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THE McHENSY PLA2KDSALSB X PUIHUByi nj»»MVW«" POSTAL SERVICE CHANGES ANNOUNCED UNDER ECONOMY FR06RAM EFFECTIVE MAY 4 The limited adjustments in some postal services ordered in Washington March 10 by Postmaster General John A. Gronouski to save $12.7 million will begin to take effect in McHenry and other cities May 4, Postmaster LeRoy M. Smith said. Service changes planned locally included the following, Mr. Smith said: There will be five-day parcel post delivery with no parcel delivery on Wednesdays in those locations serviced by walking city carriers. Parcel post will continue to be delivered six days a week to patrons on rural and mounted delivery routes. First class parcels, air parcel post, and perishable articles will continue to be delivered six days a week. Special delivery parcels will be delivered in the same manner as they now are. Window Service Only one window will be open on Saturday and that will be between the hours 8 a.m. and noon. It will be open for the sale of stamps, COD and registry service, mailing of parv eel post, and post office box parcel dispensing. A stamp vending machine is located at the rear of the main post office for those wishing to avail themselves to this service for small stamp sales. Inquiry and claims, meter settings, trust fund deposits, box rent collections, bulk mailings, etc., cannot be accepted on Saturday. Information will be dispensed whenever the clerk is not busy with allowable services. Absolutely no after-hour business may be conducted. No Major ^Changes The "postmaster emphasized that no essential major services are affected under the orders. There will be no change in home delivery or special delivery, for example. Regular business mail deliveries will continue as usual. Letters and other first-class mail will be handled with the same priority as ever. The postmaster, supervisor and employees at both the main office and the station cannot make exceptions to the regulations, and would appreciate the co-operation of patrons in not requesting them to violate the regulations. The economy step, Mr. Smith explained, is in line with President Johnson's programs under which the recent federal income tax cut was provided. E MA' H[iitt AAnn d Run Driver Charged (Continued From Page 1) Two passengers in the latter auto, Ed. Adams and Frances Adams, were hurt and a third, Elizabeth Adams, was uninjured. Two of three passengers in the other vehicle were, also hurt. A utility pole was damaged. Another accident occurred at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning about three miles south of McHenry on River road. Sheriff's, police said Jerry Perryman of 1504 Kildare drive, Round Lake, told them he was driving south on River road when he saw another car approaching from the south. Because the second auto was swerving, Perryman headed for the ditch to avoid a collision, but he said the other vehicle, driven by Raymond Strossner, Jr., of 1510 W. Catalpa, McHenry, crossed the center line and struck his car. Strossner told authorities he lost control. Lucille Steffen of Spring Grove and Margaret L. Sargent of Ingleside, along with two passengers in the latter vehicle, Kathy Sargent, 2, and Linda Vineyard, 17, both of Ingleside, were taken to McHenry hospital for treatment following an accident which occurred on Rt. 12 Saturday afternoon, at the intersection of Meyer road. Lucille Steffen was given a ticket for failure to yield the right of way and the other driver for not having a driver's license. The Steffen car was travelling east on Rt. 12 and was attempting a left turn when her vehicle collided with the other auto, which was being driven west. Neither driver was injured when cars driven by two McHenry men, Alfred Ritter and Ralph Thoma, sideswiped on Rt. 120, just east of the city, last week. Thoma was blamed for improper passing. TALK ON "EGYPT" WILL BE GIVEN HOSPITAL GROUP Dr. Benjamin J. Massouda will give a talk on "Egypt" when he addresses the quarterly meeting of the woman's auxiliary to McHenry hospital at 8 o'clock on Tuesday, May 12. The meeting will be held in the hospital conference room. In view of turbulent world conditions, Dr. Massouda's talk is expected to prove most in teresting, as his life has been. Born in Cairo, Egypt, he came to this country in 1954. He received his training in internal medicine in Egypt, Boston, Toronto and Detroit, including a fellowship in internal medicine and Canadian and American certification, and joined the McHenry Medical Group in 1959. He is county medical advisor of the heart fund drive and has been teaching since 1960 at the Chicago Medical school, as well as currently attending the school of radioisotope there. The highlight of his life occurred just a year ago when he and his wife became United States citizens. VFW SPONSORS ALL SPORTS BANQUET MAY 4- (Continued From Page 1) Mfflsin' & Meanderin' (Continued from page 1) PLAINDEALER TO OFFER FLAGS AS PUBLIC SERVICE (Continued from Page 1) lack of opportunity to secure a flag suitable for home-flying than, to any lack of patriotism. For this reason the newspaper office is making available, at a very nominal cost, as a public service, a large 3x5 foot cotton flag, complete with heavy staff, metal window socket, Instruction bulletin and flag etiquette folder. It has long been considered a patriotic custom and duty to fly the colors on homes on every national holiday. The duty has not changed, but unfortunately the custom is practiced less than years ago. A coupon which appears on Page 17 of this issue will be every reader's opportunity to remedy the situation. Use it to order your flag, or come into our office at 3812 W. Elm street to obtain one. STATE UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZES FOUR FROM McHENRY Recognition for scholastic excellence will be given 1,996 University of Illinois undergraduates May 1 in the university's fortieth annual Honors Day convocation. Honorees who are graduates of McHenry high school include Lambert Freund. a senior; Margaret Marchi, a sophomore and PwOger Thompson. a freshman. For sustained high scholarship, University of Illinois seniors will receive spccial recognition the same day. Among them will be Miss Jaan Laane of 3015 N. Bay View lane, McHenry. Memory dims with the years, but we still recall that very pleasant custom of childhood when May baskets, enhanced with violets, shooting stars and daffodils and covered a surprise collection of candy, were left on the doorsteps of friends. Of course, the donor always knocked and ran, and in the pleasant day-dreaming of childhood dozens of names ran through our mind as we imagined who it might have been. They tell us that in certain parts of our country young folks still celebrate May Day in one fashion or another. Occasionally there is a maypole with colorful streamers to be seen on a school playground. Even the flower-trimmed baskets filled with candy are secretly, but only very occasionally, left on doorsteps. But by and large May Day customs have fallen from favor in our times. From a historical point of view, the lapse may prove to be only temporary, for May Day is a very old tradition. A remnant of ancient agricultural and fertility rituals, it has been celebrated through the ages as the arrival of the season of new vegetation. Elaborate festivities once included omens and taboos to insure good crops and happiness. In England's Middle Ages, it j was the custom for all people | to pick fresh flowers on the first May morning, and every j town and village erected a mayj pole as high as the mast of a I 100-ton ship. The festivities were dealt a severe blow by the | Puritans who, in their cami paign to take the joy out of \ life, uprooted maypoles and put ' o stop to the reveling. They » were revived, however, and by ; the 1890's many countries adopt- • ed May Day as the international day. 1 | Who knows, maybe some day I McHenry youngsters may revive the custom of placing May baskets on the doors of their friends! K. A. F. COMMITTEES FOR COUNTY STUDY NAMED BY GIL The Government Improvement League of McHenry County, at its meeting on April 24, appointed a committee to further study the proposed Public Building Commission for McHenry County. This committee was appointed in furtherance of the resolution adopted unanimously at G. I. L.'s previous meeting which opposed the use of such commissions or authorities as a means of by-passing the voters and denying them to right of say through a referendum with respect to public debt. Another committee was appointed to study the personal property tax structure with a view to seeing if there is an equitable way to levy such a tax uniformly among all citizens, to determine if an alternative of any kind is acceptable, or, if perchance, the tax should be abandoned. Other committees' were appointed to review county expenditures and to become more familiar with the County Planning Commission. Of general interest was the newly amended Local Improvement Law. It was pointed out that road improvements in Sunny side will probably cost $60,- 000 for the two miles proposed and that financing costs will probably be about 6 percent. Administrative costs were estimated at around $7,000 or about 12 percent. Other local improvements mentioned under the new law include three miles in the Silver Lake area of Algonquin township and roads in Pistakee Highlands. Tax assessments were discussed and question was raised as to whether revision in assessments are to be published in McHenry county in accord with the understanding of the new law which is believed to require such publication. No one could supply the answer. It was stated that virtually every taxing district in the county will have to use anticipation warrants since so many people in Algonquin Township objected to their assessments requiring a delay in the distribution of all taxes until the Board of Review completes its work. Bob Dickman, Glenn Davis, Dave Dimon, Bob Doran and Terry Doran. Also Roy Fellows, John Fleck, Carter Freund, Curt Freund, Dave Freund, Ken Freund, Tim Freund, Harold Frett, Ken Fletcher, Bob Fowler, Bill Funk, Ron Gelvin, Dean Glosson, Bob Glus, Jim Hans, Mike Hatch, John Hickey, Wayne Hiller, Dick Jelinack, Keith Jensen, Ron Johnson and Richard Justen. Also Jim Kelley, Craig Keith, Scott King, Don Klapperich, Bryan Klontz, George Koch, Jerry Koepke, Tom Koleno, Ron Kreutzer, Vernon Kramer, Fred Kusch, Tom Lawniczak, Ken Laurence, Paul Liebman, Gary Lockwood, Tom Lunkenheimer, Bob Mayfield, Mike Major, Don Meyer, Allen Miller, Terry Miller, Rod Mauch, Jim Meyer, Don Mercure, John Michels, Rick Moore and Roy Moss. Also Chris Newkirk, Jim O'Brien, John Oppenheim, Russ Phillips, ' Mike Pliner, Rick Piatt, Bob Radosh, Pete Saar, Larry Schuerr, Steve Schweikert, Rick Soda, Fred Sorenson, Dennis Smith, Rich Smith, Dpn Stine, Ron Sluga, Gary Snell, Paul Swanson, Dan Turner, Tom Wiles, Richard Wolf, Steve Zriny and Mike Zvonar. Managers are Tom Tomlinson, John Fleck, Bryan, Klontz, Steve Krier, Jim Kusch, Geary McClain, Jim Meyer, Tony Olszewski, Dan Paul and Dave Patryas. Cheerleaders to be honored include Lynne Eichinger, Connie Freund, Val Peterson, Jeannie Jo Benoche, Lynn Reihansperger and Sherry Schultz. LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE PLAN FOR CONVENTION (Continued from Page 1) M E N • W O M E N • NEEDED FOR C O U P L E S MOIiE* MANAGEMENT . Increasing nationwide opportunities in one of America's growth industries for managers, assistant managers, housekeepers gmd desk derks. Age no barrier. Previous experience not aecesciary. Train at horae in your spare time followed by two weeks , ©i practical gnainiog in a modern motel. Free nationwide place* i fBBDt HAIL COUPON TO: AMERICAN MOTELS, INC DEPT. •OS B. CARSON, p. o. BOX ISO. LAS VEOAS, NEVADA Ittt ADDRESS CITY STATE PHONE NO: fare of the nation to enlighten youth about the roles many of them will be called on to play in later years." President Lyndon B. Johnson, sending his greetings, expressed the hope that the students interested in politics would continue "throughout your academic lives and that the lessons learned in your mock convention will be put to use in real conventions after you leave school." Talks of Apathy "In these (days when the world's fate depends upon how well or ill we conduct our affairs," Adlai E. Stevenson, former Governor of Illinois and currently United States representative to the United Nations said in his letter to the convention, "we cannot afford to leave the business of democracy to the kind of politician we get if we don't care. Political apathy must give way to the enlightened interest of inquiring minds and dedicated purposes." Sessions of the convention are open to the public. Spectators tickets may be secured from the cooperating high schools. Faculty representatives for the convention are Charles Wesenick, Hebron; Gene Brooke, McHenry; Ray Umland, Harvard; Gordon Barry, Huntley; Terry West, Marengo; Tom Olson, Woodstock and Sister Maria, CSC, Marian Central. Chairmen of the state delegations were entertained at an organizing buffet-banquet held Thursday evening, April 23, in the dining rooms at Marian Central. The chairmen were addressed by William Bolger, McHenry, a delegate to the forthcoming national Democratic convention to be held at Atlantic City and by Judge James H. Cooney, presiding judge of the Circuit court. SHOP IN McHENRY CONSERVANCY DISTRICT An airing of the issues involved in the proposed Water I Conservation district is the ocj casion for a special meeting of | the Woodstock-McHenry League | of Women Voters, on May 5, at I 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. | Philip Keith, 2211 N. Woodlawn Park < not connected with Woodlawn Park subdivision -- entrance from Chapel Hill road, south of golf course). 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Captain Lee Hiller will welcome the audience aboard the beautiful craft as singers perform selections from Jerome Kern's "Show Boat" and Sigmund Romberg's "The New Moon". Show Boat Theme Carolyn Ritthaler and Ginnie Uliek will be heard in "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Of Mine" and Mildred Thomas in the haunting strains of "Bill". The more romantic tune, "You Are Love", will be sung by Tom Russell and Mary Idstein. Shirley Smith and her chorus of show girls will be seen and heard in "Life on the Wicked Stage", before the chorus concludes with two other favorites of "Show Boat", "Make Believe" and "Old Man River." The chorus, which draws its membership from Fox Lake, Algonquin and Elgin, as well as the McHenry community, hopes for a large crowd to attend this program, which has been in rehearsal for several months. A substantial amount of the proceeds will be donated to the McHenry public library fund to equip its musical section. VOTE" CANVASS SHOWS BOLGER FAR IN LEAD The final canvass of votes in Boone, Lake and McHenry counties showed William J. Bolger, in first place with 7,678 votes. There was a close race for the second place winner, with John Green of Mundelein edging Rita Slater of Highland Park by just sixty-one votes. Green had 4,836 to Slater's 4,- 775. Following close behind was Draper Daniels of Lake Bluff with 4,636 votes; William Gearty of Wauconda with 4,135 and Mark Turner of Antioch with 3,433. Bolger and Green will represent the 12th Congressional district at the Democratic national convention to be held in August at Atlantic City. AREA DIES IN PLANE CRASH Ralph Schumacher* Two Others Killed Ai Kansas Airport Ralph Schumacher, 42, of Cary, a native of the McHenry community, and two companions were killed on April 22 when their plane crashed as it approached a landing strip at the airport near Colby, Kan. The victims were Schumacher and John Abbot of rural Elgin, salesmen, and Donald Thurau of Elgin, the pilot. The three men left the Crystal Lake airport in the morning for Colby, where they were to attend the annual Northwest Kansas Farm and Industrial fair. The men were employees of the Mathews Co., Crystal Lake, manufacturers of farm equipment. The plane was approaching the landing strip when it seemed to stall, accdtding to witnesses. The pilot attempted to bring it in safely, but caught a wing-tip and nosed into the ground. All occupants were dead upon arrival at the wreckage of police and airport officials. Schumacher was born May 7, 1921, son of Paul and Gertrude F r e u n d S c h u m a c h e r , w i t h whom he resided. He attended McHenry area schools and moved to Cary with his family about twenty years ago. Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Gerald of Fox River Grove and Paul Jr., of Crystal Lake. Mass was sung at Stes. Peter and Paul Catholic church, Cary, at 10 o'clock Monday morning, with interment in Crystal Lake Memorial Park cemetery, St. Thomas section. TWENTY-THREE TO BE CONFIRMED IN CITY CHURCH FIFTH FATALITY The fifth traffic fatality of the year in McHenry county was recorded Friday, April 24, with the death of Loral Campbell, 27, of Oakwood Hills in Memorial hospital. He died of injuries sustained in a one-car crash on Town Line road, north of Crystal Lake, about 8 o'clock Thursday. He leaves a wife and two children. Twenty-three young people will be confirmed as members of the Community Methodist church in McHenry Sunday, May 3, at 11 a.m., according to the R©v. Ernest C. Carder. There will be an informal reception following the worship service. Those who are to be received are Vinton Alderson, Craig Barrows, Joyce Buchert, Terry Doran, Mark Domoto, Dennis Dowell, Patricia Cook, Kathy Francke, Lane Hagen, Diane Hanneman, Phil Kraus, Randy Klontz, Randy Kreimer, Bruce Okal, Tim Martin, James Laursen, Bill Richards, Libby Stinespring, Debbie Russell, Lee Varese, Margaret Weyland, Clifford Wilson and Karen Wilms. STATE RULING Attorney General William G. Clark has advised State's Attorney Richard R. Cross that a county may withdraw funds from county bridge fund to pay for its share of bridges built on county roads designed as Federal Aid Secondary Highways and paid for, in part, by federal aid. Life is a lot like a formal gown -- a lot depends on what you put into it. Yes, because they have the 4-wheel drive family car that's built stronger to last longer. The 'Jeep' Universal takes them more places over a span of more years than any ordinary car. Fishing spots? The more remote the better. Hunting sites? Way beyond the reach of roads. What's more, when you own a 'Jeep' Universal you suddenly find dozens of uses you never thought of before! See the 'Jeep' Universal at your 'Jeep* dealer's. Available with hard top or convertible top. Fully enclosed or with half top and pickup box. Wheelbases up to 101". It's the real McCoy. KAISER Jeep CORPORATION * ' VERSATILE, POWERFUL, VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE 0) See your 'Jeep' dealer and take a demonstration drive today. McHINiY ©AiA&i 926 X. Front St. Phone 385-0403 Soo °JOGP# vohlcloo In action Ira «Hg iimm mf @n onQral McHenry, III. Tues., 8 p.m. Channel 7 FIRST ENTRIES RECEIVED FOR COUNTY QUEEN Three entries in the Miss McHenry County contest for 1964 have been received. The contest is one of the features at the McHenry County Fair each year, and the 1964 competition will follow the successful pattern developed over the past two years, Don Hansen, fair president," said this week in announcing additional details about the attraction. Entry deadline is June 30. All of last year's sponsors were sent letters announcing the contest, and Hansen said it would be helpful if those sponsors would contact either himself or Don Peasley, public relations director for the contest, so that plans for the 1964 affair can move forward more rapidly. Miss Shirley Sill, reigning Miss McHenry County, and Miss Gail Marquart of McHenry, winner two years ago, are assisting in this 1964 contest. To give contestants maximum opportunity to display their beauty, poise and personality, preliminary judging is scheduled Monday night, July 13. This will be a reception and dinner meeting. This first appearance also gives the judge two chances to observe the young women and helps them in their coming to a sound decision, Hansen continued. Girls must be between 16 and 22--16 by Aug. 1 and not over 22 by Jan. 24, 1965. Candidates must be single and never mar ried and a resident of McHenry county. TiToung women wishing to enter^ the competition should contact their local organization which sponsored last year's contest. They included the Wonder Lake Volunteer Fire department and the McHenry VFW auxiliary. ISSUE CHARTER Ann Varese and Company, 1812 N. Riverside Drive, McHenry, has been granted a charter by the state of Illinois as a new, for profit organiza tion. In France, pasturage rates for short-tailed horses are lower than for the long tailed ones, on the theory that they have to quit eating more often to use their head, to chase off flies JURY AWARDS LARGE SUM IN DAMAGE SUIT A verdict of $67,500 in judg-' ments were returned in Circuit Court by the petit jury this past week. Elnora Pratt of McHenry was awarded $55,000 and Shirley Pratt of Chicago, as administrator of the estate of her son, Gary Pratt, $12,500. The amounts were asked of Richard Emmer of Wisconsin. The suit resulted from a vehicle accident on the Griswold Lake blacktop in May of 1961. Two other personal injury actions were also filed. One involves Charles Boss of Ringwood, who seeks $25,000 in damage^, from Mary and Leo H. Hiller 6{ McHenry for injuries alleged to have been suffered in an uuto accident in Hit fall of 1963. Mrs. Sally Ann Gahagan of Wonder Lake asks $85,000 on each of two counts from Edmond Sobotkiewicz of Woodstock in the second suit, - This, too, came about following an accident in February of this year and involves alleged injuries. SKUNK SHOT ON GREEN STREET DECLARED RABID A laboratory report last week disclosed that a skunk shot by Police Officer Kenneth Espey in a lot back of 1311 N. Green street was rabid. Rabies Enforcing Officer Edward Jelinek stressed this week that state law requires that dogs be vaccinated against rabies ever$r year. Even so, in view of the fact that several skunks have been found to be rabid in recent weeks, he suggests that all dogs in the area where the s%g|k was found roaming be examined. Should a dog have been bitten and it was not vaccinated, rabies would result in a period extending up to thirty days. REPORT VANDALISM A mail box and picket fence were reported damaged at the Mary Keinberg home on Seminole drive in Wonder Lake last week. Investigation was carried out by the sheriff's office. READ THE CLASSIFIEDS ^usten & Son OXYGEN EQUIPPED AMBULANCE iSHVICE Pfaie 111=1163 ire&EaQR. IS* COLUMBIA is the gem of all Ban-Lon knit shirts* The "fteatiraBi220flfi" yari Is soft, stays thr@ijgfc ^0 Hb®!]®§0 M@% PifPonfc nylon won' or pill, machine washes, drip-dries. $5.95 7 ^TORE for MEN 1245 N. Green St. Phone 885-0047 McHenry, I1L Open Daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. -- Friday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS USE THE FREE GREEN STREET PARKING AREA