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Pag* Eight THE McHENRY PLAINDEALEH Thursday, December II1963 HARRISON SCHOOL BOARD REVIEWS VANDALISM ACTS i Two break-ins during the itaanksgiving holiday, including an attempted fire in the teachers lounge, brings to four the acts of vandalism at Harrison sfekce early October. Police and school official investigations have not linked the most damaging break-in Dec. 1 with apprehension of four Harrison students following an earlier break-in Nov. 29. Neither case has been related to similar incidents on Halloween and earlier in October. Severity and extent of damage has grown with each incident. Details of the first two relatively minor break-ins were reported at earlier school board meetings, but no police action Was indicated. Vandalism over the Thanksgiving holiday, reported at the Dec. 3 board meeting, was the most extensive. The Sunday entry caused some prof»erty Joss, insured, and required a cleanup in all but one classroom and the old bandroom, the only two areas not molested. Severest damage included soups poured over library books, a typewriter removed to a window ledge outside, a movie screen defaced with obscene drawings and slashed, slashed drapes and disarray of record cards. , In the teachers' lounge, a sugar and water solution was poured over the floor, a chair cushion ripped, walls and lamp tfiades smeared with obscene words, and an attempted fire made of paper and a chair cushion, but apparently selfamothered. Throughout the building, obscenities were written on most walls, fire extinguishers empt ied by spraying on walls, ceilings and floors, some teachers' desks molested, records scattered, one window broken, screens removed, and honor students plaque and another bearing Lincoln's Gettysburg Address hurled to the floor. First-aid kits and fire extinguishers were removed from the buses and emptied. All extinguishers and first-aid kits were recovered. Close Library Merl F. Thomas, superintendent, his wife, and school employees washed walls until midnight to ready classrooms for Monday. Only the library was dosed for a couple of days. In ihe Friday noon break-in, the four boys were confronted by a teacher driving by the closed building. Some small items missing from the science lab were allegedly in their possession. Pattern of the two break-ins was different, and n% connection has been established. The school board is considering more stringent security at Ilight and during periods when the building is closed, along with more frequent police patrols, as immediate steps. It went into closed executive session to discuss other aspects of the situation. In academic matters, a combined board-faculty meeting heard Samuel Long, reading consultant, report results of tests conducted recently, which from the standard to measure future accomplishment. Long said improvement was noted over initial tests last spring, with below-average readers dropping from 40 per cent to 29 per cent, the most improvement in junior high grades At grade-level reading percentages are: First grade, 92 per cent, second, 87 per cent; third, inconclusive and retesting; fourth, 60 per cent; fifth and sixth, 55 per cent; and seventh and eighth, f>5 per cent. Alx)ve average: fourth 30 per cent fifth and sixth, 40 per cent: seventh, 30 per cent and eighth, 31 per cent. Below average: Fourth 10 per cent, sixth and seventh. 5 per cent and eighth, 4 per cent. Christmas Program gram will be staged the afternoon and evening of Dec. 19, and a junior high afternoon dance on Dec. 20 will close the school for the Christmas holiday. School resumes Jan. 6, and the next school board meeting is Jan. 7. An auditor's report showing a deficit of $6,000 at the end of the audit period, based on receipts of $211,000 and expenditures of $21 ?,000, was filed with the county superintendent ol schools. The school's annual report also has been filed with the state. Harrison currently is in the black, but projections indicate a mounting deficit by the end of the school year. Several state officials have made inspections, including a fire marshal, bus inspector, and a science consultant. During the last fire drill, the building was emptied ; in impressed with Harrison's junior high earth sciences program, and indicated this might be cited in a new booklet the state is publishing. With respect to buses, it was reported that students cannot be kept off for disciplinary reasons without first being dismissed from school. William Cristy, representing the board, is serving with Supt. Thomas and junior high teacher, George Guetzloff, on a committee to review the bus discipline code. Other visitors at Harrison include a survey team from Northern Illinois university, hired by McHenry high school district, to consider the possibility of a junior high school, to solve population problems in the high school district. The survey team indicated approval of Harrison's curriculum except for lack of manual training or industrial arts, home economics, foreign languages and the arts, including music. Thomas asked the board to consider teachers salaries and policy with respect to remuneration for extra duties, preparatory to issuing contracts in February for the 1964-65 year. Henry Setzler and Wilbur Haak were named to the salary review committee. Haak also was named to work with Thomas to examine the cost of renting building facilities to outside groups, but the board does not expect to change its current non-use policy, except for schoolrelated functions, until the school's financial position can be improved. POSTMASTER GIVES ANNUAL CHRISTMAS ADVICE ON MAIL (Continued from F:ige 1) minute card you forgot to send to Aunt Minnie. Buy plenty of stamps now while post office windows are uncrowded. For Christmas cards, the postmaster recommends the attractive new five-cent Christmas stamps showing the National Christmas tree in Washington, D. C. Use of this stamp insures first-class mail treatment, meaning the card may contain personal messages and may be forwarded or returned free of extra charge. For example, if Great Aunt Minnie has moved without telling you, your card cannot be forwarded ouuaing was wnpueu .m ^ contain a message if it seconds. Buses passed inspec- on, four cent itamp tion. The science consultant was YOUNG SINGERS PRESENT ANNUAL HOLIDAY PROGRAM (Continued From Page 1) JAIL FOR $15,000 (Continued from page 1) code number. Therefore, Mr. SUPERVISORS O.K. Smith explained in view of the REMODELLING OF great number of opportunities for error that arise from the fact that there are many streets and cities with similar names, the ZIP code is a real asset for Christmas mail, as well as for regular mailings." For example, if a letter is out remuneration, are Sylvester addressed to 'Mineola' and the iTonyan and Ted Wickman of state is left out or is illegible, ' McHenry, William Powers of we can tell from the ZIP Harvard, Howard Tanner of lishing broad plan for the future of the area. Members, who will serve withcode, if used, whether it goes to Mineola. Iowa, New York. Texas or Missouri, each of which have a city by that name, "Mr. Smith said. There are cities named McHenry in six different states, so be sure to use 60050 in your return address. "Mailing early with ZIP code is such a help to the mailer, as well as our Post Office, that I really can't see why everyone doesn't do it," he added. derland" and "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas," as well as more sacred selections, "Behold That Star," "Angels O'er The Fields" and "Hasten Swiftly, Hasten Softly." A stained glass window altar effect will encase a select mixed group of sixty voices as they sing ' Kyrie" and "Alleluia." This particular part of the program will also feature soloists and an ensemble singing the story of Dickens' "Christmas Carol." In a lighter vein, about thirty members of the chorus will don costumes appropriate to a toyland setting as they perform for Mr. and Mrs. Santa. Their offerings will include "The Clown and The Lady Doll," "When You Wish Upon A Star." "The Big Brown Bear" "The Dance of the Paper Dolls" and "A Very Merry Christmas." James Benson and Pain Van Obstfelder are co-presidents of this year's large mixed chorus. Accompanists for the program are Miss Van Obstfelter, Evelyn Harrison and Cathy Ruth. it will be destroyed. Separate Mail Incidentally, to speed Christmas card handling, letter carriers and post offices will have free supplies available of "local' 'and "out-of-town" bands for Christmas cards. If you will use these to separate your local and out-of-town cards, and statements of account during the rest of the year, it will expedite delivery and assist your post office. In most areas, postal patrons will find that a supply of these will be left in their mail box. or they may be had from carriers or local post offices for the asking. Just as an additional peaceof- mind safeguard about parcels this Christmas, the postmaster urges you to insure them. He noted that despite the department's efforts over many years to promote good packaging and addressing, the postal service each year has been unable to deliver or return about half a million parcels, including many lost because of poor packaging or incorrect addressing. Another situation that discourages postal employees is that in which they finally manage to decipher an address on a parcel only to find the deciphered address is completely erroneous -- to the wrong street or sometimes even to the wrong city and state. And this happens locally many, many times, "believe it or not." Once a local post office has exhausted all efforts to make delivery or return a parcel and has held it unclaimed for the standard 90 days, the parcel is usually lost to the sender or intended recipient. The senders return address inside the package would be helpful in all cases. Such parcels without any return are disposed of by the postal service at auctions held at fifteen major post offices over the nation. Important Zip Code The postmaster emphasized that ZIP code can also help insure against loss due to poor addressing for letters and parcels. The five-digit ZIP code identifies one specific area. No other area has that same ZIP M• u~sin--' &~ --Me^an--de r.in ' (Continued From Page 1) Last week Mrs. Walter Patzke received a Christmas box trom her son, Dr. James D. Carney of New Zealand, Combined with other packing was an Oct. 15 issue of a paper printed there which contained the picture of the bride and groom as he looked on wiih disdain as she stuck out her tongue when a former boy friend made his appearance at the wedding reception. We understand the new Mrs. Marzano has had considerable mail from people throughout the country who saw the picture. One contained poetry, and another a message of condolence for the unhappy groom as he found himself in this unusual situation. In reviewing the proposed community college referendum to be voted this Saturday, it was natural to emphasize the growing need for persons trained for economical positions. Not only in allege, but al ihe high school level of education, curricuhims are improving to me^t changing needs. One good example has been the emphasis put on mathematics, science and fo' - eign languages.with the advent ol the space age