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Volume 77 -- No. 13 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1951 10c Per FOUR-DAY CARNIVAL OPENS TONIGHT ANNUAL EVENT N COMMEMORATION OF V-J ^FEATURES CUOItfU. PARAROE | VThe Veterans of Foreign Wars assisted by their Auxiliary unit, promise the McHenry community a bigger and better carnival this season than any of the previous summer events which they have been sponsoring for the past five years. The 1951 carnival begins tonight, Aug. 9, at the city park «d will continue through Sunday ening, Aug. 12, when a colorful program will bring the fourday event to a close. t A variety of rides will entertain young folks, each evening, Including a roller coaster, ferrls Wheel and two children's rides. Another nightly feature will be the attractive beer garden in one corner of the grounds, as well as special food and refreshment <jgkands. Nightly, also, will be the appearance of Otto Pyrlts and his musical group, who never fail to be a popular attraction. Saturday evening the Pioneer barbershop quartet of Chicago Will be featured in selections •ung on various parts of the cari nival grounds, beginning at 8:45. The men will offer both old and new favorites. Q On Sunday, free tickets for rides will be given out to children 12 yearg old or under at the children's registration booth. Vall| able prizes will also be given •way at this time. Probably the most anticipate! highlight of the big carnival is the parade Which is being planned to take place at 5:45 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. It will include, 4n addition to a number of beautiul floats, a minimum of three druin and bugle corps, including Ardennes post corps, of Chicago, the Lincoln-Fullerton corps and the Elgin corps.- A»unit of the Illinois National Guard will also march, as well as the local V.F.W. and American Legion and the Ofayslake American Legion rifle squads. There is a possibility, too, of the , V.PvW. champion drill ^am from Evanston being ]>re- Aifrart Prises *'" - First and^ second prises nffT be awarded for the* most original floats and for the best organization and business floats. City officials will act as judges, with banners to be awarded. at the park immediately following the conclusion of the parade. The parade will start in West ,^McHenry, proceed down Main street to Oreen, turn north to Elm, east to Riverside Drive and on to the park. At the stand in the center of the park, Mayor George P. Freund will act as master of ceremonies in presenting the good citizenship medal to the person who has been selected as having contributed the most in good deeds to his or her community in the past year. V.F.W. Com- ^gmander Volney Brown will then present the V.F.W. plaque to the organization which that group feels has done the most for this community during 1951. Erwln T. Laures is serving as personnel chairman, Frank Low, entertainment; Fred Meyers, parade; and Emil Schwertfeger, advertising. Other chairmen assisting is .(parrying out plans for the suc- (veess of the carnival include the following: William Creutz, Richard Smith, Henry Kraus, Volney Brown,, Gene Dobyns, Ray Deskes, Henry J. Smith, Betty Clark, Peggy Kraus, Ted Getner, Joe McAndrews, Charles Logan, Walter Miller, Bill Bolger, Evelyn McAndrews, Lillian Cairns, Ray Albright, Emil Simon, Glen Draper, Donald Howard, Charles Corso, ^Chester Grandt, Gene Adams, William Green, LeRoy Smith, Fred Rogers, Gregory Cairns, Gerald Hettermann, George Brda, Nick Miller, Roy Morrison, Gerald Miller, Arthur Krause and James Thompson. OM AIWHiii Whan it comes to mass produc- Hon, the Chinese Communists have "the edge over the AwyV'ff «"'r In ^ turning out Chinese. STORE HOURS •% flWttenry ' stores are vow open every Friday evening for the convenience of shoppers of the community. Thursday afternoon and 8unday morning hours vary. AGATHA SHOP Iltp BUSINESS THIRTY YEARS IN McHENRY The Agatha shop is observing an anniversary--its thirtieth-- this week and celebration of the event will be in the form of open house, to ' be held Wednesday, Aug. 15, between 1 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon.. Misw Ethel Jones, the shop's owner, should find the day most rewarding as it marks the end of more than a quarter century of successful business enterprise in McHenry. Her modern, attractive shop, with its great variety of lovely items, has kept pace with the growth and progress - of the community itself. This success has been, in large %part, due to the talent and ingenuity of Miss Jones and no less to her pleasing personality, which has made her popular with patrons and business people alike. The Agatha shop had its first location on teast Elm street and later moved to Green street. The store has been in the Pries building for more than twenty years. SISTER OF McHENRY RESIDENT DANCER ON TELEVISION PROGRAM When McHenry television viewe r s w a t c h e d ' M c H e n r y ' s t w o queens on the pre-Marine Day Courtesy Hour program