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-- THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 86 -- No. 44 -- 2 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. MARCH 9. 1961 16 Pages -- 10c Per Copy It isn't easy to say which season we are in .just now, Jeven though the calendar clearly says it is March 9. One of those balmy nights last week, outside a home a few miles from McHenry, we saw a 15-foot high, multicolored, brightiy lighted evergi& en in fell the festive appearance of the holiday sea- 11 son. Fivfe miles away, an outdoor ice cream stand was serving its first customer, a yOung man who stood at the counter in shirt sleeves. Having noticed several robins, and the first pussywillow* opening, it seemed Fiife to assume that "spring had sprung" -fM until Wednesday's snow hform. While this isn't newsboy week, these young men seemed an appropriate ^subject for some comment as we sought to retrieve the morning paper from four feet under our car a few days ago. Newsboys pretty well follow the same pattern regardless of re they live or what paper they deliver. In our own offjce, Thursday is an interesting day, with these young businessmen hurrying in (we hope) after school to settle accounts and be rtn their way with a new paper. The business of carrying papers has long been considered one of the best ways for a boy t(uet acquainted with business lir? and it is surprising how business-like the youngest ones sometimes prove to be. Through the years we have had oiir favorites -- boys who managed a broad smile and a friendly hello even when bitter cold and storms made their job anything but pleasant. Then we view the other side of 'tfteritfcwsboy picture; as ny- ><& rUn in a long reach under the cir, or in our search through the evergreens to find the daily news sheet. If y£u have found yourself In the same position, maybe it will help to do what we have tried ^-remember that when we wefe still in bed, these young hnen were making their way in the dark of early morniqfc. to undertake a job which is^really extra-curricular in view of the long school day ahead. • We try to remember all this as we read the headlines through a smudge of grease where the front page rested in a pooli of grease, or dry an entire section in front of the register after it has suffered exposure to a heavy rain. is iftuch easier to forfve other carriers if we remember the innocent little Dedicate Camp Lewis Sunday Dedication of the Glenview Girl Scout council's recently acquired Camp Lewis on Lake Defiance, will be held on Sunday, March 12, at 2:30 p.m., at the campsite. Marguerite Stitt Church, Republican representative, 131 h Congressional district, will be on hand to present to the Glenview Girl Scouts a new fifty star flag which has flown over the capitol. The program for the dedication will include, "The Tree Song", by the seventh grade Scouts and the invocation by the Rev. Ervin C. Rodehorst •of the Immanuel Lutheran church. The welcome address will be given by Henry A. Carlson, representing the village of Lakemoor, followed by introductions by Mrs. C. R. Schreiber, president of the Glenview Girl Scout Council. John Mabley, president, will give greetings from the village of Glenview. Elmer Hamill, president of the Glenview Days association. will wish the Scouts continued success prior TO the presentation of the flag by Mrs. Church. Coffee and cocoa will be served to the Scouts, their families and guests by the eighth grade girls. The camp acquired since the first of the year is the result of many years of cookie sales on the part of the Scouts and a $12,000 gift from the Glenview Days association. Its acquisition makes available to the Glenview girls, a complete nature and swimming program as well as providing a convenient over-nignt camping site. Among guests invited are Mayor George Freund, of McHenry and Mrs. Norman Morrison, president of the Lakemooi Girl Scout council. SELECT ART WORK? OF JAMES PEARSON FOR STATE SHOW (Continued on Page 8) Two pieces of art work by James Pearson of Ringwood, a student at Northern Illinois university at DeKalb, were among ten selected to be sent to the sixth annual Illinois Town and County Art Show at the University of Illinois April 6 to 8, during the Farm and Home Festival. James J. Hennessey, a member of the art department of the state university, made the selection. There were 221 pieces of art work exhibited, of which only ten were selected. Pearson's works included a painting, "Mago" and a welded metal figure, "Man". The young Ringwood man also received second place in the popular vote award with his painting, "Young Girl". He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pearson. Support the Red Cross r PUN REPORT HKUI6HTS Plan Implementation I*£ANNERS EXPLAIN /. CLASSIFICATION OF STREETS IN AREA Subdivision streets have been classified into three categories in the plan report of Stanton & Rockwell. They are major streets, secondary streets andfcollector and minor streets. PMwision is made for adequate right-of-way widths in each case, based on urban street section design, with a specified minimum number of feet. The regulations also provide for layout, grade, curves, tangents, street names, reserve strips, intersections and alleys insofar as design is concerned. Block and lot layout is cover*! by stating the maximum length of blocks, size, shape, and other general requirements. One special section of the report covering rules and regulations establishing minimum design standards and procedures for the installation of subdivision improvements, provides a review of the improvements to be made in a subdivision and t|Mk methods by which it will begone. It also requires the guaranty bond period of one year after completion of construction. The improvements are to be reviewed and approved by the city engineer afcd must be inspected during ine course of construction. .The provisions require that there shall' be a fee of 1 per cent of the estimated total cost of improvements paid to the city for reviewing the plans originally. Also, the cost of inspection by the city shall be paid by the subdivides Provision is made that ' as built" plans be furnished the city and that all survey monuments be placed be lore approval of the final plat to release the surety bond. Design standards have been established for the various classifications of streets, alleys, curb and gutter, sanitary sewers, storm water and sewer systems, water supply and distributions, street lighting, etc. Provision is made in the regulations for the installation of sanitary sewers and water mains to connect with the existing city systems. In addition, storm sewers may also be required. A number of regulations apply where the c!ty utilities are not available and their installation is required^ on a project basis. The spelling out of this requirement is conditioned upon the existing city utilities and their availability to the proposed subdivision. The subdivision regulations provide for the construction of a sanitary sewerage system in any subdivision which contains ten or more lots; has ah average lot size less than 2,100 square feet; or is within 1,320 feet of a public sanitary sewer Benefit Features "Sports' REPORT MANY ACCIDENTS IN RECENT DAYS Lilymoor Man Crashes Into Porch Of Home The one big fund-raising program in behalf of the annual Easter Seal drive, now in progress, will be the sports event planned by the McHenry Rotary. On Sunday, March 19, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, two basketball games will be played in the high school gymnasium, with all proceeds to benefit the Easter Seal campaign. The first game will be between the McHenry Junior high and St. Mary's school basketball teams. The second event, which is expected to include as much fun as real sports action, features the McHenry Rotary team against Richmond Rotary. Special entertainment will be provided between games and at half-time. Pictured above are members of the visiting Rotary club as they appeared recently in their unique sports attire in another game. Tickets will be available from all Richmond and McHenry Rotary members. EASTER SEAL TAG DAY IN CITY MARCH 25 Charles Peterson Heads McHenry Campaign Plans A% the annual Easter Seal ; -fund-raising effort gets under way in McHenry and throughout the county, plans are being made for a special tag day in the city,, conducted by the Rotary club, to be held Saturday, March 25. In McHenry, Charles Peterson is chairman of the campaign and of the tag day. He is also on the board of direc tors of the county chapter. Members of the Rotary-Anns have taken over responsibility of sending letters locally. Of special interest to contributors is the fact that 80 per cent of the Easter Seal charity dollar remains in the county for use of those in neerl in this area. The society is the only charitable organization in the area which devotes all its energies to helping crippled children and adults. Last year alone 4.048 treatments and services were provided at an exceptional low treatment cost. (Continued on Page 8) C OF C PROPOSES SAFETY LIGHTS AT DANGEROUS POINTS The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce held a noon meeting on Tuesday, at which time a special safety feature was discussed. The board Disposes looking into a program that would include a special warning lightor cross-walks on Rt. 120, between Richmond road and Front street, and also a warning light at the east side of the bridge, where entrance to the highway is dangerous from eithei- the north or south. The board announced that early in April, representatives of the industrial committee, the Plan Commission, the City Council and the Chamber of Commerce will meet for the purpose of coordinating efforts in regard to general work which pertains to all of these groups. It was called to the attention of the board that meetings are being called by several local groups concerning the subject of anti-communism. The Chamber of Commerce announced itself as supporting such a movement and •irged members and the public to attend these meetings. Plans were also discussed Tuesday for the dinner dance which will be held April 15 at the McHenry Country club. A Lilymoor man, Alexander H. Rivard, was held in county jail and later released on $300 bond after his car went out of control and crashed into a home at Woodstock early last Friday morning. He is scheduled to apoear in county court this (Thursday) morning at 10 o'clock to answer charges of driving while under the influence of liquor. Rivard is reported to have been driving on McHenry avenue about 12:15 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle, which sideswiped a telephone pole, crossed the street and went over two embankments before crashing into the porch of the Walter Wagner residence at 615 McHenry avenue. Woodstock city police apprehended Rivard and he was taken before a justice of the peace. Wagner told authorities he was awakened by the noise and went down stairs to investigate. On opening the front door, he found th^&uto had struck the porch witti such force that it was a shambles. Two Cars Collide An accident at the intersection of Rt. 14 and Terra Cotta J road it 11:20 a.m. Monday resulted in no injuries and only minor property damage. State police said Lucille Hagen of Crystal Lake was driving north on Terra Cotta road and attempted a left turn onto the highway. Charles F. Herdrich of Waukegan road, McHenry, was pulling from a private driveway onto Rt. 14 at the time, and the two cars collided. At 1:15 Saturday morning, two ca:*s crashed almost headon on Rt. 176, west of Burton's [ Bridge. June Dimmock of Crystal Lake was west-bound on the ARREST YOUNG WISCONSIN BOY ON LIQUOR CHARGE Initiate New Seven-Figure Numbers In April Phone Book A "new look" in telephone numbers will begin to appear in McHenry this April. "Beginning with the 1961 directory, telephone customers here will receive seven-figure telephone numbers instead of EVergreen number s," Bob Zahn, Illinois Bell manager, said today. "The change will be gradual," Zahn said. "At first, sevenfigure numbers will be given only to those persons ordering new service or whose service requires a change in directory listing. "Otherwise, telephone numbers will not change." One of the lirst numbers to be converted to the new telephone numbering system -- called "All-Number Calling" -- will be that of the telephone business office itself. Instead of EVergreen 5-9981. the telephone business office number will be shown as 385-99S1. Convert Business Pliones Other numbers to be converted at the outset of the gradual introduction will include fire* and police numbers, civic and some business telephone numbers, Zahn said. Zahn ncted that the new numbers are dialed in the same way as other McHenry numbers -- 385 and EVergreen 5 represent the same dial pulls. The new telephone numbering system is being introduced DEATH CLAIMS ETHEL McGEE. LONG IN TEACHING FIELD The hundreds of McHenry residents who through a period of years benefitted from the long ,eicbing career of Mrs. Ethel McGee, joined family and friends this week i: (Continued on Page 8) A 15-year-old Lake Geneva boy has been turned over to the county court by McHenry police for consuming liquor in the car in which he was a passenger. Officers apprehended him at 12:05 a.m. Monday in., the city. The youth is reported to have been involved with the law in Lake Geneva and has been on probation. Driver of the car was . a 17-year-old Pell Lake youth, who was scheduled to go into J.P. court in McHenry as the Plaindealer went to press, on a charge of having open liquor in his car. Genoa City Chief of Police Adler was planning to appear here to serve a warrant on the older boy, charging him with theft of fender skirts. Lakeland Park Seeks Council Attitude On Annexation To City IMPERSONATORS OF SERVICEMEN FINED IN CITY SEEK TO CORRECT BEACH CONDITION IN SUBDIVISION Attending the March 7 meeting of the McHenry County Clean Streams group at the city hall were eleven property owners from Ferndale subdivision who were seeking help in correcting a condition which resulted in the piling of black top soil along the banks of the river in that subdivision, making the beaches unfit for swimming. The condition exists, they say, because of a dam and pump in a small stream flowing between Lake Defiance and the Fox river. Mr. Morris and Mr. Duel of the Lake county board of health also attended and told of the procedure to be used in Lake county for the approaching boating season in regard to enforcing the ordinance pertaining to sealing heads in boats. The , locaJ Clean Streams group hopes that with the help of the sheriff's office they may be able to use the same pro cedure in this county also, to insure clean water during the boating season ahead. Fox Valley Men Confess Hold-up mourning her death, which came Saturday morning, March 4. She died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock, following several months of failing health. Ethel Callinan was born in Woodstock, but had lived in McHenry since her marriage. She taught for many years in (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8) The sheriff's office told a Plaindealer representative early this Week that two Fox valley men, Warren Johnson, 23, of Elgin and Charles Stewart, 24, of Carpentersville, had admitted holding up the Farm House Tavern on Rt. 31, south of McHenry, Feb. 2 and making away with $135 in cash. Members of the county sheriff's office questioned the men in Kane county jail, Geneva, this past week, where they are held on a charge of armed robbery. The two were apprehended a short time after they held up the Half Moon tavern near St. Charles. It will be remembered that Edward Huff, owner of the Farm House tavern, and his wife and one customer were in the tavern about 8 o'clock in the evening when a second man sat down at the bar and ordered. A third entered, carrying a rifle, and told them it was a "stick-up". His companion, the second man to enter and sit at the bar, joined him and said that he, too, had a gun in his pocket. Held At Gunpoint Holding the three at gunpoint, the men opened the cash register, which contained about $60, then ordered Huff to tell them where other money was kept. They also took a wallet belonging to the customer and a purse belonging to Mrs. Huff. They ordered Mr. and Mrs. Huff and the customer to enter a wash room, after which they piled bar stools against the door and threatened that if they made any noise they would shoot through the door. Mrs. Huff's purse was later found at Burton's Bridge. Authorities were unable to learn the identity of the men until they linked them through the tavern hold-up in St. Charles. County authorities say further action on the part of the local sheriff's office will await any sentence they may receive for the mere recent offense. Plan Community Council In City On Wednesday evening of this week, leaders of McHenry's civic and service organizations were scheduled to meet with the Junior Chamber of Commerce to discuss the organization of a Community Council. The Council, when formed, will consist of representatives of each of the participating groups, to meet at regular intervals and serve as a coordinating body on civic affairs within ihe1 community. An organization of this nature would unite common group efforts, and prevent any unnecessary overlapping of Services of its member groups. Combined actions would also be sponsored on projects too large for individual member organizations. Those groups represented at the meeting include the Kiwanis, Chamber of Commerce. Rotary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Loyal Order of Moose and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. WSCS SPRING . EVENT FEATURES VON TRAPP STORY Next Wednesday, March 15, the W.S.C.S. of the Community Methodist church will present Ann Varese in her interpretation of the current Broadway show, "The Sound of Music", for their annual spring tea. This is the story of the world famous Von Trapp singing family from Austria. The curtain vylll rise promptly at 1 p.m., and the theatre will be the V.F.W. hall on Route 120 east. Mrs. Varese is well known about town for her talents in the musical comedy field. She has just returned from a two- Two young Fox valley men were apprehended by McHenry police as they strolled on south Green street about 10 o'clock Friday evening, wearing Navy uniforms. Officers became suspicious and booked them for disorderly conduct. The FBI was called to McHenry, but dropped charges because the young men were not attired in the complete uniform. The two, Dennis Gene Lange, 19, of Carpentersville. and Donald Marvin Williams, 20, of Dundee, were each fined $25 in local court. Lange told authorities he had served in the Navy and had been discharged. They were his uniforms the men were wearing. OUTCOME OF PHEASANT THEFT STILL UNKNOWN Carl Behnke, owner of Oakmount game farm, located four miles southeast of McHenry, is still in doubt as to the fate of the forty-five pheasants stolen from holding pens at the extreme end of the favm sometime last week. Neither does he know whether there were any ill effects to persons who may have eaten the birds, which were under medication with an arsenate compound. Mr. Behnke found a large stick near the pens which he believes was used to injure or kill- the birds > and - make it easier for the thieves to take a greater quantity. The gate to the pens was broken and the owner thinks a number of the birds may have escaped. W4RN SPEEDERS McHenry police and the members of the Legion post said this week that the Legion parking lot has been used as a speedway recently. Because of the danger to pedestrians and motorists on Green street, action will be taken against drivers who are found to be engaged in this practice. FINED FOR SHOPLIFTING Rethyl Ketchum of Crystal Lake was fined seven dollars for shoplifting in McHenry last week. He appeared in J.P. court Wednesday evening. YOUTH CENTER BREAK-IN Between $20 and $30 was reported taken last week from a coin box which was broken into at the Wonder Lake youth center. Entry to the building was gained by breaking a window on the south side. Representatives of the Lakeland Park Property Owners association attended the McHenry City Counci. meeting Monday night to seek the council's attitude toward either annexing Lakelard Park to the city or granting residents of that area the right to incorporate. It was explained that the Lakeland Park area has over 400 homes with 1,400 residents. Without bonding authority 4the association has no legal means of securing necessary funds for road building or other improvements that may be necessary in the growth of the area. Members of the delegation made it clear that the decision must rest with the residents of Lakeland Park. The council expressed the opinion that annexation would be favored by the city. Both parties agreed that improvement costs would have to be shouldered by the property owners in the annexed area. However, the delegation saw many advantages such as police protection. snow plowing, street lighting and maintenance of streets after being placed In condition for acceptance. Mayor Freund suggested that if the residents of Lakeland Park should decide that annexation is desirable that they petition the city of McHenry for. action. Protest Name Change Several property owners were present at the Council meeting to present a petition protesting the recent name change, of a portion: of Golf View avenue to Shady Lan& This change had been made to prevent duplication of mua»< bers under the new postal numbering system. These residents do not want the change and said so in a friendly, firm tone. A committee will study the problem and the Council will reconsider. Reports indicated a heavy sale of vehicle licenses during the month of February. • The city clerk's office sent out 350 reminder cards the last week in February and issued approximately the same number of licenses during the last two days before the deadline. Penalties became effective March 1 after a two-month grace period. Unforeseen problems in the construction of water mains and sanitary sewer to the new industrial area caused the Council to direct the city clerk to contact the engineers to request their presence at the next meeting. A re-routing of the mains may be necessary and decision must be reached very soon. Give to Easter Seal Drive Plan 4-H Week Auction (Continued on Page 8) Krysia Oleszczuk, (center) president of the Wonder Workers 4-H club, looks at the autographed copy of Bernard Baruch's book, "My Own Story," while Patty Hansen and Donna Setzler look on. Donna is chairman of the auction, bazaar and bake sale to be conducted by the girls Friday night from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Harrison school. Baruch's book and Herbert Hoover's book which Donna is holding will be auctioned starting at 8 p.m. The event is in connection with Girl Scout Week. A