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THE MCHENRY "Serving The Chaii-O-Lakes Regioa Since 1875* Volume 91 -- No. 4 -- 4 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MAY 20. 1965 28 Pages -- 10c Copy Prepare For Poppy Sale Mayor Donald P. Doherty, center, is shown buying the first poppy from Carolyn Condon, Poppy chairman for the Legion auxiliary. Others pictured; left to right, are Robert Dethlefson, chairman for the Legion Post of McHenry; Ethel Groth, V.F.W. auxiliary Poppy chairman; and Walter Groth, chairman for the V.F.W. post of McHenry. t >•••• ,'v;< •v'y; ^ A large group of pupils of the sixth grade class in St. Mary's parochial school toured the Plaindealer office last Wednesday, seeing first hand many of the detailed processes which go into the printing of each weekly paper. Various Scout groups have also visited the office in recent months. Even to those of us no farther removed from the Crystal Lake and Island Lake tornado scenes than McHenry, the Palm Sunday storm is a thing of the past. Actually, the tornado is still very real to many who lost everything. A drive through the several blocks hardest hit reveal chaos which* few of us would otherwise realize. The courage of our neighbors to the south is evident as one watches them take over the tremendous task of clean-up. In several spots, the re-building process has started once again. We have forgotten the name, but one family has even emerged from the tragic experience with a bit of humor remaining. A sign in front of what was once their home -- now only a pile of rubble -- reads: The (Browns) lived here. They will return." So that immediatp counsel and service may be given to disaster victims, SBA (Small Business Administration) ^as established temporary disaster field offices there and in several other locations, one of them Mankato, Minn., hard hit by the flood. We recall several trips to the Mankato zoo as a child. We are told that the flooding came so quickly there was rtftt even time to shoot the animals as planned in the event it became necessary. Deer were able to reach high enough ground to survive, but all others drowned with the exception of a bear which was reported to have clung to the top of its cage. There are mingled feelings on proposed legislation before the Illinois General Assembly which (Continued on Page 5) The sale of poppies in McHenry will begin Thursday, when representatives of the V.F.W. and its auxiliary unit and the Legion and its auxiliary will meet the evening , trains. The sale will continue from about 4 o'clock Friday until stores close, and will resume on Saturday at 8 o'clock and continue until 3 p.m. Proceeds from the drive will go to the disabled veterans who have made the millions of poppies to be sold this year. The Poppy Day commission reminds that everyone helps a neighbor in an immediate crisis, but it is the long range kind of assistance that is most difficult for busy people to give. Some of the veterans have been hospitalized for many years -- since the early days of World War I and II, and since the Korean Conflict. Wearing a' poppy is a way each individual can show that he remembers. MEMORIAL DAY PARADE The Memorial Day parade will be held on Sunday, May 30, with a different route planned. Marchers will assemble at the city park at 1 o'clock and the parade will get under way a half hour later from that point. Complete details will appear in next week's issue. The Salvation Army will hold its centennial year tag day, "Doughnut Day", in McHenry on Friday, June 11. EIGHTEEN GIRLS ARE ENTERED IN FIESTA CONTEST With the deadline for entries in the 1965 Fiesta Day queen contest Monday of this week, there were eighteen pretty candidates. Latest to enter the race were Sherry Lynn Gehrke, 16, of 3212 Skyway Drive and Elaine Piasecki, 18, of 2002 N. Sunset Avenue, whose pictures will appear next week. Others include Kathy Vetter, 18, of 401 W. Riverside Drive, Star Ann West, 18, of 3001 Mary Lane, Margaret Parisi, 19, of 5219 W. Shore Drive, Jill Diane Johnston of 3805 W. Grove Avenue, Mary Ann Krupinski, 17, of 1619 N. Beach Road, Judy Conway, 18, of 3720 W. Grand Avenue, Janet Murray, 17, of 4808 W. Parkview, and Florence Jumper, 16, of 1821 N. Beach Road. Special classes in make-up, poise and posture, hairstyling and personality improvement began this week and will continue until the night of crowning on Monday, June 14, at the V.F.W. clubrooms. Individual contestants will be interviewed by the judges in the late afternoon, and the final judging will occur about 7:45 in the evening. The Jaycee Junior Sports Jamboree will be held June 20. 250 Singers, Instrumentalists Join To Present May Festival About 250 young high school musicians will join singing and playing talents tonight (Thursday ) May 20, when they present their annual band-chorus festival in the McHenry high school gym at 8:15 o'clock. The chorus will open the program with the lively "Gonna Build A Mountain" from the Broadway production "Stop The World--I Want To Get Off", followed by a medley from "Sound of Music". The concert band will then be heard in "Overture For Winds" and "Dancing Caballero", followed by one of the school's stage band playing "Fiddlers on the Roof", "Gravy Waltz" and "More". The chorus will return to sing "Blow Prairie Winds" and the patriotic "March of Freedom". After two more selections by the concert band, "Threnody" and "The Klaxon", the second popular stage band will take the spotlight for "Montage", "Tequila" and "I Remember Basie". Highlight of the evening will be presentation of the Arion national award to an outstanding senior band member, and the chorus awards to the senior boy and girl who, by a vote of the senior members, has contributed most toathe organization. The program will be concluded by the chorus and band joining together in presentations of "A Tribute to Romberg" and "Rise Men Courageous". Weekend Marked By Drownings Chamber Of Commerce Sponsors Lucky Numbers The Lucky Numbers contest sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce for the first time more than a year ago, will be conducted again in McHenry this weekend, but with some changes and improvements to make it especially attractive. This latest of the promotional programs of the C. of C. will be in progress three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 20 through 22. Details are explained in full in an advertisement sponsored by the merchants, which appears elsewhere in this issue. 04.406 The contest is designed to better acquaint McHenry area residents with local stores and the fine variety of merchandise available in them. It will also provide a very valuable article from each participating store for the fortunate person who holds the lucky number. Each Plaindealer which goes into the mail in the McHenry area or is sold on the news stand this week will contain a different number, clearly marked on this page. Every store participating in the contest has a group of numbers which correspond to those appearing ort the newspapers. Register For Prize It is only necessary to register in the store which, bplds a corresponding number to your paper. On Saturday evening a drawing will be made in each store from among the registrations, and the lucky person will be notified. There will be a winner in each store, each to receive prizes valued at between $20 and $35. The advantage of this year's contest over the 1964 promotion is the fact that there will be a winner in all stores since each participating business has many numbers in its possession. Persons interested in any of the free gifts listed should take their entire Plaindealer to that particular store to inquire if they are holding the lucky number. POST OFFICE TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE MAY 31 Regular holiday schedules will be observed by the McHenry post office and station on May 31, a federal holiday by virtue of the fact that May 30, the usual Memorial Day holiday date, is a Sunday. No delivery services, except special delivery, will be provided. Street mail collections will be made on a normal holiday schedule, and outgoing mail will be dispatched. Post office lobbies will remain op&n, providing access to lock boxes, stamp dispensers and mail deposit slots. Plan to participate in the Lucky Numbers contest. City Annexes 600 Acres Land At a special meeting of the City Council , on May 17, an ordinance was adopted .annexing approximately 600 acres of land, known as Boone Valley, to the city of McHenry. This is the planned unit development which Ladd Enterprises has submitted to the City Council, Zoning Board of Appeals and the Plan Commission during the past several months. Plans and plats will now be submitted to the Zoning Board of Appeals on June 14 at a hearing. A report of this hearing will then go to the Council. As in past years, the city will turn over $300 to the Chamber of Commerce for the promotion of Fiesta Day. For sometime it has been thought that McHenry's permit fee for connection to the water and sanitary sewer system was much lower than other cities. A comparison chart bears out this thinking and some action is expected to follow further study. ONE CHICAGOAN LOSES LIFE IN PISTAKEELAKE Anton Herdrich Drowns While On Vacation In South Lakemoor Man Finalist In Navy Award Program TRAIN-AUTO CRASH CAUSES INJURY JO ONE Car Driven By Lakeland Park Woman Is Struck Mrs. Margaret H. Franklin of 4905 Home Avenue, Lakeland Park, escaped with minor head injuries last Thursday affernoon when her car collided with a North Western train at the Waukegan Road crossing. The special work train, No. 1520, was travelling south when it struck the back and side of the Franklin auto as the driver was partially across the track. The car was demolished. Windshield Thrown The impact caused the windshield and hood of the auto to be thrown in the air, striking another car stopped at the sign on the Crystal Lake blacktop. The vehicle, owned by Arthur Jackson, was driven by his son, Dennis, and passengers were Joseph Buralli of 616 W. Regner Road and John J. Huemann of 2104 W. Johnsburg Road, students recently returned from Marian high school. None of the occupants of the car was injured, although the Franklin auto was shoved within feet of theirs. Mrs. Franklin was taken by ambulance to McHenry hospital but was released later in the evening. One Chicagoan reached safety in the early hours of last Saturday morning, in Pistakee Lake while his companion drowned when their outboard motor boat capsized near Half Moon Island, at the mouth of the Fox River. The dead man was Erwin Cizek, Jr., of 2118 N. Campbell, Chicago. Members of the sheriff's office found his body about 8 a.m., several hours after the accident. They had been assisted in the search by members of the Johnsburg Rescue Squad, first to arrive on the scene, and members of the three companies of the McHenry Fire Protection District. Cizek's companion, 29-yearold Mathew Parzell, of 4119 Francisco Avenue, Chicago, managed to swim safely to shore following the mishap, which occurred about 4 a.m. Prazel reported the accident at Casey's Resort .and authorities were notified. Four hours of dragging operations were required before the body was found, not far from the pier. Cizek was born Nov. 25, 1935, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Cizek, Sr. The body was taken to the George R. Justen & Son funeral home, where an inquest was (Continued on Page 5) Glenn Jenkins Hurt In Tuesday Accident Glenn M. Jenkins of 1512 Freund Avenue, McHenry, was injured while riding a motorcycle on Rt. 176, near Rt. 31, Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock. Sheriff's police said Michelle Eckland of Rt. 1, Crystal Lake, said she was passing another car and failed to see Jenkins, who was struck in his own lane. 102 STUDENTS SIGN UP FOR DRIVER TRAINING At the Tuesday evening meeting of the board of School District 156, Supt. Carl Buckner reported to members that 102 students had signed up for behind-the-wheel driver training instruction this surflmer. This is a considerable increase over past years. Three instructors will be conducting the program, working with two cars and giving classroom education. The Kiwanis club was granted its request for use of the school cafeteria for Pancake Day on July 18, and a similar request by the Fiesta Day committee to use McCracken Field was okayed. Supt. Buckner was authorized to prepare a tentative budget for the year 1965-66. This must be approved and a levy made by September The resignations of Miss Kern, English department, and Mrs. Tolliver, business education, were accepted. A contract was given to Glen Humphrey to teach math next 'year. He will be an additional teacher to the staff. Non-certified employees, including custodians, the cafeteria manager and office employees were granted an increase in salaries. An adjustment was made in the increment for George Cina, audio visual department. Purchase Bus The board votecr TO purcnase its second bus which will be school owned, SWl a bid of Sunnyside Dodge was accepted in the amount of $6,400. Approval was given to the school calendar presented for the year ahead. The office in charge of NAMRU-4, Capt. R. O. Peckinpaugh, MC USN, congratulates Willard E. (Pat) Pierce on his notification of selection as a finalist in the Federal Employee of the Year Awards Program for the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Rotary Names Man Of Year Charles "Chuck" Peterson of 2815 N. Magellan, McHenry, was named "Rotarian of the year" in an impressive portion of last Thursday night's dinner held at the McHenry Country CHARLES PETERSON Club. It was McHenry Rotary club's tenth anniversary, and the occasion was marked with the dignity and ceremony befitting one of the outstanding organizations of the city. Mr. Peterson was selected for the honor bestowed upon him for his many contributions made to the club, particularly his work in behalf of the Easter Seal program. In the recent Easter Seal tag day, McHenry's collection was more than double the next highest city total in the county. One of the most impressive parts of the evening program was the candlelight ceremony in which each of the past presidents stepped forward to light a candle for his year in office as he received recognition by John Looze. In the case of Mr. Looze, second president, the introduction was made by the newly elected president, Larry Lund. Introduce Presidents Dr. William Nye was the Rotary's first president in 1955- 56, followed by Mr. Looze. Ernest Useman, Charles R. Peterson, Dr. H. S. Fike, William Burfeindt. Harry Dean, Ray McGee, Herb Reihansperger and Jerome Buch. District Governor Ted Gifford of LaGrange gave a short welcome to the large assemblage, after which Incoming Gover- Willard E. (Pat) Pierce of 810 W. Barbara Lane, McHenry, has been selected as one of five finalists in the Federal Employee of the Year program of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, in the professional category. As chief of the biometrics division at Naval Medical Research Unit No. 4, Mr. Pierce provides the statistical and study design support for the research activities of the unit. In a special ceremony, the officer in charge of NAMRU-4 presented Mr. Pierce the letter of notification as a finalist and expressed the hope of the entire unit for continued success in the award program. Research Contribution Mr. Pierce has made outstanding contributions to Navy medical research at Great Lakes in both Civil Service and Active Naval Service. He has also received high praise from other investigators in the medical research field. Mr. Pierce is a veteran of twenty years of distinguished naval service in the Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy. He has been in the Biomet rics Division of NAMRU-4 since 1960, and chief of that division since 1962. In all of these duties Mr. Pierce has shown a consistent devotion to NAMRU-4 and the-Navy. Mr. Pierce is married to the former Isabelle Marie Schreiner. They are the happy parents of ten children Patrick E., 19; Kathleen M., 17; Susan M., 15; Jeanne M., 14; Mary M., 10; Michael E., 9; Ann M., 8; Willard E., 4; Thomas E., 2 and Ruth M., 1. Counsel Sought His keen advice and counsel are widely sought in the local scientific community. Mr. Pierce has shown a continuous concern for the problems of others as well as his own. He has been an outstanding contributor to (Continued on Page 5) nor. John Schraf of Arlington Heights was introduced. Main speaker of the evening was I. W. (Ike) Parrish, district governor, who has also held several offices with Rotary International. His inspirational talk was received with enthusiasm by members and guests alike. 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