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Railway Station Will Remain Open A call to the Chicago & North­ western Railway office Monday of this week revealed that contrary to information made known last week, ticket service at the McHenry station is not being stopped at this time. At press time last Thursday, the Plaindealer was informed through information released out of Woodstock, that the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks had received notice from the Chicago & Northwestern Transportation company of intended job abolishment of the McHenry station and four others, effective Monday, Jan. 29. Roland Neumaier, agent for the railroad in Woodstock, had revealed that this order would mean the closing of the various stations. Tom Judge, Office of Public Affairs for the railroad, was unable to give a foundation for the rumor of the immediate closing of the stations. He added that when the railway applied for a fare in­ crease recently, it also petitioned, as an economy move, to cut back expenses by eliminating agents at some of the stations and cutting back services at others. The original fare increase was asked for Feb. 1, but the Illinois Com­ merce commission indicated it wants to hold more hearings. Even if the railroad's proposal should be accepted. the stations would remain but tickets \vould need to be pur­ chased on the train, in Chicago or by mail. There would be no extra charge If or tickets pur­ chased on tbe train where no agent is onr«uty. Although J^dge admitted the railroad is planning to file, this has not yet been done. He emphasized that the C. & N.W. railroad "is not locked in by this proposal". Prior to any action, a notice must be placed in newspapers and persons have a right to speak out either in favor or in opposition to the petition. Judge said the railroad would never halt service on such short notice. Break-In Of Oty Residence Is Investigated The McHenry Police department is investigating a burglary at the H.H. Vaupell home, 3403 W. Fairway drive, McHenry, which occurred sometime Sunday morning. Entry was gained by kicking in a basement window. The home was completely ran­ sacked and vandalized. It cannot be determined if anything was taken until the owner arrives home to take inventory. The break-in was discovered Sunday morning by a neighbor who was watching the house while Vaupells were on vacation. Long Time Businessman Dies At Age 72 Joseph Frett, 72, of 2204 W. Johnsburg road, McHenry, a prominent business man for more than forty-five years, died Friday, Jan. 26, in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. Mr. Frett also was known throughout the area as Mr. Republican. In October of 1969, close friends planned a special night to honor the popular Mr. Frett. By the time the celebration took place, it had attracted a large number of persons who wanted to add their congratulations for his many contributions to the com­ munity. For about thirty years he had held the post of Republican (Continued on page 22) Gleason Assumes New Circuit Judge Duties Under its authority to appoint judges to fill vacancics when the state has no judicial primary law, the Illinois Supreme court last week ap­ pointed Associate Judge William J. Gleason as Circuit court judge for the 19th Judicial circuit. The circuit includes Lake and McHenry counties. Judge Gleason succeeds Judge William M. Carroll, who retired the first of this year. Immediately after Judge Carroll's retirement an­ nouncement, Judge James H. Cooney was named to take over his duties. The new Circuit court judge has served since Nov. 1, 1966, first as a magistrate, then as associate judge. All of his work has been in McHenry county. He has heard civil and criminal eases, both jury and non-jury. and probate and juvenile matters. Judge Gleason is named to fill the vacancy of Judge Carroll, effective Feb. 1, and extending to 1974. An election of Circuit court judge will be held at that time for the remaining two years. This will not be a retention election. The vacancy created for associate judge, held by Judge Gleason, must now be filled. Judge James H. Cooney, ad­ ministrative judge for the county, said there will be a period of time to make ap­ plications with the ad­ ministrator of the Circuit, Lake and McHenry counties. After that time, he will provide the Circuit court judge with a resume of the applicants and a ballot for their secret voting. Schedule Speakers For Mental Health Dinner Three speakers are scheduled to appear at the thirteenth annual dinner meeting of the Family Service and Mental Health Clinic for McHenry County. It will be held at the Crystal Lake Country club Wednesday, Jan. 31. The prime rib dinner will be served at 6:30, followed by annual reports, election of board members and a program p r e s e n t a t i o n c a l l e d , "Tomorrow's Mental Health Today". The program features Dr. Patrick Staunton of the Illinois Department of Mental Health; Arnold May, president of the McHenry County Mental Health board and Salvador Martinez, M.D., Medical Di­ rector of the clinic. Each speaker will make a short presentation on the attitudes, plans and funding of mental health in McHenry county. A question and answer period by