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xvUNO,<$ THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" CONTEST I VOL. 91 - NO. 50 FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1969 16 PAGES, 10$ Hold McHenry Hospital Annual Meeting Feb. 1 Honor Veteran Employees Fire Damage Exceeds $10,000 Veteran employees of McHenry hospital will be honored at the annual meeting Saturday night at the McHenry Country club. The dinner meeting starts at 7 p.m. Ten-year employees to be feted include (left to right) Hazel Clark, Val Patterson, Dean Leonard, Mike Wowczuk, Dolly Medine,and Dorothy Rose. Absent when photo was taken, Ethel Crooke. Happiest member of the Plaindealer "crew" today is our classified adexpert -- and we do mean expert -- Phyllis Ehredt. The young lady has a continuing feud with the news department, staunchly maintaining that more people read her ads than peruse our news. This week she came up with a clincher for her argument when she produced the contents of a phone call from a satisfled customer (too satisfied), saying that he had received forty-six answers to an advertisement for rental of a house. Somebody come to our rescue! Even in a period of news predominantly on the unpleasant side, people prone to hypochondria in its broadest sense must find a good share of today's news to their liking. - Vowing that we would not be a procrastinator, we dutifully made out our check and applied for an auto license plate late last September. In early December the plates arrived and we put them aside in the rush of the holiday seacontinued on page 16) Growth in public demand for service at McHenry hospital is shown in figures compiled for this Saturday's annual meeting by Mrs. Carol Altmann, assistant administrator, fiscal division. More than 200 guests are expected to attend the meeting at McHenry Country club, scheduled to start at 7 p.m. with George P. Freund, president, presiding. Among exciting items on the agenda will be a discussion on board plans for expansion which was determined a necessity during in-depth investigation. Steady increase in patient admissions at a pace faster than anticipated contributes to the need for more beds than the DON PEASLEY PHOTO present 134 bed capacity provides. In 1960, 1,740 patients were admitted in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960. Almost 3,000 were admitted during 1964 and by 1965, 3,384 were admitted. Since then the climb has been at a more rapid pace: 1966, 3,347 (a slight dip) followed by 1967, 4,085; 1968, 4,812; and 1969 (projected to this June 30), 4,950. During the same period total patient days climbed from 8,- 292 in 1960 to 18,729 in 1966 and a projected 42,000 this year. Emergency room treatments have climbed rapidly too, Mrs. Altmann's study shows, from 1,656 in 1960 to 4,722 in 1966. (Continued on page 16) ARREST FIVE IN CONNECTION WITH BURGLARIES Three persons have been arrested and a fourth is sought in connection with the burglary of the Harvey Petzka residence, 1317 Main street, Spring Grove, last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Petzka were vacationing in Florida at the time and the house wa s occupied by their son, Charles. He told deputies the burglary occurred sometime between 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 Sunday morning. Several guns and a considerable amount of change were taken, with total value of about $800. After obtaining information that the intruders were possibly from the Fox Lake area, deputies sought the aid of Fox Lake police. Arrested a short time later were Michael Jaranson, 19, of Ingleside and Lawrence "Johnson, 18, of Rt. 1, Spring Grove. After interrogation, it was deter mined that they had knowledge of the burglary and were charged with the offense. Warrants were issued and bond set at $10,000, with the cases continued to Jan. 30 at 10 o'clock in branch court for preliminary hearing. On Tuesday, Lawrence Seilheimer was apprehended and charged with the same offense. His case was continued to the same date. The sheriffs department is attempting to apprehend another person believed to have been involved in the burglary. Sheriffs police also cleared" up ten house burglaries in the Wonder Lake center with the arrest on Tuesday of two juveniles, who have been questioned. One of the homes was burglarized three times. (Continued on page 16) The Lake Region YMCA has announced that the leadership for the 1969 finance campaign has been selected and is hard at work on all phases of the campaign, which will begin on Feb. 15 and conclude April 1. The Lake Region YMCA feels fortunate to announce John 0. Renskers, Crystal Lake, as 1969 finance chairman. The 1969 finance goal has been set at $31,000 in contributions from area business, industry and concerned friends of the YMCA. The YMCA has two sections to the campaign. The Special Gifts section is responsible for the soliciting of business and industry throughout the YMCA's four- Continued on page 16) McHenry Man Named Elect YR icers College Gives Enrollment Projection At its meeting last Thursday evening, the McHenry County college board received a preliminary estimate of enrollment for the fall semester of 1969. From 312 students in the fall of 1968, the projection for the same time this year is 600 new students and 150 returning, bringing the total to 750. With part time students totalling 825 last fall, in credit courses, this figure is expected to reach 960 in 1969. There were 220 enrolled in non-credit courses compared to 240 expected, with a new total of 1,200. The 1969 fall projection of total students is 1,950. William Fandre, left, of McHenry is the newly elected vice-chairman of the McHenry County Young Republican organization. Above, he studies plans for the year ahead with Patrick Sharpe of Cary, who was named chairman of the group. New officers assumed duties at the Thursday, Jan. 23, meeting of the McHenry County Young Republican organization, held in Crystal Lake. William Fandre of McHenry, who serves as vice-chairman, also was named chairman of the membership committee for the county. Other officers are William Stripp of Crystal Lake, treasurer; Donna Christiansen of Crystal Lake, vice-chairwoman; Forest Hare of Crystal Lake, Algonquin township president; Mike Brown of McHenry, McHenry township president; and Lynn Bellerud of Crystal Lake, secretary. Young Soldier Beaten, Robbed A young McHenry soldier has arrived back in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., only one day late in spite of the fact that he was attacked and robbed in his first attempt to return to duty. The soldier is Pvt. James Kloeckner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Kloeckner of 3822 W. Waukegan street. He left McHenry with a friend, Ron Nurse, Tuesday and was in Jhe Chicago Continental Trailway Bus line depot when the robbery occurred. Kloeckner asked Nurse to watch for the bus while he went into the washroom. Upon entering, twoyoung men punched him, knocked him to the floor and then took his billfold. Before leaving him, they slashed his leg. (Continued on page 16) Steers9 Chickens Perish The blaze which destroyed one portion of a large L-shaped building on McCullom Lake road, owned by Northern Pump, had gained such headway when detected at 2 a.m. Wednesday that Announce Leadership,Fund Goal For YMCA Campaign URGE ORDINANCE COMPLIANCE BY CITY RESIDENTS McHenry Police Chief Kenneth Espey reminds the public of numerous complaints regarding sidewalks which have not been cleared of ice and snow in residential areas. Everyone is urged to comply with an ordinance in this regard and make walking more pleasant. He also issuec^a reminder of another ordinance that states vehicles must be removed from the street between the hours of 2 and 6 a.m. This allows the street department to remove snow during, the winter months and to keep the streets clean at all other times. Chief Espey urges anyone who has a car that will not start to notify the department and officers will cooperate in not issuing a ticket during such emergency. Specialist Four Robert J. Johnson, 21, of Spring Grove has been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge in Pleiku, Vietnam. Set Deadline To Fill Adult AFS Positions Monday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. an AFS meeting will be held in the West campus school, which is the deadline for completing the staff required to properly function as an adult chapter of the American Field Service. An emergency meeting was called by AFS District Representative Mrs. Lee Firth and her assistant, Mrs.. Mary Sundin, last week. Due to a lack of time, an appeal was made by phone. Although the number of persons attending were few, Mrs. Firth and Mrs. Sundin conducted a very thorough meeting by completely briefing newcomers on AFS, explaining its background, purpose and operation. It was revealed that McHenry has a very epthusiastic student chapter willing to do its share. A lack of concern on the part of adults, however, threatens (Continued on page 16) PLAINDEALER PHOTO firemen from three McHenry companies were unable to save two steer and seventy-five chickens. However, their expert work prevented the remainder of the structure from destruction. A large portion of an Lshaped building on a farm owned by Northern Pump was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Two steers being raised as 4-H projects and seventy-five chickens perished in the blaze which caused damage in excess of $10,000, according to Fire Chief Ed Justen. The farm is occupied by the Ray Etten family, whose daughter, Terri, awoke to discover the flames emanating from the large building located 150 to 200 feet'from the house. The three McHenry fire companies answered the call and brought the blaze under control before it travelled beyond the wing of the building farthest from the barn. Fire Chief Justen said the fire apparently started after one of the steers knocked a heating element for the water trough out of the tank and it fell onto some straw. The young steers, raised by Dan and Carol Etten to be shown at next summer's county fair, died along with the-chickens, which were housed nearby. (Continued on page 16) REPUBLICANS FINALIZE PLANS FOR <69 CAUCUS McHenry township Republican^ will hold their party caucus on Feb. 4 at the East campus auditorium at 7 o'clock in accordance with the Illinois Statute that says, "A caucus shall be held by the voters of each political party which has duly elected or appointed precinct committeemen". A meeting of the Township Central committee was sche-. duled Thursday, Jan. 29, to finalize plans and rules by which the caucus will be governed. Chairman Jake Levesque informs that there are at present twelve prospective candidates for the six offices to be filled. They are assistant supervisor, township clerk, tax assessor and three township auditors. The committee announces that "it will do everything in its power to have the caucus produce the candidates that will reflect the choice of the majority of the Republican party." (Continued on page 16) Hold Installation Green Street Mall Officers S'ti j.ff k V y >. .<?•*. C:'-: ( >-?• : 1ft 4118 ^•vaw-' John J. Shay, past president and present manager of the Green Street Mall, presents the gavel to incoming president Allan Leibsohn. Looking on are the board of directors, first vicepresident, Harry Dean; second vice-president, Charles Vycital; PLAINDEALER PHOTO treasurer, Don Weingart arid at left, secretary, Mary Czochara. Not present for photo was Ernie Useman, third vice-president. An installation of officers dinner was held for1 members and their employees on Jan. 28 at the VFW clubhouse.