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McM 'en ry. C omnuuMty. 9 eiti ua, I More than a dozen musical units, headed by -the nationally acclaimed Cavaliers, will help McHenry observe its annual Marine Festival Days with a climactic parade on Sunday, July 16. A teen-age dance Wednesday night, July 12, was scheduled in the city park from 8 to 10 p.m. John Shay is chairman. An adult street dance will feature the McHenry city stage band, comprised of professional musicians. The dance will be from 8 to 11 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, in the city park. On Friday night, July 14, the square dancers take over at the city park. The Wonder Lake Squares are in charge and dancing starts at 8:30 p.m. Themfe of the Saturday boat parade, sponsored by the Chain- 0' Lakes power squadron, is "Safe Boating Can Be Fun." About 100 boats in the parade will start near Pistakee Lake and reach McHenry about 7:30 p.m. The decorated boats will be judged for beauty and imaginative use of decorative material. A Mariner's Dance has been added for the first time, with the boat parade participants as special guests. Three big attractions are on Sunday, July 16, to give this McHenry Chamber of Commerce--sponsored attraction a stellar windup: At 2 p.m. will be the annual parade through the downtown area, featuring corps in the evening competition, the McHenry Viscounts, and the Great Lakes band and drum corps. The hour of 4 p.m. will feature a water ski show sponsored by the Chicagoland Water Ski association, featuring profes-* sional trick and skilled water skiers. At 7:15 p.m. will be Drums Corps Magic at McCracken field, a competitive drum and bugle corps event with seven units vying foi* prizes and prestige. The defending champion Cavaliers head the competition, including th» Royal Aires, Norwood Park Imperials, Nisei Ambassadors, Skokie Vanguards, Racine Kilties, and the Milsteadt Crusaders. In the^ parade also will be Mc Henry's own outstanding drum and bugle corps, the McHenry Viscounts, and the McHenry high school band. The Cavaliers are colorful, precise and outstanding. Their field unit of eighty members includes forty-two bugles and sixteen drum.-,. It is the National American Legion champion corps. One of the veteran corps on the field will be the Norwood Park Imperials. This corps scores high each year. It has seventy-nine members on review, including thirty-nine, horns and sixteen drums--the rest are in the color^guard. This is the unit's forty-first year of continuous performance. Mc Henry's Marine Festival dates to 1950 when the idea for a promotion to make use of the city's water location evolved. In 1958 it was called a Fiesta Day celebration and music was added in 1959 with the Drum Corps Magic. Last year, citizens wanted to adopt a name in keeping with the location on the Fox river and settled on the current monicker. The water show returned to the agenda,, and this year the boat parade and Marine dance on Saturday evening of the weekend are being added. Reigning over the Marine Festival will be Sandra Fry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fry. 4315 X. May fair street, McHenry, as Miss McHenry, 1967. Tharsday through Sunday visitors to the city park will find a marine and camping display. Local dealers and boat salesmen are wording to make thisa fine exhibit. , THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOL. 90 - Ho. 50-3 Secti ons Thursday, July 13, 1967 - McHenry, Illinois 28'Pages 10$ Named To Board set Mr. President ^ T H|»II I III) III* ' ^ ^ \ *** President Johnson extends his greetings to Arnold Rauen (left) of McHenry, newly elected chairman of the Chicago Federal Executive board., at a meeting in the cabinet room attended by the chairmen of the fifteen boards. John W. Macy, chairman of the U.S. Civil Service commission, makes the introduction. The boards are located in major cities and membership comprises the heads of federal agencies in their respective metropolitan and regional areas. Mr. Rauen is state director of the U.S. Treasury Savings Bonds division for Illinois - a post he has held since 1941. He is also chairman of the board for the McHenry Savings & Loan association. Mr. Rauen resides at 2721 Regner road. Musin' ami M eanderin' One of the biggest improvements for drivers in McHenry must certainly be the change in the Green street island, regulating traffic at a very busy intersection. Until two weeks ago, this spot might very well have been labeled "Point of Indecision," with the fellow displaying the most nerve emerging victor in a sometimes frantic try for an advantage. The new island is going to take some of the fun out of Saturday afternoon's favorite pastime of youth, driving around and around the business district, but for those with a purpose, the change is a real boon. Talked to Gert Barbian this week and found that her only complaint is the fact that few foiks watching the Marine Day parade salute the flag as it passes by. Not too many McHenry residents (except for our (Continued on page 12) Water Winners Court House Site May Come To Vote Soon Ask Recommendation Of Building Group By August Meeting A vote on location for the proposed new court house may be taken by the county board of supervisors at their next meeting in August. After considerable discussion at the Tuesday meeting this week, it was agreed to have the Building commission review the Annex and six other sites and present a recommendation at that time. If board approval is given, the matter would then go the the Woodstock City Council. Should that group also okay the recommended site, the matter would be settled. If it should be rejected, the proposed site would need to go to a county referendum. Supervisor Robinson of Algonquin showed two sets of slides, one pertaining to the Waukegan court house and the other the Waukesha court hous$ and surroundings. The fj^mer:( is within 4h@> liSramCand the latter on the outskirts, tywas brought out that $190,000 was expended in the last year for additional parking