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Nuptial Vows In 1969 JANUARY Jan. 4 -- Miss Cynthia El­ len Hedge exchanged nuptial voWs with Mr. Stanley Anthony Skutek at the Ringwood United Methodist church. Miss Bar­ bara Ann Magnine and Mr. George Roland Erber repeated their nuptial vows in St. John the Baptist Catholic church, Johnsburg. Jan. 11 -- Miss Sharon Mar­ ie Justen approached the al­ tar of St. Patrick's Catholic church to meet her bridegroom, Mr. James Joseph Kujak. Jan. 18 -- Zion Lutheran church was the setting for the marriage of Miss Sandra Lee Fry and Mr. Robert Bruce MOOre. Mr. James Benson claimed Miss Marlene Seder- qulst of Rockford as his bride in Los Angeles, Calif. r' FEBRUARY Feb. 1 -- Miss Janet Marie Hansen and Mr. Daniel Stuart Jamieson exchanged wedding vows in St. John the Baptist Catholic church, Johnsburg. Miss Donna Colburn became the bride of Mr. Joseph Bel- lino at the same church. Feb. 8 ~ St. Patrick's Cath­ olic church was the setting for a beautiful wedding in which Miss Roberta Donnelly ex­ changed nuptial vows with Mr. Donald Scharfenorth. Miss Mary Stiller and Mr. Terry Toepper were married in St. Patrick's Catholic church. Miss Laura Leigh Perry became the bride of Mr. Tony Pumphrey in' Christ the King Catholic chUrch, Wonder Lake. r'} MARCH March 1 -- Miss Noreen Ran­ king exchanged vows with Mr. HOward L. Nelson of Woodstock at the First United Methodist church in McHenry. March 29 -- Miss Doreen . Kumpula became the bride of Mr. Robert R. Good of Palatine in Zion Lutheran church. APRIL April 12 -- Miss Roberta Ann Lindblom became the bride of Mr. Kenneth Michael Schaefer at St. John the Baptist Cath­ olic church. Marine Capt. Har­ old Foss and Miss Judy Per- alto of New Orleans, La., were \ married in that city. April 19 -- Christ the King Catholic church was the setting for the wedding of Miss Ida Mae Walkington and Mr. Clarence J. Adams, Jr. Judith A. Duffey and Fred L. Mieller of Morton Groye were married iaSbep-w herd of the Hills, church. Missi Sandra Jean Mollierbecsmethe-< bride of Mr. Dennis Huff in Holy Name of Jesus church, Wilmot, Wis. April 25 -- Miss Lynne Di­ ane Schultz of McCullom Lake became the pretty bride of Mr. Leonard W. Benson of Wood- tock in Nativity Lutheran church, Wonder Lake. April 26 -- St. Patrick's Catholic church was the scene of a beautiful wedding when Miss Mary Ann Stilling was married to Mr. Leonard F. Martinez, Jr., of Algonquin. - -I MAY May 2 -- Mrs. Karen Lee Schact and Mr. Dwight Haley, Jr., were united in marriage at Bethany Lutheran church, N Crystal Lake. May 3 -- Miss Wendy Stogs- dill of Woodstock became the bride of Airman Charles W. Strossner of McHenry in St. John's Lutheran church, Wood­ stock. •, May 10 -- The home of Mrs. H. Ralph Bennett, Wonder Lake, was the setting for a spring wedding when her son, Jeremy Thomas Bennett was married to Mary Ann Lileikis. observed their golden anniver­ sary. Aug. 24 -- Mr. and Mrs. Ken­ neth E. Cristy of Wonder Lake celebrated their fiftieth wed­ ding anniversary with an open house at the American Legion home. SEPTEMBER Sept. 3 -- Mr. and Mrs. Les­ lie Luing observed their golden wedding anniversary at an open house for relatives and friends at the Legion home. Sept. 22 -- Mr. and Mrs. John Freund celebrated their six­ tieth wedding ^anniversary wit a family dinner party at the McHenry Country club. OCTOBER Oct. 25 -- Mr. and Mr^ ta celebrated their golden wea* ding anniversary. The actual wedding date was Oct. 18,1919. Oct. 27 -- Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Engdahl, Sr., ob­ served their golden wedding an­ niversary. NOVEMBER Nov. 8 -- Mr. and Mrs. Wal­ ter Lang were surprised on their golden wedding anniver­ sary at the V.F.W. hall in Oak* lawn, c Nov. 18 -- Mr. and Mrs. Peter Miller celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a Mass offered at the home of their son, Gerald, at Volo. Nov* 26 -- Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ liam H. Althoff were honored at a Mass at St. Mary's Cath- | Slic church and an open house later at the Legion home in observance of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. £ ' May, 17 -- One of the most beautiful of the spring weddings in McHenry was solemnized at St. Patrick's Catholic church when Miss Lynn Keihansperger exchanged nuptial vows with Mr. William J. Funk. Miss Cheryl Barbara Vacula was married to Mr. John A. Kuchinski at Christ the King Church, Wonder Lake. Mr. Francis Gende claimed Miss Juliette Parker of Wood­ stock as his bride in the Holy Cross church, Stockton, with his uncle, Rev. Clarence Thennes, officiating?. y"\ May 18 -- Shepfierd of the Hills Lutheran church was the setting for a pretty wedding when Miss Ulrike' Mueller and Horst W. Hermann of Elgin were married. May 31 -- Miss Toddi Base- ley became the bride of Mr. Michael D. Conway at St. John's Catholic church, Johnsburg. Miss Wendy Sayler exchanged wedding vows with Mr. Gene D. Parks at St. Mary's church. St. Joseph Catholic church, La- Porte, Ind., was the setting for the wedding of Miss Donna L. Greenlaw and Mr. Gerald E. Smith. JUNE June 7 Miss Diane D. Stilling was married to Mr. Mi­ chael E. DeWolfe. Miss Susan Marie Schneider became the bride of Mr. James Gordon Orton at St. Mary's Catholic church. In the United Methodist church Miss Mary Louise Pence exchanged vows with Mr. Nich­ olas H. Hedge. June 8 -- Rev. Herman Graef of Zion Lutheran church of­ ficiated at the nuptial rite u- niting in marriage Miss Linda Jean Cook and Mr. Robert L. Townsend. June 14 -- This was a busy day for brides. Miss Sally Jane Harper became the bride of Mr. Phillip Helwig at the Bethle­ hem Lutheran church in St. Charles. Thomas Low claimed. Miss Barbara Chiero of Chicago in ^Immaculate Conception churBfc-ln St. John's Lutheran church, Island Lake, Miss Pam­ ela Lee Clark was united in marriage with Mr* Dennis Al­ len Syens. Miss Kathleen El­ len Kozicki and Mr. Thomas H. Schaffer exchanged wedding vows at St. Mary's Catholic church. In the Bethel Methodist church in Moline Miss Janice Bush was married to Mr. John M. Boyer of Kenosha, Wis. Miss Diane Lynn Rothering became the, bride of Mn Richard Jo­ seph; Himpeimann at St. Mary's Catholic charchi Richard John Thennes of McHenry claimed Miss Mary Margaret 0*Leary of Elgin as his bride in St. Laurence Catholic church, El­ gin. Miss Jeanette Sue McCall of Wonder Lake exchanged nup­ tial vows with Mr. Bruce Brian Palagi of Dolton at Christ the King Catholic church, Wonder , Lake. June 21 -- Miss Mary Jo Fardella and Mr. Anthony Ols­ zewski were married at St. Mary's Catholic church. The Alliance Bible church, Mc­ Henry, was the setting for the wedding of Miss Judy Lynn Win­ ston and Mr. Michael W. Bald­ win. June 28Miss Kathleen Ann Gallagher became the bride of James Morris at St. Thomas Apostle church, Crystal Lake. Petite brunette Susan Elizabeth Pries exchanged wedding vows with Mr. Frederick Williams Forbes, QI, at Zion Lutheran ^church, McHenry. Miss Mary Lfone^^lillgr of Hastings, Nebr., andMr. Jerald Koepke of McHenry were married in the First Methodist church in Hastings. Mary Ann Porter of Harvard became the bride of Mr. Wayne Gaylord of McHenry in the home of Jjidge John J. Kaufman. JULY July 5 -- Lovely April Young exchanged wedding vows with Thomas Dougherty in St. Pat­ rick's Catholic church. St. John's Catholic church, Johns­ burg, was the scene of the wed­ ding of Miss Yvonne Marie Ton- yan, Ringwood, and Mr. Charles Alfred Petska, of Spring Grove. Ensign Vernon Fred Kramer claimed Miss Carol Ann Mar- tindale as his bride in Trinity Episcopal church, Galveston, Texas. July 12 -- MisS Jean Marie Hettermann became the bride of Mr. Edward George Raske, Jr., at St. Bede's Catholic church, Ingleside. At St. Mary's Cath­ olic church Miss Dawn Marie Parenti was married to Mr. Charles Bernard Miller. Mar­ tha E. Smith and Donald Wat­ tles were united in marriage in the First United Methodist church. July 26 -- Miss Mary Ann Schillaci and Mr. Joseph LaRussa exchanged wedding vows in St. Mary's Catholic church. Miss JoAnn Weichman was a lovely bride when she married Mr. William S.Hoakat the First United Methodist church. Mr. John Louis Weiner claimed as his bride Miss Nan­ cy Jean Morris at St. Mary's church. Miss