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r i H) s < > \ \ < vy.V> N Q /j, THE MCHENRY PLAJNDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOL. 91, No. 23 Friday, October 18, 1968 16 Pages - 10$ C Of C Outlines Plans, Goals At Luncheon Meet Name Buckner Gymnasium Discuss Miss America Visit Long Time Faculty Member At Convention ominated "Teacher Of Year Board members of School District 156 voted unanimously in meeting Tuesday evening to honor the memory of the late superintendent, Carl Buckner. The beautiful new gym on West campus will be named Buckner Gym for the man who headed the school system in both District 15 and 156 for several years, and before that acted as assistant superintendent. htain* mi Mmndetm* Until " last week, our sympathy was with the county board of supervisors in the attempt by members to resolve a difficult situation with the county court house. Action at last week's meeting, however, fails to convince us that members have not placed themselves in an unenviable situation in which they very well might lose any gains they have made concerning a proposed court site. Neither the Building Commi-' ssion nor the majority of the county board has felt that the present court location is best for a new building, mainly because of a continuing population growth, with accompanying parking problems. Understandably, the city of Woodstock, and supervisors representing that area, have seen fit to protect their business community by fighting hard toretain the present site, or at least a location close to the Square. Through the past three years the court program has been near solution on several occasions, only to have a new obstacle thrown in the way. In recent months it has seemed to make headway. The supervisors voted on the fairgrounds and were abotrt to ask a referendum this fallbnthat site when a refusal by thdx Woodstock Council to wave the white flag made this the only alternative. When the matter appeared certain for a public vote this fall, a recommendation to bring up all of the old sites for furth- (Continued on page 9) The dedication will follow the first home basketball game. Another important announcement at the meeting concerned action by the Administration and Teachers association to submit the name of Clarence Anglese as "teacher of the year". ENDORSE TEACHER The board concurred with the .endorsement of Mr. Anglese for this honor and his name will be submitted to the state of Illinois for further consideration. Another important matter discussed concerned swimming program rules. The board decided that no children under 10 would be allowed in the pool because the shallow part is only 5 feet deep. Members feel adequate supervision cannot be provided for youngsters under that age. It was decided to issue admission tickets in blocks of ten for the swimming pool. No admission price has been set as yet. Employment of Joseph Mc- Hale, full time, and James Hansen, part time custodians for the West campus, was approved. AWARD CONTRACT A teaching contract for Dennis Larson, BA plus 15, first step, as guidance counselor for three'clay s "a weekat East dam-" pus was approved. The other days Mr. Larson is a student at Northern Illinois university. It was decided that the board inspect the equipment at Elgin Community high school before investing in a shampoo machine for the carpeting. The members were also invited to study the problems of the shortage of custodial help that the Elgin school has overcome. James Doran attended the meeting and recommended his speed reading program for high school teachers. He asked the school board to pay $60 of the $125 cost of the speed reading program. The members voted against it because it is a noncredit college course. A letter was received from the Johnsburg school district thanking the staff of the West campus for the tickets to the dedication program and also (Continued on page 9) Youth Apparent Suicide Victim Norman Delbert Smith, 14- year - old honor student at Woodstock high school, died from the bullet of a .25 calibre hand gun, apparently selfinflicted in his home at 7708 Howe road, Wonder Lake, early Wednesday morning. Coroner Theron Ehorn said a member of the family found the boy, clad in pajamas and gun beside the body, in the bedroom of the one-story home. The Wonder Lake rescue squad was called, but the youth was declared dead, a gun beside him. Death was said to have occurred about 7:45 o'clock. A jury was sworn in and the inquest continued until Nov. 2 at the Pierce-Bier chapel in Woodstock. At Woodstock high school, he was a member of the band and chorus. Norman was born Dec. 31, 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, where he resided until the family moved to this area last January. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Marian Miller; his stepfather, Norbert Miller; three brothers, Raymond, Russell and Kenneth Smith; two step-bro- *lhecfi, -William andJame s Mi ller; and one step-sister, Nancy Stewart. The funeral is pending at the Gardner-Dolbee mortuary, in Toledo. Preliminary arrangements were made by the Pierce -Bier chapel. Mayor Donald P. Doherty, City Clerk Earl R.Walsh and their wives returned Tuesday evening from three days of attendance at the fifty-fifth annual convention of the Illinois Municipal League in Peoria. Both local city officials report very informative meetings covering municipal problems in growing communities. With representatives from all parts of the state gathered together, many questions were presented for discussion. At the close of the convention on Tuesday, Governor Shapiro, Secretary of State Powell, Auditor Howlett and speakers from both major political parties addressed the group in general session. A special luncheon was held for the wives of delegates Monday noon with Fran Allison, well known TV personality, the principal speaker. Weingart Wins 2-County Top Herd Trophy The McHenry - Lake Dairy Herd Improvement association honored forty-five dairy men for their dairy herd production of 500 or more pounds of butter fat per cow during this past year. The awards were presented at the annual D.H.I.A. meeting, held Oct. 10 at the VFW building in Woodstock. The top six herd owners were given special recognition with a (Continued on page 9) ASK INITIAL PERMIT FOR NEW HOSPITAL Three representatives of tfte Crystal Lake Hospital Association, David J. Blahnik, president, Dr. Frank Alford and DC. Thomas Walsh, directors, flew to Springfield, recently to 1116 an application for an initial permit to establish a hospital ip Crystal Lake. The application was the result of over two years of work by twenty local residents who comprise theboardof directors of the not-for-profit organization. The application contained ja large amount of information - it weighed over 4pounds. However the Hospital association points out that the filing is only the beginning of a long, hard and sometimes disappointing road to secure a hospital. *>A11 such applications are scrutinized by various departments on the state level. This can be time-consuming, especially if all the data submitted should not satisfy their requirements. NOT GUILTY VERDICT A verdict of not guilty was returned in the burglary case of Harold T. Caley of 1707 Oakleaf drive, McHenry, when it was brought before Judge William Carroll and a jury in Circuit court Monday. Caley had been apprehended for entering a boat docked on Waukegan road with intent to commit theft. Expressing pleasure over the promised visit of Miss America (Judith Ford of Belvidere) to McHenry for the 1969 Marine Festival in July are William Nye, president of the sponsoring organization; Larry Lund, secretary- treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce; Donald Weingart, vice-president; and Frank fryu in-- • •• i -- i. i - Study Fox River Pollution Meed Fire Truck Drive with and buy £J ( . „ . . «• i The Northeast Illinois Land council held its annual fall meeting and tour at Conservation lake in Boone county just outside of Belvidere. The Land 25 TONS ARE COLLECTED ON GOOD TURN DAY With ideal weather prevailing, the Scouts of Kishwaukee district Blackhawk Area council, carried out a successful Good Turn Day, Saturday, Oct. 12, according to George Brand, district executive. The Scouts and Volunteer Scouters collected nearly twenty- five tons of clothing, housewares and small appliances. This material will be taken to the Goodwill Industries workshops, where it will be used in a rehabilitation program for the physically handicapped people. This is the only salvage rehabilitation agency serving the local residents. VOLUNTEER AID NEEDED FOR TB SEAL LETTERS The McHenry County Tuberculosis association is asking for volunteers, during the next two weeks, to stuff the Christmas Seal letters that are being prepared now. There will be about 35,000 letters going into the homes and businesses early in November. Individuals or small groups wishing to donate some time w may stop in at the association office in the Court House Annex, any day from Monday through Friday. Large groups wishing to volunteer for evening hours, should call for an appointment. The Christmas Seal campaign finances the mobile unit x-ray program, as well as the tuberculin skin testing program in the schools of McHenry county. council is comprised of the Soil and Water Conservation districts of Winnebago, McHenry, Boone, Lake, Kane,Du- Page, Will-South Cook and North Cook counties. The approximately 100 persons attending the meeting voted unanimously to support the Natural Resources Development Bond Act, the referendum which will appear on the Nov. 5 voting agenda, asking Illinois voters to support the selling of bonds for water and air pollution, recreation and development and management PLAINDEALER PHOTO , Low, general chairman of the event, who completed arrangements for her appearance. Announcement was made at the general membership meeting held Tuesday noon at the VFW Clubhouse. - At a general membership meeting held Tuesday noon at the VFW clubhouse, luncheon was served to eighty interestedpersons who came to become better informed about the plans and goals of the organization. Secretary-Treasurer Larry Lund presented a summary concerning the work of the C. ofC. in the past and outlined future endeavors. Mr. Lund also introduced Carl Prosser, past executive manager of the Winnetka Chamber, who now makes his home in the McHenry area. Mr. Prosser volunteers to assist the local C. of C. with the knowledge of past experiences in this work, and to serve as manager of the organization on a part - time basis until such time that the organization decides on a future policy in regard to employment of a manager. (Continued on page 9) of natural resources. Sometime ago the Land council established a program of action for the Fox River. Cities along the river were all asked to contribute toward the study aimed at ways of cleaning up the Fox and stopping the extreme forms of pollution along it. The study is now being re-written as many other conservation agencies and groups have become concerned with the Fox, both in Wisconsin and Illinois. This new study will co-ordinate the activities and fndings of all (Continued on page 9) ' Shown at last Saturday's fund raising dinner held in the city are Mrs. Anthony Varese, Governor-Candidate Richard Ogilvie, for whom KOTALIK STUDIO PHOTO the dinner was held, Mr. Varese and Mrs. Ogilvie. Mr. and Mrs. Varese hosted the social afternoon and evening. •i' JvXJk*. This new three-quarter ton truck recently purchased by the McHenry Fire Prevention district was viewed by hundreds who attended open house of Company I at the fire house last PLAINDEALER PHOTO Sunday afternoon. It will be used mainly to extinguish grass fires in the area covered Ijy the McHenry company. Another will serve the Johnsburg community. HURT IN ACCIDENT Wesley Lane of McCullom Lake was brought to McHenry hospital by the Richmond rescue squad Monday at 5:50 p.m. following an accident on the^ Wilmot road, just north of Spring Grove. The vehicle went out of control as Lane attempted to avoid striking a northbound car and his vehicle hit a pole and two small trees. A crowd of about 300 persons visited the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Varese at 2719 W. Deborah, McHenry last Saturday afternoon and evening for a fund raising cocktail party and" dinner for Cook County Board Chairman Richard Ogilvie, who is seeking election as Governor. Interested persons attended from Madison, Boone, Cook, Lake, DuPage and MCHenry counties. Following the dinner at 7:30 p.m. the crowd was entertained by the popular night club and TV star, Henny Youngman, known as the "king of the oneliners". Besides Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvie guests included Mr. and Mrs. William J.Scott and Congressman Robert McClory. The committee in charge of arrangements for the dinner along with Mr. Varese, were Harold Bacon and William Franz of Crystal Lake, A1 Jourdan, J.R. Levesque, Joseph Frett and John Licastro of McHenry, Ray Murphy of Woodstock, Joe Welch of Barrington and Irl Marshall of Highland Park.