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/ 15 O THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION S INCE 1875 tmns* 15 VOLUME 99 NUMBER 15 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1974 18 PAGES & ONE SUPPLEMENT Arrest Bank Robber In McHenry Monday McHenry - Fertile Lottery Land \ McHenry is probably the most fertile location for lottery winners in the state. At least tour local winners can attest to that fact. The first excitement was gen­ erated at the initial Bonanza drawing in Springfield, when Bert Harrison of 1925 N. Woodlawn Park drew $10,000 prize money, third highest offered, behind the $300,000 and $50.000 winners. Next there were Irene Bach of 2216 S. Colby drive and Charles E. Schlottman Of 219 N. River road, who bought their winning tickets locally and qualified Sept. 5 for the Millionaire drawing to be held Oct. 3 in Chicago With only about 180 qualifiers throughout the state, these two lucky people had reduced their odds from 30 million to 1 to 180 to 1. Needless to say, they are anxiously awaiting the important dip into the name box to know whether they will be among the elite club of millionaires. And before the ink was dry on these stories, Richard M. Russel of 1611 N. Woodlawn Park, a neighbor of Harrison, put his small community on the map once again. His ticket, one of about twenty purchased by the family since the lottery began, qualified for the Bonanza game last Thursday. Although he missed the top prizes in the drawing held in Rockford, Mrs. Russel, who was in attendance, walked off with a thousand dollars in prize money. Those who have long considered McHenry a very special place to live, have had their beliefs confirmed! Man Thrown 15 Serv,ces Por"clpote In Gravel Pit Dies An inquest is being conducted into the death of Richard Fisher, 47, of 2200 Brookside, Waukegan, in a gravel pit near noon Monday. Sheriff's police said Fisher was thrown into the water of the pit after a cable broke from a crane on which he was working at the time. He was foreman for the Frame Material company, 2800 Lily Lake road, McHenry. Scuba divers of the McHenry county Civil Defense unit attempted to recover the body, but due to the depth of the water were unsuccessful. Fisher was finally recovered at 2:10 p.m. in dragging operations by the Sheriff's department. The body was taken to McHenry hospital by the Lakes Region rescue squad and inquest proceedings initiated by Deputy Coroner John Schilling. Emergency Units To Open Fire Prevention Observance The McHenry Area Rescue squad, Johnsburg Rescue squad, Medical Transport Service of McHenry, and both Wonder Lake Fire department companies will be among the fifteen rescue squads and ambulance services which will observe the beginning of Fire Prevention week Sunday, Oct. 6, by cooperating in "CPR Sunday." Forty qualified members of the five units listed above will instruct interested citizens in how to apply the most effective methods of resuscitating victims of heart attacks and other types of cardiac arrest. "CPR" stands for cardio - pulmonary resuscitation. "Locally, we will all begin our programs at 2 p.m. Sunday and will complete our individual instructions at 5 p.m., or when the last citizen has successfully completed his CPR practice on our training mannikins," said Carmon L. Hodges, chairman of McHenry Area Rescue squad's program. The five programs will be given in the squads' home headquarters, and will utilize training slides as well as practice mannikins, from the sponsoring Emergency Medical Services council of Western Lake and McHenry counties, the Heart Association and McHenry County Civil Defense. Chairman of the Johnsburg program, Chief Bill Swartzloff, commented, "We'd like all citizens to realize the importance of knowing how to resuscitate someone in cardiac arrest. You cannot wait until our squads have arrived; you must take this responsibility yourself if one of your family, or your neighbor, suffers a cardiac arrest." Persons from surrounding areas -- Ringwood, Sunnyside, Pistakee Highlands, and the Pistakee Bay area -- as well as those from Johnsburg, are invited, according to Swartzloff. Both Wonder Lake companies will have an open house for the public in conjunction with Fire Prevention week while their CPR instruction is in progress. "Mike Stolle, Jake Jacobson, Brian McCafferty and Joe Novack will take each individual for instruction," promised Ed O'Brien. "The practice mannikin itself will tell you whether you are learning properly, and I'm sure you will be surprised how soon you get the technique down right." At Company „N«t. 2, in Wonder Lake. O'Brien will (Continued on page 4) Single family homes continue to dominate construction. From 1970 to 1972, the construction of homes exceeded the construction of apartments by 57 per cent. In comparison, apart m e 111 s outpaced homes by 40 per cent in neighboring DuPage county. Based on these same studies DuPage' county's rapid growth rate will exhaust the land available for expansion within the next twenty years. The population of Lake county will exceed 650.000 by 1980, an increase of more than 70 per cent from 1970. The Fox river valley, which accounts for more than 77 per cent of the imputation of Kane county, will continue to dominate that county's development, despite the large amount of land available to the west These figures, frightening as they may be. are encouraging for the fact that McHenry county is on the outside fringe of the metropolitan community In view of the dnv (Continued on pane 4) Robert F. Mason of 1286 Wheeling drive. Mount Prospect. The auto was stopped by this road block, a combined effort of the two police units, at the corner of Rtes. 120 and 31. South-bound Mason vehicle is shown in bottom photo, just north of the three-way stop intersection. STAFF PHOTO--WAYNE GAYLORD county police had also received the dispatch and arrived in time to take part in the capture. Police said traffic was heavy at the corner of Elm and Rt. 31 during the noon hour, making easy the capture. Sheriff Tyrrell said at first that he believed Mason had a weapon, but threw it away during the police chase. Later, it was learned that he used a toy pistol in the hold-up. As he approached the road block, officers ordered Mason from the car and he was so completely surrounded that he was forced to surrender without a fight. Mason walked into the Richmond bank about noon and presented a teller Carol Spooner of Richmond, with a note asking for the money. He then ran to his car and sped away. The sheriff said a complete check had not been made on Mason, but the robber admitted he had served time in the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kas. He did not disclose the crime for which he was held The F.B.I, county and custody. came to McHenry took Mason into Deputy Sheriffs En Masse At County Budget Meeting About 100 persons, most of them members of the Deputy Sheriff's association and their families, sat quietly at the special tentative budget meeting pf the McHenry County board at the courthouse last Monday night. Previously, they had announced their intention to have the entire board hear their request for a larger salary increase than recommended. At a meeting of the Finance & Salaries committee held Sept. 19, a request to appear before the entire board wa<; refused. Committee Board Chairman Edward Buss of McHenry had said that after making comparisons with other counties of similar size, he felt salaries in McHenry county were "in line." The tentative budget recommends that personnel in the Sheriff department receive a 6 per cent salary increase. A spokesman for the deputies commented that the association realizes the tentative budget is subject to Youths Injured In Separate Accidents Michael A. Hettermann of 3615 N. Chapel Hill road, McHenry, was reported in satisfactory condition Monday at McHenry hospital, where he was taken by the Johnsburg Rescue squad following a one- accident which about midnight Develop Career Center Vocational Education Progresses Vocational education for McHenry county youth became one step closer when the eight high school districts employed a planning director to plan and develop the McHenry County Area Career center. Duane Gamble was employed to develop the Phase II proposal as required by the State of Illinois. With approval of the Phase II, the state will contribute b() percent of the project cost The Phase II proposal will spell out in detail the programs to be offered, building size, size of staff, a complete equipment list, and the method of financing the project. Gamble explained that the programs would lx> offered to the eleventh and twelfth grade students from the nine public and the one parochial high schools. The student will en­ roll in the home high school, participate in extra auricular activities at the home school, graduate from the home high school and will attend the area center on a part-time basis, usually two hours per day • Programs that may be offered are: agriculture- mechanics, horticulture, business office occupations, health care occupations, auto body repair, automotive services, building trades, d r a f t i n g , e l e c t r i c a l occupations, metal machining, welding fabrication, care and guidance of children, cosmetology, data processing and food service occupations All programs will be developed to dove-tail with programs in County college and the participating lug!) schools This approach will give the student the option ol receiving fundamental courses at the home high school, more sophisticated training at the area center, and advanced training at McHenry County college Area center personnel will work closely wtih the employment community and will offer the type ol training that is needed b\ the einplover The goal of the center will be the development of a saleable skill for all students by the time they graduate. The Area center will have an employment service to assist the graduates in obtaining a job or to help them to plan for further training "An Area Vocation center cannot be effective unless there is community involvement". Gamble explained. As Phase II develops there probably will be 150 citizens from McHenry county serving on advisory committees. These committees will advise, on program, equipment, instructors, space requirements, etc To finance the local 40 percent share of the project cost a referendum will probably be necessary The board of control has not determined when a referendum will be held Slate laws set a maximum cost to the local districts at a OSJax rate for 5 years (Continued on Da"*® 4) revision adopted and change in its final until form. However, members say that once it is adopted a two-thirds vote is required to rescind any action. The association will be represented at the Thursday, Sept. 26, meeting of the Finance & Salaries committee for further discussion. vehicle occurred Friday. No statement was taken from Hettermann due to his injuries. Evidence at the scene indicated he was south - bound on Route 31 when for no apparent reason, his vehicle left the roadway approximately 75 feet south of Barnard Mill road. The pickup truck continued south into a ditch, where it struck a telephone pole, a small tree and a utility pole before entering a corn field, where it rolled over at least six times before coming to rest upside down about 75 feet from the edge of the roadway. Deputies noted that Hettermann was knocked unconscious and had been in the field since midnight At 6 :55 a.m. Saturday he made his way to the roadway, where he was picked up by Robert M. Johnson of McHenry and taken to his mother's residence. From there he was brought to McHenry hospital Fifteen - year - old George C. Hoffelt of' 1215 Main street, Spring Grove, was injured when he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle on Main street road in Spring Grove Friday. He was taken to McHenry hospital by the Richmond Rescue squad Michael A Hubert of 807 Corna court. Round Lake, was west - bound on Main Street road As he approached the intersection with Carleton (Continued on page 4) MMM, MMM, GOOD! -- They're delicious dry roasted peanuts that pretty Sandra Musielak is offering the public. A big supporter of the 1974 Peanut day in McHenry is the reigning Little IMtoa Peanut, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Musielak of 410 N. Timothy lane. Annual Peanut day will be held Friday. Sept. 27, sponsored by the local Kiwanis club. Proceeds will benefit children's programs, with all money collected locally remaining in this community. A special appeal is made to business people in this Riwanit club i only solicitation for funds during the year. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNK GAYLOKD Detective Lt. George Hendle, top left, Sheriff Arthur Tyrrell, Det. Sgt. Jack Tyrrell and Deputy Doug Prosen assemble money -- $8,215 in all -- taken from the State Bank of Richmond in an armed robbery shortly after noon Monday. In lower picture, county and McHenry city police examine car driven by the accused robber, The capture of a bank robber in the heart of McHenry Monday noon carried with it all of the color reminiscent of the 'thirties. Arrested as the result of a road block at the corner of Rtes. 120 and 31 was Robert F. Mason, 50, of 1286 Wheeling drive, Mount Prospect. Mason was apprehended at 12:30, a short time after he had stolen $8,215 from the State Bank of Richmond. 5611 Broadway. He was carrying it in a brown paper bag. Sheriff Arthur Tyrrell said his car, a 1968 Chevy Impala, was spotted on McCullom Lake road at 12:28. Immediately, county cars were in pursuit and Mason gave himself up at the road block Deputy Erwin Drabek was proceeding north out of McHenry, alert for a car answering the description of Mason, when he spotted it on McCullom Lake road. Drabek immediately reversed his direction and pursued Mason to the road block established by Sgt. Daniel Kinnerk of the McHenry city police, who was at the corner of Richmond road and Elm street when he received the alarm Deputy Sgt. Pete Corson and Deputy Douglas Prosen of the McHenry county's population will exceed 160.0(H) by 1980, an increase of almost 40 per cent from 1970, if the present growth continues That was the prediction of a recent analysis of the county's growth prospects Good news, however, is that the county's rate of population growth has stabilized from the dramatic increase of the 1950 s From 1950 to 1960, the population grew by 66.2 per cent, but in the next ten years this growth had been cut in half, to 32.5 per cent The population increased by 8.5 per cent in the first three years of this decade The county still leads the state in dairy production, according to these statistics, and the analysis is that it will remain oriented to small town and rural life. As an example. 17.9 per cent of the work force walks to work or works at home, and 4 8 per cent is engaged in agriculture, considered highs for metropolitan Chicago