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\ Resitme Of '68 Reveals Big Sports Year Locally X (' JANUARY' S.I.H. had football up to his ears over the New Year weekend. The real thriller in his bobk was -the last second victory by those old pros at Green Bay. The McHenry Warridrs plunged to their ninth defeat without a win when the Barrington Broncos bombed them 70 - 43. Jhose old pros of Green Bay are still the champs in the rough? and tough world of professional football. They defeated the Oakland Raiders in the Super Bowl game. In their" first big tournament _ action this year, the wrestling Warriors brought home the second place bacon in the tough Brookfield, Wis., tournament. The Warriors were defeated in overtime by Zion Benton 61- 58. Warrior Wrestlers dropped a squeaker to the Sequoits of Antioch, 21-18. The Elks came through again. Their annual sports banquet at Woodstock was a humdinger. - S.I.H. had a great time with Jolly Cholly Grimm, the famous Cub player. What was the White Sox fan doing there? The Wrestling team rolled on to a victor> over the Wildcats of Libertyville, 28-15. Area Couples Wed50 Years February Mr. and Mrs. Magnus Nelson, former residents of McHenry, celebrated their golden wedding at Crystal Lake. Feb. 20 -- Mr. and Mrs. Otto Pyritz observed the golden anniversary of their wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Nett of McHenry were surprised on their golden wedding anniversary by their family with an open house held in Daytona Beach, Fla., where the Netts were spending the winter with their daughter. July July 10 -- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schuerr observed their golden wedding anniversary. July 20 -- Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. McMahon, summer residents in Huemann's subdivision for many years, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with their family in Chicago. August Aug. 6 -- Mr. and Mrs. R. Edward Pritz celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary with a family gathering at the McHenry Country club. November Nov. 24 -- Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Jusien observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary at a Mass and followed by a family dinner at the Country Club. DEATHS dent of McCullom Lake, Mrs. Elizabeth Ingersol, 80, was de^d on arrival at McHenry \ hospital. ^ Dec. 8 -- Mrs. Laura H. Crowley, 76, died in McHenry hospital. Dec. 13 -- Henning T. Widen, 82, of Wonder Lake, died in McHenry hospital. Dec. 14 -- Wilfred (Whitey) Gumm, 55, of McCullom Lake died in Hines hospital. Dec. 16 -- Bernard J. (Rass) Thurlwell, 66, died suddenly of a heart attack. Peter Engles was found dead in his home in Lilymoor. Mrs. Nellie H. Ber- : gener, 70, of Whispering Hills died in Victory Memorial hospital, Waukegan. Dec. 18 --Mrs. Michael (Mary A. ) Sutton, 90, died in Memorial hospital. Robert H. Cohan, 53, of Lakemoor, waspronounced dead on arrival at McHenry hospital. Dec. 20 -- Paul Horn, "7, of Lakeland Park, died in McHenry hospital. Dec. 21 -- Oscar Hollenbach 1 64, died in McHenry hospital. ' Dec. 22 -- Mrs. Esther E. Cedarquist, 80, died in McHenry hospital. s Dec. 23 -- A well known resident of Lakemoor, MarySchiavone, died in McHenry hospital. Dec. 24 -- Mrs. Helen Hoppe 54, died suddenly at McHenry hospital. Mrs. Anna C. Borchers, 75, died as the result of an automobile accident. Dec. 26 -- Grover Young died in McHenry hospital. Martin J. Weisenburger, 54, of Wonder Lake, died in Memorial hospital , Woodstock. Dec. 27 -- Mrs. Laura E. Munson, 58, of Wonder Lake, died in Community General hospital, Sterling. Dec. 28 -- Delbert M. Woldt, 24, was pronounced dead on arrival in Harvard hospital following an automobile accident. The Warrior skid continued as they were nosed out 63-61 by Dundee Cardunals after 68- 58 loss to Crystal Lake Tigers. FEBRUARY St. Mary's Royals climaxed a highly successful conference season by taking both games from Hickory Hill of Carpente'rsville, 36,-23 in a feature and 30-23 in the preliminary. St. Patrick's proved to be the class of the field in taking the grade school American Legion basketball tournament for the third straight year. In the.semis, the Irish beat St. Mary's 39-25. For the championship game they beatSt. John's 41-31. The Wrestling Warriors did themselves proud as they brought home second place in the conference wrestling tourr nament. The winner was North Chicago with 116 and McHenry scored 72. The Warrior basketball team continued their season long losing streak by bowing to the Broncos of Barrington, 78-56. Two members of tta} McHenry high school wrestung squad won the conference title in their weight class. Jim Laursen won in the 180 lb. class and Tony -Wagner captured the 145 lb. championship. St. Mary's defeated their arch rival, McHenry, 37-32 in the championship tournament in Lake Zurich. Jim Laursen of MCHS won the 180 lb. class weight sectional wrestling championship at Evanston. For the second year in a row, Laursen will go to the state finals. The Sophomore wrestlers finished up their season with successful season 6-3. The Wrestling Warriors won the^district tournament at Barrington. This was the first districtwin since the squad of 1962 did the trick. St. Patrick's grade school basketball team defeated St. Mary's in the regional grade school basketball tournament in Elgin. They placed second in the tourney after losing to the champions, St. Patrick's of St. Charles, St. Mary'S to^s third. It was loss number i9'fortfie season whehr the big Maroons of Zion rolled over, the injury ridden Warriors, 66-38. MARCH A long disappointing season ended for the Warriors dropped a first round regional decision to the Blue Streaks of Woodstock, 72-50. The Irish of St. Patrick's under Coach " Hezzie" Miller closed another fine season with an over-time victory over Our Lady of the Wayside of Arlington Heights. This gave them second place in the Northwest Catholic conference. The McHenry sophomore basketball team finished its season with a quarter finals defeat at the hands of Carl Sand- • burg high school by the score of 68-57. The little Warriors record was 12 wins and 8 losses. APRIL ' The McHenry faculty men edged the Texas Cow Girls basketball team 56r55. Lina Miller and John Santilli captured first place in the annual Michigan Tri-State Roller Skating invitational at Detroit. In the season debut of the McHenry Warrior baseball team^ the Warriors edged Cary- Grove in a six inning thriller, 1-0, behind the shut out, oner hit pitching of sophomore Tom 'Janik. The Warrior thinclads opened their season against Lake Zurich and Round Lake, with defensive player; Tim Martin, most valuable player, All Sports; Tony Wagner, Cross Country, most valuable player; Jim Laursen, football, most valuable defensive player and wrestling; most valuable play- ' er; Bob Mauch, basketball, highest percentage of free throws made; George Ireland, basketball coach of the Loyola Ramblers, was the speaker. The banquet- was sponsored by the School Board df District 156, ,*VFW Post 4600 and the McHenry Chamber of Commerce. S.I.H. suffered untold agony while waiting for his beloved "white Sox to win their first game t>f the season. It was a long hard fight but they finally made it April 29. After their second victory he wondered what he coul d find to write about, now that the Sox were on their way to the pennant. The Wonder Lake Mustangs soccer team defeated Rockford Lions 14-1 and also the Rockford Harmony club "B" team 9-0. The Warriors split a doubleheader with the Warhawks, losing the first game in overtime, 6-5 and winning the second 13-9. Former three sport letterman at McHenry high school, Lloyd Smith, won his second varsity letter in baseball at The College of Artesia, N.M. The MCHS golf team beat Barrington fy shooting low scores. Kaneland high school won first place in McHenry relays. McHenry's 37 points total was good for the fourth spot. Bob Mauch won first place and Frank Cuda was third in the North Suburban conference golf match. McHenry high school golf team captured the North Suburban conference golf championship. The McHenry squad had a team total of 16 less strokes than the nearest challenger. JUNE The Legion baseball team opened their season at the A. P. Freund athletic field. They defeated Woodstock 7-0. The McHenry Sophomore baseball team ended its sea- 1 sbn in thrilling fashion as they strung out victories Jin their last four games. They finished the season with a 17-4 record. John Santilli and Lina Miller won first among eight competing duos\in the intra dance section of tne Illinois State Amateur Rolling Skating association state meet at Summit. Shortstop Mike Janik andse- -ciMuy baseman Mark Camasta were chosen on the North Suburban All-Star squad by the