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w , ivtlMO^ MCHFNRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VQL. 91 - No 37 Friday, January 12, 1968 16 Pases - 10$ SURVEY Elect C of C 'Officers "NIGHT PASTOR?' f MENTAL HEALTH MEETING SPEAKER The Rev. Robert Owen, an Episcopal priest, known as the "Night Pastor" to the musicians, bartenders, waiters, waitresses, singers, dancers, and others who live and work in the Rush street Old Town areas of Chicago,, will be the main speaker at the Mental Health center annual meeting. In addition to being a minister; Rov, Owen is a professional jazz pianist and will perform at the meeting. The public is invited. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m„ in the Presbyterian church social hall, Tryon and Calhoun streets, Woodstock. All members have been notified of the meeting, where reports of activities for the past year will be given and election - of directors for 1968 will be held. rd members and officers of the4 McHenry Chamber of arce were elected at the annual meeting held Tuesday at, Country club. Seated, left to right: Larry Lund, treasurer; William Nye, president; and Don Weingart, vice-president. Standing: Robert Steinexx, William Dumalski, Ed Pieroni, Myrt Martell, Frank Low and Richard Wilhelm, directors pre-- sent at the meeting. Not in attendance were Dan Schmitt, Roger-- Collins and Allan Leibsohn, directors. (PLAINDEALER PROTO> In this very co-o-o-ld start of a new year, we can take some comfort in the knowledge that this is a perfect excuse for not carrying out all of our well intentioned resolutions. In spite of the rigors of living in a fast paced world, probably everyone who managed to slip through the past twelve months into 1968 has made a few predictions. We think it only fitting that we add our own, unsolicited and unimpressiv< look into the future as FLEMING INFANT FBRST >(38 BABY AT LAKE GENEVA McHenTy friends will be interested to know "that the first baby born to Lake Geneva, Wis., parents in 1968, the recipient of many prizes, was the son born to Dr. and Mrs. Dermot Fleming. Mrs. Fleming is the former Jean O'Brien of McHenry. CoJ,in Thomas made his entrance Jan. 3 in the Elkhorn hospital, Elkhorn, Wis., weighing 8 lbs. 13 oz. and was welcomed home by two brothers. Brendan, 2 and Kieran, 1. Mrs. Grace O'Brien of Mc- Henry is the maternal grandve mother and Mr. and Mrs. Tho- ~>mas Fleming of Delavan, Wis. County Supervisors Take Stand Against Woodstock Proposal On Court Site ,y By a vote of 17 to 117'the William Russell, wjioheads the county boarcT of" supervisors """Highway^ c^mMssloH,'SsRedfop pertains to our home town. 1968 will see continued traffic jams, particularly next summer, and the same miserable driver errors which cause our disposition to dip to its lowest reading on the personality poll. The year will also see the same unreliable, daydreaming bike riders who will wend their way from side to side in front of our car, causing those neair cases of ulcers which the doctor says should be avoided with advancing years. The twelve months ahead will raise our enthusiasm, and then disappoint our sensitive ears through the many, generous and very confidential contributions of "gossipy news" which we suddenly realize could never make its way into a home town paper. * The year will also cause consternation with TV tubes that die on the only good program nights; car batteries which do likewise when we are about to keep an important appointment; and 100 degree temperatures the very week we have made .active vacation plans. But the year 1968 is sure to have its compensations;^' It promises us heated political contests which raise the blood pressure but chase the cobwebs from the brain through interesting debates. Fall, 1968 should ease the fall traffic situation with the older students attending a school removed from the center of the city. It should also pro- (Continued on page 12) ^ POLICE CHIEFS MEET McHenry hosted the McHenry , County Chiefs of Police meeting on Tuesday of this week. | Tley discussed mutual aid in ( riots and common problems J of the va nous departments. 1 They also spoke at length conj cerning the new gun registra- [tion law. After abi titling a copy of {he law and studying it in detail,i*he chiefs expressed a desire to request more local control on registration appro- ' val. are the paternal grandparents^ Tuesday afternoon voted in favor of the fairgrounds properly as the location for the proposed new courthouse. The previous day, in anoint session with the Woodstock City Council, the latter explained its stand in favor of the Annex property and proposed purchases of nearby land. After a discussion by the supervisors Tuesday morning, plan ci Past Twelve Months In Community Marked By Growth And Progress Each year, before the com- • munity has really taken a big step into another twelve-month period, the Plaindealer carries a resume of the highlights of the year. ^ In keeping with the tremendous growth of the city proper it is not surprising that many important changes have taken place. The biggest area of population to be joined to the city through annexation having been made in 1966 (Lakeland Park) it was to be expected that the Council changed boundary lines in the four Wards to equalize population. This took place in January. -v The same month saw McHenry experiencing its first inter- faith meeting when clergymen and laymen from St. Mary's and St. Patrick's Catholic churches, St. Paul's Episcopal, CHORAL GROUP WILL OPEN NEW SEASON JAN. SB The McHenry Choral club invites all interested persons who enjoy singing to join rehearsals for the spring pro- Jgram early in May. Membership is open to anyone over high school age. The club resumes rehearsals next Monday night, Jan, 15 in the high school music room when a tape Recording of the last program will be played and colored slide p of past years will be showij. The following Monday at 8 p.m. regular rehearsals will start. The spring program will be based dn the theme, "Sounds in Music". \ ' The membership deadline for spring will be Jan. 29. Community Methodist and Faith Presbyterian participated in services held in St. Patrick's church. The start of a new high school the first to be erected in McHenry since the mid-twenties, was launched by the approval of contracts totalling $3,355,546.- 25. In February the Council again made news when it approved an over-all program for a planned development of approximately 380 acres bounded by 111. Rt. 120 and Draper road. NEW EDUCATION UNIT Education of a new kind in McHenry county was assuredin early April when voters favored the formation of a junior college district. Also of great importance was the approval of the mental health referendum, by only a slight margin, which made it possible for an extension of the program carried out at the county mental health center in McHenry. In June, the city "studied the fact that "islands" were left through expansion of corporate line?, particularly the 380 acres west ofthe city. Realizing that such conditions were not conducive to good planning and affording services, members of the Council decided to take action to annex such areas. The controversial site for a new court house in McHenry county had "fuel added to the fire" in August when supervisors eliminated the Annex in Woodstock from further consideration. Thus began a long period of debate which was not to be resolved in 1967. The tremendbus needs of Mc- (Continued on page 12)' r a favorable vote on the WoqjI stock proposal and also to disband the Building commission and use all money available for the new building. The negative vote to his motion was 17 to 11, the same margin as th^ favorable vote on the fairgroun&jjroperty. One criticism of the Council ^concerned the Class progiven to the county board solely fdr^thteb^nefit of the ' Valley Hi county home. It was noted that this property now realizes a $7,000 profit annually and there would be a loss to the county if it should be purchased at the proposed cost of $150,000 to aid the court project. Assistant Supervisor Edward Buss of M:Henry questioned Mayor Frances Kuhn concerning parking areas which were promised to be given by the city of Woodstock. Buss spoke ofthe uncertainty of such a gift? and the problem this might cause •after the board's expenditure for a new building. It * was revealed again that letters had been received from Crystal Lake and Harvard, each offering a location for a court house and a letter from McHenry, where no location was reported available. TIE VOTEA motion to dissolve the Buildirilg commission made by William Rickert of Algonquin, and seconded by Buss, resulted in a tie vote which was broken by Chairman Walter Dean, who voted to retain the group. Lowell Nye, editor of