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Page Eight THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER FORMER LOCAL MAN IN GOOD HEALTH AT 90 Thursday. D@«nber '7. mi (Continued from Pajfe 1) farm near Volo, in 1871, the youngest son of Peter and Eva Miller. After a few years the family moved to a farm near McH6nry, where he received his education at a rural school near, his home. When he was 16 years old he went to work at the Stilling Resort hotel at Pistakee Bay, which was owned and operated by his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stilling. In 1900 Mr. Miller was married to Katherine Sehreiner, and the couple started farming on his parents' land. A daughter, Carolyn Mary (Mrs. Frank May), was born to them on March 24, 1902. Happiness however was short lived for the mother died two weeks later. The following fall, Mr. Miller left the farm and went to live with his folks in McHenry, working as a tinsmith at Friedly Hardware and as a bartender for Rob Schiessle. About 1905 he and Harry Fay became the first mail carriers Musin' & Meanderin' (Continued from Page 1) Edward J. Thennes residence on Green street and is one of the most original and attractive designs we have ever seen. A bright red oval, about 8 feet in diameter, stands against the front porch, containing white profile silhouettes and the names of "mom," "dad" and the seven Thennes- children. Snow sprayed evergreen branches complete the picture, together with a greeting. It gives the passerby a warm feeling at Christmas to know that some folks are including the entire community in their holiday greetings. INTEREST IN APRIL PRIMARY mim DAILY More Candidates Make Intentions Known This Week Something we read this week seems most appropriate as we observe Civil Defense Day Dec. 7. The quote was: 'Noah wasn't so tdumb when he built the Ark. Maybe we shouldn't be so critical of the fellow who is building a fallout shelter." Political activity gains momentum each day with announcement of candidates for office in the spring primary. One of the first to reach our desk this week was the announcement of Atty. William M. Carroll, Jr., of Woodstock, who will seek the Republican candidacy for Congress for the 12th congressional district, comprised of Lake, McHenry and Boone counties. He has never before sought public office. .However, Mr. Carroll served as president of the County Young Republicans for four years and was county chairman of the Citizens for Eisenhower and Nixon. On Tuesday, announcement One of the largest crowds ever present at a Kiwanis football banquet crowded into the j came from Atty. Jim Wetzel liierh school cafeteria last \,f Deerfield, telling of his in- , Al_ „ TT ^ , Thursday night to partake of j ,ention lo seek the Republi- ™ «•., P" f1C<r I a delicious meal, followed by I (;an nomination for representa- Mr. Miller had Route 3, which a most interesting program. i,ive to the U.S. Congress from went through Johnsburg and | Mpny nf those present said (he new district. His was the the German Prairie using aji( was the finest football ban- fourth announcement for the horse and buggy and later a j ,„iet in 1he many years it has | oflice to 1)e reCeived to date. DESIGNATE "DO IT DAY" DEC. 7 FOR SEAL DRIVE mail wagon. In the winter he | i^pn sponsored locally, and used a sleigh, changing horses; mnrh praise was ^iven the somewhere on the German, master of ceremonies, Rev. Prairie, and often having to walk for several miles if the snow was too deep. His wages at this time were $60 per month. In 1909 he bought his first car for the route, a high wheeler which he traded for a "Brush" after four months. In 1911 Mr. Miller married Emma Pitzen Steffes, whose husband had died in 1906 leaving her with a baby daughter, Carolyn Marie (Mrs. Norb e r t K u c h e n m e i s t e r ) . T h e couple, with their two Carolyn noy j.'now Maries, moved to their new home in McHenry which Mr. Hooker, of Woodstock, and the guest speaker, famed pro-football player. Bill George, linehacker for the Chicago Bears. The f;>ct that the M.C.H S. Warriors were undefeated NTorth Suburban champions' this past season only added to the enthusiasm of the large crowd. State Senator Robert Mc- Clory of Lake Bluff and Robert Coulson. former mayor of Waukegan, both stopped in the Plaindealer office last week lo announce that they would also be candidates for the Re- Thursday, Dec. 7, has been designated 'Do It Day" by Mrs. Dana Dawes, president, in an effort to encourage all McHenry county residents to answer their Christmas Seal Letter. The Christmas Seals, sole support of the McHenry County Tuberculosis association, went into the mail on Nov. 13. "I know," said Mrs. Dawes, "that many people, beset by the hustle and bustle of preparing for the holiday season, forget to answer their Christmas Seal Letter. I hope that a "Do It Day" will