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AUGUST *. im - PLAtNDEALER CENTENWIAI . " . ' . „ V ' v .<?v * ** 1 \ .» JOHNSBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL ? ^Johnsburg students from both St. John's and district 12, non-parents and senior citizens were represented. A complete study was made of the district 's needs. After one year, a fifty- four page study was printed. The architectural firm of Orput and Orput developed plans for a junior high school with fourteen classrooms, a music room, and a gymnasium to be built on 17 acres north of the village of Sunny side. The building featured science, arts and crafts, home economics, general shop and library areas. The provision of staff for this building necessitated a 21 cents educational rate increase. On Saturday, Aug. 17, 1963, an election was held on two propositions: (1) to build a new school building and issue $525,000 in bonds; (2) to in­ crease the maximum annual educational rate from .714 per cent to .924 per cent. The vote was as follows: Bond Issue. 359 Yes, 674 No; referendum. 335 yes, 686 no. On Nov. 4, 1965, a letter was presented to the board on behalf of twenty residents, all of whom were parents of children attending St. John's parochial -school The letter was a proposal requesting a dual enrollment program in science, mathematics, and foreign, language. The letter was signed by seven men representing various areas of the district: Thomas Huemann, chairman, Johnsburg; Arthur Herman, Hiller's subdivision; Jerome E. Olsen, Sunnyside Estates; Roger Pechous and Donald Wolf, Jak-Ana Heights; Raymond Thelen, Pistakee Highlands; Thomas Cahill, Dutch Creek Woodlands. The board agreed that dual enrollment would be allowed if additional facilities were made available. The need for ad­ ditional facilities was very evident at that time. The enrollment at Johnsburg public school had risen from 168 in 1955-56 to 542 in 1965-66. A*study made by the Government Improvement league showed that Johnsburg school had more students per teacher than any other school in the county. On Jan. 11, 1966, the board of education filed with the Illinois Office of Public Instruction and the United States ^Office of Education an application under Public Law 89-10, Title III, entitled Dual Enrollment in­ novations. On March 18, 1966, a special meeting of the board of education was held to consider the improvements required to make the district 's school facilities adequate for present demonstrated by the teacher. There was also a gifted program at the school in which one-half of the sixth grade students who were accelerated by grade level in math and science were designated as creative students, as identified by tolls chosen and graded with assistance from consultants at Northern Illinois university. Experimental and control groups in seventh grade math and science were also chosen via creativity tools of iden­ tification. To better meet the needs of students individual progression was used in some classes. With this style the student progresses at his* own rate. To further meet student needs a guidance-counselor person was made available to help students with academic and personal problems. In 1968 the size of District 12 was considerably increased through the annexation x)f the Ringwood school district, as per the request of the Ringwood school board of directors, who had taken the recommendation of a citizens' vote as to which of the surrounding school districts Ringwood school should join. Vincent Tonyan and Clayton Bruce, two long time Ringwood residents, were on the Ringwood board at this time. (Continued on page 8) 1957, there was an Educational rate referendum to increase the rate from 50.4 cents per $100 to 7.4 cents per $100 equalized assessed valuation. The referendum passed 80 to 65. To keep pace with growing enrollments three rooms were constructed in the basement of the school during the 1958-59 school year. Then on March 21, 1959, a bond issue for $225,000 was placed on the ballot. The vote was 234 to 185. Eight ex­ cellent classrooms, a multi­ purpose room, a kitchen, a faculty lounge, toilets and several storage rooms were added. On April 28. 1959, at a special meeting of the board of education, James C. Bush was employed as superintendent. Entering the district at a time of rapidly increasing enrollments,. Mr. Bush provided energetic leadership and dedicated service to the community. In May, 1962, a citizens committee was established under the guidance of Dr. Ralph Belnap, Dr. Leo J. Loughlin, and Dr. Wilmer A. Pautz, all professors at Nor­ thern Illinois university. The committee was composed of a cross-section of citizens from the community. Parents of and future needs. The board had previously been in contact with Orput and Orput to design a Junior high school building for grades six through eight. The board had also consulted with various teachers in the district in order to incorporate their ideas into the planning. The new building would provide twelve classrooms, including two excellently equipped science labs, a foreign language lab, a library* boiler room, combined multi-purpose and lunch rooms, a kitchen and toilet facilities. The board passed a resolution calling lor a special election to consider the issuance of bonds for the amount of $650,000 to provide for the new building on a site purchased from John P. Schaefer, consisting of 20.46 acres, lying on the north side of the homes on Church street, east of Saint John's Catholic cemetery. The election would also consider the raising of the education tax rate. The board later received notice that a federal grant would be allocated to John­ sburg as part of the "Dual Enrollment Innovation" under Title III of the federal law providing aid to education. The grant would allocate $112,000 in cash for three years to help defray the dual enrollment expenses in the district. Under the dual enrollment program, the first of its kind in the Rockford Catholic diocese,r students from St John's Catholic school would attend Johnsburg Junior high in half- day sessions for the study of science, mathematics, foreign language and social studies, as well as have access to the learning center, which was a new educational concept at that time. On March 24, 1966, the public was notified of a special election to be held on the six­ teenth of April of that year. The public would vote on two proposals. One would be to build a new school building at a cost of $650,000 to be paid for - with bonds. The second proposal would be to raise the tax rate for the educational fund from .80 per cent to 1.01 per cent. Prior to this special election a number of local groups began an intensive campaign to in­ form the public of the issues involved. A Citizen's In­ formation council was formed to contact various groups and organizations in the district. Sally Jo VonBruenchenheim and Joanne Haag were co- chairman of the group. Speakers were sent to the meetings of various feivic organizations to explain the need for additional facilities. Special mention should be given to some of these people who gave so much of their time and energy: Jerome Olsen, Phil Wieck, Louise Worzala, Dale. Maule, Thomas Huemann. Raymond Thelen, and Rev. Doenecke. In ad­ dition, it should be mentioned that at almost every meeting concerning this bond issue, Supt. Bush was in attendance and ?;poke to the public. Richard Marshall was John­ sburg school board president at this time. There was also a great deal of newspaper space devoted to the election. One of the factors which influenced the public was the fact that the federal grant under "Dual Enrollment In­ novations" would have been lost had either of the proposals been rejected." The election was held April 16. 1966, at two polling places. Election Precinct Number one, that part of the district lyifig outside of the village of Sun­ nyside. voted at the Johnsburg school. Election Precinct Number two, that part of the district lying within the village of Sunnyside, voted at the Sunnyside village hall. The voting on the bond issue follows: Precinct number 1, 763 yes. 482 no; 2, 70 yes, 39 no; total. 883 yes, 521 no. Voting on the referendum to increase the tax rate for the educational fund follows: Precinct Number 1, 809 ves, 427 no; 2, 62 ves, 48 no, total 871 ves, 475 no. In July of 1967 Duane An­ dreas, writer and project director of the "model" Johnsburg Junior high school, spent a week in Hawaii working with educational leaders from the United States and other countries in discussing in­ novations in education. Selected federal government projects throughout the U.S. were chosen to participate in the seminar. The 1967-68 school year saw the opening of the new junior high school. The school was constructed around the lear­ ning-material center where a full time librarian assists students in an independent study program. The junior high, St. John's and the elementary school were wired for closed circuit T V. for foreign language instruction, as well as music and-a«.L,in­ struction. There were two model science laboratories in which students performed all e x p e r i m e n t s f o r m e r l y (Continued from page 6) tOIINSIU KG JUNIOR IIK.II SCHOOL Johnsburg wim Appliance, Inc. 3*. v> f The business has grown through the yeais oecause of the Top Qualify Service provided on all Major Name Brand Appliances. This to many people, is a great asset when buying new appliances. They hope to be serving the McHenry area for many years to come. « - Carey Appliance, Inc. Carey Electric was organized in 1923. It was jointly owned by James E. Carey, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, Walter E. Carey, and the late James E. Doherty, both of McHenry. The latter two operated the infant concern. The original site was the M.M. Niesen building on Green Street, which was formerly known as the McHenry Bakery, and is now the Karen's Hallmark Shop. It was in 1927 that Walter E. Carey purchased from James E. Carey and James E. Doherty their interests and became sole pro­ prietor. Later that year, a new building was erected, which houses Carey Appliance, Inc., McGee's Clothing Store, Huppy and Leo's Grocery Store, and the former Palace Recreation. Today, after forty- eight years, all but the Palace Recreation are still in operation. From this location, he operated an electric shop and an appliance store until 1958. In that year, the facilities on Green Street became too small, therefore, it was divided in two separate businesses. A new 8000 sq. ft. building went up at 3309 W. Waukegan Road, known as Carey Electric Contracting, Inc., managed by Richard (Dick) Carey. The business on Green Street then became known as Carey Appliance, Inc. Mr. Carey retired in 1963. At that time two employees, Don Wein- gart of McHenry, and George Erber, Jr. of Woodstock, took over the appliance business, which they are currently operating dealing in sales and service. Since that time, Carey Appliance, Inc., and McGee's Clothing Store acquired the Palace Recreation, as they expanded for more display area. Carey Appliance, Inc. now has six full-time and three part-time employees. Over the years, Carey Appliance, Inc. has broadened their mer­ chandise selection to include not only General Electric, but; Amana, Corning, Crown, Hardwick, Kitchen-Aid, Litton, Maytag, Monarch, Roper, Sony, Speed Queen, Westinghouse, and Zenith. SALES & SERVICE 1241 N. GREEN STREET, McHENRY, ILL. 38S-5500 George Erber Jr Don Wemgart