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.r <Mr' / f:' • * ' • v • : - r* - - ' *ijf*: -' '• - ' - v ' www. " * • < H ' : . M •- "v 1 Volume 78 -- No. 46 McHENRY, ILLINIOISr THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1953 10c Per Copy CITY CHAMBER COMMERCE NAMES Meanderin' FOUR DIRECTORS All things change with time-- so they say--but we found one thing which has remained the same for forty years in our own community, which is becoming best known for its daily changes. ! In scanning the advertisements in a 1913 edition of the Plaindealer, one appeared which carried the name of the Wilbur ^Lumber company. The Wilbur became the Alexander Lumber company in 1920, but even forty years ago the firm carried the same telephone number used today. Many are the troubles of mail carriers, but they dov not -isually include the loss ot half of a fountain pen. It happened last week when Alex Justen was making his rounds with the morning mail and clipped a keepsake pen to the flap of his shirt pocket. In* stead of the pen resting within the pocket, in some manner the writing portion, of it dangled on the outside of the shirt and was lost. Now he has only the covering of an eighth grade graduation keepsake. Old Man Weather proved his uncanny ability to read the calendar. Last Friday, right on schedule with the arrival of spring, he brought typical rain storms, strong winds and warm temperatures. It failed to last "tout "Ho flift*cafi,"no* dispute his knowledge of the new season's arrival. Friends of . two ftittgwood youths, Audrey and Duane Andreas, children of Mr. and Mrs. Wcldon Aidreas, are proud to learn that the sister and brother, freshman and sophomore, respectively, at N.I.S.T. at De- Kalb, were on the honor roll for the winter quarter just cotn- 'pleted. New Officers To Be Selected In Nexl Ten Days Four new directors were elected by members of the Chamber cf Commerce at the annual election meeting held at the Leg- j ion Home Monday evening of this week. All will serve for three-year terms. They are Floyd Covalt, Charles Vycital, William Burfeindt and C. H. Duker. Within ten days, these four directors, together with the eight whose terms did not expire this ASIC dDNTRlBIDtlONS FOR EASTER SEAL SALE IN COUNTY TOM DUGGAN The rank signifies that both are included in the .top 15 per cent of the student body. According to Mrs. Gertrude Barbian, a total of $2,625 has been collected to date in the Red Cross drive. This is still a few hundred dollars short of the $3,300 goal which Mrs. Barbian hopes to reach soon. , Fifty men from the McHenry community returned Sunday ev ning from a two-day retreat he; at Mayslake. It was the largest group from here ever to attend, last year's assemblage number ing thirty-nine. McHenry will be host to the Blood Bank again on Wednesday. April 29, when the mobile unit will be set up from 2 to 8 ptn. at the V. F. W. clubhouse. Anyone desiring to donate blood is asked to notify anyone of the following: Gertrude Barbian, branch chairman; Thomas Bradley of the V. F. W., Marion Schoenholtz of the V. F. W. Auxiliary, Hugh <5ayno£,and Dan Edstrom of the American Legion and Marge Sch&efer of the Legion Auxiliary. Paul R. Yanda received word last Thursday that his woodwind trio, composed of Dorothy Hiller, Adele Schmitt and Patsy , Goranson, had received a superior rating and had been advanced to state music competition at the recent Contest. Bill Weber, bass singer, received an "excellent" rating. MINOR ACCIDENT Four persons were reported by state police to have been shaken up last Sunday evening about 7 o'clock in an auto collision which occurred on Rt. 31 at the Terra Cotta hill. A car driven by Marilyn Schmitt of McHenry struck another auto, driven by Lloyd Scharf, also of McHenry, in tjie rear. In the latter car were Mrs. Scharf. a son, Thomas, 13, and the Scharf baby, Mary Sue, six weeks old. Ouija Boards get their namn from a combination " of the French and German words for spring, will meet to select a president and vice-president from among their own ranks and a secretary and treasurer from among the directors qr from the general membership. A representative* of^one of the leading electric companies was present to discuss the new type of mercury vapor lamp.s which will be installed in the future in McHenry's business districts. A map showing the exact placement of these lamps was displayed that members might know the location. It was announced that the new lighting system would be extended to just west of the railroad tracks on Rt. 120 and to just past St. Mary's church on Richmond Road,, The fund drive now in progress was explained, by which it is hoped a gre&t portion of the needed money to meet the ex- Although there has been a fair return from the Easter seal sale for support of the Crippled Children association, the McHenry county chapter chairman, Jerry Donahue, of Woodstock, urges all county residents wW have not returned their contributions to do so at once so ^hat the work of caring for the physically handicapped may be carried on in the county. During the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 1952. • the Easter Seal societies in Illinois gave some type of direct service to 1,244 crippled children and the same number of handicapped adults. FundS expended on direct treatment services amounted to $134,- 832. Funds expended for educational, case finding and extension services amounted to $64,- 861. Eighteen types of services were given by tvventy separate chapters, including McHenry county, the past year; Contributions should be sent now. Noah Miller, chapter treasurer, reports that up to Sunday contributions totalled $1,500, which is approximately half of the amount received in previous years. SUMMIT INFANT LOST LIFE IN RIVER SUNDAY Second Tragedy Claimed Life Of Matt Schulien, Jr. pense of the project might be realized. It was announced that Tom Duggan, TV sportscaster, would he guest speaker at the annual dinner meeting. Mr. Duggan has a long and interesting career In the world of sports and his oresence should attract a la'ge assemblage. " After leaving a Chicago business college in 1936, he worked as a salesman and later managed r Chicago night club. He joined the Marines in 1943, saw service in the Pacific area and toward the end of the war talked himself into a job with the Armed forces radio in China. He immediately won himself a host of fans among GIs and after the war decided that he would continue in radio. CAMPAIGN UNDERTAKEN TO OBTAIN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INSTALL NEW LIGHTS IN BUSINESS DISTRICTS After much thought, and discussion. the Chamber of Commerce has decided to undertake a final drive for financial help from business men and women in the community so that the installation of new Merdury Vapor street lights in the city's business district may become a reality in the near future. After a careful study of the committee and consultation with the City Council and various civic and fraternal organizations, the Chamber decided that a voto on a bond issue to be used for the installation of the lights would not carry without substantial direct support from business and professional men of the city. The organization believes that it is very important that trie light project be completed in the immediate future for a number of reasons. The present posts a^c* badly in need of repair and rust and corrosion have made r.hem J unsafe. The costly program of repair would have to be undertaken unless the posts are replaced. Aiko. the increase in population in McHenry and surrounding area and the increase in motor traffic throughout this section of the^ state have rendered the lighting of the^ streets completely inadequate to meet the minimum requirements for safety. More Powerful According to lighting --engineers. if the present light posts in the business district are replaced by half their number of Mercury Vapor lamps, it would j result in illumination three and i one-half times as gre:»t as with i the present system. The operat- ' ional costs of the Mercury Vapor is less than that of standard incandescent bulbs, the"" city to benefit directly by the savingL_iD power. The Chambo r of Opm n ieree is firm in their bellef that aggressive and progressive communities attract business and everyone benefits through overall prosperity when the business of the city is good. Those who have been contacted previously and pledged a contribution to the fund are urged to fulfill that pledge now. Anyone not contacted , who * wishes to take part in the drive may do so by sending a check in any amount they see fit to McHenry Street Light Fund, 301 E. Pearl street, McHenry. Business and professional men and women who are not located on these street® where the light3 are propos-c to be installed and will not receive a di/ect benefit from them; but who wish t«i take part in the drive, may send their contributions to the saiiie address. The Chamber of Commerce is making no assessment of its members: the amount donated is left to the discretion and generosity of individuals. ' Members of the street l:ght solicitation committee includr Al. Weiss and Richard .lag or. Riverside Drive; John A. Thennes and Harry Ferwerde, E. Elm street; Dr. J. Eugene Sayler. Homer FitzGerald. Walter K. Carey and A. J. Wirtz, Green street: Anton P. Freund and J. C. Thies, W. Elm*street; Charles "Chuck" Miller and LeRoy Smith. Front street: Herbert Reihansperger and James Althoff, Main street; Richard Hester and John Torrence, Crystal Lake Rorf^.' . The Fox river claimed its first victim of the season last Sunday, March 22, when a child drowned at Pistakee Bay. The tragedy recalled similar unfortunate accidents which occurred so frequently in the McHenry area last summer. Victim of the drowning was John R. Jankowsky, 20-monthold son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jankowsky, Seventy-second court. Summit, III., who fell into the water while playing in the yard of his grandfather in Oakland subdivision, near Johnsburg, about- 1--o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. KatherineJahkowsky and her two sons, John arid Michael. 