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Edition THE MCHE PLAT SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKE S REGION SINCE 1B7g- Now Twice Weekly VOL. 91 - No 17 Friday, November 3# 1967 18 Poges - 10$ McHenry Farm Families Host Chicagoans remen, Insurance Agents To Lower Rate Structure Locally REPORTED LIGHT McHenry police reported a relatively quiet Ha!loweennight compared tc recent years.Soy* eral incidents were but only one of # ieipiott? ture. At Lakeland Park, a larga picture window in a home was broken by an object thrown through it, but no one was injured. Johft Muncy of 2403 Hyde Park, Holiday Hills, reported that a substance resembling paint remover was thrown on his 1962 model car which was parked in the driveway. The vandalism occurred sometime (Continued on page 10) 11 «sttscaass iSSSWti Deadl 3 . College Site mmmrnrn ju.-- Jack Walsh, left, Albert Weiss, right, Virgil Pollock, standing, and Glenn Peterson, assistant fire chief, are shown at a meeting to plan details of the town inspection to be held Tuesday, Nov. 7. The thre? insurance agents, adl members of the Independent Insurance Agents Association of McHenry, are cooperating with the McHenry Township Fire Protection district in conducting the town inspection. (PLAINDEALER PHOTO) One of the biggest improvements we have noted since the change of the Green street island is the widening of the same street between Elm and Pearl streets. The congestion that • caused motorists' hair to turn gray should be greatly alleviated, particularly during the busy hours of Friday and Saturday. No paper, large or small, (Continued on page 10) Members of the Independent Insurance Agents association of McHenry mot this week to plan details of the town inspection to be held Tuesday, Nov. 7. These agents are cooperating with the McHenry Township Fire Protection district in conducting the inspection. In addition, the insurance agent members of the association have requested the help of their company field representatives. On Nov. 7 members of the volunteer fire department and the company representatives of the McHenry agents will physically conduct the inspection of the premises of businesses and industries in the McHenry area. The agents are taking this day from their businesses to assist as liaison and in coordinating the activities of the inspectors. It has been the desire of the town officials, the McHenry Township Fire Protection district volunteers and trustees, and the Independent Insurance Agents Association of McHenry to work toward trying to lower the fire rate structure of McHenry. In order to accomplish this, certain fundamental requirements of the Illinois Inspection Bureau, who establishes the rate making procedures and requirements, must be met. Among the requirements are an annual town incontinued on page 10) July 1, 1968, has been announced as the deadlne far plans on a McHenry County junior college site to be drawn in order to utilize funds as provided by recent action of the State Junior College board* Bids on a building are due by April of the following yeaafF Mrs. Joan Hill, w&Q heads the site committee, reported at the last meeting that five, possible sites have been re*- ceived. Woodstock Mayor Frances Kuhn Was present to re* port that soil borings had neeu taken on the site offered bjjif Woodstock. The appointment of a president is also being considered by the board. Dr. A.F. Harris reported that seventy-three applications had been screened to date. Seven candidates have This was the scene at the V.F.W. parking lot early Sunday afternoon when Chicagoans travelled to the country to be hosted by McHenry farm families for a three-hour period. They enjoyed seeing dairy cattle, modern dairy equipment and other processes of farming. In all, 150 Chicago families of all income levels, races and creeds visited the same number of dairy farms in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. TOYS FOR TOTS PLANNED AGAIN IN THIS AREA alternates. A Qnal selection has not yet been made, but executive sessions are being conducted for this purpose and announcement of a president is ^spected soon. It was announced that Mrs. Marge Rom of Crystal Lake was winner of the scholarship for naming the college. Her suggestion was McHenry County Junior College. The Lake County Marine corps Reservists are again planning their Toys for Tots program throughout this area. including "two . - Since the original conception of the program as a unique way of fostering community cooperation and benefitting so many underprivileged children with a brighter Christmas, the Marine Reserves have collected and distributed millions of toys. They depend on the individual communities to distribute them. More details will be made public in the weeks ahead. Charge Youth With Assault A juvenile was arrested by LakenWor police and charged with assault after he allegedly injured a 14-year-old boy in that community, Tuesday night, resulting in his hospitalization. Richard Cox, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cox of 722 Barbara lane, Lakemoor, was taken to MoHenry hospital with a concussion after being found in a daze, walking near his home. He and two friends were "trick-or-treating" in the area wh'3!i witnesses said a car gave chase. Tne others managed to get away, but Richard reportedly stumbled, after which the youth reportedly left the car, and stepped on him. The Cox