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r "Serving The Cbain?Q-Lakes Region Since 1875" olume 86 -- No. 6 --3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. JUNE 9. 1960 22 Pages -- 10c Per Copy < ti-*; A Meander^1: possibility of another train through McHenry daily for the summer season was discussed during the past' week, but no definite action was taken. A representative of the pass e n g e r d e p a r t m e n t o f t h e North Western railway was in our city on. Thursday to talk over the proposal with Station A^nt George Meyer. The comp «my feels that another train,' arriving in McHenry in the morning and returning in the afternoon, is needed; however, such problems as parking must be considered before any decision can be made. Mr. Meyer was not given any indication as to when another train would be started If the program is undertak- •». • McHENRY HIGH TO GRADUATE 197 IN IMPRESSIVE OUTDOOR PROGRAM ON McCRACKEN FIELD JUNE 10 W e a t h e r p e r m i t t i n g , M c Henry Community high school will graduate its 197 seniors in an impressive outdoor program scheduled for Friday evening, June 10, at 8:15 o'clock on Mc- Cracken field. In case of rain, it will be necessary to hold the exercises in the boys" gym of the school, which will not accommodate the very large crowd expected. Consequently TWO INJURED AS CAR, TRUCK COLLIDE TUESDAY Two persons were injured, but not seriously, when a McHenry Farmers Co-op truck and a car collided at the intersection of Rt. 31 and the Mc- 19-Year-Old Youth Drowns A former local resident, Terry C. Jolitz, drowned north of St. Charles Sunday evening, losing his life in the same way his father died a few years ago. The 19-year-old youth could not swim and when he found he was in difficulty in 15-foot deep water, panicked and almost took with him, beneath the surface, two young women who attempted to save him. Jolitz, his roommate. Rich- PLANS PROGRESS FOR FIESTA DAY EVENT JULY 17 Name Frank Low General Chairman Of Festivities Cullom Lake blacktop at 3:06 Tuesday afternoon. Both the a'rd Laws, 24. also a non-swimonly those, with tickets will be I truck and car were badly dam- | mer, and two 17-year-old girls, admitted to the gram indoor' pro- aged. j Sharon Taylor and Patricia Donald Bentz, 20. of Pistakee ! Raggett, married but separated The graduating class will en- ' Highlands, was driving the j from their husbands, went to This is June, the season of gardens, and consequently, at I least in our own neighborhood, the season of rabbits. | Those same, soft, cuddly lit: I tie animals that delight most | of us as we see them scampering ?bout in the snow of winter take on a much less attract^ e, and sometimes downright ghoulish look, as we see them slinking in the high weeds waiting for an opportunity to take breakfast, lunch and dinner from our fast disapoearing vegetable garden. It has finally become a sort of contest between neighbors to see whose vegetables (yes, and even flowers) are considered most choice. The competifWn developed as the only alternative in a bad situation. Someone remembered the old saw, "If you can't beat 'em. join 'em", and decided to go along with the bunnies in getting some enjoyment out of it. The predicament in which we find ourselves this year reminds us of the same situation two years ago. We had planted ^o*mgcarp -the -products w our own seeding and their size was in keeping with our stature as a novice horticulturist. For several weeks we had an eager ear for all suggestions to keep the rabbits away, including moth balls, 6hiny glass jars, ad infinitum. None of them worked. W i s d o m a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h experience guided us to the t^ltrist last spring and found to our delight that the healthy size of this stock was not to the liking of the animals that inhabited our part of the city. The garden thrived without benefit of any of the contraptions we had tried the previous year. Well, 1960 was a hard winter, and our furry friends evirtwitly fared not too well. At any rate, this year they have acquired a taste for even the hardy specimens of the florist and the first two nights after planting found seven tomato plants with healthy roots and no leaves. A check with the neighbor found that our garden had no special appeal, for she had lost not only tomatoes but almost A of her cosma plants. Only one answer remains -- to acquire a good aim and a taste for hasenpfeffer. ter the field to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" after which Harry O. Mueller, senior commander of the Legion. will make the presentations of his organization to the conior boy and girl voted by the faculty as most deserving on the basis of scholarship, leadership, courage, etc. Scholarship awards will include the Louise Barbier memorial, to be made by Dorothy Adams, Sttident Council vicepresident. and Sherry Evans, secretary; the P.T.A. by August Uttich, the Pep club by Thomas Creighton and the Kiwanis by Dr. Urban V. Comes. ' Assistant Superintendent M. ; L. Schoenholtz will introduce truck south on Rt. 31 and Ro- : bin Rackham of Limonia, j Mich., was enroute north on i the highway. He attempted to make a left turn in front of i the truck and was struck on j the right front. Bentz suffered cuts on the I arm and Rackham sustained a | broken wrist and cuts. They were taken to McHenry hospital for treatment. State police charged Rackham with making an improper turn. McHENRY MAN CONVICTED ON NARCOTICS CHARGE the gravel pit pool north of St. Charles about 6:30 in the evening. It is believed Jolitz stepped off the edge of the sand bar and into deep water. When they realized he was having trouble, the girls went to his aid. but in his excitement he grabbed both of them. They managed to free themselves, liut Jolitz never appeared above the surface of the water. The\: ran to a nearby farm for assistance. Members of the St. Charles fire department recoverd the body about an hour later. Born In Ringwood ! Jolitz was born in Ringwood i April 16. 1941, son of Paul and An Associated Press report ! Winifred Jolitz. Both his fathe four seniors chosen to pre- | from Mason, Mich., this week tJier and mother preceded him sent the various phases of the toils of John Harper, 24. of Mc- ! in death. Four half-brothers subject, "The Challenges Henry, a former Michigan Ahead". .Lance Parks wilj ' State university student, being speak on "The Challenges ; convicted by a Circuit Court Ahead in Science." Jay Walk- j iury Monday on a charge of ington will talk of "Challenges i illeeal possession of marijuana. Richard, Jack, William and Zane Grey, live in Elgin. The deceased had resided in Elgin about three years and was emploved by the Elgin Ahead in Our Personal Lives"; i The young man was arrested Transformer Co. Judy Hans, "Challenges Ahead < over a year ago in East Lansin Society" and Lynn Buckie. "Challenge's Ahead in World Affairs". Honor Awards Principal Marvin Martin will present hoftor awards to those seniors rating high scholasticall. v. after which Supt. Carl Bucker will present the diplomas. * The' band' wilf Tie'" und^r*' the direction of Paul R. Yanda, with Karen Bush and Joy Fairchild as piano accompanists. Graduates include Joan A d a m s , A u d r e y A l b r e c h t , Charles Anderson. Karen Anton son, Brian Baker, Karen Bailey, Gary Baseley, Josie Bellino, William Beutel, Pat Birmingham, Jean Borchardt, K a r e n B r a d k o w s k i , J a m e s Brady, William Brown, Lynn Brubach, Robert Bruce, Lynne Buckie. Angelo Budasi. Gail Cannon, Mary Carr, Maurice Casey, Charles Cashin, Ben C h e l i n i , C h a r l e s C h r i s m a n , Elaine Clinton, Sharon Counley, John Cristy and Michael Creighton. Also Dabrell Davidson, George Darmody, James Deing, Mich., along with a Chicago man, William Reich. According to the report, Reich pleaded guilty to marijuana possession earlier this year. He was sentenced to five to ten years in prison. Services were held Wednesday afternoon from the" Schmidt funeral home in Elgin, with burial in Bluff City cemetery. Rev. Edward Henninger, pastor of the First , Evangelical United Brethern i church, officiated. S0LFISBUR6 WINS WD FOR SttTf SUPREME COURT SEAT; COST OF EACH VOTE ESTIMATED AT $3.05 i Chairman Frank Low of 1960 Fiesta Day. and his committees have been meeting regularly in recent weeks in preparation for McHenry's big celebration of the year, which occurs this summer oh Sunday. July 17. For the second time, the event will feature Drum Corps Magic at 7:30 p.m. on Mc- Craekfcn field. Tickets, distributed under direction of John Smith of McHenry Shores, are now on sale for this part of the program and may be obtained from all sponsoring service clubs, as well as local merchants. Another feature of the day will be the colorful afternoon parade. Persons or organizations interested in entering a flcfat may contact Clint Claypolol, float chairman, or Ed. Reid. who is in charge of the parade. Sponsoring organi z a t i o n s this year are the Chamber of Commerce, the Junior Chamber, Viscounts, Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, McHenry Kiwanis and Township Kiwanis. Rotary and Moose. Third annual Fiesta Day. like those which preceded it, is planned to provide for McHenry residents and visitors one gala day during the summer to relax and enjoy outstanding entertainment. Further, it is hel$ to raise money which will be used by sponsoring groups for community welfare projects. James Larkin is treasurer and Marian Carlson, secretary, of Fiesta Day. Charles Peterson and Frank Gregory are In charge of publicity. fclietinUji Probation P^Hbds Given Youths Hold Youth On Larceny Charge Seventeen-year-o 1 d Edward Nyden of Timothy Lane, Edgebrook Heights, who several times previously has run afoul of the law, has been held in county jail since last weekend oit a charge of larceny. McHenry police received a report of' a car pulling o^er the lawn of R. E. Marks, a neighbor of the Nydens, just before 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Although he was unaware of the owner of the car. it answered the description, of the Nyden family auto. At 3 o'clock in the morning, Edward Nyden was stopped by police officers at the corner of Pearl and Court streets and the youth was taken home. In the meantime, a call from the sheriff's office informed local authorities that the car had been noticed about 12:30 a.m. near the Strassheim home in Emerald Park, where many hai gathered after firemen were called to extinguish the smoulcfering of a hi-fi set. One of the neighbors, Hugh Kirk, and daughter had reported that a purse containing $4.20 in cash, glasses in a case and a small green.transistor radio in leather case had been stolen from their car, while they were in the house. COUNTY. CITY POLICE ALERTED AS CHASE IS GIVEN TO THREE GUNMEN AFTER TUESDAY ROBBERY i Sheriff's police in McHenry county and local authorities were alerted Tuesday night in a concentrated effort to apprehend three gunmen who slugged a policeman with a pistol after holding up the Army-Navy surplus store in Fontana, Walworth county, Wis. Two planes were pressed into service, but the Jjpee were still not apprehended on Wednesday morning. The story had its start at the store of Clarence Hutchinson, 47, in Fontana, who told authorities he was tied up in the back room of the store after being threatened by the three men with guns. They also tied Up a Delavan Lake man, Dennis Samm, 25, who entered the store while the hold-up was in progress. The men made away with Combination TV-Radio Short Causes Damage Onjy a limited amount of damage from smouldering was reported to the combination radio-TV-lii-fi at the Walter Strassheim home in Emerald Park due to a short in the set. Firemen were called to the home about 12:30 Saturday morning. The set had been turned off and the family re- Roy J. Solfisburg, 43, of Aurora, Appellate court judge, was elected to the Illinois Supreme court in the sixth district as the result of the vote in Monday's election in the twelve counties. His unsuccess- SCHOOL BOARD DENIES TEACHER'S DISMISSAL CHARGES Under the Illinois tenure ful opponent was 72-year-old ; school act, Edna Hem, former B. J. Knight of Rockford, vice- j teacher in the McHenry high school, has filed suit^n the cirtired, only to smell smoke On checking the Nyden c a r ! w h i c h e m a n a t e d f r o m t h e in Edgebrook Heights, items I smouldering. answering the description of I --: those stolen were found, and SUSTAIN" INJURIES the Kirks later identified them. I Two people were treated at Authorities questioned the McHenry hospital for injuries lad, then learned from his fa- j sustained in other than auto ther, Marshall Nyden, that the i mishaps during this past week, car had been taken without his j Robert Haralson of McHenry knowled t. Bruce Koepke, 16, ; was reported treated for inv\ as re' nrted as a passenger | juries which occurred when in the Nyden car. machinery fell on him. A Chi- Nyden will appear in county cago man, Harvey O'Solin, was court this (Thursday) morning injured when he dived off a in Woodstock. pier into shallow water. chairman and former chairman of the Winnebago county Democratic central committee. The vote in the 722 precincts in the. district was 38,215 for Solfisburg and 30,041 for Knight. Knight carried three coun Wald, Carol Diedrich, Dennis j ties. Winnebago, Stephenson (Contfnned on Page 8) Diedrich, Vicki Diedrich, Connie Dowell, Lolita DuPree, Joyce Eckstein.-Sue Etheridge, Louis Felicetti, Steve Fike. Nancy Fischer, Thomas Fisher, Gerald Foute. Carol Franklin, Allen Franz, Dolores Freund, Jerry Freund. Jesse Freund. James Freund. Lambert Freund. Darlene Friedle and Marilyn Fuchs. Also Marlene Gallas, Michael Gantert, Glenn Gates, John Gates, William Gee, Alice Granger, Paule Granger. Vir- (Continued on page 8) and Ogle, with Solfisburg run ning ahead in the other nine. In McHenry county, there was a total vote of 3.800, which. meant that only 9 per rent of the registered voters went to tlie polls. Based on the total cost of the election, County Clerk Vernon Kays revealed Tuesday mor n i n g that the cost of each vote east was an almost unbelievable $3.05. McHenry Solfisburg with a total vote of cuit court, asking for a writ of mandamus against the McHenry high school Board, No. 156, and $10,000 judgment. Mrs. Hem states in her suit that she was dismissed at the conclusion of the 1958-59 school year and that it did not result from a decrease in the number of teachers or' discontinuance of a particular type of teacher. Speaking of the suit, members of the school board told the Plaindealer this week that Mrs. Hem resigned from her position before the end of the year, and at no time was there any action of dismissal. An indefinite probation period was given two local youths, John Fisher of Johnsburg and John Padgett of Mc- Cullom Lake, when they appeared before Judge James Cooney in court last Thursday. The two youths, charged with breaking into the Riverside Bake Shop, were also ordered to make restitution to the bakery of the amount taken. ! Judge Cooney said that the j probation period would end j when the probation officer felt i the two young men were ready j to accept their responsibilities i as good citizens. CITY SIGNS CONTRACT FOR NEW WELL; SET JUNE It DEADLINE FOR SEWER PROGRAM OBJECTIONS SELECT McHENRY MEMBERS OF ASC ELECTION BOARD Mrs. Hem taught in the county supported ' h°me, economics department of the local high school during the 1956-57 and the 1957-58 (Continued on page 8) years. Ralph Burnett, chairman of ihe McHenry county agricultural stabilization and conserv a t i o n c o m m i t t e e e l e c t i o n board, has announced that community committee election boards have^ been selected for all communities in this coun- 1y. Committeemen elected will take office Aug. 1 and will serve until elections are held next year. "This year community elec- (Continued on Page 8) At the regular meeting of the City Council on Monday night, the mayor and city clerk were authorized to sign a contract with the J. P. Miller Artesian Well Company of Brookfield, 111., the low bidder for furnishing gravel-packed well. Only two bids were submitted, the low bid being in the amount of $4,895.00. Layne- Western Company of Aurora submitted a bid in the amount of S5.620.00. Completion time of 15 days, after final arrangements, has been established. Ai the hearing in county court regarding the special assessment sanitary sewer program. Judge Cooney advised property owners to file their objections in writing not later than June 16. The hearing date CATHY BOLGER TOP WINNER IN BICYCLE RODEO Dave Boger, committee chairman of the McHenry Junior Jaycees bicycle rodeo held last Saturday, has announced the twelve winners, including first place award to Cathy Bolger. 8 years old. Other winners from second through twelfth place, were Robert Mauch, 10; Mike Shannon, 11; Dale Haldeman, 12; Craig Adams, 13; Tom Bolger, 9; Mary Jo Schmunk, 8; Jeff Kleinhans. 9; Deborah Green, 9; Richard Harms, 11; Richard Lossman; 12; Rodney Mauch, 13. . T oo . Eighty-seven children parwill be June 28. Many property ticip£te£ owners are very anxious for the construction to start at the earliest possible time and are hopeful that any objections can ! be cleared in a satisfactory manner. The annual problem of weed cutting came before the council and the ordinance reviewed. Cooperation on the part of property owners has not been the best in past years. A. list of all property owners in violation is being prepared and $50 from Hutchinson's wallet and $125 belonging to Samm, as well as $125 from the cash register. Events quickly moved into McHenry county as the bandits fled southward into Illinois. In the meantime, Hutchinson managed to reach a window and get assistance, giving the description of the men to police. Seen On Rt. 14 The next time they were spotted was on Rt. 14, near Crystal Lake, where Chief of Police Edward O'Neil of Lakewood village was on the alert*-- As the bandit auto pulled into a driveway, O'Neil blocked their exit with his police car^: One of the three hurried to O'Neil's vehicle, forced O'NeJl^ to move over and the gunmen." drove the squad car towaro Chicago on Rt. 14, with the; second auto containing tliff" other two bandits, following. Waiting his chance to take action. O'Neil saw a state por.;. lice car approaching and des-a cided on that moment to grqflC? the driver's gun. However, the bandit was on the alert and struck O'Neil on the head with the weapon, then jumped from the car and joined his two i companions in the second auto: Later, the three abandoned • the vehicle and stole another • near Island Lake, and again • on Rt. 59 in Lake county. •' Chief O'Neil suffered head1 | wounds which required, several j stitches to close. The license plate of the car first used by the gunnien was. found issued to an Alvin Sherman of Chicago, and Chief O'Neil happened to see the name of Roy L. Hamilton, Chicago, on a driver's license; However, a check with the sheriff's office Wednesday disclosed that they were uncertain of any connection between these men and the robbery, since the car and driver's license might have been stolen Members of the committee, including Ron Bowlser, Dick Creamer, Tom Douglas, Boyd Dowell, Don Gerstad and Tim Wheelock, assisted by Police Officer John W e i c h m a n n, j questions and provided infor- TOUR PLANT On Tuesday evening of this week, twelve members of the M c H e n r y C o u n t y C l e a n Streams Committee inspected the disposal plant. Mr. West, in charge of the plant, proved very helpful in answering served as judges. i Bicycle ornaments, used as prizes were donated by McHenry's toy, sports and hard- ; ware stores. (Continued on page 8) Watch for details of the approaching art fair in future issues. mat ion the group was seeking. At the meeting which followed, the members felt it advisable to remind the public as the summer season approaches that the disposal of° debris, grass clippings, etc., in the river is subject to a fine of $100 as it is in violation of law. MCHS GRADUATING CLASS OF 1960 ; .Ss • ••• ••• ft Kotalik Studio Photo € i