Mary Helen Now- icki of Niles became the bride of Mr. James Edward Bradley of McHenry at St. John Brebeuf church, Niles. . Y AUGUST Aug. 2 Miss Elizabeth M. Krueger and Mr. James L. Pitt exchanged wedding vows at St. Mary's church. The First Methodist church of Woodstock was the scene of the wedding of Miss Susanne D. Benoche and Mr. Paul D./Swanson of McHenry. ' ) t Aug. 3 -- Miss Mary Lou Butler and Mr. Daniel Edward Kinnerk repeated the marriage vows at St. Patrick's Catholic church. Aug. 9 -- Miss Sandra L. Benson was a lovely bride when she exchanged vows with Mr. Keith Mereness at the First Methodist church. Miss Kather- ine Ann Palmer became the bride of Mr. Alvin Joseph Groves at St. Mary's Catholic church. Miss Joyce Ann Ad­ ams became the bride of Mr. John F. Savini, Jr., at St. Pat­ rick's church. St. Peter's Cath­ olic church, Spring Grove, was the setting for the wedding of Miss Judith Spitzbart and Mr*' Edwin Boyer. Miss Sharon Lynne Myers and Mr. Raymond Mathew Thoma were married in Zion Lutheran church. Aug. 16 -- St. John's church, Johnsburg, was the scene of the beautiful wedding which u- nited Miss Lynne Mangold and Mr. John Hester in marriage. Miss Arlette Christine John­ ston was married to Mr-Rock­ well Leif Eide at the First? United Methodist church. Aug. 22 -- In a lovely cer­ emony solemnized at the First United Methodist church, Miss Susan Marie Richards became the bride of Mr. Donald Craig Stinespring. Aug. 23 -- Miss Susan L. Pawlikowski exchanged wed­ ding vows with Mr. Joseph P. Condon at St. Mary's Catholic churfch. St. Francis church, r Lake Zurich, was the setting for the wedding of Miss Rita Keller of Mundelein and Mr. Alex Shustitzky, Jr., of Mc-Sl Henry. Miss GayleMcCombbe­ came the bride of Mr. Frank Mansfield of Harvard at Na­ tivity Lutheran church, Won­ der Lake. At Christ the King church, Wonder Lake, Miss Marilyn Marke exchanged wed­ ding vows with Mr. William Roark, Jr. Aug. 24 -- Miss Therese Joanne Borrelli of McHehry was married to Mr. James A. Snower of Lincoln wood by Rabbi, Dr. David Graubart at Fontana D'or in Chicago. Aug. 30 -- A late summer wedding ,united Miss Marilyn Jo Smith of Winchester and Mr. James E. Meyers of McHenry. Miss Marie Bernadette Schnei­ der wasrmarried to Mr. Walter F. Messel, Jr., at St. John the Baptist church in Johnsburg. In the Church of St. Albert the Great, Dayton, Ohio, Miss Sheela Jane White of that city became the bride of Mr. Eu­ gene Bernard Freund, Jr., of McHenry. SEPTEMBER Sept. 6 -- Miss Corinne Frett was united in marriage with Mr. Robert Pisha of Woodstock in St. Patrick's church. Miss Theresa Marie Koleno ex­ changed nuptial vows with Mr. Alexander Fleet Ryland, in, at St. Mary's church. Miss Ann Pliner and Mr. John Ronald Dolan were married at Won­ der Lake Bible church in Won­ der Lake. Mr. Ronald S. Vy- cital claimed Miss Vickie Lynn Graham of Barrington as his bride at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Barrington. St. Cy­ prian church, River Grove, was the scene of the wedding of Miss Paula Ann Rurka of Downers Grove, and Mr. Daniel Peter Blake of McHenry. Sept. 12 -- Miss Valarie Ann Johnson and Alan J. Phalin were united in marriage at the home of Judge John J. Kaufman. In St. Francis Catholic church, Buffalo, Minn., Mr. Dennis Leisten, McHenry, exchanged nuptial vows with Miss Judith Pederson of Buffalo. Sept. 13 -- St. Mary's Cath­ olic church was the setting for the wedding of Miss Maria Kaye Fisher and Mr. Alan James White. At the same church Miss Kathleen Marie LaFontaine be­ came the bride of Mr. Eugene David Hashley of Fort Worth, Texas. Miss Judi Marie Ben- nish was married to Mr. Fred­ erick G. Sorensen at St. Mary's. Carla Irene Ebel exchanged wedding vows with Mr. Richard Herman Walter at St. Thomas the Apostle Mission church, Crystal Lake. Sept. 20 -- Miss Donna Boe- lens and Mr. Richard Brown were married at St. Mary's Catholic church. Sept 27 -- Miss Diane Hiller and Michael Conway exchanged wedding vows in St. John's Cath­ olic church. Miss Vicki Jean Cohan became the bride of Mr. David Louis Henkel in the First United Methodist church. Miss Patricia J. Hansen was married to Mr. Kenneth M. Sebby in Na­ tivity Lutheran church. xfCTOBER Oct. 4 -- Miss Patricia Elaine McNalty and Mr. Michael Pat­ rick McDonough were married in Zion Lutheran church, Mc­ Henry. Oct. 5 -- Miss Sharon Ames became the bride of Mr. Ter- rance P. Doran in H61y Fam- f ily Episcopal church, Lake Vil­ la. ~ Oct. 11 -- The Nativity Lu- teran church, Wonder Lake was the scene of the wedding of Miss Cynthia F. Irwin and Donald 0. Nelson. Miss Jackie Specht and Mr. Jerry Jabeon Review Year Filled With Much JANUARY In an interview with Mayor Donald Doherty and Chamber of Commerce President Wil­ liam Nye, they viewe'd plans aqd projections 'or the new year. Mayor Doherty listed his number one item as the sew­ age treatment plant enlarge­ ment which received public sup­ port in a recent referendum. President Nye predicted a con­ tinuing increase in building ac­ tivity, several new commer­ cial ventures and at least one more industry locating in Mc­ Henry. Debbie Lynn Kielisch, daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Kiel­ isch, was the first baby born at McHenry hospital in the new year. Probably the biggest school bond referendum in McHenry*s" history brought 2,447 voters to the polls in four precincts and approved by a small margin, the expenditure of $2,200,000. A total of 1,267 voters support­ ed the proposition and 1,159 opposed for a margin of 108. Larry Lund was elected pres­ ident of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce at the annual elec­ tion meeting. Two inter-faith services were planned for McHenry. The first was held at St. Patrick's Catholic church with Rev. Jack Mclntyre of Faith Presbyterian church preaching the sermon. The First United Methodist church was the setting for the were married in Christ the King church, Wonder Lake. Oct. 18 ~ Miss Patricia Mikosz exchanged wedding vows with Mr. Patrick Helley of Fox River trove at St. Mary's church. Miss Rosa Hughes was married to Mr. Richard Reiche at St. Patrick church. At the same church Miss Mary Larkin was united in marriage with Mr. Michael Major. NOVEMBER Nov. 2 -- St. Margaret Mary Catholic church, Algonquin, was the setting for the wedding of Miss Karin Ann Charvat of Algonquin, and Mr. Duane F. Schmitt of McHenry. NtJv. 8 -- Miss Nora Havlik of McHenry and Mr. Donald Klapperich of Ringwood were united in marriage in St. Mary's Catholic church. St. Mary's Catholic church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Nancy Ruth West and Mr. David H. Bode. Nov. 15 -- Miss Mary T._ Malpede was a lovely bride when " she met her bridegroom, Mr.' Dennis A. Moore at St. Mary's Catholic church. Miss Sandra L. Senter became Mrs. Michael W. Garske at the First Baptist church, McHenry. Miss Linda C. Wrublewski exchanged wed­ ding vows withuMr. Raymond J. Simon at Zion Lutheran church. Blessed Sacrament church, Milwaukee, Wis., was the setting for the wedding when Mr. Tom Weisenburger of Won­ der Lake claimed as his bride Miss Diana Marie Schick of Greenfield, Wis. Nov. 22 -- Miss Karen J. Hay and Mr. Alexander L. Gun- derson were married in St. Thomas Mission church, Crys­ tal Lake. Nov. 29 -- Miss Theresa K. Newkirk became the pride of Mr. Michael A. Cox tal Lake at St. M; olic church. Miss Linda Ka? Herdrick became the bride of Mr. Thomas John Foley at Shep­ herd of the Hills Lutheran church. DECEMBER Dec. 6 -- Miss Mary Lynn Meyers exchanged nuptial vows with Mr. Michael Doherty at St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg. Miss Karen Sue Jus- ten became the bride of Mr. Randall Lee Funk at Christ the KingvCatholic church, Won­ der Lake. St. John's Evangel­ ical LutheVan church, Flanagan, 111., was the setting of the wed­ ding of Miss Debra Renee Sch­ neider of Champaign and Mr. Terrence Joseph Brady of Mc­ Henry. Miss Helena Oleszczuk was married to Mr. Philip Keith Mosby at Christ the King Cath­ olic church, Wonder Lake. Dec. 13 -- Miss Linda Jean Hess became the bride of Mr. James Francis Goetz of Pitts­ burgh, Pa., in the Episcopal church* of the Holy Family, Lake Villa. Dec. 20 -- Mildred Wright of McHenry and E.E. Eckart of Lincolnwood were married in