the McHenry County History, was present and told the board that a sample cover would be available next month. He also said there was ample room for more biographies. Ward Duel was nanled administrator for the County Department of Health. The appointment of an administrator entitles thecounty to Hatching funds from the state, not to exceed $20,000, £ The board approved the recommendation of the Fees and Salaries coTimittee concerning a request by Dr. Wilt of Mo- Henry, that the salary of Eileen Hanson, administrator of the department, be increased from $525 to $550 a month. Another request to sanction the employment of_Mr. Raeber at an annual salary not to exceed $9,300 was also granted. (Continued on page 12) YOUNG PEOPLE SEmOUSLY HURT IN TUESDAY CRASH Two of three young people involved in a one-car auto accident early Tuesday evening are still confined to McHenry hospital. They are Clara M. May, 17, of .726 W„ Southside, McHenry, and Roxanna Fuson, also 17, of 809 Columbus drive McHenry, both seriously hurt, and Sandy May, 12, ofthe Southside address, who was released after treatment. The accident occurred at 6:15 p.m.. on ice-covered Cuhlman road, north of Lincoln road, east of McHenry. Because of the Condition of the older girls, deputies found it impossible to question them length and to'determlae who was driving the car. Hie auto belonged to Mrs. Emma Gray, grandmother of two ofthe girls. However, deputies believe Miss Fuson may have been driving as she was pried from the car in a position behind the wheel. Miss M.jy, incoherent because of her injuries wv.s questioned only briefly and seemed to think she may have been driving. The auto left the west side of the road and-eontinued a distance before ^striking one tree and sliding sideways into ano-, ther. A driver's license could not be found in the car or at the scene, but deputies said it was impossible to search the auto entirely without a blow torch. The vehicle was demolished. Dolores Rogers of 4316 W. Shore drive, McHenry, and her five-year-old son, Matthew Rogers were unhurt jpi a one-car accident on Ringwood road, west of McCullom Lake road, at 2:45 Tuesday afternoon. She told deputies she was driving north and saw another car close to the center line as she travelled -over a knoll. Polling to the side of the road, the auto slid on ice and went into a ditch.' Spring Adult SchbolWill Open Feb. 5 New Courses Are Added To Fall Offerings^ The dates for the spring semester of the adult school in the McHenry public schools have been released. Registration for classes will be Jan. 24 and 25, with classes beginning Feb. 5. Gene Littlef* Community school director, also announced that several new courses were offered this semester, along with those of the past semester. New courses include ceramics, Leathercrafting, Medical Terminology, and Exploring Literature. A refresher course for nurses to bring their professional techniques up to date and prepare them to reenter the profession is alsobeing offered. More information will soon be available in the paper and in a brochure to be circulated in McHenry. Revealing Answers On Defeat ©ff Bond' Issue 300 Volunteers March On Palsy The annual door-to-door drive for United Cerebral Palsy in McHenry County is all set to kick-off on Jan. 14 with better than 300 volunteers in the McHenry area. Heading the drive in the surrounding areas are Mrs. John Licastro and Mrs. Paul Rizzo in Lakeland Park and Lakeland Shores; Mrs. Allan McKim, McCullom Lake; the Catholic Youth of Johnsburg in all of the Joints burg area; Mrs. Walt Low^fttngwood; Mrs. Sandra Christensen, all of Wonder Lake; Mrs. Dorothy Nelson and Mrs, Blanche Vermillion, Spring. Grove and Solon; Mrs. Bill Exline, Holiday Hills; Dick Swantz, Country Club Estates; Mrs. Joyce Calvert, McHenry Shores; John Baxley, Orchard Heights; Mrs. Bob Balchunas and Mrs. Joe English, Aqua lane; and Donald Meyer, Eastwood Manor. The WaltherLea- (Continued on page 12) The board of Consolidated Grade School District 15 early this week released results ofthe recent survey made to determine the reasons for the defeat of the recent $2,000,000 bond issue which would have provided a new grade school in the community. The biggest objection, with 165 negative replies concerned the twelfth and last statement on the survey sheet: "The people felt that this bond issue would result in too high of a tax increase." The second largest number of objections was on the statement: "The citizens felt that $2,003,000 was too much to pay for a new middle school. Eighty-three persons expressed- a negative viewpoint on this point. Third highest was the following: "The voters did not understand the idea of a middle school", to which seventy-five agreed; Following was the response to other questions'™ the order of objection: Fourth, "Thepublic felt that the present schools should be more fully utilized before any more are constructed", sixty-seven; fifth, "The people want the issue of Landmark resolved before approving any new school construction", sixty-four; sixth, "The voters were concerned about the proposed site for this new school, eighty-three;' and seventh, "The public did not acdents in the shared-timp program, twenty-seven; andtwelfth "The public does notap,ji->r*of the changes in the transportaition policy of the district, twenty- one. * 3 A total of 20? responded to the survey. The survey was i sent to every forty-ihirj iiame in tie p'l^ie book, to every tenth name on the list of bond issue helpers and supporters and to all grade school district personnel* OTHER BUSINESS In the other business, Robert E. Hirsch resigned from his position at Valley View school. Richard Swantz also resigned; as director of special projects to accept the position of principal of the new high school. N^ replacement has been made as yet. Considerable discussion took place on the need for classroom space. Ringwood school has expressed a desire to join either the McHenry or Johnsburg school district next year and a decision is not expected until April. Also, parochial schools have not yet expressed themselves on just what classes are desired by their students under the shared-time enrollment program. Dr. Peter Griesbach a board member, expressed concern unless these decisions are made soon. Two letters of criticism reached the board, one concerning Edgebrook and Land-* regard to air pollution, rooms are needed, fffty-ihrfe£? W was felt that they may have Eighth, "The people were resulted from a si ate survey ojf confused due to the fact that the high school and grade school issues were decided on the same day, forty-nine; ninth, "The public understood but did lot accept the Jdea of a middle school, forty-two; tenth, "The people did not- agree with the attempt to secure bonding power to construct the building in two phases, thirty-two; eleventh, "The citizens 'v.v j concerned about the use of this new facility by parochial school stuselected areas. The next meeting yill be held Feb. 5 at the administration building, a week earlier than usual because of the holiday on Lincoln's birthday. FORM YOUTH GROUP A meeting will be held at 8 o'clock ne\? Tuesday, Jan. 16 at the rollar rink for the purpose of forming a new youth group in the community. All teen-agers are invited. Fire Destroys Vacmnt Home OPEN ADVANCED FIRST AID CLASS NEXT WEDNESDAY The American Red Cross Advanced First Aid class will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the McHenry high school. The class will begin at 7 p.m. under the instruction of Carmon Hodges and Violet Johnson.' On Dec. 20 a class of thirtyfour passed their American Red Cross Standard First Aid course. They were Gary Armstrong, Thomas Ballowe, Ronald Bauman, Tom Belasto, Severin Bottari, Janet Conway, Wade Davis. George Harker, Wilfred Hoernig, William Hartwig, Judy Howe, Oliver Hodges, Josephine Jatczak, Russell Jones, Victoria Johnson and Roy Jergenson. Also Hillard Kaminiski, James Ksiazyk, Ronald Lazzarotto, Charles Lockwood, Pat May, Gordon Milifer, Roy Miller, Paul Palmateer, Gordon Rehberg, Dennis Ruckoldt, James Ruemelin, Ernest School e d, G e o r g e - S t i l- - ling, Gary Stollenwerk, Isabell Thompson, Andrew Turek and George Worts. * ' 3s Firemen from the three McHenry companies braved the sub-zero temperatures of early Wednesday morning to figlt a fire in a vacant home in the 2100 block of Or chard Beach drive, Mei^enry, owned by the Savijigs and Loan rn., rtfRivprsirfr 111. A shenip's deputy patrolling about three miles to the .east, in the vicinity of the-outdoor about ne as theatre, radioed to the desk atthecii 2 o'clock. A police car hurried to, firemen were being alerted to the bli There was no value placed on the house, which -was entirely destroyed, wore beingjrjacjg to tear it down. £ (PLAINDEALER