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r MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERW1NG THE CHAIN-0-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" Volume 81 -- No. 36 McHENRY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. JANUARY 12.1956 K• M usin' and Meanderin' } C. B. Dietle of Regner road, Pistakee Bay, will be the main speaker at the meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, to be held Monday, Jan. 18, at Denver, Colo. Mr. Dietle, manager for the Diesel division of -Fairbanks $$rse & Co., Chicago, will jse as his subject "Diesel Engines and Their Future With the Atomic Age." The local man is a graduate of the University of Michigan in civil engineering and is an international authority on diesel engnes. He was a participator and contributor to the United Nations meeting in Miami, Fla. ^Gus Unti, Jr., has been cast In the role of Tom Prior in the three-act drama, "Outward Bound," which will be presented at Northern Illinois State college on March 1 and 2. Gus is the son of the senior Untis of Greeh street. A freshman at DeKalb, he is a graduate of the local high school, where he was seen in the jjfcys, "Ever Since Eve" and "Annie Get Your Gun." An especially large group of singers reported for the first rehearsal of the city's adult choral society on Monday evening of this week. They have chosen a "Show Boat" theme for their spring program, to be presented the Sit part of April, and ettthusim runs high as .they select suitable music. It was voted during the meetjog to give {200 of the proceeds fct their recent holiday program to the beach fund to "provide a lifeguard on the local beach next summer. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Rix of Niesen's subdivision are justly "jJoud of their 17-year-old twin grandsons, Bern and Bob Rix, of Phoenix, Ariz., who won first prize of a $435 home freezer and twenty-tfive dollars in cash for having the best holiday home display in tb£r district. The young men rented a trail-. er, then went up in the mountains and cut trees which were to serve as a background for the taautiful display, which was 22 feet . long. Singing choir boys were featured in ±he~a£tractive setting which haa a myriad of lights and candlejs^A hidcjen tape\ recorder furnished musicl Their entry has been to be considered for ti honors in \an electrical com] contest. The ability to do without has 9it many a man in a position to do as he pleases. TRAINING COURSE IN CARE OF SICK STARTS FEB. 1 Plans are under way at present for the formation of a class of fourteen women for instruction care of the sick, the course to start Feb. 1 in McHenry county. Preparations are being made by the county chapter of the Red Cross, which announces that classes will be held two nights a week for three weeks, Mrs. Betty Booth, who recently completed a similar class at Fox River Grove, will instruct the women, volunteering her rvices. It Since each class is limited tp fourteen women due to the type . of training, reservations should be made at once at the Red Cross chapter office in Woodstock. Instructions will include taking of pulse and temperature, making a bed with the patient in it, bathing a patient in bed and the procedure necessary in tjllowing the doctor's instrucons. Russell Beard Takes On' Supervisor Post Russell Beard, well known in farm circles in the county, has been appointed to the board of supervisors to represent Greenwood township, the appointment tving been made by the town ard of that township. Mr. Beard replaces Aimer Aavang, who died two weeks ago. He was seated at the board of supervisors' meeting held this week Tuesday. . Mrs. Neva Battern of Woodstock has. been spending some time in the home of her brother, George Jones, who is ill. , EXPECT HEART DRIVE TO WW PUBLIC SUPPORT Earl Walsh Heads Sports Division Of February Campaign Earl R. Walsh, city clerk, has been named to head the sports division of the McHenry heart committee fund drive. There is no question that the McHenry heart drive merits the support of every thinking person, particularly when Coroner Theron J. Ehorn, in his report on Dec. 6, 1955, reported that out of 121 deaths the top killer was charged with ' taking sixty-three lives. Auto accidents claimed twentysix lives. prevent (Same The fact is now established that of all the heart diseases, some can be prevented, a few can be cured, and almost "all cases can be helped by proper treatment -- especially after early diagnosis. This is the result of research --•- research of the character that is supported by the heart fund. There are three main areas of research in which investigators are working -- rheumatic fever, hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure. These take top priority as they are responsible for more than 90 per cent of all heart disease, but they are not insurmountable. - More than 3,000 American communities will participate in the 1956 campaign which begins Feb. 1 and continues through the month. High spot of the drive will be a nation-wide house-tohouse collection by volunteers on Heart Sunday, Feb. 26. PISTAQUA HEIGHTS WOMAN TO BE LAID [TO REST TODAY Mrs. Janet C. Martin, 51, of Pistaqua Heights, formerly a resident of Chicago and Oak £a,rk, died on Jan. 9. Sbe was. the Wife of tteil H. Martin and besides her husband leiaves her mother, Clara Mathilda Olson, of Chicago and one brother. She was a supervisor for fifteen years for Federal Electric Co. of Chicago. The body rested at the Justen- Hamsher funeral home in Fox Lake and later removed to a 'chapel at 5911 W. Madison street, where services are being conducted at 11 o'clock this (Thursday) morning, with burial in Acacia Park cenrfetery. COUNCIL STUDIES SPEED DEVICE 10c Pet dopy o . Photo by Kolin Mayor George P. Freund and members of the City Council are sKoftvn inspecting the new speed control which is now in use in McHenry. The instrument was used for; the first time last Thursday and Friday, when drivers exceeding the speed limit were stopped, shown what speed they were travelling and warned to observe speed limits. Tickets will be given out'in the future. According to Acting Chief Joseph Grobel, the speed device was well received by the driving public. • , ' ' Shown with it here, left to right, front row, are Aldermen Charles Brown and George Kauss, Mayor Freund, City Clerk Earl R. Walsh and Alderman E. J. Gausden. * Second row, left to right, are Aldermen Glenn Dixon and Edward Buchert, Officers Norfoert Yegge, John Weichmann, William Pearson and Joseph Grobel, Alderman Elmer Antonson and City Attorney John Looze. 4 Announce Deadline For ACP Program Reporting Announcement has been made this week by Bert Bridget, chairman of the McHenry county agricultural stabilization and conservation committee, that Jan. i3 is the final reporting date for farmers who have been approved for limestone, rock phosphate and other soil building practices on the 1955 ACP program. To toe eligible for payment, performance must be reported and soil tests,, weight tickets and cost evidence on file in the county office by the aibove date, according to Mr. Bridges. WATCHMAN SLUGGED Kyle Stokes, night watchman at the Northwopd"Fut*^farm near Cary, was slugged"-over the head last Thursday morning by an assailant who had concealed himself in the refrigerator room at the fur farm. The man fled from the building and later was noted speeding away in an' auto parked nearby. Stokes suffered scalp lacerations but escaped serious injuries. COUNCIL PHI REVISION! INCREAS m COMPLETE ..CODE; NOTE EXPENSES At the last regular meeting of McHenry's City Council, it was agreed that City Attorney John Looze be authorized to proceed with necessary steps toward a complete revision of the Municipal Code. The last code book was printed in 1939. While most of the ordinances adopted at the time of the last code are expeoted to remain as a basis, many new "ordinances and amendments have been passed and approved during the long span of time since the last books were printed. The task of preparing the new code involves complete review of all local ordinances and reference to many rules governing cities of comparable size. With the contemplated continued growth of McHenry, the Council sees a definite need for revisions. Income and expense continue to increase in the operation of the city. The monthly report submitted by Treasurer Thomas F. Bolger showed a balance of $28,769.05 in the general fund. Sales tax for the month of October, in the amount of $3,936.55, was included in the balance. Bond Payments Besides bills in excess of $5,000, bond payments and interest had to be met. Green street bridge bonds and interest in the amount of $7,308.75 were approved for payment. Of this amount, $3,308.75 was paid through Motor Fuel Tax funds. Street lighting bonds ilk the amount of $3,000 and $962.50 interest were also approved and paid. The Council will convene next Monday evening in the regular semi-monthly meeting and will also meefpthe following Monday, Jan. 23, at which time bids will be received on the proposed additions to the sewage disposal plant. MANY CONGRATULATE ST. CLARA'S COURT ON ANNIVERSARY St. Clara's Court, No. 669, Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, celebrated ils golden anniversary jubilee on Sunday, Jan. 8, the original date having been four days earlier in 1906. A mass of thanksgiving at 8:30 in St. Mary's church was followed by a memorial rite for all departed members. Later, breakfast was served in the school hall, with juvenile members serving. At 1 o'clock, chicken dinner was served at the high school cafeteria, attended by 146 members, two chapter members, clergy and visiting courts. Also in attendance were the high chief ranger and high vice-chief ranger from Chicago and the high trustee from Rockford. The hall and tables were attractively decorated in gold and white for the occasion. Charter members, past chief rangers and the chief ranger were presented with gifts from the court during the dinner. Mrs. Ella Buss acted as toastmistress. She called on several for short talks, including Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. S. Nix,, spiritual advisor of the court; Rev. John Reuland and Rev. D. Schuler, assistants; Rev. Frank J. Miller of Richmond and Rev. Paul Tuchlinsky of Galena, formerassistants. Others who. spoke were Miss Mary McCullough, high chief ranger; Mrs. Anna B. Rotgen, high vice-chief ranger; Mrs. Lucy Domino, high trustee; Mrs. Celia Blake, past chief ranger; and Mrs. Helen Weiber, chief ranger. Mrs. Mary Rita Stilling, Mrs. Hospital Launches Ipto New Year With Enthusiasm; Await Addition Continued ,on Page Five As Memorial hospital launches on a new year of service to county residents, enthusiasm runs high in anticipation of the day in the not too distant future when the large, modern addition will go under construction. Even now, the hospital is especially proud of its laboratory and xTay department and there is pride and confidence in thre fully qualified persons in thuj, work. According . to. William Tittl' president, "We must toe unique i that respect. By performing in both capacities, they make it unnecessary for us to have twp people on call to handle those duties." The department's main purpose is in the field of diagnosis. Work? ing with the department an Charles Stogsdill of Woodstocl Gene Heckathorne of South Da: kota and more recently, Miaflf Jean Ekberg of Herman, Minn. "One of us is on call twentyfour hours a day," Miss Ekberg said as she discussed activities of the department. "Emergencies almost always require attention from someone in the x-ray or laboratory and we may expect to be called any time, day or night." Fine Equipment There is the lArge x-ray machine installed in the x-fay room, with controls behind a lead shield so the operator need not be exposed to radiation. A smaller portable x-ray machine often is used in the x-ray room or in surgery, There is an electrocardiogram, one of the most valuable pieces of equipment, Miss Ekberg observed, and they also have a basal metabolism machine, microscopes and photrometer. In the new hospital addition, the department will be larger. A blood bank operated by the hospital Is an important goal. Blood now comes from Chicago, - carefully packed in dry ice with its type and expiration date tagged to the bottle. Main purpose of the department is aiding the doctor in diagnosis -- blood count, blood sugar and urinalysis. X-rays are ,used in a similar manner to determine what may be wrong with patients. Laboratory work is increasing, too. In 1954 there were 11,889 procedures as compared to 18,870 during the past year. REPORT VANDALISM AND TRAPPING NEAR COUNTRY CLUB POND Rites Held For Retired Policeman In Chicago Michael J. Neary, 72, a retired Chicago policeman who lived at Mineral Springs subdivision, near McHenry, died on Monday, Jan. 9. Survivors include two brothers, Thomas and Andrew, both of Pell Lake, Wis., and a sister, Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Inglewood, Calif. Mass is being read at 10 o'clock this (Thursday) morning in Resurrection church, Chicago. HOLY EUCHARIST A Holy Eucharist of the Episcopal Mission church will be held Sunday, Jan. 15, at 10:30 o'clock at 202 W. Waukegan road, with Rev. Klein officiating. McHenry police authorities this wfeek report acts of vandalism and trapping in the Country club subdivision and along the pond. They warn all offenders that ahyone apprehended in the future will be severely dealt with. ast week, a case of trapping tieteeted on the stream near the golf course and one of the beautiful ducks which have provided so much enjoyment for residents of the neighborhood was caught in it and was badly torn when found. More than 150 of the ducks have been making their home along the stream for several rs, undisturbed except for an occasional dog. Folks who live there xjave spent large sums of mony tjo feed them and assure the continuance of this duck haven which is one of the most beautifuK^ights in the community. Since the trapping incident, a mere dozen birds are t6 be found and those most interested are only hoping that the others may return. Nature has provided few settings as lovely as that of the pond, framed on one side by a wooded area and on the other by the long green fairway. It is only natural that local residents should be indignant as they note the destruction of something which they have strived so hard to