of Jim Moran, few realised that one of the evening's performers had a very close association' with this community. The first guest may be remembered as ftegin& Day, the talfented young lady who did toe dancing on top of a drum. Actually Miss Day, off stage, is Elizabeth Schroeder, sister of Peter Schdoeder of the Schroeder Iron Works, south of McHenry. The drum was constructed in the local factory by Mr. Schroeder. ' Rites today For Robert Berger, 97 Old friends of Robert Berger, 97, learned with regret of his death early Tuesday morning, Aug. 7, at the home of his daughter in Chicago. Even at hjta advanced a»:e. Mr. Berger continued to gain enjoyment from summers spent at PisUkee Bay, where he nad been coming for the past half centurv. He spent six weeks here this spring until bring taken ill three weeks ago. The deceased retlied thirty- H' ven years ago from P«: :er Brothers Charcoal COL piny in Chicago, whi".h he founded with his brother, William. Survivors tnz'.ude one dtngh'rt\ Mrs. Laura Scbl^dorn of Chicago, a son, Robert M. U-.rger. of Millstream subdivision. McHenry, and a sister, Mrs. Tillie Eiden of Jefferson, Wis. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clbck this afternoon from the Drake funeral home in Chicago, Vdth burial in Rosehill cemetery. Beverly Mackey Prise Wipner On Tag Day At the close of the "Red Heart" tag day held on Saturday by the Volunteers of America to aid destitute mothers with children in care of the organization in this Btate, Miss Eva Unti, who had charge of the affair, reports that Beverly Mackey was entitled to the first prise, having secured $19.86. The second prize was won by Judy Diedrich, who had $18.95 and the third winner, Judy Walsh, had $18.69. The other workers were made happy yith movie passes. The sponsors are grateful to those who worked so faithfully all day and to every one who contributed in any way toward the success of the occasion. RULE ON MOTION Judge William «M. Carroll announced on Monday morning that he will rule Aug. 17 on a motion to quash the indictment against Milton Christoffersen of Algonquin, charging murder. He is accused of having shot and killed Anthony Joyce in an argument in Lake of the Hills subdivision, nqur. ^iffffiqnin- several weeks agir - , . " -- Paper To Be Printed -T&j Early Next We**) Because Dollar Day occurs next week, .the Plaihdealer will be printed a day early in order to give city and rural readers an opportunity to get acquainted with the many spectacular values' before sale dates. News must be in our office by Monday afternoon at 5 c l o c k , c o r r e s p o n d e n t s ' c o p y and display advertising by noon on Monday and classified ads by 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. MRS. LEONARD BLAKE SECOND POLIO CASE IN CITY THIS YEAR The second polio case in the McHenry community to be reported this year is that of Mrs. Leonard Blake, 23, who was taken to the Winnebago county hospital in Rockford on Monday. Mrs. Blake had been suffering from the flu last w'eek but was apparently recovering nicely when she became ill and complained of one leg bothering her Sunday evening. She was taken to the Woodstock hospital, w)iere spinal tests were taken prior to sending her to Rockford. The family had received no definite word as to her condition on Wednesday afternoon but it was believed that her case was a light one. Mrs. Blake is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peisert, who haye been on a trip through the West and have j|0t yetl#arn#d of hwilhl^ik The Blakea, who reside on Maple avenue, have two children, a girl 3 years and a boy, fifteen months. DEATH CLAIMED FRED MEYER, 74, THURSDAY EVENING Fred Meyer, well known Spring Grove resident for many years, died at the Villa Rest Home at Pistakee Bay late Thursday evening, Aug. 2, at the age of 74. Mr. Meyer was born Dec. 7, 1876, in Ringwood and farmed in th'e community north of McHenry for many years before he engaged in carpentry.. He was a member of the Holy Name society. Four children survive, Anton Meyer of Spring Grove, Mrs. Isabelle Smith of Spring ; Grove, Mary May of Ringwood and Eugene Meyer of Chicago; also thirteen grandchildren. Hia wife, the former Helena May, preceded him in death April 3, 1950. The body rested at the Peter M. Justen funeral home until 10 o'clock Monday morning, when services were held from . St. Peter's church, with interment in the church cemetery. CHILD KILLED * A S-vear-old Marengo ^child, Larry Kramer, was killed just before noon on Sunday when he was struck by an auto on state highway 20, near his home. The child had been visiting on the south side of the road and was returning to his home. The car which struck the child was driven by Frank A. Cacci of Woodstock, who, police sai<£, was unable to avoid kitting him. ANNUAL GARDEN SHOW SCHEDULE FRIDAY, AUG. Public Invited Event Sponsored By Woman's Clttb Again this year the show room of the McHenry Equipment company on Elm street will be transformed into a spot of horticultural beauty on Friday. Aug. 17, when the McHenry Woman's ' club presents its annual garden show. The general public, as well as members, is urged to submit entries. They shoiild be brought in to the show room between > and 11 a.m. on the day of the show. Bakery goods tor the sale shbuld be brought then also if possible. The doors will. be closed between 11 and 1:30 o'clock, at which time judges will place their ratings. They will open again to the public between 1:30 and 9 p.m., with special events to take place at 3:30 and at 8 p.m. This year the event will be In the form of an unusual dance, with the following children taking part: Linda Liebersohn, Barbara Albright, Betty O'Brien, Patsy Glosson, Carol Hughes, Carol Jean Anderson, Betty Barbier, Nancy F r e u n d , S h a r o n K r e u g e r a n d Freddie and Bobby Wahl. Music will b% furnished by Alice Serbian. Those in charge of the show urge persons submitting floral arrangements to specify the exact use for which they intend the dft*- play since this will facilitate tbf judging. Two well qualified judges have been secured, Mrs. H. Knight of the Elgin Garden otub and aMHL 19. W. Sttfdhn of the Algonquin Garden club. A specialty of this year's shOw Is "the teen-age display category, which will include entries in either the vegetable or floral classification. Separated from the entries of experienced gardeners, the young people will vie for blue ribbons only with others their own age. Ladies who will have complete table settings should contact Mrs. Gus Freund before the day of the show so that provisions may be made for proper space. Mrs. Jules Gonseth is general Chairman of the show, with Mrs. George Stilling as co-chairman. fOther chairmen include Mrs. R. M. Fleming, vegetables; Mrs. George Kramer, special blooms and plants; Mrs. C. C. Hoyt and Mrs. Norman Eggert, flower arrangements; Mrs. George Johnson, teen-age display; Mrs. Laura Hill and Mrs. Gus Freund, table settings; Mrs. C. J. Reihansperger. door entries; Mrs. William Ensweiler, admissions; Mrs. Henry Smith apd Mrs. Vale Adams, refreshments; Mrs. Fred Svoboda, reception; Mrs. Clarence Anglese, Mrs. Fred Wahl and Mrs. Ota Gygi, special event; Daisy Baldwin, bake sale; and Mrs. A. J. Wirts, publicity. snow Grew* The garden show has grown from a small beginning about seven years ago to proportions which forced the club to move to large quarters In 1949. Last year's event, with 400 in attendance, was- said by visitors to equal 16 size and excellence shows sponsored by garden clubs In much larger cities. Proceeds from this year's garden show will be used to promote the worthwhile projects for which the Woman's club is in existence. On a large scale, this includes contributing to a chapel erected in one of our veterans' hospitals and supporting a school for homeless boys. Locally, the club sends a worthy youth to music camp for one week each summer, contributes to all worthy drives, acts as hostess at a welcome party for local school faculties and their families each fall and takes an active part in the maintenance of the public library. An admission charge of thirty-five cents will be made for adults and children will be admitted free If, accompanied by an adult. Take it easy when you drive this summer. Slow down a little. The National Safety Council says that a speed violation is a contributing factor in one out of WINNING FLOATS Staff Photo -- Max Kolin This beautiful float on which the 1950 Marine Day queen, Johnnie Simon, and two members of her court rode was the entry of the Gift Port, which won first place among business floats in last Sunday's parade. THOUSANDS WITNESS® HOST IMPRESSIVE DAY PARADE AND i $ ••^1; ,.s; f * i r.: PUBLIC MAY STILL SIGN FOR DONATIONS TO BLOOD BANK UNIT Residents of the McHenry community are again reminded that next Week the Mobile Blood Bank unit arrives in this county. To date, twenty-eight have signed up for donations of much needed blood with the local Red Cross chairman, Mrs. Gertrude Barbian. Donations are still being accepted. The unit will be in Woodstock Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 13 and 14, at the Armory, the first day from 3 to 9 p.m. and the second from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Wednesday find Thursday. Aug. 15 and 16, the unit will be in Crystal Lake. The county quota is 1,000 pints of blood, which is to be sent to Korea for treatment of wounded servicemen. ' ' Mrs. I&rbian stated this week that donations Of money to be sent for the relief of flood victims is still being accepted also. They may be sent to her and she will forward them to headquarters. Dean Milk Co., won the first place award among commercial floats in the parade. The entry, featuring a long necked giraffe, was one of the most novel ever to appear locally. MRS. R. W. DEVORE VICTIM OF DROWNING IN FOX RIVER ; '"if • 1 1 " SIGNS BILL Governor Adlai E. Stevenson signed House Bill 193 regulating the slaughtering and butchering of horses, and the sale and distribution of horsemeat. The bill requires persons engaged in such business after Sept. 1, 1951, to obtaip a license from the state A verdict of accidental death by drowning was returned by a coroner's jury on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 8, in the death earlier in the day of Mrs. Robert W. Devore, 57. Her lifeless body was found in the river near the pier in front of their home in Shalimar subdivision about 9:15 o'clock. According to testinjpny brought out at the inquest, Mr. Devore had retired about 11 o'clock the previous evening after giving his wife a sedative prescribed by a physicihn. That was the last time she was seen alive. Mr. Devore awoke about 8 a.m. Wednesday .and thinking his wife was still asleep in an adjoining room, sat down to read the morning paper. Shortly before 9 o'clock, when he failed to hear any sign of movement in her room, hg went to investigate and found that she was not there or in any other part of the house. He searched the yard but still did not become alarmed as it was her habit to take early morning walks. In looking lor her he went to the water's Jedge, where he discovered her body a short distance from the pier. He immediately summoned the caretaker, Ernest Hanish, and they drove into McHenry to get assistance. Paul Struck, on duty with the police at the time, answered the call and with the help of others brought her body out of the river. A physician said she had been dead more than five hours. Find Shoes Mrs. Devore had undergone a serious eye operation last January and of late had been iin8er medical treatment for a nervous disorder. It is believed that she may have been unable to sleep and walked into the yard early in the morning. The pier was said to have several loose boards, over which it was thought she may have tripped. A pair of shoes? and a package of cigarettes were found placed on the pier near where the body was found and a few feet away was a decorative hair comb. The water was about twentyeight inches deep at that point, which was about half way to the end of the pier." Grace M. Bacon was born April DAY PUPILS MAY BE ADMITTED TO TODD IN FUTURE The exclusive Todd school In Woodstock Is contemplating making several changes in its operating schedule after more than 100 years of existence. At a seminar meeting held last Thursday evening, Roger Hill, headmaster, outlined the possibility of taking twenty day pupils into the lpwer grades, fifteen boys and five girls. Each Class at Todd will spend a month on the Florida Keys next winter. The extra cost will be sidall or may not exist at all if boarding pupils are taken in.4 Tuition income from the 115 pupils at the school is said to be less than 'the operating expense and the annual deficit has been covered by tax deductible gifts from parents and alumni. The school, which has listed excejftional children among its student body, has specialized in a long list of extra-curricular activities in order to accommodate the varied talents of the young people who attend.. THREE IXDITTED Three men from the county were inducted through the local board. No. 159, early this month. They were Don E. Rawlins and Lenard Scully, Jr., U. S. Marine Corps, and Ralph Forester, Jr., IT. S. Army. vores had resided in their present hame, formerly occupied by the Harvey Williams family, only since last Dec. 1. At one time they lived in a house just a mile away where the young son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Sullivan drowned a few months ago. Besides her husband, Mrs. Devore is survived by her father, Wallace D. Bacon, of North Bingham. Pa., a sister, Mrs. Merle Williams, of Spencer, N. Y., and a brother, Llewellen Bacon, of Chicago. Funeral services will be- held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 from the Peter M. Justen funeral home, with Rev. Corbett of the Community Methodist church officiating. Cremation will fpllow at Acacia Perk. School District Election Changes R. L. Tazewell, county superintendent of schootB, returned last week from a three-day workshop held at Pere Marquette state park, where educators concentrated their attention on the accomplishments of the 67th Gen* eral Assembly as they affected school legislation. Several changes were noted which will affect many school dis tricts. One is in regard to an election of a board of trustees, starting in April of next year and comprising seven members, whose duties will be to hear changes of boundaries of school districts Previously this work has been carried out by. several groups or persons. # Another change Involves the eleoiion of a Beven-man board of education rather than a five-man board which now exists in many localities. All office seekers would run for office as a member, the president to be elected later by the board. In McHenry, the consolidated grade school board is now made up of seven members but will find it necessary to change their method of election since a president, in the past, has been elected to that office by the public for a one-year term. In the high school district, there are only five members on the present board, to which two must be added next spring. Their president has been elected by a vote of . the board, which conforms to the new law. COL. HERMAN LACY NAMED COMMANDER CIVIL AIR PATROL An Important appointment was received last week by Col. Herman E. Lacy, who was named commander of the Illinois wing of the Civil Air patrol, civilian branch of the U. S. Air Force. The Lacy family resides southwest of McHenry. Col. Lacy, who is chairman of the board of Helmco, Inc., Chicago soda fountain equipment firm, replace^ Col. Charles Richardson. Jr., a Chicago heating company executive who asked to be relieved of his duties because of business interests which consumed much of his time. Officers serve without pay. The Illinois wing hap about 3,- 000 members. During World War II it reached a peak of 10.000, a figure which Col. Lacy hopea to double to a strength of 20,000. TRKK FIRE A small pick-up truck was saved from serious damage last Thursday afternoon by the quick action of the local fire department. The pick-up had been driven out of a field west pf town and in the process had picked up a quantity of dry straw and bay in the driving shaft which aused a fire as the car proceded down t.the highway. The incident occurred just below second ixation. second; third; mention: A crowd estimated at several thousands witnessed the fourth annual Marine Day activities last Sunday and their enthusiastic reports of the day's program are evidence enough of its huge success. Only the late afternoon's brief showers cast a shadow over an otherwise perfect day. The parade, under the chairmanship of LeRoy Smith and Charles Vycital, was declared the most beautiful ever held in connection with the day. Floats stretching for several blocks attracted huge crowds to the side* walks on all sides of town where the parade passed. Winners in the various classifications were as follows: Musical o r g a n i z a t i o n s , N o r w o o d P a r k Drum and Bugle corps, first; £lkhorn V.F.W. Drum and Bugle corps, honorable mention; McHenry band, second honorable m e n t i o n ; c o m m e r c i a l . D e a n ' s , first; Overton (white car and roses) second; Ready Mix Concrete, third; Krickl Motor Service, honorable mention; business, Gift Port, first; Schroeder Iron Works, second; McHenry Floral, third; Althoff's Christmas club, kotor* able mention. : "Winners Sportsman's Inn, 1% (band), second; (c*ndy stick), third; (old Ford), honi, one man band, le mention; organc Order of Foreat- Wst; American Legid, 491, (blood donor) Scouts (camping) P Scouts, honorablp children, Indian and stage coach (Chris Bennett and Mike Nieaen) first; girl with doll buggy (Carol Jean Anderson) second; boys on horse (Ronald and Dougta* Glosson) third. Othera idling part in the par* ade inctwRd McHenry fire department, Legion colors and firing squad, city officials,' 1951 queens, township officials, Mc- H^nry Legion Auxiliary, Legtaft firing squad, McHenry Sand A Gravel, Certified Foods, McHenry Garage, A. H. Allan Son, River* side Bake shop, Soap Box derby, Thennes Oil, West McHenry Motors, Clark Chevrolet. 9witsercraft. Elm Street Florist, L ft H Television, Charles Herdrich, Steffen's Jewelry, Hetterman Sinclair, V.F.W. colors and firing squad, V.F.W. and Auxiliary, Blake Motor Sales, Bowman Dairy Co., Lennon Beverage, Red Crosa, St. Charles Drum corps and children's entries. Judges Judges Included Mrs. Ctaii* M a c O o w a n-Cioban, nationally known artist. Mrs. MacGowan formerly was a professor of art at Northwestern university and is contributing editor of Design magazine, one of the oldest magazines 'in the field of art design. She has j a a t completed a project of research that is about to come off the press relative to the improvement of art study and teaching. Other judges were Miss Jean Gould, a graduate of Stevens college and now a student at the Art Institute in Chicago, whose father is Chester Gould, writer of the Dick Tracy cartoon; Mrs. Vanesse'Sells of Wonder Lake, editor of the Woodstock Sentinel; Peter Sorenson, who is associated with Duncan Y.M.CJL in Chicago and Is director of Camp Duncan at Fiah Lake, Volo; and Lowell Nye, owner-publisher of the Harvard Herald, a native of McHenry. Mr. Nye was chairman of the judges. Especially lovely was the queen's float, where the two reigning title holders, Barbara Simon and Nancy Siemon. and their court of four acknowledged the cheers of the crowds with a smile and a wave of the hand which c h a r a c t e r i z e d t h e i r throughout their reign. Satarday Ball Saturday evening's ball at the i-ogtnn Home served as a pleasant prelude to the Marine Day program. At 10:30 o clock, John Looze. general chairman of the event, introduced the queens and court members, after which Johnnie Simon, the 1950 queen, placed the crowns on the heads of Qtt two winners. Mayor George P. Freund apeka <rnnti«B»d on tege f) Bigg;