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) Events Of Past Year Leave Impact On Community If events of the year had more than usual impact on the history of the world, McHenry residents cannot disregard the mark on community history left by local happenings. In some areas there was a record amount of activity during the twelve­ month period. * With a city population almost doubled since the last ten-year census, and with the ten McHenry schools at a record 5,662 enrollment, it was inevitable that the area would experience vast changes. Schools, probably more than any other one thing, took the spotlight in 1971. It was the year that McHenry's two public school districts split and became separate entities. High School District 156 initiated probably the greatest changes, starting early in the winter when the board announced drastic cuts in expenditures, including inter school sports competition, if a referendum to increase the educational tax rate failed. A big boost to its eventual passage, by a margin of 676 votes, was the widespread attention given a student- sponsored volleyball marathon which realized $1,500 to tell the story of "Save Our Schools". Later in the spring, the district board cast a unanimous vote for separation from Consolidated Grade School District 15. A pledge to economy followed shortly this announcement. District 156 exploded a second bombshell of the year with the announcement of an offer to the county college of the sale of E a s t c a r n p u s f o r a p e r m a n e n t c o l l e g e f a c i l i t y . T h i s a p ­ parently wbs not to be, but action by the college is another 1971 story. ' The District 15 role in '71 history, while not as sensational, w^s marked by much activity. The period saw the appointment of a new superintendent, as did District 156, and the dedication of a new and modern junior high school. One thorny problem came when the board was required to act on a request for assistance by parochial schools. Denial resulted because of "too many legal problems involved". The second year for the Montini school system was highlighted by a decision to conclude dual enrollment in which junior high age students studied part of the day at the public school. Ups and downs also characterized the year 1971 for the McHenry County Junior college, which in its several year history has experienced an uphill fight for a permanent home. In January, a citizens' advisory council was formed, including nineteen members from McHenry. Six months later, as members toured the city's East campus, it was disclosed that an offer of $3,700,000 had been made by District 156 for that building and surrounding land (Continued on page 13) / THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 96 - NUMBER46 * FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1972 14 PAGES-10 CENTS Designate Front Street location Zone For McHenry's First Motel Rescue Service Starts Jan. 9 AKlrA SQUAD masui; raitou is In spite of continuing com­ plaints on parking meters, we shall defend them to their demise. Our view was strengthened two weeks ago as we pulled up to a meter in another city, only to be greeted by a covered machine. This, we thought, was truly in the spirit of the holiday season, yet we wondered how we were lucky enough to find a place to park. We wondered even more when in a conversation with a waitress we commented on the spirit of the city in providing free parking. "Oh yes", she said, "and to think I forgot and parked a block away". This is one of the important reasons for meters - it's im­ possible to keep non-shopping people from using what was intended as a service to shoppers. • We'll continue to regard that penny as one of the best we spend. Service by the new McHenry Area Rescue squad becomes a reality next Monday, Jan. 10, at 8 a.m. Announcement was made this week that after that time, emergency calls may be made to 385-4414. Squad members emphasize that any use of this number in advance of Monday morning will only delay service. They added that the new vehicle is not an ambulance and will be used only in emergencies. Because there is only one vehicle, trips will be made only to McHenry hospital. To date about 2,000 gum labels carrying the Rescue squad phone number have been made available for telephones. McHENRY AREA RESCUE SQUAD Areas to be served by the new vehicle are McHenry, Mc- Cullom Lake, Lakemoor and Lily moor, and the Griswold Lake and Holiday Hills area. Cars belonging to volunteer members will be equipped with yellow revolving lights to speed their arrival at the squad location. Courtesy of motorists is asked when they observe this flashing light. The Rescue squad truck itself will have the same type light used on all emergency vehicles. A limited amount of tickets are still available for the Rescue squad benefit dinner dance Sunday evening, Jan. 9, at the McHenry Country club. There will be cocktails at 6:30, followed by a 7:30 dinner and PLAINDEALER PHOTO entertainment and dancing after 8:30. All proceeds will be for the squad's use. Committee members planning the benefit are Tony Varese, chairman; Phil Mangold, secretary; Walter Dean, treasure'; James Althoff, Ed Buss, Bill DeVries, Peter Baker, Roy Diedrich, Donald Doherty, Harry Eckland, Paul Fidler, Dr. Peter Griesbach, Rep. Thomas Hanahan, Roland Herrmann, A1 Jourdan, David Ladd, David Lennon, John Looze, Larry Lund, Chuck Miller, Ed Pieroni, Tony Pintozzi, Herb Reihansperger, Ted Spengel, James Taggert, George Thompson, Henry Tonyan and Richard Zieman. Freedom Short Lived Four tscapees From Jail Captured Same County Night Progress is not always desirable, as we have learned many times in recent years. We feel this is sometimes true in the prediction of weather conditions. Experts could probably cite statistics which would prove that dire forecasts have resulted in a saving of lives and property. Nevertheless, they have probably caused even more nervous breakdowns and cancelled appointments. Rarely does a week pass during the summer that we are not warned about a pending (Continued on page 13) The first successful jail break in McHenry county in recent years was accomplished Tuesday evening about 8:30 when four inmates escaped from the McHenry county jail. However, their freedom was short-lived. They were cap­ tured the same evening at 10:45 in an apartment about two blocks from the jail. Also taken into custody were two male youths and a juvenile female who aided the prisoners in their escape. The four youths charged with escape were Allen Hasenbuhler of 3218 S. Woods street, Bur­ ton's Bridge, McHenry; Donald Williams of 4008 W. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake; Gordon Bradley of 210 Lake Shore boulevard, Wauconda, and Michael Paccerearo of 444 St. James place, Chicago. Bond for each was set at $20,000. Charged with aiding a fugitive to escape were Brett Thomas Smith of 8617 W. Sunset drive, Wonder Lake and Charles A. Stone, Jr., of 725 N. Seminary avenue, Woodstock, as well as the seventeen-year- old female juvenile who was reportedly a girl friend of one of the escapees. Bond for each was set at $15,000. According to Sheriff Arthur Tyrrell, the inmates fashioned instruments from steel strapping taken from the bed and window portions of the jail. These were used to pry apart and push aside the steel mesh ceiling which encloses the cells. Once through the mesh ceiling, Arrest Four Drivers To Face DWI Charges Three McHenry persons and a Wonder ^Lake man "were arrested by county deputies for driving while intoxicated gyer the past weekend. Thursday morning about 2:15, deputies arrested Martha J. Burns of 3707-A John street, McHenry, while she was driving on Route 120, near Ringwood road. Bond was set at $1,000, court date Jan. 10. Victor A. Johnson of 3102 W. Justen, McHenry, was ap­ prehended Thursday evening after deputies who had stopped another vehicle for a traffic violation on Idyl Dell road, between Route 31 and Barreville road, observed the Johnson auto approaching at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit and driving in the center of the road. When of­ ficers stopped the auto and asked the driver to pull over in back of the squad car, Johnson drove past the officer in an attempt to leave, but was again halted. When Johnson left his auto, deputies observed he was intoxicated and charged him with the offense. Bond was set at $500, and court date set Jan. 6. Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock, Vincent J. Ferrand of 705 Lincoln road, McHenry, was charged with driving while intoxicated after sheriff's police observed his auto being driven in a very erratic manner on Chapel Hill and Lincoln roads. Bond was set at $500, court date Jan. 6. Richard E. Hansen of 3317 Westwood lane, Wonder Lake, was arrested Friday evening about midnight after his on­ coming auto forced a squad car into a ditch to avoid a collision on Route 120 near Ringwood road. Bond was set at $500. The court date is Jan. 10. A zoning reclassification was granted by the City Council Monday night which will permit construction of a 60- room motel on the west side of Front street (111. Rt. 31) in the Meadow Lane area. Following two bfyajings on the petition of LaSane National Bank as trustee, the Zoning Board of Appeals recom­ mended the change with cer­ tain limitations. A part of the area described in the petition will be used for retail stores. This will be controlled under the ordinance to avoid oc­ cupancies which might be objectionable to the residential area. Bill Pinkonsly was spokesman at the meeting for a group of McHenry Shores property owners wishing to annex to the City of McHenry or gain permission from McHenry to incorporate their area Howard Bieritz, president of the McHenry Shores Lot Owners association, also joined the discussion to answer questions on the proposition Since McHenry Shores is not contiguous to the City of McHenry and there is a large intervening at reage, the general trend of discussion was that annexation might be too far in the future. A list of problems in the McHenry Shores area was submitted, foremost problems being roads, water and sewer. It was estimated that 200 homes have been built in the sub­ division. \ Mayor Doherty asked the (Continued on page 13) Thefts, Vandalism In Community Investigated the prisoners broke through the lath and plaster roof of the jail which is 6 feet above the wire mesh cages. They proceeded out onto the outside roof portion of the jail which adjoins the main cour­ thouse building and entered the second floor chambers of Circuit Court JudgeWilliam M. Carroll. When a janitor walked in and surprised the foursome, they fled the premises by sliding down the rain gutter pipe. The sheriff stated that he received information from one of his informants who told him there was a possibility the escapees might be found at .222^2 First street in Woodstock. ® "We gathered the forces of (Continued on page 13) Invite Public To Open House For AFS Student Deneval S de Azevedo Filho, American Field Service student from Brazil, will be honored at an open house planned from 2 to 5 o'clock Sunday, Jan. 9, at the home of the Cy R. Bromans, 315 Draper road, McHenry. The open house for "Dene", as he is known to his friends, is being planned by the host family and the McHenry chapter of the American Field S e r v i c e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Scholarship (AFS). They invite the public to attend. Ask Entries For Jaycees DS Awards Ned Neumann, chairman of the Distinguished Service awards, announced that the deadline for entries is Jan. 9, 1972. McHenry Area Jaycees will give awards to the Out­ standing Educator, Out­ standing Organization and Distinguished Service. Judges for this event are Don Weingart, Richard Swantz, Earl Walsh, Rev. John Mclntyre and Jim Althoff. Mail entries before Jan. 9 to McHenry Area Jaycees, P. O. Box 163, McHenry. Coupon appears elsewhere in this issue. Arrest Wonder Lake Youth On Conduct Charge Sunday morning about 2 o'clock, deputies on routine patrol were informed that an auto was abandoned in a field on the south side of Lincoln road, just east of Cuhlman road, east of McHenry. Arriving at the scene, officers , . . , discovered the car had traveled Primary Monday through the security fence of a gravel pit, damaging about 60 Registration Deadline For The County Clerk's office will be open Saturday, Jan. 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to enable qualified residents of the county to register for the Feb. 8. county board member primary election. The last day to register for this election will be Monday, Jan. 10. Anyone not receiving a new pink registration card during 1971 is asked to contact the clerk's office immediately. Only those properly registered will be allowed to vote Feb. 8. feet of fence and four posts. The auto also was extensively damaged in the accident. Investigation revealed the vehicle belonged to Edward Raske of 7416 Wooded Shore drive, Wonder Lake, who had reported earlier to the McHenry Police department that the auto was stolen. In­ vestigation is continuing. Janice Borchardt of 601 N. Meadow road, McHenry, told county police that sometime last Friday night, unknown persons removed a tape player and a case of twenty-four tapes from her auto, which was parked at her residence. In recent weeks a step ladder, a 20-foot extension ladder and an electric saw were taken from her garage. Allen Horton of 2902 Magellan, McHenry, told deputies unknown persons entered his auto and pickup truck while they were parked near his garage. Missing from the truck were a tape player, several tapes, 3 pairs of sunglasses and some hand tools. Richard Elsener of 3212 Bergman road, McHenry, reported that last weekend, white paint and eggs were thrown on both the family vehicles while they were parked overnight in the driveway. Although the of­ fenders were not seen, an in- continued on page 13) Review Expansion Of Health Unit The McHenry County Department of Health ex­ panded into several new Public Health programs during the past year in an effort to better serve the needs of the people. The nursing division now does the follow-up on rheumatic fever patients who receive their medication from the Illinois Department of Public Health, and makes home visits on patients referred by the Mental Health center. A monthly immunization clinic held in the Health department was established, and immunization clinics were held at all Head- start centers as well as the Day Care center. Health services were coor­ dinated for the Headstart program to bring hearing and vision screening and tuber­ culosis testing to all the cen­ ters. All children in schools with school nurses ^ere referred and scheduled for the otology-audiology clinic through the Health depart­ ment. Two senior nursing students received a semester of their community nursing field Work in the county agency, and the staff made home visits on the children under the medical service of the Division of Service for Crippled Children. Home visits for the year totaled 6,061 visits. A total of 707 immunizations were given since the innovation of the clinic in April, 1971. The environmental health section nearly doubled the number of F.H.A. septic and well inspections last year and made 1,240 restaurant in- spectionfc. A new program developed was the sampling of lakes and streams on a regular basis with the posting of areas which were unsafe. Reports were published periodically. During August, a new public health administrator, Richard A. Wissell, was employed to direct the Health department. Effective Dec. 1, the county veterinarian's agency became a papt of the Health depart­ ment!. Sunday afternoon deputies were called to investigate the complaint of Robert Klein of 229 Madison street, Walworth, "Wis., who reported that while driving on Route 14, near By- Pass 14, Woodstock, an auto drove alongside his vehicle and the passenger pointed a gun from the window and fired at him. Klein obtained a description of the auto and notified the sheriff's depart­ ment, which located the auto on Route 120, near Thompson road. The vehicle was occupied by four youths, but investigation revealed two of the passengers (Continued on page 13) HAPPY BABY -- All dressed with somewhere to go is tiny Susan Ann Schweder, who went home in midweek after making her entrance into a brand new year at McHenry hospital Susan, first daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Schweder of 1410 Dam road, was the first baby of 1972 born at the hospital to McHenry parents. She weighed in at 7 lbs., 14 ozs. Susan has two brothers, Benny, 7, and Tommy, t>. PLAINDEALER PHOTO C