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Plaindealer "SERVING THE CHAlN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 187S" fOL. 91 - No 2, Wednesday, August 7,_ 1968 14 Pages 10? 'ARIA YOUTH TOP WINNERS AT COUNTY FAIR 1968 MCHS Graduate Drowns Select Miss McHenry As Runner-Up To New Quee ... , Weingart Ha* Champion Miss Levesque 2 ---- To Join USAF n Nixon Favored In Fair Poll A total of 24,030 votes were cast in the Young Republican county fair poll for presidents ; Votes cost one cent apiece and ; were intended to measure the enthusiasm of various candidates' supporters at the fair. Nixon was the overwhelming favorite with 8,713 votes. Other potential Republican nominees received 4,223 ballots. Rockefeller received 2,815 votes, while Reagan received 1P- 408. In alL the Republican candidates received 53.6 percent of the votes cast. Including the votes cast for third party candidate, George Wallace, and peace candidate McCarthy, over 99 percent Of the votes cast in the poll were anti-administration votes. Hubert Humphrey, the present administration's chosen one, received only 212 votes during the four-day survey, less than one percent of all the votes cast* The county fair booth resulted in an additional thirteen members for the rapidly expanding club. Miss McHenry County beauties glow following the coronation of Carol Parrish, front left, as the new 1968 Miss McHenry County. Ceremony took place at the McHenry County Fair to climax the contest. Thirteen candidates competed. From Jeft, front are Carol Parrish and Verita Froula, retiring Miss McHenry County; back, Lois Hansen, Miss Wonder Lake; Ardelle Voeltz, Miss McHenry, Sue Wendt, Miss Fox River Grove; and Linda Fees, Miss Marengo. Miss McHenry was first runner - up and Miss Marengo was second runner - up. DON PEASLEY PHOTO A pretty, red-haired beauty, )1 Parrish, traded her Miss Crystal Lake banner for the iss McHenry County title last Thursday evening and now looks forward to a trip to the Illinois State Fair next week and the Miss Illinois County Fair contest in January. First runner-up was a favorite with the large crowd, Miss Ardelle Voeltz, who represented McHenry after winning the local crown in June. Lois Hansen of Wonder Lake was also among the first five in the opinion of the judges. Carol, 5 feet, 7 3/4 inches tall and measuring 35^-24-35% earned the Miss McHenry County title at the fair last week before an overflow grandstand audience on opening night. She won over twelve other candidates in close competition, judging so close that when the final five were evaluated, judges scattered their votes among the elite group. In the final analysis, however, all five judges agreed that Carol rated at or near the top. And her first-place choice by most of the judges shot her to the forefront easily. Susan Wendt, Miss Fox River Grove and Lois Hansen, Miss Wonder Lake, both earned first place votes but the consensu? of the judges was near-unanimous in rating Ardelle Voeltz, Miss McHenry,, as first runner-up and Linda Rees, Miss Marengo, as second runner-up. Miss Wendt and Miss Hansen concluded the select five, chosen after painstaking survey in swim suit and formal by the judges in the early part of the two hour long contest. As Miss McHenry County, Motorisfs Hurt In Accidints Near McHenry ( Passenger Injured In Car Returning From County Fair Mrs. Henry V. Jackson of 3305 Golf View road, McHenry and her nephew, Danny Lawler, 11 of Miami Beach, Fla., received slight injuries last Thursday evening in a two car crash on Rt. 120, at the intersection with Wonder Lake road. Mrs. Jackson suffered abrasions on the forehead. Her husband was driving home from the county fair about 9:45 o'clock and slowed as he approached the warning light at Wonder Lake road. He saw one car stop and then proceed west onto the highway. As Jackson continued east, a second car proceeded south on the blacktop said failed to stop. The McHenry driver swerved to the right but was unable to avoid being struck. Driver of the second auto, (Continued on page 3) Carol will be sponsored in the competition among county fair queens from throughout the state in January. She'11 go to the state fair next week - both ventures are sponsored by the McHenry County Fair association. A special honor was accorded Patricia Bopp, Miss Harvard, when the twelve candidates chose her Miss Congeniality in a ballot of contestants. The new Miss McHenry County, a gorgeous red-head with deep blue eyes, was crowned by Verita Froula, retiring Miss McHenry County who also competed a year ago as Miss Crystal Lake! Among special guests were Judi Ford, new Miss Illinois who lives at Belvidere; Phyllis Stremming, American Dairy Association of Illinois Dairy Princess from Dieterich; and Mary Rath, McHenry County Dairy Princess from McHenry. Mrs. Lyle Kleckner was chairman for the contest. The total of thirteen candidates for Miss McHenry County is the highest in contest history. Previous high was twelve three years ago. COLLEGE MEETING A special meeting of the McHenry County College board will be held *at the interim offices, 6200 Northwest highway ( I.I.T. building) Crystal Lake, on Monday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Select Models For Style Show Final plans are under way for the thirty-first annual style show sponsored by St. Mary's Home and School association. A delicious salad luncheon starting at 12:30 will precede the show Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the VFW clubhouse, McHenry. This year's lovely models include Mrs. Benjamin Massouda, Mrs. Phil Mangold, Mrs. Carol Mangold, Mrs. George Pederson, Mrs. Robert Stanell, Mrs. Larry Lund, Mrs. Richard Wilhelm, Mrs. Virginia Snyder, Mrs. Chris Jepsen, Mrs. Albert Horn, Mrs. Robert Orthwein and Mrs. Austin Smith. Mrs. George Gilpin will act as narrator for the beautiful fall fashions and Miss Kathy Steinsdoerfer will supply the background music on the organ as the models make their appearance. Tickets may be obtained from association members or at the door. PLAN HORSE SHOW A junior horse show is planned for Aug. 18 at the Spring Grove elementary school* More details will appear in later issues. 151 CHILDREN IN RED CROSS SWIM PROGRAM The Red Cross swimming program on Wonder Lake, which was organized by the Woman's club of Wonder Lake, was a huge success in its first year. A total of 151 children participated in the Red Cross classes, with instructors Adell Marshall of Chicago and Cheryl Strom of Woodstock. Classes were held for a period of ten days, starting on July 9 and being completed on July 23. Of the 106 beginner swimmers, fifty-four children pass- v, ed the beginner test, and re®| ceived their Red Cross certificate and button. The other beginners received a little paper fish to show that they had participated in the program. There was a class of twenty - eight advanced beginners who all passed the advanced beginner test. A class of three advanced swimmers and. seventeen intermediate swimmers all passed their tests and received certificates. Mrs. James Ahern, chairman of the swimming program, is grateful to all those who volunteered their time. All the women of the club were either beach helpers or participated in registration. The fourteen lifesavers were Jack Kaminsky, Kathy Holdorf, Cheryl Elbersen, Leanne Brabenec, Brad Wyatt, Frank Howorka, Carol Freund, Patti Freund, Dolly Kurtz, Leslie Harris, Joyce Setzler and Susan Cobum. Mathew and Martin Mondeck also assisted one day. Frank and Patrick Higgins provided boat rides each day for children who had to cross the lake for lessons. Two associations, Shore Hills and Highland Shores allowed use of their beaches for the lessons. Shore Hills beach was used for instruction of all children living on the east side of (Continued on page 3) Peter Vrasich Los®s Life In Boating Mishap Youth Acts To Assure Safety Of Other Children An eighteeh-year-old, 1968 McHenry Community - high school graduate, Peter R. Vrasich, of 510 W. Broadway, Pistakee Highlands, drowned in Mineola Bay, Fox Lake, last, Thursday evening, t but not before he had strapped' life preservers on four of his brothers and a sister to assure their safety. The six were boating in the early evening when the craft suddenly overturned, throwing them into the water. The younger members of the family started to scream and attracted the attention of a man on shore. All were brought safely to shore except Peter, the oldest. It was not until Sunday morning that his body was recovered by the Lake county sheriff's water patrol. Peter was born Nov. 2, 1949, in Chicago and came to his community with his family two years ago. Besides the parents, Peter and Margaret Vrasich, he is survived by two sisters, Margaret and Joanna; five brothers Allen, Attony, David, Robert and Charles; his grandparents, Mrs. Clara Vrasich of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schultheis of Chicago. The body rests at the K.K. Hamsher funeral home, 12 N. Pistakee Lake road, Fox Lake, until 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, when a funeral Mass will be sung in St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg, with interment in the church ceme- ; tery. Bring Highest Honors IRENE KEIM FEATURED ON LAST CONCERT Mrs. Clarence (Irene) Keim, whose lovely soprano voice has entertained so many hundreds of music lovers in this area in the past, will be guest soloist when the McHenry Stage Band concludes its season of concerts this Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the city park. Director Bob Freund said this week the band will feature a program of favorites from the seven previous concerts. Included in the selections will be "Speak Low", "The Sweetest Sounds" "If I Loved You", "I Will Wait For You", "Going Out of My Head", "I Remember You", "Girl From Ipanema", "Mr. Lucky" and many others. CHRYSANDE LEVESQUE Miss Chrysande Levesque, twenty-two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Levesque, of McCullom Lake, has been selected for officer training school in the United States Air Force. The announcement was made through Sgt. Don Fenstermaker, Air Force recruiting officer at Springfield, IU., where Miss Levesque made application this past May. Chrys will formally enlist in the Air Force at St. Louis on Aug. 9 &nd will then be flown to Lackland A.F.B. in San Antonio, Texas, to begin training Aug. 13. She will be commissioned a second lieutenant and begin a four-year tour of duty on Nov. 6, at which time she hopes to be assigned to Air Force Intelligence, overseas. Miss Levesque received her A.B. degree in French from MacMurray college, Jacksonville, 111., on June 2. Chrys spent the second semester of her junior year in France studying at the international institute of the Universite de Strasbourg - (where all of her courses were taught entirely in French) and travelling in numerous European countries/She received her "Diplome Superieur d' Etudes Francaises" upon satisfactory completion of the examinations for the second year course at the Universite. She speaks fluent French and some German. Chrys concluded her college career with a cumulative grade point average of 3.59 on the 4.00 system. She received straight "A's" the first semester of her freshmen year and both semesters of her senior year. Mi'ss Levesque was selected by the Air Force on the basis of her field of study, her high academic competence and her leadership abilities. Curtains, in the form of a heavy downfall of rain, came down on the twentieth annual McHenry County Fair Sunday evening, just a short time before the four-day event was scheduled to close. With huge crowds in attendance, the fair was one of the most successful and one of the most interesting ever held in this growing area. Richard Weingart, McHenry* won the grand champion Holstein award and the dairy herd top prize to lead the field at the Open Class competition at the McHenry County Fair Saturday. Weingart won the senior champion with his entry, then edged Harold Stilling, Jr., McHenry, for the grand championship. Here are the local Holstein show results: Champion junior LOCAL SINGER SOLOIST WITH DEKALB BAND r• rSm 1 ?r<v\ DIE IN MISHAPS An auto mishap and a boating accident took the lives of two people in McHenry county within the last few days. Leo T. Jenkins, 28, of Woodstock died early Monday morning after being struck by a car driven by his wife. Sunday morning, a 45- year-old Elgin man, Robert Nehmer, drowned in the Fox river, south of Rawson bridge. SHORT CAUSES FERE An electrical short in the Welter estate business building and apartment on Main street, Ringwood, resulted in a small fire early Tuesday morning. Firemen of Company I hurried to the scene shortly before 7 o'clock when a resident of the upper apartment detected smoke emanating from the first floor, unoccupied apartment. „ - '1' • : ;vn * £ ^ DOROTHY HOLLANDER Mrs. Dorothy Hollander of 1010 N. River read, McHenry, will appear again this year as soloist with the DeKalb Municipal concert band on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at DeKalb. The sixty-piece band is directed by Dee Palmer, with weekly, concerts broadcast over Radio. Station WLBK. Mrs. Hollander will sing the aria, "My Heart At My Sweet Voice" from the opera "Samson and Dfeliah" by Saint-Saens and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" from "Roberta" by Jerome Kern. The talented singer is completing studies this summer at Northern Illinois university at DeKalb and will receive a degree in elementary education on Aug. 8. She is the music teacher at Valley View school in McHenry. Attend the last band concert of the season Thursday evening. YMCA BUS TRIP The Lake Region YMCA will conduct its last bus trip of the summer series for youth, ages 7 to 13, on Aug. 12. The bus leaves from McHenry Junior high< at 7 a.m. and Rt. 120 and Thompson road, 7:10 a.m. C IR CO PETITION •|S Richard Weingart, McHenry, son of Mr. and Mrs.. Charles Weingart, shows his Open Class DON PEASLEY PHOTO grand champion Holstein. Weingart won tq? award at tlie McHenry County Fair Saturday. DON PEASLEY PHOTO Randy Scott, McHenry, showed the champion week. His sister, Sandy, showed the grand champfemale Hereford at the McHenry County fair last ion steer in the open class show. heifer calf, Peter Stilling, McHenry; reserve junior heifer calf. Richard Weingart. McHenry; champion senior heifsr cal£ Jim Stilling, McHenry; clamp-' ion junior yearling heifer, Harold Stilling, Jr.; junior champion Holstein, Harold Stilling Jr.; senior champion Holstein, Richard Weingart; reserve senior champion, Harold Stilling, Jr. ; grand champion Holstein, Richard Weingart; Reserve' champion, Harold Stilling, Jr.;' reserve champion produce class, Richard Weingart, Dairy- Herd, Richard Weingart. New champions emerged in the Open Class Beef Show Friday, adding zest to competition which started with the. 4- H judging Thursday. A handsome 1,008 pound Hereford shown by Sandy Scott of. McHenry and Richmond, cap-1 tured the Open Class champ-.- ionship, edging out an Angus shown by Kathy Meyer of Mar-" engo. Miss Meyer won the 4-H championship Thursday with ared Angus steer. STEER CHAMPIONS The Grand Champion steer was shown by Sandy Scott; reserve grand champion, Kathy. Meyers, Marengo; champion Hereford steer. Sandy Scott; reserve champion Hereford - Don Etten, McHenry. The champion female Hereford winner was entered by Rant dy Scott, McHenry. Bill Davidson, meaber of the Harvard Milk Cent- r 4-H club, showed the grand c .tampion Hoi* stein in the Mcdenry County Fair's 4-H show Friday. Davidson won wfih a three-yearold purebred ,-owtRe serve chan^ pionship went to Harold Still-- uig, Jr., McHenry, member qf the Gq-Gciters club. Here '.re top blue ribbon local winners in each catesorv: Purebred junior heifer calf, Richard Weingart, McHenry, Go-Getters; and Peter Stilling, McHenry, Go-Getters; senior heifer calf - James Stilling, McHenry; Harold Stilling, Jr., Richard Weingart and Diane Stilling, McHenry, Go-Getters. Junior yearling heifer, Harold Stilling, Jr., McHenry; and James Stilling, McHenry, Go- Getters. Two-year-old cow in milk, David Stilling, Richmond, Community Go-Phers; James Stilling, McHenry, Go-Getters. Three- year-old cows, Peter Stilling, McHenry, Go-Getters. Four - year-old cows and older, Richard Weingart, McHenry. Grade junior heifer calf, David Darlson, McHenry, Busy 3; Carol Curran, McHenry, Lakeland Merry Makers. Purebred produce of dam- James Stilling, McHenry; best three Purebred females - Harold Stilling, Jr. Production - Harold Stilling, Jr., McHenry, first; Richard Weingart, McHenry, second. 4-H BEEF WINNERS The McHenry County Fair 4-H beef show skyrocketed to the forefront of livestock acti-. vities Thursday when a red Angus captured the top prize among four classes of steers - Black Ahguss Herefords, Shorthorns and other breeds. Herbert Schultz, superintendent of the 4-H beef show, said it is the first time a breed other than a familiar Black Angus, Hereford or Shorthorn has captured the grand champion steer award at this fair. The animal was shown by Kathy Meyer, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Marengo. The grand champion female in the beef class was shown by Randy Scott, a member of the Richmond - Community Go- Phers. Sandy won the showmanship award. Randy had the champion female Hereford and champion Hereford steer. The reserve champion Hereford steer was owned by Don Etten of the Busy Three club, McHenry. Noting that competition in open class clothing this year was "very keen", Mrs. Raymond Wiersma, superintendent announced winners on Thursday, Top award for best needle- - work or knitting went to Jud* Brennecke of McHenry. Open class food winners included several from the Mc»-' Henry area. Carol Curran won top awards for candy, sugar-rolled ies and oatmeal cookies, refrigerator cookies and : (Continued on page 3)