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s "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Regioa Since 1875" Volume 86 -- No. 34 -- 3 Sections McHENRY ILLINOIS. THURSbAY. DECEMBER 22, 1960 !m* 22 PAGES -- 10c PER COPY AAs we drive here and there tnis Christmas season, we always return to McHenry with the feeling that both as a city and as individual residents, there is more spirit of the season here, as evidenced in holiday decorations, than any place we have visited. We rather miss the contests sponsored for several S»ars by the Chamber of Comerce to select the best decorated homes, but a second thought convinces us that such competition isn't necessary in a community where so many folks express the feeling that is within them for the enjoyment of others and not for a prize. We are always glad that McHenry is our home, but in mis season, particularly, it must also give many others a warm feeling of contentment to know their choice of home town was such a good one. The old custom of Christmas carolling is not a lost art, but It is one which today is relegated chiefly to school and lurch groups. Residents liv- Sg in the Allen avenue vicinity must feel very fortunate in being serenaded each holiday by entire families, much as was done when carolling was one of the most important parts of Christmas. For the second •year, the Roy Kissling and Norbert Mauch families, complete with appropriate -costtiiVies and old fashioned lamps, jamUori thrfttighmit the-neighborhood Tuesday evening, and the year's first snow fall did much to add atmosphere. As we celebrate Christmas, 1960, it is interesting to look back to Merrie Old England and recall, through repeated history, that celebrations became so merry that they were abolished. ^ As might be expected, it was the Puritans who prohibited the boisterous observances in the 1640's, and history tells us that they threw out ministers who .dared to hold services on Christmas Day and jailed anyone who didn't treat Dec. 25 as a common work day. But like all good stories, the ^Storitans lost the battle of Christmas while taking over England under Oliver Cromwell. Riots broke out in 1647 protesting the ban on the holiday. An outraged group of 10,- 000 men declared that if they COUNCIL APPROVES BIDS ON WATERWORKS IMPROVEMENT; INSURANCE SAVINGS RESULT After many months of meetings and planning, the City Council awarded the final contracts on Monday night of this week for the waterworks improvement project. The largest portion of the entire project, the installation of mains, was awarded to the low bidder, Bacon Bros, and Smith of Crystal Lake. Unit prices total $126,379.90 in this contract. Closeness in bids caused considerable discussion before awarding Joseph Huemann & Son the contract for the new pump and equipment. Past experience in emergency service rendered, swung the vote to the local firm. The route chosen for mains meets with the approval of the Illinois Inspection Bureau and promises to bring about substantial savings in fire insurance rates throughout the city when the project is completed. Rating class will be changed from Class 7 to Class 6. Before assurance was given the Bureau that new supply would be provided, the entire city faced a rate increase. More Adequate Supply Following Elgin road from the new well to Park avenue, then crossing Front street to reach the tower site in Cooney Heights brings a more adequate supply of water to the school section and keeps the installation within the city limits. Engineers' estimates indifortunate in getting highly competitive bids on all phases of the project and step by step procedure has kept the entire cost within the limits of the bond issue. The council approved payment of $10,000 sewer bonds and $5,000 street light bonds plus interest. Under the present system, the city treasurer sets up a percentage of tax receipts in a separate account to be sure funds are available to meet these obligations. The first" voucher _<w8s also authorized under the Special Assessment plan for sanitary sewer construction in the area near McHenry Country .club. Construction has progressed very favorably and indications are that the work will be completed ahead of schedule next spring. Treat Kiddies To Friday Movie (Continued on Page 8) BANK OPEN WEDNESDAY The McHenry State Bank will be closed Monday, Dec. 26, but will . remain open Wednesday, Dec. 28. PUN REPORT HKHU6HTS Streets and Parking (The following facts are taken from information contained in the recently released Plan Report for the city of McHenry) ^Realizing that many of the projects mentioned previously will not come about for many years, interim improvements for the intersection of Bauer and Front streets, Elm and Green streets, and Elm and Riverside Drive have been presented by planning experts. In many cases, they say it will be necessary to restrict parking for a distance of approximately £)0 t6 150 feet from the intersection on all approaches. This will increase the capacity by permitting through traffic to by-pass turning traffic, and in gpfae cases special left turn l$nes are provided for turning vehicles. 'Planners say that north- .hoiuid left turns from Green street Into the bank parking lot should be restricted immediately. Stanton & Rockwell find it necessary to inc r e a s e the amount of parking for the Riverside Drive shopping area and for the Green street shopping area. It is recommended that a parking lot of about 100 parking spaces be constructed k the northeast corner of the intersection of Elm and Park streets. This lot would serve the stores on both the east and west side of the Drive. It is also recommended that a parking lot with approximately 144 spaces be provided on the west side of Court street, This lot would be about 52,000 square feet in area and the estimate cost is $90,000 including land, buildings and improvement of the site. The connection between Green and Court streets recommended in an earlier report would serve as an access to the parking lot from Green street. At present, planners found there are about seventy commuter parkers in the vicinity of the railroad station. Figures given them from the railroad indicate that about 400 persons use the trains each day to and from the Chicago area. Projections of the demand for commuter parking for the city indicate the ultimate need for 100 additional parking spaces. It is recommended that these spaces be provided by improving the area immediately to the east of the railroad tracks, just north of Main street. This is presently owned by the railroad and planners understood (Continued on Page 8) For the second year, McHenry Rotary, in cooperation with Louis Consago of the McHenry theatre, has arranged to treat local kiddies to a special movie next Friday and give mothers and dads an opportunity to complete their Christmas shopping. Children of school age, first through fourth grades, have been given tickets to either the morning or matinee performance, starting at 10 a.m. ancj„at 2 p.m. Liast year the Rotary was able to treat all McHenry school children through fifth grade, but increased number of pupils this year could not be accommodated. The theatre holds 600 persons for one performance, and to have included another grade would have brought the number to 1,800 for the two shows. Memlbers of Rotary, with Norbert Mauch as chairman, will be present to admit the children and give them candy. Tickets were distributed in Edgebrook, Hilltop, St. Mary's and St. Patrick's schools and the one fourth grade class in Landmark school. BUSINESS MAN FOR THIRTY-FIVE TOfcRS, -DEAD AT 80 John Brda, 80, retired after thirty-five years as a businessman in McHenry, died last Friday evening, Dec. 16, at his home on Grove avenue following a long illness. Mr. Brda was born in Czechoslovakia July 28, 1880, and came to McHenry from Chicago forty years ago. He owned and operated his own metal shop until retirement five years ago. Besides his widow, Frances, he leaves three sons, George, Charles and William, all of McHenry; a daughter, Lillian Fisher, of Chicago; and ten grandchildren. The body rested at the George R. Justen & Son funeral home until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, when Rev. George Martin of the Community Methodist church officiated at last rites. Burial was in Woodland cemetery. RACINE WOMAN FATALLY STRICKEN AT McHENRY CLUB Helen C. Nelson of 2127 St. Clair street, Racine, Wis., suffered a fatal heart attack while visiting with a group of women in the V.F.W. clubhouse in McHenry Sunday afternoon. She was stricken about 3:30 o'clock and immediately rushed to McHenry hospital, where she died at 5:30 Monday morning. • > ' • • Coroner Theron Ehorn held an inquiry at the Peter M. Justen & Son chapel, after which the body was removed to the Strouf funeral home in Racine, where funeral arrangements were made. DANGEROUS PRACTICE The Johnsburg Rescue Squad this week asked the assistance of parents in helping to prevent needless accidents involving their children. Squad members have noticed on numerous occasions that youngsters waiting for the school bus were standing within inches of the pavement. On. slippery roads, particularly, the practice is a dangerous one and parents are urged to caution little ones to stand several feet away from the road. PICTURES FOR KIDDIES Youngsters may find a few moments of pleasure before Santa Claus arrives by coloring the special holiday pictures which appear here and there throughout this issue of the Plaindealer. The family gathers ... Santa arrives • ..Christmas joy is everywhere! May yours te a generous share. Your McHenry Plaindealer Staff TWO SERIOUSLY HURT AS GIRLS' CAR OVERTURNS Accident Follows Chase Of McHenry Police On Rt. 31 Two young women involved in a serious one-car accident^ were reported to be improving satisfactorily in McHenry hospital early this week. They are Phyllis Tippereiter, 19, of Rt. 5, McHenry^ and Carol Wilson, 18, of Valley View road, McHenry. The accident occurred only STOLEN AUTO INVOLVED IN HIT-RUN CRASH A stolen car belonging to Mrs. T. A. McAuliffe of Lakeland Park was found near the Bowling Bar in Johnsburg a short time after it had been stolen from Riverside Drive early Friday evening. However, before it was recovered the vehicle and the unknown thief were involved in an accident. "• -- -- Mxvurso.. lMuwcAiuuuliififce cuaumnce uouuit uofi aa on JU, 31 last Friday evening' 'Riverside Drive store about 6:45 o'clock to find her car gone. As she looked down the street, she saw it rounding the corner to the east at the intersection of the Drive and Elm street. She immediately called her husband and the McHenry poa few mim^es after local po- lice, who began an investigalice start edvtheir investigation j tion.' In the meantime, county of a disturbance at the Sin- , authorities had handled a hitclair station at the corner of rUn accident just east of the Richmond road and Elm street | river involving the stolen auto which involved the two girls, land one driven by Mrs. H. E. Upon arrival, police said they Kelly of Woodlawn Park, who were told by the two station j had reported the incident to attendants that one of them ! police. had been struck by one of the j It was sometime later that girls. At t hat time, police saw j the car was recovered at Johnsthe young women driving burg. The auto was damaged away from the station, with ; considerably. Phyllis at the wheel. j They gave chase and noted that the car ran a stop sign at Grand avenue and Richmond road, then proceeded north at a high rate of speed. At Washington street, they were clocked at 58 miles per hour and refused to heed the siren of the police car. Local authorities sent a ra Large Sum Of Money Stolen From Club About $96 was taken from the Green-Pearl club at the corner of Green and Pearl streets, owned by Sam Marsella. Burglars entered the club by dio message to Richmond po-|"fnS a "rench *° Pnf "I*™ lice to stop the car after it became evident that the girls did not intend to stop and were ( „ beginning to outdistance the !pJn' ^ squad car at 82 miles art hour. the door. McHenry police said the theft occurred sometime between 2:30 a.m. and 1:45 Continued on Page 8 Three Xmas. shopping days to Ounce Of Prevention May Mean Safe Holiday Season There is no more hackneyed advice given so freely as that which concerns the need for caution in driving on increasingly congested highways. And there is no advice which is s6 necessary, yet seems to be so completely ignored by so many. Statistics are often boring, but when they concern something as vital as life itself, then it is time for each of us to show some interest. Each year, the holiday period varies, depending on the day of the week the holiday falls. It is necessary to keep this in mind in reviewing the casualties of recent years. In 1959, Illinois recorded 20 fatal accidents with 24 persons killed in a 78-hour holiday period. This compared with 29 fatal accidents and 40 persons killed in 1958 in a 102-hour period; 10 fatal accidents. and 12 persons killed in 102 hours in 1956. In recent years, the state has stressed a campaign to reduce the accident rate which had been rising with alarming speed. The above figures show that in view of the greatly increased population, the campaign has proved its effectiveness to a degree. Here in the McHenry community, there is one thing more than any other which should keep any driver from one minute's relaxation of the rules during the holiday period ahead. If each of us had the opportunity to experience the emptiness that exists within the members of local families who are observing the holiday without loved ones killed in recent traffic accidents, we doubt that there would be one needless death this year of 1960. Munich Crash Kills J. A. Pas Tech. Sgt. Jacob A. Bas, 30, son of Mi's. Mary Cz^howicz of McHenry, was aJI'Sight engineer on the Uni^TStates Air Force transport plane carrying American students home for Christmas, which plowed into the heart of Munich Saturday. Authorities in the German city said between fiftyfive and sixty died in the fire which followed, including Pas. Numerous Christmas shoppers in the capital city of a million population were reported severely injured. Thirty-one bodies were recovered from the plane, but a police official said it was impossible to tell immediately just how many lost their lives. Sgt. Pas, assistant flight engineer of the Air Force plane, went overseas with his wife and two children in September. He was making a career of the Air Force and had been a member for ten years. He formerly lived in Chicago with his mother, who now resides near the Spojnia settlement on the west side of Mc- Cullom Lake. He has eight brothers and sisters, several in the Chicago area. Pas is reported : -~ing his mother for the last tiiv.e in the spring of 1960 when the family visited Chicago. WISCONSIN MAN SENTENCED TO TERM IN JAIL After filing information with Judge James Cooney in the case of Billy Hudson, Police Chief Joseph Grobel said the 26«year-old Dodgeyille, Wis., mart may come before the court in Woodstock today (Thursday) and be sentenced to Vandalia. Hudson is now confined to county jail to serve a nine-month sentence imposed last Saturday by Judge Charles Adams on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Hudson was arrested last week after he and a 16-yearold McHenry girl crossed the state line Jnto Wisconsin and posed as a married couple when they appeared at the, welfare office in Madison. Authorities became suspicious and checked with McHenry police, who apprehended Hudson the next day in the city. A warrant for his arrest was signed by girl's stepfather. NOTICE In observing Monday as a holiday, the -McHenry Savings and Loan association will be closed that day next week, but will remain open Wednesday. CHURCHES Of All DENOMINATIOKS OFFER SPECIAL RITES CHRISTMAS 1 FOR FAITHfIII IN McHEHRt AREA The familiar words <sf the Christmas story, which have proved an inspiration for hundreds of years, will be repeated again this holiday season throughout the world. Here in the McHenry community -- unlike so many other places -- the faithful of all denominations are not only permitted, but ate invited to attend special Christmas services. "Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men," will echo once more as prayers are offered that these words be carried out not only during tins holy season but all through the coming year. St. Mary's Catholic St. Mary's Catholic church will again this year have a miniature Bethlehem scene as a reminder to the faithful who attend their Christmas services. In addition to the solemn midnight Mass, there will be high Masses at 8 and 9:30 on Christmas Day, and low Masses at 6:30, 10:45 and noon. Confessions will be heard Thursday and Friday from 3 to 4 and from 7 to 8 p.m. and during and after the 8 o'clock Mass Friday: also Saturday from 2 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon and after the 8 o'clock morning Mass. St. Patrick's Catholic St. Patrick's Catholic church, too, is planning a midnight solemn Mass at which the adult choir will sing. The children's choir will sing for the only other ii'sh M..ss at 10 on Christmas morning. There will be low Masses at 7, 8, 9 and 11:30 o'clock Sunday. Confessions will be heard Thursday, and Fri<fcx, frqnv 4 to 5 "and 7 to TJ, and "Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. Community Methodist There will be two Christmas Eve candlelight services at the Community Methodist church this year, the first at 8 o'clock and the second at 11. The sermon theme will be "The Christmas Contrast." The senior choir will sing at the first rite and Mrs. George Martin will be soloist at the 11 o'clock service. There will be the regular Sunday School and church worship on the twenty-fifth. The children's choir will sing at 9:30 and the senior choir at 11. The sermon topic for Christmas Day will be "After Christmas. What Then?" Zion Lutheran The Junior - Senior department of the Sunday School will present the Christmas story through slides and recitations on Dec. 24, at 7:30 p.m., under the direction of Richard Palms bach, superintendent. r There will be a candlelight service the same evening at 11:30 p.m. On Christmas Day and New Year's Day, there will be a service at 7:45 and 10:30 with the choirs participating. A special New Year's Eve service will be held at 7:30 on Dee. 31. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to join ill worship during the coming holidays. St. Paul's Episcopal At St. Paul's Episcopal' church on Christmas Eve," there will be Firs.t Mass 6f Christ at 11:30 o'clock, pre? ceded by an organ recital at 11:15 by Mrs. William Dial.-r" On Christmas Day, low Masses will be at 7:30 and 9 o'clock. Confessions on Saturday, Dec. 24, will be between 2:30 and 3 o'clock, with Fr. Sigmupd, and 7 to 8 p.m., with Fr. Eldridge. Faith Presbyterian At 10 o'clock Christmas morning, there will be a family service of worship at Faith Presbyterian church. Pre* school nursery facilities will be available. There will be no church school on Christmas. Alliance Bible There will be the regular Sunday morning service at Alliance Bible church, at which time Kenneth Eggen of Me- Henry Shores will preach. The children's Sunday School program will be held at 8 o'clock Thursday night at the church. St. John's At St. John the Baptist Catholic church in Johnsburg, there will be six Masses on Christmas Day, as well as the solemn high Mass at midnight. The morning Masses will be read at 7, 7:30, 8, 9, 9:30 and 10 o'clock, with high Masses at 8 and 10. Ringwood Methodist The Ringwood Methodist (Continued on page 8) Police Extend Christmas Greetings V Mi v Extending greetings from the McIIeiuy Police department are these members, all of whom hope for a safe and happy holiday for every local resident. Officers will be on duty throughout the weekend to proviJe the city with twenty-four-hour police pro- ., tection. ^ „ , Seated, left to right, are Officers Richard Lemker, William Pearson, Chief Joseph. Grobel, John Weichmann and John Behrendt. Standing are Officers Richard Clark, Kanneth Espey, Edward Tussey and Bart Yegge. L