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VOL. 91 - NO. 108 FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1969 14 PAGES - 10$ Improve East Campus School CHARGE DRIVER -- Catherine R. Tomaszew- ski of Park Ridge was charged with driving at speeds greater than reasonable and proper last Eirday after her auto flipped off Howe road, east of VNonder Lake, skidded d?f a curve and travelled 230 feet through a ditch. The driver received bruises but refused medical attention. The Tomaszewski accident brought to five the number of accidents at this point since last Jan. 1. One resulted in a fatality. OFF ON A CRUISE -- Cubmaster Sandy Anderson had a big job ahead of him as he embarked on the early Chicago and Northwestern train for Chicago with sixty-one Scouts and their parents last Saturday. Destination was Lake Michigan and a cruise for several hours.^ Methodist Men's club. Cub Pack 131 is sponsored by the PLAINDEALER PHOTO City Prepares Annual Tax Levy One candidate seeking a seat on one of the local boards of education last spring said he was surprised that, by far, the most frequent question he was asked was his opinion on sex education in the local schools. From occasional telephone calls to our office in the pre­ ceding months, it was evident that the public has experienced concern over the matter. At a time of year when the subject is under less frequent discussion, it may seem inop­ portune to call attention to something which will generate little interest until the start of another school term. However, a recent visitor to our office and to our community had a wealth of material in her pos­ session which has to awaken the public to the fact that the subject is worth the interest shown. Without doubt there are con­ vincing facts on both sides, and to make an intelligent deter­ mination on the merits of each case would require detailed in­ formation on the community in question, the extent of the pro­ gram and the manner in whieh it is conducted. Two items submitted by our visitor convinced us that par­ ents' concern is healthy. One is in regard to government- funded SEICUS (Sex Education Information Council of the li­ nked States), whose material she said, is banned from use in California schools. The other concerns a book by Wardell B. Pomeroy, Ph. D, which is SEICUS-recommended and can be found in many of the coun­ try's libraries. Although not (Continued on page 14) v In a short meeting Monday night, the McHenry City Coun­ cil disposed of the business at hand and adjourned the meet­ ing to Sept. 2. Due to more time being needed in prepar­ ation of the annual tax levy OLD FASHION BAPTISMAL RITE PLANNED IN CITY An old-fashion outdoor bap­ tismal service will be held as a part of Religious Emphasis Week for McHenry. This Sunday, members of the First Baptist church will meet at the north beach on N. Riverside drive at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 24 to conduct the service. "Nearly all baptisms used to be held at streams or lakes", explained C. Edward Erb, Jr., chairman of the deacons for the church. "We invite all who are interested to attend the service and join with us in this mem­ orable occasion." Baptists are one of the few denominations who have retain­ ed the practice of the complete immersion of the baptismal candidate in water as the mode of baptism. Most Baptist church buildings today incorporate a large baptismal tank within the structure to enable candidates tp be baptized throughout the year, regardless of weather conditions. "Contrary to popular belief, Baptists did not receive their name because of their ancient mode of baptism;" the Rev. V. Chappell explained. "We were called Baptists because of the insistance that only a per- *son of accountable age should be baptised." As with nearly all Christian churches, baptism is the ritual initiating a per­ son into Baptist church mem­ bership. ordinance, this will be acted up­ on as the meeting convenes Sept. 2. The next regular meeting of the council would normally be held the first Monday of the month, but since this falls on Labor Day the meeting will be held the following night as pro­ vided for in the Municipal Code. A statement in the amount of $44,225.98 from Baxter and Woodman for engineering ser­ vices on the Lakeland Park- Lakeland Shores sewer project was approved for payment as soon as funds are available. Since funds will not be avail­ able from sale of bonds for some time, it was agreed to pay from other accounts on a loan basis until reimbursement can be made frqm bond funds. The Council approved Mayor Doherty's reappointment of Lil­ lian Anglese, Ann Bockman and Earl R. Walsh to the McHen­ ry Library board for a three- year term. Approval was given to the Mc­ Henry County chapter of the A- merican National Red Cross to hold a tag day in McHenry on Friday, Sept. 26. The re­ quest stated that the caseload in McHenry is five times that of any of the other thirteen branches. Two Schools Prepare For Fall Opening The Johnsburg public school will open with a morning ses­ sion Wednesday, Sept. 3. At­ tendance periods are: Kinder­ garten (last name A-M) 8:30 to 9:45 a.m.; (last name N-Z) (Continued on page 14) Improvements at East cam­ pus high school, both within and without, are progressing nicely, given a boost by action of the board of District 156 in session Tuesday evening. After an architectural firm representative explained the need for fire dampers to meet the Life Safety Code, the board approved the expenditure of $3,480 for this installation in the old section of the east school. The cost for such dampers in the remainder of the school was not estimated. Approval was given to a bid of $11,657 by Peter Baker to resurface the parking lot on the same campus. The board voted to install 420 feet of curbing on the east side of the school, now marked by utility poles. The curbing will provide the same purpose more attractively, to separate the parking and playground ar­ eas. The board also established the northeast corner of the school property, north of Mc- Cracken field on James street, near Green, to house busses. The property will be resurfaced at this point and fencing in­ stalled at a total cost of about $4,100. At the suggestion of Clint Claypool, a new member, a re- evaluation of positions to be fill­ ed in regard to secretarial em­ ployees will be made. Dr. Carl Bergstrom, superintendent, a- greed that this might be wise since many people are not aware of the tremendous amount of work which passes through the main office and in the two schools. It was revealed that the re are a total of ten secretaries, six at the main office, and two each at the East and West campuses, as well as two clerks. The Student Council was rep­ resented by Mike Morenz, pres­ ident, who presented a proposed dress code to be studied by the board. It was the general opin­ ion that the code would be most satisfactory if faculty members could make determin­ ations of appropriate attire rather than have the various rules specifically set forth. The Council was scheduled to meet Wednesday evening to dis­ cuss the code further. The board also will take up the matter at another meeting, after which the (Continued on page 14) 14-Year-Old Arrested For Barn Burglary Shoe marks left on a door led to the arrest of a 14-year- oJd boy for the burglary of a bam owned by A.S. Blake, East­ wood Manor, P.O. Box 336, McHenry. Blake had left the large barn in Eastwood Man­ or, where he keeps his office, for lunch at approximately 12 noon on Aug. 19. When he re­ turned, Blake found that some­ one had entered his office and had stolen $140 from his desk. Apparently, the burglars en­ tered the barn through a glass door. The screen on the door had been cut and the glass was broken. To get into the of­ fice, a thief made the mistake of kicking the doors open. A clear and distinctive shoe imprint, probably from a sneaker, was found by detec­ tives from the McHenry County sheriffs office. The shoe's rubber sole left marks of a specific tread design against the door. Blake told the investigators that he had seen three boys wandering around theneighbor- hood shortly before he left for lunch. After seeing the youths, the man had counted his money and placed it in his desk. After obtaining Blake's statement, the detectives searched the area for the boys. At a nearby go-kart track, the investigators were told that two boys had been riding on the little cars for nearly two hours. The operator of the kart track said that the boys had just left his place. The detective found both youths walking south and stopped them for question­ ing. While talking, one "detective asked a 14-year-old boy to show him the soles of his gym shoes. The tread on the sneak­ ers matched the imprints left on Blake's door. When con- continued on page 14) TB MOBILE UNIT The TB mobile unit will visit the McHenry fire house, Film street, on Friday, Aug. 29, from noon to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Anyone willing to volunteer with registrations should call Mrs. Walter H. An­ derson. Two children were injured in a one car accident on S. River road on Aug. 19. Wal­ ter Hughey, 512vE. State road, Island Lake, 9 y^rs old, and his 5-year-old sistes, Patricia, were riding in the back seat of a car driven by Carol Boo- singer, 512 E. State road, Is­ land Lake when the vehicle went out of control on a curve two miles south of McHenry. Mrs. Boosinger and another Northern Pump Dominates (69 Illinois Show In a strong Hereford show last Thursday at the Illinois State Fair, Northern PumpCo., McHenry, claimed three of the top four judging honors. The farm showed a flashy summer yearling named "NP Regulator 8435' to champion bull honors. Northern Pump also claimed reserve champion honors with its winter bull calf, "NP Dundy Prince 8865. The third winner went to the farm's summer yearling, ' NP Miss Dom 8314", alsodeclared reserve champion. McHENRY MAN SUFFERS INJURIES TO ARM IN FALL Carrying a pair of garden shears in his pocket, James Althoff, 6411 Roundup, McHen­ ry, fell and cut himself at his home on Sunday at about 1 p.m. Although the wound was serious, he was released from McHenry hospital on Thursday without any permanently crip­ pling injuries. Althoff had been walking be­ side a small pond on his property while carrying the shears in his right rear pocket. When he lost footing, Althoff threw out his right arm to bal­ ance himself. His arm was flung against the blade of the shears and was cut below the elbow. Covering the wound with a glove, he ran for the house. His wife, Joan, was in the yard preparing to take their children to a movie when she saw him coming. Mrs. Althoff wrapped her husband's arm in a towel and drove him to the hos­ pital, where he went into sur­ gery at 2 p.m. passenger, Nancy Coeurke, who was riding in the front seat, received cuts and bruises as the car rolled over. When she felt the auto begin to swerve on the highway, Mrs. Boosinger tried to regain control by steer­ ing in the direction of the skid. Instead of righting itself, the car spun off the road and skid­ ded across an embankment on the shoulder. The auto rolled over and came to rest upside down. The children were taken to McHenry hospital for treat­ ment. No one was injured in an­ other car accident on Aug. 19 which occurred at the inter­ section of Idyll Dell and Barre- ville roads. Constance Ann Sheley, Crystal Lake, with three passengers, drove her car into the path of another driven by . Charles H. Olsen, 8421 Door road, Wonder Lake. Mrs. Sheley said she had stopped at. the sign on Idyll Dell road and looked both ways before crossing the intersec­ tion. Olsen was driving along Barreville road and was un­ able to stop before Mrs. Shel­ ey's right fender struck him. Eighteen-year-old Daniel Ehredt, 1109 N. River road* McHenry, received cuts and bruises when the motorcycle on which he was riding struck a car at 3718 W. Elm street, McHenry, Aug. 19. The youth was travelling west along the street behind a car driven by Virginia H. Byrnes, 8105 Bull Valley road, Woodstock, when the woman stopped to allow an­ other auto to turn left. Unable to stop in time, Ehr­ edt drove his motor bike into the rear end of Mrs. Byrnes' car. Ehredt was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident by McHenry city po­ lice. Another man was charged with a traffic violation follow­ ing an accident at the intersec- .ion of N. Front street and W. Waukegan road on Aug. 19. John P. Hickey, 273 S. Alfred street, Elgin, was trying to turn right from the inside lane of Front street. To get into the proper lane, Hickey stopped his car and be­ gan to back up. oan A. Al­ thoff, 6411 W. Roundup road, McHenry, was going east across Front street and came up be­ hind Hickey's car. When the man put his car into reverse, (Continued on page 14) SET DISASTER QUOTA Announcement has been made by the McHenry County Ameri­ can Red Cross chapter that the local quota for assistance in the Hurricane Camille disaster area has been set at $1,770. Persons interested in assisting this worthy cause should write checks to Disaster Fund and send to the county office, J04H N. Benton street, Woodstock. . .. ^ - ' I ' *. - , THE COST OF LITTERING -- It can be extremely expensive if one is caught, as one of the young men shown above found out last week. Sheriff's deputies patrolling Lake Defiance road found him dumping a variety of items, \lthough he told them he mistakenly thought the area was the property designated by ah adult for dumping, deputies had him return to the site and clean up the debris. The young man also found himself liable to a S200 fine. (Jiving directions to the youth is Sheriffs Deputy Richard Justen of McHenry. PLAINDEALER PHOTO • 4 THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER ^ • - ' . . . . . . • ; . . "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 Con-C Candidated _Meet trublic Vance Roberts, president of the involved Citizens associa­ tion, reports that at least six of the candidates for the Illinois Constitutional Convention will appear Thursday night in an open forum sponsored by ICA at the First I nited Methodist church, 236 \\. Crystal Lake avenue, Crystal Lake. The for­ um is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. in the church hall. Mr.* Roberts said that only two of the twelve candidates have indicated they will be un­ able to attend. Those who have definitely stated they will at­ tend are Jeffrey Ladd of Crystal Lake; Lawrence L. Lee, Cary; Joseph B. Coleman, Algonquin; Jeannette Mullen, Qprrington;'* Samuel T. Lawton, H%hland Park; and John M. Thompson of Spring Grove. Each candidate will be al­ lowed three minutes to pre­ sent his or her background or position and then questions will be taken from the floor. A back­ ground information sheet will be provided at the door which sum- arizes the replies made by the candidates to a questionnaire submitted to them by the ICA, Robertf stated. The public is urged to attend as the issues raised by Con-. Con "will affect the lives and pocketbooks of every citizen in Illinois,'" according to Roberts. Brad Burns, an officer of the ICA, will be the moderator for the evening's program. Mrst Walter Bolger of Mc­ Henry,Afoter Service chairwo­ man of the League of Women Voters of Woodstock-McHenry, has just announced the Con- Con election calendar. The e- lection will determine the del­ egates to the Illinois Consti­ tutional Convention, which is being called to review and up­ date Illinois' 1870 Constitution. According to Mrs. Bolger, to be qualified to vote a person \ must be 21 years old, a citi­ zen, a resident of Illinois for one year, of the county for 90 days, of the precinct for 30 days. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on election day. 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