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The daughter of Mrs. Jean Marquart, Gail won her first 'beauty honors locally when she became the Fiesta Day qugBn as McHenry observed itd 125th anniversary in Ju of 1961. * ' - Local Boat Firm Burglarized Safe With $147 Carried Away From North Bridge Marine Service Company COMMUNITY CENTER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE DRAWS TO CLOSE Of much interest here at the Plaindealer office was a receipt for , a subscription paid for the newspaper in June of 1898. It WW brought in by William l^awrence cf 12C8 N. River drive, who found it among seme old papers. The receipt for a year's subscription was made out June 30, 1898, for $1.50 to his fathei, Abraham Lawrence, signed by J. Van Slyke, editor and publisher before the turn of the century. It is an ornate piece, showing a picture of the printer standing before the drawers of hand-set type, as -a small cop> t>oy hurries the weekly news to hint to be set. The receipt is only slightly creased and tinged yellow. We hope the Plaindealer has withstood the test of time as well. Anyone who doesn't think fawning is a complicated business these days should plan to drop in on one of the farm meetings held annually in our county. We did just that last Thursday afternoon when District 6 of the Pure Milk association gathered in McHenry to discuss the dairy industry and proposed changes to benefit members. Folks most closely associated with the business say that eyen those directly concerned find it difficult to thoroughly understand the involved program which has developed through ; the years, and the equally involved plans to solve Mich problems as surplus, price supports, and many others. General Manager A. L. Mc- Wifiiams of the P.M.A. did sttch a fine job of presenting the situation, and the proposals now under discussion, that it gave even those of us with a very meager knowledge <* the • problems some idea of the accomplishments they hope to achieve through the cooperation of dairymen. We hope they're successful. Every , day, their problems become so numerous that tanners leave the business to try their hand at something else. With the urban trend always advancing, we can't help but hope that major problems of the farmer will be solved so that a rural atmosphere is not entirely taken from our midst. J.. R. (Jake) Levesque, chairman of the McHenry County Republican Central committee and president of the village of McCullom Lake, has received an appointment as administrative assistant to William J. Scott, treasurer of the state of Illinois. Mr. Scott made the appointment shortly after his inauguration. Mr. Levesque is one of four men organizing and operating Mr. Scott's Chicago office at 160 N-. LaSalle street. He will also act as a representative for Mr.% Scott when the treasurer's duties take him tb Springfield. The McCullom Lake man is an executive office of Squadron VR-724, N.A.S., Glenvicw, 111. The membership drive for the community center to serve Wonder Lake,- Ringwood and adjacent areas is rapidly drawing to a close. Shares must be purchased within the next three weeks. One-share family memberships and five-share organization membership^ are still being offered at a nominal cost. After the charter is recorded, only associate memberships will be available. These will be at an increased cost and may require yearly dues from which charter memberships are exempt. Among the organizations which have expressed interest and purchased shares are the McHenry Kiwanis club, Won- (Continued on page 8) McHenry Beauty Winner Of City And County Titles In Quest Of State Honors A pleasant note from Mr. and Ml*s. Fred H. Bergmann in Lakeworth. Fla., tell? of weather in the 80's. They plan to return to Sunnyside Beach about May 1, snd hope that our severe weather will long have passed. Mr. B?rgmann tells of excellent fishing, having landed a kingfish of 18 lbs., although he says some others have run as high as 30 to 40 lbs., caught on the drift boats. This has been a busy lamin the office of County Clerk Vernon W. Kays, where work on preparing books for the quadrennial assessment of i-eal estate is now nearing completion. The work has been in progress for altbut four months on 100 books , which will be used by the various assessors. Assessment of real estate, "which is done every four vears. covers the years of 1963. 1964. 