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•Vfsssiv ! '• " • ./f-v •"* , ;V* * j vmyi0f0pt*> • ,.t »f it% f* Th« Ckaia-O-Lakes RagioB Siace 1875" PLAINDEALER 4r- * McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MARCH 14. 1963 •4am Volume 88 -- No. 44 -- 3 Sections 18 Pages -- 10c Per Copy GAIL SHANNON KILLED AS CAR CRASHES Every week has been set aside tor some special observance these days, it seems, and it is no wonder that the growing popularity of classified advertising should have prompted this week to be set aside as National Want Ad Week. Wow for those of us whose duty it is to fill the other pages of the newspaper, it is a bit disconcerting to find that a great number of our readers rush to buy the first paper not to see the news we have labored over with such care, but rather to beat their neighbor to the want-ad section. Over a period of years, we at the Plaindealer have probably had our share of typographical errors which added humor -- if nothing better -- to an ad. Only one humorous incident remains in our memory at this writing, however, but the humor was in the answer of a middle-aged lady to a blind ad asking for female help. In reply to the request to "reply fully, giving details," the sealed envelope was mailed to "Mr. Fully, in care of the Plaindealer." The continuing snows of a week ago left a pretty discouraged populace with only the hope that March 21 might bring something better. Nevertheless, the old adage about the "ill wind that blows somebody no good" certainly applies here. At least the snow has proved a welcome cover for the untidy habits of the litterbugs. The few days of thawing ' disclosed bags of discarded garbage and cans here and there along the roads as an unpleasant reminder of Vvhat the countryside Will look like when entirely clear of covering. Sighs warning of fines have been prominent, in the last two years, but it has never come to our attention that anyone actually paid the price for their littering habits. Maybe a little publicity on offenders would discourage the small minority of careless folks who show little regard for others. Each year untold tax dollars ate spent to clean up the messes created by a few. We wonder how many folks who complain about these taxes can honestly say they have had no part In creating them. If the referendum for Valley Hi, the county home at Hartland, fails this spring, it won't be the fault of Co-Administrator Howard Nehlig. This month, Mr. Nehlig has scheduled (Continued on page 8) JWJMO FIRE LEVELS HELEN HRM BUILDING f Blaze Of Unknown Origin Destroys Much Equipment A blaze which caused an estimated $£0,000 to $70,000 in damages destroyed the Thelen Brothers Sand and Gravel company building and all contents early Monday morning. The structure vas located on State Park road, two miles east of Spring Grove. Vern TneJen, one cf the partners who own and operate the business, told a Plaindealer reporler that all shop tools, two loaders and a cement mixer were among the equipment lost. Fortunately, 8 dump truck and grader parked very near the building were brought to safety. In spite cf the heavy loss, the firm is able to continue buMnr<.-. operat ions since t.lvjy have a readi-mix yard about three miles farther north on Rt. 173, which houses tractor type loaders. Detected At 4 A.M. The fire was first detected by Mrs. Leo Smith, whose hus band is an employee of the firm. Mrs. Smith, who lives only a short distance from the building, awoke when her baby started to cry about 4 o'clock in the morning, and saw flames and smoke rising from the building. The Spring Grove and Fox Lake fire departments answered the call at once, but the blaze had gained such headway that it was completely down within an hour after their arrival. A clock in an adjoining building, which had the same electrical connection, stopped at 4:10. The firm is owned by Ray Thelen of Pistakee Highlands and Vern Thelen, who now resides near the Fox Lake Golf course. A Sad, Sad St Patrick's Day Story iiillisiiil mm "What's all this stuff about St. Patrick's Day?" 3-month-old "Kelly," Irish setter pet seems to be asking his young owner, Jeff Lennon, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lennon of Country Club Estates. Jeff had just learned of his Irish background and decided to get ready by donning a green derby and smoking a long pipe. Rudi J. Phutu The answer Jeff gave Kelly evidently lacked the humor so characteristic of the Irish. Or maybe the sad looks both of them displayed were just the result of the long wait until March 17 to celebrate. Whatever the reason, somebody should tell Jeff and Kelly that next Sunday is "A Great Day For The Irish"! Driver Loses Control On Curve, Auto Hits Poles Near Fox Lsdte Gail J. Shannon* 43, ef 300& N. Northside avenue, McHenry, was killed at 10:25 o'clock Moi*» day evening, March 11, while driving in dense fog in the Fox Lake area. Lake county's sheriff's deputies said the McHenry man was travelling west in his station wagon near Rt. 59, east of Squaw Creefc bridge, East Grand avenue, near Fox Lake, when the driver lost control on a sharp curve. The auto left the road' struck two telephone poles and travelled a considerable distance before coming! to a stop. COUNCIL TO SEEK BIDS ON SEWER PROGRAM SET INDUSTRIAL I LUNCHEON FOR EARLY APRIL CITY PREPARES FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY WEEK "There seems to be some confusion on the part of many drivers when they approach flashing red or yellow lights" notes John Weichman, city traffic and safety officer as he prepared for Traffic Safety Week which starts March 18. Normally such lights are used on highway intersections where exceptional hazards exist, although the situation does not justify the use of traffic control signals. The usual installation provides a flashing red signal for one road and a (Continued on pace 8) Present Valley Hi Story ****** Don Peasley Photo 'McHenry Rotary club members heard a first hand report on the conditions affecting the county home at Hartland at last week's meeting. The Rotarians are familiar with the home, including it among their community affairs projects. Ray McGee, Rotary president, left, visits with Howard H. Nehlig, co-administrator at Valley Hi Nursing Home. This was the first club within the city listed on Mr. Nehlig's speaking tour. Few Objections Are Voiced At Hearing Thursday The Board of Local Improvements and the City Council are pleased to report this week that progress on the special assessment project to provide sanitary sewer facilities to the Cooney Heights area has reached this point where bids are being sought. Very few objections were presented to the county court at the hearing last Thursday. On Friday, County Judge Cooney approved the petition after minor adjustments. The board then met on Monday of this week and voted to advertise for bids to be received April 1. Many property owners have inquired about "payment dates and amounts. It has been explained that definite figures are to be established after the exact amount of the bid is known. The first payment date is expected to be on Jan. 2, 1964. Assessment Notices Notices on assessments will also give the property owners an opportunity to pay the entire amount to avoid interest charges. A few people have indicated their desire to follow this plan. The project has been helped greatly by public benefit funds which is justified by plans calling for 12-inch trunk li to serve a large area and prove the entire system. Indications are that actual construction on the sewer project can start at an early date following acceptance of a favorable bid. A ten-day waiting period is required by statute before contract can be entered into after bids are received. Step Forward After overcoming many obstacles in bringing this project a conclusion and the tre- •ndous amount cf legal work required in special assessments, the City Council feels that one more bit? step has been ten in the progress of the yrhe Council also reports that the layout and zoning plans for the large industrial area have been submitted by the land owners. A hearing on this will follow in the near future. Instry in McHonry +ias been ted as a crying need. This w development should attract desirable firms. President Frank Low, Larry Lund. Clint Claypool and Mildred Leisten of the Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday noon to discuss the industrial luncheon which is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, at the Legion home. About forty persons, representing all types of industry in McHenry and the surrounding area, are being mailed letters of invitation. The C. of C. hopes to learn, through this meeting with industry, their general feelings about the community in which they have settled. Members also hope to obtain ideas on ways in which the Chamber can assist industry in the future. TWO YOUNG MILWAUKEE BOYS IN STOLEN CAR APPREHENDED BY McHENRY POLICE ON TUESDAY Candidates To Meet Public Jaycees Will Elect Officers Election of officers will be the main order of business at the March 19, general meeting of the Jaycees. Although the meeting starts at 7 p.m. every-' one present will be waiting for the 9 o'clock speeches. The dining room of the Starlight will ring with promises aa the candidates make their campaign speeches for office. Campaigning for office in as service group is unique but will afford the candidates a chance to express their desire for the offices. A banquet for members of the Jaycees-sponsored bowling jgpgue will also be on the agenda. Last year the bowlers were taken to White Sox park to see a game between the Sox and Washingeon. An open "meet the township candidates" night is scheduled for Thursday night, March 21, at the Lakeland Park community house. It is designed to give local citizens an opportunity to meet the candidates tor township offices and; to ask them questions. The meeting is being sponsored by the Lakeland Park Democratic organization. Since no candidates in this election are running as Republicans or Democrats, the1 organization voted to hold an open, nonpartisan meeting in place of their regular March meeting to give all interested citizens of the township, as well as organization members, an opportunity to become familiar with the views of each of the candidates on township affairs. All of the candidates have been invited, and each will be given a few minutes to express himself. Written questions from the group will then be presented to the candidates by the moderator, whose duty it will be only to keep the questions pertinent, impersonal and non-repetitive. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. GIRL SCOUT SALE Support the Girl Scout cookie sale to benefit local troops. Two young Milwaukee boys were apprehended by Chief of Police Richard Lemker in McHenry Tuesday noon as all police cars in the county were alerted. They were riding in a 1959 Pontiac Bonneville twodoor which was stolen from in front of the office of William LeFew, a Harvard justice of the peace. Because the boys ajuveniles, the names were not released by the sheriff's office. They were still in county jail Wednesday morning, unable to post $1,000 bond, and are scheduled to appear in famliy court on March 21. The boys were said to have crossed the state line in a stolen truck containing plumbing tools. Receive Alarm Local police received the alarm at 10:10 in the morning, asking all cars to watch for two youths riding in the stolen car. Chief Lemker stationed himself at the intersection cf Rt. 120 and the Crystal Lake blacktop, and about noon saw the Pontiac approaching from the south. He drove the police car directly in front of them, and the boys found it impossible to put their car in reverse because a truck was behind them. Chief Lemker notified the sheriff's office immediately, and they were taken to the Harvard police "station and then to Woodstock. Chief Lemker said the boys were riding in shirt sleeves, but a gun was found in one of their coats in the back seat. The proposed building program at the county home, financed by McHenry county citizens, is an attempt to meet problems locally and not wait for the federal government to intervene. The program would be a small part of the number of hew rooms needed at once to take care of the county';.. ^Continued m ftp 1) VEHICLE STICKER DEADLINE Owners of cars in the city of McHenry are reminded that vehicle stickers must be placed on the windshield beginning April 1, or owners will be issued a summons. Owners with more than one car must have vehicle stickers on all. BOY SCOUTS PLAN SCOUT-O-RAMA CARNIVAL SOON The Kishwaukee district, Blackhawk Area council, of the Boy Scouts of America plans its second Scout-O-Rama for Saturday, March 23, at the field house in Crystal Lake, announced Scout-O-Rama Chairman Russell Rein<Tr this week. Because of the success of the first carnival of scouting in 1961, where 95% of all units participated, Dwayne Query .activities chair- (CoBtfawed MI Fap 8) New Health Ordinance Will Govern County Food Establishments Of interest throughout the county was action taken by the county board of supervisors last Tuesday at the regular March meeting in passing a health ordinance which will govern all food handling establishments. The supervisor has always been the health officer within his township, and will remain in this position, but the new ordinance gives him the power to enforce any violations. The license for the first year will be free, but all persons falling under the category included in the ordinance must register with the license opmmittee of the county. The following year the charge will be three dollars, with the deadline the same as that for liquor licenses. The license committee will make an inspection of all places of business at the time the licenses are delivered, and will also act on complaints. Discum* Forest Preserve Much of the afternoon ses- \ sion was devoted to a discussion by representatives of the Northeastern Metropolitan Area Plan Commission concerning use of open land in the county and the establishment of a forest preserve district. In regard to open space, these representatives pointed out to the board the various means by which such land can be utilized for flood control purposes, forest ^preserves, etc. McHenry is the only county in the six-county area within the commission planning program that does not have a forest preserve district. Board members expressed an interest in the formation of such a district, but it is believed to be at least a couple of years before property can be acquired and plans formulated to the point that the public will be asked to vote on the program. It is believed too long a delay, however, might bring about land values DISTRICT 15 HAS NEW TAX RATE OF 1.441 Assessed Valuation For '62 Established At $53,808*971 High The monthly meeting of the board of School District 15 on Monday evening was short, but disclosed facts of interest to local residents in the announcement of a new tax rate of 1.441 on $100 assessed e valuation. This compares with a 1.412 rate the previous year. The 1962 assessed valuation for District 15 has been set at $53,808,971, which is about two million dollars above the total for the year before. • By the new rate, the board hopes to realize $775,387.27 to meet the costs in various categories. The amounts will be used as follows: Bond and interest, .250 per cent, $134,522.- 43; transportation, .020 per cent, $10,761.79; municipal retirement, .009, $4,842.88; building fund, .137, $73,718.29; educational fund, 1.025, $53l,- 54195 Rockforf Meeting Announcement was made of the Kishwaukee division meeting of the Illinois Association of School Boards, to be held in Rockford on March 28. All members of District 15 are planning to attend. The resignations of Mrs. Glenice Breneman and Mrs. Winnie Mae Hargis were accepted. •- _ Sheriff's police prevented an attempted burglary at Crystal Lake's Legion home Tuesday morning when they apprehended two juveniles breaking in at 2 a.m. Mr. Shannon was pronounced dead on arrival at St. The*, ese hospital, Waukegan. Electric service in the area was said to have been dia» rupted for a period of tinfcfe following the accident. The accident victim was en* ployed as maintenance manl^1 ger for the American Hair and Felt company of Milwaukee, Wis., and was believed enrouie home at the time of the crash; An inquest into his death was held at the Hamsher funeral home in Fox Lake at 10 </- clock Tuesday morning, and the body was later transferred to the Peter M. Justen and Son funeral home here. .> Mr. Shannon was born Aug: 1, 1919, at Stauton, I1L, and had resided in McHenry for about seventeen years, moving here from Chicago. He was a veteran of Air Force service during World War II, and was a member of Post 491, Ameti* can Legion. Survivors Include his wiH Evelyn; four children, Bai> bara and Michael, students at Marian Central high school, Debra, a student at St. Mary's parochial school in McHenry and Kenneth in kindergarten; his parents, Samuel Shannon of Taylorville, 111., and his mother, Mrs. Marie Wentzel, of Chicago; a brother, Leslie R., of Arlington Heights; and «a sister, Mrs. June Anderson >4# Des Plaines. A funeral Mass will be sting Friday at 9:30 o'clock at St. Mary's Catholic church, with interment in the church ceraatery. Phyllis Benkert, 16, and Dan* iel Benkert, 15, of Sunnyside were reported injured late last Thursday afternoon when their car went out of control on the Wilmot road, a half mile north of the village. They were given 1 emergency treatment at McHenry hospital. Other Acctdentf "'XT'"* Philip Rinda of Spring Grave was released from jail on bond (Continued on pace 8) PRESENT BROADWAY MUSICAL (Continued oa Page 8) COMPLETION OF RED CROSS DRIVE EXPECTED TUESDAY The annual drive for thf American Red Cross in McHenry is taking shape under the direction of Chairman George P. Freund. It is hoped that the drive can be completed on Tuesday, March 19 While Red Cross service largely covers disaster areas where people must receive immediate assistance, it is interesting to note the little understood local services. In the last year, 115 individual cases of home service were given in this area. Of this total, sixty-seven were servicemen, forty-two were veterans and six were civilians. Hecords also disclose that eighty-nine persons received first aid instruction and in the last two months, forty-one more persons were taught. In a class, taught at the Ringwood Chemical Co., fifteen received certificates. The Red Cross averages 9 to 10 cases in home service for McHenry and many more requests for information and legal aid. In attempting to cover the entire township, some persons may be missed during the drive. These persons are asked to send their donations to Chairman Freund or to the McHenry State Bank, where an account has been established. Lee Varese, Ed. Wittrock, Yvonne Matt and Don Stinespring comprise the MacAfee family in the Broadwayplay, "Bye-Bye Birdie," which will be presented at the' McHenry Junior high school on March 22 rand 23 at T:4Cr p.m. Plane Crashes Walter Jedlin of Northbrook, pilot of a two-seated plane, and his wife, Estelle, escaped injury when the airplane crashed while landing at the Hebron airport Saturday. The plane came down in a high east wind, and after touching ground struck a small pond of water and nosed over; There was minor damage. Harry and Doris MacAfee with their children, Kim and Randolph, are portrayed in "Bye, Bye Birdie" by Ed Wittrock, Yvonne Matt, Lee Varese and Don Stinespring, and to their roles these talented people will give some inside information on today's family life with teen-agers. Current talk among the cast is that Ed Wittrock will "steal the show" in his (Continued on Page 9).