for the new Waukegan court house. For this and other reasons, Supervisor Robinson recommemded that the McHenry court house be constructed on a site on the outskirts to the city. ARCHITECT'S REPORT John B. Anderson, architect of Bull Valley, spoke on the Annex site and stressed underground parking for eighty-nine cars and fall-out shelters. Supervisor Ward of Harvard suggested that the services of Mr. Anderson be retained and that he be paid up to $1,500 for a more detailed report on possibilities of the Annex site. However, State's Attorney Richard Cross stated that the Building commission could not, under legal limitations, expend money in this way. (Continued on page 12) Always a high ranking corps, the Norwood Park Imperials featured corps this Sunday at the McHenry Marine Festival are shown in a series of photos. This unit will be one of the and will complete in Drum Corps Magic. FIREMEN'S REQUEST The McHenry Township Fire Protection district has expressed considerable difficulty in locating residences due to inadequate street marking and house numbering in the various subdivisions. Residents are asked to remedy this situation so that firemen responding to an alarm may give the very finest service. Dual Enrollment Education Innovations Studied For "Model" Junior High School The city of Woodstock fire fighting team is shown in action on Riverside drive, McHenry, last Sunday, when they won first place in the water fights held at the city beach. The urban team defeated Woodstock's rural water fight team in the finals, topping the sixteen teams entered as the first event in the Marine Festival week activities in McHenry. It was sponsored by the McHenry Township Firemen's association. TOM SEYMOUR PHOTO Marine Festival Events WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 Teen Dance Featuring Two Famous Bands and Nationally Known Disk Jockey -- City Park -- 8:00 p.m. THURSDAY. JULY 13 Street Dance Featuring City of McHenry Dance Band -- City Park -- 8:00 p.m. FRIDAY. JULY 14 Square Dance and Show Conducted by Wonder Lake Squares -- City Park -- 8:15 p.m. SATURDAY. JULY 15 f" Gigantic Boat Parade -- Sponsored by Chain O'Lakes Power Squadron -- City Beach -- 7:15 p.m. Big Sidewalk Sale -- Business Districts -- 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Mariners ar.d Pre-Marine Festival Dance -- V.F.W. Post Clubhouse -- 9:00 p.m. SUNDAY. JULY 16 Annual Marine Festival Parade -- 2:00 p.m. Championship Water Ski Show Sponsored by Chicagoland Water Ski Show Association -- City Beach -- 4:00 p.m. Ninth Annual Drum Corps Magic Show -- McCracken Field -- 7:15 p.m. Hold All-Day Sidewalk Sale McHenry's first big sidewalk sale, a promotion sponsored by the city's Chamber of Commerce, will take place Saturday, July 15, extending from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event is planned as one of the many attractions of the Marine Festival week. Another era will be recalled as store personnel don old fashion attire, the ladies wearing bonnets and the men, chapeaux resembling straw hats of another period. The City Council, which has granted permission for the sale, also announced parking on the streets. Merchants not strategically located for the sale have been offered available space on Green street, Riverside drive and the Market Place. Colorful flag type banners now wave over the business districts which are participating. Of special interest to shoppers will be refreshment stands set up by Scout groups throughout the area. A cotton machine on Green street will provide an attraction, particularly for the young. Duane Andreas of Johnsburg public school will be in Hawaii from July 16 to 23 for seminar IDEA which is co-sponsored by the Kettering foundation and the federal government. As project director and principal of the new "model" Johnsburg Junior high school next year, Andreas will be working with educational leaders from the United States and other countries in discussing innovations in education. Selected federal government projects through out the United States were chosen to participate in the seminar. The project "Dual Enrollment Innovations" was funded by the federal government in July of 1966 to create a model dual enrollment school at Johnsburg. The project involves federal government funds in creating a" model" dual enrollment school. St. John's Catholic school and Johnsburg public school will participate in the project. Children from theparochial school will be enrolled in two schools at once -- St. John's school and the public school. All parochial school seventh and eighth grade students will be involved in the project. The first period in the morning St. John's eighth graders will walk to the new junior high school for social (Continued on page 12) A look at the McHenry Marine Festival program for Sun-, day, July 16, shows it is a. three-star attraction! The big climax of the festival atmosphere comes Sunday, July 16, with the 2 p.m. parade, the 4 p.m. water ski show, and the 7:15 p.m. evening drum and bugle corps competition. Fancy water skiing, clowning water maneuvers, and precision skiing are among the water events to be presented on the city beach at 4 p.m., after the parade. This event will be given by the Chicagoland Water Ski association, with Steve WalzaH as show director. The Chicago-? land group is affiliated with the American Water Ski Association and presents shows with skiers who are regional and national champions. Line-up for the evening drum and bugle corps competition includes several corps wellknown to fans of this type of entertainment. The Cavaliers are the defending McHenry Drums on Parade champs-winner each of the past seven years. Parade Route The Marine Festival parade will start promptly at 2 o'clock Sunday, July 16, at the North Western railroad station. The line of march will proceed east on Main street to the high school, turn north on Green to Elm, then east to Riverside drive. At that point the parade will proceed north to Broad and disband at the city park. HOLD SIDEWALK & m