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\ How Do You Feel About Daylight Saving Time During Winter Months? GREG JESSKI Johnshurg "It doesn't really affect me because I get up at 4 o'clock every morning anyway so I don't notice the darkness". SOPHIE PEARSON Island Lake "I don't like it because my daughter has to eatch the school bus in the dark. I like the extra hour of daylight'at night though". PAULCHOVANEK . Wonder Lake "I don't go to work so I thiijk it's alright". CANDY KOERPER Lakeland Park / "It's good for me because my kids sleep later in the morning. But it's not good for older children who have to go to school in the dark". Question asked in McHenry Shopping Area Friday Afternoon EIREEN RYBACK McHenry "Not really. I don't like the darkness early in the morning when the kids go to school". MARY ANN QUINN Pistakee Bay "Oh, put it back. It's too dark in the morning, especially for school kids". STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD MICKSCHROEDER McHenry • * "I think it's alright but it's a lot harder to get up in the morning". CATHERINE HILL Holiday Hills "I really don't like it because my children have to walk to the school bus in the darkness". THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 98 NUMBER 48 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1974 20 PAGES FIFTEENtENTS Crashes Claim Two Lives, Injure Many This was the accident scene at Ringwood road, near the American Legion clubhouse, last Friday morning after the collision of a CRASHES CLAIM TWO RICHARD B. ZELLER A 22-year-old former McHenry man died early last Saturday morning, Jan. 12, in an auto accident in Texas. He was Richard B. Zeller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Zeller, Jr., of 702 S. Rt. 31, McHenry. No details of the crash were immediately available. The family learned that the ac­ cident took place near LaGrange, Texas. The young Mr. Zeller was one of four passengers in a car that left the road and struck a tree. He died two hours later in a hospital. Also riding in the car was Mike Lyons, son of Mr.? and Mrs. John Lyons of 1007 River road, McHenry, who reportedly was able to leave the hospital after treatment. The accident victim was graduated in 1968 from Marian Central high school. After two years of service with the Air Force, he was discharged last March from Bergstrom A.F.B., Austin, Texas, and returned to McHenry. During the summer he managed a Little League team locally. Last Dec. 1, with two friends, Mike Lyons and Tom Brittain of McHenry, he returned to Texas. Brittain was not in the car when the accident oc­ curred. (Continued on page 19) If no other good comes from the energy crisis, it serves as copy for the news media. After almost a week of rising in darkness, we sent out a reporter and photographer to a McHenry shopping area for a consensus. Because the mor­ ning blackness has been so distasteful to us, we felt the whole country felt the same. Apparently not, for the opinions were about evenly divided. Perhaps we only adjust slowly to change, but our first rude awakening to the world of darkness came to a loud blast of the alarm clock pn Sunday morning. It was 7:30 a.m., but we just couldn't find the clock to shut off the alarm. The second offense to our sensibilities came when we reached the first floor of the house and turned on the lights. Squinting into the natural light of a rising sun is one thing. Trying to open the eyes abruptly on a 100-watt bulb is another. The next step was stumbling back upstairs for some apparel we had left on a chair the night before. There was just no way of seeing it without using the feeling process, so completely immerskl in night were we when the day started. Then there was the dark garage, which seemed con­ siderably colder than usual just (Continued on page 19) school bus and a car. Nine children and two teen-agers were hurt. §TAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD ELEVEN YOUTHS INJURED Nine children and two teen­ agers were injured in a Special Education of McHenry County school bus-auto accident which occurred Friday morning about 8:15. The collision occurred on Ringwood road just north of Orchardway drive, near the American Legion home. Charges are pending until further investigation is made by the Sheriff's department. Driver of the auto, Randolph H. Watkins of 5006 E. Lake Shore drive, and his passenger, Andrew J. Hansen of 5229 E. Lake Shore drive, both of Wonder Lake, were seriously hurt in the accident. They were taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry Rescue -squad. Watkins was reported in satisfactory condition Monday morning. Hansen was trasferred to Memorial hospital, where he • was reported in good condition. Driver of the bus, Donna J. Loser of 3208 W. Vista Terrace, McHenry, was not injured but nine of her twenty-five passengers were taken to McHenry hospital by the Johnsburg Rescue squad where they were treated and released. Treated were Debbie Walters, Melinda Kennedy, Diana and Lorenzo Alvarado, Hope Estrada, Charles Gordon, Randall Jacobson, Michael Bassett and Joey Beslich. No statement was available from Watkins due to his facial injuries. His passenger, Hansen, told officers they were south-bound on Ringwood road. They pulled out to pass the auto in front of them and collided head-on with the school bus which had pulled onto the roadway from Orchardway drive. Mrs. Loser said the school bus was north-bound after havings just turned onto Ringwood road when she saw the Watkins car proceeding south in back of another auto. Watkins suddenly pulled out to pass the auto and collided head- on with the bus. Robert J. Shulda of 512 W. Bald Knob road, McHenry, lost control of his auto after a snowmobile driven by James P. O'Brien of 3708 N. Weingart road, McHenry, came onto the road in his lane of traffic. Shulda was west-bound on Rolling Lane Sunday