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Volume 79 -- No. 51 THE MCHENRY PLAINDE. wSERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 187S" McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. APRIL 29. 1954 10c Per Copy ISCUSS Pollution Musin laid Wfeanderin Judging by the* speed with which workmen are preparing to Install the new street light* in the McHenry business districts, it would seem that this dream, of long' standing would soon )M a reality. Speaking of new additions in the city, McHenry is due to have electric "stop and go" signs at the corner oP Green and Blm streets in the near future. Much progress is being made on the' new addition to the Legion Home, which will be described in more detail in future issutes. After seven monthfc Of travelling, during which they covered 10,500 miles through the West, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Rix, Sr., have returned home to Niesen's subdivision. They visited many places of interest and stopped <or a time at Tacoma Wash.', to visit their youngest son, Alfred, his wife and daughter. After Christmas there, they continued on for- one week In Vancouver, B.C. Prom there they went to San Francisco, Oakland, Loi Angeles and San Fernando. From California, the Rix family drove to Grand Canyon, Ariz., and then spent two months with a eon, Gerard and Phoenix, Art*,t w, Nancy Letcher, daughter dt Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Letcher, is chairman of the library exhibit for Knox college Women's Day, which will be held on the campul May 1 and 2. On Women's Day, Knox will play host to more than 100 future co-eds. William J. Hiller and Vera Purvey of McHenry were named as grand jurors for the May term of circuit court this past week. Selection was made by the jty board. As a prelude to Poppy Day, a poster contest has been conducted among the school children, sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary. Judges were Mrs. Mary Frett, William Meek and Jack Tock. Roy Morrison, Gertrude Barbian Installed In V» F. W. And Auxiliary In spite of the serious thunder- ] Diedrich, junior vice-president; storm last Saturday evening, a; Pauline Pries, treasurer; Mary good sized crowd was in attend-! Hettermann, secretary; Anna ance at the very impressive joint Getner, chaplain; Betty Clark, This picture was taken last Saturday night at the joint installation of the local V.F.W. and its auxiliary unit. Left to right, they are Lina Kilday, installing officer for the women officers; Gertrude Barbian, president; Roy Morrison, commander of the V.F.W.; and Sy Johnson of Morris, who installed the men. installation service of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization and its auxiliary unitT The installation was held the V.F.W. clubhouse. Lina Kilday, district chaplain, acted as installing officer for the auxiliary officers, who were officially placed in charge of their new, duties at the initial rite. In al|f about . seventy women were present. Installed were Oertrude Barbian, president; Gladys Soucie, -•enior> vice-president; Augusta conductress; an£ Isabelle Thompson, guard. J-Jy Johnson of Morris, 111., fifth district commander, served as installing officer for the V.F.W. officers. Heading tha, men's organization for the next year will be Roy Morrison, commander; D. Haight, senior vice-commander; Robert Stoller, junior vice-commander; William Soucie, quartermaster; John Getner, chaplain. Members of visiting posts and auxiliaries jn this, district were present. -v FORTY-ONE CHILDREN RECEIVED FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Forty-one young parishioners of St. Patrick's church received their First Communion in an Impressive ceremony conducted at the 8 o'clock Mass last Sunday,) April 25. This was the largest; class ever, recorded at the church. Led by two' "angels," attired§- in white, with crown headpieces and simulated wings, the class gathered at the front of the church to repeat their baptismal vows and later to receive Communion. During the service, the class sang two h^nns. The two "angels" were Terry Nye and Emily Falsetti bout 7:30 o'clock and Public Ser- The class consisted of WilUalfcy^icc employees spent about two Boone, Mary Anne Charrey, *3ud- hours in repairing the damage ith Conway, Benjamin .DeCicco, Diane Diedrich, James Dorai^ Lynne Eichinger, Elyse Falsetti James Frett. Eleanor Freund, Judy Lynn Groell, Patricia Guffey, Judith Hay, Terry Lee Howard, Rosa Hughes, Donald Meyer, Allen Miller, Carol Miller, Robert Mrachek, Michael Niska, Alan Scott Peschke, Kathleen Powers, James Prasil, Richard 'Prine, Ronald Rash. Bernardine Reid, Sharon Stoller, Guerin Walsh, Grace Weber, Joseph Blemner, Roger Gore, John Covery, John Hofferica, Carole Larsen, David Miller, Eugene Melack, Eileen O'Brien, Dolores Piatrowski, Robert Rash, Barbara White and Jane Nye. A. R. LeMoon, Long Time Bay Resident Is Dea# A. R LeMoon, 83, retire3 Chicago truck manufacturer, died in Miami, Fla., on April 19, according to word received by friends. The LeMoon family had been summer residents of Pistakee Bay for many years. Survivors include the widow, Minnie; two daughters, Mrs. Walter Ericsson of Skokie and Lola LeMoon of Miami. Services were held in Miami. HOLD KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION ON FRIDAY, MAY 14 Winners !ft Class 1 were Lance Parks, first; Rita Keerberg, second; and Nlch'olas Groh, third. Class 2 winners were James Pearson, first; Richard Sanford, second; and Paul Weber, third. Along with' a renewal for her subscription, Mrs. Flora Harrison included a note saying that the paper has been coming into her home for the past fifty-seven years, first to her father, R. H. Sherburne, and later to the Harrisons. Mrs. Harrison, now 83, says she has read the paper "ever since I can remember." Wayland Academy presented a Gay Nineties play, "Pure as the Driven Snow," to an appreciative audience on April 23 and 24. Ray Little of McHenry played one of the leading roles. Leaving out a juicy bit of news is not always the wisest policy in a small town newspaper, but when some citizen makes a darn fool of him&elf and all the rest of the citizens know it, there is little point in giving any more advertising to such a poor product. JOHN RAUEN, 76. OF SPRING GROV& DIED TUESDAY John Rauen, 76, a prominent resident of Spring Grove for many years, died at St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, on Tuesday night, April 27. Survivors include one son, Arthur J. Rauen, of Skokie, two brothers. Math J. of McHenry end William of Kenosha, Wis.; and a sister, Mrs. James Bell. The body is at the Peter M. Justen funeral home. Funeral services were incomplete Wednesday afternoon. ORGANIZATION OFFICERS Mrs. Gretta Goodell was elected first vice-president of the McHenry County Tuberculosis association at the annual dinner meeting at Woodstock. Rules on registration for kindergarten next year have been announoed. Children who will be 5 years old by or on Dec. 1, 1954, are eligible to attend next September. Registration will be held in the kindergarten building on Waukegan street Friday, May 14, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 3 p.m. Parents must bring the child's birth certificate or proof of birth date at this time. The cooperation of the public is asked in registering all children at this time, Which will aid greatly in organizing classes for the coming school year. SEVENTY-FIVE STUDENT MUSICIANS TRAVEL TO PEORIA FOR STATE FINALS; ORCHESTRA/TWO CHORUSES MAKE TRIP Seventy-five young high school musicians are making plans to travel to Peoria on Thursday and Friday of this week to participate in the annual state music contest finals. Fifteen of them, members of the woodwind trio, the violin quartet and the boys' vocal octet, will leave at noon today. The remainder of the students, who belong to the school's orchestra, boys' and girls' choruses, leave Friday noon. The large group advances to the state finals as the result of winning superior ratings at the district contest at Maine Township high school recently. Bradley university will play host to the thirty--five schools taking part in Class B. The boys' chorus is one of six finalists from throughout the state. They will • be competing with Dundee. Bradley-Bourbonnais, Camp Point, Normal and Tuscola. The gills' chorus is one of thirteen. Others are Fairfield, Crete-Monee, Dundee, Rockford, Shelbyville, Hoopeston, Aledo, Marseilles, Macomb, Havana,. Normal and Eureka. McHenry has one of six orchestras entered. Competitors are Monmouth, Danville, ftochelle, Batavia and Quincy. For the second consecutive y e a r , M c H e n r y ' s m u s i c i a n s topped all other Class B schools for sweepstakes honors in the district. Trophy winner was York,' an AA school (enrollment Aver 800). TWO MAJOR PARTIES IN RE-ORGANIZATION MEETINGS THIS WEEK Judge Henry L. Cowlin of Crystal Lake was elected by unanimous vote as president of the Republican McHenry county central committee at a re-organization meeting held Monday in the courthouse. Charles Miller of McHenry was elected vice-president. Delegates to the state convention next month include Miller and Paul Struck of this community. Joe Frett was named an alternate. At the Democratic re-organization meeting, John Colmer of Johnsburg was named vicechairman. Alternates to the state convention in Springfield in May include Robert Knox and Larry Huck of McHenry and Walter tyBrfcn of Lakemoor. HARRY RAPP CASE WILL BE SETTLED IN COURT SATURDAY Controversy resulting from the anest of Harry G. Rapp, 45, in his Chicago home by McHenry police last Saturday night will be settled in the court of a justice of the peace in McHenry next Saturday afternoon. Rapp was arrested for a stop sign violation in the city and a warrant issued for his failure to appear -in court. According to city police, he became abusive