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A k < ; x*. . •"iMi initiate PLAINDEALER *S«rvli( TH« CfcaU-O-LAKM E«gUa SIim 1S7^ • ***- -w Volume S3 -- No. 12 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. 1963 26 Pages -- 10c P«* Copy McHENRY COUNTY FAIR OPENS AUGUST ! miim Mr ;md Mrs, Arthur R. Mat- ; hies of 614 N. Hill road, K<&t Acres, are the possessors of a most unusual gift which came through the mail recently. Friends vacationing in Nassau, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wentz of Jak-Ana Heights, sent them a live alligator. Approximately a foot long, the pet was first called "Wally Gator" by the Matthies children, Susan and Robert, and the name stuck. Needless to say, both youngsters have been busy displaying "Wally" to neighborhood friends, and the new addition has taken cuk the popularity of a celebrity. Engineer Tours Fox Recommends County For Waste Disposal With the first trees comim: into bud and then into le ' this past spring, it seemed thai Dutch Elm disease might be coming under control. Midsummer finds another story. Main street, known as the aisle of trees, long ago fell victim to this dread disease. In recent weeks Waukegan road has been added to the list, and several elms in front of the high school have the telltale sign. ^ Neighboring Woodstock seejns to be in an even more unfavorable condition, where block long areas are affected. The only fortunate cities seem to be those --Lakfr Geneva, Wis., among them -- that depend largely on maple trees lor shade. Amidst diseaseinfested lines of trees, theae beautiful sentinels have man* aged to escape, to the relief of city residents. Arbor day is sur£ to gala In importance each year u ottr supply of beautiful iluute -tnfoa dwindles. Schedule Miss Peanut Contest Those closest to the algae problem this summer have been urging that we write to our senators and representatives and let them know how we feel about the condition of our river. Now we find another group urging similar action. Many folks may not know that the state of Illinois has a Taxpayers' federation that devotes itp time and efforts to informing the public on the record of government economy. They have had much to say in re cent years, with budgets rising constantly. Few things are more important to most of us than keeping an eye on how we budget our own money. Since our best control on money we spend for taxes is through the men and women who represent us, their suggestion makes sense. * The men Pictured' above are shown as they started a five-hour field survey of the Fox river and the Chain O* Lakes prior to the meeting Friday evening at Grant high school in Fox Lake, regarding the condition of local waters. In addition to these men, Dr. G. A. Rohlich, professor of sanitary engineering at the University of Wisconsin and an expert on algae blooms, was present, along with officials from McHenry and Lake counties. Above, left to right, are State Rep. A. B. McConnell; Supervisor Walter J. Dean; Dr. James McMahon, chairman of the Clean Streams group; Clarence Klassen, chief sanitary engineer of the Illinois Sanitary board; Donald Deuster, assistant to Congressman Robert McClory; Mayor Donald Doherty; Harry Bernhard, staff sanitarian, Lake County Health department; and Ben Leland, chief sanitary engineer, Chicagoland area. The McHenry Kiwanis and the Wonder Lake area Kiwanis clubs are planning to hold a little Miss Peanut contest. This contest is part of the Kiwanis Peanut Day progrem leading up to the selling of peanuts Sept. 27 and 28. Anyone wishing to enter a daughter in the contest may do so if she lives in the McHenry and Wonder Lake area, is 6 years old and who will not have reached her ninth birthday by Sept. 27. An entry blank can be found elsewhere in the paper. Also, entry blanks are available through any Kiwanis club member or through Dr. William Kohl, Jr., chairman for the McHenry Little Miss Peanut contest or Floyd Leigh for the Wonder Lake area contest. The winner will be sent to Chicago to compete for the title of Little Miss Peanut of Illinois. No children of Kiwanis members are eligible for the local contest, for which the deadline has been set as Aug. 11. Judging will take place at 8:30 o'clock on Tuesday, Aug. 13, $t the Legion home, with the public invited. Virgil Pollock and Horace Wagner are chairmen of Peanut day for the McHenry and Wonder Lake clubs, respectively. Clarence W. Klassen, chief engineer of the Illinois San|-1 tary Water board, last week toured the length of the Fox river, south of the city o< McHenry north to the inlet at Grass Lake and through the Chain of Lakes area with Ben Leland, chief sanitary engineer of the Chicagoland area. Also present were State Rep. A. EL McConnell; Harry Bernhard, staff sanitarian, Lake County Health department; and Donald B. Deuster, representing Congressman • Robert- McClory. Included in the tour were Walter Dean, county supervisor; Dr. James McMahon, chairman of the McHenry County Clean Streams; Preston Hayes of Pistakee Bay and Ray Nelsen, commodore of. the Pistakee Yacht club. Mr. Klassen stated at a meeting held at Fox Lake that he found a number of unsatisfactory conditions that must be corrected. He also said that problems (Continued on Page 8) THREE DIE IN TWO ACCIDENTS WITHINCOUNTY 15-Month-Old Alden Boy Steps In Front Of Truck LEIGH PERRY SELECTED MISS WONDER LAKE Eight Compete For Title During Annual Carnival (Continued on Page 8), Completes Speech Therapy McHenry county recorded three highway fatalities in one day --• within a distance of about 5 miles -- on Tuesday. Latest of the victims was 15-month-old Curtis Mansfield of Rt. 1, Alden, who died beneath the wheels of a pickup truck driven by Joe Rentin of Rt. 1, Lake Geneva, Wis. Rentin was driving north on the Alden blacktop about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening when the baby walked onto the road, unnoticed, from the farm home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mansfield, located 2Vi miles north of Alden. Curtis was pronounced dead on arrival at Harvard hospital. Two Die Matilda Koeb of Harvard be- • -i me the county's twentyseventh highway fatality of the year Tuesday morning, July 30, in an accident that occurred in the driveway of her farm home east of the city, on Rt. 173. Her husband, Theodore, driver of the car, died a short time later in Memorial hospital, Rockford. Witnesses said the car driven by Mr. Koeb, 86, was travelling slowly when he turned into the driveway, followed by a sudden speeding of the motor, during which the car struck a tree. Mrs. Koeb, about 75, was killed instantly. Saturday night was an especially exciting one for eight lovely young ladies who were competing for the honor of wearing the Miss Wonder Lake crown. It was especially memorable for Miss Leigh Perry, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Perry of 5703 Telegraph road, who was judged winner of the contest after long deliberation by the judges. This annual event is spon- TWO SUMMER FESTIVALS IN McHENRY^ AREA Select Miss McCullom Lake Saturday Evening Two summer festivals in the McHenry area are scheduled for next weekend, offering a variety of entertainment. At nearby McCullom Lake, the colorful annual event will be held Saturday, Aug. 3, starting officially at noon with Chairman Bill Walter giving the welcoming address. The buggy parade will get under way at 3:30 o'clock for girls from 2 to 10 years of age. They will walk with their decorated buggies before the judges in a phase of the festival which is in charge of Verna Schlofner. The decorated bike event starts at 4:30, with Richard Johnson handling all arrangements. This will be for children 2 to 12 years of age. The main feature of the day starts at 7 o'clock, when convertibles will drive pretty little girls, 4 to 7 years of age, to the scene of judging. After the judges make their choice, the crown will be placed on the head of the new Miss McCullom Lake by the present title holder, Darlene Jensen. The winner will receive a trophy, and she and her two runners-up will be given gifts. A bake sale, white elephant sale and other attractions are promised at the festival, as well as refreshment stands. St. John Festival The annual festival of St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg, will be held three days, Aug. 2, 3 and 4. A fish fry will open the carnival at 5:30 o'clock Friday evening, and hungry carnivalgoers will enjoy a family style roast beef dinner starting at 11:30 Sunday. For the entire family, plans call for games, pony rides and refreshments throughout the three days. As in the past, the festival will be held on the Johnsburg Community club grounds. Selection Of Queen Highlight! Opening Evening Entertainment * * * ' Ten beautiful candidates with three other beauties! This photo shows the tcngj Miss McHenry County candidates, representing a cross section of poised young women^ from every part of the county. One will be crowned winner at the McHenry County^ Fair Thursday night. From left, front: Cheryl Noe, Harvard; Toni Falconer, Cary; Kris , Nowaskey, Woodstock; Peggy Smith, Hebron; Donna Gamnes, Fox River Grove; and, Patricia Hogan, contest chairman. Back: Gail Marquart of McHenry, reigning Miss Mc-; Henry County; Linda Watson, McHenry; Donna Clark, Wonder Lake; Shirley Sill, Marengo; Leslie Gieseke, Crystal Lake; Judy Person, Huntley; and Midge Olbrich, 1963 Mo , Henry County Dairy Princess. COAST TO COAST STORE WILL HOLD GRAND OPENING CofC Asks Support Of Public As 10,000 Labor Surveys Go Into Mail Probation Is Granted Three BENSENVILLE LAD NARROWLY ESCAPES DROWNING SUNDAY ® Susan Drcstlow shows Miss Janis Marecsak (left) the drill materials she had prepared for speech class. Susan, daughter of the Edward Dresdows of McHenry, ended her second summer of speech therapy on July 26 at the Easter Seal Therapy center in Woodstock. The Summer Speech Clinic of the Easter Seal Therapy center concluded on July 26 for seventy-six children and adults Who had been enrolled there. Steal Ot»h The theft of a coffee can containing $155 in cash and a payroll check for $86.50 from a freezer at the Norseman's Fourteen of the students were , resort was reported this week, from the McHenry area, and in all, they received a total of The sheriff's office investigated. 311 lessons. With the conclusion of the Speech Clinic, Bill Dial, super- (Continued on page 8) Any students who are not yet registered for high school should call the school office as soon as possible. A four and one-half year old Bensenville child narrowly escaped drowning about 5 o'clock last Sunday afternoon at Fritzsche's Estates, east of McHenry. He was Richard Kuffel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank #uffeL The youngster had been picnicking with a large group of relatives and friends and was not missed until someone stumbled on him in the water. He was brought to shore and a nurse, who was a member of the group, revived the lad while others called the local firemen for an inhalator. By the time they arrived, the lad had regained consciousness. Chief Edward Justen brought him to McHenry hospital by. car, where he was given treatment and released. LEIGH PERRY sored by the Wonder Lake volunteer firemen, and the contest takes place each year at their carnival. For a short time the officials feared the contest might have to be postponed because of rain, but fortunately they were able to begin judging only an hour late* Lovely Blonde Leigh "is a lovely, bTue-eyed blonde with a^magic smile and dimples. She is 5 ft. 2 in. tall, weighs 112 lbs, and her measurements are 34-24-34. Her pretty smile and poise on the reviewing stand convinced the judges that she had the qualities necessary to he chosen queen. She was born in Hattiesburg, Miss., and has lived in Wonder Lake for eight years. She attended Harrison school at Wonder L$ke, spent two years at Marian Central in Woodstock and now attends McHenry high school. She will be a senior this year. At school she is a cheerleader, has earned a letter in GAA, is on the student council and belongs to (Continued onPace^ft) A new store opens this week in McHenry, with grand opening scheduled from Aug. 1 to 10. It is the Coast to Coast store at 1327 N. Riverside Drive, McHenry, whose owners are Joseph Kuna and his son, Ray Kuna. During the ten-day period of grand opening, there will be prizes for those who visit the store, and on Saturday, coffee and doughnuts will be served. Although the business is designated as a hardware store, there are eleven departments featuring items for the farm, home and auto. The exterior of the structure has been remodelled, and the interior has been changed to include numerous departments. On the upper floor will be appliances, housewares, electrical hardware, plumbing, automotive and similar items, while the lower level will carry toys, lawn furniture, garden supplies and other large articles. The 40x80 building features a new stairway leading to the lower floor from the front of the store, and has modern lighting and color scheme. Mr. Kuna is well known in McHenry, where he lived for eight years and formerly operated McHenry Recreation. In addition to daily and Saturday hours, the store will also remain open for several hours on Sunday. Two of the three men who were charged with the burglary of merchandise valued at between $2,000 and $2,500 from L & H Television at 814 Front street, McHenry, last April have been placed on probation for three years. They are James Sebolt, 19, and Harold Humphrey, 19, both of Chicago. Action was taken by Judge William M. Carrol in circuit court this past week after the two pleaded guilty. A third man, Thomas Tarr, 25, also of Chicago, awaits trial date sometime in September. Tarr appeared earlier and pleaded not guilty. Alerted by a milk man on duty in the area, police found $500 worth of items which had been put into a low field behind the store. When apprehended in a road block between Crystal Lake and Fox River Grove, eight portable television sets, three portable stereo sets and ten radios were found in their car. Ronald Jeschke of rural McHenry won probation for a one-year period after pleading guilty to entering the home of Gerald Walters in Holiday Hills through an unlocked door, and taking a transistor radio and some tools. A 14-year-old boy was also reported to have been involved in the entry. STAGE BAND WILL, MAKE APPEARANCE AT COUNTY FAIR The popularity of the McHenry stage band will become more widespread this week when that group of talented musicians makes an appearance before a large crow-d at the McHenry County Fair on Friday evening, Aug. 2. Director Stanley Vycital has chosen a fine selection of numbers to perform between 7:30 and 8:30. The band will return to- McHenry the following Friday, Aug. 8, for the final concert. Within the next few days, 10,000 labor survey questionnaires will go into the mails in the McHenry and Wonder Lake postal areas in a program sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce. This important survey, which will include actual figures of the labor market locally, is a service to individuals and industry alike, intended as a permanent record with an annual follow-up to keep the survey up to date. Figures obtained through the questionnaires will become part of an industrial brochure planned by the C. of C., which will also include statistics on schools, recreational facilities, churches, fire protection district, etc., of interest to industries with a desire to locate here. It is also intended to be helpful to those firms now in our area. The brochure will include the facilities available, and those the Chamber feels are necessary or desirable for the McHenry community. Labor Market Important Since the availability of labor is of first importance to any firm in selecting a location, the C. of C. feels this survey questionnaire is urgent. The project promises to give McHenry county's fiftoMtffe annual fair makes an ausp)p> ious bow Thursday for a four» day run at Woodstock, and a highlight of the opening day will be the selection of Miss McHenry County from amoog ten county beauties. , , Entertainment, a fall fnittilw show, special music and the fascinating parade of bathing beauties add up to a first cl^n program before the grandstand audience, beginning at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday evening, Admission to the grandstand will be free, Miss Patricjft Hogan of Ringwcod, Miss Mc» Henry County contest chairman, reminded in outlining details of the gala evening. A new portable stage hqp been constructed and it will be ' brought close to the grandstand to give the audience. good vantage point for tha appearance of the young women, first in formals and then in swim suits. A souvenir pro* gram, including photos and data about the candidates, will be given away fyee at pageant. »*<» Ten Candidates *7* The ten candidates and their local sponsors, listed in XSfi order of appearance as determined before the preliminary judging by drawing for position, are Shirley Sill, 17, Marengo; Leslie Gieseke, 17, Crystal Lake; Peggy Smith, }T, Hebron; Cheryl Noe, 17, Harvard; Donna Clark, 17, Wonder Lake; Judy Person, 19, Huntley; Kris Nowaskey, 16, Woodstock; Toni Falconer, 17, Cary; Linda Watson, 16, McHenry; Donna Gamnes, 17, Fox River Grove. After the girls appear In formals and answer a question to display their stage presence and poise, they will appear in (Continued on Page 8) {Continued on Page 8) > SHERIFFS CAR DAMAGED $35 STOLEN FROM PUBLIC LIBRARY OVER WEEKEND About $35 was stolen from cash box in a file cabinet in the McHenry public library at the corner of Main and Green streets sometime between Saturday evening and Monday morning. Walter Aeverman, a city employee, found that a rear window had been broken and notified the librarian, Mrs. Lynn Stuart, who found the money missing. It was apparent that the intruder had broken the glass, then reached inside and unlocked the window to gain entrance. The library was broken into about a month ago and some money stolen. Attend the County Fair. j James Bykowski Pho|%*l Eugene G. Irwin of 3.919 N. Lakewood road, Mc»~ Henry, was injured and his*'auto and a squad car driven by Deputy Sheriff Frank Petzelt of Crystal Lake were damaged in a collision which occurred Sunday afternoon at 4:40 o'clock near Lakeland Park, west of the city. Deputy Petzelt was hurrying to an accident scene, travelling east on Rt. 120 in heavy traffic and using both sirtfit and flashing signal. Irwin/pulled to the side of the roa4 but his car was struck by/the sheriff's car as it attempt*# to pass.