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r THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION S'NCp 1875 VOL. 90 - No. 44-3 Sections Thursday, June I, 1967 - McHenry, Illinois 30 Pages I0<: 300 MARCH BACCALAUREATE Country With Problems McHenry Students Graduate With Honors From Various Colleges Rev. White To Address Seniors Sunday Night In Gymnasium Program M. REX HESTER Michael Rex Hester, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Hester of 409 Timothy lane, McHenry, will receive a Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) degree and Dean R. Kennebeck, son of Daniel T. Kennebeck of DEAN R. KENNEBECK GARY VYCITAL Musin' and M eanderin' The city, and particularly our fine veterans' organizations, call be proud of the annual tribute to our war dead on Memorial Day. The parade was impressive, well attended, and must have given an added feeling ofesteem for a flag which should grow in importance each day. Last Saturday's election of a board for the new junior college district in McHenry county accorded little credit to local voter interest in a program so new and so important to many people. . Public apathy toward elections is not always confined to the McHenry community; in fact, at times the interest here has compared very favorably with other areas of the same size. However, this most recent election brought out comparatively few voters and kept us from having representation in this important group. It is difficult to believe that one of the largest communities in the county should vote an added tax burden and then fail to follow through and assure representation on the board which will administer such important matters as site and curriculum. We may expect hundreds of our own young students to take advantage of the opportunity to attend a junior college in this area, yet the important task of getting an entirely new program into operation will be left to men and women from almost every other part of the county. Not only did this community have two candidates, but they were representative of the small segment of the community which has long devoted time, talent and energy to further education. Saturday's vote can be no matter of pride to voters in our community, and we will have little reason to complain if the ground work for the new college is not to our liking. The men and women elected are no doubt genuinely interested in the college program and will work for its success. Nevertheless, the fact remains that while their first interest is the college generally, they would not be human if the desires of their home communities did not enter into some of the future decisions to be made. 3916 VV. Maple avenue, McHenry, will receive his Bachelor of Science (cum laude) degree at Loras college commencement exercises Sunday, June 4, in the Loras ficldhouse. Addressing the graduates at the 2 p.m. program will be the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Justin A. Driscoll, Ph. D., president-designate of Loras. Monsignor Driscoll will assume his duties as the nineteenth president of the Dubuque institution on July 1. Baccalaureate services will JOHNSBURG TO AWARD FIFTY DIPLOMAS JUNE 6 Dr. Rodney M. Borstad, associate professor of education at Northern Illinois university, will deliver the main address when Johnsburg public school holds graduation exercises at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, June 6. Student speakers will be Heidi Lynn Mayer on "Why Go To Elementary School?" and Ronald Roadman on "The Future and What It Holds for Us". Rev. John O. Mclntyre, pastor of Faith Presbyterian church, will give the invocation and benediction and Marjorie Ruth will play the processional and recessional. Supt. James C. Bush will present the honor awards. Diplomas will be issued by Richard R. Marshall, president of the board of education, W. T. Peterson, board secretary, and James Long, a member. Fallowing exercises, the P.T.A. will sponsor a reception for the graduates and their guests in the multi-purpose room of the school. Graduates are as follows: Dolores Ann Bierchen, Richard R. Brown, William Thomas Colomer, Jana Lee Culliton, Robert J. Cunningham, Sam De Pasquale, JackieDevine, James Edelman, Jim D. Edelman, Carol Anne Erbin, Chuck Fi 1 ip, Also Richard Forslin, Linda Marie Fowler, Terry Lee Froney, Thomas R. Fry, Jona Gehlaar, Laura Alice Gregg, Glenn (continued on page 12) Young .McHenry Woman Tells Peace c* » Corps Experiences In S.E. Asia be held Saturday evening, June 3, at 5 p.m. in St. Raphael's cathedral, the original site of Loras college in 1839. The Most Rev. Gerald O'Keefe, Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, will preach the Baccalaureate sermon. Bishop O'Keefe, former auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul - Minneapolis, was installed last January as ordinary of the Davenport diocese. There are 255 in the 1967 class at Loras, Iowa's oldest college. Twenty-seven seniors from the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.,- have received fellowships, scholarships or assistantships for graduate apd professional school next year. Among them is Gary Vycital, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vycital, who receives an Air Force scholarship in mathematics at Wright Patterson Air Force base. The young man graduated (cum laude) and is a member of Delta Epsilon Sigma, a national honor society. (continued on page 12) INVITE