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Because of the congressional mandate to cutback federal employment to the June 30, 1966, level - including 83,238 employees for the postal service nationally, and many .in this area - mail service limitations will start locally July 27, Postmaster LeRoy Smith said in mid-week. The local postal head has been advised by Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson to comply with the cutback required by Congress under the. recently enacted tax bill by reducing some postal services and curtailing hew hiring. (Public Law 90-364) Curtailments as follows will take effect locally: Effective July 27, all regular Saturday and Sunday window service will be discontinued. Effective July 27, Saturday collection of mail from street deposit boxes will be adjusted to conform,to the generally less-frequent Sunday collection schedules. „ Postmaster Smith also noted that beginning July 1, all planned extensions of city and rural delivery were curtailed. At this time' there are no plans to provide mail1 delivery service to new housing subdivisions and apartment projects. "This is not a matter of dollars but of people, "Postmaster General Watson explained. "Under the manpower restrictions imposed by the tax bill, we simply will not have enough people to continue all postal services at their present level." "Hopefully," Mr. Watson added, "Congress will correct this situation." Postmaster Smith emphasized that the Post Office department agreed to the reduction in funds for the 1969 fiscal year that began July 1, and is not asking for a restoration of amy money cut from its budget. "The Postmaster General,*' Mr. Smith explained, "told us we could operate within our budget and maintain postal services at or near their present level if we did not have to reduce employment to the June, 1966, level." Mr. Smith noted also that he has been directed to submit his plans by Sept. 1 regarding his proposals on how and when Saturday delivery cm city residential routes should be handled locally. An effective date for the elimination of Saturday residential 3 >. delivery here and nationally is then expected to be established tqr the department, the postmaster explained. The exact total of the overall employment cut that trill apply locally is not yet known and it will fas affected to some ex-~ tent by the rapidity of job turn-over in ths local staff in the months immediately ahead. However, the postmaster said he..' r'/ ' expects the cut to be serious. To make the overall cutback to the June, 1966, level, post.f * offices have been ordered to fill only three out of four vacancies \ ; as they occur. . x vlUHO/g $ M k*;*' -?.•£ SERVING THE CH4IN-0-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOL. 91 - No. 90 Friday, July 26, 1968 14 Pages - 10$:; SET OCTOBER 5 FOR NEW SCHOOL REFERENDUM $1,875,000 Issue Announce Site Location p.- • - /iCsV* /'J - . v' Ten Vie For Miss Wonder Lake Title Thomas Parsley Will MC Contest During Carnival Thomas Parsley, McHenry County Junior college board member, athletic director of Marian Central high school and coach of the Rockford Rams professional football team, will be master of ceremonies Saturday night at the coronation of Miss Wonder Lake, 1968. Ten candidates will vie for the title and crowning of the queen will be the highlight of the Wonder Lake Fire department' s annual carnival. Cheryl Elbersen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Elbersen, will provide the musical background for contestants, who are Joyce Macaluso, • 19, a graduate of McHenry high ^school, daughter of ,an4,,.. Mrs. Imanuel Macaluso of Highland Shores; Donna Lee Kiddell, 19, McHenry high school graduate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kiddell of Wonder Center; Patty Parquette, 18, agraduate of Woodstock high school, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Parquette of White Oaks Bay; Jeanne McMillan, 16, a junior at McHenry high school, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McMillan of Indian Ridge; Rosanna May Greve, 18, McHenry high school student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Greve of Wonderview; LeeGustavson, 16, a junior at McHenry high school, daughter of (Continued on page 7) Air Force Band Plays Concert Meander The city fathers are deserving of a kind word for their efforts to secure the new county college for this community. Apparently considerable discussion took plac,e "among aldermen on the suggested access road from the Crystal Lake blacktop to Idyll Dell before the matter became more generally known last week. Only time will tell whether or not this proposed thoroughfare will become a reality. If it does, McHenry is believed to stand in a better position to be selected by the college board for the college site. ^ Members of the board of School District 156 found themselves in a discussion concerning the college at last Tuesday evening's meeting. A tentative schedule has been arranged, which calls for rental of rooms in McHenry high school as well as others in the county. The local board figured the cost of six rooms on a square foot basis, to be used Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. "The college said the cost would be $5,267 compared to an hourly basis used by the Crystal Lake school district, whose figure was $1,755. (Continued on page 7) The board of School District 15 passed a resolution at the Tuesday evening meeting, calling for a referendum to be held Saturday, Oct. 5, in the amount of $1,875,000 to construct a new Junior high school. The site will be the Glosson property located north of Rt. 120 and east of Ringwood road, west of McHenry. A decision to ask for the bond issue vote in the autumn came after long study and discussion with members of the citizens' advisory committee, which several weeks ago suggested additions to the present Junior high school on Kane avenue and Hilltop school. This program called for twenty-one rooms at an approximate cost of $1,400, 000. After much debate and further discussion with the committee, the board decided Tuesday night to call for the $1,875,000 vote, basing their judgment on the fact that the new school would provide thirty-one rooms for only slightly more than that required for twenty-one rooms. A previous request by the board for $2,000,000 to acquire a new school site at this point and to build and equip a new grade school building met with defeat on March 9. The vote was 1,045 to 533. ASK FEDERAL FUNDS The board approved making application for $15,038 for basic skills -- remedial reading, math, etc. -- under Title 1. The money, made available by the federal government, would (Continued on page 7) Mental Health Program Setback Of $12,000 Told The Mental Health Center for McHenry County has received a $12,000 cut in the request for grant-in-aid funds from the Illinois Department of Mental Health. Hie center has requested $63,000 from the department, a sum equal to the grant obtained last year. This year's grant of $51,000 can be obtained if local funds are used first. With the withdrawal of financial support from the Crystal Lake United Fund, too, the center will not be able to further expand its program as had been anticipated. A loss is also expected in patient fees because of lack of funds to hire additional staff. The center's budget for ASK BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION FOR AREA SITE Peter Hamlin and Frank X. Zelke have petitioned the McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals for a conditional use permit and a reclassification from "R" to "B-2" business, the property located north of the intersection of Johnsburg road and Rt. 31 on the east side of the highway. A hearing will be held Wednesday, July 31, at 3 p.m.inthe McHenry city hall. the coming fiscal year has suffered a setback of more than $28,000. EXPLAIN CUT Both state and United fund monies were cut because the ceiiter is receiving county mental health funds. Regardless of the cuts, the passage of the county mental health referendum has provided an increase in mental health services for residents of McHenry county. Since co.unty funds became available to the centeir in December, 1967, the Mental Health center has served 563 residents of the county in a period of seven months. This is as many persons as were served during the entire year of January through December, 1966. Further, a total , of 1829" consultations were held with patients at the center during this period -- from December, 1967 through June, 1968. This compares to 968 consultations for the five-month period from July through November, 1967, before county funds were received. County mental health funds have enabled the center tovestablish a series of seminars with county ministers to provide consultation for preventive mental health. A mental health (Continued on page 4) One of the best and most enthusiastically received band concerts of the 1967 summer season is coming back for a return engagement. The concert for next Wednesday, July 31, will feature the 566th Air Force band of the Illinois Air National Guard, headquartered at C Hare Air field. This fine group of musicians were so well received by their McHenry audience at last summer's appearance that they asked if they might come back this year. McHenry American Legion Post, No. 491, sponsors of this concert, will have the Air Force band as their guests at a buffet supper immediately preceding the concert at the city park. After the program, the band will return to the Legion home on Ringwood Road for refresh- LITTLE MISS PEANUT TO BE JUDGED MONDAY Who will be Little Miss Peanut, 1968? This question will be answered Monday evening, July 29, beginning at 7:30 p.m., in the American Legion hall, Ringwood road. The public is invited to attend this outstanding event without charge. Preceding the contest, the sponsoring McHenry Kiwanis club will host a dinner for all Kiwanians and invited guests. Alan M. Meyer, this year's* contest chairman, announced, that forty-eight applicants, a, record number have been ac-^ cepted for the contest. To thefc McHenry Kiwanis this is very?; encouraging, since it indicates wide acceptance for this youth. . program by all residents living^, in the McHenry high school dis-' trict. Acting as master of ceremonies for the contest will be Larry Leafblad of Radio Station WKRS in Waukegan, The -Jtidges are Mrs. Claude Mc** Dermott, Miss Adele Froehlich, ' Mrs. Eleanor Juslan, Eruia Use man and Herbert Reihansperger. Contestants are young ladies between the ages of 6 and 8, residing within the McHenry high school district. In making their decision, the judges will consider each contestant on the basis of poise, pertness and personality. Talent will not be a qualification. Entrants received by last Monday were Lisa M. Ritter, Kathleen Damschroder, Lorie Tyree, Jonie Marie Witz, Cheryl Lynn McNish, Cindy Lou Stratton, Pamela Mullen, Kimberly C. Cynowa, Marilyn Marie Lehr, Betty Ann Gerambio, Lisa Beth Mowrer, Libby Damiano, Karen Freund, Jill Marie Schaefer, Bonnie Sue Wemken, Linda Miyaki, Michelle Fish, Alisa Lange, Linda M. Walter, Colleen Beth Rode, Carol Nurse, Nancy Jean Buch, Maureen Blake, Rhonda Scarbrough, Beth Cable, Debra Jean Smith, Margaret Jean Christmann, Cynthia Rasbaugh, Nancy Preston, Linda Jean Durkin, Eleanor Ann Kutczyk, Julie Dawn Smith, Pamela Anderson, Laura Anne Weber, Colleen Sweeney, Loriann Dowell, Lori Rich, Jacqueline A. Epach, Judy Ann Vyduna and Judy Pritchard. Bronze Star Awarded To Marine Cpl. Niska Marine Cpl. Michael Niska, 22, of 1161 N. Park street, has been cited for bravery and given the Bronze Star for action beyond the call of duty during the fighting in the city of Hue, in South Vietnam, March 13. # GPL. MICHAEL NISKA Cpl. Niska received the medal during ceremonies at Phu Bai, South Vietnam, along with the following citation from the Capt. David Wall, commanding officer of the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division - the corporal's unit: "...Cpl. Niska as a member of Company "E", 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, as a far-Cward observer for artillery^ (during the siege of the Cit->; adel at Hue), did, during the'- heavy fighting, leave his safe^ position to render aid to three men from his team who were^y wounded. "Without regard for his own safety, he then began to dis-. " tribute ammunition to the various other elements engaged in' the contact. Although wounded in the arm, Cpl. Niska refused to be medically evacuated.01* . The citation continued, "Making sure all the men were safe,, he then proceeded back to the , safety of a bunker. It is within the highest tradition of the Mir-.' ine corps that we have men so. brave and willing to risk their. . ^ lives. "I am proud of this young Marine and also the men erf the Forward Observer team who helped so greatly." This is Cpl. Niska's second hitch in Vietnam. He enlisted in tin Marine corps in Januaty, 1966, went to Vietnam for ten months from October, 1966, until July, 1967, and returned to Vietnam last February. Hie is a 1964 graduate of Marian Central high school, Woodstock, and lived with his moths?, Mrs. Jean Niska, and his grandmother, Mrs. Lawrence J. Huck, Sr., until his enlistment. ALBERT JUSTEN, FORMER BUSINESS MAN, IS DEAD Albert Justen, 68, for many years associated as a partner in the Justen undertaking establishment, died Wednesday, July 24, in St. Clare hospital, Monroe, Wis. He was born Aug. 20, 1899, in McHenry and had resided his entire life in this community. Mr. Justen was a member of the Catholic Order of Eor- (Continued on page 7) i Conduct Miss McHenry County. Pageant Aug. 1 COURT ACTS ON TWO REQUESTS FOR PROBATION Daniel Ambrose of Wildwood drive, McHenry, appeared in the court of Judge William M. Carroll Monday, asking release on probation after previously n.uiswuuu --i" T\T" pleading guilty to theft over ments before returning to their O'Hare base. A record atten dance at the band shell is expected to hear the unusually entertaining program as given by this Air Force tinit. PICKET COMPANY Pickets, members of the striking Electrical Workers union, were noted outside Brake Parts Co., 1600 N. Industrial drive, McHenry, Thursday morning. The picket started, according to a spokesman, after Illinois Bell company supervisors spent several nights working in the new addition to the building, now under construction. ATTEND THE COUNTY FAIR $150. He was placed on probation for three years under the usual terms and ordered to make restitution. Ambrose was arrested for taking an auto owned by Stefano Bottino. of Old Oak drive, McHenry, in August of last year. He was indicted by the grand jury Oct. 30. Hie petition for probation of Ronald Francis Tuzor of Ingleside was denied by Judge William M. Carroll in Circuit court Monday and he was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary. Tuzor was indicted last May 7 by the grand jury for aggravated battery, charged him with burning Walter Milke with lighted matches while the two men^were in county jail. ranc ana Ardelle Voeltz, Miss McHenry, is sponsored in the Miss McHenry County pageant by the McHenry VFW auxiliary. With her are Mrs. Inez Young (left) andDgrs. Ethel Groth, representing the VFW auxiliary. (Don Peasley Photo) as a feature of the' activities at the McHe? unty Fair. In keeping with the Sesquicentennial spirit, theme of the Miss McHenry County pageant is "Beauty Salute to Illinois5', A patriotic motif will be evident with red, white and blus (Continued on page 7) brations and on big city radio and television are among the delightful activities entertaining the thirteen Miss McHenry County candidates as they await the finals in their contest. The finals will be held at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, before the grandstand audience first night :HeW*gp- L