the First United Methodist church. Dec. 22 -- Mr. James Ed­ ward Morris of McCullom Lake claimed as his bride, Miss Kendra Kaye Yeakey of Odes­ sa, Tex., in a ceremony per­ formed in the First Baptist church of Odessa. Dec. 26 -- Miss Sarah Whit­ ing was a lovely bride when She exchanged wedding vows with Mr. John T. Olshock of Pitts­ burgh, Pa., at St. Patrick's Catholic church. Dec. 27 -- St. Athanasius church, Chicago, was the set­ ting for the wedding of Miss Susan Wilke of McHenry and Mr. James R. Geisler. Dec. 28 -- The McHenry Country club .provided a pret­ ty setting for the wedding of Miss Judith Andrea' Gregory and Mr. Eli Jack Schwartz. Progress second service with Rev. Math­ ew Rudden of St. Mary's Cath­ olic church giving the sermon. Rev. D.D; Johnson, pastor of Shepherd of the Hills Luth­ eran church terminated his du­ ties at the local church and ac­ cepted the call to become re­ gional director for American Missions of the American Lu­ theran church. As the result of a 4-3 vote by members of the McHenry County college board, McHenry was selected as its choice of site for a new college build­ ing. The proposed site was the Brackmann-Backhaus property located just north of the Bull Valley blacktop, known as the former Whiting farm. McHenry held dollar days Jan. 30-31 and Feb. 1. A fire badly damaged the home of Vern Foat at 1912 N. Sunset avenue, Lakeland Park. Fire destroyed one portion of a large L-shaped building on the McCullom Lake road owned by Northern Pump. Two steer and seventy-five chickens were lost. FEBRUARY The Bigelow site west of Woodstock was recommended as the location for the new coun­ ty courthouse. The McHenry hospital, at its annual meeting, discussed ex­ pansion plans at a possible new location near the proposed county college site on the Crys­ tal Lake blacktop road. Believed to be McHenry* s oldest resident, Mrs. Anna Hughes observed her hundredth birthday at the Tobey nursing home in Lilymoor. James W. Ambrose, ni, 23, died Jan. 31 in Vietnam when the tank on which he served as a gunner, struck a land mine. The Chamber of Commerce established its first business office at 3717 W. Elm street. Republicans made several nominations at the '69 caucuf and races are evident for all township posts at the April 1 election. McHenry*s City Council moved toward solving the drain­ age problem through Lakeland Park by authorizing an expen­ diture estimated not to exceed $2,000 for preliminary engin­ eering. Enterprising McHenry busin­ essmen, Virgil Pollock and Winn Phillips, were turned down by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on their request to do business on. the moon. ,, Mrs. Emma G. Lipke, 60, perished early in the morning of Feb. 11, When Are swept through her small frame home at 4906 Parkview, McCullom Lake. Sylvia Marie Helm and Rob­ ert Brennan advanced to fin­ alist standings in the 1968-69 National Merit program. For the second time, within a week, a home fire claimed the life of a McHenry area resident. Conrad Zetterberg, 67, suffocated in his home at 801 Lillian street, Cooney Heights. The Girl Scouts of Valley View Neighborhood honored Mrs. Stuart Engh, who is cel­ ebrating her twenty-year an­ niversary in girl scouting. MARCH Joseph R. (Jake) Levesque of McCullom Lake, was appoint­ ed by Gov . Richard Ogilvie as assistant director of Aeronau­ tics for the state of niinois. Carter Freund, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P. Freund, was killed in action in Viet­ nam. Thomas Diedrich, local fire­ man, received a certificate of recognition from the American National Red Cross for extra­ ordinary personal action in carrying Scott Rehberg 25 feet to shore when he was found un­ conscious. in the bottom of the Fox river. By a margin of seventy-two votes, the $450,000 referendum for Harrison school was ap­ proved. March 15 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the American Legion. The Mc­ Henry post 491 observed the oc­ casion with a dinner and dance at the post home. Thomas F. Bolger was elect­ ed president of the McHenry Rotary club. The Illinois Division of High­ ways announced that McHenry had been