the audience follows. (Continued on page 22) President of McHenry County college, Dr. James R. Davis reported at the trustees meeting last Thursday that for the first time in the history of fhe college, there has been an increase in enrollment for the second semester of the school year. In past years, there has been an 8 to io percent loss over first semester enrollments. This spring a one percent enrollment increase was recorded over the fall of 1972. The probable extra income generated from this increased enrollment could mean an additional $50,000 to the school budget. This would help to alleviate the $90,000 deficit from the previous year. Davis commented that his increase came about mainly through the hard work of the faculty. About 800 phone calls were made in the last two weeks to high school graduates, returning veterans and students not returning to other universities or colleges. He stated that 1,580 students have enrolled for the second semester, which does not in­ clude any adult education classes. Last year, 550 adults attended the college for these classes. Chairman of the board, Hubert Lutter of Cary, brought to the trustees attention that "people in the community are losing because every month that goes by, we will hp gptting less for our money". Lutter referred to the state's delay in getting the promised money to the college in order to complete building plans. As of now, the college plans to break ground about April 15, 1973, at the site located at Route 14 and Lucas road, northwest of Crystal Lake. Dr. Davis reported that he should be able to get a definite answer from the state before the next board meeting and then further steps can be taken. The board was informed that numerous requests for in­ formation concerning forms, applications and reports from state agencies have increased to the point where additional help is needed in the data processing area of the college. Thus far this year, there has been an increase of seventy-one work days to complete these reports and another forty will be needed to submit the data requested by the state. The board went on record as protesting the state's harrassment of the school administration for data that's demanded on too short a timetable; also that the number of reports be reduced or combined. "Toowuch of the taxpayer's money is being spent just to suit those people in Springfield who ar£ only there for four years," Board Member Gerald Smith retorted. Numerous requests for equipment purchases were "If I Ruled The World"--Children Speak Out What would you do if you had just taken office as the President of the United States? The question was answered by these second grade pupils in Hilltop school following President Nixon's Inauguration. THE Rise submitted for board approval. After careful scrutinization and some deletions, the board authorized the purchase of welding equipment for $527,80; three calculators for chemistry department at $1140.00; one desk top programmable calculator for $1,950; tape * storage cabinets for the audio « visual department at $746.05 * and earth science supplies at ' $725.63. Several parents were present at the meetings question the •> board on chargeback payments { for their sons who attend Triton J Junior college. The matter was » corrected after Dr. Davis * contacted the state and suitable % arrangements were made. Davis stressedjthat in the • future, any coutty students « attending other schools must | get their scheduled programs * to McHenry county college during the first two weeks of school so that the courses can be checked to see if they are eligible to receive payment under the chargeback program. Failure to get these programs to the school within the allotted time will relieve the ' school of all responsibility. "The law states that chargebacks can be paid only if 3 the programs are not available in our college," Davis em­ phasized. The board set a special meeting for Feb. 8 and rescheduled its regular February meeting from the twenty-second to the fifteenth. At the special meeting, there will be a work session at which time the board will view drawings of the new bulMtng. The public is invited to attendi The , 1973-74 academic^ calendar was approved with the fall semester set to open Sept. 10 and the spring semester Jan. 28. George Turner of the Marengo Insurance agency attended the meeting and presented the board with a detailed review of the present insurance coverage. George Dye, the Northern Illinois representative of Iowa National Mutual Insurance company, informed the board that a new policy entitled "School District Legal Liability" has been introduced recently which is designed to cover school board members. ItJ can be extended to cover all" employees of the school district as well. This coverage is designed to include all wrongful acts or omissions including punitive damages. The matter was tabled for one month and further investigation will be made prior to the next meeting. Following executive session,; the board announced that three part time faculty members had been hired to work on "Project B r e a k - a w a y " . K e n n e t h Williams was hired as a full time counselor and he will als0 coach the baseball team. A (Continued on page 22) VOLUME 97 NUMBER 53 MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CH A IN-O-LA KE S REGION SINCE 1875 j WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1973 22 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS May Realize $50, 000 MCC Enrollment On LISA BOYER "I'd try to bring peace for all ilie earth." RMARY LENNON . ."I'd take the money from the war and give it to the poor people." SCOTT RHODE "I like sports so I'd join sports and be one of the guys." DEBBIE BACH "I'd build better churches and schools.". Testimonial For Judge Planned Committee members plan the testimonial dinner scheduled this Saturday to honor Judge William M. Carroll. His public service extends over fifty-two years. From left are Michael T. Caldwell, president of McHenry County Bar association, sponsor for the dinner; Joe Conerty, James Hecht, John Bolger and Norman Pollock. (DONPEASLEY PHOTO) The McHenry County Defenders, an organization dedicated to fighting pollutioa and to conservation, has had a few kind words to say for the ctty.pf JfrtcHenrji,.. w , , Our growing city was used 7meui's,"crystaI 'Ske a shining example nf loaf J All citizens are invited to join in the tribute to Judge William M. Carroll this Saturday night, Feb. 3. Advance dinner tickets are a prudent precaution to assure a seat, Michael Cald­ well, president of the McHenry County Bar association, said this week. This testimonial dinner on the occasion of Judge Carroll's retirement will start with a 6 p.m. cocktail hour, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The steak dinner will be held at Mar- of leaf disposal. T h e J a n u a r y - F e b r u a r y newsletter of the Defenders c i t e s M c H e n r y a s t r y i n g something different last fall which benefitted everyone, "especially the earth." The story told of the program in which residents bagged their leaves in the usual way, to be collected by city trucks free of charge. What many don't know is that this collection eventually came to about 30,000 bags. These were delivered, free of charge, to those who wanted them on their land. About two- thirds of the collection went to a Greenwood farmer who used them for bedding for his livestock. Later, the mixture of leaves and solid and liquid manure wa§ spread on farm land with the help of a manure spreader. Others who obtained the leaves used them for mulching and composting, all of which eventually work their way back into the soil to enrich it. The Defenders, in praising the "imaginative project" pointed to a $4 a load cost they said would have had to be paid to "waste this precious resource." The project grew out of ef­ forts the previous year by Lou Marchi of the Defenders, who (Continued on page 22) All tickets may be pur­ chased from committee members and from Miss Margaret O'Neil's Circuit Clerk office in the new cour­ thouse. No ticket sales are contemplated at the door because of the advance sales already completed. Judge,Carroll's distinguished public service career dates to January, 1921, when he was appointed assistant state's attorney in McHenry county. He was elected to the Circuit bench in June, 1945, so his retirement last Dec. 31 ended 28 years of service in the Circuit court judicial system. Among many high points of his career, his acumen and fairness in serving on the Appellate court bench from 1953 until 1964 stands out. Many of the decisions he rendered remain the law of Illinois, and some of his decisions are among those quoted for their c l e a r - t h i n k i n g a n d significance. In addition to his judicial duties, Judge Carroll has long been a community leader and a civic-minded individual. He is proud of service in the American Legion and Elks lodge and of his Notre Dame (Continued on page 22) Annual Mothers March In Full Swing Locally The annual Mother's March on birth defects is now in full swing /in McHenry. Con­ tributions are used for support of research and medical ser­ vices sponsored by the March of Dimes at medical centers and teaching hospitals throughout the world. Anyone wishing to volunteer for this worthy cause may contact Mrs. Joseph J. Miller, Washington street, or Mrs. Wm. F. (Nova) Boyle. Volunteers can be identified by March of Dimes badges and information material. "Funds benefit a wide range of Medical Service programs" noted Albert Vales, McHenry chairman. "Prenatal care programs for 'lygh risk' mothers and intensive care nurseries for the critically ill newborn are two of our ex­ panding areas of concern." G e n e t i c c o u n s e l i n g , screening for genetic disorders, such as sickle cell anemia, and public health education about vaccines that can prevent c o n g e n i t a l r u b e l l a a n d R H blood incompatibility, offer unparalleled promise for im­ proving the quality of life at birth, he continued. "The task is mighty", Vales said. "More basic and clinical research must, be directed at the causes of congenital disease, but we have reached an encouraging start for these probings. Birth defects are forever unless you help." CHRISTY EFFLER "I'd work to stop crime and killing." ANDREW FOX "I'd build factories without pollution and make guns safer." KIRKSHELLER "I'd stop food strikes and stop alarm clocks.