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^ ... "Serving The Chiiii-O-Lakes legion Since ISIS® Volume 88 -- No. 47 -- 3 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, MARCH 3a 1961 24 PAGES -- 10c PER COPY I V Much of this issue of the Plaindealer will be devoted to She forthcoming township electn, which promises to be one the most interesting contests in McHenry in a number of years. Unfortunately, the word "politician" has come to take on an unpleasant connotation among many people, and while sometimes justified, as it is in any group, the voter should realize that for the most part, men and women run for (ffice because they feel they have something worthwhile to Contribute. For the most part, candidates have a real interest in the affairs of government, whether it be city, township, or school, and are willing to give generously of their time in the interest of a better community. Few offices on this level car- « sufficient saUyy to make em popular unless the individual has a very real desire to contribute of his knowledge and experience. Some, as in the case of school boards* carry no itflary at all. Next Tuesday, April 4, voters in the nine McHenry townfhip precincts will go to the .polls and cast their ballots for wn clerk, assessor, assistant ipervisor aricl t>oar& of atidi- 5rs. Voters in these townships -fend in Burton will also make a Selection of a Justice of the peace and constable under the new law. A third ballot will Include the names of candidates for judge of the circuit court for the Nineteenth judicial circuit. The apathy among voters •has long been noted and the fjjjjriousness of the situation pointed out. Press, radio and TV have attempted to impress Upon the large percentage of voters that going to the polls Is not only an obligation but a privilege. It is very much more Shah both, and if the tense Situation throughout the world today fails to make this evident, there is little more that can be done. ^ Voting next Tuesday, and at all future elections, takes a very little effort and means so much. Go to the polls April 4! Elect Township Officials April 4 New Plants Move Into McHenry Ar henry Aissen of Ririgwood this past week found a May 8, 1924 issue of the Plaindealer in the home of the late Wayne Foss in Ringwood. A number of items of inter- I #st made us realize how much, (Continued on Page 8) ' The McHenry community is welcoming into its midst two new industries, one of which has already started operations and the other with plans tc open in the near future. They are the Rae Motor Corp. formerly of Racine, Wis., and Modine Manufacturing Co. Rae Motor opened its plant last week on the William Tonyan property, two miles west of McHenry on the south side of Rt. 120. For fifteen years the plant had been in operation in Racine. „ At present, more than ninety are employed here, about seventy of whom are engaged in work in the factory itself and more than twenty in the office. When operating at capacity, it is expected that about 100 will be employed in the plant. President of Rae Motors is Allen Peterson; vice-president, Everett K. Hansen; secretary and treasurer, Herbert Bothering. All of the men have purcKaseS Homes in the TWcHenYy area and will be moving here In the near future. The 20,000 square foot building, which is completely modern, is primarily an assembly plant engaged in the manufacture of electric and gear motors. universal and permanent magnet type up to one-half horsepower. They are distributed nationally. . The motors are not'"sold over the counter, but are built to specifications for original equipment manufacturers, many of them in the Chicago area. The company deals to a great extent in direct current motors which have a wide variety of uses. The motors are used on squad cars, ambulances, headlights on trains, hi-fi record players for commercial establishments, etc. Many also are sold for electronic equipment, hand tool machinery, laundry equipment and ^packaging machinery use. The assembly line room is 18,000 square feet in size, well lighted, providing a spacious and pleasant place for the employees, all of whom are from this area with the exception of the plant foreman. The building was sjtarted in ASSESSED VALUE IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TOLD D?o Hepburn Dies At Age 87 The McHenry area lost one of its oldest and most beloved professional men when Dr. William Hepburn, 87, died Sunday, March 26, at his home in Ringwood after an illness of several years. When he retired because of poor health a few years ago, he was one of the oldest practicing physicians ir McHenry county. Dr. Hepburn came to Ringwood directly out of medical school - and during his first years of practicefnade house calls by horse and buggy. He was born in Millbury, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1874 Survivors include his wife, Nellie; two children, Mrs. Josephine Schuetze, ofWauwatosa, Wis., and Mrs. Marion Block of Sheboygan. A son, •William^ Jr., died at the age of 16, ami he was aTso preceded in death in 1956 by a sister, Susan Evanhoff. Dr. Hepburn was a member of the Rfitgwood Methodist church. His kindly manner and professional tkill in the. early days, when modern techniques were unknown, endeared him to a grateful com munity. Through the years, he continued to care for an increasing number of patients, many of whom came long distances to secure his help. The body rested at the Petei M. Justen funeral home until 2:30 o'clock Wednesday, when Rev. James R. McChesney officiated at funeral services held there. Interment was in the Greenwood cemetery. (Continued on Page 8) P01T HIGHLIGHTS SPECIMEN BALLOT APPEALS Readers are urged to watch for the correct specimen ballot which appears on Page 21 of this issue of the Plaindealer. A similar bsllot last week carried the wrong date and was incorrectly marked. SEND REPORT CARDS Report cards are being sent home with MCHS students on Thursday of this week. Supt. Carl Buckner learned Tuesday of this week that the assessed valuation for 1960 in High School District 156 is $76,440,370, a notable increase oyer tie $71,967,385 of the previous year. The tax extension is $677,261.68, with a rate of .886 per $100 valuation. The total amount, broken down, is for the following: Bonds, $127,055.42; transportation, ° $15,288.09; retirement, $8,408.44; building. $52,743.86; educational, $473,165.89. The assessed valuation in District 15 totalled $50,684,625, with a tax extension of $672,- 078.12 and a rate of 1.326. The money includes $153,- 574.41, bonds; $10,136.93. transportation; $3,547.92; ret irement; $63,355.78, building; $441,463.08, education. NOTICE The retail committee of the Chamber of Commerce recommends that stores in McHenry remain closed from noon to 3 p.m. on Good Friday. Spring Pageant Benefit Event Colorful national drum and bugle corps champions will provide outstanding music for a "Springtime Pageantry" that will raise money for two worth-while organizations in McHenry county. Nationally-rated color guards and drill teams will appear The Woodstock VFW, sponsor of^ the V-J Day event for the past several years, is presenting this springtime eyent at 7:30 on Saturday; Apnl 8. "We have two objectives in sponsoring the event," Maynard Wilkerson, originator of the V-J Day attraction and general chairman for the Springtime Pageantry, explained this week. Wilkerson said all money taken in through the sale of tickets will be divided between the McHenry County Red Cross and the Woodstock Children's Home." •The event will be held in the new Woodstock Community high school gymnasium, and pre-pageant entertainment will begin at 7 p.m. Two-Party Contests Will Be Settled In Nine Precincts Tuesday THREE KILLED WITH! AREA I ACCIDENTS 11 WilKEND A McHenry area woman, Mary Clohan, 35, of Sunset View subdivision, north of the city, lost her life in one of two fatal traffic accidents in which county residents were killed last weekend. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Condell Memorial hospital, Libertyville, having suffered severe head and face injuries. Also killed in the same twocar, head-on accident was a passenger in the second car, John J. Morrissy, 41, of 6314 S. Lawn avenue, Chicago, who died enroute to the office of a Wauconda doctor. State police say the accident occurred at 6:59 o'clock Saturday evening, March 25, on Rt. 12, north of Wauconda. Clarence King, of Chicago, driver of the car in which Morrissy was riding, was south-bound on Rt 12 when police say his auto was struck by Mrs. Clohan, who was in the south-bound lane, travelling north. King suffered hip injuries, cuts and bruises, and shock and was taken to Condell Memorial hospital. Morrissy's feet were reported amputated in the crash. The Wauconda rescue squad and members of the fire department hurried to the scene, as well as an ambulance. Mrs. Clohan was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 1, 1925, and had resided in this area for about a year. She was employed in Lake Zurich. Survivors include her husband, Arch; her parents and several brothers and sisters. The body was sent to Washington, D. C., for funeral serv ices, with burial in Arlington National cemetery. An inquest was opened Monday at the Kisselburg funeral home in Wauconda. Mrs. Marilyn Ocock, 20, of Harvard was killed and Eugene FIRE RESULTS IN $500 DAMAGE TO AREA COTTAGE The cause of a fire which caused about $500 in damage to a one-story frame cottage and its contents in Oakhurst subdivision last week has net been determined by firemen. The flames, which broke out about 10:30 in the evening in the home owned and occupied by George Lombardi, was discovered by two passersby, Jim Toepper and Linda Wiedenhoeft, who turned in the alarm. Company I of McHenry answered the call and saved the cottage from being completely destroyed. The Lombardi family was away at the time. The balmy breezes of last weekend brought hundreds of homemakers out-of-doors to clean-up, which meant many rubbish fires. Two grass fires were reported, one at 1 o'clock Sunday on Regner road, handled by Company II, and the other at 3 o'clock the same day at the Janda farm on Ringwood road, answered by Company I. CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR EXPRESS VIEWS FOR C Sixty members of the Chamber of Commerce attended the noon luncheon meeting of the organization on Tuesday of this week at the Legion home. A highlight of the program was presentation of the three candidates for mayor of McHenry, Donald Doherty, Edward Thennes and Joseph Gausden, each of whom' stated his aims and what he would like to see accomplished in development of the retail area. T h r e e g u e s t s r e p r e s e n t e d other C of C groups, Frank Weideman of Wonder Lake, Lee Phillips of Woodstock and the main speaker of the day, George Davison of the Waukegan Chamber of Commerce. (Continued on Page 8) ViPiiHtinued On Page 8) Perform At Plan Implementation .rfOTHEE METHODS ©F FINANCING ARE DISCUSSED (The following facts are taken from information contained in the recently released Plan Report for the city of McHenry). In reviewing the sources available for city financing, ^Stanton & Rockwell continue 4ih their report to mention Mo- •tor Fuel tax refunds from the state which were running about $15,500 a year when the report was made. These funds can be used either for the maintenance or improvement Of state approved arterial streets within the city. It is anticipated that these funds will continue to be used foi parlous street improvements, and will be available for capital budget improvements. Also, Motor Fuel tax refunds can be used to repay general obligation bond issues used for street improvements, and therefore avoid additional tax levies on the property tax roll. TSpecial assessment financing was not considered for capital improvement financing of projects of general City-wide benefit. Since special assessments were not considered improvements of a -local nature, sewers, water or street improvements in a local subdivision were not listed on the capital improvements schedule. However, planners say that as these improvements become necessary, the projects should be included in the annual revisions of the budget. Revenue bond financing very definitely was considered as a means ol financing the items for revenue producing improvements -- water and sewer. The city, at the time of the report, had water and sewer revenue bonds outstanding. , County, state and sometimes federal funds are available on certain major street improvements. The improvement of Rt. 31 extension is an example of joint participation by these agencies. The Green street bridge, they added, could be financed with matching funds from the county. Next week will list the concluding methods as set down by Stanton & Rockwell for possible financing within the city. The Viscount color guard of McHenry is shown as they appeared at the thirty-third annual Department of Illinois American Legion auxiliary, patriotic conference, held last Thursday,;at the Morrison hotel m Chicago. The guard w^ Invito to perform as a specif feature between speakers. They appeared before Mrs. Mabel Grice, Department of Illinois president; and Mrs. *Henry Ahnemiller, national president of the auxiliary. , Pictured, from left to right, are Jim Lingenfelter, Carol Gray, Bernadme Reid, Donna Frett, Mary Pat Mrachek, Sue Gregory, Bobby Donnelly, Marilou Smith (slightly behind), Judy Hay, Betsy Kilday, Carol Ann Zimny, Eileen Homo and Bonnie Einspar. _ . , . , The substitutes, Charlene Reid, Patty Gray, Jane Weber and Grace Weber, as well as the two drum majors for the Viscount drum and bugle corps, Nyla Witt and Leslie Kilday, accompanied the color guard. Chaperones were Eleanore Reid and Lee Hachmeister. Returns in the township election are expected to begin coming in sometime after 9:30 Tuesday night. The Plaindealer office will be open from 9:30 to 11 p.m. to answer calls from those interested in the results. Interesting and highly contested races for several township posts will come to an end next Tuesday, April 4, when voters in the nine McHenry township precincts go to the polls and elect officials for assistant supervisor, town clerk, assessor and board ^f auditors. Two complete slates of officers will have names on the township ballot, representing the Citizens party and the Republican party. They will be as follows: For assistant supervisor, Charles "Chuck" Weingart <C) and Albert S*,. Blake (R); for town clerk, H. Walter Anderson (C) and Fred N. Rogers (R); for assessor, Lester R. Bacon (C) and A. M. "Gus" Freund (R); for board oft auditors, Arnold Rauen, Harold "Harry" Freund and Joseph SUllivan, all members of the Citizens parry, and Gerald J. Elbersen, B. Fred Haubold and Foster E. Glorch, all on the Republican party. It is not necessary to be registered to vote for candidates for township offices. Two other ballots will also be available on election day and contests exist on both. Elect Justice Two offices will be filled in each of the four newly established justice districts in the county. In District 3, which includes McHenry's nine precinct polling places and also Burton to the north, a contest exists between Charles M. Adams of the Citizens party and Richard R. Marshall of the Republican party for justice of the peace; also between Larry Murray of the Citizens party and Sigurd Jacobsen of the Republican party for constable. It is hecessary to be regis tered to vote for iustice of the peace and constable. Judge Contest Residents of McHenry township will also aid in the election of a judge of the circuit court for the Nineteenth judicial circuit, to fill a vacancy. Republicans and Democrats in the district met earlier this year at conventions and named candidates. Thomas J. Moran, a Lake county probate judge and former state's attorney, is the GOP choice to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Sidney Block last December. He will face the choice of the Democrats, Phillip Yeager, a Lake Bluff attorney. -1 The Nineteenth district is comprised of McHenry and Lake counties. The polls will be open from 6 in the morning until 6 in the evening on election day. Polling Places Polling places will be as follows: 1. Muzzy's store, Ringwood; 2, city hall, McHenry; 3, Blake's garage, McHenry; 4. rescue squad building, Johnsburg; 5, Wonder Lake fire house; 6, VFW hall. McHenry; 7, Freund's Implement shop, McHenry ; 8, Rod and Gun club, Wonder Lake; 9, Lakemoor fire house The additional polling plac!*m the justice district is the town hall in Spring Grove, which is in Burton township. Some local voters will be casting ballots in Niinda township, Polling places which will HOLY WEEK. 1 EASTS) RITES ARE SCHEMIB Expect Hundreds To Be Present At Sunday Services All McHenry churches, and those in surrounding areas, are busy this week in preparation for the solemn Holy Week rites preceding the day of the Lord's Resurrection. It is the most important day in the Christian church year, and promises to bring, as it has for centuries, thousands into the churches of various denominations. St. Mary's Catholic At St. Mary's Catholic church, there will be a low Mass at 5 p.m. on Holy Thursday, followed by a solemn high Mass and procession at 8 - o'clock. There will be adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursday to midnight and Friday morning. Good Friday will be marked by Stations of the Cross at 1 p.m., solemn liturgy and Communion at 3 o'clock and Stations and Adoration of the Cross at 7:30 in the evening. There will he no Mass or public devotions on Holy Siaturday. However, beginning at 10:30 in the evening will btf'J the solemn liturgy and blessing of the fire, Easter and Baptismal water, followed at midnight by the solemn high Mass. Other Masses on Easter will be at 6:30, 8, 9:30, 10:45, 11 and 12. The 11 o'clock Mass will be offered in the church basement. Confessions will be heard Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. and after evening services, and Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. St. Patrick's Catholic The solemn Mass of the Lead's Supper will be read at 6 o'clock on Holy Thursday evening at St. Patrick's Catholic church, followed by a low Mass at 7:30. Stations of the Cross at 1:30 p.m. on Good Friday will precede the liturgy of the Lord's passion and death, With distribution of Communion, at 3 o'clock. That evening, there will be Stations of the Cross and special prayers, as well as veneration of the Cross at 7:30 p.m. The Holy Saturday Easter vigil service and solemn Mass of the Resurrection will start at 11 p.m. On Easter Sunday, low Masses will be at 7, 8, 9 and 11:30 o'clock. The adult choir will sing the 10 o'clock high Mass, while the children will be heard in the service the previous evening. Confessions will be heard from 4 to 5 on Thursday, after the 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. services Friday; and from 10 to 11 a.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Zion Lutheran Two services have been scheduled at Zion Evangelical Lutheran church for Easter Sunday, at 7:45 and 10:30 a.m. The children's choir will pre4- sent a short cantata, "The Children's Alleluia", at the close of the 7:45 service.^ The senior choir will sing "King All Glorious" by Charles Wesley in the 10:30 service. The sermon topic for the • services will be, "Jesus of Nazareth Is Risen." A cordial invitation tc attend one of these services is extended. Community Methodist Rev. George Martin will speak on the theme, "Were You There?" at the 8 o'clock Holy Communion service on Thursday evening. The Good Friday rite will be a preaching service at 8 p.m., based on the sermon topic, "Himself He Would Not Saw". The service highlights, the observance of Lent as a tune for study and self-denial. There will be an Easter wor- ' ship service conducted by the Continued on Page 8 (Continued/on Page 8)