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-• *• • ' ' " • . i ' s w . A K w s W " ' « ; e » - e w t . " , * , . > j 6 » k j t _ , . - - M L _ ._ -'•> 'IX •" - ~ w**"- »; ~W MT5^i ' • * « •* l '*• i g.*.«WI»( ,,, ^ --B~r ' »' < 4 1 ' W"WI In •> W * McHenry Summer Dollar Days Extended To August 6 *:7 *k, 1 j**** "•»•»*£>-<. ' *c* v.. ' THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER /*SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" \<H«» •-- •-"•* "-•"•fwt •'-:%? Volume 90 -- No. 13 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. JULY 30. 1964 20 Pages -- 10c Per Copy From time to time complaints are received in a newspaper office concerning offers from fly-by-night businesses to ""an unsuspecting public, guaranteeing unusual offers of various types of merchandise. Long ago the city took action to protect its residents by requiring a permit before any house - to - house solicitation could be made. Even so, the method of telephone selling has become popular and many times a real nuisance. Also, the area j immediately outside the city limits is not protected by municipal regulation from these fast talking salesmen with high pressure talk. A case of the latter came to our attention this past week by a lady who had fallen victim to such a phone "come-on", followed the next day by a house call to clinch the sale, and the following day by a bill in the mail for a substantial amount of money which bears an obligation over a two-year period. The suggestion to shop at home, from businessmen who are an established part of the community, has been made before by the Plaindealer, and no doubt by many other home town newspapers throughout the country. No matter how attractive the offer, it Is a poor bargain if the firm behind it is without repute. Several Motorists Hurt In Accidents; Drivers Receive Various Charges A subject of special interest to McHenry and all Illinois residents will soon be given attention in Congress. It concerns the validity of the Illinois General Assembly and arises because of a recent decision of the U. S. Supreme Court which held invalid the 1954 Amendment to the Illinois Constitution which created fifty-eight Senate districts based in part on area. The U. S. court held that both House and Senate districts of the Illinois General Assembly must be based exclusively on population and the districts must be established so as to represent approximately the samQ number of people. One congressman has contended that the U. S. Court has gone too far, holding the belief that the Constitution of the nation should be amended so that the states themselves may adopt the precise form of representative government they choose. The U. S. Court contends that representatives, whether or not they are of the state House or Senate, must (Continued on Page 8) liiililiiiiitiijiililillllllilJllliuK&•ihlltfchSl.yritv -U.*!i,)!«. 1: It was business--but not as usual--at the McHenry Jewel store on Elm street after a motorist drove over the parking block and crashed into two of the large display windows Tuesday afternoon. Frances C. Waichbrodt of 8510 Elm street, Wonder Lake, evidently stepped on the gas instead of the brakes as she drove into the parking lot about 2:30 in the afternoon. The car crashed through the windows, striking shopping carts with one fender and a glass display with the other. Faith Peters and Imogene Peters, of 7046 W. Summerdale, Chicago, who were standing near the merchandise, suffered abrasions when they were struck by the falling items. They were removed to a physician's office by ambulance. A McHenry man, driving a road unfamiliar to him, travelled through a stop sign last Sunday and struck another car, causing injuries to six persons. He was Ernest Burton of 128 Lake Shore, McHenry, who told authorities he was driving north at the intersection of Rt. 22 and Kelsey road, in Lake county, at 2:49 o'clock Sunday afternoon when he failed to see warning signs of the intersection. He struck another auto driven by John Gitchell of Bellwood, 111., who had just travelled onto Kelsey from the highway. The Gitchell vehicle was forced across the road, striking a pole on the northeast corner. Burton was unhurt, but a passenger, Robert Dalzell, of Ingleside suffered injuries. Also hurt was the other driver, his wife, Frances, and three children, Carol, 10, John, 3 and Craig, 6. All were taken to Northwest hospital, Arlington (Continued on Page 8) Child, 8, Severely Scratched By Cat Eight-year-old Susan Werner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Werner of 3519 W. Elm street, is recovering from bites and severe scratches on the arm by a stray cat. In the meantime, the cat is being held in the office of a veterinarian for observation. Susan had just fed the cat a bowl of milk and was attempting to pet it when the animal scratched her. It was several hours later that her father lured the cat into the garage with more food, then called the rabies enforcing