when arrested and brought to the city hall to pay the original bond. The explanation of Rapp was that he had posted a ten dollar bond after his arrest the previous Wednesday and did not appear in court because he assumed the bond would be forfeited in lieu of a fine. MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR FIFTH COUNTY SPEECH CLINIC The fifth McHenry county summer speech clinic will be offered this year at the Clay street school in Woodstock. There will be special courses for children of any age with any speech deviation, including the hard of hearing, cleft palate, cerebral palsy, stuttering or severe articulation, etc. This free clinic will be held starting June 21 to July 31. Anyone interested in the course is asked to contact Barbara Warhanek, speech correctionist. at the McHenry high school, or Mrs. Joanne Rulien, school nursr. Transportation can be arranged. WOOD CHILDREN ARE AWARDED TO FATHER IN WAUKEGAN William Wood of Waukegan was awarded custody of his two children, Angela, 2, and William, 1, in circuit court this past week. The children had been in the care of the grandparents, Irene Faxel and the late John Faxel of Wonder Lake, who took the children after the death of their daughter, the first Mrs. Wood. John Faxel was killed in an auto accident a few weeks ago, Jess than a year after his daughter died in a similar manner. SHERIFF'S MEETING Warden Ragen was guest speaker before a meeting of the county organization of deputy sheriffs at McHenry's Legion Home earlier this week. Ninetyone were in attendance. ELECTRICAL STORM WREAKS DAMAGE M AREA Lightning Struck Bell Tower And Parish House A number of roads In tftlB area were inundated with water and a large section was without lights last Saturday night in the worst electrical storm of the spring. Lightning struck in at least two spots. On west Waukegan street, a power line was hit Shortly before 7, in the storm's first and probably sharpest lightning, the bell tower on St. Patrick's church was struck, knocking brick and tile shingles to the ground. Although the exact cause has not been determined, It is believed the lightning may have followed a wire into the rectory, where a large panel in the wall was badly scorched. Fortunately, Rev. E. C. COakley, pastor, and his assistant, Rev. John McGowan, had not yet !eft the house for the church when they smelled smoke. They tore the paneling from the wall and extinguished the fire. The gravel road which passes in front of the Edgehrook school was under water for a long stretch and a short distance away a portion of Grove avenue, i.ear Rt. 31, south of the city, was also impassable. Much of the community to the east of the city was without lights most of Saturday night. Street lights in the northern part of McHenry were also out. Grand Opening The new Gies shoe store at 107 Riverside Drive will have grand opening on Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May 1. Gifts will be given to all who call tho«e days. The interior of the shop, like the show window, is most attractive, featuring redwood walls on the side, a green back wall and grey mottled linoleum. Storage space back of the sides of the main room include shelves which hold the large stock of shoes. The shop handles a complete line of men's work. and dress Jhoes and also children's. There are also casual shoes for women. Repair work is done in the large shop in the rear of the building. Hie basement is used for additional storage. Left Accident Scene. Youth Held SENIORS REHEARSE FOR PRESENTATION OF PLAY MAY 7 A cast of sixteen seniors is making plans to present "Quality Street" as their annual play on Friday evening, May 7, In the higto school auditorium. Miss Margaret Kreul is directing Her fourth play as a member of the local faculty. She will be assisted by Norma Kay Tice as assistant director. The cast includes Ruth Scnaefer, Ella Jean Buss, Larry Ekeroth, *Richard Stilling, Art Barbier, Cliff Todd, Adele Schmitt, Elaine Turner, Carol Engto, Marge Rogers, Pat Kurbyun, Judy Roesch, Robert Weber, Jerry Marunde, Mary Ann Martin and Ted Cartan. Tickets are now on sale from members of the class. Reservations will be made next Thursday noon, May 6, in the school office. CHANGE SEVERAL COMMITTEE HEADS OF COUNTY BOARD Aimer Aavang, newly elected chairman of the county board of supervisors, announced chairmen changes in eight out of the twenty standing committees. Math Schmitt was re-named head of the election committee and also serves on the fees and salaries and purchasing committees. LeRoy Smith of McHenry was chosen head of the latter committee and is a member of the right of way committee, headed by Carl Hallstrom. Start Eund For Swimming Pool McHenry may be the proud posse; >or of a new and modern swimming pool if the fund raising campaign which began this week is successful. In discussing such an undertaking following the regular Chamber of Commerce meeting last Monday night, it was felt a pool large enough to accommodate a community this size could be erected for $30,000, including all necessary facilities. A number of sizeable contributions have already been made. Anyone wishing to donate to the fund is asked to make a check payable to the McHenry Memorial Pool fund, in care of Dr. Lee Gladstone, McHenry, who is chairman of the fund raising committee. Progress of this fund, will announced from time to time. It is hoped that the pool may become a reality within the next year. Harry Ketchum, 18, of Barreville, near Crystal Lake, is held under $2000 bond on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident in which his car collided with two other machines -- on 3 a McHenry police car -- south of McHenry Wednesday night of last week. Ketchum was arraigned before Arnold Rauen, McHenry justice of the peace, Thursday morning and his case was continued until May 1. He was taken to the county jail at Woodstock in default of a bondsman. Ketchum's car first collided with a machine driven by Sam Zambuto, of Chicago, and Patrolman Loran Brown of McHenry was sent to Investigate the accident. When Ketchum * saw him approaching, he started to drive away, colliding with the squad car and sending it into a ditch. Chief Deputy Harry Hffendeen and Deputy Ed Dowd arrested young Ketchum later at his home. They said he had driven his damaged car home and then departed in another machine, not returning until severs! hours after the accident. Ketchum's father, Howard, was riding in' Patrolman Brown's squad car when it was forced off the road by his son's automobile. He had just been released on bond following his arrest in another case. COMMITTEE OF 0R6ANIZATWN MEMBERS FORMED WORK WITH COUNCI. ON CORRECTION SPEECH CORRECTION WOBK RELATED BY BARBARA WARHANEK Miss Barbara Warhanek, the speech correctionist for McHenry public schools, gave a talk on her interesting work to members of the McHenry County PanHellenic Monday evening. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Ardm Frisbie at Greenwood. New officers for next year weie elected as follows: President, Mrs. Donald Brinkman, Harvard; vice-president, Mrs. J. W. Hinner, Woodstock; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Clifton Fulton, McHenry; recording secretary, Mrs. Warren . Kelly, Woodstock; treasurer, Mrs. Russell Putnam, Harvard. The organization is planning an evening party May 7 for high school senior girls of the county who are going away to college next fall. This function will be held in Woodstock at the home of Mrs. Don Tappan. The group has chosen May 22 for the date of their annual luncheon, which will be at Shady Lane farm. A most interesting and eventful meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held last Monday evening. At the conclusion of two hours of discussion, the large number of members and visitors present concluded that the various views expressed proved enlightening and would result in further progress in our community. The meeting opened at 8 o'clock at the Legion Home, with members only in attendance. Committee reports were made concerning Marine Day, after which the secretary announced that present membership stands at 101. Activities for the big summer carnival came up for discussion, in particular the racing schedule. Provoking great interest was the subject of a swimming pool, which may become a reality in McHenry if a fund-raising project now in progress is successful. Guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Lee Gladstone, who was present to discuss the serious river pollution problem locally. Dr. Gladstone has conducted a great amount of research on the subject and was thus well qualified to speak to the large crowd assembled. Local Authorities He stated that in his opinion the river pollution problem could best be handled through local authorities. Allaying the fears of many, Dr.- Gladstone continued by stating that not only the Fox river but other such bodies of water cannot be considered absolutely safe for swimming, but certain precautions can make them relatively safe. He also stressed the fact that one Ineffective home sewer is not enough to contaminate such a large body of water. It is believed that at the time the river water was found to contain a high bacteria count last Mummer, some larger source than a «®tfne unit was responsible. Beach Facilities % The need for bathroom facilities on the city beach was also discussed during the evening. It was further agreed that there was a great necessity for control of direct sewage from the mouth of the river north, to south past the dam. Following are provisions of a state law relative to sanitation: Offensive Matter "Sec. 145.10 -- Pollution of waters. No person shall throw, run, drain or otherwise dispose into any of the waters of this state, or cause, permit, suffer to be thrown, run, drain, allow to seep or otherwise dispose into such waters, any organic or inorganic matter that shall cause pollution of such waters." "Penalty not to exceed the sum of $500 and not to exceed $100 for each day violation continues, or imprisonment in county jail for thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. "The Sanitary Water Board is designated as water pollution agency for the state for all pur-4 poses of the federal act and ill authorised to take an action necessary or appropriate to secure to this state the benefits of the federal act." The city sewage system, inspected each month by the state Department of Sanitation, is now operating at capacity. Additional homes in the community would make necessary an addition to the disposal plant. Although the situation is under control, in case of heavy rains the overflows. However, even the small amount of rough age is not enough to cause Eaves Overflow Of special Interest to the dtjt at present is the fact that eaveS in some places are running directly into the sewage systenw which is not permitted by law. In some cases there is an overflow from pipes from home sewage units into the river with no benefit of having travelled through a bed of sand or rocks. All such home owners are asked . to secure the services of someone familiar with septic tanks and sewage units and have this corrected. ' It was ftjrtftef stated that tttr condition can be overcome ata nominal cost and in so doing would stop pollution to a decree and make the riw safer fcf swimming. Members of the following subdivisions were present at the meeting: Orchard Beach, Oak* hurst, Country Club Drive, Rosf dale, Shalimar, Woodlawn Paifc and Fair Oaks. Representatives from each subdivision and organization present were named to form a committee. They will act under leadership of Dr. Gladstone and will meet Friday to take further action. Names of the committee will appear in next week's paper. A resolution was drawn up by the Chamber of Commerce and will be presented Friday to the City Council, members of whkth will be in charge of future action on the pollution problem. Township and county officials have been cohtacted and they will take steps to prosecute all violators who are running direct sewage or dumping sewage into the river. In connection with the problem of unsanitary conditions under discussion, it was made known that it is illegal for house boats on the river to have hnthnvwyk in use. * FORMER RESIDENT OF WONDER LAKE BURIED IN crnr Mrs. Helen Arndt Best, 55, 739 Belmont svenue. Chicago, died at the Kenner hospital in Chicago on Sunday. As Mrs. Arndt, she was a resident of Shore Hills subdivision for sixteen years. Her first husband, Charles Arndt, died in 1952 while they were residents of Wonder Lake. Mrs. Best is survived by her husband, John Beet, Jr.; by a sister. Isabelle Johns, and a brother, Floyd Johns, both of Chicago; and a niece, Mrs. Ellen West. Services were held Wednesday from the Peter M. Justen funeral home at McHenry, with the Rev. Frank Anderson of the Wonder Lake Gospel church officiating. Burial was in Woodland cemeterjr at McHenry, News About Our Servicemen FAR EAST (FHTNC) -- Marine Cpl. Harold J. Thiei, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Thiel and husband of the former Miss Charlotte Bond, all of McHenry, was scheduled to arrive in San Francisco April 16 aboard the transport B, D. Patrick, after completing a tour of. duty in Korea. He has been serving with Marine Air Control Group 2, a unit of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Patrick Krohn arrived in Japan the middle of April and was met there by his brother, Lt. Fred Krohn, Jr., who is stationed in Korea. Lt. Krohn flew over from Korea to meet "Pat." Frivate First Class Robert L. Walters, the son of Lyle R. Allen of Fox street, was promoted to his present rank on March 27. He ii •0m ^ serving with the 55th Engineer company (panel bridge) at Fort Campbell, Ky.. asw a Bailey Bridge specialist. COMMUNITY CLUB PLANS MOTHERS' NIGHT ON MAY The next regular tntifttMy meeting of the Johnsburg Community club will be held Monday, May 3, in Memorial hall. This meeting is called Mothers Night, with all the mothers cordially invited to attend. This is an annual affair for the club, at which they play hosts to all the no* thers. The club has planned an .interesting evening for the mothers, with a Short program of entertainment followed by a social evening of playing cards. Hum will be special prizes offered. The evening will be completed with a baked haih lunch served to all present. The following committee is in charge of the refreshments: Alfons Adams, George Diedrich. -Richard Dehn. Wally Durrenburg, Stanley Freund, Jos. L. Freund. Don Freund, Leo Freund, John R* Freund, Peter F. 9Y«a»d Mi Howard Freund. LOCAL BREAK-INS * Persons or a person broke ttfe' locks in cabinets of boats in the water in front of the Fox ^ alley Boat company on Riverside Drive last weekend. The Buckles reel* dence on Fox street was alio broken iat#*..