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if THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 86 -- No. 7 -- 3 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, JUNE 16. 1960 22 Pages -- 10c Per Copy ill si•n * liilPiiilHK This is the swimming season, and those confident people who claim they "swim like a fish" are reminded that it is possible even for a fish to drown. It has been estimated that 6,500 drownings will occur this year as a result of boating and bathing accidents. Many of these victims, they say, will be swKled swimmers Who make the mistake of becoming over: confident. A real water comedian ? may have a sense of humor, but others are provided with little to laugh at when he g e t s h i m s e l f o r a n o t h e r siwmmer in trouble. Sinpe McHenry lies in the midst of the lake region, and a g<^d percentage of the populatipn finds pleasure in swimming, for recreation during the sufhmer months, a word of caution can't go amiss. We remember so well the recent year when high, fast moving water was a contributing cause in an unusual number of deaths from drowning in our own river. It brings to irind the high water of th% present time and a danger which could present itself again. About this time of year, there are always questions that arise on the condition of the water in the river and lakes in the area. A representative of the state, in speaking to a city of McHenry official about a year ago, said that generally spb&king the Department of Health did not stamp approval on any body of water that was not chlorinated, since conditions vary in different parts of the stream and also from time to time. However, the state is most cooperative with local authorities in giving immediate notification of pollution found in any body of water tested. Jir. Peter Griesbach of the sify . board* af. toealifr in. McHenry informed the Plaindealer this week thaj, tests of the water in the river had not yet been made this spring, but results would be made known as they are taken and a report is forthcoming from the state. The Red Cross announced this week that the local chapter, will not be able to offer a RAM DAMPENS GRADUATES, LARGE CROWD. BUT SPIRITS REMAIN HKH AS TOP STUDENTS ARE RECOGNIZED Water Ski Show I PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS Is Fiesta Event wf/er safety program, which is only possible when a particular chapter supports ihe annual fund drive. This year the drive missed its quota by $7,000. Trained water safety instructors and life guards are not willing to teach on a volunteer basis, and in the past t.his program has cost the c<(^jity chapter from $3,000 to $5,000, depending on the number of beaches that were opened. To the strains of the familiar "Pomp and Circumstance" processional played by the school band on McCracken field last Friday night, members of the M.C.H.S. graduating class and hundreds of relatives . and friends were quietly adding their own lyrics which sounded much like ' "Rain, rain, go away". But all of their silent prayers and hopes Were in vain, for even before all honor awards could be presented, a heavy shower dispersed musicians, graduates* and huge crowd, most of whom took shelter in the boys' gymnasium of the school, where the program was concluded in the comparative comfort of dry, though humid, surroundings. In spite of all attempts of the weatherman to dampen spirits and bodies alike, the impressive program progressed much according to schedule except for its setting. Commander Harry Muieller of the Legion post presented the coveted Legion awards to Judy Hans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hans, and Michael Creighton, son of Mrs. J. C. Creighton. Winners of the two $100 Louise Barbier memorial scholarships given by the Student Council were Lance Parks, who will attend Lewis Institute, and Michael Creighton, who has selected Cornell college. Their alternates are Karen Thompson and Sandra Whiting Other Scholarships The P.T.A. scholarship went to Nancy Ritter, who will attend Rosary college in the fall. Again, Karen Thompson is alternate. The Pep club scholarship of $100 was awarded to Paule Granger, who has selected Marquette university in Milwaukee. John Gates is'alternate. The K.wanis scholarship of $130 went to Daniel Sompel, who will attend the University of Illinois, and Sandra Whiting, whose choice of school is De- Kalb. Alternates are Michael Low and Lynne Buckie. Sixteen members of the graduating class were cited f o r o u t s t a n d i n g s c h o l a r s h i p throughout their four years, and another was announced to an honorary position since she had not attended the local high school fouf1 years. Top students with straight "A" averages throughout their high school years were Karen STANLEY VYCITAL NAMED DIRECTOR MUNICIPAL BAND Stanley Vycital has been named by the city .of McHenry as new director of the municipal band, to replace Paul R. Yanda, who resigned at the close of last season. Mr, Vycital schedule^ his first practice and re-organization meeting last Monday, and said later that the number of musicians who reported for rehearsal, and their enthusiasm, suggested a successful summer of concerts. The night of the weekly programs has not been decided definitely, but concerts will probably be held during July and August. Adult musicians are welcome to join the band in sections which need added instrumentation. Anyone interested is asked to contact Mr. Vycital. C OF C WILL