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:'W - Hi* wSERVING THE CHAIN-O'LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" Volume 80 -- No. 46 McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1955 10c Per Copf^ Musin' | and | | Meanderm' { • j | Monday's weather may have ^ i had little resemblance to what > "might be expected on the first j. day of spring, but there are a B few sports enthusiasts whose exi uberant spirit could not he quelled. Most everyone either saw motor boats on the river Saturday and Sunday or heard the steady drone of the motors as the drivers practiced up for the approaching season. Those who were disappointed with the rain which ushered in the first day of spring certainly must have experienced even more hostile feelings toward the weatherm an on Tuesday, when one • of the winter's worst storms visited this section of the stat$. Ice-coated highways caused some schools to close in the county and telephone company officials reported five poles down between Woodstock and McHenry and three others elsewhere. Ice-coated tree limbs resulted in breakage and caused thirty wire breaks in various parts of the county. The last Lenten program planned at the Community Methodist church will be a religious play sponsored by the Senior _MYF group and under the direction of Mrs. Harry Stinespring. This »' will be presented Wednesday evening, March 30. The program will be preceded by a dinner. Friends of Donald Preund and John Bolger are eagerly awaiting the concert which the Notre Dame glee club will present in St. Edward's - high school gym, Elgin, Sunday evening, March 27, at 8 o'clock. The two young men are members of the glee club. Donald, a senior, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Freund and has toured various parts of the country with the group in • the pasttwo years. John, ft soph- • ojjsore.' p " ,x>£- Mrs. j&ui- Boigwr ami la a new member of the glee club. Elmer P. Adamb of Pox Lake, well known in the McHenry community, was among the- ninety- three candidates who received CPA certificates at a dinner given in their honor by the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants on March 23. The semi-annual awards dinner was held in the grand ballroom of the Palmer House. Mrs. Joseph KoberStine of Colmar, Spring Grove, shared honors on a program at a recital hall in Oak Park last Sunday, playing numbers on the organ. The remainder of the "program was furnished by the staff organist at Hines hospital. More than sixty men from this community are making plans to attend the annual Mayslake Retreat this weekend. The men will leave McHenry on Friday and will return Sunday evening. DEDICATE NEW HARRISON SCHOOL ADDITION SUNDAY Dr. Wilbur Yauch Principal Speaker At Open House Wonder . Lake residents are happily awaiting Sunday, March 27, when they will have ah opportunity to inspect the new and modern addition to Harrison school, where dedication services will be held. One of the principal speakers will be Dr. Wilbur Yauch, head of the. education department of Northern Illinois State Teachers college at DeKalb. The program will open promptly at 2 o'clock. Several former students and board members will be present and will be introduced during the open house ceremony, to which everyone is welcome. Visitors are invited to inspect the all brick school, which is completely modern in design, constructed in a long, low "T" shape, taking full advantage of sunlight. There are eight classrooms in the new structure and a large multi-purpose room which boasts a stage at one end. There are also two office rooms, a long corridor and a good sized basement room which will'be'used as a lunch room. The interior is pleasantly decorated in light shades and provides such modern features as to make evident a sharp contrast between teaching today and in the old three-window buildings of years ago. Members of the Parent Teachers association of the school will serve coffee and cookies to those who call during the open house program. News About Dor Servicemen OTTO HEINZ FURS WILL HOLD GRAND OPENING MARCH 25-26 Plans are under way for the grand opening of Otto Heinz Furs at 105 Riverside Drive on iFriday and Saturday, March 25 and 26. Orchids will be given away to each lady who calls during the two days. Mr. .Heinz, who has been a summer resident of McHenry for the past fifteen years and now, lives here permanently, resides in Country Club subdivision. He plans to carry a complete line of ready-made furs and will provide all types of servicing on furs. He also will have a complete line of cloth coats. Mr. Heinz has been in the fur business for thirty yeslrs in Chicago, the past eighteen years having owned his own store. CHAIRMEN HOPE TO COMPLETE RED CROSS DRIVE NEXT WEEK Mrs. Audrey Glosson .chairman, and Mrs. Verona Kent, cochairman of the annual Red Cross drive in the McHenry area, have expressed hope this week th^t by the closing days of March all outlying territories may have turned in reports for their communities. There are still many to be heard from before a complete campaign report may be made. A reminder is also given concerning last week's statement from county headquarters that unless individual committee quotas are met, it will be impossible to hold 1955 water safety programs in those areas where funds are lacking. Mrs. Charles Wright, active Red Cross volunteer worker in McHenry county for many years, returned last week from a trip to Hawaii, where she reports on active work of the Red Cross during the volcano's eruption at Hilo. Mr. and'^Mi's. Wright, in the past few years, have seen Red Cross 4t work in England and in the. Virgin Islands, always, in their jpords, ""'people helping people." Pvt. David N. Paddock, 21, ^Mdae wife, Annette, . lives on Route 4, McHenry, is a memberj of the 3rd infantry Division af Fort Benning, Ga. The "Rock of the Marne" division, which ret turned to the U.S. from Korea in November, 1054, lhas absorbed the 47th Infantry Division into its organization. Pvt. Paddock, a rifleman in the 4th Infantry Battalion's Co. B, entered the Army in May, 1954, and completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Paddock of Round Lake, he is a 1952 graduate of Wauconda high school. It is next to impossible to make a man see the light if he is blind to his own interests. ASSESSED VALUES OF LOCAL TOWNSHIPS RELEASED BY COUNTY McHenry county's equalized value for last year has been ^announced as $211,501,043, which is said to be about $11,000,000 over the previous total. The amount to be collected this year is $5,652,727.20, the rate being $.257. ...... The assessed value of McHenry in 1954 was $6,861,864, total corporation rate being $2,849 including county, &25T; town, $.098; road and bridge, $.269; corporation, $.513; high school district 156, $.694; school district 15, $1,018; and fire protection district, $.085. The assessed value in McHenry in 1953 was $6,330,827. Assessed valuations for 1954 in this area include Island Lake, $2,963,000; Lakemoor in . McHenry township, $982,510; Lakemoor in Nunda township, $982,- 510; Spring Grove in Burton township, $529,536. FORTY HOURS DEVOTION Forty Hours Devotion will f>egin Friday morning, March 25, at the 8 o'clock mass ' at St. Patrick's Catholic church and will continue until Sunday, with closing rites at the 10 o'clock mass. STORE BURGLARIZED * A Crystal Lake grocery store was burglarized Sunday night and $2,201.45 taken. Aboard the destroyer USS Taussig is Richard T. Duncan, seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duncan of Emerald Park, taking part in a joint Army-Navy "Operation Surfboard" along the west coast. The training exercise, taking place between March 14 and 30, has more than fifty U.S. Pacific fleet ships and a 6,000-man regimental combat team from the Army's 2nd infantry division involved. This first large scale combined operation. <0f 1955 includes embarkation of ; a combat team at a simulated advance base in PUget Sound and an amphibious landing at San Simeon Bay, Calif. Joel A. Adams received * his discharge from the serviee earlier this month • and is now employed by hW father, Otto, in his garage business. Joel stopped in the Plaindealer office this past week to express thanks for receiving the paper while away from home. Brother Paul Takes Finest Vow& JM Jordan Seminary s --•-- Brother Paul, the former Lee Bauer, took his first vows in the Society of the Divine Saviour on Saturday, March 19, at Jordan seminary, Menominee, Mich. A solemn high mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock, with the Superior, Father Harold, as celebrant. Deacons were Father Francis and Father Hilary. Brother Paul's parents,. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bauer, and son, Joseph, of Volo, Postulant Betty Bauer of St. Mary's convent, Milwaukee, Dr. Ray Bauer of Detroit, Mich., Frances and Carolyn Bauer, Mrs. Bernard Bauer and Mr. and Mrs. George J* iFreund of McHenry attended. 12-YEAR-OLD LAD FROM WONDER LAKE DIED LAST FRIDAY A short illness ended in death last Friday afternoon, March 18, for David Howard Schuviss, 12, of Wonder Lake, who died in Memorial hospital. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Lucille Craven, of Wonder Lake; his father, Howard J. Schuviss, of Kenosha, Wis.; a sister, Carol gchuviss, and three brothers, Gliomas, Ronald- and Gary Crajven, all of Wonder Lake. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Querhammer funeral home in Crystal Lake, with interment in Crystal Lake Memorial cemetery. Ronald Ford has arrived home on a ten-day furlough from Army duties at Camp Chaffee, Ark. VETERANS' CRAFT SALE PHW Council Hears Engineers' Plans The City Council convened for two meetings within a Week's time, the first being a special meeting for the purpose of hearing engineers' plans for enlargement of the disposal plant and the second for regular order pf business in the bi-monthly meeting Monday night. ^ Every effort is being' made to hasten completed plans for" the sewage plant which must ba."lmproved this year to comply jWith state demands. While the struction cost is bound to reach a high figure at best, the Council is pressing hard to utilize all present facilities and grounds in the interest of effecting savings without jeopardising * prbper treatment with a plant l&ge enough to meet requirements in our fast-growing city. Another special meeting is expected soon in order to hasten work on the proposed project. Plans for extension of watet main to the new fire house have been completed and work is expected to start this week. The installation requires breakage of pavement at the intersection of Illinois Routes 31 and 120. Following public hearing and recommendation of the zoning ^oard of appeals, the Council granted variation to the McHenry County Farmers' Co-operative association to erect bulk storage tanks for gasoline and fuel oil storage. As a safeguard, the Council voted to enforce building of dikes at this and other plants, the requirement to be made if state specification^ do not cover this point in installation. As an encouragement to property owners in residential areas, the Council amended the present sidewalk ordinance to provide city participation in cost in the amount of 10 cents per square foot of sidewalk. This is double the amount previously paid by the city. The last" order of business at the meeting was passage' of an ordinance designating the polling places and naming judges and clerks for the city election to be held April 19, 1955. CHARTER PRESENTATION McCULLOM LAKE YOUNGSTER STRUCK BY CAR. INJURED Six-year-old Robert Ostrom, son of Mrs. Irene- Ostrum of McCullom Lake, suffered a broken leg and severe head injuries last Friday morning when he was struck by an auto driven by Frank Corrado of Wonder Lake and Chicago. The accident occurred on the McCullom Lake blacktop road. Young Robert was standing with other children waiting for the school bus. Just before its arrival, he attempted to cross the street and in doing so darted directly in front of the Corrado auto, which was travelling east. The driver swerved but was unable to avoid hitting the child. Robert was taken to McHenry for treatment by a local physician and then removed to Memorial hospital. He was released early this week. It will be remembered that the youngster's father, Clifford, was -drowned last May while swimming at Beloit, Wis. Rudy Bryant photo The above pictured charter presentation scene was part of a program held at the Moose Hall in McHenry recently which also included a court of honor of Troop 164, sponsored by the - Moose lodge. Bill Jessup was in charge of the presentation. Pictured in back row, left to right, are William Struve, committeeman; Bob Mailfold, committee chairman; Noami Burkes, secretary; and Jerry Mayfield, committeeman. Front row, left to right, are Don Swanson, committeeman; Otto Wolff, treasurer; Dick Jaeger, governor of the lodge; Clyde Carr, institutional representative; Maynard Myer, committeeman; and Bill Jessup, neighborhood commissioner. Senior Class Presents "Annie Get Your Gun" Saturday Night, March 26 SCOUT TROOP HOLDS COURT OF HONOR; PRESENT CHARTER On Wednesday evening, March 16, the Boy Scouts of Troop 164, sponsored by the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge, No. 691, held a court of honor and charter presentation program at the Moose ihall in McHenry. At this colorful rite, Scouts were advanced in the ranks individually for their accomplishments in Scouting activities and pins of award presented by the Scoutmaster were pinned on them by their parents. This portion of the program was followed by presentation of a new charter for the coming "fljte&.by Bill Jessup, neighborhood commissioner. At the close of the ceremonies, refreshments were served by the Scouts' mothers. In closing their first year as a troop,^ these boys have made remarkable progress in their activities under the able direction of their Scoutmaster, Louis Swedcj. The Mother's club, of which Ethel Wolf is chairman, has been generously cooperative i$ the civic programs of the Scout troop, giving freely of their time and energy to make Troop 164 a credit to the community. Flames Damage Shed Near River Road Home Flames caused damage to a shed near the Walter Schimmel home on East River Road last Friday morning. Volunteers who extinguished the fire said that burning papers in a container had blown against the shed, causing the conflagration. A <jgrass fire was reported in Lakemoor the previous morning. PUNS CONTINUE FOR NEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION; APPLICATION MADE TO STATE DEPARTMENT FOR AID Frances Matohen, left, and Miriam Miller are shown with craft articles made by disabled veterans, how on sale at the American Legion home on Green street. The sale of these items helps the veterans gain some financial independence through their ability to be partially self-supporting. The dream for a large, modern hospital for McHenry county comes closer to realization as progress continues by the building committee of Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, which meets regularly. On Feb. 18, Hagon Dick, hospital consultant with ' Hamilton Associates, Minneapolis, jMinn., met with the committee. They listened to him speak on the various hospitals on Which he has worked and gained much from the first-hand knowledge he was able to give. Mr. Dick is concerned with all phases of hospitals, including lay-out, construction, equipment and administration. Another recent guest of the committee - was Mr. Heimigshausen of the firm of Gannster & Hennigshausen, architects, of Waukegan. Dr. O. T. Nelson of Woodstock, who heads the medical staff building committee, has also met with the group to present a preliminary plan which will be used as the basis for working on a master draft. It is hoped that plans for layout and construction may be completed by May 1. State Aid On Feb. 21, Miss Manda Roe, hospital administrator, and Russell Reimer of the building committee made application to the state for funds. The application was scheduled to come before the Illinois Department of Public Health, Bureau of Hospitals, on March 23. It is hoped that approval under the Hill-Burton fund may be forthcoming and that an appropriation may be approved by July of this year. It will be remembered that $435,000 has been realized in cash and pledges as the result of a vigorous drive for funds conducted in McHenry county last fall. Those in charge of carrying out the details of construction are now hopeful that an eighty-bed hospital will be possible through state and federal aid. At a meeting Friday evening, March 18, the committee met and approved preliminary plans. Members of the building committee include Horace Wagner of' Wonder Lake, chairman; Charles Miller of McHenry. Wayne Saggars and Lynn Renne of Crystal Lake, Einar Bakkom of Hebron, Russell Reimer of Woodstock and Mrs. J. B. Mc- Connell, representing the hospital auxiliary. After several weeks of rehearsal and work on stage settings, everything is in readiness for the presentation of the annual senior class play on Saturday evfning, March 26. The curtains will open promptly at 8:15 on the three-act comedy, "Annie Get Your Gun," a non-musical version of the famous stage play. The cast is as follows: Little Girl, Rita Barbian; Charlie, Jack Pearson; Mac, Wally Frett; Foster Wilson, Gus Unti; Dolly, Betty Wright; Winnie, Lois Claybaugh; Tommy, Bob Nelson; Frank Butler, Melvin Freund; Mary, Shirley Berthoux; Jane, Shirley Thurlwell; Annie Oakley, Jackie Moss; Little Jake, Tom Thiel; Minnie, Pat Long; Jessie, Ann Weber; Buffalo Bill, Howard Useman; Pawnee Bill, Dick Bates; *«fiting Bull, Bill Weber; Mrs. Schuler, Carol Bell; Mrs. Porter, Call Brefeld. • Story of Play The story centers airound Annie, shy and awkward, who comes to a ihotel to sell some quail to the proprietor at a time when Buffalo Bill's Wild West show is in the process of moving in. Frank Butler challenges any local person to a shooting match. The proprietor, after seeing Annie demonstrate her ability with a gun, has her accept the challenge and she wins. Later a crisis develops in the show when a rival troupe has beaten them to town and Buffalo Bill needs something new to catch the public fancy. They decide to give Annie a spectacular stunt and the interesting situations which follow all build up to an exciting and unexpected climax. Miss Margaret Kreul has once again taken on the task of preparing a large cast for what is sure to be a successful undertaking. - In addition to talented players, she is being assisted by a hard-working production crew, members of which have spent many hours in constructing authentic sets. Tickets have been on sale by members of the senior class and are being reserved this (Thursday) noon at the high school office. Music between acts will be furnished by vocal ensembles of the school. Ringwood Woman Hurt Slightly In Accident Mrs. R. Dodd of Ringwood was treated by a local doctor for chest injuries suffered when her car hit a tree after sliding on icy pavement on Richmond Road, near St. Mary's church, Wednesday morning. She was attempting to avoid hitting a dog when the accident occurred. The front of the Dodd car was damaged to the extent of about $200. As the auto swerved on the highway, it was struck by another car driven by Harriet Burmeister of Twin Lakes but there was little damage to the latter auto. CONTESTS FORESEEN IN VARIOUS APRIL ELECTIONS IN THIS COMMUNITY; VILLAGE AND SCHOOL POSTS SOUGHT MRS. ROY SWANSON ELECTED PRESIDENT COUNTY PTA COUNCIL Mrs. Roy E. Swanson of Harrison P.T.A. was elected president of the McHenry Council of Parent Teacher associations at a meeting held March 17 at the Johnsburg school, with Mrs. William Goodwin, past president, conducting the business session. Assisting Mrs. Swanson in heading the organization for the ensuing year will be Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stinespring, vicepresidents in charge of the program, representing the McHenry P.T.A.; Mrs. J. A. Duffie, secretary, of the Cary P.T.A.; and Don Hall, treasurer, of Fox River Grove. Mrs. C. S. Johnson, national Parent Teacher magazine and Congress publications chairman, was selected as delegate to attend the state convention in Chicago April 14, 15 and 16. The evening's business included a discussion of information which will be helpful to the new" officers in carrying out their duties. St. Patrick's Day decorations were in evidence on the attractively arranged refreshment table provided by the host P.T.A., Johnsburg, of which Mrs. Lishamer is president. Florence Lacy Wins "99" Award At the third annual banquet held at the Conrad Hilton hotel March 19, Florence Lacy was presented the achievement award trophy of the "Ninety-Nine" flying organization, denoting outstanding contribution to aviation for 1954. Second place was awarded to Marge Raglin of Crystal Lake and third place to Nell Brown of River Forest, who each received a copy of Jacqueline Cochran's autobiography. The awards were made on & point system for attendance at meetings, participation in events and activities and the promotion of aviation. Complete secrecy as to the names of winners was held up to the time when the awards were presented by Mrs. Harry F. Smith of Kalamazoo, the "99" sectional governor. After the presentations, Mrs. Herman Heise of Milwaukee, international secretary of the "99's", spoke on her recent flight over the Caribbean in her Cessna 180. IN USAF PROGRAM ATTENDS CONFERENCE Miss Manda Roe, administrator of Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, is attending the educational conference of the American College of Hospital Administrators from March 21 to 25, where problems of administration are being discussed. RICHARD MATHEWS Richard J. Mathews, 21, son of Mrs. Pearl M. Mathews, Lake Shore Drive, Wonder Lake, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force base, San Antonio, Texas, and has been selected to enter the USAF aviation cadet training program. In the near future he will be assigned as a member of a class of the USAF Pre-Flight school at Lackland for completion of the initial twelve-week phase of cadet training. Upon graduation from the Pre-Flight school, he will enter a six-month primary training course at one of the bases of the Flying Training Air Force. Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Ringlcr of Dixon, 111., spent the weekend in the A. H. Mosher home. POSTPONE ZONING HEARING Harold Bacon, chairman of the McHenry county zoning board of appeals, states that hearings originally scheduled for March 22 have been postponed until March 29 at 3 o'clock at the McHenry city hall. C OF C MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at 8 o'clock on Monday, March 28, at the Legion Home. 1 Cloud, Fia. Numerous elections of various types are scheduled for the Mo Henry area this spring season and in many of them contests are in prospect. The first will occur on Satnr* day, April 2, at McCullom Lake, when residents of that community will decide whether or not they wish to become an incocporated village. It will be the third election on the question in the last five years, the others having met defeat. The last election was in September of 1952, when McCullom Lake had a much smaller population than exists today. Township Vote Tuesday, April 5, will taring voters to the polls in town elections held throughout the county. The polls will open at 6 o'clock and will close at 5 pjn. in the nine precincts in McHenry township. McHenry is listed among many townships in which contests are scheduled this spring. Supervisor Math N. Schmitt is being opposed for re-election by Clyde Carr. Running for re-election and with no evident opposition are LeRoy Smith and Carl Hallstrom, assistant supervisors; also Chuck Miller, who is unopposed for highway commissioner. The town meeting for the transaction of miscellaneous business of the town will be held at 2 o'clock-the same day at the clerk's office at 539 Main street.. School Elections School elections will take place on Saturday, April 9, with contests in at least three districts. With the deadline for filing last Saturday, one contest is seen in bids for seats on the high school board, District 156. George Hiller and Donald Howard have filed for re-election for three-year terms. Fred Marks has not filed again for a place on the board but two others have signified their intention of seeking a post. They are Henry CI Setzler of Wonder Lake and H. Ralph Bennett of Riverside DriWk McHeSiry. According to state law, At least two members of the board must reside outside the incor- t ,* porated area. Mr. Marks and Mr. Hiller have satisfied the law's requirement for the past three years. Both Mr. Setzler and Mr. Bennett also reside outside the city limits. Herb Reihansperger ha* fOed for a one-year term. District 15 rin District 15, the terms of Elmer Freund, Hubert Smith and Harold Vaupell expire this spring. All three have filed for re-election, as has David Fairchild of Rt 4, McHenry, who seeks a post for the first time. : Harrison School Harrison school at Wonder Lake also seeks board members at an April 9 election, where two vacancies exist for threeyear terms. Filing for election are Wallace M. Sinclair, Gregory W. Mtoltag and Norman Specht. Village Elections Village and city elections will occur on Tuesday, April 19. Within the city of McHenry, only one contest is evident. That occurs in Ward II, where Glenn. D. Dixon and Elmer F: Antonson seek the aldermanic post left vacant by the decision of Arnold Anderson not to seek re-election. Two other aldermen whose terms expire also will not seek re-election. They are Edward J. Thennes in Ward I and George J. Freund in Ward HI. Seeking Mr. Thennes" post is Edwaffct J. Gausden. Charles D. Brown is the candidate in Ward III. The terms run for four years. Larry J. Huck has filed for the office of police magistrate, a position not filled at the present time, Lakemoor In the village of Lakemoor, there is a seven-way race for trustee posts. Only one of three whose terms expire seeks re-election, Raymond Cynowa. Phillip Kibbe is not a candidate again and there has been a vacancy created since Clifford Kiehl moved out of the village. Seeking posts as trustees besides Mr. Cynowa are Frank O'Leary, Mrs. Nettie Sartey. Ted Budil, Ray Morrison, Edward Karri in and John Bonder. Island Lake Island Lake's village election Is also scheduled for April 19, when three trustees will be elected at two precinct polling places. Mrs. Viola Bodenstab has returned to her home after spend* ing six weeks with her parents* Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomsovic. at St. . f . • ml J