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Stotm Cau£e£ /Pxopeity, £bamag,e With 2,500 telephones out of service in the McHenry area served by Illinois Bell Telephone Co., and with 11 percent of the customers in the Crystal Lake district of Commonwealth Edison Co. without service Friday night, the damaging wind andelectrical storm which descended on the community was judged one of the worst storms in recent years. It was the second serious storm within the last two months. Although it covered a wide area and resulted in greater <&mage elsewhere, one person was injured in the immediate McHenry community. Mrs. John Mares sustained severe cuts and was taken to McHenry hospital for tretment after lightning damaged her home at 5411 Thelen drive, Pistakee Highlands. Fire Chief Ed Justen said Mr. and Mrs. Mares were sitting in their enclosed sun porch watching television about 7:30 in the evening when a bolt of lightning struck, knocking in the window and frame near Mrs. Mares' chair. No fire resulted, but the entire room was a shambles, according to Mr. Justen, who added it looked like it was "torn up by a bomb". He said the television set could not be identified as it became a heap of rubbish in the middle of the room. Stools had been car* ried onto the davenport and holes in the plaster gave the appear- • ance of someone having shotjat the wall. Mrs. Mares was released from the hospital after treatment. Waukegan road, between Third and Front streets, was block* ed for a time early in the storm when either the severe wind or lightning caused wires to fall. In a home at 4204 South street, Cooney Heights, a sump pump motor burned out, caused either by lightning or low voltage. At West and Borden streets, lightning struck the cross arms on a transformer, leaving wires arcing.. The 2,500 telephones out of service were ih McHenry, Woodstock, Harvard, Marengo, Union and Crystal Lake, withthe latter two hardest hit. Poles fell, pulling cables apart and lightning burned the cables, causing shorts in the wiring. As of Monday morning, about 500 phones were still out of service. Assistance was obtained from Rockford, Sterling, and Joliet in addition to the existing management help. Complete restoration was expected that evening. Commonwealth Edison Co. reports about 23 percent of the sturm damage in Wonder Lake and McHenry, but the most severely hit was the Barrington area. The company estimated that almost 11 percent of the customers served by .the Crystal Lake district were without service Friday night. About half the interruptions were caused by falling branches or trees which downed wires at 220 locations. Lightening was responsible tor the balance of the trouble. About 5,000^: customers were affected. The regular force of 109 regularly working out of the Crystal Lake headquarters was supplemented Friday night by twenty-three contractors' crews and ten Edison crews from Jpliet. Saturday and Sunday additional men arrived from Chicago, Kankakee an4 v Bradley. Many of these reported directly to emergency head*t\ ^quarters which had been established in Barrington. Restoration efforts were hampered byfallen trees which re- 4/t quired Edison to obtain eleven contract crews of tree trimmers* In one case, a customer had to bulldoze a road to permit entry •" of repair crews. Emergency operations were completed about noon Sunday but minor clean-up work continued. Almost 500 men were used in Edison's Crystal Lake district over the weekend. vVUNO/e THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SiRVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES RES ION SINCE 1875" '"v w VOL. 91 - No. 6 Wednesday, August 21, 1968 16 Pages - 10$ Senator Open House Speaker Much In Demand District 156 We! ctmes Everett M. Dirksen As Guest On September 28 SENATOR DIRKSEN Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen of Illinois, minority leader of the United States Senate, will visit McHenry on Saturday, Sept. 28, as guest speaker for the dedication of the new high school. His talk will be heard at 2 o'clock during open house. Senator Dirksen's appearance here is regarded as a vary special occasion since he is in great demand as a speaker throughout the country. Ar- ELECT HIGHLANDS CLUB OFFICERS An election of officers of the Pistakee Highlands Community association will be held Saturday, Aug. 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the community center. Absentee ballots may be secured from Mrs. Mae Kolb, 5308 N. Highland. Everyone is urged to vote. rangements for his visit were made by the school through a close personal friend, Anthony Varese of McHenry. The Senator's popularity has skyrocketed in recent years, particularly since his fame extended from the political arena to the field of entertainment through his recordings, millions of which were sold. His personality and unusual command of the language also have been responsible for speaking engagements which usually bring him only to large city gatherings. Originally slated for Aug. 24 and 25, a change in the ppen house at West Campus, 4724 W. Crystal Lake road, was postponed because of a delay in receiving several items. Representatives of local organizations and members of the Citizens' Advisory council will assist the sponsoring board of education of District 156 . in showing the building to the public. High school students also will be present to assist in conducting tours. Others wishing to aid withthe open house program are asked to call the principal of the West Campus, Richard Swantz, at the school. A large crowd is expected, both to hear the faihous Senator and to tour McHenry's newest educational facility. WHEELING MAN BOUND TO JURY IN AREA BREAK-IN When he appeared before Magistrate Charles T. Smith in Branch I of the Circuit court last Thursday, William Cunningham, 24, of Wheeling was bound over to the grand jury on six charges of burglary in McHenry county. Among the charges lodged against him was for entering Fury Motors, Rt. 120, McHenry, and trying to cut open the safe. Other offenses are alleged to have taken place in Crystal Lake, Huntley and Marengo. All of the burglaries were said to have occurred in November of last year. Seeks Title LAKE FIREMEN ASK ZONING FOR NEW FIRE STATION The Wonder Lake Fire Protection district has petitioned for a zoning reclassification from "R" to a conditional use permit for the erection of afire station. The property includes four lots in Highland Shores subdivision Unit No. 4. A hearing is scheduled before the Zoning Board of Appeals for Wednesdays Aug. 210 at 3 p.m. at the Schneider - Leucht, Merwin - Cooney funeral home, Woodstock. Fbmes Cause £20;00©Damage Monday Night Owner Cut- By Glass In Jump Through Window Herbert Remle of 5508 N. Lake street, Pistakee Highlands, suffered cuts and was treated in McHenry hospital when fire raced through the family's one-story home late Monday evening. One of the family smellfid smoke about 10:45 p.m., emanating from the basement. So quickly did the flames spread that Mr. Remle was forced to jump through a window. Fire Chief Ed Justen said the Remle son had two motor* cycles in the basement and the fire is believed to have started either because of fumes or a short in one of the vehicles. About half of the home was gutted and the remainder badly damaged by heat and smoke. The family car and two motorcycles were destroyed. ; Members of Companies J arid II answered the call fdr assistance. Chief Justen estimated damage wM-rtHvaa-isigh as $20, 000. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS " Recent calls have been received to inquire regarding the expiration date appearing on weekly issues of the Plaindealer. Because of the large number of new subscriptions and renewals during our recent campaign, it will be several more weeks before this is completed. Death Cause Investigated - The exact cause of the death of Joseph W. DuPree, 23, of Rolling Meadows which occurred near Ringwood last week, may not be known for two or three weeks. An autopsy has failed to reveal the cause, and further examination will be made at the state laboratory, department of toxicology, Cljicago. DuPree was enroute home from Lake Geneva, Wis., after midnight Tuesday, Aug. 13, when he applied the brakes too hard on a curve. He answered a passenger when asked if he was all right, then failed to respond to further questioning. The friend, Richard Smith, also of Rolling Meadows, applied artificial respiration but Dupree failed to regain consciousness. SMOKING HABITS PROMPT CENSUS IN THIS AREA Census Bureau interviewers are conducting a survey in McHenry concerning the smoking habits of the population during the week of Aug. 19, Director Theodore F. Olson of the Census Regional office in Chicago announced. Interviewers will ask about people's past smoking habits as well as present habits in order to discover whether there have been significant changes over the past year. Interviews conducted locally are part of the third annual survey of smoking habits taken among a representative sample of the nation's population to provide statistical date for the U.S. Public Health Service. The questions on smoking will be asked during the Bureau's monthly labor force inquiries. Questions about jobs are designed to provide data for use by the U.S. Department of Labor in determining current national employment and unemployment trends. The identity of households in the survey throughout the U.S. is confidential, and the information obtained will be used only for statistical purposes. Mary Rath0 daughter of Mr„ and Mrs. Donald Rath, McHenry, competes in the American Dairy Association of Illinois Dairy Princess contest at Pekin Thursday. Mary is the McHenry County Dairy Princess and will be one of the record seventeen seeking the title. The regular meeting of the McHenry County college board will be held at the interim offices, 6200 Northwest highways- Crystal Lake, on Thursday, Aug.\ 22, at 7:30 p.m. Lightning Strikes H&me Mony Crashes Occur In Area Over Weekend Three persons were injured Saturday evening about 9 o'clock in a two-car crash on Rt. 120 east of McHenry. They were Jerome J. May, of 2916 W. Scott, McHenry, Sherry May of the same address and Sherell Ann Edwards of Woodstock. May told sheriffs police he was driving east on the highway when the Edwards vehicle entered Rt. 120 from a driveway on the north and drove into his lane. Deputies did not question the other driver at the time because of her injuries. She was thrown from the car and pinned to the ground by the door. The Mays were released from the hospital but Miss Edwards remained as a patient Tuesday. A Woodstock girl, Susan Hinner, was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident following a three-car crash on Chapel Hill road, south of Johnsburg, at 8:45 Monday evening. Ann K. Wojton of Chicago, a passenger in a car driven by Paul K. Wojton, was taken to McHenry hospital for treatment. Another driver, Donald Ericksen, of Chicago was shaken up as the result of the accident. Deputies said Wojton was driving east on north Villa lane and entered Chapel Hill drive after stopping. His car was struck in the rear by the Hinner vehicle, which had come over a hill and failed to see the other car until it was too late to stop. Her auto then struck Ericksen, who was south-bound on Chapel Hill road. Edward Massimo of Waukegan was treated at McHenry hospital Sunday following an accident on Lincoln road, two miles east of the city. Deputies said evidence showed the auto was travelling west and apparently went out of control, leaving 100 feet of skid marks and travelling a distance before striking several small trees. Massimo was blamed for traveling too fast to avoid an accident. A crash on Rt. 31, north of McHenry, Sunday resulted in five members of one family being treated in the local hospital. -v Allan Etheridge, his wife, (Continued on-page 9) v Mrs. John Mares is shown being assisted before her removal to McHenry hospital for treatment of cuts received when lightning struck a window in her home Friday evening, resulting in one 1,142* Persons Participate In Record Quarter Various Activities Provide Memorable Summer Period "Eleven hundred and fortytwo persons participated in the summer programs of the Lake Region YMCA", said Louis E. Schairer, president of the organization. He further stated, "This response to the summer quarter is the largest in the four-year history of the association." Bus trips with 334 persons, swimming instruction with 317 persons, day camp with 154 persons and Indian Guides with 300 persons, comprised the major part of the summer program. Other activities included tennis instruction and Y's Men's club. There were twenty - three buses used by the 334 persons registered for the summer trips and attendances averaged 158 per Monday for eight weeks. Visits were made to Chicago to Sun Times -Daily News building, Marina Towers, Navy Pier, Wrigley field, Chinatown, Lincoln Park Zoo, O'Hare airport, Prudential building, Coast Guard, Shedd Aquarium, Museum . of Science and Industry, University of Illinois, Merchandise Mart; to the Chicago suburbs with visits to the Hinsdale Health Museum, Old Graue mill, Morton Arboretum and Little Red school house; to Rockford with visits to the YMCA , Milk company, Potato Chip factory and bottling com- • pany; and to Wisconsin with a paddleboat ride on Lake Geneva; to Johnson Wax in Racine and to Carthage college in Kenosha. SWIMMING PROGRAM The swimming instruction program conducted at the Thunderbird Farm pool in Cary had 281 persons from 7 to 40 years old registered for lessons. Attendance averaged 40 per day during the twenty-eight days of swimming. One instructor was present for every eight beginners and for every ten in deep water. The swimming instruction program conducted at the Rae H. Goss pool on Virginia road in Crystal Lake, had sixty-nine youths from 3 to 6 year olds registered for classes. Attendance average 26 per day during the twenty-eight days of (Continued on page 9) PLAINDEALER PHOTO room being left in a complete shambles. The television set she was watching was carried to the middle of the rooth In comnieie rubble* if : * ' . . . "... ^ This was the appearance of the John Mares home at Pistakee Highlands, looking through what was once a window into the interior of the enclos- PLAINDEALER PHOTO ed sun porch. The room was left in a complete state of disarray, with most items damaged, when lightning struck during last Friday's storm. $29,600 Increase Noted Council Passes Tax Levy Ordinance Of $168,677; Hear Property Sale Offer The annual tax levy ordinance was passed Monday night by the McHenry City Council in the amount of $168,677.50. This js an increase of $29,- 600. over the 1967 levy, the greater part of the increase being a $21,000 item required for the police pension fund which is now required since the last census ran over 5,000 population. In screening the tax levy, the Council tock into consideration the increased valuation of the city and set amounts to avoid any great change in the tax rate for corporate purposes. The thinking of the Council was that sales tax and other income will carry a large burden rather than look to real estate and personal property tax to carry too great a load in the ever increasing cost of operation. OFFERS SALE Robert L. Freund addressed the Council in behalf of the VFW (Continued on page 9)