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.THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Sarviag TIm ChaU-O-LakM Kifiu SIim 1S7S" Volume 89 -- No. 8 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. 1963 18 Paget -- 10c Per Copj Musitf* md POST OFFICE PRESENTS NEW ZIP CODE NUMBER CARDS TO PATRONS IN MrHFNRY AREA BOAT MISSES PATH OF BUOYS. GOES OVER DAM As the temperature soar-H near the 100 degree mark «>" Monday, our vote went to nir conditioning as the greatest invention Of the twentieth con tury. The old song may well have its words Changed this week to "North oq the Border." If firecracker^- are heard in McHenry this weekend of the Fourth, except for supervised displays at the carnival, tl « * will be illegal -- and chan< are that they have been brought here from beyond the Wisconsin state line. We were up that way Sat day, and just over the line ( noted a number of stands e the signs "Legal Fireworks" What is legal in Wisconsin is not legal in Illinois where fireworks are concerned, but the distance to the neighboring state is not great and it will be surprising if a July Fourth holiday passes without at least a few being used locally. If legitimate theatre for McHenry was ever encouraged by excellence of performance, it was last weekend. And if the theatre-going public has ever encouraged such performance, it was at the same time. The future of live theatre in this community seems to have great promise. Last weekend Ann Varese presented her first production under the newly formed McHenry Theatre Playhouse. Not only did the musical comedy attract huge crowds, but more important was the enthusiasm with which the very professional efforts of the actors and actresses were received. Community theatre groups are gaining everywhere in popularity, but from the calibre of talent we noted last Friday evening in McHenry, we doubt that any can surpass what is available in our own midst With the July 4 holiday only two days away, Mayor Donald P. Doherty this week asked support and active participation in the "Let Freedom Ring" campaign, a national display of patriotism. The local and state participation in the nation-wide celebration will occur at 1 o'clock on the holiday. It is planned that this year and each year thereafter, all church bells, all bells in government buildings and all carillon bells in colleges and universities across the country will ring for four minutes. The bells will serve to remind us that it was 187 years ago the Declaration of Independence was signed. It was John Adams who first thought the birthday of Postmaster LeRoy Smith, at right, is shown presenting to Publisher Larry Lund of the Plaindealer a patron card with the new Zip Code Number 60050. Similar cards Were distributed by carriers to residents along their routes prior to the date on which the new system went into effect July 1. (Continued on Pajre 8) Postmaster LeRoy M. Smith has announced that individual cards with the Zip-Code number have been delivered to every patron in the McHenry, 60050 postal area. Mail carriers prepared the cards and signed them personally. In the personnalized message from the mail carrier every patron was urged fo keep his card for ready reference and to immediately begin including his Zip-Code number in his return address, after the city and state. Patrons were also urged to ask the people with whom they correspond to use their Zip- Code number and thereafter to jot down the Zip-Code number for the persons with whom they most frequently correspond and use it in the address portion. Postmaster Smith reminded all patrons in this postal area that the use of Zip-Code number would speed their mail with fewer handlings. The Postmaster also noted that all collection boxes, postal mail vehicles and carrier satchels will have Mr. Zip decals or posters to remind and urge patrons to use their Zip-Code number. Six persons narrowly escaped serious injury last Sunday afternoon when their 50 hp. motor boat missed the buoys marking the lock and went over the McHenry dam. Sheriff's deputies said fishermen in the area assisted some of the passengers from the water following the accident. None was badly hurt. Driver of the boat was Richard Machodl of Palatine. Passengers were Fred Frady, Martin Freed and Marian Schumann of Palatine and Steve Ylsh and Steve Blomlhok of Arlington Heights. McHENRY MEN ANSWER RAPE CHARGES JULY 5 TWO THEFTS A 15-foot boat and outboard motor owned by John Mac- Gregor of 209 N. Waller avenue, Chicago, was stolen from the Jacoby subdivision, near McHenry, last week. The sheriff's office has been investigating. A break-in at the Island Lake service station was also reported, and about $80 taken. Drive carefully on the Fourth. ANNUAL LEGION CARNIVAL WILL OPEN JULY 3 Colorful Fireworks Display Feature Of Five-Day Activity Chairman Dominic Volpendesta announced this week that the annual July Fourth carnival sponsored by the American Legion will open Wednesday, July 3, and close on Sunday, the seventh. The highlight of the five-day event will be a colorful fireworks display on Sunday evening about 10 o'clock. Assisting Mr. Volpendesta, newly elected commander of the Legion, will be Ed. Reid and Tom Simpson of the finance committee, and the woman's auxiliary, which is in charge of the food booth. Other booths will be manned by Lloyd Scharf, Jim Topper, Al. Bianchi, Jim Jobes, Vern Sund, George Brda, Bill Dumalksi, Mel Griffith and members of the World War I barracks, the Viscounts and the Boy Scouts. Opening night Wednesday will be kids' night, when all rides will be offered to children and adults at reduced prices. Youngsters will also be the recipients of several fine prizes. There will be approximately fifteen outside concessions, games and stands, with prizes, popcorn, cotton candy and the Two McHenry area men will appear before Justice of the Peace Jere Dodge in Algonquin July 5, to answer charges of rape made by a 19-year-old girl who resided with one of the families. Justice Dodge said Tuesday of this week that the girl was water skiing when she caused a disturbance and was brought to the local police station. The man in whose home she was residing, accompanied by a friend, stopped at the station to take her home. She charges that the attack took place enroute to the house. . i SEWER PROJECT WORK RESUMED AS STMKE ENDS Agree To Five Day Week Until Next December 1 Work on the city's sewer project on James street anr1 into Cooney Heights was resumed last Friday upon settlement of the strike of a number of locals of road construction workers against the Illinois Road Builders association. A spokesman for the association said that an agreement was reached whereby work would cont inue until Dec. 1 on the present basis of a fiveday, forty-hour week Monday through Friday, with time and a half if rain forces the men to work Saturday. At that time, a re-opener clause in the contract calls for the privilege of again holding negotiations concerning this particular term of disagreement. The association had wanted to establish a forty-hour, sixday week, with a special clause that would call for t road construction workers get the regular hourly wages if rain on a week day necessitated their working Saturday. This, the association said, is the provision in both the truck drivers' and crane operators' contracts. Trees Snap, Lines Break As High Wind Rips Through McHenry Area McHenry Pilot Suffers Fatal Crash Injuries; CountpHas 25th Death Rudi J. Phot*- The size of this huge walnut tree on the Lucille Harrison property on Main"* street is contrasted by the height of neighborhood children who gathered to see thaf* giant tree uprooted by last Thursday night's storm. A portion of the patio porch on thefrear of the home was damaged in the worst wind storm to strike McHenry in the la^l ^ couple of years. UNOCCUPIED FARM HOME DAMAGED BY FIRE ON MONDAY Wyman N. Hunt of 907 Plymouth Lane, McHenry, a resident of McHenry for only about a month, was fatally Uv,]*CONDUCT CHARGE night, (Continued on pace 8) Cavaliers Return July 21 LAKE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR mms jured last Thursday June 21, in an autd accident six miles northeast of Elgin. Hunt, 38, was a pilot for American Airlines stationed at O'Hare International airport. It was reported that his wife, a stewardess, was on a flight when the accident occurred and it took some time before she could be contacted by authorities. The accident took place on a curve just south of the intersection of Rt. 59 and Illinois Highway 62 when his car failed to make a curve and struck a guard rail. He was riding alone. Hunt was removed to Sherman hospital, Elgin, where he died a short time later. Police reportedly found two addresses on Hunt, one the Plymouth address at McHenry and the other a Bensenville post office box number. Residents of the Plymouth neighborhood where he lived said that his mother had resided with the family for a short time. She is a resident of Peoria. Mrs. Hunt returned home 'iriefly after her husband's leath. She was not available for information dn funeral services. County Fatality Dean H. Rossmiller, 54, of Everett Kirk of Lake county is serving out a jail sentence because of failure to pay a fine of $122 imposed by Police Magistrate Donald Howard last Thursday night for disorderly conduct. Kirk reportedly broke parole after his release from Statesville prison on a serious charge. Complainant in the disorderly conduct charge was his former father-in-law, E u g e n Kuhne of 3207 W. Crescent, McHenry. When Kirk came to their home on the pretext of seeing his son, who is staying with the Kuhnes, the couple became fearful because of previous trouble with him, and called police. A large knife was found on the front seat of his car, but Kirk told police it must have fallen during the time he was helping his sister move to a new home. BAND SCHEDULES FINE PROGRAM FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND Mrs. Jack Hollander of River road, McHenry, well known vocalist, will be guest artist when the stage band presents Harvard became the county's: its third concert in the city Fire caused damage estimated at about $2,000 to the home on the former John R. Smith farm on River road shortly after midnight Sunday. Several calls were made to the fire station by passersby and neighbors in the area who saw the flames. Company I answered the call at 12:15 o'clock and brought the fire under control. The home was unoccupied. Another fire on Saturday afternoon caused about $200 damage to the motor of the car owned by Clarence Evans of Green street. A backfire was blamed for the fire, which occurred as the car travelled toward the intersection of Pearl and Green streets. $581,450 Of '62 Tax Protested From the office of County Treasurer Audrey Walgenbach comes word that of the 1962 tax bill, $581,450.73 has been paid under protest. A recent ruling of Atty. General William G. Clark that all protested tax payments must be held in escrow means that this money cannot be distributed to the various taxing bodies until a ruling is made by the court. McHenry township ranks fifth in the county in the amount of protested taxes with $36,926.15. It is topped by Algonquin with $142,713.43; Dorr, $81,181.43; Dunham, $84,152.01 and Nunda, $82,514.44. Paid under protest in railroad taxes the first installment was the amount of $79,604.69. Hundreds 0( Unfortunate Children Enjoy Vacation Periods At Area Camps HOLD INQUEST TO DETERMINE CRASH VICTIM'S DEATH twenty-fifth traffic victim j park Friday evening, July 5, from 7:30 to 8:30 o'clock. Her offerings will be "Vienna, City of my Dreams" and "On the Street Where you Live." Director Stan Vycital has included among the band numbers that evening, "Bye Bye Birdie," "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," "Besame Mucho," "The Lonely Bull" and "Sophisticated Swing." shortly before 1 o'clock Moniay morning, July 1, when he died of injuries received in a traffic accident June 23 in Dunham township. Rossmiller was a passenger in a car driven by Harley V 'ishaupt, 28, of Walworth, Wis., which was involved in a ee-car accident. His car i uck another driven by Har- ! !<i Donovan of Woodstock, ich spun around and struck third car owned by William tts of Harvard, which was parked at a drive-in. FIVE ELECTED TO HIGH OFFICE AT BOYS STATE The impressive green, black and white colors of the Cavaliers urum and bugle corps will once again be evident in McHenry when the fifth annual Drum Corps Magic show is held here Sunday, July 21. The corps is widely known throughout the "drum corps world" and their name has become a by-word for quality of performance as well as a builder of fine young men. It had its beginning in 194T, when Donald Warren, a youthful assistant scoutmaster, felt a drum and bugle corps would create an interest in the local scout movement. From that time on, the growth and fame of the Cavaliers is history. ^ The Cavaliers won the local Drum Corps Magic championship three successive years and retired the first trophy given. • Capt. Marcuts Lowe, cornmanning officer of the United States Naval Air Station at Glenview, will be the honorary parade marshal for the Fiesta Day4 Parade which will start (Continued on Page 8) LIBRARY SIGN PESIGN8 July 10 is the deadline for submitting designs for a sign for the McHenry public library. They should be sent to Library Sign, 4704 W. Rt. 120, McHenry. Holiday Warning City, county and state police join this week in cautioning motorists to drive with care over the July Fourth holiday weekend Five McHenry junior students at M.C.H.S. were elected to office in the various mythical governments set up at annual Premier Boys State on the Illinois state fairgrounds this past week. They were among 1,200 citizens attending Boys State annually. Fred C. Kusch, Jr., son of the senior Kusches of 4419 E. Wonder Lake road, was elected state's attorney and also sergeant <#'* the boys' state military academy. He is sponsored by the McHenry Kiwanis. Jerry Koefrke, son of Mr. and Mrs. falter Koepke of 2415 N. Club road, was -named Open Day Camp For 135 Scouts ^Continued en page 9). Next Monday, July 8, 135 Girl Scouts from the Valley View area will embark on a week of adventure and learning in the out-of-doors as they attend day camp. Activities will begin at 9:30 o'clock each day through July 12, and be concluded at 2:30. Camp director for these girls, whose ages range from 8 to 14, is Alice Bieschke, assisted by Diane Fuhler and Jean Weyland. There will be a nursery, a boys' unit, a first aider on duty, and a unit of older Scouts acting as aides. Visitors are welcome to call at any time and observe the operation of the camp. One bus will pick up girls for camp at Holiday Hills entrance at 8:45 each day, and Mrs. Harriet Pasco, 72, of 2705 N. Hiawatha Trail, McHenry, died last Thursday, June 27, in the Villa Nursing home, where she had been a patient for a