Schmidt age 8, one of six boys of Mrs. Opal Schmidt of Lilymoor, was rescued after falling through the thin ice. The preliminary draft of the background for planning the growth of the city of McHenry was'presented at a meet ing of the local plan commission and city officials. His Excellency, Loras T. Lane, D.D., Bishop of Rockford presided in impressive ceremonies dedicating the new Marian Central Catholic high school, Woodstock. Total distribution of taxes, for the year totalled $8,741,- 360.60. Of this figure, the greatest amount, by far, went to schools in the county. The county's traffic fatality count reached twenty-four for 1959 after a corner's inques' resulted in a verdict of deatl due to injuries sustained in an auto accident in the death oi Harry J. Connelly, 72, of Wood lawn Park. Plans for the Mental Health Center for McHenrv County are developing swiftly and the official opening will be Jan. 11, 1960. It will be located at 105 East Waukegan road. A 19-year-old Ingleside girl was killed outright Dec. 12, when she apparently lost control of her car on a sharp curve on Big Hollow road, a mile west of Rt. 12. A twenty-six year pastorale at Spring Grove ends for Fr. John Daleiden on Jan. 4. It was announced that Father Daleiden would be transferred to St. Joseph parish, Freeport. In a tragic pre-holiday traffic accident, Mrs. Nick Weingart. 73, was killed when struck by a car as she crossed the four-lane highway on Elm street at the Park street crosswalk. The accident occurred ab,oust 8:15 p.m. Dec. 18. The garage and a big portion of the home of Frank Babarsky at Sunnyside Estates was destroyed by fire. Adam Pressler, 54, was found shot to death behind the bar he operated at Burton's Bridge oh Dec. 20. A verdict of suicide was determined by a coroner's jury. M e m b e r s o f C o n s o l i d a t e d School Board 15 learned that when the fall term opens next September, sixty-one rooms will be available at the new Hilltop school on Lincoln Road (Pistakee Bay). Voters in District 15 will vote on a bond issue for Erection of new school on Rt. 120, west of the city, in April. Gottlieb C. (Pat) Boley, 76, was killed when struck by a car on highway $L, north of McHenry on Dec. 23. Mr. Boley had stopped his car to wipe snow from the windshield when he was hit by a car. Fire damage estimated at between $30,000 and $40,000 completely destroyed a large barn on the Maurice Granger farm on the blacktop road a mile south of , Rt. 120 at the bottom of Sheiman Hill. A $1% million factory for International Register company is under construction on U.S. 12 and Johnsburg road in the village of Spring Grove Sports Headlines Of Tear 1959 Presented In Review Each year at this stage your sports editor has spent a Sunclay afternoon and a few evenings pawing through the files to gather highlights for the annual review. Now comes a switch. Our happiness knows .no bounds as we learn that our "Girl Friday", Marie Yegge, has kept a review from week to week throughout the past year. Love that girl! So. Credit this review to Marie. We think she did a nifty job. We hope you will enjoy your way through memory lane of 1959. Sports Editor January St. Peter's parish of Spring Grove won the championship in the parish division and St. Mary's of McHenry, the grade school -title, in the sixth annual parish tournament sponsored by the McHenry Council of the Knights of Columbus. The McHenry Warriors won their ninth straight game as they defeated Lake Forest 71- 52. They made it ten straight when they defeated the Grayslake Rams at Grayslake by a score of 82-80. S.I.H. locked himself out of his car and resorted to the lowly coat hanger to retreive the keys from the ignition. The Warriors continued their amazing stride by downing Woodstock 83-54 and Geneva in a thriller, Larry Nimsgern really piled up wood at McHenry Recreation with games of 226-213-248 for a towering 687 series. And Larry carries a 159 average in the league. B. Litwih rolled a "257 scratch" at Tomasello's. The Warriors made it thirteen in a row when they defeated Dundee 64-57. In the bowling news La- Verna Stone became a member of the 225 club and received a pin from McHenry Recreation. She bowlea a 236 game. Ice fishing was reported good at Lake Geneva and Petite Lake. The fourteenth and fifteenth victories in a row were chalked up by the Warriors when they came from behind and downed the speedy Libertyville quintet by a score of 83-77 and followed with an overwhelming victory over the Harvard Hornets, 87-55. This game marked the end of the colorful playing of Don Bentz, whose semesters of eligibility had been used. As the big boy left the game a capacity crowd arose in unison "for a lengthy applause interrupted only by an occasional brushing away of a tear. In a thrilling game that went right to the last seconds to determine the winner, McHenry downed the much improved Crystal Lake Tigers, 77 to 75, making it sixteen straight wins . Morris Crouch had a 258 game in a rousing 66^. series. Another good game was Harold Blake's 25£. You hardly see that kind of bowling on television. February /^McHenry's Warriors made it seventeen straight when they defeated Barrington 75-66, and gained fifteenth place in the state in the Associated Press poll. The whole town was talking about the game that shook McHenry as the cocky Zion Zee- Bees broke the Warriors' victory skein at 17 games by defeating them, 73-67. But the team bounced right back and swamped Antioch 88-64. It was in the Woodstock gym that a packed house watched the Fulton flashes, the McHenry Warriors, turn in a dazzling performance to clinch the title in the North Suburban conference loaded with strong teams. The score was 75-54. The Plaindaler paid homage to the team with individual pictures of the players and coach on the front page. History was made when "Brenda" relinguished her page for a spread of the team. Coach Fulton's now famous Warriors paid their last tribute to the fans of McHenry as they defeated-; a rugged' Dundee quintet by a score of 77-71. March Harold Blake bowled a 278 game in the Business Men's league. The sun was getting higher and George Justen was looking forward to opening day at Wrigley Field. The Warriors went down fighting to a taller team from St. Edward's in the regional tournament at Elgin, 78-73. While the boys were disappointed, most of us felt that they had given us a great season and started speculating on next year. The seventh annual grade school tournament was won by St. Mary's grade school team as they defeated Junior High 20-17. McHenry gained recognition on the North Suburban All- Star team as Matt Eichinger made the first team and ,Don Bentz the second in spite of playing only part of the season. Mike Creighton and A1 Cajthaml drew honorable' mention. Our McHenry girls Were still leading the McHenry County Women's Travelling Bowling League. Shirley Sutton (223- 562), Marion Donnelly, Teresa Steffan, Nadine Larkin, Bea Meath and Elsie Winkel were the team members in this first year of travelling. When our bowling editor was vacationing in Florida, we missed a 279 game by Huppy Smith , in a 629 series at the Palace. No wonder he sold us that tough steak! The Forester state cage tourney was a big success. McHenry Seniors defeated Johnsburg 61-52 to win the championship in their bracket. Likewise, the Rangers nosed out the Johnsburg team 45-36 for the trophy for McHenry in the male members of the faculty of McHenry high school and the seniors the faculty nosed ahead by a score of 76- 73. At Peru, Ind., several members of the skating team from the Just For Fun Roller Rink were awarded honors. Richard Foss won first place for novice free style and Sharon Dowe was third place winner in the intra and intermediate dance routine. In |:he sub-novice speed category Suzan Benoche brought home a third place trophy. April Bob O'Brien had the Wednesday night Foresters on edge at McHenry Recreation with a 279 game. George Rodenkirk bowled a red hot 661 series the same night The Warriors picked up where they left off in basketball as they won two straight baseball games in the conference. Crystal aLke was defeated 5-4 and Barrington went down to a 2-1 score. We were pleased to welcome Ed Buss, Jr., to our sport page. He reports news from McHenry Country club for this season. Jim Hester hurled a no-hit scoreless tie ball game against the Round Lake team in 35 degree weather. Your sports editor's house hasn't been so busy since the days when the Lord sent us bundles from heaven. We have a puppy. He is actually owned by the "Great Outdoors" writer, but the entire family gets into the act. He is a German Shorthair Pointer whose registered name is "Walsh's Crown