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Volume 79 -- No. 11? Musin' Meandterin LUCKY GIRLS' VICTORY SMILES TWO TRAGEDIES ARE Mr- and Mrs. James Winkelare the envy of "their fHends for on July 13 the newly married couple sailed from New York on the S.S. Waterman for what promises to b* ail ; exciting year abrotrti, , -Upon their arrival at Rotterdam, they plan to go directly to Bremen, Germany, where they will visit briefly with a relative. Frpm there they will go to the west of Gottinger for summer school courses, including a study -trip to Bwiia vwUl .$hL. September.' - The couple is due in Vienna Oct. 5 to begin the orientation period arranged for Pvilbright scholars i)i Austria. James will be studying Russian at the University of Vienna on a scholarship until July of 1054. They plan to spend the rest of next summer in France and return to Vienna in the fall for additional study. He has been a member of the modern language department at Belolt college since his release from service in January and will probnbly remain abroad until he obtains his Ph.D., Bis parents, the Elmer Winkegtnans, accompanied the young cdUple to New. York and remained for a few days of sight-seeing. "1 >uring the past week, husky [enry county men vied in a teat of strength for the purpose of determining the best team to represent the county in the sports festival in Urbana on Aug. 27 and 28. DOS COMMUNITY '$ Gilbert Moscinski /' Burned To Deaih li |' C hicago Aparimeni RESCUE SQUAD TO PARTICIPATE IN WATER SAFETY SHOW The McHenry County Deputy Sheriffs association is sponsoring a water safety show Tuesday, July 28, at 7:15 o'clock at the Bowling Bar beach in Johnsburg. The show will be under supervision of Sheriff Henry Nulle. who is supervisor of public safety of McHenry county. During the evening, the Johnsburg rescue squad will give a a Two tragedies were mourtyfd in the McHenry community over demonstration ^"of "taking „ the past weekend, one involving) d j person from the water a former local resident and t*, and ^ hlUldling ^dent^ other a summer visitor. I tims -- Gilbert Moscinski, 27. who made his home here for five years ' when his Darents, Mrs. Anna MoscLtski r.id the late Michael Moscinski, ope.atcd The Biidge, was burned to death in his dhicago apartment early ,1 Saturday morning, July 20. Flames of unknown origin broke out in the attic apartment of the two-stoiy frame building at 3104 Kimball avenue shortly before 7 o'clock. When tlft young man awoke he found hti clothes aflame and began rut4 ning for the door. His mother r >n to his aid bi t she was also burned and wab just able to reacn the front door before she collapsed. Fireinep summoned a the home fou»*l Moscinski lying on the fio>r inside the apartment, his body badly charred. His mother suffered burns on the shoulders. smoke inhalation and shock. Her TUESDAY STORM - Assisting the resciie squad iti thi« demonstration will be the Coast Guard auxiliary and the Red Cross. The public ad^-ess system will be employed to advise the viewers of the progre.-M of the various demonstrations. Everyone ,is cordiaWy invited to attend this interesting and important program. In ;er.Rection with it, member.* of the newly formed squad wish to ngain announce that in case of an emergency, residents of Johnsburg or Pistakee Bay should call 1130. The caller is urged to make clear the locution and nature of the call and. when possible, have someone ready to direct the squad. FIREMEN SPENT BUSY AFTERNOON Photo' by Max Kclin Reigning as queen and attend- left of Queen Val Cappell is ants of Marine Day are these! Judy Roesch and to the right is pretty local young ladies. To the] Karen Engdahl. SEVENTH BAND PROGRAM TO BE PLAYED TONIGHT xU contestant* succeeded in QCe first tost of lifting three bales from the ground and holding them in the air one fall minute. Only five passed • the second test of lifting the 250- . pound load, plus the drag of the ' heavy rope *ttd pullljrt. Among the five in the latter /roup were Bernie Matchen, 285 pounds, and Charles Weingart, 256 pounds, both of McHenry. Others who tried out for tha team from here were Stanley Diedrich and Joe Wagner of McHenry. Two years ago, the McHenry county team placed second to Knox county in the finals and last year it bowed to the same team in the semi-final*. About seventy young people we?e present at the M.T.R.A. picnic held Wednesday evening of last week at the V.F.W. clubhouse grounds. Competitive races and baseball provided entertainment during the time the 'teen-agers were not busy consuming the huge pile of sandwiches and pop and ice cream which made up the lunch. The latter were fur- Mshed by the M.T.R.A. Raymond Schmitt of McHenry is attending the twenty-fourth annual Wisconsin Music clinic now in session on the University of Wisconsin campus for three weeks to July 25. A total of 643 high school musicians from \ Wisconsin and seven other states are enrolled. Raymond plays trombone in -the all-state .band at the clinic, one of three organisations taking part. The seventh and next to last band concert of the summer season will be played on the high school lawn this (Thursday) evening. "The Star Spangled Banner" March, "A Santa Cecilia" -- -arr. by --- .--^ -1 Waltz. "Nights of Gladness" -- Ancliffe Overture, "Aurora"- -- Yoder Tuba solo, "Rocked in the Cradel of the Deep" -- De Lamater --- soloist, Earl Pomrening, accompanist, Mary Ann Bolger Popular Number, "Tennessee Waltz" -- arr. by Leonard Samba, "Copa Cabana" -- Walters March, "Home Town Band" -- Nagy, Lance, Canton \ Mexican Selections, "Sotttll of the Rio" -- Olivadoti Vocal Duets: A. "When Day is Done" -- Katcher, B. "Moonlight and Roses" --, Silver. Adele Froehlich and Art Mueller, accompanist, Ida Ann Quinlan Polka, "Hoop Dee Doo" -- Loesser and Delugg Popular Number, "Down Yonder" -- Gilbert 1 "The Donkey Serenade" •-- Friml, Stathart Popular Number. "Your Cheatin' Heart" -- Williams March, "Gate City" .air. by Buchtel * Finale, "OaC Bleep America" -- Berlin * McHenry folks were mighty proud of the TV v appearance of two of their young people last Sunday evening. The queen, Val Cappell. and Bob Switzer, 1952 national outboaiti champion, appeared on the "Let's Look at Sports" program. Both Val and Bob gave a good deal of publicity to Marine Day and extended a cordial invitation to their viewing public to be present. The queen also appeared on the program, "Hi Ladies." Church services are evidently not to the liking of Joe, the crow. Now he has new haunts which point a premonition ,of d o o m . * > ' * • Last' week - Wf WHS -IfcWf ISfte day taking a walk outside e local ,j, funeral home. The following day he was looking over the situation in the cemetery; . He may remember that Joe No. I went to bird heaven last year after someone failed to realize that .bf, shot him. ; Carnival Feature Of Water Festival One of the highlights of Marine Day activities will be the carnival and street dance on Riverside Drive Satut day evening, Aug. 1. "'"A "Chicago orchestra ^(vill j4ay on a, specially Mult plRtfann.i'i the street for square, round and modern dancing scheduled to start at 8:30 and continue until midnight. Ernest Useman. chairman of the dance committee, has arranged to have three well known Chicago callers on hand to preside over activities. They will be Donald Finfrock, George Koppe and Sumner Webb. A feature of the evening will be the crowning of the lovely queen, Val Cappell. by the equally charming 1952 title holder, Charlene Dowe. Dancing is expected to stop temporarily during the impressive coronation rite. An assortment of ride* will cover the block and attract the younger folks. There will also be a number of fine merchandise booths to keep the older folks entertained. ' All in all, the preliminary events to Marine Day nwrnise to make Saturday, Aug. 1. a day to be anticipated almost us much as the water festival its<)lf. Remember1 to reserve Aug. 1 and 2 for Marine Day activities. condition wag repo at Belmont hospital later in th6 day. Thirteen other tenants ware unhurt, the blaze being confined to the Moscinski flat Damage was estimated at $2,000 to -furnishings and ' $5; to the building. It will be remembered that brother of the dead man killed in a local accident abo three years ago when his cay crashed into road machinery oil the Pistakee Bay blacktop road. His father died unexpectedly while in Texas last winter. Survivors include the mother, one siqter, Loretta, and a brother, Michael, Jr. The bo.. dy rested ait. ..t he funeral turned over to the Fox Lake home at 2126 Webster arcing . . 7 liHtt-i TTUliaC1Siu1Si„ t -.HLTLfOLtrlLn.L rlfg- AT \in0. *"'cleR?.rvnlenv. , in which d_is» triiic t I"?S o'clock, when last rites weri conducted from St. Bon a venture's church, with internW^it in St. Adalbert's cemetery Drowning Victim A 12-year-old Chicago bov, Robert J. Bessing, of 5107 W Eddy street, lost his life by drowning while swimming in Island Lake Sunday. He was reported to have gone to the bike with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bessing, for an outing. The Wauconda fire department's rescue squad worked for some time in a futile effort to revive the boy. -- McHenry firemen spent a busy itfternoon Tuesday, with five calls within a two-hour period. While the severe electrical storm was responsible for at least three of the fires, it was believed tf.at two were of other origin. The first call was to the Jerome Buch home on Maple avenue where an outside meter box was found smoking. Minutes Inter they received a call to the John Reinboldt home on Charles street for the same reason. „ In the meantime, a third call rame to go to Cedar Island in Pistakee Bay, to extinguish a house fire. With all firemen busy on the city calls, the alarm was the fire occurred. Because of the length of time necessary to reach the island by boat, it was reported that the home burned down. Cedar Island is one of several islands in the Bay and is very near Fox Lake. Later in the afternoon an electric motor on a deep freeze in the Joseph Michels home in Johnsburg burned, although firemen believed the lightning was not responsible. A motor on a sub-pump in the Fenske home on Fox street burned about the same time and also required the services of the volunteers. Queen Val Brings City Publicity Queen Val Cappell has been bringing McHenry to the attention of not only her home state but to folks throughout the United States. During the past week since she won her ;itle, word has come from California that her picture has appeared in at least three papers there. It was also in the St. Petersburg, Fla., Times. The Chuck Logan*, termer local residents, sent clippings from Los Angeles papers last weekend and on Monday Patrick Krohn, now in service, sent another article and a picture from the Oakland paper. A buddy had seen the photo, noticed the name McHenry, and 'gave the clipping to the -.young serviceman. "Pat" added that both he and his friends stationed there think the judges made a good choice in Miss Cappell. Dan Daniels of St. Petersburg sent an article from the Time" of July 16. . • The 17-year-old dark-haired beauty has appeared three times thus far on television and has shown poise and a pleasant personality befitting her role. Jewel Tea company in Barrington, who employs her. has assured the young queen that she will remain on their p: yroll even during the two an1 one-h;»U~ week period when personal appearances prevent her .from working. Appear* At Raw* ---- ~ One of the latest of her scheduled programs is at Soldier Field on Sunday evening. July 26. at 8:30 p.m. At tha* time the major league stock ear mid-season championship race will be held, with an estimated crowd of 25.000 expected to attend. , There will be 3-heat races, back-up and stock car dog races, women's amateur nml men's amateur races, Australian tag and big semi-final' 50-lar> feature championship race -- ten in all, with the many thrills that can only be produced by the Hurricane Racing associi tion. The queen will appear tlirotigH the courtesy of the Chicago Anto Racing association. She will make her entrance onto the field in a yellow convertible and \ will present a trophy to the winner of the feature race. Appearances scheduled for the next two weeks include July 24, WBKB, "Breakfast With Danny O'Neil," and July 31, WBKB, "The Courtesy Hour." SEVERAL 1952 NATIONAL CHAMPION RACERS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PART IN ANNUAL MARINE DAY PROGRAM WE OFFER YOU CdNGRATULATIONS Living quietly on Waukegnn street is one of McHenry's nu..«t charming ladies. She is Mij. Minnie Block, who in addition to possessing a most plenum,? personality, is outstanding in many other ways. Mrs. Block leached • htfr 93rd birthday last Friday, juTv 17. MINNIE BLOCK POLIO BENEFIT SHOW PLANNED IN SEPTEMBER Many Deaths Sadden Local Homes; Three Lifelong Residents Buried Mfos Bridget Dohertv, 89, one Of the city's oldest and also one of its best loved residents, died at her home on north Green street at 2 o'clock Monday morning July 20. She died in her sleep following several years of * poor health; Miss Doh?r'.v. wao srent her nearly ninety years in this community, lived quietly but her numerous kindnesses could not remain unnotii-ed by all fortunate enough to know her. For many years she cared for |he altars at St. Patrick's church while her sister, the late Mary Ann Doherty, served the parish is organist. Throughout her long illness she was uncomplaining and was always grateful for the thoughtful attention of friends. In recent vears her niece, Miss Nellie Doherty, resided in her home and cared for her during the six yes rs^she was an invalid." The deceased was born» Feb. 19. 