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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" {^folume 84 -- No. 48 -- 3 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959 18 Pages -- 10c Per Copy HOLD TOWNSHIP ELECTION APRIL 7 HSm'and From the contented looks on the faces of everyone we met Monday morning, most of our . friends and acquaintancies en joyed their Easter dinner. Howa little research work convinces* us that they paid for that enjoyment, considering the fact that it cost considerably more than the repast that satisfied the family twenty-five years ago. The Easter ham cost just .17 a pound back in 1934 and butter was .25 a pound. ^jJtemembrances of the good wfe days were brought to light again this week with a fourteen- inch long itemized bill of sale from the hardware store of John I. Story, dated June 24, 1885. The sale bill, receipted by the proprietor, was found by M. D. Mahoney as he made a routine collection of garbage at the former home of one of «city's early residents. The idence is still occupied by members of the family, who evidently had disposed of items kept through the years. Judging by the great number of articles purchased-- thirty-six in all--the family evidently was just getting settled in their home. The articles were not of great value; nevertheless, how many places could ^|u shop today for thirty-six mms of any kind and get a bill for only $48.65? Also found , among the items to be disposed of was an 1861 cancelled stamp. With the' admission of Alaska us a new state during the past year, and the official welcome planned for Hawaii in the near future, a whole new field of JMeresting information concerning our fellow Americans has unfolded. There seems to be a probability that the great American sport of baseball, which has spread into many parts of the world, may be stopped at the door of the forty-ninth state. The Eskimos have their own favorite sport--blanket tossing. ^According to folks who have made a study of their recreational preferences, the Eskimos stretch a large walrus hide or a blanket three or four feet above the ground. Holding on to the edge of the blanket by special handgrips, about twenty or thirty Eskimos toss the players into ,the air, as high as 15 or 20 feet at each throw. The player who can bounce ^e highest and keep landing on his feet is the winner. This Sjiort may possibly infiltrate the United States, as the hula hoop craze spread from the South, but we doubt that its popularity spreads beyond the younger set. American dowagers, who found hooping a fashionable and effective way of slimming tige waistline, may prefer the ®>s strenuous Alaskan pastime known as the "ice pool" contest. The contest is held at Nenana in April or May. The winner is the person who comes closest to guessing the minute when the ice breaks up in the Nenana river. This is hardly a help in getting the figure trimmed for the mw spring outfit, but on sec- •Wid thought, the Easter parade is only a memory and the guessing game, with an adaption to the American way of life, might be just the thing for a lazy summer afternoon. Spring came to the Plaindealer in the form of the largest and most beautiful pussywillows we have ever seen, a gift Mrs. Alex Justen. They ren't the kind we picked along the railroad tracks as kids. The homegrown varieties are a real addition to any home--or office. Radio listeners prior to the year 1940 who remember the homespun humor of Uncle Ezra, beloved by thousands, this past week mourned the <(f^ath of the originator of the radio character, Patrick Barrett, who resided near Hebron for almost twenty years. Uncle Ezra joined the W'LS barn dance, along with his wife, Nora, in 1933, and entertained countless number in th$ years until his -retirement. -- (Continued on page S) CRASH -KILLS FATHER OF ELEVEN MORTON HART. 46. DIES SHORTLY AFTER COLLISION OF CARS DURING MONDAY S FOG The dense tog of early Monday morning, March 30, was believed to be responsible for the fatal auto accident which took the life of a father of eleven children, Morton Hart, 46, of lit. 5, McHenry. Three children, passengers in the car driven by their father, were injured, but not seriously, in the crash. State police report that Hart was approaching "the intersection of Illinois Highway 22 and Milwaukee road in Lake county when his car struck the second of two cars stopped at the light. That auto, driven by Louis De- Bartolo, 47, of Prairie View, in turn, struck - the first auto, driven by Arthur Schiller, 60, of Barrington, who was not injured. DeBartolo suffered back and neck injuries. The oldest of the Hart children, Bonita, 15, suffered a fractui'ed ankle, William, 13, was bruised and cut, and Claudia, 11, had internal injuries. A report later on Tuesday disclosed that she was not as seriously hurt as doctors believed at first. The three children and their father were taken to Condell Memorial hospital, Libertyville, where Hart died about fortyfive minutes after the accident. Company Executive The deceased, an executive of the Bell & Howell company in Chicago, had resided with his family on the Johnsburg blacktop road, just south of Rt. 12, near Spring Grove, for *he last two years. Before that time they made their home in Chicago. He was a member of the Holy Name society of St. Peter's Catholic church. Besides the three children mentioned, he is survived by his wife, Gertrude; eight other children, Sharon, Geraldine, Morton, Michael, Marian, Thomas. Kathryn and Patricia; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Hart, of Evanston; three brothers, Erwin of Chicago, Leonard of Carpentersville and Wallace of Evanston. The body was taken to the George Justen & Son funeral home, where it rests until 11 o'clock this (Thursday) morning. Services will be held at St. Peter's church, Spring Grove, with burial in the church cemetery. WONDER LAKE GIRL SERIOUSLY ILL IN IRON LUNG Friends of the Jack Moore .family of Wonder Woods, Wonder Lake, are hoping for a speedy recovery of their daughter, Sharon, 11 years old, who is seriously ill with what doctors have diagnosed as meningitis and vira encephalitis. The child has been in an iron lung since Sunday and is in a coma. Sharon, who was taken ill last Thursday, was removed to Harvard hospital, where she remained until Sunday, when breathing became difficult and it was necessary to employ a resuscitator. She was removed by ambulance, with police escort, to Rockford Memorial hospital. Because of the manner in which the disease started, doctors were unable to make a definite diagnosis until Sunday. LARGE CROWD HEARS C OF C PLANS FOR 859 Paul Oppermann Tells Problems Of Business Men Kiwanians To Furnish Ride To Polls Tuesday The voting public is again reminded that the Kiwanis club of McHenry has formed a car pool to furnish transportation to voters in need of a way to the polls at next Tuesday's election and at all future elections this spring. The program is a non-partisan effort of the Kiwanis club to get out the vote. Anyone desiring a ride is asked to call 145-J, 9831 or 444. CLEAN' STREAMS MEETING The McHenry County Clean Streams committee will meet Tuesday night, April 7, at 8 p.m. at the V.F.W. Legion Plans Impressive Rite HEAD PARTY TICKETS Legionnaires of the county are looking forward to what is expected to be one of the most interesting and instructive ceremonies ever to be presented locally when the American Legion ritual team confers upon many candidates the solemn and impressive ceremonies of initiation at 2 o'clock Sunday, April 5, at Woodstock. Expected to be present at the ceremony are Al. Keller, state commander; second division and tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth district officers, county officers, past officers and members of all posts in the county. Robert Duff of Harvard, eleventh district commander, is in charge of the Harvard ritual team, which is considered outstanding and one of the finest in the state. After the initiation is concluded an informal Legionnaire will instruct the newly inducted Legionnaires in meeting procedure and conduct, as well as flag law and interpretations. This will be followed by a short but. impressive address by County Judge James Cooney on the responsibility of American citizenship. The largest crowd ever assembled for a Chamber of Commerce installation dinner--154 persons--was present Tuesday evening at the Wing 'n Fin lodge to see Donald Doherty take over his duties as president of the organization. Dr. J. C. Goetschel acted as master of ceremonies, introducing Mr. Doherty, who gave a resume of tentative plans for the year. They include sponsorship of the dedication of the new post office and a special Fiesta Day type program next summer, featuring a drum and bugle corps contest. He added that the retail merchants were also planning additional promotional days in the nature of Dollar Days during 1959. To keep members informed, he plans to send letters pertaining to important matters of business as they occur during the year, and also will give notification through the paper. Mr. Doherty concluded his remarks by expressing his hope for one of the best years ever enjoyed bv C of C, asking for the cooperation of all members. Mayor George P. Freund and members of the City Council were introduced during the evening. Mayor Speaks The mayor talked briefly on the great amount of assistance given the city by the Chamber of Commerce. He spoke also on the problems of the city, including those of parking and traffic in a growing community. and added that he and the council will work with the Plan- j ning commission in attempting BISHOP LANE T© OFFER MASS AT CONFERENCE Hold Fifth Diocesan Meet AtiJohnsburg A low pontifical Mass celebrated by the Most Rev. Loras T. Lane, bishop of Rockford, will open the fifth annual diocesan conference of the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters Sunday, April 12, at St. John the Baptist church at Johnsburg. The day long meet dedicatee* to His Holiness Pope John will begin with registration at 11 a.m. in St. John'# school, and Mass will be at 11:30 a.m. Imniediatly following Mass, dinner will be served in the community hall. Mrs. Marie Oeffling of St. Agatha court, president of the WCOF association of the Rockford diocese, will preside at the conference. New candidates from courts throughout the diocese will be initiated into the "Rev. Joseph Blitsch class." Panel Discussion A panel discussion on "WCOF in Action" will be presented by members of St. Anthony's court of Rockford. Mrs. Lucy Domino, high trustee and member of St. Anthony court, will be moderator. High court officers from Chicago who wiil address the conference are Miss Josephine Weigl, high chief ranger; Mrs. Anna B. Rottgen, high vicechief ranger; Miss Mary Fraser, high secretary; and Mrs. Florence Welch, high treasurer. (Continued on page 8) Mr. and Mrs. Earl Seepe of Evanston were McHenry visitors Sunday. MICHAEL SCHAEFER LEROY SMITH Next Tuesday, April 7, voters of McHenry township will go to the polls to elect township officials to serve terms of four years. Heading the tickets are the two men pictured above, Michael Schaefer of the Independent party ticket and LeRoy Smith of the Peoples party. Mr. Schaefer, a native of the Johnsburg area, attended St. John's school and the McHenry high school. He and his wife, Eva, have four sons, Anthony, Theodore, Kenneth and Lawrence, and a daughter, Dorothy, ranging in age from 11 to 23. Mr. Schaefer has served District 12 school board for eight years, three of which were as president, is president of the Johnsburg Community club and has served on the board of directors of the McHenry Township Fire Insurance company. Mr. Smith, a lifelong local resident, lives with his wife, Gwen, and three children, Richard, 12, Cindy, 11, and Donald, 7, on Rt. 120 west. He conducts his own business. Smith's Bottled Gas. Besides serving as assistant supervisor for the past eight years, he has been secretary-treasurer of the McHenry County Township Officials fbr four years and has served on the board of directors of the McHenry County Clean Streams Committee. He attended St. Mary's school, graduated from M.C.H.S., and attended both St. Ambrose college in Iowa and Chicago Tech. EXCAVATION WORK BEGINS ON TWO MAJOR TELEPHONE PROJECTS PROVIDING FOR DIAL SERVICE COUNCIL in CAPSULE In a special meeting Monday night, the City Council awarded a contract to Lakeland Construction company of McHenry to install storm sewer in Park avenue between Center Street and Elgin road (Green street). Lakeland submitted the low bid in the amount of $15,323.50, the only other bid being submitted by Preston Woodall company in the amount of $17,- 264. With the drainage problem reaching an alarming state this spring, both school boards joined the city and agreed to pay equal shares in the construction cost. It is expected that a road improvement and sidewalk construction in the area will follow. Bids were also received^ for construction of sanitary sewer in North Court street, but action was postponed until the first meeting in April, pending establishment of an escrow ac- (Continued on page 8) C of C DINNER SPEAKERS Pictured at the Chamber of Commerce installation dinner last Tuesday evening are Dr. J. C. Goetschel, vicepresident of the organization; Paul Oppermann of the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning commis-. sion; Mayor George P. Freund and Donald Doherty. new president of the C of C. l: The Right To Vote Next Tuesday. April 7, is the first of three elections to' be held this month. On that day, a supervisor, two assistant supervisors and a highway commissioner will be elected to serve. four-year terms. All of the elections are important, affecting as they do, the future of McHenry's school systerrt, city and township government. Even so, there are indications that interest will not be sufficient in some cases for the size vote these elections merit. Last week the League of Women Voters invited the public to meet candidates from the various townships in the county prior to the election. Even though contests exist in our own community and the meeting was held within the city, only a "handful" of voters expressed sufficient interest in the men who seek office to take the trouble to meet them. ^ .The League, and a number of other service and civic groups in the community, have expended considerable effort in attempting to interest the voting public in elections, pointing out many reasons why their individual votes are important. Apparently, many folks think their words are meant for someone else. The wise man who long ago expressed the thought, "We seldom appreciate what we have always hacj," must have had the American voter in mind. If we are fortunate enough always to maintain our voting privilege, we are - indebted to the relatively small number who have worked so hard to insure that privilege. The noise of air hammers and the rumble of digging machines have been heard in McHenry for the past several days. Illinois Bell Telephone company begar^ excavation work on two major telephone projects here recently--addition of underground cable to provide for dial service in town. One job will provide dial circuits in the center section and the other, dial circuits in the southwest section of McHenry. Telephone manager R. C. Zahn explained the cable is an important part of the telephone company's program to keep up with demand for telephone service here. The trenching work will last about another week, he explained. "We hope our friends will excuse the dust and noise," he said, 'and we hope everyone will have patience in the inconvenience this work may cause in town." Route of Cable The manager said the route of the new underground cable will be south on the west side of Court street from Pearl to Elm. From the intersection of Court and Elm streets, one branch will go east on the south side of Elm street to Green street and the other will go west on the south side of Elm street to Park street. The other branch will start nt the intersection of Waukegan and Crystal Lake roads nnd will go south on the west side of Crystal Lake road to Lillian street. ! The underground cable will ; he laid in 3,847 feet of trench. | but the surfaces will be replnced immediately after the conduit is placed in the trench. Manager Zahn said thousj ands of miles of wire in cable I will be installed in the trench, j protected by 3,847 duct feet of I conduit. Six new manholes will be constructed to allow the cable to be threaded through the underground circuit and spliced, and to provide for access for future maintenance work on the circuits. TWO PARTIES LIST CANDIDATES FOR SUPERVISOR AND ASSISTANT POSTS; COMMISSIONER UNOPPOSED FINE YOUTHS FOR VANDALISM IN McHENRY AREA Two youths from the Ingleside community, Eric Bishop. 19, and Douglas Bradshaw, 16, were heard before a Woodstock justice of the peace on Tuesday after being released on $1,000 bond each as the result of vandalism in the McHenry area. Each was fined $50 and given a 90-day jail sentence, suspended pending good behavior. They will be on probation for a year, with many stipulations. /The vacant farmhouse of Tom Wilson, located near Pistakee Bay, was found wrecked by vandals about ten days ago. Entry had been gained by breaking a window, and missing articles included lawn and garden equipment, a case of oil and other items. Electrical equipment, plumbing and heating fixtures were damaged and holes were shot mjhe floor. Wilson was in the' house last Sunday when Bradshaw and his sister went to the farm. After hunting in the woods, the pair entered the house, which they believed to be empty. Wilson grabbed them and notified the sheriff's office. Bishop was apprehended later and the two youths were questioned' by sheriff's deputies for hours before they admitted causing the vandalism. They were charged with burglary and malicious mischief. Bradshaw's sister, who denied knowing anything about the act, was not held. GEORGE LINDSAY RITES SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY An illness of about six months ended in the death early Wed nesday morning, April 1, of George Lindsay, 68, of 114 W. John street, who died in Victory Memorial hospital, Wauki'gun. Mr. Lindsay was born in Lincoln, Nebr., April 30, 1890, and had been a painter and decorator in this vicinity for the past forty-one years. During this long residence, he had made many friends who mourn his passing. The only immediate survivor is his widow, Alice Simes Lindsay. He was a member of the Woodman lodge and of the Community Methodist church. The body rests at the Peter M. Justen funeral home. Services will be held there Saturday afternoon at 1:30, with burial in Woodland cemetery. The first, and one of the most important, of the spring elections is one which will occur Tuesday, April 7, for the election of township officials. It is not necessary to be registered to vote next Tuesday. Neither is it necessary to declare party affiliation. The polls will be open from 6 o'clock in the morning until 6 at night in nine precincts within the township. The polling places are as follows: Precinct 1, Muzzy's store, Ringwood; 2 city hall, McHenry; 3, Blake's garage, McHenry; 4, Community club, Johnsburg; 5, Wonder Lake firehouse; 6, V.F.W., McHenry; 7, Freund's^ Implement shop, McHenry; 8, American Legion hall, Wonder Lake; 9. lire house, Lakemoor. At the election, one supervisor, two assistant supervisors and one highway commissioner will be elected. Two local men have filed for the office of supervisor, LeRoy Smith of the Peoples party and Michael Schaefer of the Independent party. Both are lifelong residents of the community and have many supporters. List Candidates The Smith ticket contains the name of Albert "Albie" Adams of Johnsburg, a native of this community and a member of the school board of District 12, who is running for ths assistant supervisor post. Also on the ticket, seeking the sam<" office, is Walter Dean, a nineteen- year resident of Wondei Lake who has been serving on the board of directors of the school for retarded children o£ the county. Running for the assistant supervisor post on the ticket headed by Michael Schaefer are James "Jim" Althoff, a lifelong resident and for several years a local business man, and Carl Hallstrom, a resident « " Wonder Lake all his life. Tn« latter has served for eight years as assistant supervisor for McHenry township. ()nly one candidate is listed on the ballot for highway commissioner. He is Charles J. "Chuck" Miller, a lifelong McHenry resident and holder of the office for the past twelve years. Election results will be posted in the window of the Plaindealer office as soon as votes are counted. Town Meeting The town meeting for the transaction . of miscellaneous business will be held at 2 o'clock on election day at the supervisor's office at 312 East Elm street, McHenry. Reports of officers will be heard, and (Continued on page 8) John Woodward Family Lives Interesting Life In Morocco Among the limited number of I dates back to 1942 and includes Air Force master sergeants re- assignments in North Africa, cently promoted to the new | Italy, Germany, Alaska. Kvvaj- Col. Joe R. Williams, commander of the 3906th Air base group, is shown congratulating SMS John D. Woodward on his promotion. Show Film To First Aid Class, Public April 2 "Hemo the Magnificent" is the film which will be shown in color Thursday night, April 2. at 7:30 o'clock at the fire house. The public is invited to the program, for which there is no charge. grade of senior master sergeant was John D. Woodward of Ringwood. Mrs. Woodward, the former Shirley E. Hawley of Ringwood, and the three, little "Woodys", John Jr., Louis and Timothy, are presently residing with John in the very interesting and picturesque country of Morocco. His service with the Air Force alein, and again in North Africa. where he is currently assigned. During World War II, John chalked up fifty combat missions over northern Italy, southern France, and the famous Ploesti Nazi oil stronghold. He experienced a "close one" when, upon , returning from a bombing mission, the already crippled B-24 was at- (Continued on page 8)