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Even the weather man co-oper- .^pited in putting that point across, f * "with chilly breezes from the north making an entrant before the holiday was well started. It la interesting to note at tfcta time of the year that When the school bell summoned youngsters to class this week, only a very few reported to the one and tworoom country schools. Consolidation has done away with J»ut • twelve in McHenry count; Almost everyone is affected by the opening of school, including motorists who must be especially careful to yield the right-of-way to the unpredictable actions of carefree youngsters. Patrol boys and girla will once more assume their important positions at crossing points near the school and >« the helping hands of kindly policemen will see more than one youngster to safety ^t Busy intersections. Even though a lckig winter lies ahead, there is something appealing about the first day of school, at least for those whose studying days have long been completed. It brings back happy memories of days most of us would like to rel i v e . ' ' f - * • ' Tuuitgatei'S of 70 -irt# §» Who i may be a bit proud of their active ' lives will do well to compare their accomplishments with those of 90-year-old Fred Jecks, who has &n visiting; in McHenry since k- Mr. Jecks left Tuesday for Kansas, traveling alone by train, and expecUrto make his home in that state. His trip to McHenry from another western state was also made alone. During his stay, he delighted younger folks with his keen mind as he related interesting stories. Mr. Jecks is a brother Of Charles Jecks of McHenry. V McHenry has long been recognized as a community where garden lovers each summer display not only a quantity of flowers but some of the most beautiful specimens seen anywhere. One of the prizes of this season la a 9% -foot dahlia, the petals attending 4 inches across. It grows in the Lambert Peterson garden Jji Emerald Park. • McHenry residents will be intsrsted to learn that this county is one of three in the northern part of the state which has a low proportion of persons on relief rolls. McHenry has eight out of every 1,000 on relief as compared to the highest ratio, Pulaski, with a ratio of 146. The state average Vs 13?' Saturday, 8ept 4, has been proclaimed as White Clover day for the AMVETS in McHenry. Lakemoor and • Richmond. White Clover, which traditionally means "Remember Me," was chosen as the official flower of the AMVETS because it is found in the United States and throughout the world and is 0 therefore symbolic of the fortyeight states from which the armed forces were drawn and the many battle fields on which they fought. POUCBUN SON Of FOB® RESIDEHTSHOT H. W. Beading. Jr. Killed By Hobbm In DnPlaiaM, m. Harry w.. Bending. Jr., the grandson of one of the first families to settle at Emerald Park, McHenry, was shot and fatally wounded last Thursday afternoon as he answered a call to investigate suspicious men at the Time Finance company's office in DesPlaines. Bending, 32 years old, resided at 810 Center street, DesPlaines, and had served for six years on the* police force in that city. As the. officer approached th* office door of the company, one of the robbers fired several shots at him. Bending, in return, fired a shot which went wild before he died, having been struck with bullets in the head and left shoulder. Some time after the incident, police found the get-away car of the three men who fled with $157 after the shooting, only two miles from the scene of the robbery. It contained a torn traffic ticket which led police to Jerry Wiott, 24, in Norwood Park. While Wiott refused to talk at first, he later told authorities that he planned the robbery and sat in the auto outside the loan company while it was carried out. Taken Into Cusfexttr Through questioning of Cftfoline Provo, the only person mentioned by Wiott, police were led eventually to Jack McCann, 21 and Dennis Dessner, 22. When Gessner was seized, he was accompanied by Verna Myraan, 19, who, with Miss Provo, was also taken into custody. Another member of the gang. Elton Meyer, ,25, was found in Cedar Rapids, /Iowa, this week Monday arid returned to Chicago. After the loan company burglary, the bandits escaped to Oakwood avenue and DesPlaines avenue, where three of them changed cars and drove a Way in an auto which hm Minnesota license plates. The father of the shooting victim resided In McHenry for a number of years, where he was well known as an outstanding athlete. NEW TEACHERS IN McHENRY'S PUBLIC GRADE JACK E. TOCK Health-Crafts BARBARA WARHAN1 Speech Correction CLARENCE DAHLEN Mathematics-Language GERALDINE O. CAREY 7 Physical Education THREE ACCIDENTS IN VICINITY OVER HOLIDAY WEEKEND Three accidents in the McHenry area were reported over the holiday weekend. One occurred about 10 o'clock Sunday night when a car driven by John Freund of Rt. 1, McHenry, left the road on Rt. 120, one mile east of McHenry, and hit a tree. He was treated for eye and nose lacerations. According to state police, he is believed to have been blinded by headlights. Rita Barbian and Mary Ann FOrd were injured, but not seriously, Labor Day night about 8:15 o'clock when the car driven by Miss Barbian failed to negotiate a curve on River Road, left the blacktop and struck a tree. By mid-week, doctors were quite sure they could save the arm of Harry Ketchum, 17, of Burton's Bridge, who was seriously injured Sunday night in an auto crash. The accident occurred on the gravel road which is a continuation of the blacktop south of the Lakemoor schoolhouse. Ketchum was driving along * sp., V ^ ^ g LEtA CLARK 4th-5th Grades DOROTHY ULLRICH Srd Grade Carlton Palmers Wed Fifty Years Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Palmer of Wickline Bay subdivision. Wonder Lake, will observe their about 11:80 p.m. when mechani-lgolden wedding on Saturday, White Clover daV Is sponsored^ the McHenry county AMVETS, Joseph F. Nelles post. No. 181. under the leadership of Commander Ray Iron and 8ervice Officer James Krein, SCHOOL MEETING A Special meeting of county administrators was held last week Wednesday, with Richard Tazewell, county superintendent of schools, presiding. Plans were discussed for the ensuing year, as well as for a combined dinner meeting of administrators, school ^ (/boards, secretaries, custodians and EXPERTS PREDICT BOUNTIFUL CROPS IN MCHENRY COUNTY McHenry county seems destined to have another bountiful crop year, according to the experts. Most corn seems well along and should be well out of the way of a killing frost when the time comes. Corn yields will be probably 20 to 25 per cent above last year except on low land where excess moisture caused water logging of the soil. This, in turn, interfered wth the natural process of nitrogen release causing firing of most corn In these areas. The oats crop was a miserable experience for most farmers because of the July 18 windstorm. The oats "were blown down and the weeds came through in excellent shape, making harvesting extremely difficult. Yield was low because of so much shattering. Most hay was extremely heavy in yield and some better in quality than in 1951. Much is still wanting in yield, however, because of poor harvesting weather. Weeds have never done better and from the apparent seed crop should be ardund for some time to come. cal difficulty caused him to lose control of the car. It crashed into a ditch and Ketchum was knocked unconscious. Almost three hours later he managed to crawl a short distance to the K re pel farm, where he was able to awaken the family. He was brought to McHenry for first aid treatment and then j taken to the Woodstock hospital, j where he was found to have w'ffered severe injuries to one arm. SINGERS TO ELECT OFFICERS AT ANNUAL MEETING ON SEPT. 8 BERTHA WAGNER. 66. FORMER RESIDENT. DIED IN OTTAWA. Mrs. Bertha (Richard) Wagner, 68, of Ottawa, 111., a former McHenry resident, died at Ryburn- King hospital last Thursday, Aug. 28, following a short illness. She was married in McHenry to Martin Wagner m 1905 and resided here for several years. Surviving are the husband, six sons and three daughters. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock from St. Columba Catholic church, with burial in St. Columba ceme-, try. Her sons acted as pallbearers. Those from McHenry to attend The McHenry Choral Club, having already begun practice on music to be used in the December program, will hold its annual election meeting Monday evening, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m. at the Methodist church hall. With time so short until the next program, part of the evening will be devoted to rehearsal, followed by election of officers, a social hour and lunch. Clifford Kiehl, president of the organization, urges all members and prospective members to be present next Monday as the deadline for entering the organization for the fall season is Sept. 22. The program, already outlined f t the first rehearsal, includes a variety of music appropriate to the season and features "Holiday Scenes." , McHenry Dentist At St. Louis Meetings Dr. Irving Charles Stone is spending a week in St. Louis, where he is attending the annual session at the American Academy of Periodontology, which is a specialty dealing with the treatment of diseases of the g u m s . I m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g that meeting he will attend the ninety-third annual session of the American Dental association there. Dr. Stone has been invited by the association to present a clinic dealing with the treatment of diseases with special emphasis on methods of treatment and prevention of loss of natural teeth as a result of pyorrhea. Various taxing bodies were the recipients of a total of $979,600 distributed this past week, according to J. G. Stevens, county trea- Sept. 13, on which day they wilfL,Jper. of this figure, *692,875 goes hold open' house "for relatives and friends. The Palmers have numerous friends in the Wonder Lake vicinity, where they have bs^n living for twenty years, first as summer residents only, and more recently year 'roupd. Both Mr. and Mrs. Palmer remain very active. He still works as a salesman for the J. P. Smith shoe company in Chicago, although his travels to the city are not as frequent as was formerly necessary. Mrs. Palmer is interested in a number of organizations at the Lake. Both are in good health and Mr. Palmer retains his youthful spirit by his interest in the Rod A Gun club, of which he is a member. The couple has four children, Mrs. Oscar Helmgren of Arlington Heights, Carlton Palmer, Jr., of Mount Prospect, Mrs. Delbert Ives of West Chicago and Mrs. Doris Flanigan of Chicago. They also have seven grandchildren and two, great grandchildren. ARTIST HONORED John W. Gatenby, Marengo artist and illustrator of children's books, has been honored by having one of his pictures selected in the competition for the Golden Brush award. Mr. Gatenby's picture, a watercolor of a crocodile and an alligator, was one of ninety paintings selected in a field of. 700 painting's. 72 PER CENT TAX DISTRIBUTION FOR COUNTY EDUCATION to schools, that sum being 72 per cent of this second distribution. .ligh schools will receive $249,- 450, consolidated units, $153,250 anitl school districts $290,175. The third and final distribution will be made in November. Other taxing bodies receiving grants include county, $72,550; townships, $37,150; road and 6ridge, $32,250; road and bridge bond issue, $19,000; onehalf road and bridge inside corporations, $7,650; corporations, $56,000; park districts, $4,250; cemetery districts, $500. ATTENDS CAMPION Robert Sullivan, Jr., of Orchard Beach left last week to begin his high school work in Wisconsin. He would be very happy to correspond witu any of his friends in Mchenry who might care to write. His address is Campion high school, Prairie du Chien, Wis. HOLD HEARING " * A preliminary hearing was held in county court before Judge Henry L. Cowlin lasl Thursday on a petition for annexation to the village of Fox River Grove of the subdivision known as Venetian Gardens. Pox River Grove, at present, is the largest village in the county. The annexation of Venetian Gardens would swell the present population considerably. Water Carnival Success In Spite Of Inclement Weather McHeiar i Townrfdp Kiwaristin the fMmiining miles, the club honored R. L. Switzer, roughest part of the course cen5§ £r^?\.eX,>ert WH° r?;i Bad weather delayed staging mm •f me 4 J"™* : the ceremonies on the beach at S T / he>Wonder Lake. However, a gon tOP ^°,Fban« race did take place in in the Hudson nver outboard which the foll6wi par[icipated: motor boat marathon run from Albany to New York against 234 other crijft. The ceremonies Ken Echternach, Ron Hobbs, Marius Hanson, James Celenza, (r> . ,IT , _ , , Frank Cirsiso, Bob Parker, Bob n°°^C%°" WO T ndJr ^ tnd Br°^n and Tony Light. Bob in front of the Lake V.ew Inn Parker finished J fiJ p,ace C. H. Duker. -te>, bus drivers at McHenry soon. Arrangements will be made by Supt. j services were Mr. and Mrs. Earl ' Paddock, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Obenauf, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Weingart, Mrs. Peter Engeln, Mrs. William Rothermel, Mrs. Fred Smith, Miss Barbara Weber, Henry Weber, jo)m Wagner aid William Wagner. , MU RECEIPT* McHenry county dairy farmers received $383,768.99 for milk delivered to Bowman Dairy company receiving stations during the month of July. RESIGNS POST Ro g e r H a n s e n , M c H e n r y county deputy sheriff, resigned his post, effective Aug. 30. The Hansen family, residents of Wonder Lake, are leaving this week for Las Angeles. Calif., where they will make their future hams. Mr. Hansen was presented tftth a gift by co-workers in ttMMMwvtfrs office at a meeton Monday, Sept. 1. It was thrilling to see Switzer back home with honors he won but it certainly must have been exceptionally so to witness his shearing off a propeller pin Jerry Brown of St. Petersburg, Fia., and Jim Bailey put on some fancy water ski stunts. George Hartman and Gary Vought were local men who entertained „with their skiing rr..brgr h!S S°at L° a SX ^ comedy stunts on skis are just as he was leading his stoc^ i credited to Ronnie Millbrandt MM. iMa Mead of Skokie speat Mat weak, visiting her sister, Mm. Nettte Weber. class at a half-way checking station. For just such an emergency Bob had an auto inner tube in his cockpit. He hopped over the side, used the tube for buoyancy, unscrewed the nut from the wheel and put on a new pin. It seemed to spectators that he lost ten minutes; he probably lost' twd. Six craft passed but Switzer overtook them and John Murphy of Wonder Lake. The Wonder Lake American Legion drill team added color to an already exciting afternoon by putting on a performance on the beach of Lake View Inn. The occasion was a community event where tribute for achievement was payed to a local lad. CITY COUNCIL ACTS OH ANNUAL TAX LEVY ORDINANCE AND LOOKS'" TO OTHER SOURCES FOR REVENUE ;» U'. k News About Our Servicemen McHENRY HEN DIED DURING THIS PASTWEEK Charles Merles, Ben Connor Were •i Laid To Rest Charles Mertes, 56, who with his family had operated the Oak Park hotel at Pistakee Bay for a number of years, died last Thursday, Aug. 28, at Downey Veterans' hospital, where he had been a patient for only a few days. The deceased was born at the Bay April 18. 1896, a son of M-s. Helen Mertes and the late Joseph Mertes. He was a veteran of World War I. Mr. Mertes was married to Bertha Wolf, who preceded him in death a number of years ago. He is survived by his mother, two daughters, Mrs. Marilyn Dittman of Elgin and Mrs. Charlene Stege of VanNuys, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Elsie Cribben of C o r o n a-del-Mar, Calif.; two brothers, William of Pistake^ Bay and Edward of Chicago antf four grandchildren. The body rested at the George Justen A Son funeral home until Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock, when last rites were conducted from St. John's church, Johnsburg, followed by interment in Woodland cemetery, McHenry. Ben Conner Benedict (Ben) A. Connor, a McHenry resident for many years, died unexpectedly early Sunday morning, Aug. 31. H« was 54 years old. Mr. Connor, in recent years, had operated * tavern and trailer camp on Rt. 31, north of the city. The deceased was born Oct. 23, 1898, in Wilmington, 111., the son of Cornelius B. and WITH THE KOREAN MILITARY ADVISORY GROUP -- M/Sgt. Carl Cihos, whose wife, Mary, and three children live on Route 4, McHenry, 111., is serving with the Koresh Military Advisory Group (KMAG). His unit Js the U. S. Army group that^ is supervising a training and revitalization program for the entire Republic of Korea Army. High military officials have called the improvement of the ROK forces under KMAG guidance the most significant single event of the past y®*r. Master Sergeant Cihos, serving as a weapons Instruction advisor to the ROK Army, arrived at KMAG this last July. He initially entered the Army in December, 1928, and was recalled to active duty again in May of this year. This letter to the Plaindeal-r and to his friends was received during the past week from Pvt. Bernard N. Kennebeck of Huntsvllle, Ala.: "Hello Everybody: "Guess it's about time T took time out to thank the American Legion and the Plaindealer for sending me the paper. I sure do enjoy it and no matter where you art or how far, when the Plaindealer comes it helps make you feel closer to home. Not much to write about my exciting life in the Army because all I've been doing so far is going to school. I'm learning quite a bit, though, and a lot of it I will be able to use when I get out. "Thanks again for Wf paper. "fours, ' '>.^^>»IVarnis "Gentlemen: "Taking time to thank you wonderful people of the Plaindealer and American Legion for my first copy of the home town paper since I've been here. I'm in Augsburg, Germany, and I'm sure happy to receive the paper. It brings me much closer to the home town when I read the paper. It's a great help and I appreciate it greatly. Thanks again." GENE SCHAEFER U. S. Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Fla. - A baby girl weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces was born here Aug. 16, to Mrs. Marguerite T. ^ ^ Neiss, wife of Lt. (jg) Norman Angela Dillon Connor. He was j Neiss, USN. Lt. (jg) Neiss, who is serving at U. S. Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Milton, is the son of Mrs. Theresa Neiss of 202 Washington St., McHenry. Mrs. NeissTs the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dugdale of 13 Wipple st., Pawtucket, R. I. The *baby named Susan Linda, is the second child for the Neiss' who at* residing, at Warrington, Fla. a veteran of World War I and was graduated from Notre Dame. As a young man he coached at St. Ignatius high school in Chicago and at DePaul university. Surviving him are his widow. Mary; three brothers, the Rt. Rev. F. • F. Connor of Aurora, John and James Connor; also four sisters, \Mrs. Margaret Welch, Sister Ma>y Angela. Mrs. Ann O'Leary and >$frs. Angels Curry. The body rested at Jthe George Justen & Son funerar home, until 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, when services were held from St. Patrick's church. Burial was in St. James-St. Mary's cemetery at Rockford. Mrs. Mathilda Barnas Died Unexpectedly Mrs. Mathilda Barnas, 74, a resdent of Emerald Park for a nunfber of years, died unexpectedly Saturday night at the home of a son, Ragnar, in Waukegan. She had undergone surgery in a Waukegan, hospital recently. Mrs. Barnas was a native of Finland. She is survived by two sons, Ragnar and Gunnard. The body was taken to Me'* rose Park, her former home, for funeral services on Tuesday. Burial was ,in Chicago. COMPLETES TEST With 839 pounds of butterfat and 24610 pounds pf milk to her credit, Tulane Nancy Belmont, a registered .Holstein-Friesian cow owned by Hickory Creek Farms, McCullom Lake, has completed a 365-day production test in official Advanced Registry. Mrs. Edward Nickels visited her niece, Mrs. Stewart Leigh, at Allendale, N. Y., recently, having made the trip by plane with her mother, Mrs. Mary Dibler, who remained for a longer visit Pfc. Robert White Luedtke of Camp Pendleton, Oceansidf, Calif, is enjoying a twenty-day leave with home folks. He will return to camp plane at the end of his leave. Pfc. Kerineth i&USch has returned to Fort Bragg, N. Car., after spending a week's furlough at his home at Johnsburg. James Geary, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geary of Volo, has been spending a thirty-day furlough with his parents before leaving for Camp Kilmer, N. Jersey, from where he will embark for Germany. Recently, he has been stationed at Francis E. Warren camp, Cheyenne, Wyo. Pvt. Richard Klrchhoff of Sunnyside Beach, Johnsburg, arrived in Korea on July 25 and is now stationed outside of Seoul with headquarters company of the signal service battalion. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGee received a letter from their st»r John, R.M.S.N., this week, telling them that the destroyer Sarsfield DD 837 was leaving Philadelphia, where it has been since last May. The destroyer's base is at Key West. The Sarsfield has just received congratulations from the commander of the Atlantic fleet and from the chief of naval operations for winning a battle efficiency marking. These markings are given on gunnery, communications, etc. Only six ships It is tax levy time again and McHenry's city council acted an this important item at the regular meeting held Tuesday night. While considerable time has been given to study of the tax situation during the pastN month, no changes beneficial to the city's financial status have been found. Last year the levy was $28,268.50. The new levy for the year reduce^ that figure In the amount of $260.00, a reduction in interest on i bonds. The levy was not increased this year simply because tjiere is no evidence that additional help will be forthcoming in the new tax spread. The actual corporate tax received last year was slightly over $14,000.00. This is the tax* money made available for operating expenses. Additional receipts are ear-marked for funding and bridge bonds. At the time the Green; Street Bridge was built, the retirement of bonds was set up with the plan to retire a portion of the indebtedness through Motor Tax funds. This plan has followed each year and the council again passed a resolution requesting the County Clerk to reduce the levy in the amount of $3,337.50. Checking operational difficulties at the disposal plants the committee has learned that oil has recently been drained or poured into the sanitary sewer lines. This is a seiious violation and every effort is bein& made to trace it to the source. The clerk has been instructed to secure information frarin various cities as to license and permit fees. Some , revision seems necessary since some items have not been changed since the adoption of the Municipal Code in 1939. Unanimous approval was given to the Kiwanis Club of McHenry Township to sponsor a Tag Day in McHenry September 26th and 27th in connection with the national Kid's Day program. • M 4 7.1 ON TV BROADCAST H ALTER WINN Walter Winn. Richmond, president of the Pure Milk association, appeared on the Bob ft Kay show, last Tuesday, 8ept. 2, at which time he discussed pertinent factors about milk production which vitally affect the quality of milk available to the Chicago metropolitan area. It is Mr. Winn's belief that housewives, in particular, should understand more about the fine milk product she is receiving and the amount of effort that is put forth by dairy farmers of the Chicago milk shed to keep that product the finest In the country. \ ---'-- SIX MONTHS' SENTENCE James Carver. Richard Swerdski and Alvin Olson were each sentenced to six months at Vandalia as the result of their part in the burglary at Hester Oil company recently. The latter two were on probation for armed robbery in Cook county at the time of the local incident. At the conclusion of the Vandalia sentence, they will be apprehended by Cook county authorities for violation of their probation. In the fleet of 250 * destroyers won ratings. The soft ball team of the Sarsfield came in second in the destroyer Atlantic fleet baseball tournament. Herbert H. Freund and SOB. Eugene. Jim Kennebeck and Lao Gerasch spent Labor Day weekend with Pvt. Paul Freund at Fort Riley, Kas. Paul attends radio school there. Clarence panted by several school at the University of Illinois, left Wednesday of this weak on a trip to New Turk. tV'H