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Continue Seatck \Jo% College Site Although considerable dis­ cussion was held concerning a site for the future Mc Henry County college, the board, in regular session last Thursday evening, made no final decis­ ion. There was agreement to ft select an engineer to study the cost of developing a sewage treatment plant on the Anderson property, adjacent to the pros­ pective site for the medical cen­ ter, between Crystal Springs and Mason Hill roads. On a motion by Mrs. Joan Hill of Crystal Lake, seconded by Richard E. Taylor, soil tests were asked on the Meyer Field property, located at the corner of Bull Valley and Crystal Lake roads. The only negative vote was cast by Thomas J. Parsley. Approval of the majority will bring an estimated cost of ex* tending sewer and water facil­ ities to this land. On a motion of Donald W. Truckenbrod of McHenry, members approved develop­ ment of a commo-1 contract form for the four parcels of land constituting the Anderson et al. site, and also the Field site. Mr. Truckenbrod also moved that the chairman of the board and college president call a special meeting at a time con­ venient for all members. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1 8 7 5 VOLUMN 91 - NUMBER 117 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1969 2 SECTIONS- 18 PAGES - IOC Weekend Crashes Kill Two MCHS Winners Students Commended Nationally The county traffic fatality toll had its number increased by two last weekend when a mo­ torist and a motorcyclist lost their lives in separate acci­ dents. Haymon P. Shoemaker of 2707 Bay View lane, McHenry, died in a one-car crash which oc­ curred about 5:30 a.m. Satur­ day, Sept. 27, on Rt. 134, two miles west of Highway 12. Lake county deputies said the 33-year-old man was trav­ elling west on the blacktop when the car crossed into the wrong lane and continued off the road on the south, the right side of the auto striking a tree. Shoemaker, night assistant director of nurses at McHen­ ry hospital, was pronounced dead on arrival at Condell Mem­ orial hospital, Libertyville. He is survived by his father and a brother in Sioux City, Iowa. The body was removed from the Hamsher chapel in Fox Lake to the Larkin funeral home in Sioux City for last County Ranks High In Retail Trade Increase Gross business done by Ill­ inois' 89,203 retail trade es­ tablishments during 1967 a- mounted to $19,252 million, a report of the 1967 Census of Business released recently by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, reveals. McHenry county, with 972 establishments, had sales of $171,553 and a payroll of $17,158. The state sum, the report discloses, is $4,062 million -- or 26.7 percent -- higher than sales in 1963, the last previous year a business census was taken. Sales in food stores com­ prised the major share of the sales total in 1967 -- $4,025 million. This was $720 million higher than sales in 1963. Oth­ er retail trade businesses and their sales for 1967 were: Auto­ motive dealers, $3,205 million; General merchandise group stores, $2,656 million;Gasoline service stations, $1,261 mil­ lion; Lumber, hardware, farm equipment, etc., stores, $1,148 million; Apparel, accessory stores, $1,159 million; Eating, drinking places, $1,592 mil­ lion; Furniture, home furnish­ ing stores, $916 million; Drug stores, etc., $741 million; and Non-store retailers, $988 mil­ lion. The state's 14,241 "other" retail places (liquor, sporting goods, jewelry,etc., stores)had total sales of $1,560 million. McHenry was one of the twen­ ty-six counties in the state that did the greatest amount of re­ tail business during 1967. TREE BLOCKS ROAD Firemen of Company in, Mc­ Henry Township Fire Protec­ tion district, answered an early Monday evening call from state police to extinguish a peat fire at 2807 S." River raod, which caused a tree to fall across the thoroughfare. HEADS AUXILIARY -- Cathy Durkin, left, newly installed Jun­ ior Legion Auxiliary chairman for McHenry Unit 491, receives gavel from Connie Miller, retiring Junior chairman. Fall "Y" Program Opens October 4. Fall program activities of the Lake Region YMCA will begin on Oct. 4 for youth, teens and adults who reside in the YMCA's service area towns of Algonquin, Cary, Crystal Lake, Fox River Grove, Huntley, Is­ land Lake, Lake in the Hills, Lakemoor, Lakewood, McHen­ ry, Oakwood Hills, Ridgefield, Wonder Lake and Woodstock. Programs will be conducted at the YMCA Crystal Lake Pro­ gram center, 95 Grant street, Crystal I.ake, the Elgin acad­ emy, Lundahl Junior high school in Crystal I,ake, Coventry school in Crystal I,ake, East- view school in Algonquin, Maplewood school in J-ary, tne Metro Bowl in Cig^fal Lake, the Northwest Suburban YMCA in DesPlaines, the Elgin YMCA in Elgin, and homes through­ out the area. Program activities for youth, ages 7 to 13, include bowling (Continued on page 5) Four happy senior students express justifiable pride as they are informed that they have been named Commended students for high performance on the 1969 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. All are students at McHenry high school's The death of Mrs. Holger Pedersen this past week will certainly bring nostalgic thoughts to many who view her passing as the end of an era. The variety store which she and her late husband operated on Green street was the last local business which carried a unique charm marked by a hint of old fashion store keep­ ing. Maybe it was the penny candy still available for the youngsters, or possibly it was the homey atmosphere created , by the proprietors themselves. Whatever the reason, it de­ parted from the McHenry bus­ iness scene when Mrs. Ped­ ersen retired. This week she also left the community, and for those who knew and loved her, and what she represented, there is a void. For fifty years the Plain- dealer has followed one par­ ticular subscriber here and there about the country. This past week we received a note from Margaret Mclntee in Oceanside, Calif., cancelling her subscription during a year of travel, assuring us that she would like to receive the paper she "always enjoyed" after set­ tling down. Miss Mclntee left McHenry almost five years ago. KAF DEATH CLAIMS FORMER McHENRY BUSINESS WOMAN Mr3. Alpha F. Pedersen, a long time resident of McHenry and for many years in business on Green street, was found dead in her home at 1204 N. Riverside drive Thursday, Sept. 25. With . her late husband, Holger, she operated a variety store on Green street. She was a member of River- view Camp, Royal Neighbors of America, and had served as secretary of the Past Oracles club, R.N.A. (Continued on page 5) DENTISTS TO HEAR PUBLIC WELFARE TALK The McHenry County Dental society will meet Tuesday, Oct. 7 for a 6:30 dinner meeting at Martinetti's, Rt. 14, Crystal Lake. The two guest speakers will be Robert Wessel, chief of the Division of Medical Adminis­ tration, and Dr. John E. Zur, Illinois Dental Service. Topic will be "Public Welfare and Its Relationship to Dentistry." SCHOOL BOARD HEARS "PROGRESS, PROMISE" REPORT Members of the administra­ tive staff of School District 156 reported last Tuesday to the board on work accomplished to date on last year's "Progress and Promise" report concern­ ing several areas of accomp­ lishment. In special projects, these in­ cluded development of a pro­ gram for gifted students; plan for an initiation of a work- study program and cooperative work training program for stu­ dents financially in need; co­ operation with the county in de­ veloping plans for a special education building program and cooperation in the development both of the learning center con­ cept and outdoor education for summer school students. The board learned that the vocational curriculum has been investigated in cooperation with the assistant superintendent for instruction and the citizen ad­ visory group; however, to date work on the adult education cur­ riculum has not been accomp­ lished. In the line of buildings and maintenance, the report listed full achievement in employing a building engineer for the dis­ trict, entering into a massive, remodelling program at East (Continued on page 5) Speech Therapy Now Available Twice Weekly Twice-a-week speech ther­ apy assistance will be avail­ able to McHenry county citizens effective at once through the Easter Seal center at Wood­ stock. Mrs. Lu Pierce, speech ther­ apist who has assisted with programs at the center on sev­ eral occasions since 1965, will be the therapist available. Persons interested should call the center for an appointment. Mrs. Pierce will be available (Continued on page 5) West campus. From left, they are Karen Blake, Arlene Grant, Debbie Groff and Brian Stahl. A fifth student also honored was Terrance Burton, who was not present when picture was taken. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Those named Commended students are Karen R. Blake, Terrance Burton, Arlene J. Grandt, Debbie A. Groff, Brian L. Stahl. They are among 39,000 students in the United States who scored in the upper 2 per­ cent of those who are expected to graduate from high school in 1970. The Commended stu­ dents rank just below the 15,000 Semifinalists announced in Sep­ tember by the National Merit S c h o l a r s h i p C o r p o r a t i o n (NMSC). Edward C. Smith, President of NMSC,said: "AlthoughCom­ mended students advance no further in the competition, their outstanding record in a nation­ wide program deserves public recognition. Their significant academic attainment gives promise of continued success in college. " The Commended students should be encouraged to pursue their education since their in­ tellectual talent represents an important and much needed nat­ ural resource. Our nation will benefit from their continuing educational development," The Commended students' names are reported to other scholarship-granting agencies and to the colleges they named as their first and second choices when they took the NMSQT in February, 1969. The reports in­ clude home addresses, test scores, and anticipated college major and career intentions of the Commended students. NMSC encourages these students to make every effort to continue their education. Karen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Blake, 2401 N. Richmond road; Terrance is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Er­ nest Burton, 2919 Shorewood drive; Arlene is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Grandt, 513 N. Front street, and Deb­ bie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Groff, 4809 W. Crystal Lake road, all of Mc­ Henry. Brian is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stahl, 4402 E. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake. rites. An inquest is pending. The dead motorcyclist was Louis M. Davidson, 45,ofQuin- lan road, DesPlaines, who lost his life when his motorcycle struck a small dog as Davidson drove on Marengo road, six miles southeast of Marengo. Davidson's wife, who was fol­ lowing him in another vehicle, said her husband slowed when he saw the animal, which then ran directly in the path of his 'cycle. The driver was taken to St. Anthony's hospital, Rockford, where he died. Edward J. Brut of 2502 N. McArthur drive, McHenry, was charged with failure to yield turning left when his car col­ lided with another driven by John G. Vrettes of 7614 Bea­ ver road, Wonder Lake, at Rt. 120 and Draper road. The ac­ cident occurred Thursday morning. Vrettes told deputies he was driving east on the highway and saw a truck crossing the high­ way, with the Brut auto at the stop sign. He continued to say that as he was in the center lane, the other auto pulled onto the highway and struck the side of his car, damaging the left (Continued on page 5) Letters of Commeidation honoring them for their high performance on the 1969 Na­ tional Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) have been award­ ed to five students at McHenry Community high school, Prin­ cipal Richard A. Swantz has announced. Burglaries Numerous In McHenry Area This Week CAR WIRING DESTROYED Extensive damage was caused to wiring in a car owned by Jack Schuh of McHenry when backfire resulted in a fire. The car was being driven on Rt. 120 Saturday^when the incident took place. AUCTION SUCCESS -- More than $1,200 was realized by the McHenry Chamber of Commerce in its first auction held in the city park last Sunday, attended by at least 200 persons. Mother Nature smiled benevolently on the event with sunshine and mild breezes to create a perfect atmosphere for the auction. Pro­ ceeds will be used for many of the worthwhile projects planned by the Chamber in the interest of community betterment. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Burglars were thwarted in their attempt to obtain money at B & D Auto Parts, 1719 W. Rt. 120, McHenry, early last Sunday morning. Mrs. William Diedrich call­ ed the sheriffs office at 4:09 a.m. and told them the burglar PRESENT FREE TEEN MOVIES AT McHENRY CHURCH "The Restless Ones", teen­ age movie presented by the Billy Graham Evangelistic associa­ tion, will be shown in McHenry this Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p . m . T h i s p o p u l a r f i l m h a s e v ­ idenced repeated successful showings in neighboring com­ munities. This will be the first showing in McHenry and ad­ mission will be free. There will be an offering taken to defray the expense of showing but this amount will go in its entirety (Continued on page 5) alarm had sounded at the fam­ ily place of business and her husband was enroute to the scene. He found that entrance was gained by throwing an object through the front doors. There was evidence the intruders at­ tempted to get money from a metal cabinet, but finding none, they departed. When Michael G. Beier of 4618 W. Lake Shore drive, Won­ der Lake, returned home last Saturday after a week's ab­ sence, he discovered the home had been burglarized. Entry was gained by prying open a bedroom window. Stolen were a 16-inch table model color TV, a transistor radio with case, a 6-volt lan­ tern and a pair of binoculars with case. Roger Richardson, general manager of the Wharf tavern, 4015 E. Lake Shore drive, Won­ der Lake, reported to sheriffs police a break-in at that bus­ iness establishment in the ear­ ly hours of Saturday. The tavern had closed at 1:45 a.m. and Richardson heard nothing unusual during the night. Stolen were forty six-packs of beer, a quantity of liquor and $8.90 from a cash register which contained $20. Joann Wolf reported a bur­ glary at the home of her uncle, Roland Besserud, 2509 W. Johnsburg road, McHenry, while he has been on vacation. Numerous guns displayed on the wall in the home were missing. Entrance was gained by push­ ing in the basement window. The burglars apparently left by the front door. The full extent of the loss will not be known un'il the return of the owner. Mrs. James L. Robison of 7607 Hancock drive, Wonder Lake, notified the sheriffs de- (Continued on page 5)