selected as the start of a proposed Fox Valley free­ way. It is scheduled to extend south to the Will-DuPage line and then turn easterly, ex­ tending north of Joliet to a connection with the proposed F.A. Route 61 improvement near Lemont. APRIL . . The township election was the smallest in many years, with only 4,300 persons voting. Win­ ning; offices were Charles Weln- gart, assistant supervisor; Al­ bert Adams, township clerk; Sibre Whiting, assessor, and James Wegener, Harry Freund and William Martinec, auditors. \ Bill Davidson was elected) president of the McHenry Lions club. A $62,160 town fund levy was approved at the annual town­ ship meeting./ ^ The board of the Chamber of Commerce considered the possible establishment of a Community Chest in the McHen­ ry area. The City Council sought a federal grant to assist in the expansion of the sewage dis-. posal plant. In school District 15, Mrs. Anna Cuda and Richard Gol- beck were elected members of the board. In High School Dis­ trict 156, Mrs. George Alvary and Clinton Claypool were win­ ners. Thomas Parsley and Don­ ald Truckenbrod were victor­ ious in the McHenry County col­ lege election. Karen Blake Was named by a faculty vote at MCHS to rep­ resent the junior class in at­ tending Girls State this coming summer. A new alderman, Joseph Stan- ek, was elected to serve in Ward 2. Frank Hromec was re­ elected to serve Ward 4 in the Lakeland Park area. City Clerk Earl Walsh, Mayor Donald P. {Jotogty, Treasurer Thomas {Mp|lr, Theodore Pitzen, Ward 1, &s|d Raymond L. Smith, Ward 3, were all reelected to their offices, for which they had no opposition. In a three-way race for the presidency of the village of Lakemoor, Richard Hyatt was victorious iff'a write-in cam­ paign over incumbent JohrtBon- der and Harold Freeman. McCullom Lake elected George Luto as president of that village. In an early morning Are, Ap­ ril 24, the Justen Furniture building on the corner of Elm and Green streets was com­ pletely destroyed. Walter Dean of McHenry stepped down as chairman of the board of supervisors. Willert Russel of Seneca township is the new chairman. James Althoff was elected president of the McHenry high school board to succeed Vale Adams, and Dr. Peter Gries- bach was named to head the insolidated • grade school ml. Dr. Griesbach replaces August Uttich, who did not run for re-election. MAY Annual spring clean-up days were held May 5-17. Open house was held for the newly renovated St. Mary's church. A nine-year period of ser­ vice as fire chief ended for Edward Justen on April 30 when he resigned from office. Glenn E. Peterson WaS designated as the new chief of the fire de­ partment. By a vote of 5,676 to 4,727, R. Bruce Waddell of East Dun­ dee defeated Thomas Davis ot McHenry in the race for Re­ publican nomination for repre­ sentative in the 33rd district of the General Assembly in Springfield. John L. Wineland, unopposed, won the Democra­ tic nomination. JUNE Rev. Edmund P. Petit was appointed pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic church, McHenry, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. Leonard Guzzar- do. Robert Putman was appoint­ ed principal of the new Junior high school to be constructed at Ringwood road and Rt. 120. City schools graduated 570 pupils. McHenry high school had 325 seniors. Cheryl Tomao, 18, of Pista- kee Highlands, was crowned queen of McHenry* s Marine Festival. First runner-up was Joan Glueck, 17, a neighbor of Cheryl, and second runner-up was Jeannie DeVries, 18. Sher­ ry Vogt was named Miss Con­ geniality. Chief Kenneth Espey present­ ed the City Council with a plan to relieve traffic congestion at Green and Elm by not allowing left turns during hours of peak traffic. Frank Low was named parade marshal for the city's Marine Festival. David E. Scott has been ap­ pointed associate pastor of the First United Methodist church of McHenry. McHenry County Dairy Prin­ cess candidates from this area are Carol Curran, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cur­ ran, McHenry; and Betty Free­ man, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Freeman,' Ring- wood. Two small