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wSERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" > \-i HV/' •.... Volume 80 -- No. 40 McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1955 lOePttCSopf BIG DOLLAR IN CITY FEB. 11-12 »r and Meanderin' «• Professor Harold Hanna, well known expert on farm law, will attend next Monday evening's meeting of the adult farm class in the high school to answer questions of interest to farmers. The meeting will start promptly at 8 o'clock as Professor Hanna has another appointment f later in the evening. County supervisors and assessors have been invited to be present at the meeting, whidh promises to be most educational. Interested persons are invited to attend. If it were any other phenomenon but a flying saucer seen in the sky over Lakemoor one recent evening, it will take a lot of explaining to cpnvince four young boys of the community who are still starry-eyed over what tihey saw. Jimmy Stayduhar, 10, Buddy Rogers, 9%, Billy DeCicco, 11, and Terry Rogers, 6, were slid- 4 ing on their sleds when the sound of a jet plane attracted them to the sky. Breathless when they called the Plaindealer, the boys described the saucers as "passing the moon, looking round like an egg with a line and something else running through it." No official explanation lias been 'made and none need be. The four boys say they saw flying saucers! A total fit 300 students at Northern Illinois State Teachers college at DeKalb have been named to tihe first semester 4honor roll, including* dreas, Patsy Gorahwri and" Barbara Hirt of McHenry. Jos. J. Miller has been in a reminiscing mood this w*6k. He wonders how many of you recall when he had- an old time ' general store at the southwest corner pf Riverside Drive and Pearl street. - At that time the one light whidh /brightened the thoroughfare stood in tihe middle of the < street, the switch being installed '. ' on a nearby telephone post. Mr. ' Mljler jjjad permission of the • / village police to turn It off every ! morning when he reported to work in his store, letting the populace know that night had ended and it was time for all hard working folks to "be up »nd at 'em." Lyle C- Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Davidson of Wonder Lake, has enrolled in Valparaiso university. Davidson is a sophomore majoring in chemistry. McHenry county's 100 restaurants are being invited to participate' In tihe latest effort of the Dairy Promotion Council to remind adults and children of the wholesomeness of milk. Attractive blue and •* white cards, designed to be clipped onto: menus to call attention, to the county's greatest agricultural pfbduct, are being distributed this week. Donald, son of Mr.' and Mrs. A. P. Freund and a Senior at Notre Dame university, has just returned home after another wonderful tour with the famed Notre Dame glee club. » This year again the club travelled south, singing in Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Ohio, among otiher states. About §9 good a defense as any when your hack is to the wall is to say yeu don't know. RESCUE SQUAD COMES 'TO AID OF •OHNSBURG MAN* The efficiency of the Johnsburg Rescue Squad was realized again last Sunday evening when they offered assistance to a resident of Columbia Park, David Lull. Mr. Lull had become ill suddenly and it was necessary to administer five tanks of oxygen. A doctor was called and Mr. Lull was removed to Memorial hospital. The hospital was later re. jxirted to have put in a call to Michaelr Reese hospital' in Chicago for Negative "O" blood. City and county police in Cook county were contacted to speed delivery. CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN SOOH OH NEW GREQI STREET BRIDGE; NEB) FELT URGENT SMCE SCHOOL ERECTION Construction of a new bridge on South Green street seems to be near, according to reports from the meeting of McHenry's City Council on Monday night of this week. Present at the meeting were members of the McHenry county road and bridge committee and representatives of the state of Illinois Motor Fuel Tax division. Since the county is participating in the construction cost of the new bridge, the plans have been drawn to meet the approval of the county highway department. The following bids were received at the meeting: Tonyan Construction company, $17,005.97; E. M. Melahn Construction company of Algonquin, $16,994.25; McHenry Sand and (travel company, $16,095.94. Unit figures were checked by Mr. Thomas of the state highway offic» and found to.be correct. The Council then approved the lowest bid as submitted by McHenry Sand and Gravel company, subject to state and county approval. According to state law, the actual award could not be made since a waiting period of one week is required between the time bids are received and the time of award of contract The need for the new bridge has been recognized for some time and has been more urgent since the erection of Edgebrook school and the many new homes in that area. Of chief .concern to Council members has been the number / of dhildren walking to and froijn the school. The/ new structure will provide a wider span for vehicles and walkways for pedestrians. The city will pay the entire cost from Motor "Fuel Tax funds and will be reimbursed for the county's share. Vehicle Licenses In the various reports received by the Council, it was found that vehicle licenses provided the largest source of revenue during the month of January. Car and truck owners are reminded that these licenses were due January 1 and that a penalty becomes effective on March 1. A police drive last year brought the revenue from this source to an all time high. Action was taken to install overhead street lights in Cooney Heights subdivision and to provide better lighting along Front street. This had been referred to the Public Service company for installation. It was also brought out that additional lighting is needed near the telephone Sexchange on Park street and Approval given by the Council. 4 A meeting with engineers! is expected to take place very soon fo> the purpose of a report Jon plans for the enlargement of (he sewer plant. It is expected tliat a complete report can be given to' the Council and to the general public during the next week. ELECT McHENRY MAN OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF BANK Friends of Homer L. Fowles will be interested to learn that at the annual stockholders' meeting of the First State bank of Round Lake, he was elected to to the board of directors. Later, at the first directors' meeting, he was made vice-president and cashier. Mr. Fowles replaces State Rep. W. J. Murphy as director and vice-president, the latter being busy with his legislative duties. The McHenry man started two years ago with the bank as head teller and several months later was made assistant cashier. At the annual meeting a year ago he was given the cashier post. Harvey Nye, also of McHemy, was employed by the Round Lake bank some time ago and will be starting his duties as head teller and assistant to Fowles tfhis month, after his release from the Navy. RED CROSS DRIVE: From Audrey Glosson • comes a reminder of the Red Cross fund drive, whidh opens throughout the county on March 1. In McHenry, however, the campaign may get under way the last day of February, which falls on Monday. Verona Kent is co-chairman for the drive and Gertrude Barbian is branch chairman in Mo Henry. PREMIER OPENING OF NEW THEATRE PRAISED BY MANY Tuesday evening, Feb. 8, was a memorable one for approximately 100 stockholders and friends who gathered to see the premier opening of the new McHenry Theatre. After the beautiful structure had been inspected by the assemblage, guests were seated at the front of the theatre, wfaere they were welcomed by Louis Consago. The genial manager, in an informal manner, explained the outstanding features of the theatre and told those present the policies to be carried out in its operation. Introduced were the architect, John Van der Meulen, who came from his home in Chicago for the occasion; Henry, Edward and William Tonyan, contractors; and A. P. Freund, president of tihe Boone Creek corporation, each of whom spoke a few words indicating their pleasure in the completion of the first year 'round theatre McHenry has known since the burning of the Colony about four years ago. The showing of the movie on the huge cinemascope screen followed, after which lunch was served. News About Onr Servicemen S»' -- M Marine Pvt. HaTVel E- Brewer of McHenry boarded ship the last week in January for transfer to the 3rd Marine division in Japan, after coinpleting four weeks of training in the staging regiment at the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton, Calif. -The Staging regiment handles all last minute training and details for Leathernecks slated fbr duty in the Far East. A Marine's few weeks in staging are filled with clothing and equipment inspections, refresher courses on weapons, physical conditioning and cold weather survival training. Bob White, a sergeant recently stationed with the Marines in Camp Pendleton, Calif., stopped in the office on Monday to say "thank you" for the paper. He was discharged last week and returned over the weekend from the w^t coast. A former employee of the local post office, he will resume work there in the near future, after visiting friends and relatives he had not seen in the three years (he was in service. Bob recalls that Christmas in California was not at all like Christmas at home. However, a group of resourceful young men from this part of the country could not let the weatherman prevent them from experiencing the full Yuletlde spirit. They all travelled into one of the nearby mountains, where snow was plentiful and they could enjoy an atmosphere at least resembling their native northern country. From Cpl. Richard Patzke comes tJhe following letter: "Dear Sir: "This letter is to inform you that you will no longer have to send me the McHenry Plaindealer for I'm to be leaving Japan in the very near future. "I wish to thank you for Sending me the paper while I've been in the service." Deciding to have their two years' service behind them, Charles L. Johnson, William Tonyan, Jr., Wayne Dixon, Robert Comstock and * William Noonan enlisted in the Army for two years. On Jan. 17 they left for Camp Chaffee, Ark., where they were happy to find many other boys from McHenry. Tom Huemann left on Thursday, Feb. 3, for Texas, where he will serve in the Air Corps. BOUQUET From a Wonder Lake reader and advertiser comes this note for which the Plaindealer is most appreciative: "Your paper is the finest there is in the States. We have sold so many things by placing ads from time to time. Good luck. J. ^trojny." Public Approves New Junior High Overwhelming support was extended those responsible t&t providing adequate educational facilities for McHenry's young people last Saturday when the public approved two propositions concerning the erection of a new junior high school. The first, 'concerning the erection of the school, received 3fe votes in favor and 28 opposefl. The second proposition on $630,000 bond issue to make construction possible, met favor with 321 voters and was opposed' by 26. There were three polling places set up In District IS. At,. Island Lake, voting revealed Iff in favor of both propositions and 3 against. At the junior higfb school, 270 favored the first andi 272 the second, with 23 and 20 opposing votes on the issues., Thirty-six voters in the Lakemoor area expressed themselves in favor of the erection and .33 on the bond issue.-There were 2 and 3 opposing votes on the propositions. Unofficial information received by the boards of education of the local grade and high sdhool districts from the county clerk's office concerning the increase in value of property is interesting. In District 15 (grade and junior high) the assessed valuation has increased $2,000,000 In the past year, amounting to a 10 per cent gain. In District 166 (high school) the valuation has jumped $4,000,000 or 13 per cent HETTERMANN TOPS VOTE IN JOHNSBURG SCHOOL ELECTION .v A total of 380 voters went to te polls at Joh^atourr *1 fjV "flM dajfc"t& efetet sevelv ttien -m School; District 12. The new, larger board replaces a group of trustees, by which the district formerly was operated. Winners were Ed win H. Hettermann, who topped the ( Voting with 258; Joseph G. Huemann, 255; Michael Schaefer, 256.; Francis M. Schmitt, 252; Joseph Frett, 246; Elmer G. Meyers, 238; and John J. Weingart, 252. There were fourteen candidates seeking election. SCENE AT MUSIC FESTIVAL A scene similar to this will take place in the field house of the Crystal Lake high school next :• Monday evening, Feb. 14, when 800 young musicians present-jtheir annual music festival. | Above is the select chorus which sang last year, including sixteen from McHenry. A select band I and a massed band and chorus will also be featured on the program. GARAGE DESTROYED. SOUSE DAMAGED, IN F ISTAKEE BAY FIRE I At least fifty per cent loss was recorded at the home of the caretaker of the Pistakee Yacht cjlub in a fire which also destroyed i garage early last Saturday morning. ; The caretaker awoke about 2 o'clock and smelled smoke. He was able to assist his family in leaving the burning building and dlso get his car out of the garage and out of danger before the Structures became enveloped in flames. Because fire haul already destroyed the telephone line, it was necessary to go to a neighbor's home to put in a call for assistance by the McHenry department. Although the origin of the fire is still unknown, it is believed to have started in a wall between the kitchen and a garage Which was attached to the house. OEFFLING ANNIVERSARY ^William Oeffling of Johnsburg Will observe his eiglhty-eighth birthday anniversary on Sunday, . l£,~%hen members of his familSL including his five children, will enjoy dinner at the Oeffling home. The octogenarian, who is in good health and remains active, recently welcomed a new grandchild and a new great-grandchild. Sales tax collections in Illinois in January reached an all time high of $21,870,210, it was revealed this past week. The previous high was established in January of 1953. 800 STUDENT MUSICIANS PARTICIPATE Ik ANNUAL COUNTY FESTIVAL AT CRYSTAL LAKE MONDAY, FEB. 14 Scouts In McHenry Boast Long, Progressive History Since 1929 This- is--National--Boy Scout Week ai)d the eyes of the nation and our own community are turned on the boys who make up the various troops and packs. Boy Scouting originated in McHenry in 1929, when the FRANK WILSONS MARRIED FIFTY YEARS FEB. 14 Scoutmaster Hugh Kirk of Troop 162 receives Eddie Mars into his troop and awards him the tenderfoot badge and a Scout neckerchief. The impressive ^graduation . ceremony preceded -National Boy Scout Week and also saw another young man, Kip Thornton, taken into Troop 161. American Legion applied for sponsorship of a Scout unit. This sponsoring organization has provided leadership from that year, under M. L. Schoenholtz as Scoutmaster, to the present day, with Lawrence E. Anderson as Scoutmaster of Troog 162. In 1951 the McHenry P.T.A. sponsored a Cub Pack under the leadership of W. D. Harding as Cubmaster. This organization has been registered continuously to the present date but now it is under sponsorship of the Legion, with John T. Boyle as Cubmaster of Pack 362. In 1952 the McHenry P.T.A. applied for sponsorship of a Bojr Scout troop. H. H. Hans was |jhe (Continued on Page 8) Celebrate Golden Wedding Day With Open, House Sunday Fifty years of marriage will be recalled by Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Wilson, Sr., of Volo when they celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, Feb. 13, on the farm wfiiere they have resided for the past forty-six years. {The couple started married life on the farm where Mr. Wilson was born. They lived there four years before moving to the present location, which they purchased in 1909. Mr. Wilson was born March 27, 1882, on the Knigge farm southwest of Volo in Nunda township, a son of Samuel and Christine Beiger Wilson. He spent his early life Where and attended the Griswold Lake school. He has one sister, Mrs. Mary pringle, living in San Francisco, Calif. Emma L. Vasey was borrt April 27,' 1884, on the Vasey homestead east of Volo, a daughter of George and Ann Fisher Vasey. She spent her youth there and attended the Vasey school. A brotiher, John, still lives on the home farm. The actual wedding date was Feb. 14, 1905, in Chicago, but the Wilsons are marking their anniversary Sunday, Feb. 13, so that they may share ito memories with friends and relatives who might not otherwise be able to be present . With them will be their three children, Clifford Wilson and Beatrice Petersen of McHenry and Frank, Jr., of Volo; also nine gi%nddhildren. One of them, Robert _ Petersen, has sent a message from Tokyo, Japan, Next Monday evening, Feb. 14, more than 800 young musicians from the" eight high schools in McHenry county will gather in the fieldlhouse of the Crystal Lake school to present their annual music festival. The program will begin at 8 o'clock before what is expected to be the largest audience ever to attend this outstanding musical event. Directing the select and massed band will be Paul Anderson, director of music at the Milwaukee State Teachers college and one of the most successful guest festival directors in that state. Mr. Anderson, a former Woodstock resident, has become well known throughout Wisconsin for inaugurating th« idea of making recordings of contest selections. Named to lead the select and massed chbrus is Vito Intravla, wflit) ftiusic in the Sheboygan/ lYis., schools. He 4s vone of the state's foremost vocal directors and has been honored six times by having his chorus sing before Wisconsin Education association in Milwaukee. Select Qroups Approximately ninety singers will make up the select chorus, while the ./select band will be composed bt about 110 instrumentalists. Both of thefse groups will participate ' in .a two and one-half hour Sunday rehearsal, as well as practices whidh will be carried on throughout Monday morning. One of the major changes in this year's program concerns the appearance of a chorus of about 450 voices, singing a-capella and with piano accompaniment rather than with band as in the past. Their appearance will be followed by selections by the massed band, concluding with both groups uniting for the stirring "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Lunch and dinner will be served in the school cafeteria to the 800 students. During the hour preceding the evening concert, movies and music for tlancing will be provided for their entertainment. County Directors County directors now preparing their music students for the festival are Joseph Topolewski of Marengo, Joseph Riggi of Huntley, Clay Harvey of Crystal Lake, Adele Froehlich and Paul R. Yanda of McHenry, Francis Fardig and Carl Huffman of Harvard, Paul Stone of Richmond, LeRoy Huxtable of Hebroii fand Richard Gaarder and Dale, frolsom of Woodstock. . Tickets) are now on sale by participating students in all schools. McHenry's contribution to the select band include, Winn Davidson, Donald Rogers) Bill Wrigfht, Howard Useman, Barbara Eggert, Je^n and Jane Blake, David Kent, Allen Freund, Betty Wright, Virginia Audino, Richard Wielock, Peggy Whiting, Shirley Conway, Kenneth Sawdo, Nancy Swanson and Joann May. Members of the; select chorus from the local school are Ann Lundiborg, Lois Claybaugh, Kathleen Anglese, Karen Olsen, Betty Holochwost, Patty Miller, Ann Marie May, Judy Freund, James Keohane, LeRoy Hiller, Dick Wissell, Art Beok, Bob Nelson, Bob Bitterman, Bill Weber and Don Kice. Chorus members will be appearing for the first time in their newly acquired robes of dove grey with cardinal red satin stoles. WILLIAM JUSTEN DIED UNEXPECTEDLY ON TUESDAY MORNING Services will be held at 9:30 Friday morning from St. Mary's church for William Justen of Richmond Road, who died un expectedly at his home Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, at 10:15 o'clock He was 63 - years old, having been born in 1891 in the McHenry community. Survivors include the widow, Gertrude; one daughter, Kathleen Bestoso, of Newport, R.I.; one son, Rollin, of Oak Lawn; five brothers, Jacob F., Ben, Michael and Nick, all of McHenry, and Frank of Chowchilla, Calif.; and thirteen grandchildren. Two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Anna May, Mrs. Christina Stilling and John Justen, preceded him in death. The body is resting at the Peter M. Justen funeral home until Friday morning. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery. LIBRARY CLOSED The public library will be closed tihis week and next due to soot damage caused by a minor explosion last Friday which resulted in a pipe being blown down. The tentative opening date is Feb. 25. Walter Warner of Elgin called on McHenry relatives Sunday. where he is stationed with the Armed Forces. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are in qui(e good health and keep busy on the farm which they still operate. 1 The couple will be glad to greet their friends and relatives who wish to - call on them Sunday, Feb. 13,, with open (house from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Gas Bills To Be Raised 3.7% Northern Illinois Gas company has announced that its share of the Natural' Gas Pipeline Company of America's proposed $10,700,000 boost in its wholesale cost of gas to be effective March 2 will increase tihe bills of bi-monthly residential customers about six cents a month, and gas heat customers approximately 40 cents monthly beginning with bills issued in May. Subject to the consent of the Illinois Commerce commission, the increase to the utility's 475,000 customers will be about 3.7 per cent. The increase will be effected through the operation of Northern Illinois Gas company's purchased gas adjustment clause under which tJhe company may raise its rates when pipeline companies boost their wholesale prices, or lower the rates when the cost of gas is reduced. If the full amount - of the $10,700,000 increase requested by the Natural Gas Pipeline company should be denied by the Federal Power Commission, Northern Illinois Gas will return its proportionate share to customers thereafter as credits on bills during the ensuing twelve months. Meanwfhile, this additional amount paid by customers to Northern Illinois Gas, through the provisions of the purchased gas adjustment clause in its rate schedule, will be paid to the pipeline company until the Federal Power Commission announces its ruling. THRTY STORES Free Parking In City Feature Of Two Dollar Days McHenry merchants are making preparations for two of tihe biggest Dollar Days ever held. They are expected^ to attract hundreds of shoppers to local stores on Firiday and Saturday, Feb. 11 and .12. McHenry Dollar Days, even in the past, were believed to be the biggest in the county and this year, with business men determined to absolutely clear their shelves to make way for new, spring merchandise, a record will likely be set. Seasonal and year 'round items will be offered at unbelievably low prices. For the first time this year, free parking will be available on both jfays. The City Council has cooperated with tihe Chamber of Commerce in making thi« possible by deciding that parking meters will not be in use. At one time, only a few years ago, the circulation of Dollar Day issues totalled 10,000 compared to 13,000 for this latest mid-winter sale. The great increase will undoubtedly bring out such a great number Of shoppers that all stores will hfe busy throughout Friday and Sat? urday. NAME ORVA TRONSEH LOCAL HOMEMAKER OF TOMORROW Miss Orva Tronsen#- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Tronsen. of Wonder Lake, was proclaimed tihe Homemaker of Tomorrow among senior . students in tlui McHenry high school as the result of her high standing in % recent contest. She received the highest score in a written examination which tested the homemaking knowledge and attitudes of the senior girls in the graduating class. Sftte will be entered in competition to name this state's candidate for the title of Ail-American Homemaker of Tomorrow, she will also receive a golden award pin, cook book for herself and the schooL The national winner in this search conducted among 187,000 young women in 8,000 of the nation's public, private and parochial high schools will be named April 21 at an American table fete in Philadelphia. A scholarship of $1,500 will be' awarded each state winner, and she will receive a trip with her school advisor to Washington, D.C., colonial Williamsburg, Vau, and Philadelphia. Her school will receive a set of the Encyclopedia Bri tannics;'* The scholarship of the young woman named All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow will be increased to $5,000. The 50-minute written examination designed and judged by Science Research Associates of Chicago, which was given to* all participants in this national search, consisted of multiple choice and subjective questions which tested the students' attitude and knowledge in the major areas of homemaking. Each girl who took the test received a 24-page homemaking guide which will assist her lit pursuing the career of home* making. Lenore Stanke, a student at Loyola university, was a weekend guest in the Raymond L. McMahon home. PETITIONS FOR LOCAL REZONING DENIED TUESDAY At a meeting of the board of supervisors held Tuesday morning of this week, that group upheld several decisions of the zoning board regarding local proper* ty. Ethel Goettsche was denied a petition for spot zoning on East River road for erecting a storage building; also a petition of Robert and Agnes Kohler c>for using a large residence at Pista* kee Bay for a rest home. A 'petition concerning the rebuilding of a structure to house bowling alleys just east of the old McHenry bridge by the zoning board and by the county board. To on the same location to be in violation of a regarding the distance such a building snust be from the road.