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/ w^l * THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" V jv*Ck: m-- Sv 0 A-V' -v ,.'•3 :|ff 1 / % H Volume 83 -- No. 36 -- 2 Sections McHENflY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. JANUARY 9. 1958 16 Pages --? 10c Per Cepf •a--as Meandtrin' This week a member of the Woman's Society of Christian Service approached Mrs. Mae Stinespring (also a member) regarding a picture to be used with publicity for a meeting at which' Mrs. Stinespring was to be guest Speaker. The latter responded with enthusiasm, saying she had one she knew her friend would like to' have printed. Well--all we can say is that Mf-s. Stinespring wasn't well acquainted with the mischievous humor of her friend, who promptly brought along this old time picture (right), showing Mae in the costume of another era. Which rne we are not sure. At left is (Bnrs. Stinespring as she appears today, which makes us realize that the era couldn't have been so long ago. In fact, on second thought, as we recall last night's paper and its newest fashions, maybe Mae is only demonstrating above how the well dressed woman " Of 1958 SHOULD look (right) and how the w^ll dressed woman of 1958 WILL look (left). I This is the season for resolutions, but we find ourselves much like everyone else who has become discouraged through the years when we find each one broken before the year is hardly started. This year we tried something new. We made resolutions for the folks we come in contact with ,£nost often--the? ones w«> blame tW most everything that goes wrong. The waistline has a habit of expanding at this- time of year, and we feel justified in asking the girls of the front office (all of them wonderful cooks) not to use us as a guinea pig in their •culinary experiments. If they live up to-it, we will hate them for it; if they don't, we will be equally unhappy for having to alter our apparel. We have resolved for S.T.H. that he keep to the bland diet that ushered in the new year for him. There's nothing like a big dish of cereal with cream at midnight to make one feel like starting life anew on New Year's mornine. but what it does for the weight is another thing. FeTflnr news contributors, we ® Wfffgestr^rT^he interest of our ulispowtlon^^CTiat deadlines be observed as closely as possible. We find our disposition suffers most when someone who has forgotten a deadline chooses our dinner hour to phone it in, and with the very big appetite we possess, any hour after 5 p.m. is usually eating time. For our advertisers, we suggest £hat they do just that--let other people know what they have to offer through the columns of our paper in 1958. And that's just about the best advice we can give the more than 4,600 folks who buy our paper each week! CHARGE THREE WITH XMAS BURGLARY; TWO APMIT PART Three young men, one fr6m this area, were arrested last Thursday night in connection with the. burglary Christinas night * at the Creamery ttavern at Burton's Bridge. They were Harry Ketchum, 23, of McHenry, Charles Ritzert, 16, of Ridgefield and and Joe Komes, 20, of Woodstock. Two were reported to have signed statements admitting they took part in the burglary. , All were held under $7,500 bond and their cases continued until Jan.' 11. It is expected they will be held to the gcand jury. In the burglary, three are changed with taking $40 in cash from music boxes- and cigarette machines and fifty-nine bottles of liquor valued at $220. Clues picked up the morning following the burglary led police to make the arrest. COUNTY INCLUDED IN $270,000,000 STATE HIGHWAY PROGRAM McHenry county will be among several in which projects are to be bid on Jan. 21 in Gov. William G. Stratton's $270,000,000 highway construction program for 1958. These first bids will be received by the Illinois Division of Highways on the above date, according to Director E. A. Rosenstone of the Department of Prblic Works and Buildings. The initial bid letting will involve projects estimated in value at $13,000,000 and located in twenty-eight counties throughout the state.. It will he the first of eight regularly scheduled bid lettings during the year.. The work in DeKalb and McHenry counties includes 3.25 miles of intermittent bituminous concrete resurfacing and bituminous patching on 111. 1 Rt. 23 between Genoa and Sycamore and approximately 4.5 miles south of Marengo; U.S. Rt. 20 approximately 1.0 mile southeast of Marengo: 111. Rt. 31 approximately 3.5 miles south of Richmond; Rt. 120 approximately 0.3 mile northeast of Woodstock and at McHenry; and 111. Rt. 173 at Harvard and Richmond. McHENRY POLICE REPORT BUSY YEAR IN 1957 300 Traffic Tickets Issued During Past Twelve Months 'Teen-ager Has Narrow Escape From Lake Waters An unidentified 'teen-ager narrowly escaped losing his life in the waters of Lily Lake on the last day of the year. Two truck drivers travelling along Rt. 120 about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, saw someone struggling in the water. They went to his aid immediately, summoning a resident of the community, Mrs. Annette Schmit to bring blankets. They rescueJ the young man and took him to his home before his name could be learned. The year 1957 was a busy one for the. McHenry police department. as evidence^ in perusing, the annual report prepared by Chief Joseph Grobel. . For the twelve-month period, there were 300 traffic ticket summons issued, 112. accidents were investigated and seven accidents in which there were injuries came under their authority. There were no fatalities within the city. There were forty-seven larceny cases in the community during the year, of wljieh fifteen were solved. Vandalism in the city limits was reported on three occasions and police officers were called out three times following reports of prowlers. There were sixteen calls on malicious mischief and on six occasions members of the department were called out to investigate reports of persons annoying young people in the city. Various Details Various are thf duties of the police. They acted as escorts at sixty-five funerals; watched the homes of nineteen residents who were on vacation, apprehended eight 'teen-agers who had run away; and recovered four boats. During the year, thirty-eight persons spent various lengths of time in the city jail, twenty-four general investigations were made, 213 radio messages received from the sheriff's office concerning police detail and 150 miscellaneous city reports made. All in all, it was a mighty busy twelve months in McHenry for the six members of the police force who work night and day to keep order within our city. First '58 Baby Born Ihursday The new year had about the brightest start it could ..possibly have for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schiavone of Lilymoor. On Jan. 2, they became the parents of their first son, who incidentally was the first baby of 1958 born at Memorial hospital for McHenry County in Woodstock. The lad will answer to the name Donald Dominick. Jr. Before his appearance. there were two girls in the family, Vaierie, 5, and Donna, 3lis. However, Donald was not the first baby born in the county. That honor went to Cynthia Rae Garey, born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Garey of Harvard at 1:31 o'clock Jan. 1 at Harvard hospital. She is their first child. A boy was born that dav to Mr. and Mrs. Brockwell of Sharon. C OF C DESIGNATES FEBRUARY 7 AND 8 AS DOLLAR DAYS The Chamber of Commerce has designated Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7 and 8, as Dollar Days in McHenry, a time set aside semiannually by local businessmen to 'offer exceptional values to the focal buying piiblic. They are held- on Friday and Saturday of the first full week in February and againin August. The deadline for advertising has. been set for Wednesday. Jan. 22. Anyone desiring to advertise in the special Dollar Day section must have copy turned in to the Plaindealer office by that date. SET JANUARY 15 AS DEADLINE FOR ESTIMATED TAX H. Alan Long, Chicago's district director of Internal Revenue, reminded taxpayers of the northern di'strict of Illinois that Wednesday, Jan. 15, is the deadline for paying the fourth and last installment on estimated federal income tax returns for the year 1957. He further stated that those taxpayers who filed an estimated return and have a payment due on Jan. 15th should have received a notice by mail. If you have previously filed an estimated return and events occurring in the last quarter of 1957 show that your income was substantially more or less than your original estimate, you should file, an am^ded declaration on Jan. 15th. TRANSFER WONDER LAKE ASSISTANT PASTOR TO ELGIN A number of changes in pastorates were announced within the past few days of interest to local residents. Wonder Lake's Christ the King Catholic church is losing its assistant pastor. Rev. Fr. Alfred P. Kruk, who has been transferred to Elgin. He will take the place of Rev. Fr. William A. Kriegs- JBann, former assistant-pastor--of St. Joseph's Catholic church, who. has been named pastor of St Joseph's church in Lena. Fr. Kriegsmann takes over the pastorship left vacant by the irecent death of Fr. Walter Lessman, who was a summer visitor in the McHenry area for many years. " Rev. Fr. J. F. Moroney, secretary to Bishop Lane, has been appointed diocesan director of the Christian Family Life movement, succeeding the late Fr. Donald L. Schuler, assistant at St. Mary's in McHenr^ only a few years ago. Wonder Lake Girl Observes Anniversary Hurt In Accident Sharon LaGreca is a patient in the McHenry hospital as the result of a car accident in which her leg was broken. Beth Smith, driving the family car, and Sharon vvere on their way to classes~a\t McHenry high school Monday morning when the auto went into a skid and she was thrown from the car. resulting in a fractured leg. Both girls were suffering from shock Monday night as a result of the decident. . . Mrs. Laura Buckley also of Wonder Lake, suffered a slightly injured shoulder in a minor accident last week when her car ran off the road on her way to work at the Lake. She was assisted by Rev. Burton Schroeder, who happened along at the critical time. LILLIAN KELTER RITES PLANNED FRIDAY MORNING McHenry friends learned with regret of the death of Mrs. Lillian Kelter, 79, who passed away at the Villa Rest Home Tuesday noon. Jan. 7, after being confined there for a year and a half. Mrs. Kelter, a thirty-eight-year resident of this community, was best known for her philanthropy, especially in behalf of church projects both locally and in other parts of the country* The deceased was born in Chicaeo July 7, 1878. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward, and a sister. Mrs. Emma Wagner. Only a brother, Walter Brooks of McHenry. and nieces and nephews survive. The body rests at the George Justen & Son funeral home. A funeral Mass will be sung at 10 o'clock Friday morning at St. Patrick's church, with burial in the church cemetery. MINOR ACCIDENT Dorothea Miller. 17. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Clover avenue, Edgebrook Heights escaped injury when her car, southbound, skidded as she was travelling on Rt. T2~at"Solon Mills Sunday and struck an auto driven by Carl R. KleWin of Delavan. Only property damage was reported by authorities. LICENSE CHANGES Nine motor vehicle license numbers in the first 100 changed hands for 1958, the largest turn-, over in at least twenty-five years, according to Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier. The license 92. however, is still held by the Huch Leather Co. of Pistakee Bay. Educational Districts Oi Area Submit Claims For State Aid There is nothing as "over" as Christmas, but somehow we find ourselves among those people whe refuse to destroy the symbols of Mfthe holiday until carrying the spirit further would set us in a class by ourselves. We felt we were rapidly approaching that deadline last Sunday afternoon when, in riding through a neighboring city, we saw a disposal truck headed to the outskirts of the town, heaped high with discarded trees. Since we must live with television commercials, we have found the easiest way has been to make a real effort to pay attention and get some enjoyment from them. Sometimes it pays off, as in the case of a "goof" which was very quickly and cleverly corrected the other night. A leading news comjnentator was relating the property damage of one of the year's first'big fires, ^ind evidently was moved by the tremendous part played by firemen. As he summed up features of the story, he commented, "And we'll bet ,when they finished they all took an aspirin." The words were hardly out and he remembered his sponsor and added quickly, "or probably it was an anacin." (Continued On Page 8) Local schools are among those sharing in a total claim of $738,- 246.62 submitted by McHenry county institutions for state aid this year. It compares with a claim last year at this time of $757,257.41. The total, which will be divided into twelve equal monthly pavments. is based on average daily attendance this fall. The decrease | this year is due to lower attendance figures because of the flu epidemic. I The state gives a flat grant of J seven dollars per high school stu-' dent and twenty-two dollars per erade pupil. In addition, special aid is given on the basis of number of students and assessed valuation. Two school districts in the countyhave submitted claims for more than $100,000, Crystal Lake elementary, $140,474.98, and Harvard Community unit schools with a request for $102,874.60.* The Crystal Lake district includes three elementary schools and the Harvard district the high school and two elementary schools. Local Claims District 15, McHenry, (grade'* includes four schools with a claim submitted of $98,867.35. Others include Harrison elementary. Wonder Lake, requesting $39,144.- 88; Jolinsburg elejnentary, asking $13,756.58; and Burton's Bridge elementary, asking $11.- 353.30. M c H e n r y C o m m u n i t y h i e h school asks $5,522.37, Richmond high school, $1,117.13; Spring Grove. $1,081.74; Ringwood elementary. $1,049 18- and Terra Cotta school, $509.08. The total is subject to amendment in June when the claim will be adjusted ;to meet changes in average daily attendance. News About Our Servicemen KAISERSLAUTERN. Germany (AHTNCV- Army Specialist Second Class Gerald Peschke. son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Peschke, Route 6. McHenry, is a member of the 521st engineer group, which presented food, clothing and toys to orphaned children in Frankenstein, Germany, during the holiday season. Specialist Peschke, who arrived in Europe in December, 1954. is an administrative specialist in the group's headquarters company. His wife, Irmgard, ifc with him in Germany. Peschke entered the Army in July, 1954. Mannheim, Germany -- Specialist Third Class Wayne C. Tronsen. son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Tronsen, Route 1, Wonder Lake, is a member of the 182nd ordinance company which presented food, clothing and toys to children at the St. Anton orphanage in Mannheim, Germany, during the holiday season. Specialist Tronsen entered the Army in March, 1956, and received basic training at Fort Leonard. Mo. He arrived in Europe in August, 1956. The 19-year-old soldier attended McHenry high school. Pfc. Robert E. Tonyan, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Tonyan, arrived home recently on a thirtyday leave from his duties with military intelligence, stationed (Continued on Page 8) THE EFFORT TO KEEP PACE One of the most important and popular topics of conversation thrdfighout the country in the past two months has centered on the need for training the nation's high-caliber people. Intensifying that need, of course, have been recent events which led our country's leaders to the belief that this must be accomplished in order to remain a top power. McHenry residents should be interested to know that this state has taken a lead in their efforts to meet the need by the formation of the first Illinois State Scholarship program; also that local students are demonstrating their interest in it. When the filing deadline for scholarship applications arrives tomorrow, Jan. 10, McHenry will be represented by about fifteen entries. Initial appropriations for the 1958-59 year amount' to $600,000, to be divided among eligible high school seniors in Illinois for attendance at any accredited college or university in the state. Students who rank in the top half of their high school class and who will have graduated by June of 1958 are eligible to take the scholarship examination. It is also available for graduates of previous years who have had no college or university training. Students, however, must show a need for financial assistance to gain a scholarship appropri^ ation. Sixty-nine colleges and universities throughout the state are serving as centers for the test, to be given Saturday, Feb. 1, lasting for a three-hour period. Science Research Associates is constructing a special test to measure superior capacity to profit from college work. Probably giving greatest impetus to the new scholarship program was the launching of Russia's first Sputnik last fall. The need for more scientists, as well as more people better educated and trained in the vast number of fields so necessary to keeping pace with modern developments, has been more keenly felt in recent months than ever before. The new scholarship program hopes to accomplish, chiefly, three things: 1--Provide financial assistance for intellectually superior persons who otherwise could not receive college or university training; 2--Provide recognition, in the form of honorary merit citations, for those who do not need financial aid but are highly qualified; 3--Provide also for persons who graduated previous to June, 1958, but were financially unable to enter college. Unlike the Russian view of education, where teaching only persons with unusual talent is said to be the aim, the new program here is designed to give added encouragement and assistance to those with above average intelligence, at the same time providing the best education possible for the great majority. Is* ETTA ROSENBERGER Miss Etta Rosenberger, one of the city's oldest residents, marks the ninety-fourth anniversary of her birth on Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Villa Rest Home, where she has been confined for the past several years. Miss Rosenberger is the daughter of one of the community's pioneer businessmen, who operated a barber shop on Elm street. The nonagenarian, herself, was a seamstress until her retirement. She is a member of Zion Lutheran church and of the Ladies Aid. *15,119 REALIZED TO DATE FROM 1957 SEAL SALE Tuberculosis On Rise As Population Of County Goes Up As the result of 25.000 envelopes containing Christmas Seals being sent out to county residents in November, a total of $15,119 has been reaRzed; About half of those contacted have not responded. Christmas Seals^ have been the chief means of support for the McHenry County Tuberculosis association for a "number 6f years. Contributions obtained by this means are used mainly for two activities, administering TB skin tests in schools and supporting mobile X-ray units. Those who have not yet contributed may still do so by sending their money to the association's headquarters in the court house annex in Woodstock. About 3,000 new names were added to the list of solicited residents of the county this year. If the same amount is given per person this year, a total of $17,000 will be realized. Woodstock residents rated highest in their support of the 1957 campaign with a total of $3,077.14. Crystal Lake came next with $2,766 and McHenry was third with $2,382.19. Harvard residents contributed $1,492.30. Other local communities donated as follows: Wonder Lake and Ringwood, $552.50: Spring Grove, $109.25; Solon Mills, $18; and Richmond, $357.75. In 1956, thirteen persons were hospitalized with active tuberculosis, while in 1957 that figure more than doubled. As the population increases, so does the number of active and potentially active cases. New Projection Based On 1958 School Enrollment Causes Concern Over Classroom Space By 1965 McHENRY CHURCHES JOIN IN OPENING OF JUBILEE YEAR Members of Catholic churches in McHenry opened the golden jubilee of the Rockford Catholic diocese on Tuesday evening, Dec. 31, when a Holy Hour was held. Churches throughout the diocese learned the previous Sunday of the v program which will be carried out in 1958 in a proclamation by his Excellency Most Rev. Loras T. Lane, bishop of the diocese. The year long observance will be carried out on a diocesanwide basis and will cover the various aspects of work of the church. The Rockford diocese was established Sept. 23, 1908, by Pope Pius V. Most Rev. Peter J. Muldoon, then auxiliary bishop of Chicago, was named first bishop of Rockford. At that time there were only seventy-four priests and fiftyfive parishes in the diocese. Today, there are more than 300 priests and ninety-four parishes in the eleven-county diocese. OUTLINE PROJECTS NEW IN COUNTY AT 4-H KICK-OFF A kick-off program for the 1958 4-H program was scheduled for Wednesday evening at the Farm Bureau "building, with training and instruction of leaders on the agenda. In advance of the meeting, it was disclosed that the purpose was for leaders to learn about several new agricultural 4-H projects, as well as the year's schedule of events. The ferowth of urban areas in the county has prompted such new programs to be offered as bicycle maintenance, dog care, indoor gardening, photography, bird study and choosing a vocation, among others. They are designed to help increase 4-H participation in these areas.' It is expected there will be seventeen agricultural clubs again this year. Among those active in this area is the Cherry Valley club, of which James Curran is leader. SAFETY PROGRAM GAINS IMPETUS AS NEW YEAR BEGINS Singers Choose Musical Show,Theme For Spring When the McHenry Choral club resumes practices on Monday evening,' Jan. 13, they will begin rehearsals at once for the spring ; program to be presented late in | April, Meetings are held weekly j at 8 p.m. in the high school music | room. j Well known selections from musical shows will be featured, j including some popular as early | as 1914 and others which have * drawn crowds as recently as last j season. 1 Anyone who* enjoys singing is ! invited to join the club. As we go into a new year, one of ihe first established programs is one of safety, designed to curb accidents which have placed McHenry county among those at the top of the state's traffic fatality list. The peak month was October, when eleven deaths on the highway were recorded, including the five Chicago young men who lost their lives when their speeding car failed to make a curve on the Johnsburg blacktop and smashed into a tree. Initial plans for the safety program were made in November, when county, state and national safety representatives were called together. Today, Jan. 9, the sheriff will meet with county 'educators at the court house annex to discuss witn them the part schools can take in the program. The matter will be continued before the county board, of supervisors Jan. 14. Later in the week it will be discussed at a meeting in Chicago of the Randolph Commission, which is working on a plan for unincorporated areas. SECOND BURGLARY AT BURTON'S BRIDGE REPORTED SUNDAY \ Burglars are reported to have taken $17 from a soft drink ma- ! chine, $30 from a cigarette ma- \ I chine, ten gallons of gas valued at j ; $3.75 and other items worth $8 j i when they broke into the Ray- j I mond R. C.leason service station j ] at Burton's Bridge Sunday night. Entrance to the station was gained by breaking glass in an overhead door. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Conway, son Michael and Donald Givens were guests in the Harry Lawrence home in Chicago Sunday. TAX MEETING A county-wide meeting on income tax and social security problems will be held at the Farm Bureau building on Monday, Jan. 13. at' 1:30 p.m. Norman Specht, local field man for the Farm Bureau Farm Management Service, will be present to lead the discussion. He is widely known in this area and is a specialist in tax and social security problems. The public is invited. NURSES' MEETING The McHenry County Nurses' association will hold their next meeting tonight, Jan. 9, at the Woodstock high school at 8 p.m. Guest speaker at this meeting will be Ruth Tyrrell, anesthetist for the McHenry County Memorial Hospital. COMMITTEEMAN CANDIDATE William Bolger has announced that he will be a candidate for precinct committeeman in Precinct 2 on the Democratic ticket in the spring election. A new projection based on present enrollment in McHenry schools has been completed by Supt. C- H. Duker and reveals an-< ticipated growth "which might well provide food for thought for every person in the community. One of the most startling Bits of information to come out of the entire projection picture is the almost' certainty that by 1965. there'll be at least 1,660 students in the local high school. Even nearer in the future, figures reveal a jump in enrollment from the present 846 to 982 in 1958 and 1,270 in 1961. The present school which has been constructed in , accordance with the constitutional provision which prevents floating bonds in excess of (5 per cent of the asssessed valuation, will not be enlarged- Even though the valuation has risen since the bonds were floated two years ago, other arrangements will "be made to/ accommodate the growing number of students when higher enrollment makes for crowded conditions in the present building. A maximum of 1,450 can be accommodated in the high school now, its two additions since 1950. It will be very crowded when the figure jumps as high as 1,650. 1,061 by 1959 The high school figures are especially interesting when one realizes that the projection made in 1951 for the year 1959 was 705. Today, the projection figure for that year is 1,061, an increase of 50 per cent. The grade situation is not a happy one either. Looking at, the enrollment figures in District 15 since 1951, one finds an average increase of 90 per cent, or 15 per cent a year. The first now has thirty-seven rooms and projection figures make certain the need for fiftyseven rooms for the first five grades by 1962. Junior high projection figures assure accommodation of all pupils expected in the school until after 1962. The grade board is at present making plans to revamp the old Junior high building for use by intermediate grades next year. • KIWANIS CLUB PLANS IMPORTANT PROGRAM IN 1958 The McHenry Kiwanis club, although still an infant among Kiwanis organizations, is starting to mature. Even though the club has performed many services for the community and the members have worked hard in bringing about a series of successful projects, it appears that 1958 may well be an outstanding year of achievement. During several' of the recent meetings that plans for 1959 have been discussed. The next event on the Kiwanis calendar is the annual joint installation of officers of the McHenry Kiwanis club and the McHenry Township Kiwanis club. This event is planned for Jan. 25 at the American Legion home in McHenry. One of the big annual events is (Continued On Page 8) Driving Hazard To those who are planning any amount of driving during January, it might be timely to mention as a word of caution that in January of 1957 the Illinois traffic accident total jumped nearly 50 per cent above the average of accidents per month in the preceding year. Weather conditions are. major contributing factor to the accident toll. If it is sufficiently severe, motorists wiU stay home, but the rate rises when the weather changes from mild to severe unexpectedly. Efforts are being made to cut down the tragic toll of fifty-two deaths chalked up In McHenry county through highway accidents in 1957. One of the most important contributions would be made If every driver realized his responsibly ity to regard weather as V very real- hazard of Winter driving. ;