varsity basebiall coaches in the conference. The American Legion baseball team won its fifth straight game without a loss when they beat Wonder Lake 9 to 3. On Father's Day and St. Patrick's Day, S.I.H. always issues a proclamation as to who is boss around his ranch. The Johnsburg Tigers saw their record slip to 3 wins and 2 defeats after a 4-1 loss at the hands of the Melrose Park Eagles. McHenry observed safe boating week. Six cheerleaders from Mc- 'Henry high school returned from a week of work and study at the fifteenth annual summer cheerleading school at Illinois State university. Ten cheerleaders from Marian Central attended the same cheerleading clinic. The Johnsburg Tigers saw their season's record slip to 3 and 3 after a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Wheaton. N As of July 12 the standings in the Babe Ruth league were: Gianst, 7^-3, Braves, 5-3; Timers, 4-4; Cards, 4#6; Sox, 2-6/ - John Johnson hit the first grand slam homer this year to left field.. There have been several homer^s hit this season. McHenry Country club ladies' Golf association enjoyed its annual play day while sweltering on the golf course. Allan Baur, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Baur, won the single race and the double race in the 56 central states Regatta held in Ecorse, Mich. For the third year in a row the Cardinals emerged champions of the Little ^League. The Babe Ruth league was very active and produced some very fine hitters. The American Legion team dropped out of first place when they were defeated by Woodstock 5 to 0. " The Johnsburg Tigers spli+ a pair of games. They lost to the McHenry Shamrocks 5-3 and defeated a good Cicero team by a score of 8-2. AUGUST In Match Tournament for ladies at the local country club Letty Bussc'her was the winner in Class A. Bev Kuhlman in Class B, and Jay Hansen in Class C. In the final round of Match Tournament Laveryn Harpling won her match over Bev Kuhlman in Class B. Doris Freund was the winner over Barb Weber in Class C. S.I.H. pleaded guilty to driving in to see the Cubs play ball. He was accompanied by- Walt Freund. Somebody must have told the Cubs that he was in to scout them because they went wild with their bats. They hit five home runs. In the N.I.W.P.A. golf tournament held at McHenry Country club Laurayne Conway of McHenry was runner-up to Lois Drafke of Timber Trails. L&Ws Pitzen Day was celebrated by the McHenry Sportsmen's club with a special shoot honoring the man and to commemorate his twenty-Seventh year of membership in the club. Mr. and Mrs. S.I.H. had one heckuva pleasant time on a boat ride on the Fox River provided by the boss man, Larry Lund. The only mishap was when S. I. H's cane rolled overboard. Larry wheeled the boat around and his son, Brian, had the sharp eyes to spot it floating away. Then came Ken Wisetotherescue. A picture appeared in the piaindealer showing a sign in S. L H's window saying "Hey- Hey - Cubs!". Everyone is wondering if S.I.H. has seen the light and switched to the Cubs. Carol Cooney won the championship at the McHenry Country club, after battling through the final round with Dee Overton. Art Jackson and Ed Buss, playing for the club championship, finished in a tie in the final round of the 72 hole event. In a down to the wire playoff Art Jackson defeated Buss by (One stroke. The Wonder Lake Mustangs lost the season opener to Rockford. Four girls were winners in the obedience class for 4-H members. They^were Linda Warczak of Wp^stoiSt with a collie; Terry Radtkeywith a miniature schnauzer; Barbara Saunders with a German shorthairded pointer; and Debbie VonObstfelder with a cocker-schnauzer mixture. The three girls were all from McHenry. The McHenry Warriors opene d their season football drills with thirty men. SEPTEMBER In the home opener of the 1968 football season, the Warrios were upended by the strong eleven from Libertyville, 17-0. The Orange and Black crosscountry men won by a narrow margin, 27-29, over the highl® touted Larkin squad from Elgin. Lina Miller and John Santilli were silver medalists intheInand black recorded with eleventh consecutive victory without a loss. They defeated Lake '• Zurich, 17-46. ^ The North Chicago Warhawks surged ahead in the second half to spoil the homecoming for the Warriors. The score was 27-18. Harold Michel s won first place and Floyd Johnson was runner-up in the Julius Goffo "Memorial Golf tournament at the Chapel Hill country club. Seaton's speed merchants won the county cross-country meet at Woodstock. The orange and black tracksters destroyed Libertyville by a 20-37 margin on the" hilly home course. Seaton's Warrior team won the North Suburban Cross Country meet with a low total of 40 points. The amazing thinclads from McHenry concluded an unbeaten season in dual meets as the Warriors rolled over Woodstock 25-32-mafgin and Antioch by a score of 20-38. The Barrington Broncos bombed the Warriors 53-7. The MCHS Thinclads won the district meet at Crystal Lake. Running against 23 other schools the orange prevailed with a team total of 56 points to runner-up Lake Forest's 93. Dundee celebrated its homecoming with a smashing victory 34-14 over the hapless Warriors. NOVEMBER The fighting Warriors played their final football game of the year with a convincing *20-0 win over the Zee Bees of Zion Benton. Disaster struck last week at the Crystal Lake Invitational frosh-soph cross country meet as McHenry finished in a dismal 7th place. . * Sec. 2, Fri. Jan. 10, 1969 - Plaindealer - Pg. 3 Former MCHS football playswamped over our Warriors 70 er, John Fleck, senior at, Ripon college, Ripon, Wis., played on defensive and offensive teams . at Center and. at middle guard . for the college. He was named as an outstanding player by his coach. The McHenryJjpross country squad placed V8th in state meet at Champaign. In the opening basketball game of the season played in the tnew Buckner gym at the West campus, the Warriors were edged by Grant high school 58- 52. v Bill Malpedeof Pistakee Country club was elected president of the Chicagoland Golf Association, The tall Sequoits of Antioch defeated the Warriors 67-56. The Rockford Guilford team to 44." . The new McHenry swimming team, under the direction of Dick Eberhardy, held an intrasquad meet. The freshman-ju-* nior team was victorious, 174 points to 156 for the sophomoresenior squad." Warrior wrestlers edged Cary-Grove team 20-18., Christmas came a day late to the Warriors and Coach Ken Ludwig as McPlenry won its first basketball game in 22 months by a margin of 72 to 65 over a fine shooting ball ciub from Geneva in the Batayia tournament.- T^ie MCHS Wrestlers squeaked by Woodstock 29-21. Among S.I.H.'s resolutions for the New Year was not to predict sports scores, and to see more White Sox games. Twelve Months In Area History Records Active an impressive win in a triangular meet at home. The varsity triumped 78 to 45 for Lake Zurich and 40 for Round Lake. The little Warriors racked up a 107 - 36 score as they swept to first places in all 15„ events. The Warriors won a double header from Lake Zurich by the scores of 8-6 and 7-1. Janik hurled his second one hitter as the Warriors beat the Crystal Lake Tigers 2-0. MCHS Golf team won four matches, lost one and "tied one. They defeated Antioch, Libertyville, Wauconda and Crystal Lake, losing to Mundelein. The Warriors baseball team enjoyed much success. They won two games from Barrington, defeated Elgin and Crystal Lake. They were* soundly beaten by Dundee by the lopsided score of 10-2. At the All-Sports banquet awards and trophies were presented to top athletes in each school sport. Frank Cuda, golf, low total score for year; Chuck Reilly, football, ifibst valuable JANUARY President William Nye of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Donald P. Doherty discussed the bright outlook for the city in 196$ as the community shows signs of continued growth and progress. Plans for the opening of McHenry County Junior college classes in the fall of 1968 have been announced, with freshmen and sophomores expected to be, accommodated in most curricula. A ^Brian^ndrew/son of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Peters, was the first baby born in 1968 at the McHenry hospital. Two juveniles were apprehended by the Sheriff s office in connection with burglary and vandalism at eighteen Coon Island homes on Pistakee Bay. The approximate estimate of damage to each home was set at $2,000 to $2,500. Annexation andthe fast development of new areas will make it necessary to expand the sewage treatment system in the city inthe near future. After hearing a proposal from the City of Woodstock for the court house to be built at the Annex site the county 'board of supervisors voted 17tolltoaccept the fairgrounds site as the location of a new county court hou&e. The matter will be returned to the Woodstock City Council. If that group turns down the recommendation of * the county board, either the location will be placed on a referendum or the supervisors will need to make a second choice. The board of Consolidated Grade School District 15 released results of the recent sur-. vey made to determine the reason for the defeat of the recent $2,000,000 bond issue which would .have provided a new grade school in the community. The biggest objection, with 165 negative replies concerned the twelfth and last statement on the survey sheet: " The people felt that this bond issue would result in too high of a tax increase. The second Inter-Faith service for Christian Unity was held Jan. 18 at Faith Presbyterian church. Host commentator was Rev. John Mclntyre of Faith ciiurcn. Lecturors were Mrs. Dorothy Vick of the host church and Edward Frett of St. Patrick Catholic church. Rev. Michael Tierney of St. Patrick's preached the sermon and Rev. Arthur McKay of St. Paul Episcopal church was prayer leader. Rev. Eugene Baumhofer of St. Mary's gave the closing prayer. " Four members of the board of directors of the Savings and Loan company resigned at the annual meeting. They were Wil- JULY The American Legion team defeated Cary 13-1. So far they have won six game s and lost one. John Pitzen pitched a no hit game for the Braves against the Sox as the Babe Ruth League field was dedicated. The July 4 holiday weekend proved to be very successful for the Johnsburg Tigers as t| « managed victories over two L*gin teams by scores of 14- 3 and 6-4. Many people reminded S.L H. that the National League did it again in the All-Star game. McHenry Leagion Post 491 baseball team lost out on its chance to enter the American Legion district tournament, as they were beaten by Woodstock 9-6. McHenry and Woodstock had (6-1 records for the "rst round of league play, sot - was the playoff game which was played at Crystal Lake. The new* and enlarged field at the VFW was dedicated between games, July 7. tra Dance, competing in the U. S. A. R. S. A. National Championship in Cleveland, Ohio. The fleet Warrior thinclads extended their winning streak to seven in a row with a stunning double win over St. Edward's of Elgin and Cross high school. OCTOBER Grandma and Grandpa S.I.H. spent a pleasant week baby sitting with their grandson, Brendan Walsh, with the help of their daughter, Patricia, who was visiting from Detroit, Mich. Undefeated Harriers rolled over two more foes defeating Barrington and North Chicago. Crystal Lake Tigers defeated the Warriors 2-3-13. The Junior Class cross - country team won their division of the Crystal Lake Invitational Cross-Country meet. The McHenry Warriors romped over the Woodstock Blue Streaks for their first win of the season, 28-6. The course records for the rugged Warrior home course were shattered as the orange liam Nye, LeRoy E. Olsen, Arnold Rauen and Richard Freund. Robert Swartzloff was named assistant principal (if the new junior-senior high school, aiding the recentl^named principal, Richard Swantz. Jack Vick was named assistant principal to Gerald Fain for the freshman-sophomore school. Bert Hageman will act as ar£»<*chairman of humanities in ^tne junior senior building to be assisted by Mrs. Clarence Anglese. Mrs. Dolores Kreugerhas been named area chairman in the freshman-sophomore building. Clarence Anglese will act as area chairman in math and science in the senior building, a post to be held by George Chandler in the present school. Judge John Kaufman of 3401 W. Pearl, McHenry, was presented with a plaque given to him as the man who has done the most for law enforcement in a given year, by the North Chicago Police association. Marlene Schroeder returned homeirom a six-,month trip ^-through a largej^rt of the world, covering about 15,000 miles. She spent a year with the SR AO (Supplementary Recreational Activities Overseas), a newly organized Red Cross program carried on in Vietnam. Eighty-six residents of Ringwood Grade School District No. 34 attended an informative meeting for the purpose of determining the wishes of the majority on future consolidation. Fifty-seven of those present expressed a preference for joining the Johnsburg school district. Twenty-fivie voted in favor of McHenry School District 15 and two for Wonder Lake and two failed to express a preference. Furs with a wholesale value of $2,545.50 were stolen from.Otto Heinz Furs at 1303 N. Riverside drive in a brazen late morning robbery. FEBRUARY The issue of the Plaindealer ' for Feb. 2 contained a special, thirty-eight-page section, which carried the quadrennial tax report. Mayor Doherty named Harry Conway, Donald Howard and John Oakford to the Board of Commissioners. Appointed to the Police Pension Fund board are Ronald Vacula, Arnold Rauen, Kenneth Espey and Robert Kranz. The body of Edward Doran, 74, formerly of McCullom Lake, was found in a wooded, mountainous area in Hot Springs, Ark. Feb. 3. He had been missing from his home since Tuesday, Jan. 30. The fifth annual meeting of the Lake Region, Y.M.C.A. was held at the McHenry Country club. Dr. George Alvary was presented an "award of honor" at the annual meeting of the McHenry hospital. The second inter-faith service of the year was held Jan. 25 at St. Mary's Catholic church, with Rev. Raymond L. White, Rev. Fr. Leonard Guzzardo of St. Patrick's and Pastor Clarence Mason of Evangelical Covenant church participating. Rev. Fr. Eugene Baumhofer acted as host pastor. Completion of Boone Creek area park is expected by spring. Miss Kathleen Bolger, a senior at McHenry high school, was selected by a vote of the faculty as winner of the 1968 DAR Good Citizens award. Kenneth Eppers was named Herdsman of the Year for his work at the Northern Pump farms. About seventy-five taxpayers from the rural area surrounding McHenry, in hostile mood over high valuation of their property, protested at the meeting of McHenry township officials. Walter Perschke, owner and operator of the Collector's Den onTGreen street, McHenry, is charged with smuggling Austrian coins into this country by mail through Canada. A federal warrant charged Perschke with importing coins without a license. Rev. Fr. Michael Tierney, assistant pastor of St. Patrick's Xatholic church, McHenry, led the singing and Rev. John Mclntyre of Faith Presbyterian church gave the sermon at the inter-faith youth service in St. John's Catholic church, Johnsburg. The vote of a-MdCuIlomLake Democratic/ representative committeeman from the 33rd district has resulted in that district's decision to have the names of two candidates for representatives on the ballot in the November, '68 election. The deciding vote was cast by Theresa Schultz. The City Council passedaresolution appropriating $60,000 motor fuel tax funds for widenf and improving Crystal Lake d from Route 120 to Hanley e.et. Aitert S. Blake was elected president of the McHpnry Rotary club. r " John William Smak celebrated. his first birthday on Feb. 29. Weighing only 3 lbs.% oz. at birth four years ago, John has grown into a sturdy lad of 4. Frank E. Cierocke of 3308 W. Third avenue, was killed in a head-on crash on Rt. 42, Feb. 23, in Lake county. The McHenry Viscount color guard won top honors in Fremont, Ohio, in a contest in that city with a score of 83.0. The boom of a crane, with drag line, came to rest atop the Heinz building on Riverside drive following an accident during work which has been in progress since early last month to repair a broken sewer pipe. MARCH Students from McHenry High School sent a fourteen-foot telegram to President Johnson and Congressman McClory expressing their concern over "apparent lack of firm action on the part of the admini stration to deal positively with the North Korean government for the immediate release of the Pueblo", which • they deemed " disgraceful to our American Heritage. The City Council passed a resolution providing for the purchase of the Charles E. Coles property adjacent to the sewage treatment plant at the cost of $50,000. District 15 Bond issue was defeated by 2-1 ifote. Proposal lost in four precincts with total vote of 1,045 to 533. By unanimous vote of the county board of school trustees Ringwood school district 34 was consolidated with Johnsburg school district 12. 