Prince", more commonly known as just "Prince". Lil Michels and Gwen Smith won the doubles championships of the 18th annual McHenry County Women's^Bowling association tourney. Their score was 1129. In the singles Mary Granger took first place with a score of 613 and Bea Meath had the best actual series with a 531. The hottest bowling we noted this year loomed up on the score sheet of the Old Bridge team as they rolled up a score of 3071 (including a total 72 pin handicap). Game totals were 921-1020-1130. In the third game they hit em this vfay: T. SuttOll 224; J. Larkin 257; P. Overton 178 (his lowaf in a big series); M. Crouch 244; G. Kinsala, 203. A 670 series by Crouch and Larkin's 641 were tops. The Varsity baseball team defeated Libertyville 4-3 -but lost to the Woodstock Blue Streaks 2-0 in their first defeat of the conference. Each week McHenry bowlers have some classy scores. The FM Television boys hq£ 2953 pins in their three games as .Wally Hojnacki set the pace with a 663 series. It was a bad week for the". .. McHenry baseball teams as the Warriors tied Dundee 6-6, . Johnsburg lost to Crystal Lake. 9-3 and Zion beat the Warriors 4-0. May , . With the advent of hot weather S.I. H.^found his ls$ year's summer clothes shrunk during the long winter. Barrington defeated the Warriors 8-4 and Crystal Lake won over our Warriors 1-0 in a thriller with the one run being unearned. , In golf news Earle Seepe snot a hole in one on the fourteenth hole at the local country club. This was the second time he performed such a fetft Sports news was very heavy. Baseball was in full swing. The Shamrocks and Johnsburg Tigers scored heavily against Elgin and Algonquin. The Warriors managed to beat Woodstock after losing to Dundee and Zion. June In an impressive ceremony new lights were dedicated at the Little League ball difj* mond. ^ A newly formed baseball team the McHenry Blackhawks, for the graduates of the Pony league, was managed by "Pete" DeCicco. Our own Mary Ann Granger, State Dairy Princess, helped Bill Veeek honor the dairy farmers at the Sox ball park, After the Cubs beat the Sox in the annual chairty game W Chicago, the local Cub fans made life miserable for your sport's editor. July Funniest thing. . .not a one of those Cub ians phoned us after the Sox lambasted the Yankees for two victories at the White Sox park while Milwaukee was taking picks on those mighty men from Wrigley Field. 9 Johnsburg Tigers made their annual trip to Joliet on the Fourth of July and played a 5-5 tie game with the Statesville Trojans. We acknowledged all phone calls informing us that the National League won the All- Star baseball game. Our only explanation is that Casey Stengel had too few White Sov players in his lineup. V S.I.U. tuok a vacation and'|| his girl Friday, Marie Yegge, took over his column. August The Johnsburg Tigers won first place in the county baseball league, but were defeated by Crystal Lake in the playoffs for the county championship. Vale Adams outlasted Tom O'Connell, Norman Knaacldp Ed Buss, Jr., Art Jackson and Frank Johnson to win the 1959 championship at the McHenry Country club. The winning ways of the White Sox made a new man of S.I.H. September After forty years the Chicago White Sox came through to win the American League pert nant and there was joy in the"' Walsh camp. S.I.H. saw his beloved Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the World Series*. October The tornado that hit Edgebrook Heights on Oct. 8 must have hit Comiskey Park first, because the Los Angeles Dodgers hit our White Sox with a tornadic punch that afternnoiF and won the World Series from them, four games to two. November The McHenry Warriors captured second place in the North Suburban Conference with a 5-1-1 record and a season record of 6-1-1. It was far and away McHenry's best football season In many moons and the propects for the futurt* look bright. --" Walter Webb and Danny Weber led the major league bowlers in some fancy bowling at the McHenry Recreation. Danny rolled games of 239, 214 and 221 for a total of 674 while Webb rolled 194, 212 and 26b to wind up with a total of 672. December At the annual Kiwanis foots* ball banquet Harry Hettermann of Johnsbuig was presented with a trophy for the most valuable player on the high school football team. The bpwlerv continue to (Continued on Next Page)