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Survey Results East Campus Students Speak Out About School How do vounc McHenry high school students-freshmen and desires. However, only 44.3 per cent felt they had sufficient More than 86 per cent favored the idea Seek Queen Title How do young McHenry high school students-freshmen and sophomores-feel about school in general and some areas in particular? Not all are happy, hut a recent survey at East campus indicates a steady improvement over the past five years. In 1971, SO per cent of the ̂ tu dents indicated a negative feeling about their school. Today that percentage is only between io and 25 per cent. In commenting on the survey, administrators said the results recognize that problems still exist but feel student response will support staff efforts. Asked whether they usually look forward to attending school each day (accounting for the degree to which they expressed an opinion) 48.2 per cent responded positively and 22.1 per cent were negative. Almost 30 per cent had no opinion. Regarding their feeling of safety on campus, slightly over half of those responding were in agreement, 18 said they did not, and a whopping 31 expressed no opinion. Over half of the students said they have no fear for their safety when using the washrooms, while 28.8 per cent noted some fear. Asked whether they thought teachers cared about them as a person, 52.2 per cent said they did, 30 per cent failed to state an opinion, and 17.5 felt they did not. In the category of fair discipline at East, students were almost evenly divided between those who felt it was (34.7 per cent) and those who had no opinion (33.8 per cent). Slightly fewer, 30.5 per cent were negative on the subject. A small percentage said the teacher-advisor program is worthwhile and should be continued. Many had no opinion and a substantial number held a;negative view. Freshmen and sophomores in large numbers - 59.9 per cent, believe course offerings meet their personal educational desires. However, only 44.3 per cent felt they, had sufficient independent study time as opposed to 48.8 who said they did not. To the question of whether the school should have more discipline, there was a resounding response by 50 per cent that it should not. Almost 21 per cent felt it should, and many had no opinion. One of the largest negative votes came to the question of whether East campus should have more rules and regulations. Only 12.7 per cent thought it should. Almost an equally positive view came to the question of whether the smoking area during lunch mod should be continued. More than half of the students would like to see this smoking area open all day. About the same number believe the area does not encourage non-smokers to smoke. Almost 65 per cent of the students said they did not smoke tobacco. Of interest was the feeling of these young people -most of them in the 14-to-16 age group- regarded drugs as a serious student problem in East campus. Only 28 per cent felt they were, 34.4 per cent said they were not, leaving a large number without a view. Almost 77 per cent said they had no experience with marijuana, 19.2 per cent said they had experimented but did not use it, and 23.1 per cent are users. Concerning alcohol, more than 68 per cent were counted as non-users, 31.7 do use it. With drugs other than alcohol or marijuana, almost 91 per cent said they were not users and 9.3 per cent admitted to their use. One of the largest positive votes came to the question of whether East campus students should be allowed open campus. More than 86 per c<*it favored the idea Heavy favorable response also came when they were asked to place a value on the after-school activity bus More than 82 per cent believe it should be continued The ability to read, of much concern to adults, found 54 5 per cent satisfied. 31.4 per cent wishing they could read better Thirty-eight per cent indicated plans to attend college after graduation. 20 6 per cent intend to get a job. and 25.9 per cent were undecided Of special note was the fact that 43 9 per cent admitted to pride at being a student at East campus, while 16.6 said they were not. A large 39 5 per cent remained uncommitted on the question McHenry Man Admits Guilt In Tax Case Paul A. Schwegel of 4301 W Clearview, McHenry. pleaded guilty Monday before Federal Judge Frank J. Garr in Chicago of failure to file his tax return. The McHenry man, who allegedly made over $100,000 a year preparing other people's income tax returns, admitted he had failed to report (113,000 in income he received in 1970 In return for his guilty plea, the government agreed to drop two other charges that he failed to file income tax returns totaling (154,293 for the years 1968 and 1969 Schwegel is scheduled to be sentenced May 4 and could receive a year in jail and a $10,000 fine ALYSON ANN HANSEN SALLY HAWKINS CHAIN-FOX MEETING The next regular meeting of the Chain of Lakes-Fox River commission will be held March 26 at the Fox l^ake Village hall on Route 59. Fox l^ake, at 1:30 p.m Two lovely young ladles vying for the title of Marine Festival queen are Alysan Ann Hansen and Sally A. Hawkins. Alymou Is the daughter at Charles and Barbara Hansen. She Is It years aid. Alyton's hobbles are snow skUng. banting, dancing, ceramics, music and photography. Her school activities have Included Student Council and Ski club. Sally Is the daughter af Richard and Patricia Hawkins. The dark-haired, dark-eyed young lady. 19 year* old. Includes ss her school activities membership In the Newman club. Hobbles are tennis, biking, nursing, swimming and dancing. * 100 TEAKS * THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875' VOLUME 100 NUMBER 67 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 24, 1976 16 PAGES 20' Trade Fair Opens Friday Motorcyclist Badly Injured In Accident an "All exhibit booths were sold ten days ago and we expect a crowd of 10,000 to 15,000". That was the enthusiastic word from George Thompson, chairman of the fourth annual McHenry Commerce and In­ dustry Trade Fair. It is scheduled at the McHenry Exposition center, Rt. 120 east. Friday through Sunday, March 26-28 The hours will be 6 to 10:30 p.m the first day, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. The most important change this year is the big new location east of the city The site is the former State of Illinois warehouse. The visitor will see many more exhibits than were possible in the past, when lack of space prevented some displays. There will be boats, autos and hundreds of products and services for home, farm and business The 24.000 square foot exhibit hall allows for seventy deluxe display spaces, ranging in size from 10 X 10 to 16 X 26. with wide aisles Overhead doors and unloading dock allow for drive-in or unloading of large items that never before could be shown A spacious parking lot has direct entrances to the exhibit building. "Of course there is free admission for everyone", the Chamber reaffirmed this week In addition to the many displays, there will be valuable prizes. The Commerce and Industry Trade Fair committee has as members, besides George Thompson, Marty Conway. Ken Sheridan. Ann Zeller and Dick Nethaway Wayne L. Taylor of 3401 W Pearl street. McHenry. was reported in satisfactory con­ dition at McHenry hospital, where he was taken Thursday afternoon after the motorcycle he was riding hit a car The accident occurred at the comer of Richmond road and Pearl street about 4:10 p.m Charges are pending further in­ vestigation by city police Michael P U*sko of 5108 W. Orchard drive. McHenry, told police he was south bound on Richmond and he slowed to make a turn onto Pearl As he was half way through his turn, he heard a crash Taylor, who was driving his motorcycle north bound on Richmond road, said the Lesko car turned in front of him and he was unable to avoid a collision Harold L Coolidge of 640 Meadowbrook lane, Lake Zurich, was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident following a rear-end collision at the intersection of Route 176 and River road. Sunday afternoon. Linda M. Jeannette of 2616 Fair Oaks lane. McHenry. stopped on the highway waiting for traffic to clear so she could make a left turn Collidge was following behind the Jeannette auto and took his eyes from the road for a few seconds When he glanced back, he saw the car had stopped with its left turn signals in operation and he could not avoid a collision. Lillian M Gesicki of 401 Channel drive, Island Lake, was taken to McHenry hospital by the rescue squad Saturday afternoon following an accident at 1705 S Route 31 near High Point road, south of McHenry Ms Gesicki had pulled her car into a driveway at Scan Am (Continued on page 15) George Thompson, chairman of the Commerce and Industry Trade Fair, inspects huge sign on the side of new exhibit hall, located just east of McHenry on Rt. 120, in the former State of Illinois warehouse. The free fair, which runs from Friday through Sunday, March 26-28, is expected to attract between 10,000 and 15,000 visitors. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD We have heard promises - oh. have we heard promises during the past few weeks! We have heard candidates within one party mercilessly crucify other candidates in that same party. It is hard to believe now that the votes are counted, some of these same men and women - at least for public viewing - suddenly decide the (Continued on page 15) Army Man In Escort Group For President Zoning wui Determine Future Of Nursing Home Plans to erect a nursing home on Crystal Lake road, within the city of McHenry, may depend on the results of a zoning hearing scheduled Friday. March 26. The property is on the west side of the blacktop road, ex­ tending from the service station on the north to West > Bakery Employee Cut In Attempt To Burglarize Shop Robert A. Kumpfer of An- tioch, a night employee of the Continental Baking company (Hostess Budget shop) at 3315 W. Pearl street, called city police Monday night about 10:30 and reported an at­ tempted armed robbery at the shop. When he arrived to begin (Continued on page 15) campus high school on the south. The total area contains about 5 acres Presently the premises are classified under the "Planned Unit Development" section of the zoning ordinance of the city of McHenry. A request is made to grant a Special Use permit which will allow construction and operation of a 312-bed skilled care nursing home, together with a satellite structure containing a swim­ ming pool and facilities for exercise, recreation and rehabilitation. An application has been made by the McHenry State bank, as trustee, and Jacob E Farkas. Ronald Horwitz and Dorothy Kerr. The hearing will be held at 3 p.m.on the twenty-sixth of this month in the City Council chambers. McHenry. The McHenry county zoning board of appeals will conduct a hearing Thursday. March 25. at the town hall in Spring Grove on a petition for reclassification of property requested by Philip E. and Jean Schoen They are seeking a change of (Continued on page 15) Woman, Slain Layton T Davis. 50. the Watson, 111., state trooper shot to death last week near Ef­ fingham. was a nephew of Mrs Harold Bowlin of 4802 W. Shore drive, McHenry The trooper had stopped a car for a traffic violation on Int Hwy. 47. Witnesses saw a car speeding away from the scene and notified police. Later, they found the auto abandoned on a street in Effingham. State police said the two men then apparently stopped a seconS car at gunpoint and forced the driver to accompany them on their flight The two were arrested in Olney less than two hours after the shooting and charged with murder. Their names were not immediately released McHenryArea Woman Suffers In Home State Trooper, Nephew Of Local r • n Woman. Slain SeriOUS BUmS Mrs. Louis Szerecsen received first, second and third degree burns about the feet, hands and back when fire swept through a portion of her home. 1701 Sunnyside Beach drive. McHenry, Saturday night Mr. and Mrs Szerecsen were in bed about 10 o'clock when Mr. Szerecsen awoke and went into the front room Finding the couch ablaze, he hurried to call his wife Fighting his way through thick smoke, Mr. Szerecsen thought his wife was behind him until he reached the out of doors Instead, she had made a wrong turn and ran through the fire area toward the front of the house rather than leaving through the rear door A fire alarm turned in by Mrs Dennis Ansell. a neighbor, brought members of Company II to the scene They remained for about an hour before bringing the blaze under control Fire Chief Gelnn Petersen said the fire caused damage to the front room, bathroom and kitchen, and there was smoke and heat damage to the upper floor He estimated a loss in excess of $10,000 No cause of the fire was determined . Mrs Szerecsen was taken to McHenry hospital by the Johnsburg Rescue squad A McHenry area mother and her two small children escaped injury when fire threatened to sweep through their home last Sunday afternoon Mrs I,eonard Johnson was cooking dinner at the family home. :J620 Hamiin drive, and thought her two children, aged 2'v and 14. were in the front of the house When she detected black smoke. Mrs Johnson hurried to the back part of the home and found it originated in a bedroom About $1.000 damage resulted from the blaze Company II firemen spent about a half hour extinguishing the flames Two of McHenry s fire companies answered calls for slough fires last Friday Company 111 extinguished the Holiday Hills fire called in at 4 50 in the afternoon The second broke out at 4618 Spring Grove road shortly before 7 o'clock that evening It was handled by Company II Company I was called to extinguish a grass fire near Brake Parts at 8 30 Friday evening W A Visitor Looks At Election Freedom Important Agenda For Area Property Owners PVT. DANIEL ROMKE. JR. Pvt. Daniel O. Bomke. Jr.. has recently completed one station training jpt Ft. Polk. La. (Continued on page 15) The annual general meeting of the Lakeland Park Property Owners asso<;aition w ill be held Sunday. March 28, at 2 p.m., at the Lakeland Park Community house. 1717 North Sunset avenue. Besides the normal reports, the following items will be discussed: Numerous up-dated amendments to the by-laws; water company; Brittanv Park; special senior citizen's garbage program and election of three new board members . The nominating committee has submitted the following slate of candidates: Marshall J Beard. Elmer A. Boeldt, Harold Bowlin, Mrs. Pat W Buhrman, Herbert Heritage never done, safely, in Chile About one-third of McHenry township's registered voters went to the polls in last week's primary election, and many of these were votes of duty rather than privilege To a visitor in this country, it is difficult to understand the lack of concern. Chachita Urbina is a lovely young lady from Chile who has made her home in McHenry for six months She is living with Mr and Mrs. Philip Hamilton in Whispering Oaks and attends McHenry County college Miss Urbina was very in­ terested in seeing an American election in action She went to the polls with Mrs Hamilton primary day and found a very different atmosphere than in her home land Chachita was surprised that American elections are not held on Sunday; that there were no soldiers guarding the polls She was frightened at the declaration of party for that is and Richard Thennes (Continued on page 15) On election day all places of business are closed and no alcohol is sold No congregating on streets is allowed, and "you would never hear an easy political con­ versation in Chile like you do here" she said All polling places must be in municipal buildings, such as a school or village hall, and forty eight hours before election all political announcements are barred from newspapers, television and radio "Most important. Americans have a choice. " Chachita observed "In my country everyone must vote under threat of prison Even if you are in a hospital, you must have a certificate stating why you did not vote, although now under the present military regime no elections are being held I did not realize how democracy worked I thought it would be like Chile, now I have a new- concept of America Miss Urbina lived with the Hamilton family as an in­ ternational exchange student in 1970 and attended Lake Zurich (C ontinued on page 15) . .V 9 ****** , . , ' Chachita Urbina of Chile points to election results on voting chart following the Tuesday. March 16. primary. The lovely young visitor to the United States expressed surprise st the freedom in voting compared to her native country. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD