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SEPTEMBER 6. 1951 10cP#r Copf SEVBUL HEW FACES Sffll M ' •FACU.TV RAMCS Of IMS LOCAL SCHOOLS Wim OffiWG OF IBM ^ A number of new faces greeted ' iludeiits at both the local high Wbool and the consolidated grade schools when classea were resum-' • ed for the fall term on Tuesday 4*fternoon of this week. Fire of these are teaching in the former and three In the latter. . McHenry residents, In their Customary friendly manner, extend a welcome to the newcomers, whose educational background ud teaching experiene« are here listed. William Plctor William B. Pictor comes t0 Mc- ^^ftenry from Ste. Marie, 111., to Veplace Leo Kerber as agriculture instructor. Mr. Plctor was a graduate of Newton Community high •Chool In Newton, 111., in 1936 aftd received hifl B.S. degree from the University of Illinois In 1*47. J^e also attended Eastern State ~" iers college at Charleston, His experience includes teaching high school in Aviston, 111., ..Where he was agriculture instructor from 1947 to 1951, and also conducting a veterans' course at Fisher high school, Fisher, 111. • In McHenry, he will instruct a biology class as well at his "ag" Croups. ^ ^ Mr. Pictor's war record is impressive. He was graduated from flying • school and commissioned , in the Air Force In 1941. As squadron commander In Germany the first years of the war, he led forty-five officer! and 280 enlisted men. He is married and has one ion, S years old. Charles Cada ; Charles Cuda is the new teach- #r of bookkeeping, business prlnv iftpals and physical education, replacing Peter Roche. He is a .resident of Cicero, 111. Mr. Cttda is a graduate of Michigan State ^college at East Lansing, Mich., in 1950 yith a B.S. degree and durtn? the' past year taught at Howe Military Academy, Howe, Ind. The new < physical education instructor captained his high qphool basketball team to the state championship. Later, as a member - of the Army Air Force, In which . be served three years as a bombardier, her played basketball on ^the team which won the Second Air Force championship. He captained the junior varsity for two years at Michigan State and also did some coaching at that school. Mr. Cuda Is married and ha» one child a year old. * Mary L Sim* Mary L. Rose, who teaches American history, world history and commercial geography, comes * from Tomah. Wis. She is a grad- ^•qate of the University of Wisconsin in 1948 with a B.S. degree. As a high school student she was winner of the DAR award and through her school days was act- Ite in dramatics and debating groups. Last year Miss Rose taught in ttre high school at Pendleton. Ore., and previously was an instructor la the Wisconsin and West high ^schools in Madison, Wis., aad 'worth Bend, Ore. Kathleen D. TmOf From Wauwatosa, Wis., comes fathleen D. Tully, Instructor of nglish 2 and Algebra 1. She will also direct the class plays. Miss Tully is a 0 graduate of » Marquette University with the clasB of 1945, receiving an AB degree. She taught in Glenbeulah, Wis., from 1945 to 1948 and from w *48 until last spring at the Brillion, Wis., high school. Cllftoa D. Faltoa Clifton D. Fulton will teach chemistry, general science and boys' physical education, as well as serving as basketball coach at M.C.H.S. during the 1951-52 school year. He is a graduate of Mooseheart high school in 1940 having been a member of the National HonOr society. In 1950 he graduated with a BS degree from the University• of Illinois, where he served as president of Phi Gamma Delta. During World War II Mr. Fulton served as a captain in the Infantry and while overseas staged contests with the U. S. Army Special Services. As a member of the Army basketball team he traveled in Germany, France, Belglum, Austria and Switzerland. At the University of Illinois he was a member of one of the school's most outstanding varsity squads and last year was freshmen coach at that school. Mr. Fulton Is married and has one child. The above named teachers will fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of Miss Margaret Williams, Ralph Kelly, Robert Hoffman and Thomas Jones, in addition to the two already mentioned, Mr. RocKe and Mjr. Kerber. Mary Harvey A home town girl has joined the consolidated grade school teaching staff this year. She is Miss Mary Harvey of Lily Lake, a graduate of Pestaloizi-Froebel Teachers' college in Chicago, where she specialized in preschool and primary- grade teaching. Miss Harvey is third grade teacher in the new Golf View school. For the past few years ahe has been an -instructor in the kindergarten and third grade of the Punahow school, Honolulu, T. H. She taught pre-schodl art at the Academy of Arts there and also worked as part time advertising copywriter for Liberty House, Honolulu. Previous experience includes teaching first grade and organizing a kindergarten at Three Oaks, Mich., kindergarten and special work in pre-reading at Janesville, Wis., and. director of kindergarten in Lake. Forest For three years she was an advertising copywriter in Chicago. Jean Cramer Miss Joan Cramer comes to McHenry from Steger, 111., to teach junior high school subjects and glrla' physical education. She attended the University of Illinois in 1949 and '50 and graduated from Culver-Stockton college, Canton, Mo., with a BA degree in 1951. Miss Cramer has had considerable experience with the Red Cross special programs, having served as swimming Instructor in 1949 and '50. Paal R. Baasek ^ From 8ycamore comes Paul R. Raasch, who is the new music instructor in the grade school, handling the vocal and instrumental work. He is an accomplished violinist. Mr. Raasch attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music in 1949 and '50» and graduated last spring from Northern Illinios State Teachers' college at De- Kalb. Mr. Raasch la talcing the place of Paul R.' Tanda, who will now confine his teaching to instrumental instruction in the high school, where he directs both a band and orchestra. Miss Harvey and Miss- Kramer take the place of Mrs. Florence Wheelock and Mrs. Edith Tonyan, who resigned. CHORAL CLUB TO ELECT. OFFICERS AT FIRST FALL MEETING The McHenry Choral club is .opening its fall aeason of rehearsais next week in preparation for Its annual winter program early la December. The meeting will be partly social, with a business sesaion during which new officers Will be elected and music for the concert outlined. Old members and new are Invited to meet in the Methotfist church hall on Main street at 8 ^ o'clock. Lunch will be served at lithe close of the meeting. SCRAP PAPER DRIVE On Saturday, 8ept. 8, beginning at 9:30 a.m., the Student Council . of the McHenry Community high achool will sponsor a scrap paper ijrlva. Pick-up trucks will canvass the town and vicinity. douacll asks hooaemakers to let *"&em help with fall house cleaning by collecting this extra paper. Bites Held For Father Of Mrs. Louis Block Albert Carl Frits, 71, father 6f Mrs. Louis Block of McHenry died Thursday evening. Aug. 30, at 10 o'clock in the home of his son, Albert, in South Elgin, 111. A native of Dundee, he was employed for a quarter century at the Terra Cotta plant Survivors include stx SOBS, six daughters and nineteen grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bertha, five sisters and a brother. , Funeral services were held Sunday from the Stout funeral home, with the pastor of St. John's Lutheran church of Elgin officiating. Burial was in Union. cemetery, Crystal Lake. Sgt. Richard Blake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blake, is enjoying a fourteen-day furlough from Army dbtiee at ftort Ho6d. Tex. NEW TEACHERS IN McHENRY SCHOOLS ip-'* I j CHARLES CUDA MART L. ROSE CLIFTON FULTON WILLIAM E* PICTOR MARY HARVEY PAUL R. RAASCH TEENAGERS DISTURB LILY LAKE; CLUB MAY PROVE REMEDY Last year, 299,500 pedestrians w*re injured th the United States. Lily Lake Wridents have been bothered considerably of late by 'teenagers disturbing the peace by driving recklessly and noisily throughout the subdivision. Last week one of the youths was brought before Justice of the Peace Joseph Ritter and fined Cifty dollars and costs for the offense. To questions as to his reason for wilfully causing a disturbance in a- "hot rod," the lad replied that there was nothing else to do. Justice Ritter suggested a remedy that Lily Lake residents have been considering and one that many communities have undertaken-- the establishment of some form of organized activity to properly channel the energy of young people. Whether or not the incident was responsible for the organization is not certain, but this past week just such an undertaking was progressing in the Lily Lake-Lily moor area." On Sept 1, the first meeting of the Saturday Night Date club was held by the 'teenagers of that community and plans are made to expand to the point of providing a clubhouse for future recreation. ENROLLMENT IN . McHENRY SCHOOLS CONTINUES TO GROW JOAN CRAMER MOTHER. DAUGHTER STRICKEN WITH POLIO; FORMER RESIDENT DIED OF DISEASE LAST WEEK A mother ^nd daughter, residents of McCullom Lake, are in the Winnebago county hospital at Rockford suffering' from nplio. They are Mrs. Doris Schiller, 25. and her daughter, Bonnie Lee, 6 years old, who were taken ill on Tuesday of last week and taken to the Woodstock hospital for spinal tests the following day, where the ^iagnosis was confirmed and they were removed to Rockford. Mrs. Schiller had been gardening on Tuesday and in the evening contracted a very sore throat which she thought was a severe cold. She was unable to sleep all night and the next morning experienced paralysis in her throat and back and had difficulty in speaking. Her daughter, who had complained also of not feeling well on Tuesday, was taken to the hospital and both were found to be suffering from polio. Bonnie Lee had paralysis of one side of her face, her back and a leg. Both were reported to be improving this week, the child's recovery being somewhat faster than that of her mother. The patients are the wife and daughter of Raymond Schiller. Death Took Two Area Residents A lingering illness ended in the death Sunday evening. Sept. 2. of Aloys Wegener of Ingleside, who died in St. Therese hospital, Wajtkegan. He was 46 years old. The deceased was born on what is now the Peschke farm, near Lily Lake, Jan. 2, 1905, and farmed until illness forced his retirement. He was a member of St Peter's Catholic church and of the Holy Name society. Survivors include the widow, the former Agnes Wagner of Volo; three daughters and two sons, Marion, a student nurse at St. Therese hospital; Joann, Robert, Ronald and Bernadette. all at home; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Wegener, of Volo; five brothers, Henry of Volo, Joseph of Seattle, Wash., Anthony of Maple Park. 111., and . Martin and Edward \of McHenry. One brother, Peter preceded him in death. The body rested at the George Juste-n & Son funeral home until Wednesday morning... at 10 o'clock, when last rites were held from St. Peter's church, Volo. wijh in- There are two other girls, Donna terment in the church cemetery. and Sherry, and one boy, Roger, in the family. Mrs. Schiller is the former Doris Hamil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hamil, Sr., of Ringwood, formerly of McHenry. The Schiller cases bring the year's total to 'ten in the McHenry area, half of the county total. Others include William Barth, Jr., striken in February, and Mrs. Dolores Blake, Sandra Rodenkirch, Thomas Diedrich, Carol Reinboldt. Paula Smith, Richard Herdrich and Peggy Byrnes, all of whom have contracted the disease since Aug! 1. Except for the Reinboldt child's case, which resulted in her death, most have been comparatively light William C. Adsit McHenry friends of William C. Adsit learned with regret this week of his death from polio, which occurred Aug. 28 in a Waukegan hospital. Rites were conducted in Zion for the 42-yearold man who had resided in recent years in Winthrop Harbor. The Adsit family lived on the Kelter farm, south of McHenry, on the Crystal Lake, blacktop road, and later on the Joseph farm west of the city during their residence here. . Of late he had been a truck driver for the Olson Trucking company at Winthrop Harbor. Surviving are his widow; two children and five step-children; also a daughter by a (•eorgp E. Wright Services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday in St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church, Crystal Lake, for George E. Wright, 49, who died Friday morning In his home on Rt. 3, McHenry. The deceased was born in Lake county, Jan. 31, 1902, the son of William and Mary Agnes O'NVil Wright, who survive. He also leaves two brothers, William R. Wright of Elgin and Edwin C. Wright of DeePlaines, and a sister, Mrs. Marie Rossman, of McHenry. ^ , The body rested at the Querhammer funeral home in Crystal Lake until time for last rites. ONLY ONE ACCIDENT REPORTED IN COUNTY IN HOLIDAY WEEKEND LOCAL EDUCATOR IS APPOINTED TO BOND COMMITTEE Supt. C. H. Duker of the Mchenry public schools has been appointed in charge of schools as ^ member of the county U. S. defense bonds committee. The cuK rent drive began Labor Day and continues through Oct. 27, with no dollar quotas set Other members of the volunteer committee include Harold J. Bacon, Crystal Lake, general county chairman; Warren Fish, Woodstock, payroll savings; Herbert T. Cooney, Woodstock, banking; Miss Helen Galvin, Harvard, women's division; William Tamm e u s , W o o d s t o c k , f a r m s ; a n d Ralph Boyle, Crystal Lake, publicity. Slogans of the . drive are "Defense Is Your.,. Job, /Too" and "Make Today Your 1)-Day; Buy U. S. Defense Bonds." "There are about fifty-eight billion dollars outstanding nationally in U. S. bonds," said Arnold Rauen of Pistakee Hay, McHenry, state director of the U. S. Treasury defense bond division for Illinois. "Of these, -about thirtyfour and one-half billion dollars' worth are in the popular "E" type. It is estimated almost four billion dollars' worth of these bonds have been invested in Illinois. Defense bonds offer one of the easiest and safest savings plans. They also provide an indispensable element in keeping us m i 111 a r i'l y and economically strong." M. J. RAUENS MARRIED FIFTY YEARS SEPT. i Anniversary Maa#~ At St. Patrick's; Dismer For Family A total of 375 students are registered thus far at the high school this year, a gain of twenty-seven over the peak last •'spring. The consolidated grade achool, too, has shown a large increase in enrollment, with 494 registered. This includes 162 in junior high and 332 in the lower grades. There are 1 0 6 K i n d e r g a r t e n p u p i l s a n d thirty-five in the Lily Lake school. The year opened Tuesday morning with a joint meeting of grade and 4tfgh school faculty members in the high school auditorium. Supt C. H. Duker spoke briefly on "A Code of Ethics," which was adopted at the ninety-seventh annual meeting of the Illinois Education association last year. The code stressed the four responsibilities of the teacher to the child, to the community, to contract and to the profession. McHENRY LOST TO HAMPSHIRE TEAM IN WATER FIGHT Although traffic fatalities throughout the nation over the Labor Day weekend took an unprecedented toll in lives this year, McHenry county and those of Boone, Lake, DuPage and Kane, making up State Police District 2. r scaped with only one death in highway accidents. The one occurred in Woodstock when Henry Becker, a serviceman Of Woodstock. was killed enroute home last weekend. The toll over the country reached an all time high of 456 killed in auto accidents, while the total previous ' of all accidental deaths ran well marriage who lives in Spring, over 600. The previous high for Grove, where berial toelt place Ithe Labor Day weekend was 405 Friday. (traffic accident deaths in ,1949. After holding the local association's water fight championship for four years, Mcllenry's firemen lost the title to a strong Hampshire aggregation in the third round of the annual contest h$ld laat Sunday afternoon. Hampshire defeated McHenry lii a fierce struggle, then continued on to win first place and the beautiful trophy presented each year to the winner. Hebron ranked second and Spring Grove fourth. In all. there were seventeen teams in the McHenry County Firemen's association entered in the tournament. This included several teams which are association members but not from the county. Members of the McHenry team included Bob Thurlwell, Jerome Buch, Harry Ferwerda, Ted Miller and Eddie Justeh. A parade at noon preceded the fights, featuring obsolete fire fighting equipment of past periods and the most modern now in use. _ • ELECTED ATTORNET The McHenry Township board elected Joseph X. Waynne attorney 'for the ensuing year at a meeting held Tuesday afternoon of this week in McHenry. A well known and respected McHenry couple, Mr. and Mrs. Mathias J. Rauen of 139 Riverside Drive, observed their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Sept 4, the day beginning with an anniversary mass read by Rev. Fr. E. C. Coakley at 7:30 o'clock at St. Patrick's church. A dinner was served to members of the immediate families of both celebrants at the Villa Hotel at Pistakee Ba^ at 5 o'clock In the evening. The Rauens were married in 1901 at St. John's church. Johnsburg, with Fr. Henry Mehring officiating at the service. Their attendants were Joseph Rauen, John May and Elizabeth Freund Rauen. all deceased, and Mrs. Margaret Rauen Bell, residing at Richmond. Mr. Rauen was born on a farm near Spring Grove on Dec. 29, 1873, and Mrs. Rauen, the former Catherine J. Freund, on a farm just north of Johnsburg, March 23, 1878. ' ' From the date of their marriage until 1904 the couple operated a farm, after which time they entered the tavern business in Spring Grove. This has been his line of endeavor through the years and at the present time he is employed at Pa's tavern in McHenry. Mrs. Rauen's interest centers in her home but she also keeps up with the activities of St. Clara's court, W.C.O.F., McHenry of which she is a charter member. The Rauens have one child, a son, Arnold J. Rauen, of Pistake®^ Bay and one granddaughter, Barbara Rauen, aged 10. V Members of the immediate families joining in the celebration on Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold J- Rauen and daughter, Mr: and Mrs. William Rauen, Mrs. Jacob Rauen and Edward and Louis Rauen of Kenosha, Wis., John Rauen and Mrs. Mike Raueu of Spring Grove, Mrs. James Bell of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Freund and children, Junilla, Clarence, Gerald, Stanley and Norman of Johnsburg, Miss Emma Freund, Mrs. Louis C. Bishop and daughter, Jeannette, and Mr. and Mrs. John Thennes of McHenry and John Regner of Pistakee Bay; also Fr. Coakley and Ft. Steve of St Patrick's parish. the last _ FOLIO BENEFIT No "official report was avaffSbfe on Wednesday of this week on the benefit polio baseball game played Labor Day on the V.F.W. grounds in