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"Serving The Chain-O-Lakes PLAINDEALER Since 1875" Volume 86 No. 35 -- 2 Sections Mc HENRY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1960 16 Pages -- 10c Per Copy * - Mill The food was tasty, the gifts were "just what we wanted" and the spirit couldn't have been better at the annua) Plaindealer Christmas party last Thursday afternoon. Unlike so many other office parties which are held in the formal atmosphere of club or hotel dining rooms, we had the 2jded homey quality of transrming our regular work room into a Christmas setting complete with a tree . hardly big enough to hold the many gifts we tried to sneak underneath. Marie Yegge served, Mary Miller poured, and the rest of us did a good job of consuming. Nobody does a good of enacting Santa Claus Mcept the big man himself, but we tried, and the fact that our bag contained some pretty nice gifts - made the "cast" accept us in the role. The boss maintained a keen eye and ear for the opening bf the front door or the ring of the telephone. Customers who thought he was a bit _brief should realize he prob- #ly was in the midst of opening a choice item. So I Hear was on hand for the festivities, and it wouldn't haive been a Plaindealer Christmas party without him. JHe's been attending for nigh onto twenty-five years but doesn't look the worse for this long period of service. The ifofy difference we could see is nowadays he sits back d enjoys the party and lets someone else look at the "who gets which" package tags. There was a day when S. I. H. acted as distributor himself in the absence of the man from the North Pole. Little Mary Jo Lucas came to the party with her mother and furnished the touch that £ly a child can give. As someone pondered the identity of the giver of a particularly welcome gift, Mary Jo came up with the revealing information: "Mother, isn't that the card you were writing?" We had a few new "guests" among our employees since last Christmas, and we have C Of C Spends $10,809 During 1960 For Benefit Of Community Continued on Page 8 At a special meeting of the officers of the 1961 Chamber of Commerce, Richard Zieman, newly elected treasurer, announced that the total disbursements for the year of 1960 came to $10,809.59. This figure is factual proof of the expansive activities undertaken by the Chamber this past year. Last summer during a special drive, the membership increased from ninety to 150. The Chamber this year is setting its sights at a goal of 225 members, which it hopes to reach in the month of January. Letters have already been sent out for membership renewal and to some potential new members. A larger membership is necessary to provide the Chamber with the necessary funds to carry out its commitments and continue projects already started, as well as handle the many that will come up in 1961. Each business Important President John C. Goetschel said that while individuals may look' "upon their business interests as being separated or different from those of their fellow businessmen iit other areas of the city, actually any one business is as closely related as any to the over-all development and prosperity of the entire community. He continued: "As our city grows and expands, you will get your share of the increased business along with all the rest of us. The real competition today is not between similar businesses Jn.a cqmrounity, but 'Between ernes? NoYone' fiusirie^fe can build a trading center, it takes the Chamber of Commerce and an organized promotional program to attract people and successfully compete with the other cities in our area. . "Every citizen owes some of his time and some of his money to the community in which he lives or makes a living. Your Chamber membership identifies you as a civic minded sitizen who believes in the future of our community and is willing to assume a fair share of the cost of assuring its success." The annual Knights of Col u m b u s h o l i d a y b a s k e t b a l l tourney will be held Jan. 1-2. PUN REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Public Buildings -- Public Appearance (The following facts are tak- £from information contained the recently released Plan port for the city of McHenry). One of the big considerations of the expert planners was given to public buildings and community appearance. They found the area along Green street, from the hospital and city hall on the north through the high school and library t>n the south, is the beginning of attractive civic center corn- New city hall facilities were found to be needed, especially In view of any substantial increase in either population or area. Provision of office space for the various municipal employees, including record storage and accessory police facilities. will require a new hall. The suggestion calls for the ^tential development of the new city building on the existing Landmark school and city hall sites. Planners feel that development here has the basic locational advantage of being close to, but not detracti/ig from, the central business district; it can provide additional parking area usable by the adjoining shopping center; and it convenient to Boone creek. th a marine oriented facility- The site, they believe, is also large enough to provide adequate landscaping for a park-like setting, lending considerable impetus to the community appearance. Areas to be considered in the community appearance program approach are comprised of two general concepts which are featured as "natural" and "engineered". McHenry's "natural" features to be stressed are its geographic location, attractive water course, rolling topographical conformation, substantial wooded areas, as well as many recreational inducements. The "engineered" features are the various results of habitation, such as architectural design, landscaping zoning features, vacant lot conditions and parks. Stanton & Rockwell recommend that McHenry be in no way committed to any one style of architecture in approval of its buildings. They have certain recommendations which they feel are justified, and action on them may be taken either by the Planning Commission or by a new appearance commission formed by that group. The first suggestion relates to what they term "streetside furniture," referring to all the m i s c e l l a n e o u s i m p e dim e n t s from stop lights to "no parking" signs. The recommendation is merely that progressively greater attention be given to this subject. One example concerns "no parking" signs, which planners feel should be placed on other existing sign or light standards whenever possible. They found the city to have historically developed a fine appearance, in older residential (Continued on Page 8) SOME HOMES WITHOUT POWER IN EXTREME COLD McHenry and other parts of the mid-west are just now thawing out from the effects of the advent of winter. Usually, Dec. 21 is just another date on the calendar, but this winter it was, officially and otherwise, the first day of winter. Unlike some metropolitan cities where a number of deaths were attributed to the cold, there was mainly discomfort in our own community. Temperatures of as low as 22 degrees below zero Friday morning were reported by residents of Huemann's subdivision. To the north, a number of homes were without power for over an hour. Public Service officials explained that the contraction of a wire, believed to have been the result of the extreme cold, caused it to break. Fortunately, only one wire was down, or the inconvience might have been more widespread. The power failure affected a part of Johnsburg and all of Sunnyside Beach, but none of Sunnyside village. MAJOR PARTIES TO SELECT JUDGE CANDIDATES SOON Interest is expected to increase in the weeks ahead over selection of a successor to the late Judge Sidney H. Block of Waukegan, member of the circuit court bench in the 19th judicial district, which is comprised of McHenry and Lake counties. The election will be held April. 4. Both Republican and Democratic parties in both counties will caucus before Jan. 16 and must have candidates selected by Jan. 22 for the special election. The winning candidate in the spring election will serve until June, 1963, which would have concluded Judge Block's term of office. Among those mentioned for the office are City Judge L. Eric Carey of Zion and Atty. Willis A. Overholser of Libertyville, both of whom were strong contenders against Judge Block during the G.O.P. caucus in 1957 for election to a six-year term. -Judge Block was from ke county, it is believed McHenry county delegates will go along with the selection from the neighboring county. Wonder Lake Girl Named To "Who's Who" Judith Kolar of Wonder Lake is one of fifteen upper classmen at Quincy college appointed to "Who's Who Among JUDITH KOLAR Students in American Universities and College s." Judy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kolar, Jr., of Rt. 1, is in her junior year at the 101- year-old. Franciscan college. Judy is majoring in English and is a member of the college chorus and band, and Third order. EDUCATORS MEET Miss Leta Clark and Mrs. Lenore Cooley are attending the 107th annual meeting of the Illinois Education association in the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Dec. 27 \to 29. CLINTON CLAYPOOL TO BE INSTALLED HEAD OF KIWAMIS Clinton ClaypoOl will be illstalled as president of the McHenry Kiwanis club when that organization holds official installation rites Saturday, evening, Jan. 14. Others who will be named to office with him will be Roland A. Herrmann, first vicepresident; Dr. William KoM, Jr., second vice-president; G| bert Haggenjos, treasurer; William Collatz, secretary. On Nov. 28, the club celebrated its fifth anniversary party at the Legion hom^. Since its founding five ye; ago, the McHenry Kiwai club has made great stridi and with the fine slate of ol ficers to be installed, membe; look forward to 1961 as a banner year. KRATER RESIDENCE WINS FIRST PLACE ; IN XMAS DISPLAY The William Krater hom£? Christmas display won first prize in the holiday decorating contest held at Lakeland Park this year. Second place went to the display at the LeRoy Gorniak residence and third tfti the James R. Wickenkamp home. The displays were j udged Monday evening of this week by Mrs. Stuart Engh, Gerald Carey and Donald Doherty, all of McHenry. COUNTY RECORDS TRAFFIC FATALITY HOLIDAY WEEKEND, McHenry county contributed one to the nation-wide traffic fatality toll of about 500 over the Christmas holiday weekend. The victim was Mrs. Jo» Anne Francis, 23, of West Dundee, who was fatally injWed^ Qhristmas Day when the car^MnJjJvhich she was riding crashed lon^the^Algonquin-Cary blacktopt-road. The car was driven by Kathleen Maginnis of Lake Zurich, who was enroute south when her car struck some ice. went over an embankment and overturned. This was the year's thirtyseventh traffic death in the county. Miss Irene Hogberg, 20. of Fox Lake died in McHenry hospital about 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Dec. 24 as the result of injuries sustained earlier in the day in an accident on Rt. 134 and Rt. 12, Lake county. The body rested at the Justen- Hamsher chapel in Fox Lake until Tuesday afternoon when services were held. Two persons were treated by local physicians for injuries s-ustained in an accident on the blacktop road near Holiday Hills about 2:05 Christmas afternoon. Sheriff's deputies said Robert Wiles of Rt. 3, McHenry, was driving west and attempted to make a left turn in front of another auto driven by Barbara Musynski of Wauconda, who was travelling east. Wiles suffered cuts on the cheek and 3-year-old Susan Musynski, a passenger in the car driven by her sister, had thirteen stitches taken in her chin as the result of severe cuts. No accidents were reported within the city of McHenry. INTRUDERS BRER TWO LOCAL HOMES Money Taken From Cooney Heights Residence The burglar who entered two McHenry homes early Tuesday evening was apparently interested only in money, for nothing else was taken. The Robert Bogard home at 824 Ponca street in Cooney Heights was entered sometime between 5:45 and 10 p.m. while the family was away. The intruders found the break-in sue-, cessful, for they took three $20 bills and some change. Entrance to the residence was made by breaking the glass in the front door. Enter Ward Home McHenry police have still not been able to determine if anything was taken at the M. L. Ward home at 615 Allen avenue, where burglars broke in after 5 p.m. The same procedure was used here, with entrance having" been made by breaking glass in a rear door. Nothing In the home was disturbed, but It was impossible to tell if any .money was taken since Mr. and Mrs. Ward had not returned Wednesday morning. The broken glass was found [Wednesday morning when someone went to the home to clean. A neighbor on Allen avenue told Police Chief Joseph Grobel that her house was in darkless between 6 and 6 p.m. when the doorbell' rang. She put on the lights but no one was at the door. It is believed the intruders may have wanted to be sure no one was at home before entering. Mr. Grobel cautions local residents to notify neighbors of their whereabouts when they are away, and also to leave some kind of light burning. CHARGE DRUNKEN DRIVERS State and county police, on the alert for drivers who had been drinking over the holiday weekend, arrested several in this area. A Lakemoor man was apprehended near Richmond and a Lake Zurich driver was arrested near Burton's Bridge. Delays were granted on hearings in both cases. RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP Richard J. Smith, Chicago, is a recipient of the Illinois state scholarship at Illinois Institute of Technology. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Smith, Sr., 214 Maple, McHenry, is a sophomore in the electrical engineering department. He is a graduate of McHenry Community high school. BOY SCOUT PORCHUGHT DRIVE BEGINS Twain Did Meet On Train Holiday Week In' spite of what the poet predicted, the twain did meet -- at least in a manner of speaking -- on a train between here and California in the busy rush of the pre-holiday week. Alford Johnston, a railroad mail clerk on the 'Santa Fe railroad, lives on Grove avenue in McHenry. His neighbor is Ale* Justen, long time city carrier for the local post office. As Johnston carried out his work of sorting over some of the millions of Christmas cards that travelled this holiday season from one part of the country to another, he chanced upon one sent from Chowchill a, Calif., addressed to Justen. A hurried, but very welcome message written on the envelope arrived at the Justen household the following day and read: Cancelled by Al. Johnston. SERIOUS CHARGES FACE BERWYN MAN IN COURT TODAY Joseph Chrz, 42, of Berwyn, who was arrested by county authorities a month ago on a charge of rape and taking indecent liberties with a 13-yearold Wonder Lake girl, will have his case come up in court today (Thursday). Chrz was arraigned last Friday in circuit court, at which time his attorney asked for a continuation on a motion to quash the indictment. The latter also asked that Chrz be released on bond, which was set at $5,000. It will be remembered that the Berwyn man was found by two special deputies in a car at Wonder Lake with the girl. After questioning, authorities said Chrz admitted staying with the girl in a rrjotel near Algonquin. At that time, bond was set at $15,000 and the case continued. HARVARD HOTEL IN RUINS AFTER $125,000 BLAZE the the will Lakemoor Area First To Conduct AnnualCampaign One sectional phase of porchlight campaign for current Boy Scout drive take place this week, and others are planned for soon after the first bf the year. Ted Beahler Is captain and Norman Morrison and David Heckmann are his assistants in the campaign conducted in the Lakemoor community this week. In connection with the drive, and in anticipation of an active year ahead, neighborhood commissioners will be named soon in the various places where scouting Is active. President J. T. Carroll of the Blackhawk Area Council, Inc., on taking office recently, immediately appointed a long range plan committee to study the rapidly increasing boy population so that the Council could lay plans for future growth. Stress Needs "All across our nation school boards are meeting to provide facilities, program, and teachers tc meet the greatly expanded youth population", said President Carroll. "More than half of the youthful population are boys and it must be the business of this Council to determine what our needs are going to be in the next five years." Appointed as chairman of the long range plan committee was Stanton K. Smith of Rockford. In accepting this important ass i g n m e n t, Mr. Smith said, "I like to call our challenge 'Operation Population Explosion'. A cursory examination of population trends indicates that our Council The 104-year-old Hub hotel in Harvard was entirely destroyed by flames last Thursday afternoon, taking one of the community's oldest landmarks. Fire Chief Shepard of Hairvard estimated the damage to run about $125,000, including the building and its contents. About thirty persons were residing in the hotel when it burst into flames just before noon. A search continued throughout the holiday weekend for the whereabouts of John Grady, 70, a permanent resident, who has still not been located. Firemen said there was a possibility he might have been trapped inside the buildtag. The blaze was brought under control in the late afternoon as firemen worked in extremely cold weather. However, the ruins continued to smoulder for several days. Rubbish burning in an in- LOCAL ELECTIONS. FUTURE PUNS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE INTEREST IN AREA DURING MONTHS AHEAD V. A. Cina Wins Trip To Europe Vincent A. Cina, son of Mr, and Mrs. Joseph A. Cina of Lakeland Park, has recently been awarded a three-month European scholarship by Millikin university. Vincent was chosen to represent Millikin VINCENT CINA in an ecumenical work camp for the summer of the year 1961. The camp is composed of youth of different religious affiliations from all over the world. The country in which the camp is located where Vincent will spend four weeks. Has not been announced yet. He is allowed to make three choices in order of his preference. His choices are Italy, Germany and Switzerland. The country in which he will participate in the ecumenical program will be announced to him in May. Besides spending four weeks in the work camp, Vince will travel throughout Europe for seven weeks. He plans on seeing as many countries as possible in the seven weeks. His boat will leave New York City the first week in June and return the third week in September. The young man is a junior at Millikin university, majoring in biology and chemistry. He has an assistantship in biology and teaches four zoology labs. He is the recipient of the General Motors scholarship and an Illinois State scholarship. He is recording secretary of Delta Sigma Phi, national social fraternity, his junior class Student Council representative, a counselor in the men's residence hall, a member of the Sigma Zeta national science honorary fraternity, treasurer of the Men's Dorm Council, a member of the Newman club and has been on the honor role for four consecutive semesters. cin?rator outside the building is believed responsible for the blaze which fortunately did not destroy the nearby K. of C. hall. A radio and TV shop and a barber shop in the hotel were destrqyed. Offer Holiday Cheer (Continued on Page 8) Officers of the McHenry Garden club are shown packing holiday stockings for residents of the Valley-Hi and Shangra-La homes. Left to right are Mrs. Eric Braenne, Mrs. Arnold Schaettgen, Mrs. Vaughn Jones and Miss Ruth Neel. Standing is Mrs. George Johnson. With the start of a new , year, McHenry residents are I naturally looking ahead t« 1961 with some questions as to^ what the next twelve months will bring. Residents of this growing community have every reason to believe that the period will be fast moving and include at least some of the progress* scheduled for the future. Although the big presidential election year of 1960 will be only a memory, there promises to be considerable interest in the election of officers for city, village and district posts. McHenry proper will elect a mayor, city clerk, treasurer, police magistrate and three aldermen April 18. Township elections will take place and justices of the peace will be * named under the new law on April 4. The same date has been set for an election to select a successor to Judge Sidney H. Block in this district. Nearby Lakemoor, McCilllum Lake and Sunnyside all have elections scheduled to select village presidents and other local officers. If the interest evidenced four years ago is repeated, the contests may prove very lively. Future Plans While campaigns are being prepared in this regard, the city fathers and the Plan Commission will no doubt be studying recommendations of planning experts who last fall released findings of their various sufveyfe ill regard to pre* paring McHenry for the increased population it may expect in the future. Just how many of these suggestions will be followed up, and how soon they may be undertaken, will only be answered after careful study in the months ahead. Fiesta Day, which has proved so successful in the past, will no doubt be, staged again as the highlight of the summer season. The many progressive organizations within our community doubtless have other plans too for making 1961 a year which will include activities to add zest to the daily routine of business life. Whatever the year brings, most of us will come to the end of 1961, as we have this year, happy that we have been able to help, even in a small way, to the progress enjoyed locally. Jaycees Outline Program For *61 The McHenry Junior Chamber of Commerce, at their dinner meeting held last week, officially adopted a tentative schedule of activities for the coming year. Those events scheduled for early in the year include a pot-luck dinner and party on Jan. 17, to commemorate the first anniversary of the group's chartering, and a banquet foe participants in the Jaycees". youth bowling tournament. A feature of the latter banquet, to be held Jan. 29, at the American Legion home, will be the presentation of trophies to high individual arid team scorers in both the boys' and girls' league, and the awarding of '500' pins to any young bowlers who have rolled a series of 500 or better during the tourney. A special trophy of Arthur Stuhlfeier will go to the absolute high scorer throughout the eight weeks of competition. Other early activities planned by the McHenry men entail the further participation in a "speak-up" Jaycee program, instructed-by a very capable public speaking authority. It is designed to enable those who participate to have a bet- , ter, more complete understanding of the principles of the Jaycee organization, in addition to offering priceless speech training to the members. The organization also is sponsoring a children's safe living promo- (Continued on page 8>