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' r ^ '"H *{•[ *" t /' 1 " -&•' ^ % • ;"-•;• -.5^H •«; - \' ~ - vVtlWQfe MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CH AIN-O-UA KE S REGION SINCE 1875 -"i H |§S.. VOL. 91, No. 22 Wednesday, October 16, 1968 16 Pages - 10$ District 15 Board Discusses School Proposals Fire Demonstration Three Hurt In Two-Car Crash Miss America To Visit City * * « V-f >1 ?>? V' 'IfiC-lik'j Site " " 11" *•' y fwm ,v( -1 i • 7» , ' V'-^i Plmn College Immature At Open House On Sunday A raging fire is well on its way to destroying this car in a special demonstration presented Sunday by firemen of Company I at the conclusion of Fire Prevention Week. Firemen are Several hundred people took advantage of summer-like weather last Sunday to attend open house at Company I fire station on Elm street in observance of Fire Prevention week. One of the attractions was a new truck acquired only last week, which will be used mainly to extinquish grass fires in the area covered by Company L A similar truck will serve the Johnsburg area. The threequarter ton truck holds 250 gallons of water. Visitors were given a first hand view of the speed with which local volunteers answer a call when the latter hurried from another location to extinquish a car fire in a special demonstration. shown arriving on the scene after an emergency caH brought' them from several blocks away. PLAINDEALER PHOTO BOAT TRAILER STOLEN A boat trailer valued at $1,- 200 was stolen from the Riviera Yacht Basin, 3302 W. Waukegan road, McHenry, sometime between Wednesday and Saturday. It was in the parking lot when the theft took place. McHenry County college has scheduled an open house and an investiture of the faculty ceremony for 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20th. The program will be conducted at the interim campus of the college located in the I.I.T. building in Crystal Lake. In the event of inclement weather, the program will be postponed until Sunday afternoon Oct. 27. The public is cordially invited to tour the facilities of the college in order to see how the former research laboratories of the Pure Oil company have been adapted for use by the college. Guests of the college will also have the opportunity to observe the investiture of the faculty ceremony. This ceremony, traditional in many institutions of higher education, formally confers faculty status on the new college's teaching staff.Faculty status will be conferred during this ceremony by E.C. Nichols, chairman of the board of trustees. Dr. J.E. Harris, vicechairman of the board, will serve as master of ceremony for this occasion. The principal address will be given by Gerald Smith, executive secretary of the Illinois Junior college board. Mr. Smith was appointed executive secretary of the Illinois Junior College board. Mr. Smith was appointed executive secretary by the newly organized state board in the fall of 1965. He has had principal responsibility for guiding the rapid development of the network of new " £ " • V * « t " ' \ *•51' 1 :- i •/< . • I ^ 4 - • -v 0 t' '<fs,. - Using "Cartoon Alley" as the theme, judges awarded the freshmen class top place among floats at the annual MCHS homecoming parade held Friday afternoon. Their entry was "Charley's Choo Choo". Second place went to the seniors for the entry "Easy Slide" featuring Snoopy swinging from a goal post. Hie German club float was winner in the organization class. PLAINDEALER PHOTO community colleges in the state of Illinois. The investiture ceremony will also provide an opportunity for the college to recognize the months and years of effort by the Junior college association to establish a college in McHenry county. The work of this citizen's group led to the referendum held on April 1, 1967 which authorized the organization of the college. Several hundred people gave generously of their time in gathering data and conducting surveys to establish the need for a community college. The college would not be operating today had it not been for the public spirited participation of these individuals. Four of the members of the college board were active in the Junior College association. They are (Continued on page 9) APPROVE $1SJ038 IN PROJECT IFUNDS FOR DISTRICT IS Elementary School District, No. 15, McHenry, has qualified for project funds for the 1968- 69 school year under Title I. This is the second year the district has requested and received funds from the State of Illinois, Office of the Superintendent of Schools, Springfield. District 15 will receive $15,- 038 under Title I which allows the district to purchase instructional materials and equipmerrt such as audio visual aids, movie projectors and tape recorders. The largest share of the funds will be used for instructional materials. In order to qualify for Title I funds, a school district must prepare and submit plans for a special project which will supplement the regular instructional curriculum. This project will be In the form of special classes and enrichment experiences such as visits to newspapers, museums, arbor etums and planetariums. Robert Putnam will direct the elementary program and John Armstrong will be in charge of the Junior high school project* under the direction of James Spencer, Junior high principal. A two car accident which occurred at the intersection ofRt. 176 and Briarwood road resulted in injuries to three people, including Mrs. Clyde (Lucille) Pillar and her daughter-in-law Mrs. Kenneth (Jeanette) Betts, both of McCullom Lake, at 10:- 05 p.m. Sunday. The other person injured was Dennis Warden of Crystal Lake, passenger in the vehicle driven by Michael Paszkiei, also of Crystal Lake. The crash, two miles west of Crystal Lake, occurred when Mrs. Betts, driver of the first car, eastbound on Rt. 176, was struck by the second vehicle broadside, due to faulty brakes, according to the report. Mrs. Pillar and Mrs. Betts had been in Rockford, visiting Mrs. Pillar's mother, Mrs. Anne Prassl of California, a patient in the hospital. The three accident victims were first taken to Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, Woodstock, but removed to McHenry hospital for lack of bed room. According to a report, Mrs. Pillar suffered from back injury and Mrs. Betts received cuts from glass and an injured right shoulder. The three victims were listed in satisfactory condition as of Monday afternoon. Sgt. Matt Schalz of the McHenry County Sheriffs department investigated the accident. Lillian R. Schmecht of Green street, McHenry, was admitted to the intensive care unit of McHenry hospital last week after her car was involved in an accident on Barreville road, six miles south of McHenry. Although details could not be obtained by deputies because of her condition, evidence at the scene vindicated the vehicle went off the road 150 feet, then through a fence and rolled over, landing on its wheels. An Elmhurst woman, Melody Raffen, was charged with improper lane usage following an accident early Sunday morning on Rt. 120 and Thompson road. Miss Raffen was attempting to turn on the highway when Albert Jenkins of Salem road, Wonder Lake, came over the crest of the hill and saw the car sideways in the road. He was unable to avoid the collision. Two other drivers who were travelling south told deputies they applied the brakes and narrowly escaped striking the auto. Miss Sharon Leigh of Howe road, Ringwood, and three passengers were injured Sunday (Continued on page 9) New Methods Are Offered Members JUDITH FC (Miss Americi) Miss America, in the person of Miss Judith word of Belvidere, will visit the 1969 McHenry Marine Festival, according to an announcement made by Frank Low at the general membership meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday noon. Mr. Low, who has headed arrangements for the summer festival for several years, said Miss Ford's appearance had been confirmed in recent weeks and announcement was withheld until this week's meeting. CANCEL HEARING The hearing before the McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals, scheduled for Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. in the city hall for the Fire Protection district, has been cancelled. In an adjourned meeting which reconvened last Friday evening in the administration offices, School District 15 board members discussed ideas set forth to make the proposed bond issue for a new junior high school more acceptable to the voting public. Dr. Carl Bergstrom, superintendent, outlined four possible plans. The first was to present to the public the same building in a different site. His second proposal was for additions to Junior high, which would serve sixth-seventh and eighth graders and to grade schools for kindergarten to fifth grade. This was similar to the plan recommended originally by the advisory council. A third idea was to build two new schools, one south of Rt. 120, to serve the Island Lake and surrounding communities," where 1,100 students are involved, and the other on the Glosson property which was voted at the recent election. The latter would serve, as planned, Pencil Day To S®n<afit Home Rev. Clifford D. Redding, executive director of the Woodstock Children's home, reminds all readers that plans are being completed for the home's second annual Pencil Day, to be conducted on a county-wide basis on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19. Permission has been granted to the home by officials of every town in McHenry county to have its solicitors upon their streets except in the Crystal Lake and Cary areas, which operate under United Fund organizations. Volunteer solicitors working on Pencil Day will not really be "selling" pencils, but in appreciation and response to any contribution placed in their coin boxes, they will offer the donor a pencil imprinted: " Woodstock Children's Home, Woodstock, Illinois -- serving Children since 1886". Rev. Redding also reminds readers and donors that the Home's present needs are very great and the larger their contribution is, the greater will be its benefits to the needs of the fifty-six boys and girls now under its care. junior high students, and the east school, elementary pupils. A fourth plan called for renting space in nearby schools not ; in use, including Ringwood and Christ the King parochial, Wonder Lake. Dr. Bergstrom then asked the* board for their views and most; were of the opinion ths issuswould pass if presented again* since many failed to vote on the' October referendum. > ft was quite generally agreed" that it would be impossible to find a more economical site since Lakeland Park and West Shore Beach pupils could walk to school. Board member Dorothy Vick estimated it would result in a transportation saving of $20,000 annually if erected in this location, because of the heavy population of the area. Present at Friday's meeting in addition to board members were Sam Sullivan of the Aurora architectural firm serving the district, Marvin Birchfield,- bond expert and eight interest-, ed citizens. One of the latter, Alvin A. Akins of Lincoln road, said he was of the opinion that neither the board nor the administration had the confidence of the' public and for this reason the. election failed to pass. He cited: the high school referendum, re-' ferring to repeated requests^ for more money due to increases in construction costs. Board members of District 15 assured him they were entirely separate from District 156, but Mr. Akins responded by stating that there was no guarantee the same thing would not happen again in this election. . •. Asked if it would be possible to place a ceiling on the per foot cost, Mr. Sullivan said this (Continued on page 9) 16th District Nurses Meet In McH@fn)ry The sixteenth district of the Illinois Nurses association was scheduled to meet at McHenry hospital, at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 14, Mrs. Delores Aleksandras was selected to present the program, "Associate Degree Program for Nursing", with a discussion on the curriculum content, inservice education and A.D. graduate utilization following. Jo Ann Freund Reigns A Qmeen rvw lkromB // ? / / / / / • / ? / ' / / / / / / / / • / / - rfTf//Z/'////O Pretty, blonde JoAim Freund sits on her regal throne as her first official act as MCHS Homecoming queen, 1968. The crown signifying the honor which was bestowed on her by the student body, is being placed on her head by last year's queen, Candy Fossum. joAnn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Freund of 5017 N. Spring Grove road. Pictured with them,left to right, are Penny Walters, Beth Okal, Sue McClarey, Julie Whiting and Julie Fenwick. PLAINDEALER PHOTO 4 v