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"Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 86 -- No. 2 -- 3 Sections 9 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1960 18 Pages -- 10c Per Copy jMtt Sin' and. ^ ^ednderin" There are several things concerned with spring that have us confused and here are some of the "for instances". For instance, why do they call June bugs by that name when the majority of the hardshelled .hugs are gone by the time summer arrives. We experienced our first contact last week with one of these creatures which continue to terrify us even though we know for a certainty that they won't "bite". . We also have given some thought to just how flies seem to live through the coldestwinter, suddenly to appear with amazing strength and agility. Just what warm corner find and what nourishes them we haven't been able to learn, but then we haven't made a detailed study of the life and habits, of the fly. And have you ever wondered why, two weeks after daylight savings time started, you continue to awaken one hour later every morning even though the, shades pulled so tight the sun couldn't possibly be letting you know? Another source of wonder is the strength of the poor little dandelion, which seems to survive almost as well in other folks' yards as our own, even though we haven't spent the hours some of our friends have put in trying to root them out. Their persistance should be rewWded with more popularity than the little flower has been able to earn throughout the years There are a few other questions, but in view of the gloomy weather we have experienced a good part of the past week, we would be satisfied with just two answers a bright sun and warm breezes. v.rnwin SLOT MACHINES PICKED UP BY STATE POLICE Confiscate Three From Taverns In McHenry Saturday A look at the new Hilltop school now under construction on Linco'n road, north of Eastwood Manor, convinces one that it should be completed as planned, for use next fall. This is National Hospital Week, a time when local residfuits should take a few mon'amts to pay tribute to the many folks whose interest in their fellow citizens has prompted them to devote their jives to service in this line. Considering the many others who have contributed in various ways to provide better hospital facilities, this week is probably a mast appropriate time to extend our thanks to tton also. *rithin our own county, we have three hospitals --McHenry hospital, Memorial Hospital for McHenry County in Woodstock end Harvard Memorial hospital. r Ladies, if your husbands come home Saturday with "stars in their eyes", it's proba)^ because they have had a gfffnpse of Mrs. America. We understand she's making a visit to our fair city that day. (Continued on page 8) Seven slot machines were confiscated by state police last Saturday night in raids on five county taverns, three of theni in McHenry. Only one machine was found in each of the local places of business. Quarter machines were taken from the Gus Unti tavern on Green street. Bimbo's tavern operated by Raymond Pieroni on Riverside Drive and Bernie's Tap on Mafn street, whose operator is Bernard Peschke. Both dime and quarter slot machines w ere confiscated from the two taverns in the Harvard area. One was at Mary's tavern on Rt. 1, owned by Mary Raglan, and the other Casey's .Lounge on Rt. 173, ••vist of Harvard, operated by Richard Gates. Operators of the five taverns had complaints signed against them by members of the state police who participated in the raids. Cash bonds of $200 Wefe set against each defendant, and when all made bond, they were ordered to appear for a hearing today (Thursday). Machines are in custody of the sheriff until after \he hearing. Merchants Consider Monday Night Hours As the Plaindealer prepared to go to press Wednesday afternoon, a meeting of all retail merchants of McHenry was being called for that night at 8 p.m. at the V.F W. clubhouse: At a Chamber1 of Commerce board of directors meeting on Tuesday, the possibility of retail stores remaining open on Monday nights as well as Friday evenings was discussed. The purpose of the Wednesday night meeting was for discussion of this subject. Tentative Re - Routing Of 120 HIGH SCHOOL GIRL HURT IN ACCIDENT ENROUTE TO PROM Lead Viscounts A 17-year-od McHenry high school junior, Nancy Tindell, of 310 Elm street, formerly of Johnsburg, suffered lacerations of the cheek and tongue and bruises of the left leg when the car in which she was riding collided with another auto on Chapel Hill road about 8:30 last Saturday evening. y Miss Tindell was riding with Donald Michael of Rt. 3, McHenry, and they werfc enroute north to stop for another couple before attending the prom at the local school. The Michael car was behind another auto driven by Michelle Dougherty of Rt. 1, McHenry, both-travelling north. Miss Dougherty was reported to have attempted to make a left turn. The second car failed to notice as she slowed down, and attempted to turn right to avoid the collision. The Michael vehicle struck the right rear of the other car. . Michael suffered a head injury. Members of the sheriff's ofr fice investigated the accident. GEN»a I I / STATE |JN| KKNHOft* 7 Nyla Witt, at left, and Lesley Kilday are