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IIHwfa Trthilf School for Boys, four aflw fMi St. Charles, wu oftwnd bj Beikiflbfiln Wedbwday aiglit near the kMHM of two brothora, Paul u< Frimk WcaoBk WcBolik admitted the sltyiiif of Mrs. Margaret June. ^ years •U. on the fana near Woodatock Monday Mrnhg. MeHonry eoaaty officers have goaa to BaUeriHe today to bring (Mck the f e :: Following is an account of the crime •» reported in the Woodstock Daily flentmel Monday, July 14: Sheri|( Lester Ediflger, and an army (0 volunteer citizens, Monday wero -fjonibing the countryside In an effort «0 apprehend Richard Wesolik, lfyear old St. Charles parolee, who early that morning murdered Mrs. Margaret Jang, 37-year old farm wife of Joseph M. Jung, on tha old McCoy farm now «wned by Frank Flood and located |ost south of the city limits of Woodstock on Dean street. The body of Mrs. Jnng was found ffr her husband on the floor of the ifcilk house. She had been beaten on the head with a large wrench. The •larder, it ia thought, took place just •fltiortly before 8 a. m. Jung had left his farm about ?:S0 take the milk to the factory. Hia wife and Wesolik had helped with the morfting milking. He returned Aortly after 8 o'clock to the term •Md as he started to take the empty «ai into the milk house he saw Ma j#fN? «• w» th«• «*!* •A£•M UAJ Has ®wy Mr. Jung flidd teat WMIIUI Wh gone to Woodcock the night hefcw and did not retain until after S a. m. to the morning. That ntoratof both Mr. and Mrs. Jung scolded the youth for staying out late, but the scolding Was of a mild nature. WesoHk had fefused an invitation to go to Woodfltock with the Jungs Sunday night .* *pd left the house after they departed, r * ^ Wesolik came to the Jung farm Sme three months ago. He had not ren the Jungs any trouble although he is said to have rather a bad disposition. BratoUr Attached f.'; " BrMextce diaeloaea that Mrs. Jung -Was brutally attacked by the parolee. She was washing milk palls when tlrst struck, It to thought. Her body toy In a pool of blood when found. Her skull had been fractured by tha blows h om the wrench. " Mrs. Jung is survived by five chil- rn, Marcella, 12; Lucille, 10; Viola. Donald, 6 and Robert 3. The Chilian were playing In the house wlm Wesolik came in from the mllkhouse . ttid went upstairs and changed his ||othefi. This was after the murder. " 3 Evidence that Wesolik escaped weat iom the farm through the fields ftas disclosed when his sweater was found some 80 rods from the barn. Further evidence that he made his way to Route 47 was found whan Carl t farmer IMag jut east of te 47, saw the bog rmtog down toe road toward the highway. Onlgraa . «as picking berries Jfca* lr«it of th« linkway. - BeMed Far Klghinr '.^«ulgT«n told. Bhariff Mtogor that : "-Iis asked the youth where He was go-' tog and he replied that ha was head- «0 for the highway. Gulgren aaM ha thought it funny the youth wa» rusting so h»rd at that early hour, but thought no more of It until he heard fbout the slaying. • AS the news of the murder spread liany neighbors and townsfolks Joined to the search. Sheriff Bdinger was again under a handicap from not havtog a police radio system. He had to return to Woodstock and have the toatter put out over the air from too gtate police headquarters. Sadie Would Bare Helped If , Sheriff Edlnger said he waa sure • "^kd his office been equipped with a thdio and several squad cara ha would have apprehended the youth to abort time. ~;V ;The murder is similar to the now . . l|mous Daln murder of two years ago <Mjben young Dain. a 12-year old St. Charles parolee, killed his benefactor an a farm in Riley township. Dain tg"g apprehended a few hours later. -. ' The broken-hearted husband aided 1| every manner to help the officers. Se was unable to give a reason why ^Wesolik would do such a thing. The whole countryside was up to arms over the slaying. Tha JuafS • Moved to Woodstock from Johnsburg a few years ago They are highly respected people. They are members of St. Mary's church and Father Joseph V. Bgan was deeply grieved over the storing. Ho Joined to tha toe youth. • FubUe Ezeitad -The general public la ~^d- AMOND THE *" - G01T NOOSE : * - ASKAIGNBD FOB ASSAULT Kraest Zsariioxaki was arraigned befoc » Charles F. Hayes laat THuraday morning for assault on William Voels <rf Harvard. The case was continued for ten days for further investigation. Zavilozski is on parole for a crime committed some time ago in Chicago. Bond waa set at |2,5O0. Pictured in the farm yard Monday morning ahortly after hfll wife was murdered by a youthful St. Charles parolee is Joseph M. Jung, the grief stricken husband. Fire children also survive. Mr. Jung left his wife some half hour before the slaying to take the morning's milk to the factory in Woodstock. When he returned he found the body his Wife on the floor of the mllkhouse. The murderer had escaped. excited over the murder. In September, 193S, Lester <3roth was murdered by Charles Allen Dain on his farm to Riley townahip. Dain was 14 years old and on parole from St. Charles at the time. His only excuse was that the farmer had mistreated him. Now t|mt a sseaad murder b «•**• PlWPWtt* aUfrtdf 81 pointing to anol liw "friito than St. Charles there Is ptsntjr of resentment over tha #hfltotoatot*. Use Ahf|dSMf la Searth 8hortly before noon an airplane from the Wbodstock airport Joined In the search The plane circled over the nearby countryside' near Jua In hopes that the youth aright be spotted in this manner^ In the meantime the grief stricken husband helped to directing the search. His motherless children were likewise grief stricked although youn? in years they hardly realised what had happened. The Jung place became an Infested beehive with people from near and far, some out of curiosity and others wanting to aid if possible, gathsrod in the farm yard. Everybody wanted to get a look at the death' house, the mllkhouse where the slaying took place. More talk was beard shout a police radio from the hundreds who gathered and Joined in th* search. It seemed to be an unanimous opinion that a police radio is needed badly in the county and needed immediately. The wrench used-is described aa a gasoline engine wrench. It Is a heavy instrument. Sheriff Edlnger believes that Wesolik struck her while she was bending over the water tank in the milk house. The water In the tank was stained with blood. Strains of hair from Mrs. Jung's head were found smeared on the side of the tank. kn. Jung was the daughter of Mrs. Mary Steffe! of Fremont Center. Her father, Joseph Stoffel, passed away about twenty-five years ago. Funeral services were held this morning at St. Mary's Catholic church, Woodstock. Burial at Fremont Center eemetery, betweem Veto and Ivanhoe. ST. PATRICK'S PLANS ANNUAL DINNER AND CARNIVAL, JULY 26 - 27 The members of St. Patrick's parish, McHenry, are putting forth tireless efforts this week in the hopes that their annual carnival, which will be held next Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27, will be a great success. The ladies too are buay with their preparations for the big dinner Sunlay, July 27, which will consist mainly of baked ham and roast beef, including all the side dishes. This dinner will be held in the church hall and the price will be sixty cents for adults and thirty-five cents .for children. Hie ladies will begin serving at 11:10 a.m., DST, aad will continue until 3:30 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Downs have gone into housekeeping in the lower apartment in the Mrs. Elisabeth Michels home on Broad street. The Dave Reid family moved Tuesday from the Kelter place on the ner of Elm and Green streets, they operated the Homestead Tearoom, to -jhair home at MeCfellom Lakei' ISSUE LETTERS IN ESTATES Letters of administration were issued in three estates Monday. In the Christian Franke estate, the widow, Augusta' Franke, was named administratrix. The estate consists of $5,000 in real estate and personal property. Mr. Franks died at Algonquin on June 24. Letters were issued to Catherine O'Connor, a sister, in the |3.000 estate of Harry T. O'Connor who died at Harvard on March 3. Another aister, Nell O'Connor, is also listed as an heir. William McConnell and Mary H. Beth were issued letters in the $23,- 000 estate of their mother, Susan S. McConnell, who died July 2. Other heirs include Harold McConnell of DesMoines, Iowa; Margaret Grant of Glencoe, and Robert McConnell of Woodstock. GOV. GREEN APPOINTS LOCAL MAN FOR STATE HIGHWAY POLICE JOB Earl Do well, who has been employ ed at toe Plstakee Golf course, which is the property of William Skhhnore, was notified Sunday morning that he had been appointed by Governor Green, along with ninety-seven other Illinois men, tooths state highway police dspaitoMSto Ikis appointment was made only after DewwQ (who is perhaps more familiarly known as "Legs") had successfully completed a aeries of strict intelligence, physical and adaptability tests prepared by a committee of experts under the leadership of Brig. Gen. T. S. Hammond. Dowell loft Tuesday morning to report at the Armory building in Springfield, where for the next two weeks the ninety-eight will undergo an intensive period of school snd training before being assigned to duty. The school training will include target practice, first aid training, lectures by lawyers on the legal rights and duties of policemen, motorcycle practice, military formation drills and talks on how to handle criminals. This is the first time a school of this type has ever been set up in the state. More than 5,700 applicants for police jobs answered the questionnaires sent out by the Hammond committee. Many who answered were eliminated as obviously unfit, and 1,800 were notified to take the written and physical examinations. A board of experts in intelligence and physical standards was set up and 1,500 candidates appeared before it. Of the 490 who passed the tests, 150 were eliminated after every man was personally interviewed by at least three members of the committee. Gov. Green passed on the qualifications of the group named Sunday and directed that futare appointments be mads from those still remaining on the list. MOWS JKSIMY MTERESTMfi AT rCDWirS. | „ NEARBY NEWS M»2t C. METHODIST CHURCH OROH1QTRA RECEIVES ACCLAIM At CONCERT A large and appreciative audience turned out laat Sunday night, July 13, to enjoy the third* annual concert given by the McHenry Community Church Orchestra. The concert was given at the church. The program consisted of several orchestrations of all classical rau bers, with a solo by each member of the orchestra and two duets. Rev. Hefber Miller also extended a welcome to the audience and complimented the orchestra for their fine performance. Mrs. C. W. Goodell, who organized this group of musical-minded youngsters and has been their conductress since that time, has put forth a great deal of effort to make thsi organization successful. On ntlmerous occa- As she has traveled out of town them, where, in a number of nearby cities, they have attained renown. AO those who have followed the actions of these vonng men and women since they began giving annual concerts three years ago, commented on the marked improvement they displayed 8unday evening over the concert of three years ago. The personnel of the orchestra consists of Gordon Scholle and Edith Sherman, violin; Laura Sherman and Bonny Page, clarinet; Warren Jones, cello, and Mrs. C. W. Goodell, piano. r5^ The six children of Homer Frost of RosweO, New Mexico, sre named Winter Night, Jack Whi Han and CoU Frast cHioAoo rnAir evmas BEAST ATtoOX Tragedy overshadowed McCullom Lake in McHenry county Tuesday, when a group of pleasure seeking youths, five girls and two boys, all of one family, drove to the lake from Chicago to have their first swim of the year. Soon after they went into the water, about eleven o'clock, the oldest. Joseph Lewandowski. 