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Ml'NQ/o THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 O4 'v N VOL. 91 - No. 61 Wednesday, April 17, 1968 16 Pages-10$ PROTEST COUNCIL PROPOSER ZONING CHANGE Crowd Attends Hearing Newcomer Highest Vote INSPECT FIRE DAMAGE Getter For School Board Heavy voting marked the annual school elections in both of the McHenry school districts on Saturday, resulting in the return to office of three candidates and a new member joining High School District 156 board. Highest vote getter of all was the latter, Lloyd Freund, of Johnsburg, who polled 645 votes to join the seven-man board. Re-elected to office was Dr. Leslie Krieger with 516 votes. Other candidates were Edward Guettler, who polled 422, Clint Claypool, 412 and Elizabeth Nolan 403. „ In District 15, John O. Mc- Intyre was top candidate with 552 votes, followed by Dorothy M. Vick, who also was returned to office with 492 votes. John M. Coughlin polled 428 votes. In the election for board members in the Harrison district at Wonder Lake. Dr. Santo Ruggero was returned to office with 134 votes and J.W. Cristy, Jr., and William Cristy were voted in for another term with 133 and 125 votes, respectively. Gary Cummings polled 54 votes. At Johnsburg, where there was no opposition, Elmer Pfhig polled 302 votes and Steven Petrov, 255 to take office. NICHOLS, HILL ARE RETURNED TO COLLEGE BOARD Unofficial results of the election to fill two vacancies in the board of the McHenry County college show the winners to be E.C. Nichols of Marengo who received 2,035 votes and Mrs. Joan Hill of Crystal Lake with 1,886 votes. The third candidate was Patrick Malone of Crystal Lake, who received the support of 763 voters. Mr. Nichols and Mrs. Hill were incumbents completing a one-year term and were reelected to serve for three years. The above results were based iqxwi returns from all precincts. PLAINDEALER PHOTO A lengthy hearing before the city's zoning board of appeals last Thursday brought names of sixty-nine petition objectors to the attention of that board and at least twenty of them appeared In person. The hearing involved the desire of the city to establish a "B-l" commercial retail district on all the premises in a triangular area lying north of Waukegan road. City attorney John Looze, speaking on behalf of the Council, questioned Herbert Harri- HEAD-ON CRASH KILLS FORMEk McHENRY MAN A two-car, head-on crash on Rt. 31, three miles south of Richmond, early last Saturday morning killed two drivers, one of them a former McHenry man. The dead were Edmund P.May, 55, of 108 Greenwood avenue, Woodstock and DarreilD. Bathke, 27, of Richmond. Each driver was alone in the car. County authorities who investigated are of the opinion that Bathke was driving north and May south when the autos collided on a level stretch of highway, in good weather. There were no visible signs of skid marks. Both autos were facing south when found, the Bathke auto on the shoulder, facing south and the May vehicle partly in both lanes. The two deaths brought to ten the number of fatalities in McHenry county this year. CAROL BRADLEY TO APPEAR ON TV PROGRAM Carol Goffo Bradley of 1012 E. Rt. 120, McHenry, will appear as a guest on the children's program, Romperoom, to be heard Thursday morning, April 18, at 8:30 a.m. over Channel 9. Mrs. Bradley will appear with two of her Samoyed puppies and art assortment of apparel which she has made by using hair from the dogs. She also will give a brief history of the dogs, which originated in Siberia. When the dogs shed annually^ Mrs. Bradley has the hair spun and uses the yarn to make sweaters for herself. son, real estate appraiser, concerning details of the suggested zoning change. The triangular area involved concerns approximately 8.2 acres, of which a considerable portion is intended for off-street parking and the remainder for commercial development. Mr. Harrison said he believed the change would tend to increase the Waukegan road valuation in time, citing his experience with similar changes in zoning in various parts of Lake county. His opinion was that the decrease in home values on south Waukegan road eventually would be offset by the increased land value that would ensue. In regard to traffic, Mr. Harrison said he believed the traffic flow would tend to be solidified in the triangular area, funneled through a proposed road which would run behind the National Tea company property from third to Green street. MULTIPLE FAMILIES Considerable discussion took place on a little known fact that the south side of Waukegan road since 1960, has been zoned for multiple families. In summing up points favorable to the change, Mr. Harrison expressed an opinion that THREE DRIVERS SERIOUSLY HURT IN ACCIDENTS Three motorists seriously injured in accidents last Thursday were still confined to McHenry hospital early this week. Edward A. Sobacki of 2219 W. Manor lane, McHenry, was recuperating from injuries sustained in a one-car crash that afternoon on Lincoln road. The west-bound auto left the shoulder of the road at the crest of a hill after striking loose gravel. William E. Walker, Jr., of Gregg drive, McHenry, suffered critical injuries in an accident on Barreville road, three miles south of the city. The auto started to skid travelled into a ditch and struck a stop sign and utility pole. Hie third victim was Donald Townsend of Woodstock, whose car was demolished Thursday night after striking a utility pole (Hi Rt. 176, north of Island Lake. the zoning change would be of public benefit, carrying out the progressive, orderly development of the commerical core of the city. Thej big question which loomed in the minds of some zoning board members, and later expressed also by objectors, was the basic difference between the Waukegan area in question and several blocks on Pearl street, which the city proposes to change from commercial to residential. It had been pointed out in the latter zoning hearing earlier in the afternoon, that as no requests for commercial use had been asked on Pearl street since that type of zoning was instituted, a return to residential use would relieve home owners in that area of a hardship. COMMERCIAL TREND The city maintains that the chief difference lies in the fact that a definite trend is for commercial use to extend to the south. Questioned as to whether both areas might not tend to have a common trend in the next twenty-five years, Mr. Harrison agreed that by that time both would very probably be in commercial use. Harrison assessed the homes on Waukegan road as either a static or decadent status, although he admitted he had witnessed considerable remodelling on a number of the homes. His opinion was that the area had reached its peak value as a residential section. He added that the amount of increase in traffic would largely depend on the type of commerical use to which the land is put. He could foresee no hazard Qf congestion to result from the zoning change. Atty. James Green, who spoke on behalf of the objectors, pointed out a remark made earlier stating that some of the best residential areas in any city should be retained, to which Mr. Harrison reluctantly agreed, adding "at times". Mr. Green returned to the subject of the approximately four acres to be re-zoned and made comparisons between the Waukegan and Pearl street areas, to which Harrison remarked that he was not particularly in favor of the proposed city change on Pearl Street. - (Continued on page 5) Clean-up Week ForYMCA Drive Sunday, April 21, begins clean-up week for the Lake Region YMCA 1968 finance campaign. Teams of workers will catrvass -a ten-community ser-. vice areas during the week for pledges of money to meet the $29,000 goal. There will be a short kick -off meeting at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, at 65 N. Williams street in Crystal Lake to begin the clean-up effort. Reports will be conducted at the same place at 7 p.m. on Sunday and at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. More than fifty workers will take part in the clean-up effort. CHARM COURSE IS OFFERED TO QUEEN CONTENDERS Miss McHenry candidates are invited to sign up for the 1958 competition. An entry blank appeared in " the Wednesday issue of the Plaindealer and should be turned in there. Candidates will begin the quest for the crown worn by Sandra Fry in early Mtiy with the six-week charm course. The course is valuable instruction and will offer contestants professional advice on poise, posture, selection of makeup and clothing. Contestants should be 16 by June 10, not over 21 by this December, never married, a resident of the McHenry high school district and have her parents* written consent. One of the big prizes for the new Miss McHenry will be atrip to the big exposition in San Antonio, Texas, this summer. She and her mother will be guests o? the McHenry Chamber of Commerce, co-sponsored with the VFW and auxiliary. CHARGE FORMER LIBERTYViLLE MAN IN LOCAL THEFT Robert L,ee Damron, Jr., 22, formerly of Libertyville, was arrested by McHenry police Monday in that city and charged with theft over $150. He is accused of stealing the car of Jacqueline Peterson last Feb. 13 while it was parked on Riverside drive. McHenry police learned Monday that he had just been discharged from a Wisconsin jail, where he was held on another charge and found him in the Libertyville area. A warrant is out for the arrest of Robert Thoma of Wauconda, who is in Kenosha county jail. Thoma is reported to have been an accomplice of Damron in the McHenry theft. A car reported stolen from Suimyside Dodge Sales on Rt. 120, McHenry, on Saturday was found by the sheriff's office abandoned on Wilmot road. McHenry firemen are shown Easter Sunday afternoon as they inspected fire damage which destroyed a pig pen and killed three pigs at the A pig pen was destroyed and three animals died as the result of a fire at the Joseph E. Freund farm, Spring Grove, Easter Sunday afternoon. Fire Chief Ed Justen said a passerby noticed the flames and hurried to a nearby farm to call for assistance. When firemen arrived, the building was almost in ruins. No estimate of damage was made on Monday, and origin of the fire was undetermined. Joseph E. Freund farm on Spring Grove road. PLAINDEALER PHOTO FIREMEN WILL ELECT OFFICERS AT MAY MEETING At the last meeting of the firemen of Company I of the McHenry Township Fire Protection district, Capt. Gary Gough announced that the annual election of officers will be hqld at the next meeting. They will take office June 1 and serve one year. John Hose, chairman of this year's dance, announced that the thirteenth annual eventis set for. June 1 at the VFW hall, with tickets soon to be made available. Capt. Gough reminded the membership that this is the only fund raising project of the entire year, adding that the treasury is fast becoming depleted with the repeated fires. Money raised from the dance is used for personal needs,of (Continued on page 5) PLAN FOR PANCAKE DA Y ASSAULT CHARGE AGAINST MAN WHO FIRED ON POLICE Thomas Gerambio of Pleasant drive, McHenry, was charged with assault by McHenry police after he is alleged to have fired a shot gun at city policemen. Patrolman John Davis went into the Gerambio home and persuaded him to give-, up the gun after the latter made a threat during a family disagreement which was being investigated by authorities. Chief Richard Clark and John Weichmann were approaching the house when the shot was fired at them. Bond for Gerambio was set at $7,500. BULLETIN James L. Markwart, 19, of Island Lake was reported killed early Tuesday when the car in which he was riding crashed near"Tucson, Ariz. The driver, Hugh J. Shevlin, of Tuscon.was treated and released from the hospital. Sandy Pollock, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Pollock, is the lucky lady to taste a prevue sample of pancakes from the kitchen of Edward Guettler. the latter figures prominently in plans for Pancake Day, to be held Sunday, April 21, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Legion home, sponsored by the McHenry Kiwanis club. PLAINDEALER PHOTO