stately drum majorettes who led the Viscous drum and bugle corps when that group of young musicians captured top honors in St. Michael Chi-Angel's standstill competition in Chicago tfn days ago. Ed Reid is manager rf the corps and Robert KUday is assistant manager. HOME BURGLARIZED A summer home at Emerald i Park, owned by William Lam- ! bertv of Chicago, was reported , broken into last weekend. An electric drill and smlill tools were taken. SET TAX TRIAL DATES Trial dates to hear a series of tax objections were set in countv court Tuesday morning. DISPLAY HOMES m iu ppnim I LMN UIVwUI STUDIES NEW PROPOSED MAP Progress Report To Be Given At Meeting. May 23 An interesting meeting was held by the McHenry Plan Commission last Monday evening at the city hall, when members discussed the proposed new map for the township and the McHenry postal area. It wis announced that the post office has given consideration to a change in providing permanent addresses. The zone | type maps would be used in j this connection. With the coni tinued growth of the. township, j it is thought that such a sys- • tem pnight make it easier to | locate residents'of the area. I Some discussion also took i place on t^yiffer zones between business and residential districts aml,Uieir relationship to the parking* situation in the city. A report on the industrial i sub-committee was made by Chairman Royal Bernier. He ; told of a general meeting of all businessmen being planned for Monday. May 23, at noon at the Legion home. The various functions of the sub-committee will be explained at that time, including what has been, accomplished to date and what is yet to be undertaken by the group. A movie on industrial development will be shown at this meeting, which is a combined gathering of the Rotary. Kiwanis and Cfiamber of Commerce. as well as all businessmen. The Kiwanis will act as host at this meeting. CARD TOURNEY NEXT SUNDAY TO BENEFIT POOL FUND The above map shows present Rt. 120 as it now extends from just east of Grayslake through McHenry, as well as tentative plans for re-routing .the road as indicated by broken lines. The new road,,, according to Illinois Division of Highway Officials, would travel north of 120, with access on both the Chapel Hill and Riverside Drive Johnsburg roads, as well as on Rt. 31, norfli of the city. The road should run not more than a mile and a half north of McHenry at the intersection of Rtes. 120 and 31. This announcement was received with some relief by representatives of local organizations who attended a meeting recently with State Highway Engineer Leo Vogt and Senator Robert McClory, and also the many other local citizens who had feared the highway might be re-routed farther from the city. Fire Destroys Guest Cottage A guest cottage on the Martin J. Kelly property in Woodlawn Park was totally destroyed by flames last Sunday morning about 5:45 o'clock. The cottage was located on the river, some distance from the home. Neighbors saw the flames and notified the family. Johnsburg Station. 2 assiSI ittenry firemen with '&pbrl pump which took water from the river. The fire had gained such headway by the time they arrived that firemen were unable to determine just how it started. ENLARGE POOL COMMITTEE PRIOR TO FUND DRIVE A meeting of the committee for the McHenry swimming pool was held Tuesday evening, at which time the group was enlarged. Original members included William Pries, Ernest Useman. Harry Dean. Bill Bolger and Ralph Bennett. Edwin Wittrock • has been named president of the swimming pool project; Herb Reihansperger, membership drive chairman; and Chuck Peterson, special activities chairman. A publicity head has not been confirmed as yet. A drive for membership is in the planning stages and will be carried on in the months ahead. (Continued on page 8) FUTURE OF SUPERVISOR OF ASSESSMBOS M DOUBT AFTER COUNTY HOARD MEETK6 TUESDAY GOV. STRATTON WILL OFFICIATE AT IMPRESSIVE DEDICATION OF LOCKS AT McHENRY DAM MAY 29 FAMILY LEARNS SUDDEN DEATH OF SON IN SERVICE . His family lias received word Sthe unexpected death of mm ifCuliMi Wi w May 8 at Wilmington. N.C. He was serving as a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine corps at Camp LeJuene, N.C. No details as to the cause of death accompanied the statement received by his family. The youth was born July 16, 1939. Sifrvivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Godina, who reside east of McHenry; four brothers and sisters, Ronal of McCullom Lake. Terry, Virginia and Nancy at home. The body will rest at the George Justen & Son funeral home from Thursday evening until the time of the Mass at 9:30 o'clock Saturday at St. Patrick's Catholic church. Burial will be in the church cemetery, O.E.S. SUNDAY Members of the McHenry chapter, O.E.S., will attend church in a group on Sunday, May 15. at the Community j Methodist church. It is hoped ; that as many members will i attend as possible. Pictured are the four ladies whose homes will be visited during the Home Show and Garden Walk May 18. They are. front row left to right. Mrs. Homer Fitzgerald and Mrs. Preston Hayes: back row, left to right, Mrs. ^erman Lacey and Mrs. Harry Hans. A card party for the benefit of the McHenry swimming \ pool fund will be held at the American Legion home in McHenry Sunday, May 15, at 8 p.m. Last fall the social card tournament met for the first time with twelve tables of bridge. This week's affair will be the fourth such event. Pinochle has since been added to aliow more people to participate. Cash prizes based on the number of players are awarded to the winners. It is not necessary to be an Continued on Page 8 Plaindealer Takes Steps To Promote Safety In City With the advent of spring, McHenry once again begins to take on the appearance of a resort area. Weekend travel becomes heavier, giving indication of thebusy little city we are to become every day in the very near future. Realization of the congested driving conditions which are sure to result when visitors join our own growing population has prompted the Plaindealer to view with some concern the possibility of tragic accidents within our city Each week we have carried a report of the numerous convictions of traffic violations which are heard in our courts Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. However. we have refrained from printing names of the offenders except in the case of those which concerned the more serious violations such as excessive speeding and reckless driving. Putting ourselves in the place of a violator, most of us would agree that the fines imposed would not be nearly as strong a deterrent for a second offense as it would foe to have the public made aware of our violation. Therefore, in the interest of safety for pedestrians and drivers alike, we feel it necessary to change our policy in the future and print the names of those guilty of moving traffic violations. Such a change is not pleasant for a newspaper, since it means that we must risk offending close friends and business associates. However, we sincerely feel that the service we would be providing in assuring a safer city in which to drive more than compensates for the disadvantages. Beginning next week, names of all persons found guilty, and obtained by the, Plaindealer from court records concerning moving traffic violations, will be carried in the paper. We would rather not see our own name. Would you? That's what we thought, so let's all of us be careful! The future of Stanley Cornue of Hebron as supervisor of assessments is in doubt since the monthly meeting of the board of supervisors held on Tuesday of this week. A petition of between 400 mil ,809 IIU1HBB fUl IWIlWWl Ul Mr. Cornue was announced, after which Chairmap Hariey Mackeben of the board told members he had "gone along" with the Cornue program for four years, and now feels it was a mistake. The petition was an outgrowth of continued objections among taxpayers to the treatment received when inquiries regarding their taxes were made at Mr. Cornue's office. It was made known that action for removal of the supervisor of assessments was instigated by the chairman of the board and not by any political party or political subdivision. A committee of seven was appointed to hear all sides of the question and report to a special session of the board to be called later. A proposal to raise the cost for patients in the county home at Hartland from $100 to $150 a month passed by a vote of 16 to 9. The home was operating at a $2,500 deficit, and if the raise had not been approved this would have been taken from the general fund, thereby causing an expense, to the taxpayer in once again encouraging deficit financing rather than a balanced budget operation. Harry Herendeen announced collections of back personal property taxes of $51,902 in the five months previous to May. After June 15. distress warrants will be issued. Insurance Savings A savings in insurance for false arrest, amounting to $500, was announced by putting insurance out for bids. A similar sav ings was told in all policies. Variation \r/ bids from nine companies ^ on liability and compensation insurance were from a low of $2,000 to a high of $6,000. Without bids, the cost was said to have many times approached the high bid. The Woodstock V.F.W. presented the board and the courts with new flags. The county decided Tuesday to build and take over a township road in Riley and Coral townships. Members learned however, that the state will not at this time approve plans for improving Skidmore bridge. A request was made to reb u i l d M c H e n r y T o w n s h i p Bridge, No. 3. on Ringwood road, at county expense, and this was passed. Money was allowed for employing two new patrolmen for the new sheriff's car. Building permits last year totalled 179, and this year there have been ninety-six. Sunday, May 29, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon promises to be an exciting and memorable day in McHenry, for at that time the long awaited dedi* cation of the locks at the local dam, south of the city, will be dedicated. The. locks, .not .yet con* pleted, will have the finishing touches accomplished -within the next two weeks, in ;.time to welcome Gov. William G. Stratton and other state dignitaries for the dedication ceremony. 1 The project, part of a state- FR. WEBER TO BE ORDAINED IN McHENRYMAY21 Young Priest Will Sing First Mass On Sunday The weekend of May 21 and 22 will be a memorable one for Rev. Fr. James M. Weber and his proud family, for on Saturday he will be ordained a priest and the following day will offer his first Mass. Both FR. JAMES WEBER impressive services will be held in his home parish, St. Mary's in McHenry. The ordaining bishop will be the Most Rev. Loras T. Lane, D.D., bishop of Rockford, who will come to the city for the ordination at 10:30 Saturday morning. The first solemn Mass will be sung at noon at St. Mary's church Sunday morning. Officers of the Mass include Rev. Eugene Baumhofer, arch priest; Rev. Richard Paddock, (Continued on Page 8) Board Briieeffss I At the meeting of School District 15. held last Monday evening, the board appointed Mrs. Dorothy Ullrich as teacher- principal at the new Hilltop school, which will open northeast of McHenry next fall. Five new teachers were named for the district, including Elsie Hoppe, kindergarten; Mrs. Roland Hermann, fourth grade; Robert Miller, languagearts in Junior high; Miss Judith Landke. girls' physical education: Miss Janet Vierke. third grade. The calendar for the 1960-61 year was approved during the evening. The board accepted the bid for surety bond from Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co.. in regard to the last bond issue which mfct the approval of the public at the polls in April. YOUNG HARVARD MEN KILLED AS CAR HITS TRUCK Two youne Harvard men lost their lives as the result of a highway accident last Friday morning, becoming the twelfth and thirteenth victims of the year in McHenry county. One of the youths was Gor- j Millington and Sheridan, don Jacobs, 16, who died in the | Encourage River Development j crash which occurred about i The Fox rjver development 7:20 a.m. when the car inprogram ^ allotted $2,200,- which he was riding collided ; 0()0 in the Xpril, 1959, biennial wide campaign to develop the Fox river into an outdoor playi ground for Illinois families,, was .started in the spring of 1958 after an original appropriation of $150,000 was made by the state legislature. Late^ when it became evident that this amount was not sufficient; the Illinois House approved a proposal of Rep. A. B. McConnell of Woodstock to O. K1 $135,000. presented as an emergency bill, to complete the locks and channel dredging to allow passage of pleasure boats from Algonquin to the Chain O' Lakes. Lock Construction The first half of the lock project, completed in about one year, was a lock 20 by 60 feet, / followed by the construction of a 1500-foot channel designed to accommodate ships of any size used on the river. The channel, flanked by dikos 5 feet high, are dug to a 50-foot width at the hot-,, torn, with water depth In the canal about 5 feet. According to Fred Nims of Mendota. Division of Waterways,' resident engineer In charge.,, of the project, the 5-foot depth will be more than adequate to boats of all sixes. The dikes are relatively low nn«l serve primarily as an anti-flooding measure. The removal, of 69,000 yards of dirt was necessary - for Hie tfam byfonrtr tiaWnWr D i m e n s i o n s of the lock chamber are 20 by 60 feet, a space adequate to haitc|l« six to eight small craft at one time Before construction of the lock began, waterway division geologists drilled to depths up to 75 feet to determine- underlying rock strata fm the area. This was necessary to determine whether the weight of the lock and the lock control house could be supported naturally. The project called for enlarged pools in the areas just south and north of the lock. B o a t s w i l l be p r o c e s s e d through the lock in these widened spaces. According to Nims. boats will pass through the lock in a matter of minutes. Water level in the lock will be raised or lowered, depending on the direction in which the craft are going, by pumping water through a twentyfour- inch pipe. The Illinois Division of Waterways considered the linking of the north and south sections of the river on each side of McHenry dam as a natural move to provide the missing link necossarv to make the Fox navigable a distance of approximately thirty-four miles. Locks Are First Phase Completion of the McHenry locks is just the first phase of a comprehensive plan to makfe the river navigable from its juncture with the Illinois river at Ottawa to Wilmot, Wi$. Realization of this ambitious project including construction or reconstruction of dams and locks in seven locations, would mean 200 miles of open waterway for boating to northern Illinois residents. Long range plans also call for the provision of picnicking. camping, swimming, hiking and conservation facilities. It is believed that opening the river at various points for recreation would naturally mean a closer watch on pollution, since sampling stations would be located along the river to assure all possible health standards for river users. Sitos for the new dams, or f o r r e c o n s t r u c t i o n , i n c l u d e South Elgin. Geneva, Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville, head-on with a semi-truck on Rt. 14, north of Harvard. Wjpslev Herbert Meade, 17. driver of the car, was taken to Rockford Memorial hospital with injuries which later caused' his death. budget message of Gov. Stratton. Of this amount, 5100,000 was designated for the Department of Conservation to use in land acquisition and study for (Continued oa Pago t)