boy remember? nothing after being chased. No date was set for the preliminary hearing. CITY STREET SWEEPER BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE Fire damage estimated by Chief Ed Justen to "run into four figures" brought firemen to the city hall in the early hours of Wednesday when flames broke out on the city street sweeper. Walter Aevermnn had prepared the sweeper for the usual morning work at 5:15 a.m. and them stepped into the city hall for a few minutes, leaving the motor running. Someone delivering film to the theatre saw the burning vehicle and ran into the building to report the fire. The cab was badly damaged and the wires burned. A 1963 car backfired while it was being started about 11:45 Tuesday evening at 901 Annabel street, Johnsburg. The firethat resulted totally destroyed the vehicle. Firemen of Company 2, Johnsburg, were called to the scene. The What Is It? picture that appealed in Wednesday's paper showed the track on the militia tank in the V.F.W. clubhouse lot. (PLAINDEALER PHOTO) An estimated 150 Chicago families of all income levels, races and creeds visited 150 dairy farms in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin Sunday afternoon, Oct. 29, with Pure Milk association serving as host and the office of Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago cooperating in this first major American "people to people" event. Several McHenry families were among those visited. City Hall, Chicago was the takeoff point at 11 a.m. for busloads of Chicagoans headed for sixteen communities within a radius of 75 miles of Chicago. The host farmers met their guests at a designated point in community and transported them to their farms for a visit from 1 ta4j>.m. It was the first time many of the guests ever had been on a farm. They were shown dairy cattle and other farm animals, modern dairy equipment such as refrigerated bulk tanks which keep milk cool and fresh, and milking machines. They saw equipment used in plowing, discing, harrowing, planting, fertilizing, cultivating, combining, corn picking, feed chopping, and baling, as (Continued on page 10) McHenry Schools Observe Education Week Nov. 7 INFORMATION DINNER SUNDAY AT CITY CHURCH An "Information dinner" on the Every Member Visitation program will be held at 6 p.m at the Community Methodist chu-ch, 3717 W. Main street, McHenry, on Sunday, Nov. 5. The dinner wi'l be n pot-luck and all families aid friends of the church are invited to attend. Arrangements have been made to entertain children un der the age of 13 This dinner is an important part of our Every Member Visitation program. Filmstrips, "The Story of Six Churches", and " Art of (Jiving'-, will ,be s'iow'1 following the dinner. This will be fo lowed by a presentation of the proposed program for the coming year Every member is urged to attend *f I { & 8SS8SS§ DRIVER KILLED THURSDAY BY COMMUTER TRAIN •riMim. The commuter North Western train due in McHenry about :40 a.m. struck a car and killed the driver at a guarded crossing north of Genoa City, .Vis., Thursday morning. Orval Visgar, o4, ol'Eontana Ais.. driving south on old IU 12. turned left onio Twin Lakes road, crossing in front of the train. The commuter arrived in Mc Henry at S:54. r" m W%iibm8£k& Dick Doherty.lefti, construction superintendent for Lakeland Construction Co., and Clarence Regner, McHenry Township road commissioner, are shown above checking over plans for the township road construction project on Johnsburg- Wilmot road. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Work goes forward this week on 'he township construction project now in progress on the Johnsburg-Wilmot road. The program, which starts at Chaple Hill road, will accomplish reconstruction to Church street on Wilmot road, approximately one-half mile. | The contract, which was let on March 13 to H.J. Curran Construction Co., was revised by Road Comm:ssio:ier, Clarence Regner. He announced that since it is a business residential and school area, parallel parking will beprovit^ ed, with a twenty-four-loot driving lane, storm sewers and curbing. Mr. Regner added that the job will cost loss than the original contract. due to modified changes which have been'made. This includes the omission >f curbing on W ilmot road. The latter road, from Fairview to Church street, will have a twenty-four-foot blacktop, or driving lane, and fivefoot shoulders. Included in the project will be excellent drainage to the Fox river. The commissioner stated that after completion, this should be the most modern road in the area. He expressed a note of apology for late construction due to change in plans, moving utility poles, gas lines and the postponement of the starting date by the construction company. (A picture page appears in Section 2. page 5.) In obser\ance of .National 1 Education Week. No\. through 1 1, the public is invited to visit M. Patrick's school on Tuesday, Nov. 7, from (J a.m. until 3 p.m. Tne school hopes that many will share this observance with them. Mrs. Lana Little of Valley View school, look son, along with Joan I-'licek, as Marjorie Adamson prepares a drawing for American Education Week. In celebration of American Education Week all of the schools in District 13 will to ha\ inr. special programs the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 7. In the three elementary schools, these programs will consist of (C ontinAgsl on page 10) * "I '