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DLlJUOIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1953 10c Per Copy v? 4 *•< 10 "tt p.- v- i ...'••£'-V' tew-,'• K /'i ^ ^ ' * / - L^"-': 4 v '.' 4 ':*•' '.'l- • * • . J " ' "-* -' *' 1 ' "-' • - -*••'• •• v -•••-1. - - --^u-' -' -" ,i > Six; Graduated" Musin At St, Patricks 1 Meanderin1 One of the most impressive Memorial Day parades ever held in McHenry was witnessed by large crowds who lined the sti«ets of ttp city last Raturday morning. Music was furnished by the high school band, led by Paul R. Yanda, and by the newly formed V. F. W. drum and bugle corps, headed by Earl "Marty" Conway. Ifc addition to tit Veterans' organizations and their auxiliary units, a number of other organized groups took part in the long march, most of them in uniform, to add to the solemnity of the occasion, j Ikudentf of Mrs. Roth Appeldorn Mead, art teacher in the local schools, will be happy to know that her pictures were shown in a gallery in Barringtoii during May and until June S. They cover a period of ten yetrs or more and represent several styles and techniques that the artist has experimented with, oil, w&tereolor, *ad PMtel have been ui Mrs. Mead, with Vaclav Vytlacil of the -Art Students League in New York, Francis Chapin of Chicago and Julius Delbcg, of New York, has a summer art school at Martha's Vineyard in the Ifep^ijaie hag *ko^d onetry, the Aft Institute of Chicago, the Providence Art Gallery and the Rennaissance Gallery <jf thf University of Chicago. The second musical program by students of St. Mary's school was presented last Thursday evening in the high school auditorium. It was as enjoyable as the1* first, given a yreek earlier, and once more demonstrated the unusual talent of McHenry's yoang people. ' : ' ^ ' Sister M. Andreetft was in charge of the strings, while Paul Yanda led the band, both of which pleased a large audience..} The program was dedicated to Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. 8. Nix in honor of his golden sacerdotal jubilee! Msgr. Nix, at its conclusion, arose and spoke a few words in which I14 praised the work of the young people and his great happinesa in being thus honored. Gilbert Mercure lias not quite definitely decided but thinks he will enroll at Bradley University, Peoria, next fall. Gilbert is winner of the $1,500 Overton scholarship awarded by the Overtoil family last week. Judging from the fine display of articles made »>r members of the high school industrial arts department, now on display in the front hall of the school, a good many McHenry homes will have new and beautiful articles of furniture ip the near future. From candlestick holders to the larger items, including cedar chest, desks, tables, etc., every piece is a work of art and should bey of particular pride to the boys aad to their instructor, Virgil Prine. Mrs. Charles Liebman has been named chairman of the local committee fbrmed to support the new educational television station on Channel 11. ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL TO OPEN IN FALL? NUNS FILE ANSWER St. John's school will be opened with the start of the fall term next September, according to an announcement made this week. The public school will also re-open in the community for those pupils wh6 desire to attend. This week an answer was filed in the circuit court in behalf of the five Catholic Nuns who have been teachers in the Johnsburg elementary school. The answer was given to charges made against them in a suit filed by Msgr. NIX OBSERVES NSHOFBOYUN TO K PRESENT MASS JWE10; DEDICATION OF GROTTO IN DAVS ACTIVITIES One of the igtost auspicious occasions in the life of any clergyman is his golden jubilee. Next Wednesday, . June 10, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. S. Nix will observe this occasion with a full day ' qt activity which begins with the golden jubilee Mass at 10:30 o'clock in the morning and will be concluded With an eve-; ning program. The Mass will be read r-t 10:3$ o'clock at St. Mary's church in> • the presence of His Excellency; Most Rev. John J. Boylan, Bishop of Rockford. Assisting Msgr. Nix will be Rev. Frank Miller as %leacon and Rev. Eugene Baumhofer as sub-deacon. Both are former assistant pastors under Msgr. Nix. The faster of Ceremonies will be Rev. Paul Tuchlinsky and Rev. Clarence Thennes, the former being assistant pastor at one time and the latter a for* mer parishioner. Name Chaplains _ Chaplains to the Bishop will be Rev. John L. Daleiden and Rev. Joseph Blitsch. Presenting the sermon in observance of the occasion will be a close friend of Msgr. Nix, Rt. Rev. Msgr. F. • F. Connor of Holy Angel parish, Aurora. Music will be furnished by the adult mixed choir Of the church, under direction of Sister Andreella. Their selections will be « foHows; PfotedsiOna!, T# tate Domtno" by Marsh; "Ecoe Sacerdos" by Nemmers; Proper by Toger; Sequence, "Lauda Sion;" Mass in Honor of Our Lady by Owen Da Silva, O.F.M.; offertory motet, "Laudate Dominum" by Gruber; "Holy God" Continued on Page 5 THIRTY-THIRD COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY, JUNE 5 Continued cm Page 5 vV':' Prof. Harold Shan* - To Address Class) ; Give Honor Awards Ttiirty-third annual commencement .exercises will bo held in the large gymnasium of McHenry high school on Friday evening, June 5, at which time eighty-six .young men and women will be awarded their diplomas. The solemn procession will make its way into the gym at 8:15 o'clock, with each senior in cap and gown. They will be seated on the floor, facing the stage, until the close of the program, at which time they will be individually called to the platform for the presentation which means the successful completion of four years of study. The high school orchestra, under direction of Paul R. Yanda, will open the program with the selection "Entrance of the Sirdar" from Caucasian Sketches by Iwanow. For the processional, the young musicians win play the "Priest's March" from "Athalia" by Mendelssohn. One of the coveted awards td be presented will be the Amcri-f can Legion award, voted by the faculty to go to the boy and girl of the graduating class whose record in scholarship, leadership, honesty and coutage have been most outstanding. These awards will be made by Commander Herbert Reihansperger of the Legion post No. 491. The Chamber of Commerce awartl, which will • go to the student who ranks highest scholastically, will be presented by* Floyd Covalt, Jr., president of t f i e o r g a n i z a t i o n . Honor awards are given by the school to those students who have maintained a high average throughout their four years. They will be given out by Principal Carl Buckner. Guest speaker this year will be Harold Shane, professor of education at Northwestern university. Supt. C. H. Duker will present the diplomas, after which the recessional will take place. ASPIRANTS FOR QUEEN'S CROWN IN CHARM CLASS Beauty Hints Of All Types Given r 5? Girls By Experts Ann Varese of McHenry was featured speaker before queen candidates who attended the Tuesday evening charm class at the high ^phool this week. She spokfe on voice and the importance of good speech, after which she made a record of each girl's voice. This particular part of the charm course is regarded as especially important since the queen is invited to make numerous TV and radio appeariuices preceding Marine Day. Mrs. Varese has been before the public since she was 3 years old, giving readings, singing and dancing. She studied dramatics under Virginia Duncan at Christian college, Columbia, Mo. For eight years she tourad the country as a singing comedienne and actress and alqo went overseas with U. 8. O. camp shows. She has appeared is night cjubs United States and. had her own radio shoyr, "That Craig Character" in which she appeared as Ann Craig. Tuesday's class was the third held in the present series. The first included a talk by Cam Marticke Jepsen of McHenry, professional model, who spoke to the girls on posture and walking. The second lecture was given by Mrs. Sarah Blake and Mrs. Doris Reid, of Rockford, district managers representing Beauty Counselor products. Their talk was most instructive, dealing mainly with the art of putting on make-up properly and giving other tips on pergonal daintiness. Their company will give. each girl a skin analysis some time before the final judging of the queen. They will also conte to ' McHenry again to make up the girls for this judging. Tuesday ,has been designated as Queen's Day in McHenry from now until Marine Day. Each Tuesday there will be some particular event of interest to queen candidates. The deadline for entries for queen is July 5. Entry forms may be secured at Betty Nielsen's dress shop, the Toddler shop and Steffan's Jewelry. SCHOOL REGISTRATION Registration has been announced for St. John's school, Johnsburg, for June 6 and 7. Pupils of grades 1 through 8 who will be enrolled in the school next September are asked to register at the Sisters' home on either day. Tuesdays ife Qneen Pf^rs ta McHenry. Some special event is planned that day each week until the finals, which will be of parttaular interest to candidates. PLACE MEMORIAL WREATH Photo by Max Kolln This picture was taken at (he McHenry city park on Memorial Day as the commander of the two local veterans' organizations placed a wreath on the memorial stone. They are George Brda, left, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Herb Reihansperger, right, oominander of the American Legioi. Forty-Four Will Be Graduated From St. Mary's Nfext Sunday Nineteen boys and twenty-flve girls will be inclyded in the graduating class of St. Mary's school, all of whom will be presented with their diplomas by the pastor, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. 8. Nix, at the 8:30 o'clo«|t a«d _ theatres throughout ; thel Mv®.P& ,s^*n<iaj&t. Jyn*. JNix will give an inspirational sermon in connection with the" service Making up the class are the following: Allen Back, Gerald Blake, James Blake, Laurence Burns, James Clark, James Conn o r , R o b e r t E c k l a n d , Gene Freund, Nicholas Freund, Dennis Justen, Martin Kinnerk, Richard Koenig, Anthony May, Thomas Michelsen and John Regner. Daniel Thurlwell, Melvity Tushkowski, John Wirfs, Harold Wohlert, Marilyn Anderson, Frances Blake, Rose Marie De- Muth, Judith Diedrich, Sharon F i t z g e r a l d , J e a n n e t t e F r e u n d , Patricia Freund, Dee Ann Hester, Judith Hollenbach, Denise Justen and Barbara Lubke. Joann May, Patricia Miller, Mary Jo Obenauf, Ruth Ann Phannenstill, Janice Schmitt, Maria Semish, Annette Smith, Patricia Steadman, Dorothy Stoffel, Carol Szarek, Patricia Thompson, Margaret Thurlwell, Arlene Wijas and Victoria Ziebel. The Parent Teacher association will honor the graduates at a luncheon Thursday, June 4. Tables will be decorated witn the school colors, celestial blue and white, Bouquets of the class flower, the Talisman rose, will be used on the tables. The class motto of the 1953 class is "To Jesus through Mary." The cla.es patron is the Immaculate Mother of God. The Kiwanis club awards for the students selected for personality, conscientiousness to health and safety rules, social adjustment, etc., were given recently to Mary Jo Obenauf and Anthony May. Other awards to be given out Sunday will include the Chamber of Commerce and the Legion presentations. : . McHenry Priest To Tour Europe In observance of his twentieth 'anniversary as a priest, Rev. Fr. ard C. Coakley leaves this for Europe, where he wfll spend the greater part of the summer. A second reason for his tdp is to visit an aunt, Mrs. John Foley, who is ill. She cared for Fr. Coakley in Chicago as a child and later returned to Ireland and married. He will leave June 11 aboard the Queen Mary and expects to arrive at South Hampton June 16. He will proceed to the cify of Limerick, Ireland, where he will visit the home of his late mother. He jvill spend eight days there, during which he plans to visit his aunt and many cousins in County Cork. From Dublin he plans to fly to Rome, where he will spend ten days before continuing on to the Italian and French Rivieras and later Lourdes, where he will spend throe days. Father Coakley will also visit Paris and during his two weeks' stay in that section hopes to take s'de trips to the Rhineland, Luxemburg and Belgium. Returning to London, he will make the ret.irn trip to the States by plane the first part of August. ROOF FIRE McHenry firemen prevented serious damage at the Robert Vogt home north of the city on Riverside Drive last Friday when they extinguished a roof fire. A television aerial had just been installed a short time before the flames were detected and it is the belief of the firemen that it may have started from cigaret sparks falling on wood slxingle3. Damage was estimated at SIO'J. MILK DAY Harvard will be visited by thousands of people today, June 4, when Milk Day is observed. Six young people--three boys and three girls- were graduated from St. Patrick's school last Sunday during the 8 o'clock Mass. Seated Withih the sanctuary, they were addressed at the impressive graduation 'rite by Fr. E. C. Coakley, pastor, and diplomas were distributed by him, assisted by Fr. John McGowan. The graduates were Josephine "Freund. Sandra Walsh, Barbara Conway, David Knox, Tom Mo- Mahon and Alfred Miller. Sandra and David received the Chamber of Commerce and K i w a n i s awards for scholarship, Josephine and Tom were awarded the Legion medals for a combination of scholarship, leadership, courage and honesty, and Barbara and A l f r e d r e c e i v e d - t h e s c h o o l awards for their service, kindness and promotion of school spirit. Fr. Coakley, in his talk to the graduates, recalled this first year in the new school under the expert guidance of the Sisters of Mercy and congratulated the six young people on their fine „ contribution to the school _ DANEL SCHULT2. S. LOST LK: WHILE AT PUT NEAR McCUU.0H UKE SUNDAY; BOGY KCOVEIB j ',V*t 2 •c? *.*•* *• MANY DEATHS ARE MOURNED BY LOCAL FAMILIES Long Illness Of Raymond Howard 1 fended On Monday rnond S. Howard, Sft years old, a lifelong resident of Mc- Henry, .died last Monday, June 1, at his home on Cento:- st.eet following a lingering illness. Survivors include the widow, Kathryn; three children. Raymond, Jr., of Manitou Springs. Colo., Haael Fletcher of Falls Church, Va„ and Chester of Artesia, New Mexico; one brother, one sister and two granddaughters. The body rested at the George Justen & Son funeral home until 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when last rites wrre conducted there, followed by burial in Woodland cemetery. Clarence E. Red wans Family and friends were shocked at the death last Saturday morning, May 30, of Clarence E- Redwanz, 52, of Emerald Park, who died in St. Therese hospital, Waukegon. Mr. Redwanz had gone to work as usual Friday morning and while purchasing some lumber for hii| woTk as carpenter about 9 o'clock complained of not feeling well. He was taken to a local physician and then removed immediately to the hospital. He died without regaining consciousness. Mr. and Mrs. Redwanz had resided in '.this community since 1932. Survivors include the widow, Rosalie Bouchonville Redwanz; and two brothers. Harry of Chicago and Roy of Mchenry. The body rested at the Peter M. Justen funeral home until 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when Rev. J. Elliott Corbett officiated at last rites. Celia Colby Mrs. celia Colby, 99,^i# #Taukegan, died last weekend following only a few weeks' of poor T Continued on Page 6 i&S ' ' ' •' . Latest Candidates fo& Marine Day Queen M WWII! I i ETTEN HETTY MHIM v>. * arrHKLMAK HAtiBERtt ' » >•. AT SUBMARINE BASE --RICHARD FULLER This fine looking young man is Richard H. Fuhler, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fuhler of Lilymoor. Graduating from the local school in 1952, he went into service' immediately, taking his initial training at Great Lakes. He enjoyed a furlough at his home on Easter and upon returning to service .reported to the submarine base at New London, Conn., where he works in the Office of disbursement. ^ . Wonder Lake Man ; J Thomas Lubecke, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lubecke of Wonder Lake, received a concussion and six, (factured ribs in an auto accident which occurred early Saturday morning on the Johnsburg blacktop road, near the Chapel Hill country club. He was released from the hospital on Wednesday. Lubecke and a friend, Frank Ball, were the only occupants of the car, which left the road and overturned several times in the ditch. ,Tha McHenry comrtWJtfty ife* corded Its second drowning %£ the year last Sunday afteraoaft when a five-year-old boy drowned at McCullom Lake. He was Daniel Schultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schults of 1ST Mc- Arthur street. North Lake, III. Daniel had been playing in tllf yard with some other childnm when a toy boat was reported to have drifted into shore. The youngster retrieved it from the water and began playing- with It* A short time later his presence was missed by his parents, who ' began a search for him. When he was not found in the neighborhood, they turned their tention to the shore of the ***> ' where he had last been seen. Local firemen were called to the scene and within a short time had recovered the They worked with an inlH>|a<i1|' for about an hour but if| efforts to revive the child tg£ij| tl£!a>« •m no avail. Reran hfUrat It was recalled that the child** mother almost lost her life hi the same place about fifteen years ago. There is a very deep hole in the lake just beyond the sea wall at the edge of t&t property. The Schults family to McCullom Lake tb Memorial Day weekend visiting the victim's granrtfjffcef William Langusch. An in«ueat waa conduct** tfpi Coroner Harry Ehaim after which the body was raaiMMMK Ipt TOpir are two stfrsi'-aBiarai in tlie Schulfts family, both •t rs -t ornciAw meuhno Officials representing teen townships in county were present at HhS Fiesta Lodge, near Crystal one evening last week in session. Among guests were three Jndfee of Seventeenth Judicial dtatrfiet, William Dusher of Rockford, A>» bert O'Sullivan of BelvfttpMr Bernard Decker of Charles Miller of county president, presided. PUNS FOR MAHNE DAY PMMIESS J AS CHAHBSt OF COMMERCE PRESKtS ACIMIES FOR AUG. 1-2 WEEKEM I •iiis Plans go forward for Mc- Henry's Marine Day, to be observed this year on two days, Saturday, Aug. 1, and Sunday, Aug. 2. The water carnival is sponsored usually by the McHenry Cha-riber of Commerce. At the moment, the que?n cantest is probably adrjrt'ng the greatest public interest, with twenty-two entries. They are Margaret Wissell, Carol Olsen Louise Hunt, Jayne Dean, Lona Nowak, Judi Ann Roesch. Cynthia Frett, Geraldine Freund. Joan Nell, Donna Cundiff, Donna Dowe, Jennifer Houda, Mary Jean Winkel, Karen Engdahl, Arlene Thiele, Marya Bousser, Val Cappell, Val Cierocke, Marcella Etten, Ethelmae Hagberg, Betty Miller and Shirley Dermott. Final judging will take place In the high school gymnasium on July 14" at 8 p.m., with a number of prominent names included in the list of well known beauty judges. Special guests will be introduced to the puhlic during the evening and entertainment is being planned. This year's queen will be a fortunate girl indeed, for a number of prizes await her, including a week's trip, to a well known resort. If she is fond of keeping scrap books, she will be delighted with the array of autographed photos by well known persons in many walks of life^ Coreaatloa Program One of her most treasured items will be a copy of .the program for Queen Elisabeth's coronation in London, which has been autographed personally to the Marine Day queen by the j in® boat*. British Consulate General in} n*ake up dally towitloift' of Lew LaMar's "Chicago Today" radio program over WAIT Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m. Actual Marine Day activities will begin Saturday evening wit)t a water ' parade of decorated boats down the Fox river, after which tlft queen will be crowned in an impressive ceremony on the banks of the river. There will also be street dancing on Riverside Drive, which will be set aside for that purpose throughout the evening. The colorful parade of beatttt* ful floats will begin at 10 o'clock Sunday morning and will provide a pleasant hour and one-half fur the huge crowd expected to liM the sidewalks to witness it. ^ . Races on the river will be t*» feature of the afternoon activi-» ties, beginning at 12:30 o'clock. The 10 hp. Class B utility races* will be first on the program, to be followed by the 22 hp. Claaa B and 25 hp. Class D utility. These boats, driven largely *by local drivers, attain speeds fro«| between 45 and 60 m.p.h. Races following will be thoaa by professional drivers repre« senting the American Power Boat association. They include the B and C hydros, C runabouts and D hydros, which reach a speed from between SS and CS m.p.h. The races will be with the free-for-all, which dudes stock utility, D and also hydros of ny During intermission in the program, the queen aad her court will be escorted d»» the river for a pleasant intetifcfeii to relieve the afcaady bum of Dp* ot tfcta SHIRLEY DERMOTT Ffjtp -T-v -fTP ' •* t ' Chicago. Even the official seal I 3porta as been affixed to the programs happy to kn^Mr Included in the TV and radio j of publicity which is being planned i champion Hit JMK for Marine Day, there will be pate la t)Kt nftMMMfc ; ;