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Kind e\ gait en Miuin' and Meanderin' Wins Eagle Rank As we put all work to rest for a short daydream, we recall seeing more and more guitars being carted back and forth be­ tween home and studio by bud­ ding young strummers. There is a sudden realization that our worst dreams will come true when they begin imposing their new-found knowledge on an un­ suspecting public, amplified to ten-fold the original strength. We were pleased recently to note the concern of others who watch the daily trek of youngs­ ters through city streets with unclothed guitars, or turn from one TV channel to another,only to find more of the same instru­ ment. We cannot help but wonder where -- oh where -- will the future trombone, trumpet or violin players come from? Someone with foresight has predicted that when the guitar mania finally ends, an unem­ ployment problem is sure to exist, possibly even a depres­ sion. Realizing that Congress will need to vote funds for re­ education and relocating these musicians, the suggested loca­ tion was .Antarctica. To which discussion we can only say "touche*! We usually find ample news to fill more than a work day, but occasionally a classified ad comes our way. Last week it was an S.O.S. for help in stop­ ping the second running of an advertisement for the sale of a car. The gentleman said he arrived home to find himself beseiged by phone calls -- at least fifteen -- just a few hours after last Wednesday's issue reached our readers. Classified Ad Expert Phyllis Ehredt has many times chal­ lenged us to produce as many readers for our news as hef ad­ vertising. Long ago we learned the wisdom of the old prov­ erb, "Put up or shut up", which means the curtains are drawn on a controversy of long standing. KAF . EXTINGUISH FIRES Members of Company III, firemen were called to a Lake- moor home Monday evening about 9 o'clock to extinguish a fire in an overheated oil stove. There was no damage. A grass fire on St. Paul avenue Wed­ nesday afternoon required the attention of firemen in Co. I. Stu Hoak, scoutmaster of Troop 131, McHenry, congratulates the troop's first Eagle Scout, Kenneth Betts, Jr., as Ken's father, Kenneth Betts, Sr., center, looks on. Presentation of the Eagle award was made at a Cojirt of Withdraw Appeal For SC Club Aid Two motions were withdrawn from the agenda of Consolidated School District 15 Tuesday eve­ ning when it was learned that a certain segment of the Senior Citizens organization preferred to operate independently from the federal government. Steal $300 At Stand In Fruit And Vegetables Fruits and vegetables in the amount of $300 were stolen from the former Martin vegetable farm on Rt. 31 and Barnard Mill road in the early hours of last Friday. The theft was re­ ported by Mrs. LeRoy Harms of Crystal Lake road, McHen­ ry. In reporting the theft to the sheriffs office, she said this had happened three times in (Continued on page 16) The one motion concerned a request for approval of Title III Older Americans Act ap­ plication for 1969-70 school year in the amount of $18,902.- 75, 100 per cent reimburse- able, to be used for develop­ ment of the Senior Citizens program and to authorize Har­ vey Ahitow to be the represen­ tative of this program, sub­ ject to approval of District 156. The other was for the sup­ port and encouragement of Dis­ trict 15 to the program of the Landmark center and to grant permission to use the physical facilities of that school for the Senior Citizens. The board acted to employ an­ other full time aide for the Jun­ ior high office due to increased enrollment. The total clerical help now includes two full time aides and a secretary. Members Voted to loan one of the district's old vision test­ ing machines to the parochial (Continued on page 16) Honor last Monday evening, which also marked the climax to Hoak's career as scoutmaster. He officially resigned and announced that assistant scoutmaster, Bill Schmidt, would take over his duties. McHenry's newest Eagle Scout is Kenneth Betts, Jr., of 5107 W. East lane, McCul- lom Lake, son of the'senior Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Betts. He was honored for this ac­ complishment at a Court of Hon­ or held at the Methodist church hall last Monday night. Kenneth, 15 and a sophomore at East campus, earned scouting's highest rank in about four years through his devo­ tion to the aims of that organ­ ization. His last project was in the area of conservation, which won the approval of his scoutmas­ ter. He also wrote an essay on the project which was passed by the board"at Rockford head­ quarters. He was later inter­ viewed. The young man is the first Scout in his family and devotes every free minute to what his mother describes as "his life' . He hopes some day to pursue a career in conservation, oceanography or some other type of related work in the out- of-doors. For earning his new rank, Kenneth was presented with his Eagle medal and a paper re­ ported to be the first received by an Eagle Scout in McHenry (Continued on page 16) The county board of super­ visors took favorable action on a $5,033,520 appropriation for the year and also approved lev­ ies for the various townships- for Road and Bridge at the Tuesday meeting. McHenry's levy totalled $120,000. The appropriation figure in­ cluded $1,788,760 for personal services, $656,880 for con­ tractual services, $406,980 for commodities, $2,088,900 for capital outlay (including mon­ ey set aside for a court house program), and other needs, $92,000. The annual budget figures, although approved, will vary somewhat through action taken at the meeting this week. Assistant Supervisor Thomas Huemann of McHenry expressed some dissatisfaction with one, aspect of the McHenry County Health department. A total of $46,660 was appropriated for salaries and wages under the Health-Environmental division, which would have included the employment of a third sani­ tarian. Although an agreement had been made at the previous meeting for the board to ap­ prove any new employee, Hue- mann pointed out that once the appropriation is made, the board actually has no control over the manner in which the money is spent. On his motion, a reduction of $9,768 was made from the original appropriation. Also re­ moved from the total was $2,200 for a car to be used by the third sanitarian and a furni­ ture allowance was cut to $205. In other action, this time concerning a proposed increase in the salary of Plan Com­ mission Secretary John Quay from $70 to $80 a day, mem­ bers voted down the proposal. Since the original figure in the appropriationincluded$14,- 000 for his salary, it was not necessary to make a change. Other Road and Bridge levies in this area included Nunda, $50,000; Algonquin, $217,000; Burton, $12,705; Richmond, $23,000; Greenwood, $32,000 and Dorr, $43,000. After considerable discus­ sion concerning the nine tragic deaths at the Kishwaukee-Rt. 23 intersection, near Marengo, in one week, the board voted to proceed with a state survey. Double stop signs will be in­ stalled, and there was a sug­ gestion that special grating leading up to the intersection, which has widespread use as a warning to cars, might be in­ stalled. The board learned that in the past seven years, there have been more than twenty acci­ dents at this particular inter- (Continued cm page 16) OLD TOWN -- Miss Sherry Gehrke, who stud­ ied the Russian language behind the Iron Cur­ tain this past summer, established headquar­ ters for a time in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, with the old section of the city shown above. The particularly narrow streets, which Miss Gehrke says are characteristic of most of the cities, are notable in this picture which she took from a high point of vantage. Set "Y" Guide-Princess Organizational Meetings C Of C Selects New Promotion At a retail meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, held Tuesday night, a large major­ ity favored a Christmas tree promotion over the regular Christmas drawing for the ap­ proaching holiday season. The vote was 25 to 5. Suggestions were made con­ cerning various ways in which the tree promotion could be carried out, but definite plans will be announced later. One popular choice was erection of a 25-foot spruce. Earl Riley, new C. of C. retail chairman, asked for six or eight members who would' volunteer to serve on his com­ mittee. Mike Wieser reportedonpro­ gress of the auction to be held Sept. 28, explaining that this event should be successful in the promotion of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce as well as providing a way for the organization to meet expenses for the year. He stressed the need for good, usable donations. ARREST MIAMI MAN CHARGED IN KIDNAPPING Harding D. Stanley was ap­ prehended in Richmond Monday and since then taken before Judge Charles Smith to have a fugitive warrant signed against him. In a call from Miami, Fla., his wife, Lenora, said a warrant was issued last March 19, charging him with kidnapping four-year-old Romona Marietta Stanley, daughter of the couple. Mrs. Stanley's call to the Mc­ Henry county sheriffs depart­ ment advised that she had re­ ceived notification from the F.B.I, in Washington that her husband was in custody here. She added that the Dade county sheriff's department was hold­ ing a kidnap warrant for him. Local authorities learned that Dade county held an active war­ rant for Stanley and all of his aliases. His bond was set at $50,000. (Continued on page 16) HOLD PURE MILK DISCUSSION ON CONSOLIDATION Pure Milk association held a meeting at McHenry last Mon­ day evening to discuss the pro­ posed consolidation of PMA in­ to Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI). The meeting was conducted in the VFW hall. Associated Milk Producers, Inc., has been incorporated as a single milk marketing organ­ ization serving seventeen dairy farmer cooperatives, including PMA. It extends over an area from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Texas and New Mexico. On Sept. 20, PMA delegates will vote on that organization's becoming a part of the AMPI consolidation. The vote will be taken at the annual fall dele­ gate meeting of PM A at Pheas­ ant Run lodge near St; Charles. TWO CHARGES FILED AGAINST W.DUNDEE MAN Donald W. Pearson of Kt. 1, West Dundee, has been charged with possession of narcotics and indecent exposure. Bond was set at $1,000 on each charge. Pearson was arrested Tues­ day at 1:52 a.m. by sheriffs deputies on a complaint of Mrs. Donald Grivett of Crystal Lake. She said Pearson was parked in a car behind the apartment building in which she resides. As she returned from working a late shift at the Oaks, he left his car and started toward her. Mrs. Grivett ran into the apartment, after which her hus­ band called the sheriff's of­ fice. When his car was examined by Sgt. Huseas, the latter found numerous nude pictures in mag­ azines and papers. > Pearson told authorities he was originally from Park Ridge. A check with Park Ridge police disclosed that Pearson was ar­ rested in 1966 for driving on a suspended license and other traffic charges. When held in county jail, he gave several reasons for be- (Continued on page 16) In order to acquaint pros­ pective participants with Y- Indian Guide and Y-Indian Prin­ cess programs, informational and organizational meetings have been scheduled for a num­ ber of schools in the area for Monday, Sept. 15, Tuesday, Sept. 16, and Wednesday, Sept. 17. The meetings will begin at 7:15 and conclude at 8:15 p.m. Past tribal members will be present to answer questions, explain the program, and sign up new members. There will be tribal displays at the meet­ ings and members will pre­ sent an example of the ritual used. All fathers, sons and daughters in first, second and third grades are welcome to attend. However, it is not nec­ essary to be present at the meeting in order to join the program. The meeting schedule for Sept. 15 includes Harrison school lunch room, Wonder Lake; Hilltop school, Room 17, McHenry; and Valley View school, cafeteria, McHenry. The Sept. 16 meeting agenda lists Edgebrook school cafeter­ ia, McHenry. Anyone requiring additional information on the Y-Indian Guides or Y-Princess program or the meeting schedule may contact the Lake Region YMC A, 95 Grant street, Crystal Lake. Four Trespass In Kent Acres Four persons were charged with trespassing after they were found shooting ducks on the property of David Lennon, 1715 W. Hollow road, Kent Acres. Mr. Lennon told Sgt. R.F. Justen of the sheriffs office, who investigated, that he found the four trespassing and asked them to leave. However, they soon returned and he discover­ ed them shooting the ducks. Complaints were signed nam­ ing John B. Pugh, 504 W. Bay View court, Michael G. Schmieglitz, 2307 Country lane, David W. Meyers, 1807 S. Or­ chard lane, and Robert R. Kos- ick, 4601 Elm Leaf drive, all of McHenry. VOLUMN 91 - NUMBER 114 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1969 ISsRAGES - TEN CENTS THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER. • ' • •' *. V. w. ' 'SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 Miss Sherry Gehrke, daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P. Gehrke of 3212 W. Skyway drive, McHenry, recently re­ turned from a summer of travel which took her to the Soviet Union. She is presently teaching at Wheeling high school to ful­ fill her student teaching re­ quirements, instructing in the Spanish language. However, she will continue for her Master's degree. Miss Gehrke's itinerary in­ cluded Zagreb, Belgrade, Du- brovnik, Sarajevo, Split, Tra- koschan, Sophia, Bratislava (Czech), Budapest, Lake Bled, Munich, Stuttgart, Strasburg, Warsaw, Leningrad, Moscow, Simferopol, Kiev, Yalta, Ar- tek, Gurzuf, Alusha, Odessa (USSR), Vienna, Salzburg, Ven­ ice, Milan, Lake Geneva, Lous- anne, Paris and LeHavre. The Plaindealer is carrying her .story of "What's Behind the Iron Curtain" in three parts, the first devoted to Yugoslavia. YUGOSLAVIA "This summer I studied be­ hind the Iron Curtain. I must admit I went into the Commu­ nist countries with certain pre­ conceived notions, almost all of which were changed by the end of the summer. "I was to study in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. I knew where Yugo­ slavia was, but had never heard of Zagreb. Yugoslavia was to me a number of lines on a map and what I'd heard of Tito. Not much, considering the wealth of cultures I was allowed to explore in Yugoslavia this summer. "Yugoslavia probably has more variation in geography and culture than any country in Europe. There is a great con­ trast between the modern cities and the primitive countryside. Still, in the cities I have called "modern" an American would find things which he would con­ sider in his grandfather's time- lack of hot-water plumbing, (Continued on page 16) "Isn't it exciting?" Student eQyok* (Behind 3ton Cutt o "Ho-Hum" Wonderful iVolid 3t& Jboo%& (Photos at Landmark) "The World is filled with such wonderful things" "This stuffs boring!"