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( / vy\.>HQ/^ MCHE VOL 91 - No. 80 SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REQJ^N SINCE 1875' Friday, June 21, 1968 / 16 Pages - 10$ ISLAND lAKi YOUTH DIE IN TWO ACCIDENTS itudy High School Frank ©athman Conduct Close Race For Car^Collide" Valuable Campaign Voles Name Winner June 27 Seek Dairy Princess Title Life Safety Requirement Estimated At $100,000 ...IS i , . . . \<^VX, ' ; • srv. :%x;\ ^^ -- *- ' * < A C* x --pi' '-rw gjfpf- m „• ^ i' 1 # if k"' A ^ " - > & 9 ?Tk : -£f, - IS » , » 1: fj ~ • * ' rtf* •its C\T' W rV'f mBj- High School District No. 156 board members on Tuesday evening, studied the remodelling necessary to bring the present east campus to life safety requirements set by the state, to be met in 1970, and came to the conclusion that the expenditure would run in excess of $100, 000. ' Approve Elm Street Signal McHenry's City Council has had more than a little headache with traffic control at the Elm-Front-Waukepn street corner. For years/mefcg was a big demand fop^signal tigfiits. When lights w&e installed, they left much to Be desired in the opinion of the\|lriving public. Perhaps the biggest objection has now been taken care of with the approval of the State Highway department which will permit the city to install a left turn signal for west-bound traffic on Elm street making a left turn onto Front street. The City Council approved a contract with Aldridge Electric company Monday night for the new signal at a cost of $1,250. A resolution was passed to direct the Board of Local Improvements to initiate proceedings for sanitary sewer improvements in the Lakeland Park - Lakeland Shores area. An application for transfer of liquor license from Art and Initial work will be started soon by William Tonyan &Sons, awarded a contract for $15, 050. Since only one electrical bid was submitted for work to be undertaken this summer, in the amount of $58,600, it was decided to delay any action on this particular phase of the work until winter. The entire cost of remodelling includes installation of a new gas-fired boiler. Open house days for the west campus building on Aug. 24 and 25 were discussed and the board approved sending letters to citizen committee members, asking their cooperation. Workshops will be conducted Aug. 21 to better acquaint faculty and committee members with the school stTfhat they can more efficiently guide the public through the structure. A contract was approved for fencing, with an okay of $5,939 to Master Built Fence Co., Fox Lake, to provide backstops for baseball, softball and tennis areas at "the west campus. A contract was approved in the amount of $18, 213 for Cur ran Construction Co., Crystal Lake, to blacktop the tennis courts using an 8-inch base. The next lowest bid was a thousand dollars higher, providing only a six-inch base. In line with these contracts, some discussion was held concerning the necessity to establish priorities on desired items in "the school. The tennis Lee Henschel to Walter and Courts were approved and to , n. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Three of the pretty candidates for Dairy Princess front this area are Linda Rath, Mary contestant, Diane Dimon, was not present when Ann Stilling and Mary Rath. A fourth local P^to was taken» Judging from comments heard among objectors alongWaukegan road who attended the Council meeting Monday night, this is not the case, for they find it apparent that the postponed decision is nothing more than a ""/ delaying move. With the City Council delay-\. Putting one's self in the place ing action on a proposed rezoning of the north side of Waukegan road for commercial use, it might seem that calm would be restored for the present. of an objector makes it easy to realize that sometimes patience can be a virtue beyond human limitation, especially (Continued on page 5) Dairy promotion activity in McHenry county quickens each June. The 1968 candidates for Dairy Princess have been determined, with local sponsors presenting a dozen candidates for the honor. Hie variety of events are coordinated by the McHenry County Dairy Promotion council. Starting with an appearance by the candidates in the Harvard Milk Day parade, the (Continued on page 5) Dorothy Miller was approved. A plat for Ladd's Millstream Park First Addition fo fifteen additional lots, bounded by Maple and North drive, was approved. General approval was given to recommendations made by the Zoning Board of Appeals on the classification of newly acquired property. Further consideration will be given after the plan consultants' report, covering the entire city, is received. compensate for this expenditure, there will be some reduction on the amount of initial shop equipment purchased and also in the number of library books. The phone bill for a month at the new school was estimated for the board at $100 a month compared to $90 in the present building. BUS SCHEDULING Following an executive session, it was announced that € Launch Defensive Driving DEFENSIVE DRIVING Other fatty.- Jdmse Miffw ^tllSlllllS Corp).\Ericksen of the State Police, at right, explains now course in defensive driving for traffic safety to Rmv. Fr. Leonard Guzzardo, chaplain of the sponsoring vrourt of the Catholij: The first classes in defensive driving for traffic safety have been started in McHenry within the past week. More than twenty men and women, all licensed drivers, met in St. Patrick's church hall for the first session of all classroom study, sponsored locally by the Cath- Daughters of America, and Mrs. Elvina Latimer .second vice-president of Region No.^ 1 (eight counties) for women leaders :for traffic safety. PLAINDEALER PHOTO olic Daughters of America. Instructor for the course is Corp. Ericksen of the State Police. The eight-hour course will be given in four two-hour sessions, financed by the traffic division of the state of Illinois. One of the chief purposes of the program is to better ac> quaint the driving public with changes in rules for motorists. Another class in defensive driving had its start later in the week at Valley View school, sponsored by the McHenry Garden club. 8 FIRE CAUSES MINOR DAMAGE AT GIBSON HOME A fire at the William Gibson home, 210 N. Draper road, McHenry, on Tuesday noon caused considerable damage to a kitchen window frame. The family had come into the city, and apparently a back burner on the stove had been left on accidentally. The flame caused a )?hone cord above the stove to burn and the winddow frame also* caught fire. When firemen^ arrived, a neighbor, Joe Draper, was beginning to get the fire under control through use of a garden hose. Firemen broke open a door and extinguished the flames. Legion Ladies Elect Officers Reba L. (Mrs. Harold) Owen was elected president of the Legion auxiliary of Unit 491 at the election meeting held last Monday evening. Other new officers, also unamimously elected on recommendation of the nominating committee, w^ijp Pearl Cooper, first vice-president; Cecilia Violett, second vice-president; Nancy Violett, historian: Evelyn Ficek, chaplain; Evelyn Osmon, treasurer; and Pauline Pickett, sergeant-at-arms. Mrs. Owen'said she would annoipce her selection of the appoinfivfev officers. and chairmen of thesauxiliary committees within the next few days. New officers will be installed at^a joint dinner meeting with the new officers of the Legion Post Saturday evening, July 13. The mating devoted considerable time to plans for hand- • ling the auxiliary's food 'booth at the Legion carnival, to be held July 3 through the 7. The president needs much volunteer help for each of the five nights of the carnival. She will appreciate receiving calls from (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page 5) Accident Occurs South Of McHenry On River Road A two-car crash involving five young people caused injuries to two and death to a third late Tuesday evening. The dead youth was Frank P. Gathman, 17. of 512 Channel drive. Island Lake, who was pronounced DO\ on arrival at McHenry hospital. Gathman was a passenger in a car driven by Robert Ramel, 20, of Wauconda, who was injured and taken by ambulance to McHenry hospital. Also hospitalized was a second passenger, Richard S. Gilberto, 17, of 108 Fern drive, Island Lake. The accident occurred at 10:15 o'clock on south River road, at the entrance to Black Partridge road, leading to Oakhurst subdivision, two and a half miles south of McHenry. Jim R. Caulfield, 17 of 1512 W. Elm street, McHenry, driver of the second car, told deputies he was driving south on River road when the other auto passed him on a curve. As Ramel attempted to return to the south lane, he drove too far to the right and struck a guard rail. Caulfield s&id he attempted to avoid the/collision by turning to the left but the other car bounced!back and the vehicles crashedl both conling to rest in a ditcnN&n the east sideofthe road. Charles Strossner, 19, of 1510 W. Catalpa, McHenry, a passenger in the Caulfield car, was also uninjured. No tickets were issued. Officer John Scudella and Richard Heisler of the sheriff* s office investigated. YOUTH SHOT Coroner Theron Ehorn is awkiting further investigation before setting a date for the inquest into the death of 12- year-old Larry Stewart of Rose street, Island Lake. The boy died Tuesday afternoon after being accidentally shot and killed while visiting in the home of a friend, Greg Hamen, 15, who has resided in^ the parsonage of St. John's Lutheran church on Rt. 176 since the 1967 tornado destroyed the family home. Larry and Greg were alone in the home when the former reportedly asked to see a gun (Continued on page 5) Only a few votes separate most of the workers as the Plaindealer's hotly contested subscription campaign enters its second week, Glenn Edwards, manager, said today. Close standings of the workers - who are striving for the st place award of $1000 in was emphasized in the first tabulation of votes. "But while the circulation is going up, up, up - votes will soon go down, down, down because the first period of the campaign, when votes are the highest for each subscription, will end Friday, June 28,*' Edwards said. "All indications show a record of votes pouring in before, time for the close of ths first period, as workers seek to compile the highest votes," the: manager noted. Said Edwards, "This campaign is an effort on the past of the publisher to make tfits Plaindealer bigger and better*. That should interest you, so get back of this drive to help put it over in a big way. "The more readers, the more valuable is the merchants' ad- (Continued on page 5) First Pro-Rating The first tabulation of votes and positions in The McHenry Plaindealer Subscription campaign is published below. THE VOTES ARE A PRO-RATING, ONLY A FRACTION OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF VOTES BEING GIVEN AT THIS TIME. J Blast-off has already taken place . . . get^behindS your favorite candidate to help keep her in orbit. Julia Amann holds the coveted first position for the $1000, in the First Pro-Rating of Votes, closely followed by Mrs. Eugene Nye in second. Phyllis Bauer is third in line with just a slight edge over Mrs. Doris Low, fourth. Ruth E. Radtke grabs fifth position. Pro-Raiting of Votes, as of Thursday, June 20, 1968 Julia K. Amann McHenry 21,900 Mrs. Eugene (Alvera) Nye, McHenry 21,800 Phyllis Bauer, McHenry 21,700 Mr^. Doris Low, Ringwood 21,600 Ruthi E. Radtke, McHenry 21,500 Ggggmide Disney, McHenry 21,300 Mrs/SGene (Lorraine) Frost, McHenry 20,900 Mrs. Irene Stoller, McHenry • - • • 20,700 Joan A. Copley, Wonder Lake 20,500 Nadine Beaman, Ringwood 20,200 Mrs. Frances Weingart, McHenry 20,000 Mrs. Mae May, Spring Grove 19,400 Mrs. Donald (Carole) Humann, McHenry 18,800 Ruth J. Lawson, McHenry 18,500 Amy L. Street, Wonder Lake 17,900 O. Clare Morasn, McHenry 16,200 Sandra M. Rampert, Spring Grove 15,900 Frances Matchen, McHenry 15.5Q0 G. A. Douglas, McHenry 15,000 Gail Williams, Wonder Lake <*-13,700 Mrs. Herman (Marilyn) Behrendt, Grayslake 13,500 Arlene Wolowicz, Wonder Lake 12,000 Shirley Schuerr, McHenry 11,500 Jeannie Jo Benoche,' McHenry ,.10,000 Wendell Hager, Woodstock 10,000 Joyce, A. Lexow, ^IcHenry '....10,000 Mrs. C. M. (Inez) Young McHenry 10,000 WATCH FOR CHANGE IN PRO-RATING NEXT WEEK! Subscriptions may also be left at the McHenry Plaindealer office, mailed to Box 335, McHenry, 111. 60050 ,or brougtit to the campaign office, 1210 S. Blackhawk, McHenry; or simply phone 385-4451 and leave a message for your favorite worker to call on you. DAY CAMP FINALE Girl Scouts in great numbers are shown participating, in interested parents, was based on the them, "The Progress of the >Il program1VtheaZll Day Camp session held at Like Our Country", with each unit taking part ^ the musical - Defiance last Friday. The all-camp program, performed before plain