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y •: %• . - ? « - A 5 f|y i r ^ *f ^ ie§jtt M-mf» W »«»< «* C •' V , * . ••>' ' * * , ,-. ,' . / 4 L.-** Wf vm.** THE McHEflffi* PLfMfeAXJER v- :- ». iltftiikH-n Miilii "ft i J<V|r$.\ i'U.-SS* "Ai»- ftk^'4 fr * . ' \" / J, ' ' - - ', Hotter than blazes one day and too cold the next. Up at Louie Pitzen's recently they were •peculating on ice fishing. i-^'. A. P. "Tony" Freund was the I f, •> first to come out with a straw SlJL--hat. Probably had ear-muffs In «'j( Ua pocket, - "' T,' h ', *•' ,- Sports programs "6W' "tellership and our area is getting a big lift from the likes o' Father McGowan. We know he wants ( teams; SOFTBALL LEAGUE STARTS TUESDAY ON MCHS DIAMOND The schedule is made up and i teams are rarin' to go as the new 16 inch softball league awaits the opening "play ball" Cignal next Tuesday evening. I Next week's games will be played on the high school field where lights are available for the second frame. • Following is information on ttie league. Spectator interest is expected to run high and reports of games Will be printed Mfch week. ho credit, but let's place credit where it belongs. Criticism takes care of itself. Through the energetic leadership of Father McGowan a gTade school softball tournament has ust been played. He has the 16 nch group ready to go next Tuesday and isn't letting any grass grow under his feet UAtii two more age groups are organized. On June. 26th (8 P.M.) a Little League Movie will be shown in :l.^®t. Patrick's school hall for all f J---young and not so young--who Would like to see bow this nation . Wide organization operates. V >v Rain may have brought May /r powers, but it hasn't done • '£;•< "Utiing- for the county baat&ali tbague. , ") ' Next 9tu>day It te^inr day lipd. if all goes well, the teams | irill square off this way: ' Spring Grove at Woodstock Johnsburg at Crystal Lake *r~' Elgin V.F.W at Richmond Elgin Legion -- open tfat^ McHenry at Algonquin f •" %$*• With our son, Jack, Dave | .jfreund and Dennis Conway, we f loured down to Crystal Lake | jfefonday night to see the new "•! field house and Join a huge I crowd in watching;-H| h*f time ; M Wrestling show. Pa's 'Yanke&V McCullom Lake Shamrock* Bimbo's Bombers Wonder Lake Repairs McHenry Sand & Gravel Blatz Beer McHenry State Bank Wonder Lake A. C. SCHEDULE: Time: On Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Double headers 4m both nights. First game starts at 7:00. Second game starts at 8:15 under lights. June Jf--1st game -- . Wonder Lake A. C. vs. Pa's Yani »ea Vfnd game -- McCullom take vs. McHenry Bank Jtttt <•-- 1st game -- Bimbo's Bombers vs. Blatz Beer *nd game -- Wonder Lake Repairs vs. McHenry Sand A Gravel ^Umpires are being furnished by the Umpires protective Association of Greater Chicago. League headquarters; Mark's 8porting Store. .. While the years have taught "vjis to relax pretty well at any ^athletic event, the 'boys were ready to climb into the ring and vf toss a couple of participants, especially the referee, right out on their ears. k'My Crystal Lake catr be very ^ proud of its new field house and l^lwe don't mind tossing a few bou- : jKauets at the fellows who spon- ••••sored the big event Monday (..^"'"night to further the recreation program in their city. w You fellows who are eligible *or ^ American Legion baseball team had better get on the if ball. Tom Bolger is managing ,i: ' the team and the Legion has •^'_| a gone all-out in an effort to pro- " vide suits and equipment. See separate story on this page. We think McHenry has the stuff to win that crown. AUCTION On Greenwood blacktop, 2 milec east of Hebron on 173 then 1 mi south at the home o( Mrs. Stanftel Coss, on SUNDAY, MAY 31 1 P. IL, D.S.T. Aah tray and lamp; electric clock; irohlng board; electric iron; Westinghouse refrigerator; bottled gas range, new; dinette set, new; bedroom set, new 1-yr.; television table-turn top; sewing machine; book stand; card table; pair lamps; pair pin-up lamps; small red radio; high chair; long table; odd chairs; sewing machine; dinette set; telephone stand and chair; l table; tea table; end table; 2 ypil burners; living room rag, 9i ti. • MRS. STANFIEL COSS Eugene Fredrick*, auctioneer Wilbur Kuecker, clerk LEGION COUNTY TOURNEY TO BE PLAYED HERE , • ' 'i • Local post Urg«« Players To Try - Out For Tho Team The McHenry County Junior American Legion Baseball Tour nament will be held at the McHenry City Baseball Park on Sundays June 7, 14 and 21st. The winner will advance to represent McHenry County in the state championship play * With the state winners competing for the national championship. The drawings are as follows; Crystal Lake vs. McHenry, June 7th, 1 P.M. Harvard, vs. Hebron, J Awe 7th, 3 P.M. Winner of Game 1 vs. Woodstock, June 14th, 1 P.M. Winner of Game 2 vs. G£ry, June 14th, 3 p.m. Consolation Gttn4 Jttto list. 1 P.M. Championship Game, 3 P.M., Jttne 21. After the coitt|iTefl6h of the tournament a home and home series will be played with each team to determine the 1953 League Champion. All games will be played on Sundays and it is .expected that the schedule will be completed around August 1st. The McHenry Post No. 491 invites any boy in this area who did not reach his seventeenth birthday before January t,- 1963 to try out for the team. ' *1' Thursday. May JUNIOR HIGH WINS ' ^ VT.W. TOURNEY 9-7 OVER WONDER LAKE . m McHenry's Junior High ball team won the fihan^jUmship I in the tournament qpoi^H^w by the local V. F. W. Drill Team by .defeating Wonder Lake 0 to 7 in the finals. The game went into two extra inninga b&fati the champs put across two runs to break a 7-7 tic that stood at the end of the regulation 7 innings, The following players were in the lineup for the final game: Junior High -- Ritzert, Baker, Olson, Cepulis, Smith, Mc- Cabe, Useman, Barber and Houck. Wonder Lake -- Biggers, '* Ttonsen, Davis, Horn, Bergdahl, Schimke, Miller, Sellek, Mahal, Feyerer and Schimke. LEGAL NOTICE N O T I C E Notice is hereby given that on Friday, June S, 1953 the Village Board of the Village of Lakemoor, will open bids for the removal of refuse for the said village. The following specifications are to* be taken into consideration: 1. Village ordinance requires all residents to have a container with a maximum capacity of thirty gallons. 2. Pick up required every two weeks. 3. Approximately 240 stops to make. 180 of these are peri manent homesr 19 business establishments and 50 summer homes. * 4. Please enclose to bid a description of vehicle used in making pickups. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Bids can be submitted to the Village Clerk, Richard J. Hyatt, Route 5, Box 900, Lakemoor, McHenry, Illinois. For further information phone, McHenry 1117. . RICHARD J. HYATT, Village Clerk. (Pub. May 21-28, 1953) ST. MARY'S SCHOOL BAND SADIES' GOLF The ladies opened their golf season at the McHenry Country club last Tuesday, May 19, when Julius Goifo, pro at the Chapel Hill club, was present to give instructions from 9 to 10 a.m. The ladies enthusiastically took advantage of the instruction. Winners were Gertrude Jessup, 1; Mrs. Rose Auska, 2; and Lavern Hanley, 3. On Saturday evening a spring dance was held at the club, with forty-five couples in attendance. Music was by George Freund'. orchestra. «* On May 26, twenty-three were present to enjoy the second Tuesday of golf. Prize winners were Mrs. Floyd Covalt, 1; Bevnice Jensen, " 2; and Carmen Antonson, 3. PUBLIC PULSE There are speed limit signs posted near Edgebrook grade school on Green street but I have yet to see anyone slow down to 15 miles an hour. The city of McHenry recently engaged a policeman to take charge of parking meter violations. This keeps him busy all day. Is there any way to obtain such diligence and conscienciousness in protecting our children's lives ? MRS. R. R. OSTERGREN Rt. 4, Box 200, McHenry NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Estate of ROBERT MElSELt Deceased. Notice is hereby given- to all persons that July 6, 19S3, is the claim date in the estate of Kinnerk, These young musicians are members of -St. Mary's school band, which will be presented this (Thursday) evening. Top row, left to right: Victoria Ziebel, Ruth Ann Phannenstill, Phyllis Letizia, Arlene Wij a s , P a t r i c i a Huska, Carol CSzarek, Janice Schmitt, - Joyce Schmitt and Marie Steffan. Second row, left to right: Mathew Wolf, Gordon M a y. Gene Freund, Ben Chelini and James Hester. Third row, Ieft«to right: Norbert Adams, Thomas Michelsoh, Lawrence Burns, Karl Thode, Gerald Dowe, Frances Blake, Richard Koenig, Donna Mae King, Michael Niesen, Dennis Justen, Anthony May, Daniel Adams and Mark Vycital. Fourth row, left to right: Wilfred Blake, Patty Blake, Joan Blake, Barbara Rauen, Martin Janice Hettermann, ROBERT MEISEL, Deceased, Lance Parks, Diana v Freund, Basque buys for little guys Sizes 6 to IS • Deripned and knitted by Hanes • Coldrfast to sun and tub • Fancy patterns and stripes • Long-staple, fully-combed yarns • fcana. stav-tucked tails tCLOSED (MEMORIAL DAY HANES pending in the County , Court of McHenry County, Illinois, and that claims may be filed against the said estate on or before said date without issuance of summon*. ; '7" M>BERr X* WEBER, -Executor VERNOJf J. KNOX - Lawyer Crystal Lake, Illinois. 4^ (Pub. May 28 - June 4-11) DENIED PAROLE The Dlinois Parole and Pardon Board, atJ^, its May conference denied a parole to Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., 48, one of the 1924 "thrill slayers" of 14-year-old Bobby Franks'1" in Chicago Joanne Schmitt, Christa Thode, .}• <• •» STARTING FRIDAY, MAY 29th to JUNE 4th ' _ FOR ONE FULL WEEK! . 3 ttlttNSIOM TW*0«' Jimmy Thompson and Michael Myers. "• ;; ;./r. ' Absent *rhen pici;ui^*\ wa» taken: Mkribeth Kaus'sj "Jimmy Jones, Cynthia Freund, Joann May, Chris Jurack and Edward Walker. DRIVE INITHEATRl ' r h f •'£ t j t v i t S i GlBO. OOLLETTE, Owner PHONE 459 103 Riverside Dr. McHenry •r If" FLASH! * Will it be 12" softball •i softball for the teenagers? . ' All boys 15 yrs. of age to 19 ,, , .1' yrs. of age who are interested in |i - playing in the softball league f? *|/ this summer have until June 5th ^.11, to sign up as individuals at fl* Mark's Sports' Store, and to ^ «how their preference for 16" •oftball or 12" «bftba^ For information, it will Be based on the regidationa of the , *1(4 Men's Softball League, which has already starting this coming Tuesday night. Sponsors will "<L< be needed* to furnish uniforms . % and defray other expenses. , It is important that the boys .CUn sign, ax individuals and : not SHAMROCKS WILL PLAV ALGONQUIN IF BAIN STAYS AWAY %rr: sr'--by Dick Smith-- rv' F>or the third Sunday in a row 4-\ the Shamrock's had their game called off. Rain made the field impossible for a ball game. Next Sunday the Shamrock's travel to Algonquin with hopes of playing their second league = • game. At present their standing is one victory and no defeats. In the league opener the ,4 Shamrock's beat Crystal Lake * by the score of 4 to 0. Although *; to three hits in this game, they managed to score four runs. Eight walks off of two Crystal Lake pitchers and hits by Weber and J. Molidor at the right time scored three runs. "f*he ot&er run t- scored without a hit. "Sonny" Miller allowed only two hits and walked no onA. The Shamrock-A 1 g o n 4 u i n games are always good games so let's see a good turn-out at the Algonquin diamond next Sunday. Tfoe following Sunday June 7, the Shamrocks travel to JofefMbutg to play the Tigers which ^ should be another good game. * *rou in Al£onquin next *«pm4ay «*4 to Johnsburg on rt'f-t | HEALTHFUL GIFT'S i the GRADUATE'S! I j fnt Vi MILE EAST Cr MCHENRY ON ROUTE 120 ~ MCHENRY. ILLINOIS ULTRA-MODERN -- SCREEN SIZE 52 x 70 L 01 !• R Ul p I" YouTl make tiie "Hit of the Year" if you get hiiri a really good glove, bat, ball shoes or any of our fine baseball equipment. 5 Maybe he likes to fish or has • a bdat. Whichever it is, we | have a complete line of fishing and marine supplies. Tennis --- ' •. An Active Sport For Active People. HOBBY JEANS MO, from $4.95 Anywfcere yw 90 -- «vrywt»r» yof look . • . you'll ih comfort- *'*• waoring Hobby J«ont « . . th» notion's jjfl Spoittwcor pfoytlw# and l*itur« lima oc-f livll[*«. Thot't bccoui* Hobby*- J*ont ar« not only extra comfort- J*'* (mart in opp«ar- .tnc« •xtra-procfico! tool Grip- • v*°*« •Ia«Hc waist (n««ds no b«lt) +"4 bi® roomy pockcts for* and •j pft. in now stylns n»w fabrics-- '1*w <olor»l Com* and got thoml Bring out the "Sam Snead" and "Patty Berg" in those graduates. X lasting and practical gift ee s Jum 7th, "Th» Store For MOB' 4T - MtOmn LObw Ail Qfty W< All &ay "•ir " Archery from Arm Guards to Targets. Everything in Archery. ""usiTouMi * Binoculars Something no one should be without. A thousand and one uses. I sis n LAY - A - WAY PLAN A SPORTING GOODS MARINE SUPPLIES Pxteet: Af* Pom, Not Raised" noi aoaoi aoi FRIDAY & SATURDAY MAY 29-80 Elizabeth Taylor. -- Fernando Lamas (1) GIRL WHO HAD EVERYTHING Randolph Scott in (2) MAN IN THE SADDLE fli i LL€ ft ENDS TON1&HT, MAY 28 Bob Hope . Bing Crosby in TIOAD TO BAU" In Technicolor - ELM RT. 176 WAUC< FRI. & SAT., MAY IMS SUN. & MON., MAY 31 - JXJtffc 1 Sunday Shows start 5:00 TUES. & WED., JUNE 2* STAR 'S THURS., JUNE 40x Martin & Lewis * "SCARED STIFF" GENOA T H E A. T R r- FBI. A SAT., MAY 29-30 ' Rosemary Clooney in "The Stars are Singing" -- Plus Yvonne De£arlo in hurricane Smith" In Technicolor '/ SUN. 8t MON., May 31 - June 1 , Bicardo Montalban Cyd ChariMe In Technicolor^ STARTS . TUES., JUN^J 2 Alan Ladd .-.-w ,- Arlene tuahl V*t>ESERT LEGION" In Technicolor O A C I T Y W I FRI. & SAT., MAY 29-30 Continuous Memorial Day Open 1:15 Start! 1:30 C.S.T. , South of the Border Musical! * i , "SOMBRERO" In Technicolor Ricardo Montalban Pier Ajjg-el! Cyd Chari&se Yvonne De tiarlc -- PLUS -- Ruth Hussey Rod Cameron "Woman of the North Comrtry" SUN. & MON., MAY 31 - JUNE 1 Doris Day Gordon Maculae "BYt THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON" In Technicolor TUES., WED. & THURS., JUNE 2-3-4 Wtl i«m Lundigan Jane Qreei MitLi Caynor David Wayne Gloria De Haven in "DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS" In Technicolor . _ CO-HIT --» Thurtfler On Wheels! Thrill A Minute! Spill A Sfloond! PACE THAT THRILLS" lOESOl SUN., MON .ft TUBS. May 31 - In Technicolor 3mm' Femr - Colette Marchand - 2 - - "MOULIN ROUGE1 Also -- Color Cartoon STARTING WEDNESDAY FOR 4 DAYS! Dean Martin & Jerry Lewib " "SCARED STIFF" I JUNB lviera Show Place of the Middle West LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN IBOKE 10M • rrrwWtli r ii' itf * " The Night Before Memorial Day. o Dancing Every Saturday Night. BUD WILBER and His Orchestra : Iv SCREEN 45 x 60 FEW GRAYSLAKE, ROUTE 120 - 21 Open 7:00 P.M. -- First Show at Dusk -- 2 Shows Nightly - CHILDREN UNDER 12 IN CAR FREE -- WE SHOW FIRST - RUN FEATURES Wednesday to Saturday May 27-28-29-30 If she didn't like trouble, why did she igofo His place? imm SrCS HOFFMAN • ALEXOOTTUEB • FWTZLANG • r. WARNER BROS _ PLUS THIS THRILLING FEATURE ' "THE SYSTEM" with Lovejoy and Weldon iib Sunday to Tuesday May 31 - June mm CARTER ARTHUR FRANZ JIMMY «WT » BKom-mm mm mm mm m mm-m mn mmmtm ^WIUIAM CAMERON MENZIES T RICHARD BLAKE MM GN*mMi« Lk yA 2d0«ri aCnM hYsivtfyu cfteiejA =EDWARD LALPERSWtJR. Wednesday to Saturday June 3-4-5^6 ^ "SMALL TOWN GIRL ':5i? With Jane Powell and Farley Granger