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V^JO/y THE MCHENRY PLAI SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKE S REGION SINCE 1875 VOL. 91 - No. 49. Friday, March 1, 1968 10 Pages - 10$ Observe "Know Your Town" Week March 4-1 Boom, Boom . . . And It Came • To Rest! The boom on this crane, with drag line, came to rest in a peculiar position, atop the Heinz building on Riverside drive, following an accident Wednesday afternoon. The building sustained some damage. Richard Miller was in the cab of the Lakeland Construction company-owned equipment, pulling metal sheets with which to curb the ditch in the street. As a hole was torn in one of the sheets, the pressure forced the cab to fly back, out of control, and come to rest on top of the building. ;• • .. ' • J* Considerable time was required to bring the large piece of equipment back to its normal position. • The accident occurred during work which has been in progress since early last month to repair a broken sewer pipe. The white arrow points to the pin that sheared the steel plate (black arrow) causing boom to flip over cab of crane. Inset photo at top right shows little damage to the Heinz building. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Arrest Lad For Forged Prescription Ray Dvorak, 17, Placed Under Bond.Of $1,000 Ray Dvorak, 17, of 8907 Highland drive, Wonder Lake, was apprehended by McHenry city police officers on Wednesday of this week and charged with attempting to pa'ss a forged prescription at the Nye drug store on Riverside drive. The case has been under investigation since Feb. 10, when Mr. Nye reported his suspicions to the police department. Dvorak was placed under $1,- 000 bond by sheriffs police. Police Chief Richard Clark stated that prescription blanks had evidently been taken from the McHenry Medical Group, where several were returned with forged signatures. The handwriting on the prescription attempted to have been passed at the local drug store was the same as that appearing on prescriptions in Crystal Lake, where a juvenile' was reported apprehended. Chief Clark described the drug as a stimulant in common use, -manufactured by Abbott "Laboratories. It was determined that because it was so • generally used for weight loss, the availability of the drug is greater than many other products. Each prescription with forged signature was for the same number of tablets and the same milligrams. The sheriff's office reported the arrest of Howard L. Freeman, 18, of Greenwood road, Ringwood, last Friday, charged wtth attempting to gain dangerous drugs, also by forged prescription. His bond, too, was set at $1,000 and the case continued until March 7 in Branch 1 court. d Pn «• m i m tmm m A Mrs. Frank Sek, vice-president of the League of Women Voters of Woodstock and McHenry, is shown presenting Mayor Doherty with the league's publication of A Voter's Guide. Mrs. Sek and Mayor Doherty also discussed the observance of "Know Your Town" week, to be held March 4 to 11. The league is sponsoring the week's promotion activities jointly with the Illinois Municipal League. PLAINDEALER PHOTO In honor of r "Know Your Town" week, Mrs. Frank Sek, vice-president of the League of vVtinien Voters of Woodstock - McHenry, has presented Mayor Donald Doherty with the League's publication "" A Voter's Guide. The mayor has proclaimed "Know Your Town" week, to be observed from March 4 to 11, in conjunction with Gov. Otto Kerner's announcement of a state-wide "Know Yoor Town" week for all Illinois communities. Promotional activities for the week will be jointly sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Illinois and the Illinois Municipal League. "Too few of the public take time to observe local government in action by attending meetings of village, township, park, library, sohool, city and county boards," the Governor's proclamation reads. "Too few of the public take time to visit public buildings, such as city (Continued on page 3) Musin' and In an era when some of the big daily newspapers of long standing are closing their doors and the printing presses are gathering dust, it is interesting to note that one division of the newspaper business is expanding. This is the non-daily field, -the weeklies and semi-weeklies. It is perhaps hard to believe that much of this growth is occurring in the large cities themselves, for people are interested in the happenings within their small communities. New York city alone has sixty weeklies, and the mushrooming suburbs in all areas have their own. Of course, the basic reason for this particular type of growth is a real desire to have coverage of local news in depth. £t this point it is interesting to note that newspapers of all sizes and descriptions are still fulfilling the many roles for which they have always been noted. After the news and advertising have been thoroaghly digested, they serve as fine covers for freshly washed floors on muddy days and for their No. 1 function outside of reading - to wrap the day's garbage. Now we find there is a new use in the offing for old newspapers. When the news, fea- v tures and advertisements of the Plaindealer lose their significance in a week or so, we learn that the paper they're printed on may be used again in future issues. A new paper mill is now constructed in Illinois which will be the site of this renovation, using a process which separates the ink from the paper fibres, increasing the re-use value of old newspapers. In the past they have been used primarily in the manufacture of paperboard packaging, flow, the new de-inking process will enable the mill to ..make new newsprint from old newspapers through a process comparable to* that of launder- (Continued on page 3)V... Isabel Brody Nominated As IDA Officer Mrs. Howard Shub, chief dietitian at Northwestern Community hospital, Arlington Heights, will be hostess for the March 6 joint meeting of the North Suburban and West Suburban Dietetic associations to be held in the hospital dining room at 8 p.m. The main topic of the. evening will be an open discussion of the profession of dietetics -- yesterday, today, and tomorrow -- as studied by the education section of the Illinois Dietetic association. A special feature of the evening will be the presentation of the candidates nominated for office this coming year in the Illinois Dietetic association. Among the state nominees and active in local association sffairs are^Mrs. Isabel Brody of McHenry, president of the North Suburban district, and Mrs. Mildred Beckstrom, president of the West Suburban district. SENIOR CLASS PLAY IN THREE PERFORMANCES On March 8 and 9 the McHenry high school senior class will take over the stage in the high school auditorium to present the hilarious farce, "Who }Vas That Lady I Saw You With?" written by Norman Krasna. The play will be presented three times; Friday evening at 8 p.m., Saturday afternoon at 2:15 p.m. and again Saturday evening at 8 p.m. The story centers around a plot by David Williams, played by Ken Reid, and Mike Haney, by Gary Parks, to get Dave's wife to forgive him for kissing a graduate student. The excuse works so well, though, that the two decide to try" their wings at a game they played before matrimony split them up. But the plan Mckfires in their faces; the F.B.I., the C.I.A. and the Rus- (Continued on page 3) Principal Is Honored The board of governors of the International Platform association has announced the election of Mrs. Dorothy Ullrich, 3192 West Green street, McHenry, to its membership. Mrs. Ullrich principal of Edgebrook school also was recently listed in "Who's Who of American Women" -, fifth edition for 1968- 69. -- The 65-year-old International Platform association is an organization of distinquished and dedicated persons from all over the world. For over half a century its members have been instrumental in bettering the quality of the American platform not only as it applies to the booking of celebrities but also as it relates to the important field of school assembly programs available to children. Orignially brought into existence by Mark Twain, William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg, President William Howard Taft, Gov. Paul Pearson and other orators and celebrities of the Platform, its distinquished members, living or dead, include Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Also in its membership are many of the celebrities of the news and entertainment media, the press TV, radio and the theatre,. Board Member Admire Ohio Contest Tro FILING DATE OPENS IN TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS The filing deadline for school board posts in McHenry opened Feb. 28 and closes March 23. The terms of Dr. J.E. Sayler and Dr. Leslie Krieger expire on the high school board. Dr. Sayler has indicated he will not seek re-election but Dr. Krieger stated he would again be a candidate. The petition of Elizabeth Nolan has been filed, and another is being circulated for Edward Guettier. In District 15, the terms of Rev. John Mclntyrtf and Dorothy Vick expire. Praises Middle School Concept Representatives To Convention Witness Program In Progress In regular meeting earlier this week, the board of Scnool District 15 discussed the recent attendance of Board Members Henry Nell and Tom Lawson of that district and Vale Adams of District 156, along with Supt. Carl, Bergstrom. at the American School Administrators association convention in Atlantic City. Enroute, they visited a middle school in Philadelphia, Pa. In a report to the board, Nell praised the middle school program as he saw it and said: "I'm firmly behind the middie school concept. The students in that school were working harder than any students I've ever seen in any school. I'm sold on it." Due to a tremendous work load assigned to Community School Director Gene Little, the board approved the employment of a full time secretary for him. pending the approval of District 156. APPROVE CONTRACT The contract for Mrs. Mercedes Paulsen as a French- English teacher for Junior high was approved by the board. Sh? will start her duties on March 1. At the same time, the resignation of Judith Sauer, now holding that position, was accepted. Miss Mary Simpson was em-? ployed to replace Mrs. Louise Watkins in the third grade at Hilltop school for the 1968-69 year. Gerald Eiserman WHS employed as a new math teacher, for P.E. and as assistant coach for the Junior high school, assuming his duties during the 1968-69 school year. John F. Smith was approved as part time custodian at Valley View school. Mary Jo Smith, Jeannie DeVries and Cindy Reid' are shown admiring the trophies won by the McHenry Viscount color guard in contest last weekend in two Ohio cities. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Observe Week." 'Know Your Town" In a contest hosted by the ^Militaires of Fremont, Ohio, the McHenry Viscount color guard won top hdnors last weekend in that city with a score of • 83C0? A weary but-happy group of young ladies returned home in the early hours of Monday morning from a successful trip wnich took them to both Fremont and Cleveland. With them they brought five trophies. In Fremont, on Saturday night, the Viscounts took first place -and -won a--beautiful ira-s-. veling trbphy, plus the trophy for the highest M & M (marching and maneuvering) score. The Queensmen of Kenosha, rating second with 82.35, won the "On Guard" contest held last month in McHenry. The Eagelettes of Sandusky, Ohio, -were third wtth a score of 80.- 95. Trophies were awarded to the top three places. In Cleveland on Sunday afternoon, the Viscounts took home the third place trophy with a score of 82.4 and again won the M & M award. The Viscounts' Jeannie DeVries was -awarded the -commanding- officer's trophy. The Kenosha Queensmen won this contest (Continued on page 3)