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MAY 17. 1951 No. I ^ * «'%'s 'SI FRIDAY EVENINGS MEW SCHEDULE Crowds Attended National Opening 1 choral autra BTHUVt M ;• PRESENT SYPSY JOTV THB WEfiK •'; New, Hour* Srt Up By BatlnMS M«n To Accomodate Public ,-'s ____ MeHenry stores will be open Friday nights, effective May 18. This announcement of cooperation among the city's business men «r more uniform store hours was inounced on Tuesday noon. The question of evening store hours has cauyed considerable discussion both in MeHenry and other small cities in recent years, with the trend being away from Saturday opening in favor of Friday night hours,. The new practice, where it has been in use, has proved popular with the majority ol the public, as well as store gamers and employees. Not too many years ago most Village and small city stores were open until a late hour Saturday night Towns were filled with weary shoppers completing the week's purchases because there was no .other evening in whicfi to do their shopping. Store employees, sharing this weariness, found a new week startle^ fill Joo soon. ™ Hew Tread In the last decade, since the trend to Friday night shopping, the public has found that by making their purchases early, they 'hare a weekend free from this v routine procedure* and more time for recreation. Store employees, too, shared the public's favorable reaction to the change In hours. The spirit of cooperation with ^Thich the proposal was met this week by- MeHenry merehanU was gratifying to those whose chief Interest is the community's continned growth and progress through unified action. The success of the new step seems assured when one realises that only .through such cooperation can a community go forward. Business men have adopted a uniform schedule to accommodate the pub- 4lc and hope that the new hours will meet with general approval. Thursday afternoon and Sunday •orning hours in local stores will remain as they have been ia the past- Spring Program To Feature Soloists, Ensembles, Chorti bian fnoto -- Max Koiin Above is a scene within the new National Tea store on the first day of grand opening. Thursday, May 10. The photo shows just a small part of the huge crowds which filled the spacious store throughout the day... FINE SELECTION v OF NEW BOOKS AT PUBLIC T.TRBABY The MeHenry Pulftte library has purchased a number of new books during the last six months, which are now being offered to residents of the community. The library, located in the City Hall, is open Wednesday and Friday afternoons and evenings. Following is a partial list of the books: "Floodtide" Yerly "The Infinite Woman" Marshall. "The Trouble of tee Home" .... Gill. "Guardian Heart" - Yates "The Short fetories bt fetiSh" .... Van Doren. * '"King's Mountain""; Honrl "Jubel's Children" Km£» PRESENT LISTING OF AltEA^ DEFENSE BOARD A detailed listing of members of the MeHenry area civil defence board and their functions was released in a report issued this week. Chief executive of the defense program locally is Mayor George P. Freund, with M. L. Schoenholtz acting as director and L. C. Heimer as chairman. The advisory council includes 9he following organisations and nearby communities, with their chairmen: American Legion. Willlam H. Althoff; American Legion Auxiliary, Harold Vycital; Veterans of Foreign Wars, Richard Smith; Veterans of Foreign Wars A u x i 1 i a ry, Clara Fredricks; Johnsfcarg, Fred 8mith; Lily Lake, Mrs. Fred Svoboda; McCullom Lake, Chris PeVore; Ringgrood, Clarence Pearson; and ^fonder Lake, Dr. Watkins. Cooperating agencies in addition to those mentioned above are listed as the American Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Business Men's association, Catholic Order of Foresters, Catholic Daughters of America, Girl Scouts, Johnsburg Community club. Kiwanis, Wonder ' Lake, Knights of Columbus, McCullom Lake, Lily Lake and ^Llymoor P.O. associations, the woman's club and the Masonic order. t REGISTRATIONS ; It To date, eighty-seven youngsters have