serve as a welcome reminder that the fine work being carried on by our McHenry County association depends upon all of us. If you haven't joined this worthwhile cause, I sincerely urge you to do so now," Mrs. Dawes said that "efforts are currently being conducted in medical schools throughout the nation to find a vaccine against tuberculosis as well as new drugs and more effective surgical procedures. Funds to finance these proje c t s a r e m a d e a v a i l a b l e Ihrough the annual Christmas Seal Campaign." During the past years, the McHenry County association has contributed to the medicai research program as well as sponsoring the mobile x-ray unit for Industrial and countywide surveys, tuberculin testing of food handlers in the county, tuberculin testing of publican nomination for con- (students in all public and pa_ pressman in the newly estab- rochia[ schoolSt rehabilitation and patient services and health education measures. ACCIDENT VICTIM lished 12th district. Seeking to again represent Hie 32nd representative district is A. B. McConnell of Woods t o c k , who a n n o u n c e d on M o n - _ _ _ _ _ _ T. , day that he will be a candi- ! SOME IMPROVED IN Doran this \feeek, deploring the ^ate for re-election as a repre- ! CHICAGO HOSPITAL fact that so many people do . sentative to the Illinois Gen- j and perhaps do : eraj Assembly from the district We had a letter from W. L. DEFENSE SURVEY PLANS LEARNED BY DIRECTORS John J. Shay, civil defense director for %McHenry, attended a meeting Saturday in Chicago, where the defense director for the state explained Hie survey program that has been undertaken by the U.S. Army corps of engineers. The entire nation will be .surveyed to find what buildings could be used as fall-oul shelters. This will be done in three phases: 1, surveying ,tnaps and tax rolls of the country; 2, actual physical examination of building by the engineers and architects; 3, actual posting of signs on these buildings--outside, inside leading to the area and signs wit|» arrows on streets. The corps of engineers are contracting the job to private architectural and engineering firms. Th§re will be seven in Illinois and these will be sublet to other firms. The only buildings surveyed will be those which can offer protection to a minimum of fifty people. It must be urged that no building will be designated a.s^ a fall-out shelter without the owner's consent. It is felt by the federal government that this survey will come up with housing for approximately 50,000,000 people so it is still very necessary (hat the family fall-out shelter he built for home protection. The shelters will be stocked with an austere supply of food by the federal government. This meeting was also attended by Walter Dean of Wonder Lake, who is chairman of the county board civil defense committee, and by Alvin J. Querhammer of Crystal Lake, county civil defense dir- I'ctor. Additional information was also secured by Messrs. Dean and Shay at a meeting •'old in Wheaton Sunday, Dec, THREE HURT IN CRASH OF TWO VEHICLES DEC. 2 not care t h a t t h e r e i s a state law prohibiting shootint Raymond Kennebeck of 1711 comprising McHenry, Boone, i n. Riverside Drive was still Miller had built, making the kin,;YnTnv"«.MivUinn : DeKalb and °Sle counties. Mr. ; in critical condition in Michael cement blocks an.d later doing \ oHre anJre mKiinnfdl si n ,ahna>t sutx1u,slon McConnell is now serving his all the carpenter work, all after he returned from his mail route. "Joe" was a rural mail carnot only children, but adults as well, are guilty of the practice and very often their target is wounded bv a shot that is not I'ifth two-year term. County Offices Another announcement of in- Reese hospital, Chicago, Monday of this week, suffering in- Icrnal injuries sustained in an accident at work the previous rier for eighteen years. He accurate enough to kill, which had received patents for a amounts to cruelly as well as weedless fish hook and a fly ! a violation of the iaw. swatter, so after giving up j Evidently, the practice is bethe mail route he manu- coming quite widesperad, as (crest came from Vernon W. i week. However, his wife, the Kays of Marengo, who said former Marian Freund, said his that he will be a candidate I for a second term as county | clerk. In 1954, he was the suci cessful candidate for county condition was improved slightly Monday. Kennebeck told his wife thai scaffolding fell on him as he In spite of the fine weather of last weekend and the increased amount of travel, only one accident was reported in this area. Three persons were injured in a crash which occurred about 4:20 Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Rt. 31 and the Johnsburg road. Reno Bertellotti of Rt. 1, McHenry, principal of the McHenry Junior high school, sustained a broken nose and two passengers, William Brda, and daughter Lynn, were taken to' Mfc* Henry hospital for treatment pf injuries. According to state police, Bertellotti .was driving south on the highway when another vehicle, driven ' by George Schmaling of Rt. 2, Wonder Lake, pulled onto the highway from the Johnsburg road and was struck by Bertellotti, who then swerved into a ditch and hit a tree. Police estimated damage to the Bertellotti car at about $600 and to the Schmaling vehicle, $100. The latter was charged with failure to yield the right-of^ way. YOUNG SINGERS PRESENT PROGRAM IN HOLIDAY THEME MOOSE COOPERATE WITH FIREMEN IN SAFETY PROJECT It was announced today by Hilary Rodenkirch, Secretary of McHenry Lodge, No. 691, Loyal Order of Moose, and a member of Company I of the Fire Department, that the HERE AND THERE 1M BUSINESS' NAMED TO AGENpy _ James F. Herbert, Rt. 5;* Antioch, has been appo^Led, an agent for the Allstate In- , , ., . ... .. surance companies, it was an-" nounced recently by H. W/ fire department in launching | art all-out fire window sticker safety project. In an effort to eliminate needless loss of life in home fires, the local Moose lodge is providing luminescent window stickers to the public $vithout cost. These reflecting red stickers are to be placed on the window of any bedroom wherein there might be an invalid, convalescent, infirm or aged person, or very young children. The fire department is fully aware of the use of these reflective stickers. In the event of a fire call to any residential building, spotlights will be flashed upon all Windows of the home, and when one of these stickers is noticed, that room will be investigated to determine if evacuation is required. The use of the 4%-inch square red sticker will materially cut down searching time by firemen and rescue squads during an emergency, and will thereby help to expedite rescue operations, and practically eliminate fatalities due to smoke inhalation. Fire chief Edward Justen has announced the full cooperation of the fire department in this life-saving project. Names of places where stickers are available will be found About 200 local high school singers will unite their talents Sunday evening, Dec. 10, at 8:15 o'clock to present their annual holiday program. A select chorus of forty-five | elsewhere' ln"this "issue! will open the program with j Mozart's "Gloria in Excelsis" and "Blessing Glory and Wisdom," followed by the large mixed chorus singing "The Finch, Illinois regional salesmanager. In his new position, Herbert has joined other agents _ to' provide policy sales and service from the office at 1303 Richmond Road, McHenry. OFFICE MANAGER ® Former Postmaster James Hettermann started work last week as office manager for Chaflesei Herdrich & Son, distributors. BECOMES COUNSELOR ' The Aid Association for Lutherans, a legal reserve fra-^ ternal life insurance association, announces that MP-.on * J. Voigt, 8901 Memory Trail,1 Wonder Lake, has successfuly passed the final examination for the advanced course pf^the fraternal .sales training- program and has been given" the designation of "fraternal* insurance counselor." As "StICh, Mr. Voigt is qualified to- counsel Synodical Conference; -Lutherans in every life insunuice need. vf IN "MR. ROBERTS" CAST Robert Bruce, son of Mtf. and Mrs. Robert Bruce, 7608 South Drive, was a member of the cast in the Carthage college production of "Mr. Roberts" Dec. 1 and 2. Bruce is n I960 graduate of McHenry Another happy ending in the 1 Community high school.^At movies is the finish of the pop- I Carthage he is a freshman*a- I corn right behind you. ioring in chemistry. factured these until he became! nun,ero' folks have become I lreasu,;er- *nd four yefrs, la!f j was working on the ground on seriously HI in 1939. The doc- ; Jver the practi^ and ; !vaS ™nty K1.clerk' Hel" ** at Arlington Heights, tors diagnc|-,ed his illness as ; hop£ a word hv way of the I,S * R ^pU 10an' . !EIc ls e™l)loyf(1 . Josel)h an incurable intestinal cancer' press micrht help preventt •th »,e- : Also interested in re-nomma- Frett & Sons Construction, Rt. ion for a county office is ! Richard L. Tazewell of Har- It is a well known fact that : varfj whG this week announced children, ranging in age from 2 to 9 years of age. 120, McHenry. The Kennebecks have and he was hospitalized three j joss 0f jjfe months, when he started to rally and made a miraculous . „„„„ - recovery. After he regained his • J * . , j bis candidacy for the Repubhealth, he worked in a defense! * , , , lican nomination as county plant at Woodstock. i .Mr- Doran included a "bp-j superintendent of schools in j DISTRIBUTE 200 In 1941 Mr and Mrs Miller I nme from a ™etropolitan news- • the April 10 primary. He was j r-TTMnFR Rn"5fF«i decided to spend the winters na^)ei" b-v a New Jerscy ma" I appointed by the county board ! BINDER BOXES decided to spend the inter. ,n whjoh he suggested that the f supervisors to complete a ON BALMY DAY in their cottage at Upper Tur- f f fj h d commit V «• ,UI' „ ' t ob-o wic anri io«o.- s,ale nsn an(1 Kame commu |(M-m 0f 0fflce m the fall of five tie Lake, Wis., and later moved there permanently. Since Mrs. Miller passed away in 1950. Mr. Miller has been living alone, spending his time sions change to a new main objective - that of maintaining wildlife for the public to <ee rather than for hunters to ^hoot. He continued to say thai World War I Vets To Elect Officers Members of the McHenry barracks of the Veterans of World War I will hold their regularly monthly meeting at 8 o'clock Thursday, Dec. 7, j theme, "The Meaning of at the Legion home. An elec- • Christmas," including solo and j tion of officers will be held at ensmble selections of both a this timei sacred and secular nature. At a regular Legion dinner j Each will have appropriate meeting on Dec. 11, the junior j scenic backgrounds designed by baseball team and Boys' state | chorus members of the senior representative will be guests, class. VISCOUNTS Praise Carol" and "Now Let | Every Tongue Adore Thee." The girls chorus will sing sacred excerpts from "Sound of Music" and "O Holy Night," featuring Kathy Monahan as soloist. The concluding part of the program will be devoted to carrying out the concert's ES are selling ^ flAS on the $ American Legion Grounds | HELP OUR CORPS fishing, repairing clocks and , (-|oc.sn -t mean '•here would k e e p i n g b u s y g e n e r a l l y . j i e n o h u n t i n g , c o n c e d i n g t h a i He was happy to visit with 1here should be hunting for friends and relatives on his ,hosp who want it and uiIri. ninetieth birthday and was the ]jfe watching for those who recipient of many cards and (jon't gifts. He was especially happy ' to talk to his nieces. Eva and i 1919 and is presently complet- | The spring-like weather of in<r his Ihird full term in, last weekend failed to distract office. : motorists from thinking ahead Democrats Meet : to the need of cinders when While announcements havt- j the roads become icy. The Mcheen slow in coming from the j Henry Ja.vcees report a very Democratic ranks, interest in ! successful day Saturday, Dec. RUDY BICKEP KENNELS Mile East of the Slcyllne Drlve-In Phone EVerqreen 5-2436 i s R v i e i . . . German shor£-hair pointer puppies available i©AIDING ... • Training, Obedience, Hunting & Retrievino the spring primary grows. '> in their annual Cinders for The suggestion was to limit The Young Democrats ofi^a^etv program. McHenry and the Democratic j Ashley Granger, project Women's club of McHenry; ^"bainnnn, said that even with will hold a joint meeting Fri-.temperatures in the six- & Now is the Time Lillian Stilling, who called him ' ^hoo,ine J0.3 'pecies th f a f! ! day, Dec. 8.' at 8 o'clock at l Ues^during' the day. the public .. .. , . , , ' lie maintained in sufficient , . n...... resnnnded well. Over 200 boxes from McHenry to extend best wishes Telegram Tells Of Young Sailor's Death (Continued from Page 1) quantity for that purpose without interfering with the supply for the non-hunting public. K. A. F. the Lakeland Park Community club, when the wheels will be set in motion for future activity. --! Twenty-Sixth Traffic Death Of '61 Reported | GENE ADAMS TO jBE INSTALLED AS In addition to his mother 'KIWAHIS HEAD and father Jim is survived by T h ( ? t w e n t y - s i x t h t r a f f i c f a - , . „ J one sister, Mrs^ William (LucU laJ. of the* in McHenry ! Adams Wl11 be '"stalled Vickery °f Wonder Lake; ;COunty occurred early Thurs- :;,s resident of the McHenry two brothers. Charles (Pea- , Nov 3() whpn Richard Kiwanis club at a meeting to nuts) a freshman at McHenry , V,nrrp 40 of rrv^tal like bo hcld tonight, Dec. 7, at 8 high school. and Timothy ,vas fa(allv iniured^n\ ^ o'clock at the Legion home. (Tinv 1 a student at St Pat- wes, of A!{,onquin Wives will be guests of the ricks parochial school; his pa- „ , members. ternal grandparents, Mr. and Borre s auto left the Algon- Also U) bp instaned wil| be Mrs. James Tomasello, of I,os qu»n-Huntley blacktop .just y- ^ Pollock, first vice-presi- Angeles; and his maternal west of Algonquin about 12:15 (,ent; Cy Youn[; second vicc. grandmother, Mrs. Ammer of dm- and struck two trees- president; William Collatz. Chicago. I The only occupant of the secretary; and Dr. William car, Borre was pronounced Kohl, Jr., treasurer. The younger generation will dead by County Coroner The- ' J certainly learn all about the ron Ehorn. Fishermen seem to catch the value of money when they' The car he was driving was most early in the morning, or start paying off our debts. 1 totally demolished. just, after they get home. responded of cinders were given away to passing drivers at the fire station on Elm street. 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