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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CH A IN-O-LA KE S REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 97 NUMBER 72 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1973 20 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS Set Annual Town Meet Students Vie For Prize In Sidewalk Sale Theme Invite Art Fair Entries Needed: Entries from McHenry county artists for the 1973 Country Art Fair! Mrs. Sally Miller, right, and Mrs. Bertha Stange, co-chairmen, look forward to receiving many entries to make the seventeenth annual benefit sponsored by the auxiliary to McHenry hospital another memorable event. (DON PEASLEY PHOTO) McHenry county artists are invited to make plans now to At last Tuesday's Chamber of Commerce board meeting, Retail Chairman Jerry Adair outlined innovations in con­ nection with the summer Marine Festival. Plans are progressing for the Sidewalk Sale July 14, for which the theme will be selected by a local school student. The child whose theme is deemed to be most fitting will win a $25 savings bond and his teacher will receive the same. The competition is open to all school students from first through eighth grade. April 15 is the deadline to submit en­ tries. The board voted to require a p p l i c a t i o n s f r o m organizations that wish to participate in the sale. In­ terested groups must seek space in front of business firms which are not taking part in the actual sale, at least sixty days before July 14. Space will be allowed by the board if permission is received from the firm involved, providing that the sale items are not in direct conflict with a business located in the im­ mediate area. Another "first" will be the gift of five helmets to the fire department that wins the water fights held to open Marine Festival week activities. Ten new members were welcomed at the meeting. Plans were announced for the dinner dance May 12 at the McHenry Country club Members of the Future Business Leaders club of the local high school visited the meeting and asked assistance in creating greater interest in the activities of the group. The board acted to give space at the Trade Fair in order to let the public become more aware of the aims of the club. The annual township meeting is scheduled to be held at the V.F.W. in McHenry, Tuesday, April 10. at 8 p.m., at which time electors of the township will be asked to vote on a special tax for road purposes. This tax not to exceed .167 percent of the full cash value, is not new, but the same one which has been in effect for past twenty-five years. Under the state law, a public hearing must be held and a vote is required every five years on the tax the amount of which is set by legal limitations. Revenue from this source is for major maintenance and reconstructions of roads in the local road district, which now covers over 80 miles. This money may not be used for any other purpose. No increase in taxes will result from its approval since it is now in effect. The purpose is to enable a construction and maintenance program to continue without indebtedness through a bond issue. Money derived from this tax is often used in rombination with motor fuel tax funds to complete road improvement. Township Highway Com­ missioner Clarence Regner said that without the af­ firmative vote, all major construction and even smaller construction projects must be curtailed. If you were a parent and suddenly were confronted with the question, "Would you be in favor of the school providing a smoking area for your 14-and 15-year-old child?" --what would your answer be? Parents of East campus students - all freshmen and sophomores and most of them under 16 - had that opportunity recently when the ad­ ministration decided to find out just how Moms and Dads felt. The results were interesting, somewhat surprising and certainly to some of us, disappointing. First of all, out of 1,150 survey letters sent to parents, only 147 questionnaires were returned. Admitting that a small percentage of these letters may have gone astray or been carelessly laid aside, the response alone indicates that not many parents of younger teen-agers regard smoking as a problem at all. Of the 149 who responded, 89 were not in favor, 9 said they went along with the idea, no strings attached, and another 49 said it is okay with parents' permission. Reasons for being in favor, with no qualifications, were these: "Going to smoke anyway, would be safer;" "must have a specific area", and "teachers have smokers, why not students?" Those in favor with parents' permission didn't say how they thought teachers could sort out those who had parents' per­ mission from those who did not. Among the reasons in favor given by some of these 49 parents were the following: "Must be i*ealistic, will smoke anyway"; "if parents allow, you won't stop them"; lesser of two evils, majority smoke" Most of the 49 who favored smoking with parental per­ mission justified their response by rationalizing that parents and school personnel can do nothing to stop students from smoking. It should be emphasized here that tfie*" East campus ad­ ministration has no intention of recommending a smoking area for that school. The informal survey was only intended to attempt to assess parents' attitudes. The results must have been disappointing for two reasons. First, the small response in­ dicates that not many parents care one way or the other. Secondly, is the disheartening attitude by the many Moms and Dads who decide there is no problem because they haven't the interest or courage to fight it. Smoking is a proven health problem, which makes it hard to realize how any parent would encourage the habit at the age of 14. But more significant, it seems, is a rather cowardly attempt to hide behind the feeble excuse that there are worse problems. Something like saying it's o k. to drive 90 miles an hour because there might be more danger in flying a plane. Smoking seems not to be the No. 1 problem parents must contend with. That doesn't excuse Mothers and Dads from fulfilling their responsibility. They might be surprised to learn how comfortable a 14-or 15-year-old would feel to know the two people closest to him cared what happened to him. It's worth a try. Until enough of them do, it doesn't seem fair to complain about what a school system is or isn't doing. K.A.F. Drum Corps Standstill Competition The eleventh annual Illinois Ail-American Drum and Bugle Corps and Band Association standstill contest will be held Saturday, April 7, at the East campus high school. Individual and ensemble contests will begin at noon and the color guard contest at 2 o'clock. The evening segment will start at 7 o'clock in the evening with the band contest. This will be followed by small and full corps contests. Burglars Enter McHenry Home; Steal TV i The home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nye, 3808 W. Millstream, was burglarized and items on which no total value has been made, were taken Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Nye were gone for a short time and returned i home to find there had been a forced entry made through the garage. Muddy shoe prints were visible. Missing were a portable TV, a slide projector and a bottle filled with coins. McHenry police were aided (Continued on page 19) McHenry Man Named Editor Of Law Review enter the 1973 Country Art Fair, an annual standout event sponsored each year by the auxiliary to McHenry hospital. New artists will join many regulars to make this seven­ teenth annual Country Art Fair a standout event, predicted Mrs. Bertha Stange, co- chairman with Mrs. Sally Miller for the three-day at­ traction to be presented at the McHenry Junior high school June 22-24. "We want to let artists know about the event and how they can participate, and that's the reason for this early an­ nouncement," explained Mrs. Stange. "While many artists know about this event, we have many new people in the area who could provide outstanding entries with a little advance warning that this is a show which features the very artistic endeavors of McHenry county residents," she said. A variety of art shown by McHenry county artists is the heart of this annual attraction. Entries include paintings, sculpture, ceramics, wood- carving and wrought iron. The public is able to purchase art­ works of their choice at the judged show before the actual judging by becoming a patron and taking part in a preview showing. Funds received through ticket sales and through art purchases go toward the auxiliary to McHenry hospital fund drive. The auxiliary receives a small commission on each purchase but receives all the ticket admission funds. Persons desiring further information and how to obtain an entry blank should contact either Mrs. Elmer W. Stange or Mrs. Hank Miller. Open Entries For Marine Festival Queen Contest 6 16 Voters To Polls In Township Election For the fifteenth consecutive year, the Ladies auxiliary to V.F.W. Post 4600 Will conduct the queen contest held in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Marine Festival. Early entries are asked in preparation for the charm course which begins April 23. The first fifteen entries received before April 20 will comprise the list of candidates. The first two who enter after that date will become alter­ nates. Entries should be made at the Plaindealer office, 3812 W. Elm street. Candidates must be at least 16 years of age and cannot have reached their twenty-first birthday before Marine Festival day, which is July 15. Girls must reside within the McHenry high school district, be single and never married. All participants in the contest must be enrolled in the charm course sponsored by the auxiliary and conducted by Sharon Nye. Two photos of any size (not snapshots) should accompany the entry blank which appears on the society page of this issue. City Acts To Extend Curbs, Although no contest existed in the McHenry township election Tuesday. 616 voters made the effort to go to the polls in one precinct and name an assessor, clerk and four auditors. High vote getter was Sebre "Sib" Whiting, who was returned to office as assessor for a second four-year term with 501 votes. Albert "Alby" Adams received 498 votes to start his second term as clerk. Four new auditors were elected. They were Thomas L. Birmingham with 488 votes, Howard Snyder with 443, Phil Mangold with 441 and Ronalda Margason with 432. The only significant write-in was for assessor. Herbert Sass received 18 votes. The most exciting contest in the county occurred in Algonquin township where the incumbent assessor, Forrest Hare, won handily as a write-in candidate over the Republican- slated candidate, Alan Bartz. With 6,756 votes cast, Hare received 3,812 and Bartz, a Cary school teacher, 2,724. Another hotly contested race occurred in the extreme op­ posite end of the county, in Chemung township. William Ward was defeated for supervisor by a vote of 834 to 744. The winner was Robert Stoxen, former assistant supervisor. Present Evaluation Of Gutters Along Rt. 120 West Team Teaching Program, A variety of routine business matters were handled during a short meeting of the McHenry City Council Monday night. Following a meeting of the Streets and Road committee, Alderman Joe Stanek reported that the committee recom­ mended the city approve a proposal by Jerome Miller of Lakeland Construction to ex­ tend curbs and gutters along Route 120 west from Meadow lane, west to Beach road. A special price of $4 a foot or $13,400 was quoted to the city. The project will be paid for with motor fuel tax funds. The Council approved the recom­ mendation. The Finance committee reported they had set a suggested rental fee for use of the city sweeper. Alderman Jerry Rogers said the com­ mittee recommended $25 per hour, one-hour minimum charge for sweeping off-street parking property. The Council felt this service should be limited to once or twice a year per location. The committee's recommended fee was okayed. This recommendation was made in reply to a request received from Hornsby's Family center that it would like to rent the sweeper to clean their parking lot. The Council gave approval to a preliminary plat of Boone Valley, Unit 7, presented by Donald L. Gerstad of Robino- Ladd company. Unit 7 is a piece of property, approximately 33 acres, which surrounds the west and south side of West campus high school. Unit 7 is part of an overall Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance which had previously been approved. This is a density zoning which allows one living unit to be built for each 10,000 square feet of combined lot, green area and park area platted. Total number of lots in Unit 7 is 100. Gerstad reported that they plan to start on the im­ provements this summer, with completion in the fall of this year. Discussion was held on the site for a water tower in the Whispering Oaks area. Ladd had promised the city land for a water tower but nothing has been done to date. Supt. of Public Works Fred Meyer reported that the city (Continued on page 19) Evaluations of team teaching programs at Hilltop and Valley View schools were presented at last week's instructional meeting of School District 15 at Valley View Learning center. These programs, entitled "Learning Environments", were first initiated into the curriculum this past fall. The four teachers comprising the primary learning en­ vironment at Valley View school are Carolyn Bertacchi, Sue Danko, JoAnnStumbrisand Bill Hempel. At Hilltop school in the In­ termediate Learning En­ vironment are Darlene Con- sidine, Linda Kaszniak, Kay Reese and Karl Stueben. At Valley View, the classes meet during the last hour of the day, three days a week. Ap­ proximately 110 students gather in this open classroom environment for learning sessions which cover mostly science and social studies units. Carolyn Bertacchi served as spokeswoman for Valley View teaching group. She noted that six-and seven-year-old students are involved in this project. They are allowed to choose a topic, group themselves and work on their projects. Much lively interest is created here because one child brings some object or idea which sparks the interest of others. Because of the large number involved, children learn (Continued on page 19) Motorists Injured In Two Mishaps Locally T.E. EVANS, III Thomas E. Evans, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Evans, Jr., of 3716 W. Waukegan road, McHenry, has been appointed executive editor of the DePaul University Law Review. The DePaul Law Review is a legal periodical which is published four times a year. It is subscribed to by the legal profession throughout the United States and many foreign countries. (Continued on page 19) Both drivers were taken to Memorial hospital, Woodstock, by the Wonder Lake Rescue squad following an accident at the intersection of Route 120 and Wonder Lake road, west of McHenry, Tuesday afternoon. Michael D. Crosson of 8416 Memory trail, Wonder Lake, and Timothy J. Rice of 8021 Oakwood drive, Wonder Lake, were involved in the mishap. Rice was charged with failure to yield the right of way. Crosson was west-bound on the highway when the other auto pulled away from stop sign into the intersection and the collision occurred. Two persons were slightly injured in a two-car accident which occurred at the main entrance to McHenry Market Place last Saturday afternoon about 12:30 Jan Holzapfel of Ontario, Canada, and Vera Ruzicka of Wonder Lake, passengers in a car driven by Jan Ruzicka of 7701 Orchard road. Wonder Lake, were taken by the Rescue squad to McHenry hospital for treatment. Eight other passengers in the car were not injured. Sandra S. McClory of 504 W. Rand road, McHenry, was ticketed by city police for failure to yield the right of way. The collision occurred as the McClory auto made a left turn from the driveway and hit the .vest-bound auto driven by Ms. Ruzicka. « Dolores White of 1701 Ricn- mond road, McHenry, was cited for disobeying a red light after she struck a car driven by Thomas G. Mason of 4518 Garden Quarter, McHenry, Wednesday morning about 8:25. Mason was turning from Elm to Richmond road when the White car proceeded through the light and hit his auto. Mrs. White said she thought the light was green as she made her turn from Richmond onto Elm street. City police cited Wendy Glosson of 3717-A Elm street, McHenry, for starting parked vehicle after a two-car accident last Thursday afternoon at 3809 W. John street, McHenry. Ms. Glosson said she pulled out and around to go west on John street and failed to see the approaching east-bound vehicle which was driven by Gustave DeBuck of 823 Green street. DeBuck applied his brakes to avoid a collision but was unable to avoid impact. DETOUR TRAFFIC During the time of the rebuilding of the railroad tracks and crossing on Rt. 120, there will be a detour of traffic. Starting Monday, April 9. there will be parallel parking only oji Main street, between Front street and the railroad tracks, to accommodate traffic from Rt. 120. Parking meters in the block will not be in operation during this time. Veteran Grants To Army Captain John K. Davis, former Army helicopter pilot paralyzed through an accident of war, is shown at left, receiving check for $5,000 from John Rolando, acting supervisor for Northern division, Illinois Veterans commission, a grant from the I.V.C. Looking on irt Ike Johnson, service officer for the I.V.C. for DeKalb, Ogle and McHenry counties, and Don Mevers, representing the McHenry State Bank, which handled the government grants. Capt. Davis also received $17,500 from the National Veterans commission. Both grants were given for use exclusively to equip a home for the veteran. The $5,000 is being held in escrow until completion of the house. The story of Capt. Davis' life in tne Army appears, with pictures, on another page. ....^rr.vinDn vv STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD