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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 84 -- No. 32 -- 3 Sections McHENRY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1958 20 Pages -- 10c Per Copy USin' and Mea nderiri The price of stamps puts a real dent in the budget as we send out our holiday greetings this year, and it takes a child to show us an ingenious way to cut the cost. One youngster sent his Santa Claus letter to us on a large piece of paper, folded twice, tte outside containing Santa's acaress, some candy canes, and ••-in the corner, a four-cent stamp which young Tommy Bockman had neatly drawn. Somehow, we don't think the trick will work on our Christmas cards. There isn't much doubt that living in the midst of a bustling and heavily populated area has t^en some of the more rustic thrills out of everyday living. Take, for instance, an occurrence in an Idaho town in late November. It was carried on the front page of The Wallace -Miner and the clipping was sent to us by Peter M. ,Justen. It seems that employees of the Miner newspaper office were busy at work one Friday Tijgpring when a deer, pursued by dogs, crashed through the large front door,window of the office building. The writer was of the opinion that the doe had seen a large philodendron in the planter in the office window and sought the greenery as a means of protection. After showering glass to all parts of the office, the animal jceeded on a tour of the busioffice and trapped one employee between desks for an instant. On being refused admittance to the composing room, the animal suddenly turned and gracefully made its exit through the window it had shattered, jumping into a nearby river and later disappearing in a rocky embankment. have about decided that nothing' exciting happens at the Plaindealer office. proce nflls Colleague Mary Miller took her semi-annual trip to Missouri to visit kinfolk over the Thanksgiving holiday, ancf returned with a variety of cards bearing witty sayings which have come in handy more than once. They occupy prominent p4j^es on each of our desks and have brought forth a variety of comments-from callers. Our own is especially appropriate during the Christmas rush, reading, "I'm not hard of hearing, I'm just ignoring you." For her own desk, Mary selected one which might assure protection against the visitor who must always see "someone in authority." Her card s^s, "If you're looking for someone with a little authority, I have as little as anyone." We especially liked the profound thought contained on the small placard on the desk of our advertising manager, which reads, "A week ago I couldn't spell salesmun -- now I are one." The very best, however, is 0p one which greets anyone railing' at the "boss's" office. It bears the cheery welcome, "Come right in, everything else has gone wrong today." Mary will be back with more gems next year and we'll bo sure to pass them along for use as our. friends see fit. A holdiay feature which has appealed to us in- its descriptJPi, although we have never had the good fortune to see it, is the "Christmas Around the World" at the Museum of of Science and Industry. This year's two-week program of daily features, depicting Christmas as it is celebrated in various countries, comes to a close next Sunday with pageantry, liturgical music folk SMags and dancing of our own cWintry. In the two weeks until now, the programs have told tthe story of the wealth of Christmas lore to which the United States has fallen heir. It seems like a worthwhile and entertaining way to become educated. At this time of year, particularly. when uncei^ain driving r^rlitionR mnlro fr»r mTmber of accidents, it is in- PRESENTED TROPHY Kotalik Studio Photo "Sonny" Hocin of McCullom Lake is shown at left, receiving the beautiful trophy which denotes the honor of having been named "most valuable player" on the M.C.H.S. 1958 football squad by his teammates. Presentation was made by Fred Zandier, president-elect of McHenry Township Kiwanis club, at the annual football banquet held in the high school cafeteria last Thursday evening. The dinner, honoring players, coaches, managers and cheerleaders, is sponsored jointly by the township and the McHenry clubs. This year's event was one of the best attended in the history of <the popular fall banquets. Letters To . Santa Claus These are a few of vthe many letters received this week. They are printed as received. "Dear Santa: "I am 7 year old. And I am writtering this letter for my two brothers and myself. My brother Rickie wants a gun and a train, my baby brother Scottie wants a rollypolly toy. I want a ice cream maker and some games. "With Love, "Cindie" WONDER LAKE CHURCH HOST TO MISSIONARIES "Dear Santa: "I'm writing^ this letter to you to tell you that I want a small doll house with furniture. I like you very much Santa. "Love, "Susan Crawley" "Dear Santa: "I have been a good girl. I would like a tiny tears doll with