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) -- Volume 88 -- No. 32 -- 3 Sections MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Regioa Since 1875" McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1962 20 Pages -- 10c Per Copy oca urcned V?;'- In this year of 1962, as all America joins in the observance of Christmas -- both in a religious and secular way -- it is hard to believe that the celebration of this most widely observed religious holiday of the modern world was at one time illegal in our history. This same history tells us £that Colonial New England did not celebrate Christmas because the stern Puritan colonists believed that such activities were wholly pagan and forbade them by law. Opposition of the English Puritans to festivals culminated in an act of Parliament in 1647 which abolished the observance of Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide. This was echoed in '^ithe American colonies in 1659 when Puritans enacted a law in the general court of Massachusetts to punish those who "kept Christmas." Although the law was repealed in 1681, many of them were not reconciled to the action. Secular reveling at this time had often interfered with their religious devotions and offended the Puritans' moral sense, all of which intensified their sectarian hostility to the religious observance of Christmas, an attitude they maintained for the better part of two centuries in parts of New England. The fun-loving Dutch colonists, however, celebrated Christmas as their chief holiday, bringing old customs from their homeland. ^ Iri' the southern colonies, the planters celebrated the yuletide with feasting, singing and dancing. On many plantati6ns, slaves were given a holiday as long as t he great yule log burned. Denominational opposition to the ecclesiastic observance of Christmas continued into the second half of the 19th century, but in the 20th cehtury •'2) all denominations have embraced it widely both as a religious and as a social celebration. Today, men, women and children in every Christian land crowd into churches to give their thanks. More than onefourlh of the world's population -- about 800 million people -- profess some form of Christian faith. erviced This Christmas we rejoice again in the wonder of that Holy night when a Child was born in a humble manger. St. Mary's Catholic . Rev. Fr. Eugene Baumhofer will be celebrant of the solemn High Mass at midnight on Christmas Eve at St. Mary's Catholic church, which will be preceded by a program of sacred music sung by the adult choir. Christmas day Masses will be at 6:30, 7, 8, 9:30, 10:45 and noon in the church and added Masses of 9:45 and 11 o'clock in the crypt church. The 8 o'clock Mass will be preceded by Christmas music sung by St. Mary's school choir, and during the 9:30 Mass, the adult choir will sing hymns. All of the Christmas Masses will be low Masses. Confessions will be heard from Dec. 19 through 22 during and after the 8 o'clock morning Masses; on Saturday, Dec. 22, from 3 to 4 in the afternoon and from 7 to 8 in the evening. On Dec. 24, they will be heard during and after the 8 o'clock morning Mass and from 2 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. There will be lio evening confessions. Zion Lutheran The nursery-primary department of Zion Lutheran church will present the Christmas 23. at 4 p.m. and the juniorsenior department will tell the events of Christ's birth in song and recitation on Monday, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, at 7:30 p.m. Also on Christmas Eve, a candlelight service will be held at 11:30 p.m. Pastor Lobitz invites the public to worship at the church on Christmas djay at 9 a.m. and on New Year's Day at the same hour. There will be no Sunday School sessions on Sunday, Dec. 30. St. Patrick's Catholic The solemn midnight Mass at St. Patrick's Catholic church will be sung by the adult choir, whose offeilng will be "Christmas Carol Mass." Preceding the service, the choir will sing a number of carols. Low Masses Christmas day will be at 7, 8, 9 11 and 12 o'clock, with a high Mass suns; by the children's choir at 10 o'clock. St.' Pant's Episcopal The Rev. Paul W. Healy of Glenview will be in charge of the Christmas services at St. Paul's Episcopal church in McHenry. On Sunday, Dec. 23, at the 9 a.m. Mass, the children of St. Paul's will present their Story Sunday afternoon, Dec. Christmas program in place of the usual sermon. There will be a coffee hour for adults, and treats for the children following this service. At 2:30 p.m. that same day, Fr. Healy will hear confessions at the church. On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, a Christmas carol service at 11 -o'clock in the evening will be immediately followed by the midnight Mars. On Christmas day, there will be a 9 o'clock Mass in the morning. Faith Presbyterian The Christmas service on Sunday, Dec. 23, at Faith Presbyterian church will be held •jt 11 o'clock in the morning, featuring a sermon by Pastor Mclntyre on the topic, "From Bethlehem to Jerusalem". A special anthem, "There's A Song In The Air." by Holland will be sung by the choir. A church school Christmas program will be held at 7 o'clock in the evening at Hilltop grade school, with an adaptation of 'The Christmas Story" from Dr. J. B. Phillips' translation of Holy Scripture. Coffee, milk and cookies will be served immediately after the program. Community Methodist The Community Methodist church will hold two worship (Continued on Page 8) CHRISTMAS BABY When young Gregory Donald Riemer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Riemer of Ingleside, goes home from McHenry hospital Friday, he will be the first of fifteen babies to leave in specially made Christmas stockings large enough to carry the infants. They were made by the sewing guild of the hospital auxiliary. McHenry Stores Open Night- (Continued on Tage 8) i ly Postal Pile Prior To Peak BAPTISTS GATHER AT GROUND BREAKING AND DEDICATORY SERVICES FOR NEW CHURCH The gigantic task of sending out a large volume of mail similar to the stack of packages shown above, falls to McHenry mail men this week. The letters and packages pictured are for only one of the city's eleven routes and arrived in the office Monday morning. Members and friends of the First Baptist church met on their newly acquired property, south of McHenry, Sunday afternoon for ground breaking and dedicatory services. I^onnie Campbell, chairman of deacons, welcomed the group to the site. After Scripture reading and prayer, led by DelRoy Kauke, training union director, the group was honored by words of greeting from Mayor Donald P. Doherty. A response was made by C. Edward Erb, Jr., secretary of trustees for the church. Mr. Erb called the attention of the gr>>up to the facts of exceptional growth of the church and expressed to Mr. Doherty and the city, the church's deep appreciation for their reception in the area. Many Have Aided The pastor of the group, V. L. Chappell, challenged the | church to continue the work begun and to raise their "sights" to even greater things. Arthur Merillat, director of music, led in the dedicatory prayer followed by a challenge in song by Don W. Allen, pastor of the Lilymoor Baptist mission. Set Plaindealer > Deadlines Ahead ^Because of the Christmas holiday falling on Tuesday next week, some Plaindealer deadlines' will need to be set ahead a day. The same deadlines will apply on the New Year holiday week. Display ' advertising will be accepted until Monday noon, but the classified advertising deadline will remain the same •-- 10 a.m. Wednesday. General news should be turned in by 2 o'clock Monday, and correspondents whose columns regularly reach our office Monday must have them turned in no later than 11 a.m. JUDGE LIGHTING DISPLAYS EARLY SUNDAY EVENING Postmaster LeRoy Smith said hopefully on Monday of this week that he expected the peak of the Christmas mailing period to be reached Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 18 and MARSHALL BUCHERT FOUND DEAD IN HOME MONDAY Marshall W. Buchcrt, j'oung Cite Car Clubs For Services 19. His prediction was based | McHenry businessman. was on day by day records of past found dead in bed at his home years. • at Ben Behrent, past director if the state Cerebral Palsy foundation, visited McHenry recently to issue a citation to the McHenry Wheelers and Tic Rods for services rendered. The <¥> mage sales. The citation was presented group raised funds for the T . , i ^21 N. Front street, early | COunty cerebral palsy program ,I .n. .. rece, nt days, th.i rty* -t,h ree | iTvvioinnnorlHajv' mmmor-nniinnog-, Lr»we<. 1I7I, lIi>vJ | |i- ,V soon^-or•i ng ub aki e and, rum„ additional emplo>ees have been wjfc j^e apparently died in working within the post office, sleep, with .death attributed and on the various city ancj (o a heart aUack rural routes in older to keep Buchert, 36 years old, was from establishing a bottleneck |born in Nunda township Aug. in the office. |3 1926 The volume of mail this j week is estimated between 1 He operated the Buchert eleven and twelve times the i Towing and Auto Service with average daily throughout the ! his father, William, for a num- Fuller Home Gutted By Fire Mr. and Mrs. Ira K. Fuller of 3111 Edgewood drive, Wonder Lake, will be without a home for Christmas this year because of a fire which swept through their Wooded Shores residence Monday afternoon. Mrs. Fuller was washing dishes on the lower floor of ner home about 3:10 p.m. when she smelled smoke. Upon investigation she found a blaze in the living room on the second floor and immediately summoned the Wonder Lake fire department. A piano and almost all of the furniture in the one room was destroyed, and the bedroom was badly damaged. On the lower floor, most of the damaee resulted from water and smoke. Firemen arrived on the scene soon after receiving the call and all remained until after 5 o'clock in the evening. One crew stayed on to be sure the flames would not break out anew. A definite cause of the blaze was not determined, but firemen thought it might have resulted from an electric short. The fire seemed to originate within the ceiling and wall. The Fullers are staying temporarily with neighbors, the Element Grabovys. It was estimated that they would be unable to return to iheir home for between six j .veeks and two months. Holiday Hours The McHenry Savings and Loan association will be closed Entries continue to arrive in the holiday lighting contest sponsored by the McHenry Chamber of Commerce. All those who want to have their displays considered are urged to notify either Donald Howard, 3715 W. John street, McHenry. chairman of the contest, or the McHenry Plaindealer office by Friday, Dec. 21. Judging will take place early on Sunday evening, Dec. 23. Formal entries are asked to be made this year because of , the rapid growth of the comrrtunlty and the possibility of missing a particular section. All entries will be judged in one category, with prizes of $23, $10 and $5 for the top three places. . Judges wdl be Lori Wilhelm, Affiy»r Donald P. Doherty and Job Pedersen. ^ j ALL ISN'T FAIR IN LOVE -- EVEN AT HOLIDAY TIME The old adage that "all is fafr in love and war" proved to have little truth for Alfred H. Richter of 501 W. Rand drive, McHenry, who paid a fine of $75 on a charge of criminal damage to property and malicious mischief to an automobile. On a complaint signed by Patricia Ann Payne of McCullom Lake, the court further ordered Mr. Richter to make immediate settlement of the damage of $80 which was done to an " auto parked in Miss Payne's driveway. Mr. Richter was charged with throwing a brick through the windshield. According to testimony brought out at the hearing before Justice of the Peace Charles M. Adams last Saturday, Mr. Richter and Miss Payne were former sweethearts, and Mr. Richter threw a brick through the window of the auto of her new suitor. COUNCOENIES PETITIONS FOR ZONING CHANGES Expect Variations Will Be Exception Rather Than Rule year, according to Mr. Smith, j her of years.-With the exccp- During the top days this (ion of two years of service (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Pa^e 8) I at a supper meeting held here, , at 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24, I presided over by Mrs. Dorothy j and Monday, Dec. 31, but will i Miller, county chairman of the j be oj)en Wednesday, Dcc. 26, j M"Henrv County Cerebral and Wednesday, Jan. 2, all day, Palsy group. I from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. because Pians were also formulated of the holidays. i for the fifty-three-minute fund | - ! drive which will take place r Remember the early Plain- 1 Sunday, Jan. 13. The theme of j dealer deadlines which will be i the campaign is "If He Lived in effect for the next two Next Door Would You Help?" I holiday weeks. I Following recent hearings, two reports from the Zoning Board of Appeals were received by the City Council Monday evening. Both petitions for variations were denied as recommended by the Zoning Board. H. Walter Anderson and Eugene- P. Nye appeared before the Council to hear the recommendation of the board and to further state their case to the Council. The petition asked a variation from present retail use to permit the American Can Co. of Barrington to use the building on West Ebn street for a period not to exceed two years as a pilot plant for plastic container research while the Bar- : rington plant is being enlarged. I After further review, the Coun- ' cil voted to stand by the present planning: and zoning and . deny the petition. Second Denial The second act.on was on a petition of Mitchell Bykowski for a five-year variation which would allow John Shay to op- SpeH Fails % Rudi J. Photo Santa's magic spell failed momentarily this week when he visited the Plaindealer office and tried to make friends with 13-month-old Roger Deterding, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Deterding of 3806 W. Maple Street, McHenry, Young Roger and his 3-yearold brother, Mark, stopped to visit their daddy, who is foreman of the Plaindealer's composing department, when Santa made his surprise visit. The boys were eager to tell him their dreams for a full stocking -- at a distance -- but Roger hadn't yet become accustomed to Santa's lap when the photographer appeared on the scene to take this picture. Vandals Ruin Local Displays The wonderful Christmas spirit which comes to the-great majority of people this season, unfortunately fails to find a few each year and very often has sad results. In McHenry it happened early last Saturday morning -- between 1 and 2 a.m. - when the beautifully decorated tree situated on a raft in the Fox river was stripped nf Its lights, which were then strewn >ver the ice. The idea of the lien nt'luinated with Don llnrnon n number <»f >mm aiu, ' that time'NiUnified Mii'h h tention as to mi'i il plrltlic" III papers coast In enml, | 'ti ll year passing mnloiUI*, I mill local resident* and vMlilCn, have been instilled Willi tin* spirit of the NCUNOM II> I lit' sight of this unique tree, As Mr. Hoenes was work Inn about his tavern early Sjilltl'- day. after closing hours, he 'ooked from the window to find the tree dismantled. He lalor decided to restore the tree to its original beauty, which was accomplished early this week. Just the week previous, the chape7, which was part of a secnk' city park display at Woodstock, entitled "The Christmas Story," was similarly desecrated. Similar destruction took place at Lake'and Park, and the hour 2 a.m. Saf'"*d?>" -- would indicate thi^t the same persons might be re^p-m^i^ie. Cub and Boy Scouts took on the project of making ornaments for a public tree which they decorated at one ^f the entrances to the subdivision. The tree, which provided a cheery welcome to residents and visitors alike, was completed at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. At 2 o'clock the next morning the ornaments were found broken and the lights stolen. Also at Lake'and Park. Name Two More Members To Lay Committee For Junior College Survey NAME LUCKY C OF C PRIZE WINNERS SUNDAY ! A number nf lucky persons I will JinMvcr their phono Moniln\ I»i r ;4, lo find they h ive .riuritit'd tin I'Mni ChrlNinmK 1 Mill llit" Mi wl forinniiU' I'll Mill br lilt' luOlll h|l"p|tl" ' v: numi' l» Illliwn In re< ihIVi 'Hit in Klniiilit till' l«n, Mlliim f<|i»ht' liumlll'ilx 'I * It *1 i l l l l l M l l i '1 ' i * Mm > ' i r i ' m M i M •f III!1 I. ' " i IM,' itwii'ii in im > < of Hit) I i.I r.liKilm " iH'ifr.," i »i mutt*) , iptl VllllM' I lllv III (III till! It I«»«INInilloit blank Will (lop"*!' it in I he ho* in tlie»i< nloitm Kmployce* ni piti'lltilpiillllii firms may m;i*ioi\ hill linl III (heir own placet* nf IIII»I|IH*H«. The contest is not open In those under ihe age of IH. At 2 o'clock next Sunda> afternoon. Kdward Buss, president of Ihe Chamber of Commerce, will make the drawing. A listing of the winners will appear in the Plaindealer office window and in the" McHenry bank early Monday. • I" it <11 Tlit'i in fin. Nil nm Ivlll'* H I nl (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8) HURT IN GAME j Bill Oeffling, son of Mr. and t Mrs. Alfred Oeffling of Johnsburg, received a head injurj last Sunday while playing in the Johnsburg-Richmond basketball game in the Johnshurg public school gym. He was taken to Memorial hospital. Woodstock, by ambulance but was scheduled to be released Wednesday. Complete| your Christmas ^shopping m McHenry this week. I Interest in the possibility of establishing a junior college in McHenry county has been growing in recent weeks. When the school board of District 156 met Tuesday evening of this week, il was one of the important discussions held and two . additional members were ' named to the ley committee, j Holier! Heckenbaugh. a board member, n n d Karl Lawrence V lliiril will be aelected in the neiir future, I I'IVM'HI tneiiiU'n* nf tho 1 rnmmiti hi iiviuili' Assistant , MILPL M I. SRHOI'IIHOLI/, 10. J. j llitltnli'it 'tii'l I'i nu ll Wirt*, mii'i'i'nittiititiH* haw l»oon * I UllHlltdliiMl III!'. I'oitmy I n i tin vi \ vtiuch Hill | iltMt'l'iti '-ii'lx iiiviiM(ir,v |tt'« 1 loir itm i M mitilti l*> un , ili'l l.llM'll III I , 1 In Hlt'll M | t'lllll1 il' I M i l l ' ! < t | | h i t ' M i l M i l ' I nuttiti ed i It it ihe 111)<iI t in »*. I It I I lull i i'|ini I llullt I III t'lHlH* I) hi.'I I'ot'n made uitd tit Hi*- , HI. t |.Vi the »h<>r!am> fm IWil i loinU S 'Y,Ul,!.0-l. Added lo • SHMIAI',1' M I M»>Mlet l\ it BNN^S the FUUIV lo $77.* j 78I. The total is M/oahle, nmi [ provides a hardship on hoard* uhi.-li have levied only the amount needed to cover' expenses for the year. Bids for lnter-Com. - Bids were discussed for. a new inter-communication system in the high school, but llo decision was made at Tilesday's meeting. Two important meetings were announced for the future. One is the American Association of School Board meeting in Atlantic City Feb. Itt to at1, and the other is the National Association of Schtxil Bound*. (Continued on fag* 8) \