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°^-T •>" - - '<^'f*J ^"':l-'v1-;^ ' 1 •« v" \4| "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" Volume 91 -- No. 24 -- 3 Sections McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1965 24 Pages -- 10c Copy McHENRY MEN HELD IN SHOOTINGS MCHS HOMECOMING OCT. 8-9 Colorful Parade On Friday: Honor Former Royalty During Dance Diane Smith and Cris Fossum, senior Student Council members, are shown examining some of the characters of fairy tale popularity which will serve as a theme for the 1965 homecoming at McHenry high school Oct. 8 and 9. wi#! A number of questions have come our way in recent weeks, for which we have sought an answer. One was whether or not McHenry has any specific signal of an impending tornado. The answer is no. The city fathers, civil defense personnel and firemen have all considered the matter. However, experience of other communities has proved that any other use of the fire siren only causes general confusion and undue alarm since the sound cannot be changed sufficiently to become an instant signal indicating whether it means fire or other emergency. Cities that have tornado warnings offer the service through a separate siren. Actually, Chicago radio alerts are posted frequently covering the general area where the threat of a tornado is known to exist. Whether or not many of these storms are known to be headed for an exact location in time for the alert to be effective through a city siren we have not been able to determine. The other questions were in regard to parking. When the twelve minute meters were first installed in front of the city library, violations were not recorded except during library hoars. However, with the parking problem becoming more acute, it was found that students many times left cars there for the en lire morning session ot school, making it difficult lor persons on shoit stops to find a place. At present tickcts are issued for any over-park.ng regardless of the time of clay. The same situation exists in l i b r a r y p a r k i n g l o t . T h i s small parking area is intended for librai y patrons only, and tickets may l.e issued to any others who leave cars there. Members oi the animal kingdom seem to have, literally, a.n almost fatal attraction ^Dorothy Dowell. Mrs. Dowell called Friday to complete the story we learned from the police officer last week regarding a rabbit which had wandered into a pipe leading from the spaciousness ol the outside world to the narrow confines of her automatic washer. Since she lives outside the city limits (Lakeland Park) McHenry officers advised her to contact the sherilt s ollicc. Instead, she phoned a neighbor, who hurried to the Dowell residence with some heavy as- (.Continued on Page 8) PISTAKEE LAD SAFE AT HOME AFTER NIGHT OUT A 10-year-old Pistakee boy, Chris Voase, who was reported missing by his family in the early hours of Wednesday morning, was safely home at noon. The youngster had been missing since 7 o'clock Tuesday evening and the report of his absence was made to the sheriff's office at 1:30 the next morning. In the meantime, Chris was spending the night under a Torch at the Hartmann residence on Regner road. It was customary for him to play with one of the Hartmann children, and sometime in the early 2vening hours he crawled under a porch. The next morning »vhen one of the family came nit of the house he called out her name and his presence was discovered. Faculty And Citizens Committee Informed On Bond Referendum Mental Hearing For McHenry Area Man Who Shot Sheriffs Police DECORATIONS FOR HOLIDAY BRING MANY OPINIONS Eugkpe Piotrowski of 4717 W. McCullom Lake roacj/ McHenry, was being held in county j-ail Wednesday morning, charged with attempt to commit murder on two charges. At 4 o'clock the previous afternoon, in resisting an attempt to serve papers requiring a mental hearing, Piotrowski levelled a .12 guage shotgun at two members of the sheriff's office before surrendering the weapon to a third deputy witfh the remark that he didn't intend to shoot anyone else. Student Council committees, aided by several hundred other students, are working at lightning pace this week in anticipation of 1965 homecoming, which will be the highlight of this weekend, Oct. 8 and 9. Heading the special assignments for the Council are queen committee, K a n d y Thompson; P.T.A., Ron Parks; game and alumni, Cris Fossum; dance, Wendy Sayler; publicity, Diane Smith, Ronee Sommers and Sue Benoche; floats and parade, Ron Parks and Gary Parks; tickets, Don Stinespring; clean-up, Rick Ruzicka. Parade At 2:15 The parade is scheduled to start promptly at 2:15 Friday afternoon from the corner of John and Green streets. The line of march will proceed down Green street to Kane, from where it will turn right to Center street on to Main, then west to Front, from where the parade will continue to Waukegan street and through the Green street business district. At Broad street, marchers will turn right to Riverside drive, then south to Pearl and back on Green to the school. Evening games will start at 6 and 8 o'clock on McCracken field, when the Warriors take on the Dundee Cardinals. Saturday evening's homecoming dance promises to be one of the most memorable ever held at M.C.H.S. Particular honor is being paid members of the class of 1956. Invite Rulers Special invitatipns have been extended to former kings and queens dating back to the first homecoming in 1947. Promises to attend have been received from Carol Marticke Jepsen of McHenry, 1947; Margaret Bolger Carey of McHenry, 1948; Marita Williams Sabini of Lake Zurich and Leslie Olsen, Jr., of Crystal Lake, 1949; Harold Nye of McHenry, 1950; Donna Dowe Moulis of McHenry, 1954; Judy Freund McMahon of Milwaukee and Bob Bitterman of McHenry, 1955; Diana Pieroni Tonyan and John Huff of McHenry, 1956; Jeanette Freund Wallace of Dayton, Ohio and Jim Huemann of Crystal Lake, 1957. Also Ardelle Oeffling Conway and Dennis Conway of McHenry, 1958; Bill Oeffling of McHenry, 1960; Sherry Evans Smith of Arlington Heights and Harry Stines p r i n g , J r . , o f D o w n e r s Giove, 1961; Gayle Bonder Bennett of McHenry, 1962; Camille Lopez of Chicago and Ted Freund of McHenry, 1963; Val Peterson of the University of Illinois and John Hickey of McHenry. 1964. Queen Crowning Jeannie Jo Benoche, last year's queen, will crown the (Continued on Page 8) The subject of holiday decorations in the business districts of McHenry came up for discussion and some lack of agreement at meetings of Chamber of Commerce members held Tuesday. The board gathered at noon for the usual monthly meeting and talked over a previous decision to lease decorations. A contract has been signed for large wreaths with English type lighted bells, extending about 17 feet from each electric pole in each business section. The plan calls for these decorations to be leased under a two-year plan with an option to continue a third year at a reduced price. At,,Tuesday evening's meeting of retail merchants, some expressed a desire also to put into use the regular Christmas lights which have extended across the streets at regular intervals. However, others preferred using them to brighten the park. McHENRY MEN SENT ABROAD BY NEWSPAPER Two young McHenry men are enjoying busy and very interesting assignments abroad in their chosen field of journalism. Mark Hopkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hopkins, is at present spending six to eight weeks in Russia, touring the eastern part and spending time in Moscow and Leningrad. As Russian specialist for the Milwaukee Journal, he spent ten days in Washington, D.C., visiting with foreign relations leaders in both the House and Senate prior to making the trip. Also abroad is James Mc- Culla, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green. He is with the Journal on an assignment in another part of Europe. Gathered together to discuss plans for informing the public on the forthcoming school bond referendum on Oct. 30 are Mrs. Claude McDermott, left, general chairman of the neighborhood committee; Mrs. l,aMar Williams, Mrs. Philip Keith, Dr. Donald Sturm, Fred Fradinardo, Jack Vick, Herb R eihansperger and Paul Walkington. MAYOR'S VOTE IS NEEDED FOR ZONING DECISION Bob Dethlefson Will Head Viscounts Parents In the absence of Mayor Doherty, who was in attendance at the Illinois Municipal League convention at Peoria,, the City Council selected Alderman Bolger to preside as Acting Mayor at the regular meeting Monday night. As usual the regular order of business for the first meet-, ing of the month consisted of hearing officers' reports and reviewing bills for payment. Following action of Sept. 20 on the zoning petition of Lee and Carol Cooney pertaining apartment building, the City Attorney notified the Council that the question should again come before the Council because of statutes requiring the mayor's vote. The zoning ordinance requires a two-thirds vote of the Council, of which the mayor is a member, to reverse the recommendations of the Zoning Board of Appeals. At the Sept. 20 meeting, two aldermen were absent, four voted to grant the petition and two voted to deny the petition. It appeared that the motion had carried until a check of the ordinance and statutes and subsequent report by the City Attorney. It is expected that the latter will be presented at the next regular meeting to be held Oct. 18. The Council approved a tag day for the Woodstock Children's home to be held Oct. 30. Mrs. I. Boehm Will Head UCP At the election meeting of United Cerebral Palsy of McHenry County, held last week at the handicapped classroom in Crystal Lake, Mrs. Dorothy E. Miller, president of the group for the past eight years, handed over her gavel and chair to Mrs. John L. Boehm, 3803 W. Kane avenue, McHenry. Mrs. Boehm has acted as treasurer and campaign director for the organization for the past two years, and has been secretary of the state association for as long a period. When Mrs. Miller took over as president of this organization, there had been little in the way of program and services being offered to the palsied of the county. Through hard work, the cooperation of her committees and the people of McHenry county, several successful campaigns for funds were conducted, a lovely and serviceable classroom was initiated and United Cerebral Palsy of McHenry County gained its present position of respect in the community. Over the years, this group, under Mrs. Miller's direction, realized that the palsied children and adults should not be hidden any longer - that they should be acknowledger!, so that they could take their rightful place < Continued on Page 8) Science Research To Phase Out Operation In Area By Summer '66 Members of the M.C.H.S. faculty gathered in one of the study halls last Thursday night, Sept. 30, to meet with Supt. Carl Buckner and discuss with him both physical and educational aspects of the new high school • facilities being planned for McHenry's young people. This preceded by one night a meeting of officers and sub-committee members of the newly formed school citizens' committee. While the faculty, along with the rest of the community, must be primarily concerned with the ways in which the addition of the new school building will relieve the present over-crowded conditions which are currently hampering local students, teachers were also vitally concerned with the ways in which the new facilities will adapt themselves to advanced educational techniques proving most effective in other up-to-date modern systems in other parts of the country. Alleviate Problem Supt. Buekner. therefore, not only stressed for the faculty the fact that the new multilevel building's thirty-nine academic classrooms and eleven teaching stations, large library, cafeteria, and gymnasium facilities will alleviate the immediate problems of housing the present 1,415 students in facilities suitable for 1,000. He also told of plans to anticipate the giowth • already indicated by rapidly increasing grade school enrollments. Meets Modern Methods With regard to provision for up-to-date teaching methods, Mr. Buckner aiid the faculty also discussed the potentialities (Continued on Page Si McHENRY TAX COLLECTIONS SHOW INCREASE City Is Second In Two Separate Classifications McHenry edged close to neighboring Woodstock i n sales , tax collections made in July on tax liability incurred in June, and by the steady increase reflected the position of this community as a resort area. Based on a tax of one-half per cent on retail sales in municipalities, McHenry collected $9,662.77 compared to Crystal Lake with $11,423.27, which was high, and Woodstock with $9,820.02. McHenry's collections i n June and May amounted to $7,- 659.69 and $7,384.87, respectively. The county report, of retailers' occupation tax, service occupation tax, use tax and service use tax totalled $4,789,- 518.83 for the period from July. 1964, through July of this year. Year's Report Individual collections were as follows: Algonquin, $146,- 406.82; Cary, $150,560.28; Crystal Lake. $972,923.96; Fox River Grove, $87,000.30; Harvard, $373,552.90; Hebron, $39,- 918.54; Huntley, $102,314.60; Island Lake, $4,430.30; Lake in the Hills, $6,756.15; Lakemoor, $24,727.95; Marengo, S261.706.06; McHenry. $657,- 806.24; Richmond. $84,291.20; Spring Grove, $39,911..53; Sunnyside, $6,797.64; Union, $12,- 953.65; Wonder Lake, $10,956.- 88; Woodstock, $856,996.86. McHenry ranked second in the categories of drinking and eating places and also in lumber, building, hardware. Bob Dethlefson was elected president, of the Parents association of the Viscounts at Monday evening's meeting. Others elected to office were Marty Ehlen, vice-president; Connie Dethlefson, secretary; and Ceil Violett, treasurer. HOLGER PEDERSEN D^ES Holger Pedersen, who with his wife operated a variety store on Green street for many years, died Wednesday, Oct. 6, at Harvard hospital following a long illness. He was one of the city's best liked and most respected businessmen. Arrangements were pending at the George R. Justen funeral home as the Plaindealer went to press. TWO FIRES Firemen of Station II were called to Pistakee Highlands Monday when a car belonging to a Chicago resident started to burn. The vehicle was almost a total loss. On Tuesday, Station I in McHenry was called to extinguish a grass fire out of control in Lakeland Park, along the railroad tlacks. Science Research Associates. Inc., Chicago-based educational publishing company, announced plans this week for the gradual phase-out of its material handling center near McHenry, 111." The announcement was made by Lyle M. Spencer, president, at a special meeting of SRA McHenry employees held at the company's Lakemoor plant Monday, Oct. 4. Spencer said the move, part of an over-all plan to consolidate the company's warehousing and materials handling operations into a single plant, will begin in March and will be completed by about next July. SUA c u r rently has a permanent cadre of approximately seventv-two residents of McHenry and s u r rounding counties at its Lakemoor plant. Employee Transfer In his announcement, Spencer said permanent McHenry employees who wish to transfer to the new mati?ri.:N handling center in'Bedford Park "r, in some eases, to the coni- ON SCHOOL COMMITTEE Mrs. William C. Jorgenson of 3508 N. Oakdale, McHenry, has been named area chairman of Precinct 5 (Johnsburgl by the high school citizens' conv mittee, working on behalf of the Oct. 30 bond issue. Past Commanders Meet a- i • wui 0.4 ,«C4V)r-Ai >• pany's main offices in Chicago would be welcome to do so. Relocation allowances or severance pay will be granted t<> all employees. In addition. Spencer said SRA will make every effort to find jobs for SRA'ers who wish to continue working in the general McHenry area. „ "SRA has been an active participant in the McHenry community for more than ten years," Spencer said. "It is a matter of great personal concern to me that after so many years of close association it should now become necessaiy for us to leave this part of Illinois. This move has not been i decided upon hastily nor without great concern for the inconvenience it may create for our employees and the community. Nevertheless, if SRA is to continue to grow as a major force in the development of modern educational materials for use in schools and industry, we must bring under one roof such related activi- (Continued on Page 8) aici« at Approximately thirty past . commanders of Legion posts were present with their wives at a memorable .dinner and social evening at the local post home last Saturday. Oct. 2. This is an annual event which is always held the first Saturday of October. IMetured above are some of the past leaders of the McHenry post, who took time away from the activities of the evening to pose with t he present commander, Tim Mi Co; mick. left. Others are Ray McGee, who served in L9J"»-2li; . Fred Schoewer. I9l'9-:;1; Art Patzke. 1932-33; Pat C'ain'i-, 1M31-35; and Ben Bauer, 1935-30. Taken to Memorial hospital of McHenry County in Woodstock following the incident were Chief Deputy John Carroll, at first described in critical condition, and Sgt. Investigator Don Madscn. Although both were said by a member of the sheriff's office to be "probably out of danger of death" Wednesday, concern was expressed as to whether doctors might be able to save their legs from amputation. Serve Papers The two police officers went to Harvard hospital earlier on Tuesday to serve papers from the office of State's Attorney Richard Cross, requiring a mental hearing. Upon learning of his discharge, they started for the Piotrowski home at McCullom Lake, telling a third deputy, Bob Madsen, to be on the alert in case of trouble. The men approached the home and after experiencing some difficulty in gaining admittance, saw Piotrowski, who was alone, step out of ,the room. As he returned, he aimed the shotgun at the men at a range estimated between 6 and 8 feet. As Madsen fell to the floor. Chief Deputy Carroll attempted to run for the car and radio for help. However, his assailant followed and fired again at long range, the pellets scattering to strike Carroll id' the chest and face. Cheeks Progress In the meantime, Deputy Bob Madsen had decided to come to the Piotrowski home to see how the others were progressing. As he approached, Carroll called that they had been shot and that the man was armed. Bob Madsen walked up to Piotrowski, who stepped forward, whereupon the former grabbed his gun. At the time of the shooting, his wife, Lottie, and mother, Mrs. Mary Piotrowski of 4612 W. Parkview, McCullom Lake, were reported to have been at Elgin State hospital, awaiting his arrival. Piotrowski had been described as exhibiting irrational behavior for several days prior to the shooting. Friends said this was very evident last Saturday evening when he planned a surprise birthday party for his wife. On Monday morning. while driving through Harvard, he was stricken with what was thought to be a heart attack and taken to Harvard hospital. He was scheduled for a mental hearing Wednesday to see if he was able to stand trial. Second Shooting Everett Brown, 20, of 1321 West Bay road, McHenry, was reported in good condition in McHenry hospital the first of the week, recovering from a gunshot wound in the abdomen. Held under $10,000 bond is William E. Parrish of the same address, who was arraigned and now awaits a preliminary hearing in Branch I court on Oct. 28. According to information received from the sheriff's office, Brown was found slumped in a car when they arrived at the Pine Tree Stables, Pistakee Bay, a short time after the incident. Parrish, foreman of the stable, was reportedly standing nearby with a .38 caliber revolver in his hand and another cartridge was found nearby. Tells Story According to Parrish's story to police officers, he and another employee, Stanley Heay, were returning from an auction, and stopped at a gun (Continued on Page 8) I