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"Striiif Tl» Cfcal»-0-L«ke« Regioa Sine* 1875* Volume 88 -- No. 1 -- 3 Sectloni McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MAY 17. 1962 Plan TT 20 Pages -- IOcPer Copy Polio Immunization Among other things, the month of May means prom time, and there are a great many junior and senior students at M.C.H.S. who are on top of the world this week in anticipation of the year's" biggest social event next Saturday night. The juniors' have selected ^he very popular theme, "Moon River," and are spending every available hour in decorating the large gymnasium appropriately. The room will feature a large paddle boat near a bridge, and in another setting a huge mansion, with an orchestra seated on the veranda to play for the approximately 150 couples expected. At midnight, the young folks ^vill leave to be entertained at Club After-Glo, which' this year has as its setting the Wing 'n Fin club. Only the seniors in charge of arrangements know the many featured entertainers who will be present to provide a pleasant few hours for the young people. B'eakfast served at the V.F.W. clubhouse by the aux- ^'iary will conclude a memorable evening, but activities will no doubt continue on into the following day for many of them. These all-day picnics which have become a part of the continuing prom entertainment have always seemed to us to carry their share of driving hazards in view of the large plumber of very tired and sleepy motorists on the road. Nevertheless, they are apparently here to stay and those closest to the 'teen-agers can only hoV'3 they will let their better judgment guide them in their driving. It's a wonderful age, and a , wonderful night, all of which muke for equally wonderful ^memories if prom time can be Kept safe as well. AGREE TO SUPPORT ONE CANDIDATE CHOSEN FOR 52nd DISTRICT POST The chairmer^jol, the three Republican central committees in, the counties of the newly formed 52nd district, comprising McHenry, Lake aijid Boone, .announced Wednesday morhing that the three groups had decided to hold a convention to select a single candidate to seek the post left vacant by the resignation of State Senator Robert McClory after he won the nomination for U.S. Congressman. child injured "Garden Walk' Hostesses As Auto, Rolls It's bicycle season again, and we're sure teachers in local schools are giving youngsters some advice about how to drive. Unfortunately, many of them aren't following it. Kvcn the slow driver finds it necessary to come to a sudden1 stop occasionally when ^an unpredictable rider suddenly decides his destination is the shortest distance between two points -- a straight line directly in front of the car. Sometimes we shudder to think what might happep if this same youngster should make his decision when a fast moving car came in view. Moms and dads would do well to caution their young '•ones repeatedly, and certainly ft is up to the driver to anticipate the bicyclist's movements as well as his own. The three-county convention is scheduled for Friday evening, May 18, at 8 o'clock in the McHenry high school auditorium. , & Republicans gave as their chief reason for the meeting, a desire to save the tremendous expense of a primary called by Gov. Kerner for August 14. Although selection of one canclidme* for each party would assure cancellation of the primary, it would be almost a certainty since all prospective GOR candidates agree to support Vhe choice of the committeemen on Friday. Possible Candidates Four names mentioned most prominently for the post are Rep. A. B. McConnell of McHenry county, Robert Coulson, formerly mayor of Waukegan, .Atty. Kenneth Baird and County Coroner Mickey Babcox, all of Lake county. Rep. Coulson was defeated by Sen. McClory for nomination to the U. S. House in the last primary. Just last week, Chairman Robert Blake of Boone county announced that his committee would not support any candidate from Lake county, but announcement^ agreement to the conventioty may mean that group- has reconsidered. Other county chairmen are J. R. Levesque of McHenry and Robert J. Milton of Lake county. The first, day for filing is next Monday, which made it necessary that if a convention be held, action be taken immediately. STATE SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT RATED TOPS Charles Sherman, a junior in the McHenry high school, has been awarded an outstanding' rating in the state science fair competition, held at the armory in Urbana Thursday and Friday of last week. The young man previously took first place in the district with his project, "Rffocts of Radiation on Test Animals". He used X-rays on chicken embryos and also injected radioactive phosp herous into white rats. Both caused cancerous growth of tissues. The rating "outstanding" which is superior to the "first" rating in the district, is not the first recognition to come to this young scientist. Previously he won an outstanding rating in the state as a freshman and a first rating as a sophomore. Charles resides with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. C. Lawrenz of 4908 West Shore drive, McCullom Lake. Six-year-old Kathy Jo Becker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Becker of Crescent drive, McHenry, had a narrow escape from very serious injuries in an unusual accident which occurred Sunday afternoon. She sustained a crushed lung when the family car rolled down Waukegan road, striking a large tree, and the child became lodged between the seat and the door. Mrs. Becker had left the three children in the car for only a minute while she went into the home of her mother, Mrs. Joseph J. Miller, who was getting ready to leave with them. She was just inside the door when the oldest child, 9 years old, ran screaming into the house to tell her mother that the car was travelling down the hill. Rushing to the children's aid, Mrs. Becker found Kathy Jo caught between the door and seat, where she became lodged by the impact of the car with the tree. The baby, 3 years old, had released the emergency brake, but fortunately the car was in gear and headed slightly to the curb side as it travelled slowly. It was reported that Demo- , . , , . i J i C.cl! 1 \ crats meeting last weekend j • in Lake county, expressed 1 themselves as not in favor of I a three-county con vent i o n. j However, it was not known \ definitely whether or not they I would back a single candidate, j W i l l i a m G i b l i n , M c H e n r y ! county committee chairman, ' could not be reached Wednes- ! day by a Plaindealer reporter ! for comment. Fishing Equipment Stolen From Resort Intruders broke a ld/chen window at BerrylandPresort, Wonder Lake, sometime Sunnay night and stole several fishing rods and reels. They also broke a cash register and took $5 in cash. The sheriff's office has been on an investigation LARGE CROWD ASSEMBLES ON ZONING HEARING As the Plaindealer prepared to go to press Wednesday afternoon, a large crowd of interested. persons were assembling at the Labor Temple in Crystal Lake, where a hearing was scheduled on a requested change in zoning. Much discussion has taften place in recent ^-Weeks regarding a petition filed before the toning board of appeals by' Joseph Wetzler, asking a change from industrial district to conditional use for the purpose of using the property for a garbage dump. The land is located in Nunda township, on Idyll Dell road extended west. Planning fot- this year's W.S.C.S. Home and Garden ^ Walk on Wednesday. May 23, during brunch at the home bfc^Ann Var^se, co-chairman, are Peggy Kasper. at right in back assisting Mrs. Varese iir pouring coffee; and in front, owners of the homes to be visited, Mrs. LeRoy Marshall, Mrs. Eugene J. Miller and Mrs. Raymond Spohr. Unable to be present were Mrs. Lee Gladstone and Mrs. Al. Adams, whose homes will also be open for inspection. An mtsundin* c u I lu r » 1 j LOWERED BY event which is anticipated by I residents of McHenry and the surrounding area is the "Home and Garden Walk" presented by the W.S.C.S. of the McHenry C o m m u n i t y Met h o d i s t church, to be held Wednesday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Five homes will be. open to the public during this time; al§o, a tasty hot lunch will be served at the Methodist chu'ch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Select Theme McHenry And Wonder Lake First To Schedule Mass Vaccine Administration HONOR SENIORS AT THREE EARLY JUNE PROGRAMS Honors Day Will - Be Held For First Time On June 5 With the long awaited arrival of spring, thoughts turn to final events in the schdol year for seniors. The first of two .programs honoring them is solemn Baccalaureate, which is scheduled for Sunday, June I a one dollar donation to defray Under the auspices of the city Of McHenry and the McHenry County Medical society, polio vaccine will be administered to local residents of all ages up to 50 at the high school auditorium from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29. Everyone" is urged to participate in the" immunization program, for it is believed that if 80 per cent of the population receives the vaccine polio will be eliminated in McHenry. Dr. Peter Griesbach, health officer for the city's health department, is in charge of the program. . The McHenry County Medical society has recommended 3, at 8:15 o'clock in the gymnasium. Commencerfient will take the expense of the undertaking, and any money which is not used for the vaccine will DRAINING. CLUB CHARGES IN SUIT place for the first time on a be donated to local charities. Wednesday, with the program scheduled on McCracken field June 6. In case of rain, however, the program will be transferred to the gym. After four years in which graduates have been featured speakers, faculty sponsors sug- A^suit asking $50,000 has gested a return, at least for been filed by the Wing 'n Fin jone year, of, a guest speaker. Fishing®and Hunting club|To date, otfe has not been against Leo Regner of Volo on i secured. a- charge that the latter was responsible for a ditch or canal oeing dug on their premises,\ causing water to drain from their lake, lowering its level. The club, located east of onors Day Another \important change this year wul be the Honors \0ay7~~&^§p£cial afternoon set aside in which to give recognition to those who have re- Theme for the third annual | McHenry, maintains Sullivan |ceived scholarships and other event is '-^At Homo Lnienain- j Lake for customers and mem- iawards for leadership and serving-- in the Country." Starting j herrff and Regner owns land the day with a bright, cheer- i adjacent to it. It is charged ful breakfast tabic will i>e Mrs. j that the latter unlawfully en- Leroy Marshall of Johnsburg. j tered the premises May 14. This home typifies the warmth j 1960, and had the canal dug on and color of Early American living. It is a red brick ranch house - spacious and livableall the more interesting to modern do-it-yourself Ameripremises of the plaintiff, which lowered the level of the lake to such a degree that the club has been unable to sell fishing licenses, and unable to draw customers to the restaurant (Continued -on Tag*" 8)- _ _ aud Jounge. Harvard's Milk Dayparade will be June 1. youth We were mighty happy to meet John Dreymiller on Main street, chatting with his many friends, last Monday evening. In spite of a recent illness which confined him to the hospital for so long, we weren't *too surprised ' to learn that "soon after his return he was supplying the drug store (and maybe a few other business places) with some of the choice blooms from his tulip-bed. Whoever stalled the adage that "you can't keep a good man down" had John Dreymiller ir. mind, we're sure. • The first really warm days of spring .seemed to have an adverse effect on many folks, if a look at the. hospital record is any indication. One of the most recent to fall vic'im to illness is our popular McCullom Lake correspondent, Eve Levesque. It takes a good deal to put such a spirited gal to bed. so we know this "bug" must have taken a good bite. w . Reel Cross collections generally have not reached their goals throughout the county. AI den was the first community to do so, and the county organization hopes that the conclusion of other drives, together with better weather find others keeping pace. K A F. JAYCEES WILL HOLD ORIENTATION NIGHT ON MAY & Exhausted Rooster Harry Bendson recently retired from the Chicago Jaycees because o age (36), will be guest spe er at the McHenry J Home Economics To Be Offered Junior High Girls In Fall Term orientation night Wednesday, May 23, at the Knights of Columbus hall. Bendson, a' paraplegic confined to a .wheel A dream of long standing for board members of School District 15 will be realized next fall when a home economics prograrp is initiated in Junior ee:i I high school for seventh and HARRY BENDSON chair, was very active .in the Chicago Jaycees a ri d also found time/to work and hold office ijj fifteen other organi- (Continued on PI 8) 7 eighth grade girls. The board gave approval at the May meeting Monday evening to a program which has been under discussion since before that school was constructed. The cost of equipping a room and employing a teacher were among Reasons that kept the board from earlier action in this direction. However, the plan now seems feasible, and a special room originally intended for the purpose* will be made ready to handle the course. Offers Choice Until now, lxuh boys and girls have been enrolled in arts and crafts, but the new home economics program will give girls an opportunity for a choice between the two subjects, and it will be possible for those who take arts and crafts to have more class time. The board also approved purchase of certain science e q u i p m e n t and m a t e r i a l s through the National Defense Education Actr During the past year, about 47 per cent of materials have been paid for through federal aid, and it is a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t t h e y e a r 1 ahead will bring assistance in almost the same amount. New to thp program at Junior high next fall will be a guidance counselor, who will be employed on a half-time basis. Enrollment Prompts Move In the past, home room teachers have found it necessary to fulfill this task, but with an enrollment which has topped the 600 maijk. the board felt the change to a counselor was a necessity. A letter of commendation on the speech correction program from Dr. Milton Eastman, consultary of the speech correction department from the office of tpe superintendent of public instruction, was presented |o the board. The program in the schools will now be recommended to the state superintendent* of public instruction for approval. The board approved teaching contracts for Mrs. Charlotte Brennan to teach English in* seventh grade at Junior high; Mrs. Alice MacDonald to teach kindergarten at Hilltop: Miss Janet Bostler to teach third grade and Robert Me- Curdy to teach social studies in the sixth grade at Junior high. Letters of resignation were accepted from Mrs. Allan, Mrs. Blythe, Mrs. Shirley Harris and W. C. Harris. NEW JOHNSBURG CITIZEN STUDY GROUP MEETS Supt. Bush Stresses Reasons Prompting Committee Survey The initial meeting of the recently formed C i ' i / e n s' S.-hool Study committee was held last Thursday evening at Johnsburg, with thirty-three committee members present, as well as Dr. Ralph Belnap, Dr. Leo Loughlin and Dr. Wilmcr Pautz, consultants from N o r t h e r n I l l i n o i s u n i v e r s i t y , s c h o o l h o a r d m e m b e r s , R i c h ard Marshall, W. T. Peterson. Ldward T h o r e n . A l b e r t A l - brecht and Robert flurckes, Supt. 'James' C. Bush and Nancy Piatt, recorder. Mr. Bush gave reasons for the formation of the co'nmiflee and foi< the survey, including enrollment and recommendations by the state for riculum study. Citizens were selected on the b; DISABLED VETERAN FALLS FROM BOAT. SAVED BY FRIEND A paraplegic veteran of: World War II narrowly es-1 eaped drowning off the beach ! on Bay View Lane last Fri-1 day morning. He was 43-yearold Frank Chrobaeh of 8457 S. : Karlov avenue, who was enjoy- | ing the day fishing when the accident occurred. * , Chrobaeh and W. C. Walton were about 150 . yards from | s h o r e when t h e f o r m e r f e l l ' ice. Such a day has been observed in other large schools and has proved very succesful. Most important reason for Honors Day, which will be held Tuesday, June 5, is to limit the time of the commencement program. It is also ! felt that graduation night, with ! the presentation of diplomas, | should honor all seniors rather than the particular emphasis often placed on the few who sometimes receive several awards. The only presentations to j public and be made commencement will be J were included in the immunioutstanding scholastic awards. ; nation early in May. Wonder Lake Program Any person who is unable to pay for the vaccine will be given it free. All people working on the program, including doctors and nurses, will be donating their services. Vaccine will be administered in three doses, the first strain on May 29, the next within four to six weeks and the third the same amount of time from the second. Simple Administration Administration of the vaccine is simple. A cube of sugar is saturated with the vaccine and swallowed. Only a few minutes time is required. The vaccine is shipped under refrigeration and once it has begun to thaw, it must be used within seven days. Left-over vaccine cannot be returned or used later. This Sabin oral polio vaccine is recommended for everyone by the U. S. Public Health service. McHenry is not the first city in the county to carry out the program, but McHenry schools, and those in surrounding areas, were the first in the state to have the vaccine given to pupils under a mass, planned program. All parochial schools (iVM FLOOR BURNS A large hole was burned in the floor of the gymnasium of the high school sometime during the night Tuesday, believed to have resulted from an electrical short in a ceiling light. Blocks around the light fell to the floor and the glue smouldered on the heavily wqxed floor. Junior students and their from the craft. Walton went class sponsors had been workto his aid immediately and kept him above the surface Wonder Lake has scheduled a community-wide immunization program the weekend of Mc.y 19 and 20, it was announced this week. The program is urged for inf a n t s , p r e - s c h o o l e r s , y o u n g sters and adults residing, or even visiting, at Wonder Lake. Ringwood, Greenwood. Richmond and adjacent communiuntil he was assisted by fish-, crmen in a nearby boat Chrobaeh was taken -to McHenry hospital by the ^Johnsburg rescue squad and treated for exposure. ties. This is the first in a seing on prom decorations that i rjos immunization proevening, but their work was , grams planned for the area. believed to lie in no way re- • sponsible for *4^ accident. I (Continued on Page 8) Show Boat Coming I SEEK TO REVOK1 ! PROBATION OF ! McHENRY MAN A petition to revoke.the pro- | cur- j bat ion of James A. LeVand of I McHenry was presented in • Circuit Court before Judge is of one person for every j William M. Carroll last Friday roistered voters in the school hJ Probation Off.cer Russell district. Some of the members ' ^.mer, ana the case was conwere selected by the school board membership, and they, , . in iurn, chose others they felt. I for *"«"»« «* Charles Hal" tinued for two weeks. LeVand was arrested first to vtork on les store last Aug. 11, and the cfvirge against him was burgbuy of small items. He was granted probation later in the f a l l . I^eVand was brought into court the last time following would be willin the survey. i Survey Resuftte i Dr. Belnap gave a brief re- j sume of this school survey. He j stated that the public should | look, ahead on school problems ; , , .• , hj,s arrest by Lakemoor pol,•i ce , to evaluate educational pro- • % With t h e i on Uvo dnvin£ charges. I which Reimer took the case j they car use the ficures ar- \ 'n*° coMr*- grams and problems results and recommendations rived at" and the suggcvions for the next five or ten years. Dr. Belnap outlined the structure of the survey committee. The executive commit tee consisting of chairman, recorder PRINT PAPER EARLY Because Memorial Day. May 30, falls on Wednesday this year, the Plaindealer will be central • Pr'n,erl onc ('a-v ear'y that •i n d tour ' wte^- Advertisers and those sub-committee chairmen work with the three consul- (Continued on Page 8) w - j l i c o n t r i b u t i n g n e w s items are reminded that it will be necessary to observe earlier deadlines.- The Lakeland Park Theatrical Group is proud to present its first anniversary performance of a real old time „ minstrel show. The doors of the McHenry Junior high school will open at 6:30 Sunday, May 20. and the curtain time is 7 o'clock sharp. The idea of this type of entertainment was first conceived as a pleasant way to raise funds to assist Little Leaguers of that area. From that successful performance, came invitations to perform for other worthy causes. The Moose lodge of Woodstock sponsored the show for the benefit of the Woodstock Children's Home, and the P.T.A. of Marengo invited the group to perform for their benefit. The most recent performance was sponsored by the Wonder Lake Kiwanis for the benefit of the Retarded Children of McHenry County. Now they are back in their own community with new jokes and songs to provide an enjoyable evening for the entire family.