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'• • «•# , - -. «b»t . THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "S«rvlag Tit Chaii-O-Lakat Bagioa SUM 1I7IP **c.- -44 w m*» •» *»* Volume 89 -- No. 9 -- 3 Section* McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 11. 1963 22 Pages -- 10c Per Copy TRUCK CRASH KILLS CALIFORNIA | COUNTY QUEEN ' TITLE SOUGHT BY TEN LOVELY GIRLS Loretta Johnson, 10-year-old McHenry girl who resides on Rt. 9, has had her contribution to the July issue of Jack and Jill, a children's monthly magazine, published. It was an excerpt from a letter to the editors, and told about her neighborhood talent show, where refreshments sold for only 2 cents. For her contribution she received a framed certificate of merit. In this season of marriages, many young men may have learned in a short time that matrimony is the only state with a permanent woman governor. The waiter of this column and editor, Adele Froehlich, is enjoying a well earned vacation this week. WONDER LAKE TEENAGERS PUT ON PROBATION Judge William Carroll granted probations last Wednesday to three Wonder Lake teenagers, James Clowes, Patrick Doty and Glenn Johnson, after they pleaded guilty to thefts in the Wonder Lake area last Feb ruary. Clowes, 18, admitted breaking into the home of James O'Grady and taking $150 worth of liquor. Doty, 17, was charged with breaking into a coin changer machine in the Wonder Lake laundromat plus stealing 10,000 S&H green stamps, all totaling $150. Johnson, 17, was-, charged with breaking into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Wheat and taking $10 in cash plus five bottles of wine and one bottle of whiskey. Clowes and Doty have been serving 15 days in jail and Johnson will begin serving July 14. His delay was due to working conditions. Their probations will last for three years each. Ten beautiful, well-groomed and poised young women begin the quest that will lead to the Miss McHenry County, 1963 title and glory for one of them next week. The first of two judging sessions is scheduled Tuesday evening, July 16, at Martinetti's restaurant when beauties from ten different county communities appear before judges in formals and in swim suits. All ten will make a second appearance before the same judges on Thursday, Aug. 1, at the McHenry County Fair when the finals will be held and the successor to Miss Gail Marquart is chosen. The new Miss McHenry County will reign over the remainder erf the fair, scheduled August 1-4 at the county fairgrounds at Woodstock. The McHenry County Fair association also will sponsor her in the Miss Illinois County Fair contest in January, 1964. The dinner is being held to honor Miss Gail Marquart, last year's queen who was a finalist in the Miss Illinois County Fair competition. This year's candidates and their sponsors will be honored guests also. Before the dinner Tuesday, a get-acquainted hour is scheduled. Besides the candidates, guests will include a representative of each sponsoring organization sending the girls to the Miss McHenry County contest, and members of the press throughout McHenry county Serving the featured beverage during the get-acquainted hour will be Midge Olbrich, McHenry County Dairy Princess from Harvard, because a milk punch will be the center of interest on the before-dinner table. EXPECT LARGE CROWD FIESTA DAY, JULY 21 Air Force Drum Corps Will Lead Afternoon Parade COUNTY CANCER CRUSADE COLLECTS $2,000 OVER QUOTA If previous years attendance can be an idea of the number of people who will witness McHenry's Fiesta Day Parade on Sunday, July 21, estimated crowds of some 20,000 or more will crowd the parade line. In addition to the fine drum corps, floats and marching and baton units as in previous years, many people from miles around will be in McHenry that day to see the World Famous United States Air Force Academy Drum Corps from Colorado Springs. They will lead the parade of over a dozen musical units including the McHenry high school band. The Air Force Academy has some fifty-five members in its corps which has participated all over the world. The Fiesta Day Committee feets very fortunate to be able to present such a famous unit to McHenry. The academy will be on exhibition at McCracken Field before the drum corps magic show. The parade will begin promptly at 2 p.m. The drum corps magic show will begin promptly at 7 p.m and will be opened by the singing of the National Anthem by William Molnaire of McHenry. Float applications are starting to come in and it is suggested that organizations, merchants or groups interested in placing a float in the Fiesta Day Parade write Frank Low at 3325 W. Elm street, Mc Henry. All entrants will receive instructions by mail about three days prior to the parade BAND CONCERT FEATURES QUARTET "FOURCED AIRES" A barbershop quartet, "The Fourced Aires," will be guest artists at the fifth band concert Friday, July 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the city park. Gerald Miller of McHenry, Richard Ritt, Richard Schroeder and Vern Schulz of Crystal Lake are members of this singing group and have chosen for their selections "Side By Side" and "Coney Island Babe." Under the direction of Stanley Vycital the McHenry stage band will include in its program "Midnight in Moscow," "Sugar Blues," "Gravy Waltz", "Caravan" and "String of Pearls." These weekly musical programs have become very popular with the public and large crowds gather on Friday nights to hear these talented musicians perform. Following are the contestants, age, name of their parents and their sponsoring organization: Leslie Gieske, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gieske, sponsored by Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce; Miss- Donna Clark, 18, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Clark, Wonder Lake Volunteer Fire Department; fToni Falconer, 17, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Falconer, Cary Jaycees; Miss Donna Gamnes, 17, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gamnes, Fox River Grove Chamber of Commerce; Kris Nowaskey, 17, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nowaskey, Woodstock Chamber of Commerce; Shirley Sill, 17, lives with grandmother, Mrs. William Shearer; Marengo VFW Post and Auxiliary; Cheryl Noe, 16, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Noe, Ha: vard Rotary Club; Peggy Smith, 17, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, Business Association of Hebron; Judy Person, 19, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Person, Huntley Lions Club; and Miss Linda Watson, 16, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Watson, McHenry VFW Auxiliary. McHenry county's Cancer Crusade was successful in two important areas, Roger Reichert, Crystal Lake businessman who is chairman for the Crusade, reported today in summarizing the 1963 efforts of 500 volunteer workers. Reichert said more than $12,- 000 was gathered in door-todoor visits by the volunteer workers, more than $2,000 over the quota for McHenry county established by the American Cancer Society. This also is above last year's collection total and approaches the ambitious goal of $15,000 the chairman set at the April kickoff dinner. "More important than collecting the money perhaps was the fact that volunteer workers distributed vital information on combating cancer throughout the county. Because of the zeal of these volunteers in contacting a great many people, some will respond to the call to go to a doctor and to watch for the seven danger signals," said Reichert. Expressing his appreciation to the volunteer workers for their efforts, Reichert noted that more areas of the county than ever before were visited by workers. "Volunteer workers are prime source of information for citizens in McHenry county to learn about combating cancer. Next year we hope to have many more workers join this Crusade. , "Many lives can be saved if people will have a physical checkup regularly. Equally important is to Educate the public to be alert to the seven danger signals of cancer and to follow warning signs when any ap- ' pear." Arthur Keeney Loses Camper Style Truck CYNTHIA WEISS ESCAPES DEATH FROM DROWNING Cynthia Weiss, about 2 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mm. Howard Weiss of 310 Country Club drive, was saved from- Irowning about noon Wednes* lay. Her mother found tffc child floating in the river facedown and with the aid of a neighbor, Paul Jessup, revived the little girl by mouth mouth resuscitation^ An ambiance was called and the child was removed to the McHenfy hospital where it is- expected she will recover. '• * COUNTY BOARD ' MEETS IN BUSY SESSION TUESDAY v:, > i-:.. ,,, Kotalik Studio Photo Unable to comprehend what had happened, Spike, the bull dog owned by Keeney, looks at the pile of wreckage from which he escaped unhurt. CLEAN STREAMS COMMITTEE TOLD RIVER CONDITION McHenry Women Serve As Jurors In Murder Trial RECENT GRADUATE Richard John Smith, 3703 West Maple, has received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, at commencement exercises which were held at Orchestra Hall on June 7. Richard is the son of Richard and Louise Smith. Continue Rape Case To July 12 A hearing before Jere E. Dodge, Algonquin justice of the peace, on July 5 for two young McHenry area men charged with raping a 19-yearold girl who resided with one of the families was continued until July 12. The reason given for the continuance was that State's Attorney Richard Cross is busy this week with the murder trial of Bernice Williams and would be unable to attend the hearing on this case until the above date. Lee And Ray's New Home if-A". Two McHenry women were chosen as jurors in the trial of Bernice Williams, 34, charged with murdering her husband, Harold, 37. Mrs. Jean Blake and Mrs. Loretta Young, along with nine other women and one man began hearing evidence Monday afternoon after the jury was completed at 3 p.m. Following a recess of 30 minutes court reconvened with Judge William Carroll presiding. States Attorney Richard ross gave the opening statement. Cross told the jury how the defendant, Bernice Williams, and her two children came home from church, Sunday, May 26, and found the husband and father, Harold Williams, drinking. It was brought out by Cross that when Williams fell asleep at the table Mrs. Williams allegedly took a .22 caliber rifle and shot her husband in the back. When he arose she is reported to have shot him ten more times. \ With the aid of her daughter she supposedly placed the body into the family car and drove out to the Barreville road and left it there. After taking her children to her place of employment in Antioch she called the McHenry police and reported her husband missing. The defense attorney, William I. Caldwell, told the jury of the couples' unhappy married life over the past years. A pathology specialist who performed the autopsy on Williams, told his findings to the court. He stated that almost twice the alcoholic content needed for intoxication was found in the blood. After the court had denied the motion to suppress her statement made at the sheriff's office Mrs. Williams took the stand Tuesday morning and related to the jury what took place after she had been taken in custody. Daughter Testifies The defendant's 14 year old daughter, Judy, took the stand and was questioned by the state's attorney until the court sustained the objection of the defense to have the girl discontinue her testimony. The rifle used in the alleged murder was entered as people's exhibit one. The state rested its case Tuesday afternoon and Mrs. Williams again took the stand in her own defense. CIVIL DEFENSE ACCREDITED THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR At the request of the McHenry County Clean Streams eommittee, Bruce Muench of the State Conservation office made a survey to observe and determine the cause of the great number of dead fish and presence of a strong offensive odor in the Fox River from the Chain of Lakes southward to the dam. Mr. Muench states in his report to the committee that a species of blue-green algae is present in large quantities and that decomposition of this algae is responsible for the oxygen deficiency which kills the fish. He stated "an especially heavy bloom of algae has been present in the Chain for the past four weeks a^-^"the intensity of the bloom increases from north to south culminating in large quantities of algae moving out of Pistakee Bay and down into the Fox River. Another aspect of the heavy bloom of this algae is the characteristic blue-green stain which it imparts to the shoreline areas and floating objects in the water. This is caused by the pigment colors in the cell of the algae itself which is released into the water when the cells Jjy*eak down." Decomposition of the algae causes the oxygen deficiency which in turn kills the fish. This gives the water the putrid odor of decomposition. To the Clean Streams committee which has been fighting polution of the river, the significant part of the report states that increased flow of treated sewage into our waters plus the lack of precipitation and the extended hot weather activated the growth of the algae. The Clean Streams committee has learned that Lake Arthur Keeney, 78, of Box 331, Independence, Calif., lost his life Monday, July 8, when the camper type truck he was driving south on N. Chapel Hill road about 12:45 p.m. went off the highway on right side of the road, knocked down a steel post and a large public service pole and then hit a large tree. Mr. Keeney was pronounced dead on arrival at McHenry hospital. His dog, Spike, was unhurt and the truck was completely demolished. Mr. Keeney had been spending the past month visiting his son, Chester, at 340 W. Terra Cotta avenue, Crystal Lake, and it is thought that he had been in the Johnsburg area doing some fishing. A retired retail furniture merchant, Mr. Keeney was born Aug. 20, 1884 in West Union, Mo. He was in excellent health and with his dog travelled extensively throughout the country visiting his children. Private funeral services were held Tuesday at the George Justen and Son Funeral home. This latest traffic fatality was the twenty-sixth in the county. ESCAPES INJURY The state police reported an accident that took place on the Fourth about 7:41 p.m. on Rt. 120, two blocks east of the city. Sally Meyers, 704 Muriel street, Woodstock, was west bound on the highway when the power steering unit failed on her car and she lost control, ran off the road and hit a post. Fortunately she was uninjured but the car was damaged to the amount of $400. STUDENT REGISTRATOIN All students who have not pre-registered for the coming school year are asked . to call the high school as soon as possible. The regular monthly meefe* ing of tfie county board <Jf supervisors was held Tuesday, July 9. It was announced that the county's share of the Marfcb sales tax was $9,688.50. The board approved the recommendation of the personal property committee that thie bid of R. and L. Auto Leasing of Crystal Lake of $110 per car a month be accepted. Hie automobiles ate used by zoning and building depart" ment. " J v, Leo Bennecke of Riley township and Edward Buss of McHenry were appointed on ft special bridge committee tot Alden township. Building permits'In the cotitic ty for June 1962 were 131 and for the same month in 1963 were 125. A county wide plan commission was authorised as all advisory board only. Nine men are to serve on this board without pay. An allottment of $500 for expenses for the JSeM.^7 months was approved. Resolutions were sent to the state representatives and seoators recommending that they vote in favor of a bill that would make a personal property tax receipt mandatoiV for obtaining an automobile license. Also that the board was in favor of county control of wages paid for work on projects under the motor fuel tax. McHenry township's share Of the motor fuel tax for May was $1,295.64. In justice of peace district three, Charles Adams presiding in McHenry, a total of $263 in fees and $367 in fines were collected. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON CITY STREETS (Continued on Page 8) SERVE CHICKEN DINNER SUNDAY AT CHURCH CARNIVAL This spacious building at 1005 N. Front street is the new home of Lee and Ray's electric appliance store. There are 8,000 square feet of floor space in this modern establishment and the firm owners, Ray Hughes and Gene Adams, invite the people of this area to attend grand opening this coming weekend, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 11, 12 and 13. Coffee, cake and cookies will be served. There will be balloons and space maps for children. Special prizes will be given and no purchase is necessary to register. The firm of Lee and Ray was established in 1947 and was located on Main street until the owners built this new building. They handle Frigidaire, Hotpoint, Hoover and Barton appliances, In the neighboring town of Spring Grove St. Peter's Catholic church will sponsor a carnival, Saturday and Sunday, July 13 and 14. There will be a chicken dinner served on Sunday from 12 noon to 6 p.m. Rev. Edward Lehman is pastor of St. Peter's and assures all who attend a delicious dinner and games and amusements for all ages. As of June 24 McHenry civil defense received its reaccreditation ny the civil defense office of" the state of Illinois. This was announced by John J. Shay who is the director of the local organization. According to Shay this is the third consecutive year that the city has been accredited. The period of accreditation will run to June 30, 1964. Last year there were only three cities in McHenry county accredited including McHenry. The accreditation allows, among other benefits, to participate in t Federal programs of surplus property, matching funds and personal and administrative expenses. During the first three quarters of the civil defense year the Federal government returned to the City of McHenry $190 under the latter: program. At the regular monthly meet- Director Shay stated that he' ing of the board of school Diswas endeavoring to have the! trict 15, held Monday evening city accepted again under this j at Edgebrook school a contract personal and administrative J for painting the Waukegan program. The local unit is' road kindergarten building incontinuing to expand its pro- i side and outside was awarded The city of McHenry is in the throes of a great amount of construction according to a report received from Superintendent of Public Works, Fred Meyer. Work was started this week on building curbs and sidewalks on Elm street before resurfacing the highway from Rt, 31 to Front street. Waukegan street at Landmark school is in the process of being widened by 14 ft. to relieve traffic congestion at the school when school buses are operating. About 300 ft. ot the Landmark and city property STATE DEPARTMENT SHOWS NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS FOR JOHNSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL (Continued on Page 8) itri j ---- -- • SCHOOL DISTRICT 15 AWARDS PAINTING CONTRACTS; BOARD ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW TEACHERS grams of educating the public about nuclear war and enlarging its capabilities to handle natural disasters which is also an important part of its duties. Anyone desiring additional information or is interested in becoming active in this vital organzation may contact the i bids based in director by phone or write | $4,759.76 was to International Decorators. Miss Nancy Nichols of West Aliis, Wis., was given a contract as a reading specialist for districts 15 and 156. She will work in a remedial and developmental program. The purchase of supplies on the amount of approved. The This is the second of several articles reporting the findings of the. Johnsburg public school citizens' committee survey. Included in this article is the Illinois State Department of Education's recommendations for the curriculum offered the students in the Johnsburg public school and the recommendations of the citizens' building survey committee to meet these curricular deficiencies. Each year every public school in the State of Illinois is considered for recognition or nonrecognition. Any school that is not recognized will not receive state aid in any form. The minimum state aid for an elemental y school is $47 per year per pupil in average daily attendance plus 45 per cent of the cost of transportation and special education for handicapped students. The following are comments and recommendations of the team from the State Department of Public Education that visited the Johnsburg public school during the school year 1961-62: 1. That a survey of the district be made to determine future enrollment and that a long range building program and curricular revision be planned. 2. That a central library be established with a qualified librarian in charge. 3. That a science laboratory pany but it is subject to the acceptance of the high school board. . . Several teaching contracts were awarded. Nancy J. Pierce will teach second grade at V^l-; be made available and that View; Arlyn Dobberstein, j needed science equipment be McHenry Civil Henry, 111. Defense, Mc- board accepted a bid for fuel oil from the Hughes Oil comiey fourth grade at Edgebrook; Charles Peraino, sixth grade at Junior high school; Mary Ann Gall, fifth grade at Landmark and Mrs. Kay Stilling, first grade at Edgebrook. A report on the speech correction program for the past year was given by William Dial. The final budgetary report for the 1962-63 fiscal year was presented to the board. purchased. 4. That a program of instruction be provided in instrumental music and that the vocal music program be expanded. 5. That provisions should be made, for a program in industrial arts and home economics. 6. That consideration should be given to the institution of a foreign language. tinues to grow, tfiere need- for supervisors of art -ttnd physical education. In making recommendations for a future building program for School District .12, the building committee took into consideration the report of the population committee on future enrollment figures, which was the projection of double enrollment by 1968-69, the Illinois State Department of Education's recognition report, and the curricular deficiencies found by the citizens' curricular committee, which agreed with the aforementioned state recommendations. | Facts confronting the building committee were: the present site is below standards rt* commended by the State Department of Public Instruction; the present school is not centrally located; enrollment projections indicate the need for seven to ten additional classrooms by 1966; compared with other elementary schools sending students to McHenry high school, our curriculum was deficient in six areas; and that the heating and sewage plants of the present school , weje operating at near capacity. Based fen the above facts, the citizens' building committee made numerous recommendations. The first recommendation was that a site between Johnsburg and Pistakee Highlands be secured for a second school to house grades 5 through 8. This school should be ready for occupancy in September of 1964. It should include eight academic classrooms, a gymnasium, dressing rooms, a central library, science laboratory, offices and special classrooms for music, art, industrial arts and homemaking. Next week's article WUl cover the financial assets ot 7. That as the system con- the District. - «***<*'