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VOTE^ J DEC. 16 •ION THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOTE [x DEC. 16 POR MITTIR • DUG AVION VOL 91 - No 28 Wednesday, December 13, 1967 16 Pages - 10<? PUBLIC VOTES SCHOOL REFERENDA DEC. 16 Install World War I Veterans WMiii In an impressive ceremony held at the Legion home Thursday evening, marking the installation of T.L. "Cy" Young as new commander, the Veterans of World War I, McHenry Barracks, also officially placed in office other leaders for the year ahead. Front row, seated: Carl P. Ottoson, quartermaster; Garfield C. Benson, chaplain; Howard Cairns, installing officer; Gene Kane, immediate past commander; Cy Young, commander; James F. McCulloch, senior vice-commander; and Frank Kolar, Jr., junior vice-commander. Standing: Harold Owen, Harry Lock, junior vice-commander, Department of Illinois; Louis G. Woelfersheim, sergeant - at-arms; Victor Howe, judge advocate; Clyde Blackwell, adjutant; and Fred C. Schoewer. (PLAINDEALER PHOTO) i mm mm , ill! ja With deadlines met and the prospect of a long Saturday morning sleep-in, the Plaindealer staff shed all worries and donned their Sunday-best and a big smile to attend the annual Christmas dinner and party last Friday evening. If we were more quiet than usual (as comments indicated) it could only be attributed to the fact that the food was tops and the prospect of losing a morsel to our alert dinner partner, So I Hear, was unthinkable. Therefore, we per sued a course of concentration on the food at hand. If there was anything less than perfect in the entire evening, it was only in the tension that developed as we attempted to outplay our sports editor for the fine array of prizes. Fate ordained that we should (Continued on page 16) JUNIOR HIGH MUSICIANS PLAN HOLIDAY PROGRAM The Junior high school chorus and band and the cadet band composed of sixth grade students will present their Christmas program Thursday, Dec. 14, at 8 p.m. in the junior high school gym. There is no admission charge. Following is ^nie tentative program: x/"' \ Cadet Band "Two Famous Hymns" arr. James Ployhar; "Happy Bugler", Albert 0. Davis; "I Have a Song" from "Yeoman of the Guard", arr. Ployhar; "Andante" from "Surprise Symphony", Haydn - Weber; "Three Christmas Carols" arr. John Kinyon. Junior High School Chorus "Christmas Party" arr. Lewis and Pratt; "The Inn Keeper's Carol", arr. Wm.Stickles; "Rejoice, Rejoice, Ye Nation", M. Praetorius - Gordon; "A Christmas Eve Prayer", Oli- (Continued on page 16) Educational Foundation To Meet Dec. 14 Members Td Greet President, Learn College Progress The McHenry County Educational foundation will meet Thursday December 14, at 7:30 p.m., at the offices of McHenry County college, 6200 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake (former Pure Oil Co. Research Laboratory) , announced President E.C. Nichols. This will be the first meeting of the Foundation since last April. All members are invited to attend as well as those wishing to become members for 1968. Members of the Foundation, Treasurer Bill Burnett pointed out, include all those who contributed financially toward the preliminary steps which led to the formation of a Junior College district for the McHenry County area. (Continued on page 16) V@f@r League' Meets In City "The China Puzzle" will be the topic discussed when the League of Women Voters of Woodstock - McHenry meets at the McHenry library at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14. The unit which has been studying China- United States foreign relations will be represented at the meeting by Mrs. James Mason, chairman, Mrs. Daniel Weis**. Mrs. Erwin Aipse, Mrs. Jack Loggins and Mrs. Lyle Johnson. Due to the current State Department debate over the formulation of a new China foreign policy, this item is of special interest. All members and others interested are urged to attend. The Con-Con unit will meet at 9 a.m. the same day , at the home of Mrs. John Nolan^ 3320 Fairway drive, McHenry. This is a group which is studying the Illinois State constitution and working for passagfe of the upcoming 1968 referendum providing for a constitutional con- (Continued on page 16) Two Districts Ask Total Of $2,550,000 To Meet Increased Enrollments Among the most important bond issues to be presented the public in recent years are those concerned with the needs of McHenry's school districts, No. 15 and 156. Voters will go to the polls on Saturday, Dec. 16, between the hours of noon and 7 p.m. to express themselves on the issues. The Community Consolidated School District 15 is asking for approval of two proposals. They seek $2,000,000 to build and equip a new grade school building and to approve a new school site near the junction of Ringwood road and State Highway 120. The grade school referendum is reported to cost $24 on a house with $20,000 market value. There will be four election precincts in District 15 as follows: Precinct 1: McHenry High school gym entrance, for voters residing in these areas: McHenry, Eastwood Manor, Shalimar, Aqua Lane, Huemann's, Oak wood, Hickory Grange, Indian Ridge, Edgebrook Heights, McHenry Shores, Worthmore Estates, Whispering Oaks, Cooney Heights, Wonderview, Hunterville Park, Woodlawn Park. Fair Oaks, Mineral Springs Park, Edgewater, Emerald P a r k , O a k h u r s t , O r c h a r d Heights, Country club Estates, Weingart's Lakeland Park, Bull Valley, Bay View Lane and Regner Road area. Precinct II: Lakemoor fire - house, for voters in Lilymoor, Lakemoor, Kent Acres and Fritzsche Estates. DISCUSS BOND ISSUE AT OPEN MEETING DEC. 14 The boards of School District 15 and 156 extend an invitation to attend an open meeting on Thursday, Dec. 14, to learn more about the bond issue to be voted Saturday, Dec. 16. It will be held in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. The board believes those who have not had an opportunity to attend a coffee in their neighborhood may have questions they wish answered before they are ready to cast a ballot this week. King Serves Country Precinct , Ill: Beach house, McCullom Lake, for voters in McCullom Lake, West Shore Beach and Lakewood. Precinct IV: Casey's Hall, 2601 River road, for voters in Island Lake, Holiday Hills, Riverdale and Rima's. DISTRICT PROPOSAL The District 156proposition asks approval of issuing bonds in the amount of $550,000 for completing the building and equipping of the new high school building on Crystal Lake blacktop road. The cost of the referendum in District 156 has been figured to cost $6 on a house worth $20,000 market value. There are six polling precincts in this district as follows: Precinct I: McHenry high school, gym entrance, for voters residing in Ringwood, McHenry, Eastwood Manor, Shalimar, Aqua Lane, Huemann's, Oak wood, Hickory Grange, Indian Ridge, Edgebrook Heights, McHenry Shores, Worthmore Estates, Whispering Oaks, Cooney Heights, Wonderview, Hunterville Park, Woodlawn Park, Fair Oaks, Mineral Springs Park, Edgewater, Emerald P a r k , O a k h u r s t , O r c h a r d Heights, Country Club Estates, Weingart's Lakeland Park, Bull Valley, Bay View Lane and Regner Road area. Precinct n and HI: The same as for District 15. Precinct IV: Johnsburg elementary school, for voters in Pistakee Highlands, Whispering Hills, Sunnyside Estates, Sunnyside, Johnsburg and Jak-Ana Heights. The polling place normally operating in the Sunnyside community hall will no longer be in operation. Citizens of the village of Sunnyside will vote at the Johnsburg elementary school. Precinct V: Harrison grade school, for voters residing at Wonder Lake, Shore Hills, Wooded Shores, Deep Springs Woods and Parker Highlands. Precinct VI: The same as Precinct IV in District 15. Only those who are registered voters for a general election may vote in the school election. i, 1 jja* £ - Vr-w" * \ ev , v ; / * King, one-year-old German Shepherd dog owned by 10- year-old Carmen Ippolito of McHenry sluwn with a member of the Air Force just minutes before the dog left O'Hare airport for Lackland Air Force base in Texas to be trained for duty in Vietnam. King, a year old German Shepherd dog which was a Christmas gift from Santa just a year ago, has started what may become a most useful and exciting life. Hearing a television appeal for such dogs to be used in Vietnam, Carmen, who resides with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Ippolito, and several brothers and sisters, at 3406 Caroline drive, McHenry, decided to offer King to aid U.S. servicemen. The attractive dog passed his physical examination and is now undergoing what would amount to two weeks of basic training at Lackland Air Force base, Texas. If he passes the required testing, he will join the other dogs that will be fulfilling a great need of the Air Force. McHenry Man Is Killed In Truck Crash Driver Critically Injured As Two Vehicles Collide David G. Kittle, 55, of Pistakee Hills was reported to have been killed as he slept in the rear of a -semi-trailer truck when it struck a Pennsylvania state highway department truck last Sunday morning. The driver, Lawrence Dillon, of CalUmet Park, was taken to an Erie, Pa., hospital with critical injuries. Two Erie men in the highway department truck were less seriously injured. The deceased was a truck driver for the Navajo Freight Lines. Remember the school referenda. Tuesday, Jan. 9, has been set as the date for the annual Chamber of Commerce general meeting, when board members will be elected and officers named. McHenry County Retarded Children C .. i . A > xi * - > * v ... - <V. 4' .,«££• dV,*. \ m Susie, Jerry, Sandy and Pat (left) are shown at the work activity center of the McHenry County Association for Retarded Children at Terra Cotta, as they are trained by Mrs. Barbara One of the most heartwarming stories of this community has a new chapter written each day it the McHenry County Association for Retarded Children work activity center at Terra Cotta. Those who attend, including young people from throughout the county, work on a variety of items as the result of contracts secured by the center from local industries for work that involves light assembly or packaging operations. The clients in the center are paid for their work according to thei- individual production rate on a piece rate basis. The center is an organization that is operated on a nonprofit basis, for the purpose of rehabilitating those mentally Smith to assemble rug samples into trays to be shipped to retailers for purchase by consumers. The center photo shows Robert Lambourn, right, executive director of the county association, training Jim inthe use of a lever stripper necessary in cutting wires to specification. At right, Bob, Harry, Craig, Jim, Larry, Madeline, and Greg are aided by Mrs. Jean Seegart in reworking wire cables that will eventually be used in Admiral television sets. PLAINDEALER PHOTO retarded individuals 16 years of age and older in McHenry county who do not qualify for a public school setting and who have not been able to be successful in remunerative employment. The organization is licensed by the state of Illinois in connection with fhe Department of Children and Family Services, aid by the United States Department of Labor in connection with the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts division. The clients in the work activity center are grouped according to their intellectual capacity and according to their adaptability to a given work assignment. For some individuals, the work activity center will be a place of permanent employment because of severe impairment tflat will not qualify them to fit in a regular job routine in our society. For others, however, there is a potential, after training in the work activity center, for gainful employment in industry. These individuals are identified by the work activity center's staff and are then placed in a work program that is oriented to various phases of industry. Once a goal of work independence, and social acceptance is achieved by the client, then an attempt is made to place him in a regular job setting in our area so he can compete with others in that same setting. Work orientation is an important part of the work activity center's goal, but is not the only goal. Clients in the program are taught social habits that are acceptable by society's standards. Training in being able to commuiiicate with others plays an important role in the program. Important to the success of the mentally retarded is the ability to adjustto one's self, to one's family, and to the community. This is the beginning. Undoubtedly, there will be many modifications and .enoviLons of the existing program as new ideas are introduced, as new research in the field is developed, and as the need to serve more individuals is demonstrated in the community. McHENRY STORES OPEN EViNHNGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS