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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chaiss°0-Laket Regioi Since 1875" Volume 87 -- No. 23 -- 3 Sections McHENRY ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1961 20 Pages -- 10c Per Copy Hold Two-Day MCHS Homecoming Oct. 13-14 The weekday workers like 'ourselves, who constantly complain that the weekends bring only rain and cold temperatures, had only praise for the weatherman last Saturday and Sunday. ',Xhe beauty of the countryside" convinces us that October is the most, ideal month of the year. Those who haven't yet taken out a few hours to do some driving in the wooded areas should give themselves a treat while the leaves are at their best. It isn't necessary to go far to fiir|c| those "pictures the artist can't paint." # All of us are dependent (more than we like to admit) on others to help us in our work. The one time of year when this really makes us stop and think is during annual vacj^ jpns. Our own "right hand," Marie Yegge. who also happens to be S.I.H.'s Girl Friday, chose this particular month to h^away for two weeks, and nRftless to say, our desk is piling high with added work. Marie tells everybody the vacation dates were made to coincide with the "boot" leave of her Navy son, Jwck, but we also suspect that the World Series had something ' to do with it. FIRST ALERT UNDER EXPANDED Cim DEFENSE PROGRAM WILL BE HELD LATER IN OCTOBER Local residents, especially I^ishioners of St. Patrick's cnurch. were more than a little pleased this week when they found almost an entire .page of the diocesan paper, •The Observer, devoted to pictures and a story of Air Force .Chaplain Capt. John J. McGowan. Rev. McGowan has been in the Air Force for six years, jring which time he served Greenlund, New York, Illinois and presently at the air base in Bentwaters-Woodbridge, England. . Prior to his entry into military service, Fr. McGowan was assisant pastor of St. Patrick's parish in McHenry. McHenry seems to have made its mark in almost every j^.tion of the country, if reports from news media are any indication. Through the years, local travellers have written to say that some particular person or event in this area had rmade the news thousands of 'miles away. ' -Most recent - and certainly 'among the most unexpected -- was a clipping carried in the "Savannah (Ga.) Morning t-*ws. given to Mr. and Mft>. H. M. Engdahl by a friend dur- .ing a recent visit to New Orleans. *. The item was a special feature known as Junior Editors ^Quiz on Buildings, and dealt -this particular day with silos. 'Amidst the information constained under the picture was the fact that Fred L. Hatch of ^rlleniy county built the first one above ground in 1873, a "square silo which was later to be improved by Franklin King 'in 1882. who found the answer to food spoilage by making it -round so that the feed packed securely into the corners. We understand Clint Clay- .pool is the new peanut king among Kiwanians. Following recent peanut sale, it was learned that he sold the top amount, reaching over $100. Civil Defense Director John Shay has announced Thursday, Oct. 26, as the date of the first alert drill to be held under the new and expanded defense program for McHenry. Although the drill will concern mainly the city, it will encompass the entire area included under the McHenry plan, which takes in most of the subdivisions. It is doubtful if all traffic will be stopped during this first alert, although this is certain to be a definite part of all future drills. Wardens will be named to take permanent posts and direct activities in their particular sections. The alert siren, a steady blast from three to five minutes, will be sounded at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, after which there will be a fifteenminute period to take cover. All persons will be asked to leave the streets in the same manner they would act in a case of an attack. Thirty Minutes Duration The . entire alert will last for thirty minutes. McHenry schools will not be involved in the October drill, although this is one of the major phases of the defense program. At present five men are working under Mr. Shay on detailed plans for evacuation of. tbe schools. A second alert is expected to be held just before Thanksgiving and promises to be much more extensive than the one planned two weeks from now. This week Mr. Shay announced that he hopes to have all contractors who will be building shelters, notify him by Oct. 18 and he will give them necessary specifications. He is encouraging them to suggest the construction of such shelters to those contemplating construction of new homes. The most recent civil defense talk was given Tuesday evening of this week at the Free "Rooms' Rudy J. Photo The Riverside hotel isn't sure just how to charge their newest "guests." They include hundreds of bees which started about two weeks ago forming the honeycomb structure which has now taken on a beautiful yellow color, located on the second floor level of a large tree on the hotel property. The "home" is about 3 feet in width and 2 feet in depth, built in layers to the amazement of their curious human neighbors who have J>een watching every step of the construction process. CLEAN STREAMS URGES CLEAN-UP OF CREEK AREA At the October meeting of the McHenry County Clean Streams organization, a representative of Lake county's health department was present to give advice and assistance. A new plan for sealing heads on boats was drawn up and local marine operators and police departments will be asked to help in enforcing the existing ordinance. . . Pictures were on display of Zion Lutheran church, featur- j debris along the shores of ing a film and talk planned i onp par^ Gf Boone creek. by the Friendship guild for Members expressed their hope the entire congregation. iiiat this situation, aggravated by the recent high waters, will Sales Tax Sets Record In Year The county was responsible for the collection of $2,822.- 712.72 under the retailers' occupation tax and use tax within municipalities during the past year, according to a report made available this week by the Department of Revenue. The amount is some higher than the previous year and the highest on record since the tax started. M CONSTRUCTION* OF NEW ROAD MAY WAIT FOR SPRING Disruption of traffic on Watt? kegan street last weekend was not for the purpose of starting the new connecting road between Waukegan road and Elm street, as many thought, but instead the installation of water pipes between the main line and the new National Tea building. Superintendent of Public Works Fred Meyer f 6aid this week that he was not informed on any definite date set by the city to start building the new road which will be in that approximate location, but he is of the opinion it will not be until spring. Purification of the new water tower has been completed, and only minor details remain to be carried out at the wat^r treatment plant before the new system will go into effect. A notice will be given in the newspaper before the change is made. Offer Adult Fsmi Classes Several phases of farm management will be investigated and discussed at the adult farmer class starting Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. in the agriculture room at McHenry high school. John Trei, director of member relations for Pure Milk association, will speak and answer questions on marketing orders at the first meeting. I^ater meetings on Tuesday nights will consider and discuss artificial breeding programs, hog marketing and production, farm records and taxes, the Production Credit association, rural civil defense, corn varieties of 1962, and tractor tune-up. Enrollment in the course is free and may be made by attending the first or second meeting of the series. Additional information may be obtained from one of the following advisory council members : Ted Wickman, Henry Tomlinson, Dick Anderson, Art Stilling. Bob Smith, Harry Stilling or Jack Fleming. DIES AFTER CRASH Phyllis Bohleen, 42, of Mora, be cleaned up since it is un- i Minn., died in Rockford hospipleasant for property owners in the area to have the debris on Iheir lawns. The next meeting will be held on the first Tuesday of the month. tal Oct. 10 of injuries sustained in an auto accident Friday. Oct. 6. on Rt. 14, south of Woodstock. She was superintendent of nurses in a Minnesota hospital. Visiting Pakistan Girl Gives Talk Before Large Audience Here With an introduction of on-1 thered at the Roy Kissling ; i\ four weeks into living in j home to hear her speak of her Crystal Lake topped all oth-:the United States, Alam Sul- j native country and give her er cities with $542,444.18. fol lowed by Woodstock with $480,455.81 and McHenry with $441,952.36. Other collections were as follows: tana of Dacca, Pakistan, visited McHenry last weekend and showed a surprisingly deep This is boxelder bug time 'once again, to the displeasure ' of most folks. We have never minded the harmless little bugs ourselves, and would like to pass tlong the information that they do not eat either food or cloth. At least that's what the experts say, who caution not to stock up on sweets - and old clothing if you are Hooking torward to their visit. These same experts suggest , removing the offending tr*fe ? as a sure way to get rid OT ^.the bugs, but with the fast disappearing elms in our community. the boxelders look bet- Snring Grove Wonder Lake Johnsburg • •. Island Lake • Lakemoor • • • Sunnyside • • • Alden Ringwood • • • Algonquin • • • Cary Harvard Hebron Huntley Marengo . • • • • Richmond .. • . $ 19.844.19 . $ 31,343.35 .$ 9.021.58 . $ 6.452.09 . $ 12.013.78 . $ 4.367.55 . $ 2.942.62 . $ 4.256.23 . $ 87.770.59 . $111,334.95 . $224,938.69 . $ 25.230.66 . $ 66.958.86 . $160,955.44 . $ 46.677.83 Union $ 11,650.23 £ (Continued on Page 8) Hold School Drills In Fire Prevention Week ALAM SULTANA insight concerning the people of this country, their customs ' and general way of life. At a meeting held Monday I .Mam, 22 years old and the evening of this week. Company : daughter of a Moslem family I of the McHenry Township headed by her physician fa- Fire Protection district made 1 her. is in the Unitecf States .plans for local observance of j for one year on a Rotary Ill- Fire Prevention Week, which lernational scholarship. She is now in progress. has her master's degree from Following a custom of past! the University of Pakistan years, members will visit all local public and parochial schools at some time during the week and check the time required to evacuate when the fire bell sounds. with a major in English, and will continue her studies here at the University of Illinois. The charming young lady captivated the audience of nearly fifty persons who gaimpressions of our country after living here only a few weeks. Guests included twenty-six members of the high school Student Council and a number of Rotarians and Rotary Anns. They included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dean, Mr. and Mis. Jerome Buch, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Mauch, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zahn and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Krause, all of Rotary, and George Haasl, Student Council advisor, and Mrs. Haasl. Mr. Dean introduced the young people to McHenry Rotary. while Miss Sultana did likewise on the larger scale of Rotary International. Ten Flights Required The young lady, who travelled on ten flights from her native land to reach her final destination --• Illinois -- attended a Christian church for the first time last Sunday, and expressed a special desire to see a wedding performed here. For herself, she expressed va desire to remain single, adding, that in her country all marriages are arranged by the families, and ther^ is absolutely no dating. \ McHenry's young) folks came fourth with a variety of in- WB.TER BOUND FOR TRIAL ON MURDER_CHARffi Expect Date To Be Set Soon For Three Chicagoans William Welter, 23, of Franklin Park, who is still wanted in McHenry county on a charge of burglary of the Wahl Jewelry store on Elm street last January, was one of the three bound over for trial on a first degree murder charge in Baraboo, Wis., the last of. the week. Welter, Richard Nickl, 28, and Lawrence NUtley, 27, all of the Chicago area, were captured six weeks ago in one of the biggest manhunts in Wisconsin in many years. They are charged with the fatal shooting of a county patrolman, James Jantz, 26, as he was questioning the trio about expenditures of large sums of money in the Wisconsin Dells area that weekend. May Ask Change It is expected that trial dates will be set within the next two weeks. There is also a possibility that a change of venue may be asked because of strong public sentiment in Sauk coumv, where the killing took place. Lake Delton Police Chief Eugene Kohl was wounded at the time Jantz was killed. Ten days ago. State's Attorney Richard Cross ordered $465 impounded after Welter's arrest be returned to Wahl. This is reported to be all that was left of Welter's share of the $20,000 in merchandise stolen from the store. A ring found near the Welter home at Wonder Lake, where the young man took refuge after eluding police, was also to be returned. PUBLIC HEARING ON AREA ZONING SET FOR NOV. 2 The City Council of McHenry met with the Zoning commission members last Thursday night and heard a review of the proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance presented by Attorney Richard F. Babcock, a consultant with vast experience in this line of municipal planning. It was determined that a public hearing will be held by the McHenry Zoning cimmission on Thursday, Nov. 2, in the high school auditorium. C o p i e s of the p r o p o s e d amended text and map may be seen by the general public in the City clerk's office. TOP WINNERS IN PUBLIC SNAPSHOT CONTEST ARE T^LD Following judging w h i c h took place Monday evening at the city hall, names of top winners in the public snapshot contest conducted by the McHenry Camera club were made known. Rita Kalsch of McHenry won first place with her picture, "Cascade Mountains". Other top awards went to C. Scott Parnham, second, for "Child in Pool"; Rita Kalsch, third, for "Niagara Falls"; David J. Schmitt, fourth, for "Animal Scene"; C. Scott Parnham, fifth, for "Christmas Card Scene"; Diane C. Schmitt, sixth, for "Child and Dog"; and C. Scott Parnham seventh, for a scenic entry. Honorable mention weht to Miriam Gies, Mrs. L. Reiling, Wilbert Hecht, Rita Kalsh (3), Art Matthies (2), Patricia Voight, C. Scott Parnham (3), John N. Glosson, Patricia Batt, Anna Miller, Peter M. Justen (Continued on Page 8) V To Be -louse At dho@! Schedul (Continued on Page 8) At the Monday evening meeting of the board of School District No. 15, a decision was made to hold open house at new Valley View school, west of McHenry on Rt. 120, on Sunday, Nov. 5, between the hours of 1 and 5 o'clock. The open house is timely planned at the opening of National Education Week. The new school, which was approved by a vote of district voters, was started last spring and completed in time for the opening of school this fall. It has ten classrooms, a cafeteria and a multi-purpose room. Supt. Buckner reported that landscaping has been finished at Valley View, and also at Hilltop and Junior high schools. Mr. Buckner told the board that he has written to the state superintendent of public instruction, asking that a junior high consultant be sent to McHenry to study the curriculum and make any recommendations he may have. Discuss Teaching Languages Members d i s c u s s e d the teaching of foreign languages in elementary schools, which seems to be gaining in popularity. However, no decision was made as to the advisability of instituting such a program locally. The board learned of crowded conditions in seventh grade classes, and Mr. Buckner was authorized to employ another grade teacher if one is available at this time. There are now seven seventh i grade classes. Approval was made to employ Eddie Doyle, Glenn Dixon, Henry Kohl and John Solchenberger as bus drivers. The board was pleased to hear a review of the work being done in the math department by members of the junior high school department. MOTORISTS HURT IN SEVERAL CAR CRASHES IN AREA Karen Viverito of Woodlawn Park, McHenry and a passenger suffered minor injuries and was treated at the local hospital after being involved in a two-car accident at 5:30 Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Rt. 120 and Johnsourg blacktop. State police said the Viverito car and another auto, driven by Kenneth Pardell of Chicago, were east-bound on the highway when the Pardell auto started to pass a line of traffic just as the Viverito vehicle was making a left turn. Pardell was ticketed for improper passing. Norbert McDaniel of Wonder Lake will appear in court Oct. 19 as the result of an accident at the comer of Thompson and Wondermere roads, Wonder Lake, at 10 o'clock Sunday night. Sheriff's deputies who investigated said the driver tried to stop suddenly at the intersection, but the car crashed into a ditch and knocked down a fence. Suffer Cuts Drivers suffered cuts and bruises as the result of an accident at Rt. 120 and Fox street at 9:30 Monday morning. Gene Jones of Rt. 5. McHenry, was travelling east on the highway and Walter Stanley of Fair Oaks subdivision was driving south on Fox street. The latter stopped at the intersection and then proceeded across the road and into the path of Jones. Stanley w^s blamed for failure to yield the right-of-way. Colorful Parade 1$ Friday Feature; Hold Dance Following Nicrht ** ' $ Jack Hachmeister, treasurer, and Tiina Keerbrerg, secretary, of the Student Council of the high school are shown looking over a large book of fairy tales which will serve as the theme for this year's homecoming parade and dance. POLICE SEEK TWO MEN WHO OFFERED CHILDREN RIDES Two young men riding in a late modei white convertible attempted to pick up several young girls in the vicinity of John and Fourth street last Saturday afternoon, and police have been attempting to learn their identity since that time. One youngster of 9 was approached and offered a ride, and when she ran toward her friends, the men followed in their car and extended the invitation to all. The girls immediately went home and told their parents. Later, they said they thought they would be able to identify the men if seen again. Police Chief Joseph Grobel urges parents to caution their children to report any similar incidents to the nearest home, and attempt to get the license numbers. Scientist To Address PTA (Continued on Page 8) "Fall-out and Shelters," a pertinent subject in these troubled times, will be discussed in its various aspects by C. J. Constantino, a scientist connected with the Armour Research foundation, on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 8:15 p.m. at the Junior high school. This highly informative program, open to the public, is under the sponsorship of the McHenry Community P.T.A. A film on civil defense will be shown. Mrs. Constantino is well qualified since he has been project engineer for a study of the adaptability of underground parking garages for blast shelters, and also project engineer for site hardening of missile guidance systems. Much of his work is of a highly classified nature, but he is currently working on all phases of blast shelters for the government. His background includes undcr- graduate work in civil engineering at the City college of New York. Hp received his M.S. degree in civil engineering from Columbia university and is currently preparing for his Ph.D. at Illinois Institute of Technology. Mr. Constantino is a member of the American Socicty of Civil Engineering, highway research board. Fol lowing his address to the assembly, Mr. Constantino will conduct a question and answer session concerning fall-out and shelters as it affects school children. Many questions which have been raised concerning the effectiveness of blast shelters should be suitably answered as a resul^ of this program. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13 and 14, are among the most important of the year for young people who are students of M.C.H.S. and alumni who return to enjoy annual h o m e c o m i n g . A number of changes have, been made "this year which promise to maite the 1961 event on of the most colorful 'and enjoyable ever held. "The theme of the festivities is "Fairy Tale Fantasy" and will be carried out in both the parade and the Saturday evening dance. The line of March will begin proceedings at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, with floats to represent the four classes and also various clubs within the high school. Putting the finishing touches on their fairy tale float entries are the Future Homemakers, Science club, chorus, Latin club and Girls' Athletic association. Decorated cars will include those of the Future Business Leaders, Tenth Legion and Student Council. Parade Feature °A feature of the parade, as always, will be the king and queen candidates who will be riding in convertibles. The parade route has been changed this year. It will starj at the school at 2:30, proceed, south on Green street U? Kane avenue, , from where the line of march will turn west to Center, continue to Main and turn left to go through the West side business section.' Marchers will go through the alley at the end of the business block to Wau-1 kegan street, then east to pass Landmark school to Green street. From there, the parade will go north to Broad, then east to Riverside Drive to Pearl, and back to Green and to the high school. Winning floats, as well as candidates, will parade around McCracken field at 7:30 o'clock, immediately before thie varsity game with Woodstock. The junior varsity game gets under way at 6:15, and the big game is scheduled for 8 o'clock, with the Warriors talcing on the Blue Streaks. On Saturday evening, the cindere.Ua .dance will start at 9 o'clock and continue until midnight in the large gymnasium. Bill Oeffling, who was homecoming king in 1959, and Sherry Evans, last year's queen, will be bresent to crown the new title holders. Twelve candidates selected by a vote of the senior class are being narrowed down to the winning pair by the entire student body, and their choices will be made known during intermission at the dance. BOARD MEETING The regular meeting of Hit»h School Board, No. 156. will be held Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m.