registered for next year's kindergarten classes in McRenry. Most of the registrations w^re made last week Wednesday, a day set aside especially ^or this purpose so that advisers *nay make plans for balanced classes next fall. M-- in Eewse L A Duttb auction Is one in which the auctioneer offers the goods at gradually decreasing prices, the first bidder to accept, being the purchaser. This is a reverse proc- Ilk vo iiiai St && CTduuujr auCuwu "The Queen's Awar4s" -- Queen. : "The Twenty-Fifth Hour? Gheorgia. "A Lady's Pleasure" Ilka Chase. "Operation Cicero" Maytisch. "County Chronicle" Thirkell. "The Silver Hook" Mortimer. • • "Best Army Short Stories." "Joy Street" Keyes "Christmas Without Johnny" .... Carroll. • "Literature of .CrlfB^" -- Queen. "Daughters of Strangers" ....... Coker. GRADUATION DATES FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN RELEASED Realization that the summer' season is vert close came' this week with the announcement by Richard L. Tazewell, county superintendent of schools, of the dates for eighth grade promotional exercises to be held throughout the county. The first is Wednesday night. May 16, at the Cherry Valley school. Others in this locality planning graduation exercises are Ringwood .at the Ringwood school, May 17; Burton^s Bridge at the Burton's Bridge school. May 25; and Johnsburg at the Johnsburg school, May 29. All exercises will start at 8 o'clock, with Superintendent Tazewell presenting the diplomas. Johnsburg graduates, names of whom have been released to the county office, are Richard Bates, Mary Bruxer, Walter Frett, Melvin Freund. Mildred Hiller, Mary Miller, Mary Karls, Joyce Krumwiede, Gregory R. Nowak, Francis Oefflingi Thomas Oeffling, Robert Smith, Arnold Thelen, Thomas Thiel, Roy Thompson, Donald Weber and Peggy Wilting. Final Clinic Day Set For Next '/Wednesday. May 23 The \third and final immunization clinic of the year will be held (n the public grade school gymnasium on Wednesday, May 23, from 9 to 10 o'clock. This will be for the combined diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus. Parents of kindergarten age children who were immunised as infants are urged to report ;for booster dosed If uecetmary. A. I. Rauen Heads Theatre Guild MeHenry was Well representee^ on the new officers listed by the MeHenry County Theatre Guild for the ensuing year. At a meeting held last week, Arnold J. Rauen of Pistakee Bay, state director of the savings bonds division for the state of Illinois, was named president of the organization. In accepting his new position at the annual guild meeting, Mr. Rauen emphasized the value of such a theatre project to the community, adding that the work of organ ization lies with the directors. He al#o expressed the hope that by the' end of this year, with the co operation of all, the guild might be free'of debt. TJ Elected with Mr, Rauen last week were George Kauss of MeHenry as vice-president; Harry Kinne of Crystal Lake and MeHenry. second vice-president; Oliver Stratton of Woodstock, third vice-president; Mrs. Nancy Howard of MeHenry, fourth vicepresident; Mrs. Lucille Bell of Woodstock, secretary; and Willlam Kurz of Woodstock, treasurer. The importance of a good script, good director and good actors was cited by M. David Samples of Joliet, who was a member of the 1951 Woodstock Players group, a various times as both actor and director. * Announcement was made by Mrs. Howard of a project dance to be held Saturday evening. May 26, at Crystal Lodge near Crystal Lake. Plans for next year's season will be discussed at the next meeting on June 13. NEW STATUE WILL BE BLESSED AT ST. HARTS ON SUNDAY The crowding of the May queen will take place in an Impressive service at St. Mary's church next Sunday evening, May 20, at 7:30 o'clock. At that time the beautiful new statue of Our Lady of Fatima, donated by E. H. Schuberth in memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Schuberth, will be blessed. Following the blessing, there will be a procession and the crowning of the new statue. The May queen, who will crown the Virgin, is Mary Ellen Nye. Her court of attendants is made up of Carol Joan Anderson, Patricia Hubbell, Dolores Hyatt, Mary Therese Long and Joyce Phannenstill. Train bearers will be Elmer -Glosson and Joseph Johnson. HURT IX ACCIDENT Henry J. gchaffer returned from St. Therese hospital last Friday, where he had been confined for a day after sustaining injuries in a five-car accident which occurred near Skokie. Mr. Schaffer was enroute to Great Lakes, where he is foreman on a construction project. He suffered gashes near the eyes and cuts about the' head. FIRE DESTROYS CAB MeHenry firemen were called to the grounds surrounding the Hans Flach repair shop on Rt. 31. in the south part of the city, about 11 o'clock Tuesday evening to extinguish a car Are. Although the fire fighters arrived within minutes, flames had almost completely destroyed a dismantled The MeHenry Choral club is presenting its spring program, original musical play, on two evenings, Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20. in the high school auditorium. The program will begin each night promptly at 8:30 o'clock Tickets, selling for sixty cents, may be purchased from club members or at the door., "Gypsy Caravan," a three-act play, was written especially for the fifty members of the club and will feature soloists and ensembles as well as a number of choral selections. Its setting is a woods on the edge of a North Carolina village, a day in late spring, where a gypsy caravan camps. The carefree, unpredictable character of typical gypsies is woven throughout the story. The cast includes the following: Gypsy John Otto Pyrlts Lucy A Emilie, ..iJL Middle Aged spinster sisters Delia Cheney and Clara Crisiy, Pansy A Rastus Spinsters' colored help Florence Welter and Clifford Kiehl. Edward Nephew of Lucy and Emilie William Meeker. Margaret Wife of Edwaitf .... Nancy Howard. Roger Nephew of Lucy and Emilie Kenneth Ebey. Elena Wife of Gypsy Joha Marie Paprocki.. Janina * Alfredo Prominent members of gypsy band ........ Barger and Dan Justen. Roslta Pretty Gypsy Girl .... Betty Long. Mary Young neighbor of spinsters Helen* Sattlmaier. Bird-Like Gypsy -- Harriet Bell. Members of the band include Eleanor Ebey, Jean Green, Etliel Hansen, Ruth Johnson, Clara Miller, Frida Mueller, Evelyn Mook, Gertrude Nielsen, Myrtle Voss, Margaret Williams, Mary Rita Stilling, Lorean Jones, Lorraine Nellis, Jeri Nimtz, Lorraine Pitzen, Alexia Roche, Leone Tonyan, Gwen Wheelock, Florence Wheelock, Josephine Wellhoefer, Boyd Dowell, Warren Jones, Norbert Mauch, Alfred OeffUng, Philip Wheelock, Lee Cooney, Norman K n a a c k , H a r r y M u e l l e r , O t t o Mueller. Fred Wahl, Ernest Reinwall, Bill Reinwall and Roy Redwanz. ^ Music in the three acts include the following: First act: "Gypsies," Florence Welter and Clifford Kiehl; "The Road is Calling," chorus; "Gypsy John," male quartet; "Song of the Open Road," Otto Pyritz; "Gypsy Fiddles," Bill Meeker, Delia Cheney and Clara Cristy; "Play Gyp* s i e 8, .Dance Gypsies," Helene Gygi, dancer, and chorus; "Come to the Fair," Warren Jones; "Anvil Chorus," chorus. Second act: "Gypsy Moon," ladies' sextet; "Fortune Tellers," gypsy fortune tellers; "Gypsy Love Song," Betty Long and Kenneth Ebey; "Gypsy Chorale Fantasy," Ethel Hansen, soloist, and women's chorus. Third act: "Tambarina," chorus; gypsy dance, members of band; "A1 Fresco," marimba solo; "Rommany Life," by Herbert, Mary Rita Stilling; "Play to me Gypsy," Roy Redwanz, Clara Miller and chorus; "Habanera" from Carmen. Nancy Rudin, soloist, and chorus; "Malaguena," chorus; "Romany Life,'.' chords. DELORES BONNIWELL AMONG AUTO-TRUCK ACCIDENT VICTIMS. Employees at the Admiral corporation this week were extending sympathy to Mrs. Anna Bonniwell of Ingleside in the tragic death of her daughter, Delores. 20, followiqg an auto accident earjy last Saturday morning. Miss Bonniwell, . riding With Fireman Stephen D. Graham. 23. of Long Island, N. Y., a sailor stationed at Great Lakes, and two others, sustained fatal injuries when their car was struck by a semi-truck on the Big Hollow road. MIsb Bonniwell died in St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, on Tuesday morning, two other passengers having passed away shortly after the accident. Mrs. Bonniwell had been an Admiral employee since September of 1949. REMEMBER YETKRAXS ON POPPY DAY, MAY Approximately thirty-six women and men of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will help conduce the annual poppy sale, which will be held in this community Saturday May 26. Remember the men who can't forget. That is the purpose of the welfare and rehabilitation program which the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars carries on from day to day in this community and in all parts of the United States. Honor Prominent Youths On May 22 The MeHenry Township Kiwanis met at the Lakevtew Inn on Monday evening and in the course of business set dates for several important events. May 22 has been set for the fourth annual merit award dinner for the outstaqding boy and girl from each graduating cla^s in all the grade schools in MeHenry township. The dinner will be served a.t the Legion home by the Legion Auxiliary. The participating winners are chosen for thoughtfulness to others, leadership, courtesy, scholastic record, personal hygiene and sportsmanship. The names of Margaret Seese and Robert Hints have already been submitted. se present were Nancy Ble- A professional * magician has been engaged to entertain at the award dinner. On May 28. representatives of the Waukegan Kiwanis will meet with the MeHenry Township Kiwanis to work out details of a joint program for the purpose of raising funds for under-privileged children. The proposed projects for discussion are harness races, circus or both. A third project, for which a date was set tentatively in June, is expected to be of universal interest. Tom Zener, who spent many months establishing information centers for the state department in Korea and lived with the Korean people, will tell about life in Korea and show his famous collection of slides. On the lighter side, the members of the local club have accepted a challenge of the Wonder Lake Men's club to play their baseball team. It was agreed that the losing team will buy refreshments for the winning team. Soldier And Snake Sleep Side By Side • # Parents of servicemen have come to expect almost any kind of experience related in the letters sent home from their boys. Nevertheless, the letter which Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. °Schaefer of Mc- SEVENTY-FOUR CNLMEN MUt UP THREE CUSSES RECEMNG FRST HOLY COMMON Johnsburg School To Present Musicals May 88 On Tuesday evening, May 22, at 8 p.m., a musical program will be presented by the orchestra, chorus and other music students of Johpsburg school. The program will take place in the Johnsburg gymnasium. The orchestra has been organised since last November and its main purpose is to prepare the young "students for higher achievements along the instrumental lines. Parents, relatives, friends and all music lovers are cordially invited to an evening of "Fuh in Mnslc". Cullom Lake opened from their son. Pvt. Harold F. Schaefer, was unusual in that it contained the story of danger not from guns or bombs but from a less common source. Pvt. Schaefer narrowly escaped serious injury and possible death recently while at sleep in his tent at Camp Gordon, Ga. His letter reads, in part, as follows: "Some of my buddies and I went out for a couple of nights to sleep in tents. This all happened last week, Thursday, the twenty-sixth. About 2 a.m. I woke up and felt something lying across neck and. it was breathing. It happened to be a rattlesnake, trying to keep warm from my body. I have never been so scared in all my life as I was then. At the time, I didn't know whether it was a rattler or not, but I knew it was a snake. "God miist have been with me because how I ever had the courage to move 1 don't know and how I knew where its neck waB I can't answer that either; but I grabbed it and hung on for dear life. I guess I woke up everyone there for I let out a yell that would have raised the dead. "Afterward. I collapsed and the doctor said it was shock and I'd be all right except I might not be able to sleep fbr a few nights, which was very true. Last night I got my first good sleep since it happened. I was in the hospital for four days and nights from shock. It seemed hours before the snake died. "When I had the snake in the air it opened up its mouth • and the teeth it had, wow! "My buddies brought the snake back to our barracks and measured it to see how long it would be. Well, here's the length of it. It was 4 feet, 5 inches long. That was the closet I ever got to death. City Stirred By Monday Explosion Excitment in abundance stirred not only the MeHenry community but the area for many miles around about 10:30 o'clock Mon day evening. It wasn't the enemy atomic bomb as some frightened people thought, but instead some magnesium scrap from the Frank Howard foundry in Chicago which was set afire ^nd exploded near the farm at McCullom Lake. Mr. Howard has been in the habit of bringing the scrap to his dairy form at frequent intervals and on occasion has set it off to burn some brush. However, on this occasion it was not determined how the fire started, although he is of the opinion that it might have been pranksters.» The Sky suddenly glowed with a white light and the public frantically called both fire and police officials in' MeHenry and at the couhty seat to determine its origin. Some feared an enemy attack, while others thought the Edwal plant had exploded as the fire seemed in that vicinity. The scrap, of no value, does not endanger lives or buildings Bince It Is dumped In aa empty pasture. The fire even came to the attention of a television weather forecaster. The latter received a note Tuesday from a Round Lake man who thought the forecaster must be on the receiving end of a good joke when he wae telling about fair skies in the Chicago area and at the same time what seemed to be thunder was evident at Round Lake. Upon investigation. the source of the noise was found to be the local explosion. ACQI IKE LAND' Announcement was made this week by 4-H Town. Inc.. owners of the lease on the MeHenry county fair grounds, of the purchase of ten additional acres of ground from William Gaulke. The purchase will double the size of the present fair grounds and enable the enlargement of the present race tract to a regulation half-mile oval. I Mr. and Mrs. George H. Johnson. daughter, Marguerite, and son, Frank, enjoyed dinner at The Pantry in Park Ridge on Mother's Day. Spending the day with them were Mr. and Mrs^O. G. Eder and Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson. I'm still scared and getting chills just thinking of it. "There'll be lots of them crawling around here in this hot weather we're having down here in Camp Gordon, Ga. They sometimes lay under the barracks." BAND TO PRESENT PROGRAM Name Den Mothers, Pack Committeemen At Meeting The third and final organization meeting of the Cub Scouts was held on May 10 at the American Legion Home. The new group, organized recently, is sponsored by the public school P.T.A. There are four dens in the organization. volunteer den mothers being MrB. Thornton of Pistakee Lake, Mrs. Adams of Crystal Lake Road, Mrs. Ed Frett of Country Club subdivision and Mrs. Paul Baltrum of Emerald Park. Pack committeemen are Paul Jessup, Harry Stinespring, J. Reid, D. Harding, H. Vaupell and M. & Olsoh. Mr. and Mrs Andrew Kuby are spending two months visiting their daughter, Mrs Lars Edman (Polly Kuby) in Stockholm, Sweden. Very impressive, solemn rites were conducted In three local churches last Sunday when seventy- four children received their first Holy Communion. All are pupils at St. Mary's-St. Patrick's school, although they received Communion In their respective parishes. Mother's Day. Attractively attired In appropriate First Communion dresse* and suits, the following fiftyeight children approached the altar at St. Mary's church at ftp early Mass: Dorothy Adams, John Adams, Kathleen Albright. John Altman, John Armonda, Paul Baltram* Joan Bauer, Allan Baur. Sharon Beck. Carolyn Blake, Mary Clarice Blake, Patrick Buckie, Richard Bykowski, Diana Caley, Donna Caley. Kathryn Curran, Kathleen DeMuth, Donald Died rich, Johft Flack, Muriel Frett. Judith Freund. Judith Gearon, David Gende. Miriam Gies, Janet Glosson, Carol Haynes, Donald Herdrich, Kenneth Hettermann, Maureen Hdttsch, Suzanne Kauss, Ronald Klapperich, Raymond Kleutgen. Terrence Kmeger, Merrilee Liptrot, Gail Matchen, Janet May, Mary May, Richard Mercure, Michael Meyer. Barbara Miller, David Miller, Howard Mortimera Sally Nlasen, Thomas O'Leary, Mary Obenauf, Judith Phannen* still. Allen Povidis. Gretchen Sayler, George Scarbrongh. Darlenn Schaefer. Thomas Schaffer. Mar* lene Schroeder, Gerald Still Patricia Walsh, Dennis We Robert Wijas. William Winksl» Kenneth Young. Flower girls and toys vera IN mer Glosson. Joseph Glosson, Mary Therese Loag and Joyon Phannenstill. St. PatffcftN At St. Patrick's efcnrch. eleven young people received the Sacrament for the first time at the 8:30 o'clock service. They wero Christina Brits. Edward Frett, Carol Freund, Richard Friedberg. David Klapperich. Mary Grace Meyer, Charles Miller,v Robert Miller, Edwin Reid. Ronald StoA> dard and John Yegge. Flower girls were Carol Jean Anderson. Patricia Gene Hubbell, Dolores Hyatt and Maryellen Nyn. Christ tfee King Five children, including Hoar little girls and one boy, made np the class at Christ the King church at Wonder Lake. They were Judith Bastlan, Joan Marks, Margaret Nolan. Anne Sullivaa and George Yager. , "0 m i•it •j LOCAL GIRLS HOSPITAL AFTES AUTO ACCIDENT •f v ' : jf" Above are pictured members of the parochial school band, which will present a program for the public on May 22. Top flow, left to right: Thomas Mickelson. Mark Vycital. Philip Czerwinski, James Mahal, Donald Rogers. Charles Tonyan. David Kent, Donald Looze, Alan Freund, Ashley Grainer and Richard Koenig. 2nd Row from Top. left to right: Jane Blake. Robert Tonyan, Rita Barbiau. Gail Brefeld, Margie Freund, Jean Blake. Julaine Tonyan, Shirley Conway, Judith Diedrich and Shirley Thurlwell. :?rd Row from Top, left to right: Marvin Bauer. Ruth Phanuenstlll. Arlene Wijas, Carol Czarck. Janicc Schmitt. Gus I'nti. Ann Loretta Weber. Marvanne Grainger. Joann May, Elaine Nell* and Dennis Justen. Bottom Row, left to right: Eugene Stilling. Gerald Ray craft, David Knot, Billy Weber. Ed ward Caron, Donald Hayes and Martin Klnnerk. Patricia Blake was absent when the picture was talri*. Three local residents and OM Chicago man were confined to the Woodstock hospital lat« Saturday night as the result of an auto accident which occurred near the Skidmore estate at Pistakee Bay. Injured were Evelyn Hay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John ! Hay. Lorraine Freund. daughter I of Mr. and Mrs. Peter FYeund of Johnsburg, and Dolores Michels, daughter of George Michels. Miss j Hay, most seriously hurt, suffered j a severe cut on the forehead and ; lost a great quantity of blood. Ska ( was kept In the hospital fo{ as*- | eral days. Both Miss Freund. who had tai ternal injuries, and Miss Michels. ^ who suffered broken ribs, have 'been released from the hospital; : also John Dondlider. 25 of Chicago. driver of the car. who su- : stained head lacerations. His condition wa^ believed critical a* first bat he recovered sufficiently to be released within a couple oC days. The Donlider car was travelfn#" on th« bay road and was making a sharp turn when the headlights of a car traveling close behind caused the driver to become confused as to the road ahead. The car skidded about seventy feet, left the road and struck a telephone pole. State Patrolmen Richard Yonng and Peter Peridotti Investigated the accident Mr. and Mrs. Paul llhsrt aaift. son. Ronald, of Clinton. Wts* Were MeHenry callers o» 4 W