clothes with car bed. roller skates, game of Nancy drew, a venus coloring set a Jill wig a Mrs. Potatoe head. Love. "Laura Sanford." "Dear Santa: "** "I want a pretty little buggy 'cause mine's all old and a pretty little doll like Lor gots from her birthday and a girl doll what has a red dress and guns and some more toys. We don't care what kind. "Love, "Linda Smith" "Dear Santa: "I want a stove, refrigerator and a counter (if you make those. Ed. says Santa makes all the toys) and a freezer and a toy Christmas tree to show my dollies. I think I was good. "Love, "Laura Smith" (More Santa letters appear elsewhere in this issue.) CHURCH GROUPS PLAN INSPIRING HOLIDAY OFFERING The reason for celebrating Christmas will be answered for members and friends of the Community Methodist church in the scripture which serves as the title of the all-church Christmas pageant. "Truly This Man Was the Son of God" will be presented in the "hew Junior high auditorium Sunday afternoon, Dec. 21. at 4 p.m. The original script, written by William Boyd Andrews. will combine the talents of youths and adults, and will be staged as a theatre-in-the round so that everyone will feel that they are participating as part of the cast, v There will be four choirs providing special music. The church choir, under the direction of Glenn Welty, will fea- , ture "O Holy Night," "The Birthday of a King" and "Were j f^Trre^ •o¥xici®~' A missionary family which has been working with the jungle Indians in Brazil will be in the Wonder Lake Bible church Sunday, Dec. 14, Abe Koop will speak at both the morning and evening services. At the latter, he will show slides which were taken during his seven-year stay in Brazil. The Koop family was successful in reaching a savage Indian tribe and were actually under attack by these savages at one time, with arrows flying on all sides as they travelled up the river. , The pictorial record at the evening service will show how the Koops and other missionaries risked their lives to locate and make contact with these Indians. The public is invited to witness what has been accomplished in South America. The congregation is asked to bring friends to this important meeting. PAST RECORDS BEING BROKEN AT POSTOFFICE Out-Of-Town Mail Deadline Set For Today The Christmas rush in the McHenry post office and station has started. All past records are being broken for parcel post mail, both incoming and outgoing. A special plea is given by the postmaster and employees, asking patrons to mail their cards early. All out-of-town cards should be in the mail as we go to press and all local cards mailed by the sixteenth of December. If th& public will co-operate as in the past, all mail will be delivered before Christmas. Labels for "local" and "out of town" have been delivered to patrons, §y using these on your cards, considerable time is saved as it requires less sorting and facing of mail. If more labels are needed, they are available at the main office and station. Open Sundays To bettor serve the public,' the main office and station will be open on Sundays, Dec. 14 and 21. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for parcel post and stamps. Thov will also be open on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons tint il Christmas. Commemorative stamps, both three and four cent denominations, afe available for your cards and can be purchased at all stamp windows. Postmaster McGee and all employees are grateful to all patrons for the splendid cooperation in the past and feel assured that with their continued help, the record mail for this year will all be delivered in time for the holiday. FLAMES BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY LOCAL FIREMEN Two fires required the attention of McHenry station members, but both of them, fortunately, were before the extreme cold of the weekend. . On Thursday, a spark from a nearby rubbish fire is believed to have started the roof of a shed burning near the new Methodist church in Ringwood. Onl.V the roof of the building, which was used for storage, was damaged. : The following afternoon, a bonfire near a home under construction at Lakeland Park caused the cellotex on the unfinished building to burn. No one was living in the house and only minor damage was reported by local firemen. DRIVERS ESCAPE INJURY AS THREE AUTOS COLLIDE Drivers of three cars escaped injury last Monday afternoon j when their cars collided on Rt. 120, just west of McHenry. Cars driven by John Mapp of Rt. 3. McHenry, and Vennen Ward of Spring Grove had stopped for a pedestrian. The third vehicle, driven by Barbara Glosson, struck the Ward car, pushing it into the Mapp auto. State police investigated and made no arrests. J. L. TOWNSEND, MARCH OF DIMES HEAD. IS DEAD Mesdames Helen Thompson. Elizabeth Thompson, Mildred Miller, Irene Guffey. Bobby Lions club and was named eiti- J. Leonard Townsend, 54, of Woodstock, for twenty years chairman of the March of Dimes for