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On Thursday morning, Dec. 23 •boat 9 o'elock, work on the new! • Green street bridge was halted when, Arnold Mass, 40 years old, a work man on the job, was critically hurt in an unusual accident. A cable on a crane being used in the construction broke and Mass was hit on tho head by a metal shackle. . A local physician was called and the injured man was taken to the Woodstock hospital in an uncont scious condition. There he was found! to be suffering from a skull fracture and his condition was reported ait grave. The iijtared man resides between Crystal Lake and Ridgefield and was employed on the local job by* the Herman Mass Construction Co. of Algonquin, which is operated by his brother. ^ . Making the accident doubly tragiej^f , waa the fact that this was the I second misfortune to take place ia: liis family this month. Only three weeks ago on Dec. 6, his son, Cecil Merle, 12 years old, was fatally injured in a fall from a horse. He died in St. Joseph's hospital, Elgin,, several hours after the accident. The Mass' have five boys. • Merrill W. Mlnnlch Merrill W. Minnich, 54, of Oak! * Park, was killed at 10 o'clock last Wednesday night, Dec. 22, wtien hie mew Paekard convertible coupe;1 crashed into a tree in Maple Park, Hs was a brother and the only immediate relative of Miss Mildred with whom he made his hone. Miss Minnich was music and mathematics instructor in the local Ugh school for many years, leaving hsre about twelve years ago. Minnich, also a musfeian and reeord turner, had been employed by radio station WIND for the past , four years. His sister said he had 16ft home early in the evening in Ms recently purchased car, with the intention of taking a ride before reporting .for work, on the late shift at the radio station. « • The frame of the wrecked auto was bent around the trunk of the, tree in such a manner that rescuers worked nearly an hour before ex-, trieatfng the body. Believing that spark of life might remain, Minnich was removed to the Delnor. hospital in St. Charles, .where he was t pronounced dead on arrival. CORONER ISSUES RECORD OF SUDDEN DEATHS DURING1948 A interesting record of his activities through 1948 was released this week by Coroner Harry «L. Ehorn. He was called on seventythree inquests and inquiries being held. * McHenry tied Woodstock for second place in, number of inquest held, with twelve in each city, topped only* by Crystal Lake, which had twenty-one. 8even were held in Harvard and Marengo, four in Richmond, two each in Johnsburg, Pox River Grove/Cary and Algonquin and one each in Huntley and Hebron. Sudden deaths from heart attacks, caused more calls to the coroner than any other unexpected fatalities, the toll reaching thirty-four. Sixteen persons died as the result of auto accidents; there were three suicides by hanging; two died in falls; three suicides from gunshot wounds; one by cutting throat; and two by poison. One person was killed in each of the following ways: motorcycle Accident, smothering, IS m HERE Trend Is Toward This Type Practioe:' -J tays Local Doctor •*-»' Probably-the moot progress noted . ;-: in McHenry during the past yeafr'" has been the tremendous asraunt of building which has taken place, both privately and in business. One of the largest and most attractive structures to be recently completed * in the latter category is the building on 8outh Green street which houses the Mcfcleary Medical The 40xl00-ft. building « early in the year and was so that it could be occupied by November. Owner of the structure is Dr. Lee Gli local physician and surgeon, who suffocation by fire, strangling* pe^jlon* **° Pu*Be^ th® organisation destrian-train accident, killed by Iwhich bas now become a reality. Dr. cattle, motorcycle-auto accident. train-auto accident, train-truck accident and being struck by falling Gladstone states that the modem trend ia medicine is toward group practice. He adds that if the pole. There were three drownings, j many services offered are mthnsiaa Fatal accidents in the United I tically received by the local publie, States during 1948 took a toll of! expansion will take place at SMM about 99,000 lives, the statisticians future date. of the Metropolitan Life Insurance The above is one of the several air- j of