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Volume 78 -- No. 24 McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1952 10c Pw Musin' Meand#rin' A caat of ten McHenry citizens turned ill a praiseworthy performance In "Flying High," the home talent play of the Legion which wm put on at the high school auditorium two nights last week. In only a week's time, the cast accustomed themselves to the various char- £t .8 so expertly that the finled production provided sixty minutes of real enjoyment. ST. PATRICK'S NEW SCHOOL Wit BFDBNCATD SUNDAY. OCT. 24, BY BOYLAN N AFTERNOON RITE The play centered around that master of comedy, Dan Justen, who was ably supported by Lorean Jones, Henrietta Vycital, Hugh Houck, Margaret Stilling, Jim Green, Lucy Bott, Pat Letizia, Marilyn Lively and John lfeister. An unexpected solo by ^*s. Bott was a real treat. Robert Frisby, Jr., portrayed the confused teacher to perfection in the country school skit, with a fine supporting cast. The kiddle circus was well done also * and the audience was especially pleased with the excellent specialty numbers and the patriotic ••lute by local Boy Scouts. Opening tributes were given by a*v. Fr. J. J. McGowan Thursday night and Rev. Carl Lobitz on Friday. Herb Reihansperger, commander of the Legion, explained the purpose of the show as a means of raising funds for sending the Plaindealer to servicemen from this area and then presented Miss Rosemary Daleiden, the play director, with a gift from the sponsoring organisation. Eacji day new signa of * growing community! With the approach tit Hie JmsWday season only a 'few weeks away and an increased volume of mail, it might be well to take note publicly of the fact that the IfcHenry post office and the West McHenry Station are now serving approximately 40,000 pat- The tfc*Hwhtch comes in to . the office addressed just Mr. freund or Mr. Jones (and it often does) has a good chance ot not being delivered correctly. There was a time, many years ago, when such an address might have had a possibility of eventually reaching the person for whom it was intended, but not *9**. Since the end of World War II, when McHenry had only two rural routes, 1 and 2, four more have been added, including 3, 4 and 5 and a mounted delivery. At least two McHenry college freshmen are starting their advanced education with a song. Jack, son of the A. J. Wirtz', CM the only freshman selected sing with the University f of Illinois varsity men's glee cliA and also belongs to the oriRorio society, both for advanced singers. The latter will b^. directed by the famed Leopold Stokowski in November. t ,t Illinois Wesleyan, Celia, hter of the Ray Pages, was of seventeen new students of sixty-five who auditioned chosen for the college choir is touring the mid-west. ck's beautiful new school will be dedicated in an impressive ceremony which will take place on the Feast of Christ the King next Sunctey, Oct. 26, at 4 p.m. Officiating at the service Will be His Excellency, the Most Rev. John J. Boylan, bishop of Rockford, who wilF preside at the? ceremony in front of the school entrance and titter at the services inside the church. A total of between sixty and seventy priests from the diocese are expected to be present, as well as about thirty Sisters. A procession will be conducted from the priest's house to the school and after the dedication there, -Bishop Boylan Will address the many who will gather inside the church. Following his dedication talk, he will officiate at pontifical benediction. The public is invited to attend both parts of the dedication. Opened This Fall The new and modern school was opened after Labor Day this year, with 148 pupils enrolled. They are instructed by members of the Sisters of Mercy, who are residing in the recently remodeled B. J. Brefeld home on the corner of Green and Washington streets. Ground for the new structure was broken just a year ago in September and the one-story school was completed last July. At maximum capacity it will accommodate about 200 pupils. It was designed in contemporary ftyle to blend with the church and contains, in addition to the four class rooms, a basement which includes an assembly room, kitchen, rest rooms, storage space and boiler room. All features in the classrooms are most modern, providing students with the most up-to-date facilities for education. CHEST X-RAY MOBILE UNIT TO ;. VISIT CITY NOV. f The schedule for the chest X-ray iftoftile unit's visit to McHenry county has been announced. The location, wherever possible, is the same as last year and the hours in most communities will also be the