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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving Tie Claii-0-L«ke» Region Since S®75" Volume 87 -- No. 18 -- 2 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1961 16 Pages -- 10c Per Copy LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ENROLL 4,335 $&USin' and Mmnderin' Maybe we just happen to be fortunate enough to live near the nicest children in town, but we would rather think that I everywhere there are youngsters today who still appreciate being remembered by others. Two breathless little girls approached us on our return hrmje early Friday evening to be sure we didn't fail to see a note they had left in our absence. Eight neatly written names followed a heartwarming message of thanks for a very small remembrance of fruit given to them as they were at play earlier in the day. These are the things we treasure, and as we filed away thJ^note we couldn't help but think what fine adults these little ones would become if they continued to list appreciation among their character assets. McHENRY BECOMES SECONII COUNTY TO WIN ACCREDITATION 1 PROGRAM IN CIVIL DEFENSE Most of the information we receive on conditions in Germany today comes through newspapers, radio and TV, and is Concerned mostly with the threat of war. This past week, however, a friend returned alter a month's visit and described economic conditions as unbelieveably good. After an absence of six years, he returned to find salaries in many lines almost doubled and the resulting high prices that one would expect. Pay from thr^ most menial of work allows vacations in Italy, and employers often find it necessary to do some "tall talking" to get their help to relurn until they are ready. German girls who have come to the United States for a few years and then return, find a variety of jobs at very high salaries because of their knowle& je of English. in spite of good conditions, there is an eagerness to return to the States, possibly because of unusual weather conditions which kept temperatures almost 30 degrees below what, we have enjoyed here during the last month. Kotalik Studio Photo Civil Defense Director John Shay, left, and Mayor Donald P. Doherty are shown examining the certificate received last Thursday when Mr. Shay's plan for defense was approved and the city won national accreditation. A certificate of accreditation was issued to McHenrv's newly appointed civil defense director, John Shay, at civil defense headquarters in Chicago last Thursday. Approval, and presentation of the certificate, followed an examination of the city plan filed by Mr. Shay and a review of his program in the line of civil defense for the year ahead. McHenry is now the second in the county to be so accredited, Harvard received similar recognition just a few weeks ago. Approval means that McHenry will now be in line to receive numerous financial benefits.through matched funds along the line of certain civil defense programs which the city selects to undertake. Federal funds in the amount offered by the city are available for such items as the purchase of radios, cars, sirens, etc., and also for courses in health, first aid and radiology among others. Mayor Pleased Ma yoi- Donald P. Doherty expressed satisfaction with the promptness with which the local director prepared the plan which won accreditation. Mr. Shay stated this week thai it was a task which took both We are appreciative of the I "inc anr' work, and he added kiiid words expressed by JeppeI Kieat amount of help CfSbepspn of Johnsburg in a w;*s received from his assistant note to the Plaindealer this | directors. past week. Mr. Jepsen missed I They include George Rodenour open house, but said he i kirc-h. <»lenn Peterson. Rayenjoyed the sample edition re- ' uiond Gu/.zardo and Jerome viewing McHenry's history. j ~v-. j Mr. Shay said that the plan j innroved is only basic, ful- The increasing number of | fjujnK just fhe minimum reengagements which have ap- | quirements of the federal govpeared in recent months in out oi ninent ;\ more elaborate proown huR* paper reminded us of a Siorous bit we just heard which may give the unattached girls some help. A young man had been dating a girl for several months but had made no mention of marriage. One night, about to order dinner in a Chinese restaurant, he asked how <^hc would like her rice, to which she responded without a moment's hesitation. "Thrown." K. A. F. TOWNSHIP FARM POLICY MEETING IN CITY TONIGHT McHenry county farmers will have an opportunity to express their views on marketing orders, marketing agreements to n#e farm products. SOCK " Security, inflation and other local problems unique to their areas. All of this will be accomplished at township policy development meetings extending through Sept. 20. Two of these si\ meetine.s are of interest locally .the first a Thursday. Sept. T. meeting at 8 p.m. in the Mr Henry high >ol agriculture room for SHenry, Richmond. Burton, VISCOUNTS LEAVE TODAY ON CONTEST TRIP TO DENVER Fifty-six members of the Viscounts drum and bugle corps and color guard are scheduled to leave this afternoon at 4 o'clock for Denver, Colo., to participate in the national Sons of the Legion competition. They will be transported by bus to Aurora, from where they leave for Denver by train. The corps will compete Saturday morning, and the color guard the following afternoon. Accompanying the boys and girls will be the drum instructor, John Zimny; the bugle instructor, Ernie Zimny; the color guard leader. Bill Lingenfelter; and Don Brockrogge of Crystal Lake, march and maneuver instructor. Also accompanying the group as chaperones will be the wives of the four instructors, Ed. Reid, manager, and his wife, and Bob Kilday. assistant manager, and his wife. Organize Great Books Program Interest continues to grow in the formation of a Great Books discussion program for adults in the McHenry area. Arthur Harvey, area director for the Great Books foundation in Illinois, will come to the local high school Monday evening. Sept. 25, at 8 o'clock to give a demonstration of a discussion and clarify the program. Thereafter, the meetings will be held every two ,t3 i weeks for a two-hour period between 8 and 10 p.m. During one season, sixteen books will be discussed. Two chairmen will be selected to lead the sessions, but until that time, persons interested in becoming a part of the discussion program may inquire further of Mrs. Samuel Leibsohn. Books to be discussed are not available at the library. However, they may be purchased at a nominal fee through the Great Books Foundation, which is a non-profit organization. THEFT AT NORTH BRIDGE MARINE STILL NAME GENE ADAMS CHAIRMAN KIDS' DAY PEANUT SALE (Continued on l\tg«* A) Crashes Over Weekend Minor A check with county and state police on Tuesday of this week disclosed relatively minor accidents in this area over the long holiday weekend. The trend was followed throughout the nation, where the toll of 398 drivers who died in traffic mishaps was considerably below the 420 estimated in advance. McHenry city police reported no accidents of any kind from Saturday morning through Monday. Vouth Injured Robert Regner of Pistakee Bay received emergency treatment by a McHenry doctor early Monday morning when he fell asleep at the wheel and his car left the road near his home on Regner road. City Accidents John R. Schmidt of Willow Springs suffered only minor in- (Continued on Page 8) Among Air Crash Victims gram must now be started to include other services. The cooperation and assistance of thp public is needed to make this plan more extensive. he said this week, and ! asked that anyone interested I in helping, call him at his home j to volunteer. Tell Story To Public He added that in his opinion Two young grandsons of Clyde Bailey of Orchard Beach were among six members of their family who were killed in the tragic crash of the Trans World Airlines plane which crashed and burned in a cornfield near Midway #irport last Friday morning. The hoys were Edward Chamberlain. 14, and his brother. Richard 9. who were enroute with their father and step-mother and the couple's two other children for California after spending a month visiting relatives in Connecticut. All six perished in the crash of the big four-engine it is of utmost importance to ' Constellation which exploded tell the story of civil defense I and caught fire as it tore into to everyone. To do so, ar- a rain-soaked ground west of rangements have been made to | the airport only minutes after send speakers to any club or i take-off. Seventy - eight lost organization meetings where (his service is desired. The director and his aassistants meet once a week and ihe advisory board will also meet regularly in the future, with the first meeting scheduled for Sept. 20. This board their lives in one of the worst accidents in aviation history. The boys, who remained with their mother. Jean Richardson. in Rolling Hills, Calif., most of the year, had been vacationing with their father in New Britain. Conn., and City Council Proceedings The City Council passed the annual Tax Levy ordinance Monday night in the amount of $89,305.25. The levy includes $41.N55.2~> which is earmarked for payment of bonds and interest. What ever percentage of the balance that is extended by the County Clerk will be used for corporate purposes. No Forcible j Entry Evident To Authorities j The theft of about $417 from I North Bridge Marine Service Co.. on east Ann street, McHenry. on the holiday remained a mystery in mid-week and may not be easily solved. Discovery of the stolen money was made by an employee. Vern Thompson, when he arrived at the boat company about 7:25 Tuesday morning. Entrance was gained in some manner between 6:10 p.m. Monday, when the building was locked for the night, and the following morning. It is believed a screw driver may have been used to open the cabinet type safe. Cash and checks were separated and the latter left on a nearby desk and on the floor. Included among m i s s i n g items was a leather pouch with chain attached, which contained about $85 in cash and gasoline receipts. Change which could hardly have escaped notice was untouched. Leave $120 Also missed in the intruders' hurry to escape was $120 in cash inside an envelop© near the otKer money. A supply of motors and other supplies apparently held no interest for the burglars. , The county sheriff's office sent deputies to the scene Tuesday morning and took fingerprints from the cash boxes. Their investigation has continued through the week. The mystery of the theft is the fact that all doors were still locked in the morning, and no windows had been broken. P^ven after the building had been inspected carefully, there were no signs of forcible entry. In addition to getting into the main building, another key would have been necessary to gain entrance to the office where the safe was located. Other Break-ins A number of less serious thefts were recorded over the holiday weekend in the McHenry area. Bob's tavern near Spring Grove, operated by Robert Gardner, was burglarized, and the sheriff's office reports about $10 in change and a quantity of liquor and cigars taken. Two other burglaries took place at Wonder Lake, one a1 the B-F" drive-in operated by Mr. and Mrs. William Frenssen. Sixteen cartons of cigarettes and several quarts of ice cream were missing. The second occurred Friday night at the Morrison construction headquarters at the Lake, where an air compressor was stolen. Gene Adams of the McHenry Kiwanis club has been named chairman of the Kiwanis Kids' Day peanut sale scheduled locally for two days, Friday, Sept. 22, and Saturday, Sept. 23. Mr. Adams is also the club's nominee for president next year, an announcement which was made by the nominating committee at the board of directors' meeting held thisVpast week. The public will be interested to know that 100 per cent of the funds derived from Peanut Day will remain in the community for youth activities locally. The Wonder Lake area club is also planning a peanut sale outside the city of McHenry. An agreement between the two clubs resulted in a decision for future projects to be held by the individual organizations rather than joint programs such as conducted in the past. Increase Of Almosi 900 Noted Locally- Over Five Years Ago POSSESSION OF SLOT MACHINE BRINGS FINE RETIRED McHENRY BUSINESSMAN IS DEAD AT AGE 79 Thomas B. Wilson, 79, a retired McHenry busine s s m a n, died late Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 5, at Memorial hospital, Woodstock, where he had been confined for only a day. He had been in poor health for some time. Mr. Wilson for many years was part owner of the J. C. Thies Wholesale Candy Co. on Elm street. He was born Feb. 1, 1882, in Ireland and came to thki-eowt* try as an infant. Survivors include two BOfls, Thomas of McHenry and John of Island Lake; a daughter, Mrs. John (Margaret) Stilling -of McHenry; two brothers, William Thies of McHenry find Charles Thies of Chicago; and two sisters, Mrs. Grace O'Brien and Mrs. Adelaide Gausden of McHenry. His wife. Johanna, preceded him in death twenty-five months ago to the day. A brother, Jack Thies, alsQ preceded him in death. The hodyjrests at the George R. 'Just en and Son chapel. A funeral Mass will be sung at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at St. Patrick's Catholic church, with burial in the church cemetery. the minimum fine for the offense, according to law. The machine was found in a back room by McHenry police officers when they investigated a break-in at the tavern about 5 o'clock on Sunday morning, Aug. 27. At that time the machine was confiscated and later destroyed following Thursday night's court case. This was the first fine imposed since the city's crackdown on gambling about six weeks ago, at which time Mayor Donald Doherty announced that action was being taken to remove all types of gambling, aitd that support by members of the Council strengthened his intention of keeping gambling devices out of the city. includes representatives of the | Were on their way home to various types of services nec- | prepare for. the school year ossary to the civil defense pro-1 ahead. gram. 1 No alerts have been sched- i Greenwood and Hebron town- rhrH< js hpjnu conducfed_ Drjv. ships, and the second on Sept. 20 at the James Curran residence for Nunda township. Nunda township is among those with outgoing directors Mother Returns Mrs. Richardson hurried to Chicago when she received news of the deaths of her sons. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain and Edward were identified within a few hours, but relatives here were not sure ,s. ..'n !>ro"rcss 'n 'he city j (>n »puesrjay afternoon whether or not any of the three younger children might be among . . . . n " t t p u . r ' t h e f o u r w h o s e i d e n t i t y s t i l l chased them are urged to do L, nQt been ]earned at that j time. tiled as yet for the near future. but detailed plans will be made in the weeks ahead. VKHICLE LICENSE DRIVE The drive for vehicle licenses of McHenry. and a thorough ers who still have so at once. Mr. and Mrs. Math Rauen of which needs to caucus at its; McHenry observed their sixmeeting. Curran is the direc- tieth wedding anniversary this tor. for that section.. past week. The bodies of the entire family were scheduled to be sent back to New Britain for burial there. Property owners who have anxiously awaited construction of sanitary sewer mains in the westerly part of Maple avenue, will be pleased to learn that the city entered into a contract with the low bidder, Illinois Underground Contractors, Inc.. subject to approval of the State of Illinois Sanitary Watfr Board. The council voted to advertise for sealed bids for furnishing a compact type station wagon, the need of an additional vehicle having been recognized for some tim?. The need for an ordinance to govern construction of fall-out shelters, as recommended by the Civil Defense department, was discussed and referred to the City Attorney. It was reported that several persons in the city have indicated a desire to start construction. Results of the police drive on dog licenses were evidenced by the report that $342.00 has been collected in August. GRASS FIRE A grass fire across from the new water tower in Cooney Heights required the attention of members of Company I CHORAL CLUB TO OPEN FALL SEASON SEPT. II about 3:15 o'clock Friday after- j Wilson was visiting friends in noon. No damage was reported, the area. LIN6 SOON New Directory To Be Delivered Prior To Change Elimination of the EVergreen prefix from local telephone numbers will be completed next year wiih the conversion of all remaining twoletter. five-figure McHenry telephone numbers to seven figures. "When the gradual introduction of All-Number Calling (ANCi began earlier this year, it was pointed out that EVergreen number s eventually would become a thing of the past." Robert Zahn, local Illinois Bell manager, said. "Thai time now is drawing near." Actually, the change from EVergreen to "38" will be a change in your directory listing only--you will continue to dial seven figures the way you have in the past and "38" rep- (Continued on Page 8) An unbelievably high number of 4,335 pupils in the pub^ lie and parochial school districts of McHenry answered the first school bell of 1961 Bernard Peschke was fined this week. The number is aK $100 in police magistrate court most 2,000 more than attended Thursday evening, after he classes five years ago, in spitt had pleaded guilty to posses- of the fact that a large nuro* sion of a slot machine in his l>er of local pupils attend Marbusiness establishment, Bernie's ian Central high school in Tap, on Main street. This is Woodstock today who would have been counted in the local enrollment five years ago.. High School At high school, where 1,045 are enrolled, the number almost doubles the 542 students, recorded in the 1954-55 school year and is three times the enrollment ten years ago, when the figure stood at 364. By classes, there are 318 freshmen, 258 sophomores, 237 juniors and 230 seniors. There are fifty teachers, in> eluding special instructors and administrators, who will be instructing classes this fall. Six are new to the faculty, of which four are additional to the staff and two are repIaSS* ments. Junior High At Junior high the skyrocketing trend in enrollment Has been even greater. Compared to 325 pupils about three • and a half years ago, the flgUl'e now stands at 630. Of this number, 190 are in sixth grade, 247 in seventh and 193 in eighth grade. This is an increase of fifty over the closing of last spring term. There are twenty-five on tite faculty, as well as special teachers. Six are new, but all of these are replacements for resignations. Fipfr the first time in forty-hin? years, the public grade school ojiened without Miss Maiy Kinney as teacher in one. ttf the upper grades. She resigned last year after almost a half century of teaching. dicing which time she imparted , i£n inestimable amount of knowledge, and guided thousands of pupils in preparing them for high school studies. In the Junior high, a program devoted to less depart* mental work is being undertaken for the first time this year in the sixth grade, in accordance with a recommendation of the state department of education. Principal Reno Bertellotti describes the procedure as becoming "more self-contained" and calls for the pupils to remain as much as possible in one room for their subjects, using the same teacher. Also in line with state recommendations, the seventh and eghth grades will follow a modified departmental program much as it has in the past. Public Grade Consolidated Grade School District 15 records the highest total of all with 1,525. TWs includes approximate figures of 600 in Edgebrook, 200 in Landmark, 350 in Hilltop, 275 in Valley- View and 100 in the kindergarten building oh Waukegan road. Of this total, about 325 are kindergartners, with some attending classes in rooms in the other schools. In comparison with the 1.- 525 figure today, the total in 1956 was about 748. St. Mary's At St. Mary's parochial school, there are 675 enrolled this fall compared to 550 five years ago. Teaching classes are ten sisters and six lay teachers. The faculty remains about the same size as last year, but there are three new members due to replacements. They are Sister Verda, Sister DeLourdes, | the new principal, and Mrs. I Ann Latz of McHenry, a lay teacher. The McHenry Choral club will open the fall season with rehearsals which begin next Monday evening, Sept. 11, in the high school music room at 8 o'clock. The first practice will be devoted to singing through the music selected for the holiday program scheduled in early December. The Concert theme will also be discussed at this time. Because of the relatively short fall season, an Oct. 3 deadline is placed on membership. Anyone over high school age interested in joining will be welcomed at the first meeting next week. YOUNG MAN DROWNS A young Waukegan man, Robert Wilson, 20. drowned on the holiday in Lake Mary, near Twin Lakes. Wis. The body was recovered 200 yards off shore. The accident occurred while Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Clark of 811 North John street. McHenry, are shown as they visited Congressman Vernon W. Thomson of Wisconsin, at the Capitol in Washington, D. C. Congressman Thomas is the former governor of Wisconsin and the brother of Mrs. Clark. The Clarks spent several days observing House and Senate during sessions and visiting other government agencies and points of historic interest. (Continued on Pagw 8) r