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<Pv Volume 90 -- No. 8 -- 3 Sections MCHENRY ^SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 2875" McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. JUNE 25. 1964 20 Pages -- 10c Per Copy Robber; Investigate Bur The current investigation into alleged crime in McHenry county is reminding some folks of the incident a couple of sum* mers ago when another nearby county painted a finger of shame at us, while on pretty good authority they had not yet "cleaned their own back yard." ' Chicago papers have taken every opportunity to link our county with unsavory activties there through bold headlines. If their accusations are Correct the probe is needed. But we have yet to note anything with fact enough to justify the accusing finger that links our county with the arson bombings and burnings of Chicago area restaurants. The outcome of these hearings in Woodstock should be interesting. The subject of school dropouts is today on the lips of educators, police authorities and many others in a position to realize that this is a relatively new problem of the last decade. One administrator for whom we have utmost respect, commented recently that while hit was a very unpopular view, many of these drop-outs don't really belong in school. What many people not connected with schools fail to realize is that the drop-outs who cause grey hair for police officers after leaving are often times the very ones who were responsible for major trouble in the ischools, disrupting classes and in other ways making it difficult for teach&s and"conscientiotrs4 students to learn. The difference In whether or not some of these young people remain in school lit the difference of where their difficulties are to be handled-*-by the" police or school authorities. Most people think the latter 1* the lesser of the two evils--thus a concentrated effort to prevent an Increase in drop-outs Across the nation, 340,000 young people in the 14 to 24 age bracket belong to a group known as "retired dropouts". They've left school, they're oi*t of work and they're not looking for employment. They've gone into early retirement. The answer, according tp educators, is that the schools, industry and the military must help by setting up training Art Fair Blue Ribbon Winner Admired By Judges Over Weekend f • * I m * . ' ' ' ' wtwrnm* or* Wii&> mw' *ir WW® ; w i(\/t Rudi J. Photo The three judges of art exhibits at the McHenry art fair last weekend are shown admiring one (of the first place winners, "Crab Apple No. 1," an oil entry of Gertrude Gladstone. The judges, left to right, are Harry Mintz, of the Art Institute, Chicago, Sister M. Augustine, SSND., of Mount Mary college, Milwaukee, Wis., and Gertrude Cotton, art department, public schools, Milwaukee. DAY CAMP OPENS FOR 178 i'OUNG em scouts Monday jine a C00NEY HEIGH (Continued on Page 8) SUMMER HOMES AT WONDER LAKE ABE BURGLARIZED A summer home at Howe $rive, Wonder Lake, owned by Dr. Ralph Mitchell of Chicago, was entered by burglars last week and ransacked. included among the missing items were a gun, clothing, radio and fishing equipment. , Ejitrfince to the home was gained by cutting a rear screen door and breaking a window in the door. Authorities found footprints which they are checkihg. At least three other homes in that area were ransacked and items taken, according to Deputy Bob Madsen of the sheriff's office. He said an effort was being made to locate the owners of the summer residences. ncess A pretty, 18-year-old Wonder Lake girl, Sandi Larson, will be among McHenry county dairy princess candidates making their appearance at the tenth anniversary banquet of the McHenry County Dairy SANDI LARSON Promotion council on Tuesday night, June 30. The event marks ten years of boosting t dairy products on a united and ' coordinated basis. •-* Sandi is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Larson and is sponsored by the McHenry Pure Milk association local. ? The young lady, a 1964 graduate of McHenry high school, * is a statuesque blonde with ""brown eyes, standing 5 feet |7 inches tnll and weighing 125 pounds. She is working parttime this summer and in the fall plans to attend the Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music. Sandi was a member of 4-H for two years. She is president of the senior Youth^Fellowship at her church, sings in the church choir and also teaches a Sunday School class. Hobbies include cooking, playing the accordion, singing and roller skating. The family lives on a 240- acre farm. Other contestants are Susan Plane, 21, of Huntley, Shirley Schultz, 20, of Woodstock, Judy Burke, 18, of Marengo, Connie Rudsinski, 17, of Union, Cathy Ryan, 18, and Pam Korslin, 17, both of Harvard, and Jane Pet erSon, 18, of Hebron. The girls were judged last week, but results will not be made known until June 30. They were interviewed by three judges, Peggy Waupim, staff member of Dale O'Brien, & Company, Chicago; William Behling, farm editor, Beloit Dairy N£ws; and Bill Evans, city editor, Elgin Courier-News. Mrs. Van Sells was in charge of the judging* Miss Chefyl Smith, reigning Illinois Dairy Princess, will be one of the special guests. A resident of Oswego, 111., she is a niece of Virgil Smith, one of (Continued on Page 8) S WOODS SITE Next Monday, June 29, will open a week of day camp for 178 girls of the Valley View Girl Scout neighborhood, including the entire McHenry area. From Monday through Friday, July 3, they will enjoy fun and learning in the out of doors on a beautiful site in Cooney Heights woods. The Cadettes, a smaller number of the older girls, will live more primitively, erecting their own tents, building fires and digging caches for their food. They also will remain for two over-night camp-outs and Juniors will sleep out one night. The younger girls will enjoy only the pleasures of the daytime program. During the week long learning period, the young ladies will be taught basket weaving, clay modelling, charcoal sketching among other skills. Open Event The Friday all-camp program at 1:30 will be an open event to which parents are invited. At this time, those with five days of attendance will be awarded day camp patches. Counselor for the Unit I Cadettes will be Alice (Pepper) Bieschke. Junior Unit 2 counselors are Rosalie Givens and Midge Scharff, for Unit 3 they are Marge Moore and Joyce Kammerer and in Unit 4, Pat Kellogg and Rita Simpson. Unit 5 lists Frances Groth and Rose Thelen. There will be seventy Girl Scouts divided among the four Junior units. Ninety-one Brownies will be included in Unit 6 led by La- Vern Mierzwa and Virginia Pradelski; Unit 7, Marilyn Reihansperger and Evelyn Stein- ,bach; Unit 8, Kay Stephenson and Betty Radner; Unit 9, Joan Larkin and Helen Haggenjos; and Unit 10, Jane Malek and Frieda Durkin. Direct Activities Special consultants will be Joan Stull and Pat Brennan The camp director is Diane Fuhler, Mrs. Donald Virgens, co-director, and the business manager is Jean Weyland. Each day a bus will start at the Holiday Hills entrance at 8:45 o'clock and pick up girls at Lakemoor firehouse, and continue with stops in Lily ,moor, Eastwood Manor, at 3103 W. Lincoln road, the corner of Riverside Drive and Rt. 120, and the Legion home. Following the same schedule, another bus will start at Pitakee Highlands and continue with stops at Sunnyside, Johnsburg, west Elm street and Lakeland Park. Busses will leave Day Camp at 3 each afternoon. For the second year, Al. Triebold's entry in the McHenry Country Art Fair brought for him the honor of "best of show" award, with a cash prize of $100 given by the woman's auxiliary to McHenry hospital. His entry this year, which brought honor to the painter, was an oil painting, "Nude on Table". First awards were also given to, entries in various categories. Marilyn Bacon of Ringwood won a prize for her oil, "Southern Roses; Betty Cicar for her hooking, "The Frees" and Joyce Decker for a wood sculpture, "Armless Man". Hazel Ewell of Ringwood, who presented a one-man show, won first awards for a wood sculpture, "Lot's Wife Turning To Salt" and a collage, "Openings".. Gertrude Gladstone was acclaimed for her oil, "Crabapple No. 1" and Rosemary Loyacono for "The Adversity of Living". Other winners were Linda Lieberson for an ink, "For The Opportunity of Selling Apples", Roger Schneider, an ink, "Townscape", Barbara Tade, "Untitled College"; Robert Tucker, a watercolor, "Soon Spring"; (IEARIN6S WTO ALLEGED COUNTY GAMBLING END j Authorities Asked ' Intention To Take . Action In Future After two full days of hear-; witnesses in the Illinois rime Investigating commission's inquiry into alleged syndicated gambling in McHenry pounty, the hearings came to Jm end in the early hours of Tuesday evening. It was indicated that further hearings, jivhich had been anticipated before the arrival of the commission in the area, would probably not be held here. . Almost at the close of the Tuesday session, Sheriff Edward Dowd, Mayor Thore Emfricson and Police Chief George Meyers were called to the Stand and asked, in view of the two-day testimony, if they intended to take any action. All responded in the affirmative. Probably the most important testimony of the day came from four agents of the Crime commission who stated they had knowledge of gambling in the county, adding that it was the syndicated type. The men told of having made wagers and placed bets on horses at a Woodstock tavern. Lfnk Phone Calls Through a phone complex, they spoke of events which preceded the recent raid on a horse •betting "wireroom" in the Pinemoor hotel, Crystal Lake. Eleven business establishments in the county, most of them taverns, were named, linking tbem with repeated phone Resells to the Pinemoor. They included Tomasello's in Johnsburg and Hugh McDonald's in Mc- Cullom Lake. The men told of two phones into the hotel, and associated one with Lawrence McHale of Woodstock and another with Donald Amato of Barrington. During the day, Joseph Bourel of Crystal Lake, Larry McHale of Woodstock, Harry Schnell of Crystal Lake, Joseph and Donald Amato were called to take the stand, but all stood on their constitutional rights not to answer. The agents indicated that if any charges were brought by local authorities against any individuals in regard to gambling, they would return to testify, using the information gained during the spring investigation here. Question Cernocky In questioning Louis Cer- McHenry Girl In Peace Corps Twenty-one-year-old Judith McReynolds of 2202 W. Ferhview, Fernwood subdivision, Mc- '•WW' (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8) Dog Bite Ordeal Far McHenry county's share of the Motbr Fuel Tax paid into the state Treasury during May amounted to $13,108. Eight-year-old Ronald Dew, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dew of 5502 W. Lake street, Pistakee Highlands, this week is undergoing a series of rabies shots as the result of a dog bite on a vacation trip which turned into a memorable "nightmare" for the youth and his family. The rabies shots became necessary upon his return home, after a veterinarian in Canada destroyed the dog that had bitten the child before having it tested for the disease. The incident had Its start in an isolated Canadian fishing resort, where the family was staying, on Friday, June 12, a few days after their arrival. The boy was playing with a dog owned by John Pietla operator of the camp, when suddenly it began to act strangely, biting the boy deeply on the ear, shoulder and arm. Mr. Dew said it was difficult to get Ronald away from the animal as it attacked him. From the Sioux Narrows, where Pietla, William Dew and his son hiked and portaged, they continued on to Kenora. Child Treated The dog was left with the veterinarian while the boy was (Continued on Page H> Dedicate New City Band Shell Although a light J>ut steady rain, accompanied by unmusical sounds from the sky, persisted throughout last Friday evening, the undaunted McHenry stage band played their first concert of the season to a surprisingly large crowd. Undecided until minutes before the program whether or not to proceed, the appearance of maffy persons in the park prompted t,he band to play the concert a» planned. However, the dedication of the new band shell was postponed untii next Friday evening. The new shell, modern and attractive, evoked many compliments, both from listeners and from the band members themselves. Director Stan Vycital has announced the following numbers to be included on the Friday, June 26, concert, which will be played from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.: "El Solo Toro" (The Lonely Bull), "Harlem Nocturne," "Coral Reef," "I Can't Get Started With You," "It's A Pity To Say Goodnight," "Midnight in Moscow," "The Rudi J Photo JUDITH McREYNOLDS Henry, will spend the next two years in Ethiopia as a member of the Peace Corps. Just out of Carleton college, Northfield, Minn., with a BA degree in English, Judith looks forward with enthusiasm to the adventures which await her in another land. It was last February that she applied for membership in the Peace Corps, but only two weeks ago learned that she had been accepted and seven days ago was told where the assignment would take her. Although an applicant has a choice of areas in which to serve, Judith said she indicated none but added "I am very happy over my assignment". Judith will undergo a training session at the University of California in Los Angeles before leaving for Ethiopia, probably on Sept. 17. She does not know to what village she will be assigned, but will be teaching English) to the natives of that country, probably to high school age students or adults. Her educational training prior to leaving the United States is designed to best prepare her for the type of living she may experience in her assigned area, She will study the history, geography, culture, traditions and customs of the country she will visit. Judith will also become better acquainted with facts about her own country so as to be able to impart this knowledge to her students. With enthusiasm, Judith says she considers this an exciting opportunity to provide a service in helping a developing nation. Miss McReynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McReynolds of Lake Zurich, has been making her home for the past six years with her sister, Mrs. W. A. Sendt, in Fernwood. Wonder Lake Mart In Oak Park Rdad Probe Mark Marine Entif HEW YORK TRIP HIGHLIGHT FOR FIESTA QUEEN Select Winner In Large Field Of Contestants •ANI LUBS WILL! PEANUTCQNTIST New Title Holder To Be Selected Night Of July 14 The McHenry Kiwanis and the Wonder Lake Area Kiwanis clubs this week announced that they will again jointly hold a Little Miss Peanut contest. As the parents of many small girls may remember, Holly Palmbach of McHenry was the McHenry and Wonder1 Lake area Little Miss Peanut for 1963. The rules of the contest are that all entrants must be between, the ages of 6 and 8 years -and not yet 9 years of age by September 25. No child of a Kiwanis Club membdr may enter. Judging will be done on the basis of poise, personality and pertness. Closing date for entrance will be July 11. Judging will be at the American Legion home Tuesday evening, July 14, starting at 8:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to enter a child may contact Virgil R. Pollock, 3412 West Elm Street, McHenry, who is the Little Miss /Peanut contest chairman. As announced last week, this year's Fiesta Day queen and her mother will fly to New York for a four-day trip enjoying visits to the world's fair, United Nations building, Rockefeller center, a tour of New York city and many other interesting hours now being planned for her. This is the first time this type of award for the Fiesta Day Queen has been given in the history of the contest. It has been made possible by the many business firms and organizations of the McHenry area. Mrs. Jean wiles, cnairman of the Fiesta Day Queen competition, today announced that the fourth judge of the contest will be Gordon K. Walter, circulation manager for the Chicago Daily News. Seven-Year Sponsor . This is the seventh year that the auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post, 4600, McHenry, has sponsored the contest. Mrs. Carol Jepsen has for these seven years assisted the auxiliary by instructing the queen candidates in poise, personality and posture. In addition, this year George Pederson, Florence Svoboda and Jody Lieberson instructed the contestants. Helping Mrs. Wiles as co-chairwomen were Mrs. Doris Wetzel and Mrs. Pat Borcovan. Mrs. Toots Spankuch will play background music for the models at next Monday evening's judging. New plans have been made for seating that will enable about 300 people to sit and view the judging comfortably. In order not to extend the judging over too long a period, the contestants will be interviewed by the judges in the later afternoon at the VFW clubhouse. After the interviews, the queen contestants, together with previous year's queens, will be guests of the VFW post and the auxiliary for dinner. The judges will be guests of the Fiesta Day Committee for dinner at another location. The doors of the VFW will Donald Barawowski, 27, of 7504 Hancock drive, Wonder Lake, who has been in and out of covirt in McHenry: county since early this year; is being; held in Cook county jail on a charge of armed robbery which' occurred Monday morning. He received a preliminary hearing that day and now awaits a grand jury hearing in the county building, probably within a week's time. ,K, His most recent arrest fol1-5 lowed a wild chase in Oak Park by police of that village. Authorities there said Baran--- owski seized a messenger for a Walgreen Drug company while he was enroute to the, bank with $7,800. John J. Delano of Elmhurst, a pharmacist for the company, and Joseph" Gunn were held at gunpoint-as Baranowski took the money and fled in a car. Delano's screams were heard by two police officers sitting in a squad car in front of the' bank, only a block away, and they immediately began the chase which ended in the Wonder Lake man's arrest. Set Up Road Block By radio, they contacted another offcier, who set lip a road block and waited with gun drawn. Baranowski approached and stopped, caught betweeri the block arid the persuing officers. It was last Jan. 28 that Baranowski was apprehended aild held- in -McHemy, county jaib.- charged with the Jan. 7 robbery of the Piggly Wiggly market in the Crystal Lake shop?* ping plaza. At that time he was placed on $30,000 bond. An admitted accomplice, Philip Foster, 26, of Chicago, was picked out of a line-up in Chicago and admitted his part in the county robbery. After he implicated Baranowski, Chicago authorities contacted Crystal Lake police and arranged to come out and assist in his apprehension. At 3 o'clock in the morning Chicago detectives, accompanied by deputy sheriff's police and Crystal Lake authorities, went to Wonder Lake with Foster, who pointed out the Baranowski home. On questioning, he readily admitted his part. At a hearing Feb. 14, he pleaded not guilty and wasrgiven a continuance. City Burglary McHenry business places were the scene of two thefts (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8) A "Lift" Golden Horns," "Java" and "Back Home Again In Indiana." Rudi J. Photo* Pictured above are Louis Diedrich, Roy Morrison, . Commander Jim Doran of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,- Gert Barbian, Ken Adams and Vern Reinboldt, Khown as the men assisted Mrs. Barbian in her first use of Ufe iiftf constructed especially for her. f At a recent meeting of Post 4600, members decided5! to proceed with the idea of designing and constructing an'/ automatic lift which she could operate from the wheelchair to which she has been confined for the last two yearn. Reinboldt and Adams last week installed the lift which the•" latter made. , | The project of the VFW, which brings HUch a big . smile to this very popular lady, shows their appreciation ' ' for her outstanding work with this, andcifr«rufranraiinnK in years past. ' i