afternoon when the mishap occurred. When the snowmobile ap­ peared in his lane, Shulda applied his brakes, swerved, lost control on the icy road and hit a cement pillar. O'Brien said he came out of a field and stopped on the shoulder of the road where he saw the car skid off the road­ way. O'Brien was ticketed for illegal operation on a highway. Rebecca Ritthaler of 2902 N. Regner road, McHenry, was taken to McHenry hospital by the rescue squad after her car ran off the road and hit a tree at 2715 Regner road Friday af­ ternoon. No statement was available from Ms. Ritthaler due to facial injuries. She was admitted to the hospital for treatment. Leonard J. Rieb of 206 Dewey, Harvard, was cited for improper lane usage after his auto hit a parked car owned by Alvin Dr Aubuchon of 9014 Ramble road, Wonder Lake. The accident took place early Saturday morning on Route 120, one-half mile east of Thompson road near Wonder Lake. Rieb's auto was east-bound on the highway when it crossed over into the opposite lane and struck the parked auto. Rick L. Krieghbaum of 3105 Lincoln road, McHenry, was ticketed for no valid driver's license Friday afternoon. He lost control of his pickup at 2518 W. Lincoln road due to the icy roadway and slid into a ditch. A two-car accident on Route 120 and Charles street east of the bridge, resulted in a ticket being issued to Elmer G. Odom of 302 N. Prospect, Mundelein, for failure to yield right-of-way. Cheryl M. Elbersen of 4612 Hilltop drive, Wonder Lake, (Continued on page 19) Application For National Flood Insurance Okayed The city of McHenry has received word through the Governor's Task Force- on Flood Control that application for eligibility to participate in the National Flood Insurance program has been approved effective Jan. 17. Notice of approval was received in a phone message. Further details are expected to follow. In a resolution previously passed by the City Council, as required before application, it was set forth that the Building officer is required to review each building application to determine if the proposed construction is consistent with the need to minimize flood damage. (Continued on page 19) Paper-Glass Drive In City Next Saturday On Saturday, Jan. 19, the McHenry County Defenders and the Luther League of Shepherd of the Hills church will sponsor the monthly paper drive. It will be held at the Market Place shopping center on Rt. 120 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the place, students of McHenry County college will collect glass containers until 1 o'clock. All aluminum and tin cans may also be brought to the site. For further information, a Defender representative may (Continued on page 19) Revise College Building Budget At a special meeting of the McHenry County college board of trustees held Jan. 10, the revised budget for permanent college facilities was approved. The board also established a construction trust fund at the First National Bank of Woodstock as requested by the Capital Development board (CDA). This will make it possible for the college to earn interest on the Phase I con­ struction monies until it is actually paid out to the con­ tractor. The CDA is the governmental agency which oversees construction. The revision in the budget was necessary when bids came in and exceeded the $4,902,000 designated for the project. The extra $344,150 will be taken from local funds allocated for the second phase of con­ struction and applied toward the first phase. The budget overrun was caused by the state's twenty- month delay between budget approval and project bidding. When the college undertakes Phase II construction, the money will be counted by the state as credit for the matching of state funds. According to Dr. James R. Davis, MCC president, several changes were made in campus plans because of the high bids. When contracts are let, the greenhouse will not be included but will be redesigned and built later. "The television studio iMH not be finished as uras previously planned but will be roughed in and expanded in the future," Davis said. The revised budget must be approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College board before contracts can be let. Christian Unity Services Mark Week Of Prayer With Two McHenry Church Rites Local churches will par­ ticipate in the annual ob­ servance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in the McHenry area, beginning this Friday. The period Jan. 18-25 is the week set aside for prayer and reflection and will be marked by two church services locally. On Friday, Jan. 18, at 8 p.m., the first of the rites will be held at St. Patrick Catholic church. Everyone in the community is invited to the service, to be followed by the serving of refreshments in the church hall. On Friday, Jan. 25, the second service will be con­ ducted in the First United Methodist church at 8 p.m. Participating churches of the area include Faith Presbyterian, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran, Nativity Lutheran of Wonder Lake, First United Methodist, St. Ppul Episcopal, Ringwood Mfe thod i s t , Greenwood Methodist, Mt. Hope Methodist, Spring Grove Methodist, Christ the King Catholic of Wonder Lake, St. Mary Catholic, St. Patrick Catholic and St. John the Baptist Catholic of John­ sburg. (Continued on page 19) Traffic, Lights Go Into Action New stop lights on Rt. 120, at the intersections with Meadow lane (shown above) and Industrial drive, began regulating traffic Monday. Shown above, as cars observed the changing signs are, from left, Alderman George Harker, chairman of the Street and Alley committee; Mayor Joseph Stanek; W. Avery of Meade Electric, the firm that installed the lights^Police Chief Kenneth Espey; Fred Meyer, superintendent of public works; ariMMger Moehling, engineer for the city of McHenry. . --- S®«r PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD