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/ \ 1 X* cAuxxxd $1,496,955 Contract A 3OX uniox J4ig.k (Building Seven contracts for building construction of the new Junior high school on Ringwood road were approved by the board of Consolidated Grade School Dis­ trict 15 Tuesday night in the amount of $1,496,955. Largest of the contracts was one for $903,049 awarded Driessen Construction Co., for general work; $193,150 to Car­ ey Electric Co. for electrical work; $32,120 to Robertshaw Controls, for temperature con­ trols; $126,463 to Tropf Heat­ ing-Ventilating Co. for heating and refrigeration; $121,979 to Ziegler Plumbing; $108,500 to John Zinnane for ventilating; and $11,694 to McHenry County Well & PumpCo., for well work. The Fisher Company bids were accepted to furnish fixed equipment in the amount of $79,346.77. Because of increas­ ed costs, base proposals were reduced to cut the total fig­ ure as follows: Arts and Crafts, $21,619 less kiln, $3,000, for a net of $18,- 619; learning center, $20,645 minus listening console for $5,- 258 for a net of $15,387; sci­ ence, $19,336 less $3,346 for fourth science room equipment, $2,958 for wall cabinets and $1,981 for electronics benches for a net of $11,051; miscel­ laneous, $6,893, giving a total of $51,950 less $1,450 for all contracts for a net in the above categories of $50,500. The net for chalk and tack- boards was listed at $7,984 and lockers $22,622.33 less $1,- 605 for thirty gym units at $53.50 each and $154.56 for four benches at $38.64 each for a total of $20,862.77, bringing the entire net figure to $79,346.77. J. O'Donnell, roofing consul­ tant, was present and spoke to the board to explain a statement made earlier on the condition of the Valley View roof. O'Donnell told of examining both Valley View and Edge- brook, cored each school roof and reported to the board with­ out access to any specifica­ tions or prints from the or­ iginal job. At that time, he told members Tuesday night, it was his opinion that the perimeter roof over-hangs of the new ad­ ditions at Valley View school were substandard, basing his opinion on the existing con­ struction, that is, water cut-off location and lack of insulation and a general poor flood coat. However, at an October meet­ ing with the general contrac­ tor and sub-contracting roofer, the original specifications and drawings were reviewed, As well as a roofing addendum from the architect adopted by the board. These, he said, (Continued on page 5) VOLUMN 94 - NUMBER 14) FRIDAY. DECEMBER 26,1969 12 PAGES - TEN CENTS winning, J4ome& 3n J4olidag ^bi^plag J^ighting ConteM men. HARRY CONWAY HOME-3705 W. John Street-MOST AMUSING | PLAINDEALER PHOTOS - Political Contests Loom Area Accidents Numerous A look ahead to the March, 1970 primary election shows evidence of possible hard fought contests for several offices, in­ cluding precinct committee- Important It is against our better judg­ ment to lose patience so close to the night Santa Claus makes his annual visit, but we are among the many who are be­ coming increasingly disturbed over the number of cases of vandalism prior to the holiday. Halloween mischief has been with us as long ars we car. re­ member, but usually the cold blast of winter winds, together with the busy days of December, have tended to cut vandalism to a point that was almost neg­ ligible. This seems not to be the case this year, as evidenced by num­ erous cases of thefts and des­ truction of property. Many, many more are known to us but evidently have not been re­ ported to authorities. In a few cases, at least, we have been disturbed over the fact that persons who have been the victims have refused to press charges and others have even refused to report the in­ cidents to authorities. We ad­ mire the Christmas spirit, but feel it is only contributing to the further mischievious con­ quests of these young people. One resident of the area call­ ed the sheriff's police to in­ vestigate the cutting of his sev- en-foot blue spruce tree. Au­ thorities traced footprints and branches from the tree to the home of a neighbor, who de­ nied that the tree in her front room had been cut by her son. The matter was dropped be­ cause the complainant felt "it would do no good to press char­ ges". On another occasion, young people were apprehended in the act of taking bulbs from an out­ door display, but again the vic­ tim failed to press charges as he observed that he had other ways of dealing with the problem. It is our understanding that at least one youngster was con­ fronted as he stole some of the 500 bulbs missing from the city park display early this month, but to our knowledge the mat­ ter dropped. We are fast losing sympathy for laws that fail to permit publishing names of juveniles for certain offenses. However, in the above cases the law could not be blamed for fail­ ing to deter repeat offenses since no charges were made. Each incident seems hardly worth the bother, we know. In fact, the victim of vandalism probably thihks he might be con­ sidered a Scrooge to bring char­ ges against anyone for some­ thing as inconsequential as a few light bulbs or the tearing down of a decoration. Frankly, we think it might be (Continued on page 5) RALPH OTT HOME - 3706 W. Main Street - MOST COLORFUL NORBERT MAUCH HQME-810 N. Allen-MOST ORIGINAL Michael G. Shannon of 3008 Northside avenue, McHenry, driver of this badly demolished car, escaped serious injury Friday evening at 6:58 when he lost control and the auto crashed on Rt. 120, about a half mile west of the railroad tracks. He told sheriff's deputies he was driv­ ing east on the highway when he attempted to pass a car and his auto left the road on the left side, then swerved right and came to rest in a creek. Shannon, who was taken to McHenry hospital by ambulance, was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Chester A. Anderson of 5406 was charged with improper W. West Shore drive, McHenry, parking on the roadway and County College Lists Site Cost Comparison I. LAND II. UTILITIES a. Sewage Treatment Plant b. Water-- Well, pump, & storage tank STILLING 228 Acres $420,477 FIELD 200 Acres (Revised 12/16/69) ANDERSON LADD 200 Acres 196.4 Acres $300,000 $309,320 $491,000 $179,850 $179,850 -0- $187,550 Note: This fig­ ure includes cost of pump & stor­ age tank only. $242,550 $242,550 -0- c. Extension of Municipal $220,000 Service Lines Note: The Col­ lege's share of this ex­ pense is $50,000 TOTAL COST $828,027 State of Illinois Share (75% of I and II, a and b) McHenry County College Share (25% of I and II, a and bplus 2c) $456,021 $202,007 $722,400 $731,720 $491,000 $541,800 $548,790 $368,250 $180,600 $182,930 $122,750 John Hanson of 3701 W. Idyll Dell road, McHenry, for having the driver's view obstructed following a two-vehicle accident Saturday evening at 7:30 on Ringwood road, two miles east of Rt. 31. Anderson told deputies he had run out of gas about 6:45 p.m. and at the time was parked as (Continued on page 5) Two Men Hurt As Truck Hits Train Two- McHenry men were in­ jured and hospitalized in Mc­ Henry early Tuesday evening after their pick-up truck struck a North Western train at the Barnard Mill crossing in Ring- wood. Sheriff's deputies quoted Conductor R.F. Dickey of Ingle- side as saying the train was backing into the station siding at 7 p.m., travelling between 5 and 6 miles per hour when the east-bound car driven by William Cunningham, Jr., ot 4316 Wilmot road, struck the side of the other vehicle behind the control Box. Because of multiple lacer­ ations and contusions, Cunning­ ham was unable to make a state­ ment to investigating authori­ ties. Yung sustained lacerations also. Deadlines, both news and ad­ vertising, for the New Year hol­ iday Plaindealers will be the same as for Christmas. The pa­ pers will be published Monday and Wednesday and placed in the mails Tuesday and Friday. For representative commit­ teeman in the 32nd district Her­ bert F. Clausen of McHenry has filed on the Republican ticket and William E. McCormick of Crystal Lake on the Democra­ tic ticket. The 33rd district lists none on the GOP ballot and Jo­ seph Etten of McHenry on the Democratic slate. For County clerk, the Demo­ crats failed to file, and the two-way race among Republi­ cans between Vernon W. Kays of Marengo and William A. "Bill" Ward of Harvard was averted when Ward withdrew his name. Audrey Walgenbach, a Repub­ lican of Woodstock, is the only one to file for treasurer on * either party. The sheriff's race looms as most important, with three hav­ ing filed on the Republican tick­ et, Alvera'C. Carroll of Wood­ stock, Richard F. "Nick" Jus- ten of McHenry and Wilbert "Bill" Hecht of Crystal Lake, and one on the Democratic tick­ et, Art Tyrrell of Wonder Lake. The only filing for superin­ tendent of educational service region was Richard L. Taze­ well on the Republican ticket. There are three filings for ^ounty school trustee, How­ ard F. Graff of Marengo, De- los A. McFadden of Harvard and Albert M. Jourdan, Jr., of McHenry to fill the unex­ pired term ending March, 1972. Precinct committeemen fil­ ings in McHenry township were as follows: 1: Raymond T. LaDouceur, (Continued on page 5) HEAD MEDICAL SOCIETY -- New officers of the McHenry County Medical society receive best wishes from outgoing president, Dr. Peter Griesbach, left, McHenry. Others in photo, from left, include Dr. August M. Rosetti, Mc- Waukegan Man Suffers Fatal Crash Injuries Ezequil Vargas-Sierra,26,of 408 Belvidere, Waukegan, was pronounced dead on arrival at McHenry hospital early Tues­ day morning, having suffered injuries in a two-car crash which occurred on Rt. 120, a half mile west of Volo. The tragic accident took place during the severe snow storm. The second driver, Anthony Olszewski of Crystal Lake, told State Trooper Zaugra that he was travelling east on the high­ way as Vargas-Sierra ap­ proached, headed west. Sud­ denly, he stated, the other car (Continued on page 5) First Scavenger Tax Sale Proves Highly Successful McHenry county's first sca­ venger sale since 1965 was held in mid-December and it turned out to be the biggest one since 1946. That was the year the first such sale was held in the county. Police Place Charges Against Wonder Lake Men A sheriffs conference Mon­ day morning disclosed charges filed against two area residents. Donald James Nelson, 7115 Chippewa, Wonder Lake, was charged with unlawful use of weapons and disorderly conduct in connection with a distur­ bance at Tomasello's in Johns- burg on Dec. 21. Bond was set at $5,000 and the court date set for Jan. 5. He was being held in county jail on Mondav. Charges were made by Deputy Sheriff George B. Corson. (.Continued on page 5) This year's sale wiped off the back taxes of property ten or more years delinquent for all but thirteen parcels of the 989 offered for sale. Individuals bid $18,261.25 vs. about $2,100 in 1965, $2,600 in 1961 and $2,450 in 1956. The only year higher was 1946 when the sale pro­ duced almost $30,000. In terms of number of par­ cels bid upon, this year's sale topped them all. Closest was the 930 parcels auctioned off in 1946. This year Algonquin township real estate brought in the most cash, $4,775.25. The highest bid was in Graf­ ton township, where $2,700 was bid on one piece, reportedly having a house on it. Nunda township provided the lowest bid, just 24 cents. Seven townships had no prop­ erty delinquent for over ten years. They are Alden, Coral, (Continued on page 5) Thefts Under Investigation By Authorities A purse was reported stolen from the kitchen table of the Glen E. Messer home at 1110 N. Hillside lane, McHenry last Saturday night. Nothing else in the home was disturbed, al­ though there were items of val­ ue in the residence. Mrs. Messer told sheriff's police who investigated that she and her husband were away from the home between 7 and 11:30 in the evening. John Schlofner of 1003 Ply­ mouth lane, McHenry, told po­ lice someone entered his home and took some of his antique and foreign coins. The house had not been broken into, which led him to believe the theft might have been the work of young people who knew the area. Henry, vice-president; Dr. Bernard Miller, Mc­ Henry, treasurer; and Dr. V.B. Petralia, Fox River Grove-Cary, secretary. Absent from photo: Dr. Jim Mijanovich, Marengo, newly elected president. (DON PEASLEY PHOTO) Members of the McHenry County Medical society will continue efforts to get a com­ prehensive health planning agency into existence in the county, as agreed at last week's annual meeting. Dr. Louis Ro­ setti, McHenry, heads this com­ mittee which began action dur­ ing the past year. Plans for the new year and a review of the conducting meet­ ings at various health care a- gency centers during the past year, were also discussed. Dr. James Mijanovich, Mar­ engo, was elected president, succeeding Dr. Peter Gries­ bach, McHenry. Dr. Mijanovich, who is a member of the medi­ cal staff at Belvidere hospi­ tal, served as vic*»-president the past year. Dr. Rosetti was elected vice-president and Dr. Bernard Miller, McHenry, was elected treasurer. Dr. Vincen- zo Petralia, Fox River Grove, was re-elected secretary. In his president's report, Dr. Griesbach said clinic days held at the three hospitals in the county during the year were especially significant with ex­ cellent programs and a good turnout of members. These were scientifically oriented meetings, sponsored cooper­ atively by the participating hos­ pital and the McHenry County Medical society. Sneaking on the district work was Dr. Joseph L. Bordenave, Geneva, district trustee for the Illinois State Medical society. Dr. Lambert King, senior med­ ical student, and Mrs. King dis­ cussed health care problems in the inner city of Chicagoland. Among accomplishments of the past year by the County Medical society was establish­ ment of a scholarship fund for nurses to enter training, and the (Continued on page 5)