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THE MCHENRY PT.ATNDRAT.FR "Serving The Cbain-O-Lakes Regioo Since 1875" Volume 88 -- No. 33 -- 2 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1962 16 Pages -- 10c Per Copy ^3 mk Musin' and & Meander SANDRA NELL KILLED IN (RASH w We have made it a point to visit neighboring cities this Christmas time, and nowhere have we found the spirit of the season so evident for all to see as in our own home town of McHenry. The lighting displays were never more beautiful, and the many, many homes where they can be seen seem to extend a ^greeting to all who pass. ^ Those of us fortunate enough to be living in this community should be grateful to all who have given of their time and talent to make Christmas, 1962, one of the brightest we have ever known. Driver Thrown Out As Car Strikes Railing Of Johnsburg Bridge Each year we are happy to know that caroUing has not become a lost art, and we gain jven greater satisfaction knowm ing it is the very young who want to preserve it. We were fortunate to be visited by two groups -- one of grade school age and the others in high school -- last Sunday evening. Although temperatures fell not far from the zero mark, they passed along the Christmas spirit to all within hearing distance. Their carolling did much to ® instill that certain spark which should come to all at holiday time, tut which seemed to dim considerably the previous week with the desecration of Christmas lighting displays. The Plaindealer staff likes to believe that there is truth in the old adage that "all , work and no play makes Jack a .dull boy." This past week 6 we enjoyed two Christmas gatherings of employees, "sandwiched" between the dai'y routine of getting out the holiday issues. A dinner last Thursday evening resulted in most of us looking like candidates for Santa's large, red suit. It was a wonderful feeling that relaxed everyone for the entertainment which followed, and • resulted in some fine gifts being ptaced in the stockings of a few of the more fortunate who attended. A short office party late Monday afternoon was enjoyed in the composing room transformed into a social room just by the appearance of a Christmas tree, gifts and an abundance of food. ^ If the old ada'je about Jack has the truth we like to tli'nk it has, we have lost our dullness and slioiiM he ready to take on tl»e duties of the year ahead with new zest. The cover p:cture on the co- The spirit of the holiday season was marred for many in the McHenry community last weekend by the tragic accident which took the life of Sandra Jeanne Nell, 23, daughter of Mrs. Frank Nell of 4313 W. Crystal Lake road. Miss Nell was driving west an Chapel Hill road, in Johnsburg, when her car struck the McCullom Lake Woman Burned MlilMlii ii bridge, tearing off a piece of railing about 18 feet in length. She was thrown from the car and later pronounced dead on arrival at McHenry hospital. One of the county sheriff's cars happened to be travelling east on the same road and the deputies said their squad car was almost hit by Miss Nell as she passed. As the patrol car driver slowed to turn around, one of the deputies looked back just as her vehicle smashed into the bridge railing. The family said Sandra had been bowling in her Friday night league prior to the accident. The deceased was born Dec. 8, 1939, and lived all her life n the area. At the time of her death, she was employed as secretary at the Oak Mfg. Co. M.C.H.S. Graduate She graduated from the McHenry high school in 1957, where she was one of the Prompt action on the part of Mrs. Anna Marie Schuenemann, convalescing from a broken leg, saved the life of Mrs. Monica Morris, 40, last Friday morning. Mrs. Morris was putting canned goods in j the kitchen cabinet of her ' home at 5220 W. Orchard | drive, McCullom Lake, when | -he leaned towafd the lighted ^ | gas stove. Her garments caught 1 fire and she started screaming. !ti I Mrs. Schuenemann who was n bed, heard her daughter's , cries for help and though she ~ 1 not walked without a >>!tjjtyPe °f crutch .since breaking her leg, she ran unassisted to - - ] her daughter's side. She threw a coat around Mrs. Morris and rolled her in a rug which mothered the flames. Next door neighbor, Walter Scarbrough, was leaving for work about 7:30 a.m. when he, too, heard the screams. He rushed into the house, assisted the injured woman into his car, and drove her to McHenry hospital. Friday afternoon, she was reported to be resting comfortab'y and not on the critical list. lored Midwest section of last , active members of her SunHpv's Chicago Sun - Times \c^f- . She served thc Girls should bo of interest locally. ;>,h!e!1C association as iwesientitled 'Christmas Star Ov- dt'nt her senior >'ear aml Pla>' McHenry"- The scene was snapped near McHenry by youn^ Michael Brown, who underexposed his film to portray thc sun as a true star. The 21-year-old McHen-'v man. a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology, has t' ed on the all-star hockey, volleyball and basketball teams. Miss Nell also belonged to the Pep club and Future Teachers association. Later she attended Northern Illinois university at DeKalb. CONDUCT SURVEY ON YOUTH CENTER AT GRADE GYM Quest ionnaires have been sent home with grade school children to determine interest in a recreation program which may be conducted locally through a youth center in Landmark school gym after chool hours. The purpose of the project is to bring a variety of sports to children of this age who may not be offered a full program within their schools. Plans call for calisthenics, gymnastics, tumbling, basketball. indoor hockey, relay games, dance classes, supervised game room activities, dramatics, arts and crafts, among many others. Several local organizations have expressed interest in the program, particularly the Community P.T.A. and the Jaycecs. Interested persons may contact Mrs. Thomas R. Voase for further information. HARTH HOME TOP WINNER IN LIGHT DISPLAY Cooney Heights Residence Looks . Like Candyland The lighting display of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harth of South street. Cooney Heights, was winner of the first place, $25 award in the Chamber of Commerce holiday contest which was judged last Sunday evening. The home took on the appearance of candyland for the Christmas season, brightly decorated with huge ollipops on the roof, attached to sticks which extended down he pillars. Candy canes were also in evidence, and the scene was enhanced by appropriate background *nusic. Second place and a $10 award went to the display at the Roy Kissling home on Al- 'en avenue, featuring a larcre wreath of evergreens, with •small, foreign dolls placed within it. Completing the scene was a g'obe carrying -ut the theme of universal Christmas, and below it a Bible resting on red velvet. Other Winners The third place, and $5 award went to the LcRoy Conway display on Broad street, which features a most realistic nativity scene. Honorable mention went to NEW VETERAN OFFICERS TO BE INSTALLED JAN. 3 The regular monthly meeting of the McHenry barracks of the Veterans of World War I will be held Thursday eve- '• man of the Zoning Appeals JAYCEES HEAR INFORMATIVE TALK BY ZONING MEMBER This month's Jaycee dinner meeting had as the guest speaker Donald Johnson, chairning, Jan. 3. at the Legion home, when newly elected officers will take over their duties. Howard Caims is the new commander; Victor Howe, senior vice-commander; Harold Owen, junior vice-commander: Ray McGee, judge advocati / Carl Ottoson, quartermaster; Ben Bauer, Trustee; and Bill Moreth, chaplain. Installation of these officers will take place at the January meeting, with a roast beef buffet to be served later. I>e sure to see the community's many lighting displays before Jan. 1. board. The Jaycees, who firmly believe in the principle that knowing how your government works, makes for better citizenship, greatly appreciated his informative talk. The last meeting of the old year gave a good indication of things to come in 1963, with progress reports by Harry Cygan, state director, on state activities and Don Sonnemann on the suggestion box project which will be announced in the very near future. Six prospective members looked on as Jack Rasmussen received his twelve-hour award pin for a job well done on his recent project assignment. McHENRY TEACHER WINNER OF HOLIDAY TRIP SOUTH SPONSORED BY MANY LOCAL BUSINESSMEN SELECT McHENRY GIRL OVER 1.400 AS ROSE QUEEN Miss Judy Hans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hans af McHenry, was se'ected over representatives of fifteen sororities with 1,400 members at !he University of Wisconsin Past Year Highlighted By Events Contributing To City's Long History As the community continues Seldom has a primary electo grow rapid'y. the span of tion evoked as much interest a year makes a sizeable! as that which occurred early the Herbert Rotherin's and contribution to the history of j in April. Apparently the pub- Richard Hesters in Kdpebrook 1 McHenry, anci the past twelve | lie was candidate-conscious, for Heights; the <Jeoiye Roden- nionlhs were no exception. kirchs on CJreen street: ihe Briefly, this history is high- Norbert Mnuehs, Roy Blakes 'tested by occurrences which and Al. Phwncnstills on Al- <>ccurred rnonth by month. len avenue; the D. 1\. Johnsons I The month of January, 1962, in Country Club subdivision; | is probably best remembered (he school board election which occurred a few days later brought out an unprecedented vote of over 2,500. the John Boehms, Herb Reihanspcrgers and George Kanes on Kane avenue; George Hcimer and an unnamed residence on Crestwood; the Carl Pcrrinos and J. Smithsons in Eastwood Manor; the Cecil Ballowes, north Riverside Drive: and the Henry Buchs on north Court street. TREE.BURNING JAN. 6 Foremen of Company I of the McHenry Township Fire Protection district will sponsor a tree burning in the lot back of the Legion building on Her father, Frank, preceded ken a number of nhotos which j her in death in 1952. She is apDeared in the Plaindealer re- ! sur\ i\ed by her mother, Agnes, centlv. He is a photographs jand two sisters. Mrs. Robert !Su"day- Jan- 6* A city truck for the Chicago pape". .Elaine. Schmaling of Mc- j Pick up trees the Satur- Henry and Mrs. Donald (Joan) da>' l)nor ,() ,he burn;n TAMES PFAF«ON DOES ART WORK ON N.U. CATALOG for snow -- amounts which established records . and cut down considerably on anything but necessary activities. In February, the news centered around action of the It was in May that the city set about the repair of streets after the winter storms. At the annual meeting the Council also set about making changes in appointments. The first of the vacation months arrived, and with it. Illinois Liquor Control com- ' high on the list of important mission, which made itself | projects for the city, was a known throughout the county j program to speed up the spewhen it revoked licenses in cial assessment project progreat numbers of those hold- I viding sanitary sewer faciliing federal tax stamps for eambling and gambling machines. the Cooney Heights James E. Pearson of Ringwood, art instructor at the ties for area. Ju'y brought rains and cold breezes to all but ruin the popular Drum Corps Magic show in mid-month. The other important news concerned the hearings on a request to install a huge incinerator on Idyll Dell road, which eventually was denied by the board of supervisors. Welcome Exchange Student McHenry's first foreign exchange student, Carlos Ribas. arrived from Argentina to Whit a wonderful year 196-i | ^ round of Crystal Lake. would b? if all of us would live j ^ 'ie body rested at the" up to th? resolutions we w'li [George R. Justen & Son fube miking in the week a held. neral home until 10 oclock We in the newsnaper business Monday, when a Mass was are no d'fferent than others - !-sunS at St. Marys Catholic we have our dreams n; what a ! church, followed by interment perfect twe've months wou'dj'11 St. Johns cemetei\. 1ik<* -- th°n stop and realize I Oregon Youth Killed that to make them perfect w. A second pre-hol.day tragedy would do well to ioin ou'- read- ! wcurred jmt houis latei on ^ ere in nvik'ncr « fpiv mini111ions j RL 1<6 at Liiireville road. southeast of McHenry. William Worsham, 19, of 2130 Further details will appear next week's issue. The month also brought a bit of nostalgia to residents of nearby Ringwood, for their Woodstock Community high ; more than century old white school, has recently completed school house became unocwork as art consultant and cupied by students for the first cover designer of Northern II- ! ,ime in its lonS history when Tnois university school cata-ja new school was completed. Iocs. Mr. Pearson's cover de- March found thc C ity Counsijn will apnear on the Under- passing a new zoning orgraduate. Graduate and Sum- : finance which featured a nui}> mer Session catalogs beginning I ')er changes. in 1963. I This was the month of : start a year in the local school Approximately fifty thou- ' s'Pi"nR thaws, and the driving j in August, and made himself sand catalogs" are printed an- ; "ublic discovered to their dis-ja part of the family of Mr. nuallv and are sent to pros- I '"ay the tremendous amount • and Mrs. Charles S Liebm.m. pective students in this and ! lf damage done <o city roads The same month, nearby manv foreign countries. The ;md highways. Work was be- , Lakemoor approved anncxa- •.un by the state to make (ion of 40 acres of land tor travel possible on some of | li^ht industry. 1 those which had suffered most, j September saw schools in Fox On Rampage McHenry open doors to a rec- March was also the month j onl hi^li enrollment of 4.610. when the Fox river went on i It was a busv month in many !a rampage, enveloping many n>spects. The City Council homes in the area so that 'be L,asse(| an ordinance to annex residences were impossible to I reach except by boat. (Continued on page 8) catalogs contain detailed statements of faculty, equipment, courses, curricula, r e q u i rements. expenses and objectives It is intended, to be a comprehensive 'o those who enter the school. Work be°an last summer oil (Continued on page 8) Lighting Display Winners ers ;n m >k;ng a few resolutions Thus 1963 is about to start with n-~*~:<-es we can at least try to fulfill. Southwest LTpper drive, Lake . Oswego, Oregon, died in a W e \m11 do our best to | one-car crash. Two companout the wetkl> edition on t m - ; jOIls wei-e seriously injured, wh'ch is moro\imate:y 5 o - j Driver of the car was Joclock Wednesday afternoon I scph c-ik> 19 of Crys(al Lake' But this promise holds arood ar)(^ the other passenger beon'y as lone as contributors sj(|csWorsham was Larry observe the deadlines. tiHampier, 18, also of that city. OP ^e pi'o.nise to bo cheerfu Cik /and Hammer were taken when we ir2 criticized, remem- Memorial hospital in Woodl> ering thnt "the customer is S(0ek. always right". However, we strongly urge complainants to The three youths were drivspeak softU aad no more than ing on the highway at 4:30 necessarv. The more compl;- Saturday morning when their men' iry" individuals may talk , auto failed to negotiate the freelv. I sharp curve. The car left the We promise that the news we } road, struck one tree, then- (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 8) Ernie Harth Residence 4210 W. South St. First Prize A. Roy Kissling Residence 812 N. Allen Ave. Second Prize to be named Rose Queen of the December ball. Her final selection was made by more than seventy members of Delta Sigma Pi fraternity, a national commerce fraternity at the school. Miss Hans'was first selected to represent her own sorority. Kappa Alpha Theta, and with the other fourteen representatives attended two dinners at which the number was reduced to three finalists. Announcement of the queen was made at the December fraternity ball. Beauty and personality honors are not new for Judy, who was one of McHenry high school's most popu'ar students. She was homecoming queen her senior year, then went on to become Miss Fiesta Day and Miss McHenry County. Judy is a junior at the university, majoring in elementary education. At present she is doing practice teaching with the mentally retarded at the Washington school in Madison. SPRING GROVE MAN NAMED TO AID'S CHINA AFFAIRS After two years in the Philippines, Edward H. Parfroy, formerly of Spring Grove, has returned to the United S'atcs to assume duties as senior operations off'cer for Chrm Affair.- in Washington, D. C., officcs of the U. S. Agency fo" International Development. AID !s the Department of Stale agency administering thc U. S. foreign aid programs! Parfrey joined the fonner International Cooperation adnrn istrat;on (now AID) in 19o3 as a budget examiner in Washington, after zoning three years i.- a similar capacity with the Na vy department. He waj ass:gnei to the foreign aid miss:on in Manila in 1960 as an assistant program officer. In his new job, Parfrey : working with the office wh:<-h backstops programs in free CIt:- na for the AID technicianserving on Taiwan. The United States cooperates with th?'Republic of China in its effo-ts to achieve economic stab:lit\ and improve productive capabilities in such fields as agriculture, industry, transportation, education, health ani housing. . Parfrey is the son of A. C Parfrey. Spring Grove. IIi> wife, the former Marilee S'menson. is ihe daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schacht, 26*5 N Kimball avc., Chicago. Pi'rfrej was graduated in 1951 and received his master's degree in economics in 195^ from ,w»p "niersity of Wisconsin. He is a \eterm of the Korean contTet and ser\'^d one of his 'thre^ years with the U. S. Marine corps in Korea. The Pafrejs and their children. Eric. 10, and Wendy. S. now live on Plymouth road. Box 239-0, Rte. 1. Alexandria. Va. A McHenry high school teacher, George Chandler, who resides at 4222 W. Sioux, Cooney Heights, was announced Monday as winner of the free trip to Florida for two, sponsored by a large number ol McHenry businessmen as part of the 1962 holiday promotion. Just before noon Monday, Mrs. Chandler Was reached by phone at the home of her parents in Spring Grove, Minn., where they planned to spend the Christmas vacation. She was overjoyed upon leariting if their good fortune, but said he was unable to say how hey would fit the seven-day rip into their schedule until he talked with her husband, vho was not home at the time. On Wednesday of this week, he Chandlers called from Minicsota to say they would reurn and plan to leave Mclenry Thursday evening. The trip entitles the Chanlid's to travel South by jet >n one of the nation's major airlines. They will be housed n a beautiful hotel in Fort Lauderdale, overlooking the )each of the Atlantic ocean, md will enjoy many other accommodations anticipated by merchants to make the trip a memorable one. Meals will be furnished, and they will find waiting their arrival in the South a rental car. There will also be $150.00 in spending money for the seven days and six nights they are away. The Chandlers have been residents of McHenry for several years. He is a biology teacher in the local high school In addition to the top prize won by the Chandlex-s, thirty other persons are being awarded gift certificates from the various participating stores. DR. FRANZEN NAMED TO PUBLIC HEALTH POSITION The many McHenry friends of Dr. Lyle D. Franzen, who made his home l ore for many years, will be interested to learn that he assumed his first formal position in public health recently as state district health officer for the Jamestown, N.Y., area. In June of this year he completed his third year of residence in the field of publichealth, receiving a master's degree in that fie'd at the University of California. Since 1959 he has been doing post graduate level study in medicine. Four years prior to that time he was serving as flieht commander in the U. S. Air Force at Bordeaux, France, and Munich. Germany. He held the rank of captain. A native of McHenry and a former Plaindealer employee, Dr. Franzen was graduated from Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola university and interned at St. Joseph's hospital. Phoenix. Ariz. Dr. and Mi's. Franzen have three children, 7, 6 and 3 years of age. MARK VYCITAL COMPLETFS CADET FLIGHT TRAINING ! Mark A. Vycital, son of Mr. j and Mrs. Charles W. Vycital, | 3413 W. Waukesan road, is the | first College of St. Thomas Air i Force ROTC ',;>det to complete I fpghi inMruction. ! A 195^ graduate of McHenry ' hiiih school, Cadet Vycital is a senior majoring in business at 1 the St. Paul, Minn., liberal ; ;irts colle're. j The flight instruction program. given by civilian flying s<-hools under the supervision of the Federal Aviation agency, provides thiity-six hours of flight instruction and thirty hours of ground school. Cade! Vycital is former treasurer cf the Arnold Air xviety composed of cadets at the college. (iRASS FIRE No damage was reported when a grass fire on the Crystal Lake blacktop late Thursday afternoon required the attention of members of Company I.