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fr»g» Eigh% ACCIDENTS HUMEROUSIN HOLIDAY WEEK •V .M. THE McHENRY PLAINDEAt^R j -X Continued From Pafe 1) Juries, as did two passengers. Julie Cartwriqht of 603 Fo»- rest, Mount Prospect, and Torepn Matara of 1721 Bonita. Mount Prospect. "" Sasman was treated for Injuries by a Spring Grovt physician. v The icy roads of Monday •trening caused two accidents 111 the area, but there was only property damage in both. " At 5:50 o'clock, two cars gllided at the Intersection of cCullom Lake and Ringwood roads, involvjns cars driven by 4Jice Granger o^ 1220 N Draper road, McHenry, and Martha IJllge of 728 McCullom Lake road. Miss Granger' told sheriff s deputies she stopped at the intersection and indicaled a left turn. The other driver said she applied the brakes but her ear slid into the rear of the first vehicle. Another accident occurred at T:10 o'clock Monday evening miles north of Ringwood, •n Rt. 31 and Ringwood road. ' Randall Wilhelmi of 702 l^wndale avenue, Woodstock, was driving south on the hitfhy^- ay when his car went out of qpntrol on a cui*ve, slid onto Ringwood road and struck a jjy.ilroad crossing sign before landing in a ditch. Two young motorists were injured, but not seriously, when their auto was involved in an ftfccident on the old bridge early tast Wednesday morning. ^Sheriff's deputies who in- 'Ifestigated said Stewart Rauer. Sr.. 16, of 10001 W. Bioadw.'y, JJcHenry, . told them he had stopped on the approach to the bridge, driving off Lincoln Rpad. He then proceeded and was about two-thirds of the #ay across when his auto began to fishtail, the rear of the vehicle swerving to the left atid the front striking tho bridge as it stopped in a crosswise position. •> Bauer end Patrick Letizip. 16, of 7411 Birch drive, Wonder liake, were unhurt. BaHuyri D Murphy, 16, of 1720 Knoll OVenue, Lakeland Park, and George Sorenson, 16, of 4009 JE. Lake Shore drive, Wonder t*flke, were thrown from the left rear door. Barbara sustained a bruise on the ankle <ind Sorenson was taken bv ambulance to McHenry hospital for head injuries Two cars were damaged at <01 N. Green street about 6:20 Musin' & Meanderin' (Continued From Pag* 1) creations. With their rustcolored yarn hair and bright Khoe-button eye*, they reminded us that some of "yesterday" is still with us In spite of the years that have passed. Even in the busy season preceding Christmas the community, and the nation, have not forgotten their late President. We have learned of numerous and varied incidents in recent days involving local residents and their associations with Mr. Kennedy. Regardless of their nature, there is a certain pride which each feels in his own personal contact. Some of these are printed below: Fifteen-year-old Lynne Schultz of 610 Fountain Lane, McCullom Lake, is the proud possessor of a letter written by newly elected President John F. Kennedy just three years ago, on Dec. 3, 1960. It read as follows: "I want to thank you for the very friendly message you sent to me after my election to the presidency. I am most heartened by the many expressions of good will which I have received. I am sure that they reflect a broad unity of purpose in our nation. I hope that my record during the next four years will sustain your generous confidence." Tom Antonson of Martinsville, N.J., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Antonson, formerly Tuesday evening when an auto driven by Richard Miller of that address was struck in the rear by another vehicle driven by Paula Tiggemon of 3215 W. Biscayne, McHenry. Miller told city police he was attempting to make a right turn when he was hit. The other driver said she was unaware of his intention to turn, although Miller told authorities his turn signal was on. Robert Messel escaped with only minor injuries when his car skidded and overturned on Fox Lake road at Pislakee Highlands. Norbqrt McDaniel of Wonder Lake was treated in Memorial hospital, Woodstock, early Sunday for injuries sustained in a one-car accident on Rt. 120, west of Wonder Lake road. The car went out of control and overturned in a ditch. McDaniel was not sericusly hurt. Vandalism la Area; Reported Past Week (Continued Fro n Page 1) set and an electric drill were taken when glass in a front door was broken with a rock. The Ralph Todey home in Spring Grove was entered sometime last Thursday evening and an upstairs bedroom was ransacked. Also at Spring Grove, a break-in was reported at Cliff's Service station. HUNTER SHOT