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vr Winners Home Holiday Lighting Contest RALPH OTT DISPLAY 3706 W. Main Street Most Colorful JOE HILGERS DISPLAY 3018 Lincoln Road Best Original WALTER STUPEY DISPLAY 3317 W. Pearl Street Most Amusing STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD * 100 TEARS * THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER ^/(Y l'\ N SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOLUME 100 NUMBER 41 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1975 2 SECTIONS 22 PAGES 15' In Caroling Mood 0 * Exhaust Possibilities For Early Career Center Vote ^ * n. . „n iko One Burned, Extensive Damage In Area Fires Harry Clark Sr., suffered second degree burns when fire swept through a portion of his home on Wilmot road, Sun- nyside Estates, Saturday morning. He was taken to McHenry hospital by the Johnsburg Rescue squad for treatment and then released. A1 Cajthaml detected the flames from his place of business across the street from the residence. Members of Fire Company II hurried to the home and brought the blaze under control. Harry Clark, Sr., and his wife, Vivian, Harry Clark, Jr., Harry Clark, III, and the for­ mer's daughter, Jackie, and four children were in another part of the home at the time of the fire. Chief Glenn Peterson said the flames originated in the kitchen area of undetermined cause. It resulted in about $3,000 damage. Since the fire, family members have been making their temporary home with relatives in Round Lake. Between $4,000 and $5,000 damage resulted from a fire Dec. 17 that swept through a building that had ,been con­ verted from a garage to a small barn on the J.E. Watkins property, 2707 Johnsburg road. Fire Company II was called to the scene shortly after 10 o'clock in the evening. Mem­ bers were unable to determine the origin of the blaze. Make Preliminary Plans For MCC Student Recognition Apparently all possibilities for holding a referendum for the Area Career center before July 1, 1976, have been exhausted. This was revealed at a meeting of the center's board held this past week. Ishman, Lincoln and Beale, bonding attorneys, informed Area Center Director Duane Gamble of their opinion stating, "Our conclusion is that irreconcilable conflicts in the statutory scheme make it impossible to establish which school district's board of education, if any, is authorized to call such an election prior to July 1, 1976, either in the territory comprising the new Johnsburg district or in the territory remaining in District 156". The letter reads as follows: "We have considered your question concerning the ability of either School District 156 or the newly established John­ sburg Community Unit School district in McHenry county to call an election or elections on the question of authorizing the levy of a tax for vocational pur­ poses, in connection with the participation of such districts in the McHenry County Area Career center. We have taken into account all of the facts and circumstances which you brought to our attention as well as our own research of the statutory and case law. Our conclusion is that irrecon­ cilable conflicts in the statutory scheme make Ift impossible to establish which school district's board of education, if any, is authorized to call such an election prior to July 1, 1976, either in the territory comprising the new Johnsburg district or in the territory remaining in District (Continued On Page 4) In the spirit of Christmas, Brownie Troop 461 with Leaders Carol Johnson and Cica Cvickovic are shown singing Christmas carols on the steps of Montini school. Other Girl Scout troops caroled at the McHenry hospital, in the Green street business district and in the neighborhoods. Other Christmas projects of the Girl Scouts included baking cookies for the Red Cross which are then taken to Downey hospital and making candy favors for 125 Christmas baskets for the needy. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD Wonder Lake Youth Nominee To Air Academy Senator Adlai E. Stevenson has announced his nomination of candidates for appointment to the United States Military academy at West Point, New York; the Naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and the Air Force academy in Colorado. Included was Zenon Casey Goc, 3721 W. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake. The nominees - including two young women - were selected on a competitive basis by a fourTmember board appointed by Senator Stevenson. Uncle Same has brought us our biggest Christmas gift to date --no raise in postage rates as promised Dec. 28. We also hope he saw fit to relax his rules and send our un-stamped holiday cards on their merry way. The Christmas gremlin, an outgrowth of a weary body and mind in the pre-Dec. 25 rush, saw fit to re-route stamps headed for the right hand corner of a few cards. The ones with return addresses came directly back for a second try. Our nightly prayer is a hope that envelopes with no return address may somehow reach dear friends and family for whom they were intended. We figure Uncle Sam is smart and our hand writing is distinc­ tively poor and ^easily recognized. Trusting that our worries are unnecessary, we will settle (Continued On Page 4) James Gilmour has been named campus coordinator for the 1975-76 Student Achievement Recognition program at McHenry County college. As campus coordinator, Gilmour will supervise the soliciting and gathering of entries, judging, and publicity activities for the student competition. Two McHenry County college students, one man and one woman, will be chosen next February by locally selected judges as winners of the campus competition. The two winners will be those in­ dividuals who have best demonstrated noteworthy achievements toward their desired career goals and who have shown leadership qualities through participation in campus and community activities. The winners will receive a $100 cash award and a cer­ tificate of merit. Their achievement also qualifies them to compete in the district and final state competition. The award winners from MCC will participate in one of six district competitions next March with winners from the forty-eight other public com­ munity college campuses in Illinois. Two finalists will be chosen from each district, one (Continued On Page 4) Six Injured In Two-Car Collisions During Week Set Deadlines Ahead For Holiday Issues Because of the New Year holiday Thursday, Jan. 1, the Plaindealer's first issue next week will be printed one day early. For this reason deadlines will be advanced. General news and display advertising will be accepted until noon Friday, Dec. 26, and classified advertising until 4 p.m. that day. For the second issue, news must be in the office by 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, display advertising by noon and classified advertising by 4 p.m. Correspondents must have copy turned in by Thursday, noon this week and Monday noon next week-. Newspapers will be placed in the mail for local delivery Dec. 30 and Jan. 2. A two-car collision Thursday evening at the intersection of Route 176 and Nish road, Burton's Bridge, resulted in injuries to a McHenry couple and a ticket for a Crystal Lake man. Jack R. and Catherine L. Stowe of 2808 W. Route 120, McHenry, were taken to McHenry hospital by the Nunda Rural Rescue squad for treatment of minor injuries. Driver of the other car, Frank L. Salvesen of 4522 Wildwood, Crystal Lake, stopped at the sign and as he proceeded across the highway, he hit the side of the Stowe auto. He was ticketed for failure to yield at a stop intersection. Four persons were taken to McHenry hospital Sunday afternoon by the Richmond Rescue squad following a collision on Wilmot road, aboii one-half mile north of Main street, Spring Grove. Roland Baur of 90 Timber lane, Antioch, and two of his three passengers, Scott Baur and Milly DeBeisac, were . taken to the hospital for treatment, as was the driver of the other car, Theodore Peterson of Salem, Wis. Baur reported he was south­ bound on Wilmot when the Peterson car approaching from the north, swerved across thfc center line and collided head-on with his auto. , Peterson could remember nothing about/the accident bqt officers said/evidence at the scene indicated the collision occurred in the south-bound" lane of traffic. Peterson was cited for im­ proper lane useage. Children Speak Out On Wonders Of Christmas * " (Questions asked of first graders at Hilltop school) STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD FRANK HUSAK Q - "What's your favorite thing to do at Christmas"? A -- Decorate the tree. My favorite ornament has a Pinocchi on it. JOE CAIN Q - What's your favorite ornament on the tree"? A --1 like the angel on top of the tree and I like getting presents under the tree. MELISSA MARACH Q -•'"What's your favorite ornament on your tree?" A -- " I like putting up the ornaments we made in kin­ dergarten last year like my snowman and Christmas tree. TANYA BUTLER Q - "How does Santa get here if there's no snow"? A -- "His reindeer fly through the air, they don't need snow". SCOTT CAMPBELL Q -- "What makes Rudolph's nose so red?" A -- "Gee -- I really don't know". JULIE HILL Q - "What toy do you want most for Christmas"? A -- "I want eight year old pottery craft so I can make different things". TAMMY McDONOUGH Q -- "What's your favorite thing to do at Christmas"? A - "I like decorating the tree with all the pretty or­ naments and I like to sing "Silent Night" and "Jingle Bells". fun CHUCK ANDERSON Q -- "What's the most "•about Christmas"? A - I like to see the way Rudolph's nose glows. I get so excited at Christmas I can't sleep".