McHenry county, died Sunday, Dec. 7, in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. Mr. Townsend was also organizer and first sponsor of the Soap Box Derby, was past president of the Woodstock May, Helen Heuser, Ann Rodenkirch and Misses Judy Diedrich and Laura Weber, of the Catholic Daughters of America were Downey visitors Wednesday evening. zen of the year in 1949 by that club. Services were held Wednesday morning at St. Mary's Catholic church, with burial in Calvary cemetery. McHenry Girl Wins National Honors At 4-H Club Congress fied the Lord?' (Continued on page 8> (Continued on page 8) McHenry is more than a little proud of another young resident of the community wjjo has gained national recognition. this time in the 4-H field. Miss Karen Schmelzor of Rt. 4, McHenry, was named a national winner in the 4-H beaut ifloat ion of home grounds program at the 37th national 4-H Club Congress held in Chicago last week. Announcement of Karen as winner marked the second time in recent years that national honors have come to the county. Karen's project included a planned landscaping program for her parents' farm. The young lady . is a 19155 graduate of the McHenry high school and has been secretary to the farm adviser and assistant farm adviser in the Farm Bureau office. During the past ten years' cho has been active in four 4-H clubs, Cherry Valley. Ringwood Sunshine Girls. Ringwood Happy Clovers and the Hazard Hunters, the safety club she helped to organize. She has been president of her local clubs, president of the county 4-H Federation, junior leader for two of the clubs, district camp counselor and a state champion in home grounds beautificMion for the last two years. Karen, who was 4-H countv queen in 1957. received n3^n,i:,Lb_n'T jsrn-unrte fication recognition for two years before being named state winner. WAYNE FOSS, 56, RETIRED TEACHER. DIES UNEXPECTEDLY OVER S5.000.000 IM TAXES GO TO COUNTY SCHOOLS Total Collection Of $7,709,751 Is Shown In Report In closing out his four-year term as county treasurer last week. Vernon W. Kays disclosed that of the $7,709,751.17 collected in current and back taxes this year, a total of $5.- 520.524.12 \tfas distributed to the various school districts. The total current tax biil was $7,713,554.10 plus back tax charges of $115,519 14 and railroad leaseholds of $73.58 for a total of $7,829,146.58. Current real estate taxes collected. amounted to $5,854,- '837.46. personal property, $1,- 197 095.45; railroad leaseholds, $3 312 74; corporations, $214,- ; 277.08 or a total of $7.330,. 1198 0] plus back tax of $10,- I 442.08. High school districts received j the largest tax distribution, '$1,879,157.12. while unit con- | solidated schools received $1.- 1156.007.18 and district schools, ! $2,485,359.82. For general fund use. the opunty received $177,391.35: highway general. $85,298.13; highway maintenance and machinery, $41,211.04. Townships in the county received $249,- 267. 34; corporations, cities and villages, $439,941.68. PresenhXmas Concert Sunday Five choral groups, girls' and boys' ensembles and soloists will combine talents next Sunday evening, Dec. 14, at 8:15 o'clock in the high school auditorium to present their annual Christmas program. The five choruses will be featured in sacred and secular numbers appropriate to the season, opening with the cheery English carol, "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" and closing with a French carol, "Now The Holy , Child Is Born." The wonder of the first Christmas will be portrayed as members of the ensembles, in chor- JEWa FOOD CO. OPENS NEW McHENRY STORE DEC: 17; HOLD OPEN HOUSE ON TUESDAY NIGHT RECENT GIRL SCOUT DRIVE SHORT OF QUOTA >Seventeen neighbors in the Sybaquay Girl -Scout council On Wednesday, Dec. 17, the Jewel Tea Co.. Inc. will open its 209th Chicagoland Jewel Food stqre at 313 Elm street, McHenry. This will be the thirtyseventh new store to open in 1958, the twenty-ninth in the realized a total of $12,506.42 IChicagoland. a^eain the fund drive held recently. ^ ^ community open house will M c H e n r v accounted' for be held on Tuesday evening, $775.23 of this total and the j ^ at which Wonder Lake and Richmond areas, $494.14. The Woodstock, Hebron and Greenwood al robes, offer fitting selections j collection amounted to $1,- as-the story unfolds in colored 336.77; Crystal Lake, Ridgeslides. They will conclude this field and Lakewood, $1,518.26; portion with .the well-known Huntley, $113.73. and loved "I Believe." I The quota for the neighbor- The secular spirit of the day j hoods was $14,000. The counwill be portrayed, also by the c'l as a whole fell short of its ensembles and soloists, in a program feature called "Christmas Carnival." a section in which Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus make their appearance and distribute some pre-holiday gifts before they are "All Aboard for Santa Land." In all, more than 200 young singers will be