preserve. PHILLIPS (INDICTED Robert Phillips, 28, of Rockford, who kidnapped and killed Lyle Larson, Harvard grocer, just three days before Christmas, was indicted on four counts of murder by the McHenry county grand jury Monday morning. Verdicts were returned before * Circuit judge William M. Carroll in circuit court at Woodstock. PRESIDENT JOHNSON NAMES COMMITTEES WITHIN C OF C :A directors* meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday nooh, with the newly elected president, Donald Johnson, presiding. Mr. Johnson told of plans for, the organization to cope with" civic problems. He expressed a hope for the active interest of all members, as only through general participation and cooperation can the aims of the group be accomplished. The annual banquet on Monday, Jan- 23, was discussed, with members and their husbands and wives meeting at the Legion home for dinner and entertainment at 7 o'clock. Anyone who has not been contacted should secure reservations with the secretary, Robert Stueben, not later than Jan. 20. At Tuesday's board meeting, the president outlined the program of activities for the year, which will come up for general discussion at the Jan. 23 dinner meeting. He has appointed four committees to oversee all others in functioning for the benefit of citizens, business, industry and the community in general during 1956. The committees are as follows: Research, Harry Deanl chairman; Norbert Mauch, AlXWeiss and A. P. Freund. . Opinion, William Burfelndt, chairman; Maurice Clark and Betty Nielsen. Public Relations, Mary Kauss, chairman; A. J. Wirfcz, George Kleinhans and Jack Thies. Policy Forming, Donald Johnsonb chairmai); Harry Dean, William Burfeindt and Mary Kauss. The various functions of these committees will be explained at the annual banquet and will be printed in future issue of the paper. News About Our Servicemen Ensign John Deroche spent the New Year holiday with his parents, the Walter Deroches, at Pistakee Bay. He has since reported to San Diego, Calif., for a twelve-week study period which will entitle him to the rank of chief engineer. Ensign Deroche will theii' report back to his ship, the destroyed Haverfield, based at Seattle, Wash. A letter from Stanley Aim, stationed in Alaska, informs his parents, Mr. and Mrs. "Harold Aim, that where he is stationed they are now enjoying (?) fiftyfour inches of snow. Stanley would surely think he was basking in the comforts of a Florida vacation should he be fortunate enough to arrive home about now. Pfc. Robert Comstock returned to Fort Ca/soiu Colo., Sunday after spending the holidays with his parents, M*. and Mrs. Fred Karpinski, at JohnBburg. SLOUGH FIRE Local volunteers were called to a slough south of Lakemoor about 4 o'clock Tuesday morning to extinguish a fire which was making headway. Members of the department concluded that it must have been burning for some time and thought possibly it was accidentally started by hunters. ASK LOCAL PUBLIC SUPPORT OF MARCH OF DIMES CAMPAIGN; McHENRY GOAL SET AT U000; COUNTY SEEKS S3M90 CITIZENSHIP HEAD FOR WOMAN'S CLUBS SPEAKS HERE FRIDAY Mrs. Donald L. Wetzell of Maywood; chairman of the American citizenship department of the Illinois Federation of Woman's clubs, will be guest speaker at the first meeting of the new year of the McHenry Woman's club, which will be held Friday, Jan. 13, at 2 o'clock at the Legion home. Mrs. Wetzell has been a member of the Maywood Twentieth Century club and the Past presidents' club of the sixth district. She is also past president of the Westchester Woman's club and served the sixth district as legislation and American citizenship chairman. Only recently, she represented the Illinois Federations of Woman's"' cluibs;as chairman of the arrangements committee for the annual meeting of the all-American conference to combat communism. Popular as a fine speaker with a pleasing personality, Mrs. Wetsell has chosen .for her talk the subject "This Is America/' Music will be provided by Bill Weiber, who will sing, and Nahcy Thornton, who will play a piano solo. ANNOUNCE FILING DEADLINES FOR APRIL PRIMARY County Clerk Raymond _ D. Woods disclosed this week that Jan. 6 is th^first day for filing for the AprHprimary election. Filing must take place at his office and will continue until 5 o'clock on Jan. 23, when petitions must be in the hands of the clerk. None will be accepted after that hour. The election--thia-^ear will be held for three county offices, circuit clerk, state's attorney and coroner. The incumbents, Clerk Lester Edinger, Atty. \Don A. Wicks a"nd Coroner Theron EJhomi have all announced their candidacies for re-election on the Republican ticket. Others to, be elected include precinct committeemen for both the Republican and Democratic parties. Three representatives and a senator in the state legislature from this district willrbe nominated, as well as a congressman. SUICIDE VICTIM Bernard L. Adams, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Adams of Alden township, was reported to have died Tuesday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. This picture shows a group of M.C.H.S. students, members of the newly organized Future Business Leaders of America chapter, putting on a fifteen-minute radio broadcast on "How To Organize a New Chapter." A The broadcast was made recently during the regional conference of F.B.L.A.. held at Northern Illinois State college at DeKalb. Thirty members from McHenry were in attendance. Pictured, left to right, are Bob Bauspies, John. Sterriickle, Audrey Tonyan, Cathy Wolf, Dick Olson, Bob Cormier, Jean Selsdorf and Gloria Wilke. About 400 pfersons attended the holiday charity ball sponsored by the local chapter recently. ijSince it is the purpose of the group to support charities on both a local and national level, between fifty and seventy percent of the proceeds were distributed to charities such as Salvation Army, Heart Foundation and CARE. Once again tiaa year Mtfienf? residents are" asked to join the nation in giving support to the current March of Dimes drive- According to Robert Stueben, chairman df 'the '56 campaign in this community, the local goal is $3,000, McHenry's share in the $30,000 hoped to be collected in. the county. It is interesting to note that the 1955 collection in the county reached $26,319. On Nov. 1 of this year only $33.79 remained in the bank in the name of the March <?f Dimes, evidence of the need for funds for the treatment of patients. On Jan. 14, the McHenry .Moose lodge is sponsoring a.. Ibenefit^pqlio dance, to which the pubH<Sis-4hvited. Also on Saturday, Jan. 14, there will be a tag day conducted by the Moose, at which time miniature crutches for the lapel will be given to contributors instead of regular tags. The Mothers March will be conducted much like it the last few years, with a porchlight drive on Jan. 31. This is the first year of chairmanship for Mr. Stueben, who has accepted the many responsibilities undertaken for so many years by victims of past years (are still cA county chapter rolls through /the country and ids of newly stricken will be added in 1956. Since 1939, March of Dimes money for repairing lives has reached $233,* 000,000. These dollars have brought hospital care, life-saving iron lungs and rebuilding of body and spirit for 313,000 children, 'teen* agers and adults. In Illinois there were some 1,400 new cases of polio in 1955* less than the year before or in th^Iast five years. Yet, fortius ate as this state was, twelve county chapters completely exhausted their funds in caring fojj, polio patients and received direct emergency money amounting to an additional §81,926 from the Foundation's epidemic aid pool. Child Guidance Study Jamsary 12. Parents are invited to attend a child guidance st&dy meeting in the home economics room of the McHenry high school on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 8 p.m. The parent education commiuee at the P.T.A. announces that this first of four meetings will begin with "Mike Makes His Mark," a new film from the National Education association, after which Mrs. Eleanor Foley of Edgebrook school, M. L Schoenholta of the junior high and Clarence Anglese of the high school will discuss "Child Guidance in the School/' Open discussion and refreshments will follow their pre* sentations. The committee chairman, Jo* seph Dahlen, and members, John Thomas, Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Fike, and Mr. and Mrs. B. Francke hope for a good attendance at this first meeting, which should be informative and helpful to all. Future meetings will be "Grouping in the Schools" on Feb. 9, "Recreational Guidance" on March 8 and "Spiritual Guidance" on April 12. Volunteers who will bake cakes for these future sessions are asked to sign up with Mrs. Fike or Mrs. Fi$itc£ke at this Jan. 12 meeting. McHENBY MAN CANDIDATE FOR '56 CONVENTION The local Democratic organization has announced the candid* acy of a local man, Bill Bolger, for delegate to the Democratic national nominating convention, to be held in Chicago in August of this year. He will represent the Fourteenth congressional district, which includes McHenry, Kane and DuPage counties. He places his support solidly behind the Democratic ^ organisation. Mr. Bolger is the youngest son of the late State Rep. Thomas A. Bolger, who served the Eighth senatorial district honestly and faithfully for twenty-two years. He has been employed for the past seven years as a telephone installer and repairman for th$ Illinois Bell Telephone company. The candidate attended the McHenry schools and shortly after his graduation from the (Continued on Page 8)„