450 students are expected to enroll in McHenry County college when doors open in fall. Chief of Police Earl Murray of McCullom Lake was elected president and Richard Clark, McHenry chief of police, was named treasurer of the McHenry County Chief of Police association. Heroic efforts on the part of the McHenry Fire department succeeded in saving the life of Harold F. Schaeffer, who plunged through the icfe on McCullom Lake while icfe fishing. The McHenry high school boys' chorus received a superior rating inthe annual state music competition held in Antioch. . County - Clerk Vernon Kays demonstrated use of the new Votomatic machine at the McHenry Township Republican Women' s club. Timothy Lee Morck was one of two winners of General County scholarship in McHenry county. APRIL A new national bank has been chartered for McHenry. It .will - be known as The First National Bank of McHenry and will be a member of the Federal Reserve System. Paul Schwegel was reelected head of the Lions Club. The City Council studied annexation of the Country Club drive area. Also discussed was the proposed expansion of the sewage disposal plant, and the study of widening Crystal Lake road from Hanley street to the new high school. Walter Dean was selected by a unanimous vote of the County Board ofSupervisorstoserveas chairman for another year. By a vote of 13 to 11 the board approved placing the fairgrounds site on the November ballot for voter approval as a site for a new court house. McHenry area realty firms . formed an Exclusive Listing Service, including ten realty establishments in the immediate McHenry area. Heavy voting marked the annual school elections in both of the McHenry school districts,resulting in the return to offipe of three candidates and new member joining-High School District 156 board. Highest vote getter Qf ...» all was the latter, Lloyd Freund of johnsburg, who polled 645 votes. In District 15, Jphn O. Mclntyr'e was top candidate with 552 votes,, followed by Dorothy M. Vick, who also was returned to office with 492 votes. A hearing before the city's zoning board of appeals 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. ,E. C. Nichols of Marengo with 2,035 votes and Mrs. Joan Hill of Crystal Lake with 1,886 votes were re-elected to the college board of the McHenry County college to serve for three years. The collections for tax liability in October, November and December show McHenry with a total of $50,543.64. McHenry was second to Crystal Lake with $66,628.55. Assessed valuations for the various townships in the county showed McHenry with $93,177, 025.. The latest assessed valuation of property in the city was reported at $25,770,375.00, an increase of $8,535,935.00 over the previous year. It was disclosed that the valuation of School District 156 had risen $10,418,915 over a fouryear period and now stands at $105,522,890. Mrs. Ralph Smith was installed as president of the Illinois Medical Assistants association during the IMAA'S annual meeting in Belleville. MAY Earl Walsh received the Liberty Bell award from the McHenry County Bar association for community leadership and service for many years. Alderman William ,J. Bolger was named chairman of the newly-formed McHenry Beautification council. Annual reports of the City Treasurer and City Clerk showed that the city moved ahead during the year to a sound financial position. Sales tax returns amounted to $166,295.76, an increase of $54,699.41 over the previous year. The County Collector turned over $120,720.18 to the city, an increase of $25, 892.22 over the same period in '66-'67. At the annual meeting of the McHenry City Council Richard W. Clark, chief of police, tendered his resignation and the mayor appointed Harold R. Hobbs to take his place. Clark will remain as a lieutenant on the force. Stan Steiner, an Eagle Scout, received the American Legion citizenship award. M.L. Schoenholtz, educator in the McHenry school system for Ihirty-seven years before his retirement, has been named to the first 1967-68 volume of "Who's Who In American Educators" general education edition. Marty Conway and Joy Hettermann were chosen king and queen at the annual Junior Prom for Marian Central Catholic high school. Miss Patsy Meyers and Donald Reinboldt were named queen and king at the McHenry high school prom. Eleven teaching contracts were awarded by the board of . High School District 156 for two McHenry high school campuses. The Marine Queen contest evoked much interest among men fighting in Vietnam. A letter with numerous navies of men from all parts of the country was received by the Plaindealer office naming their choice for the Marine Day queen. Commercial Artist Bob Weber created the symbol for the new McHenry Beautifi cation council. McHenry county, with ninelyfour precincts has 46,608 voters registered. / (Continued on page 4)