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PAGE 12 - PLAINDEALER • FRIDAY. JANUARY 3t. mi » DELTA & FIRESTONE TIRES »GRANT BATTERIES McHENRY TIRE MART 59 YEARS OLD AND WE'RE STILL ROLLING ON!! On March 28, 1922 the McHenry Tire Mart opened its doors to the public. Walter Freund. owner, designed his store to service the people of McHenry County with quality tires and batteries. Now 59 years later it stands as one of McHenry's oldest businesses. McHENRY TIRE MART 3931 W. MAIN ST. McHENRY PHONE 3SS43M Moratorium On Parking Meters Police Chief George Patenelii b shown with Chris Wirts and Tom Williams, chairmen of the Chamber of Commerce Retail committee, as they prepare to enter a H-day parking meter mflraterinm. Two hour* of free parking replaced the meters in order to increase the desirability of downtown shopping In McHenry. The plan, put into action Jane 1. was later extended to Feb. 1.1*1. A Anal decision will be rendered by the McHenry City >o noi}**t«hife/i<»3 r> L'Ufc gifwu't txitn «.v .. . enriio b4)eift|<*9b C«nc^ i) c. National B.P.W. Legislation award. At the national convention held in Omaha, Nebr., recently, Adeline Pedersen, president of the McHenry club, accepted the award on behalf of the membership. In what he described as an "awesome experience". Lee Snyder of McHenry met with President Jimmy Carter at the White House recently; Snyder, president erf the DePaul university student government, was one of 200 student leaders from colleges and universities across the nation who were given an opportunity to Suestion the President on the raft and other issues. Snyder, 22, is working toward a Master's degree in business. The McHenry County Mental Health board (706 board) voted to hold the line on its .06 tax levy rate following" the conclusion of its hearings on requests from local mental health agencies for funding. Both the McHenry High School Teachers association and the McHenry High School District 156 board Negotiating committee announced that bargaining had broken down again in an attempt to reach a contract settlement. A spokesman for the MCHSTA said the teachers unanimously rejected the board of education's 10 percent economic package which includes benefits such as insurance. Brought to the City Council as a concept nearly nine months ago, the Valleybrook annexation public hearing neared fruition with a verbal agreement between the Council and Faestel Investments, Inc., of Crystal Lake. The meeting concerned a 209-acre tract of land at the southwest corner of Bull Valley road and the Crystal Lake blacktop. The development includes "R-l" and "R-2" residential and approximately 11.2 acres of "B-l" business zoning at the intersection. Frederick J. Meyer, McHenry, was elected to a four-year term as high treasurer of the Cathouc Order of Foresters at the order's forty-first national convention held in Minneapolis. He was elected by 250 delegates representing the order's 168,000 members in 28 states and the District of Columbia. The bids for improve­ ments to Knox park came in low. Pete Merkel, recreation director, explained that proposals from contractors totaled $435,529. Originally the estimates added up to $527,000 for the swimming pool, bathhouse, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, picnic ground equipment, fences and drives for the city's new southside park. These improvements had been planned to take advantage of a $200,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund matching grant offered through the Illinois D e p a r t m e n t o f Conservation. Preliminary census figures recently released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, show an increase of 57.7 percent in the population of the City of McHenry in the last 10 years. Memories of 25 years will be evident in many ways as residents, former residents and friends join in celebrating the silver anniversary of the Village of McCullom Lake, Aug. 16. The McHenry Elementary School District 15 board voted to approve a total tentative budget of more than $10 million for 1960-81. The school board had succeeded in paring an estimated $575,000 from the 1979-80 Education fund deficit of about $806,000. The very vocal debate that erupted last October concerning the proposal of First United Methodist church to use a tree bank on the north side of John street for parking appears to have been resolved at the Council meeting. The City offered to construct curbs which would provide diagonal parking on the north side of John street but which would also provide green areas and whicn would go around utility poles. This option appeared to have Elementary District Referendum Defeated Youngsters (at right) find their own amusement while resigning themselves to a long wait for parents voting in the Elementary School District 15 referendum in East campus cafeteria Saturday. Voters represented both young pareats and senior citizens and brought out one of the highest votes ever recorded for such an election. In all, there were 2.830 votes cast, with 1,245 supporting the proposed increase in the educational rate and 1,585 opposed. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD