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woun< School eaistxations c4nn.ou.nced Information regarding regis­ tration and the opening of the fall term of school has been is­ sued by the office of Districts 15 and 156. High school students will fol­ low a schedule (hi two campuses Monday, Aug. 25: East campus, sophomores A through G, 8 to 8:30; T» through Z, 8:30 to 9; N through S, 9 to 9:30 and H through M, 9:30 to 10. Fresh­ men will register 10 to 10:30 from T through Z; 10:30 to 11, A through G, and '11 to~ H through M. At West campus the day, seniors A through H will >^30, e same register from 1 to 1:30, I through Q, 1:30 to 2; R through Z, 2 to 2:30; juniors A through H, 2:30 to 3; I through Q, 3 to 3:30 and R through Z, 3:30 to 4. > McHenry Junior high school registration for all seventh and eighth graders will take place Monday, Aug. 18, through Fri­ day, Aug. 22, the hours from 9 to noon and from 1 to 4:30 p.m. This also includes those students in the dual-enrollment urogram. All students new to the school system are asked to bring their birth certificates and grade slips with them. The total book bill, including insurance, for junior high age people is $22. Edgebrook, Hilltop and Gal­ ley View registration will be held Aug. 18, 19 and 20, al­ phabetically by the student's last name. Daily registration hours are 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m. on this schedule: Aug. 18, A through H; Aug. 19, I through P; and Aug. 20, Q through Z. There will be no bus trans­ portation during registration week. New kindergarten and new first grade pupils must bring their legal birth certificate to register and must also have a physical examination and im­ munizations before actual school attendance. To be el­ igible for kindergarten, a child's fifth birthday must be on or before Dec. 1. * All students, except kinder­ garten, will need two pencils, two erasers, small jar of paste, scissors, crayons and gym shoes. Grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 will need one pad of regular lined notebook paper. The kindergarten registra­ tion fee is $3, insurance op­ tional for $2. Optional, but rec­ ommended, is milk for $3.50 per year. Grades 1 through 3 book fee is $15 and grades 4 through 6, $10. There is an optional insurance fee of $2 for grades 1 through 6. Classes will begin for all students at 8:15 in the junior high and high school and at 8:30 in K-6 buildings on Thurs­ day, Sept. 4. All grade classes will be held from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and regular bus service will be provided. Kindergarten visitation will be held all day Thursday and regular classes will start on Friday, Sept. 5. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER ' "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOL. 91 - NO. 105 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1969 2 SECTIONS - 18 PAGES - I0<: Area Harassed By Burglars Dilemma Of The Deep DILEMMA OF THE DEEP -- Proud Mary, a homemade house­ boat complete with paddle wheel, had her pride deflated for a time last Monday morning when she found it impossible to pass under the bridge in McHenry. People had noted, with interest, the boat filled with about ten youngsters from the Chain O* Lakes area as it travelled from Fox Lake to the McHenry state dam on Sunday. Enroute back, however, the craft experienced difficulty. Had the water risen? Had too many plump children been removed, failing to give the boat that extra half inch needed? See a half page of pictures of Proud Mary's dilemma which will appear in Friday's Plaindealer. PLAINDEALER PHOTO View Local Effect With Start Of PP Tax Demise We are indebted to Tom Law- son of School District 15 for time spent in taking us on a tour of Landmark school, on which renovation work is pro­ gressing nicely. It had been many years since we walked the hallowed halls of this historic old building-- too many to recall in print. Architectsf?have done an ad­ mirable job in modernizing the structure according to neces­ sary state safety codes and still retaining the picturesque charm that endears Landmark to so many. We will report, in words and pictures, more extensively on the progress before the start of the fall term. Travel Expert Bill Dumalski brightened li dreary Thursday for the lames of the Plaindealer office when he walked in and dis­ tributed small orchids, direct from Hawaii. While page make­ up artist Linda Meyer was en­ joying the orchid view first hand on a two weeks' vacation, the re­ mainder of the newspaper crew had a hint of the promised land through Mr. Dumalski's thoughtfulness. The Plaindealer crew became uncles and aunts -- well, not really, but they certainly feel some kinship for the third child, and first son, born to and Mrs. Robert Weber, Jr. Book­ keeper Mary Miller arrived at the office Monday morning with a broad smile, some delicious cupcakes complete with blue frosting, and the most charm­ ing hand-painted picture any (Continued on page 4) "I am absolutely delighted that Gov. Ogilvie has approved this first step toward the even­ tual abolition of the personal property tax on individuals," was McHenry County Treasur­ er Cal Skinner, Jr.'s, reaction upon hearing that the bill ex­ empting one car and household belongings for each family in Illinois had been signed. "This finally puts us on a reasonably equal basis with Chicago. Now everybody will get some relief from this tax," he said. "Unfortunately, initial inter­ pretation of the bill seems to COUNTY HEALTH EMPLOYEE BURNED IN EXPLOSION John A. Raber, 5709 Won­ der Woods drive, Wonder Lake, remained in the intensive care unit of McHenry hospital Aug. 11 after being burned in a home accident Saturday. The sanitarian for McHenry county, Raber received burns on his forearms, abdomen, head and left foot in a flash fire in his smoke house. The smoke house was located behind Raber's home. When he went into the small building to check a few sausages which he was curing, flames suddenly exploded. Raber's wife heard his screaming for help and took him to the" hospital. Hie burns were described by the hospital as second degree. The cause of the explosion has not been determined. Since there was no actual blaze, the fire department was not called to the scene. indicate that people will still have to pay next year's tax on the same basis as in the past," Skinner continued. "With McHenry county's assessment level being higher than those of other metropolitan counties, this means we will still con­ tinue to be paying more than our fair share for another year. But, starting in 1971 there will be relief." Skinner will go out of office next year, just six months too soon to fully savor the lack of complaints that he has had to put up with for the past three years because of the personal property tax. The enactment of this law is the result of effort by many individuals and organizations to equalize the assessment and collection of the tax between Cook county and the rest of the state. In 1967, spearheaded by the Illinois County Treasurers' as­ sociation, both the House and the Senate passed bills to make everyone pay in order to get license plates. They filed in the closing hours of the Gen­ eral Assembly as a result of extremely strong opposition from both Chicago Democrats and Republicans. This year the strategy was to get either the "pay or walk" bill or this exemption bill passed, according to Skinner. "It got to the point where the state legislature either had to make uniform enforcement pos­ sible or get rid of the tax," he continued. They decided it was easier to get rid of the tax." S It was v Senator Robert (Continued cm page 4) Deputies Deny Dogs' Delight When the Wauconda fire de­ partment answered a call from Jacoby's subdivision, McHenry, on Aug. 10, they were greeted by approximately 40 dogs which were roaming about the house. Owned by an obvious dog-lover, Ola Streit, the house was des­ cribed by a McHenry county deputy sheriff as "nauseating." "You've got to see this to be­ lieve it," the deputy told Sher­ iff John C. Carroll over the ra­ dio. After coming on the scene, Sheriff Carroll ordered the dogs removed to Woodstock and the house declared condemned. According to the deputy's re­ port, neighbors had been com­ plaining about Mrs. Streit's version of the anti-cruelty an­ imal shelter for two years. Un­ til the fire, no official move had been made to stop the dog collecting. Estimates of the number of dogs vary from thirty-three to fifty. The sheriff had the animals impounded at the fair­ grounds. On Aug. 11, he began proceedings to have the prop­ erty condemned because of the unsanitary conditions., . VFW CARNIVAL The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4600, will hold a carnival commemorating V'-J Day, starting Wednesday, Aug. 13, and continuing through Sun­ day, Aug. 17. Festivities will' be held on the post grounds, Rt. 120. Two machine guns valued at $250 each were stolen from the McHenry Gun Center, 3622 W. Elm street, in the early hours of Friday morning. Af­ ter an extensive search, Jerry Mathews, owner, described the missing items to city police officers as a Madsen 9 m.m. 30-shot submachine gun with folding stock and a German Schmeisser 9 m.m. 30-shot submachine, also with fold­ ing shot. Both guns were taken from a wall rack inside the display room. After checking the stock, Mathews said no ammunition was taken. Serial numbers of the guns were given to cooperating po­ lice authorities. Chief Kenneth Espey said a shoeprint was obtained from a- shelving believed to have been used to reach the guns. He added, that he thinks more than one person were respon­ sible for the theft and they were people "who knew the place". Lt. Kranz arrived at the store at 1:15 a.m., just one min­ ute after the alarm sounded in the police station. He found a plate glass window broken by a crow bar, which was found inside the store. Sun glasses at the scene were thought to belong to the intruders. Shortly after the county sher­ iffs office was alerted, dep­ uties arrived in several cars. Later, a state police officer, who was in the area of Volo, heard the alarm on radio and also l\urried to the scene to as­ sist/ A nearby resident told au­ thorities he saw shadows mov­ ing north on Freund avenue about the time of the break- in. As he watched, the shadows were seen west on Lin­ coln street. Although police surrounded the intersection farther west, they were unable to find any­ one. Chief Espey said it is pos­ sible the burglars may have fled in a car left some distance from the gun center. Mr. Espey was high in his praise for the cooperation ex­ tended by other law enforce­ ment agencies, in particular the sheriffs office, in this and other emergencies. Burglars stole approximately seven bottles of liquor, fourteen small beer bottles and an elec­ tric slicer from the Chapel Hill Country club on Aug. 7. After taking the goods from the clubhouse, the thieves spent time vandalizing some nearby cars. Mrs. J.R. Rech, 2506 North Villa lane, McHenry, reported the break-in to the McHenry county sheriff department. When they arrived, sheriffs deputies found a four-inch hole punched into a screen door on the east side of the clubhouse. Apparently, the burglars reached through the hole to un­ latch the door from the inside. After entering, they climbed over the rear bar where ap­ proximately twenty bottles of liquor were stored. In the kit­ chen, the thieves found the slicer and a cooler with the beer inside. A deputy found five of the liquor bottles in the clubhouse. In a building approximately 50 yards from the clubhouse, the authorities found another eight bottles. Two cars which were parked between the clubhouse and the (Continued on page 4) AREA CRASHES CAUSE INJURIES TO MOTORISTS Two McHenry residents were injured in an accident at the intersection of Route 173 and Johnsburg-Wilmot road oft Friday. Michael L. Conway, 3507 W. Broad street, McHen­ ry, received cuts and bruises while his passenger, Diane Hill- er, 5603 N. Spring Grove road, McHenry, was injured when the car in which they were riding crossed the path of a1 half-ton truck at the intersection five miles east of Richmond. The tru£k driver, LeLand M. Inland, Jr., Woodstock, was also bruised. His wife, Judith, who was rfding with him, was injured and taken to Memorial hospital. ( According" to Conway, he had Stopped at the sign. Seeing no oncoming traffic along Rt„ 173, he'began to cross the inter­ section. Inland saw the car roll through the stop sign. Travel­ ling at 40 to 45 miles per hour, the truck driver swerved his vehicle north. However, he was unable to avoid hitting Con­ way's auto in its right side.^ Both vehicles crashed into a ditch north of the intersection. First aid was administered to Miss Hiller and Mrs. Inland by the Richmond Rescue squad. The injured women were t^ken to Woodstock Memorial hos­ pital. Conway was charged by Mc­ Henry county sheriffs deputies with failure to yield at a stop intersection. Although the car he was driv­ ing was wrecked, Vaughn S. Filwet was not seriously in­ jured when he lost control of the vehicle at 5708 Fox Lake road, four miles northeast of McHenry, on Aug. 9. Filwet, Greenwood road, Spring Grove, was turning his car around an "S" curve when it began to slide out of con­ trol. The auto skidded 81 feet along the road before going onto the gravel shoulder. Sliding an­ ther 75 feet on the shoulder, the car struck two mailboxes and then rolled over a grass em­ bankment. On the night of Aug. 10, a rear end collision occurred on River road, one-half mile south of McHenry. Two different ver­ sions of the accident were giv­ en to McHenry county sher­ iffs deputies. Dennis Hamil, 906 N. Center street, McHenry, claims that a (Continued on page 4) AID MENTAL HEALTH -- George Mally, administrative direc­ tor of the Family Service and Mental Health Clinic for McHen­ ry County, is shown receiving a check for $1,000.12. It was pre­ sented by Mrs. Ddfad Ladd of Crystal Lake, president of the Women's auxiliary for the Family Service and Mental Health Clinic. This amount was earned from the activity "Fair Diddley" which was held on the Woodstock Square in June. FIVE CHARGED AFTER FRACAS . IN PARKING LOT Five young men