McHenry. | western depot and railroad tracks, plane views of local scenes taken j This time the local photographer | the Ringwood school and ehurch and by John Shadle of Bingwood. The; pilot, has given us an excellent view other, places of equal interest. drst one which was printed by the j of his home community. In the right! McHenry has long been proud of L 1 , Plaindealer was a beautiful pietnreiof the pasture can be seen the Ed- j this growing community to our J Their younfl people nave been • each of the Fox River and the east pnrtjwal Laboratory, nearby is the North-! north which has for many years] leaden in our schools and in youth ] choose to call home. entered so wholeheartedly into the I organisations; their adults tkft?e progress of their own village and!taken an active part in many ways i also McHenry's civic development, j in making this entire area one which Company estimate. This compares with 99,600 for 1947, trend in accidental deaths which began in 1945 and continued* through 1947. The 1948 improvement is accounted for largely by a sharp drop in the number of persons killed in catastrophes--those accidents which claim five or mors lives. Of the fatal accidents in 1948, the largest number were those whieh occurred in aad about the home, totaling upward of 34,000. The number of motor vehicle fatalities was about the same as the 32,700 recorded in the previous year. "An encouraging feature of the year's record was a decline in the number of deaths from occupational accidents, despite a very high level of employment. Aeeidents in public places, exclude of mishaps in which a motor vehicle was involved, like wise took fewer lives than the preceding year," the statisticians not*. "Travel on scheduled airlines was year than last." COUNTY GROUPS MAY CONFER ON BY-LAWS OF FAIR ASSOCIATION Announcement was nAde recently by Elwood Howell of Woodstock, board chairman of the McHenry County Pair Association, that civic and farm organizations throughout the county will have a chance to confer on the by-laws as drawn up by the temporary board of directors. Of importance in the proposed bylaws is the section calling 'for the election of directors. This section asserts that the "business property and affairs of the association shall be managed and controlled by a beard of seventeen (one from each township in the eounty). The term •f office shall eonsist of two years, exeept as follows: Nine directors shall be elected in 1949 Cor a period ef one year from the following town* ships, Chemung, Hebron, Burton, Hartland, McHenry, 8eneca, Nunda, Oeral and Algonquin. Eight directors shall be elected ia 1949 for a period of two years from the following townships: Alden, Richmond, Dunham, Greenwood, Marengo, Dorr, BUey and Grafton. "Officers of" the association shall be a president, vice-president, secretary aad treasurer, with all but the secretary elected from the board of directors. The secretary may not he a member of the board. "The name of the association is The McHenry County Pair Association. Its purpose is to further the Interests of agriculture, horticulture and floriculture, to improve and encourage the breeding of fine stock and poultry and stimulate the study if arts aad sciences." nUDIOTUAO IIIQT Mscn. w. A. o'oomroa UlmlolMAO UllOl APPOIHTM) BISHOP A MEMORY; LOOK ""°n"°"a FORWARDS) 1949 1948 Holiday Seaaoa j! Prpved MeHenry's Most Festive One Christmas, 1948, is a memory and a fine Christmas it was even though Of considerable interest locally waa the bulletin whieh *M released l on Tuesday of this w*cfc from Washington, telling of tk« creation of a nevr church diocese at Joliet, 111. ni the appointment of three Chiago area bishops. This announcement wan made on Dee. 28 by Pope Pius XII through the apostolie delegate in Washington. One of the new bishops is Msgr. William A. O'Connor Chicago, op- CHARGE WAIICONDA MAN WITH MANSLAUGHTER AT LOCAL HOMES Christmas is a day for real eele- Farrell "McUill, 33, Wauconda oil ,brntion in the Richard Hester houeedistfilutor, was charged with man- hold, for they have not one, but a slaughter, on Monday, December 27,' triple- reason for observing, Dee. 25. before Justice of the Peace. Howard, Back ln 1941f OB Christmas Eve, 8. Hull, of Wauconda, after the|the Hesters became the proud death of Frank J. Bteiskal, follow papent- of now aged 7 and ing an automobile collision on Nov. for the pagt Mveral y,arR young ' Jimmie was feted at the same time The coroners jury, after teeti- .. . ... , . . ... m_ ony at. the inquest held i.n TL -iub erty I the of n»» family3 • received *gi ft* ville, Dec. 23, recommended that! rom McCill be held to the grand jury in | A" lf th,« Bot enon«h- * n«w * 1 j the HOLD ANNUAL NIGHT SCHOOL FOR FARMERS - Interesting Topics Planned For Mew Year's Meetings DAUGHTER OF FORMER TEACHER NOW HBO COSTUME DESIGNER The building has 6ne aad one-half floors, with the rooms at ground level at the rear being used as an apartment. There is one main reception room, with a central weep tionist taking charge, of the Intercommuniteatiou system tetnssn, the various offices. The building is of hollow wall brick, insulation. It ia air conditioned to offer a most healthful There are no gutters oa I thfre being only one central pipe I* handle the rain falL The attractive building waa designed by Joh^ YssJeimedsn, Chicago architect, Who tsachss at -She Institute of Design. in charge of the Tonyaa tion Co. Dr. Gladstone feels that tho laboratory ssrvice is one which Is greatly needed by the and should prove of - to the gesMtal pahHs. It proved. There is also an X-lay do> partmeat whieh is handled by a qualifiedv specialist. Each unit, although in the same building, ia independent of the others. Besides Dr. Gladstone, whe-earries on a general praetiee as physician and surgeon, there is alee another MeHenry medical ssan, Dr. ttih.«eD wweeaattWhemrmiMani ddiissnapopnooiinntteedd tthhoossee Pointed bis^ horp _o f Spt ring»f ield., who Waukegan for th_ e death of Bteiskal, I•fan^mmiblve r,t hiasn ovtheaerr. asonnd, fojori nehdii who had earnestly wished white holiday, the larger citiesTn^hh^LTwhi^ 'of"^"the"summer" camp"for!"»* b'ocjc. ^survived his' Court street at 9 o'clock ; ™c^af^ri^lt^ were hfrlen of snow for a white! Catholic children at Villa M«ria,iwldow> Ele®nor» • daughter, Sandra, (last Saturday evening. The ; 8tructor. were barren ' ' L. , -n wki«.i. h». !»nd his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto [baby ia the sixth child and the fifth i . bDliaannKkeeti frrroomm a» fall of the^ pF revious 1 Fistakee Bay, which has operated. St^.is kal,* o f Chi• cago. , hov J to be welcomed by the Mc-! discuss,i on, we.re. decided upon and arweek sitll covered much of the [locally each summer for about | , i ranged by Mr. Kerber and the ground I tweaty-five years. > In. his former!. stthe request of the | Henry couple. The other children are, for a Ifor years has been at the' 30, Wauconda policeman. Steiskal, family this year, and for his en , vpar being he]d ^ ^ McHcnry McHenrv was at head ot the Catholic Charities of! was killed while performing police' trance he chose Christmas Day.The Icommunitv high school weekly, least more for,„„.te .hei „.nv In .M, he w.. ,.|£j *! Ze'TcJ"I- B. which charge of the summer camp for!rofc'l blocjc. He is surwved by,his home on court „„ .f -no-, for , white j Ca.holie .Mldr.n .t Till. -- *«P'» »' Elgin, is now affiliated with the NBC television studios in Chicago as costume designer and make-up artist. She was formerly costume director and designer for the Goodman Theatre of the Art Institute of . . i Chicago. Of interest to maiy farmers in J Miss Wray, whose work at the this locality is the ndult farmer j Goodman theatre covered several evening school which it again this McHenry residents who rem* ber the former Florence fiowe, a teacher in the MeHenry schools for several years, will be interested to, learn that her daughter, Rita DhujL. B. Murphy, a graduate dentist, Wray, daughter of Richard Wray of who has been practicing in MeHenry Holiday lighting and decorations' office, Bishop O'Connor was a frewere probably more beautiful local-j quent visitor to this area. ly than ever before. Either that or] Bishop O'Connor, who succeeds the the easing of post-war shortages, ]ate Bishop James A. Griffin, was made it seem so. 8ome very elabo-! born Dec. 27, 1903, in Chicago and rate displays of beautiful lighting ijn 1927 was ordained from St. Mary outdoors attracted passing motorists: 0f the-Lake 8eminary at Mundelein. in all parts of the city. Decorations j After postgraduate studies at Home were not confined to McHenry alone,; and the New York school of Social however, for outlying subdivisions j Work> he ^rve4 for a time as inand farms, too, came in for their ^ 8truetor at Quigley 8eminary. He share of pride in making the com- one of Cardinai Stritch's three munity holiday-conscious. official delegates to the canonisation The most gratifying displsy of true Christmas spirit, however, was the picture of the faithful of all denomiations entering the ehureh of their choice to honor, aeco'ding particular custom, the'birth of the Christ Child. Some eame at midnight, others in the early hours of Christmas Day, and there were some who had observed the meararable oetssslnn at pre-Christ mas . services. Along with the prayers offered in thanksgiving for the privilege of celebiiting this ipreve™""" bined deaths and injuries brought ^.ee'hl TNT. one wkiek offrr. .adm-- to kondred« of home. Mi»t vLt to. .or .w. country j ..t.«lp.tod h.ppr and a new found peace for the many! 1BK*- "i ri" for whoT there ha. been| With nort McHenry folks now oZ inflict and death during 1948. fully recovered from the hustle Sie one sad not^s whieh invariably; bustle and excitement associated abates it»elf with all holiday^-' with Christmas planning everyone is of Chicago's Mother Cabrini in Rome in July, 1946, from where his radio broadesjt wu heard by friends in this eouktry.|-'. Mrs. John Phannenatill spent three days in Chicago over the Christmas holidays in the home of her son, Mr. aad Mrs. Robert PhannenstilL to far above the figure. The eom- Mundelein police, together with j Dee Ann. 10, Dickie, -8; Rex, 4, and, A«ricu,tural Counci1. Richard Tudor, Wauconda, were j Dennis, 22 months. \ i Members of the council for this blocking Hwy. 176, near Hwy 12, j The Hesters wefe not the onIy?<M>r are Albert Oonk, Walter Low, in an effort to Stop an automobile, parent, to receive such a choiee1Leo J. 8mith and Maurice Hall of driving westward which was being | |ft •ChriltlBM> At Wond„ Lake | Ringwood, William Yung, 8r., LeRoy for several years. Dr. Gladstone has released the fallowing,. information concerning his associates: Dr. Phillip Thorek, n fellow of the American College of Surgeons, is aasociated with the group in tho capacity of consulting surgeon. Dr. x a • ., Thorek is on the staff of the Uniyears and was augmented m the, the g^duato summertime wth costuming^ shows * Cook CoUBty ho^ital, for the Mahopac hummer Theatre I . _ .... .. at Mahopac, New York, began her| ^'"go. He will visit McHwry onM y duties with the NBC television de-|» week and 18 on ^™ty-fonr how partment this month. After Jan. j'or consultations. ^ 1, she will spend a few weeks in! Dr. Elly A. Roenau, spetisnft » her studios in New York in prep-j diseases of the eye, ear, BOSS and a rat ion for the full Male television! throat, is a graduate of the productions to originate in Chicago, sity of Berlin in 1926 and fw» the Miss Wray's mother died during this past year. I gift V« VH. .. ... persued by the Mundelein police, j Mr and Un Arthur Keevil an- Miller, A fter the road block had been com j arrival of a K>B> bor, at pleted, Steiskal stationed himself be-: , . T. hJ.i. nd. hJi.s po.l.i ce car_ .lu s.t as .th. e o__a- t.h e Woodstock ho/sp,it al and wei™gh r -ng 7 pounds and 6 ounces. coming automobile erashed, pinning Steiskal underneath his car. He was rushed to the Condell Memorial hospital, Libertyville, in aa uneon cious condition aad died four days later. After the crash, Mundelein police said MeOUl had been -driving H M. P. H., ran through a stop light, was driving recklessly,, and was intoxicated. McGill, was immediately exaotined by a doctor, and pronounced unfit to drive an automobile. These charges were placed in the court of Justice of the Peace, Ray Reardon, Wauke gan, aad are pending the result of the manslaughter charge. Justice Hall bound McGill over to the grand jury on the manslaughter charge after McGill's attorney waived preliminary hearing. A $10,- OOO bond was posted and MefiiU iras released. -- MAKSIAOX UOKHSKS recorded:New Year this weekend and antici-j A marriage license was issued this immediate vicinity. The pating with high hopes 1949. May j past week in Chicago to Gerhardt - 1 " * * - J -- /IT V I/«TTAMOW •*w* Htl. though no fatalities were National Saf^y^Connrii*predicted' it be~a happy and prosperous year] Glasher of McHenry and S.t there would be a total of 266 for our city and for an the people j Dorothy Glaser of Winnetka. lelths tLroIghout tte country, andiwho make it the very friend^ the flnti1 toll; eonn CChhrriiasttmmaa^s nniigghhtt rroossee| hfW>mssses ttoenw an iim* tth## PPVt;##»* AA.. j Bnhesrihs fit. -Ika PlKiiRdaitlsr The Keevils have two other children, Arthur John, 3, and Audrey Jean, 1. At St. Thereae hospital, Wsukegan, the same day, Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, residing in this coipapity, welcomed a daughter. , " J ' , Aadstaat Elgin Coach HM In Oraah Dec. 2ft Spencer Morris, assistant coach of the Elgin High School Maroon basketball team, died in Harvard hospital Wednesday, Dec. 29, following an auto-truck collision near Harvard. Six members of the team were hospitalised as the result of the crash. The team and two coaches were returning victorious from a tournament held in Madison early this week and were traveling in two cara. A short distance from Harvard a large truck loaded with steel slid on the iey pavement and erashed into both cars. The accident occurred about 11:30 o'clock. Francis Schmitt, Clarence MISS KATIE KEEFB RICHMOND, AGED 90 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wagner spent Christmas with their sen, Harold, Freund, Art Stilling, Walter Schae- , DtXD ON TUKSDAT AT fer, Herman Schmidtke and Walter Bolger of MeHenry, Glenn Eppel, .Tames D. Curran and John Lindsay of West McHenry and Elmer Geske of WooAstoek. The classes start at 8:16 o'clock and are hold oa Wednesday eveninga. The first of these was conducted on Dec. t, the topic being "Soil Conservation." The second meetiag was held oa Dec. 15, at whieh time the Publie 8erviee Company presented a very interesting demonstration oa "Electricity and Wiring." Class Schedule •Jhe following is a schedule of the remaining meetings aad the topies to be discussed: Jan. 5--"Varieties of Crops, Etc." by E. C. Foley of Northern Illinois Seed Co. Jsn. 12--"Testing Milk." Jsn. 19--"Question and Answers" (Dairy» Management.) Jan. 26--"Running Water on the Farm" (Public Service Demonstration.) Feb. 2--"Hay or Grass Silage." Feb. 9--"Soils." Kb. 16--"Insulation and Ventilation" (Publie Service Demonstration.) University of Grs, Vienna, in 1934. She did post-graduate work ia Berlin for three years and later was associated with Alexaadsr ia a ~ hospital, specialising in car, aad throat work for two years, coming to the United 8tatee she baa done post-graduate work in eye Old friends of Miss Keefe, M. diseases at Presbyterian years old, this week mourneed herjdl|eag0> Md also served an death, which occurred on Tuesday,! aBt-shlp at Northwestern Univsr- Dec. 28, on (he Gibbs farn^ north of jiity in eye diseases. Dr. Rsassa ia Richmond. She was born in Mc- j pfenning on taking up Henry and lived her lifetime in this ^ideaee in this vicinity as vicinity. Much of her life was devoted to others. In her earlier years she reared a niece, the late May Keefe, and a nephew, Edmund Keefe. Sur vivors include only a sister, Mrs. Margaret Guth, of Woodstock, and a brother, Edward, who resided with Miss Keefe. The body rested at the Peter M thoroughly eajoys he eoagoalsl atmosphere of MeHenry. Dr. Melville Hartasaa is a gia4 uate of the Uaiversity of Htypsis with the class of 1940 and sinae tfemft time has been specialising fta •eases of the skin. He ssevoi mtth the army later at Hiaoe he*ifta|, and ia now with North wsOtssn sity. A reeident of Oak Justen funeral hqpe il McHenry is im HeHonry one day OMh until 10 o'elock this (Thursdsy) morning. Services are being conducted from 8t. Mary's ehurch, with Lawrence Sehader is a techniciaa in eharge of tie Medical Group laboratory. Fr. Frank Miller of Richmond s^der haa had considerable «*> officiating. Burial will be ia Calvary cemetery, Woodstock. Miss Na^rae Bienapfl is viaitiag her sistsr fer a few days in Ksaosha. perienee in th* srasy and extensiWI post-graduate work h the * ' of Teehaology. JAXrOAST The receatly selected gmmi petit juries will ho call lkr llftr' Jaauaiy ts*m of " (Talk by Earl Hughes.) Anyone interested in agriculture, iasMing all farmers, are wt|ed to witt open es A Tab. JS -- "Outlook Mee8a**t*tt«Ml theee daaeea. |William M. C # i &