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\ r j fj\x ' * j THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CH A IN-O-LAKE S REGION SINCE 1Q75 Vol. 90 - No. 35-2 Sections Thursday, March 30, I967 - McHenry, Illinois 22 Pages - 10$ Township, Voting On Tuesday College Vote April 1 TWO SLATES IN TOWNSHIP ™ • , Ttftksi .AwSammSfiS* ' "'Mfcgu • A .. MttStn' and SCHOLARSHIP TO STATE SCHOOL FOE McHENRY GIRL V -?s,; > Meanderin' OPEN NOON TO 7 PM. The only place so wildly frantic as campaign headquarters at election time is a newspaper office trying to keep up with the results. And in the weeks ahead, no individual except the-politician himself is so utterly confused as the newspaperman with the fast moving events. This year is no exception, with four elections scheduled within a two and a half week period. Only (me legal notice may accompany each of them, but when the stakes are high every small word in every news story is read, interpreted and misinterpreted just as importantly. They had better be correct. We are interested in the issues as well as candidates, and because we are, backers of special referendums see that we are well informed on the various points of view. This is as it should be, and gives us additional information from which to form opinions. About this time, and continuing through eachfhectic election night, we will many times wish we had chosen to pursue some other business. But there are more times when we realize that not only printer's ink but the general excitement of struggling through another election gets in the blood. We suspect it will remain there until the incapacitation of old age relegates us to the easy chair. Majority Vote Needed In Urban, Rural Communities fecial polling places, along with a map, appear on Page 12 of this issue to assist voters going to the polls in the Junior College election on April 1. Judith Ann „Nosal of 3203 W. Sfcyway, McHenry, has been announced as one of two winners this year of the General County scholarships. The other is Stephen Craig Lee of Woodstock. Two scholarships are available in the county, awarded on the basis of scores made cm the ACT exams given in 1966. They exempt winners from tuition and fees at any of the seven state-supported universities in Illinois for a period of four years. A gross weighted score for each students was determined by assigning different weights to each of the four sub-tests on the exam. The largest weight was assigned to the English sub-test score, the next to the Social Studies score, and smaller amounts to the Mathematics and Natural Science scores. ^ A long business partnership is being dissolved this week with the retirment of George and Albert Barbian from Barbian Brothers store on Riverside Drive. Since 1925, the store has served thousands as the owners (continued on page 7) The first grass fire of the season in the McHenry area called members of the local department to the Baldino farm, 103 Lincoln road, Tuesday afternoon. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, an alarm sounded at Rae Motors, west of the city, but firemen could find nothing upon their arrival. QS Senior winner Of Rotary - Sponsored C®!!ege Essay Contest McHenry area residents will go to the polls in a number of the forty-three special polling places in the county next Saturday, April 1, to vote on the establishment of a Junior college district for McHenry county. Voting will extend from noon to 7 p.m. The ballot is simple, requiring only one X properly marked in the box. A favorable vote will make a "first" for the county by providing an opportunity for many who would not otherwise be able, to obtain a higher education. The proposition must receive a majority of the votes cast in the incorporated area and a majority of the votes cast in the unincorporated area to pass. The proposed area includes seven high school districts of the county, Harvard District 50 including that portion in Boone county; Alden-Hebron District 19, Richmond-Burton District 157, McHenry District 156, Crystal Lake-Cary Grove District 155, Woodstock District 152 and Marengo District 154. If the referendum passes, the college will provide educational facilities not only in the liberal arts field, but in vocational studies as well. Students will not only be high school graduates continuing into college but will include high school dropouts learning a trade, adults in the working forces and updating skills; housewives desiring added knowledge; senior citizens seeking hobbies and agricultural forces desiring education in the agri-business field. Many Charges Await Driver A newcomer to the McHenry ^area is being held in county jail, awaiting an April 10 hearing on a long series of charges as the result of a lengthy speed chase by members of several police departments last Monday evening. The man is Michael S. Wall, who gave no address when he was finally apprehended late at night at Fritzsche's motel in Lake"moor. A young boy and girl, both juveniles, riding in the car, were also held. Charges against Wall include faulty mufflers, fictitious plates, speeding, stop sign violations, warrants for possession of alcoholic liquor in a motor vehicle, reckless conduct, reckless driving, fleeing and attempting to elude police officers and driving while lf- ( cense is revoked. Another charge has not been completed. The chase started just before 10 o'clock Monday evening when deputies notified sheriff's police that they were pursuing a car on Rt. 120, between Chapel Hill road and Lilymoor, after failure in an attempt to stop the auto at that intersection. Proceeding east at a high rate of speed, the chase continued after Wall ran through a road block at Lily Lake road and another at Lakeside before turning south on Darrell road and then west on Dowell. Returning on River road, he ran through a third block set up by McHenry police on Rt. 120. When he finally ran up on a lawn near McHenry Recreation, the two young passengers set out on foot on Lincoln road and were apprehended by state police. City police said Wall had been involved in another high speed (continued on page 7) WALTER J. DEAN Supervisor Independent J. R. I.EVESQUE Supervisor Republican CHARLES J. MILLER Highway Commissioner Independent CLARENCE REGNER Highway Commissioner Republican iM-:S EDWARD J. BUSS Assistant Supervisor ; Independent THOMAS H. HUEMANN Assistant Supervisor Independent LEWIS BELSHAW Assistant Supervisor Republican TOM BIRMINGHAM Assistant Supervisor Republican ABSENTEE VOTING The office of County Clerk Vernon W. Kays will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 1, for the convenience of anyone wishing to vote absentee on the Mental Health ballot. April 1 is the last day to vote absentee. William Gaugush, 17, of 911 S. Lily Lake road, is shown above with Supt. of Schools Dr. Carl Bergstrom as he received notification that his essay had been judged winner in the Rotarysponsored contest on the subject of the proposal to establish a junior college in McHenry county. The young McHenry high school senior will receive a cash prize of $100 for his efforts. Mental Health Vote Tuesday When McHenry township voters go to the polls in the eighteen precincts in this area next Tuesday, April 4, they will be given a special ballot on which to express themselves on the Mental Health referendum. The proposition will ask whether or not the county shall levy an annual tax of not to exceed .05 per cent for the purpose of providing community mental health facilities and services. Approved for a public vote by unanimous resolution of the county board of supervisors, the referendum is requested to provide new and expanded care for the mentally ill and mentally retarded. If approved, the county board will appoint a seven-member Community Mental Health board and all requests by mental health agencies will be made to that board. The membership will review the budgets and recommend what amount is to be levied by the supervisors. The latter board then reviews and passes on the levy as recommended. A modest, 17-year-old senior at M.C.H.S., William Gaugush, has been proclaimed winner of the $100 prize for the best essay written by a student on the subject of a junior college for McHenry county. Announcement of the winner was made early this week. Judges of the Rotary-sponsored contest were Merle Gardirter representing the school faculty, John Looze of Rotary and Mike Kutnick, a student at Elgin Junior college. William, son of Nir. and Mrs. Thomas Gaugush, has been a resident of this community for two years, coming here from Champaign. He was born in Germany and came to this country as a child. Hie young high school senior plans to further his education at Western Illinois university, Macomb, where he will major (continued on page 7) EGG HUNT WINNERS The Orchard Heights annual Easter Egg hunt was held last Saturday in the subdivision. In the age group from 3 to 5, first prize was won by Clifford Bailye, second to Jeffery Major and last to Lisa Mower; in the 6 to II-year class, first by Laura Bailye, second to Cynthia Mower and last to Tommy Sindler. Pride In A W®te Among the requests for public support at spring elections this year is one which has no association with candidates but widespread support among individuals and many responsible organizations in our own community and in the county. When voters go to the polls next Tuesday, April 4, to elect township officials, they will be given a special ballot asking for a small annual tax for mental health and the mentally retarded. The need is evident through