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E.^WfcA'p, ItXgy*- •••wimwifjtofMjii * t l,j > If* $ " :# s ; a ? J.; ••&<: «.* y mr-'-w. "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" Volume 80 -- No. 23 M.C.H.S. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1954 10c Per Copy Celebration Oct 14-15 and .XBIiiiBgBei a a . s a a t a Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Miller will celebrate their fifty=f!fth wedding anniversary on Sunday, Oct 17, with a high mass read in their honor at St. Mary's church at 8:30 a.m. Seven living children wUl be present at a dinner for the immediate family at the Wing and Fin club. The Millers have nineteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. The afclual aswlv«r-ss^ is ^on/iSgK;;./: . _ ...... At this time of year it is especially necessary that motorists use the utmost precaution when driving near schools and on the •highway. Especially when one has driven behind school ibusses for any distance is he aware of the unpredictable nature of children. Even when adhering to the laws set down governing stopping of a car when meeting a bus which is loading or discharging passengers, there remains the danger that the children will run across the road after the bus 'has started on. A good time for motorists to observe the old adage, "Better be safe than sorry!" The McHenry chapter of the Future Homemakers of America was represented at the Section 20 meeting Saturday in Chicago by the following girls." Penny Fike, Ann Lundborg, Kathleen Anglesey Marge West and Jane Blake. Miss Anglese won V1 her race for the office of secretary after giving a talk in which she stated -i.her qualifications. jj' Jt£cHenry and Arlington Heights ^were the ttod- schools to win honor chapter certificates. The local future homemakers will now be hostesses to representatives of twenty-two schools at the spring rally to be held April 23. / ------ -- McHenry may appear to be growing but last Saturday morning there were at least a few folks who thought the city was returning to its original wild State. Crawling along the sidewalk on Main street, in the business district, was a small snake found by some small boys. They, realized it was not just the ordinary variety and called Police Officer John Weichmann, Who picked it up and took it to the locai medical clinic. Dr. Lee Gladstone; in order to determine the type of snake, called Marlin Perkins of the Lincoln Park zoo and found that it was a pygmy rattlesnake, a variety still found in this area. More information is expected to be obtained in the near future concerning this snake, the bite of Mtrhich is not fatal. Eva Unti College Queen Candidate Eva Unti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Unti of( McHenry, is one of six students at Lake Forest college who are vying for the title of homecoming queen on Oct. 16. Other candidates are Shirley Boccaccio, a junior from Chicago, Judith Kees, a senior from Wilmette, Helen DeFouw, a senior from West Allis, Wis., Nancy Witt, a senior from Milwaukee, and Audrey Nilsen of Skokie. Miss Unti is president of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, ""president of her dormitory, secretary of the Women's Athletic association and 'Mi activ-t. .. senate. She has- also served on committees arranging numerous campus, activities. More than 3,000 alumni and guests are expected to attend the homecoming activities which include a parade, a football game with North Central college, judging of campus decorations and a reception and dance. By Monday of this week a total of 2,040 pennies had been collected in the penny banks placed in the junior high school building. More of the banks were put in some of the local stores Wednesday. The goal of the young people is a million pennies. A new business, Pearson's Landscape Service, has tfpened "»n Anne street in McHenry. Since 1930 the owner, William Pearson, has.' landscaped for schools, commercial manufacturing companies and large estates. The Pearsons, formerly of Fox Lake and Mundelein, have purchased a home in Edgebrook subdivision, where they are now residinsr *' A guest in the Ben Gates home at McCullom Lake last 'weekend was feonald Opine gt St. Paul, Minn., one of several who received citations from the U.S. Naval Training center at Great Lakes for rescuing a boy from drowning over the Labor D»ay weekend. Many may remember the story of the 8-year-old youngster who was playing near the seawall on Lake Michigan when a high wave pulled Ihim into the water. Through the efforts of Mr. Opine and two others from St. Paul, the lad was brought to. safety. YOUTHS RECEIVE SUSPENDED FINES FOLLOWING FRACAS Three youths, two from this area, paid $10 in costs and received suspended fines of $100 when they appeared before a Woodstock justice of the peace on a disorderly conduct charge last Saturday morning. The charge resulted from a disturbance after the Woodstock-Mc- Henry football game Friday night in Woodstock. The youftg men were Wayne Wiedenhoeft, 16, of fet. 3, McHenry, Donald Audino, 17, of Wonder Lake and George Yankoe, 17, of ^Chicago, who had been visiting here. The three were placed -on probation and are" to be -home not later than 11 p.m. every night. Failure to do so -will result in the fine being enforced. The disturbance occurred following an after-game dance when, according to a Woodstock youth, they challenged him to an auto race. When he refused, according to the story, a fracas followed. RECORD OF 36,000 VOTERS REGISTERED IN THIS COUNTY There are pow over 36,000 registered voters for the Nov. 2 election as the result of the special appeal for all persons of voting age to become properly registered. On Oct. 5, when special precincts were opened for that purpose, a total of 885 residents of the county registered or entered a change of address. Prior to that time there were 35,153 registered, according to County Clerk Raymond D. Woods. McHenry township ranks third in the county with 5,304. The greatest number are in precinct 2, where 1,047 are eligible to vote. The figure 36,00 is the largest number of registered voters in the history of the county. , GIRL SCOUTS START PROGRAM Members To Begin Annual Sale Of Cookies Next Week McHenry area residents are askeft to help support the Girl Scouts next week in their only money-making project of the year, when the young ladies will be going from door to door conducting their annual cookie sale. Mrs. Julia liralowetz is chair*- iiiiiii" kiiJ Mi>•. Ali&C'tii is- !^&*S&vui£tr ' of ' tfiti sale, proceeds of which must take care of all the Scouts financial needs. During the past month the girls have been embarking on a new season under the following leadership: Troop 1, seventh grade, Mrs. I. Gregory and Mrs. E. Wirfs; Troop 2, seventh grade, Mrs. L. Antonson and Mrs. S. Johnson; Troop 4, sixth grade, Mrs. H. Miller and Mrs. A. Wirtz; Troop 5, sixth grade, Mrs. C. Clark and Mrs. M Krause; Troop 7, eighth grade, Mrs. D. Beckenbaugh and Mrs. L. Petersen; Troop 9, Brownies, fourth grade, Mrs. Shirley Olsen and Mrs. Pat Fischer. A new Brownie troop of third graders has just been started, with Mrs. Ethel Bailey and Mrs. Tecla Nardi as leader There are still a few openings in this troop for girls of third grade age. Troop 10, the new "fly up" troop, now- Without leaders, must be dropped. The adult Girl Scout association is deeply concerned at having to take this action and hopes it is .only a temporary move. They feel sure that j somewhere there is someone interested in the youth of -the community who will offir to keep "this group„of about twenty little girls in Scouting. At the present'time there are two new leaders, Mrs. Catherine Clark and Mrs. Florence Johnson, taking a leader's course in Waukegan. This is. a 'basic leader's training course open to anyone interested in Scouting. About seventy-five womfcn from all of the surrounding communities are at present enrolled. Leadership in Scouting requires no special skill, just a genuine interest in children. It is not necessary to take the special course but many leaders want the additional help such a course offers. SALES TAJf PROPS For the ninth straight month, Illinois sales tax receipts slumped during September. Colfections totalled $154$1.153 last month, or a decrease of $1,380,789 from the same month a year ago. For the first nine months of 1954, the sales levy ^produced $150,- 427,991 as compared with $158,- 479,545 for the three quarters of last year. TEACHERS ATTEND ANNUAL FALL IEA MEETING FRIDAY McHenry's public school pupils will enjoy a holiday Friday, Oct. 15, when faculty members attend the annual meeting of the northeastern division of the Illinois Education association. The meeting is being divided into three sections to accommodate the large number attending, with McHenry county teachers meeting -at the St. Charles high school. Three speakers will be featured on the morning program, JPr. Henry Hitt Crane, who will tfj$k on "Oil for the Lamps of frducfttion"; Dr. Paul Street, president of the I.E.A., whosrc