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"Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 85 -- No. 42 -- 2 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1960 16 Pages -- 10c Per Copy and ^Mean^erip' McHenry's worst snow storm in many years is now only 'a memory--and in spite of the pessimist's view--not* all unpleasant. Like other unusual occurrences marked by inconvenience or by tragedy, there is a bond of friendship which suddenly develops even between strangers. On Wednesday of last week it was the driver who welcomed a helping hand . from other motorists. Smiles replaced the frowns which so often exist as two drivers meet under unpleasant, but more ordinary conditions. It is a good feeling that everyone seems to be aware of even as it happens. Wie Plaindealer force, like those of other businesses such as transportation, the post office, etc., that must provide a public service as nearly on time as possible, found a crew still smiling on the job long after the work day is ordinarily done. For the most part, there can only be estimates on the m^ber of people marooned Tuesday night and Wednesday. So busy were those in any way involved in digging out of the high drifts it was hard to know just how many' cars and how many individuals were involved. It is known, however, that as many as five and six cars were sometimes stuck in one drift. AIcHenry residents felt .a lime of the isolation not experienced in this fast growing community for many years. Few stores had milk for sale Wednesday as hundreds of large trucks were stalled here and there along the highways. At least two drivers arrived late in the afternoon and were happy for the kindness of the city in offering them a bed in trip city hall. They might well have been hoping their. wives would believe their reason for spending the night "in jail". It was hard to find a road that didn't have its share of traffic tie-ups, and one of (me worst was Rt. 120, between McHenry and Woodstock. Sui^ prisingly enough,, drivers, who chose the longer route, v i a bl^ktop, were sometimes more fortunate in getting through since there was less traffic. The highway had considerable travel because of factory workers returning home. In many cases, the inability of one car to "get through" held up large numbers that could not continue . on the one-way thoroughfare. In at least one instance it wa^necessary to cut fencing atra proceed through a field. North Western Station Agent George Meyer said he believed one otf more persons found it necessary to sleep in the depot Wednesday night. Early <ln the evening, he left the depot open and the lights qh when Wonder Lake residents informed him they were. unable to reach l<fme and might need to sleep therfi. The nejjct morning Mr. Meyer found newspaper scattered about the floor, indicating that their need for a bed was desperate. Marian' high school's basketball team will probably never forget t^ieir game with Beloit on Tuesday night, Feb. 9, for the/ "outing" extended into the ne*t day. The storm had become so severe by the time the game ended late that evening that it was necessary for team mmbers to be housed in private homes for the night. William W. Albert called the Plaindealer office on behalf of twenty-one families in Orchard Heights, south of McHenry. to say that a stretch of road atrout eight-tenths of a mile lolg from that subdivision to the Barreville road was still closed on Friday morning. Residents were having difficulty e s t a b l i s h i n g r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r road clearance and were tiring of canned foods to eat and the fear associated with dwindling fuel supplies. In McHenry proper, the city did a speedy and excellent job of^now removal. It is something we have spoken of before, but after such a gigantic task accomplished so well, it certainly should not go~jvith.- out mention again. Before 'the usual crowd of Friday shoppers gathered, snow was removed from all business sections, and in many places so complete C. OF C. DINNER SPEAKERS MARC BUETELL ORMOND LYMAN Marc A. Buettell, president of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, will be featured speaker at a state dinner meeting to be held tonight, Feb. 18, at Crystal Lake. Also appearing on the program will be Ormond F. Lyman, the Chamber's executive vice-president. He will moderate a unique panel discussion of pertinent state and national issues affecting Illinois business. Several members of the McHenry C. of C. are planning to attend the event at 6:30 o'clock at the Czecko lodge. Presiding will be Harold J. Bacon of Crystal Lake, a former McHenry resident. Mr. Buettell, who lives in Sycamore, has participated actively in State Chamber affairs for many years, serving on the board of directors since 1954 and as a vice-president for two years. He is a former chairman and long time member of the organization's federal taxation committee and ^is active in welfare programs of this community. AREA CHAIRMEN NAMED IN $200,000 FUND RAISING DRIVE FOR McHENRY HOSPITAL ADDITION An ambitious group of committeemen is being organized for McHenry hospital's fund raising drive under the direction of General Chairman George P. Freund, mayor. Chairmen in each major locale in the county are forming committees to help raise $200,- 000 for the hospital's proposed eighteen bed addition which will include a maternity department. Committee leaders announced today by Mayor Freund include James L. Althoff and Homer G. Fitzgerald, co-chairmen of the McHenry area committee which includes areas immediate adjacent to McHenry. Chairmen in this committee are Mrs. Gerald Hetterma n n, J o h n sb u r g; Claude F. McDermott, Lilymoor and Lakemoor; Mrs. Willard Schultz, McCullom Lake; LeRoy Snell. Pistakee Highlands: Elmer Granso, McHenry Shores; Mrs. George Leone, Lakeland Park; and Roy Homo, West Shore Beach. Walter Zahray heads the W o o d s t o c k c o m m i t t e e a n d Frank Wiedemann is chairman in Wonder Lake. Mrs. Arthur Schaettgen is chairman qf the publicity committee and John (Jack) Shee- (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 8) VEHICLE LICENSES DI E Vehicle owners have started the rush to secure their city ^tickers before the March 1 deadline when penalties will be charged. Last year many vehicle owners found themselves paying heavy penalties in spite of many notices. An early police drive is expected this year. The city clerk's office estimates that 150 licenses will be issued as the line forms on the last day of the month. CONTINUE ACTION TO CURB CITY SOLICITATION In his talk before the McHenry Rotary club last Thursday noon. President Donald Doherty of the Chamber of Commerce stressed the continuing action undertaken in recent months by the C. of C. to curb the practice of solicitation locally. Recently the organization took action to enforce a ruling made some time ago requiring a letter of approval from the Chamber before any home or place of "Business is approached." Forms must now be filled oui for both the C. of C. and the city at the office of City Clerk Earl R. Walsh, followed by a ten-day waiting period for investigation by the two groups. An investigation of the salesmen and company represented is carried out and if specified requirements are met the letter of approval is given. Both individuals and ••business men are urged to ask for the letter of approval when a solicitor" calls. Action by the C. of C. and city came after a study of the situation revealed that not only is the practice annoying, but there is always a chance that unless the solicitor is investigated. the entire transaction may be fraudulent. It was also found that in most cases only a small amount of money solicited in behalf of local groups actually reaches their coffers. The Chamber of Commerce I board meeting, scheduled for j last Thursday evening, was ! postponed because of the snow storm. It will be held sometime in March. Crashes Result In Few Injuries Several minor accidents occurred during the past week involving local residents, some of them having been caused by bad road ^conditions following the snow storm. About 8 o'clock. Monday morning, Marie Moore of .Rt. 4. McHenry. and Marjorie Mauer of Park Street, . McHenry, were unhurt in a collision at the intersection of Cherry Valley and Mason Hill roads in Bull Valley. According to state police, the Moore car was travelling, west on Mason Hill road when the Mauer auto, going north on Cherry Valley road, made a turn onto Mason Hill, resulting in the crash. About the same time, at the intersection of McGuire and King Lane, east of Harvard, c%rs driven by Regina Blazier of Harvard and William Barth of Rt. 5, McHenry, were involved in a collision in which no one was hurt. The Blazier car was turning from King Lane onto McGuire road. The driver failed to see Barth, who was west-bound on McGuire road, and pulled in front of his car. hitting Barth on the right side. Mrs. Margaret Thurston of Holiday Hills escaped with only minor bruises but her 8- vear-old daughter, Holly, suffered .black eyes and serious bruises when their car was struck by anotheft?ar driven by Genevieve Duscynski of Lake Zurich last Friday. Mrs. Duscynski and 2-year-old Todd Thurston, escaped unhurt. The Duscynski car, northbound on Rt. 59, skidded out of control and crossed into the oncoming traffic lane. State police report that Marco Cellitto of Rt. 3, McHenry. attempted to make a left turn off Rt. 176 last Friday afternoon and cut the vehicle too short, sideswiping a car driven by Joanne Recabek of Rt. 1. Crystal Lake. Neither driver was hurt.' MEW OFFICERS . OF ROTARY FOR 19(0 ELECTED Organization To Mark Fifty-Fifth Year On Feb. 23 FIRE VICTIM WAS LAKEMOOli " SUMMER RESIDENT --Many of--the local residents who read of the tragic Chicago fire in which a 7-year-old youngster lost his life when he hid in a closet, were unaware that the family are .summer residents of Lakemoor. Raymond Sansone, Jr., was believed to have become bewildered during a fire in his home at 1458 Lexington street and darted into a closet, closing the door behind him. His mother, believing that all her family was safe, knocked on doors in the apartment building in an effort to get all to safety. Even an invalid was carried to safety from her first floor rooms by a janitor. When firemen were able to enter the building, they found the Sansone lad suffocated in the closet. He was a second year student at Notre Dame academy. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sansone. Sr.. own a summer home on Venice road in Lakemoor. Besides his parents, he leaves his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Sansone. The funeral was held at 10 o'clock Monday from Notre Dame church, with interment in Mount Carmel cemetery.* The McHenry Rotary club met last "Thursday noon to elect officers for the. year ahead. William Burfeiridt, Jr., was elected president; Carl Buckner. vice-president; Ray McGee, secretary; and Roy K i s s l i n g t r e a s u r e r . J e r o m e Buch and Richard Jager are the newly named directors. Burfeindt will replace „Dr. S. H. Fike, who so ably headed the local club during the past year. Although the election was held early in the year, the new officers will not be installed until July. Guest speaker at last Thursday's meeting was Donald Doherty. president of the Chamber of Commerce, who explained the programs undertaken by that organization in behalf of progress in McHenry during the past year. Mr. Doherty recalled the attractive signs erected at the four entrances to the city as a welcome to visitors, adding that the color of these signs will be changed this spring, providing more color contrast with a black background. He also spoke of the first open house days held in McHenry, preceding a most successful Fiesta Day featuring the new and interesting program, "Drum Corps Magic." Mr. Doherty also talked of the close association of the Chamber of Commerce witfi the Plan Commission, whose specific purpose is to draw an organized plan for the McHenry of tomorrow. Feature Speaker At today's meeting of Rotary. an interesting film will shown entitled "The Brightest Jewel in the Crown of Rotary", which is described as the club's service to crippled children. In this connection. Dr. Bertha Schafer of Twin Lakes, Wis., long active in aiding all programs of this type in the county, will speak on what is being done for these T»hitoi%n.' ~ This week's meeting is of special interest to Rotarians throughout the world, for it marks the fifty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the organization by Paur P. Harris of Racine, Wis. It was on Feb. 23, 1905, that the club's first meeting took place and the nucleus was formed for the thousands of Rotary clubs which were later organized on six continents. STOLEN AUTO RECOVERED AFTERMINOR ACCIDENT A minor accident on the Ringwood road a week previous resulted in McHenry po lice recovering a stolen auto for a Palatine resident. Three youths involved in the crash at Ringwood disappeared when the second driver went to^telephone for the car to be tow&i to the garage; The matter was taken before local police, who found through their investigation that the auto --a 1959 modelhad been stolen from Roger Greenland of Palatine, along with keys to his place of business. After a week of anxious waiting, the car was returned to Groenland last weekend. Witnesses to the accident said the three youths, known to have been from Chicago, were hitchhiking in that direction when last seen. They have not been apprehended. GEORGE DIEDRICH INJURED IN FALL FROM ROOF MONDAY SMALL VOTE APPROVES SMOOO FOR WATBtWORKS IMPROVEMENT; OX OUT OF SEVEN 60 TO POLLS HOLD HEARING ON GOLF CLUB AREA PROJECT FEB. 26 SIX-MAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NAMED BY REPUBLICANS "Chuck" Miller, chairman of the Central Republican committee. has named a six-man executive committee, to include William Yerke of Harvard, Fred Sladek of Solon Mills, A. A. Crissev of Marengo, Eugene J. Hoppe of Cary, Wesley Pribla of Woodstock and Raymond Murphy of Hartland. Murphy was elected chairman of the committee and Harold Gillis will preside as secretary. Function of this group is to (Continued on page 8) George, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Diedrich of Rt. -5, McHenry, suffered head » and shoulder injuries when he fell about 15 feet while working on thp new addition to the Admiral plant at •Harvard Monday. Diedrich, an employee of Tonyan Construction company, was removing a temporary roof on a portion of the building when he fell to the ground, landing on his shoulder and face. X-rays failed to reveal any broken bones, but he was kept in the Harvard hospital until it could be determined if there were any other injuries. OVER 700 AT KICK-OFF FOR HEART CAMPAIGN Chairmen For Local Areas Are Named, This Week More than 700 people interested in the progress of the heart campaign in McHenry county attended the kick-off dinner for the February drive, held at the Moose home in Woodstock on Sunday, Feb. 14. All proceeds of - the dinner, which was served from noon to 7 p.m., will benefit the heart fund. Recently, Dr. John R. Tambone, president of the McHenry County Heart association, named Mrs Elmer Schneider of Woodstock and George Pedersen of McHenry as- co-chairmen of the county drive. Named chairmen of the various areas locally were Mrs. William Struwe, McHenry; Mrs. John Gillis and Mrs. Doris Crane, co-chairmen at Wonder Lake; Mrs. Ray Homo, McCullom Lake; Mrs. LaVerne Gregory, Ridgefield and Bull Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fossum, Ringwood. " A goal of $9,000 has been set in McHenry county, and enthusiasm shown thus far indicates that it will be easily met. In behalf of the fund, ninetyone bowlers in the McHenry and Johnsburg areas turned out Monday evening of this week to bowl in a tourney. All proceeds will be turned over to the heart drive and will be After encountering many obstacles, the Board of Local Improvements is now in position to proceed with the special assessment program for installation of a sanitary sewer system in the McHenry Country Club area. Property owners petitioned the City Council many months ago, but bringing the plan to a point of definite action has been very difficult. Atty. Joseph E. McCarthy of Elgin, who is well versed in special assessment procedure, has been engaged to handle the legal work. Notices have been sent to property owners in the area this week and a public hearing on the question will be held in the city hall Friday night. Feb. 26. Step by step the special assessment will now take form in the rather complicated order prescribed by law. Waiting periods between notices, advertising for bids and sale of bonds all enter into the picture. The Council promised o group of property Owners attending the meeting this week that every effort will be made to start construction at the earliest possible time. SECOND ANNUAL SMORGASBORD AT METHODIST CHURCH The public is invited to the second annual smorgasbord given by the W.S.C.S. of the Community Methodist church, on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the church dining room Serving will be from 5 to 8 p.m. The smorgasbord, a tradition of the Scandinavian countries. means "sandwich tablii" and consists of four separate servings. First are the various sea foods; second, hot delicacies and meat; third, salads and cheese; and fourth, homemade pies, cakes and coffee. These attractively arranged and decorated foods grace a long table around which the guests gather, filling their plates. Tickets are available at the church, from the circle chairmen, and also may be purchased at the door. There will be a limited number of 300 sold. ANNUAL THEATRE PARTY PLANNED BY HOSPITAL GROUP The annual theater party sponsored by the woman's auxiliary as a benefit event for the McHenry hospital will feature "Holiday for Lovers" with Clifton Webb, Jane Wyman, Jill St. John, Caarol Lynley. Paul Henreid and Gary Crosby. This is a comedy suitable for all ages. In cinema scope and deluxe color. There will also be entertaining short subjects. The party will be held at the McHenry theater Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. This is the first of three events held by the auxiliary as a means of raising money to benefit the non-profit hospital. (Continued on Page 8) "Drifting" Memories For McHenry This truck is dwarfed in comparison to the high piles of snow, a common sight after city, county and state road crews worked day and night to clear the roads for two-way traffic"after the area's worst storm in twentyfive years. This photo was taken on Riverside Drive after city employees had accomplished the gigantic task of getting all the snow away from the curb to allow parking. This same operation took place in all parts of the city, after which the middle-of-the-road blockade was removed. "Temporary destination: Snowdrift" might well be the caption for this picture taken on Rt. 120, west of the city.. This was one of the worst scenes of traffic tie-ups on Wednesday afternoon as car "after car became stuck 'in high drifts. A small, but decisive vote by the citizens of McHenry on Tuesday of this week approved the proposition authorizing the issuance of bonds in the amount of $360,000 for improvements to the waterworks System in the city. In Ward One (City Hall) sixty persons favored the proposition while fourteen were opposed. Ward Two (Buss Motor Sales polling-place) drew the largest number of interested persons as seventy-seven voted yes and nine voted no. There were forty-six persons for the proposal in Ward Three (A. S. Blake Motors, Inc./ polling-place) and seven against the plan. Predicted Larger Vote Veteran observers predicted a larger vote on this important question and were surprised at the lack of interest shown at the polls. It is estimated that only one out of seven eligible voters used their rights of expression on the question. The Bollman and Main bonding firm has purchased the bonds subject to the election. City officials will consider investing the money in short term government bonds bearing a favorable rate of interest until the contract is awarded for the construction of the new well, storage tank and mains. It is expected that a notice to the Illinois Inspection Bureau as to the decision of the voters will forestall any insurance rating changes. Plans have previously been submitted to the Inspection Bureau for approval and recommendations for meeting requirements. CHOICE OF GOP JUDGE SUPPORT DEBATED IN AREA As the Plaindealer prepared to go to press Wednesday afternoon. interest continued to grow in the evening meeting of the GOP Central Commit, tee and the question of whether the county would" support Circuit Judge Roy J. Solfisburg of Aurora or Justice Charles H. Davis of Rock ford for the nomination for justice of the supreme court from the 12th district. . In separate county conventions. Kane and DeKalb county delegates to the March 21 nomination convention in Freeport were pledged to unit rule support of Solfisburg. Kendall county earlier pledged their support to him. Davis is backed to date by unit rule support from Winnebago, Ogle, Lee and Boone counties. Davis has been promised 137 and 207-500ths votes to date in the district, while Solisburg's backing is said to include 130 and 234-500ths votes. Needed to win the nomination at Free port are 195 and 114- 500ths votes, a simple majority of the total convention strength. Solfisburg is said to be the favorite of the McHenry county Republicans. Pool Benefits From Midnight Skating Party On Saturday evening, Feb. 20, a midnight roller skating party will be sponsored by members of the McHenry* Roller Skating club at the local skating rink, with all proceeds to be donated to the McHenry swimming pool fund. The party starts at midnight and will last until 2:30 a.m. During intermission there will be an exhibition of figure and dance skating for added entertainment. Among old time clubs represented that night will be several from Chicago and Aurora. Those who do not care to skate are im'ited to attend and see a fine variety show, at the same time aiding a worthwhile cause. JUNIOR POLICE MEET . The next meeting of the McHenry Junior Police will be held Tuesday evening. Feb. 23, at 6 o'clock at the Community Methodist church hall. A regular court session will have Charles Adams as presiding judge. Movies will also be shown and there will be refreshments.