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Thursday, May 14.1964 THE McHENfiY PLAINDEALER pm'vms PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this column as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only request is that writers limit themselves to 300 words or less signature, full address and phone number. We ask, too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in objectionable taste.) , RIVER CONSERVANCY "Dear Editor: "Last full when the unsatisfactory condition of our water was the topic for most conversations the demand was "why doesn't someone do something about correcting this miserable situation?" "Well some people did. Specifically, the Fox Lake Plan commission, the McHenry Clean Streams committee and the MdHenry Plan commission. Our objective was to determine what approach to the water pollution problem offered the best chance for success now and in the future.* "After months of study involving discussions with professional engineers, attorneys and residents who have dedicated many hours to correcting conditions leading to pollution of our waters we made a decision to propose the creation of a River Conservancy District Our choice was ba9ed on these facts: "1. Pollution does exist. On this point there is complete agrcement. "2. Although agencies are working on these problems they do so for the most part in unrelated pieces and with restricted resources. *" "3 The struggle to control pollution will require additional manpower, money and effort targeted directly at the correction of problems existing in our area. "4. The structure of a River Conservancy District is designed to concentrate solely on water problems. As such, its board of trustees are, in a position to cull the besr out of everything that has been done or will be developed in the future. This researching of available studies and programs alone could produce results faster and at less cost to the taxpayer than any other group now operating. For example: Experience accumulated by the U. S. Public Health Service regarding effects of polluted water on community health could be correlated with information gathered over years of experience by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers relating to flood control. Even if this exchange of data could be accomplished today it would be virtually impossible for any existing agency to make effective use of the information since no single group has an interest in all phases of water problems in our area spanning the Chain-of-Lakes, Fox River region. "5. The cost of this will be initially 83 cents per $1,000 of assessed (not market value) valuation. Most taxpayers will pay less than $7 or .$8 per year. We believe this could be the best insurance any resident can take to protect the value of his house. Trustees are limited by law to no more than $500 per year as compensation. Neither they nor any employee \ may have any fiscal interest in the business of the district. "While there were other factors involved in our decision to recommend this action to protect our water resources, we sincerely feel that the above considerations are most valid. , "A River Conservancy District has the power to do the job assigned to it by law. It is also subject to restraint in order to prevent unnecessary duplication of activities. The men who drew up this law and who have subsequently amended it have done so with a clarity of purpose not always found in such documents. "We ask the support of all voters on May 23 to put the River Conservancy District to work as quickly as possible solving our water problem. LeROY E. OLSEN "Chairman "THE McHENRY PLAN COMMISSION" THE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT "There is no question, that in the highly populated areas of Ibis country, there are problems of pollution, of our lakefe and rivers, very serious ones. The water pollution problems are not unique to the Fox River valley, nor to the small area in which a conservancy district has been proposed for Lake and McHenry counties. There are government agencies at the federal, state and county level that have, and are trying to find answers to pollution problems created by the present high standards of living of our people. There is pollution from the run-off of the lands of the Watershed that drains to the lakes and rivers. This pollution is from the decaying grasses, leaves and other vegetation, as well as the herbicides, insecticides and fertilizers of the farmed areas. There is the pollution caused by the use of highpowered boats that churn up the sediment in the shallow lakes, as our Fox Valley Chain of Lakes, and of course, the pollution that comes from the human and industrial wastes of the "population. "There are agencies, such as the U.S. Health Service, that have standards required of septic systems, adopted by the Building and Zoning Department of McHenry. The U. S. Health Service also does test work and makes recommendations on water pollution control available to all other government agencies, federal, state and county. The State Sanitary Water Board has standards by which sewage treatments plants are designed and permits for construction are not issued unless these standards are met in the design. This of course, is to help in the abatement, control and prevention of pollution in our Rivers and Lakes. The members of the Sanitary Water Board, as per the Sanitary Water Board Act, approved July 12, 1951, are the director of the Department of Health, director of the Department of Agriculture, director of the Department of Public Works & Buildings and two members appointed by the Governor. The Sanitagy Water Board was established to control, prevent and abate pollution in the streams, lakes, ponds and other surface and underground waters in the state of Illinois. The Sanitary Water Board Act was established to control, prevent and abate pollution of the streams, lakes, ponds and other surface and underground waters in the state of Illinois. Under Sections 145.5 paragraph of the Act, it states the board shall provide such technical, scientific or other services, including the necessary laboratory and other facilities as may be required, for the purpose of carrying out the Obiluarted JENNIE MORSE Mrs. Jennie Morse, 78, who resitted in the Island Lake area died Sunday, May 10, in her home. She was a native of Little Rock, where she was born May 27, 1885. Mrs. Morse had resided in this locality for years. She is survive! by l)er husband, Alex, and a foster son, Harold Ryan of Eerwyn. Last rites were conducted Wednesday afternoon from a Berwyn funeral home, with Interment in Forest Home cemetery, Forest Park. CHARLES M. SCHAEFER . A funeral Mass will be sung Thursday at 10 o'clock in St. Mary's Catholic church, Woodstock, for Charles M. Schaefer, 55, of Woodstock, .who died May 11 in Lake County sanitarium Waukegan. He was born Feb. 20, 1909, in Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schaefer. For the past twelve years he had resided in Woodstock with his wife the former Cecelia Gorka. The deceased was a member of the McHenry Knights of Columbus Council. Survivors in addition to his widow are two daughters, Gloria Jean ai.d Geraldine, of Wo(.(i.*-tock; his father of Mc- Cullom Lake; four brothers, Raymond of Chicago, Roy of McHenry and Harold and Ralph of McCullom Lake; four sisters, Mrs. Delbert Smiih of Alton, Mrs. Earl Turner of Alden, Mrs. James Coarson of McHenry and Mrs. Clifford Wickham of Woodstock. The body rests at the Pierce- Bier funeral .home. MICHAEL CONTRA Michael Contra, 63, 907 W. Broadway, Pistakee Highlands, died about 5 o'clock Tuesday mmnumfw 0/ MOTO-MOWER Ease and comfort add to smart styling and precision cutting in this all new rider. Powered by a full 4 HP proven 4 cycle engine. y 4102 W. Crystal Lake Road Phone 885-0420 Act, from funds appropriated and available for this Act. There are many other authorizations the board has, to function in the quest for overcoming the pollution problem. McHenry County has a Health Ordinance, covering the problems of water pollution on the local level. Now we have a small group of people, who wish to form a River Conservancy District,/ another taxing body, with many taxing powers, the trustees of which are appointed, not elected. This small district, with only the cities of Fox Lake and McHenry, as the major population concentration, and a rural area with a population of half that of the two cities, as per the proponents of the district, will clean up the waters of the area notwithstanding that 90 percent of the watershed, which goes up into Wisconsin and total contributory population is outside the district. This proposed District would only be duplicating the powers of agencies already in existence and would have to use the existing agencies for their sources of information. "This proposed Conservancy District, covering a small portion of east McHenry county and West Lake county, can be of no service whatsoever, and can only burden, tax-wise, a population of approximately 15,000, involving a watershed with a population of approximately 90,000. Let us use the services of agencies already functioning for total areas and paid for with funds already appropriated. GORDON E. SERGANT Register Professional Engineer, Spring Grove, Illinois." afternoon, May 12, of an dpparent heart „ attack. Moving from Solon Mills he had lived in the Highlands about 14 years. His only survivor is his wife, Stefanie Arrangements were made by George Just en and Son funeral home. The body was removed to Chicago where funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Stanley Funeral home, 3060 Milwaukee Ave. RALPH BISCHOFF Local arrangements for Ralph Bischoff, 71, were made at the George R. Justen funeral home prior to removal of the body to the Ewald chapel in Chicago for last rites. Mr. Bischoff, 71, died May 6 in the Villa Nursing home, Pistakee Bay, where he had been a patient five weeks. He was a native of Chicago. HAROLD STENBERG Harold Slenberg, 60, of Island Lake died May 5 in his home. Services were held at 1:30 Thursday afternoon in the Wauconda funeral home, with burial in Ridgewood cemetery, DesPlaines. Mr. Stenberg is survived by his widow, Eleanor; a son, Roy, of Minneapolis, Minn.; and three grandchildren. ANNA HIFFMAN Funeral services were held Saturday morning from the Ehorn funeral home in Richmond for Mrs. Anna M. Hiffman, 82, of 5113 Underwood drive, Wonder Lake, who died in her home May 6. The deceased was born Dec. 29, 1881, in New Mindon. She was a member of the Order of the Easter Star. Survivors include her husband, John; a daughter, Mrs. Edna Park of Tucson; two sons, John F. of Oak Park and Walter L. of Chicago; three grandchildren; and a sister, Ida Witti, of New Mindon. HERE AND THERE IN BUSINESS t i f c w S - -- vmm •i,|J y JAMES LKUfTNEll ELMER MILLER Elmer Miller, 49 years old, son of Mrs. Christine Miller of McHenry, died last Thursday, May 7, following a long illness. An engineer for the Elgin, Jodaet and Eastern Railway, Mr. Miller was a native of Grayslake, where he was born Nov. 14, 1914, son of Peter and Christine Schmitt Miller. His wife, Helen, was killed in an auto accident in 1962. He was also preceded in death by his father and a brother, Albert. Survivors in addition to his mother are three sons, Rich-, ard of New Lenox, Donald of California and Joseph at home; a granddaughter; a sister, Mrs. Robert (Jean) Green of McHenry and a brother, Arthur, of Escondido, Calif. A Mass was sung Monday morning in St. Jude's Catholic church, New Lenox, with burial in St. Mary's cemetery, Chicago. MARKET CATTLE There were 622,000 cattle and calves on feed for market in Illinois on April 1. This is nine per cent below the 684,000 on feed a year ago, according to a report from the Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. Pesup&tuate the memory of a dear departed one with a beautiful Oil Painting on canvas. Riu&Uida Retail Outlet 1402 Riverside Drive McHenry, 111. Phone 385-5900 HEEKVECUL! This is our "Best Buy" for National Frigidaire Week. Hurry! Eft THRIFTIEST FRIMRE 2-D00R! • Giant 100-lb. freezer! • Automatic defrosting refrigerator section. • Twin produce Hydrators. • Deep-shelf storage door! J 25995 4 colors or white! FDS-18T-2 13.24 cu. ft with trade & RAY (McMenry's Largest Appllantc© 1005 N. Front St. Phone 88€ McHenry, I1L Free WIX TRIP Mr: and Mrs. William. A. Pries, Jr., of the Certified Food Store, 1266 N. Green street, McHenry, are enthusiastic recipients of a five-day, all expense World's Fair trip, which w;is won on a promotion progi am sponsored! by Certified Grocers of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Pries depart from O'Hare fjeld on May 13 nnd will return May 18. James D. Light ner has been named acting plant manager of the Modine Manufacturing company plant located at Ringwood. Mr. Lightner resides at. 805 N. Green street, McHenry, with his wife,- Margaret, and five children. He came to this community from Whitticr, Calif., in the summer of 1961 when the Modine plant was first put under -construction. He has progressed through the Modine organization in the Whit tier plant as industrial engineer, chief inspector and supervisor. He was named head of engineering at the Ringwood plant and later became superintendent, which position he has held until this promotion. Mr. Lightner attended Whittier college, North Texas State, and took his industrial engineering at U.C.L.A. Extension. i? 1!«S! ROY DARNELL Roy G. Darnell has been named general foreman of the Modine Manulacturing company plant located in Ringwood. Mr. Darnell resides at 3706 Timothy lane, McHenry, with his wife, Betty, and two children. lie joined Modine in January, 1959, as a production worker at the Paducah, Ky., plant, and was promoted to a foreman at that plant. Mr. Darnell Was transferred to the Ringwood plant in the fall of 1961 as a production supervisor when the plant first started operations. He was graduated from Memphis State college with a B.S. degree. WINS AWARD Marvin Chandler, president of Northern Illinois Gas company, is the recipient of the first Special Achievement Award presented by the National Engine Use council in recognition of "outstanding leadership in the advancement of the engine systems concept." The award was presented at the recent NEUC annual meeting in St. Charles. IN LOCKSMITH SOCIETY A. H. Rivard of 401 N. 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