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THE PLAINDEALER wSERVING THE CMAIN-O-LMKES MEGION SINCE 1875" Volume 81 ---No; 43 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1. 1956 18c Per Copy ANNUAL RED CROSS DRIVE OPENS TODAY Musin' and S Meanderin' B J Annual Pancsike Day will be held in McHenry at the Legion home, say members of Troop 132, of which Hugh Kirk and Fred Wahl are ieaders. The big day is Saturday, March 10, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are available from members. It is strictly a work day for •he men, with adult Scouters and leaders doing the cooking and serving the pancakes, sausage, coffee and milk. Proceeds will be used for "Campship," which is similar to a scholarship to send outstanding boys cf the troop to camps outside the local council. 'The March issue of American Childhood, a national publication, '^features a story entitled "Murals From Stickmen Action Figures" by Ruth A. Mead, art supervisor in the McHenry schools, and Lenore Cooley, third grade teacher at Edgebrook, a former art instructor. Accompanying the story were copies of murals at the school, biased on basic stickmen figures from the children's own experijapnces, using gray wrapping paper and tempera paint. Gus Unti, Jr., will play the lead role in the second of three all-school plays at Northern Illinois State college, to be given Thursday and --Fridays- nights, March 1 and 2. Gus has studied speech since entering college last fall and this, t combined with a natural '"^alent for dramatics, resulted in his selection for the leading^part. He is the second off two freshmen to distinguish themselves in theatre work at the school this year. Howard Usemen won the top singing role in a musical comedy in November. The Illinois state division of dental health has just completed dental x-ray program in the ^McHenry schools, with a total examined of 815, including kindergarten pupils and grades 2, 5, 7 and 9. When returned to the schools, the x-rays will be sent home to the parents. Mrs. Joanne Rulien, school nurse, hopes that to establish better dental health, the films will be submitted to the family dentist and appointments dfor care made. Congratulations are in order for Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fritz of Johnsburg, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday evening, Feb. 28, with forty-five relatives and friends. Gilbert Mercure, a junior at Bradley university, Peoria, has been elected vice-president of %llijjoia Delta of Sigma Phi Epsilon. The man of the hour makes every minute of every day count. SUICIDE BLAMED IN UNTIMELY DEATH OF DONALD LAMZ, 25 Funeral rites were conducted •'jfeaturday afternoon from the Querhammer funeral home in Crystal Lake for Donald Eugene iLamz, 25, who was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday. He was a brother of Robert Lamz of McHenry. The young man was a sergeant in the Army, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and was home on furlough. His body was rffound in the garage of his parents near Crystal Lake. All efforts to revive him failed. A verdict of suicide was returned by a coroner's jury., Young People Invited To Enter Easter Contest THEODORE BUSCH KILLED WHILE IH KOREAN SERVICE No Details On Manner Of Death Reach Parents McHenry friends learned with sorrow this week of the untimely death of Theodore Busch, 24, of Richmond, formerly of Spring Grove, who was killed in an accident in Korea on Wednesday, Feb. 22. The young man, well known in this community, would have observed his twenty-fifth birthday anniversary last Sunday. The first telegram received by his parents ,Mr. and Mrs. Ben Busch, stated only that he had died of a skull fracture. No details have been received since then but a friend received a letter writteri the morning of his death, in which he told of having obtained a vehicle and that he and a friend intended to spend the day travelling around Korea. It is believed he may have met death in an accident on the road. A second telegram received by the parents last weekend said the body would be flown to the coast and then by train to his home. Besides his parents, he is survived by seven sisters and brothers, Mrs. Charles Walker of Silver Lake, Wis., Mrs. Larry Elfman, James, Leon, Patricia, Jack and Jeannette, all of Richmond. SKULL FRACTURE SUFFERED IN FALL BY TIMOTHY BALLOWE Timothy Ballowe, a sixth grade s^denrw^t^M^f^schicIsi * airtrf" a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ballowe, suffered a fractured skull last week Wednesday and has been confined to Memorial hospital. He was sliding down hill near the water tower on Waukegan street when the sled on which he was riding struck a post. s Even after returning home, he will need to' remain quiet for several days. The youngster- apparently feels like many others who have been on the receiving end of local folks' generosity. When feeling a bit better the first of this week he remarked to his parents, "It would almost pay to get hurt again, just to find out how many friends I have." Polio Campaign Quota In City Exceeded By $400 Chairman Robert Stueben of the polio drive announces pleasure in the approximate figure of $3,600, which was realized from the 1956 campaign in McHenry. The quota locally was $3»200 and publio-response to the annual appeal was so great that it was exceeded by about $400. "tale Arrive!" To Star Local Girl Have you ever faced the problem of finding the right person to do a special job? Well, consider the case of Chjck Paetaw and Jim Matthews. Paetow is drama chairman of the McHenry County Civic Arts association, and Matthews is director for the nexit production. Their problem: the longest single role in the chosen play, "Late Arrival", called for an 11-year-old girl. There was nothing to it. The part was filled perfectly by Mary Lu Delmonte of McHenry, a petite 13-yeair-old eighth grade-student at (Continued on Page 8) MINERAL SPRINGS HOME BURGLARIZED? VALUABLES TAKENThe Clarence Gath hoJ|\erXto- Mineral Springs subdivision^ southeast of McHenry, was burglarized some time during February, the place ransacked aHft? several valuable articles taiceiii:"* The Gaths discovered , the Incident when they returned' home last weekend from Florida, wfyjre they had been on vacation. -' Among items taken were ^ guitar valued at $100, fifty lars in quarters and .half clothing and linens. Entrance was gained through an attic window, which was reached by ladder. The burglars left through a resLr door, leaving It open. All of the rooms were ransacked. A value of the loot was not determined when the burglary was reported. By mid-week, it was reported that Archie Hall of Highland Shores*/Wonder < Lake, was being held on $3,500 bond, charged with entering the home and taking several items. The case* is continued until March 3. TWO INJURED IN FALL Two men, Kenneth Price and Roy "Erber, were injured Wednesday morning when a scaffold on a new home in Cooney Heights broke and fell to the ground. Price sustained injuries to his back and was taken to Highwood hospital and Roy Erber suffered a broken left wrist and cuts about the face. 950 YOUNG VOCALISTS FROM EIGHT COUNTY SCHOOLS UNIT! TO PiiSEHT ANNUL FESTIVE ON MONDAY, Approximately 950 young yo- Riggi, Huntley; Theodore Wang, calists ftp"* the eight high schools \ff McHenry county, more than double the number of band students who performed three weeks ago, will take part in the vocal portion of the 1956 county music festival, which will take place in the Woodstock high school auditorium on Monday evening, March 5, at 8 o'clock. Directing the select and massed choruses in this colorful musical event will be Robert A. Davis, choral director at Proviso high school, and Warren Wooldridge of the University of Wisconsin, formerly of Indiana State Teachers college. Mr. Wooldridge directs a' male chorus at the university and also conducts an opera workshop. The two directors.. will be in charge of a choral clinic in which all eight schools will take part Monday morning. The remainder of. the day wall be spent in rehearsals for the evening performance, which is open to the public. The following directors are preparing their students for the festival: Clay Harvey, Crystal Lake; Richard Gaarder, Woodstock; Joe Hebron; Paul Stone, Richmond; Francis Fardig, Harvard; Joseph Topolewski, Marengo; and Adele Froehlich, McHenry. Vocal Selections Thte select chorus will sing these numbers: "O All Ye Nations" by Schotz, "God iB a Spirit" by Scholin, "Our Father" by Gretchaninoff, "Auf Wiedersehn" by Romberg and "Go Down Moses" arranged by Cain. . The massed chorus will be heard in "America Our Heritage," ^'Good Christian Men," "In Heavenly Love Abiding," "Good News" and "I'm Falling in Love." For the first time this year there will be appearances of an all-girl chorus and an all-boy organization. The 700 , girls will sing "I Wonder as I Wander" and "Now the Day 'is O'er." The boys' selections are "Hymn to Courage" and "My Lord What A l^ornin'." . McHenry will be represented by sixteen vocalists in the select chorus and will send another 160 to take part in the massed group. YOUNG CONTEST WINNERS Tom Thompson (left) of McHenry was recently proclaimed county junior corn growing champion at a banquet held at DeKailb in honor of Northern Illinois corn growing champions. His yield of 152.00 bushels per acre was the top yield in McHenry county in a 1955 corn growing contest. Runner-up honors went to William Slavin (center) of Alden with a yield of 119.16 bushels per acre. Tom Blumhorst, also of McHenry, was third place winner with a yield of 114.67 bushels per acre. Annual Book Fair In Ci+y March 6 The annual book fair sponsored by the McHenry Community P.T.A. will be held Tuesday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Edgebrook school lobby. There will be approximately 1,000 books for all age groups, including small children and adults, to look through. A starting price of twentyfive cents, it is believed, should make it possible for more children to have a new book. Of special interest to boys will be books on crafts and hobbies. Religious books will also be on sale this year. ' A company representative will have a complete set of a junior encyclopedia for anyone to view and he will answer any questions about the set. ^-^TJie public is invited to come and visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Massey of Woodstock, who will discuss books. Tea will be served. COUNTY FACULTY MEMBERS PLAN FOR ANNUAL MEETING Students in McHenry public schools are looking forward to a day of vacation on Friday, March 9, when faculty members attend the annual meeting of the McHenry County Education association at the Woodstock high school. A reading program for all grades, through high school, will be a feature of the morning meeting, which will be concluded with a b'isiness session. Fallowing lunch, selections by McHenry high school instrumental and vocal groups wi'U provide a half hour entertainment, after which the day's guest speaker, Dr. John A. Schindler, chairman of. the department of medicine, Monroe clinic, will talk. FESTIVAL CHORUS MEMBERS Boys and girls between 6 and 12 years of age are reminded if ^he Easter coloring contest being Conducted by local merchants. Entry forms will appear in the March 8 issue of the Plaindealer. Young people are asked to bring or mail them to the proper store on or before the end of Business Saturday, March 24, and each store will judge its own winner. Names of winning entries will be published in the March 29 £ssue of the plaindealer. Photo by Kolin These are members and alternates of the festival select chorus who are representing McHenry at the county-wide program next Monday evening, March 5, at 8 o'clock at Woodstock. Front row, left to right, are Vicki Kleinhuizen, Peggy Thurlwell, Ann Lundborg, Betty Holochwost, Nancy Swanson, Kathleen Anglese, Lois Brefeld, Kathleen Freund and Caro! Schmitt. Second row, left to right, LeRoy Hiller, Dick Wissell, Art Beck, Donald Johnson, Don Kice, Jim Keohane and Patty Miller. Sine CLASS GIVEN MARCH 10 Eleven Members Of Cast Rehearse For Production Rehearsals have been conducted for the past three weeks in anticipation of the annual senior class play, "The Curious Savage," which will be presented in the high school auditorium on Saturday evening, March 10, at 8:15 o'clock. The play is directed by Miss Frances Zender, who so successfully staged the juriior production last November. Members of the cast include Sandi Sells, Jerry Smith, Joan Young, Charles Sales, Judy De- Cicco, Dick Wissell, Bob Bauspies, Karen Glosson, Ann' Lundborg, Kathleen Anglese and Pete Bastian. Committee chairmen include Kathleen Freund, tickets and programs; Lois Brefeld, publicity; Bill Brooks, staging; Bill Huemann and Dick Olson, sound effects; and Diane Pieroni, makeup. Kay Kirk and Gloria Wilke are student directors. NAMED. CHAIRMAN Jacqueline Moss of Mineral Springs subdivision has been elected intramural chairman of her residence hall at Grinnell •college for the second semester. She is a freshman at the school. TWO ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCES ARE PLANNED BY RNA Fox River Valley camp, R.N.A., is making plans to observe its golden anniversary on Tuesday, March 6, in the recreation room of the Community Methodist church. A pot-luck supper will be served at 6:30, with members invited to attend and bring a guest. Riverside Camp, R.N.A., held a meeting last week,' at which time plans were made for their forty-fifth anniversary observance on March 20. At that time, pot-luck supper "will be served; nellis rites Donald and Raymond Nellis of McHenry were called to Chicago last weekend by the death of their mother Anna G. Nellis. Services were held Tuesday. SIXTY-FIVE VOLUNTEERS CONDUCT CANVASS SEEKING 51500 IN UK COMMUNITY; COUNTY GOAL S3MN JOSEPH ETf ENS OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING FEB. 25 •Friends in this community extended congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Etten, Sr., formerly of this locality, who observed their golden wedding anniversary Saturday, Feb. 25. The celebration was held in Chicago, beginning with mass at St. Nicholas of Tolentine church that day. Breakfast for the family and close relatives was held later, followed by open house at their home at 3730 West 62nd Place. Joseph Etten and Gertrude Scheussen were married Feb. 21, 1906, in St. Anthony's church, Chicago. They resided on a farm in the Spring Grove area for twelve years after their marriage, where they reared their five children, Joseph, Jr., of McHenry, Hubert of Antioch, Nicholas, former first baseman for the Yankees, now • of Chicago, Marcella of Hometown and William of Chicago. The Ettens have seventeen grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Both the "bride" and "groom" remain very active, Mr. Etten being engineer at St. Nicholas church. A Papal blessing obtained by Msgr. Fennessey. pastor of the church, and his assistants was extended to the pair. THREE SPEEDERS The local police report three arrested for speeding and one other tor another traffic violation this past week. MARINE MY CHANGES DISCUSSED BY C OF C MONDAY; ORGANIZATION BID LETTING A meeting filled with important business was held by the McHenry Chamber of Commerce last Monday evening in the Legion home, the session opening with the reading of the minutes and a t^asurer's report. One of the most interesting items discussed was 1956 Marine Day and the many changes in its observance. Activities will be held July 26, 27, 28 and 29.. While it was at first believed that the summer festival would have its name changed to McHenry Days, it was decided on Monday to continue as Marine Day, which has grown in popularity through the years. Details will be worked out in the weeks ahead, but it is known that main attractions will include a carnival, a water parade by day and night and boat races for young drivers in the local lake region. There will be no large street parade as in the past. Queen Contest i The queen contest will again be a feature of the event, although it will be conducted on a smaller scale. Because the girls in past charm courses were so enthusiastic over the expert advice received, and because so much benefit from the classes was noted by others, it was decided to continue this phase of the contest. As in the past, the winner will be chosen for a combination of beauty, poise and other attributes and she will receive a prize. There will be no parade of queen candidates and the winner will not be used to publicize Marine Day. Activities in connection with the festival will not begin until early afternoon. At Monday's meeting, President Donald Johnson asked for a resume of their plans from the research, public relations and publicity chairmen. In the near future, a complete list of the various committees appointed under the four major committees will be published, along with their duties. A motion was made to hold luncheon meetings in the future,, with the place and day to be decided on later. Approve Bid Mr. Johnson explained that (Continued on Page 8). CHICAGO SEMINARY PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT LUTHERAN CHURCH Dr. Arm in George Weng, president of the Chicago Lutheran Theological seminary, will speak at Nativity Lutheran church in Wonder Lake on Monday, March 5, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Weng will also be present and together they will present "Slides and Chatter," the story in colored slides of their "r f | ! one-year trip to Europe. The Wengs are being sponsored by the "Women of the Church" of Nativity, and they cordially invite everyone to attend this most outstanding program. Dr. Weng is the former president of the Illinois Synod of the United Lutheran church in America and also serves on many boards of the church. Because of their many wonderful experiences in Europe, the Wengs bring a most unusual story in pictures. The Wengs are coming under the auspices of the Chicago Lutheran Seminary Guild, and the free-will offering received that evening will- go to the guild to refurnish Passavant dormitory. OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY V.F.W. auxiliary members are busy this week with' plans for their tenth anniversary celebration, which will be held Saturday evening, March 3, at the clubhouse. Dinner will be served at 7 o'olock, followed by the presentation of ten-year pins. The annual Red Cross drive opens today Thursday, March 1, in McHenry and throughout tho copnty. Volunteers will call at homes in the community afternoons and evenings during the next week or two until the campaign is completed locally. Gertrude Barbian, dHve chairman, and Dan Justen, general chairman, announce a quota of $3,500 for McHenry and a county goal of $30,000. They will be assisted by Audrey Glosson and Verona Kent and their volunteer workers. Sixty-five will gather for the annual breakfast at St. Mary's hall on Tuesday, March 6, served by the Christian Mothers' and Altar society. However, even before that day some homes will have been visited in this nwnwai, spring solicitation for funds. The Red Cross continues to serve McHenry and all other communities on a twenty-four hour basis. At present, a veteran's wife is driven weekly to Great Lakes for medical treatment. She is one of 473 persons in this immediate area who have been served during the past year by the local branch. During the annual March campaign, local residents are given an opportunity to give so that swimming instruction may be conducted on the McHenry beach next summer. Mrs. Barbian stated Tuesday that she hopes t continue this water safety program for six weeks next summer. Probably the best inducement for others to support any worthwhile project is testimony from, someone who has benefitted from the services of its sponsor. Such is the thought contained in a letter written to the Red Cross this week: "Dear Friend: "It may not seem the correct way to address an organization as a friend, but that is what the Red Cross was to us at the time of our fire. "In the person of your branch chairman, Gertrude Barbian, you were there almost before the fire was out Along with our neighbors and other friends, you furnished us with clothing, bedding and food. And to add the finishing touch, a home cooked dinner brought out that evening by Mrs. Barbian. "Thank you sincerely far all you did. "The Henry Houck Family" WELCOME VISITING WSCS MEMBERS AT MARCH GUEST DAY The Woman's Society for Christian Service of the Community Methodist church in McHenry opens its March 15 meeting as guest day to friends from neighboring Methodist churches, the time being 12:45 p.m. in the church sanctuary. Mrs. Paul Turk, a minister's wife, a Rock River conference officer for many years, now secretary of spiritual life, is the speaker of the day. Mrs. Turk has just moved, so" she will go from packing b«x to packing pictures since she illustrates her story with Masterpieces of the Ages. The society is looking forward to having Mrs. Turk as its guest as she is an accomplished speaker. Mrs. Harry Stinespring, Jr., president, of the McHenry society, announces the chairman of the serving committee for guest day is Mrs. Fred Whitfield. Members of the committee are Mrs. Julius Goffo, Mrs. Benoche, Mrs. Joseph X. Waynne, Mrs. Lester Bacon, Mrs. Ora Colby, Mrs. Leonard Nelson, Mrs. Arthur Klingberg and Mrs. Russell Rasmussen. "RECREATIONAL GUIDANCE" TO BE PANEL DISCUSSION A meeting of the P.T.A. study group will be held Thursday. March 8, at 8 o'clock in the high school home economics room, at which time a panel discussion on "Recreational Guidance" will bo conducted. James Doran and Clifton Fulton of the local faculties, and a member of the new proposed park district board will be present to get the discussion started.