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WUNO ,« McH NDEALER 'SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKE S REGION SINCE 1875' VOL. 91 - No. 46 Wednesday, February 21^ 1968 16 Pages - 10$ TWO- CAR CRASH KILLS FORMER McHENRY MAN |ohn J. Shay flamed To H@id Hew City *3 •?; tActivities Of New Group 'Augment C. of C. "Firemen Save That Grass" Chief Ed Justen and the board of trustees of the Mc- Henry Township Fire Protection district have ordered that there be no burning, even in approved containers, due to the existing climatic conditions, until further notice. Precocious Pel Promotes 'Plaindealer JOHN SHAY . The state of Illinois has issued a "Not for Profit" corporation charter to the Green Street Mall, a group formed ed to foster the retail, professional and service groups on Green street and the immediate area. The first corporation meeting was held on Feb. 14, at the city hall, with the following officers elected: President, John J. Shay; first vice-president, Allan Leibsohn; second vicepresident, Charles Vycital; third vice-president, Harry Dean; secretary, Mary Czochara; treasurer,. Don Weingart. President John J. Shay emphasized that this corporation would augment and work very closely with all activities of the Chamber of Commerce. He said that the Chambfer of Commerce fills a most important function in the city and strongly urged all members of the Green street mall to join the Chamber of Commence now. Fire damage estimated to run in the neighborhood of $17,000 destroyed a lean-to at the rear of Ace Hardware of Elm street last Saturday morning. Fire Chief Ed Justen said cause of the flames was undetermined. The flames were detected by someone in the store who was looking out a window in the office. The lean-to contained a considerable amount of equipment and such items as grass, fertilizer, etc. A total of $7,000 was reported to the building and $10,000 to the contents. A barn at 804 Ridge road escaped damage Sunday afternoon when an electric heating coil around the pipes shorted and started a fire. Only the wires were destroyed, Studdings on an unfinished home at Pi stakee Terrace burned Sunday afternoon when flames spread through high grass near the house. Firemen answered a call to Highwood drive, Griswold Lake at 7:15 Sunday evening, when flames destroyed an old shed on a farm where the home and barn burned several years ago. In all, eighteen fires were answered in the Mc Henry area on Sunday and ten the previous day. All were grass fires with the exception of those mentioned above. $ T»* Mchenry #&&****• < mm CHAMBER MtntNG Sbarf,,.,, Vgt V: Richard Smith, Jr., led Iislailly, Wife And Young Son Injured Pepe, H.I.C., is a pretty, perky poodle pup with a message. But first, he is quick to explain that his qualifications for giving the message lie-in the initials following his name, which mean Highly Intelligent Canine. Not every "youngster" of ten months old can read, but Pepe gives ample proof of his mature qualities by the very fact that he enjoys scanning the McHenry Plaindealer and becoming acquainted with highlights of news happenings in the community. He admits that this keeps him busy now that the home town paper is published twice weekly. Last week he led his owners, Mr. and Mrs. James Gianola, 1909 Woodlawn Avenue, into the Plaindealer office, for Pepe had learned that a subscription drive would bring the paper into their home for only $5.00 until April 1, when rates will increase. To demonstrate to his owners just how enthused he was about the bargain offer, Pepe sat right down on the counter and began reading. Then he took a rolled-up newspaper in the chin tassle of his red knitted cap to show them how he would bring them the latest issue when it was delivered by the mailman on Wednesday and Friday mornings. The Gianolas subscribed. No dumb dog, this Pepe, who classifies himself as a precocious pooch! Whether or not you have a Pepe in your home to bring in the paper, the twice weekly Plaindealer is still the best bargain of the year at $5.00. (PLAINDEALER PHOTO) Wayne Boatwright, 19, of Sycamore, was killed Saturday morning on Rt. 23. ASK CONSOLIDATION In meetirig Tuesday night, the Ringwood School board, which includes John Lanway, Clayton Bruce and Vincent Tonyan, voted to petition the Johnsburg school district for consolidation. The matter is scheduled to be heard before the county board of school trustees. FALSE PHONE CALL Barbara Borchardt of 522 S. Crystal Lake road, McHenry, had bond set at $1,000 by the sheriffs office last Friday after %he was charged with disorderly conduct in making a false call to the police. Her case will be heard Feb. 26 in Branch I court. HURT IN CRASH Thomas Petersen of Sunset, McHenry, was hurt Saturday evening when his car struck a tree on Porten road, near Island Lake. He told sheriff's deputies he was forced to the shoulder of the roafd when another driver travelled over the center line. Petersen then lost control ofhis car. OSt nt From Chile VEHICLE LICENSE DEADLINE IS SET FOR FEBRUARY 29 This is the time of year when city officials are frequently asked the question, "When are the city vehicle licenses due?" Notices are published each year, but seem to miss the eyes of many readers. City vehicle licenses were due on Jan. 1. However, the city of McHenry ordinance provides a two-month period before penalties are charged. With twenty-nine days in February this year, vehicle owners will have one extra day to secure their tags. On Friday, March 1, a 50-cent penalty will be charged on each license. An additional 50 cents will be charged each month thereafter. Of course, when the police drive is on, those who have failed to secure tags and place them on their windshield may be faced with a fine. For many years the City Clerk's office has sent out courtesy cards to notify the vehicle owners a few days before the deadline. The cards will be discontinued this year since the increased population in the city now makes the checking and mailing too time consuming. Due to equipment breakdown in the billing company office, water and sewer bills were sent out late this quarter. In view of this, City Clerk Earl Walsh advises that final paymont date has been extended to Saturday, March 2. TOWN OFFICIALS ADDRESSED BY GUEST SPEAKERS Two guest speakers addressed the Township Officials meeting held in Woodstock last week. Attending were township supervisors, assessors, town clerks and highway commissioners, including several from McHenry. Considerable discussion took place concerning preparation of the proposed budget and appropriation, which must be completed and posted by March 1. One of the speakers was Troy Kost, secretary of the Illinois Township Officials, who spoke on the latest laws regarding township procedures. Three county attorneys, including Roland Herrmann of Millenry,were also present to clarify legal questions. James E. Kilbreth of the Department of General Assistance was also present to explain the new food stamp. A two-car crash on Rt. 59, south of Plainfield, last Sunday evening, Feb. 18, took the life of a young father and husband, Richard Smith, Jr., 26, of 209% E. Main street, Morris, 111. He was killed instantly when another driver travelled across the highway and struck the Smith car broadside. Smith, who lived most of his life in McHenry, was the son of Mr. andMrs.RichardSmith,Sr. of 3703 W. Maple, McHenry, and the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. H. Walter Anderson. Mrs. Smith, the former Carol Jean Anderson, an expectant mother, was reported to have received minor injuries and was scheduled to be released from St. Joseph hospital, Joliet, by mid-week. Their year old son Richard John, III, sustained a cracked elbow. The family had been visiting in McHenry on Sunday and were returning to Morris when the accident occurred in the early evening. Town Meeting For Schools' Citizen Group Explain Purposes Of Committees At March 14 Gathering A town meeting has been called for March 14 in the high school auditorium to discuss the purposes of the Citizen's Advisory committee. All interested persons are asked to attend. The committee has been used in the past primarily in bond issue campaigns, assisting the school administration in distributing information to the public. The present school boards and administration of District 15 and 156 are hoping that this com mittee can become permanent, helping to evaluate and adapt different programs in the schools. In this line, several new committees are being formed. The areas in which they will be involved are curriculum, publicity, personnel, school buildings, finance and year round school. Chairmen for these committees have been named as follows: curriculum committee is Mrs. Louise Worzala; vice-chairman, Mrs. Lois Petersen; also Doris Andreas, personnel; A1 Benoy, school building; Frank Low, finance; and Mrs. Marilyn Hoffman, year 'round school. Smith's body was removed to a chapel in Plainfield and then transferred to the George R. Justen & Son chapel in McHenry. The deceased was born Nov. 19, 1941, in Chicago and on Feb. 12, 1966 was married to Carol Jean Anderson. He was a McHenry high school graduate and received his degree in electrical engineering from the II-" linois Institute of Technology. He was employed as an engineer for the Commonwealth Edison Co., at the Dresden Nuclear power station near Morris. Survivors Ijeside his wife, son, and parents are three sisters, Joanne Houghton, Kathy Schultz and Mary Lou Smith,.all of McHenry; and one brother, Robert, also of McHenry. The body will rest at the Justen chapel after 7 p.m„ Wednesday. A funeral Mass will be sung in St. Mary's Catholic church 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning, followed by burial in the church cemetery. ROTARY AIDS STUDENTS WITH $6,275 IN LOANS McHenry Rotary Club this week announced a total of $2,- 400 i n its Student Loan fund, a total collected through the club's furi-and-frolic fines in the eleven years it has been in existence. During this time, fifteen students in the McHenry high school have been assisted through an expenditure of $6,- 275. The loan fund is available to juniors and seniors in college on a non-interest basis. Although there is no requirement that the loan be returned, all those made in the past have been paid back. Interested college students from this area may apply by contacting the Rotary club president, Don Virgens. WONDER LAKE KIWANIS HOLDS FARMER NIGHT Wonder Lake Kiwanis club held annual Farmers night last week, when Kenneth Eppers, Brad Scott, Urban Baur, Roland Baur, Frank Harrison, Vernon Schiller, Harold Jepson, Anton Weiser and Loren Freund attended as guests. Speaker for the evening was Mike Kane, a former area resident. He served as manager of the Production Credit'association from 1956 to 1967 and was active in the Pure Milk (Continued on page 16) Learn Safety que, Dee Dee and Matt Levesque, with their father, J.R. Leves- ing eight weeks residing with the Levesque family at McCullom are shown inspecting some of the items Miss Ivonne.Diaz Lake, under the American Youth Exchange program and at- ,brought from her native Chile to this country. Ivonne is spend- tending McHenry high school.^ PLAINDEALER PHOTO V One of the newest arrivals ""in McHenry for a special eight- 'week period of study is Miss -Ivonne Diaz ofSantiago,.Chile, presently attending classes" at 'M.C.H.S. The 19-year-old girl Tis the daughter of Hildp and "Eduardo Diaz. For Ivonne, who lives as far south of the equator as we reside north, summer started on Dec. 21 and consequently she is-enjsying what she refers to as summer school. When fall begins in her hemisphere on March 21, she will bfe leaving for home. Ivonne jts a member of the 4 American Youth Exchange, Inc., a non-profit organization which offers higli school students a reciprocal opportunity to share their national culture and family life with Latin American students of comparable age and background. When Miss Diaz completes high school, she will continue at a university and eventually hopes to follow in the footsteps of an older brother, a doctor in Santiago, and enter the medical profession. ABSENTEE BOND ISSUE BALLOTS NOW AVAILABLE Absentee ballots for the March 9 bond issue election for School District 15 are available now at the District 15 central administration office, 3926 W. Main, McHenry. Application for absentee ballot can be made either in person at the central offices or by mail to the above address. Anyone wishing an absentee ballot may apply by mail before March 4, Jor by person on or before March 6. The election to grantthe District 15 school board permission to sell $2,000,000 in bonds to finance the building of a new middle school will be held March "9. Its ""passage" would give the schools permission to build much needed classroom space. Mary Lou Snrth and Diane Dolloff, students in Mr. Hutchinson's eighth period M.C.H.S. Driver Education class, are shown with Chief Richard Clark, of the McHenry Police Force. -Chief Clark answered questions from students pertaining to traffic safety and the various problems he and his staff encounter. He also expressed to the class that the best way to reduce the number of traffic accidents is for students to increase their driving skills, with a sincere feeling of responsibility. Statistics in the United States show that the under 25 age group, both female and male drivers, are responsible for more accidents and fatalities than any ether age group. Last year 53,000 people were killed in traffic accidents and 2,000,000 disabling injuries. (PLAINDEALER PHOTO) /