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:3&f. SSuStSSfiSJRi&S: '? >-."' v» .jUr 4*1 tsfc*. , ,»<Si SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" Volume 91 -- No. 33 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1965 24 Pages -- 10c Copy i y ACCIDENT INJURIES PROVE FATAL Anyone at the Plaindealer office who wasn't in the holiday mood prior to last Thursday evening captured the spirit quickly as he stepped inside the dining room that housed the annual Christmas party. This has become known as. the "rushing" season around t h e n e w s p a p e r o f f i c e . M o r e often than not, long hours of over-time to meet deadlines convince even the most partygoing individuals among us that we simply cannot muster sufficient energy for a party. We are always proven wrong . w h e n t h e f i r s t c o u r s e of a delicious dinner makes its way directly in front of us. Probably at no other time in the year can any of us be counted upon to refrain from trying to outwit another in conversation. But somehow, the indescribable aroma of a thick steak has a way of weakening even the most determined' talker. Party time for us has come to mean some very special prizes to lucky folks. Having been the most fortunate of all last year in winning a weekend trip, our presence was resented from the start as coworkers informed us our participation was unpopular. With a full stomach, it didn't seem to matter much, but we managed to slip quietly into the games at hand. Bookkeeper Mary Miller didn't have a night away from work at all. Somewhere she hgd managed to hide a four-|ejaf clover, a rabbit's foot and enough other good luck omens to merit the "lion's share" and •was busy keeping account of her prizes. ....The hard-luck boy was So I Hear, who always came close but never quite managed to be a winner. The luck of the Irish failed, but all of us were glad to see that the Irish grin didn't. All in all, it was one of the nicest of our Christmas parties. Isn't it surprising how the magic which accompanies Christmas takes away the •'weight of the world" which sometimes rests so heavily? This may be the season to be merry, as the old carol tells us, but for folks who have left their card purchases until this late, some of the gay, lighthearted feeling departs rapidly at the very thought. To make the task easier, whether you're on time or among late purchasers, some of the books give a complete guide which help the person who orders cards printed or may prefer to write his own. When titles are used, husband's title always comes first (Mr. and Mrs., Dr. and Mrs., etc.) Without a title either riame may be used first, Mary and John Brown or John and Mary Brown. „...,With children's names added, father's name always appears first (John, Mary and the children), or The Browns - John, Mary, Bobby and Jane). Widowed or married women always sign Mrs. John Brown or Mary Brown, but never Mrs. Mary Brown unless divorced. Some of the most common plurals are made as follows: When .names end in "o" or "y", add only "s". When they end in "s", "x", "z", "ch' and "sh" the plural is formed by adding "es". And for the most maligned mark of all, the apostrophe, it is never used in the family name to indicate plural. It is just "The Browns", and the experts add a note that if the plural form is confusing, just say "The Brown *amiiy" and you're sure to be right. Happy mailing! The McHenry Choral club, presenting the first of two programs commemorating i t s twenty-fifth year, performed last weekend before their largest audiences in recent years-- an estimated 650 persons. Anyone who has participated in such groups realizes the many hours involved in preparing one public appearance. The many club members who have belonged to this group for ten years and more have taken the anniversary year to reflect on the hundreds of hours they have devoted to this one $3,000 Burglary In Area Season's Greetings (Continued on Page 8 ) THREE CHILDREN ESCAPE AS FIRE SWEEPSHOME $5,000 Damage Is Given In Pisiakee Highlands Blaze This close-up view shows one of the fifty large, red lanterns which hang from poles in the business districts of' McHenry this holiday seasoi^ extending from scrolls. Each pole is complete with green and silver pole wrap arid sugar plum design. C of C Will Elect New Board Members, Officers In January Three small children of Mr. and Mi's. Russell Johnson escaped unhurt Tuesday evening as fire swept through their onestory frame home at 5218 Leeside, Pistakee Highlands. Fire Chief Ed Justen estimated damage may run as high as $5,000. Mr. Russell was at work when the fire broke out and Mrs. Russell had left the home for a short time. When the .children noticed the flames spreading they ran to the house of a neighbor. As members of Companies I and II arrived on the scene, another neighbor told them he thought the children were still inside. While some of the firemen broke out the windows, others put on masks which would allow them to enter and look for the youngsters. However, just as they were able to get inside, they were informed the children were safe. Mr. Justen said the fire, of unknown origin, started among items stored in a den. The den, kitchen and utility room were entirely gutted, and there was smoke damage throughout the home. Other Fires Company II was called to the Emmett Hansen home, 320"? River Park drive, Oakland subdivision, Monday afterr^oort when the Hansens' son arrived home to find the residence filled with smoke. Firemen found that a circulating motor in the furnace had burned out. The only' damage was to the motor. /* On Monday morning at 9 a.m., firemen from Company III were called to Thomas court, Griswold Lake, where an electric pole was burning due to a short. Lengthy discussions on a variety of subjects occupied the time of board members of the Chamber of Commerce at their monthly luncheon meeting Tuesday noon. T h e g e n e r a l m e m b e r s h i p meeting and election of new board members and officers was announced for Jan. 4. Nominations for four replacements on the board have been decided and names are being sent this month to all C. of C. members. Enthusiasm was expressed over the reception given Santa Claus when he arrived in McHenry last weekend. It was noted that 500 children greeted him in the city park on Saturday, and there was a steady stream of little ones to his hut Sunday. Approve Decorations Comment was mostly favorable c,n the new holiday lighting in the business districts, although there was some discussion on methods for better night time illumination another year. The Christmas promotion also came up for discussion and it was indicated that cooperation of merchants has been excellent. Pla.ns are being made for a Chamber-industrial luncheon to be held late in January. At that time, several items such as labor, zoning, and others requiring the cooperation of both groups will come up for discussion and possible solution of problems. Building Sold The organization talked of the sale of the Eby Brown building on Elm street to the Jewel Tea Co., which plans to remove the E'rown structure, enlarge their own store and expand the parking lot to the west. A lengthy discussion took place concerning Fiesta Day and plans for possible changes next year. Frank Low declined to accept the chairmanship alter many >ears during which he has assumed this gigantic task with success. New officers will take up the subject again alter the election next month. Youth Struck, Billfold Taken His first experience at hitchhiking proved an eventful one for a sixteen-year-old McHenry high school junior, John Bruhn, of 3212 Crescent avenue. John was enroute home from his after-school work at Lake Ridge Kennels on Thompson road, between McHenry and Woodstock, when a motorist stopped to pick him up about 6:30 Wednesday evening. After they had ridden a short distance, the unidentified driver told the youth to look in the back seat, where there was a surprise for him. This was all John remerpbers, but a lump over the left eye indicates that he was struck by the motorist, who then shoved him out of the car and left him beside the road near Valley View school. A short time later, John regained consciousness when he was picked up by Wesley Bruce of Lake street, McHenry, who was passing by. He took the young man to the police station and his parents were notified. Investigation by the sheriff's office revealed that the lad's billfold had been taken. It contained only two dollars. Ordinarily John goes to work and returns home either in the family car or that of his employer. When the auto failed to start that evening he decided to hitchhike home. John is suffering a concussion and will be confined to his home for a week. He is the son of Mr. and Mi*s. Paul Bruhn. LAST OF CITY STREET LIGHTING BONDS TO BE PAID The meeting of the City Council on Monday night' was spent mostly with the routine business of checking current bills against the city, approving payments and hearing monthly reports from the offices of city treasurer and city clerk. With mounting costs of operation and demands for various services, the Council is obviously watching the financial picture very carefully. /" The last payment of bonds and interest on the street lighting issues will be paid this month, but water and sewer improvement bonds will continue for several years. Payment of bonds are provided for through general obligations which are a part of the annual tax levy and through revenue in the combined sewer and water fund. City employees are continuing the survey to determine locations where sewer and water service is available but hookups have not been