officer. Monday evening's storm seemed to vent its greatest wind velocity at a point in Riverdale subdivision, north of Johnsburg, where piers were torn from their concrete posts, heavy lawn furniture was hulled in the air and trees blown down. US©!! Buri Will Close SuccdssJral Friday Evening, July 31 Rudi J. Photo .In rehearsal for their last concert of the season in the city park next Friday evening are George Freund, singing at the mike; Norm Hollander, saxophone; Bob Freund, cornet; Stan Vycital, clarinet and also band director; and John Cummings, trombone. The Leventh and final program of the season by McHenry's stage band will be played Friday evening, July 31, from 7:30 to 8:30 o'clock. However, those who wish to hear them once more before the season of band music closes, may do so by attending the McHenry County Fair on Friday evening Aug. 7, when the local musicians will be heard in an hour long program before the grandstand. This week's concert will feature highlights of the summer. Among therti will be the theme from "Lawrence of Arabia", "Java", "Bill Bailey", "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" and "I Wish You Love". Guest soloist will be Jo Ann Tatge, whose vocal offerings will be "Don't Take Your Love From Me" and "There'll Be Some Changes Made". WATER FIGHT TEAM TOPS TWENTY IN COMPETITION McHehry's water fight team, composed of members of the McHenry Township Fire depart* ment, emerged victorious among twenty teams entered in the competition in connection with Algonquin's Founder's Day activities July 22, 23 and 24. McHenry's team, made up of Glenn Peterson, Henry Buch, Harry Mueller, Ed Justen, Bob Hansen and Gary Gough, defeated a strong Hampshire team in the finals to win the trophy. Late in August they will vie with other teams in McHenry county for the annual contest here. McHENRY WOMAN FINED $100 IN GAMBLING CASE Mrs. Katherine Weber of Joe's Farm House tavern, located on south Rt. 31, was found guilty in the court of Magistrate Jog Ritter Monday on a charge of keeping a gambling house. She had pleaded not guilty. A fine of $100 was asked by the court. Information on the case will now go to the State's Attorney and the County Liquor commission, who will review information and decide on whether or not further action is to be taken. LIGHTS OUT IN MUCH OF CITY DURING STORM Electrical service in much of the city was interrupted for about an hour during Tuesday evening's electrical storm. In other nearby areas, there were individual cases of failure. Public Service officials said both lightning and wind caused trouble throughout the county. A line fuse struck by lightning was responsible for the widespread difficulty within McHenry itself. At the height of last Saturday morning's storm, about 2:15 a.m., lightning struck the roof of the Hans Flach home at 919 N. Front street, causing damage to the roof and the ceiling. Officer Hummel and Sgt. Espey of the city police checked the house and could detect the odor of burning rubber but saw no smoke. The fire department was called but no fire was detected. FIRES OCCUR IN TWO HOMES OVER WEEKEND A fire occurred at the Kenneth Spears home at 3711 W. Waukegan road shortly before 8 o'clock Saturday morning, after the family had left the house. Firemen of Company I found a short circuit in wiring had caused clothing on a bed to smoulder. The apartment is owned by the Joseph Muskas. Sunday morning, firemen investigated a call to the Bob Sheriff apartment on Riverside Drive, where a fire resulted from a short in the air conditioner. Drapes near the equipment caught on fire, and there was also smoke damage. AMTISTS TO HAVE WORK ON DISPLAY IN AUTUMN SHOW PUCE 15,000 CIRCULARS M MAIL MONDAY Success Of Three Day Sale Will Determine Future Dollar Days; sponsored jo'.ntly by the McHenry Chamber of Commerce and participating business firms, have been extended for the first time in their history to three days -- Aug. 6, 7 and 8. Bill Nye, chairman of the retail committee of the C. of C., said this week the extension is an innovation which will be continued if the response of the shopping public warrants it. : All stores taking part will open at 8:30 a.m. on the three days of the special sales. No closing time is specified and will probably be in accord with the usual policy of the individual stores. 15,000 Circulars All residents of McHenry and the surrounding area will be informed of the unusual offers through 15,000 special sale circulars which will be placed in the mail Monday, Aug. 3. These will be in addition to the 5,000 supplements which will be a part of each Plaindealer next week. The special sale circulars will be attractively printed with the front sheet in red and black ink on white paper. A total of 4,- 000 lbs. of newsprint will be required. These are expected to be McHenry's biggest Dollar Days. The businessmen have done everything possible to make them successful. Only cooperation of local residents is still needed. UNIVERSITY TEAM CONDUCTS SHOPPER SURVEY Of special interest to McHenry's Chamber of Commerce and all local businessmen was the study on consumer preference and evaluation conducted among McHenry shoppers. The survey was held Monday morning by twenty-eight students from the Northern Illinois university at DeKalb. The young students went about the city and into various subdivisions in their effort to obtain information. Questions included the places in which specific merchandise is purchased, the reasons for preferences, recommendation for additional types of stores in McHenry, the attitude of store personnel, etc. The survey group, all members of the marketing research team from the university, enjoyed lunch at the McHenry Country club at the conclusion of their work, as guests of the C. of C. The study was headed by Dr. William J. Hendrickson. Results of the survey are expected to be available in August for use by the Chamber of Commerce and businessmen. local Pastor Awaits Trial Governor Candidate Charles Percy Speaks At GOP Dinner In City 7' n6"-,v > B ' '4 ' t 4 v ' • * - V-y • ^ '/'*'/> i>. *:>.!< , • J,* • » '• r ,&--• 1 j* A ' ' * ' County Republican Central Committee Chairman J. R. Levesque of McCullom Lake chats informally with GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Charles Percy when the ' latter attended the evening dinner at the McHenry Country club last week in connection with annual Republican Plae Day. Mr. Percy was featured speaker at the dinner. Attend the final band program. The Rev. Russell Northway of 711 N. John street, McHenry, awaits trial Friday, Aug. 7, in Circuit court on a complaint charging him with the sex delinquency of a child. Rev. Northway was apprehended last Thursday and then released on $500 bond. The complaint against the young pastor, who has been in McHenry for the past two years, was signed by a McHenry area mother. Four McHenry county artists will have their work exhibited j at the University of Illinois j Town & Country Art show, Oct. j 17 to 31. The work of James j Pearson of Ringwood and Mrs. | Lori Wilhelm and Mrs. Gcrt-j rude Gladstone, McHenry, will i be on exhibit in the gallery of the Architecture building on the Urbana campus. | Selections for the state show i were made at the recent dis-! trict Town and Country Art show held at the Northern Illinois university campus. Among others at the McHenry County and Country Art show in ApriJ/who exhibited in DeKalb was Miss Linda Palmer of McHenry. SUNNYSIDE MAN Hl'HT William Mangold of Bay View Lane, Sunnyside, suffered injuries and shock Tuesday evening about 8:30 when the jack slipped as he„ worked on his car in the garage. He was take^ to McHenry hospital and reported tfTbe improving nicely Water C Area Res Of Two- "We have a problem". Those were the words of A1 Spivari of the Wisconsin Board of Health when he spoke last week of the numerous items to be studied in' the area of water conservancy. His appearance was one of several by members of related county, state and federal government groups before the newly formed Tri-County Committee on County Problems meeting in Fox Lake. Cited especially were fourteen sewer plants emptying into the Fox river in Wisconsin. Thirteen have secondary sewerage facilities, and two which are on the Fox river are not discharging directly into that body of water. Another has settling lagoons serving 60,000 people. Asked to what degree of efficiency these sewerage plants operate, Spivari said, "If we're lucky" the efficiency may be as high as 90 per cent. He added that this meant the equivalent of 6,000 persons dumping raw sewage into the l iver. Control Build-l'p It was noted that it has been a policy in Wisconsin not to allow any body of water to be built up 100 per cent, but to allow a quarter of it to remain unpopulated. A Wisconsin Conservation department spokesman was also present to tell of numerous activities undertaken in regard to water pollution in that state. John Morris, who heads the Lake County IJ u b 1 i c Works and is also Lake county committee chairman of the Tri- County organization, conducted the meeting. It was disclosed that the Northeastern Illinois Area Planning commission is undertaking a flood mapping program' of the area, showing mainly the places where flooding has most often taken place. This group has received a federal grant of $300,000 for water study, but hardly any of that amount has been used to date. Up to this point, the commission has only worked to analyze information gained through other sources. A plan of thb commission was discussed whereby damming of the Fox and Des Plaines rivers might be undertaken and tunsewancy In ttention ARREST THREE ON DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGE On a complaint of disorderly conduct, signed by Lawrence Wickstrom of the James apartment on W. James street, three persons were arrested on Sunday by Sgt. Espey and Officer Hummel. Jim Hutchison of Center street, McHenry, Phil Markiewicz and Tom Brown, both of Barrington, were charged with entering the grounds surrounding the building and entering the private pool. Each posted a $100 cash bond and will appear in court Aug. 6 in Branch 3, McHenry. GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Charles Percy visited McHenry last week Wednesday, and in a fighting speech before 300 Republicans at annual Plae Day, stressed the importance of being united to win the fall election. He said there would be victory with unity and added, "This I guarantee." Mr. Percy spoke before an enthusiastic group of fellow Republicans following the dinner which concluded a long day of, entertainment at the McHenry Country Club. Activities included luncheon, golf and boat rides in addition to the evening dinner. Looking ahead to the election with confidence, he made clear Royalty Makes Repeat Call History repeated itself Saturday night when tiny Dawn Mc- Kim, not quite- 5, was crowned Miss McCullom Lake of 1964. Ten years ago, her sister, Karen, was selected for this honor to become the first ruler. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Allan McKim of McCullom Lake road. An additional coincidence; little sister was (Continued on Page X) McHENRY UNITS WII TOP HONORS IN V-J PARADE I)A\V\ McKIM crowned on the occasion of Karen's fifteenth birthday. First runner-up was shapely and well tanned Janet Whitney, and second runner-up was diminuitive and bright-eyed Daureen Parenti. This was also a repeat of history because big sister, Dawn Parenti, was a former title holder. The above selections were t (Continued on Page 8) McHenry area residents came in for their share of honors at the annual V-J day festivities held in Woodstock last weekend. The Lakeland Park Boy Scouts, Troop 459, which has been gaining recognition through its dance group, won first place among floats and another award as best special unit. Everything on the float, including the boys' costumes, headdresses and drums, were entirely handmade. The young men, whose next appearance will be at Downey hospital Aug. 19, are hoping to have a trophy case made so their much coveted awards may be placed in the community house. Honors for having the best music in the parade went to McHenry's Men of Brass, and the distinction of having the best drill team was awarded the Lakemoor Scouts. Both of these units have been gaining in prestige and popularity in recent months. YOUNG COUNTY MAN FIFTEENTH TRAFFIC VICTIM The fifteenth traffic fatality victim of the year in McHenry county was Earl Harris, 21, of 504 Algonquin drive, Lake-inthe- Hills, who died in a one-car crash last Friday afternoon. The accident took place five miles east of Marengo on Rt. 20. Harris was a passenger in a vehicle driven by William Mc- Lauglin, 17, also of Lake-in-the- Hills. Their auto had just passed another car when it crashed, skidding about 150 feet before rolling over three times. All occupants were thrown from the wreckage. Injured were the driver and Harris' brother, John, 17. Begin Parking Meter Installation On Elm The installation of parking meters on Elm street, from Richmond road to Front street, was begun on Wednesday. The city conducted a survey of traffic and parking last spring to determine the needs in this area. Results prompted the Council to order meters immediately, but some delay at the factory prevented installation until this time. f JOSEPH FRETT to the capacity crowd the im« portance of electing a GOP Legislature with which he might work for greater accomplishment. Part of his talk was confined to hard hitting remarks at the Kerner-Daly coalition. He remarked that ours is the only one of the fifty states with two men acting as governor, the reference being to the influence of Chicago's mayor on decisions made in Springfield. Continuing on Chicago and elections held there, the GOP governor-hopeful spoke of election fraud there and told of the 10,000 poll watchers who will be representing the Republicans in that city alone in November, a record for any election. Mr. Percy said if elected, the first bill he would attempt to have passed would be a reform law to help abolish these injustices. He stressed particularly five points on which voters must stand together: 1, Form an immovable wall against Communism; 2, the importance of state over federal control; 3, individual initiative and responsibility; 4, fiscal responsibility* 5, making pledges which can be carr'fd In conclusion, Mr. Percy told his large audience that he was available to work with them at any time, and assured that as governor he would always be working for them. A question and answer per* iod followed his talk. Wins Award Joseph Frett of JohnsbWg was especially honored during the evening when he was presented with a plaque designating him "Man of the Your". The fourth precinct committeeman was recognized for his "many years of service". Among the guests were threff state officials, Senator Robert Coulson, Rep. A. B. McConnoJI and Rep. Paul Jones. A