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/ THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER * * Scho ol cArg,ue& %̂ bope" cAccu^ation The subject of Lake county press coverage given to what was described as widespread use of drugs by M.C.H.S. stu­ dents, occupied the major part of Tuesday evening's discussion by the board of education, in regular session. President James Althoff call­ ed the Waukegan News Sun story "damaging, unwarranted and malicious". He added that calls are still being received from throughout the Chicago area concerning a previous story in regard to a white monster in Bull Valley, printed inthesame publication. Althoff continued to say: "It is regrettable that an article like this can tear down a school system, can damage the stu­ dents involved beyond any way we could imagine." Althoff told the board of a talk he had with the reporter, Jim Martin, on Monday, ques­ tioning his approach to the sub­ ject. The board member said he asked him how he reached the conclusion that teachers were "on heroin". His answer, Al­ thoff said, was that when this came up in class, the teachers didn't take a stand against it, to which Althoff asked if the reporter took this to mean that the teachers were for it. The answer, he said was in the af­ firmative, that -if they're not against it, they must be for it, and if they're for it they must be on it. Alvin Benoy, a visitor to the meeting, asked if the rejporter had permission to go into the? school for these interviews and was told they had not. Student statements were taken at var­ ious places--in a van outside the school, at the football field, in an ice cream parlor and oth­ ers. The newspaper reporter re­ fused to give the names of any people involved, according to school spokesmen. The report­ er was said to have told school officials they interviewed about twenty students. Mrs. Thomas Davis, an employee of the Waukegan newspaper, was present and ex­ plained that the original idea was to talk to students about the Bull Valley monster story. She added that the other infor­ mation was volunteered by stu­ dents, not requested. Mrs. Da­ vis said there was a delay of about five days in which the school, she said, was asked to^" arrange a meeting between city police, school officials and oth­ ers involved by Friday. When there was no meeting set up by that time, the newspaper owner decided to print it. Mrs. Davis added that she felt the article was worthwhile if it woke people up to the fact that their youngsters are being subjected to this sort of thing. (Following the meeting, Dr. Carl Bergstrom, superinten­ dent, said no time limit was given for the meeting, which fiftd r to be postponed because of a conflict with another activity involving students on the Drug committee which functions within the school system.) Mr. Althoff said the board ob­ jected to the sensationalism evident when the newspaper purchased advertising time, alerting the pufeHc to the ar­ ticle running the following day which would expose conditions at the McHenry school. Considerable other discus­ sion took place in which a vis­ itor said he would like to have tie reporter talk to some of the other 1,700 students, ask­ ing, '•'Is this a fair ratio to con­ demn a whole school?" Some of the students tffere described as "very upset" af- (Continued on page 5) SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUMN 21 - NUMBER 12£ FRIDAY, OCOTBER 24, 1969 18 PAGES - TEN CENTS City Votes Sewer Bond Sale PROUD VOLUNTEERS -- Woman's auxiliary to McHenry hospital members are proud of the luncheon honoring the volunteers who add so much to the care and comfort of patients. First president oC the auxiliary, Mrs. Mae Stinespring (left) is with Mrs. Jennie Mc- Dermott, 1964-65-66-67 president; Mrs. Ev­ erett Hansen, director of volunteer services; Mrs. Bertha Stange, present auxiliary presi­ dent;? and Mrs. Charles Spencer, assistant di­ rector of volunteer services. Mrs. Stinespring was president in 1955-56. More than 100 were honored at last week's first awards luncheon for volunteers. DON PEASLEY PHOTO HEAD KIWANIS CLUB -- Newly installed board of director members and officers of the McHenry Kiwanis club are shown with Lt. Gov. Howard Diedrich, who presided at the installa­ tion ceremony held at the Legion home. From left, Board Mem­ bers James Spencer, William McCarron, Bob Smith, Ed Lane and Ken Martin, Lt. Gov. Diedrich, President Dean Cunat, Treasurer Bob Mortell, President-Elect Larry McClure, First Vice-President Wes Carlson and Second Vice-President Albert Mcipcs # PLAINDEALER PHOTO McHenry high school, and less directly the entire com­ munity, received a figurative "black eye" on Tuesday of this week by a press which pictured local campus students to be users of drugs on a wide spread scale. It has long been one of the functions o{ the local press to bring to public attention ac­ tivities which are opposed to the best interest of a com­ munity or any segment of it. We would hope that such a func­ tion also carries with it a re­ sponsibility to attempt, where possible, to make available any information which might rem­ edy the situation. The problem of drug use in McHenry high school and other high schools in the area is not new and it was not undiscovered until this past week. The Plaindealer became a- ware of the seriousness of the situation a year ago this month, when a heartbroken father told us the sordid details involving his own daughter in the months following her involvement in the use of drugs. His story unfold­ ed to divulge names and pro­ cedures which set us on an extensive search to determine just how widespread the prob­ lem had become in the Mc­ Henry schools. In talking with city police of­ ficers trained in the subject, and with school administrators, we received 100 per cent co­ operation. Both admitted that there was a very real problem and a detailed plan was already at work to bring it under con­ trol. It was at this time the Plain- dealer disclosed facts accumu­ lated in editorial form, attempt­ ing to arouse parents to the dan­ gers which existed. Whatever good intentions were behind the most recent ar­ ticle, comm?nts by highly im­ aginative youths, under the (Continued on page 5) NAME SCOUT LEADERS FOR GOOD TURN DAY The unit leaders of the Kish- waukee district Boy Scout packs, troops and posts who will participate in the Good Turn Day of Blackhawk area council, have been announced by Robert Hay. The unit leaders from this community are Robert Allison, A.C. Anderson, William J. Big- gerstaff, Jr., Harold K. Brat- cher, Joseph Catanzaro, Jr., John Connell, Donald R. Cox, Robert Decker, Bernard Ken- nebeck, Robert E. Kernosky, Martin Koleno, Jr., Jerome Sharp, William Schmidt and Robert Burns, McHenry; Leo C. Smith, Spring Grove; Robert Anderson, Richard Boettcher, John Doherty and Marcus En- gelhardt, Wonder Lake ; and Raymond H. Bock, Richmond. They will be assisted by den mothers and den dads as well as other volunteer Scouters. The annual Good Turn Day will be held here Saturday, Nov. 8. On this day more than 1,500 Scouts and volunteers will gather clothing and small household articles for the han­ dicapped trainees at Goodwill Industries to rework and reno­ vate. Surburban Dietetic Meet At Hospital Dan Seyfarth, director of Data Processing at McHenry hos­ pital, will be the guest speaker, Nov. 5 at the North Suburban Dietetic association meeting, to be held at McHenry hospital at 8 p.m. Mr. Seyfarth, a resident of Round Lake, attended schools in Antioch and went to work for Data Processing in Wau­ kegan at the county courthouse. Later he worked as a systems analyst. In May of 1969, Mr. Seyfarth came to McHenry hos­ pital as director of Data Processing. McHenry hospital is the pilot site for the in­ patient accounting system which N.C.R. is setting up. Eventually the system will include payroll, inventory control, accounts re­ ceivable and accounts payable, personnel scheduling and diet­ ary. . Mrs. John Madden adminis­ trative dietitian, and Mrs. Leo­ nard Brody, therapeutic diet- titian, both of McHenry hos­ pital, will be hostesses for the meeting. The North Suburban Dietetic Association is a district group Annual Tax Sale Set November 17 As regular as fall pumpkins is the County Treasurer's an­ nual tax sale. This year it is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 17, at the courthouse in Woodstock. Although the sale is almost a month away, note of it is made now because the list of those properties on which tax­ es are still due was publish­ ed throughout the county on Oct. 22 and 23. For those who are interested in the invest­ ment possibilities, copies of lists may be obtained by con­ tacting the Treasurer's office in Woodstock, if they are un­ available locally. Also coming up this year is the first scavenger sale since 1965. It will be held in mid- December, but the list of those properties going on the auc­ tion block to the highest bidder are also being published at this time. "Just what is a tax sale?" is a pretty reasonable ques­ tion. The purpose of the event is to collect the taxes on real estate that have not been paid and are now overdue. _ Many people whose names are published in the newspapers will have already paid their bill by the time of the sale. For those who do not, however, the very real possibility exists that someone else will pay them at the tax sale. (Continued on page 5) VANDALISM IN OPPOSITE ENDS OF TOWNSHIP Telling deputies that he has had everything from his house to his car vandalized, Robert Crofts, 7717 Orchard drive, Wonder Lake, said last Sunday that he felt the most recent incident should be reported so that the sheriffs department might beabletoapprehendthose responsible. Mr. Crofts said all of the windows on his station wagon had been waxed, three spark plugs were taken and a heater hose cut. Frank Krueger, 2806 S. Tow­ er drive, Holday Hills, said sometime during the early hours of Sunday, holes were shot in the windshield of his car with a B.B. gun and on several different occasions there has been other damage to the auto. (Continued on page 5) MINOR CRASHES EARLY IN WEEK , INVESTIGATED A three-vehicle accident of Rt. 120 and Lily Lake road, a mile west of Lake moor, last Tuesday afternoon involved two cars driven by Joseph M. Gies- ler of Ingleside and Margaret E. Freund, 1511 N. Park street, McHenry, and a truck driven by David P. Stuart of 701 Lily Lake road, McHenry. There were no injuries and no ar- (Continued on page 5) SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPLORES SCOPE OF MONSTER STORY In a news conference last Monday, Sheriff John Carroll said he was disturbed over what he termed a "ridiculous ru­ mor" being circulated about a "so-called monster legend of Bull Valley which has no foun­ dation." He said he is taking precau­ tions against any possible van­ dalism and arrests will be made if vandalism or trespassing is reported. Sheriff Carroll added that there were between seventy- five and 100 autos with teen- (Continued on page o> V. McHenry* s City Council voted Monday night to authorize M.B. Birchfield and Associates, fi­ nancial consultants, to ad­ vertise for the sale of $675,- 000 general obligation sewer bonds, sealed bids to be re­ ceived on Nov. 3, 1969, at 8 p.m. The sale of sewer bonds was approved by the voters in a referendum last December. However, high interest rates and the uncertainty of the mar-, ket dictated a delay in the sale. The referendum ballot called for interest rate not to ex­ ceed six percent. For some time there has been a hesitancy on the part of bond purchasers due to the proposed legislation to remove the long standing provision calling for tax-free interest on municipal bonds. Following approval of the Council this week the consult­ ing firm advised< that they are sending out ninety proposal forms and also advertising for bids on the bonds. Bids for furnishing gasoline to the city were received and referred to the purchasing com­ mittee for review. The annual request from the McHenry Chamber of Com­ merce for financial assistance in decorating the city during the Christmas season resulted in a vote to contribute the sum of $1,000. Due to a previous conflict with a tag day, the McHenry Lions club request to sponsor its an­ nual Candy Day was granted for Saturday, Oct. 25. As soon as specifications are set up, the city will advertise for bids to furnish a car for use in the Department of Pub­ lic Works. Heat will be installed in the rest rooms in the city park, particular consideration being (Continued on page 5) Wonder Lake Advisory Board In Busy Season Name Local State Scholars The Illinois State Scholarship commission has named 16,513 students as State Scholars in the 1970-71' competitive State Scholarship program. High school academic record and ex­ amination scores were used in the selection. Local students, most attend­ ing McHenry's West campus but others, students at Marian Cen­ tral and Wauconda high school, arc as follows: Rose Adams, 1204 N. Charles, Timothy Al­ thoff, 6411 W. Roundup, Mark F. Bartos, 5301 W. Shore drive, Cathy Benderwald, 1728 W.' Wright road, Karen Blake, 2401 N. Richmond road, Kathryn Bo­ ar ini, 1005 Florence, Murray Bolger, 906 Allen avenue, Di­ ane Christopher, 3403 N. Ring- wood, Anthony Elliott, 4410 W. Ponca street, Sherry Etten, 3409 Washington and Donna Freund, 4221 W. Ponca street; Also Debra Fuhler, 706 N. East blvd., Arlene Grandt, 513 N. Front street, Debbie Groff, 4809 W. Crystal, Linda Hosier, 1217 W. River Terrace, Amy Howell, 1105 W.N.E. Shore, Tom J. Hurckes, 5605 N. Wood­ land, Keith Klontz, 3606 W. Main street, Karyl Koepke, 2415 N. Club road, Lynda Kosior, 5003 W. Bonner drive, Edmund Lechowicz, 4909 W. Wildwood, James Lightner, 805 N. Green street and Catherine Marchi, 7319 W. Trey road; Also Robert Minor, 3714 W. Ellen drive, Patrick Niesen, 1603 N. Riverside drive, Chris­ topher O'Brien, 908 N. Wood (Continued on page 5) Plans for the second annual winter dinner-dance, elections and distribution of subdivision identification decals highlight affairs of the Wonder Lake Property Owners Advisory board. Last act of retiring Advisory Board Chairman Lewis E. Bel- shaw, named the Ways and Means committee for the com­ munity social function, to be held in January. Belshaw or­ ganized the first dinner-dance last January. Proceeds were donated to the Master associa­ tion lake rehabilitation pro­ gram. Committee members in ad­ dition to Belshaw are Orville Gossfi,^ pre^^rt^^pQj^r Woods; Fred Romadka, pres­ ident, and Lawrence B. Clark and John H. Moore, directors. Community Returns To Standard Time The advent of winter is in prospect for McHenry residents with the change to standard time this week­ end. Clocks will be turned back Saturday night, usher­ ing in a six-month period of shorter days and longer nights. Chief benefit from the change is the extra hour of sleep, lost last April, now to be recovered. OFFICE MOVED The office of the McHenry City Clerk has been moved to the city hall, 1111 North Green street, this week. Lookout Point. Other Advisory board delegates will assist. Belshaw, Deep Springs Prop­ erty Owners subdivision, ser­ ved as chairman since 1965. He is succeeded by Frank J. Pi ller, president of Deep Springs. . Other officers are Vice- Chairman Ernest H. Vogt, di­ rector. Wonder Center; re­ elected Secretary James L. Bixby, president, Hickory Falls 1-2; and Treasurer Mrs. Donna Beard, director, Deep Springs. The Advisory board ser­ ves the mutual interest of eight­ een subdivisions that comprise Wonder Lake. It cooperates with the Master association that ad­ ministers .the lake and dam. Decal Committee Chairman, Bixby reported that 1970 boat- vehicle decals have been de­ livered to participating subdi­ visions. For the first time since the start of the identification program four years ago, all but one subdivision, Indian Ridge, are using the Advisory board decal next year. Residents are encouraged to apply the stickers to automo­ biles and boats, to help those who patrol the privacy of beaches, parks and the lake. Decals are produced as one of many services of the Advisory board in cooperation with.the studio which volunteers art and production services. The Advisory board examines many subjects of common in­ terest to subdivisions,provides information on its findings and makes recommendations for action. Participation is vol­ untary. Meetings are the last Thursday night monthly, in the firehouse, and are open to the public. Lions Project Candy Sale For Blind Bill Davidson, president of the McHenry Lions club, was quick to extend a container to Marie Yegge of the Plaindealer staff when she offered to be first to support the club's Candy Day for the Blind this week. Paul Schwegel, Candy Day chairman, is shown at right with a sample of the type of candy to be sold on city streets Oct. 24 & 25 . Members and their families will be stationed throughout the city, collect^ money for this worth­ while undertaking. Lions clubs support Hadley School for the Blind, Highland Park, and furnish leader dogs for the visually handicapped. They also support "Dialogue", which furnishes records to the blind to aid in their education. PLAINDEALER PHOTO