196> and 1966. The tiooks contain the names of ;ill property owners in each township and the assessed valuation of each, as well as legal descriptions.' The work in the. newspaper offices begins after the books are turned over, to' the suitervisor of assessment, then given to the assessors, after which they go to the county board of rev iew to be checked again ADULT EYENIN6 COURSES TO BE OFFERED HERE Classes In Variety Of Subjects Will Siari February 13 * For the first time, a large variety of evening courses for adults are being offered at the local high school, beginning Wednesday, Feb. 13. The board of District' 156 is offering the classes as a service to the public. Registration may be made at the high school principal's office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Monday through Friday, until the deadline, Monday, Feb. 11, or mail registration may be made. There is a ten dollar registration fee for each course. Courses Offered The courses to be offered include shorthand, bookkeeping, modern American novel. French I, Algebra I. state and American government. Service of modern science, and tailoring. It is necessary to have ten members in order' to offer a particular course. If there is sufficient interest in other subjects, and instructors are available, they will be offered at a later time. The course will extend over ten weeks, with classes on Wednesday evenings for two hours, between 7:30 and 9:30 o'clock. f Most of the instructors will he local faculty members. INDUSTRIALISTS WILL FORM NEW ZONING GROUP Princess will be her official | Thirty McHenry County inchaperone. Miss Marquart s dustries were represented at mother, Mrs. Jean Marquart, ihe January meeting of the will accompany her daughter.- McHenry County Manufacture doing both to watch the con- ing association, held recently. President Don Johnson of All eyes in McHenry will be turned toward Springfield next weekend when lovely Gail Marquart leaves for the capitol city to seek one of the state's most coveted titles. Now reigning as Miss McHenry County 1962, Gail will vie for the Miss Illinois County Fair 1963 contest and the opportunity to serve as the official hostess at next summer's state fair. Chosen McHenry county's winner at last year's McHenry County Fair, Gail will be competing against more than fifty other county fair queens in a contest which stresses beauty of face and figure. Observers who watched at both the 1961 and 1962 McHenry county fair contests are convinced she will score heavily in the beauty portion of the contest. And her personality. stage presence and natural charm make her an outstanding representative for the county. Accompanying Gail will be an entourage of official participants and well-wishers. Miss Patricia Hogan, a close friend of Gail and a queen in her own right -- as Illinois Dairy The sheriff's office is following leads in an attempt to fino the persons responsible for the latest break-In and theft at North Bridge Marine, 3112 W. Lincoln, McHenry, in which $147.56 in currency and change was taken. There was indication, through footprints in the suow surronding the building, that two people entered sometime l>etween closing Friday night and 8 o'clock Saturday morning, when Warren Krebs of Eastwood Manor, an employee, discovered the burglary. To gain entrance, a window was broken in a shed at the north end of the long building. They manageu to crawl through a small inside window to reach the boiler room, from which they had access to the office. Authorities believe the intruders were not the same as those who entered over the Labor Day weekend a year and a half ago, since the method oi operation differed so greatly. Employees and police were unable to determine why they removed the entire safe rather than breaking it open and taking the contents on the scene. The combination safe was a cabinet type, with file drawers The drawers were pulled out and left in the room. The cabinet itself, measuring about 4 feet high and 16 inches wide, and weighing between 40 and 50 pounds, was carried through the same window as entrance was made, then transported over considerable debris at the rear of the building and around to Lincoln road. There were indications thst the safe had been set down in the snow, near* the road, and it is believed a car was waiting to pick them up. In the safe was a money box about 10x12 inches in size, a cash register coin tray and two leather, zippered pouches. Harry Hans of Lincoln road is president of North Bridge Marine Service Co. In the last previous burglary at North Bridge Marine, the safe was pried open and the contents taken. F,arly last summer, considerable vandalism took place there. dry, COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS INDUSTRY Major Donald P. Doherty, Alderman Ray Smith, Superintendent of Public Works Fred Meyer and Frank Low, president of the