made. Appropriate action is planned when the survey is completed. A solution will also be sought to the problem of equalizing the service cost in cases where persons have a private water well and run large gallonage through the sanitary sewer plant. One example brought out at the meeting concerned laundromats. It was pointed out that soap and detergents cause a problem at the treatment plant. The Council agreed to a change in the Boone Valley plat which adds five lots to phase No. 1 of the planned unit development. It was explained that model homes will be built on these lots as soon as permits can be approved. OFFICE CLEARED OF EQUIPMENT, MONEYJTOLEN Intruders Make Entrance Through Rear Window Burglars entering McHenry Implement Co., 1801 W. Rt. 120, one evening last week made away with a small amount of cash and other items valued at about $3,000. Entrance was made by re-< moving glass in a rear window. Authorities speculate that the intruders either were acquainted with a vicious dog kept in the building or might have used a tranquilizer gun on the animal. The office was completely cleared of all equipment, as well as $40 in cash. From a back room they took such articles as a tool box and battery chargers. The burglary was discovered by A1 Ahrens, president of the for work Thursday morning, corporation, when lie arrived The building was entered last summer also, but only a few items were taken. Alfons "Duke" Adams Dies Several Hours After Fall From Car Spring Grove Lounge Robbed The Northwest Lounge on Rt. 12, Spring Grove, was held up at gunpoint in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 8. Three young men, two in black jackets, judged to be about 21 years of age, walked into the establishment at 3 a.m., approached four customers at the bar and ordered them to lie on the floor. Before leaving, they took a total of $178.35 from the cash register and the customers. They also took a gallon of whiskey. The intruders tied the owner, A1 Adonaitis of 204 N. Rt. 12, and tore the telephone from the wall before hurrying away. The sheriff's office is investigating. Norman Macdonald, Jr., of McHenry and Arthur Gait, Jr., ( v i c e - c h a i r m a n ) h a v e b e e n named by Fred Ferris, volunteer county Red cross chairman, to ^the board of directors of that organization. SELECT JUDGES FOR CITY'S HOME LIGHTING CONTEST McHENRY MAN TELLS PLANS IN NEW MAP DISTRICT I In recent vandalism in this area, windows were broken at the Robert Doyle home, Bull Valley road: the Mildred Kerns residence. Wonder Lake; Edward Jelineks, Rt. 120; Emil Herdrichs, Curran road; and James Garland, Lakland Park. At the William Brown home in Highland Shores, shrubs recently planted were pulled out. Betty Davidson, Postmaster LeRoy Smith and Supervisor Edward Buss have been selected by Chairman Donald Howard of the Christmas decorating contest to judge the home holiday lighting contest in McHenry this year. Entries will be judged in four categories--amusing, religious, elaborate and original. Four first place trophies will be given, as well as twenty honorable mention awards, each a five dollar gift certificate which can be used in stores participating in the Chamber of Commerce holiday promotion. Judging will take place' Sunday evening, Dec. 19, sometime between 6 and 10:30 o'clock. Although the judges plan to include homes in McHenry and extending a mile beyond the city limits, they ask that persons who want to be sure their homes are not missed notify Mr. Howard at 3722 W. Elm street. Application blanks appear in this issue of the Plaindealer. BABY ENTERS WORLD IN CAR OUTSIDE HOME Tiny Michele May McKeehan has a distinction claimed by few other babies. Shortly before 6:45 Tuesday morning, Dec. 6, she made her entrance into this big world not in the sterlized surroundings of a hospital but in a small foreign car in the driveway of the family home at 103 W. Rand road. Michele May weighed in at 6 lbs. 9 oz. on arrival at McHenry hospital. The proud father is Duane McKeehan and the equally happy mother is the former Sandra Krueger of Minnesota, where both sets of grandparents reside. The couple, who have resided here fur more than three years, have two other children, Gary, 4, and Mark, 1. With new downstate districts for state representatives created in a reapportionment compromise reached by a bi-partisan commission, Illinois will avoid another at-large election next year. The fifty-nine-district map will be used in 1966. The new 33rd district, which affects voters in this area, includes Boone, Kendall and De- Kalb counties, McHenry county with the exception of Dorr, Nunda, Grafton and Algonquin; Kane county except townships of Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia and Aurora. First non-legislator to announce his candidacy in the Santa Warmly Greeted By Hundreds In