26 years old. sank below the surface. His lifeless body was reoovered over sn hour lster. The Lewandowskis, of 2705 North Monticello avenue, Chicago, had come to the lake that morning to visit some friends in the SalsM cottage. Accompauicu by two of the girls, they went swimming at the Main beach, on the north side of the lake. According to testimony given Tuesday afternoon at the inquest held in the Jacob Justen and Sons funeral home, McHenry, Hillard Lewandowski, 20 years old, brother of the victim, stated that he was standing about twenty feet from toe latter when he saw him go down. He rushed to aid his brother snd he too walked into the hole at that point of the lake which drops suddenly to a depth of twalfce to fourteen feet. Neither of toe brothers was able to swim. Thus, he hurried bade to shore to summon help. Divers searched for several minutes, hut no trace of the young man urns found. He hsd evidentally died sf a hea ft, attack since he never rose to ths The MeHenry Fira called and at lt:10 the dragged from the Lake rescue squad worked on hiss for about an hour, but there were no signs of life. The deceased is the son of Walter and Mary, nee Suwalski, Lewandowski, of the Monticello avenue addrsss. He was a native Chicagoan, uwnarried and a night watchdmn for toe Burlington railroad. The body waa removed to Chicago Tuesday afternoon for burial. Surviving besidss his parents ars two brothers, Raymond, who was recently inducted into the sskettve service and sent to Texas, and Hillard; six sisteni, Eleanor, Sylvfe, Lorraine, Phyllis, Grace and Patricia; a brotherin- law. Harry Witek; a nephew, Jerry; snd a couain, the Rev. Emerie Lewandowski. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 from the residence to St. Hyacinth's church. Burial will be in St. Adalbert's. Fsthsr, Dsaghter Saved On Wednesday July 9, another Incident occurred at McCullom Lake which resulted in s happier ending. Robert Jones of Chicago and his daughter, Marilyn, about ten years old, rented a boat from William Schaefer with the intention of spending a pleasant afternoon fishing. Marilyn was dragging behind the boat «hen her arms became tired and die released her grasp. The father, who could not swim, plunged after his little girl and both were struggling to keep afloat. Three youag boys on shore, Billy 8heva&aftd of Sart Francisco, Calif., who is vacationing at the lakerOeo^ge Goranson and Jimmy Freeborn, of Me- Cullom Lake, hopped into a rowboat and went to the rescue. They succeeded in bringing the two bock to shore, the Jones' ill effects. COMING EVENTS July 17 ' C. D. of A.--Pot-luck Suppsr-- ^ ^ Weber's Park. July If - 2i *«***• St. Peter's Church Carnival--Spring Grove. July S3 Public Card Party -- Sponsored by Christian Mothers and W. C. O. F. July 24 W. C. O. F---Regular Meeting. East River Road Pinochle--ftcnfe* . July 24 - 25 Red Cross Sewing Days--High School. July 2« - 27 - St. Patrick's Carnival and Chicken Dinner--MeHenry. July St O. E. S.--Initiation. Jaly SI Public Card Party--City sored by O. E. S. " , "'4 August If St. Mary's Carnival and CMshsn Dinner--- McHenry. , Mr. and Mrs. Edwaid'HoBe of Oak Park are spending the week in MeHenry. Mrs Walter Wsisier and daughter, Mary Lou, of Elgin, srrivod here on Tuesday to apsnd-toe remainder of the woek wfth Miss Anas Frislgt. 1 j Every time the mechanics tested the springs or struck the gasoline tank with a tool, they heard a cheep, cheep. The sound intrigued them. Cars that need greasing often make queer noises, but this one sounded alive. Upon further investigation, they found a sparrow's nest tucked up underneath the car and lodged against the gasoline tank. The nest contained four baby sparrows. The mechanics were those of the LAM Auto Co. of Libertyville. The car belonged to Mrs. Grant Myers also of Libertyville. Crystal Lake has four licensed amateur short-wave radio operators located in its vicinity that some of you who enjoy tuning in on short-wave broadcasts might have heard. These "hams" as they are called and their respective "call numbers" are: Forrest Demien, W9NOU; Mac Lomasney, W9LZV; John Gordon, W9NJG, and Charles Pflueger whose call number is W9TEY. His Excellency, the Most Rev. Bernard J. Sheil, bishop- of the Chicago archdiocese, officially opened