the fact that the Mental Health center, located in McHenry, shows a growing demand for services, with only emergency cases able to be accepted at this time. Now serving 348 persons, there is a waiting list of 150 patients. In considering the untold benefits to be realized, we are also assured that the cost will be low. Although the maximum allowed by law is .1 per cent, the referendum will ask only for -a maximum tax of • 05 per cent, and it is not anticipated that even that amount will be needed. The cost has been figured to run $2.25 for a house valued at $15,000. Did you know th^t while 50 per cent of the referrals to the county center are children, present financial restrictions limit employing a child psychiatrist to one day weekly? Did you know that at least 50 per cent of all medical and surgical oases treated by private doctors and hospitals have an emotional illness complication? There are also many other facts of which most people are unaware. Of one thing we are sure -- no one can afford to cast anything but a "yes" vote for the Mental Health ballot next Tuesday. The profit from our investment will be realized in innumerable ways, not the least of which is pride in helping to solve the growing fight against one of the community's very real and very important problems. C OF C ANNUAL DINNER DANCE SET APRIL IS McHenry's Chamber of Commerce is making final plans for the annual dinner dance, to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, at the McHenry Country club. Myrt Martell and Don Howard form the committee in charge. All members of the C. of C. and other interested persons are invited to attend. Tickets may be purchased from any board member. Publish SnisTo Ull Long Illness Of Former Police Chief Also Ends WORLD WAR I VETS TO OBSERVE 50th ANNIVERSARY o On Thursday evening, April 6, members of McHenry Barracks No. 1315 of the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., and their guests will commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the United States entry into World War I at a dinner meeting to be held in the new home of McHenry Legion Post No. 491. Distinguished guests will include city, county arid state officials, and state and national officers of the World War I organization. A full program of jjatriotic and varied musical entertainment promises to make this a memorable evening to do fitting honor to this important date in American history. 2500 The Plaindealer office will be open from 9 to 10 p. m. next Tuesday evening, April 4, with late returns on the township office election. ARTHUR STUHLFEIER A long and active career ended Good Friday with the death of Arthur J. Stuhlfeier, 78, president of the village of McCullom Lake and ownerpublisher of the Pictorial Newsletter. The last issue of his paper was delivered two days before his death, and he hact already begun to work on the next one. Mr. Stuhlfeier, 2722 N. Or- (continued on page 7) 2250 2000 1750 1500 I25Q 1000 750 1 500 • 250 • Watch the thermometer rise each week toward the $2,760 goal set in McHenry High School District 1^ fr»* Junior College Voters in eighteen McHenry township precincts will go to the polls next week Tuesday, April 4, to express preferences for a supervisor, two assistant supervisors and a highway commissioner. The polls will be open from 6 a,m. to 6 p.m. The ballot will contain slates representing the Independent Township and Republican tickets. On the former will be Walter J. "Wally" Dean for supervisor, Edward J. Buss and Thomas Huemann for assistants and Charles J. "Chuck" Miller for road commissioner. All are incumbents. Opposing them on the Republican slate are J.R. "Jake" Levesque for supervisor, Lewis E. Belshaw and Thomas L. Birmingham for assistants and Clarence Regner for road commissioner. POLLING PLACES Polling places will be as follows: Precinct 1, Ringwood community school; 2, Community Methodist church, 3717 W, Main street, McHenry; 3, Europa Motor Sales, 3318 W. Pearl street, McHenry, 4, Johnsburg Community club, 2315 W. Church street; 5, Wonder Lake fire house; 6, V.F.W. clubhouse, W. Rt. 120, McHenry; 7, George P. Freund Implement, 41(52 W. Crystal Lake road, McHenry; 8, Cardinal store (north entrance) 5317 E. Wonder Lake road, Wonder Lake; 9, Lakemoor fire house, Rand road, Lakemoor. Also Precinct 10, Oak Wood Shores model home, 7317 E. Northwood drive, Wonder Lake; li, Seibel Motor, W. Rt. 120, McHenry; 12, McCullom Lake beach house, Lake Shore drive, McCullom Lake; 13, Lakeland- Park community house, Sunset avenue, Lakeland Park; 14, McHenry fire house, 3610 W. Elm street; 15, Hartmann farm house, 1215 W. Bay road, McHenry; 16, Sunny side village hall; 17, Community house, 306 Hilltop drive, Pistakee Highlands; 18, Whispering Hills (continued on page 7) . -Ave. A