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"Serving The Chain-O-Mkes Regioa Siace 1875" Volume 86 -- No. 31 -- 3 Sections MsHENRY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1960 24 PAGES -- 10c PER COPY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS i RESULT IN DEATHS If there were any doubts of the fast approach of the Christmas season, the beautiful, decorated lights in Mc- Henry's business districts -- and Tuesday's snow -- would dispel them. ; Since the holiday puts us in good spirits, and the decorations are source for a more f easant discussion than the ow, we might mention the long range plan of the Chamber of Commerce for the lights. ' They were purchased last year by the C. of C. and the city as their contribution to the appearance of McHenry during the holiday season. It was originally intended to put an assortment of the four types -- tdles, Santa Claus figures, dy canes and toy soldiers-- fci the four business sections the first year and thereafter for each section to feature a particular design until they had appeared throughout the 6ity. However, the assortment plan of the first year received ^uch favorable comment, it was decided to continue it ain in 1960. P • In the hustle and bustle of the pre-Christmas season, we find ourselves unable to take advantage of all pf the many fkie programs which are being offered in our midst. One of these was the concert of the Pure Oil glee club, which was described by one who did hear fas"a beautiful and inspirt f p r * f > r o g r a « • • • -- ^Proceeds from the concert will benefit St. Paul's Episcopal church. We were happy to receive a note from Mrs. Elmer Winkelmah, who with her recently retired husband is enjoying the winter in Tucson, Arizona. . Mrs. Winkelman tells of their 1,800-mile trip and of becoming 'settled in an apartment at me foot of the Catalina mountaini Temperatures of 75 degrees sound ideal enough for anyone to enjoy the months ahea<i The Farm Bureau informs us that about three out of every ten employed persons in Illinois are working on a farm, processing a farm product or Baking and supplying a proict used on farms. They feel, and rightly so, that in view of these facts, agriculture and related industries still make an important contribution to the welfare of the state, even though the number of farms in the state has declined in recent years. K.A.F. tl^ McHenry county's share of ™e county retailers' tax, collected in September, amounted to $8,181.79. The city's share totalled $6,594.67. Hospital Offers Nurse Aid Class McHenry hospital is sponsoring a nurse's aid course for women over 17 years of age in the McHenry territory as a public service. Mrs. O. C. Banker, director of nursing service, and Mrs. Betty Booth of the staff of McHenry hospital, will conduct the course. Two-hour classes will be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. for a period of ten weeks. All women in the McHenry area who are interested in learning hospital type nursing aid, which will also include first aid and liome nursing, are urged to enroll on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. at the hospital annex, second floor, 105 E. Waukegan road, or call Mrs. Banker at the hospital. There will be no charge for the course. JAYCEES BEGIN NEW COMMUNITY SURVEY SUNDAY The long awaited Junior Chamber of Commerce community development survey is scheduled to begin this coming Sunday in McHenry. At this time, teams of Jaycee members will distribute their survey booklets to local homes, with the request that the residents answer the questions contained in the booklet and return them to the Jaycees. All that is necessary is to drop the booklet in the nearest mail box. Postage will be prepaid by the Jaycees. The purpose of this survey, as Atom name4mpltefo»te*e»jtoiwg to light any necessary or desired improvements to our community which may be accomplished through the efforts of the Jaycees. This comprehensive survey booklet, compiled by a special committee of Jaycee members, is designed to do just that. Recipients of the booklets are under no obligation of any nature, and no signatures or names of persons answering the questions are to be affixed to the booklet, in order to provide complete impartiality in thfe answers. This promises to be one of the most important and beneficial projects ever undertaken by the local Jaycee group. STORES TO OPEN NIGHTS The retail committee of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce has recommended that McHenry stores remain open nights to 9 p.m. until Christmas, starting Wednesday, Dec. 14. KIWANIS BANQUET Tonight, Dec. 1, is the annual Kiwanis sponsored football banquet in the high school cafeteria, honoring members of the varsity squad at M.C.H.S. the past season, their coaches, managers and cheerleaders. PUN REPORT HI6HUGHI5 Streets and Parking 4 The area covered in the study of parking conditions extended Approximately one block beyon<$ the retail activity bh all sides. At the time of the Study, there were 1,955 parking spaces in the survey area, composed of 731 legal curb parking spaces and 1,224 offstreet parking spaces. The accumulation of cars «rked in spaces available to e' public vVere measured durfaig the peak periods on a Saturday in August, 1959. The heaviest usage occurred in blocks in the vicinity of the Riverside Drive and the Green Street shopping areas and the north side of Bauer avenue (Elm street) To evaluate the adequacy of the supply of parking space, a Jtfock by block study of the present parking requirements was made. To determine the present parking requirements for each tilock, it was assumed 'that one parking space should be provided for each 200 square feet of floor area in retail stores. In general, only four blocks showed a depreciable deficiency. Block 10, which is on the west side of Riverside Drive, between Pearl and Elm streets, was found to be deficient approximately forty-seven spaces, while Block 11, to the east of Riverside Drive, between Pearl and Elm, had about the same. Block 13, which lies south of Elm, between Green and Court streets, was found to have a deficiency of approxi m a t e 1 y sixty-nine spaces on a Saturday, but this rose to over 150 spaces during hours when the theatre is open at the same time as the retail establishments. Block 19, north of Bauer street, showed a deficiency of fifty-two spaces, the biggest share of this brought about, according to the planners, by a food market which does not have an adequate supply of Honored By Seal Society Honorary and life memberships to th^ county chapter of the Illinois Association for the Crippled, Inc., (Easter Seal society) have been awartled to Esther Malina of Woodstock, Doctors Bertha and Leland Shafer of Richmond and Mrs. Ruth Jacobs of Crystal Lake. Plaques were presented by the national society in recognition for outstanding service. A life membership was presented to Dr. C. W. Klontz of McHenry, who matched a sizeable donation by the county Medical ^ociety. SEVERAL YOUTHS APPEAR IN COURT TO ANSWER CHARGES INVOLVING LARCENY AND ARSON (Continued on Page 8) Local youths and others from around the county are having their day in court. A number of them who have run afoul of the law for various reasons either have been brought into court or are scheduled" to ^appear in -the week ahead. Two 16-year-ol tl'i>oy«r from Highland Shores. Wonder Lake, are scheduled to appear in family court on Dec. 1 on a charge of larceny following their arrest in Chicago last week Tuesday. The youths were returned to McHenry county by members of the sheriff's office. They are charged with taking religious articles from Christ the Kin? church In Wonder Lake on Nov. 19. The items were later recovered. The fact that the church was open at the time it was entered made the act one of larceny rather than burglary. The boys were reported to have left home after taking the items. Pays Larceny Fine William Struwe, 18, of Lakeland Park, last Saturday paid a $100 fine on a charge which was changed from burglary to petty larceny. His case came up before a Woodstock justice of the peace on Saturday after he and two other young men were accused of entering Saynor's Grocery at Fritzsche's Estates one recent night and taking merchandise valued at $300. Among missing items were bacon, clothing, cigarettes. rugs and soft drinks. Struwe, who was home on leave from service, returned to duty after the case came up in court. The two minors involved in the larceny were scheduled to be heard in family court. Two 'teen-agers arrested on a charge of larceny at Blake Motors in McHenry recently are scheduled to go into county court this week Thursday. They are charged with taking items with an estimated value of $125, including tires, wheels, mirrors and tail lights. The articles were stolen from cars in the parking lot of the local garage. Held to Grand Jury Four Harvard youths have been held to the county grand jury this past week on arson charges following a preliminary hearing before a justice of the peace in Woodstock. The four were apprehended by Harvard police and county deputies following a succession of fires in the Harvard area the night before Halloween. The youths, Michael Souci, Richard Greene. Lee Moses and David Erckfritz, their ages ranging from 17 to 20. were bound over on a charge which resulted from a $20,000 fire at the farm of Bert Bridges near Chemung. SUPERVISORS TO MAKE CHANGES IN NAMES OF STREETS JUDGE DENIES COMPLAINTS OF FORMER TEACHER At last week's meeting of High School District 156, members learned that Judge Block had denied the ; complaints of Mfe. Edna Hem, former home economics instructor in the school, and ruled in favor of the board. Mrs. Hem, who taught in the local schools for two years, asked for $10,000 in damages and to be re-instated to the school faculty. She claimed in her charges that^ she had been released from he; duties in violation of the tenure act. The case came to court three months ago, at which time Judge Block todk the matter under consideration. His ruling was announced last week. Board members were also informed last week that a representative of the Fire Underwriters association had made a regular inspection and found that the building had met all requirements. It was announced that final tax distribution to the schools would be made during this wfcek. ' MqHENBY AREA MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT It Edwin Evans, who was tak- £n to McHenry hospital suffering facial lacerations, a broken rib and bruises, has fcharsed William Bolton of the McHenry area with assault and battery in a warrant issued by i!a Woodstock justice of the peace last week. Evans charges Bolton with Silver King Is Grand^Champ A beautiful 2-year-old, 1,875 ^pound bull named N. C. P. Silver King, owned by Northern Pump Farm of McHenry, was named grand champion over all Hereford bulls at the annual International Livestock Exposition, now in progress in Chicago. Previously, the prize animal had won a "first in class" rating in his age class. It was the fifth championship this year for Silver King. The bull was shown by Odell Gelvin, herdsman for Northern Pump, who resides on Smith Corners, where the animal was raised along with several hundred others. Mr. Gelvin, who fits and shows all of the farms' show animals, entered sixteen in the show. They and the many others owned by J. B. Hawley, Jr., of Minneapolis, Minn.,, are raised on 3,000 acres west of McCullom Lake. Brad Scott of Richmond is manager of the farm. Renewed interest in the postal re-addressing system which will go into effect next April came this week with announce- . . , .. , ,, ment trf n^7iames.f6r «M«M^tQl^^^ him. resulting streets in McHenry and others in the area affected by the change. To assign permanent street numbers and names, it is necessary to name all unnamed streets and to eliminate all duplicates. In general, in the case of duplication, incorporated areas were given first consideration, as well as the length of time the street has had its name and its actual use, and also its importance in the area. When changing a name, an attempt was made to retain at least part of the old name in the new. The changes, which will be officially made by the county board of supervisors, include the following in McHenry; Linc o l n to L i n c o l n i a a v e n u e ; North to Northbrook drive; Parkview to Maryville drive; Parkway to Parkside avenue; Pearl to Coral avenue (east side of the river.) Other changes in the various v i l l a g e s and s u b d i v i s i o n s a f fected will appear in next week's issue. in the injuries suffered. The incident is reported to have taken place in a home near Burton's Bridge. Bolton was confined to county jail when he was unable to mate bond of $5,000. WM. HERGOTTS OBSERVE 50th ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. William V. Hergott of 211 N. Green street, McHenry, otwerped their fiftieth wedding^anniversary on Thanksgiving Day, when they enjoyed a family dinner at the home of a daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred (Edith) Blake. Other sons and daughters present to help the couple celebrate were Ralph Hergott of Grass Lake. Marcella Diedrich of Richmond, Alice Rosing, Libertyville and Eugene Hergott of Richmond. In all, sixtyfour were present, including many of their twenty-two g r a n d c h i l d r e n and t w e l v e SEPIOUS CHARGE HOLDS BERWYN MAN IN COUNTY Joseph Chrz, 42, of Berwyn was arrested by the county sheriff's office last week on a chnrTe - f rape and taking indecent liberties with a 13-year old Wonder Lake girl. Two special deputies were reported to have found Chrz and the girl in a car at Wonder Lake. Authorities, after questioning him, said he had stayed with the girl in a motel near Algonquin the previous Satur- ... ....... . ..... ... ... Bond was set at $15,000 and the case of Chrz continued. The girl will be brought into county* family court on a delinquency charge. TWO NE OF INJURES SIIFFHED IN SEPARATE CRASHES WHICH OCCURRED RECENTLY IH AREA McHENRY MAN LOSES FINGERS IN CORN PICKER YOUNG McHENRY PRIESTS RECEIVE NEW ASSIGNMENTS Ervin Morowski of 17 Richmond Road, McHenry, was reported to be resting more comfortably in the local hospital this week Tuesday after losing four fingers on his right hand in a corn picker just a week previous. Morowski, who is 35 years old and the father of six children, was driving a tractor in the field of his father-in-law, Tony Poss, who resides on Rt. 31, three miles south of the city. When the corn picker developed trouble, he evidently put his hand into the machine and four fingers were mangled. Two young men in the neighborhood, Pete Schroeder and Ken Kollenkark, were riding home from school when they heard his cries for help. Fore tunately, Morowski was working near the highway when the accident occurred, for he was alone and had he been farther from the road, his calls might not have been heard. The two youths rushed him to McHenry hospital, where he will probably need to remain for several weeks. Morowski sustained injuries on the left hand a few weeks ago as the result of an accident as he worked on a combine. Since one finger was still bandaged, he had not returned to Jtis regular employments Mr. Morowski has resided in this community for about a year and a half with his wife and children, whose ages are 10. 9. 8. 4, 2% and 1. The family came here from Leyden township. (Continued on Page 8) Donald Doherty Heads County March Of Dimes Drive For '61 Donald Doherty, new McHenry county March of Dimes campaign chairman for 1961. spoke enthusiastically of plans for the forthcoming drive as he addressed seventy-five new chairmen and their assistants who met in Woodstock's K. of C. hall last week to make plans for an effective 1961 program. The local man stressed the importance of each community naming a Mothers' March chairman as well as chairmen for business and industry. He added that the coin containers are to be placed in business houses between Christmas and New Year's. Assisting Doherty in his plans are Mrs. Wayne Gustafson, chairman of the Marengo campaign, and Mrs. George Tessendorf, chairman of the V.F.W. auxiliary in Marengo, the organization in charge of the drive in that city. Name Local Chairman Local county chairmen include JJoland Herrmann of Mc- Heniry. Dale-Boehm, field representative for the National Foun- FIRST LETTERS TO SANTA TELL KIDDIES' HOPES From now until Christmas, the Plaindealer will print letters to Santa Claus, written by McHenry area kiddies. They will be printed exactly as received. Here are just two of the first letters received. "From Billy Krebeck "I want a Navy captain suit size 8 in pants 8 in shirts trucks and cars guns. Fizzies Fountain with Fizzies a train. Dear Santa Claus, there will be some candy on the table." Continued on Page 8 "Dear Santa: "I would like some more tracks for my hot rods and would you fix my other tracks and wake me up and I will help you. The tracks will be on my desk, I will be sleeping in the room. I also need some corduroy pants to play in. Please let me have some ice shates this year because I think I am old enough. I will try to be a real good boy the rest of the year and thank you Santa. "My name is Peter Porten "Rt. 3, Box 345" McHenry residents will be happy to learn of new appointments for young pastors from this city. Bishop Loras T. Lane announced that Rev. Francis W. Zimmerman, son of .Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zimmerman of McHenry, who has been assistant at St. James Pro-Cathedral, Rockford, will be assistant at St. Mary's church, Aurora. Rev. James Weber, son of Mrs. Henry Weber of McHenry, has been appointed assistant at St. Mary's in Freeport. He has been assistant (pro tem) at St. Margaret's church, Algonquin. Fr. Zimmerman was ordained by Bishop Lane on May 31, 1958, while Fr. Weber was ordained May 21, 1960. CHORAL CLUlf TO PRESENT ANNUM XMAS CONCERT * SELECT THEME IN KEEPING WITH FESTIVE SEASON Fifty-five members of the McHenry Choral club were in final rehearsals this week for their annual Christmas concert. which will be presented in the high school auditorium at 8:15 on both Saturday and Sunday evenings, Dec. 3 and 4. Soloists this season include Dorothy Hollander, Sandy Mc- Michael, Tom Russell, Bill Weber, Mervin Loper, Mary Ann Wegener, Roy and Tucky Kissling, Irene Keim, Celia Page, Virginia Mroz, and Irma Blomgren. Special settings in keeping with the theme, "Christmas Windows", have been constructed by a club member, Norbert Mauch, and will create a festive holiday scene as the audience views the wonders of the season from a busy city street, and then are taken within a Christmas store. ART GUILD TO BE ORGANIZED IN AREA DEC. 6 An organizational meeting of a. newly formed art guild in McHenry county will be held at 8 p.m. on Dec. 6 in the Ridgefield school. From a nucleus of a few art lovers, the group is expanding to include any person in the county interested in art or hobbies. There will be workshops, informative meetings and shows for members as the organization becomes more active. Interested persons may contact William Kinsala in McHenry or Mrs. William Bacon in Ringwood for more details. CLEAN STREAMS MEETING There will be a meeting of the Clean Streams group on Tuesday evening, Dec. 6, at the city hall at 8 p.m. The county death toll from h i g h w a y a c c i d e n t s r e a c h e d thirty-five with two more re- < corded this past week. Both were deaths which resulted from injuries sustained in crashes on earlier dates. The last victim was John Anifer, 46, of Chicago, who died early Monday morning, Nov. 28, in McHenry hospital, where he had been confined following an accident on the Terra Cotta hill about 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. He was the only one seriously injured in the crash of two cars at that time. The accident took place as Dolly Bosik of Lake Geneva, Wis., driving south on the highway, turned to the right to avoid a car passing on the hill. In so doing, she went into the north-bound lane, according to state police, and struck another auto driven by David P. Meuler of River Forest. Anifer was a passenger in the Bosik car. His body was taken to the George R. Justen & Son funeral home and then removed to the Szykowny chapel in Chicaeo for funeral arrangements. The inquest was continued. Widow Dies The second traffic accident that caused fatal injuries occurred last week Tuesday and resulted in the death of IV"; v Mavis Lambert. 42. of Lake Villa. Mrs. Lambert, a widow and the mother of six children, died -to McHenry- hospital Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 24. The deceased was one of two motorists injured seriously in a crash Tuesday night when the car driven bv Charles Si.gl of Round Lake Park went out of control on i north Lake Shore Drive at Long Lake and struck a tree. Mrs. Lambert sustained a fractured skull, broken legs, cuts and bruises. Sigl was taken to St. Therese hospital, Waukegan. Among the surviving children of Mrs. Lambert is a son, Alfred, of Kent Acres. A corner's jury was sworn in and the inquest continued until Dec. 3. The body was removed to the George R. Justen & Son chapel and later to the Laute -- berg and Oehler chapel at Deerfield for services which were held Monday. Peter Freund of Rt. 5, McHenry. and George Knight of McHenry escaped unhurt when their cars collided in a headon crash on the Johnsburg blacktop, near Johnsburg, at 8 o'clock Monday morning. State police say Freund's car left the road, and when it (Continued on page 8> Santa Appears At Concert (Continued on Page 8) Santa will be making his way among the children in the audience to distribute candy during intermission of the McHenry Choral club annual Christmas concert to be presented Saturday and Sunday evenings, Dec. 3 and 4, in the high school auditorium at 8:15 p.m. Assisting him is Mrs. Santa. (Virginia Mroz) who joins him in the favorite "Do-Re-Mi" as the toys in their shop come to life and sing. Stores Open Nightly Starting Dec. 14