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Herbert (Bert) Harrison of 1925 N. Wood lawn Park, MeHenry, was one of the big winners in the first drawing of the Bonanza game in the new state lottery last Thursday morning at the Illinois State Fair. Above, Bert holds two checks, one for $1,000 which was given to all thirty-six lucky candidates, and the other for the remainder of his $10,000 prize money. In addition to the top awards of $300,000 and $50,000, there were seven $10,000 winners in addition to Harrison. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Charge Against Friend Musin' and Meanderin' Talking with a President, or a King, has always been considered the ultimate in social relations. The newest ultimate is speaking with a lottery winner, and we did that last Friday. He is none other than Herbert Harrison of MeHenry, who is better known to most of his friends as just Bert. The big winning didn't seem to change this l ifelong local resident, who will probably be just as happy to continue l>eing known as Bert His account of winning was an interesting one. One night within the last two weeks he was enroute to Chicago and wanted to cash a check Hesitant about asking for the service without making a purchase, he entered a small grocery store and decided to buy two lottery tickets. These were the only two he bought and one was worth $10,(MM)! The next week was an exciting one. Learning that he was among thirty-six to qualify for the weekly Bonanza game, he went to Springfield, where he met with others who chose to be present for the first drawing in the phase of the competition From a Holiday Inn. the participants were taken by bus to the State Fair grounds, where they gathered on a specially constructed platform to await the outcome of the drawing First , all of them wrote their names and placed them inside a red plastic ball Those who were not in attendance were represented by a state official. Before the lottery proceeded further, each was presented with a check tor $1 .(MM), for no one was a loser From the plastic ball , ten names were picked at random and placed on one board. The participants later found these were to qualify for the $300,000, $50,00 and $10,000 prizes. Eight other names were selected in the same way and placed on another board, to qualifty for only the $10,000 money. Harrison's name was the second drawn for the $10,000 and he received a check in the name of State Comptroller George Lindberg of Crystal Lake Asked if he would continue to enter lottery competition, the MeHenry man indicated he would probably stay "in the running" with a couple of t ickets weekly. U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e Plaindealer found it impossible to keep its promise to publish names of the winning numbers. Although the state of Il l inois looks upon the lottery as entertainment rather than gambling, the U.S. Post Office has other thoughts Except for "hard news" stories, the lottery is not permitted to be printed in publications sent through the mail, and this includes winning numbers. Newspapers which do not go through the mail may continue to print them. We understand a bill is in Congress which would change this ruling. Until it t^oes, we can't provide this popular service. The best wishes of the community go with Lynn Tomlinson as she makes her bid for the ti t le of State Dairy Princess this week. She has proudly held the county ti t le for the past year, with many accomplishments to her credit K A F A Chicago man drowned early Thursday morning after he and his companion ignored a no trespassing sign and went swimming in a private lake which was a former gravel pit on Bayview lane, owned by Tonyan Bros., Inc., of 512 W. Bay road, east of MeHenry. The body of Terryl L. Hiatt , 27, of 3108 W. Berteau, Chicago, was recovered by scuba divers from the Civil Defense unit about two and half hours after t ie was leported missing. His body was taken to the MeHenry county morgue, where an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. Hiatt 's companion, Thomas Salemi, 23, of 3321 N. Kostner, Chicago, notified Fox Lake police at about 6:30 a.m. that they had been swimming four hours earlier and become separated. Since Hiatt 's clothing and wallet were stil l in Salemi's auto, he suspected he may have drowned Lake county officials notified the MeHenry County Sheriff 's department of the incident at 6:35 and recovery operations were begun. In checking credentials of the victim's wallet, a small quantity of PCP, a hallucinatory drug, was found. Inspection of the vehicle led to the discovery of several containers of the drug with an estimated street value of approximately $1,800. Salemi was arrested for unlawful possession of controlled substance and criminal trespass icy'land for entering property which was posted against trespassers. His bond was set at $6,(MX), with court appearance scheduled Aug. 29. Ann M. Sommers, 13, of Villa Park died in a boating accident in Crystal Lake about 5:30 Sunday afternoon The young girl had been water skiing and fell when the boat pulling her turned and she was struck by the propeller The boat, driven by her brother, Thomas, 16, was a 16- foot inboard-outboard. There were six persons in the craft when the accident occurred. College Classes Open Aug. 26 On New System MeHenry County College has changed to the early semester system to coincide with the state four-year school schedules. While the fall semester credit classes at MCC begin Aug. 26, late registration for these programs will continue through Aug. 30. Students may register at the Crystal Lake campus of the college (6200 Northwest highway, Crystal Lake). (Continued On Page 14) Thirteen Escape Burning Home; Set $ 10,000 Loss It was early last \Friday morning, and Masatochi Waga, Mcllenry's newest foreign exchange student, received his first look at an American hfeh school. lie is shown aboVe, reviewing with Principal Robert Swartzloff a brochure listing many of the activities offered at West campus, where the young man will soon Registration days will be Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 26 and 27, at East campus high school and Wednesday, Aug. 28. at West campus for the fall term. These announcements start classes. Masatoshi, 17, is residing with the Donald Toole family while attending school under the American Field Service program. His home is Osaka, second largest city in Japan with a population of 3 million. (STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD) were made by the offices of administration for both schools. The change to two days of registration at East was made for convenience in speeding up the process. Registration will begin as students enter the building and conclude in the gymnasium. The following schedule will (Continued On Page 14) About $10,(XM) resulted from fire damage to the Robert R Krueger home, 1703 Knoll, Lakeland Park, early Sunday morning. Although there were thirteen persons inside the home, only one sustained burns Krueger and two men visiting in his home, Robert A. Schultz of 3353 S Oakley. Chicago, and JVlartin A llochertz, 113 Elm lane, Streamwood, were working late ti l ing the bathroom floor. Upon completion, just before 1 a.m., one of them left the room w ith a tub of solvent in his hand when suddenly it burst into flames. Fire Chief Glenn Peterson said he believes the fumes were ignited bv the furnace, which is MeHenry Police "Clear Air" In Grievance Meeting With Council located in a small room adjoining the bathroom. Schultz told authorities he and Krueger tried to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher but realized the conflagration was too large. At this point they turned in the alarm and everyone left the home When police officers and firemen arrived, flames were coming through the living room window and door and smoke was rising from the remainder of the residence ,The whole interior was gutted. (Continued On Page 14) p> As the result of facts and comments presented at last Wednesday night 's special Council meeting, aldermen were convinced that the police department is understaffed Although the aldermen agreed four men should be added to the department, they disagreed on when they should lx> hired Aldermen Rogers, l l lkker, Hromec and Pepping wanted to hire four immediately but Aldermen Bolger. Datz, How ard and Wegener wished to hire two now and two within three months Mayor Joseph Stanek cast the deciding vote when he agreed with the latter proposal James Blum a member of the Police commission, began the ... meeting by asking questions of various policemen in the audience Through these questions and answers, he outlined the manpower shortage in the department Police Chief Kenneth Espey reported that there are ten patrolmen, four sergeants, one lieutenant and himself on the force l ie said the department had not been at full strength for about one-third of the past year The force was short one man until a couple of weeks ago when Patrolman Patrick Joyce, a former Chicago police officer, was hired Espey explained there are nine officers on duty over a twenty-four hour period, three men per eight-hour shift . When two of these officers are engaged in handling school traffic crossings, funeral escorts, traffic control at accidents, snow removal or street repair traffic, tavern fights, prowler calls, domestic d i s t u r b a n c e s , c h e c k i n g business places and homes for v a c a t i o n i n g o w n e r s , transporting prisoners to county jail or processing driving while intoxicated offenders through the breatbalizer, only one officer is left to cover the entire city. Sometimes that officer has to appear m court to testify on t ickets or complaints he has issued At such times, another off-duty officer is called on and he must lx> paid overtime wages Last year. $16,(MM) was spent for overtime pay to the police department Some of this was for court t ime and some for school athletic functions which are reimbursed by the school However, Blum pointed out that one or more officers could be hired for almost that amount of money. Other services performed by the police department include e s c o r t i n g b u s i n e s s m e n w i t h (Continued On Page 15) Council Buys Water Company The City Council agreed Monday night to purchase the Lakeland Park Water company from Robino Ladd for a purchase price ot $67,5(Ml Following a lengthy discussion, a roll call vote was taken. Aldermen Bolger, Datz, Harker, Pepping. Rogers and Wegener voted "yes" Aldermen Howard and Hromec cast "no" votes The motion carried by a 6 to 2 margin Complete details of the City Council meeting will appear in the next issue of the paper Ringivood Has New Postmaster The appointment ol postal careerist . June N Oxtoby, as postmaster of Ringwood was announced Friday by Clarence Mrs. June N.Oxtoby. center, receives the congratulation* ol M«ry pot Swearingen moments after she became the I*' stmanter at Ringwood. Stanley S. Rakowski, left, sectional center manager, North Suburban Illinois, administered the oath of office. Mf. Swearingen is a postal clerk in the Ringwood office. B. Gels, Postmaster General of the thirteen-state central region effective at 11 a m. Aug 15 Mrs Oxtoby was designated officer in charge at the (Continued On Pag* 14) State Lottery Big Winner NO LOTTERY NUMBERS The Plaindealer will not be able to furnish winning state lottery numbers as planned. Restrictions of the U.S. Postal Service prevent such announcements from going through mail. Highway Violence Marks Weekend An 18-year-old MeHenry youth was killed in a one-car accident Sunday night on River road, a mile south of MeHenry Dam road. He was Patrick D. Moran of 1812 Orchard lane. State Trooper Garland Krick said Moran was driving north on River road when he lost control. The auto crossed the highway, left the road and struck four trees. In the impact, the car 's transmission was knocked out of place and left in the roadway. A south-bound auto driven by Michael B. Pusateri of Chicago,struck the gear but the driver escaped injury. Moran's death brought to nineteen the traffic fatalit ies on county roads this year. This is ten less than 1973. Mark S Vanderspool of 5206 Bong street, Wonder Lake, was injured when his car hit the rear of a vehicle driven by Johann Wenzler of 1513 Hinman avenue, Evanston. » Both autos were east-bound on McCullom I^ake road Sunday evening about 9:15. A witness said the Wenzler auto passed him, followed by Vanderspool 's auto. When Vanderspool 's auto was forced to return to his own lane of traffic because of an oncoming car, he hit the rear of Wenzler 's vehicle. Impact caused the Wenzler car to go out of control and hit a telephone pole at the side of the road Vanderspool was taken to the hospital by the Wonder Lake Rescue squad and Ms Wenzler and her two passengers drove to the hospital themselves for a checkup A two-car collision on Route 120, one-half mile east of Wonder I>ake road Friday afternoon resulted in minor injuries to Susan E /.willing of 520 Mineral Springs drive, MeHenry. Driver of the other auto, Frank W Senitz of 8015 Widoff street, Wonder Lake, was west-bound on the highway when the car in front of him slowed. He applied his brakes, lost control of the car, crossed the center line and hit the oncoming vehicle driven by Ms Zwilling Senitz was ticketed for driving in the wrong lane Robert Housby of 5104 E. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake, escaped injury when his auto flipped and came to rest on its wheels on Howe road, three-fourths mile east of Greenwood road He was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident Housby was east-bound on Howe road Saturday evening and passed another vehicle in front of him. In doing so, he lost control of his vehicle and ran off the roadway, causing the car to overturn. Two youths were taken to Memorial hospital, Woodstock, for treatment of minor injuries after their auto left the road and hit a concrete foundation on Thompson road west of Hogbac road. Michael P. Houk of 8005 S. Richmond avenue, Chicago, and his passenger, Michael J Kuk of 5120 W Wonder Woods drive, Wonder Lake, were south-bound on Thompson road. The driver didn't realize there was a sharp curve in the road and when he approached it , he made the turn, ran off the road and hit the foundation Nancy L Bartlett of 3315 Lake Vista, Wonder Lake, and her four children, Cindy Lou, Herbert, Jr . , Nancy and Vicky, were all taken to MeHenry hospital by the Wonder Lake Rescue squad following an accident in Wonder Lake Saturday afternoon. Elmer Pflug, III, of 412 W. Bayview lane, MeHenry, was traveling north on Wonder Lake drive when the Bartlett auto pulled out from Center drive and a collision occurred. No one was ticketed since road construction was taking place in the area. The stop sign had been taken down and was against a fence. Officers noted the sign could not be seen by Ms. Bartlett when she pulled up to the intersection. Three people were taken to MeHenry hospital Sunday morning by the MeHenry Rescue squad after two cars collided at the intersection of Route 120 and Chapel Hill road east of MeHenry Joan H Odarczenkoof 513 Tia Juana drive, MeHenry, and her passenger, Maria Odarczenko of 901 N Trumble, Chicago, were taken to the hospital along with the driver of the other car, Louis Hopper of 908 Melrose court, MeHenry. (Continued On I»age I t ; IGC THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER JGC SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 99 NUMBER 5 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1974 20 PAGES Announce High School Registration Chicagoan Drowns ;Drug