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$ GERALD FORD for President We Believe. . . (an editorial) Warning: It has been determined that not voting is dangerous to the health of our nation! In spite of that warning, it is estimated many thousands of voters throughout the nation will stay away from the polls on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 2. For those good citizens who do recognize their responsibility, it is important to consider seriously those who seek their support and how their election could affect the future of the domain over which they seek jurisdiction. This is an all important consideration for a newspaper, also, and we have reached some conclusions. On the federal level we consider the record of President Ford and compare it with the relative inexperience of his opponent. Governor Carter, and of the latter's vacillation * on many issues. We look at peace in our nation--at improvement in unemployment figures--at a dropping inflation rate. Favorable trends in some areas vary in degree, to be sure, but they are impressive for a two-year office record and oifer encouragement. But probably most important we feel good about the President's goal to decentralize rather than widen the scope of government as indicated by his opponent. Because President Ford's action in behalf of financial responsibility is more often than not also the goal of most other G.O.P candidates at lower levels of government, in general we believe a Republican vote at the polls next Tuesday is healthv for the nation. JIMMY CARTER for President • IN TUBS* THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER ti\ I'V "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOLUME 101 NUMBER 25 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1976 2 SECTIONS 26 PAGES 20' Expect 60,000 County Voters At Polls The driver was trapped in a van following a rollover ac­ cident on Barnard Mill road, Tuesday. Fred Campizano, 19. 2207 Fairview lane, McHenry, was freed from his Dodge van after personnel from the Wonder Lake and the John- sburg rescue units worked for about twenty minutes and took him to the McHenry hospital for treatment. A passenger in the van, Lori J. Dalby, 20, also of McHenry received minor injuries and was taken to the hospital for examination. Campizano told investigators he was driving near 5616 Barnard Mill road at about 8:50 p.m. when his gas pedal stuck. When he reached down to free it, the van ran off the road. As he swung back on to the paved area, he saw headlights coming toward him, so he steered for the ditch to avoid a collision. The van hit several trees and rolled over, according to his statement. Witnesses corroborated his story. Both Cindie J. Smith, 25, 4413 Riverdale drive and Judith L. Kost, 17, 4606 Hayden court, of McHenry, were injured in a rear end collision on 3400 N. Route 31 Tuesday, according to the McHenry county Sheriff's department They were transported by the Johnsburg Rescue squad to the McHenry hospital. Miss Kost was ad- (Continued on page 15) Acting in the tradition of a curious cat, this pretty white pet watches closely as Kimberly Powers draws a face on her Halloween pumpkin in preparation for Sunday, Pet. 31. Five and one-half-year- old Kimberly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Brian Powers of 7317 Chippewa, Wonder Lake, received the 86-pound pumpkin from her father, who purchased it in Lebanon, Mo. The family is curious to see how many seeds the pumpkin contains, a fact they will learn when they carve the face on Halloween night. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD New Driver Course For Senior Citizens Set Housing Authority To Review Payment Program Kenneth Bowsher, coor­ dinator in this area for the driver refresher course, has scheduled another series Nov. 4, noon at Council The McHenry County Housing Authority will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the new Housing Authority office, 329 Lake street (east entrance) .Woodstock The meeting is open to the public. Among the items to be ^discussed at Monday night's meeting will be the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments program which will begin in McHenry county in november. The Housing Authority is seeking to fill two vacancies on the board of commissioners. Persons interested in serving the community by helping to provide low income housing for McHenry county residents may contact the Authority by writing to The McHenry County Housing Authority, P.O. Box 683, Woodstock. beginning Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 12 McHenry city hall chambers. The second session will be Thursday, Nov. 11, and the third and final session in this series will be Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon at the city hall It is not necessary to be a member of the McHenry Senior Citizens club to participate in the driver refresher courses on "Rules of the Road". These classes are being held so that senior citizens may have the opportunity of becoming more familiar with the rules and regulations and new signs to enable them to successfully pass their written drivers tests more easily. The course is under the auspices of the office of the Secretary of State, and is a state-wide project, operating in 102 counties in Illinois for the Montini Prefers Ford The student body of Montini Middle school who went to the polls Tuesday, Oct. 26, "voted in Gerald Ford as President of the United States 216 to 85 (72 percent to 28 percent >. The students had par­ ticipated in a project of studying the issues throughout the past month. In a randomly sampled opinion poll of Sept. 15, Mr. Ford led Mr. Carter 63 to 41 (61 percent to 39 percent). Thus, roughly 10 percent of the students changed their minds before election day. Some of the student responses to "Why did you vote the way you did'" were: Fifth grader: Diane Knox I voted for President Ford because he seemed better. Sixth grader: John Zabielski - I voted for President Ford because he is against abortion Seventh grader: Jim Thorsen -1 voted for Mr. Carter because I liked his stand on the issues. Eighth garder: Pam Homo -1 voted for President Ford because I felt he could do the job It will be interesting to see if Montini s vote will reflect the McHenry area vote Nov. 2. The entire project of studying the campaign and election procedure was under the direction of John Murphy, eighth grade Social Studies teacher at Montini. benefit of senior citizens. The records show that 25,000 senior Citizens have graduated from the refresher courses, and all have passed the written test without difficulty (Continued on page 15) Former Disposal Owner Dies At 58 William DeVries. 58. of 3402 W. Third avenue. McHenry, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. (Continued on page 15) Vandalism Rampant In Oaks, Lakeland Park Areas Numerous acts of vandalism in the Whispering Oaks and Lakeland Park areas were reported to city police last weekend. A picture window was broken at the Adolph J. Larson home, 4611 Ashley drive Monday night. Rocks were used to break the windows in three autos parked behind the Mit­ chell AMC building at 903 Front street that same night A window was also broken at International Decorators. 4618 Governor Candidates W Route 120 sometime Sunday by use of rocks James J O'Dwyer of 500 Stratford told police the wind­ shield of his car was broken Saturday while it was parked at (Continued on page 15) JAMES THOMPSON Republican MICHAEL HOWLETT Democrat Curious Cat "We hope to get 60.000 to the polls next Tuesday, Nov. 2", County Clerk Vernon Kays announced with optimism when the question was directed to him early this week. If the experienced office holder is correct, this will mean that 78 percent of the voters in McHenry county will express themselves for federal, state and county candidates in spite of expressions of voter apathy. Kays said 13,117 registered voters have been added to the potential strength at the polls since the 1972 general election. At that time 77.72 percent of those registered voted in the November election. The following are candidates appearing on ballots in the 32nd and 33rd Legislative districts. Printed are candidates representing eight parties for President and Vice-President but otherwise only the two major parties are listed. For President: Gerald Ford and Robert Dole (R); Jimmy Carter and Walter F. Mondale (D); Gus Hall and Jarvis Turner (Communist); Julius Levin and Constance Blomen, (Socialist Labor); Lyndon H. LaRouche, Sr., and Ronald Wayne Evans (U.S. Labor); Peter Camejo and Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers); Roger L. MacBride and David P. Bergland (Libertarian); Eugene J. McCarthy and John E. Clay (Independent). For Governor and Lieutenant Governor: James R. Thompson and Dave O'Neal (R); Michael J Howlett and Neil F. Hartigan (D). For Attorney General: William J. Scott (R) Cecil A. Partee (D). For Secretary of State: William C. Harris (R), Alan J. Dixon (D). For Comptroller: George W. Lindberg (R) and Michael J. Bakalis (D). For Trustees, University of Illinois: Timothy W. Swain, Robert E. Allen and Dean Ennis Madden (R); Earl L. Neal, William D. Forsyth, Jr., and George W. Howard, III (D). For Representative in Congress: John B. Anderson (R) and Stephen J. Eytalis (D) For Circuit Clerk: Margaret O'Neil (R) and Clark Landers, Jr. (D). For Recorder of Deeds: W.H "Bill" Russell (R), Mary G. Kvidera (D). For States Attorney: William J. Cowlin (R), no Democratic candidate. For County Coroner : Theron J. Ehorn (R), James Michael O'Laughlin (D). For County Auditor: Albert M. Jourdan, Jr. (R), Dorothy Mathews (D). For Members of the County Board: Richard O. Klemm, James D. Curran, Milton J. "Milt" McHale, and Ron- alda "Ronny" Margason (R); Donald P. Doherty, Charles (Chuck) Weingart, Patricia Dusthimer and Timothy (Tim) Flanagan (D). Voters may select four. For Judge of Supreme Court: Thomas J. Moran (R), Stanley J. Roszkowski (D). For Judge of Circuit Court: Roland A. Herrmann (R), Leonard Brody (D). The winner will fill the vacancy of Judge William J. Gleason. The majority of voters' among Plaindealer readers reside in the 33rd Legislative district, although some are included in the 32nd district. Ballots will offer the same choices except for Represen­ tative in the General Assembly and State Senate. In the 33rd district, voters may express themselves for one, two or three candidates for Legislator. They are Calvin L. "Cal" Skinner, Jr., and R. Bruce Waddell, Republicans, and Thomas J. Hanahan and Ron Stroupe, Democrats. In the 32nd district, Representative candidates are Betty Lou Reed and Donald E. Deuster, Republicans, Daniel (Continued on page 15) Rescue Squad Open House Lakes Region Rescue squad of Island Lake will mark its third year of faithful service by inviting the general public to attend the third annual open house Oct. 30. Lakes Region will be giving free blood pressure checks and wijl have its M.I.C. unit open for public inspection at the Island Lake shopping plaza. A slide presentation will be given at the Island Lake village hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m Oct. 30, consisting of a dramatization of a heart attack and a traffic accident Three years ago, when Lakes Region Rescue squad started the first ambulance service in this area, members had the basics in equipment. With the help of the community and McHenry hospital, today it has a complete and fully equipped mobile intensive care unit Lakes Region is staffed with seven paramedics, two registered nurses and nine e m e r g e n c y m e d i c a l t e c h n i c i a n s ( E M T l ' s ) , assuring 24-hour M.I.C. service at no charge to the community. Through the help and support of the public. Lakes Region Rescue will continue to provide free emergency medical care to the area at 312 526-3311. Although emphasis this week is on next Tuesday's election, not everything else in McHenry has been standing still. We were favored with an invitation to attend the very important centennial banquet of Zion Lutheran church held at the McHenry county fairgrounds last Saturday night. It was very much what we think the observance of such an occasion should be Concluding months of preparation, assisted by loyal church members, Harold Walter ably recounted some of the highlights of the long and proud history of this congregation. There were references to the faithful of yesterday and those of today who left, or are now leaving their mark on the history of the church. Of special significance was tribute paid to the late Minnie Block, matriarch of Zion who died in recent years just short of her 100th birthday. This remarkable lady felt strongly her role of leadership which she demonstrated each Sunday by leading prayer in a booming voice that set the pace for the congregation to follow Entertainment by the Murk family was a fitting climax to a pleasant evening that is con­ vincing proof that the strength: of small communities, their churches and their people, are the strengths of our country. The previous day we were witness to anothej* strength through a visit to a newspaper class session at East campus. The enthusiasm of a young teacher, Maralyn Levens by name, was heartening as we relayed some information about a hometown newspaper operation to some attentive young people. Now thoughts turn to Halloween, particularly the big party planned with local children in mind next Sunday evening. The city of McHenry is being joined by two organizations, the Jaycees and Lions club, in sponsorship of the party, which begins at 6:30 in East campus high school. In the meantime, Police Chief Kenneth Espey issues some "do's" and "don'ts" for the night of witches and goblins. Espy calls for trick-or- treaters to be out only between 4:30 and 6:30 Sunday, at which time the party for children at East campus begins. Costume judging for the younger age categories will start shortly thereafter. The police chief cautions drivers to use more than usual care in traveling on city streets Halloween. He urges parents to be sure costumes of their children are bright to lessen the danger of youngsters being struck when crossing streets. He was stern as he com­ mented on vandalism or criminal damage. "Offenders will be arrested immediately" he said em­ phatically. Extra officers will be on duty that night, and there will be unmarked cars. ,, . _, Driver Trapped In Van After Accident