William D. Peneschi of Lake Zurich was treated in McHenry hospital last Thursday for a gunshot wound in the neck and head while pheasant hunting in a cornfield west of Ringwood. He and two others were walking in the field when a pheasant flew up and someon'. » lired at the bird from another part of the field. of McHenry drove froito his home to the funeral of President Kennedy last week. He managed to get inside the rotunda and saw the body removed to St. Mathews church. Taking on special meaning in the light of the tragic death if the late President, was a letter received by Mrs. Jean Kupec of 1404 W. Park, McHenry, sent from the White House on Oct. 15. It read: "The President has received your thoughtful letter following his address to the United Nations General Assembly, and he asked me to express his deep gratitude for your 5;enerous remarks. It was very kind of you to write. With the President's best wishes to you and Gemettc." The message was signed by Ralph A. Dungan, special assistant to the President. John C. Pertgen of Spring Grove received a note from Siegfried Gruschke in Lintorf- Dusseldorf, Germany, in which he said, "I express to you and all Americans my deepest sympathy in the loss of John F. Kennedy. It was so gruesome that I had to cry," SINGERS PRESENT CHRISTMAS THEME ON DECEMBER 7-8 (Continued from page I) which has cnaracterized tbo holiday program for a number (, 1 years, will find the singers departing from their formal black and white attire to appear in bright costumes, holding huge candles as they perform for the "Something Old" section, "Give Me Your Heart For Christmas" and "Homo for the Holidays." The second portion, "Something New," will feature a scene showing winter's first snow. Men's and women's ensembles will be heard in "Winter Song" and "Sleigh Ride." while the entire chorus will sing the familiar "Snow, Snow, Beautiful Snow" and a new selection, "Jingle Bells Travelogue," which expresses the old favorite in the style of Spain, Russia, Hawaii and the Far East. Soloists and ensembles will sing carols of other lands in a section of the program entitled "Something Borrowed." A beautiful, fluorescent-lighte 1 tree filled with ornaments will be a unique attraction as the singers place on it symbols in keeping with the countries they represent. Talented Mae Stinesprins will be guest narrator for the club in the lovely "Song of Christmas," containing well known carols and a two-piano accompaniment by Shirley Watkins and Mnrv Ann Sharp. A formal arrangement of the club ns members sing songs in rdoration of the Christ Child in the section "Something True," will conclude the program. Franklin Onkley, scenic designer for a Chicago television channel, is being assisted by Ray Jensen an'l the club precident LeRoy Killer, in preparing special sets for the program. It was with a feeling of pride that we watched the VFW-sponsored drum and bugle corps march in the Chicago Christmas parade last Sunday afternoon. They drew some very fine praise from the TV commentators, and each McHenry viewer echoed their words. K. A. F. REPORT VANDALISM Panelling on the windows at the Waldo Rose home at Pistakee Bay was ripped off aild a screen cut in recent days, according to a report from the sheriff's office. Ten screeds were said to have been torff' from the windows of the Joseph Peacock residence nearby. PLAN GROUPS JOIN DRIVE FOR CONSERVATION (Continued from Page 1) "The waters affect not only river and lake property, but all property values in the North valley. People do not want to live in or near an area of unattractive waters. "In some portions of our area, real estate has been very slow, and we attribute this to the adverse effect of algae, floods, pollution reports, etc., which discourage prospective buyers. "Also the same conditions and reports greatly reduce the volume of recreational business in the area upon which a great many families depend, to say nothing of the sheer enjoyment of fishing, boating and swimming. "We consider itybsolutely essential that the -whole area, whose welfare is so closely related to the Fox and its adjacent waters, should join together for single water management. This Conservancy district will make a tremendous contribution to property values in the area." As an illustration, the committee points out that a person selling a 515,000 house for $13,000 in today's market has already lost more money on one transaction than he would spend on a Conservancy program, under Illinois law, in his whole lifetime. Besides that, he has also pulled down his neighbors, real estate values, causing them to lose more in values in one year than the cost for a lifetime of a conservancy district. In fact, the committee points out, it would really take more than one lifetime to pay in Thursday, December 5. 1963 total conservancy tax** anything to equal current losses ih real estate values. Bad influence The district would therefore be, according to the committee, the cheapest possible from of "property value insurance." The water, they say, is never a neutral factor in property values-always it is either a good influence or a bad influence. Lately it is definitely a bad influence on property values, and this condition will get worse if not promptly corrected. For reasons of residence values, recreation values, local business volume and new industry attraction, a single conservancy district is believed to be the very best answer. Under state law, maximum general taxes for a water conservancy program are less than $1 per $1,000 per year of approximate market value, or $1.67 based on assessed valuations. Even to reach this figure would require three different referendum votes. Thus the owner of a $15,000 property (at market value) would pay about $13 per year for water conservancy work, at the most. "A conservancy district in our area would probably add to home values 200 to 500 times the amount of the tax, if the program is fully successful," said Olsen, Shaw and Mc- Mahon. "If it is only half successful, it is still a 100-to-l shot. To say nothing of the annual cash value of direct and indirect recreation business recovered." There is also a special provision of the law rarely used whereby small districts, by referendum, can levy larger taxes to make up for their small size. The definition of a small district is one in which the population is under 25,000. If this definition were found to be applicable td the new proposed district, then the voters in the district could theoretically approve a top tax levy equal to about $50 a year on $15,000 property instead of $13 levy. This, of course, is hypothetical until after the establishment of a district. Perform Services They pointed out that conservancy districts can also perform services in particular areas, such as building channel bank revetments or running sewer lines, by special assessment bonds. However, conservancy districts do not build or operate sewage systems. This\J/ is the t,ask of sanitary districts such as are already organized. "The td§k of the conservancy district is water management and control, to make our whole lake and river area again a magnet for recreation and year-around residence," says the statement. "If we do not take this step right away, we run the danger of having numerous rural slums grow up around us. The cost of not taking this step will be a colossal burden in the form of property and business losses for everybody." In reaching this conclusion the Commissions have studied the extensive reviews and reports made by or for the Lake County Board of Health, McHenry Clean Streams committee, Congressman McCJory's office, the U.S. Public Health service, and various news items about algae from other parts of the country. The commissions say it is clear that firm steps must be taken at once to prevent further deterioration of the area, and that a water conservancy program is the way to do it. Petitions for the district are being circulated in both counties. The county judges pass on the petitions and set the date for a public vote on the matter. The "big five" township supervisors have agreed to serve as honorary members of the organization committee -- Wallace Dean of McHenry township, Frank Valenta of ferant, Lloyd Murrie of Antioch, /J. G. "Curly" Stevens of Richmond, and Ben May of Burton. All mayors in the proposed district will be invited to serve --Mayors Olsen of Fox Lake, Doherty of McHenry, Levesqqe of McCullom Lake, Mangold of Sunnyside, Bonder of Lakemoor, Runyard of Richmond, and Thomas of Spring Grove. Initial members of the organizing committee are the two Plan commissions and the McHenry Clean Streams committee. Representatives of all Chambers of Commerce and neighborhood associations will be invited to join the committee, as well as interested local government officials. Have you applied for a Charge Account at. GLADSTONE'S, INC? Camels have been known to < drink 30 gallons of water in 10 minutes time. REMODELING Need a Room, New Kitchen, Garage? 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