month. Mrs. Pasco had been involved in an auto accident in May, and a coroner's jury sworn in last Friday will decide whether or not injuries sustained were responsible for her death. The accident took place on the morning of May 11 on Rt. 120 and Hillside lane when Mrs. Pasco, enroute east, attempted to make a left turn onto Hillside. According to authorities, the car crossed directly in front of another auto driven by Kenneth M. Adams of McHenry, and the two vehicles collided. Mrs. Pasco's daughter-in-lav Marion Pasco, 39, was killeii in the crash, .and Harriet Pa co was admitted to McHeruy hospital in serious condition. The deceased was born Sept. 15, 1890, in Ottawa, 111., and had resided in this area for the past six years. She leaves one son, John A. Pasco, and four grandchildren. Her husband, L. Hoit Pasco, preceded her in death in 1958. Funeral rites were conducted Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the George R. Justen & Son funeral home, with Rev. Ernest Carder of the Methodist church officiating. In the next few weeks until Labor Day, about 700 less fortunate children will be enjoying the recreational facilities of the McHenry area for their annual vacations. They include both crippled children and orphans. On the banks of the Fox River, in Riverdale subdivision, (Continued on page 8) STATE CHAMPIONS Congratulations are in order for the Lakemoor junior boys' rifle drill team, which won a stats championship on Friday, June 28. The team is sponsored by V.F.W. Post, No. 4600. The Lakemoor Scouts, local girls' group, placed third in competition. The contests were held in conjunction with the state Veterans of Foreign Wars convention* . Seven-year-old James Macaluso of Chicago, a pupil at Spaulding school, is shown astride the new restorator, a bike contraption used at the CCCC camp. forty youngsters from the Chicagoland area began their annual vacation this past week. Although they are all in that very active age group of 3 through 8, much of their vacation will be spent in receiving therapeutic treatment and special instruction designed to make their way of life as normal as possible. The children are either polio or cerebral palsy victims, and for the next month their home will be the CCCC Spastic camp located north of Sunnyside. All of them have been Gusts of wind at high iridlr ocity, accompanied by a beating rain and hail, tore through McHenry during the supper hour Thursday evening, and within an hour had wrought havoc with power lines and trees. Most spectacular of the poststorm scenes occurred in the yard of the Lucille Harrison home at 3706 W. Main street, where a large walnut tree was uprooted and fell across her patio porch on the rear al the home. A portion of the roof was smashed, shingles were torn off, and windows and screens on the west side of the house were broken. Fortunately, Mrs. Harrison andhej* son were not home at the time. A huge eatalpa tree In the Homer FitzGerald yard a block away also fell during the heavy winds, but fortunately the house escaped dam* age. » At the intersection of Rt. 120 and Riverside Drive, another huge tree was blowji over, and came to rest on the Holly Service Station and an apartment home above it. The only known damage in the business districts occurrcd where the wind has a full sweep on south Green street. Besides the theatre marquee sign, the FitzGerald Realty sign was damaged, and display windows at Tonyan's Home Furnishings and Ernie's Sports Center were brokem A 19-foot outboard cruiser near North Bridge Marine was blown from a trailer where it was stored for repair work, and came to rest several feet away, wrong side up. Phone lines Down TT An Illinois Bell Telephei'le spokesman said that crew members worked until midnight Thursday, and began again at 5 . o'clock Friday morning to repair the great amotgit of damage. By noon, virtually all trouble areas were reported back to normal. About forty lines from pates into homes were down as~a result of being struck by falling branches and trees, and another fifty lines fell because of cable trouble. Few homes were without service for more than a few? hours locally. Public Service officials said Frictay afternoon that McHenry township was hardest hit uby the storm, with about twelve wires down in the area. A company spokesman reported three wires down in the Riverside Drive area because of fallen trees and branches, leaving residents of the aroa without power for a couple o£ hours. In Johns burg, where a large transformer was struck by lightning, the east and north section were without electricity for about four hours. Workmen remined on the job until about 2:30 Friday morning. Power was restored to most of the city of McHenry by 11 p.m. Thursday night, and to the Johnsburg area a short time later. Glenn Olsen of Front street, who has been keeping weather records for a television station for the past two years, said he recorded a one-inch rain- (Continued on Page 8) fall in leas than an hoyAu*&