participating in this year's holiday offering. $7,995 REALIZED IN COUNTY FOR CHRISTMAS SEALS campaign goal by $10,000. Mrs. Irvin Veeck of Crystal time coffee and cake will be served. This 12,500-s q u a r e foot, all white Jewel store will have four check-out counters plus one express aisle, and the store's parking lot will accommodate sixty-six cars. Other features of the new store are an 88-foot frozen food and ice cream department, a 60-foot fresh meat case, a 24-foot dairy case and a 40-foot produce de- A lifelong resident of this community. Wayne Foss, died unexpectedly at his home at Ringwood last Friday, Dec. 5. Mr. Foss. 56. was a 1920 graduate of the local high school and also graduated from Northern Illinois Teachers college Ho taught in grade schools at Greenwood and at Montelona school.. Richmond, for thirty years before his retirement. He is survived by .one brother, Floyd M. Foss, of Richmond. His ' parents were the late Warren M. and Rilla Foss. Services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Ehorn chapel in Richmond with Rev. Richard Wright, pas- ,tor of the Wonder Lake Bible church, officiating. Burial was in the Ringwood cemetery. NAVY GRADUATE John J. Bolger, son of Mrs John A. Bolger of 108 Richmond road. McHenry. graduated from recruit training Nov 29 at the Naval Training center. Great Lakes. The graduation exercises, marking the end of nine weeks of "hoot camp," included a full dress parade and review before military officials and civilian dig- Mrs. Lorraine Sehwertfeger spent a recent day in Chicago Malcolm Ingison Named To District Scout Post The Blackhawk Area council. Boy Scouts of America, has announced a series of promotions of its staff members. Philip J. LaValle was promoted as an additional district executive in the Mauh-Nah-Tee-See district (Winnebago county 1. He previously served the council as district executive of the Kishwaukee district i Boone and McHenry counties) since September of 1954. Malcolm Ingison. district executive serving LaCrosse, Wis. council sirtce 1954, succeeds La Valle as Kishwaukee executive. Ho is an Eagle Scout, has experience as a camp director and has compiled an outstanding record in his previous position. VA ASSISTANCE A Veteran's Administration representative from the Rockford VA office will be on duty at Woodstock. Tuesday. Dec. 16. to inform and assist veterans, their dependents, and the general public regarding all benefit programs of the VA. ~ rrren -rtpmseTT i a fl\ve^v?Ti rift duty from 10 a.m. to 4 pm. at the U.XS. post office building, second floor, in Woodstock. The sale of Christmas seals in McHenry county since the beginning of the traditional campaign has brought in a . total of $7,995.85. In making her report, Mrs. Claribel H. Nayor, McHenry county tuberculosis nurse, pointed out that the Christmas seal sale is carried on ' only through the mail to homes in the county. "The Tuberculosis association does not sell seals from door to door or solicit contributions in plants or offices, she said, so please do not wait for someone to call on you. Send in your contribution today in the return envelope you received with your Christmas seals. " Y o u r c o n t r i b u t i o n s f o r Christmas seals will make it possible for the Tuberculosis association to continue its case finding program, which includes free tuberculin testing in ' the schools and the x-ray survey, which arfe so necessary if we are to eradicate this dre.ad disease, tuberculosis," DAIRY MEETING Dairy Day will be hejd at Grace Lutheran church in Woodstock on Thursday, Dec. 11, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a free lunch served and prizes offered. Lake, first vice-president, said ! Pa^men • it is possible to make up the • Store hours will be from 9 deficit by using the cookie sale 1 a m' P"m" Monday through but she added that this 1 Saturday except ?n F"day> when the hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Special Gifts On opening day, coffee and doughnuts will be served to money, is not desirable since that money is for camp development and to help cut camping fees. Capitola Olmstead, executive director of the council, said, "It j customers until noon. Baby is up to the adults in the com- orchids will be presented to the munities to support Girl Scout | women shoppers and lollipops programs which only need to ' and balloons will be given to be interpreted to the public to ! the children. To celebrate the gain full support. It is the duty I grand opening, Jewel will also of every parent of Scout and : present other gifts during the adult volunteers to learn all first few weeks of this new about scouting aims and pur- j store. poses." | The grocery manager will be Ed Rooke, the market manager is Bob Smith, produce manager will be Paul Rizzo and the cash- TELL DELAYED RESULTS ON FIVE ELECTION ISSUES Only or.e of the several special issues voted on at the general election last Nov. 4 received sufficient support from the public to become law. It was the amendments to the proposed Illinois Banking Act. Approving the act were 755,622 voters, while 392,260 were opposed. making a plurality of 363,362. Information regarding the final count on all issues was released this past week by the state. Among the defeated issues was the proposed amendment to Article VI, know as the judicial article amendment. The total vote was 2,,483,158, with 1,589,655 in favor and 893,503 opposed. Failing to receive a majority of the votes cast or two-thirds of the votes on the amendment, it was not adopted. The proposed amendment to Section 8 of Article X, known ier is Genevieve Scholle McHENRY TOPS COUNTY CITIES IN '58 INQUESTS (Continued on page 8) AWAIT STME CHARTER TO PROGRESS li ESTABLISH! ND CL& D Richard Tazewell, county superintendent of schools, and Nelson Stork, superintendent of district 72, were guest speakers at a meeting of the newly formed McHenry County association for Retarded Children, hold at Harrison school Thursday night. Paul Amundsen^ president of the association, said the group is waiting for its charter from the state and has the assurance of financial backing from several sources. One of the objectives. according to Amundsen, is to provide the special education needed to teach retarded children, to any teacher living in the area who is interested. Another aim is to establish a class for the trainable mentally handicapped in the county. Mr. Tazewell commended Mr. Stork for his part in starting tho EMH room in Woodstock, now in its fifth year of operalion. Ho g^&vthe group several points to consider in reaching their objective; first, the teacher and the( money for her special education; the identification of retarded children, which is now being made at tho request of the last General Assembly; and finally, the recognition by local school district boards of the need for special^ cftrss^rflftms. Outline Procedure Mr. Stork outlined the procedure for setting up the class McHenry topped all communities in the county in the num* ber of inquests and investigations held during the year ending Dec. 1. There were thirtytwo in this area, compared wit!» Crystal Lake, where twenfyfour were held. Heart cases were the subject for the greatest number of investigations. the number totalling sixty-five. Auto accidents ran second with twenty-four, after which various causes of unexpected deaths gave reason for investigation. There were six. drownings, six suicides, five suffocations, five pulmonary and Respiratory failures, four pneumonia cases, four cerebral hemorrhages and three who died in falling accidents. Two died in each of the following ways, train-pedestrian, airplane, tractor and gunshot accidents, and one of each of the following required investigation. cancer, peritonitis, train-train collision, malnutrition. crushed by tree, gall bladder disease, hay chopper accident. electrocution, explosion and stillbirth. | There were twenty-one in- - , ,, . „ • quests and investigations in room for the educable mentally |Harvard twenty in Woodstock. handicapped at the Clay street twejv<? jn Richmond, six each school. He said the state lim- ' jr1 Carv and Mareng0i three its the number of students in |pach in Algonquin. Hebron and the room to fifteen, and that it Fox River Grove, two each in has been filled with a waiting Lakewood> is^nd Lake and list since its inception. The j Lake-in-the-Hills. and one each state provides $3,000 per room L Harmonv and Huntlev. makper year, and District 72 ac- ing a totaf of 140 in all. copts $25 per month per pupil from school districts outside Woodstock. The exceptional child census ! figures must be in Mr. Tazewell's office bv Jan. 1. It is the | BASKET SOCIAL The Knights of Columbus are planning a basket social at 6 o'clock Sunday evening. Dec. r e . . . , „ „ 1 4 . a t S t . P a t r i c k ' s c h u r c h h a l l , opinion of Stork and Tazewell Th ,,, bc iz(,s for ,he ^ that the legislature will put Members and guests 'p ressure. o, n the s• ch, ool, districts ar• e .in .v.i.t.e d, t.o attend, to provide special classrooms where the census reveals the need in the county for rooms for the handicapped. On the Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wayman, Patti. David and Bobby, basis of figures to date, the J Arlington Heights, and Mr. greatest need for an EMH room anf^ Mrs. 11°' bimon o is is in the southeast part of the were - un<l^; dinner K^,es s county, which is the more densely populated quarter of the county. In the question and answer period following, it was established that the classroom must be in a regular school to get aid from the states, so that the social relations of the children arc as normal as possible. Also, that there must be an educable mentally handicapped room before a. trainable group can" be^starleH^ancP tiiat^The qualifications for a teacher of those children are most exacting. in the James Thompson home. STORES OPEN EVENINGS DECEMBER 15 f