DISCUSS YEAR'S PROJECTS JUNE 28 Plans were made this week for a meeting of the entire Chnmber of Commerce, to be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday, June 28, *U the V.F.W. clubhouse. The proposed new postal addressing system and other important projects to be undertaken by the C. of C. in the year ahead will be discussed at the meeting. ROCKFORD COUPLE KILLED AS AUTO CRASHES ON RT. 14 It was with enthusiasm that Fiesta Day officials learned this week that the Illinois Water Ski Show association will provide special entertainment for McHenry's celebration on Sunday, July 17, at 4:30 p.m. The wafer ski show will follow the big parade, winch starts at 2 o'clock. Water activities will feature a variety show including all forms of water skiing, comedy and jumping. They promise an entertaining and thrill-packed hour exhibition. There will be no charge, and the public is invited. The, show will take place just north of the old bridge, opposite the city beach. Performers will be the same group that took part at the Chicago fair last year and at the Waukegan centennial. For the third highlight of the day. Drum Corps Magic, scheduled for McCracken field at 7:30 Sunday night, a> number of state and nationally recognized marching units are expected. They include the Chicago Cavaliers. Norwood Park Imperials, Skokie Vanguards, Cicero Royal Airs and Racine Kilties. It will be remembered that the Cavaliers were winners of the Fiesta Day trophy last year and must win three successive years to keep it. Exhibitions win ue provided by the Morton Grove Cougars, the McHenry Viscounts and the Commonwealth Edison's "Little Bills" --drill team and color guard. Both of the latter are state and national champions. Drum' Corps Magic alone, with its impressive array of talent, should make approaching Fiesta Day an outstanding event. BURGLARY SERIES RESULT IN BIG LOSSES TO SEVERAL CITY BUSINESS MEN OVER WEEKEND INDUSTRIAL GROUP DISCUSSES NEEDS OF LARGE BUSINESS Kotalik Studio Photo Three members of the McHenry Camera club smile broadly as they display their winning photos, judged tops among those submitted by fifty-two members in their June contest. Judging took place at a meeting held last week. Standing against a background of many of the photos entered are, left to right, Dick Rauscher, first place for his scenic photo; David Kennebeck, second, with a fishing scene; and Dennis Martell, third, showing an animal photo. COUNTY FAIR PROMISES TO BE HG EVENT BOARD STANDS FIRM ON ACTION REGARDING CORNUE The industrial development committee of the McHenry Plan Commission met recently with representatives of Science Research to discuss the proposed expansion of the latter business. The needs of S:R.A. were announced as 40,000 square feet, with room to expand to 80,000. The business, now located in several places, would employ about 200 in the one large building. A discussion of the future of S.R.A. in McHenry was held, as well as recognition of the lack of available buildings now in existence locally. Many Industrial Displays Among Other Features 1 A Rockford couple, Frank Culhane, 52, and his wife, Lena, 150, lost their lives Saturday j evening in a one-car crash ! which occurred three and onehalf miles north of Harvard, on Rt. 14. Culhane, a real estate agent, was driving when his car went out of control and crashed i about 8:20 p.m. Their deaths i were the seventeenth and eigh- | teenth on McHenry county i highways this year. < rviflfinupd on paee ft t J CASE CONTINUED j The case of Edward Nyden j of McHenry, which was to be I heard in county court last I Thursday, was continued to : this week Thursday, June 16. I The 17-year-old youth was I charged with larceny of items ' from a car in Emerald Park. Jaycee Safety Program Planned By Committee Plans continue for the safety program sponsored by, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, planned June 25 and 26 at the safety-check lane at Pearl street, between Rt. 31 and Green street, between 9 and 5 on Saturday and between 1 and 6 p.m. Sunday. Besides David Ladd, chairman, others in charge of the program include Dick Davis, public relations; Bob Svoboda, check lane and finance; Don Gevstad, special events; Roland Herrmann, employee-employer relations; Jack Yount, records. More details on the Jaycee safely check program will be carried in next week's issue of the paper. Outstanding MCHS Graduates A number of burglaries occurred in McHenry last Saturday night, and from the number and value of items taken, it proved one thing, that "the horse can be stolen even though the barn door is loSled". However, we have groat faith in McHenry's police force and are confident they will come up with the culprits very soon. Such expensive pieces of r e c r e a t i o n a l e q u i p m e n t as boats and guns have been stolen in McIIepry in recent weeks, and it seems conceivable that b^ht, warm days might tempt a lew, weak individuals to such thefts. We have a harder time trying to figure out why anyone would go to the trouble of stealing a heavy picnic table and bench from the city park. It would seem that eating from the lap would be simpler. A city employee said a visit to the park last Friday morning disclosed one of the picnic btwrbes stolen. A group of ladies who belong to the Tuesday . Night Bridge club announced this week- that they had decided to give up prizes for winners and are donating the money which would have been used this way to the swimming pool fund. They are hoping other groups mav think it's a good idea. V * We understand our neighbors and lifelong residents of the community, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Steffes. celebrated their fortv-ninth wedding anniversary last Tuesday. K. A. F. wmmm W i t h t h e m i d d l e o f J u n e now past, planning continues at a rapid pace for the twelfth annual county fair, which will be held on the fairgrounds east of Woodstock, on Rt. 47, from Aug. 4 through 7. i A track meet for young peoj pie, industrial displays for both | city and rural guests, and hundreds of high quality animals ! aro all beinjj? offered at this j year's fair. Home economics 4-H members are completing I sew ing and food projects, while j-farm 4-H members groom their t^ntrips for livestock competi- ' *lon- Again this year, a county fair queen will be selected, and the various communities are urged lo select their entries. Judging will be based on poise, personality and beauty from the girls entered who are between the ages of 16 and 21. They must have been county residents for six months and never married. Civic and fraternal organizations in some areas are planning contests to choose the young woman to represent them. Local Entry McHenry's entry is expected to be the winner of the Fiesta Day contest earlier in the summer. A bigger machinery exhibit than ever held before is being ! planned. Two and one-half acres have been leased from a Woodstock family, making it possible to shift the livestock • ents and give more space for the farm machinery. The Army and National Guard will have special exhibi t s w h i c h s h o u l d p r o v e b i g a t tractions, including a missile for visitors to study. At a special meeting of the board of supervisors, held Monday of this week, that group voted 13 to 11 to approve the minutes of a specia^meeting held May 25, at which time the board agreed to discontinue the services of Stanley Cornue, supervisor of assessments. He was to go out of office June 1, with salaiy terminating July 1. June 1 found Cornue still at his work. He announced at that time that he refused to vacate I the office because no formal | charges had been made to substantiate the board's action, j The issue now becomes one of legality of that action, and if Cornue remains in office, the board may need to take the I matter to court. Later in the meeting, an increase was allowed from $10,- j 000 to $10,500 for operation of | the sheriff's office. YOUNG CHICAGO WOMAN HURT IN FALL FROM HORSE ARREST TWO IN CONNECTION WITH FONTANA ROBBERY Alvin Sherman, 20. and Ray Hamilton, 24, both of Chicago, were reported arrested Sunday on U.S. 66 at Albuquerque, N. M., in connection with the robbery of an Army-Navy surplus store in Fontana, Wis., last week Tuesday. Their arrest came about after their car had crashed through two state police roadblocks. Bond was said to have been set at $10,000 for Walter Mickiewicz, 18, of Chicago, who police said admitted being an accomplice of the two men named above and a third. James Blaha, 20, in the chase which followed the Fontana robbery, the police chief of L a k e w o o d v i l l a g e , C r y s t a l Lake, was kidnapped. Miekiewicz denied taking part in the local incident. Mrs. Sandra West, 21, of Chicago, daughter of Clifford Eckles of Holiday Hills, was reported in fair condition in McHenry hospital Wednesday morning, suffering injuries -sustained when she was apparently thrown from a horse on Friday night. Mrs. West was reported to have borrowed a horse from the Lyle Case farm, north of Island Lake, shortly after 5 o'clock. An hour and a half later, Case found the young woman and horse at the side of a road near the farm. She regained consciousness long enough to tell Case she and the horse had been sideswiped by a car. Mrs. West was taken to McHenry hospital by the Wauconda rescue squad. The injured woman's husband. . Gerald West, stationed in Iceland with the Armed Forces, was notified by the Red Cross. Three Boats Stolen In Area In Recent Days A scries of burglaries in the city of McHenry late Saturday night or early Sunday morning resulted in losses ranging from small radios to items valued at more than a thousand dollars. Police have been in« vestigating since that time, butt to date have no clues on the identity of those responsible.. - • Aftei breaking into the pn>» fessional building on south Green street, the glass in the upper parts of at least four doors were broken, after which the burglars were able to reach the lock and open the doors. At McHenry County Letter-; ing Service in that building, four typewriters were taken. The Ju-Al Beauty shop was also entered but nothing wa% reported missing. The greatest loss was at Mark's Sports Center next. door, which was entered by breaking a window on the north side of the building. Twenty-three pistols, four rifles and four knives, with a value set at $1,071, were taken. The west part of the city was also a target for the burglars. Money Stolen At Guettler Service Station, they opened a safe and took $75 in currency, having entered through a window in the back of the structure. DeVac Chicago Window Products, also located on Rt. 31, was entered and two portable radios Stolen. There was evidence that the intruders attempted to gain entrance to Ed's Rental, which is located near the other businesses, but they were unable to open the heavy doors. This was one of the most extensive series of burglaries recorded in one night in McHenry over a long period of time. Board Briefs At the meeting of Consoli- , dated Grade School District, i No. 15, held Monday evening | of this week, it was announced j that bids would be accepted 'i for kitchen equipment for the i new Hilltop school on June 27. J The bid of Allied School j Equipment Co., for furniture ! for Hilltop school was ac- j cepted. 1 . Several teachers were employed for the next year, including Joan Halligan. Walter Harris. Nancy Hanks, Ruth Haasl, Mrs. Dean Hargis, Norma Jones and Shirley Ross. PLAN SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR DRAINAGE PROBLEM The McHenry. Nunda. Union Drainage District, No. 2, met on June 8 in McHenry, and the following day filed before the County court the current financial statement of the district. Jurisdiction has been transferred from the Circuit to the County court. Procedures for a special assessment to enable the drainage district to install an adequate system to alleviate the flooded conditions will start so that drainage at the Edgebrook school will be corrected by late fall, barring unforeseen difficulties. This is the boating season, and some folks apparently feel the little extra trouble involved in stealing a boat is worth the saving in money. At any rate, three crafts have disappeared locally in recent days. A 12-foot row boat was taken off an inboard motorboat at the McHenry Boat company last week. A row boat taken from the river, near the McHenry hospital, was recovered, according to police. An outboard and trailer was reported stolen from the Risner home near Pistakee Bay. FIVE ACCIDENTS CAUSE INJURIES TO MOTORISTS Heavy Summer Traffic Results In Area Crashes ART AUC TION EXPECTED TO BE FAIR HIGHLIGHT Donated Works Of Eighty Artists Will Be On Sale Harold Pick of the Pick Art | Galleries, well known auction- \ eer along Chicagoland's North ! Shore, will conduct the art | auction at this year's Country ! Art Fair. The auction is sched- : uled for Saturday, June 25, at 8:30 p.m. and auction chair- I man. Bill Kinsala, promises an interesting evening for all and a fruitful one for those who McHenry Couple Wed Fifty Years Supt. Buckner was author- Mr. and Mrs. William Pries, ized by the board to prepare ! Sr., will observe their golden the 1960-61 budget. j Bids were iaeeepted for imj provement of school sites at Junior high. Landmark and Edgebrook schools, but final action was delayed. Plan to attend the Art Fair June 24, 25 and 26. Bottom row, left to right: Kathy Prawl, Mary Carr, Nancy Weber, Daniel Sompel and Lynne Buckie. , Second row: Paule Granger, Lance Parks, Sandra Whiting, Nancy Ritter and Joyce Eckstein. Third row: Karen Thompson, Karen Kralowetz, Beverly Spohr, Barbara Skrentny and Dolores Freund. Top row: Karen Bailey, Judy Hans, Mike Creighton, Carol Stritar and Barbara Krickl. wadding anniversary on Satur- \ day. June 18, when they enjoy dinner with their family at ' 7 o'clock at the V.F.W. club- j house, and at 9 o'clock will j welcome friends to an open house reception there. The Pries family came to The board accepted bids of McHenry in 1918, eight years j the Lyons Co.. to furnish addi- afler he took Wanda Speichert tional lockers at Junior high as his bride in a nuptial rite school for both corridors and which vv§s performed in the locker rooms. (home of her brother in Chi- | cago. The Eastwood Manor Corp. I Mr. Pries purchased the proposal to furnish water for , meat market of Charles G. (Continued on page 8) (Continued on Page 8) Five auto accidents were recorded in the McHenry area during the past week, and in only one of them did serious injuries result. M i l d r e d M i l l e r o f Hot Springs, Ark, suffered only minor injuries Monday night at 7 o'clock when the car driven by her husband, Sam. collided with another vehicle driven by Joseph C. Powers of Crystal Lake. The accident occurred near Spring Grove, at the intersection of Rt. 12 and Johnsbyrg road. According to state police. Powers was making a left turn from Rt. 12;Eonto the Johnsburg road and was struck by Miller, who was attempting to pass. The latter lost control of his car after the impact and it rolled into the ditch. Miller was charged with improper passing. Neither Michael Xlesen, 18. of Riverside Drive, McHenry. nor James Blackburn of Glen Ellyn- was injured when their cars collided on Rt. 120, four miles west of McHenry, at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff's deputies said the Blackburn auto, eastbound, slowed to avoid hitting a squirrel. The Niesen car, which was (Continued on page 8) MM OLIVER STATLER Oliver Statler of Huntley, pictured here, is perhaps the foremost authority on modern Japanese prints. He has assembled a collection of these punts for exhibition at the County Art Fair June 24. 25 and 26. A similar collection by Mr. Statler was shown at Chicago's Art Institute in March. would like to acquire works of art at bargain prices. Mr. Pick, whose abilities as an auctioneer were recently featured in a leading Chicago newspaper picture section, has sold more than eighty thousand dollars worth of art, antiques, and anything saleable for charitable institutions in the Chicago and suburban area. Besides his interest in art and art objects. Mr. Pick is known as a fancier of quarter horses. Auction Items The works to be auctioned w'ill be donated by many of the more than eighty artists who. will exhibit in this year's Art (Continued on Page 8).