1864, a daughter of James and Johanna McDonald Doherty. near McHenry. The family resided south of the city for a number of years and fir the last half century she had lived in the home in' which she died. She was a membev of W.C.O.F. and the Altar and Rosary sodality of St. Patrick's church. Surviving are eight nieces and nephews, Mrs. David Powers, James, Thomas, William and Paul Doherty, Mrs. CfSfertce Anglese and Miss Nellie Doherty, all of McHenry; and Frank Doherty, who resides in Elgin. The body rested at the Peter M. Justen funeral home until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. when lagt rites were conducted from St. Patrick's church, followed by burial in the church cemetery. Catherine McLaughlin After several months of failing health. Miss Catherine Mo Lstughlin. 81, died at the Villa Rest Home at^out 9:30 Friday morning, Ji^y 17. She had been residing at the Home since January. Born .March 31, 1872. Miss McLaughlin had lived her entire lifetime in this community. She was one of the ten children of Thomas and Mary McLaughlin. Until poor health forced her to become less active the last two years, she spent much of her time in mnk'n# life more pleasant for others Her interest centered in her home and the many choice product* -of Jicr culinary talent went to her numerous friends. / r Her greatest pleasure came in the frequent visits of the many folks who found themselves happier for having known her hospitality. Miss McLaughlin was a faith- Arrangements have been made by the McHenry County Theatre Guild for a polio benefit show to be held Friday evening, Sept. 25, at the Woodstock Opera House. Top radio and television performers have been signed to appear on the fast moving comedy show which is planned. They include Homer and Jethro, who were written up recently in a leading magazine for their hillbilly interpretations of popular «ongs. Other headliners will be Red Blanchard and Phyllis Brown. Tickets will be available from members of the Junior Theatre Guild and members of the Guild board of • directors after Aug. 1. Mrs. Ben Hays of Wonder Lake, chairman of the special events committee, is in charge of arrangemdhts. SEVENTY ENTRIES SUBMITTED TO DATE FOR AUG. 2 PARADE To date there are seventy entries in the Marine I>»V purado, which should assure the viewing public of a beautiful line of march. Parade 1 Chairman C. H. .Duker says that while entr'esj will 1^ accepted until parade time, in order to assure them o? boing| ; placed in classifications for judging, they should be resistered by Wednesday, July 29. Interested business firms or individuals may enter by calling the high school, phone 1115. • Continued on Page 8 CONCERT WEDNESDAY The last concert of the city band has been announced * for ^Wednesday. July 29, rather than the usual Thursday evening program. Kenneth Sawdo will pl'-y piano accordion selections and | Arthur Mueller will sing a sa- 5 lute to the Armed Forces, acj companied by the band. The ! concert will be played on the I high school grounds, atartiag at 8 p.m. * •fc1' WILLIAM BRUCE WITH TASK UNIT IN ARCTJC CIRCLE! While many of our young servicemen are fighting in Korea, others are finding their experiences in Uncle Sam's service more rewarding from an educational standpoint. One of these is William H. Bruce, SN, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bruce of Venice avenue. McHenry, who left in mid-July on the USS Wyandot for the Arctic regions to participate in NANOOK 53. This operation is conducted to effect the re-supply of joint Canadian-U.S. weather statiotns in the Canadian arctic. The weather stations, Alert and EuVeka on Elesmere Island and Resolute on Cornwallis Island, were established in 1947 to provide extensive weather observations and other data for accurate short range and long range weather forecasting. Due to their far northern location, these stations are accessible by sea for only a few short weeks in the summer and therefore the men must complete the re-supply mission as expeditiously as possible. An item of special interest is the colorful "Blue Nose" ceremonies that will - be conducted when the task unit crosses thr Arctic Circle. At this time the traditional ceremonies are performed to induct neophyte personnel who have never crossed the ' Circle into the Royal and Ancient Order of the Blue Nose and the Order of Arctic Adventurers. Ladies Look Forward. To Hullabaloo Day The seventh annual ladles' Hullabaloo Day will be held A6g. 4 at the McHenry Country club, with luncheon to be served from noon to 1:30 and dinner from 6 to 8:30. Admission ,;.ckets entitle one to golf, luncheon, cards, dinner, prizes and entc:- tainment. Fun and surprises are promised which should attract members and gue*ts. Reservations must be !n by Aug. 1 and may be madex by calling the McHenry Country club or Mrs. Floyd Covalt, Jr. but only those who were sure of her actual birth date could be made to believe th;<t the active lady they had corns to congratulate was even near the 90 mark. She Is in'excellent health and in addition to cat rying on her household duties daily, attends the Lutheran church ' service each Sunday morning. Friends, including a nuinlwr of local business people, called last Friday to extend congratulations. Most of them were aware of the interesting life which Mrs. Block has lived. It includes a trip to the United States (rom her native Germany when only 14 years of age. Only weeks later she was sent to a neighboring farm in Bull Valley to help with both home ar.d farm duties. She still remembers her loneliness until she learned to speak the English language. Mrs. Block has five children who were present in lur home Friday evening: Frank Bkck of Marengo, Mrs. Elsie Voeltz of McHenry, Mrs. Elfrieda Dryer of Forest Park and Lewis of McHenry; also her oldest daughter, Mrs. Martha Feltz, with whom she has resided for many years. HILLER BABY DIES Janette Mary, 4-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heniy Hiller of Johnsburg, died Satuiday morning, July 18. Graveside services were held in St John's cemetery the following afternoon. Survivors include, be-; sides the parents, two sisters, Kay nd Patty, and a- brother, Wayr. :. One of the highlights of Marine Day -- in fact, the real reason for its celeb ration -- are the boat faces which begin on the Fox river at 12:15 Sunday, Aug. 2, and continue until early evening. There will be three classes of stock utility racing to open th< program, after which hydro racing will occupy the thousands of fans who line the banks of the river. Amateur racers Will participate in the stock utility classes, while a number of national champions are listed to take part in the hydro competition. Among them is Paul Wearly of Muncie. Ind., who won the John Ward trophy at Lake Alfred, Fla., on Oct. 20, 1952. Jack Maypole, another contender, of Oak Park, came in third. The John Ward trophy is Europe's outstanding outboard award and never before had been cor ipeted for in the United States. Wearly won the 1952 national outboard championship in the "B" and "C" hydro classes, also at Lake Alfred, making him ** triple winner. William Tenney of Dayton, Ohio, is another outstanding name in racing circles. He won the 1952 national "C" racing runabout championship and was second in high point scoring in the state of Ohio. He won the 1952 Col. Green Round Hill t*»- phy and was selected .to. the racing hall of fame of Region 7. American Power Boat association. In January of '53. he won the Tampa, Fla.,\ regatta for "B" hydro class. Another competitor will bo Thomas Small of Milwaukee, Wis.. 1952 national "C" servico runabout champion. Harry Vagts of Madison, Wis.* was 1952 national champion of the "F" hydro racing class. He (was also the high point scorer for the state of Wisconsin .in outboard racing. More Champteto "Homer Ktncaid of Omrbam Cliff, 111., also in the Marine Day races, won the state of Illinois high point scoring honors for 1952 in the outboard racing class. He was also selected to Region 7 hall of fame in April of this year. Last year he was second high point scorer in the nation with a total number of 7.496. Last, but moot important to local folks, is McHenry's own Bob Switier, who is also a member of the hall of fame. He was the 1952 national champion in the stock outboard "D" utility runabout class. Bob was winner of the "52 Pat Ryan Memorial trophy and was high point winner for last year in Illinois" stock runabout class. He was winner of the 196S Albany to Now York City marathon in his Class "D" stock outboard runabout 192-V Switzer- Craft. » ""A •M Support the annual "Burt? tag day for the Volunteers ot America on Friday, July 24, itt McHenry- ,<* ^ Judges Congratulate New Queen ; TA<G DAY JULY 21 ' Due to the rain last Friday, the annual "Heart" tag day for the Volunteers of Amerii a was postponed until Friday. July 24. Children who wish to tako part should report to the city Jiall at 9 d'clock that morning. <*+ NOTICE Reserved grandstand seats for the boat races' on the afternoon of Marine Day. Au ,r' 2, Cf>n be purchased at tlie Wattles, Bolger and Nye drug "stores. ' This picture was taken last week just after Val Cappell had been selected over twenty-four local girls to reign as queen of 195a McHenry Marine Day, to be held Aug. 4 and 2. Photo by Max Kolio. Shown with the queen are the I the weatherman. Clint Toule; judges who selected the winners. 1 Miss Cappell; Kay Aahtott St( From left to light, they are Chet vens, TV personality; and Roble, TV star; Harry Hall,! bert F. Hurleigh. leading of the, Press Photograftte, association; . Joan Youle, wife of! vision*