McHenry. Total receipts are expected to be. relsww^ within the next few days. STAGE STAR OF NINETIES DIED IN COUNTY AUG. 30 Laura Rotnour. widow of late John D. Rotnour, d(ed Thursday, Aug. 30, at the Woodstock hospital. Mrs. Rotnour, the former Laura Adamson, was a well known stage actress before the turn of the century, appearing as Flora DeVos. She and her husband operated a stock company, known as the, Rotnour Players, in this area for many years. The deceased was born in Keokuk, Iowa, but had resided in Richmond for .many years prior to her death. She is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Harry Puck, of New York City. The body rested at the Ehorn funeral home in Richmond until Saturday morning at 2 o'clock, when cremation was held at Acacia Park cemetery, Chicago. COUNCIL PASSES THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY ORDINANCE New BUI Provide* Some Assistance > To Municipalities t:S, 5 Due to the Labor Day holtfayv the City Council met on Tuesday night of this week In regular see- V sion. Following the regular order of W business, a careful study was giv- " en to the annual tax levy ordinance which was passed in the - amount of $28,268.50. Of course, is is understood that each year all municipalities levy according -to their anticipated needs realizing ^ , that the full levy will not be received in the tax spread. Other sources of income must be safficient to carry on the successfal operation of the city. Municipal officials have been faced with the problem of explaining to tax payers that their full "v'1 tax bill doea not go into city funds. Certain aad definite jM amounts are received for the pay- "r'~ ment of bonds and interest or any ,'f| Marine Pfc. Jacob EL Koehler, Jr.. son of Mr. Jacob E. Koehler, Sr.. R.F.D., McHenry, recently completed his initial training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. San Diego, Calif. In addition to bayonet fighting, marksmanship, and foxhole digging, practical erperience in field problems was obtained in classrooms during his training. Koehler began hla leave about Aug. 31. Read the Want Ads! specific obligation which has approved at an election by the voters of the municipalities. Thus, the actual corporate tax dwindles down to a figure much lower Una generally recognized by the tax payer. In the State of Illinois, the House and Senate recently passed the Hodge Bill, which places tax limitations on municipalities However, this bill provides some help to the cities and villages as it is generally accepted that income has not kept\Wee with expenditures in the tt^id of rising costs. The new bill provides a 19 percent increase in the corporate tax. This is not to be misconstrued aa a 10 percent increase in total tax. lu McHenry's case, the corporate tax amounted to about $7200 last year. Under the new proviskw. the city would gain $720 on the basis of the laat figure. Spread over the entire city, this increase would be very small to each individual. To the city, it Is not sufficient to make the financial picture sound. However, it is some help in facing the problems arising constantly. McHenry in particular, a small city serving a largo area, has been «HHed upan many times, since a sudden grovtt has taken place, to grant requests which require an outlay of cash. Those requests are in order 111 most cases but the budget doea not permit granting of suc>. Unlike many cities, McHenry has managed to stay in the black Instead of being faced with tax an* ticipation warrants from year to year. The city council realizes that any excessive increase would be unpopular "in this present day set-up of taxation. Fyr this reason, an explanation is given to prevent a misunderstanding in the provisions granted in the Hodge Bill. Any assistance it may give to the city will be welcome not only to the council, but also to the residents who are interested in the developeinent and sound financial management of the city. DRIVER FINER An Elm wood park man was'fitted fifty dollars and costs last Friday after sideswiping a car driven by Mra. Lois Weeks of Wonder Lake, who was driving on Griawol#\ Lake road toward Rt 176, and^tflen leaving the scene of the accident Mueller said he did not realize he had struck anything although the impact caused considerable damage to the fenders of the Weeks car and threw the auto into the ditch. h- *-'-"V' I$ ?! cAS .t.o V >.;f! iS OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING XR. AND MRS. X. J. RAHS On Tuesday. Sept. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Mathias J. Raaen of Riveraide Drive, McHenry. observed their golden wedding day. An anniversary mass was read at St Patrick's church in the moraing and that evening members el th* fauptijF VUla Hotel, Piatakef, Bay. <• vKv V" %