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/ * ^ ' m^VK'J&r-v-'1.m >.; {A * !3iSff; 'lW'/V ' #*J* ><, 4f^n , •i! 'n* .'t.4. ' \ \ * I "SERVING THE CH A IN- GML-A KE S REG ION SINCE 1S7^ It' { • VOL 91 - No. 38 Friday, December 20, 1968 18 Pages, 1 15 Details Of Bond icially Set Jan. 11 Date And Renovation In $292O09OOO Silo Fumes Fatal 1 .. ,1 i •» Worker #* : to a reconvened meeting of the board of Consolidated School District 15, held Tuesday evening, Bond Consultant Marvin Birchfield presented a resolution officially setting Saturday, Jan. 11, as the date for an election asking money to build and equip a new junior high school building. The amount, which had been set tentatively at the previous week's meeting, is in the amount of $2,200,000 for a building'to be erected on twenty-one acres located near the junction of Conservatism Unit Annual Meeti Plans are now being made for the ^twenty-second annual meeting of the McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation district to be held Jan. 25, at the American Legion home in McHenry. Mmm m'1 mmmemm We hope old Santa wasn't standing in his hut in the park When the following letter was presented to him. And we hope Rose Mary Johnson's daddy is sitting when he learns of his daughter's impressive dreams tor a fiill stocking on Christmas morning. We'd like to see a stocking that would hold just a small portion of her requests She presented to Santa in just tjhis manner: "Doodle bug, Suzy homemaker (everything), silly sand, krazy kar, spirograph, buzy buzz buzz, pull the rug out, pic face, girl's world thingmaker, green ghost, the game of love, grab a loop, mystery date, fascination, poppin hoppies, clean sweep, snakes alive, ker plunk, sorry, the big sneeze, animal twister, bug-a-boo, the great escape, the last straw, don't spill the beans, king of the hill, hide and seek, huff'npull, operation, pop yer top, hats off, whoops, look out below, hip flip* (Continued on page 12) In City The purposes of the meeting are to present reports about the accomplishments of the district in the past year and to elect two directors. Those whose terms are expiring are district board chairman, Kenneth Fiske of Woodstock and Howard Ruth of Huntley. Serving with them and remaining on the board are Henry Marldson of Marengo, Myron Phil, Harvard, and Arthur Hoppe of McHenry. Honored guests at the dinner will be Mr. and Mrs. Gary Martin and their family who were selected as this district's "Farm Family of the Year". Also, Louis Englebrecht, farm advisor at the Farm Bureau, and Clayton Bruce, of the Soil conservation service will again narrate their slide tour of the conservation accomplishments in McHenry county during the past year. Every land owner and/or operator living outside the corporate limits of any town or village in McHenry is entitled to attend the dinner and business meeting. Those not able to attend then for the 7 o'clock dSpner may come later, for the business meeting and reports at 8. And don't forget, the SWCD always provides a. "rose 'for every lady" at each annual meeting. Reservations may be obtained by calling the district office 338-0049. A new mailing list is being compiled at this time in the district office. Chairman Fis- (Continued on page 12) Ringwood road and Highway 120 and to renovate Landmark school building. Two million dollars is earmarked for the new school west of the city and $200,000 for the renovation which is expected to provide eight classrooms. The board decided to set new hours for the election, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to accommodate voters. Committee chairmen were named in charge of such items as phoning, transportation, baby sitting, etc., in connection with the bond issue. They include Mesdames • Wheelock, Alvary, Vick, Ward, Murray, Dumalski and Young and Mr. Blank. Fact sheets will be sent home with school children on the Friday preceding election, with a reminder to be made by phone on Saturday. Voting in this fourth referendum onthe school issue will be at four polling places, the high school, Lake moor, McCullom Lake and Island Lake. REV. N. T. FREUND TRANSFERRED TO AREA COLLEGE • k Oregon Overcome On Nearby Farm A young Oregon, 111., ri was killed and a co-worker became seriously ill from fumes in a silo near Spring drove Tuesday morning. The dead man was 18-year-, old Dave Weohemfer of Rt. 2,.y. Oregon, 111. Pronounced in fair condition in McHenry hospital ' on admittance was Phillip Avey,' 26, of Rt. 3, Oregon, who waft; working with him. The accident occurred on the Ben May farm, owned by C. K. Huthsinger of Libertyville* where the two men were inspecting a silo as employees of Kurt Weaver of Harvestore, Inc., DeKalb. Working at the top of the 20 x 60-foot silo, Weohemfer dropped his cigaret lighter and pencil on the shelled corn, which came to about 5 feet of the top. A tenant on the farm, Fred Parlow, advised him to leave them there, but Woehemfer decided to make an attempt Xa recover the articles. In a short time, he was overcome by the poisonous fumes. Avery attempted to rescue him but realized that he, too, was feeling the effects of the gas and crawled to safety. FREE COMPUTER TESTS OFFERED BY COLLEGE McHenry County College will be giving a computer programaptitude test on Saturday, Dec>31. The test will be given at 9 a.m. and will be free of charge. Advanced high school students, as well as adults interested in computers, are welcome to take the test. Arrangements for taking the test can be made by contacting George Coweill at the college 459 - 6800. All materials necessary will be provided by the college. Data Processing Instructor Ray Zwierzycki reports that the test requires about two hours to complete. Further, the test will be graded immediately so that the person taking the test ;will know his score before he leaves. ^ The college emphasizes that the test is not required for admission and is offered only to aid the individual in setting his career plans. For further information contact Mr. Cowgill or Mr. Zwierzycki at the college. HOLY NAME TO ELECT OFFICERS The regular monthly meeting of St. Patrick's Holy Name society will be held Monday, Dec. 23, in the church hall at 8 p.m. Election of officers will be a highlight of the meeting, later, refreshments will be served. REV. NICHOLAS FREUND Rev. Nicholas T. Freund, SDS, choir director and drama moderator at St. Pius X seminary in California for the past eight years has been transferred to Mount St. Paul college, Waukesha, Wis., a college of four (Continued on page 12) LOCAL STUDENTS ON 968 MARIAN HONOR LIST The first quarter honor roll has been released at Marian high, including many local students: First Roll Seniors: Ellen Brickley, Judy Buss, Matfy Jo Byrnes, Kathlyn Franger, Janet Jarecki, Genevieve Obenauf, Catherine Orso, Mary Richards, Robert Ruggero, Christine Thelen, Cheryl Tomao and Debra Varese. Juniors: Deborah Cristy, Tony Elliott, Andrew Maduza, Barbara Miller, Patrick Neisen, Renee Pieroni, Kathleen Russell, Mary Sullivan, Rosemarie Thelen and Martin Toren. Sophomores: Michael Carey, Jay Cristy, William Desmond, Craig Fillion, Frank Gosser, William Herkes, John Matthes, (Continued on page 12) Two Drivers Escape Injury Two drivers escaped injury Wednesday morning at 9:50 o'clock when their cars collided at Wilmot road and Church street. Sally J. Segerstrom of 4401 N. Mayfair, McHenry, told sheriff's deputies she was making a turn on Wilmot to travel north when she was hit by a car driven by Nick C. Vellas of 4402 N. Dennis, McHenry. Vellas said both were driving south and he thought the other driver was turning onto Church but instead she made a U turn. Neither driver was injured. irit Abounds! gift!®p t, ,1• :y* \ **1 * *, ,«..r - ;!• p - , v,*, ¥ Santa's helpers, the U.S. mail men, start early these days and work late. This picture was taken at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday, a day that accounted for 50,570 cancellations of mail out of the local office, as well as 374 parcels. The peak load, according to Robert Hess, Win Top Awards This beautiful scene won top prize of $40 as most colorful of the many attractive displays judged Wednesday evening. Mrs. Santa looks from her window as Santa prepares to take onto his WAYNE KRAUSE RESIDENCE 214 N. Timothy Lane (Most Colorful) back the large bag of toys. Eight reindeer impatiently to take off with their sleigh far a winter ride. wait long JAMES LENNON RESIDENCE 1721 W. Hollow (Best Original) COUPLE AMONG TRAINEES IN VISTA PROGRAM Mr. and Mrs. Paul Higgins were among forty-six trainees who were recently graduated from a VISTA training program at the Westinghouse Training center in Atlanta Ga. Mrs. Higgins is the former Cynthia Ulick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Ulick of McHenry. Mrs. Higgins attended Marian Central Catholic high school in Woodstock, St. Mary's college in Notre Dame, Ind.,the Universidad Ibero-Americano in Mexico City, the Chicago Art Institute, the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy, and the Ateliers '63 in Haarlem Holland. Her previous volunteer ^ work included tutoring Spanish with the Neighborhood Study Help in South Bend^"^. As voltintg&rs in Service to America, the Higgins will spend one year working with the Community Education program in Nashville, Tenn. Volunteer activities include tutoring and consoling, art and drama workshops, extension of health facilities and Citizens Corps involvement. Mr. Higgins attended the Mendel high school in Chicago. He studied humanities at Notre Dame, where he received his B. A. degree in 1968. The James Lennon display in Kent Acres captured top place in the original category. The setting is religious, highlighted by a large manger scene with life-like representations of the first Christmas. A huge cross attracts the passerby, and brightly lighted trees are on both sides of the setting. HENRY F. NELL, JR., RESIDENCE 1710 N. Court (Most Amusing) The Henry Nell, Jr. home has once again been judged most amusing among holiday home lighting displays. While a huge candy train makes its way across the Nell yard, carrying goodies of all kinds, Mrs. Santa stands at her "Queen" oven on the roof-top, proudly examining her gingerbread display hanging on th<f line. PLAINDEALER PHOTOS LIBERALIZATION OF FOOB STAMP ' PROGRAM TOLD Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman has announced a liberalization of the Food Stamp Program which will include benefits to more than 500,000 persons. Families with net incomes under $70 a month who take superintendent of mails, was 56,000 on Monday. He added that the .Part in the Food Stamp Program number continued a downward trend on Wednesday. :$an get more food for less cash PLAINDEALER PHOTO "Continued on page 12) For County Needs In Disaster If a catastrophe strikes McHenry county again - tornado, airline crash or major fire, for example, insurance agents expect to be ready to provide helpful service at the disaster scene quickly and sympathetically. Steps to as sure their coordinatio n with the Civil defense director and police officials were taken at the bi-monthly meeting of the McHenry County Association of Independent Insurance Agents last week at a dinner meeting near Cary. In presenting the proposal to set up a catastrophe plan, Frank Low, McHenry,explained,"Itis necessary for agents of all com- | parties in an area to cooperate. \ This plan would encompass all ^agents whether or not they are members of our organization. "We will act as a clearing house for information. We will be located at catastrophe headquarters to provide accurate, sound information. Members of our association from towns in the county not struck by the disaster would come to the disaster site to offer their experience in a plan coordinated by the membership?* (Continued on pas