topic will Jjoj "A to> Lif& jitoijm11*., Jtf J&A."'; and Lucila La Che^ejie, who will, speak,, on. "tTouare Setter than you Sound." Rev. Crane, co-author of a book and over 150 articles, has tray* elled through over forty countries, with speaking engagements in many. He was a delegate to the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam. Miss La Chapelle, teacher and lecturer, is a noted authority on the importance of voice and personality in every day life. The afternoon session will feature a talk by Mrs. Arthur Workun, past state president of the Illinois Association of Future Teachers of America., who will talk on the subject "F.T.A. Hi- Lites." The session will be concluded when those attending hear Dr. M. F. Ashley Montagu speak on "The Nature of Human Nature." Dr. Montagu, an anthropologist, was research associate for the British Museum of Natural History. He produced, wrote, financed and directed the film, World or None." Kiwanis Club Win* Travelling Plaque MINOR ACCIDENT Claude Raven of Rt. 1, Ringwood suffered only minor injuries when his car went out of control and overturned on Rt. 176, a quarter mile west of Rt. 31. ALL IN READINESS FOR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF MASONIC LODGE ON OCT. 16; PUN DMNER. PROGRAM According to Mrs. ^oye Mc- Cullqugh, chairman of jthe Red Cross "Christmas^ on the high seas" boxes, sixty boxes have been pledged for delivery ^t San (Continued on Page 8), Saturday, Oct. 16, is the day of the McHenry lodge, 158 A.F. & A.M. centennial celebration. Dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the high** school . cafeteria,: foliows;i; 'by, coloivsounfl movies shown in the auditorium. Later there will be dancing in the girls' gymnasium. Fifty-year members, Charles JSchmelzer of Bull Valley and T. L. Grot of Ottawa, 111., will be honored in a cake cutting ceremony during the evening. Wallace Woodburn of. Woodstock, who became a member of McHenry lodge in 1901, helped gather up reminiscences about the organization and also presented Ed Cannon, master, with' a memento to confirm some of them. The memento is a picture of Riverside Drive, McHenry, where lodge activities took place in the beginning of the century. An enlarged reproduction of the picture will be shown at the din- • ner. j Fine Program 1 Otto Pyritz has been devoting much of his time to preparing a two-hour program of specialty acts. He is bringing some talent from out of town in addition to local mirth-makers, to add to enjey; the?? . at tcr, . • Twenty-four members will act as a reception committee, will give information and work generally to keep the event running smoothly. Their functions were established in a special meeting on Wednesday. Among them are Messrs. Moore, Heyward, Hughes, Richer t, Milbrandt, Chambers, Murray, Hastings, Ayers, Wilhelm, Bassett, Colby, Douglas, Hammerstein, Kosti and Nimtz. According to the Masonic News of Peoria, 111., interest in the McHenry lodge centenrilal is statewide. More than 530 dinner reservations were in by Sunday, Oct. 10, and additional reservations are being accepted until the anticipated figure of 600 is reached. Additional reservations may be made through Don Johnson, Phil Ricker and other members. The coveted travelling plaque which made a fellowship journey through Division 5 of Kiwanis International has been 'won by the McHenry Township club. The plaque was presented to the club at the district convention in Chicago this month. A beautiful electric clock with an engraved plate was presented to Joseph X. Waynne, acting lieutenant governor for Division 5, for his outstanding work. The 1,280 ^delegates who met at the Sheraton hotel in Chicago represented Kiwanis clubs in Illinois and eastern Iowa. Among other business they adopted a resolution pledging an intensified campaign on the part of all Kiwanis clubs for: (1) safety program; (2) juvenile .problems; (3) getting out the vote by revitalizing the Ballot Battalion; (4) greater support of all churches. The first local move in the direction of the pledge was hearing Judge Henry L. Cowlin tell of his views on youth problems. ARTIST TO ADDRESS HOME BUREAU ON CRAFT DAY OCT. 29 Erna Jaunsem of Maywood will be the general session speaker at McHenry County Home Bureau's Craft Day on Oct. 29 in Grace Lutheran church, Woodstock. An artist and decorating consultant, she will speak on "Hobbies and You." The public is invited to hear Mrs. Jaunsem during the general session beginning at 1:30 p.m. They are also invited to