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8. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "Serving The Chain-O-Lakes Region Since 1875" Volume 86 --No. 14 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. AUGUST 4, 1960 18 Pages -- 10c Per Copy MuSin* and It was a noisy and happy crpwd of Junior Police members who assembled at the city" park on Wednesday of last week. The hot sun of the midsummer day failed to dampen the enthusiasm of 150 youngsters in the age group which consumes unbelievable qualities of soft drinks and hot Eating , was not billed as the «Wef pastime of the day. however, mid the real test came with a clue hunt planned by Chief otf Police Joseph Grobel and his fellow officers. All in all, the day was a huge success, as it was certain to be with unlimited quantities of food and refreshments, $arked with just enough mystery and suspense to keep intrest at a high level. A card from vacationing advertising chief, Bill Moore, rends. "How're things at the office?" Well, they were all right until he told us about catching big walleyes, swimming and water skiing, all in , the coolness of a Minnesota Simmer. We caught the "bug" and want to give 'way once more to the life of a vagabond. Remember 'way bpck wh^n we used to pick up the telephone receiver and give the operator our number? It was just a year ago this month that the system of dial was ex-> «lained to McHenry telephone Iters. Just a few notes, in capsule form, as the smoke dies away after two long awaited political conventions. On the invitation of Mrs. Irma Wells, central committeewoman for McHenry county, Mrs. Henry Nell and Mrs. John'B. Smith, committeewom- £n for,.Sunny side and McHen- Shores,' respectively!' acted as hostesses at the 14th congressional district hospitality room in one of Chicago's hotels during last week's GOP convention. Mrs. Nell ajid Mrs. Smith were among those who met Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nixon personally and were also in the ir'owa assembled to greet president Eisenhower. William Bolger, his wife, Carol, and their children probably have even more memora b l e e x p e r i e n c e s f r o m t h e Democratic convention in Los Angeles, for he was a delegate from this district. At a reception for Presidential Candidate John Kennedy, held for delegates, the Bolgers met Mr. Kennedy, and the Hiildren also met his brother, Ted Kennedy. On being questioned concerning the introduction, one of the youngsters said, "It was fine except Mr. Kennedy stepped on my foot." This was not hard to understand in a crowd of 5,000. The Bolgers also had an opportunity to attend the Perle Mesta breakfast for Viceipresidential Candidate Lyndon Johnson, and were present at the big dinner for pll candidates held in a leading Los Angeles hotel before the nominations were made. They were surrounded by famous people, including numerous movie stars, for so much of the week that it became routine by the time the convention ended. £ While the rest of us will probably soon forget the 1960 conventions viewed thr o u g h the media of television, those who were actually in attendance at these two big^vents have memories that will no doubt last a lifetime. K. A. F. SEVERE STORM BRINGS DOWN SERVICEUNES Driver Of Boat Reaches Safety During High Wind Memories of last fall's tornado in t Edgebrook Heights were vividly recalled about 9 : 3 0 W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g when a severe storm, accompanied by high velocity winds, descended upon McHenry and other parts of the county. N u m e r o u s large branches were blown down, resulting in electric power lines being grounded. Firemen rushed to the river, three blocks north of the- old bridge, shortly after the onset of the storm, when residents of that neighborhood expressed fear of a possible drowning. A motor boat was seen travelling down the river just as the winds became most intense. Several minutes later the motor had stopped and no one could be seen in the boat. Firemen who hurried to the scene could find no boat. Latr er, however, they learned that the driver was keeping low in the craft to avoid the rain. He pulled the boat to shore farther south. First reports told of a roof being blown off a home in Hunterville Park, but calls to that subdivision failed to reveal any truth in that report. Large branches came down in various parts of McHenry and the outlying area, and phone calls to Richmond revealed av similar situat i o n there. The sheriff's office had earlier told of calls from other parts of the county where damage had been reported. Shortly before noon. Illinois Bell Telephone company said seventy-five phones were out of order in the McHenry exchange area due to fallen branches caused by high winds. Hardest hit area, they added. Was' between Harvard " and Walworth, where 100 phones were out of order. A Public Service company spokesman reached in midafternoon Wednesday said they had received hundreds of calls regarding electric lines which had fallen. No estimate could be given on the number in -ibo McHenry area at that time. The damage was scattered. he said, throughout the county. / Republican Women Planning Fun Day A get-acquainted Fun Day is being planned by the McHenry Township Republican Women's club for Wednesday. Aug. 10. at 2 p.m. at the "Chuck" Miller residence, 206 Clover avenue, Edgebrook Heights. Mrs. Miller is the new president of the club. In case of rain it will be held Thursday. Aug. 11, at the same lime and place. Boating and a barbecue are on the entertainment program. ANNUAL PICNIC The annual Oakhurst subdivision picnic will be held Sunday, Aug. 7. at the park. STORM DAMAGE This large limb from a tree in the front yard of the Joseph Weber home on Pistakee Bay road was blown to the ground during Wednesday morning's storm and for several hours blocked the driveway to the residence. Branches fell in many places hard hit by the severe wind storm, and at Griswold Lake, two big trees were blown down. SCHOOLS EXPECT ALL-TIME HIGH ENROLLMENTS An all-time high enrollment in McHenry county . schools is anticipated this year, according to information available In the office of Richard L. Tazewell, county superintendent of schools. Locally, McHenry area schools will probably contrib-. ute about .4,312 to the estimated total of 19,000. The high school will have a conservative estimated enrollment of 1,000, while the consolidated grade district schools are expected to have about 1.850. Other enrollments are expected about as follows: Johnsburg. public and parochial, 719; Spring Grove, 40; Burton's Bridge. 105; Ringwood, 64; Terra Cotta, 23; Harrison, 511. TORNADO STRIKES A tornado was reported to have struck the Wilmot, 'Wis., area on Wednesday morning, uprooting trees and damaging the historic old Wilmot hotel. The structure, which was to be remodelled in the near future, was formerly used as a stop for stage coaches. Several Hurt In Accidents A young Great Lakes motorcyclist. Ronald Johnson, 18, was taken by ambulance to McHenry hospital after an accident at 4:19 Sunday afternoon in which his vehicle rolled over several times. State troopers said Johnson was riding on Rt. 12, near the Spring Grove road, and was just about to pass three cars when the front wheel of the motorcycle became loose ftnd the machine turned over. He suffered numerous abrasions as a result of the accident. Eight residents of Chicago and Pell Lake suffered only minor injuries when iwo cars collided early Saturday morning at the intersection of Rtes. 12 and 31. A car driven by Joseph Parollo of Chicago crashed into another vehicle driven by Joseph Simonetto of Pell Lake, .which was west-bound on -Jit. 12. Simonetto was reported driving south on Rt. 31. In the Parrollo car were his wife and three children. Simonetto was accompanied by his wife and another passenger. (Continued on page 8) McHenry Dollar Days To Be Held Aug. 12-13 Semi-annual Dollar Days are being planned by many McHenry merchants, to be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12 and 13. The hundreds who took advantage of the outstanding sales offered last February when the first of the 1960 Dollar Days took place were generous in their praise of the values offered. The laffe' summer sale period promises just as many bargain items. " To give an opportunity for everyone to see the many sale articles listed, the Plaindealer is printing 15,000 supplements which will be in the mail next week. LAKEMOOR MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SATURDAY COUNTY FAIR OPENS TONIGHT, CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY; ATTRACTIONS WILL DRAW HUNDREDS McHENRY BANK LISTS MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE The McHenry State Bank announced this week that the bank's total resources had reached $17,00u,000. a million dollars more than the figures released just a year ago. This tremendous growth is noteworthy, but no more than the $15,000,000 increase since 1940, due to a number of reasons, one of them the confidence ol the public in one of McHenrv's leading business institutions. WORK ON LODGE ADDITION BAND CONCERT ^ The McHenry band will present its fourth concert of the summer on the lawn in front of the Legion home on Green street Friday evening, Aug. 5, between 7:30 and 8:30. Chairs will be provided for those who desire them. A feature of the program will be numbers by the Little German Band. SLUGS IN USE McHenry police this week .sflid that the Millstream laundromat has reported twenty- ^ five-cent size copper slugs used recently in their machines instead or coins. A Spring Grove man, Lester Siedschlag, has been re-elected chef de eare of the McHenry County 40 et & Rudy Bryant' Photo A new 54x70 addition to the Moose lodge on Rt. 120 is being erected north of the original building, and last week the second phase of construction was completed. Members of the McHenry lodge, and some from neighboring lodges, gathered to put up the steel beams and the roof of the new clubhouse. They must be very proud to see the results of four years of work and planning. Among those who assisted were, left to right, Ray Hammershoy. Dick Jager, Hank Kazabol, George Biggs. Bob Frett, Fred Bykowski, "Duke" Adams, Ed. Ozog and Bill Horton. The young man standing on the fender, in center, is "Pinky" Ozog, who was a witness to the long day's, work. The McHepry Moose lodge was organized about eight years ago, with headquarters on.Maiia street, nnri nhout two years later moved to the present location east of the city. One of the major events of the summer season for th" entire county is the annua: McHenry County Fair, which will take place starting tonight. Thursday. Aug. 4, and continue through Sunday, Aur 7, on the fairgrounds at Rt 47 and Calhoun street, Woodstock. There will be livestock shows, farm and home product shows, commercial exhibits races, a rodeo and horse shows as well as carnival attractions The evening grandstand programs have been designed to provide entertainment for the entire family. Tonight, a band concert will open festivities followed by a livestock winner parade. One of the most anticipated features of the entire event will be selection of the county queen at 8 p.m. There are two lovely entries from the McHenry area, Miss Judy Hans, who reigned over Fiesta Day activities, and Miss Judy Moschel. who was selected as M i s s W o n d e r L a k e a t l a s t week's carnival in that community. A horse pulling contest at 9 o'clock will conclude the Thursday evening program. Friday evening's events will open at 7 o'clock as they do opening night, with a concert and livestock winner parade These will be followed by an exhibitors' parade, a 4-H club style revue and the selection of 4-H king and queen. Weekend Program The Saturday program opens at 1 o'clock in the afternoon with races, followed at 4 p.m. by a children's pony show and at 8:30 in the evening by the Bar-M rodeo. Sunday events will be similar. with races at 12:30 p.m.. the Bar-M rodeo at 4:30 and the evening horse show at 7 p.m. The 4-H organization is among the most active groups working for the fair, and most (Continued on page 8) Annual Parish Carnival Opens The annual parish carnival of St. John the Baptist church in Johnsburg will take place this weekend, starting Friday. Aug. 5. and continuing through Aug. 7 on the Community club grounds. All members and organizations of the church are working for its success. A fish fry at 5:30 Friday evening will be the feature of opening night. On Sunday, from noon to 3 p.m., a family style beef dinner will be served, and at 5 o'clock in the evening there will be supper. Mrs. Joseph Miller, president of the Blessed Virgin sodality. is in charge of dinner arrangements. Customary carnival attractions will be offered the public. including a merry-go-round and ferris wheel. There will also be various booths, and a lunch and refreshment stand. Members and friends of St. John's church are invited to attend this one gala event planned by the parish each INCORPORATION IS DEBATED AT WONDERJ.AKE Newly Formed Commiixee To Meet Tonight The committee to fight incorporation at Wonder Lake meets tonight at the Shore Hills home of temporary chairman Ted Wieloek. The committee was appointed at the regular meeting of the homeo w n e r s ' a d v i s o r y b o a r d l a s t Thursday night, when the organization voted to fight incorporation. This action follows from the section in the group's by-laws which states that one of the purposes of their formation is to resist incorporation. The board is composed of delegates from thirteen of the sixteen developed subdivisions, appointed by their subdivision's boards of directors. As a consequence of a meeting held July 24 at Mathews hall, called to consider some of the problems of the Wonder Lake community in drafting a petition for incorporation, the advisory board members voted to dispense with regular business and consider the issue vital to their interests -- to fight incorporation. The resulting committee comprises six advisory board members assisted by all interested parties. William Liedtke, boani chairman, selected the following volunteers: William Born of Wooded Shores, Sidney Weiss of Hickory Fffl^s. Kenneth Grothmann of Won^ der Woods. Norman Specht of Deep Spring Woods No. 1. Mike Herman of White Oaks Bay and Mr. Wieloek. In other action the board, speaking for themselves, voted to refuse the invitation extended by counsel for the proponents of incorporation, to meet with them to discuss the manner of drafting the petition in order to insure the privacy of the beaches. This action is an expression of their resistance to incorporation, not the privacy of their beaches. Propose Open Meeting Rather, thev propose to call an open meeting of pronertv owners and voters to gain an expression of public opinion on incorooration. They also plan to distribute iheir own bro- Continued on Page 8 John C. Strasser, 33. of Lakemoor narrowly escaped serious injury or death last Saturday night when the .22 rifle he was holding accidentally discharged, causing a shoulder wound. Strasser's \<if?. who heard the shot, called Lakemoor police, who wore reluctant to qiove^ljim without learning hoU badly he vvas« hurt. They called an ambulance, and he was removed to McHenry hospital, where he received treatment. He was removed from the hospital the following day. Strasser was reported to have been in the garage near his home, checking the rifle before taking it to a shop for repairs. It accidentally discharged, causing the injury. Mr. and Mrs. Strasser have been residents of Lakemoor for about three vears. RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS Twenty-eight graduates of high schools in the county have been awarded teacher education scholarships, according to an announcement by George T. Wilkins, superintendent of public instruction. McHenry students are Karen Bailey. Karen Thompson, S a nd r a W h i t i n g , B e v e r l y S p o h r a n d Judy Laskowski. Remember McHenry Dollar Days next week. NEW S2WMN0 STRUCTURE TO BE ERECTED IN LAKEMOOR AS FUTURE HOME OF SCIENCE RESEARCH. INC Plans to construct a new $200,000 building in Lakemoor were announced Monday. Aug. 1, by Lyle M. Spencer, president of Science Research Associates, Inc., of Chicago. The building, which will be located on Fritzsche's Estates four miles east of McHenry, will house the company's test scoring and statistical service operatibn and its materials handling center. These activities are presently conducted in three separate sites, located in McHenry, Woodstock and Lakemoor. Science Research Associates is a company that serves education. industry and government through a variety of publications, tests and research services. SRA home offices are located at 259 East Erie street in Chicago. During full scale operations the company employs nearly 200 McHenry residents at the three McHenry county facilities. In announcing the plans. Mr. DRIVERS IGNORE RAILROAD SIGNALS AT CITY CROSSING The conductor on one of the s u b u r b a n t r a i n s p a s s i n g through McHenry daily has complained to city police that motorists have been ignoring signals at the local crossing. In recent days, a train-car collision was narrowly averted, and for tnis reason a warning is given to all drivers to obey both the warning bell and signal lights. BOAT STOLEN A new boat and trailer valued at $800 were reported stolen from the McHenry Boat company sometime last week. Police have been investigating the theft. Express Alarm Over Growing Number Of Infected City Elms Those present at the City Council meeting Monday night rccched somewhat -of a shock to learn that McHenry has thirty-eight trees blighted with Dutch Elm disease. Five of the total number are on city property, two of the trees being in the city park. The report on trees came frpm Fred. Meyer* superintendent of public works, after an extensive check throughout the city with Ed ReTd, who is qualified through the state department to make inspections. The city has sprayed all elm trees on city property the past two years, apparently with about 95 per cent effectiveness. The figures are taken from the number of trees sprayed against the number diseased. The number found on private property would indicate that spraying is effective. Many property owners have made ai rangements to have their, diseased trees removed immediately. However, it was agreed to notify all persons listed in an effort to prevent widespread loss of many beautiful trees in the city. Accept Sewer Bids The Board of Local Improvements will receive bids next Monday night on the proposed installation of sanitary sewers in the Golf View avenue, McHenry Country Cjub area. From the number of Contractors interested, it is expected that highly competitive bids will be submitted. A letter from the State Sanitary Water Board reporting inspection of the disposal plant SELECT MISS WONDER -LAKE AT SUMMER FESTIVAL (Continued on Page 8) Brown haired, brown eyed Judy Moschel of Lookout Point was selected by t h e judges to wear the crown Saturday night at ;v,v firerr.-n's carnival and to represent Wone ' e r L a k r i n i ' e M i M c H i - r \ Tounty competition at thr county ftir. Severn en-year-old Judy who -.rands 5 :'ect. 7 inches talis the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Moschel and has been a summer resident at the lake for sixteen years. She is? a senior at Schurz high school in Chicago. Judy attends modeling school and plans to make modeling her career. Runners up were Carol Larsen of Deep Springs Woods and Geraldine Smialek of Wonder View. Judges were Mayor George Freund of McHenry. LeRoy Smith, supervisor of McHenry township; and Harley Mackeben, chairman of the county board of supervisors. Other contestants introduced by Jess Seeman, master of ceremonies, were Sue Ltner- I idge, Diane Vanderhaegen and | Rose Barclev. I Mr. Mackeben presented the ' queen with a 21-inch cup and t Mrs. Freund and Mrs. Macki eben put on her crown and ' secured the Miss Wonder Lake j ribbon to her suit. I Mayor Freund presented Miss Larsen with an 18-inch cup. LEV COVERT Spencer sail!. "In a relatively few years, the operations of Science Research Associates in and near McHenry have grown from very small beginnings into a large and vital part of the company. Their size will be visibly apparent in the new SRA building that we hope to occupy next spring. SRA is pleased to have located its electronic data-processJng and its large-scale shipping operations in the McHenry area, and the company looks forward 1o continued growth with its neighbors in a fine and growing community." Set Completion Date Len Covert, manager of the McHenry data processing center, said that the building will be a one-story concrete block and steel frame construction and will have a total floor area Of 40.000 square feet. A 60,000 square foot parking lot will also be built. SRA will lease the building on a long-term basis from the building's contractor. Charles Fritzsche. Target date for completion is May 1. 1961. Covert said that all of the employees presently working at the three McHenry county sites will be transferred to the new location when construction is completed. He added that the new- building will enable SRA to better house the growing number of employees that the company's test scoring and materials handling operation is expected to require in the coming years. "Our decision to build in this (Continued on page 8) SRA PLANS NEW HOME ) ^ ^ * »• v < > y , ; v ^ 1 * v.„V ; x' ^ „ This is the present site of Science Research activities on Pearl street in McHenry. The company's diversified program of test scoring and statistical service operation, and its materials han.lling center, now located in three places, in the future will be housed in a new $200,000 building to be erected in Lakemoor.