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"Serving The Chaia-O-Lakes Reglo* Slace 1875" Volume 86 -- No. 32 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1960 28 PAGES -- 10c PER COPY TRAGIC AUTO KILLS ^Sometimes it seems we are approached at every corner for contributions for this or that, A little thought tells us that each one is worthwhile and necessary, but seldom do we have the time to look into the important Retails that might instill in us the extra bit of charity which would prompt a generous donation. ^Recently, the U. S. commitfor UNICEF (United Natiqnr; International Children's Emergency Fund) took the time to translate into some very practical terms the figures someone sent to them concerning contributions in the McHenry area last Halloween. Locally, sixty-five young people of the Methodist church collected $248.11 for UNICEF. IJfanslated into terms of aid, this amount of money would provide any one of the following • Vaccine to protect 24,800 children from tuberculosis; a daily glass of milk for 6,200 school children for four weeks; penicillin to cure 4,960 children of yaws, a tropical disease; antibiotics to save 1,240 children from the blindness of frachoma; DDT "to protect tR)84 children against malaria for a year or 99,200 vitamin capsules for children suffering from malnutrition. Since the North Western railroad is the only rail transportation out of McHenry, affecting many McHenry commuters, its progress and its nroblems become of interest wcally. Commuters were pleased last spring to learn that new and modern cars would soon replace the outmoded ones which have been serving our community these many years. Now the railroad says it will be impossible to compete with a proposed railroad to be constructed by CTA to some of the rail- «:ay's most important suburnn stations which now account for 10 per cent of suburban revenues. Of course, arguments on both sides of the question will no doubt continue in the weeks ahead, and it will be interesting to learn the outcome. GOP VOTES IN FAVOR OF FUTURE CAUCUS McCULLOM LAKE MAN CHAIRMAN DISTRICT GROUP A number of folks who ad- (ConttwfMl Page X) On Thursday evening, Dec. 1, the McHenry-Burton Township Justice district central committee met for the purpose of discussing the advisability of a caucus to nominate candidates for justice of the peace and constables. The committee is composed of the elected precinct committeemen: Jake Levesque, Precinct 1; Chuck Miller, 2; A1 Stilling, 3; Joe Frett, 4; George Gutzman, 5; Anthony Varese, 6; Joe Cina, 7; Charles Miller, 8; John Bonder, 9; and Charles Freund of Burton township. Name 'Officers Jake Levesque of McCullom Lake was elected chairman of the committee and Joe Cina of Lakeland Park will handle the duties of secretary. It was agreed unanimously that a caucus will be held in the near future, date and place to be announced later. INVESTIGATE BURGLARY AT ORCHARD HEIGHTS The Charles Vecchi home in Orchard Heights was entered by burglars this past week and a television set valued at $200 and a hi-fi worth over $800 were reported taken, as well as records. .smaller items- taken brought the total estimated loss to about $1,447. Deputy sheriffs investigated the burglary. Youth Sentenced To Vandalia For Larceny Growth O! County Shows Need For Future Planning ... In recent years, McHenry has joined other fast growing county cities in planning for the future. When the official county population was made known this past • week, based on the i960 census, there was little doubt . of the necessity for this foresightefdness. McHenry proper ranked only fourth in the county with 3,336, surpassed by Woodstock with a population of 8,897, Crystal Lake with 8.314 and Harvard with 4,248. Nevertheless, the tact remains that our community out- j side the city limits is among the top areas in growth. Latest figures show a county growth of 18,147 > between 1910 and 1940, while 33,554 have been added in only the last decade. Some of the villages and unincorporated con* munities in the McHenry area lie in two townshipL • Following are the totals, with the exception at Islani' Lake, part of which is located in another county.' Lakemoor 736 McCullom Lake 755} Sunnyside Village 308 Wonder Lake 3,543 Island Lake 50§ > Spring Grove 301 Judges Serving County Honored At Annual Dinner In McHetiff A 17-year-old Wonder Lake youth, Roger Nelson, was sentenced to six months at the state farm in Vandalia when he pleaded quilty to larceny in county court last Thursday. He was involved in a larceny at A. S. Blake Motors in McHenry last month. Earlier this fall, Nelson was sentenced to ten months on a similar charge but it was later dropped and he was put on probation.. The McHenry County Bar association held its annual judges' dinner Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the McHenry Country club, given in honor of the judges serving the courts of McHenry county. It was attended by nearly 100 lawyers and ladies. A social hour preceded the dinner, during which the lawyers and ladies took the opportunity to personally greet the honored judges in attendance. Attorney Joseph Conerty, Jr., president of the Bar -association, gave a brief welcome address before dinner. After the mfeal the president introduced William J. Gleason, who presided as master(' Of ce remolds' for fh£ evening. Mr. Gleason. introduced'. th£ officers of the Bar association, namely Richard R. C^ess*. vicepresident; James M. Mclntee. secretary-treasurer; and Karl A. Koch. James H. Weir and C. Russell Allen, trustees. Honored and distinguished guests were the Honorable Judge Roy Solfisburg, Supreme court justice for the 6th district; the Honorable William M. Carroll, the Honorable Bernard M. Decker and the Honorable Sidney H. Block, judges of the 19th Judicial district; and the Honorable James H. Cooney, judge of the Country court of McHenry county. Each judge spoke briefly. PLAN REPORT HKHLKNTS Streets and Parking Recommendations of plan- . ners for street widenings, connections and new streets were A&veloped through the analysis of land use and based on the projected papulation of the citv. It has }>een anticipated that some of the greatest growth in traffic will occur on the streets in the southwestern portion of the city which is recommended to be zoned for industrial use. It is estimated #iat traffic on proposed federal aid Rt. 201 will approximate 7,000 vehicles per day during its first year of operation. This new route could conceivably reduce the through traffic on Rt. 120 by as much as 2,000 vehicles per day, planners say, and the traffic on Rt. 31 by as much as 1,000 vehicles a dav. *Ehe planners anticipate that ^hese reductions in traffic on the two state r,outes would soon be eliminated by the normal growth of local traffic in the area. Again, they estimated that the present volumes of traffic on Rtes. 120 and 31 will more than doubje within the next twenty years, while traffic on such routes as Crystal Lake road, Elgin road, Riverside Drive, Johnsburg road and Vox River road will quite likely increase by over 80 per cent during the next twenty years. A study of local conditions lend Stanton & Rockwell to helieve that traffic on Rt. 120, nlon<: Elm street, will eventually become so heavy that it cannot be handled. It is recommended that a long range plan be developed for the provision of a pair of one-way streets to serve the Rt. 120 traffic. This would involve the eventual construction of a new ' bridge across the river, from Pearl street on the west to a junction with existing Rt. 120 on the east, about 300 feet east of the river. West-bound traffic would then utilize Pearl street. This route would intersect with Richmond road and then be extended in the direction of Mill Stream drive. It would pass to the north of the Zion Lutheran church and connect with existing Rt. .120 beyond Boone creek. East-bound traffic on Rt. 120 would continue to use Elm street. Parking could also be retained on both sides, whereas no provision for parking would be made on the proposed route which would carry westbound traffic on a 36-foot roadway. Both roads would have to continue to operate as twoway streets until such time as the new bridge over the river could be constructed. It is recommended that- Rt. 31 in the southwest area of the city could eventually be extended directly to the north along the alignment of Front street. The route would cross Boone creek to the east and join the existing Rt. 31 south of the proposed interchange with Federal Rt. 201. Next week, results of the planning survey will deal with proposals for alleviation of the traffic conditions in the Green street shopping area. COUNTY PLANS A professional planner was present at 8 o'clock on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Farm Bureau meeting room in Woodstock .to define county planning and explain what results might be expfetted by it. The meeting, sponsored by the McHenry County Agriculture Extension council, was prompted by the ever rising population growth of the county, which is how at 80,000 and is anticipated to be 225,000 by 1980. :REV. BAUMHOFER INSTALLED PASTOR ST. MARY'S CHURCH The formal installation of Rev. Fr. Eugene Baumhofer.as pastgr of St. Mary's Catholic church was held Tuesday evening, Dec. 6, at 7:30 o'clock in the church. The Very Rev. Burrell Beddoes, dean of the McHenry deanery, pastor of St. Thtrtnas church in Crystal Lake, presided at the ceremonies. A parish reception is planned in honor of Fr. Baumhofer on Sunday evening, Dec. 11. A program r*1* 7:30 in the auditor iurfi of the sch66l will be Jwesehted by the senior choir and representative^ of parisH societies. This will be followed by a reception for friends of the community who are invited to call to greet Fr. Baumhofer in the church hail. Refreshments will be served. Benediction at 9 o'clock in the church will conclude plans for the evening. TERRA COTTA PLANT ENGINEER BURNED AT WORK Donald Thelen, 35, of Woodstock was reported improving in McHenry hospital of burns suffered while checking an electrical relay box, 440 volts, at the Terra Cotta plant on Rt. 31, south of the city. He was reported to have been making some tests on the machine when the electrical flash burned both hands and caused a minor burn on the face. His eyes were protected by safety glasses. Thelen, plant engineer and chief electrician at Terra Cotta, was reported to be improving satisfactorily on Tuesday of this week, and his release from the hospital was expected soon. Hoppy Trophy Winners Flashing happy smiles are the two young men pictured in center, members of the M.C.H.S. football team who won special awards at the annual Kiwanis-sponsored banquet last Thursday evening. They are Joe Sanford, who won the Useman trophy for outstanding defensive play, and Tony Espey, who won his coveted trophy for being voted by his teammates as most valuable player on the team. Shown with the young men are. at left, Ara Parseghian. head coach of Northwestern university, who was guest speaker at the banquet, and at right, Joe Sullivan of Wonder Lake, who made the presentations. FRANK LOW TO HEAD C OF C DURING 196! Frank Low is the new president of McHenry's Chamber of Commerce. He was elected to the organization's highest office at the monthly meeting of the board of directors, held Tuesday noon. ^ Also elected to serve with Low were Edward Rook, vicep r e s i d e n t ; R i c h a r d Z i e m a n , treasurer; and Mrs. Walter Carlson, secretary. Previously, two new directors were named, Robert Zahn and Jake Levesque. A third will be selected in the near future. Zahn and Levesque were suggested by a nominating committee and their election on Tuesday by the board was unanimous. F^rom the ranks of the board came the new officer^ all elected for three-year temis. Members whose terms have not expired include Charles Smith, Robert Justen, Edward Piffroni, Gene Adams and Donald Doherty. President John Goetschel, who has held office in the Chamber of Commerce for the past year, announced Tuesday afternoon that plans of the organization call for a visit by Santa Claus within the next two weeks. At the board meeting, it was announced that all details for the postal re-addressing system have been completed and approval has been given. The system will be put into effect next spring. CINDERS GIVEN OUT BY JAYCEES IN SAFETY DRIVE McHenry Speaks For The Future The community development survey booklets, put out by the McHenry Junior Chamber of Commerce, are now in the hands of a representative sampling* of McHenry residents. The booklet, entitled "McHenry Speaks", is part of a public opinion survey being conducted as a civic service by the Jaycees. From it they expect to learn something about McHenry, its people and its problems. The Jaycees are confident that "McHenry Speaks" will provide a sound foundation on which they can build plans for constructive action. The cooperation of all those persons who received survey booklets, in the prompt answering and mailing of their books, is asked by the local group. VIOLATION OF FIREARMS LAW BRINGS BIG FINE The^McHeniy Junior Chamber of Commerce cinders for Safety program is scheduled to be held Saturday, Dec. 17. At this time, members of the Jaycee group will be stationed at several convenient locations throughout the city, in order to distribute handy boxes of Cinders to be used by motorists for winter traction problems. • The two locations at which any passing motorist may stop and pick up his free box of cinders are the northwest corner of Elm and Front streets, near the Trolex plant, and in front of the McHenry fire house. Three young Chicago men paid heavy fines when they appeared before a local justice of the peace last week to answer charges of violating a state ordinance calling for firearms to be dismantled when being carried in a car. The men, John Flotz, John Joe Eckhvid and Brend Krebs, all of Chicago, told the judge they intended to shoot "hub caps in a field when they were "apprehended by police at about 2:50 in the morning. The men had three rifles and two shotguns. JAIL CHICAGO AN ON, SECQND;£HABGE OF CHECK FRAUD Richard Bueche of Chicago, apprehended Sunday morning in the home of his wife in Oakland subdivision, has been charged with passing checks with intent to defraud upon a complaint signed by a McHenry businessman. Unable to post a $1,500 bond, he was taken to the county jail for future trial. Bueche was reported to have been released, recently, after serving a sentence for a similar offense. COUNCIL TO STUDY NUMEROUS BIDS ON NEW WATER SYSTEM NEXT WEEK AND AWARD CONTRACTS As advertised, Monday night of this week was the time for McHenry's city council to receive bids for the completion of the new water system. Bidders, supply house representatives and many interested parties filled the city hall to capacity. Aware of the number of bids to be submitted, the council convened at 7:30 p.m. to hear reports and act on bills, thus allowing time for the lengthy job of reading the unusual number of bids. Due to the necessity of checking unit prices and carefully examining the compiled findings on one huge sheet of paper, the council referred all bids to the city engineers, W. A. Rakow and Associates, and will probably convene some night next week to study the bids and perhaps award contracts. Check Prices Until all unit prices are cross-checked, no totals can be listed as officially correct. However, the Tonyan Construction company bid of $55,- 958 on the construction of the water treatment plant was low. Joseph Frett and Son had a base bid of $59,500; Wigert Construction Co. of Franklin Park. $70,700; Nu-Way Plumbing Service, Inc. of Chicago, $87,163. Four firms submitted bids on the pumping equipment and engine, but final figures must include alternate items after consultation with Public Service company as to the type of JOHNSBURG FAMILY HOMELESS AFTER FIRE ON FRIDAY A Johnsburg family is temporarily homeless as the result of flames which spread rapidly through their two-story frame structure last Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. James Daly and children are residing with friends since fire gutted a large portion of the residence. Mr. Daly was the only one home at the time. He was investigating the source of smoke which he smelled when an alarm was turned in by a passerby, Mrs. Albert Adams, who saw the smoke rising from the roof as she rode by, enroute with her daughter to school about 9 o'clock. Members of Johnsburg Company 2 answered the call immediately, and were assisted by McHenry's firemen. The entire upper floor was badly damaged, and considerable water damage was also reported to the first floor. The fire started in a bedroom. The flames were extinguished soon after the arrival of firemen, but they had burned two holes in the roof. (Continued on page 8) BUY SLOT STAMPS The Internal Revenue Service office in Chicago has recorded forty purchasers of $250 federal stamps for slot, machines in McHenry county compared with only four in Kane county. The largest number, fourteen, were listed for the McHenry area, and one in Wonder Lake. MRS. MELVEN KRUEGER. INFANT SON DIE AFTER CAR IS HIT BY DRIVER IN SECOND FATAL ACCIDENT A pre-holiday trip to visit relatives and discuss the family observance of Christmas came to a tragic end in the early hours of Saturday morning, Dec. 3, when a 30-year-old mother from Lakemoor and her 4-month-old son were killed in a traffic accident. The victims were Mrs. Anita Krueger and her infant son, Dale, who died enroute to Sherman hospital after the crash on Rt. 19, near Wise road, 9 miles east of Elgin in Cook county. Mrs. Krueger's husband, DAVID HECKMANN Melvin, 32, suffered lacera- HEADS BOY SCOUT DRIVE THIS MONTH David Heckmann has been named chairman of the 1960 Boy Scout fund drive for this area. It is part of a six-county campaign within the Blackhawk Area Council in which leaders hope to realize $119,- 000 to carry on the important work of scouting locally. Since its establishment in this country in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America program has touched the lives of 31,563,809 American boys and their adult leaders, and there is hardly a family that has not felt its influence. Today, more than 3,686,763 boys are enrolled in over 129,- 097 units, backed up by 1,356,- 542 adults serving in many volunteer capacities. More details concerning the December drive, which will be a porch light campaign, will THREE COUNTY OFFICERS START TERMS THIS WEEK Richard Cross officially took office as state's attorney in McHenry county last Monday morning. He was the only new officer, but other recently elected officials, Theron Ehorn, and Lester Edinger, started new terms as coroner and circuit clerk, respectively. Cross succeeds Don A. Wicks, who was not a candidate for re-election, taking over an office created in 1837. Since that time, twenty-one have served the county, the longest term having been that of the late V. S. Lumley, twenty years. Twenty-seven have served as coroner since creation of that office the same year, 1837. The present office holder's father, Harry Ehorn, was coroner for many years. SUPSMSORS TAKE STEPS TO SET BAY BRID6E FUTURE MEETINGS WITH HIGHWAY GROUP PLANNED At a short meeting of the board of supervisors, held Monday of this week, Supervisors LeRoy M. Smith and Albert Adams of McHenry, together with the road and bridge committee, met with Senator Robert McClory to discuss means to build a ndw bridge and road over the Skldmore bridge at the Bay. Future meetings will be arranged in Springfield with the state highway department in an effort to solve a problem which has existed for some time. The county board voted in favor of employing an additional 'janitor for general cleaning at the court house, to supplement the staff of. two now used for maintenance and general repair at the court house. Newlv installed States Attorney Richard Cross appeared before the board and anain assured that group that he intends to give full cooperation with them on all matters. Atty. Cross npmed his two assistants as C. Russell Allen, chief assistant, and Robert- J. Continued on Page 8 tions of the head, cuts and bruises on the body, as did another son, David, 6 years- old. Mr. Krueger was released from Sherman hospital Tuesday in time to attend last rites for the other members of the family. A daughter, Lynette, 9, sus- ANITA KRUEGER tained a broken and lacerated nose and was unable to leave the hospital. The accident occurred about 12:30 as the Kruegers Were returning from a visit in the home of her sister and brotherin- law. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Anderson, who reside on Rodenburg road, about a mile and a half from the scene of the crash. According to District 3 state police, an approaching auto apparently went out of control on a curve. Their car was struck by an auto driven by David Lee Mc- Kinstray, 30, a native of Milan, Mo., but now a resident of Oak Park. He figured in another accident ne^r Aurura a year ago in which two were killed. Reports listed the first fatal accident as occuring Dec. 14, 1959, when McKinstray, then residing in an Aurora trailer camp, struck a car containing a Rockford nurse and her fiance. He was said to have driven through a stop sign near Aurora. Driver Injured At that time, McKinstray was severely injured and remained in critical condition for several weeks. He was reportedly indicted on a reckless homicide charge, but when he failed to recover from brain damage received in the crash was confined to a mental hospital last March and the charge was later dropped. He was dismissed in May and later was reported to have returned to Missouri and obtained a Missouri operator's license, which he had in his possession when last weekend's crash occurred. McKinstray was confined to the hospital after Saturday's accident, but it was believed a reckless homicide charge would be made against him when he is able to leave. Neighbors said the Kruegers spent Friday evening with the Andersons, discussing the approaching holiday, shopping and playing cards. They had left the Anderson home only a short time before the accident took place. The Krueger family came to. the Lakemoor area about four years ago from Arlington Heights and since that time have operated a produce farm and vegetable stand. Mrs. Krueger was a member of Zion Lutheran church in McHenry and the Mothers* (Continued on Page 8) / V