Doddridge farm, five miles northeast of Libertyville, Sunday, July 6, as the first Catholic camp for underprivileged girls in the Chicago area. Crystal Lake's Live Bait Shop, corner College and University streets, is a most interesting endeavor for Coach Owen E. Metcalf during the summer months. As the summer proceeds and rain is less frequent, the army of anglers here find a place to get bait a most decided convenience. "Coach" conceived the idea of a bait shop from a teacher-friend who has been doing this for several years. Last summer he started his endeavor and met with encouraging success. Three weeks old Richard J. Cairns, son of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Cairns, Jr., of Woodstock, has ten living grandparents and two of hia grantgrandmothers are sisters. Hie lad's paternal grandparents sre Mr. and Mrs. George D. Cairns, Sr., of Woodstock, and his psternpl great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Cairns of Hebron Prairie and Mr. and Mrs. Ira B. Tryon of Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. John Foreman, Lake Geneva, are his maternal grandparents and his maternal grandmothers are Mrs. Matilda Foreman of Palatine and Mrs. Marietta Gibbs of Richmond. Mrs. John Cairns, who is the former Louise Johonott, and Mrs. Gibba, the former Marietta Johonott, are sisters. Excitement resulted Tuesday afternoon of last week when a northbound Soo Line freight train rounded the curve just north of Highway 36 in Burlington. Wis., and crashed into a southbound switch engine, headon. Two engineers escaped injury by throwing the switch engine into reverse and leaping from it onto the cinder siding, just before tha engines crashed. A woman who sat alone for more than an hour last Tuesday night on a remote bench in Fo«* Park, North Chicago, aroused fears of employes of the city waterworks nearby that she might be contemplating suicide. Capt. Stanley Szymusiak of the police department hurried to the lakefront and, moving quietly and calmly, confronted the woman, who seemed to welcome his arrival. "Isn't the moon beautiful on the waters of the lake tonight, officer?" she said. "I've been sitting here for more than an hour admiring it." ^iThe officer agreed and bidding her " good night returned to the station. Buildings on the Stella Duffy estate farm, six miles south of Woodstock, all except the house and garage, were destroyed by fire on the morning of July Fourth. Five calves, two horses and a large supply of hay and grain burned with the large barn. Other JULY 19 AND 20, CARNIVAL DATES The Rev. John L. Daleiden announces that Saturday evening, July 19, will be the epenhtg of a two-day carnival at St. Pbtar's parish, Spring Grove. Every preparation has been made to make this event a happy one for both young and old. Father Daleiden invites you to come and relax where nature has provided a cool spot under large, shady trees, surrounded by the waters of the Nippersink and the State Fish Hatchery. There will be music and plenty of entertainment to make every moment you spend there filled with joy. Come and meet, you rfriends and enjoy a pleasant visit in these beautiful surroundings. Also, perhaps you may be able to take home one of the beautiful souvenirs which will be offered. Chicken Dinner The mum feature of the event will be the spring cbfeken dinner which will be served, imh all toe trimmings, on Sunday, July 29, by the ladies of the parish. The committee in charge of the dinner and supper are Mrs. Fredrick Meyers, Mrs. John Jung, Mrs. Matto^ Nimsgem and Mrs. Arthur KivtMf. The suppef will be served at 6 p. St. Assisting Father Daleiden with the preparatiWM^fOr the eamival are Ben May, Antone Meyer, Chas. J. Freund and George May. THE SA&VAXION ABUT MAXM AlMOAi. APPEAL FOR nnms nr oommr The 1941 aiptfnl Salvation Army home service ajmeal for funds to carry on the iraWt' taf uplift among those in this region and in Illinois untouched fay agencies ia •w* oi g atiwhrl* lfelfriu jf County. In this snnusl effort for funds, the Salvation Army appeals to the pity and generosity of friends to aid in relieving Jmrdahjps of unfortunate, under - privileged, ""Stffaring Illinois folks. The contributions in s characterbuilding program are used on sixteen errands of mercy as follows: Family relief, emergency rooms for young women, free employment bureaus, fresh air camps for the poor, rescue work, for unWed mothers, institutions for the handicapped, children's homes, prison work, free medical clinics, parole and court work, missing persona and anti-suicide bureaus, Christmas baskets for the poor, emergency and disaster service, slum settlements, character building and religious work, and homes for the aged. The appeal headquarters looted in the Woodstock city hall. The Rev. John M. Linden, the Illinois finsncial Savlation Army director, is in charge. J. O. Gay of Woodstock is county chairman and while each point in the county has a local treasurer, G. E. Still of toe Woodstock State Bank is general treasurer. Checks will reach the cause if sent to THE SALVATION ARMY. P.O. Box 263, Wood stock, nt. The quote assigned for McHenry to raise is $200.00. Tlje local treasurer is Mr. G. J. Carey Of the West McHenry State Bank. Funds may be left at the bank any time. No doubt, many here will gladly give when the opportunity is presented. CHICAGO YOUTH KILLED WEST OF tTHEHRY FRIDAY : DEERFIELD MEN, KNOWN % HERE, CRASH VICTIMS SUMMER RESIDENT, A DOCTOR, RESCUES TWO FROM RIVER JULY 4th A tale of heroism, which occurred on the Fourth of July this year, has gone unheralded thus far in The McHenry Plaindealer. The story concerns Dr. Henry Lescher, of 243& North Sawyer avenue, Chicago, who has had a summer home along the Fox buildings destroyed included the corn crib, hen house and the milk house **** * . roof. The brick silo was badly dam-; ^er near McHenry for seventeen aged ye*"- Mrs. Belle Fernandez. 47, of Wau-1 Several times the doctor has been kegan was talking to neighbors stalled upon to revnre neariy drowned 7:80 a. m. Friday when at the close of a particularly emphatic statement she found that she could not close her iaws. Neighbors called^he police, who in turn called an ambulance and had Mrs. Fernandez taken to the St. Therese hospital. After the re-setting of a dislocated jaw, Mrs. Fernandez was talking again/ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Muskka and sons, David and Mark, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, called on McHenry friends Tuesday enroute to a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Reynolds, at Muscatine, Iowa. The Reynolds' were former residents of MeHenry snd Mrs. Musicka was Ids Reynolds before her marriage. Among the out-of-town gueats at the wedding of Miss Berths Justen and Mr. Harold Skow Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bopp and Sa bin a Huette of Evanston; Mr. and Mrs. James Gowel of Chicago, Mrs. Tena Hake and Mrs. Leonard Muettertfes of Elgin and Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Justen of Momence. Friends frow pulled two people out of the river, giving them a new lease on life. Dr. Lescher and his eldest .son. Henry, were viewing the river atop their boathouse early on that eventful morning when the latter suddenly cried: "Look at that doil floating down the river!" "That's no doll--it's n human beinar!" the doctor answered. Both plunged into the river and the doctor rescued ^ half-drowned threevear- old boy who had toddled away from his parents and had fallen into the river while trying to climb into a rowboat. Later that tome day 'toe Lesche.-s were enjoying a motor boat ride down the river when the doctor saw a man fall out of a boat and became entangled in its towline. Speeding to the boat, the doctor fished out his second "catch" of the day, a man weighing 270 pound*. Mrs. Ed Hoffman, Mrs. Pete Hoffman and Mrs. Helen May of Wilmette were guests Tuesday to the WiHWm w V.'44; ; A twenty-one year old Chicagoan, Jack Gershman, died at the Woodstock hospital last Friday night of in- S juries received a short time before in I. an automobile accident on route 120, * three and one-half miles east of i Woodstock at the curve known as ?- Charles' corners. The young man, t state police said, was traveling at al, high rate of speed and failed to mafry 5 the sharp curve. Riding with Gershman waa Miss Bertha Jacobson, 21, of 858 West Wieland avenue, Chicago. She received only minor injuries and received first aid treatment at the Woodstock hospital. She testified at the inquest conducted Saturday morning at the Mer. win funeral home. According to testimony the youth was speeding along the route, and failed to observe the curve. The car plowed the ground siding of the highway for two hundred feet, according to police. They said the machine overturned three or four times and was completely demoliahed on the driver's side. - - The physician who treated the youth, testified Gershman suffered a punctured lung, caused by fractured ribs, and as a result he bled to death. He also sustained an injured back. At the inquest Saturday morning Miss Jacobson said that they were traveling about seventy miles an hour when they hit the curve. Adam Dilich, who owns the farm on the corner, was the only other witness at the inquest besides Dr. O. E. Nelson. Dilich said he was standing in his yard when he i heard the screeching of the tires. He pulled Mias Jacobson from the car. Gershman had been thrown some twenty foot from the car* Gershman and his companion had * left Chicago about 8 jk. m. to go to Roekford. , ^ Verdict of the coroner's jury was accidental death. The inquest was ^ »' conducted by County Coroner Harry i- V E. Ehorn, Richmond. , ^ Gershman is the son of Mr. and •.*'>- Mrs. Morris Gershman. The father is affiliated with the American Fed- • - • eration of Labor. - Craah Takes Throe Lives Three were killed snd four were . „ injured Sunday at 2 a. m. at the inter- ^ '-j section of routes 88 and 59-A, a mile * south of Mundelein near the Diamond J Lake community. ; The dead are: Harry Lawson, 57, Deerfield, a carpenter, Russell Dow, 31, also of Deerfield, a clerk, and Miss Mildred Vleck, 26, of Riverside. The two men are known by a number of M<-H«»nry folks, since they were visitors here on numerous occasions. The injured were Edward Musik, 27, of Riverside, driver of the car in which Miss Vleck was riding; Almon Frost, 19, Deerfield; John Burns of Deerfield, driver of the other car, and Harold Frost. 20, of Deerfield. Almon Frost is a student at Annapolis, MtL, and was home on a furlough. Burns, whose car contained the four other Deerfield men, was arrested on a charge of driving in the wrong traffic lane and causing an accident. He told deputy sheriffs that he was driving north on route 88 and that he turned his car into the southbound : lane to avoid striking one of two Cars that he believed were preparing to turn left into route 59-A at the inter- -- ?? section. The Muzik car then crashed into the side ef the car driven Mtr -* • Burns. Marks on the pavement indicated that Burns' car had skidded more than 159 feet after he had applied the brakes. The drivers of both cars were sober, the deputies said. Lawson was buried Wednesday in' Ridge wood cemetery, near Northbrook, after Masonic services. He was ) born in Scotland and came to Doorfield twenty-five years ago. Dow was a clerk in the newspaper j agency operated by Mrs. George 1* Beckman of Deerfield. , ' • ' CAPT. POLLARD* OOP HEAD, TO INTERVIEW LOCAL APPLICANTS 3>l' 5 Between now and July 20, young men from seventeen to twenty-three years of age who are unemployed and in need of emoloyment may be enrolled in the CCC. Capt A. M. Pollard, commanding officer of the OCC camp at Fox Laka, will interview local applicants at the Legion hall at 2 p. m. on Friday, July 18. All young men who meet the age requirements and desire to learn more about the opportunities offered by the CCC are invited to attend. Application forms will be gi'sn tooso tot wish to enroll. Parke Musser of Roekford. a former McHenryite, called on friends here Tuesday- Mr. *nd Mrs. Jack Hart of Chicago attended the Bertha Justen - Harold Jv