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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER VOLUME S E R V I N G T H E C H A 1 N O - L . 4 K E S R E G I O N S I N C E I 8 7 . r ' TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1981 % NUMBER T- - • 1 SECTION 16 PAGES Santa Time Mmin' and Meanderin' If we were a druggist filling prescriptions, we would come up with our own medical concoction for every youngster at this time of year. It would always be the same. It would be called Santa Claus. There was a time when psychiatrists were spreading the word that Santa was a fairy tale that could bring disillusionment to a child when he finally learned the truth. But he learns that witches and ogres, and even the beautiful princess, only appear in fantasy and this has never had serious consequences. Today, more and more psychiatrists are beginning to agree with what we who are less informed on mental and emotional disorders believed all the time. The legend of Santa is not only fun, it is good for the self-esteem. There is fairly general agreement that if a youngster were to sit back and daydream, he couldn't come up with a nicer person than Santa. They're pleased to know that even if they haven't always been good, Santa won't forget them. Around the world, his name and face may vary, but the theme remains the same. For the doubting parent, it may be some comfort to know" that there is no child on record having been referred to a psychiatrist because of disap­ pointment over Santa Claus. For the adult, our holiday prescription would be old virtues that never become worn. Giving of our­ selves, and sharing, are among the few things that can give great satisfaction to both the giver and the receiver. Even with today's inflated prices, it's easier to put down our money for a gift. But the holiday spirit that can't be bought takes more thought. It may sound like an old fashion remedy, but the prescription that will best cure any holiday blues is just that. The prescription for the cure of Christmas vandalism is a bit more (Continued on page 14) Santa Came At Christmas It was 2:30 on Friday afternoon when a booming voice came over the telephone line looking for the address of one Brandi Kelley. It took just a moment, and then it became clear that this was the voice of none other than Santa Claus. He had read Brandi's letter to him in the Plaindealer -- how she was going to miss visiting the jolly old man because of chickenpox. But never let it be said that Santa would disappoint a little girl who was ill. He found that Brandi lived at 2017 N. Ringwoocl road and decided to pay her a surprise visit. Within an hour he was knocking on the Kelley door, which was answered by Grandpa. Brandi was sufficiently recovered to be sitting in front of the TV. When Grandpa told her she had a visitor, the 4-year-old answered with the sophistication of an adult, "What does he want to see me about?" But when old Santa walked into the room she became the little girl again. With a delight and excitement that shone in her eyes, she accepted the candy canes and balloons he brought her, and then kept throwing kisses his way as he "drove out of sight". Brandi Kelley will never need the New York Sun "Virginia" story to convince her about Santa Claus. He visited her, and she saw all the wonder of the years come into her home at Christmas time. Brandi Kelley is a Santa fan! Murder Mother Of Area Woman Anna C. Zylius, 78, of 736 S. Jackson street, Waukegan, was making plans to spend Christmas with her daughtrers, Mrs. Clifford (Loretta) Meadie of Wonder Lake and Mrs. Ken (Alice) Arber of Salem, Wis. That was before' Friday, Dec. 18, when she was found murdered in her first floor apartment. Mrs. Zylius' body was found by a sailor who lives in a second floor apartment. He went to the apartment after observing an accumulation of newspapers at the outside back door. When he received no response to nis rapping, the sailor tried the door knob and found it open He found Mrs. Zylius murdered, clad in nightclothes in the bedroom of her south side home. The second floor tenants reported hearing no noises from her apartment. Mrs. Meadie said her mother usually rented to Navy personnel, who often visited her. She felt secure in her home with them in the building, but acording to Mrs. Meadie, always kept her door locked. Public Hearing For Sewer Plan Grant Set After a productive discussion and presentation by engineers Dec. 17 at McHenry Shores, the South-East McHenry