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* C 3ox Valley 9leeway Study 0pen£ Interest grows locally with the announcement that McHenry has been selected as the start of a proposed Fox Valley freeway. It is scheduled to extend south to the Will-DuPage line and then turn easterly, extending north of Joliet to a connection with the proposed F.A. Route 61 improvement near Lemont. At present, a study is under way, covering approximately four miles invyidth. Major function of this study is preparation of a location and development plan for the highway facility, which will also include careful examination of community goals and needs and provision for them In the conduct of the study, the Illinois Division of Highways also wishes to pursue possibilities for the joint development of highway right of way. Particular attention is directed toward situations where these developments might help to achieve various .community needs. Such items as schools, libraries, parks, playgrounds, community centers, parking facilities, recreation and entertainment centers or restaurants are suggested as the kinds of facilities which are under consideration for development jointly with some of the communities, in conjunction with the proposed thoroughfare. Aesthetic treatment is also taken into consideration and an attempt will be made to insure that the design of structures and general landscaping will integrate the highway as effectively as possible into the areas and neighborhoods through which it might pass. /The study also will attempt to maintain a close liaison with all of the communities and with other organizations affected by the study so that the state can be kept aware of short and long range needs, as well as public attitudes. After various meetings in connection with the study, large scale maps, aerial photographs and other displays to portray the recommended development of the highway facility will be prepared so that the public can visualize what is planned. Within the next few weeks, initial meetings with local officials will be arranged. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOL. 91 - NO. 65 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1969 14 PAGES - IOC McHenry Man Crash Victim Arthur E. Buelens, 26, of 4808 W. Wiidwood drive, McHenry, lost his life when the car he was driving smashed into a tree at 2:25 a.m. 'Sunday on Rawson bridge road. He was the county's fifth fatality of the year. Mutin' and Meanderin* With many queries concerning the forthcoming elections, we were a bit surprised to find that a number also came our way asking what had become of Spring? This, it seems, is the proper time to reveal information which we have been keeping under cover until the end of March, just to catch those all-knowing sources that tell what is scheduled to happen with the unfolding of a new season. Anyone who isn't satisfied is welcome to notify Mother Nature. The seasons were scheduled to change this month as the globe rolls around the sun, and we can't dispute it. Nor can we argue the fact that Spring in this half of the world began with the vernal equinox, which almost always occurs on March 21. On this day the sun rose directly in the east and set directly in the west so that the (Continued on page 12) A twenty-six-year-old McHenry man, Arthur E. Buelens, lost his life in a one-car accident which occurred early Sunday, March 23, on W. Rawson Bridge road, three miles north of Cary. Sheriffs deputies who investigated said Buelens, a resident of 4808 S. Wiidwood drive, McHenry, was travelling north on Rawson Bridge road apparently at a high rate of speed at 2:25 a.m. when his car suddenly went out of control. The vehicle skidded 117 feet on the shoulder, struck a bridge abutment, travelled approximately 33 feet in the air and came to rest after hitting a tree about 8 feet above the ground. Buelens was pronounced dead at the scene. Coroner James Frisch of Cary was called to the scene and had the body removed to the Warner funeral home, Crystal Lake. Services will be held there at 2 o'clock Wednesday, with Rev.- M.J.A. Dalrymple officiating. Burial will be in McHenry County Memorial Park cemetery. A Delavan, Wis., man, Thomas C. Yuckenberg, 40, became the county's fourth traffic fatality of the year when he died in a two-car collision on Rt. 14, north of Harvard, last Friday, March 2,1, at 6:46 a.m. The foreign-make auto he drove was completely demolished when it struck a telephone pole. Edward J. Motulewiczof7614 Center drive, Wonder Lake, escaped serious injury last Saturday evening when his car was involved in an accident on Rt. 120. He was charged with failure to reduce speed or driving too fast for conditions. Motulewicz told deputies he was forced off the road by another car. He was taken to Memorial hospital by ambulance, treated and released. Herman L. Johnson of 2807 N. Magellan road, McHenry, was unhurt last Friday in an accident four miles north of McHenry, on Regner road. He told sheriffs deputies the steering aparatus on his car failed to operate properly and he lost control. The auto struck a sign and wooden post, then glanced off and hit a tree and utility pole. DENTAL MEETING The McHenry County Dental society will hold its second annual all-day seminar on April 2 at the Abbey, Fontana, Wis. 13,000 EASTER SUPPLEMENTS IN MAIL THIS WEEK A supplement to this issue of the Plaindealer, called Easter Parade of Values, is included in 5,500 newspapers. The remainder of the 13,000 special sections will go through the mail to area residents. The attractive sixteen-page tabloid contains four pages in pink. Thirty merchants are participating in this year's pre- Easter sale, and several are sponsoring an Easter coloring contest which is included. Benefit Events Scheduled For Easter Seal A benefit super re-sale, annual meeting with, election of officers, as well as a Christmas card contest are some of the important programs coming up this spring for the McHenry County Easter Seal Women's auxiliary. The super-resale for the benefit of the Easter Seal Therapy center in Woodstock will be held this year on June 12 at the Nature building on N. Main street entrance to Veterans Acres at Crystal Lake. Depository for the articles to be given for the project is the Ernest Bohn storage building at the corner of Jefferson and Calhoun street, north entrance, Woodstock. Mrs. John Eggum and Mrs. Donald Swanson are co-chairmen of the depository and will have the room open Tuesdays from 1 until 4 and Fridays during the same hours, starting the second Tuesday of April and continuing to June 11. The annual meeting of the auxiliary will be held at the McHenry Country club May 7. Starting at noon there will be el1 ipn of officers and entertainment by the Kuenster family of Crystal Lake. The annual Easter Seal Women's auxiliary Christmas card contest is under the direction of Mrs. John Schmidt of Crystal Lake. This is a countywide event and schools are being notified of the contest for art students. The winner will be announced at the close of school this spring. Four Enter Assessor Race EVA SPARKS SIBRE WHITING JEANNIE JO STILLING LEWIS BELSHAW Father, Son Separated By Foreign Travel i FOX VALLEY FREEWAY CORRIDOR Four Seek College Board Positions In April Vote One of the most important races in the McHenry township Stilling, ?ire running as Independents, Eva G. Sparks, the inelection is for the office of assessor. This year's contest has cumbent, is a member of the Certified party, and Lewis E. evoked the greatest interest noted in many years, with four Belshaw represents the Republican party. The election will be candidates. Two of them, Sibre "Sib" Whiting and Jeannie Jo held Tuesday, April 1.' KRESTOPHER STRUCK Travel between McHenry and overseas will soon be no novelty for one local family, and with a slightly altered version of the old adage, "the twain will not meet". Kristopher M. Struck, a communications technician seaman in the Navy, is now home on a short leave before depart^ ing for Rota, Spain, to put into use six months of schooling attained at Pensacola, AFB., Fla., where he graduated fourth in his class of twenty-one with*3 an average of 94.34. His father, George, employed in the Agency for International Development in Vietnam at Da- Nang, will arrive home April 18, but his plane will not cross the path that is taking his son overseas. Seaman Struck is expected to spend about eighteen months in Spain at a duty shore station. During his recent training, he performed with a precision rifle drill team at parades and in the 1969 Mardi Gras at New Orleans, as well as for handicapped children at Mobile, Ala. His father will remain in the U.S. for re-briefingand schooling before returning to DaNang in June. Mrs. Struck and daughter, Carolly, will accompany him as far as Bangkok, Thailand, where they will make their home. The family resides at 3607 W. James street, McHenry. STATE REPORTS EVALUATION OF RESERVOIR SITES Reservoir development has been found geologically feasible in McHenry county, according to preliminary studies. A report, " Preliminary Geologic Evaluation of Dam and Reservoir Sites in McHenry County, Illinois," is now available, according to Dr. John C. Frye, chief of the Illinois State Geological Survey. Forty - six potential sites were chosen by the McHenry County Regional Planning commission as possible future res-\ ervoirs for water supply, flood control and recreation purposes. Dr. W. Calhoun Smith of the survey's engineering geology section evaluated the sites. More-detailed studies will be needed before development of the sites. Smith's determinations, however, eliminate onethird of the localities as unsuit- (Continued on page 12) PANEL DISCUSSES DISCRIMINATION WITH AUDIENCE "A Panel of American Women" appeared at last week's meeting of the Citizen's Advisory council. It includes a Catholic, a Protestant, a Negro and a Jewish woman, and a moderator. The women related personal experieinces, information concerning their background and experiences they and their families have endured, which vividly portrayed discrimination. Many questions were asked of the panel members and an interesting and informative exchange of views between them and the audience followed. Prejudice in this community which exists in the area of religion and race also entered into the discussion. Although it is regrettable that the need exists, it was felt by the panel members that such organizations as the Human Relations council are helpful in alleviating problems and creating a better understanding between persons when new situations arise in communities. The audience was left with the thought, "if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem." The next meeting of the Citizen's Advisory council will be on Wednesday, April 2, in the West Campus high school auditorium at 8 p.m. School board candidates will be asked to appear on the program of this meeting. Persons wanting to cast absentee ballots in the April 12 McHenry County college election will be able to obtain their ballots beginning April 2. The ballots may be obtained either by mail or in person at the interim offices of the collegeat 6200 Northwest highway, Crystal Lake, from Nathan Pohl, dean of Business Services. Hie following groups of people are eligible to cast an absentee ballot in the College Board election: 1. /Those voters who will be* out of the county on the day of the election, Saturday, April 12. 2. Hospital patients and invalids confined at home. 3. Members of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty outside of the county. 4. Those persons whose religious convictions prevent their casting a ballolf on the day of the election. The last day for applying by mail for an absentee ballot is Monday, April 7. Those wishing an absentee ballot mailed to them, if they are already out of the area, may write to the college and secure an application form. A mailed ballot will follow. It must be sent back to the college postmarked no later than April 7, 1969. The last day for applying for an absentee ballot in person at the college offices is Wednesday, April 9. Two McHenry County college board positions are in contention in the April 12 election, each for a three-year term. Four candidates are seeking these positions, Thomas J. Parsley, incumbent, Crystal Lake; Donald W. Truckenbrod and James D. Curran, McHenry; and Val J. Budd, Jr., Cary. FOOD STAMPS SOON AVAILABLE THROUGH STATE " Food stamps will be available to everyone in Illinois by the end of March," according to Tim Donovan, officer-incharge of Consumer Food Programs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Consumer and Marketing Service in Rockford. "In February, Bureau, Ford, Fulton, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Marshall, McLean, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, Tazewell and Will counties opened the program. Earlier this month, Woodford, Boone, Carroll, De- Kalb and DuPage counties started the program. Other openings included McHenry on March 18. The Food Stamp Program is a way of helping low-income, persons help themselves. Pai£- ticipants purchase food stamps with the money they would normally spend each month for food. They are given bonus coupons, paid for by USDA, which boost their food-buying power. Donovan urges all lowincome persons in McHenry county to contact the county public aid office about participating in the program. I * a EASTER TAG -- Children will be the winner when members of the Woodstock and McHenry Rotary clubs conduct, their annual Tag Day for the Easter Seal Therapy center this Friday in their respective communities. From left, Earl Walsh, McHenry, and G.W. McMichael and George Peck, Woodstock. More than seventy-five men will be on the sidewalks seeking your support for -the easter Seal organization. ' DON PEASLEY PHOTO