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V. Violent c4ccident£ Claim 3ou% S^endent* Ovet Weekend I , . Four persons lost their lives in violent accidents over the weekend, and in all cases they occurred in or near Woodstock. A two-car crash on Rt. 47, just north of the intersection with Rt. 176, four miles south of Woodstock, took the lives of Joseph J. Jesse, 18, and a pas­ senger in his car, Peter M. Mortensen, also 18, both of Crystal Lake. Their auto was demolished. The second driver, John G. Steffen, Jr., of Marengo said he was driving north on Rt. 47 and came into a curve when he was approached by two cars just entering the bend. The first dropped off the road on the west side and returned. The second# Jesse's auto, did the same but returned more sharply, he said, and into his lane of traffic, resulting in a head-on collis­ ion. Eight cans of beer were found in the Jesse vehicle, one open­ ed. When deputies arrived at 11:23 p.m. they found the Jesse car engulfed in flames, with Mortensen pinned in the car and Jesse lying on the ground a- bout 8 to 10 feet away. Mor­ tensen was pulled from the flaming car and placed on a stretcher. Both men were then taken to Memorial hospital, Where Jesse was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m. Mortensen died at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Sheriff Carroll expressed grave concern over the am­ bulance problem as evidenced by the Saturday night incident. He said the regular ambulance service was enroute to the hos­ pital with a heart patient, mak­ ing it necessary for sheriff's personnel to improvise a sec­ ond stretcher to take the men to the hospital. A second accident, which claimed one victim, involved a tractor-spreader driven by Donald Hansen of Rt. 47, Wood­ stock, who was killed; and cars driven by Alexander J. Robert­ son of Chicago and James E. Forman of Rt. 1, Algonquin. Each of the cars had passen­ gers. Robertson stated he was driv­ ing north on Rt. 47 at about 60 miles per hour at 6:30 p.m. Saturday when suddenly he came upon the spreader in front of him, without lights. He said the tractor was moving off into the field. A passenger said hp saw a flash of light but was unable to verify whether it was due to the accident or just before the crash. Forman said he was driving north at about 50 miles an hour when he came upon the oth­ er auto and swerved to the east side of the road, hitting the spreader. When deputies arrived, they found Hansen lying in the road. He was removed to Memorial hospital, where he was pro­ nounced dead at 7:10 p.m. Forman was seriously in­ jured, as was Bonnie Knudsen of Woodstock, a passenger in the Robertson car. Robertson and two other passengers were slightly hurt. Scott Freeman, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Freeman of Woodstock, was killed Saturday aftemnon about 3 o'clock when struck by a car. The child was walking across Rt. 47, in Woodstock, near the Greenwood street intersection, when hit by a car driven north by Richard Siedsman of W'ood- stock. Siedsman told Woodstock city police Scott darted out from behind a car which wajs pulling away from a parking place. The youngster was pronoun­ ced dead at Memorial hospital. vO-'we,v THE MCHENR ̂ PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-tAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUMN 91 - NUMBER 138 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17,1969 2 SECTIONS - 20 PAGES - 10<? Crowd Hears College Site Discussion Janet Larkin Wins Coveted DAR Award t Amidst the joy of the holi­ day season, one ugly practice rears its head to the conster­ nation of all business people.' It is the art of shoplifting, which increases each year dur­ ing the rush of Christmas buy­ ing and cuts down consider­ ably on the profit a merchant has the right to expect. Although the various proce­ dures used have been explain­ ed to us from time to time as part of our newspaper work, we found that we were shocked recently when we actually ob­ served shoplifting in progress. As we stood at the checkout counter of an area variety store, our eye caught a young man at the jewelry section. He picked up an item mounted on card­ board, deftly managed to break the mounting board with one hand and then put the piece of jewelry in his pocket. Without a real intention to become a tattle-tale, our as­ tonishment prompted us to men­ tion theilffTdent to the clerk. Later, she told us the young man was kept under scrutiny during his long stay, but to her knowledge he was not appre­ hended. Apparently, shoplifting be­ comes much easier in the busy holiday season, when a clerk's attention is very often direc­ ted to assisting legitimate shop­ pers. The old trick of leaving the Container continues to be popular, providing tell-tale ev­ idence of lost profit to the merchant. This would seem to be, an appropriate time for business­ men to enter into the program initiated by the Chamber of Commerce, designed as a co­ operative effort among mer­ chants to halt fraudulent check writing and shoplifting. JANET LARKIN A pretty and popular McHen- West campus senior, this week was named winter coveted D.A.R. (Daugh- of the American Revolu­ tion) citizenship award. She is Janet Larkin, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Larkin of 1409 N. Draper road, Mc- Henry. Candidates were chosen by a vote of the senior class, after which the faculty made the fi­ nal selection. Janet was rated highest on the necessary qualifications of leadership, dependability, pa­ triotism and citizenship. Following her selection, she took a written test which will be submitted to district head­ quarters. Later a state and na­ tional D.A.R. winner will be named. The young senior, whose hobby is swimming, is cap­ tain of the varsity cneerleaders, president of the chorus, vice- president of Modern Music Masters and a member of the Girls Athletic association, A- merican Field Service and Pep club. Janet is the oldest of five girls and one boy. Newspaper Deadlines Advanced Holiday Week The Plaindealer will be printed early during toe holiday week, the first on Monday, Dec. 22, and the sec­ ond on Wednesday, Dec. 24, placed in the mails Tuesday and Friday. To meet these publication dates, deadlines will be set ahead as follows: News, Friday, Dec. 19, and Tues­ day, Dec. 23, at noon; all classified advertising, 4 p.m. 'Friday and noon Tuesday; and display advertising, Friday at noon and Tuesday at noon. The geese fly high, and their flight last week Wednesday, in flocks estimated to run in the thousands, was ample indica- (Continued on page 6) Close Holiday Home Lighting Entries Dec. 19 The public is reminded of the Holiday lighting contest which this year will be judged Sun­ day evening, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m. Entries are being accepted by Gene Ritter, 1253 N. Green street, McHenry, no later than noon, Dec. 19. (Continued on page 6) Northern Pump Farms Enter Show Winners Northern Pump Farms at McHenry were listed as Reg­ ister of Merit class winners at the recent Hereford competi­ tion staged during Chicago's In­ ternational Livestock Expo­ sition. (Continued on page 6) Investigate Death Of Man Found Shot In Back Of Head K Chief Investigator Robert Madsen of the county sheriffs police, Coroner Theron Ehorn and Sheriff John Carroll look at the partially snow- covered, decomposed bones of a .man found Sat­ urday morning by hunters in Chemung township. Examination disclosed a bullet hole in the back of the head, from which a slug was recovered. The badly decomposed body a half from the state line, near of a man was found last Satur- the farm home where the Frank day morning by hunters inChe- Reisings reside on Lilja road, mung township, about a mile and Chief Investigator Robert Although a decision on a site for the McHenry County college remained unresolved at the con­ clusion of last Thursday eve­ ning's meeting, some facts were divulged which heretofore were unknown to the public. About seventy-five persons attended, about half of them from the McHenry community. They included Mayor Donald P. Doherty, City Attorney John Looze, Supt. of Public Works John Looze, City Clerk Earl K. Walsh and Alderman Theodore Pitzen; also several from Mc­ Henry hospital. Although President of College BoardE.C. Nichols i toe meeting was intended for the discussion only of the Ladd property, Secretary Joan Hill said she had received letters which should be read, one from the Roger Investment Co., sigtt?- ed by the president, Meyer Field, another from the city of McHenry, signed by the mayor, and a third signed by the city clerk. At this point, Thomas Parsley of Crystal Lake, a board mem­ ber, asked if it would be pos­ sible to reveal prices, archi­ tect's reports, etc., to shew comparisons on the four pro­ posed sites, including all of the information the board has to 4ate, including the report sub­ mitted by the architect. v Parsley's motion was sec­ onded by Mrs. Hill. Cal Skinner, Sr., of the board then asked if members thought it would be right to reveal re­ ports on one parcel of land for which the owner had requested that information be kept con­ fidential. He reminded also that one owner had not signed up by 2 o'clock that afternoon. Atty. William Carroll said all efforts to reach that party con­ cerning the Mason Hill prop­ erty had been to no avail. Skinner reiterated that if the purpose of presenting the in­ formation was to "play to the audience, I think it is very wrong." Skinner added that he didn't think it was right to jeo­ pardize the other firm offers that had been received from proposed sellers since they might change their prices. Mrs. Hill assured him she be­ lieves these people are repu­ table and would stand by of­ fers already stated, but Skin­ ner insisted it was wrong. She said she thought the taxpayers deserve to know all the facts. When asked what caused the delay in dealing with this one particular group which had not yet signed, Atty. Carroll said he had no idea. Asked how long this could go on, he said "I don't know, it could go on for years." After more discussion, Mrs. Hill reluctantly withdrew her Hospital Dues Entitle Members Annual Meef Vote A reminder to pay member­ ship dues in the McHenry Hos­ pital association comes this week from George Freund, president. While many members have paid their 1970 dues, Freund wants all present member&-as well as prospective new mem- bers-to remember that only those whose dues are paid by Dec. 31 qualify as a voting member for the annual meeting. The annual meeting will be held Saturday, Jan. 31, at the McHenry Country club. Annual ' membership fee includes the dinner to the annual meeting. Madsen and Sheriff John Car­ roll immediately went to the scene andltpntacted the Illinois (Continued on page 6) f" I second to the motion and Pars­ ley withdrew the motion to re­ veal information. However, Mrs. Hill moved that the com­ plete report on all prices, etc., be included on the next meet­ ing's agenda. The letter from the city of McHenry signed by the mayor, which was read to the board, stated the intention of the coun­ cil to clarify any rumors in regard to the attitude of the city toward a Junior college locating in or near the city. The second letter read was from Roger Investment, in which the president submitted a new price on his property, $1,500 per acre or a total of $300,000. This, he stated, was now lower than the Anderson price. Before the letter could be continued, Skinner interrupted to ask how the letter pertained to the Ladd site, adding that he thought it should be tabled for the present. Field spoke up to explain, only to be stopped by Nichols, who told him he was out of order. "You have no permission to address the board", Nichols said. Field said he would like per­ mission, but Nichols said "Be quiet", Pm running this meet­ ing." To this, Field said. "Let (Continued on page 10) 1 -- -- Hold Sixteen On Charge Of Illegal Entry Sixteen Mexicans charged with entering this country il­ legally, were discovered by sheriffs deputies about mid­ night Sunday while investigating a report of a stabbing. The men were found in the Barracks, Terra Cotta. When seven deputies arrived on the scene to question them, they jumped from the windows and ran, resulting in a police chase. All of them without legal documents to allow them to en­ ter the country, fifteen were held in county jail awaiting rep­ resentatives of the U.S. Im­ migration Service. One of them was admitted to McHenry hospital for treat­ ment. NORTH POLE SPECIAL -- Most popular spot in the world in the days until Dec. 25 will be Santa's mail box at the North Pole. This auxiliary box shown above stands near Santa's hut in the park, where 10-year-old Dusty Ken­ neth Glass, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Glass of 3424 W. Elm street, is eagerly placing his request. PLAINDEALER PH^TO - Two Holiday Music Programs Offered In Schools This Week Two of the three grade schools in the District 15 sys­ tem have planned holiday music programs this week, designed to instill the Christmas spirit in parents and friends of the young people taking part. h. The Edgebrook school pro­ gram will be presented on Fri­ day, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. in the Edgebrook gym. Parents and (Continued on page 6) Royal Welcome Best Holiday Gift Two Flings Recorded Monday For County Offices A( the filing deadline Monday, two more petitions were re­ corded for the spring election in McHenry county. Arthur Tyrrell of Wonder Lake filed for sheriff on the Democratic ticket. William A. "Bill" Ward filed on the Re­ publican ticket for county clerk. HOM DM VlETNfi The true joy of the holiday season came to tne Mazzone family of 3807 W. Maple street last Tuesday afternoon when Francis Mazzone arrived home from Vietnam. Shown with the happy No gift could be more wel­ come in any family than the return of a serviceman, par­ ticularly when he has been on the fighting front. Just such pleasure came to the Mazzone young serviceman are his fiance, Kathy Parker, of Pistakee Terrace, his sister, Judy, Mrs. Mazzone and his brother, John. PLAINDEALER PHOTO family of 3807 W. Maple, Mc­ Henry, Tuesday of last week when Francis Mazzone, son of Mrs. Gertrude J. Mazzone, ar­ rived home from Vietnam. His f^nily spent several hours making the large welcome sign which appeared in the win­ dow as the young man arrived in mid-afternoon. Forming the welcoming com­ mittee were his mother, Ger­ trude J. Mazzone; two brothers, Mathew and John, and a sister, Judy, all at home; and his fiance, Kathy Parker, of Pistakee Ter­ race. A sister, Christine, re­ sides in Chicago. \