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PAGE 7 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20,1I6*""~ McHenry Hospital founder named Fiesta parade marshall The McHenry Fiesta Days Parade Marshall Selection Committee announces that Dr. Lee Gladstone, founder and developer of McHenry Hospital, has been unanimously named parade marshall for the 1984 Fiesta Days Parade. In accord with the 50's and 60's theme which is being celebrated this year, the committee reported that Dr. Gladstone is being honored for bringing to McHenry the medical facility that has served the community since its beginning in 1956. "'People before bricks is the key," Gladstone has often been heard to say. "If you look at jthe bricks or the edifice first, and don't have the people who un­ derstand and feel the needs and emotions of a project, then you have nothing." Based on that philosophy, the McHenry Medical group evolved to in­ clude the 11-bed hospital in the lower level of the medical center and gradually added wing after wing and bed upon bed, to create an economic and cultural base which has influenced' the development of the McHenry community. As McHenry Hospital evolves into a regional health care center, moves into its new facility at Route 31 and Bull •Valley Rd., and officially acquires its new identity, the Northern Illinois Medical Center, the community pays homage to the man who -originated, nurtured, and .assured the reality of the McHenry medical center. When notified of the honor, Dr. Man killed f in crash near Harvard Plaindealer news service A Brookfield man was killed and three others were injured when the car they were riding in spun off Route 23, south of Harvard Saturday. ' The car struck a tree and taught fire, according fo the McHenry County Sheriff's Department. Thomas J. Kuhn, 21, of Brook- field, was going south on Route 23, near Olbrich Road, at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday when his car went off the road onto the shoulder, police said. As he tried to get his automobile back on the road, the car went out of control, sheriff's police said. It crossed the center line and collided with a nor­ thbound car driven by Catherine E. Slobodnik, 27, of Kansas. After the collision, Kuhn's car spun and went into a ditch beside the road, struck a tree and burst into flames, according to the sheriff's department. Sheriff's police said Kuhn and a passenger in his car, Henry Vogel, 20, of Riverside, were in fair condition at Memorial Hospital for McHenry County in Woodstock. Another passenger with Kuhn, 22-year-old Chris Verr, was pronounced dead at the scene, sheriffs police said. A passenger in Slobodnick's car, Mary J. Henning, 25, of Wisconsin, was treated for minor injuries and released from Harvard Hospital. Uninjured in the accident were Marguerite T. Hall, 14, and 1- year-old Michael L. Sloboonick, sheriffs police said. Locally, Gudrun H. Schreiner, 1317 Hillside, McHenry, was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident following a two-vehicle collision on Elm street, near Richmond Road. Schreiner told McHenry Police he could not stop in time to avoid striking the rear of an auto operated by Paul D. Hennip, 2402 Fairview Lane, McHenry. A passenger in the Schreiner auto, Jackie K. Schreiner, was taken to Northern Illinois Medical Center for examination and treatment. « James M. Heimann, 826 Wheeler, Woodstock, was ticketed for improper lane usage Jrtien the Greenwood Township ^umptruck he was driving struck another car on Elm Street. Heimann was attempting Co change lanes when the Collision occurred., The driver of the other car Was Karol A. Pavelt, 931 West \ve., Woodstock. Gladstone quickly retorted, '"niere were so many others who helped us make those early days financially feasible. Had it not been for them, we would have been out of business before we had a chance to serve the community." "My own father, Maurice Gladstone, was like an un­ derground agent for his son: he always found the money we needed, or found someone else who was willing to invest in our plight and our quest to offer the finest medical care to the community. My own first partner, Dr. George Alvary, who still practices here and has been chief of staff at the hospital, was one of those generous underwriters." "Our most important finan­ cial angel was Sangston Hettler, who just recently died at the age of 90, but whose family farm remains in McHenry. And my own Uncle Sam, who was in the laundry business, made it possible to put in the laundry facility, which was essential for state licensing of a hospital. Hiere were just so many who helped so much when every dollar was critical." The Gladstone family had already enjoyed a generation of residency and business in McHenry. While in the service in Burma, India in 1946, Glad­ stone made the decision not to practice medicine in Chicago, where he had many offers, but rather to return to McHenry, where the family maintained a home at 1614 Richmond Rd. In 1946 he opened his first office in the upper level of what now is the China Light restaurant at the corner of Rt. 120 and Green Street. Dedicated to his quest of the finest of medical care, he gave birth to the concept of the McHenry Medical Group, then McHenry Hospital, and guided the growth and development of the facility until he felt it could stand on its own. It was in 1967 that Lee Gladstone felt assurance that his concept could survive without his presence, and he took the opportunity to pursue a psychiatric residency at Nor­ thwestern Memorial Hospital. Although he is currently in private practice in Chicago, his McHenry residency is still maintained which he and is wife enjoy mostly on weekends in their Bull Valley home. Dr. Gladstone is on the staff at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Included in his current credits are: the Chairmanship of the Impaired Physicians for the Illinois State Medical Society, and the Governor's Committee for Licensing of Alcoholic Treat­ ment Centers. He is also the director of Substance Abuse Treatment Center and on the education committee at Martha Washington Hospital, where he is a staff member. Dr. Gladstone's influence has reached far beyond McHenry, but the impact of his influence on the character and growth of the community is profound, permanent, and professionally unique, stated the parade marshall committee. Although his association with McHenry Hospital did not ex­ tend into the development of the Northen Illinois Medical Center, there may not have been a Northern Illinois Medical Center had it not been for the dream and the determination of Gladstone. C-HRM0ER y Mike Cajthaml, chairman of the 1984 McHenry Fiesta Days, left, and McHenry Mayor Joseph Stanek, right, congratulate Dr. Lee Gladstone upon being named 1984 Fiesta Days Parade Marshall. TAKE AN 0 0 ALL PREVIOUSLY REDUCED APIftREL T H R E E millS. Jl\E.2l Flil. JIAE 22 vii i! f:\Ti:\ m\\ ILL I:K TAKEN OFF W HEN VH RO \m NIL TIIEMEMHIlS SWIViS SAT. .11 \|{ 2:5 VI Till; IMilSTKI SPRING HILL ft 'Savings do not include Special Purchase merchandise. Pre-Season Coat ano Suit Sale. Furs, Fine Jewelry. Junior Swimwear, Home Furnishings and Linen Sale merchandise. Housewares, Books, Home Entertainment Center and Appliances