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I' , * ' * n % f < ^"^7 ^ f;V; ^ V ^ vh i ;v' ' |: ?* I .* ^z*t . ^;: waP "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875? Volume 83 -- No. 37 -- 2 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16. 1958 16 Pages -- 10c Per Cepf fire Destroys North Bridge Boat Structure |; V Between the typewriter and the linotype (not to mention the mental lapses of a writer) the errors which fire .found in reading proof on any newspaper are sure to bring a chuclde and relieve the tensions of the day. Fortunately, most of them*are caught before they get into print, and occasionally we have felt the public is cheated on some good l£ghs. Therefore, we have resolved for the new y^ar to make note of the better ones and pass them along to our readers. Human nature being what it is, there is a great deal of embarrassment when the boners slip through, in contrast to the feeling of satisfaction in being able to tell others about those we caught in time. Weddings have a way of maintaining top priority when it comes t& errors--and this is no pun: This w&ek we found the following: "John Jones, friend of the broom." Another item carried this remark: "The sleeves came to a point over the wryst, and formed a hoop skirt below the waist." A third read, "The couple celebrated forty-eight years of martial bliss." Outside the society category \^s one concerning a zoning rulifl[ which read, "zoning board of apples." Finally, we come to this one: "The lovely, vivacious 71- year-^ld queen." And to think al! of this humor was reserved for the Plaindealer force, just because our proof reader was alert enough to catch them before the reading public had a treat! ^Tiere is probably no better time fflln January--the start of a new year--to bring news of a new undertaking locally in the line of cultural developments. Last Saturday we learned that the nearby village of Lakemoor is to have a library sometime this spring. To establish one in any city or town is an undertaking which requires untold weeks and months of hard work. When it Mcurs in a community so small, tra planning many times turns into a laborious task. Like most undertakings of this sort, however, there is added impetus in the knowledge that the ultimate goal is one of the most worthwhile that can be provided any community. In these days, when reading is sometimes thought of as a lost art, there is added reason to' gdve stimulus to something that ran be a hobby and at the same time educational, relaxing while at the same time exciting the imagination. Through pntience and hard work, an interested group of people at Lnkemoor. in a two-year period have accumulated 1.600 books to date. They hope to have 2,000 by the time the library is opened to the public in early Sjjfring . jTie pro.icct is sponsored by L.I.A., which originally was a property owners' organization^ later a social club, and more recently the Library Improvement association. Plans are under way to have one of our top state officials on hand at the dedication ceremony. Books woold be very much appreciated by the residents of nPkemoor and almost anyone contacted will be happy to turn them over lo the proper persons. More popular by the week is the public library of our city, where an average of 300 borrowers have been taking out books for the last several months. It was twenty years ago that the library started on a small scale, sponsored by the Mother's <^b. In fact, so small was the scale of operation that books were collected from persons with personal libraries and a great interest in the establishment of a public lending service. When the small room used to house the library in the high school was needed for class room space, the city fathers graciously consented to offer space in the ctty hall. A few years ago the nearly century old Tesch residence was purchased and remodeled for a (Continued On Page 8) A FIRE'S FURY Worwick Studio Photo This picture shows the spectacular fire which raged through North Bridge Marine Service building, dn the east side of the river, about 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Firemen are shown battling the blaze, which destroyed all except two wings, 40 x 140 feet, which housed seventy-five boats. They were all that were saved. MORE THAN HALF OF $13,739 EXPENDED FOR POLIO PATIENTS IN McHENRY COUNTY AIDED AREA PATIENTS The annual March of Dimes drive gains interest with the approach of the house to house canvass in connection with the campaign. Gertrude Barbian will again this year be chairman of the Mothers' March, which will be conducted Thursday evening, Jan. 30. Rsv Page, general chairman of the 1958 drive, this week released figures on the cost of treatment of polio victims throughout the past twelve months. It reached a total of $13,739.36, of which about half was expended on Mc- Henry area patients. The figure is almost unbelieveably high when one considers that 1957 was the most polio-free year recorded recently. It also bears out truth in the contention that funds are still needed badly to provide therapy for those 'stricken with the disease in other years, when the current cost of treatment made it impossible to provide as adeauately as would have been desired for those previously stricken. During 1957. four persons in McHenrv community were aid^d from polio funds collected in the countv. The least amount spent was $35 and the greatest ran $5,- 356.30, adding to the total $6,-* 308.65 total spent locally. Other Areas Aided Other communities aidflri through funds collected included Algonouin. $197; Ringwood, $5; Lake in the Hills. $150: Harvard, $300.15; Woodstock. $2,781.47; Hebron. $347 70; and Crystal Lake; $3.- 689.39. Much has been said about the Snlk vaccine, but few know in what way it works. Salk vaccine is said to prevent paralytic polio hv stimulating production of polio-fighting antibodies in the blood stream. If the body is infected by polio virus, these antibodies can keep the virus from reaching nerve cells. In this way, paralysis can be prevented. The vatcine dops not claim to prevent non-paralytic polio, .but the latter does not leave an individual with a permanent handicap. Non-paralytic polio, however, does make a person immune to the type of polio virus with which he was infected. ^ In view of the amount known to be needed for after-treatment, as shown in the amount of money expended last year in McHenry county, particularly in our own community, there is little doubt but that the appeal for funds in 1958 should carry the same^n terest as in past years. University Man To Speak In City The 1958 program of activity of the McHenry' Community P.T.A. will open impressively with an excellent speaker. Dr. J. E. Clenttenberg of Northern Illinois University at DeKalb will address the group at the first meeting planned for Thursday evening, Jan. 23, in the cafeteria of the high school at 8:15 p.m. Dr. Clenttenberg served as finances and facilities chairman of the department of Education of the Illinois Congress, P.T.A., in 1956-57. He is well versed in school and P.T.A. affairs and will speak to the local public on "What Kind of Community Support Do the Schools Need?" The P.T.A. takes a lead today in striving for the best in education. Members feel that if good schools are to be offered every child, parents must fight for them and be willing to pay for them. They remember, especially, the words of H. G. Wells, who once said. "Human history becomes more and more a race between education ,and disaster" and believe it was never more true than today. The public is invited to attend the Jan. 23 meeting and hear Dr. Clenttenberg discuss this timely topje. McHENRY RANKS THIRD IN SALES TAX COLLECTIONS TELEPHONE DISTRICT MANAGER R. C. ZAHN INJURED IN CRASH Three persons were injured in a head-on crash'.at the top of Sherman hill shortly after 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, resulting from icy roads which made driving hazardous. One of the injured was Robert C. Zahn of Rt. 4, McHenry, district manager for Illinois Bell Telephone company, who was driving a company car. The others were a passenger in his car, R. R. Kelly. of Rt. 1, Woodstock, and also the driver of the second car, Vera Balantyne, of 7725 N. Ashland avenue, Chicago. State police reported that Zahn was travelling southwest on Rt. 120 and Mrs. Balantyne was approaching from the; opposite direction. She lost control of her car, which left the road. In attempting to get back on the highway, the auto passed over the center line and into the path of the Zahn car. All three occupants were taken to a local doctor's office for treatment. Damage to the Zahn car was estimated at $700 and to the Balantyne auto at $1,200. COMMUNITY MOURNS UNTIMELY DEATH OF DOROTHY FRISBY McHenry ranked third in the county in city sales tax collections during November, according to a report to Gov. Stratton from the state department of revenue this week. The amount was $4,- 504.98. Woodstock--topped the county with $6,418.09, ahead of second place Crystal Lake with $5,614.85. Others in the county included Harvard, $2,925.83; Marengo, $2,- 105.38; Hebron, $321.87; Huntley. $918.47; Lakemoor, $109.01; Richmond, $615.10; Cary, $993.13; Algonquin, $1,060.68; Fox River Grove, $262.59; Union, $199.18; and Island Lake, $144.67. The county total reached $26,- 193.83. Xhe untimely death of Mrs. Dorothy Frisby, 43, was mourned by family and friends this week. She died Monday, Jan. 13, during surgery in University hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., following a period of poor health. The deceased was born June 25. 1914, in Evanston and had lived in McHenry since her marriage to Robert J. Frisby, Jr., on Oct. 3, 1942. i Surviving besides her husband, are her mother, Julia Heppner, and a sister, Mrs. Ernest Winters, both of Ringwood. Mrs. Frisby was a member of the Altar and Rosary sodality of St. Patrick's church and also belonged to the Ladies of the Moose. The body rests at the George R. Justen funeral home until 10 o'clock this (Thursday) morning, when last rites are being conducted at St. Patrick's church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. FOG BLAMED FOR UNFORTUNATE CHAM OF EVENTS M COUNTY WHICH CLAIMED LIFE OF FORMER RESIDENT INVITE PUBLIC TO DAIRY EXHIBIT DAY IN COUNTY A dairy exhibit day is being planned for McHenry county on Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Grace Lutheran church, Woodstock. Only three short talks are scheduled. the remainder of the day being devoted to exhibits. There will be at least twelve on dairying, illustrating results of research work recently completed by the Department of Dairy Science at the University of Illinois. Topics on display will include adapting grain to roughage; hay quality; raising calves; effects of soilage, silage and grazing on milk production, when to breed; simplified milk production records; artificial insem'nation and other practical topics. A free dairy lunch will be served those who. attended the dairy exhibit day, which starts at 10 o'clock in the morning and extends until 3 in the afternoon. Support the March of Dimes A tragic and unusual accident involving three trains took the life of a former McHenry resident and the fireman on one o.f the trains Monday morning. Dense j fog was blamed for the crash I which resulted in a mass of! twisted wreckage and a large j number of injured passengers, i The collision occurred about j two and one-half miles east of \ Crystal Lake on the Northwestern j tracks, following a chain of events! more reminiscent of fiction than j reality. 1 The screams of terrified passengers and the tragedy? of the accident scene left many who were not otherwise injured in a state of nervous shock.. 1 As the result of curious passers-1 by stopping their cars on the highway to investigate, minor accidents were reported and traffic was stopped for a period of time. Many hours were required be-; fore workmen were able to remove the body of one of the vie- j tims, Frank Fillipelli, 32, a flaq- \ man of Green Bay, Wis., which was imbedded in the wreckage, j Seven Trains Delayed I Seven passenger trains were de-1 layed, some as long as three: hours as a result of the accident. j The president of the railroad.! Clyde Fitzpatrick, is reported to; have described this as the first rear-end crash in twenty years on | the railroad's suburban line. j The first victim of the crash was Mrs. Grace Levine, 55, who: resided in a trailer camp at Crys-1 tal Lake. She is believed to have driven up to the railroad tracks at a grade crossing on Old Consumers road, left the car and walked into the eastbound main track to make sure no train was coming. The heavy fog could have prevented her from seeing the lights of the train until it was almost on her. An eastbound train out of Crystal Lake at 6:28 struck her, throwing her body 100 feet. Running a few minutes behind this suburban train was a through passenger train from Minnesota and South Dakota, which was slowed down by block signals. The engineer, Elzo Cornue, 63, of Forest Park said he was travelling 7 miles per hour according to regulations. The third train involved was No. 644, the suburban passenger train from Williams Bay, Wis., which picks up many commuters in McHenry about 7 o'clock each morning. It entered Northwestern's main line at the Crystal Lake junction, a half mile east of the passenger depot. Trains Crash It was in front of the Consumer's company gravel pit, on Northwest Highway, about two and one-half miles east of the junction, that the Williams Bay train struck the rear of the Minnesota- South Dakota limited, its engine splitting the rear coach, which was pushed several feet into the air. Many of those most seriously injured were in the back coach of the limited. Fireman Fillipielli, who was killed, was standing on the rear platform. Others who received injuries were in coaches of the Williams Bay train and Election Filing Deadline Jan. 20 TheWst day for filing petitions for the1 April primary, occurred last Monday, Jan. 13- and the final date will be, Monday, Jan. 20, untii 5 p.m. Fillings may be made at the office of County Clerk Raymond D. Woods or with the secretary, of state for county and state offices. Mr. Woods emphasized this past week that under the law petitions may be filed in the office of the clerk only during regular office hours. This means that no petitions will be received by any members of his staff except during the hours mentioned. Many filings were reported on opening day. For G.O.P. committeemen posts, Max Kolin filed in McHenry 1; Charles J. Miller in 2; Charles Bergdahl, 5; Joe Frett, 4; Anton Varese, 6; Charles Miller, 8; and Claude McDermott, 9. In Nunda 1, Elmer Granso filed and in Nunda 6, Richard Hyatt. Other filings included Marll Collier and Vernon W. Kays for county clerk; Don A. Wicks, county judge; Harry Herendeen, treasurer; Melvin Griebel, Everett Anderson and Lyle Hutchinson for sheriff; Richard Tazewell, superintendent of schools. All are Republicans. Frank J. Green of Woodstock filed for G.O.P. representative .committeemen in the 32nd district comprising McHenry, Boone, DeKalb and Ogle counties. For representative in the 32nd district, the following filed at Springfield Monday; A. B. Mc- Connell, Woodstock, and John Manning, Rochelle, Republicans; Arthur Desmond, Woodstock and Feme Carter Pierce, Malta, Democrats. In the 14th congressional district. Peter J. Feiffer, Democrat, filed for congress. Congressman Russell Keeney, Republican, who was seeking re-election, died last Saturday. Other filings will be listed next week. . REP. R. W, KEENEY DIED UNXPECTEDLY SATURDAY NIGHT Friends in this area were shocked to learn of the unexpected death of Rep. Russell W. Keeney, congressman from the 14th congressional district, comprising Kane, DuPage and McHenry counties, who died unexpectedly at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. His illness was not considered serious until a few hours before he died in Bethesda, Md., Naval hospital. Funeral services are being held at 2 o'clock this (Thursday) afternoon from the Gary Memorial Methodist church, Wheaton, with burial in Naperville cemetery. Rep. Ke.eney last year won the congressional seat held by his long time law partner, the late Rep. Chauncey W. Reed of West Chicago, who died two years ago. $200,000 IS ESTIMATED LOSS IN SPECTACULAR FIRE DESTROYING HOME OF ONE OF CITY'S Hardly bad McHenry residents recovered; from the. shock of a tragic train accident on Monday than news spread quickly concerning another unfortunate incident. About 10 o'clock Tuesday 'morning, flames raged through the North Bridge Marine Service Co. building, east of the old bridge, and destroyed all except two wings. Damage to the structure and its contents was estimated at approximately $200,000 by Harry Hans, owner and president of the company. A quantity of paint and gaso- STATE TB UNIT VISITS COUNTY LATE IN MONTH School Personnel To Receive 3^-Rays From Jan. 28-30 McHenry area school personnel will have an opportunity to have a tuberculosis x-ray between Jan. 28 and Jan. 30, when the unit sponsored by the Division of Tuberculosis Control, Department of Public Health, will be located at the court house annex in Woodstock. X-rays taken at this time can be used for the 1958-59 year. Bus drivers from McHenry Districts 15 and 156, as well as some others in the bounty will report from 2 'to 3 p.m. on Jan. 28. Cafeteria personnel' and janitors will receive their x-rays at 3 o'clock that day. Teachers from Johnsburg and some other county schools, including all in the rural area, will report from 3:30 to 6 p.m. that day. Johnsburg, Marengo, Cary and District 10 bus drivers will receive x-rays from 2 to 3 o'clock Jan. 30, which cafeteria employees and janitors reporting from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Teachers from McHenry Districts 15 and 156, Harrison school and some others will report from 3:30 to 6 p.m. on Jan. 30. All personnel who missed receiving their x-rays on the scheduled day may receive one from 5 to 6 p.m. Jan. 30. DOLLAR DAY DEADLINE Businessmen who would like advertising space in the special Dollar Day issue of the Plaindealer are reminded that the deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 22. LITTLE FIRE DAMAGE Firemen were called to the Ewell farm,' north of Ringwood, Saturday night when a motor on an oil heater burned out. TWISTED WRECKAGE (Continued On Page 8) " This picture shows the twisted wreckage which resulted from a tragic accident in last Monday morning's fog, when the engine of the Lake Geneva train (No. 644) telescoped the last car of train No. 514, which was enroute to Chicago from the Twin Cities. The coach was lifted 8 feet in the air by the impact. line in the building was believed responsible for the several 'explosions which followed the start of the fire. The fact that wooden floors in the wings had only recently been replaced with a cement surface is probably the only reason they were saved. The wings were each 40 x 140 feet in size and contained about seventy-five boats. It is not known how the blaze started, but it spfeatf rapidly from its origin in the shop section. Volunteers from the McHenry and Johnsburg stations battled the fire for several hours and through .their efficiency were successful in keeping the flames from doing more damage. Urgt Stock Only recently, the company had accepted a number of new distributorships and for this reason had on hand a much larger stock than previously. At 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, Mr. Hans and. Fred Huffmaster, manager, had; brought into the showroom a new custom-built inboard valued at $7,500. Also lost t in the blaze were a. Chris Craft .worth $4,000 and another boat valued at $3,700^ among others. A number of boats left there for the winter and belonging to boating enthusiasts on the Fax river were* also destroyed. Among them was a $9,000 boat belonging to Martin Kelley, of McHenry, well known Chicago car dealer. $18,000 Boat Removed An $18,000 boat owned by Everett Hunter, former owner of the company, was removed during the Christmas vacation and taken by him to Florida for use this Winter. North Bridge Marine Service has been in operation as such since July 3, 1956, when Mr. Hans bought the business from Everett Hunter. Destruction of the structure means the loss of a home for one of the city's oldest businesses. It was founded in 1887 and shortly after the turn of the century was operated by the father of Everett Hunter, who died in 1931. After that time, the latter took over its management until 1956. BoardBriefs District 15 At last week's meeting of the board of School District 15. discussion centered on the need for repairing and modernizing to some extent the pld Junior high school. It was estimated that the cost would run about $13,000 to complete work which would make at least five rooms ready for occupancy. Edgebrook school, although only a few years old, has been crowded for the past couple of years. In the fall of 1957, it was necessary to move pupils into four rooms in the new Junior high school, which is sure to continue to grow and have need for this space in the near future. Since Edgebrook is several rooms short of meeting the rapidly increasing enrollment growth, -the board feels the only means of solving the problem at this time! is to repair and remodel a few rooms in the old school on Waukegart street. Final bids will be accepted fab the work in the near future^ > At the meeting, it was brought to the attention of board members that at the present time four phy- (Continued on Page 8) Two Died In Tragic Train Crash Mond