Facilities Planning Area Advisory committee found itself a month ahead of schedule for the planning process. A public hearing for the report of this Step 1 sewer planning grant is ten­ tatively set for March 15, according to George Heck, vice-president of Baxter and Woodman. Inc., engineers who are technical consultants for the planning This stage had originally been predicted for mid-April .following a delayed start in the Step I procedures in August caused by a change in leader­ ship in the McHenry Shores village board, grantee of the study grant. The FAP advisory committee recommended selection of the Decker property north of Bull Valley road adjoining the river as the future disposal plant site. McHenry city presently owns this land and is being included in the planning process. Passed over werej two other possibilities, the Bolger farm south of the Shores and an area between the Shores and the river, as less desirable. The committee also recommended against land disposal of waste water resulting from the proposed treatment plant as being not feasible because of cost factors, the chief one being distance of suitable disposal areas from the plant. The committee heard the engineers explain four alternative types of plants and processes considered acceptable under present design criteria. The engineers also suggested designing the plant for a maximum capacity to serve 20,000 population equivalents, to be built at the first stage for 5,000, but with the basic components that would eventually handle the designed capacity As the need increased, "plug in units" would enlarge the plant's capabilities by 5,000 population for each addition The "ultimate population" for the Shores was predicted by the studies as 5,000 and for the McHenry city portion and other areas east of the river also planned to be served by the plant, as 15,000. The engineers also explained that they could design the plant to handle "septage" for those homes that for one reason or another would not or could not be connected to the proposed sewer system It was emphasized that the needs of these property owners should also be met. Representing an in­ novation to traditional sewer design was a suggestion for a receiving station on the river to accept discharge of waste from recreational boats equipped with toilet systems. Nina L. Keen, public participation (Continued on page 14) Select Winning Home Displays When judges completed their rounds of 22 displays entered in I he home decorating contest of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce, it was the Robert Blaney home, at <>12 Green street, that claimed first place as Best ol Show winner. The Blaneys receive $100. Three honorable mentions went to the Russell Hopps. 3015 W Scott avenue. Alan-Cindy Holm. .">425 W. Brittany drive, and the Walter Stupeys. 3004 W. Mary lane. Each receives $50. Prizes are cash equivalent cer­ tificates which can be redeemed at anv On Appeal • y \ , ++ Christmas is special for everyone, but to none is it more exciting than a small child. Santa visited the Child Care class at West campus this past week. When this photo was snapped, it was 34-year-old Cindy Hallberg's turn to receive a gift. With a bit of shyness and a large measure of pleasure, the youngster contemplates what's inside ihe large package she has jusi been given. Cindy is the daughter of Scott and Marcia Hallberg. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Albanese Awaiting Verdict business operated by a Chamber member After an absence of several years, the competition was opened again in an effort to increase community spirit at holiday time and emphasize the C of C. 'heme. Home for the Holidays Instead of judging in several categories, prizes were given for apt­ ness toward the town theme, originality of concept and presentation of idea; beauty: overall visual impact; visability. both in daylight and in the evening; and effort. Other entries which received com­ plimentary remarks from the judges are listed for those who would like to view them: Ed.Hetterman, 3518Chapel Hill Rd. , Ken Homo. 3806 Maple Ave.; Walter & Michelle Allred, 5008 Ashland Dr.: Dwight & Lorraine Porshakine, 5208 Dartmoor; Richard C. Wurm, 4913 Dartmoor; Edward Holm, 3804 W Waukegan; Charles L Holtz. 1803 N. Riverside: Nick & Pat Schordje. 4507 Prairie; Frank Sroka, 1419 River Terrace Dr.; Mr and Mrs A. Korpan, 1202 S. Bonita; Mr. and Mrs. R Julian, 2312 Fairview Lane; William Kofler, .">«(»"> N. Woodland Dr ; Chuck Wiedemann, 5011 Bonner Dr.; Harry Dean. 804 Front; Ray Mathis, 4116 Crystal Lake; Raymond Reinliasuden. 421 <» Prairie; H L. Palmer, 2013 W. Indian Ridge; Frank Schafer, 2323 W Aspen Dr Pictures will appear in the Dec 24 issue "WES" TONYAN DIES Sylvester "Wes" Tonyan, 75, died Dec. 20 in McHenry hospital He was the retired president of Tonyan Bros., and developer of Weston Lake Estates A co/nplete obituary appears elsewhere in this issue. She was last seen alive at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to Waukegan Detective Sgt. Timothy Niemietz, it appeared that she had been dead more than 24 hours. She seldom left her home, but her daughters came regularly to shop for her. They had made plans for her to be part of their Christmas celebration. Mrs. Meadie said the investigation was continuing, and if authorities had any leads, they had not been revealed, even to the family. A preliminary examination revealed both scalp and throat wounds. Mrs. Zylius was well known in this Lithuanian community and her two daughters and a son were raised in the house in which the mother remained through the years. Her husband, Stanley A. Zylius, who died in September of 1966, played the organ at St Bartholomew church in Waukegan for 34 years. The neighborhood was once a center (Continued on page 14) SHAW MEDIA NEWS SERVICE Papers were filed in the Second District Appellate court, Elgin, Friday morning seeking relief of the high bond set for Charles M. Albanese of Spring Grove, who is accused of murdering three family members and of the at­ tempted murder of his brother by ar­ senic poisoning Gene Armentrout of West Dundee, counsel for Albanese, filed the documents in appeal of the $1.5 million bond set in McHenry county and the $2 million set in Lake county. The defendant and his lawyer have both testified that Albanese's assets are limited. His home at 1815 Spring court is worth about $150,000; however, ac­ cording to testimony, it is encumbered with mortgages. Albanese, 44, told Judge Roland Herrmann in 19th Judicial Circuit court, Woodstock, last week that his $52,000 annual salary from the family- owned Allied Die Casting Company has been cut off since his Nov. 18 arrest His 39-year-old wife, Virginia, testified there was about $6,000 total in the couple's savings and checking ac­ counts. Armentrout claims the bond is "oppressive" and says there would be no possibility of raising the required 10 percent cash to allow Albanese to be released from McHenry county jail and returned to his wife and two children while awaiting trail. Albanese is charged with the murder of his 69-year-old father, M.J. Albanese, his wife's grandmother, 89-year-old Mary M. Lambert, and her daughter, 69-year-old Marion Mueller In addition to the charge of attempting to murder his 34-year-old brother. Michael Jay Albanese, he is also charged on counts of felony theft The senior Albanese was founder of the McHenry Die Casting company, of which the accused man is president and his brother the company treasurer. Albanese has pleaded not guilty to all the charges and jury trials have been set in McHenry and Lake counties His alleged victims all resided in Leisure Village, Fox Lake. Two of them were pronounced dead in McHenry hospital Armentrout said that because Albanese still has the presumption of innocence, a pre-trial appeal will not take as long a time to be considered by the Appellate court as an appeal of a conviction would. He is expecting the appeal to be decided by the court "in just a few davs." First Girl In 230 Years The volunteers of McHenry hospital's auxiliary have provided handmade Christmas stockings for babies born during the holiday season at the hospital. This tradition of many years launched ihe 1981 Christmas bunting season when Holly Melinda, daughter of Larry and Sherry Fales of Lake Villak was the first baby this year to go home in a slocking. Sewn and embroidered by several volunteers, the stockings are used as a special gift for newborns throughout the season. The Fales noted that Holly Melinda will be a celebrity at. home, too, since she is the first girl born in that family in 230 years. To honor this event, she shares the same middle name of her precedessor of seven generations ago. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Circuit Breaker Deadline Churches Plan Holiday Rites Schlender Named Athletic Director P r o p e r t y T a x R e l i e f S e t C h r i s t m a s S e r v i c e s A s s u m e d D u t i e s D e c . 2 1 P a g e 1 2 P a g e 5 ^ P a g e 6