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L \P-tWC«A THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 96 NUMBER 87 WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1972 TWO SECT IONS *'24 PAGES Hundreds Plan For Graduation \ Injuries In Crashes Over Holiday Weekend A TRIBUTE TO MANY - It rained on their parade last Monday morning, but it would have taken more than a few showers to dampen the spirit of the men, women and children who marched in the Memorial Day parade. A brief but impressive ceremony in the city park was followed by the customary line of march to the beach and then to the local cemeteries, whdfce^special tributes were paid to all those who lost their lives in defense of their country. The photographer took the above picture from across the river just as the wreath left the hand of Legion Commander Lou Rossberg. It marked the veterans' memorial service to those whodied at sea. Also shown are Mrs. Ben J. (Signe) Miller, representing the Gold Star mothers, and Commander Ben J. Ralph Thoma of the V.F.W. P°st- PLAINDEALER PHOTO Barbara M. Diebold of 3111 W. Sunrise View, McHenry, was ticketed by sheriff's police for failure to yield at a stop or yield intersection after a two- car accident Friday evening about 6:40 at the intersection of Barreville and Idyll Dell roads, south of McHenry. Mrs. Diebold and her three children, Michael 6, Kevin 4 and Michelle 9 months old, were taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry Rescue squad for checkups. Driver of the other car, Reid B. Alderson of 2008 N. Ridge road, McHenry, and his passenger, Linnea R. Blomgren, 3207 Fairway, McHenry, were also tran­ sported to McHenry hospital by the rescue squad. Mrs. Diebold stated she was west-bound on Idyll Dell road and had stopped at the sign. She looked both ways, saw no traffic and pulled out into the intersection. She did not see the other car until they collided. Alderson told deputies that as he approached the intersection, the Diebold auto pulled out in front of him. He applied his brakes and swerved to the right but was unable to avoid the collision. Officers noted the Alderson auto left 63 feet of skid marks prior to impact. Alderson's auto was demolished in the accident. r Charges are pending in a one- vehicle accident which oc­ curred Sunday morning about 6:10 a.m. on Route 120, one- fourth mile east of Lily Lake road. Driver of a pickup truck, David E. Eggert of 127 W. Rand road, McHenry, was injured in the accident and was taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry Rescue squad Hospital authorities reported Tuesday morning that Eggert was in satisfactory condition. Deputies were unable to obtain a statement from the driver due to his condition. Further investigation is being made Donald C. Swanson of 1013 N. Cherry Valley road, McHenry, escaped serious injury Tuesday morning about 7:42 when the car he was driving was struck by a Chicago-Northwestern train at the intersection of Route 14 and Three Oaks road, east of Crystal Lake. Swanson's auto was pushed 176 feet down thwracks, where it caught fire and was totally demolished. Due to a previous accident at the Chicago-Northwestern viaduct, traffic was being rerouted to Three Oaks road. Swanson was waiting to be waved on into traffic when the railroad gates started to come down. Swanson tried turning to the right when the right front tire of his auto became stuck in the tracks. Lt. Gary Staufer of the Cary Police department, wjiowasdirecting traffic, pulled Swanson from the car before it was struck by the east-bound train. The Cary Fire depart­ ment was summoned to ex­ tinguish the car fire. Summer "Y" Schedules Are Now Completed Walter Jollie, program vice- president of the board of directors, Lake Region YMCA, announced that complete summer schedules are now available upon request to the "Y" office at 95 Grant street in Crystal Lake. Resident camp, Day camp, Monday bus trip and swimming schedules have been mailed to over 4,000 homes on the regular mailing list. YMCA Camp Hastings in Lake Villa. 111., will provide 15V - ̂ The McHenry Community high school's fifty-second annual commencement exercises will be held on Mc- Cracken field, weather per­ mitting, Friday, June 2, at 8 p.m. The class of 372 members will march onto the field to the strains of Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" played by the East campus band under the direction of William Toalson. The band will be heard in Wagner's "Themes from Die Meistersinger" for the recessional. Principal Gerald U. Fain of East campus will introduce the program, followed by remarks by Supt. Richard A. Swantz of West campus and Mark Hoff­ man, class president. Honor awards will be made by Principal Robert O. Swartzloff of West campus, recognizing the top ten students. This will be followed by a talk by the valedictorian, whose name has not yet been made known. MARIAN CENTRAL A class of fifty will receive their diplomas at Marian Central Catholic high school, Woodstock, Sunday, June 4, at 4 o'clock. Weather permitting, the graduation will be held outside. Presenting the com­ mencement address will be Mrs. Robertamarie Kiley Shilton, a member of Marian's first graduating class, the class of 1960. After being active at Marian in cheerleading, the school newspaper, homecoming and GAA, Miss Kiley earned her B.S. at the University of Wisconsin and her J.D. at the University of Illinois, where she was on the Dean's list. She received a grant from the German government to study Economics at the University of Bonn. Miss Kiley's studies in Prague in 1968 were cut short by the invasion of Czechoslovakia. After being admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, she has served as Appellate court attorney with the National Labor Relations board, and senior staff At­ torney with Model Cities Legal Services, Lansing, Mich. Legal Services engages in advocacy law, handling law reform cases in the areas of housing, high­ ways, employment, education, and local industrial pollution. Earlier that day, at 9:45 a.m. a Baccalaureate Mass will be offered for the graduates at McHenry's St. Patrick's church. The honors assembly was held last Friday, with details to appear in the Friday issue. Many of the graduates of the 1972 class are from the McHenry area. JUNIOR HIGH For the first time, there will be two public junior high school graduations, both scheduled Thursday, June 1. The first, at McHenry Junior high on Kane avenue, will open with the processional, "Huldigungsmarsch" by Grieg, played by the sixth and seventh grade band, directed by Carl Kohrt. The band will play "Pomp and Dignity" for the recessional. Pastor Virgle Chappel will give the invocation. Special awards will include the American Legion presentation made by Lou Rossberg. commander, and the Kiwanis award by Dean Cunat representing that club. Scholarship awards v w i l l be made by Principal Donald L Toole of McHenry Junior high. Henry Nell, board of education president, and Dr. Robert W. Boos, superin tendent, will present the diplomas. There are 163 graduates at Junior high. An hour and a half later, at 8:30 p.m., a similar graduation program will be held at Parkland school, when 193 eighth graders will be presented with diplomas Jeanne Hannula will direct her sixth and seventh grade band in "The Gallant Eagle" for the processional and "Victory Overture" for the recessional. The Rev. Roger Schneider of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church will present the in­ vocation. Again, Mr. Rossberg and Mr. Cunat will represent the American Legion post and Kiwanis club, respectively, in presenting honor awards. Scholarship presentations will be made by Principal Robert E. Putnam, after which Dr. Boos will speak to the graduates and their guests. Dr. Boos and Mr. Nell will present the diplomas. MCC COMMENCEMENT McHenry County college will hold graduation ceremonies for approximately ninety students in the Crystal Lake Community high school auditorium Sunday, June 4, at 3 p.m. (Continued on page 15) 2,000 Attendance Expected At Spring Grove Horse Fair (Continued on page "Fish From Fox River Safe To Eat": Board Of Health Arrest Father, Son For Firing At Crop Dusting Plane Maybe it did rain last Monday morning - and maybe there wasn't a band to set the march tempo - but it didn't spoil Memorial day ceremonies for many of us. The "Gand Old Flag" float of the city of McHenry, carrying World War I veterans, was most impressive. Also loyal to local parades is the Shrine club, ~ whose members were a prominent and very welcome part of the 1972 line of march. There was a heartwarming touch in the large numbers of Scouts who participated. Their own special tribute mingled with veterans dating back to the first World War. Leaders of these packs and troops may take a particular satisfaction for instilling in these young people a love of country and a pride and rcspect for those who have preserved it for them. Next Friday night 371 members of the MCHS class of 1972 will march onto the field of McCracken fielfc to receive their diplomas. One other graduate will not walk onto the field - in fact, has never been inside the halls of East or West campus. Yet the young person has qualified in every way to proudly accept the recognition due her. She is Marilyn Hutchinson of Lincoln road, McHenry, who is confined to a wheel chair. Marilyn attended public schoool through sixth grade, when an illness prevented her from attending classes. Through the remainder of her grade school years she par­ ticipated in class activity through a special telephone communication program ef­ fective in District 15. Since she reached high school age, Marilyn has been taught by tutors who come to her home on a regular basis under the (Continued on page 15) Fish caught in the Fox river are safe to eat, and discussion caused by a fish tumor study is not significant, Dr. Edward F. Wilt, Jr., chairman of the McHenry County Board of Health asserted this week. Dr. Wilt was commenting on the study headed by Dr. Erich R. Brown, professor and chairman of the Chicago Medical School University of Health Sciences. Dr. Wilt's comment was prompted by questions about the study and its significance following publication in metropolitan press and in some county newspapers. The original fish tumor study report was presented at the American Association of Cancer Research annual meeting in Boston May 6. In writing to Dr. J.V. Johnson, director of the division of veterinary public health, Dr. Brown observed that press reports "many times make implications not always present in a scientific report." Dr. Wilt noted that the (Continued on page 15) Bill Gordon, second from left, displays his design for winning logo to be used on the McHenry County Educational foundation's letterhead. Presenting him check for $50 for winning the contest is James Burch, left, treasurer of the MCEF and an instructor in Business at MCC. At right are Mrs. R. (Lorie) Huml, foundation president, and Joseph Rybacek of the MCC ArVdepartment. Logo Contest Winner Named Bill Gordon, an art student at McHenry County college, received a check for $50 from the McHenry County Educational Foundation for designing the winning logo to be used on the foundation's let­ terhead. James Burch, treasurer of the MCEF and an instructor in Business at MCC, presented the check as Mrs. R. (Lori) Huml, Foundation president, and Joseph Rybacek of the MCC Art department watched. Bill, a veteran, lives in Crystal Lake. He says he hopes to make art his career. Of Bill's work in the MCC Art department Rybacek says, "Bill Gordon is one of those rare students who will not call an assignment finished until he has explored every possible solution. He applied this thoroughness in research to solving the design problem of a logo for the MCEF." According to Mrs. Huml, the Educational Foundation was very active in the founding of McHenry County college. She says, "Current activities are to further the educational aims of the college." Percy Lloyd and his son, James Lloyd, were arrested by sheriff's deputies for reckless conduct .Thursday afternoon after Denis Kellman of Walworth, Wis., pilot of a crop dusting plane, reported that shots had been fired at his aircraft. Bond was set at $1,000 for each, with court ap­ pearance scheduled for June 5. Kellman told authorities he was crop dusting on a farm near Sullivan and Kishwaukee Valley roads, Woodstock. As he passed over a farm on Sullivan road at an altitude of about 100 feet, his plane was fired on by two men on the ground. Kellman described the of­ fenders and a search of the area resulted in the arrest of the Lloyds, who said each had fired once in the air in an at­ tempt to stop the plane from "buzzing" their home. Examination of the plane showed that one shotgun pellet had penetrated the left upper wing and three dents were inflicted in the lower left wing. Fines-Fees Distributed Within County A total of $6,873 was listed for the city of McHenry as a three- month total in traffic and quasi criminal distribution fines and fees made by Miss Margaret O'Neil, clerk of the Circuit court. The McHenry figure, for the months January, February and March, was second only to Crystal Lake with $10,681.80. Woodstock was third with $3,555.75. Other local distributions were as follows: Village of Spring Grove, $671; Richmond, $620; Village of McCullom Lake, $435; Village of Lakemoor, $86; and Island Lake, $3,696. Participants and spectators Mrom three states will be part of the 2,000 expected attendance at the eighth annual Spring Grove Horse Fair set for Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11. Proceeds from the Horse Fair, which caters to adults as well as young equestrians, will aid the community of Spring Grove by purchasing additional land for the Spring Grove elementary school. Several thousand dollars is expected to be raised from a special project, participant fees, sponsorship by more than 100 local merchants, and proceeds from various fun and game booths. Special features of the two- day event will be a pony show on Saturday and a horse show on Sunday, more in the nature of a gymkana, with twenty events featuring speed and action, jumping, barrel and stake racing and other com­ petition. A participant fee entitles those in each event to compete for the first place trophy and ribbons for top five places. The chairman for the Spring Grove Horse Fair and Junior Horse shows is John M. Thompson of Spring Grove, and all communication should be directed to him. The annual fair will again be held on the grounds behind the Spring Grove elementary school. Commendation Medal Awarded Island Lake Man Army Specialist Four Charles R. Amrich, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Amrich, 114 E. S. road, Island Lake, recently received the Army commendation medal in Vietnam. The medal was awarded for meritorious service. Such service can be over an ex­ tended period of time or for outstanding achievement in a single situation. In either case,. the recipient must have demonstrated skills and dedication far above the average. Specialist Arririch received the award while assigned as a mechanic with the Medical company, 215th Composite Service battalion, 3d brigade of the 1st Cavalry division (Airmobile) near Bien Hoa. VETERANS MEET The regular meeting of McHenry Barracks, No. 1315, will be held Thursday, June 1, at the Legion home on Ringwood road at 2 p.m. MFT ALLOCATION McHenry county will receive $56,678 as its share of the total allocation of $2,874,758 from Motor Fuel Tax paid into the state treasury during April, according to an announcement from the Department of Transportation for the state of Illinois. McHenry township received $1,002 and the county of McHenry, $23,481.4Q, CROWN PROM ROYALTY - Celeste Doherty of McHenry and P.J. Conerty of Harvard were crowned queen and king of the Marian Central high school prom held at the Abbey in Fontana, Wis., last Friday night. About 180 young people attended the an­ nual event- Celeste, daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Donald Doherty, is treasurer of the junior class at Marian and a cheerleader. The prom king, his class president, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Conerty. The reigning pair was selected bv a vote of the student body. DeWANE STUDIO PHOTO