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! * ' - ' _ - College tffioaxd Pxeiented 'With JSew Challenge Z)hut&day, The McHenry County college board, faced in recent months with the task of making a site selection for a new college building, will meet this Thurs­ day at 7:30 p.m. to proceed further with plans. At a late October meeting, a 5-2 vote favored a location known as the Henderson site, west of Crystal Lake road. All discussion concerned with the site location has been in executive session, which is al­ lowed by law. However, some time was given at this meeting to questions presented by Meyer Field, owner of property at the corner of Crystal Lake and Bull Valley roads at one time un­ der consideration as a possible site. This week Mr. Field has writ­ ten to the board, referrring to the Oct. 30 meeting and stating questions which he says he and others would like answered at the Nov. 20 meeting. Following is Mr. Field's let­ ter, a copy of which was sent to the Plaindealer office. "Attention All Board Members' "Since my last appearance before your board of directors meeting of Oct. 30, 1969, var­ ious citizens of McHenry coun­ ty have furnished me with ad­ ditional information. Some of them have also asked me to sub­ mit certain questions for your answers. Among other issues is one of A CONFLICT OF IN­ TEREST. Is there a conflict of interest arising from the re­ lationship, business, personal or family, between and among the real estate brokers, mem­ bers of the board and legal re­ lationships? "1. Are Essex-Costello, Inc. of Crystal Lake the brokers or the owners of the land under consideration as approved by your board for purchase? The Department of Registration and Education of the State of Illinois on Nov. 10, 1969, certified in writing that a certain Eleanor Skinner, of Crystal Lake, is a registered real estate person employed by Essex-Costello, Inc. Is she the wife or is there a relationship between her and Mr. Skinner, a college board member? "2. Is one of the board mem­ bers, an attorney, employed by or connected with a law firm in McHenry county which rep­ resents, as attorney or other­ wise, one of the hospitals in­ terested in McHenry Junior col­ lege buying the site under con­ sideration? "3. Does the real estate con­ tract or other document con­ tain a provision that one or more of the sellers of the land to the Junior college are to have (Continued on page 4) THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER ?NE,.ARRE.ST /!AA<!E^°LHERS SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 Pending In Boat Theft VOLUMN 91 - NUMBER 131 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1969 2 SECTIONS -22 PAGES - 10$ City Hall Holds Open House & One young Chicago man has been arrested and other arrests are pending which author­ ities hope will clear up boat thefts and vandalism inthePis- takee Bay-Fox Lake areas. The arrested youth was Mi­ chael K. Pawowski, 5721 W. Higgins road, Chicago. He is accused of stealing a boat and trailer found Nov. 5 in the mid- MUM ' and Meanderin' We are indebted to Supt. of Public Works Fred Meyer, who so generously gave of his time to conduct us on a tour of the new city hall in advance of open house. We found our host gracious, the residents beaming in their new "home' and a general air of satisfaction in a job well accomplished. As for ourself, it was difficult to believe that so many needs of a growing city could be cared for in a build­ ing which belies the size as viewed from without. So I Hear, in his role as City Clerk, wasn't on hand to greet us with a customary quip, but his smiling secretary made us feel at home. There was no one housed in the jail, and that made our visit to the lower level considerably more enjoyable. As jails go, however, the cells appeared to be probably as comfortable as these temporary refuges can be made. Jolliest of the "crew" in the entire building seemed to be Police Chief Espey, who has a first rate vantage point to look from his front office window and get a bird's eye view (a low flying bird) of the situation on Green street. One of those little birds sug­ gested to us that heavy window draperies might be in order to keep the mini-skirted East campus girls from disrupting the work of both the Clerk and the Chief. Somehow, we don't like the idea of cheating two fellows who have always fol­ lowed the "business before pleasure" routine]^ •^•Someone made the observa­ tion with the start of another school year -- that the first day her children go off to kindergarten a woman takes a deep breath, looks in the mir- ' ~*lfcr and sudenly realizes that she's lost her girlish figure. 'Taint so, we saw some slim young mothers with a tear in their eye, bidding goodbye to the little ones for the first time. K A F Sunday, Nov. 23, from 2 to 5 p.m. has been set aside for the public to view the beauti­ ful new city hall at 1111 N. Green street. The structure was completed at a cost of about $112,000. Attractive gold carpeting marks entrance to the building, and up a short flight of steps the visitor arrives in the bus­ iness office. Housed in this sec­ tion are the city clerk's office and office desk, where general business is handled. This section also contains the finance department, which cares for expenditures in the various departments of the city; an of-' fice for the superintendent of Lifelong McHenry Resident Seeks Sheriff Post RICHARD F. JUSTEN Richard F. Justen of Mc­ Henry announces his. candidacy for the Republican nomination for sheriff of McHenry county. Mr. Justen is a lifelong res­ ident of McHenry and this is his first attempt at public of­ fice. He received his education from the McHenry school system and the University of Wisconsin. He is a veteran of World War n and rose to the rank of first lieutenant in the Marine corps. Mr. Justen was a business­ man in McHenry until 1964, when he became a patrolman on the McHenry county sher- (Continued on page 4) public works and a conference room which will be used by the Police commission, Pension board, branch court judge and for interviews. The main floor of the new hall has as its chief attraction the Council chambers, a beautiful room which utilizes much of the furniture of the former cham­ bers. At the west end of the room is the judge's bench for conducting the busines of Branch III court. The main police desk occu­ pies space at this level, and there are private offices for the chief of police and the lieu­ tenant, who also serves as ju­ venile officer. The desk equip­ ment is complete with radio and fire phones. ' A police storage room houses a laboratory where photography work and fingerprint work are done. A squad room is used by pa­ trolmen for recording accidents and other offenses. The lower level of the struc­ ture is devoted to a variety of uses, not the least of which are the four jail cells which face police locker space for winter and summer police at­ tire. Another feature is a general meeting room for non-profit groups, including the Chamber of Commerce board, where a small kitchenette provides for serving coffee. This room also will be used as election head­ quarters. A radio room is well equip­ ped with remotely controlled units to the police station. In times of emergency, all op­ erations can be effected from this point. Later, a desk will be installed for Civil Defense use. A fireproof room nearby ser­ ves as a vault for preserving old records. There is also a mechanical room at this level which will soon contain a government-sur­ plus generator for use in case of power failure. Not the least of the attrac­ tions of the new building has been the work outside, where a parking lot for forty cars will soon be completed with the in­ stallation of a blacktop coating. The public is given a cordial invitation to visit this new, modern facility which will ser­ ve every person in the commun­ ity. Recreation Program For PCE Participants This winter and spring the McHenry County Association for the Retarded will be spon­ soring a night recreation pro­ gram. It will be held on the sec­ ond and fourth Thursday of the month, excepting the starting date of Nov. 20, Nov. 27, Dec. 25 and Feb. 12. The night recreation program will be held at Valley View school, three miles west of Mc­ Henry on Route 120. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. McHenry County Association for the Retarded has employed a qualified physical education teacher to direct the program. Some of the activities planned at this point are basketball, volleyball, badminton and ping- pong. The purposes of the program are many. It will afford an op­ portunity for those individuals involved to have meaningful, interpersonal experience and an opportunity for physical exer­ cise. The program will help develop and foster a wholesome spirit of athletic competition. It will also provide a feeling of independent night time ac­ tivity. In addition to the above benefits, leaders in the asso­ ciation hope that everyone will have a very good time. Both men and women who are over the age of 15 years may participate in this pro­ gram. They must either be en­ rolled in one of the various programs at the Pioneer Cen­ ter for the Exceptional or are one of those individuals who has been placed into competitive employment by the center. Also,, those individuals enrolled in either EMH or TMH Special Education programs are el­ igible if over 15 years of age. Anyone wishing additional in­ formation concerning this pro­ gram is asked to contact John V. Reese, program coordinator at the center. die of Pitzen road, pulled by a 1963 car, the engine of which was running. Investigation revealed it was stolen from Bald Knob Resort by Pawowski. A complaint has been filed against him in Cir­ cuit court. Intruders broke into the Branded Steak House, located at the Rt. 14 and 31 intersec- Firemen Complete First Aid Work A number of firemen from Company I have been awarded certificates after completing an advanced first aid refresher course. They are Ernie Schooley, Harry Conway, Hen­ ry Buch, Tom Diedrich, George Rodenkirch, A1 Phannenstill, Glenn Peterson, Bruce Klontz, Gary Gough, George Biggs, Bob Hansen, Gerard Justen, Harry Mueller, Ed Justen, Gary Arm­ strong, Tom Michelsen, Chris Bennett, Bryan Klontz and Bill Sheehan. At the recent meeting of Co. I, Capt. Gary Gough announced the appointment of Ed Justen to secure training and public interpst^ films. Justen an­ nounced that he had reserved films for the next year, 2 each for the second and fourth Mon­ days of the month. This will coincide with the regular monthly meetings. The membership approved the purchase of a hose washer and entry saw. They felt that both of these items would do much to reduce their work at the scene of a fire and in the time-consuming clean-up af­ terward. The purchasing com­ mittee will proceed to secure these items. Seven members of Company I attended a fire school at St. Charles recently. Capt. Gough congratulated the men for the interest they had shown in at­ tempting to become more know­ ledgeable concerning the opera­ tion of fire equipment. Those men attending were Capt. Gary Gough, Lt. Bob Hansen, Secre­ tary John Shay, Bryan Klontz, Bill Sheehan, Gerard Justen and Gary Armstrong. Hank Miller, chairman of this year's dance, announced that he had secured the services of a fine band for this event and that it will be held on Saturday, May 30, at the V.F.W. hall. Annual wives' appreciation night will be held this year on Saturday, Jan. 24, at the V.F.W. hall, according to Chris Bennett who is chairman. Ed Justen announced that the county firemen's bowling tourn­ ament will be held this year at McHenry Recreation on Feb. 28 and March 1. Harry Conway, chairman for fire prevention activities, thanked all the men for the help they gave for the activities this year. Two Lose Lives In Accidents DeElton P. Gregory of 3004 Raffel road, Woodstock, lost his life in a one-car accident which occurred at 9:16 p.m. Monday night on Rt. 120, east of Thompson road. He was pro­ nounced dead at Memorial hos­ pital, Woodstock, shortly after 10 o'clock. Gregory, alone in the car, was travelling west on the high­ way, left the road on the north side and continued 222 feet be­ fore breaking off a utility pole at the base. The car travelled another 54 feet and broke a wooden fence before overturn­ ing. The driver's body was found partially under the roof. A Marengo man lost his life early Saturday evening, several hours after a police chase in which his car went out of con­ trol and crashed into a ditch. At 9:05 Saturday evening, Ro­ land Vance O'Cock, 30, of Mar­ engo backed out of a tavern parking lot in Coral township, where a county squad car was parked while the officer inves­ tigated a call within. O'Cock reportedly backed out and hit the squad car, pulled forward and struck the vehicle again before continuing onto the high­ way. The officer gave chase, and jwice when O'Cock stopped, ap­ proached the Marengo man's truck on foot. Each time the driver would speed away, ac­ cording to the deputy. Some distance down the road, O'Cock applied the brakes and the truck slid across an in­ tersection and into a ditch. The driver died in Memorial hospital. Rabbit's Foot Loses Charm For Deputy Deputy Carl Krueger of Har­ vard must have left his rab­ bit's foot at home last Satur­ day night when he reported for patrol duty, or the "foot" he carried was later dropped from any respectable "good luck' roll. Charged with driving while intoxicated was James W. Short of 3218 Meadow lane, Wonder Lake. Others are pending against Jacob E. Koehler of 2915 Victoria street, McHenry. The first accident occurred at 12:55 a.m. on Rt. 120, east of the city, when Koehler, travel­ ling at a high rate of speed, rammed into the rear of the squad car and totally demol­ ished it. In the investigation of th§ ac­ cident, state police took Koeh­ ler in the squad car and then proceeded to complete some details a short distance from the vehicle. When the officer returned, he found ^Koehler gone. He was later apprehended in McHenry. As the county squad car was being towed into Woodstock, it was struck a second time by Short. College Hosts Instructors At Science Meeting McHenry County college hosted a meeting of approx­ imately twenty chemistry and ten physics teachers from com­ munity colleges in the northern part of Illinois on Saturday, Nov. 15. The meeting is part of a continuing program initiated by the junior colleges in coopera­ tion with Northern Illinois un- »iversity and funded by the Na­ tional Science foundation. The college has been an active par­ ticipant in this program since the program started in January, 1969. The meetings, on a month­ ly basis since August have been at Northern Illinois.university. The November meeting is the first one held at one of the community colleges. (Continued on page 4) tion, in the early hours of Monday, Nov. 17, and took SI,400 in cash and checks from the office. Discovery was made by Al Schuning, co-owner with Willie Hanke. They said the burglary took place sometime after 2:45 a.m. (Continued on page 4) X-Ray Unit In Final Visits The Christmas Seal mobile chest x-ray unit will be in Mc­ Henry county on Nov. 19, 20, 21 and 24, to complete the 1969 schedule of free chest x-rays. On Wednesday, Nov. 19, the mobile unit will be in Maren­ go at the Community building. Friday, Nov. 21, Woodstock will have the unit located on the south side of the Court House. The unit will be in Cary on Monday, Nov. 24, located in front of Mentch Insurance of­ fice. The hours for all three locations will be 12:30 to 5 and 6 to 8:30 p.m. This will be the last oppor­ tunity to have free chest x- rays until the new schedule is set up for spring. For this reason everyone should make a special effort to have an x- ray when the unit is in a neigh­ boring area. Everyone 18 years of age or older may have an x-ray, as well as those under 18 who have a positive reac­ tion to the tuberculin skin test. All pregnant women must have a written request from their physician to have an x-ray. Large Loss In Blaze At Firm A loss in tires which may be found to run as high as $5,000 was reported at Jepsen Tire Company, 3314 W. Elm street, McHenry, about 5 o'clock Sun­ day evening. Members of all three fire companies hurried to the scene after a witness turned in the alarm. They found a large pile of tires, some repaired and others awaiting work, ablaze back of the building. The explosion which accompanied the fire was heard throughout the block. Fire Chief Glenn Peterson said the cause was unde­ termined. All three companies also an­ swered a call to Brake Parks, 1600 N. Industrial drive, Mc­ Henry, late Saturday morning, but there was no fire. A mal­ function in the alarm system was responsible for the sum­ mons. A third fire, which occurred Saturday morning, resulted in considerable damage to equip­ ment on a truck owned by Don Bentz, 3515 W. Fairview, Mc­ Henry. The fire occurred as the truck was parked off Main street, in the business section. A meeting of the McHenry County college board is sched­ uled Thursday evening, Nov. 20, when members expect to be brought up to date on the prog­ ress of contracts for the pur­ chase of four parcels of land which comprise the Anderson site. Set Early Deadlines For Holiday Issues During Thanksgiving week, the Plaindealer will be printed Monday and Wednesday, Nov. 24 and 26, de­ livered by mail Tuesday and Friday. This will neces­ sitate moving all deadlines ahead. General news will be accepted until noon on Friday for the first paper and noon Tuesday for the second. Classified advertising must be In the office no' later than 4 p.m. Friday and Tuesday, while display ads will be taken until noon Friday and Tuesday. Columns submitted by correspondents must be turned in by noon Thursday for the first issue and Monday at 10 a.m. for the second. ROAD PROJECT -- Contrary to a first im­ pression which might suggest a forestry pro­ ject in some remote region of the country, the site is in the immediate vicinity of Mc- A needed improvement for many years was the culvert in­ stallation program just com­ pleted in four different areas, two on Ringwood road and two on W ilmot road, by the McHen­ ry Township Road district. C u l v e r t s w e r e o b t a i n e d Henry. The Plaindealer photographer happened by as the township road crew was installing large culverts on W'ilmot road. PLAINDEALER PHOTO through the McHenry County Highway fund, aid to township bridges, and only installation is paid by the township road dis­ trict. Township Highway Commis­ sioner Clarence Regner ex­ pressed appreciation for the co­ operation of the public, partic­ ularly the schools, during the time both roads were closed for two days. With the culverts installed, more road construction is plan­ ned for this area. k f 1 *v