same--10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. The mobile unit will be in McHenry Saturday. Nov. 1. al tmcdTTITMP TAT V AT Ringwood, at Edwal Laborator- IN Or lluIH li TALlk AT Annual Teachers' Reception Oct. 30 The McHenry Woman's club is planning its annual teachers' reception Oct. 30 at the high school cafeteria at 7 o'clock. This will be a pot-luck dinner, served by MRS. JOHN VARESE the members, with the teachers, their husbands or wives and the husbands of the members as guests. The program planned for., this party should be particularly interesting, as Mrs. John Verese has graciously offered to entertain. Mrs. Varese spent three years abroad with the U.S.O. £jjtertaining our troops, later had her own radio show in Hollywood and appeared in many of our leading night clubs and theaters. She is now teaching expression in McHenry. Her accompaniest will be Earl P. Koch, local pianist. The committee in charge includes, Mrs. Eleanor 1 Renard, chairman; Mrs. Peter J. Schaefer, Mrs. Fred Lieberson, Mrs. Joseph Williams, Mrs. O. Dale Dixon, MrS. Joseph Wayne, Mrs. Anna Sand, Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. Nelson Davis, Mary Burdahl, Mrs. Helen Foster, Mrs. Len Antonson, Mrs. Elmer An* tonson, Mrs. Marie Schaettgen I OR. NYARADI GAVE and Mrs. V. Jones. . ..... , . , An invitation is being extended to the book fair which will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 28. from 9 a.m. to 0 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. This annual event is sponsored by the McHenry Community P.T.A. to give proved valuable in acquainting this part of Illinois attended the . McHenry an opmanv nennle with conditions I annual National Rrtucation an- 'P° _ ^ purchase books for ies, Wednesday, Nov. 5; and at Wonder Lake Thursday. Ncv. 6. Former X-ray surveys have N.EJL ANNUAL MEET, Several hundred teachers from many people j Education as which they had not known, thus. sociation meeting held in Aurora bringing them under the obser-Jlast Friday. The large number vation of their physician and the I was in contrast to a few years tuberculosis clinic. The purpose' ago, when one school auditorium of these mass surveys Is to find <• accommodated the faculty mem- CHAMBER COMMERCE TO ENTERTAIN YOUHQ FOLKS HALLOWE'EN McHenry's young folks, fro* kindergarten age through school, will be entertained again this year by the Chamber of Commerce members on Halloween night, Friday, Oct. 31. Iti will be the sixth year this busi ness men's organization has pro* 1 vided entertainment on this special occasion. Those of grade school age will be shown a movie in the higtf school auditorium promptly at 7, o'clock, to be followed by another film for high school students at 8 o'clock. There will be treats at the door as they leave. The committee in charge of the event are Dick Hester and Jack Thies, co-chairmen; A. P. Freund, Herb Reihansperger, A. J. Wirtz and Gus Freund. Preparation for this treat takes considerable time on the part of those planning for the entertainment. The Chamber of Commerce hopes to make Halloween WESTS FROM tone LANDS AT 2HdWBY CHURCH Foreign Students . Make Visit Here During U. N. Week a pleasant evening fa? the young folks from all local schools and hopes, in return, that they >wiH refrain from damaging property that night. URGE TRADESMEN TO OFFER AID IN COMPLETING LIBRARY The McHenry library board reports that immediate action is planned to place the new library site in readiness for use. Recently a new chimney was built, the labor being done as a donation to the civic project. A new roof is also nearing completion. This was also donated and credit will be given later when a complete list of thoae helping has been recorded. Plans for remodelling have been ready for some time through the courtesy of Nprbert Mauch of Alexander Lumber company and Jerry Stein bach of McHenry Lumber company. The plan now is to ask all tradesmen who wish to help to call either of the above naibed to offer their services. Work will start on Saturday of thiy week. It is hoped that tradesmen will respond as many have indicated a willingness to do their part in {giving McHenry a library of which It can be prof***" Hold Book Fair In , City Tuesday, Oct. 281 Chuck Miller of McHenry was uijytsdmously elected president of the McHenry County Township Officials at a dinner meeting held last week at Crystal Lake. For several years he has been highway commissioner and a l£$der in the Young Republican Organization. McHenry administrators join others in this area in meetings designed to obtain new ideas which will continue to improve our . schools. On Wednesday evening, Supt. C. H. Duker and Principal Carl Buckner attended the Association Suburban conferences at the Palmer House. The main topic discussed was "Relations Between Administrators *iand Teachers," with three speakers taking different views on the subject. Thursday evening they attend the West Suburban superintendents meeting at North Central college in NapervUle. Dr. Morris Seay of the University of Chicago will be the main speaker. The rifle squad of the Ameri- VsAn Legion is sponsoring a midnight roller skating party on Saturday, Oct. 25. Proceeds go for the operation of the organization, their work being to assist the needy and to aid in rehabilitation work. The average man's conception of equality is a state in which he will be considered an important early tuberculosis as the more active, advanced cases are, in most instances, under the care of a physician, hospitalized and their immediate contacts examined. In McHenry county, twenty such persons have been cared for this past year in the sanitorium. For everyone, and especially for food handlers, farmers, industrial and professional workers and homemakers, a chest X-ray is a service to one's family, the community and to the individual himself. Those who have not had regular chest X-rays or who have never had one should avail themselves of the opportunity when the mobile unit visits the various county communities the last of October and throughout November. FIREMEN CONTINUE TO FIGHT GRASS FIRES IN AREA Firemen continued to keef busy this past week, with four fires, three of them, as the result of grass burning. " Ot^ Wednesday, just before noon, they were called- to the property across from the Villa Home at Pistakee Bay. No damage resulted. Other grass fire? were on Sunday, one behind thr dress factory in West McHenry and the other at Johnsburg. On Tuesday morning, a truck belonging to Joe M. Schaefer of Court street was damaged to the extent of about $250 as the result of fire. There has been little rain siitce Aug. 20, one of the driest autumns ever recorded. Leaves and corn shocks near fences are excellent for spreading flames, which means that extra care must be taken in rural areas. Buildings are expensive and it is much easier to use caution than to begin a re-building project" • -;. " " 1 " • . Phil Meyers of HlgWand, Wis., formerly of McHenry, called on McHenry friends one «iay last week. ' bers who attended. Later, sessions were held in the larger Paramount theatre and today the district is divided in two parts, with both the auditorium and theatre filled to capacity. The most outstanding feature of the day was a talk by Dr. Nicholas Nyaradi, a native of Hungary and at present professor- at-large at Bradley university, Peoria. Having gone into voluntary exile in 1948, Dr. Nyaradi was able to give first hand information on the tactics used by the Communists jn Europe today. At the present time, his mother is in a Russian concentration camp and his father in a Russian controlled mine. Engaged in the banking business in Hungary, he told of methods used by the Communists in taking over the banks in his native land before he came to the United States. Dr. Nyaradi concluded his remarks with an expression of gratitude for the opportunity to come to this country; also an expression of satisfaction that his own son, born here, was by birth an American citizen. YOUTH KILLED Charles Stanton, 16, was killed and two other Fox Lake high ichool students were injured last Friday night when their' car went out of control and crashed through a guard railing and hit a cement boat house on Long Lake, a half mile southeast of Fox Lake. The young men were returning from a school homecoming at Grant Township high school in Fox Lake when the accident occurred. The Stanton family is well known in this community. 55,214 ELIGIBLE VOT1XS It was disclosed this week by County Clerk Raymond D. Woods that a total of 35,214 persons in the county will be eligible to vote In the approaching election. McHenry township ranks second to Algonquin in the number registered. Algonquin's nine precincts list 7.300 and McHenry's flvie total 5,694. . ) their own libraries, for their children and for beautiful gifts. The book fair at this time of year gives people an opportunity to shop early for Christmas. The Little Book House of Lake Zurich joins the local P.T.A. in bringing this valuable community service to McHenry. CHAMBER MEETING The Chamber of Commerce will hold its next meeting on Monday evening, Oct. 27, at the Legion Home. In commemoration of United Tfetions week, members of the 'Cctamunity Methodist church will Cn&rtain in their homes eight students from other lands over this weekend. These foreign Students, who attend Northwestern tTniversity\ represent some of the 30,000 young men and women now studying in the United States who will some day be leaders in their own countries in the fields of industry, agriculture, and government. The students will take part in the worship service Sunday morning at 10:45. Coffee will be served following church, providing an opportunity for worshippers to meet the guests. They will attend ^an afternoon tea sponsored by the senior Youth Fellowship and discuss with the young people "How America Looks to Us and Our People." ; , Sunday Speaker Rev. Philip P. Philip from Travancore, South India, will be the guest speaker in the Sunday morning servtce. Rev. Philip's home church, St. Thomas, is cohsidered to be the oldest Christian church in Asia and claims the tradition of being founded by thfl apostle. Three of the students will be from India, two from Japan, one from Africa, one from Germany, and one from the Philippines. Those families serving as hosts ^re the Harry Stinesprings, the J. Albert Roeschs, the Howard Flkes, the Lon H. J. Smiths and the J. Elliott Corbetts. Joseph Wa^nne, chairman of the peace copimlttee, is in charge of arrangements. I Bazaar Highlight lOf Fall Season The McHenry Community Methodist W.S.C.S. annual bazaar will be a cupboard and closet festival, topped with a roast beef dinner. Three circles and the mother unit will sponsor the event on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the Legion Home, beginning at 1 p.m. About 150 women have been planning and preparing during the past year to offer their choice efforts for this occasion. A preview reveals that for her closet a lady will be able to choose from a wide selection of pillow cases, aprons, table linens, towels for her kitchen and bath, handmade with utility and design In view. There will be miscellaneous items too numerous to mention. For the cupboard there will be jellies and preserves of familiar and unusual variety, candy, bakery goods and produce. A silent auction will bring some fine "items also. The basaar will be bigger than ever before and the committee has arranged to serve a tea-time snack. Mrs. J. A. Roesch is chairman of the basaar and is already prepared to present a fine display. The dinner will be served between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Donald Barker, Mrs. H. Tuft, Mrs. B. J. Roggenbuck, Mrs. E. M. Letcher, Mrs. Clyde Bailey, Mrs. H. Vaupell and Mrs. Vaughn Jones make up the dinner committee. The public is tttvitti to the day of festivities. ANNUAL KIWANIS FOOTBALL DINNER PLANNED NOV. 20 The McHenry Township club will hold its annual dinner - at tttfe high school Nov. 20 this year. Art Shaettgen again is chairman of the arrangement committee and has promised the membership an outstanding program headed by a well known Big Ten football star. The Kiwanis trophy will be presented to the outstanding football player for this season. The football dinner is an affair that the student body and the parents both look forward to each fall. The Kiwanis club will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 28, instead of Monday in order that the wives of the members ma£ take part in the Hallowe'en psrty being arranged by Al Alderson. All members and their wives are urged to attend this night of festivity which will begin at the usual hour of 7 p.m. '* The membership voted to attend in full force the Ballot Battalion "candidate information" meeting at the high school auditorium on Oct. 2®. McHenry Community Residents Donated 611 Pints Blood This Year There was great satisfaction for those who arranged for McHenry's third blood bank of the year when late Wednesday night it was revealed that the quota of 150 pints had been obtained. This was especially so since the bank was a memorial to the late Col. Baldwin B. Smith, whose friend, in a tribute after his death, asked that Col. Smith's weight (150 pounds) be reached in blood donations. The 150 pints obtained, combined with 314 pints last April 30 and 147 pints on Aug. 6, brings the year's total to 411,' which is certainly commendi&ief for a community this size. It was the only city in the county to conduct three Mood banks in twelve months. Surely as the holiday season approaches, local residents may be happy in the thought that their generosity has helped save the lives of several hundred servicemen overseas. Assistance was given by these Motor Corps members, Mesdames F. Covalt, G. Barbian, J. Downs, R. Kent, C. Logan and A. Glosson. Nurses present were Marie Lindholm, Loretta Markeson, Pauline Pries and Roseanne Walsh. Canteen workers assisting Included Avis Gans, Collette Justen! Elsie Olsen and Lottie Bransford. Other help was given by Gussie Diedrich, Louella Graham, Lina Kilday, Georgianna Stueben, Betty Clark and Mrs. Irving Cooke. Judy Freund and Karen Olsen of the senior Girl Scouts also MARKS ANNIVERSARY News About Our Servicemen SALZBURG, AUSTRIA -- Pelham Q. Woodward, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Woodward of Wonder Lake, was recently promoted to sergeant while serving with U. S. Forces, Austria (USFA). Given for his performance of duty and personal record, the promotion was one of 170 authorized for the U.8.F.A. command, which includes the port of embarkation at Leghorn, Italy. Woodward, who arrived in Eurojtf^in May, 1051, is a member of the 7680th headquarters company. He entered the Army in October, 1949. Mrs. Nancy Justen and four children, who had been living at Rantoul, 111., even after their husband and father, Capt. Eugene Justen tfft for overseas service, joined him there recently. Mrs.' Justen and her family, including the youngest, only a few weeks old, made the trip by plane and encountered numerous delays necessitating over-night stops because of engine trouble. They are very happy to be settled in Japan, where they will take up residence until he returns to the States. William J. Weyland was in* ducted into Atmy service on Oct. 6 and is now serving st Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Sgt. Lawrence Haug, . who came home by plane with his wife from Santa Barbara, Calif., on a twenty-day furlough Sept. 25, has returned to duty at Camp Stoneman, Calif. He expects to leave soon for overseas duty. During his absence, his wife will reside in an apartment in^the Riverside hotel. COUNTY MEETING IN McHENRY WAS WELL ATTENDED ALBERT S. BLAKE When the new Dodge car is unveiled in McHenry today, Oct. 23, it will mark twenty years as a dealer in Dodge and Plymouth automobiles for Albert S. Blake of Pearl street. For twentythree and one-half years Mr. Blake has been in business at the same location but for the first three and a half years only servicing was done at the garage. In October, 1933, he became the McHenry dealer .for these two cars. 8ECTION WORKER DEAD John T. Farrell, 72, a section worker, was found dead near the Milwaukee A St. Paul railroad tracks near Spring Grove at 1 o'clock Wednesday. According to the sheriffs office, Farrell had come to Spring Grove Oct. 7 but because of illness did not start work. He was last seen alive that 4ay. ^ Administrators, board members, custodians, secretaries' and bus drivers of county schools met for their annual dinner in the McHenry high school cafeteria last Thursday evening. At the conclusion of the repast, administrators and board members gathered in the library to hear a talk by Superintendent of Schools W. R. Mcintosh of Rockford. At the same time, an insurance expert met with bus drivers in the new gym and showed an interesting film on "Road i&^fe^y." A third meeting was attended by the secretaries, who heard the problem of public relations discussed. Custodians gathered to hear a talk on new methods and new equipment to keep buildings ill good condition. ACTIVE IN HOMECOMING-- Among students from McHenry taking active part in the University of Illinois homecoming progrsm this weekend is Clarence Feiereisel of McCullom Lake, a senior at the University. Want Ads, like freedom, are everybody's CHAUNCEY REED. WM HARTNETT TO PRESBR PARTY PLATFORMS 10 McHENRY PtBUC WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9 V-:. -v. A l The party platforms of the Republicans and Democrats will be presented to the voters of this area by two outstanding speakers, Rep. ChaUnCey W. Reed and William E. Hartnett next week Wednesday evening, Oct. 29, at 8 o'clock at the high school audi- Wm. E. HARTNETT torium in McHenry. Both men are candidates for representative in congress from the fourteenth congressional v district, the former as a Republican and the latter a Democrat. This program is under the auspices of the McHenry Ballot Battalion, headed by Earl R. Walsh, and is sponsored by civic and service groups. The two speakers will be alloted fifteen minutes each to outline their party's platform ' and claim for support. Then will follow the most important part of the program which will be a timed question period where the audience will be permitted to pose questions to the speakers. This period will be conducted by Mrs. Louis Belshaw as moderator. The public is urged to come prepared to take part in this phase of the program. Reed 11 »< • eliminated. Other views held by this prominent statesman will be given at the local meeting nee* f week. <11 Candidate's History Mr. Hartnett, 33, is a practlcing attorney in Woodstock, is B* married and the father of three *5 "Rep. Chauncey W. Reed hails from West Chicago, where he graduated from West Chicago high school. He attended Northwestern Ujtiyersity and received his L.L.Bf degree from Webster College 01 Law Mr. Reed, a )member of Congress for eighteen years, was state's attorney of DuPage county for fourteen years. TTie veteran congressman believes in the United Nations. He is on record as being of the opinion that though functioning of the organization has been disappointing. it will in time be more effective. He also believes that the veto power should be REP. CAAUNCEY children. He is a native of Chicago, is a graduate of Wright Junior college and served as a pilot in the Army Air Ponce, c o m p l e t i n g f i f t y - e i g h t c o m b a t missions in the European Theatre of operations. He was awarded the distinguished flying cross and air medal with nine oak le*f clusters. Upon release from service he entered law school at the University of Virginia, graduating there with an LLB degree. His formal training Has bjin in the field of law, history, political science and labor relations. He has held a temporary appointment as election . examiner with the National Labor Relations board. Mr. Hartnett is' a member af the McHenry County Bar association and also the ansortajBoan of Chicago and the state of 1111- nois. The program will open wRST m i "The Star Spangled' sung by Warren JoneSv awf tb* McHenry Choral Club. The us, in concert attire, will MM* sing "This Is My Owmtty" lid "Set Down Servant." The meeting is open to tfcai public and there is no admission charge. Men and women of voting age are urged to attend and become acquainted with candidates and issues of parties. This is a strictly partisan meeting and the cost of presentation of the program is covered by service groups and c i v i c-minded individuals who form a part of the Ballot Bailor lion. % • * " ~n •C; PSP: •-m f'y--- BURDAHLS OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING WITH 500 FRIENDS Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Burdahf of Pistakee Bay and Chicago will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 25. Mr. and Mrs. Burdahl have maintained a home in this area for the past forty years and for the past seven years have been on Pistakee Bay, where they spend their summers and weekends in winter. They have three children, Mary, Florence and Arthur, and one grandchild, Sandra Carol. Their daughter. Mary, well known in McHenry, is active in the local Garden club and has been appointed chairman of the 1953 flower show. Mr. Burdahl, at ?4, continues to work as an office manager in Chicago. A receptiorFlind buffet dinner will be held Saturday evening at the Svithiod club in Chicago for 500 friends of the family. GRANT ZONING PETITIONS Several petitions for reclassification of property were approved last week by the board of supervisors, among them three from this community. One was that of the Johnsburg Community club, which asked that the property just north of the church be classified as B-2. The club is said to be desirous of erecting a clubhouse on the property which adjoins the Johnsburg baseball diamond. C a T1 and Jerome Freund were granted permission to build a home sixty feet back of Rt. 120, a quarter mile east of the city, and Raymond and Lucille Pries were given the right to build a garage in Indian Ridge subdivision in Wonder Lake. John - .sjrvi WALTER E. SHEPARI& BARREVILLE NATIV&b ^ BURIED IN COUNTY ^ Walter Eugene Shepard, 80, a native of Barreville. southeast of McHenry, died last week In ^ Los Angeles, Calif., from a sknU fracture suffered as the result of an auto accident. '$ The deceased was a * farmer; clerk, salesman and for twentyone years a dairy inspector tor the Chicago Health department. He was a veteran of the Spanish- American war, a member of the Masonic order and a part commander of the Knights of Phythias. , Survivors include the widow, Ida Claire HanafOrd ShepnnL now a patient at the Park Reel home in Huntington Park, CaUf.; and three children. Mrs. H. M. Melvin of Los Angeles. Hanftford E. Shepard. Lee Summit, Mo., and Charlotte Shepard of ^ Jefferson. Wis. j; Funeral services were 4 Monday at 2 o'oioek from tke Merwin funeral home in Xk Rockefeller founded) stock, with burial in UniSA the University of Chicago. cemetery, QtysUi Lake. •it"'-' i , :0t fid