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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 86 -- NO. 12 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1960 PRIZE WINNING FLOAT It's true that every week has come to be devoted to some special observance, but one we think^vdeserves special mention is National Farm Safety Week, which is scheduled for July 24- 30. Our own recollections include a few accidents through I years which have left t heir mark on unfortunate victims. Estimates of the, Illinois Rural Safety. Council have proved accurate enough to make everyone stop and think. They now predict that one of every seventeen farm persons will suffer a disabling injury as a result of an accident this year, and even more disturb- «g, that accidents will kill rty-eight farmers every single day. This is one Safety Week -- like most others of its kind -- that deserves a little thought and a good deal of action. ::v#* illlli Pictured above is the prize winning float in the Fiesta Day parade. Lovely Pat Thompson, Miss Illinois, is seated at the end of the rainbow. This float was entered by Carey Electric Inc. THOUSANDS JOIN IN OPEN HOUSE; WATCH FIESTA DAY PARADE AND DRUM MAGIC In a recent issue of the Brideport Index in Texas is a | Thousands of people visited brief article which concerns , McHenry during the past former residents of the Lake- #oo r-Lilymoor area, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Seyfferth. The weekend taking advantage of the second annual open house held by the local business firms item describes this respected 1 jn connection with Fiesta Day. couple ( one of the first fami- Many valuable prizes were oflies to settle at Lilymoor) as | fered and the list of the winamong Bridgeport's most pat- j ners appears elsewhere in the riotic citizens. paper. The Seyfferths have a 30- I s M prizes were awarded foot flagpole in their yard on (f) Q Kll Sunset which they fly a 7x14 foot View who won $100 in mer. S- They are "ow the chandise certificates and to D. «arket for a Texas flag which : Siepman. 217 Indian Ridge, eLPu" 1 S A Un^fr" 1 Sunnvside Estates, who was neath he other. A 50-star flag | ntpd wjth $50 in mer. is displayed m the living room , chandise certificates. of their home. 1 „ • Police estimate between 20,- MAN STOPPED ON JOHNSBURG ROAD, VALUABLES TAKEN According to a report from the sheriff's office an Antioch man, Bernard Thompson, Jr., was robbed by highwaymen. Mr. Thompson said he was driving on the Johnsburg- Wilmot road near Spring Grove about 11 p.m. Friday night when a car blocked his way. When he stopped his car two men got out of the car and robbed him at gunpoint of a $1,600 diamond ring, his wrist Accompanied by a check for ; (h<? co,Qrfuj parade which took a year's subscription comes the yearly note from "Biff" Mey- . ,)0jnt er. It is always nice to hear from him because he says it is , Pon.y^Express Rider : A„pleasuEe to receive .the Plain- | At 1:40 p.m. Joseph Parra- '<P?aler and thanks us for an- ' tore completed his ride from other year of good reporting, j Chicago commemorating the j 100th anniversary of the Pony President Eisenhower's re- ! Express and handed the letter cent visit to Alaska brought Postmaster Carl E. new attention to our forty- ; Schroeder to Postmaster James ninth state since it was the ' Hcttermann in the reviewing first visit there for a head of ! si and at the Legion grounds, the U.S. government since it ' who turned it over to Mayor was admitted. [George Freund -who read the It is hard to believe that ! message congratulating the ^.laska was once ridiculed as J popple of McHenry for their ^Seward's Ice Box", for it has ! participation in the Pony Exturned out to be stocked with Press centennial. Mayor Freund Wore goodies than snowballs an(l Mr. Hettermann were and polar bears. When Secre-i'hen escorted to the starting tary of State William Seward point of the parade. bought Alaska from Russia for I The weather man cooperated $7,20d,000 in 1867, many Amer- j perfectly by giving one of the lean taxpayers denounced it as , nicest, warm Sundays of the «/»/» , , , , i watch, wallet, $35 and the keys 000 and 2;->,000 people watched | tQ hjs car Then they drove away leaving Thompson stranded. He could give the sheriff's office no description of the two men. over an hour to pass a given A young Lakemoor area boy, attempting to escape from a dog in pursuit of his bicycle, rode directly into the path of an auto driven by Edward J. Johnson of Chicago, on Darrell road, near Rt. 120, last week. Looking badk in his hurry to escape from the animal, Dwight Gertsen. 13. who resides east of Lakemoor. failed to see the oncoming auto as he drove his bike off Sunset road onto Darrell. The lad, son of Mrs. Irma an iCy wasteland, but it has summer for this long awaited j Gertsen, suffered onlv cuts and paid back its cost hundreds of parade which was sparked by ' bruises as a result of the acci- ROTARY HOLDS FIRST HORSE SHOW. JULY 31 Thunderblrd : Ranch Scene Of Annual Event YOUNG FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN DIES SUDDENLY STORE OF THE YEAR BOY RIDES BIKE INTO CAR, ESCAPES WITH CUTS ON LEGS The first annual quarter hors? . show at Thunderbird ranch in Bull Valley, sponsored by the McHenry Rotary club, is scheduled for Sunday, July 31. starting at 9 o'clock in the morning. The ranch is located two miles south of Rt. 120 on Cold Springs road, which is five miles west of McHenry. Admission tickets may be purchased from any Rotary member or on the grounds, according to the general chairman, Ralph Bennett, of Riverside Drive, McHenry. Entries may be made in advance of the show, or post entries will also be accepted. Stalls are available at the ranch. Some valuable prizes await the .winners. In addition to trophies and six ribbons in every one of the twenty-seven classes donated by local merchants, there are two special cash awards. The larger of these is for open cutting. $100 added plus jackpot, and novice cutting, $50 added plus jackpot. Show or halter classes will be judged in the morning, while the afternoon, after 1 o'clock, will be devoted to special events which include the classes named above, among others. Dale Wilkenson will act as judge for the show, with Jerry Wilson as steward and Mike Wade as show secretary. Refreshments will be available on the grounds after 7 a.m. " The show is open to all interested persons. Only registered in pected from various parts of the country. This community was shocked last Saturday when it learned of the untimely death of Waited M. Miller. "Sonny", as "he was affectionately known by his family and his many friends, was visiting at the home of his wife's parents, the Tony Freunds, in Johnsburg aj>out 4:30 Saturday afternoon, July 16. when he suddenly slumped over. Efforts to revive him by the Johnsburg Rescue Squad were in vain. He had died instantly of a heart at- ,tack at the age of 31. \ The son of Mrs. Eleanor Conway Miller and the late George J. Miller, he was born in McHenry, Oct. 16, 1928. He was employed by the McHenry Sand & Gravel Co., as a dispatcher. "Sonny" was well known for his baseball ability. For many years he pitched for the McHenry Shamrocks and the Johnsburg Tigers. He loved baseball and only recently had pitched the Tigers to a victory over the Shamrocks. Had he chosen baseball as a career he Would have been material for hlc league competition. | He was a member of the McHenry Council, Knights of Col- Utnbus No. 1288. Surviving are his wife, the former Elaine Freund of Johnsburg, four children, Ronald. 6, Thomas, 5, Cindy, 3. and David, 7 week old, his mother. Eleanor Miller, a sister, Mary ajid a brother, Robert G. #The body rested at the ^|eorge R. Just en & Son Fuffl? ral home until Tuesday jibrning when t h e funeral Jlass was read at St. Patrick's cfflurch at 10 a.m. Burial was iM the church cemetery. 20 Pages -- 10c Per Copy "CHICAGO BOY DROWNS NEAR PITCEtfS CAMP Lad, Mother Visiting In Area For Day Dr. John C. Goetschel, president of the Chamber of Commerce and C. E. Smith, head of the Retail Merchants' committee are shown above presenting the trophy for the "store of the year" to Mrs. Robert Green, owner of the Toddler Shop on Elm street. This is the second year such an award has been given for hospitality, cleanliness, neatness and window display. Last year's winner was Smithcraft on Rixerside drive. V.F.W. CHOOSES M. L. SCHOENHOLTZ CITIZEN OF YEAR M. L. Schoenholtz. assistant s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of McHenry schools, was named the citizen of the year during intermission CULLOM-KNOLL SUMMER FESTIVAL SATURDAY, JULY 23 All roads will point to the id horses will be shown, Jfrrrhjilnm Lake bqach in the all, over 300 animals, are ex- village on Saturday, July 23, j when the Cullom-Knoll associ- ! ation will sponsor its annual summer f e s t i v a l . P r o c e e d s from the affair will be used for improvements and maintenance of the park and beach. The general chairmanship is in the very capable hands of Sometime between midnight j Bill Walter of 707 Orchard Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday j drive, with assistance from an morning, some unknown per- j efficient and qualified cornson or persons broke into the j mittee. r,r" V Walgreen Drug store on River- j There will be games, prizes side drive. A rear window had j and special events for all age been pried open and $1,646 in j groups. Three outstanding feamoney taken from the safe. ! tures will be the bike parade The break-in was discovered j for young boys, buggy parade by an employee of the store j for little girls, and the crownwhen he opened for business ing of Miss McCullom Lake at Monday morning. > 7 p.m. She will be chosen from The city police and sheriff's a group of little misses in the SAFE CRACKERS TAKE $1646 FROM NYE'S DRUG STORE IliiilMfli COUNCIL in CAPSULE The test well at the location j of McHenry's new water supply on South Green Street (Elgin Road) was reported this week to produce 850 gallons per minute. The Illinois Inspection Bureau report stipulated an additional supply of 500 gallons per minute, but engineers were hopeful of hitting the 1000 mark. Henry Rogers, son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers of 1546 N. Rockwell,, Chicago, w a s drowned, near Pitzen's camp, Wednesday morning, July 20, about 11 o'clock. The young lad, who would have celebrated his thirteenth birthday this Saturday, had come to the Bay area Wednesday morning with his mother and a cousin. Shortly after arriving here the boy had gone swimming. When he was missed the Johnsburg rescue squad was called. The boy was pulled from the water by Paul Boyk of Chicago, but efforts of the rescue squad to revive him were in vain. The body was removed to the George R. Justen funeral home where Coronor Ehorn swore in a jury and postponed the inquest until Wednesday, July 27. Services for the victim will be held in Chicago where the body rests at the Altman and Panfield funeral home. No Injuries In Minor Accidents The Board of Local Improvements will receive bids on the sanitary sewer project in the country club area at a meeting in the city hall, August 8th. office investigated. It was re-' 4-7 years age bracket. The times in the value of its re- r ousing band music, colorful jdent. He was taken to the of- i ported by the sheriff that it judging will be in the hands of ipurees. marching drum a n d bugle j j jce Gf a McHenry doctor for {was t professional job of safe three noteworthy people, and It is especially interesting to corps units, beautiful floats, 'treatment and then released. note that only 2 per cent of j spirited equestrian groups and; Alaska's 586,400 square miles , lovely girls. has been surveyed, yet thirtyone of the thirty-three strate- Water Show cracking. this event always draws a ; large crowd. ON VACATION Refreshment stands will be Our editor, Adele Froehlich. provided to satisfy the inner is on vacation this week and!man (and woman). Some of any attempt to report the news the other features will include 1 JUNIOR POLICE HUNT | CLUES Pic minerals needed by the U.S. 5 c^,,0_^e ^thTred^n^he : Junior Po,ice wi,) h'pve a clue already have been found there. '_ rivpr tn ^unl instead of a picnic Wed- j as efficiently as she does will a bake sale, a white elephant All"ka1dish00r<.s'hehavelebs (.e'„f ^ thrilling water Fo.?o»° * PUre'y aCCidema' found to be the world's richest Drum Magic i ing a simulated assault crime \n salmon and halibut. Oil was rv 7 30 p.m. a capacity 'committed at the park, mem- T iscovered in commercial quan- crowd gathered in McCracken j bers will look for clues and attities in 1957, and the state's field to. watch Drum Magic, j tempt to apprehend the guilty sale and plenty of exciting things to. do. BRIDGE TOURNAMENT Along with incorporation of The Bridge tournament for the village, the Cullom-Knoll the benefit of the "McHenry association performs a very _ swimming pool fund will be vital and necessary service to forests cover and area twice as Fiesta Day queen Judy Hans ; persons. Hot dogs and pop will j held Thursday, July 28, at the people of this community large as the four Scandinavian and other contestants were 'be served by the Legion aux-'7:45 p.m. at the American Le-i and is responsible for many countries. special guests. iliary. gion hall. worthwhile contributions. Too bad Mr. Seward isn't around today to accept the thanks of a grateful country. CONTROL FIESTA J)AY TRAFFIC WITH 'GOOD COOPERATION The parade winning trophies were presented to the following: for drum and bugle corps not competing in the evening show, first place went to the McHenry Viscounts; second, Morton Grove Cougars; color guard, Ottawa-Marquette Cru- : saders All Girl Color Guard; In a statement made Mon- drill team. Flvnn V-Ettsda. v morning Chief of Police Woodstock V.F.W.; baton twir- Joseph Grobel had nothing but lers, Nancy's Baton Twirlers, p r a i s e f o r t h e c o o p e r a t i o n he W o o d s t o c k ; a n i m a l . Norma received during the Fiesta Day Anderson, equestrienne. fe^rlVitiv!S . f ^ , First place trophy for com- •t hh an 2o0n.n0n00rf peCorp°l^e was h. an"dYl?e1'd® peting drum corps in the eve- njns shmv was awarded to the J Police department j Chicago Cavaliers with 80.2 'i . assistance of the p0jnts; second place, Norwood American Legion, firemen. Fox park imperials with 76.5 Yailey ^,ders> members of the p0ints; third. Skokie Vandifferent organizations in the . Ruards 7215 points. fourth city the chief of police and | Cicero Royal Airs with a score his lieutenant from the village nf 5$ g and fifth place went to ; of Sunnyside and by Fred Mey- Ottawa Crusaders with 56.15 ! er, superintendent of public p0jnts works, and his crew who did ,. . . ,, such a magnificent job prepar- ^reftorofthe j FIESTA DAY QUEEN JUDY HANS ing the city for the big day. Illinois Drum Corps associaj With all the traffic through I Ion-f was the vcry c"PaWe™sthe city only two minor acci- 'ter of ceremonies and the judgdents took place. Shortly after m f g t^'aS * *?' JUdg<?S the parade a three car bumper 0 e associa 10naccident took place on Green 1 Tru,v was a nieht filled street with ®no injuries and >with music- the beat of drums, minor damage to the cars. At !the trumpets* blare, snappy 6:15 p.m. at the corner of !drum ™aj°rs and majorettes Green and Elm a car going |and ,he Precision drilling of East on Elm street stopped for the coips, a night long to be I remembered by all, a fitting (Continued on Page 8) closing to a perfect day. at Drum Magic, Sunday night, at McCracken field. This award, given by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary, is for community service over a period of years. The commit tee is composed of former winners who choose a worthy person recommended by local groups. Mr. Schoenhollz well deserves such an honor. He came to McHenry in 1929 to teadi Geography and English in the local grade school. It was in l h a t y e a r he o r g a n i z e d t h e Boy Scouts and was active vvith them until he entered the Navy as a lieutenant in 1943. He served as commander of the V.F.W. during the year of 1946 and was elected commander of the Legion the following year. It was through his foresight, while serving as commander of the V.F.W., that the land was purchased which now houses the beautiful club house and three athletic fields, the Little League, Pony League and Softball League. "Mike" as he is familiarly known, has always volunteered his services for the welfare of the community. He lives wilh his wife. Marion, and two children. Jack and Ruth Ann, at 408 Waukegan road. Former winners of this worthy award are John Dreymiller, Mrs. Joanne Rulinn. Mrs. George Barbian. Mrs. Lina Kilday, Ray McGee, Earl Walsh, Bert ilia Freund. Rev. John McGowan, Fred Meyer and Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson. CHILD HIT BY CAR ON HIGHWAY 120 IN LAKEMOOR In painting city streets, a wide strip was painted to indicate that cars should stop before entering sidewalk areas. Many drivers have ignored these markings, persisting in | driving too far into the inter* J section. Police are instructed j to give warnings and follow with tickets to those who rel fuse to abide by this rule of driving. While the age old problem of getting owners and occupants to cut weeds has by no means reached 100 per cent in cooperation. the results are far better than at any time in the ipast. Complaints are again coming 1o the council that some residents in different areas are still burning garbage and rubbish that causes offensive orders. This is not only contrary to ordinance provisions, but also to all rules of respect for others. Complainants demand that the practice be stopped. Chief Joseph Grobel reports that the temporary fence erected for Fiesta Day at the beach proved beneficial in keeping youngsters from dashing onto the street and requested continued use of a fence. Fred J. Meyer, Superintendent of Public Works, added this to I his long list of projects which are being accomplished in a highly satisfactory manner. BAND CONCERT The McHenry city band will hold its concert this Friday | night, July 22, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the parking lot on Main street next to Buss Motors Ford garage. It was reported by the state police that George Erber, 66, of route 4. McHenry. was issued a traffic ticket Saturday afternoon charging him with operating a car without a driver's license and making an improper left turn. The accident occurred on the Crystal Lake-McHenry blacktop near McHenry when Erber turned left into the path of a car driven by Melda H. Keith, of 270 Woodstock street. Cry•- tal Lake. In an accident Saturday morning on highway 173, four miles east of Richrfiond, Edward J. O'Brien, 65, of Maywood, was issued a ticket i»y the state troopers for following a car too closely. His automobile smashed into the rear of a vehicle driven fcy Gladys Rudolph, 27, of route 5, McHenry. , . No injuries were reported in either accident. Mrs. Thelma Gugal. of Rt. 5, McHenry, ran into the rear of a car operated by John M. Espava. Rt. 1, McHenry which had stopped at the stop sign on Riverside drive and Broad street. Mrs. Gugal was watching some children come from the beach and could not stop in time to avoid the collision. There were no injuries and only minor property damage resulted. In another accident in McHenry Tuesday afternoon at 2:27 p.m. Susan Janensch of Long Lake went through the stop sign at Waukegan road and Front street and collided with a car driven by Marshall Buchert who was going south 'on Front street. Only minor property damage was reported. FIREMEN CALLED The McHenry fire depart- >ment was called out twice "luring the Fiesta Day activities One call came from a restaurant on the river where a patron had fallen. He was taken to the McHenry hospital but was released later. The other call came from Shady Shores, Griswold Lake, where a man had fallen over some object in the yard. Peo- Pl* nearby thought he had suffered a heart attack, but the man had recovered by the time the firemen arrived. TWO SUCCESSIVE WINS Kotalik Studio Photo Fiesta Day queen Judy Hans, center, with her court, Judy Hansen, left, and Trudy Drochne-r. right, is shown accepting roses from Daisy Smith, V.F.W. auxiliary president and Howard Thomas, commander of the V.F.W., at the queen crowning ceremonies at the V.F.W. clubhouse Saturday night. Rick Schiavone, *15 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Schiavone. Jr.. of Lakemoor. was hit by a car driven by a youth from Island Lake. Tuesday night about 8:45 p.m. on Rt. 120 in the village of Lakemoor. The child was taken to t h e McHenry h o s p i t a l and the extent of his injuries was not known Wednesday morning. The Schiavone family was visiting friends and when one of the children went outside to play, the door did not close tightly and little Rick followed him out and was standing on the highway before anyone noticcd him. Winning first place in the drum corps competition at McCracken field for the second successive year were the Chicago Cavaliers with a score of 80.2 out of a possible 100. This colorful group needs only to win next year to obtain permanent possession of the travelling trophy. <?