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"SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1975" UK w$0i§msM %>&* % iV'.4 <#£(»». -»•-, i.JkSsjs. -v ;-'V* ".v' Volume 89 -- No. 35 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY & 1964 ¥'*V 5*'."'*$< * J ( i , t i , il'j, j n *i Two weeks ago in this column we heralded the change-over iif court system under the successful Blue Ballot vote of November, 1962. At that time, realizing the tremendous difficulties of transition in any precedure of such long standing and of such magnitude, we suggested that the public postpone Judgment for a time. Then came Jan. 1 and the first days of the new court system. Everyone, it seems, had heard details of the law as it would affect the county, and there was quite noticeable displeasure.' Even those of us who had preached a wait-andsee attitude were ready to "jump on the band wagon" and rebel. A call to Sgt. Richard Clark last Friday, following a cdunty police meeting with State's Attorney Richard Cross and Judge James Cooney, revealed modifications Which should eventually see a very workable system without the anticipated inconveniences to the public. Contray to general opinion, there will be no bond necessary for a parking violation, all of which will be handled through the various municipalities. Referred to as a "hangon" type of violation, city officers will merely attach a ticket to a car as they do on meter violations, and the motorist will make payment through thevCity clerk. In the tfase of minor driving offenses, f which will include speeding *iot in excess of 15 miles ovir fhe limit, either a $25 bond will be posted or the driver license, but in this case, too, it will ncft be necessary for the moj^m^jto appegH^in couyt. If he pleads gunTy pe "may mail his fine (there will be a standard fine for each type of offense) and any refund will be made by mail. This typo- case will be handled by one of the magistrates holding hearings in an office at the city hall Mondays and Thursdays, in what is known as Branch 3 of the court system. All cases must be heard in not less than ten days and not more than thirty. Even more serious violations, such as drag racirjg,tt,,reckless driving and driving under the influence of liqlior, may get their preliminary hearing in the local branch court and if necessary, later bound over to the circuit court. We suggest again that in spite of confusion which marked the court transition, if given time the system, may become the workable and efficient type of court procedure backers of the Blue Ballot promised the people of Illinois back in November of 1962. Let's give it a little time! 18 Pages --- 10c Pet Copy Christmas Concluded ' ' # A ' i' • i •' v> . ^ ;• Rudi J. Photo Silhouetted against a flaming sky are these McHenry firemen as they kept the blaze under control when hundreds of holiday trees were set afire at the Twelfth Night tree burhing ceremony held on the Legion home grounds. This was the second year that McHenry firemen conducted the Jan. 6 rite. Council Takes Action On Zoning Hearings At Monday Meeting y f i r louncement of the re- Long time residents of McHenry .feel^ tinge of regret at announcen tirement of Miss Clara Stoffel, who has served the local business community for almost a half century. Old timers, especially, will recall 4he early days when her father used a Reports of two zoning hearings were heard by the City Council Monday night, with the Council approving the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals in both cases. The petition of William Neumann to change approximately 11 acres from the present single unit dewelling classification to multiple dwelling use was denied. This property is on the east side of Illinois Route 31 and south of Edgebrook Heights. The petition of William H. Tonyan to reclassify approximately seven acres located south of Maple Avenue and west of North Avenue from light industry to single unit dwelling use was approved. It is understood that this will be included as a part of Tonyan's Millstream Park Addition, where home building is in progress. City Attorney John E. Looze explained the changes in the court system which covers both traffic and non-traffic violation. _ tickets and further study of^the code is in progress. A revolution to the state on the Prevailing Wage Law was passed after an explanation of recent changes. The Supreme Court hapded down a decision that public employees engaged in construction work no longer come under the Prevailing Wage Act The decision makes no change in the prevailing wage applicable to private contractors. v City Awarded e§ To Car Magistrate Joseph Rnter of Woodstock this past weekend ruled in favor of the city gf McHenry in the case of the city versus Ronald Glosson, and awarded a sum in the amount of $591.82. The case resulted from an accident in November of 1962 in which the city squad car and a vehicle driven by Glosson collided on Rt. 120. The Glosson car struck the squad head-on, causing damage in the amount of $591.82 which the city asked in damages., Also granted was $150 for each of the two officers, Joseph Grobel, driver, and Sgt. Richard Clark, who were injured. CREW WORKS AT NIGHT TO REPAIR GAS MAIM LEAK (Continual on c d J Cerebral Palsy A four-man crew from Northern Illinois Gas company worked from mid-afternoon until 1 o'clock last Saturday morning to repair a gas leak on the corner of John and Green About 900 Christmas trees were destroyed in a bright blaze on the Legion grounds last Monday night as Twelfth Night ceremonies were; observed in McHenry. Flames reached high'into -the dark sky as a large crowd gathered to watch the impressive sight. Although the pile of trees looked considerably smaller than the previous year, Fire Chief Ed. Justen thought it was only because they were so completely arranged. John Shay, co-chairman of the event with Earl "Marty" Conway, spoke a few words to the assembled crowd to open the program. He also introduced Mayor Donald P. Doherty, who recalled the intense cold night on Which the firs$ such ceremonj^was held a year previous in Contrast to the pleasant night on Monday. About fifteen members of the McHenry Choral? club sang several carols as Chief Justen started the trees afire and members of Company I kept the crowd a sufficient distance away to assure safety. A guard had been at the scene since the first trees were^ placed on the grounds last Saturday to be sure that someone did not start the blaze before the actual Twelfth Night ceremony. LIBRARY BOARD PLANS ADDITION MNEARIUTURE Members Meet To Become Informed On Procedures Plans for enlarging the present city library Will be discussed in detail next Tuesday evening, Jan. 14, when board members meet at the library at 8 o'clock. A drive for funds was conducted ^this past year, but because there were numerous, other projects to be undertaken by the city, the library program was postponed, it is expected at this time that the board will decide to proceed with construction on the south of the present building located on the corner of Green and Main streets in early spring. City Atty. John Looze will be present Tuesday night to explain state laws as they affect libraries, and inform members on procedures possible. A survey undertaken by the city recently reveals that in comparison with other municipalities under 4,000 population, McHenry has the greatest number of book borrowers and is operating more economically. In view of the popularity of the library, and keeping in mind the. relatively small expenditure to date, it is believed the public will be wholehearted in their support of a construction program, together with purchase of new books. VANDALISM IS REPORTED IN WONDER LAKE VERY PARTICULAR , />| I P-| - | [Clint Claypool Eleded President Of Chamber Kenneth Betts of East lane, McHenry, reported to county deputies this week that a break-in and vandalism had occurred in two Wonder Lake homes where he had been working for a Savings and Loan association in Chicago. At 749 Maple street, entry was gained through a rear door and some damage, occurred. The other home, at 4516 Wonder Lake road, did not appear to have been entered forcibly. However, a first floor bedroom was scorched by a fuse, and it is believed it may have been put through a window. Windows in both homes were shattered with BB pellets fired from outside. Support the 53-Minu'te Mothers March to be conducted next Sunday, Jan.. 12, in the McHenry area. Mcfeisy P©st 25% Increase During Some very particular burglars entered Trans-Coii Industries, Inc., at 360T Chapel Hill road, Johnsburg, in the early hours of Saturday moaning and took more than $10 in money, cigarettes, candy and a rtable radio. The firm secretary, Ethel Busch, said the raidio was a Christmas gift to her and she had used it for only a week in her office. Th£y entered by prying a 1 jx*lf on the rear door, which admitted them to the factory. There they took about $69 worth of cigarettes and $6 in candy from machines. Mrs. Busch said they took only the chocolate candy, and removed every package of four brands of cigarettes, ii, leaving three others untouched. Although' they gained entrance to a coke machine, they were evidently unable to remove the money box, for several dollars were...found there after the burglary was detected. The burglars evidently used the light of matches to make their way through the building, for they were found strewn in every part of the factory and offices. In one office, they took $10.87 from a cash box. ARREST FOUR IN COUNTY ON LIQUOR CHARGE Two young women, one from Wonder Lake and the other from the McHenry area, were released on bond and their companions were confined to jail last Thursday night after their arrest by sheriff's deputies. The girls, Arlene Hoffman, 20, of Wonder Ljake and Carol Krumsee, 18, of 4916 Rt. 120, McHenry, are charged with acceptance of liquor and the two men, Paul Malina, 21, and Robert Nelis, 21, both of Wauconda, were charged with delivery of liquor to a person of non-age. Deputies were on routine duty on Rt. 14 that evening when they saw a car leaving a gravel pit east of Woodstock and entering the highway, keeping a watch- on the auto, they waited for its return from a nearby tavern and saw it re-enter the gravel pit,^ Checking the vehicle, authorities found a 6-pack of beer with four open cans, after which the two men admitted purchasing the liquor and giving some to the girls. The cases, were continued for one Week by Magistrate Ritter. tions g\nizatio Clint Claypool, at left, is shown receiving congratulafrom. Past President Frank Low of the Chamber of ;ommeh:e afteifthe former was elected to head the or- 1*964. 63 Postmaster LeRoy Smith . this week announced that re- 10 lhC «*•* local post office Area captains have been listed who have thus far volunteered to help conduct the annual Cerebral Palsy 53-Miriute Mother's March on Jan. 12 in the city of McHenry and al!- the surrounding areas. It is now up to these area captains to organize their own area by obtaining the help of ladies who will go out on the door-to-door campaign. It.is sincerely hoped by the Cerebral Palsy association, that if you are telephoned by any of the following people, your answer will be a wholehearted "Yes," so that this year's drjve will be the most successful ever conducted. The C a p t a i n s include: Country Club subdivision, Mrs. Joan Buss; Barreville area, Russ Johnson; Claremont Hills, Mrs. Leo Young; Country Club Estates, Mrs. Frank Sek; west side of McHenry, Don Kinsala; Cooney Heights, Mrs. Lu Weingart; Eastwood Manor, Tom Simpson; Edgebrook Heights, Mrs. Patti Doherty: Griswold (Continued on Page 8) LONG TIME, LOCAL BUSINESS WOMAN RETIMES JAN. 1 McHenry Country Club James Miller, a city employee, noticed a bubbling at that • oint, caused by the escaping •, being pushed through the .rface of the wet ground. Gas company officials immediately sent workmen to the scene. They found a leak in a two-inch gas main and repaired it In Marengo serious damage, but no injuries, resulted when an explosion ' occurred Thur>F day afternoon in the business section. Employees of the gas company had been working on an installation in a nearby building, but at the time of the explosion were looking for the source of a gas leak. Their equipment was buried under huge amounts of debris, but no one was hurt. „ Most severely damaged was a warehouse, where the west wall was blown out and , the roof collapsed. Other buildings were also damaged in the explosion; which resulted in an estimated damage of over $100,000. Northern Illinois Gas workmen sealed all gas mains in the area following the blast to avert a second explosion. "HOSPITAL DAY" Thursday will be "hospital day" for the Oberhuber family of 5211 W. Maple Hill drive, McCullom Lake. Father, Alfons, will join his seven-yearold twin daughters, Christine and Irmc. when all h%ve tonsillectomies. * CLARA STOFFEL Miss Clara Stoffel, second only to Peter M. Justen in years of business service to (Continued on Pace 8) MFT PAYMENT McHenry pounty has been allotted $30,494 as its share of the Motor Fuel Tax paid into the state treasury during December. increased 25'2 per cent from $388,000 in 1962 to $487,000 in 1963. This increase was attained With a decrease in man hours o| 5 per cent. The increased /work load per man was possible by each employee becoming more learnedi and thereby more efficient. Mr. Smith and the supervisors arc pleased with the effort put forth by the local employees and feel thai^hey are a "6r£fUL ^o the postal Service. iTIne amour/ above was postcollectcfl on the number lieces deposited for dispatch m the local office in the following categories: Letter size envelopes, 2J263.215; large size- envelopes, small parcels, and magazines, 404,867; registered mail, 620; parcels 248,- 920; third class bulk, 280,626; newspapers second class, 69,- 024, giving a total number of 3,267,272 pieces of mail. In addition to the receipts above, the McHenry office and station issued $244,000 in money orders and $3,120 in money order' fees. Holiday Increase Christmas mail for the 10 days preceding Dec. 25 amounted to a letter s,ize increase of 6000 pieces over the 1962 amount of 463,000. Parcels were slightly in excess of the 7,200 pieces received last year. The personnel of the McHenry posrvQffice and station are grateful tTMocal patrons for their cooperation this past year. Mail that was labeled "Local" was delivered by the local unit the same or following day. Some mail was delivered after Christmas because the railroads delivered 1.100 cars and 177 semi-trailers to the Chicago post office on Christmas Eve and Day. It is this newspaper's understanding that appropriate steps are being taken so this does not. recur. Charge Youth Of Shoplifting An information has been filed Against " James Milke, 17, of 5010 West Shore drive, Lakeland Park, by Stag's Attorney Richard Cross. Milke was arrested just prior t6 Christmas and accused of shoplifting in the Ben Franklin store on Green street. Harry Dean, proprietor, said the youth had taken a $15 transistor tape recorder from a box and the instrument was found beneath his coat. *. INSTALL KIWANIS CLUB MEMBERS ON SATURDAY NIGHT HOSPITAL HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING II f EBRUA Future Plans To Be Discussed For Membership SMOKE DAMAGE TOPS $2,000 AT CHRIST THE KING Damage estimated at between $2,000 and $3,000 occurred at Christ the King church in Wonder Lake last Monday, caused most ly by smoke. A caretaker at the church noticed the fire about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and quickly summoned members of Commmy-. 1 of the Wonder Lake lepartVncnt. They arrived on the sccjne in minutes and kept the blazq from causing, further damage. Chief George Gutzman said the flames apparently started from electric wiring around the microphone. Although the power had beerj shut off sometime Sunday, it is believed a spark may have smouldered beneath the rug until the fire finally broke out. Some chairs and stands burned and altar candles were completely melted by the intense heat, but otherwise the damage was mostly from smoke. House Burns The interior of a home at Sunnyside and Riverside drives in Lakemoor was damaged to the extent of an estimated $4,- 000 when fire spread through the residence last Friday evening. Neighbors noticed the flames aboiit 9:15 Friday evening and notified authorities. Members of Company I and III hurried to the scene and managed to get the fire under control before the building burned completely. The origin of the blaze was unknown. The home is owned by Darlene Farrel of Crystal Lake, but it had been unoccupied for some time. A total of 145 traffic deaths occurred in December throughout the state. President Frank Gregory and other newly elected officers of the McHenry Kiwanis club will be Inducted into office on Saturday vetfetying, Jan. 11, at 8 o'clock at (he Legion home. Dinner will be served to open the evening's program, followed by the appearance of a magician who recently won a talented teen contestjand was sent on a trip th/'oUgh Europe as a result. The McHenry Hospital Association has extended its annual- invitation to residents of the community to participate in the 1964 membership and to attend the annual meeting of the hospital, to be held Feb. 1 at the McHenry Country club. \ Dinner will bp served at 7 o'clock, followed by a short report about hospital activities and plans~fior the future. Officers said t^is week they expect to have an enjoyable evening of related activities and entertainment. Every member for 1964 will be entitled to be present without charge for the dinner, and additional tickets for a member of the family or friend may be purchased. The McHenry hospital has no stockholders as such. It is owned by a non-profit corporation, but no individuals own fCnntinuod on Page 8) About forty members of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce met at the Legion home for dinner and the annual election of directors and officers on Tuesday noon. From a. slate of six candidates, four were elected as n£w directors and another was named to fill out the unexpired term of Robert Pedersen, who is no longer a McHenry resident. James Alfhoff, E. J. Gausden, William Nye and Verne Thompson are the newly elected directors, and Jerome Kalk will replace Mr. Pedersen. Retiring directors are Richard Justen, Edward Buss and Donald Doherty. William Nye, whose term expired, was reelected. After the new directors were elected, the entire board convened for a short time to name new officers. Clint Claypool was elected president; Don* aid Howard, vice-president; and Richard Zieman, secretarytreasurer. Samples of the industrial brochures were passed among the membership for examination. They will be available soon to industrial firms siring information on the community. . Good news was the announcement that the C. of C. is starting the new year with a bank balance of $2,103.81. After outstanding bills are paid, the organization will have remaining about $800 to finance its progressive needs in the months ahead. FIND AWOL SAILOR Sgt. John Weichmann of the McHenry police found a sailor sleeping irt the Millstream Coin Wash early Tuesday morning. A check revealed that he had been AWOL from Brooklyn, N.Y., since mid-December. Great Lakes authorities came to McHenry and took the sailor back to the naval station. The murder trial of David Heckler of Harvard is in progress this week in Boone County Circuit Court. i Don Peasley Photo, The law library as an appropriate meeting place for new officers of the McHenry County Bar association following theiK election last week. From' loft: John; "Ted" Kiggins, McHenry, secretary; Robert J. Leali, Woodstock, president; and Lt*Rpy • Welter. McHenry, vice-president. Francis Iliggins, Wonder Lake, absent when phOtb| was taken, is the new treasurer. -