Chamber of Commerce, met with representatives of three companies on Tuesday of this week to; discuss the industrial situation locally. Representing Mid-States Development Company was Leonard McDonald; Public Service, Robert Lippold; and Northern Illinois Gas, Clint Claypool. Mid-States is owner of about 160 acres south of McHenry, between Rt. 31 and the North Western railroad tracks, recently annexed by -J he city of McHenry. \j The annexation was undertaken for the purpose of providing property for industrial development. The land is presently zoned R-l, but at Tuesday's meeting it was agreed that Mr. McDonald would supply the city with an official plat which would be used to take action in changing the zoning for industrial use. Also discussed Tuesday were twenty-six acres west of the city, now owned by two companies. This is already designated for industry, and Mr. Lippold said his company had recently shown this property to interested firms, although nothing had been settled definitely concerning locating hercj. Tuesday's meeting was the first of several planned to discuss ways of attracting industry to the community. Drivers Hurt On Icy Roads Chester Helwig of 3002 N. Hickory drive, McCullom I.ake, was seriously injured early Saturday morning when his car collided with a snow removal vehicle on Elm street, just west of Court street. His condition was still critical or Tuesday afternoon. According to city police, He! wig was travelling east in the center lane when he approached the other vehicle, which was driven by Gerald Schiller of 1015 N. Curran road, driving a McHenry Sand & Gravel machine. Schiller was working to remove the large mound of snow from the highway in the lane where Helwig was driving. The accident occurred at 5 o'clock in the morning. Hel- McHenry Melancholy As Mercury Marks 24 It was 24 degrees below zero in McHenry early Wednesday--and that's cold! The figure came from the instruments at the home of Glenn Olsen of Front street, who Is local weather observer for Channel 7. His previous low was registered on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Glenn charted a cold 20 below Tuesday of this week, rising to 8 degrees above zero during the day. In spite of more optimistic thinking that "it can't last," weather forecasters give no encouragement for relief in the next few days. Seven city employees worked throughout the night Saturday and Monday to keep the roads in good condition for those fortunate drivers who were able to start their cars. NEW TOWNSHIP FILINGS INDICATE SPRING CONTESTS Two new fillings were made with Town Clerk Walter Anderson this past week, indicating that some contests will exist in the township election in April. Clarence Regner of 2713 N. Regner road has filed for the office of highway commissioner on the Taxpayers' ticket. He will oppose Charles J. Miller, who was the first to file. Edward Buss of McHenry also filed this past week for the office of assistant supervisor on the People's party. Last week Walter Dean filed for supervisor on the same ticket. One supervisor, two assistants and one road commissioner will be elected on April 2. Deadline for filing is Feb. 11. Other petitions are said to be circulating in the township, but no others had been filed Wednesday morning. RONALD FREUND, 18, DIES AT ACCIDENT SCENE; PASSENGER SUCCUMBS LATER IN HOSPiTAE A head-on collision in Fox Lake last Friday night, Jan. 18, resulted in the death of two young McHenry people and serious injuries to three others. Ronald A. Freund, 18, of 1210 N. Charle* street was killed by the impact, and a friencL Penny Jane Pennington, 17, of 2601 N. Chapel Hill road died <at 10:15 o'clock that evening in McHenry hospital. The accident occurred about 8:25 p.m. north of Rt. 12, Riverside Island drive, just within the city limits of Ftit Lake. City police there sali Freund was driving north over the bridge when he approached another car travelling in tlje same direction. Unable to stc^ JACK NEVE DIES * WHILE SHOVELING SNOW AT SCHOOL Jack Neve, 61, of 2405 N. Villa Lane, McHenry, was pronounced dead on arrival at McHenry hospital shortly before 8 o'clock Tuesday morning after he collapsed while shoveling snow at Hilltop school, east of the city, where he was custodian. A coroner's investigation conducted by Deputy Coroner Howard Nehlig disclosed that death resulted from a heart attack. Mr. Neve, was born May 20. 1901,4n Chicago and had resided in McHenry for ~ twenty-four years. He is survived by his wife. Lorraine two children, Shirley of Detroit, Mich., and Kenneth of Chicago; and two grandchildren. The body will rest at the George Justen & Son funeral home after 7 o'clock Thursday evening. Services are tentatively scheduled for 10 o'clock Saturday morning from the chapel. DROP LIQUOR CHARGE A charge of selling liquor to a minor, made against a tavern owner near Richmond, was "nolle prossed" when he appeared before Justice of the Peace Charles M. Adams last Saturday. The complainant failed to appear In court, resulting In the dismissal. (Continued on Page 8) PMA MANAGER OUTLINES AT McHENRY MEETING NEW STEPS TO IMPROVE PRODUCER INCOME BLAZE SENDS FAMILY OF FOUR FROM LAKE HOME In an interesting and informative meeting at McHenry's V. F. W. clubhouse last Thursday. A- L. McWilliams, general manager of the Pure Milk association. spoke to about 300 dairy farmers and their wives] shore Beach occupied attending the annual meeting' of PMA District 6. He pointed out to the assembled group that negotiations lietween dairy farmers, represented by Federated Dairy Cooperatives, and Chicago milk dealers will get underway this month with the producer groups fighting for continuance A fire at the home in West by the Kenneth Maxson family resulted in about $3,000 in damages late last week Wednesday afternoon. The blaze broke out in a bedroom where the Maxsons' I wo and a half-year-old soil. Dale, was playing. He was not injured but contents of his room, including the child's test and to take part in the annual convention of the Illinois Association of County Fairs will be Carl Bault and Don Hansen. McHenry County Fair president and vice-president. The fair queen contest McHenry introduced the speak- ; elected were Kenneth Denman of the superpool which helped j clothing, were destroyed. The them survive" rising costs in' 1962 by adding $12 million to their income. Klect Officers At the morning business meeting, Ralph L. Nichols of. Hebron was re-elected presi- ( dent and Charles Weingart of McHenry was re-named vicepresident of District 6. ALso of Lake Villa, secretary-treasuier; Arthur Hoppc of Mr- Henry. re-districting commiter of the- evening. Gordon Scrgant of Richmond, who is a member of the McHenry county board of su[>ervisors. j teeman: Ferdinand F. Dahle of Mr. Sergant gave the members j Walworth. Wis., resolutions is held in conjunction with the1 ar» insight in1o some of the j committeeman: and Ralph Niconvention. | many problems the count\ has I chols, intcr-cooperative rela- A rules change announced!*0. area zon'ng .and it ions committeeman. last December bv the Illinois ! building. As a result of this. , Association of County Fairs' and hy hi* WJmmenclHtion. IHaces more emphasis-on beau- i McHem > ( ount.v Manuty 45 per cent of the total! fil'.luiris will Hpwas confined to the bedroom and living room on the I'irst floor of the two-story building. The Maxsons were playing with a younger child. Scott, 3 months old, in another room when they heard Dale start to cry. It was then that I hey entered the bedroom ami discovered the fire. The home is owned by E. Tern berg of Palatine, formerly ol West Shore Beach. The Maxsons are staying wi'h her parents, 'the Herbert limssmans. in Lakemoor lor the present. Board Takes Under Consideration Adding To School Facilities Avery Vose of Rt. 2. Anli- \ defective lurna«V which och. president of PMA and h<'nl *P«»'ks and smoke j no director of District 6. spoke ,he Fenrter home in East-1 approved before the assemblage. Other At the regular monthly meeting held Tuesday evening of this week, board members -of School District 156 learned from Supt. Carl Buckner thai they must begin considering additional facilities for the .school. Considerable discussion took place on the matter, but no definite acl ion is expected in Ihe immediate future. The board will study three methods of solving the problem. One is to add on to the present building; another is to separate freshmen and sophomores from upper class students in separate buildings; ami the third is to build a second, four-year high school within the district At present the enrollment is aijout 1,180. The school was designed to accommodate 1.200. but it is felt the building can handle the cxfwctrd increase for possibly another three years, if necessary. Pass Resolution A resolution was passed •.riving approval for two boam rTvm'iers and Assistant Supt. M. L. Schoenholtz to attend 'he American Association of School Administrators meeting in Allantic City next month: ilso approval for Principal Marvin Martin to attend the National Secondary Principals meeting in Pittsburg early in February. The only dissenting die was cast by Robert I>ckenbaugh. At the meetin'j Tuesday, Ihe •|uarterly budget was distributed for jMM'Usal. The