PUBLIC TO MISS McHENRY CONTEST JUNE IS The public is invited to attend the Miss McHenry competition on Friday evening, June 16, Mrs. Jean Wiles, co-chairman of the beauty pageant, stressed this week. The McHenry VFW and auxiliary present this contest as a community service and no charge is made to see the parade of beauties at the VFW post home. The winner will reign as Miss McHenry, and today sixteen candidates are undergoing a charm and makeup course. Mrs. Carol Jepsen is handling the instruction for the charm course. Mrs. Sharon Lopez is in charge ofthemakeuppresentation. The winner will reign over the Marine Day festival which starts July 9 and climaxes July 16. McHENRY SAVINGS TO HOLD GRAND OPENING JUNE 3 After many months of planr\ ing and construction. McHenry Savings and Loan association will celebrate the completion of their new quarters with a grand/ opening celebration on Satur/y day, June 3. at 9 a.m. On hand for the ribbon cutting will be Walter Dean, chairman of the county board of supervisors, Mayor Donald Doherty and Chicago Bears Star, Johnny Morris. Other city and civic officials also have accepted invitations to attend the gala activities. McHenry Savings President E. Roger Collins stated that everybody will receive a gift, and candy and balloons will be given the children. Arnold Rauen chairman of the board, announced that some very special prizes will be given away. The officers and directors invite everyone to the grand opening. Civil Defense Positions Open John J. Shay, director of McHenry Civil Defense, has announced that there are several positions open in the McHenry Civil Defense plan. Individuals are needed for the following divisions; communications, warning, welfare, engineering, transportation, industrial and public information, to mention only a few. A disaster control plan for McHenry is being revised at the present time and many individuals will be needed. There is a job for everyone. All interested persons are urged to contact Director, John J. Shay at P. 0. Box 114, McHenry, or phone him not later than Saturday, June 10. ^proximately oll'l seniors v\ill march to the traditional strains of "Pomp and Circumstancc" as the\ enter the M.C.II.S. g\inna?»ium next Sunday evening. June 4. for the annual Baccalaureate service at 8 o'clock. Presiding at the two pianos will be Marjorie Ruth and Libby Stinespring. • Rev. Raymond White of the Community Methodist church will give the address of the evening, using as his topic. "Ingredients for a Successful Life". The musical portion of the program will be offered by the mixed chorus, whose selections will be "To Thee We Sing", '.'Bless the Lord O My Soul", "Hallelujah Chorus" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic". A senior ensemble composed of Sally Guettler, Jo Macdonald, Carol McMillan, Lee Varese, Sandy Winters. Dale Snell.Carl Johnson and Dennis Moore will sing "I'll Walk With God". Prior to the senior recessional, class members and guests will join to sing "America the Beautiful". Honors Day is scheduled for Tuesday, June 6, at 1:45o'clock in the gym. Many senior class members will be recognized at this time with scholarships and other honors accorded them during the year. Commencement will take place Thursday, June 8, at 8:15 clock on McCracken field, weather permitting. In case of rain, the program will be held in the gymnasium, with the audience limited. The class president, Tim Koleno, and vice-president, Carl Johnson, will be the only speakers of the evening. Principal Marvin Martin will announce the names of those who have attained highest scholastic attainment. Dr. Carl Bergstrom, superintendent, will, present the diplomas. Miss Ellen Clark, left, is shown with other teachers making (oasts at a faculty dinner prior to leaving Malaysia recently. The young McHenry woman spent two years in this underdeveloped count r\ in southeast Asia, serving with the Peace Corps. FOUR DIE IN WEEKEND COUNTY AUTO ACCIDENTS McHenry county contributed four of the more than 500 death toll in the nation over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. None of the fatalities occurred in the McHenry area. One of the dead was Dale Munsblp, 21, of Woodstock, who died at 6 o'clock Sunday morning in Memorial hospital following a one-car crash four miles southeast of Woodstock on Rt. 47. No details of the accident were determined by sheriff's deputies who investigated, but it was known Munson was travelling southeast when the vehicle left the highway and came to rest in a field, the driver thrown some distance away. Others killed were Alfred (continued on page 12) Small Vote Elects Junior College Board Five Communities Represented In Newly Named Group Seven members of the first McHenry County Junior college board were elected to office last Saturday, representing five county communities but excluding McHenry. High vote getter was E. C. Nichols of Marengo, who polled 2,173 votes. Also elected were Thomas J. Parsley of Crystal Lake, 2,015; Joan Hill, Rt. 2, Crystal Lake, 1,955; Cal Skinner, Sr., Crystal Lake, 1,- 728; A. D. Leschuck, M. D., of Harvard, 1,716; J. William Banker, Jr., Woodstock, 1,596; and J. F. Harris, M. D., of Richmond, 1,438. It was necessary, according to law, for two to be elected HONORARY DOCTOR from the unincorporated areas, DEGREE CONFERRED but final voting put into office HANS FLACH HELD ON $1,000 BOND AFTER SHOOTING Hans Flach of 919 N. Front street, McHenry, was held in County jail Tuesday night on a charge of aggravated assault after shooting at two local police officers, Lt. Espey and Sgt. Kranz. Bond was set at $1,000. When the incident occurred, the officers were investigating the possibility that a hit-andrun car involved in an accident had driven into the south driveway of the Flach residence. Mr. Flach came out the door and fired one shot at the policemen. ON H.V. PHALIN Howard V. Phalin, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Field Educational Enterprises Corp., a former McHenry resident, delivered the graduation address Memorial Day at St. Procopius college, Lisle, 111. The college presented Phalin with an honorary doctor of laws degree. He is a member of the college's board of trustees. The former McHenry man is one of fifteen consultors in the Chicago Catholic archdiocese, acting in official capacity with Archbishop (now Cardinal) John Patrick Cody in Project Renewal. The regular meeting of the Veterans of World War I will be held at 8 o'clock Thursday, June 1, at the Legion home. three from such communities, the remainder from incorporated cities and villages. McHenry's candidates were ninth and tenth in the voting, Charles R. "Chuck" Peterson receiving 1,301 votes and Mrs. Naomi Meyer, 1,203 votes. OTHER VOTING Other voting was as follows, county-wide: Robert Eric Franz of Crystal Lake, 1,057; Arthur F. Dixon of Harvard, 1,365; Robert A. Schoenbeck of Richmond, 987; PatriciaS. Beasley, of Crystal Lake, 652; William L. Burnett, Crystal Lake, 946; David E. Scharenberg, Marengo, 644; Ervin J. Kvidera, Cary, 1,066;. William Ritter of Woodstock, 1,089; Ralph L. Nichols of Hebron, 1,192; Marge Rom, Crystal Lake, 654; Nancy C. Modrich, Crystal Lake, 311; and Arthur G. Beard, Woodstock, 886. CHURCH SPEAKER The Rev. James Jones,.founder of one of the first homes for rehabilitation of ex-convicts, will be guest speaker at St. Paul's Episcopal church on Thursday, June 1, at 8 p.m. Fr. Jones has since left St. Leonard's House is now the urban vicar of the Episcopal diocese of Chicago, where he has become a controversial figure in the race marches and open housing. The pubic is invited to hear his talk in McHenry. Voting in the seven McHenry precincts for the local candidates was as follows: 6, Peterson, 296, Meyer, 262; 7, 26 and 28; 8, 64 and 63; 9, 18 and 18; 10, 61 and 49; 11, 69and 83; 12, 15 and 20. Two will be chosen, by chance, to hold office for one year, two for two years and three for three vears. About a third as many persons voted on candidates as went to the polls to express themselves on creation of the Junior college district recently. OYS STATE ' REPRESENTATIVES As promised, we are concluding the saga of the gentle mallard duck that settled five weeks ago beneath a gas meter outside the Plaindealer office and (continued on page 12) FRANK IDA MARK DOMOTO BOB MAUCH CHARLES REILLY TIM NLARTIN BILL KTECHEL Nliss Ellen Clark, daughter of " Nlr. and Mrs. Nl. F. Clark of 811 N. John street, Nlcllenry, returned recently from Malaysia, where she spent two years with the Peace Corps. Starting this week, the Plaindealer will publish, in three parts, an account of her experiences during this period. Nliss Clark is a graduate of Clarke college in Dubuque, Iowa, with a BA degree in History, and of Columbia university with a Master's degree in journalism. "Most Peace Corps volunteers bound for Southeast Asia train at the University of Hawaii in Hilo. hi August of 1964 I entered training for teaching English in Malaysia, a tin and rubber-producing country of nine million people. ^ "For three rupnths we future volunteers were on a dawn-todusk schedule. We parroted native teachers five hours a day to learn the Malay language. After weeks of education courses, we practiced teaching in schools in Hilo and on the Kona coast of Hawaii. "Courses in American life and Communism were designed to give us the last word on the subjects. A regimen of physical exercises, including swimming laps in a pool and climbing Mauna Kea, beefed up the weak. Anthropologists and doctors lectured on Asian toilets and the importance of taking antimalarial pills. "To round out the program, we trekked into a valley and 'roughed' it for two weeks. In jeans and blue work shirts we cooked and camped, built latrines and water conduits, kept chickens and planted vegetables. "Psychologists interviewed us from time to time and we rated our fellow volunteers on pink score sheets. Those who were finally selected to go overseas, about two-thirds of the original group, celebrated induction with a five-day vacation in Honolulu. Then we were off to Malaysia. "Malaysia is ^ope-of those underdeveloped countries that has so many problems you think it will never weather the next monsoon. But it does. "In its three years of existence, it has survived the secession of Singapore and military confrontation by Indonesia. "Malaysia is the federation of Malaya and the former British colonies of North Borneo and Sarawak. The latter two states occupy the northern third of the island of Borneo. Indonesia owns the remainder. "The country curves south and east through the China Sea forming a crescent, an appropriate symbol of the Islamic state. "There are 541 Peace Corps volunteers in Malaysia -- nurses, teachers, foresters, agriculturalists, technicians and community developers. They serve at the request of (continued on page 12)