were arrest­ ed by McHenry county sher­ iffs deputies after a fight in the Moose hall parking lot, 2816 W. Rt.' 120, McHenry, on the night of Aug. 11. Win- ford L. Goolsby, 21 years old, of Rt. 1, Grayslake, was charged with aggravated bat­ tery for striking Leonard Ack- erman with a lead pipe wrapped in a rubber hose. Goolsby's friend, Paul W. Lomax, was charged with dis­ orderly conduct. Also charged with disorderly conduct were Leonard, Donald J„ and Har­ old R. Ackerman. The Ackermans were driving behind a car driven by Lomax along Route 120. On the bridge across the Fox river, Lomax's auto began to move very slow­ ly. Suddenly, the car stopped on the road. When Harold Ack­ erman attempted to pass the auto, it sped up and drove into the Moose Lodge parking lot. The Ackermans followed Lo­ max car into the empty lot. All three men stepped out of the Ackerman vehicle. Lomax and Goolsby left two other pas­ sengers} Susan Castle and Glenda Burger, in their car. A s L e o n a r d A c k e r m a n stepped around the rear of his auto, he was struck in the left temple by Goolsby's *1,,K Bleeding from the (Continued on page Motorcycle Gang Invades Possum Run Pit "Hell's Henchmen'V des­ cribed by the sheriffs office as an outlaw motorcycle gang from Chicago, trespassed the Pos­ sum Run gravel pit, located two miles east of McHenry, last Sunday. After being notified that the visiting motorcyclist? were in the area, the McHenry county sheriff s office contacted the owner of the pit, Raymond M. Peterson, in Libertyville, and discovered that the gang did not have permission to be in the excavation. When confronted by sheriffs deputies, the approximately thiryt-five motorcyclists a- greed to leave Peterson's prop­ erty without causing trouble. Although their license plate numbers were recorded, none of the gang members were ar­ rested by the deputies. John Carroll, McHenry county sheriff, warned that three to four times as many undesirables may come into the a r e a o v e r n e x t w e e k e n d . A l ­ though he did not give out the source of his4information, Car­ roll predicted that four sep­ arate gangs may invade McHen­ ry county on Aug. 16 and 17. To avoid possible trouble, the sheriff advises property owners to post "No Tres­ passing" signs and to notifythe c o u n t y a u t h o r i t i e s o f a n y v i ­ olations. Head Start Program Diplomas Awarded Three young enrollees in the McHenry Head Start program are shown proudly viewing the An opportunity to become bet­ ter prepared ftr the start of school has been provided for thirty youngsters in the McHen­ ry community through the annual Head Start program which continues through Friday, Aug. 15. Classes have been held five days weekly at the white kindergarten house on Wau- kegan road since June 23. The children, ages 4, 5 and 6, participate in two classes held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., taught by Judith Irwin and Mar­ sha Halma. They are assisted by LaVerne McClure and Mar­ ilyn Frank, as well as young people from the area who have acted as volunteers. Through the free play ac­ tivities emphasized in the Head Start program, many learning activities are possible. The children may listen to, and tell stories; they are involved in painting and other creative arts. Music is an important part of the diplomas they received last week. Classes will be concluded on Friday, Aug. 15; PLAINDEALER PHOTO program as the piano and other instruments become centers of activity. The program is of­ fered to give added experience and enrichment. A number of field trips were taken to places of interest lo­ cally, including Pleasant Val­ ley farm, a grocery store, bak­ ery, library, fire station and the city park. Complete physical and dental cl|eck-ups also are part of the program. An effort is made to involve parents in every phase of the program, in actual operation of the center, and in decision and policy making. A delicious lunch prepared by Mrs. Meineke is served daily. The Head Start programs are organized and administered in the local community with fir nancial assistance provided by the federal Office of Econom­ ic Opportunity. Sponsors may be community action agencies, in­ stitutes of higher education, school districts, volunteer agencies, local governmental bodies and other non-profit, non-political organizations. Present programs provide year 'round training for ap­ proximately 195,000 children. The eight-week summer pro­ grams have 500,000 children enrolled. HIGHLANDS MEETING A special meeting has been called by the Pistakee High­ lands Community association, to be held Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 8 p.m. It is open to all residents of Pistakee High­ lands, concerned with Beach property. \ ' /"'A*: