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Win Assembly Seats CALVIN L. SKINNER, JR. R. BRUCE WADDELL THOMAS J. HANAHAN Calvin L. "Cal" Skinner, Jr., of Crystal Lake and R. Bruce Waddell of Dundee, Republicans, and Thomas J. Hanahan of McHenry, Democrat, were reelected Representatives in the state General Assembly from the :$3rd district Tuesday. Strongest opposition came from C.R. Ron Stroupe, a Huntley Democrat who engaged with Hanahan in a name calling campaign. Check Possible Theft Four Schools Por"c/po/e Of Medical Supplies f/o/cf MuSiC Festival MnUi>nr,i cr.h^i was not certain whether thev ™ • McHenry police and school authorities are anxiously awaiting developments that may shed more light on how cartons of medical supplies happened to be in the West campus parking lot. Greg Johnson of the West campus staff notified police Tuesday that the cartons were found in the north lot. Examination revealed that they belonged to Traveno! Laboratories, whose attorney was contacted in Morton Grove. The lawyer told police there was a possibility the cartons may have been stolen from a Volo warehouse, but this would be impossible to know for certain until he checks the material next Monday. The boxes had been sent by the firm through O'Hare field, and it was not certain whether they ever arrived at Volo. In the cartons were 35,000 syringe needles, twenty 1,000 milligram units, Uromatic container sterile water and forty-eight units of Travenol solution administration sets. Further investigation awaits the attorney's perusal of the material at police headquar­ ters ELECTION UPSET Lake county followed McHenry's lead of four years ago when, for the first time, voters elected a Democratic sheriff He was former Mun- delein Police Chief E.J. LaMagdeleine. He won by 3,000 votes over the incumbent, Orville Clavey. The fifth annual McHenry Area Junior high school Music Festival will be held Saturday, Nov 9, at 7:30 in the McHenry West campus gym. The festival will combine the choruses and bands from Johnsburg Junior high, Harrison scJiooJ, McHenry Junior high and Parkland school. This will result in a 250-piece chorus and a 194-piece band Paul Luke, a very successful Junior high choral director from the Homewood-Flossmpor area, will direct the chorus. The band will be under the direction of Nick Valenziano, conductor of several musical groups at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle cam­ pus. The concert selections will include "Let Us Sing", "The Water is Wide", "Both Sides Now", "Hymn of Freedom", and "Clap Your Hands" by the chorus, and "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Palace Prelude", ' ' B u r n i s h e d B r a s s ' ' , "Watermelon Man", and "Great Gate of Kiev" by the band For the final selection the band and chorus will combine for a musical setting of the "Pledge of Allegiance". The admission price includes a family special. Burglary, Two Acts Of Vandalism Investigated The Major Brands Gas station at 2500 W. Route 120, McHenry, was burglarized and vandalized sometime after midnight Friday. Money was taken from a cigarette machine and a coin operated telephone. The phone was stolen from the wall, along with various electric and hand tools. Donald Schadle of 1004 S. Route 31, McHenry, reported that when he returned home from work last Saturday evening, he discovered two stereo receivers with speakers and two black tape cases containing about fifty stereo (Continued on page 17) 15C Q THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 15 VOLUME 99 NUMBER 28 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1974 20 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS £ Tyrrell-Kays-Hall Win County Offices Polling Precincts Precinct Voters Vote Cast Percentage 1 535 235 43.92 2 747 392 52.47 3 533 278 52.15 4 652 362 55.52 5 403 243 60.29 6 627 301 48.00 7 668 278 41.61 8 666 385 57.80 9 372 189 50.26 10 569 318 35.88 11 424 205 48.34 12 573 332 57.94 13 476 236 45.57 14 585 283 48.12 15 809 440 54.38 16 892 479 53.69 17 613 345 56.28 18 750 404 53.86 19 388 209 53.86 20 603 276 45.77 21 397 201 50.62 22 331 151 45.61 23 322 159 48.13 24 454 218 47.57 25 218 82 37.96 26 820 544 66.34 A full page of election results in McHenry's twenty-six precincts ap- pear on Page 8 . A fast moving tide resulting from apathy swept Democrats throughout the country into office at all levels of govern­ ment in Tuesday's general election. In McHenry county, however, there was no change. All Republican candidates won support and were returned to office with the exception of the sheriff 's race, where Democrat Arthur Tyrrell won reelection for a second term. By defeating a former sheriff, John Carroll, he will be the first to hold that office for more than one term. Other winners for county office were Vernon W. Kays over Democrat R. Daniel Malone for county clerk, and Edward W. Hall over Henry A. Kenyon for superintendent of the educational service region. Audrey R. Walgenbach, unopposed, received the sup­ port of 22,691 for treasurer. The most impressive victory belonged to Tyrrell, who polled 20,796 to 10,746 for Carroll. The 65.93 and 34.06 percentages were unusual in traditionally Republican McHenry county. Kays received the support of 17,463 to 13,392 for Malone, a Crystal Lake candidate who fought a hard campaign. Hall received 17,496 votes to 11,978 for Kenyon, a McHenry teacher. Races for the McHenry County board were close, with the four Republican can­ didates, all present office holders from McHenry, returned to office. Thomas Huemann was high vote getter with 6,382, followed by Walter J. Dean, board chairman, with 6,188; Edward J. Buss, 5,852, and Willis J. Simms, 5,392. Three Democrats, James Michael O'Laughlin, Kenneth D. Zabielski and George L. Royce, polled 5,072, 4,2% and 4,479 votes, respectively. County board winners in District 1, none of whom were opposed, were Phyllis K. Walters, George F. Starr, George W. Lowe. Jr. . and Cal Skinner, Sr., all Republicans. In District 3, Ross A. Kitchen, Ronald J. Morris, Kenneth P. Saladin and Alfred B. Collins won election and Ervin L. Walters was supported to fill a vacancy. These men, too, are Republicans. Although district totals were not available, it was known that the three incumbents were returned to the General Assembly in the Thirty-third district. They were Calvin L. Skinner, Jr. , and R. Bruce Waddell, both Republicans, and Thomas J. Hanahan of McHenry, a Democrat. In McHenry county, they polled 30,382, 19,268 and 22,318, respectively. C.R. Ron Stroupe received 11,454 votes and Betsy Green, 7,511. Stroupe and Ms. Green are Democrats. John B Anderson won handily in the Sixteenth district to be returned to the U.S. Congress. A Republican, he defeated Marshall Hungness, Democrat, and W. John Schade, Jr. , Independent. Within the county, Anderson polled 7,217 votes, Hungness, 3,667 and Schade, 1,144. At midnight, Tuesday, the fate of veteran Robert McClory (Conitnued on page 17) win'and Meanderin' City Library Observes Children's Book Week Everybody turned analyst Wednesday. Everybody, that is, except the Republicans. They knew what happened and didn't want to know why. Democrats stretched their ears with broad smiles, feigning a humility that didn't always ring clear Republicans -leaders and little folks- were worrying publicly. The drub­ bing at the polls was so bad they weren't even making up any new excuses. Characteristically, Senator Percy took to the mike in a promise to "salvage" the Grand Old Party. In all seriousness, he suggested that answers to the concerns of the public -concerns like inflation - -would be met when party leaders put their heads together in a couple of weeks. The Senator's promise failed to impress us. as it has done so many times before. Mr. Percy is smart. Surely he had heard some of the country's leading economists describe the only answers to inflation as "bad" and "worse", and both long range He failed to explain the magic of party heads knocking together About the same time. Governor Walker sanc­ timoniously had the answer to the Democrats' victory It was. he resounded, because the GOP had led the country down the primrose path to over spending Funny, we always thought his own party did that about as well as anyone The Governor, with bravado, declared that the state and nation want the Democrats to lead them. The Governor knows better than that ' The public wants someone to lead them, but the great numbers who stayed away from the polls gave proof enough that the sight of either donkeys or elephants is no reason for enthusiasm. It was not since the years of World War II that as low as a :t7 percentage of voter turnout was recorded. Shame, shame! Tuesday' election --like a good horse race-- was a true test of sportsmanship. Faced with party chaos, President Ford spoke of compromise. And his offer was met by Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. Such chumminess makes for a fine tea party. What it will do to solve the country's problems is another matter. But lest the love theme seem like the end of an unusual fairy story, take heed of local politics. While the large political giants were com­ paring notes and plunging on together, it was a different story in McHenry county. Even in victory, at least one winner was leveling five-letter words like "idiot" and "stupid" at his defeated opponent. There are those who have suggested that President Ford, with a House and Senate controlled by Democrats, can go to work in the morning, return home at night, and sleep withou benefit of Nytol for the next two years. His theme song "I 'll Do It My Way", has given 'way to "The Gang's All Here" as the Democrats take their seats in the Legislative branch And therein lies the GOP's single hope for 1976. If economists' predictions of a long, rocky road from inflation are true, the public may again become disenchanted with choices made at the polls Tuesday We Americans are not well disciplined, and we are spoiled. When we are deprived of the niceties of life to which we have been accoustomed, we demand change With this in mind, it is anybody's guess how the political headlines will read on the morning of Wednesday. Nov. 3, 1976 K A F Children's Book week is being- observed at McHenry Public library from Nov. 11 to 17. Its theme is Books For All Reasons. On Wednesday, to help celebrate -this special week, a delightful clown will visit for one hour with the younger children, starting at 4 o'clock. At 7 that evening, a film "Stuart Little", will be shown for the 6-to-8-year group. Besides books and magazines, the library has children's records and special prints of famous artists ' works suitable for framing. Children may borrow them for their own bedrooms. Other attractions for the young are story hours every Wednesday morning from 10 to 11 o'clock and the reading program during the summer. Mrs. June Stuart, librarian, invites children of all ages "for all reasons" to visit the library, especially during this special week, and particularly on the thirteenth. Investigate Death Of Man In Orchard Heights County law enforcement officials are investigating a death under unusual cir­ cumstances which occurred Tuesday evening in Orchard Heights. The body of a man was found in his home, along with two other unconscious persons. An acquaintance came to the home of John Walter, 52, 2428 Greening about 7:30 Tuesday night. Receiving no response at the door, he entered to find the home was extremely warm and (Continued on page 17) Man Dies, Woman Hurt In Election Night Accident An election night misfortune occurred Tuesday night about 8 o'clock outside McHenry Township Precinct 15 in Tomasello's parking lot, 3312 N. Chapel Hill road, Johnsburg. Joseph Splendoria, 56, of 2718 Manitou trail, McHenry, suf­ fered an apparent heart attack while driving his auto, and seriously injured one woman. According to deputies, Splendoria was backing his car in the lot when it suddenly picked up speed and hit two women pedestrians, Lorraine V Coari of 1312 W River Terrace and Dorothy R Steinbiss of 2104 W Delaware McHenry. The two women and Splendoria were taken to McHenry hospital by the Johnsburg Rescue squad, where Splendoria was pronounced dead on arrival at 8:20 p.m. Mrs. Coari was listed in satisfactory condition by hospital authorities Wednesday afternoon and- Mrs. Steinbiss was released following treatment at the emergency room Tuesday night. It was reported that the two women were judges of election in Precinct 15 and Splendoria was Democratic com­ mitteeman of that precinct Deputies noted that after the auto hit the two women, it continued on and hit parked cars owned by Walter Coari of (Continued on page 17) Lange Backers Ask City For Officer's Reinstatement A large group of persons attended Monday night's Council meeting to present their petition asking that for­ mer Patrolman Duane Lange be reinstated to the McHenry Police department. Lange was suspended from the depart­ ment in January, 1974, following hearings before the Police and Fire Commission board in which charges were filed against him by Sgt Gregory Bliznick of the local police department The Rev. Ralph Smith of the Methodist church acted as spokesman for the group and stated that approximately 2(H) persons had signed the petitions which read that Lange should be reinstated as a patrolman as ruled by Judge Richard Kelly in the Nineteenth Circuit court recently They oppose spending additional tax ARTHUR T. TYRRELL Sheriff VERNON W. KAYS County Clerk EDWARD W.HALL Educational Superintendent Elect Officers, Board At Annual C of C Meeting The annual meeting of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday evening, Nov. 12, at the Longhorn Steak House, 615 Rand road, Lakemoor. A family style beef and chicken dinner will be served at 7 p.m. New members of the board of directors will be selected, as well as new officers for 1975. The Chamber consists of a fifteen member board of directors, five of whom are elected annually for a three- year term. However, due to business transfers, etc., it sometimes is necessary to elect more than five. Nominated this year are Marge Olszewski, Don Daly, Larry Lund, Tom Low, George Thompson, Bill Dumalski, Bonnie Gaza and Winn Phillips. Mayor Joseph Stanek will address the meeting and bring members up to date on progress and problems within the city. President David M. Benrud said there are committee openings for those who wish to serve. money to have this case carried to the Appellate courts, ac­ cording to petition wording The court order handed down by Judge Kelly in early October adjudged that Lange be rein stated as a patrolman and that he be awarded back wages from his time of dismissal The Rev. Smith said he felt Lange's devotion to duty was evident by the many hours he (Continued on page 17) Plans (lomffleted "Or I vterans Day Signing proclamation designating Monday, Nov. 11, as a local observance of Veterans day in McHenry is Mayor Joseph Stanek, left, sitting. Beside him is McHenry Barracks, No. ISlft, Veterans of World War I, Commander Paul II. Leubscher. In back, from left, are Clyde Blackwell, Howard "Pat" Calms, Harold "Pat" Owen and Julius Gruenfeld. Cairns and Owe* are co-chairmen of arrangements. STAFF PIIOTO-WAYNEGAYL0RD Members of McHenry Barracks, \o 1315. Veterans of World War I. in cooperation with other veteran groups, have completed plans for the observance of Veterans day Monday, Nov 11. Ceremonies will start in th# (Continued on page 17) X"