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THE MCHENRY PLADMDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 187SB Volume 84 -- No. 38 -- 2 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. 1959 16 Pages -- 10c Per Copy \M.USin' and • Mea nderip' HOSPITAL PRESENTED CHECK The fire came t6 the firemen this week. A few days ago, the driver of a Wisconsin car realized the front seat of the aUto was burning just as he passed the fire station. Needless to say, the situation was remedied in short order, thanks to the efficiency of our local ljpemen. . We had always thought one of the prettiest sights anywhere was the creek at the local golf course in summer, where the ducks sailed lazily along in the waning daylight. Now we aren't too sure a winter scene isn't more beautiful, with the ducks quacking noisily either in the water or from '^2 shelter of lawns overlooking the stream. Most of us who enjoy these scenes haven',t given much thought to just how this haven was created, so it was with interest we heard the story the other day. A resident of the Country club subdivision who has long enjoyed the ducks as part of hk landscaping and who has relped appease their appetites at times, told a story which should be of interest to everyone. The story is said to have had its start one winter about, McH Hospital association e i g h t e e n y e a r s a g o w h e n C a r l | . ; r Photo by Wilson Mrs. Genevieve Bond, president of the women's auxiliary of the McHenry hospital, is shown presenting a check for $1,000 to Henry Tonyan, president of the hospital board. It is the first contribution made in 1959, against a total pledge of $6,000 from the auxiliary. Checks totalling $2,000 were presented to the board in 1958. Presentation was made at the annual theatre party last Thursday evening, sponsored by the auxiliary for the benefit of the hospital. ELECT TWO DIRECTORS AT ANNUAL HOSPITAL MEETING; NAME ARCHITECT TO BEGIN WORK The annual meeting of the ! CHARTER GRANTED ASSOCIATION FOR Rietesel found a duck near his J was held at the hi£h sch°o1 home on the river, its wing [ last Thursday evening at which frozen to the ice. He rescued j time Ralph Bennett was electthe bird, but it was never able ed to a three-year term on 9 fly again. | the hospital board and Dr. The mallard remained on the George Alvary was re-elected river, assisted in sustaining life by her benefactor. In the spring, other ducks were attracted to the scene and through the years the flock multiplied until the sight of several hundreds of the birds is not uncommon. In recent years, Mr. and ^lrs. b. W- Kaeuffl, In whose., iront yard the birds spend much of their time, have generously provided food so that they, and other local residents, may enjoy what few other communities can boa^t In the way of a natural haven for birds. We envy residents who have this delightfiil view from their windows, and are just guessing ^at the scene provided by COUNTY RETARDED The McHenry County Association for Retarded Children received its charter as a nonprofit corporation from the secto the same length term of retary of state Monday. The office. Mr. Bennett, had been! group is now ready to proceed named last November to fill! with the adoption of its by the unexpired term of Donald Johnson, who resigned. Present at the meeting was John VanDerMeulen, who was selected by the board to complete working drawings of the jiew hospital addiUon~and .supervise construction. A former McHenry resident now living in Chicago, Mr. VanDerMeulen is known internationally in his line of work. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has taught at the Illinois Institute of Architectural Design. Known Internationally In Europe, he designed the Embassy buildingSrin Stockholm laws and start its drive for membership. The executive committee will meet shbrtly to establish standing committees and elect chairmen. They ask any teacher who is. -interested in taking special training to teach retarded children, to notify the organization at Route 1, Wonder Lake, and a scholarship application blank will be mailed in reply. At the January meeting, the first Tuesday in the month was established as the meeting |ium Woodstock. DISTRICT 6 PMA MEET SCHEDULED IN CITY JAN. 31 General Manager A. L. Mc- Williams and Walter E. Winn of Richmond, president of the Pure Milk association, will address the annual meeting of the organization's District 6, to be held in McHenry on Jan. 31. About 1,000 dairy farmers of n o r t h e a s t e r n I l l i n o i s and southern Wisconsin are members of the district. The meeting is scheduled to b e g i n at 11 o ' c l o c k in the morning at the Legion home, with a business session of deleg a t e s which w i l l i n c l u d e the election of officers. Dinner for members and their wives will be served at noon, followed by a question and answer period. Present officers include the district director, W. E. Winr.; president, Ralph Nichols; vicepresident, Herbert Orr, Rt. 3, Harvard: secretary-treasurer, Sebre Whiting, Rt. 5, McHenry. Pure Milk is a milk marketing and bargaining cooperative of about 14,000 clairy farmers who produce milk for Chicago and surrounding markets. The association owns and operates thirteen daiiy plants in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. THURSDAY RALLY KICK-OFF FOR MARIANDR1VE Special Meetings Planned In Five County Parishes The Most Rev. Loras T. Lane, D.D., Bishop of Rockford, will tonight (Jan. 22) ask Catholic families of McHenry county to make sacrifices to insure Christ centered secondary education for 'teen-agers as he speaks at an informative rally that opens a $1,000,000 fundraising campaign to pay for construction of Marian Central Catholic high school at the eastern limits of Woodstock. The rally, to which all Catholics of the county have been invited, will start at 8 p.m. in St. Mary's high school gymnas- HONOR AREA RESIDENT FOR 4-K (PiDERSW 200 Present At '59 Recognition Banquet Jan. 15 About 200 agricultural and home economics 4-H club leaders in the county were honored at a recognition banquet held last Thursday night in Crystal Lake. Sponsors were the McHenry County Farm and Home Bureaus and the McHenry County Service company. Among those honored were Mrs. Paul Walkington of Ringwood, whose work with young people in home economics has covered the past sixteen years, and Mrs. John Hogan, also of .Ringwood, for twelve years' service. Other local women recognized were Mrs. Harold Zepel of Wonder Lake, four years; and Mrs. Kenneth Leibach of McHenry, two years; Mrs. Jay Hansen, Wonder Lake, Mrs. Elaine Jaeger and Mrs. Arnold Larson, both of McHenry, one year each. New 1959 leaders include Karen Schmelzer, Mrs. Mary Chrabonnier," Mrs. June Stuart and Mrs. Morris C. Crouch of McHenry. v - • A number of agricultural leaders were also recognized, among them James D. Curran of McHenry for ten years' service. Clarence Harrison has served for two years and Ed Condon for one year. Karen Schmelzer is one of seven new agricultural leaders in 4-H for 1959. Guest Speaker Ralph Burnett, farm adviser, acted as master of ceremonies for the banquet, introducing the guest speaker, Jack Loshbaugh. formerly a Hartland farmer who left in 1952 to become an agricultural education missionary in the Belgian Congo. Mrs. Jean Pless, assistant home adviser, and Earl Baylor, assistant farm adviser, presented certificates and awards to the leaders. The 4-H federation president, Bruce 01brich, expressed gratefulness to them for the help, time and energy devoted to the 4-H program. Folks who frequently drive east on Main street will find the world ahead straightened out. Since last October's hurricane, the flag pole jit the Jggh school has had a i-consid- ^•able leaning to the south, giving drivers an uncomfortable feeling even though they were assured no danger existed. (Continued on page 8) state department. Mr. VanDerMeulen has won many prizes in professional architectural competition. It is especially interesting to know that plans for the pool which be d e s i g n e d f o r the McHenry community a few years ago, a project not yet carried out, merited an international award. Plans for the hospital addition have been approved by the state board of health and working plans are now in progress. No completion date has been set. these feathered friends com-. an(j Copenhagen, as well as the pensates for the care provided, j apartment buildings in Paris | , ,. lor American personnel in the McHenry has some budding poets among its younger folks. Several M.C.H.S. freshmen submitted poems to the National High School Poetry association last month and two were accepted for publication in the annual Anthology of High (Qbhool Poetry. The poems were "A Thought For Thanksgiving" by Robert McDonald and "The Fair" by Lynn Gustavson. date. For the present, Harrison school will be the,, meeting place. Plans^ were made for a social program for the children each month, and arrangements have been made for a Valentine party in February to be held in the basement room Of the Wonder Lake Bible church. A puppet show presented by two Woodstock high school girls is scheduled for entertainment. The association i§ also planning a Valentine party for the EMH room in Woodstock on Feb. 13. Twenty families joined the group at the January meeting. NO FIRE DAMAGE Firemen were called to Sip Snack Inn on Elm street, owned by Win Hagberg, last Fri- HOSPITAL WILL BENEFIT FROM STROHM PROGRAM High school students have a unique chance to see history in the making for they can view the entertaining movies of Red China which John Strohm of day night when they became'Woodstock took in his exclusalarmed over a flooded oil stove. No damage occurred. VIEWS SOUVENIRS Don Peasley Photo Mrs. David Joslyn, president of the woman's auxiliary of Memorial Hospital of McHenry County, looks at some of the souvenirs which John Strohm brought back from his Red China trip last September. Strohm will show his. colpr_ movies and talk about his'exclusive trip behind the bamboo curtain at a benefit for the auxiliary on Friday, Feb. 6. The program, set for 8 p.m., will be at Woodstock Community high school. ive sorte into that Communist country la.=t September. These are the first -- and only movies taken by an American in Red China since the Korean war broke out in 1950. Strohm took 2,500 feet of film, I edited it to a half-hour presentation, and offers commentary on what this restless giant is like today. His talk and colored movies will be presented as a benefit for the Women's auxiliary of Memorial Hospital of McHenry County on Friday, Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. They will be shown at the Woodstock Community high pchool. A question period is also planned. Special rates for students have been set to encourage them to hear about a country -which Strohm says will be making more headlines in the next two decades than Russia. "I frequently get letters from students all over the country asking me for my impressions of China, Russia and other countries I've visited," Strohm said. "These films are entertaining, but they are also instructive, for they show the primitive farming methods, the communal life which the leaders have put. into effect, and the frenzy of the Chinese as "There will be no solicitation at this evening's meeting," Harold J. Bacon, Crystal Lake, campaign general chairman said. "Catholic families will gather to hear their Bishop explain the need for Christian education during the 'teen-age years, the critical period of the individual's development. 2,000 Volunteers Kick-off meetings for 2,000 campaign volunteers in fourteen parishes will cccur on the following schedule next week, Mr. Bacon announced: Monday, Jan. 26, St. John the Baptist, Johnsburg; St. Joseph's, Richmond, and St. Peter's, Spring Grove, in St. Joseph's parish hall, Richmond; Tuesday, Jan. 27, St. Mary's and St. Patrick's, McHenry. in St. Mary's gymnasium, McHenry; Wednesday, Jan. 28, St. Thomas the Apostle, Crystal Lake, and Christ the King, Wonder Lake, in St. Thomas school hall. Crystal Lake. Others will be held elsewhere in the county. All of the kick-off meetings will begin at 8 p.m., Mr. Bacon said. Hundreds of Catholic youths gathered at a rally that took the form of a record hop in St. Mary's high school gymnasium last Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. Cars Collide At Terra Cotta In Snow Storm No one was injured when cars driven by Mrs. Roma D. Switzer of McHenry and Robert H. Lucas collided at the top of Terra Cotta hill, on Rt. 31, about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening. According to state police, Mrs. Switzer, travelling north, approached the crest of the hill to find the other car, headed south, parked partly on the highway. The two cars collided head-on, resulting in about $300 to each vehicle. (Continued on page 8) Dr. Ruqgero Officer Of Medical Society At their Jan. 15 meeting, the McHenry County Medical society re-elected Dr. John R. Tambone of Woodstock as president, Dr. Santo Ruggero of Wonder Lake, as vice - president. and Dr. M. Mijanovich of Marengo as secretary-treasurer. Dr. Bennett Berman of McHenry, and Dr. A. Lee Hadary of Woodstock were admitted to membership. Donald Doherty Heads C of C Donald Doherty was elected president of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting held last Friday afternoon. Other officers are Dr. John .Goetschel, vice-president, and frotold Steffan, treasurer. Eleanor Pliner was reappointed secretary. New board members elected to serve for three-year terms were Joseph Kuna, Jerome Steinbach, Dr. John Goetschel, Richard Jager and William Pries. Seven others whose terms did not expire include Dan Creamer, who served ably as president in 1958; Donald Doherty, James Larkin, Frank Gregory, Harold Steffan, Robert Justen and F. Vaughn Jones. The installation of new officers will take place at a general meeting to be held early in February. A planning commission leader in northern Illinois will be guest speaker. ARREST OF TWO SOLVES SEVERAL AREA BURGLARIES Several burglaries in the county in recent weeks were cleared up with the arrest of two Elgin men last Thursday. They were Paul Edward Wright, 21, and Emerson C. Meyers, 35. A total of $600 was realized in the burglaries, all of which occurred in taverns. Two members of the sheriff's office were cruising near Ringwood Thursday night when they found a car stalled in a ditch. Upon investigation, they found a rifie and crowbar in the rear seat and the two men still in the car. The taverns burglarized were at Cary, Huntley and Union. Hearings for the two men, both of whom confessed their part in them, have been set for Jan. 24. Ed. Cropleys Wed 59 Years The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cropley of Solon Mills will be happy to°learn that the couple will observe their fiftyninth wedding anniversary next Sunday, Jan. 25, by holding open house at their home between 2 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Cropley, the former Miriam Jones of Dodgeville, Wis., is especially well known in this community, where she engaged in the nursing profession for many years. She and her husband. a retired farmer, have lived their entire married, life in Solon Mills. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cropley are in fairly good health, although this was the first winter in thirty years that they felt unable to make the long trip to Florida for several months. PREPARE FOR ANNUAL MOTHERS' MARCH NEXT THURSDAY; NAME CHAIRMEN IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES FOX RIVER GROVE SCENE OF FIRST TRAFFIC DEATH The county's first traffic fatality of the year occurred last Monday morning when John Hajek, 72, of Fox River Grove lost his life when his car was struck by a Chicago & North Western passenger fiyer at Lincoln street crossing in Fox River Grove. The west-bound train struck the north-bound car as it was crossing the track. According to Coroner Theror. Ehorn, the car apparently stalled on the track. The impact of the crash threw the auto about 150 feet from the crossing. A Marengo man who was killed recently when his car went out of control and crashed into a utility pole suffered a heart attack which caused the crash, according to findings of a coroner's inquest. McHENRY GIVES $2,607 TO RECENT TB SEAL SALE A total of $16,464.80 has been donated to the McHenry Coun? ty Tuberculosis association during the annual Christmas seal sale. In releasing this figure, Mrs. Claribel H. Naylor, McHenry county tuberculosis nurse, said the last "reminders" are being sent to those of the 26,000 recipients of Christmas seals who have not responded. The amount collected is still below our last year's total of $17,- 580.55. The seal sale money is our only means of support and in order to carry on our program of clinic x-rays, skin testing of school children, mobile unit x-rays, research and education, it is necessary to reach the goal of $18,000. , The local communities and the donations are as follows: Alden, $80; Algonquin, $789.85; Barrington, $67; Capron, $16; Cary, $725.35; Crystal Lake, $3133.70; Fox River Grove, $507.50; Garden Prairie, $15; Hartland, $10; Hampshire, $17; Harvard, $1470.65; Hebron, $345.29; Huntley, $335; Island Lake, $2; Marengo, $1339.25; McHenry, $2607.36; Richmond, $390.30; Solon Mills, $22; Spring Grove, $125; Union, $212.50; Wonder Lake and Ringwood, $638.80; Woodstock, $3,555.25, miscellaneous, $60. More volunteers for the 1959 March of Dimes were announced this week by Louis Marchi, chairman of/the fund drive in this area.- -The expanded program of the National Foundation is receiving enthusiastic, s u p p o r t from c i t i z e n s who helped m&ke possible the triumph over polio, and who will now campaign vigorously for research and education on arthritis, birth defects and disorders of the" central nervous system. The annual Mother's March on Thursday, Jan. 29, will again be headed by Mrs. Gertrude Barbian. The nearly complete list of area chairmen includes Mrs. Marilyn Fultz, E a s t w o o d Manor; Mrs. Mae Stinespring, Pistakee Bay; Mrs. Helen Para, Lakemoor, south; Mrs. Harry Brady, Lakemoor, north; Mrs. Lee Bassi, Lilymoor; Mrs. George Brda, Country Club Subdivision; Mrs. I r e n e W i t t r o c k , Orchard H e i g h t s ; Mrs. D a i s y S m i t h , McHenry Shores; Mrs. Harold Vycital, McCullom Lake; Mrs. Frances Cina and Mrs. Jean Parisi, Lakeland Park. Mrs. Ethel 'McGee will be in charge of refreshments for the mothers at the completion of their collections. Other Volunteers Among those who will help count up the accumulated fund are Mrs. John Weichman, Mrs. Mildred Miller, Mrs. Leonard Blake, Mrs. Alfred Fritz, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reese, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schoenholtz and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yanda. Several of these volunteers have experience with polio and a deep personal interest in the work of the National Foundation. Miss Mary Etheridge, a senior at McHenry high school, has been named to head the 'teen-age campaign, which will emphasize not only support of the March of Dimes but the importance of polio shots for the whole family. MINOR ACCIDENT Two local youths were injured Saturday evening when the car in which they were riding struck a tree- on the Griswold Lake blacktop road. Rodney Benson, 18, suffered lacerations at the base of the skull and Larry Monaghan, 16, a cut jaw and left hand. They were treated by a local physician. EXPLOSION DAMAGE ORCHARD BEACH HOME A SHAMBLE AFTER EXPLOSION Support the March of Dimes drive this week. Meet To Formulate Plans For Swimming Pool Project (Continued on page 8) / A meeting which may well resemble the old fashioned town gathering has been called, for Wednesday evening. Jan. 28, at 8 p.m. in the high school i auditorium, when a panel of j informed persons will explain j the cost, design and ways of financing a swimming pool for; McHenry. j No definite plans for the undertaking have been made, J and interested persons are urg- i ed to become better informed! and express their opinions on i a project which is desired by I a growing number of local residents. ! Present with information of, interest--will be John VanDer-j Meulen, architect who designed a pool for McHenry a few years ago; John Looze, local attorney; a representative from Lincoln Pools at St. Charles; Robert H. Wiegman, president of the Illinois Association of Park Districts, and James Orphan of Morton Grove. Invite Public Local clubs are invited to be represented at next week's meeting, as well as interested citizens. ^ A number of plans are expected to be offered, from which further progress can be made toward the construction of the pool. The inclusion of a pool with a park district has been mentioned as a possibility and will be' explained along with other methods of procedure. It is expected that a committee will be formed to decide on a program of action by June of this year. The Donald Kidd family, including three children, found the interior of their beautiful home at 11 Orchard Beach nothing but a shamble following ar. explosion about 11 o'clock last Sunday morning. Fortunately, all five members of the family were on the second floor and were uninjured. They were startled by a noise and shaking of the house just before they started for the first floor to prepare for dinner. Investigation revealed that the explosion was caused when a gas pipe snapped leading into the house, the fumes igniting a spark from the motor of a freezing unit in a small room in the basement. There was only a sma?ll amount of fire damage in that part of the home, the flames having been extinguished by firemen shortly after their arrival. The family was forced^to accept the hospitality of friends until early in the week, when they were able to return temporarily to their home. None of the first floor escaped the explosion, which very much resembled an earthquake, according to Mrs. Kidd. Hardwood floors are now wavv surfaces, oak doors were splintered, radiators were torn from the walls and dishes scat-( tered about the room. It is believed that the entire house will need to be torn down, so great was the damage. Dr. Kidd is a practicing dentist in Lake Zurich. Photos by Kotalik This pile 7of rubble was the fireplace chimney at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Kidd, 11 Orchard Beach, until an explosion in their home Sunday morning completely destroyed it and caused havoc to the entire residence. This side of the wall in the Kidd home parted sufficiently for a game of hide-and-seek as a result of the explosion. Doors were splintered, dishes were scattered about the room and radiators were pulled from the wall.