6. had arrived at the summer home of Mrs. Jankowsky's father, Donald Van Ort, earlier in the day. She and the boys were in front of the cottage, which is located close to the river, and Mr. Van Ort had gone to the rear tof. the house to a rake to. do some work in the yard. As each one in the family bfcame occupied, it was suddenly noticed that John was not amonjg them. No one had seen him Into the water nor had they heard any cry. Nevertheless, there was fear of the tot having wandered too near the water's edge ahd a search. Was begun immediately. Van Ort found the child's body soon afterward just a short distance from shore in shallow water under a neighbor's pier. McHenry firemen were called and worked for some time in a futile effort to revive the youngster. The body was then removed to the Qgorge*" Justen funeral home, where an inquest was conducted. The body was then taken to Chicago. Funeral services were held Tuesday, with burial in Fairmount cemetery at Willow Springs. „ v Schulien Death Friends of the Matthias Schulien family, summer residents in the Johnsbu-? vicinity for many years, were shocked last Friday to learn of the tragic death of Matthias Schulien, Jr., 29, of 2100 Irving Park road, who was killed in a plane crash. j Robert Ocnning, 38. of :»7.*.l-: N. Washtenaw avenue, a cousin, i also l o s t his l i f e in the crash of} the plane, which burned eighteen 1 miles south of Chi^fland, Fla. The bodies were taken to Willis- j ton. Fla., and relatives were; notified. I According to information given | by a r e l a t i v e , the c o u s i n s l e f t . Tuesday from O'Hare f i e l d and! had been in New Orleans. It was believed that they waie flying j home when the accident occur- ! red. i Matthias Schulien, Jr.. was a • son of the senior Schulien, who has been known for his talent as a prestidigitator. He formerly o p e r a t e d a t a v e r n at 1800 N., Halsted street, well known to many Chicagoan*: The junior Schulien and his twin. Edward, had been managing their father's preseht restaurant and tavern at Bloodmbbile To Visit McHenry A bloodmobile ^operated bjr» the Chicago chapter of the American Red Cross will visit McHenry on April 29 and Woodstock on April 30 and May 1, to collect blood donations from local residents for the national blood program. In McHenry, the service organizations attending to the recruitments, under the chairmanship of Mi's. Gertrude Barbian, state that the Blood Bank will be held at the V.F.W. clubhouse from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29. I In addition to Use by the Armed Forces, a portion of the blord collected in the bloodmobile operation will also be assigned for processing into gamma globulin, which has been shown to be effective in minimizing the paralytic effects of polio. Gamma ' globulin will be provided for children in offici a 11 y declared polio-epidemic areas this summer by direction of the Office of Defense Mobilization. In addition to the' very many volunteers from the Nurse Aide corps, Motor Corps, Gray Ladiesf Canteen. Staff and Administration, there is a financial obligation assumed by the chapter to draw this blood. The Chicago Mobile Unit furnish ten trained nurses to draw the blood and two custodians to pack and ship the blood. There is also the question of feeding ' the many workers who take part if? this operation, as the heavy schedule allows for few absences from the actual operation. Fred Ferris, county chairman, states that the McHenry county chapter fund drive is over 50 percent, but that as the blood program is a MUST for the boys in the Armed Forces, unless the quota of $29,000 is met in the &>unty, it will mean that TOie of' the first programs that would fiave to be eliminated would be that of water safety. CHicago YoulH Sentenced For Pistakee Burglary William Kelley, 18, • a Chicagoan, was sentenced last Monday morning to the state penitentiary for terms of one to two years on charges of both burglary and larceny. He pleaded guilty before Judge William M. Carroll to having broken into the Edward Zender home at Pistakee Bay and taken merchandise valued at $190. He has previously served eleven months in the house of correction. Marvin Karls. who was implicated in the burglary with Kelley and a number of other youths asked probation. Decisions will be reached on the pleas April 10. VOLUNTEERS RECEIVED NINE CALLS TO EXTINGUISH GRASS FIRES IN FIVE DAYS; DROWNING RECORDED Seven File For Board Positions The McHenry State bank will be open on Wednesday, April 1, and wil} close all April 3, in observance of Good drawals ' Five names will appear on the ballot containing the names of candidates for the high school board at the annual election, to be held Saturday, April .11. from noon to 7 P-m- Polling places will be the city hall and Mc- Dermott's garage in Lakemoor. the latter being provided since the formation of a village. Two members now holding office and whose names will appear at the top of the ballot are Dr. A. I. Froehlich and Ben Justen. Also filing are Florence G. Engdahl, whose name also appeared on last year's ballot, Lorain (Larry) Booster of Lakemoor and -Steven A. Duttko of Wonder Lake. Two will be elected to serve three-year terms of office. There is no contest apparent for positions on the consolidated grade school board, where Margaret Haug seeks her second term. The name of Wilfred Blake of the Lilymoor community will also appear on the bal^ lot. He seeks the post left vacant by the decision of Fred Rogers not to seek re-election. Voting will take place on April 11 from noon to 7 p.m. in the gymnasium of the junior high school and at the Charm House, Lilymoor. _ .. Deadline for filing for either day Friday. lboard Wftg ^ Friday. Withmay be made until FILM OF LIFE ON V SKID ROW TO BE SHOWN BY KIWANIS "Out of the Night", a startling drama of life on Skid Row, Chicago, will he presented to the McHenry community c »* March 30 at the McHenry high school auditorium at 8:30 p.m. The McHenry high school boys' octet will sing a . few 'songs as a contrast to the* dark side of life portrayed in the movie. The film is a portrayal of dreary life amid the squalor of Skid Row . . . bitterness, apathy and disillusionment. This is an authentic documentary picture, in color, with all the sounds rising above the din on the Street of Forgotten Men. In this true to life drama, most of , the characters • have been rejected by every other segment- of society and are slaves of drink and dope. In stinking illustration, these "derelicts from the ash heap of modern civilization, by powerful showing of Christianity in action emerge new and victorious creatures. - - The program Is arranged by the McHenry Township Kiwanis club as a * community service. The members of the Kiwanis club desire to share the privilege of viewing this film with the public and there will be no solicitations or contributions. Friday. March 27 loseph W. Freund, Business Leader For 50 Years. Is Dead Joseph W. Freund. 86. one of McHenry's oldest business men, died last Sunday morning, Match 22, at the Villa Rest Home, Pistakee Bay. following a long period of poor health and an ill- the Irving Park address. JOSEPII W. FREUND Schulien, Jr., served in World ~^a of a few weeks. His pass- War II with the infantry in j acc0mpanied bv memories Europe. He had been flying for j of R ,ong and usefuflife. markeight months and was a licensed j ing a definite cra in business P^ot- • and social progress in this- com- H4» parents, two brothers,' E4-1 munity. ward and Charles, and «wp «s-j Mr p^und was born Jan. 15, ters, Margaret and Catherine, ^ lg67 in Richmond township and survive. j in eighty-six years which ' ' followed had one of the most in- TAX BILL SETS RECORD j teresting careers of any of the The largest bill in history will j c i ty's older businessmen. be paid by McHenry county tax- As a*5 young man he worked payers this year, according to J for '"Tip" Smith & Son in the figures released by the office of! coa] and feed business and later County Clerk . Raymond P* | becoming employed by John J: Woods. The t o t a l 1952 b i l l i s: $4,439,846.25. Algonquin township residents will pay the largest sum $790^82.35, with McHenry ranking second with $622.- 226.16. Dorr is third with $597.- oi7.::o. News About Our Servicemen Cpl. Robert Svobod;i with the Army at Pusaii, Korea. received a phone call recently from K-9 airport and was pleasantly surprised to hfear .ie voice of his brother. Pvt. Roger Svoboda, who is stationed just outside of Seoul. Cpl. Bob ru.;heJ to the airport to meet his brother and afte"? , exchanging greetings learned that Roger had been on a prisoner chase which brought him to the Puspn area. Needless to say, the brothers enjoyed the reunion greatly, after which Bob showed Roger around Pusan. The one thing the Ijoys failed to tell their parents in writing home was whether or not Roger caught the escaped prisoner. Churches Plan Holy Week Rites Members of McHenry churches will be busy during Holy Week attending the many services offered in the days preceding Easter. St. Mary's ' Morning services will be as usual at St. Mary's the first of next week. On Wednesday eve-, ning, replacing the usual Lenten mid-week rite, there will be confessions at 7 o'clock. A Holy Hour will be conducted Thursday at 7:30 p.m.-and on Friday'there will be Stations of the Cross at 3 and again at 7:30 p.m. St. Patriek's On the first three days of the Week. Masses will be at . 7 and 8 o'clock at St. Patrick's church and on Holy Thursday. Good Friday and Holy Saturday they will be only at 8 o'clock. Confessions will be heard Wednesday afternoon' from 4, to 5 and from 7 to 8 p.m. iti the evening. _ On Holy Thursday, Holy Communion will be distributed at 6:30 7 and 7:30 o'clock, followed by Mass at 8. Adoration will continue all day at the Blessed Sacrament repository. In the evening, devotions at 7:30 will stai»on<'d j consist of rosary, sermon , and Benediction, followed by confessions. The Mass of the Pre-Sanctified will be read at 8 o'clock Friday morning. At 2:15 in the afternoon there will be Stations of the Cross, followed by veneration of the relic of the true Cross. Again at 7:30. Stations will be followed by veneration, after which confessions will be heard. Community Methodist On Maundy Thursday at the Community Methodist c h u : i h . Communion will be taken around tables tn provide an appropriate setting for this commemoration of the Last Supper. Rev. Corbett -will use as a. meditation, "Ask YOut'self "This Question." A Good Fridav service will be McHenry's faithful and efficient volunteer fire department must be weary as the week draws to a close--a week in which they answered thirteen calls. At least once, two of the calls came at almost the same moment and it was necessary for the volunteers to divide their efforts in carrying out two different missions. Nine of the calls were for • grass fires, three for miscellaneous causes and one an attempt ., to revive a child who drowned. The first call occurred about 6 o'clock last Friday evening * when firemen were summoned to the land surrounding the Robert Stoller residence south of John street where a grass fire was gaining headway. Five calls were answered on . Friday and all" were grass flree. They -were at the J. P. Miller farm, north of Johnsburg; nea^ a home in Weingart's subdivision at Johnsburg; in Oakhurst subdivision, on Crystal Lake road and at the Ben Freund farm. On Sunday morning, an overfilled oil stove at the Bible church in Lakemoor about 9 o'clock was cause for summoning the fire fighters, who soon had the situation under control. Two Calls It was at l p.m. Sunday that a grass fire at Lakemoor resulted in a call for the firemen at the same time that the men received a second frantic call to try and revive a child who had > fallen into Pistakee Bay. At 3 o'clock that same afternoon they extinguished a grasi fire at West Shore Wai h. Mc- Cullom Lake. On Monday morning, about 1:30 o'clock, a gas heater in the wall of the Henry Nell residence at Sunnyside Beach, near Johnsburg. became overheated and scorched a nearby window siB. Further damage was prevented by the firemen. Probably the biggest of all the grass fires occurred at 4 o'clock the same afternoon when flames l eached such . proportions south of the city., .'on old Elgin Road, that the fire spread across the blacktop and continued until it reached the Fox river bank. It was brought under control after a long period of work on UM part of the firemen: •' . • ' ' / j Tuesday morning's fire was in the lot across from the Villa Rest Home at Pistakee Bay. Residents of the community are urged to exercise cautioo when starting grass files ia the weeks ahead. r FORTY INTERESTED RESIDENTS HEARD RECREATION REPORT No serviceman was more surprised recently than Leslie Ol*- sen. who found upon his arrival •, at Bath. Maine, that a number f ^ld the following evening with of issues of the Plaindealer had I the minister preaching on i.lack a r r i v e d at the d e s t i n a t i o n before I Friday or Good f r r i d t y . him. He was previously stationed, 35h»n Lutheran at Little Creek, Va„ and has no Services will be held both idea how the papers happened j Maundy Thursday and aaain on to be in Maine since he had not | Friday evenings at 8 o'clock at n o t i f i e d a n y o n e c f h i s c h a n g e o f . Z i o n E v a n g e l i c a l L u t h e r a n address. When lie wrote his fani- j church. Both will be Communion ily liter in the evening of his | rites and a large turn-out of pararrival. lie had just finished four j ijjhioners is anticipated. hours of reading, during which he caught up on the news of his home town. Leslie will b* at Ba$,h for the j next month, after which his fUjire On Sept. 1, 1903. he bought | ^ ^ assigned to thc USg Miller in his general store on Main street, ,W, McHemy. j^tire station is not known. He o\it Mr. Miller and opened Mc ---- 1,1'MBER STOLEN A quantity of lumber was 'reported to have been stolen from the Joe Frett place . of business in, McHenry. Monday night ac- Another step in providing a_ definite recreation program for the McHenry community was taken Thursday evening of last week when about forty local residents, representing local service and religious groups and the McHenry Township Recreation association, met at the Legion Home to hear a report of a survey conducted 'luring the ~ day. Guest at the meeting was Robert L. Horney of the National Recreation and Educational association, who conducted the survey. T"he meeting was in charge Eih I R. Walsh, .who opened it by giving a review of what had been done by the M.T.R.A. up to the time Mr. Horney was invited to assist in organization plans Mr. Horney addressed the group with a four point talk. He described the work of the NJt. E.A. which operated on a budget of $600,000 this year and has sei-ved communities in an advisory capacity for fifty years: he gave his view of his tour through the neighboring communities and McHenry: he found present, existing facilities surpass standards but are °>not used t/> fullest possibility and in some instances jiot even the surface has been scratched: he recommended engaging a well trailed loader with public relations and organization experience and allowing one year of collective effort prove a .program of recreational and educational activity for all ago levels. Mr. Horney i stated that in each state there Continued on Page 5 LST 1157. newest ship commis- j iff s office. 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