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% V I % "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 84 -- No. 29 -- 3 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1958 20 Pages -- 10c Per Copy USin and * • »* - mm® Only occasionally do we find time to peruse the pages of old Piaindealers in our files, but when we do we find them most interesting. Last week one of these old issues came our way from an- , other source. An employee of MeHenry Disposal was removrubbish from the Maurice Gladstone property and found an April 25, 1929, copy of the paper. Even one Issue reveals just how far we have come' In the way of progress in the thirty years since then. <• A leading front page article told of talking movies coming to the Empire theatre for the Ast time with the showing of "On Trial," with Pauline Frederick, Burt Lytell and Lois Wilson. Another item tells of citizens being granted a hearing by the county board regarding " a request for an appropriation for proper lighting of the state bridge. Difficulty arose from the fact that the' state could light it, and since it was Wtside the corporation, the city could not legally carry on the program either. Many other items of interest were also included, and we are most grateful for receiving this issue, which was addressed to Mrs. Anna Meyer. It isn't often we get to the big city these days, or even $e neighboring little cities. Consequently, an occasional trip makes one realize how tremendous is our population growth. We discovered a number of interesting things on a recent trip by car to Chicago--things which we hadn't learned taking a different route on the train. One is that there isn't any r sailed rural area any more, e kept expecting to enjoy the leisurely country driving we used to know until we reached the out-skirts of Chicago, but it didn't happen. Even at an hour when traffic was comparatively light, everyone seemed headed somewhere. Also, farms appeared to be outnumbered by outlying business establishments and by just ^ty dwellers who had moved wit of an even more congested area. Factories seemed to have mushroomed since our last trip, and each one seemed larger and more elaborately constructed than the one before. It was at least pleasant to learn that the growing population was being kept busy. The lapse of time between fluips must have been- longer tnan we t h o u g h t f o r huge housing areas such as we witnessed couldn't have grown o v e r - n i g h t -- c o m p l e t e to churches, schools, etc. And the maze of complicated highway systems made us realize it was time to catch up with the times. We find it increasingly hard to do that even in our own wnnmunlty. It is discouraging to find that we must go beyond something we have yet to accomplish. With cold, strong winds indicating that winter is at last with us, friends will read with no little envy that Mr. and Mrs. Matt Laures are again settled for a winter in West |3alm Beach, Fla. ^A letter this week tells of the Laures' having vacationed in California first, where they visited an old schoolmate, Frank Justen, in Chowchilla, and toured the Justen ranch. -They report the weather perfect to date and hope for a better season than Florida visitors had last winter. (?>That grapevine has a way of leaking information and this week we learned that So I Hear is observing another birthday anniversary today. Just sorry we can't go farther and tell which one, but long ago. by mutual agreement, we decided to keep the public in the dark. J Sn ryftll'rA arninnr nlaw And passing them all-L When we find the wreckage Just whom shall we call? Mrs. James Fields was a recent guest in the Gene Gilbert home in Chicago and while there served as confirmation sponsor for Miss Mary Gilbert at St. John Vanini church. SEAL CORNERSTONE BOX Worwick Studio Photo Mayor George P. Freund is shown sealing the metal box containing items of permanent interest which was later placed within the cornerstone of the new dial telephone building at the corner of Court and Pearl streets. The dedication program took place last Wednesday noon, $ith about thirty persons in attendance. Pictured with Mayor Freund, at left, are Robert C. Zahn, local telephone manager; Miss RoVena Marshall, chief operator in MeHenry; and Wire Chief Russell Kelly. Among items sealed within the box were company reports, a current telephone directory, a recent copy of the Plaindealer and some photographs. Also of interest was a tape recording of each guest's voice. Name Outstanding Player At ? Kiwanis Football Banquet Dec. 4 Deral Teteak, assistant coach of the University of Wisconsin, will be the guest speaker at the Kiwanis football banquet on Thursday, Dec. 4. The toastmaster this year is the president of the MeHenry Towriship Club, George S. Pedersen. As in the past years, the high school boys octet will provide the musical entertainment for the evening. This football banquet is held each year at this time to honor the football team and the cheerleaders. The cheerleaders are Ahita Eeckenbaugh, Judy Hans, Lois May, Mary Lou Miller, Suzanne Miller,. Rosemary Roti and Ann Peschke. The team coaches are: varsity, Paul Mandli and Bill Huft>- chinson; sophomore. Chuck Cuda and Don Seaton; freshmen, Cliff Fulton and Bob Hendricks. The team managers are Den- McHENRY SALES TAX COLLECTION TOTALS $29,084 September sales tax collections by cities in the county disclosed a total of $190,090.70. Again this month, food sales brought the largest amount, $55,147.91. Other items, included general merchandise, $16,- 016.03; drinking and eating places, $28,657.77. McHenry's collections amounted to $29,064.73. Others were R i c h m o n d , $ 4 , 3 3 9 . 3 9 ; R i n g w o o d , $ 6 5 2 . 2 0 ; S p r i n g Grove, $1,536.14; Wonder Lake, $2,106.45; Johnsburg, $846.38; Island Lake, $332.46; Lakemoor, $442.50; Union, $883:24. Others were Woodstock. $33,- 117.37; Alden, $276.27; Algonquin, $6,762.85; Cary, $8,257.- 82; Chemung, $181.56; Crystal BROKEN GLASS PIERCES CHEST OF LOCAL GIRL • __» - , L a k e , $ 3 1 , 2 2 7 . 6 9 ; "Fox R i v e r nis Welter, Bill Blemmer, Ken j Grove $4oi5.17; Harvard, Hettermann and Bob English. $14215.58; Hebron, $2,190.46; • Team Members Team members include Matt Eichinger, Jack Schaefer, George Vergara, Sonny Hocin, John Moss, John Steinbach, Dick Lundborg, Don Bentz, Jim Jones. Bob Hauser, Joe Sanford, Mike Gantert, Jim Hester, Terry Brady, Harry Hettermann, Dick Antonson, Tom Roti, James Peterson, Allen Franz, Ron Creutz, Bob Borchard, Tom Claybaugh, Keith Peters, Harry Stinesspring, Bernie Klapperich, Tom Fisher, Bruce Hintze, Bob Bates, Jerry Lezalde, Brian Baker, Jerry Thennes, Bill O'Brien, Tom Olson and Allen Dilg. During the evening, one member will be named as the out Huntley, $4,775.06; $11,039.03. Marengo, RAILROAD WILL REVISE SUBURBAN SCHEDULE DEC. 1 Approval by the Illinois Commerce Commission of virtually all of the Chicago and North Western Railway company's proposals to revise its suburban operations and services was termed by the railway as a "giant contribution toward the preservation of Chicago's suburban transpbrtation system." The North Western's program, to be placed into effect on Dec. 1, calls for elimination standing player. He is picked I 22 "inner-belt" stations, rebv his teammates, not only for i vision and modernization of his football ability, but for j ticket and price structure and other essential qualities neces- new fares reflecting a 24 per sary for every day living !cent increase in the new unlim- The KiWanis clubs are grate-iited monthly ticket over the ful to the business men who help make this affair possible. Tickets are available at Whites Men's shop or at the high school. EPISCOPAL CHURCH OFFERS SPECIAL RITE ON HOLIDAY present 46-ride monthly ticket. To overcome losses in excess of $2,000,000 a year in its suburban operations, the railway proposed its three-fold program to the state commission last December to (1) eliminate 23 j inner-belt stations, fifteen of , which are within Chicago, to ! permit more and faster service | to the majority of the road's _ _ commuters from the outer sub- On Thanksgiving Day. mem- ; urbs; completely revise and bers of St. Paul s Episcopal modernjze its ticket and fare church will have two services | stru<iture and adopt unlimited- ! ride "flash" type tickets reEucharist will be celebrated at quiring no punching, and (3) 11 am at the church, one mile jncrease fares reflecting a 24 south on Green street, McHen- per cenj jncrease jn the new Susan Laurence, 10, of Lakeland Park, was seriously injured in an unusual accident at her home Tuesday afternoon. The youngster, who observed her birthday anniversary that day, was hurrying out of the front door after school when her arm broke glass in a combination storm door. The glass pierced her chest and lung and she was suffering from hemorrhage when taken to the MeHenry hospital for treatment. Oh Wednesday noon, the girl was reported to have spent a fair night and was somewhat improved. Susan, daughter of Mr. and, Mrs. Bernie Laurence, is a fifth grade pupil at Edgebrook school. McHENRY JOINS IN PLANNING FOR BENEFIT BAKE SALE COUNTY BOARD lAPPROVES NEW 1TOWNSHIP BRIDGE Atty. Harry Kinne, president of the MeHenry County chapter of the Illinois Association for the Crippled, Inc., has announced that on Saturday, Nov. 22, bake sales will be held in all county cities and villages. In MeHenry, the sale will start about 9 o'clock in the Justen furniture store on Green street, under direction of Mrs. Robert Speckman. The association is buying, on contract, the building on Rt. 14, north of Woodstock, where the therapy center now operates. Proceeds of the various bake sales will be used to help defray expenses of the payments. The current project of the group is apart from the annual Easter Seal drive starting Feb. 28, which uses funds for carrying out the various programs associated with the organization. CRIME STOPPERS MEET The Crime Stoppers wijl "meet Tuesday, Nov. 25, at A p.m. at the city hall. Holiday Deadlines For Thanksgiving week, Plaindealer deadlines Will be changed since the paper will be printed on Tuesday, Nov, 25. General news will be accepted until 3:30 Saturday afternoon. Correspondents whose copy reaches us regularly on Friday will need to turn it in Thursday afternoon. Those whose copy usually reaches us Monday morning must have it in our office ori, Friday afternoon. Display advertising will be f accepted through Saturday, ' Nov. 22, and classified advertising until Monday morning, Nov. 24, at 10 o'clock. : The construction of four bridges in the county, at a "cost of $9,000, was approved by the board of supervisors in session Tuesday. They also heard a petition asking for the construction of two new bridges in Greenwood township, with an estimated cost of $35,000 each. Among the four bridge construction projects approved was one at the site of the present chapel-bridge in MeHenry township. The cost of the new bridge is $2,750. Two of the projects approved are in Hebron township and another is the Hanson bridge in Algonquin township. Church Sponsors Film. "Singspiraiion" Nov. 22 The Alliance Bible church youth group is sponsoring a film "Seventeen" and a "singspiration" on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m.'at the church, 208 John street, MeHenry. All young people between the ages of 12 and 20 are invited to attend. ry. For the benefit of those who must travel on that day, there also will be a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at the Church of the Holy Family in Fox Lake Hills at 7:30 a.m. The Rev. Vincent Fish is vicar- in-charge of both churches. «- Help Fight TB Buy Christmas Seals unlimited monthly ticket over the present basic monthly ticket. NOTICE The MeHenry State bank will be open Wednesday, Nov. 26, and will close on Thursday, ivOV. iff -ttoggrva i iic ur Thanksgiving. GRASS FIRE Firemen were called to the lot behind Atlas Builders and Real Estate' on Rt. 120, just east of the city, early Wednesday^ afternoon to extinguish a grass fire. " FORMER DfcHEMRY m< HEADS SIMM# PAROCHIAL MS SCHOOL DRIVE; NAME LOCAL CUttlRMBI Harold J. Bacon, president of the Home State bank of Crystal Lake and former bank official in MeHenry and Cary, has accepted the general chairmanship of the $1,000,000 u n i t e d a c t i o n c a m p a i g n to f i nance construction of Marian Central Catholic high school, the Rev. E. C. Baumhofer, chairman of the public information committee and superintendent of the new school, announced today. At the same time, appointments" of chairmen of the fourteen MeHenry county parishes that the school will serve, were announced. "Lay leaders4n all of the parishes have readily accepted responsibility and the opportunity to provide a Christ-centered education for 'teen-agers in this campaign," said Father Baumhofer. "We are extremely fortunate to have men of this calibre as chairmen." Mr. Bacon, son of Mrs. Nellie Racon of MeHenry, recently resigned as chairman of the MeHenry county zoning board of appeals after twelve years of service. He has been a senior officer in banks of the county for twenty-three years, and is nresident of an insurance Troup that covers twenty-two states. Mr. Bacon is also widely known in the Knights of Columbus. and formerly held office in that organization. Area Chairmen Chairmen and the local parishes they represent are Fred J. Smith, St. John the Baptist, Johnsburg: Fred J. Meyer, St. Mary's, MeHenry; William J. Nuber, St. Patrick's, MeHenry; James Mclntee, St. Joseph's, Richmond; Jerome Miller, St. Peter's, Spring Grove; and Frank Houda, Christ the King, Wonder Lake. Parish chairmen and pastors McHENRY JUNIOR NAMED DISTRICT COUNCIL OFFICER Judy Hans of MeHenry was elected second vice-president at the Northeast-Northwest district convention of Student soeiate chairmen and co-chairmen of the Marian committee in their own areas. Parishes have been grouped for weekly meetings as follows: Johnsburg, Spring Grove and Richmond on Mdndays; St. Mary's and St. Patrick's, MeHenry, Tuesdays; Crystal Lake and Wonder Lake, Wednesdays. uncils held in Freeport, 111., recently. Eight delegates attended from here, including Terry Brady, president of the local Student Council; Suzanne Miller, Henry Houck, Judy Hans, Fred Clarey, Dorothy Adams, Bob Beckenbaugh and Tiina Keerberg. Seven - hundred delegates present elected Miss Hans to her high position after she had delivered a speech and presented material for her campaign. ESCAPES INJURIES John Bolton of Main street, MeHenry, e s c a p e d i n j u r i e s when his car went out of control early Friday evening on VandPrPflrr HIor»Lrtnr> rnoA Ano andone4ralf miles'west of the Gre^nwpdcP blacktop Expect Record Mailing Season Postmaster Ray McGee and employees of the post office are busy preparing for a record mailing season at Christmas due to the continued rapid growth of the community. As a result, applications for holiday employment are now being accepted at the main office and station. To aid patrons new collection boxes have been placed at the Northwestern depot, Center and Oak streets, and on the southeast comer of Elm and Park streets. The latter is the "snorkel" type box. Mail can be deposited in this type of box without getting but of the car. Another box of this type will be placed in front of the new post office building at 106 N. Green street. Both the main office and station will be closed on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, but lobbies in both offices will be open from" 8 a m. to 5 p.m. for the convenience of patrons having boxes in those office. There will be no delivery of mail, nor will there be incoming or outgoing mail on that day! PETER JUSTENS WED 50 YEARS NOT TUESMV Popular Couple To Hold Open House Nov. 23 One of the community's best known and respected couples, Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Justen, will celebrate the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 23, although the actual ceremony took place on the twenty-fifth, which was Thanksgiving day. An anniversary Mass will be read in their honor at St. Mary's church next Sunday, followed at 12:30 by a family dinner for thirty guests at the MeHenry Country Club. Open house for friends in MeHenry and the surrounding community will be held there from 3 to 6 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Justen have enjoyed a long married life which has been marked by a successful business partnership in which they have acquired innumerable friends and acquaintances. Both are natives of MeHenry, Mr. Justen having been bom at what is now 520 Main street. In November of 1908, he was married to Carrie A. Niesen. Two years later, the couple left MeHenry for Denver, Colo., and remained there for five years, where he was employed by the Denver Gas and Electric Co. Returns To City In 1915, returning to MeHenry, the couple entered the furniture and undertaking business with his parents, N. J. and Gertrude S. Justen and during the same year they purchased the business from the elder Justens. Mr. Justen's business interests have been many and varied. During the first World War he was called upon by the government to give service in the Internal Revenue, narcotics and prohibition departments, remaining for almost KAREN SCHMELZER WINS TOP 441 AWARD AQEVEMENT NKHT; OTHERS FROM AREA ARE HONORS RECOVER STOLEN GOODS FOLLOWING YOUTH'S ARREST Items valued at more than $5,000, including a boat, boat trailer,. several outboard motors and a quantity of boat accessories, were recovered the last of the week after the arrest of Harold Kautz, 18, of Spring Grove. The youth was held in the county jail under bonds of $5,000 each on two charges of larceny. George Gutzman of Wonder Lake and Frank Schafer of Johnsburg signed the complaints. The arrest of Kautz resulted from a phone call received by the sheriff's office from a member of the Richmond police force, stating that an outboard motor was sold for a "ridiculously low price." Investigation led to the arrest of the Spring Grove youth. 1 Recovery of the various items solved a series of thefts reported over a period of several months during the vacation period. Among the items recovered were a boat and motor belonging to Gutzman and a 75-hp. motor belonging to the Schafers. Local Man At European Meet George Edgar Tripp, Johnsburg, packaging engineer at the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces, Chicago, left last Thursday, for Harwell, England, where he will address the European meeting on "The Use of Ionizing Radiation for Food Preservation." The meeting, which is being held Nov. 17-21, is sponsored byr the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations. Mr. Tripp will discuss the work of the institute's radiation preservation of food division on packaging of irradiated foods, irradiation of potatoes and root crops, irradiation of fresh fruits and vegetables, and the disinfestation of dry bulk stored and packaged foods such as beans and flour. The meeting is being held to consider the need for, and the possibility of, organizing international cooperation in research on food irradiation in Europe. Mr. Tripp will return on Nov. 22. ALDEN MAN'S DEATH BRINGS TOLL TO 23 (Continued on page 8) The county recorded its twenty-third traffic fatality of the year when a 64-year-old Alden man, Thomas H. Hill, died in Harvard hospital late Friday night, Nov. 14, of injuries suffered in a head-on collision a week before. Two others, Michael Haste, 12, a grandson of Hill, and William McCabe, of Rt. 1, MeHenry, were seriously hurt in the accident. The two-car crash occurred on Rt. 173, east of Harvard. NCSl in C NOTICE Thanksgiving week, the MeHenry Savings & Loan association will remain open on Wednesday, Nov. 26, and will be closed on the twenty-seventh, which is the holiday. Steps were taken at the regular meeting of the City Council on Monday night to further the plan for reviving the plan commission program. 9 An ordinance passed in March, 1956, creating a plan commission was repealed and a more comprehensive ordinance, approved by the city attorney, Johri"*E£ Looze, was passed. The citizen's committee presented names of persons who mission and urged Mayor Freund to name the members for council approval at the next meeting. The urgency stems from necessity of filing for government matching hinds before the present grant is depleted. Proposals for furnishing a new police car were received and referred to the purchasing committee for study. Action on the bids will be taken at the next meeting. Property owners of the MeHenry Golf Course subdivision and the Owen, Stenger and Allen's addition area presented petitions pertaining to installation of city sewer lines. The question of proceeding under special assessments or a cash payment plan must be decided as soon as possible. --rrew ^fticie"H&enses are*now available in the city clerk's office and will become due Jan. 1. Car owners are again warned that spraying trees for the prevention of putch elm disease will take place throughout the city. Exact dates cannot be published since the spraying will be done under the most ideal weather conditions. Miss Karen Schmelzer of MeHenry, an outstanding 4-H member in the county for several years and county 4-H queen two years ago, has been selected to attend the. 4-H club Congress in Chicago Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. The trip is the highest award that can be offered any member of the organiza- .,. v IIP1 tion. Last year, Mark Zimmerman of MeHenry, now residing in Elgin, attended. Announcement of the honor., was made Saturday night by Earl B a y l o r , a s s i s t a n t farm adviser, at the fall achievement program held in Woodstock. Miss Schmelzer has been in 4-H work for ten years and is a member of the Cherry Valley, club led by James D. Curran. Both she and Richard Wissell of MeHenry, as ten-year* members of both agricultural and home economics clubs, received desk sets. Karen was named winner of the following county awards; Achievement and citizenship in both agriculture and home economics ; clothing, food preparation, girls' home economics, health, leadership,, community relations in both clubs, beautification of home grounds, recreation and safety. Richard won special recognition for his recreation program and Pat Hogan of Ringwood for her safety work. Rank Highest Listed on achievement night as outstanding club members ranking highest in the county were Karen in home economics and both Karen and Richard in agriculture. County project honor members in home economics include Pat Low, Karen Schmelzer, Pat Hogan, Ida Mae Walkington, Sandra Josserand, Evelyn Harrison, Leslie Decker and Pat Grabovy. The first three named are also state project honor members. County and state project honor members in agriculture included Kathryn Curran, Dorothy Curran, Karen Schmelzer and Richard Wissell. County outstanding members in home economics were Sandra Hoffman, Pat Hogan, Pat Karen Schmelzer and Ida Mae Walkington, with Karen also state outstanding member. The Busy Three 4-H club was the winning group for selling the most fair memberships per member. The top winner in the 4-H membership contest Was Bruce Christensen and the top members for selling most memberships in their club were Pat Hogan, Donna Holcomb, Linda Low. Bruce Christensen, Maelene Lundy and Norma Anderson. TWENTY-ONE ARE PLACED ON TOP HONOR ROLL Twenty-one out of more than 900 students in the MeHenry hiph school were placed on the "A" honor roll for the first quarter of the year. Three seniors were represented. Tom yOlsen, Ronald Smith and Ma£k Vycital. Oth* ers included the following: Joyce Eckstein, Robert Feibig, Beverly ^ Spohr afiff ^Kareir~ Thompson, juniors; Nancy Buckner, Sherry Evans; Deanne Oonk and Patricia Walsh, sophomores; Cameron Clark, Dorothy Curran, John Haehmeister. James Hutchison, Tiina Keerberg, Margaret Ma*- chi. Maryellen Nye, Virginia Peterson, Johnny Smith and Barbara Wolf.