see the exhibit of crafts and needlework items made by Home Bureau members. The exhibit will be on display all day. Craft Day will begin at 10 a.m. with three separate craft ydassgs;. Representatives of each. Home Bureau unit in' the county will attend the classes and wfll then repeat the subjects to interested persons in their unit or community. The craft sessions will be on ibasket weaving, rug-making and hat-making. The latter class will Ibe taught by Mrs. Neuharth, McHenry, a member of Ringwood Home Bureau unit. Mrs. Louis Cox of Marengo will assist the rug-making group and Home Advisers Sibyl Sears and Irene DOwney will have charge of the basketry session. VIE FOR KING-QUEEN tlTLE Worwick Photo These attractive young people are candidates for homecoming king and queen at M.C.H.S. During Friday evening's dance following the game with Barrington, two of them will be named to reign over the event. They are, from left to right, front row, Shirley Berthoux, Virginia Audino, Shirley Thurlwell and Judy Freund. Back row, left to right, Jack Pearson, Gregory Nowak, Lois Claybaugh, Francis Oeffling, Richard Yokely, Jackie Moss, Melvin Freund and Bob Bitterman. Former McHenry Girl Wins Top Honors At International Dairy Show Already in possession of more dairy championship honors than most farm people acquire in a lifetime, Marita Thomson, 16, of Elgin, chalked up probably her fiogt impressive winning to date at the International Dairy show in the Amphitheatre at the stock yards this week. Marita lived at McCullom Lake until tw months" Ona»fago and last June compietcd her sophomore year at the local high School. y Monday, of ^this week her Hob* Stein cow was named champion of its breed in the junior show for farm boys and girls. Richard Mathews, 18, of Huntley showed the reserve champion Holstein. Their cattle were among the best of 275 entries by 181 youths from twelve states. Marita now lives on a 67-acre farm operated by her parents, Mi*. and Mrs. A. C. Thomson, who reside 7 miles west of Elgin. She is a junior in the Plato Center Central high school. Her championship cow is a 5-year-old named Culver Dictator Eden Hope. Another Holstein she had entered won third place in the junior yearling class. Mr, Thomson was herdsman for the Hickory Creek farm while living near McHenry. McHENRY AIRMARKED BY NINETY-NINES LAST SATURDAY CONCLUDE LIST OF NEW BOOKS IN McHENRY LIBRARY McHenry was airmarked last Saturday, Oct. 9, by the Ninety- Nines, Jnc., represented by Florence Lacy, a local girl, and Marge Raglin, Crystal Lake high school ^ ^ teacher. The Ninety-Nines is the1 the Web*' bj^Martin; "The Royal The following conclude the list of new books for adults now on the shelves of the public library, which is open each Wednesday and Fficlay afternoon and evening from' 2:30 to 5 and 7 to 8 o'clock. A future issue will carry the nftmes of the very best in new children's "books purchased. "Wild Strawberries" by Thirkell; "The Old Bank House" by Thirkell; "The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes" by Doyle and Carr; "Never Victorious, Never Defeated" by. Caldwell; "The Poetry of Dylan Thomas" by Olson; "Arrowsmith"' by Lewis; "Dragonwatch" by Hays; "The Secret Stair" by Bottome; "The Old Country Store" by Carson; "Mamie Doud Eisenhower" by Brandon; "And Have Not Love" by Parrlsh; "Love is Eternal" by Stone; "Away All Boats" by Dodson; "The Dollmaker" by Arnow; "But We Were Born Free" by Davis. "Gypsy , in the Parlor" by Sharp; "In Miss Armstrong's Room" by Corbett; "Dark Intent" by Foley; "Fingerprints" by Browne and Broch; "The Roosevelts of Sagamore Hill" by Hagedorn; "Forty Plus and Fancy Free" by Kimlbrough; 'A Fable" by Faulkner; "I'll Cry Tomorrow" by Roth; "The Intelligent Investor" by .Graham; "That Man Taft"; "Sj^weet Thursday" by Steinbeck; 2455 Death Row" by Chessman; "The Corpse Came Back" by "The Widow and PARADE AND OF THURSDAY NOUGHTS WARRIORS Hospital Kick-Off Dinner In City McHenry's kick-off dinner piior to the campaign to secure funds to enlarge Memorial Hospital for McHenry County was hold in the V.F.W. clubhouse last Thursday evening; with a good, sized- group of interested; persons in, attendance. The meeting was called to acquaint volunteer workers with the immediate need for hospital expansion and to sot up a program for the loc^l drive. On Tuesday evening of this week a similar meeting was held at Johnsburg. Other nearby communities, too, are becoming organized for the same purpose. In addressing the McHenry group, Donald Still, treasurer of the hospital board, presented some figures on the number of patients using the hospital over the past four years. Of the .14,941 treated, McHenry had 2,479 to rank behind only rural and unincorporated areas with 5,316 and Woodstock with 3,696. Further, he stated that national hospital authorities recommend four beds per 1,000 population, which would mean approximately ninety-eight beds in Memorial hospital instead of the forty-five now used. He stressed the point that on some occasions it has been necessary to set up beds in corridors to take care of the patients. Fortunately,, the hospital has ample land for expansion, which is long past-due. Tcubettfr bonfire the pqSBef-it to "In* crease the ^ed capacity to seven- on'the football field, ty-five, replace the ancient rear wing with a modern structure, make all buildings three floors, above basement, expand areas devoted to surgery, obstetrics, laboratories, administration and other auxiliary service to meet modern standards, and lastly, add another delivery and a major operating room. The hospital has a long and successful history dating back to its founding in 1914. It is chartered as a voluntary, non-profit hospital owned by the people of the area and operated for them, in trust, by a board of trustees representing the people. Since World War II it was generally agreed that the most serious need of this area was additional hospital facilities. The need, as yet unmet, has become even more urgent until it is now critical. At 2 o'clock this (Thursday) afternoon, beautiful floats representing the various classes and organizations of the local hign school will make their way through city streets to start the 1954 homecoming celebration. Included in the parade win be the:-twelve, you-xigmen who seek the title of king and queen, the winners having aifGSwSy- been determined by e vote of the student 'body but not disclosed until Friday night's homecoming dance. Success of homecoming: lies* to a great extent with the Student Council, members of which have been busy during after-school hours for many weeks in preparation for the big event. Their duties consisted of determining the entire program for the twoday celebration, including the parade, bonfire and dance, as well as advertising the event In every way possible. With the assistance of other students, tlley have been responsible fair very successful and well managed homecomings in past years. Upperclass members of the Council include the following: Seniors -- Bob Bitterns&n, president; Virginia Audino, vice-president; Wally Frett, Jack Pearson, Shirley Berthoux and Betty Wright; juniors -- John Huff, treasurer; Kathleen Anglese, secretary; Ann Lundborg, reporter; Tom Thompson, Dan Green and Joan Young; sophomores Kathy Anderson, 8ne Stinespringy -0^. Sara Kay Douglas, Tom Mc- Mahon and Ernest trscman. ,'5 Tonight at S o'clock th<rev •will ^.5^ international organization of women pilots. Marking was done on the Marticke & Nixon building on Elm street with signals used by all pilots. On clear days it ca?i be seen from 4,000 feet altitude, the purpose being for the promotion of air safety. The letters are 10 feet high, topcoated with bright chromium yellow paint and underpainted with silver. ' Following the word McHenry, there appears a large symbol, indicating an airport, which looks very much like a large "O." This is followed by an arrow pointing to the nearest airport and a number "3," telling how many milfs from that, point, to the air port. In thi!* t;a3C arrpv,- potato the Johnsburg airport; which is 3 miles away by air. Box" by Keyes; "Magnificent Obsession" Lewis; "The Benchleji, Roundup^ by Benchley; "The Flint Anchor" by Worner. "They Called Him Stonewall" by Davis; "The Whisper in the Gloom" by Blob; "Sinister Storms" by Upfield; "Come, My Beloved" by Buch; "Guide to Confident Living" by Peale; "Hang.up the Fiddle" by Babcack; "Introduction to Trees." GUILD WORK PARTY The Junioj- Theatre puild will have a work party and business meeting Oct. 17 at 2 o'clock at Chicory Hill barn. A report of the constitution committee Will be read. CASE CONTINUED The case of four McHenry youths charged with breaking into five summer homes in Bay View subdivision, Pistakee Bay, has been continued until Oct. 12 in county court. The four, Robert Cooper, 14, Peter Cooper, 16, Scott Bacon, 16, and Axel T. Johnson, 16, were arrested last week and the sheriff's office recovered the loot which had been hidden in the homes of some of them. PLEDGES FRATERNITY