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vtS; • S i t . ; i . Vi-'i i • THE PLAINDEALER 'Serving The Chain-O-Lftkes Region Since 1875" Volume 84 -- No. 27 -- 3 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1958 18 Pages -- 10c Per Copy COUNTY DEFIES POLITICAL TREND Meandeti^ * They say the hula hoop craze is rapidly approaching its demise, but not without leaving its mark on the American public. In fact, it has left many marks. ..Those who have studied the craze thoroughly say it was not without its good points, even though individuals were lefj||with aching muscles. Doctore; they say, found hooping profitable, as did the factories which manufactured them and the many stores whose' sales increased by the millions. These same experts are giving some of the credit for the waning recession to the innocent hula hoop. Overweight folks are crediting it with the loss of pounds, and as far as waknow, the only disgruntled individuals are those whose pride was injured by failure to master the spinning hoops. His many friends here at the Plaindealer were grieved to learn of the unexpected death of Thomas kujak, 15, at his Lakeland Park home in the early hours of last Thursday mqgping. Tommie had been a carrier boy for our paper for 3 % years until about six months ago. A heart ailment of long standing promoted his family to encourage the boy to take over the duties of the route in the belief that being out of doors would help him. The route proved g\tod for Tommie, as Tommie did for thP'rbute. His health seemed to improve and the route continued to grow. In fact, it grew to such an extent that the lad won first prize in a paper carrier contest conducted at the Plaindealer. Neighbors in the Lakeland Park area have a warm spot in their heart for the young man, unable to take part in more strenuous recreaenjoyed by other youths, who became a businessman in his own community. % tron Folks who live along Post Office Rural Rt. 5 are hoping that their popular carrier. Paul Karls. will be home from Hines hospital in time to carry" their mail during the approaching holiday season. Paul, was takeAto the hospital last week ana the amount of time he will , be confined there is still indefinite. A good many friehds are hoping the days will pass quickly. County Officials SMS ted Tuesday VERNON KAYS Clerk MELVIN GRIEBEL Sheriff JAMES COONEY Judge^ RICHARD TAZEWELL Supt. of Schools HARRY HERENDEEN Treasurer FIREMEN BAT! THREE BLAZES House Destroyed By Flames At McCullom Lalce .^Next week will include four days which will remain through otyt her lifetime as the most thrilling Miss Mary Ann Granger will ever experience. The piwty, 19-year-old McHenry girl leaves by plane this weekend, with a chaperone, for Baton Rouge, La., where she will be vying for the title of National Dairy Princess. Mary Ann won the county title in McHeHry early last summer and later went on to be proclaimed state champion in Peoria. Now she will be a ct^ender. along with winners from the other forty-seven States, in the national contest. She will arrive at Baton Rouge next Tuesday, and thus begin a whirl of activities w h i c h w i l l b e c l i m a x e d w i t h the coronation ball Friday evening. Mary Ann. a 1958 graduate of the McHenry high school, h»k hundreds -of-friends in the McHenry area who are hoping she will bring home a national title. We join with them in offering best wishes tb a young l a d y who h a s r e m a i n e d u n spoiled in spite of enough attention to put most girls "in the clouds" for a lifetime. Veteran's Day, which at one time marked just the ArmistiO 'signing of World War I, will honor all former service folks on Nov. 11. It shouldn't be asking too much that all of us -- not just veterans -- set aside a few minutes to give a little thought to the invaluable service they performed. Quite a number of homes were attractively decorated for ©(Continued on page 8) Firemen had little sleep last Friday night, for in a period of only a few hours, they had battled flames in three locations. In only one case did firemen describe the conflagration as incendiary in nature, and they believe it might have been caused by young folks celebrating Hallowe'en. Fire completely destroyed the vacant house owned by Mr. and Mrs. F. G. DePauw of McHenry on West Lane in the village of McCullom Lake in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to one of the reserve police dfficers residing in that vicinity, there was a double explosion before the flames were visible. The heavy smoke was noted by Mrs. Bill Brennan, who resides on that street, at the time that Chief of Police Larry Murray and officers John Schlofner and Earl Murray were attempting to locate the fire. They smelled smoke about 1:30 a.m. When they located the source, Mr. Murray reported it to the McHenry fire department and led Fire chief Harold Hobbs and the firemen to the proper location. Battle Blaze Four pieces of equipment from McHenry and about twenty volunteer firemen were on the scene in about seven minutes from the time the conflagration was reported. An additional truck and two men from Lakemoor were also summoned due to the intensity of the fire and the danger to the adjoining homes. Mr. and Mrs. Granville De- Coster of Chicago own the summer cottage on the west side and were not present at the time. Some of the shingles on their house were scorched. Mrs. Katherine Greeney, owner of the home on the east side of the DePauw house and her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Godina, were sleeping and were summoned by neighbors. Bill Brennan assisted by playing water from a hose on the house, and was instrumental in saving that dwelling. The DePauw house was formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Georee Pedersen and was sold to DePauw about a year ago Fortunately, no one was living there at the time. Although the fire is still under investigation, it is suspected that the holocaust began with a furnace exnlosion. Brush Fire Between 2:30 and 3 o'clock the same morning, firemen were called about five miles southeast on River road to extinguish a brush fire, which was believed to have been started by pranksters. An Island Lake policeman had passed by only minutes before and noticed no fire. However, when he was parking at his home a short time later, he saw flames rising high in the sky and immediately turned in an alarm. JUNIORS PRESENT ANNUAL PLAY ON FRIDAY NIGHT The Junior class play, directed for the first year by Mrs. Betty Hardle, will be presented in the high school auditorium at 8:15 o'clock Friday evening, Nov. 7. The presentation is "Our Town", a play telling of life in a small New England town. The cast of characters includes George Vegara, Shirley Jager, Jaifr Walkington, Barbara Krickl, Judy Gregory, Phil Brigman, Lance Parks, Ann Peschke, Rose Linden, Mike Wirtz, Angelo Budasi, Jerry Foute, Jim Brady, Marty Ziebel, Tony Weyland, Jim Hester, L,ynn Brubach, Karen Olson, Nancy Juracfc, Lynne Buckie, Karen Antonson and Don Parisi. Karen Kralowetz and Rosemary Roti are student directors. Tickets may be purchased and reserved at the school office Thursday and Friday. Help! HelpI "Where is the carrot going with the little boy-" might well be the caption for this picture, which shows 7-year-old Clifford Wilson, Jr., trying unsuccessfully to get the tip of a huge carrot inside his mouth. This prize specimen was unearthed from the garden of his parents' home, the senior Wilsons, in Cooney Heights, and grew without benefit of fertilized soil. It weighed 2 lb. 1 oz. and measured 9% inches long. Others in • the garden weighed 1 lb. 6 oz. and 1 lb. 7 oz. County Parishes Open Campaign To Raise $1,000,000 For School Fourteen parishes of McHenry county have opened the organizational phase of a united action campaign to raise $1,- 000,000 to finance construction of the new Marian Central Catholic high school on McHenry avenue at the eastern limits of Woodstock, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. S. Nix, pastor of St. Mary's of McHenry and dean of McHenry county parishes, announced this week. "Brick work already has begun after foundations were completed for the new school," Msgr. Nix said. "Construction will proceed as rapidly fULjgg.- sibie" a;- The Rev. E. C. Baumhofer has been named resident superintendent of the new school by the Most Rev. Loras T. Lane, bishop of Rockford, who will be honorary chairman of the united action fund raising program. Fr. Baumhofer, who served from 1944 to 1952 as "assistant pastor at St. Mary's church, MC Henry, announced that campaign offices had been opened at 208 Main street in Woodstock. FiPrst organization meeting of the campaign was scheduled last (Wednesday) night for parish pastors in the St. Mary's high school library at Woodstock. The pastors' will bring parish lay chairmen to a meeting scheduled for 8 p.m. next Wednesday in St. Mary's high school cafeteria, Woodstock. At this meeting, plans will be made to conduct additional organization meetings in the various parishes. "Plans for the new high school call for one of the finest secondary educational buildings in the area," said Father Baumhofer. "Catholic parishes in hundreds of sections of America have united to build such schools, in central Ideations." NAME CHAIRMEN F'OR KIWANIS CLUB FOOTBALL BANQUET Plans are now in the making for the annual football banquet sponsored jointly by the two local Kiwanis clubs. It will be held this year on Thursday evening, Dec. 4, in the high school cafeteria. For the McHenry club, Carl Strohmeier has been named chairman, to be assisted by Clinton Claypool and Rev. George W. Martin. Guy White is chairman for the township club, assisted by Joseph Lundborg and Horace Wagner. Tt TAX WINS SUPPORT AMONG VOTERS; WRIGHT LOSES IN ONE Of TICKETS HARDEST FOUGHT RACES THREE HURT IN ACCIDENT EARLY SATURDAY Three occupants of one car were injured in an accident on the Griswold Lake blacktop road early Saturday. The auto overturned in a ditch after the collision and the three men were taken to a McHenry doctor for treatment. Driver of the car was Robert F'. Reid, 21, of Cicero and riding with him were Richard Schreiner, 21, and Robert Poylaski, 20, both of Chicago. Sheriff's deputies reported that Reid was attempting to pass a car driven by John Losch of McHenry when the accident occurred. BOMB SCARE INTERRUPTS SCHOOL ROUTINE Fox Lake Girl Admits Part In Hoax On Friday COUNCIL in CAPSULE Lutheran Ladies Planning Bazaar Members of the Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid will present their annual bazaar, bake sale and dinner on Thursday, Nov. 13. from 2 to 7:30 p.m. For the first time, this annual affair will be held in the social hall of the beautiful new. church on Rt. 120 (W. Waukegan road). The bazaar, beginning at 2 o'clock, will display many hand made articles and Christmas decorations which will help in holiday shopping. It will be possible to seiect gifts from a wide selection of pillow cases, "aprons, towels and doll clothes, as well as many others. Home-made bakery, goods may be purchased at the bake sale, which is always attractive and tempting. A great deal of preparation has gone into the family style dinner, which will be served from 5:30 to. 7:30 o'clock. Edward Dwyer- of Chicago was a weekend guest of his sister, Mrs. Walter Walsh. Sunday visitors in the Walsh home were Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson Beverly of Elgin. V.F.W. BOARD SIGNS CARNIVAL COMPANY FOR '39 The board of directors of the Veterans of Foreign Wars signed a contract with a carnival company this past week in preparation for the 1959 summer carnival of the organization. It will be held July 16, 17, 18 and 19. An entirely new kind of event is planned, which promises to be more entertaining in every way, containing many features in addition to the usual rides and booths. The V.F.W. has long ^been active in promoting activities for young people of the community, especially during the summer vacation periods. Proceeds of their annual carnivals help to defray expenses of the various projects undertaken. SUFFERS HEART ATTACK George Sullivan, editor of the Woodstock Sentinel, suffered a heart attack upon leaving the ' court house about 1:30 Wednesday morning, where he bad ' been receiving voting results ! from throughout the county. At the regular city council meeting held Monday night ol this week it was decided to enter into an agreement with Edwin F. Reid of Anderson Tree Service to spray trees within the city as a prevention against Dutch Elm disease. Since a definite/- date for spraying cannot be announced because of the ideal time being dictated by weather conditions, automobile owners are urged to be on the alert to avoid any spray damage. Every effort will be made to have cars moved from the areas in which the spraying is in progress. Persons interested in community planning Ivere preserrt at the meeting and advisea\ that they submit names at the next meeting of those indicating a willingness to serve on the planning commission. The council will receive bids on a new police car at the next regular meeting, having found through past experience that trading cars each year greatly reduces operating costs. EDUCATION WEEK MOVIE In observance of National Education Week, a special motion picture on juvenile delinqency and what a good school, can do to deter it, will be shown on Channel 11 at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11 and at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 13. It has been prod u c e d by t h e N a t i o n a l a n d State Education associations. (Continued on page 8) OFFICE State Treasurer Superintendent of Public Instruction Trustees of the University of Illinois Representative in Congress State Representative^ County Judge County Clerk County Treasurer County Sheriff County Superintendent of Schools CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WARREN E. WRIGHT 197 428 257 488 353 186 436 175 163 JOSEPH D. LOHMAN 118 196 131 276 206 124 190 50 95 GERALD W. SMITH 190 434 249 470 336 179 341 169 159 GEORGE T. WILKINS 121 185 133 289 216 124"' 183 53 99 PARK LIVINGSTON 189 435 251 479 327 169 333 167 157 CITSHMAN B. BISSELL 187 425 242 460 322 173 318 164 158 DORIS SIMPSON HOLT 188 412 251 461 324 165 316 161 162 HOWARD W. CLEMENT 124 181 132 285 227 128 200 57 100 RICHARD A. HAREWOOD 115 177 130 295 216 122 186 55 99 HAROLD POGUE. 114 188 130 287 218 124 202 53 97 ELMER 3. HOFFMAN 189 415 242 462 331 170 316 167 152 PETER J. FEIFER 121 202 144 295 217 132 202 57 100 A. B. McCONNELL 297 748% 571% 770 548% 285% 517% 285 254 JOHN P. MANNING 273 646% 687 795 % 9AR fiOl 247% 242 FERNE CARTER PIERCE 363 531 399 812 648 171 566 151% 276 JAMES H. COONEY 216 478 279 523 369 201 367 178 155 VERNON W. KAYS 189 437 256 467 326 183 325 173 170 GILBERT C. WILLEY 120 183 129 290 232 119 196 46 87 HARRY C. HERENDEEN 209 455 267 479 365 191 352 176 174 MELVIN GRIEBEL 185 422 249 439 263 162 313 165 163 ELMER R. MURPHY 128 201 140 331 294 144 204 56 95 RICHARD L TAZEWELL 218 481 275 521 362 200 366 181 181 A bomb scare -similar to those which harried administrators and faculty members in metropolitan areas of late, interrupted classes at the local high school last Friday morning, but resulted in only a short period of respite from work for students. A 16-year-old Fox Lake girl admitted her part in placing the bomb scare call when apprehended only a few hours later. About 10:45, the fire drill blew and continued for a fiveminute period until authorities at the school were able to determine that a call received on the bomb scare was really a hoax. Mrs. Stella Links, school secretary who answered the phone call, heard a muffled voice tell that a bomb had been placed in the school. Principal Marvin .Martin notified McHenry police, who arrived at the school within minutes and assisted in tracing the origin of the call. Finding that it was made from a pay phone at Johnson's Snack shop on Green street, authorities started their investigation there. A waitress recalled that only one j pay phone call had been made during the morning. She recalled the first name of the girl and gave her description to Police Joseph Grobel, who questioned a Lakemoor youth who came into the shop. The (Continued on page 8) McHenry county, refusing to follow the political trend toward the Democratic party, turned in the heavy G.O.P. vote for which it has always been known. All county Republican officials (somg without opposition) won easily. They included James H, Cooney for county judge, Vernon W. Kays for clerk, Harry C. Herendeen for treasurer, Melvin Griebel for sheriff and Richard L. Tazewell for superintendent of schools. ' The TB tax, twice defeated, met with the approval of county voters in its third attempt. All nine McHenry tovynship precincts favored the proposed tax, the total "yes" votes totalling 2,388 and the "no" votes, 1,328. Lolunan Wins On Wednesday morning, Joseph D. Lohnian was declared a certain winner for state treasurer on the Democratic ticket, defeating Warren E. Wright, Republican. George T. Wilkins (D) was said to have won the office of superintendent of public instruction. He was opposed by Gerald W. Smith (R). All three Democratic candidates for trustees of the University of Illinois were also in the lead, although final figures were not available. For representative in Congress, however, the picture was different, with Elmer J. Hoffman (R) almost a sure winner over Peter J. Feifer, (D) on the basis of Wednesday morning returns. Trend Continues The Democratic trend cortinued into neighboring WI« consin, where disappointment over the defeat of Vernon Thomson for governor was not so much political, but because he is the brother of Mrs. Maurice Clark of McHenry. He was defeated by Democratic Gaylord Nelson. By local precincts, the vote on the TB tax was as follows: Precinct 1, 187 yes, 96 no; 2, 463 yes, 130 no; 3, 253 yes, 116 no; 4, 411 yes, 315 no; 5, 321 yes, 197 no; 6, 162 yes, 109 no; 7, 339 yes, 161 no; 8, 121 yes, 93 no; 9. 131 yes, 110 no. Voting On Other Bills The township vote (nine precincts) on the Korean Service bill resulted in a 1,421 "yes" vote and a 2,225 "no" vote. The Banking Act bill, with two precincts not reported, received the support of 1,091 voters in the township, while 491 were oppossed. On the state building bond issue, there were 1 , 5 6 3 v o t e r s i n a p p r o v a l and 1,735 against, with one precinct not in. Statewide, both the state (Continued on page 8) CUBS DISPLAY ARTISTRY * Worwick Studio Photo These young members of Den No. 10, one of thirteen in Pack 362 of the Cub Scouts, are shown with some of the artistically carved DiimDkins which is the start nf *> nny. ject that may earn them money in the future. Bob Hearst instructed the Scouts in three dimensional scenes carved on pumpkins and then oil painted, a type of art knpwn as European style. Pumpkin scenes are mountains, trees, shrubbery, houses, water and bridges. The pumpkins, which require three hours to make; will be displayed at the pack meeting Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. pt the Legion home. The boys have plans for raising their own pumpkins next spring, then selling them in the fall. Carved pump* kins will also be sold and money used for their own matepials, sports and other Cub Scout activities.