City An " unusual accident which befell Alfons "Duke" Adams on a hunting trip in Wisconsin last Saturday, Dec. 4, proved fatal to the 58-year-old McHenry man. He died in Hess Memorial hospital, Mauston, Wis., about 11:45 that evening, sevi (Continued on Page 8) Santa made his arrival in McHenry last^Satui-day with fanfarethrc/ uglr business districts and Tatfcr made the acquaintance of hundreds of little ones who visited with him at his brightly colored hut in the city park. The press of holiday business took him away for the c week, but he will return next Saturday, Dec. 11, and remain until the afternoon of Christmas Eve. On both Saturdays and Sundays preceding the holiday, his hours will be 1 to 4 p.m. From Monday through Friday, Dec. 13 through 17, and Monday through Thursday, Dec. 20 through 23, he will be in the park from 3 to 5 p.m. and again in the evening from 7 to 9 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 24, his hours are only from 1 to 3 p.m. Santa's big task will be drawing names at 3 o'clock on Dec. 19, indicating winners of prizes in the promotion sponsored by WATER REPORT The city of McHenry has received a letter from the Department of Public Health of the state of Illinois which states that an engineer's inspection of the McHenry public water supply indicates it is free of apparent sanitary defects and should furnish water safe for drinking provided the supply remains protected against contamination, the plant is properly operated, and the water is continuously and adequately chlorinated at all times. The conclusion was further confirmed by the results of eightythree samples of water collected from the distribution system since the last inspection. many McHenry business men. Top prize will be $100 in dollar gift certificates and there will be fifty winners in all. Install World War 1 Veterans In Office At Impressive Rite ALFONS"DUKE" ADAMS eral hours after the accident and about an hour affer his wife, Irene, arrived. Death was attributed to a skull fracture. It was at the end of a long day of hunting near Necedah that one of the hunters set out to pick up his friends at their various spots in the woods. As the car was crowded, Adams and Calvin Houser of McHenry sat on the hood of the auto. Nels Gustafson of Island Lake, the driver, said that as he drove along it appeared to him one of the men on the hood was sliding. He stepped on the brakes and both men fell to the ground. Adams struck his head and was seriously injured, while Houser sustained a broken arm. Adams was rushed immediately to the ranger station and to Hess hospital. ' Four In Party Four local hunters had left McHenry Friday night about 8:30 to take advantage of the opening date of late season bow a.nd arrow deer hunting . at Necedah. The others were Les Adams and Joe Raven. After driving much of the night, they started early morning hunting Saturday and were preparing to return to camp when the unusual accident occurred. Other Accidents Two accidents last week Wednesday evening caused injuries to the drivers. At 7:40 p.m., George Martina of Carpentersville was injured when his car rolled over near the intersection of Rt. 31 and Johnsburg road, two and a half miles north of McHenry. Sheriff's police said Martina told them he was approaching the stop sign when an unidentified driver made a left turn, and in doing so cut off the west bound lane. Applying the brakes, Martina swerved to the side and his auto overturned. He was treated in McHenry hospital. About three hours later sheriff's deputies were called to another one-car accident which occurred on River road, about three miles south of the city. Frances Martin of 2404 Driftwood drive, McHenry, was traveling north when her car went out of control on 3 sharp curve. She applied the brakes and the vehicle went across the south lane onto the shoulder, where it continued for 350 feet before striking a utility pole and mail box. The car then skidded across both lanes and traveled off the east side, coming to rest in a fields The driver was injured but a passenger, Joyce Howard of Woodstock, was not hurt. Newly elected officers of the McHenry Barracks, No. 1315, Veterans of World War I, wore installed in an impressive servije held Thursday evening, Dec. 2, at the Legion home. Front row: Carl Ottoson. quartermast?r; Gene Kane, senior vice-commander; William Moreth, commander; Harold Owen, past commander; and Paul Kocan, junior vicecommander. Back Row: Garfield C. Benson, chaplain; Victor Howe, judge advocate; Cy Young, adjutant; Harry Lock, legislative officer; and Fred C. Schocwcr, trustee. SHOP IN McHENRY Don't let excellent weather conditions prompt the prospective Christmas shopper to go elsewhere to make a selection. ; McHenry stores are filled with! some of the best buys to be found anywhere this holiday; season. &