Clifford W. Todd, a freshman at Beloit college, Wis., has been pledged to Tau Kappa Epsilon national social fraternity. COUNTY GROUP HONORS BUSINESS WOMEN OCT. 10-16 The McHenry County Business and Professional Women's club is joining with thd 3,000 clubs of the National Federation in hoiiui- ...o du:l';-.c;-• thi-f week of Oct. 1U-16, which is designated as National Business Women's Week> For thirty-five years these clubs have been working to-advance the educational and economic status of women. They act as spokesmen not only, for their own members, but for 19,000,000 women wage earners in this country. The McHenry county club includes members from Crystal Lake, McHenry, Wonder Lske and Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Freund spent Saturday in Elgin, where they attended the wedding of her cousin, Sally Schroeder, and Charles Edwards of Waukegan and Chicago. The nuptials took place at ^ the First Methodist chuich.' NUMEROUS VARIED VIOLATIONS LISTED IN POLICE REPORT Twelve stop sign violations were among a number of infringements of the law recorded by the McHenry police during September. Other traffic violations included four arrests for speeding, one for passing on the bridge, one for making a U-turn, one for passing on the wrong side of the safety island, one for driving with no muffler, one for parking in a no parking zone and two parked over the sidewalk. A total of thirty-five miscellane )us calLs were also answered during the month. In addition, a door was pried off one of the parking meters, a beach sign was destroyed but was replaced by the offenders and one break-in was investigated. Nine were arrested for disorderly conduct, twelve sheriff's rail? were, received and acted upon and one mining pei^oii \v«is found. Weed Planting Program Subject Of Lake Meeting There will be a meeting of representatives of all subdivisions of McCullom Lake on Friday, Oct. 15, at 8 p.m. at the beach house on the north end of the lake. Each subdivision is asked to have one or two members at this meeting, when a weed planting program to better the wild game and fish life situation will be discussed. The latest re-stocking report will also be read. Following the meeting, anyone interested in a rod and gun club is asked to remain to talk over the possibility of the formation of such a group. Between halves of the game Friday night, prizes will be awarded ; to winning floats of classes sihd organizations and also to classes with the most alumni represented. A dance will follow in the gymnasium, highlight of which will be the crowning of the king and queen. - y Build With Sophs At the big game Friday night at 8 o'clock, McHenry will Barrington. After losing almost his entire team through graduation last year, Coach "Mac" McCracken and his line coach, "Buck" WhAeland, faced many problems in building a team this fall. Seniors and juniors were scarce on the squad so there was nothing to do but turn to sophomores in choosing a line-up. Several good sophomores loomed up, but a year on the J.V. squad would have been desirable for their development. The team started off with a victory over Marengo in a nonconference game. Next, they threw quite a scare into highly favored Lake Forest and might have had an upset victory with a bit of luck. Libertyville brought a snappy, looking team to town and had to work real hard to eke out a win over the Warriors. McHenry's line was proving itself on defense and nobody was running up big scores. Lack of reserve strength to replace injured key men hurt in this one. > The team was sound the following week, but ran into a keyed-up bunch of Blue .Streaks who were giving their homecom- . ing crowd a thrill. Now comes the Warriors' turn to show Barrington and the M(? Henry homecoming crowd how to churn out touchdowns. PLAN SHELTER' FOB? CHILDREN AWAITIHCr BUSSES AT LAKE .'Vi Mrs. William Baka of West Shore Beach, McCullom Lake, has begun a drive for funds to build a shelter for the grade school children awaiting busses and has personally solicited all fundp ;.to date by making a door to door collection. The shelter is to be erected. Jit ^ the maun entrance to the sufbdivi-,;pj sion. * Further contributions are needed for this worthy cause if the estimated cost of the structure is to be met. Anyone wishing to_ contribute is asked to contact; || her at Box 353, Rt. 4, McHenry. Tr ™ It is also hoped that volunteers 'if•*') may offer their services in,crect- 4| tag the structure. 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