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Mr. Tarnow, 81, was an em* ployee of the International Harvester company for forty-six years until his retirement twenty- one years ago, when they moved to this community. Because of their advanced age, they moved to Chicago to reside with a daughter about1 a year and a half ago. On Monday of this week Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kuby of this community sailed for Hawaii from Los Angeles harbor. Named to the dean's honor list at Milwaukee-Downer college is Patricia Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fredric E. Wood, Route 1, McHenry. Keith Lowrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lotorey, Route 3, has been elected president of Phi Kappa Tau national social fraternity at Coe college, Cedar Rapids, la., where he is a junior student. Mr. and Mn;. Elmer T. Weissenborn have returned to their East River Road home after a month's vacation in Tucson, Ariz., where they reported temperatures which reached about •6 degrees daily. The Weissenboifhl * travelled through the Southwest enroute "/"to their destination and 1n Text* encountered a dust storm so se- Vfre that one particular day they yfere able to ga only fifty miles. Dr. Donald Anderson of the Illinois Association of Chiropodists, Chicago, will be a speaker at one of the medical services panels to be offered kt the sixth annual Chicago area Career Conference March 20 at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. "^.Anderson, Who resides on 'Route 4 in McHenry will be one of approximately 140 experts from industry, the professions, and the trades who will be present to give Chicago area school and junior college students advice to guide them in choosing their life work. Captain of the' Daughters of '98 (junior auxiliary of the aux-. iliary of the United Spanish War Veterans) is Mrs. Vera Ackerson of Mineral Springs. She announces that on March 22, Theodore Roosevelt Fort, No. 4, will entertain Mrs. Edna Sumnterfield, national president of the senior auxiliary at dinner in Chicago. Miss Dorothy Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson L. Davis. Pistakee Bay, recently was elected rush chairman of Gamma •Pfci Beta sorority. Lake Btorest college. While at Lake Forest, Miss Davis has been active on the college yearbook and weekly newspaper. She is in her second year. Excellent reports continue to be heard on the recently assembled book, "Favorite Dairy Dishes," in which favorite recipes of McHenry county homemakers are printed. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Livingston of Main street, McHenry, are moving to Rockford, where he will be associated with the Piggly Wiggly (jorpqration. The Livingstons have been in McHenry since December of 1949 and he has been employed at the McHenry Hosiery Mill. Prior to that time they resided in Rockford, where they had twenty years of experience in the hosiery business. JOHN FAXEL KlUD SATURDAY M AUTO ACCMNT HEAR WONKR LAKE; SECOND TRA6BYMFAMLY WITHIN YEAR - 10c Per Cepy CHOIR PRESENTS CONCERT IN CITY Tragedy came to the Faxel family of Indian Ridge subdivision, Wonder Lake, for the second time in less than a year when John Henry Faxel, 53, was killed in an auto accident which occurred at Cristy Corner on the blacktop road just east of Wonder Lake last Saturday night. He was reported to have lost control of his car, which c: ashed into a utility pole. The auto then overturned several times and Faxel was thrown from the machine. The accident occurred about 6 o'clock, just a few minutes after Faxel had left his home to do some shopping in McHenry. One report stated that the car struck a cement marker on the shoulder of the road before hitting the pole. There were no witnesses to the accident but passing motorists stopped a few minutes after the crash and notified state nolice. He was dead when authonties reached the scene. Daughter Killed t In May of last year a daughter of the Faxels, Mrs. Catherine Wood, was killed in an auto accident on Rt. 120t in Lake county. At that time Mrs. Wood was the mother of two small children, one of them only a few weeks old. Since her death, they have been cared for in the Faxel home. Mr. Faxel was a shipping clerk for a Chicago firm. The family had moved to Wonder Lake about thirteen years ago. The body was taken to the George Justen ft Son funeral home. Services were conducted Tuesday morning from St. Mary's Catholic church, with burial in the church cemetery. SHORT ILLNESS ENDS IN DEATH OF MARY KLEIN Mrs. Mary Klein, 73, a {flVeyear resident of McHenry, died at the Woodstock hospital Wednesday morning, March 17, following an illness of two weeks. She resided at 513 Waukegan road. lUrs. klein was born in Missouri but lived in Chicago before moving to McHenry five years ago. Even though her residence here was short, she had acquired a host of friends who join her family in mourning her passing Survivors include the husband, John; two sons, Oscar Biggs of Detroit and Roy Biggs of McHenry; and two daughters, Mrs. Mae Angelo and Mrs. Lola Mears, both of Huemann's subdivision, McHenry; also several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The body is resting at the Gtorge Justen & Son funeral home until 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, when last rites will be conducted there, followed by interment in Woodlawn cemetery. CITY AWARDED CONTRACT FOR STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM ON MONDAY NIGHT; EXPECT INSTALLATION TO BEGIN SOON Police Apprehend Purse Snatcher HOLD REGISTRATION AT HARRISON SCHOOL FROM MARCH 22-27 A registration "of Ictndergjkrten and first grade students who plan to attend the Harrison elementary school next year will be held during the week of March 22 through 27. The purpose of the registration is to determine how many students will enter the school next year so that plans may be made for them. Parents and guardians may register their children at Router's store; at the Harrison school or by calling 3257 during school hours. To register a child for the first grade, they must be 6 before Dec. 1. 1954, and to register a child for kindergarten, they must be 5 before Dec. 1, 1954. Wonder Lake Resident Injured In Accident A Wonder Lake resident, Mrs. Lulu Raven, was injured last Monday afternoon when the car in which she was riding was involved In an accident. 1 According to a report by the state police, a car driven by Vincent Schiavone, Jr., R.F.D., McHenry, went out of control on Rt. 120, near the intersection with the McCullom Lake blacktop, and struck the car of James Bradley, in which Mrs. Raven was riding. or 7" a|iew heft^7 On Monday afternoon, McHenry police apprehended a local man who had a few hours earlier stolen a purse containing forty-five dollars from a Wauconda woman. Local police were notified by Mrs. L. Strama of Wauconda that a small coin purse containing this atpount had been taken from a larger purse in the Strama tMsiness establishment a'bout 12:30. She re memVred having left the room foi^^ew moments and when she i the fnoney was gpne. M ma did not notice the theft a few minutes later, howeveK and recalled that the only person in the newspaper office at the time was Lloyd Rodlien of Rt. 4, McHenry. Local police called the sheriff's office and a notice was sent oat over the radio system to be watching for Rodlien. About 2:40, local police officers saw the Rodlien car travelling east on Rt. 120, over the bridge in McHenry. When stopped, he denied any knowledge of the theft, even though officers found the amount specified by Mrs. Strama -- one twenty dollar bill, two ten dollar bills and one five. Only after searching the car and finding the small coin pui-se which had held th^ money did Rodlien admit the theft. Wauconda police were notified and came to McHenry to get the offender. He was taken back to Lake county and turned over to authorities. Bound over to the Lake county court, he was arraigned before a Wauconda justice of the peace on a charge of larceny. When unable to obtain a bondsman, he was tak^i to the county jail. Mrs. George Sullivan of Woodstock is assisting in the care of Mrs. Margaret Sullivan in t the Norbert Yegge home this week. iThis is a picture of the Kenosha Men's Glee Club which is making an appearance at the Methodist church tonight, March 18. The public i3 invited to hear the outstanding chorus, which will present a program of mostly Religious music. BROTHER OF LOCAL MAN KILLED IN AIR CRASH AT SINGAPORE Psychologist To Address P.T.A. Grant F. Olson, 48, of Fort Madison, Iowa, a vice-president and director of the W. A. Sheaffer Pen company, was one of three Americans aboard the British airliner, London-bound from Australia, which somersaulted and burned in landing at Singapore's airport last Saturday. In all, thirty-three of the forty persons aboard were killed. Mr. Olson, who was in charge of advertising and exporting for his company, was a brother of Milton Olson of Mineral Springs, McHenry. The Olsons left immediately upon word of the accident for Fort Madison, to be with the victim's family. Flying in a clear sky, the liner came, in for a landing, skidded along the runway for twenty yards and then tipped end over end onto the grass 100 feet away. A loud explosion was said to have followed. One rescue worker said it seemed that some of the passengers knew of the imdisaster for five of them found near the door-- srh-- as hacked down with an axe. The charred remains of o&ier passengers were still strapped in their seats. The public is invited to hear Mrs. Delpa White, well kown psychologist, on Thursday, March 25, at 8:15 o'clock in the McHenry Community high school cafeteria. She is being brought to McHenry by the Community P.T.A. Mrs. White -is associated with the Dr. Julian D. Levinson Foundation of Cook county hospital and the National College of Education in Evanston, where instruction is given f6r teaching the exceptional child. She will speak on "Special Training for Mentally Retarded Children," which should be informative and interesting to all parents and teachers. It is not often a speaker of Mrs. White's ability visits a small community fend so as a public service the local P.T.A. extends an Invitation to residents of Fox Lake, Wauconda, Crystal Lake, Woodstock, Harvard, Richmond, Hebron and all surrounding territory to attend the meeting [ELECT EDUCATORS TO OFFICE AT ANNUAL MEET SCRAP PAPER DRItM Troop 164 .Of the Scouts, sponsored by the Moose lodge, will conduct a scrap paper drive Saturday, March 27. Anyone having paper to give Is asked to call (J38-J-2. Kenosha Men's Chorus To Present Concert At Methodist Church Tonight The thirty-six voice meg's glee | nrpAnrt MORF NfTW ub of Kenosha, Wis., *vill sing lyiUHfc WtW BOOKS AVAILABLE TO READING PUBLIC Authorities With Burglary Loot Mr. and Mrs. Anton Fnuhd Will attend a parents-son weekend at the University of Notre Dame March 20 and 21. They will visit their son, Donald, who . Is a junior in the College of Commerce at the Univecsily,, Always listen to reason -- and reason while listening. Plhoto by Worwick Pictured with the great number of articles stolen from Mark's Sporting .Goods store early laet week Wednesday morning are three of Vhe six officers who apprehended the offender, Jim Garrity, 17, of Chicago. From left to right, the men are John Weichmann of the McHenry police. Chief Deputy Harry Herendeen of the sheriff's office and Police Chief Harold Aim of McHenry. Also present when the youth was apprehended were Loren Brown, McHenry night police officer, Deputy Melvin Griebei and Deputy Harold Hobbs club tonight, March 18, at 8 p.m. at the Community Methodist church in a program of mostly religious music. Their appearance locally is sponsored by the Methodist Men's club. The public is invited to attend. Director and founder of the chorus is Lewis Horton, a graduate of the music department of Northwest State college, Mo. He has directed orchestras and choruses for many years. Accompanist is Mrs. A. Vaccarello, an experienced and capable musician. Chorus President Kenneth Unwin has had over forty-five years experience in choir and male chorus work in various parts of the country. The choir has been in existence for five years and has grown from a small group of men singing in the Kenosha Methodist church to a large and skilled chorus which is becoming increasingly popular with each appearance. Program The program to be presented will be as follows: "Prayer of Thanksgiving" -- Kremser "God Is A Spirit" -- Scholin- Gore "Salvation Belongeth to Our God" -- Tchesnokov Glee Club Selections by Gospel Octette "When Song Is Sweet" -- Sans -Souri "Stouthearted Men" -- Rom berg "Border Ballad" -- Scott Glee Club Selected- tenor solo by Jatnes Pearse With announcement of the many new and interesting books on the shelves of the McHenry public library, an even greater number of local folks are availing " themselves of the opportunity for good reading. Following are more of the books recently purchased by the library board. "The Stones of the House" by Morrison; "Landfall" by Hull; "Night Light" by Wallop; "Amos Berry" by Seager; "Good Morning Young Lady by Kennelly; "The Fabulous Fanny" by KatkOv; "The Golden Admiral" by Mason; "Prince Bert" by Kennedy; "The Singer Not the Song" by Lindop; and "Out of the Past" by Wentworth. "This Heart, This Hunter" by Burnett; "The Golden Apples of the Sun" by Bradbury; "Major Campaign Speeches" by Stevenson; "Men Like Shadows" by Charque; "Children are Bored on Sundays" by Stafford; "God Save the Queen" by Miehie; "You Shall Know Them" by Vercors; "The Scribner Treasury; "Affairs of the Heart" by Long. "The Fair Bride" by Marshall; "The Silent Workf" by Consteau; "Our Animal Neighbors" by Devoe; "Kingfishers Catch Fire' by Godden; "Charles. Dickens" by Johnson; "The Dark Angels" by Waltari; and "The Echoing Grove" by Lehman. CHAMBER COMMERCE "The Prayer Perfect" -- Sten-1 PLANS INTERESTING •°ni MEETING MARCH 22 Ave Maria" -- Schubert "Were You There" -- Spiritual Glee Club The McHenry . Chamber of Commerce hopes to be able to Selected solo by Patricia Timm carry out plan3 now in the mak- ^elson ing to bring representatives of "The Lord!s Prayer" --: Malotte, Marshajj Fie](j's p^eldale farm at Glee Club FARM CLASS MEETING Because of a conflict with another meeting last Monday night, the adult farm class will hear a discussion on special features of the law next Monday, March 22. Guests will be Arnold J. Rauen; Jack Sartorius and Lee Kortemeier Roselle to McHenry to speak at the meeting Monday night, Mar. 22 . The guest speakers will talk about the numerous interesting items mostly outdoor sporting equipment -- which are housed at the farm. , The meeting will start at 8 o'clock and will be held at the Legion Home Topics Of Guest Speakers Enjoyed By County Teachers Paul Baker of Fox River Grove was elected president of the McHenry County Education association at the annual meeting held Friday of last week in Woodstock. Others elected to assist him were Hans Olson of Harvard; first vice-president; Florence Knox of Crystal Lake, second .vice-president; Carolyn Bauer of McHenry, secretary-treasurer. Elected to the executive board were Arnold H. Zaeske of Wonder Lake, Quenton Christensen of Crystal Lake and David V. Frederick of Harvard. Other board members are DuWayne Sheldon of Richmond, Fred Tipps of Huntley and E. C. Nichols of Marengo. M. L. Schoenholtz of McHenry is delegate to the annual division meeting in October, with Dorothy Ullrich of Edgebrook school as alternate. Wayne Ely of Harvard was elected N.E.A. delegate to New York City in June, with Mr. Frederick as alternate. (Clarence Anglese of the McHenry high school is serving this year on the public relations and legislative committee. An especially lively debate took place during the morning session Friday as Frank Hughes of the Chicago Tribune, well known critic of American education, expressed his views on modern teaching and discipline of youth. Dr. Harold Shane of Northwestern University attempted to confute these arguments by giving his favorable opinions of the modern educating system in this country. The afternoon session was devoted largely to an address by Philip F. LaFollette, former governor of Wisconsin, who also served as a member of General McArthur's staff in the Pacific theatre during World War II. His talk concerned.the belief that "today is the product of what we did yesterday" and he continued with a discussion of the progress of the atomic bomb and a review of World War II and their effect on present conditions. PJHA, ANNUAL MEET The annual meeting of the Pure Milk association will be held Saturday, March 20, at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Aibout 2,000 Pure Milk members are expected to attend out of a total membership of 16,500. CRAFTS CLASS FOR ADULTS DRAWING MUCH ENTHUSIASM " One of the most interesting meeting places in McHenry each Tuesday 1 night is the homemaking department of the local high school, where a crafts class for adults is in progress. This Is one of several programs sponsored by the board in recent years, others being farming, child care, etc. Ttiis year more people than ever have evidenced interest in the crafts project, according ta Miss Carey Clark, instructor, and there is a surplus of enthusiasm in the class of twentyfive members who meet from 7 to 9 o'clock every Tuesday. During the past three weeks there has been an average attendance of twenty members. Half of the class is making aluminum trays with acid etching, while the other half is engaged in various objects of reed weaving such ?s bread trays, bun baskets, plant holders, waste baskets, tote baskets and TV lamps. A two dollar tuition charge was made for each member, one of wtiich will be returned at the end Of the lessons to those who haifenot missed. more J&an three times; The present class is closed for this year but Miss Clark feels that "there is always the possibility of similar sessions where there is an interest, an instructor and a community-minded school board." FINAL FIGURES ON POLIO COLLECTION REACHES $5,117.82 The very noteworthy sum of $5,117.82 was the final figure released this week as collected in the recent March of Dimes drive in the McHenry community. Collections were as follows: Business houses, 9885.50; schools, $483.24; Mothers' March, $1,939- .28; coin collectors, $502.49; bowling benefit, $175.81; Moose benefit, $149.08; Legion benefit, $100; ice revue. $8.69; special gifts of lodges and organizations, $303.45; direct mail contributions sent to Woodstock. $526.10; miscellaneous contributions, $44.18. Ray McGee, fund drive chairman for the area. Is extremely happy over the collection and is very grateful to all who cooperated in the campaign. RED CROSS COLLECTION To date, $2,444.86 has been collected in the Red Cross campaigrf. The local quota was $3,- 200. Anyone still desiring to make a donation is asked to contact Gertrude Barbian, branch chairman, or Verona Kent, drive chairman. Months of planning, special meetings and careful consideration culminated in the awarding of the contract for a new orna- i mental street lighting system in McHenry» as the City Council convened Monday evening. The contract was awarded to Aldridge Electric of Lake Forest, the low bidder. Looking back a few years, it can be recalled that the McHenry Business Men's association took up the project of getting McHenry out <*/ the dark and started a campaign for funds. Generous donations were made , by business people. A paper drive, energetically headed by Albert S. Blake, resulted in additional revenue as several men rolled up their sleeves and went to work. A sharp drop in the * market price was somewhat disappointing to those who had given time and effort, but the spark of enthusiasm and cooperation with the city had been aroused. A special election was held Sept. 15, 1953, at which time the voters approved a bond issue in the amount of $55,000. As in many such elections, the total vote was small but decisive. ; As plans and specifications took form, requests for additional lights at various points were made. As widespread a system as possible was planned bid proposals set up on a ujiit price basis, a plan considered advantageous to the city. • . < Bids Rejected Bids were received' by lfc» Council Feb. 8 and all bids were rejected on Feb. 15 when a cross-check by the city engineer disclosed that errors had been made, the unit price totals not corresponding with total amounts in the proposals. Four bids were received and errors occurred in all but the highest bid. The Council advertised for new bids to be received March f 8. One new bidder appeared while th§To<?al eon tractors, Carey ""jf Electric and Lee A Ray. decided on a co-venture and submitted • one bid signed by both firms. On the new specifications, engineers from the Public Service company joined with the city * engineer, V. H. Kasser. and came up with a plan that would give the city all-night lighting in- } stead of an alternating system that would reduce the lighting 50 per cent at midnight or at * whatever time designated. The * Council was advised that the new plan would result in a small operating increase while a five or six thousand dollar saving could be made in installation. New Bkfc The following bids were received March 8: Wood Electrical Construction, Inc.. $84,731.58; John T. Mapel. $68,522.00: Carey Electric and Lee & Ray Electric, $68,218.21; Aldridge Electric, $64,158.97. The Council will be able to complete the work with all poles shown in the original plans. However, the adding of new units will depend on funds available. It is to be remembered that engineering costs are in addition to the actual installation price. The successful bidde- has as- ' i sured the Council that the entire installation will be completed before the summer rush of traffic in the city. Details such as the <i use of local labor are being a- 4 greed upon this week and the new project should get way very soon. Anniversary Party At Local Plant v On Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20. Rainbow Cleaners will hold a second anniversary party at the plant on N. Front street. The public is invited to attend. Flowers will be given to the ladies and a special slogan contest will be open to everyone. The management welcomes all who desire to take a conducted tour of the plant. In the past year it has been necessary to enlarge the building. which is now more than 2,500 square feet.^Twelve employees serve the growing needs of the public. The assembling and inspection department has been moved to the rear of the plant, making a much more spacious building in which to work. The cleaning room has been expanded, too. and additional equipment purchased. Large cleaning and filtering units, installed recently, triple the capacity at the time the business was started ' " » . Blue And Gold Dinner Sunday For Cub Pack Plans are being completed for the blue and gold pot-luck next Sunday. March 21. for Cub ;;?f| Scouts of Pack 362 and their families. The event will be held in the high school cafeteria starting at 3 o'clock. Den mothers are busy this week completing plans and menus. The cubs will have on display work done since last fall toward their achievement awards. A program of games and songs will follow the dinner. VEHICLE TAX NOT1CB Starting Monday, March 39. the city police department will conduct a drive on vehicle licenses. All vehicle owners residing within the city limits are required to purchase stickers and display them on , windshields. Failure to have stickers displayed on windshields makes the owner subject to penalty as provided fegr ordinance. City of Mcilsniy j Tho 1964 annual FVm Bureau | membership drive in the county j begins an Jfcittsy ^ , *E V- •' ' "»V