in the lute 195'JV. An even more recent trend is jn another direction, and edrcalors have been concerned with the humanities and social studies and their rightful place in our educational pursuits. Changes seem to be order of a fast moving world, but it is good to know that whatever they may be, cur riculums will always strive to serve the individual while at the same time serving the common good. Even in this pre-holiday season, prospective candidates are looking ahead to Jan. 20, thp first day for filing for the primary election in the spring. Marengo, Henry Marlowe of Huntley, Ludwig Kulovsek of Fox River Grove, Ralph Ostrander of Woodstock, Hubert Curtis of Crystal Lake and However Osborn of Cary. These men, who will begin their work immediately, will prepare a proposed program and present it to the board at some future meeting. The board discussed the more than $3,000 paid out on an accident claim involving a sheriff's patrol car last year, and it was decided to make some attempt to re-Claim at least part of the money. Building Permits During the past year, it was revealed that 1,150 building permits were issued with a construction value of $T,322,- 484. They brought in revenue amounting to $26,075.26, and with other licenses and other foes, the total income for the vear was $33,540.01. Since expenses ran $41,861.90 in the milding and zoning office, the biggest amount of this for salaries, there was a deficit for the year in this department. Fees and fines in District 3 (McHem-y) collected by Justice of the Peace Charles M. Adams for one month totalled $545. The total for the four county districts was $8,105. It was noted that of the 378 foxes killed and bounty collected in the county during the year, the greatest number were in McHenry township, where 117 were killed. There was an expenditure of $1,134 paid in bounties. $ \ ff; General objection was expressed among supervisors on some press releases which have been premature and sometimes ZT7Z J'!1""1-...'.," obtained from sources not re garded as authoritative. A report from the four justice districts revealed a total Collection in delinquent personal property taxes of $86,- 328.64 for the past year. Collections were as follows: District 1, $12,252.05; 2, $41,- 236.78; 3 (McHenry) $7,798.92; 4, $25,040.89. Icy Roads Cause Crashes i-Yi (Continued Fro n Page 1) golden wedding anniversary. Many folks remembered them at this time and in their words, "It really warms the cockles of our hearts to be so remembered after living in Florida for twenty years." K. A. F. south by Fred« Colby Crystal Lake. Neither driver was injured, but there was damage to both cars. In another minor accident, Helen Krause and Mary Schultz of Barrington were waiting in traffic for a change of lights when their car was struck by Loretta Meyer of 3619 W. Main street, McHenry, whose foot was said to have slipped from the brake and struck the gas throttle. Driving on icy roads this past week, Karen Juul of McHenry lost control of her vehicle a half mile east of Johnsburg while driving on the Johnsburg-Wilmot road. It left the road and went into a ditch. A two-car accident took place east of Crystal Lake, involving cars driven by Sharon Osborne of McHenry and Ronald Passfield of Woodstock, Sheriff's police said the Osborne car was travelling north when the other auto skidded on the ice and went into its path. He turned toward the ditch, and in doing so avoided a head-on collision, but each car had minor damage. A car driven by Robert Balchunas of McHenry was reported by authorities to have been struck by another vehicle driven by Roy J. Thompson of Des Plaines last weekend. Thompson said he was driving south on River road when a third vehicle, travelling north, forced him to the right side of the road until he struck the Balchunas car, which was entering the intersection from Indian Ridge road. zwrmk ••••• CORONER'S BUSY YEAR CENTERS IN THIS AREA Coroner Theron J. Eliorn of Richmond released his annual report on Tuesday of thjg^week, and there were indications traat McHenry provided him with his greatest amount of wonk during the past year. \ Sixty-five inquests and investigations were conducted here out of a total of 208 throughout the county. There were also five at Wonder Lake, one at Island Lake and one at McCullom Lake. Other communities reported the following: Crystal Lake, 32; Woodstock, 31; Harvard, 23; Algonquin, 14; Richmond, 12; Marengo, 8; Huntley, 5; Fox River Grove and Hartland, each 4; Cary, Union and Alden each 1. The inquests and investigations were concerned with 157 males and 51 females. Heart diseases and similar afflictions caused the greatest number of calls and investigations, numbering 86. This was followed by auto accidents, 43; auto-train accidents, 4; autopedestrian accidents, 6; suicides, 17; pneumonia, 9; homicides, 6; cerebral hemorrhages, 7; airplane accidents, 4; suffocations, 6; electrocutions, 6 and drownings, 2, aar well as numerous others. Polls Open Noon To 7 P.M. (Continued From Page 1) in McHenry county at the present time provides that any compact and contiguous territory with certain limitations and requirements may be organized. The other plans include a college organized by a board of education of a high school district, and a college consisting of two or more high school districts. Shop In McHenry MOTOR FUEL PAYMENT McHenry County received $28,817 as its share of Motor Fuel Tax paid into the state treasury during November.' or C^hridtmctA To Make Her Floor Care Easier! From Hollywood, Fla., a note arrived this week, sent by Mr. and Mrs. A. 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