possihilitv "f employing •i curriculum coordinator and also a reading specialist at the hy.:h vh<><>l was discussed, but •el ion taken. District 15 employing faculty Honor Members In Jaycee Week In conjunction with Jaycee Week, the Junior Chamber of Commerce presented twelvehour work awards to Ed Cepulis and Bill McCarroll, and the Jaycee Spoke award was presented to Jacob Marino for outstanding work during his first year of membership. Certificates of appreciation were also presented to two no.n-meml)ers, Jerome Buch and Sylvester Tonyan. who RONALD FRKTIND ^ he appurently decided to pt& out and pass. In-doing so, be ran directly into a car drivep south by Mrs. Dorothy Erbjjpt of 5802 N. Agatha, Pistak4N| Highlands, who was alone. ^ Car Swerves Police said they .belte* Freund saw the oncoming ci# - and attempted to swerve lit the left into a parking Idt, but the Erbin car . was $$ close he was unable to avoid hitting her. Mrs. Erbin was removed to McHenry hospital, suffering broken knee cap, broken no#** and ribs and a lung injury. Her parents are at the Erbin home, caring for- the . them children. > Two passengers In Freund car, Mary Ahh Pennington, 15, of 905 Wheellfcr street, Mount Prospect, and Kathleen A. Hunt, 18, 26®' N. Chapel Hill road, McHeniV, were taken to McHenry hcqk pital and later removed to Chicago area hospitals. Both •were reported to be slight^ -Unproved early this week. - Miss Hunt's parents resist in Hebron, and she and Penay Pennington shared an apaiffc* nicnt on Chapel Hill roafl. Mary Ann Pennington was "a student at the local high schdeii 4ev-e -short- time last fail when the Pennington family resided at 2617 Myang avenue, Aqua Lane subdivision. Later, Ml*. Vivian Pennington and Mary Ann moved to Mount Prospect. Worked For Father Ronald Freund was born Sept. 20, 1944, in Woodstock son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert P. Freund. He attended McHenry high school, and sin(» that time had been a plumb-. throughout the year have con- j cr's apprentice, employed by tributed to the success which i his father. the organization has enjoyed. I He is survived by his par- The combined business-an- cnts> a sister, Mrs. Daniel niversary meeting contained | (Dolores) Weber, and a brothail added note of interest inter. Robert, all of McHenr^;' that the guest speaker. Carl his paternal grandfather, John Buckner. presented an informa-1 n. Freund, of Chicago and hi* live commentary on the edu- ] maternal grandparents, Mr rational program here in Mc-, un(| Mrs. Walter Huff, 0« Henry and the tremendous | Harvard amount of capital required, in j A Juneral ^ fol. yreimd. wood Martor resulted in an | mcmljcrs lor Ihese, positions at score will be based on beauty.' fH»nt " three-man zoning com- | speakers were'"Miiton Geuther. j alarm t,,rned in to <>m- j their last meeting. Those w ho have seen Gail's i to bring about a closer j representing the American 1 * early . Friday morning, j M,-. Buckner announced that {Continued on page i) (Continued «o pafe 8) relationship between the coun-j. ty zoning board and industry* (Continued on Page 8) I There was no actual blaze at j 1 the twine. (Continued oc page 8) excess of a million dollars, by an educational plant responsible for over 3,.'WO students. The new year is off to a j line start and the Jaycees in- ! tend to step into full" gear. In order to do so, they ask '•veryone to assist them in the init ial ion of worthwhile projects through using the sugges- I lion box facilities which will soon ap|>car in some of the i local stores. 1 School* Close , At 1 o'clock Wednesday, announcement was made that the public grade schools and high school in McHenry would be closed Thursday because of the severe cold. Classes will resume on Friday unless announcement is made via radio stations W<"N and WKRS. The j P.T.A. meeting scheduled for i Jan. 21, has been postponed. | St. Patrick's grade school will be closed Thursday and Friday. was sung at St. Patrick's Catholic church, McHenry. at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, followed by interment in the1 church cemetery. Before that time, the body rested at the George Justen & Son funeral home, where a jury was sworn. in and the inquest continued. Joseph Blakes Wed 50 Years Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blakti.. who reside on Richmond road.' north of McHenry, will obr. serve their golden wedding anniversary on Saturday. Jaft. 2G. with a dinner for the im? mediate family at Hetter*' tnann's, Johnsburg, at 1:30 ir the afternoon. The actual dateof the anniversary was Jaftr 22, when a Mass was sung 3$T f Continued on Page 8) <S