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14 THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 86 -- No. 21 -- 3 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1960 18 Pages -- 10c Per Copy w-Meaiiderip' 5 ^ We, understand the drive to obtain as near 100 per cent registration as possible in McHenry reveals a surprisingly high percentage of voting age are already properly registered. This is good news, and in Contradiction to a situation bought to our attention in a ireighboring city which, like McHenry, is growing by leaps and bounds. A friend, in an effort to help his precinct committ e e m a n, made house-to-house visits in his subdivision and found thirty-four avowed members of one of the major political parties who were not registered. This represented one-third of ,k®e number called upon in a two-block area. Most of them had been residents of the community for three years. Arrangements were made to register all of them at one time, and the voting prospects in that particular area look somewhat brighter. Any interested person who suspects such a situation in his tyn community might do well to assist the civic organizations which are working so diligently to make this a big election year from the standpoint of public interest. GOP PICNIC HEADLINERS Few people realize what a tremendous business is carried on at the McHenry library. We learned last weekend that durthe summer months, on the Jerage, one book went out of the library each minute during the afternoons it was open, A number of local residents have devoted so much in effort and time over a period of years, and we will probably never be able to give due credit to all of them. • One of the ladies wo rember as having an inter- , ft Iri Its success from the 1 earliest days is Gretta Goodell, who even today gives as generously of her time so that it will continue to grow. : • Happy to see a large crowd of 12,000 Republicans gathered for last Sunday's annual G.O.P. picnic at Fox River Grove are three of the men Who helped to make the gathering sucfh a success. & Pictured, left to right, are Art Giovannoni of Cary, picnic chairman; Charles "Chuck* Percy, G.O.P. national committee platform chairman; and Ed. Dowd of Crystal Lake, picnic co-chairman. Crowd Of 12,000 At GOP Picnic Remember 'way back when the first Christmas card came into view after Thanksgiving instead of before Labor Day When 100 degree temperatures trevailed; not to mention the rtifieial trees offered "at special prices for the early buyers?" Remember 'way back when both grade and high school pupils fit nicely in old Landmark school on the Waukegan street hill which now accommodates only two grades? Remember 'way back when M c H e n r y ' s o n e p o l i c e m a n find many a boring moment tween Sept. 1 and Memorial Day, and comfortably fit all the duties of his one-man department into the summer months? Remember 'way back when Saturday night was for "coming to town" and anybody who panted to know what was going on planned to visit the stores that evening? There ws no Friday night opening, and very little afternoon closing. Remember 'way back when nn ordinary evening's entertainment consisted of radio programs, and movies were confined to the theatre? And do you remember the first TV sets placed in the windows of business houses and the crowd assembled to see what they Had to offer? Remember 'way back when a look at the heavens on a clear night was to admire the stars and not to express wonder at a inan-made object which resembled them? Do you remember 'way back when high school freshmen looked young, and now you get the same feeling about some of college professors? (This ley call the aging process). Remember 'way back when there were a few folks around who recalled the real "old timers'" as the first settlers in our community? Now the "old timers" are getting too close to our own age and have only learned from history books about McHenry's founders. -So I Hear did some musing m recent weeks and came up with the unhappy revelation that it won't be long before some of us who consider our- Continued on Page 8 | A huge crowd of 12,000 en- : thusiastic Republicans gath- I ered under overcast skies at I the McHenry County Central j Republican Committee picnic | last Sunday at Fox River , Grove. Principal speaker was Charles "Chuck" Percy, who was the platform committee chairman at the Republican national convention last summer. He is also the author of the Percy Report and a member of- the program and progress committee for the ' national Republican organization. - Also speaking at the gathering Sunday was Lt. Gov. John Chapman. County Chairman "Chuck" Miller was the program master of ceremonies, assisted by Arthur Giovainnonl, picnic chairman, and Edward Dowd, co-chairman. McHENRY SALES TAX COLLECTION REACHES $33,936 The sales tax collected in ! M c H e n r y c o u n t y i n J u l y j amounted to $237,080.50, acj cording to the state revenue i department. I Woodstock was high with a total of $42,895.30, Crystal , Lake was listed for $35,032 and McHenry $33,936. ! Others included the following: Alden $ 346 j Algonquin $ 9,427 ! Cary $ 8,892 : Fox River Grove ...$ 4,293 Harvard $21,014 Hebron $ 2,391 Huntley $ 6,811 Planning Needs Of Six-Township Area Explained At Wonder Lake INSTALL FOUR NEW DIRECTORS OF CITY JAYCEES At the monthly dinner meeting of the McHenry Junior Chamber of Commerce, held Tuesday evening of this week, four new directors were installed. Named to these posts were Thomas Landre, youth activities; David A. Ladd, orientation; Henry R. Heise, publicity and ways and means; and Donald Gerstad, internal and civic affairs. Mayor George P. Freund was present as special guest. Among other special guests were Earl Morgan, state vicepresident; Ken Bird, president of the Crystal Lake Jaycees; Ray Hoeker, past national director, and Don Bacon, past state vice-president. New plans for the organization, introduced by President J. E. Yount, call for community development projects soon to be undertaken by this active civic group. HEART ATTACK PROVES FATAL TO BUSINESS MAN Last rites were conducted on Monday morning at St. Mary's Catholic church for Ernesto A. Pieroni, popular owner of Bimbo & Sons, restaurant and tavern on Riverside Drive. Mr. Pieroni, 67, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home BARBER TELLS PROBLEMS TO AUTHORITIES Pressure To Join CMB Association Is Investigated Dennis AVaszkewicz, the 67- year-old Wonder Lake barber who has been in the news prominently since last Thursday when he timidly approached the county sheriff's office concerning his troubles with membership in the Chicago Master Barbers association, was reported in mid-week to have resigned from that group. Accompanied by a Woodstock barber who urged him to tell his story, the Wonder Lake business man told members of the sheriff's office that he was first approached early in August- by three men who col- EXPECT APPEAL OF HEAVY FINE, JAIL SENTENCE Gene Jones of Lakemoor is expected to appeal his case in county court after being sentenced in the justice of the peace court of Arnold Rauen for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He appeared in court at 3 b'clock Saturday afternoon, where he was fined $50 and $30 costs and sentenced to six months in the county jail. Jones was brought to court on a complaint signed by the father of a 16-year-old Lakemoor girl. A preliminaryS^earing was held ten days previous, after which he was taken to the county jail and bond set at $3,500. Twelve Seek Royal Titles lccted $15 for three months' i t^e senior class of the dues. He paid them after ! school learned Twelve excited members of high . i late Thursday reats Waszkewicz said were , afternoon that they will be vymade against him by the men. j ing for the titles of homeeom- He told sheriff's deputies | ing queen and king when that that they pasted an associa- i colorful fall event is held on tion emblem on his shop win- Friday. Sept. 30. They were dow and gave him a sign that raised his $1.25 haircut to $2. After losing many customers, he lowered the rates again. ^ Offers Cooperation Chief Deputy Sheriff Edward Dowd said an arrest would be made if the men returned to the county to intimidate barbers. In the meantime, Frank S. Aliotta, head of the Chicago Master Barbers association, denied any knowledge of t/ie events which took place and added he would fire any association business agents found guilty of using pressure to force shop owners to join the association. A Wonder Lake P.T.A. meeting that some feared and others hoped might become embroiled in controversies of Wonder Lake incorporation, produced instead an intelligent approach to planning needs for future growth of a six-township area of Eastern McHenry county. Uppermost in the recommendations of the two speakers, Dr. Stanley Blount Northwestern University, Evanston, and Donald Still, Woodstock, treasurer of the Eastern McHenry County Plan association, was proper land development and utilization to avoid "staggering wasteful costs" in inefficient land uses. Blount, a geographer withloe , 4. .. . _ t dje grees ifr o„m tHt arvardj, Wayne ^2 5, and continue through Oct. Universi.ty . .a nd Northwester.n', i T h e g o a ,l f, o r ,M,c HTTe n r v , a c - surv.eye.d .the 176-sjquare- mi. l.e .I c o r d i n g t o M r s . rP »e •t e ' r G r i• e s - six-township a,r ea ttd uring the bac.i, fund, campai• gn ch. ai.r man, past "me weeks. He was en-.|s $2000 Th|s'is ( ( the gaged by the pnvately f,nanc-llo(a| , of which ed Planning comnuwon. said, 1(,aders of ,he coundl h to be the only one m the I TOltect ln non.chest commun|. country not operating on tax (jes $2,000 Is Goal Of V alley View JlSfore than 500 girls who are members of Valley View Neighborhood, the McHenry area which is included in S.vbaquay Girl Scout council, will benefit from the annual fund drive which will start Sunday, Sept. nominated by a vote of the senior class. Queen candidates are Dorothy Adams, Sherry Evans, Joy Fairchild. Ardis May, Gretchen Sa.vlor and Shirley Thornton. The king will be one of these six, Gary Adams, Tom C r e i g h t o n , J o e H e t t e r m a n n , Tim Marshall, H. Stinespring and Roger Swanson. The title holders will be selected by a vote of the entire student body, but the names will be withheld until the homccoc !ng dance following t h e g a m e . • * * • ! » Janet Eckstein and Tiina Keerberg are in charge oft the king and queen contest, while others have been assigned to the many other duties associated with the event. A pep rally will open activities- on Thursday night of next week, followed by a parade Friday afternoon and the varsity game between Zion Benton and the Warriors at 8 o'clock that night. A dance will follow the game. (Continued on PAge 8) APPROVE LIBRARY DISTRICT A favorable vote of 93 to 4 last Saturday gave approval of the creation of a library district in McHenry and Nunda townships, in the Lakemoor area. The vote, held Saturday, had been postponed from an earlier date and the district to be included was revised. Originally, a section of Lake coun- 1y was to have been included. Marengo Ring wood ... Spring Grove Union Wonder Lake Johnsburg ... Island Lake . Lakemoor ... Sunnyside ... .$13,855 .$. 454 .$ 1,732 .$ 1,049 2,463 .$ 800 .$ 399 .$ 1,601 .$ 519 j For the first time, McHenry , went into second place in the | county in sales tax collections 1 under the one-half per cent j tax allowed in municipalities where ordinances have been i passed. The city's share collected in July was $5,544.80. topping Crystal Lake slightly. Woodstock was high with $6,911.56. Island Lake's share was $ 3 0 1 . 8 2 , L a k e m o o r , $ 2 6 1 . 0 8 , and Sunnyside, $84.60. ERNESTO PIERONI J in Fair Oaks subdivision Thursi day afternoon, Sept. 15. i A native of Italy, where he was born June 5, 1893, he came to this country and to Chicago, where he resided until moving ] CLASS ON INVESTMENTS to McHenry eleven years ago. ' A class for adults, concern-, „ . , , . Jng investments, will be held I ,he l»st decade he "Pe1" ' at the high school beginning Oct. 3 for eight weeks. The high school board approved the class at its Tuesday night meeting. a ted the local business, Mr. Pieroni was a veteran of World War I. He belonged to the World War I barracks, the McHenry Legion Post, No. 491, the Order of Elks and the Marr. RASS FIRE conj society of Chicago. Members of Company I, Mc- j Survivors include his wife, Henry Township Fire Protec- < Theresa; fOUr children, Mrs. j tion District, were called to Charies Tonyan, Raymond, Ed- McHenry Shores to extinguish i ward anrf Ernest Pieroni, Jr., a grass fire about 1 o'clock | funds. Blount told the Harrison j school P.T.A. during the meeting that not once touched on the area's own pro and con i issues of proposed incorporation, that the area -- including1 A l g o n q u i n , D o r r , G r a f t o n , Greenwood, McHenry and Nunda townships -- would by 1980, have a population exceeding, 225,000, according to projected figures of growth from 1920 i The county recorded two j was struck by a north-bound through I960. The same area j more traffic deaths, as well as ! car and thrown into the ditch. TWO FATAUTES AMONG SEVERAL SERIOUS HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS IN NEARBY AREA THIS Wffl( now has 84.000, based on pre- several serious accidents and liminary 1960 census data. this Reviews Needs Perhaps the closest oblique reference to Wonder Lake came Fleming Johnson, Jr., 23, when Blount asserted that [ L-akewood, Crystal Lake, "whether you like it or not,' Lane was victim of a hit and you need and must have sewer | run accident about 3j 20 Sunand water systems in some of a minor nature nast week. The* dead are Ronald Lane, 29, of Harvard and William of this i r'ay afternoon on Rt. 173, west area," the reference being to the townships surveyed.. These are two of several controversial issues confronting property owners representing both camps in the Wonder Lake i n c o r p o r a t i o n c a m p a i g n now of Chemung. He was left on the highway by the driver and later his body was run over by two other cars. Neither of the latter drivers was able to avoid hitting him. Johnson lost his life at 3 shaping up, assertedly by the i n'clock Monday morning on the proponents to be resolved by'Country Club road in Ridgereferendum in the November field. According to county aunational election. Blount charged that another He was taken to Memorial hospital, Woodstock. A Pistakee Hills youngster, 7-year-old Christopher Long, suffered severe injuries when he was struck by a vehicle early Saturday afternoon. According to authorities, the youth was crossing the JohnsburR blacktop with friends ' when he was struck by a jeep driven by Ronald Justen of McHenry, who was unable to avoid hitting him. The lad was taken to McHenry hospital by the Johnsburg rescue squad. Three young McHenry high school girls were injured i slightly when their car overthorities, he was operating his turned on Fox street, southmotorcycle at a high rate of east of the city, about 5 o clock ma1o7" problem^ V the~'^ole! ^ed^and missed ^ sharp corn area was sub-standard hous- Thursday afternoon. A car driven by Nancy Coling. inadequate codes and wasteful land use practices. The meeting was in charge er. The vehicle crashed into a tree, then hit a steel sign be- by struck^ome^Ipose grayel_ on fore stopping iri a yard back of a Ridgefield store The two deaths this week of Francis G. Higgins, who is; hroa ht the fatality list for the president of Harrison P.T.A. The P.T.A. executive board is composed of members who think variously on the subject of incorporation. Fear had been expressed that any meetvear to twenty-five. One Seriously Hurt A Spring Grove man, Alfred Feigen, was reported to have been paralyzed from the waist Ing on the general subject of: down as the result of being struck an unidenljfied auto community planning would, C Of C HOST TO PUBLIC AT MEETING TONIGHT; MEMBQtS TO HEAR PANEL DISCUSSION SEPT. 29 WATER SUPPLY TO BE IMPROVED BY NEW CITY TOWER Step by step, McHenry is getting closer to an improved water supply. On Monday night, the Council voted to advertise for bids on a new water tower to be erected near the railroad tracks in Cooney Heights third addition. While the original plan called for a 300,000 gallon tank, bids will also be received on 400,000 and 500,000 capacity tanks. Bids will be received Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. and reviewed before action is taken. Following discussion of the type of building ^to be erected when the new well is located, Mayor Freund requested the engineers to submit a sketch of the building at the next meeting. Council members expressed intentions of erecting a building that will blend in with the residential area. Design of building, landscaping and neat appearance are requirements. Pass Ordinance District Manager Etchison of the Northern Illinois Gas company was present to answer questions as the Council passed a new franchise ordinance. The city will receive an allowance on a per capita basis which should be more than adequate to heat the library. In a proposed agreement between the city and the McHenrv Fire Protection district, the Mayor, City Council and Chief of Police will screen applications of persons needed to answer police calls, fire alarms and operate the radio in the city hall. Reports indicate that the state of Illinois will participate in the cost of correcting the drainage problem on the north side of Illinois 120. (Baur ave.) KIWANIS KIDS' DAY PEANUT SALE TO BE HELD HERE The tenth annual Kiwanis Kids' Day peanut sale will be held in McHenry on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24, as part of the Chicago area sale which. is hqped to realize a total of a quarter of a million dollars. Locally, both the McHenry^ and McHenry Township Kiwanis clubs are uniting in an effort to raise money for the many worthwhile programs u n d e r t a k e n . R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s said this week that 100 per cent of the money collected will remain in the community for local youth activities. Among the programs under- One of the busiest organizations in the city this year is the Chamber of Commerce, which is undertaking in the weeks ahead to explain changes of various kinds necessitat- • ed by -continuous growth.. The first of two meetings, and the only one to which all interested persons are invited, will be held tonight (Thurs-. dayV at 8 o'clock in Room 122 of the local high school for the purpose of explaining the new postal address system which will go into effect next spring. The confusion of address changes, especially in the area outside the city, has become more of a problem than ever in view of the frequency it has needed to be done. Large businesses which deal with great numbers of people residing In the area covered by the post office have found the situation particularly troublesome. At tonight's meeting. Postmaster James Hettermann will lie present to explain the new system in detail, and will have specially prepared maps of the 100-square-mile area to show. He will use as an example one particular area for which the numliering has been complete^ under the system. All othfflP communities will be handiest similarly, eliminating all rural; route addresses and box numbers and substituting house numbers and road and street names. j Hoar Survey Report Next Thursday evening, Sept. 29, the Chamber of Commerce will hold an important meeting for members at 8 p.m. at the Legion home. Highlight of the evening will be the panel discussion arranged bv the city and the McHenry Plan Commission, In which results of the survey being released by Stanton & Rockwell, fi 1 a n n i n g consultants, will be covered. The report, which Includes suggestions for solutions on various community problems, will deal with such specific items as McHenry's future !n relation 1o its schools, the Industrial park area, parWng and traffic and in particular with" the anticipated population growth in the years ahead. The meeting promises to be interesting and enlightening and should be placed among the 'must attend' events for the entire membership. Tn future weeks the Plaindealer will carry highlights of this survey report, which has been in progress for the past two years. The findings of$&e committee which conducted a survey into the possibility of establishing bus transportation from nearby subdivisions into McHenry will be made known at the meeting. All business men, Scout troops and a Little League team; financial assistance to the Viscounts drum and bugle corps: assistance to meet the cost of Club After- GIo, post prom party; medical, dental and optical attention for needy children; assistance to the Chicago Club for Crippled Children at Riverdale subdivision: the Woodstock Children's home, the McHenry Mental Center and the mentally retarded school room here. taken by the clubs is sponsorhips of Boy Scout and Gipl^^pj^r or not they are now 1 l f + V'rvrvMC onH n T iff frt • _ members of the C. of C. are invited to attend. The board of directors will be given results of the survey and will decide action, if any. While response to the questionnaire was poor only ninety in all -- the percentage was notably better in some areas, especially the Wonder Lake and McCullom Lake communities to the west and the (Continued on page 8) OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING last Thursday afternoon." (Continued on page 8) quickly turn into a battle ground over incorporation. Higgins ruled out beforehand any questions related to the (Continued on page 8) while walking home along j State Park road, north of Rt. 112, about 1:30 Sunday morning. He was found in a ditch by a passing motorist. Feigen told authorities he the shoulder of the right side of the road, after which the auto skidded and overturned. Passengers in the car. Patricia O'Malley and Christine Szczupak, were taken to a local physician for treatment, along with the driver. Malcolm Flood of Rt. 5. McHenry, was reported by state police to have struck a bus and car which had stopped on Rt. 12 at the Lake-Cook County Line road last Thursday after- j noon. Twelve school children escaped injury in the accident. (Continued on Page 8) THE BEN STILLINGS Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stilling of Washington street will observe their golden wedding anniversary on Wednesday. Sept. 28. A reception at the V.F.W. clubhouse will be held that day. and in the morning Mass will be sung for the couple at St. Patrick's church. Girl Scout Drive Aid 500 Locally