children were found on River road after being missing from home all night. They were William J. (Ricky) Wentzel,- 10, and his sister, Laura Kim,- 8. Michael Morenz, 17, was e- lected Mayor of Smith city at the American Legion's Premier Boys State at Springfield. JULY Fearful of a recurrence of the 1966 riot, the McHenry County zoning board rejected Royal C. Raven's second re­ quest for permission to resume motorcycle racing on his prop-0 erty on River road. McHenry* s City Council passed a record annual appro­ priation ordinance to cover ex­ penditures during the current fiscal- year in the amount of $982,500, compared to$700,600 last year. \v )/ Harry C. Lock of McCullom Lake has been elected state commander of the Department of niinois, Veterans of World War I. A total o£»34,000persons vis­ ited McHenry on Fiesta Day and watchfcl a colorful parade that featul^d Miss America, Judi Ford of B^lvidere. / Due to the heavy rainfall ov­ er the past months, the Fox river was closed to boat traf­ fic for-about a week % order of Sheriff John Carroll. At the Drum Corps Magic on Fiesta Day the Chicago Cav­ aliers again captured the cov­ eted first place award. Vandalism was on the ram­ page in the McHenry area. Sev­ eral burglaries were reported also. Mary Lienhard was chosen Miss Wonder Lake at the an­ nual fireman's carnival. Officer John Davis, a member of the McHenry police depart­ ment, graduated from an ad­ vanced law enforcement train­ ing course conducted by the state. Following many weeks of dis­ cussion over teacher salaries within High School District 1*6, an agreement was reached fe# the board in executive session listing $7,100 for new teachers. A former McHenry man, Dan­ ny Turner, has joined the Chi­ cago Civic theatre production of "You're A Good Man Char­ lie Brown". Administrator Howard H. Nehlig of Valley Hi Nursing home, Hartland, announced his resignation. The County fair was in ses­ sion at Woodstock. AUGUST Two McHenry young men were among top rated entries in various divisions of the Mc­ Henry County fair. Richard , Weingart was declared to have the grand champion in a large Holstein class competition and also grand champion production class (all breeds). He also won the reserve championship. Bud Stilling was honored with atro­ phy for champion dairy herd and was rosette winner for showmanship. Many burglaries and van­ dalism plagued the McHenry community. A schoolhouse of 1894 vintage regained proud standing in the community as work on the res­ toration of the Landmark ed­ ifice neared completion. Just 132 years ago Aug. 19 the first religious service in McHenry was recorded. To commemorate this memorable event, local churches cooper­ ated in the observance of Re­ ligious Emphasis Week. A portable, no-left-turn sign was put in use Aug. 22 be­ tween the hours of 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 and 5 p.m. to better regulate traf­ fic in the heart of the Green jstreet business area. Ex tens ive improvemen t s were completed at East campus high school, both within and without, in preparation for the new school year. Twenty young people, four­ teen males, three females and three male juvenUes were ap­ prehended in a narcotics raid on a cottage at 1003 River road, rural McHenry. The arrests came as the climax to a stake­ out by the McHenry county sher­ iffs department. The board of education of School District 36 awarded con­ tracts for the construction of an addition to the Harrison schooL A tentative annual budget and anticipated appropriation for 1970 in the amount of $6,773,- 992 was approved by the county board of supervisors. The ap­ propriation in the general fund amounted to $4,756,025 and in the special fund, $2,017,967. SEPTEMBER The City Council approved a tax levy of $185,500. It is ap­ proximately 10 per cent higher, than the 1968 levy of $168,- 537.50. Ten McHenry schools, in­ cluding eight public and two par­ ochial, welcomed 5,593 young people to classes for a new record high enrollment. Extensive damage was done to , the hall, kitchen and the mait\p floor of St. Patrick's Catholic church by fire. x In the past three weeks four houses were destroyed by fire in the Lakemoor area. Arson was suspected. 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. McHen- ry*s levy totalled $120,000. Sherry Gehrke, who studied the Russian language behindthe Iron Curtain the past summer, established headquarters for a time in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, and wrote interesting articles for the paper. St. Mary's Catholic church observed its seventy-fifth anni­ versary at the same time that its pastor, Rev. Fr. Eugene Baumhofer, celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination. Bishop Arthur J. O'Neill was principal concele- brant of the Mass of Jubilee. Sharon E. Mason, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Clarence E. Mason, was named a semi- finalist in the annual scholar­ ship program of Merit Publish­ ing Co., creators of the largest student recognition program in the country, "Merit's Who's Who Among American High School Students. I « Ln i iNUCMLC K ~ H j . Tony Elliott was announc as a National Merit semi-| nalist from Marian Central 1 school. « Ena Meza arrived from home country, Peru, to spend the year attending West .camj as a student under the Ame ican Field Service prograf She will live with the Willia Lingenfelter family. OCTOBER Numerous burglaries were reported in the McHenry area. Four senior students were named Commended students fbr high performance on the 1969* National « Merit Scholarship Qualifying test. They were Kar-^ en Blake, Arlene Grant, Deb­ bie Groff, Brian Stahl and Ter- rance Burton. Firemen of Company I, Mcr Henry, conducted fire drills in the city schools in obser-i vance of Fire j^evention weekj Country Club Estates subdi­ vision sought annexation to Mc­ Henry. : Sherry Etten was named homecoming, queen at West campus. / Army Specialist Five Daniel 1 Majt/son of Mr. and Mcs. Edward May of Spring Grove, was awarded, posthumously, the Bronze Star Medal, Purpje Heart and the Good Conduct Medal. Daniel lost his life lA Vietnam. "-A' McHenry*s City Council voted to authorize M.B. Birchfield and Associates to advertise for the ; sale of $675,000 general obli-. gation sewer bonds which sale ; was approved by the voters in a referendum last December."; The president of the school board, James Althoff, called the Waukegan News Sun story on dope in McHenry high school "damaging, unwarranted and* malicious." Miss Colleen Doherty, daugh­ ter of Mayor and Mrs. Donald , Doherty, was crowned home- 1 coming queen at Marian Cen-j^ tral high school. McHenry*s City Council sold ,' the $675,000 General Obligation sewer bond issue to the First. National Bank of Chicago at ap „' average interest rate of 5.96709 ' per cent. By a 5-2 vote, the County col­ lege board approved the Ander- son site, north of Crystal Lake* . off Crystal Lake road, for the ~ college. , Dignitaries were taken on i tour of the new remodelled city* hall. , The city of McHenry retained its firm hold on second place in, the county both for city sale's * tax collections for the last V three-month period, and also in. . a report of the reailers* Oc-v cupation tax and Use tax. Mcr. Henry received $16,933, $17,- 890 and $17,682. James McMillan, 12 years of ~ age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thom-.^ as McMillan, who live at 490& % E. Wonder Lake, was selected,^ to receive the Certificate for1-' Heroism by the Boy Scouts'? „ National Court of Honor for he oic action on July 1, 1968.^ His quick action in rescuing . Rick Corso, 4 years old, from J drowning was cited by the Na­ tional Court of Honor. u,,v NOVEMBER Five directors were elected to the Chamber of Commerce^ board. They were Bob Steiner, .... Bill Nye, George Thompson^ ' Mel Prust and Dan Robson. ., McHenry veterans of twqi World Wars and two more re-> ij cent conflicts marched in com- ' memoration of the first Armisr^ tice Day fifty-one years ago. An appropriate program was^i held in the city park. The City Council adopted an ordinance on sewer system* The Council sold the $675,000X general obligation bonds. PrO»-^4 ceeds will be used to enlarged the present plant, additional^! area having been purchased »A from Charles Coles, adjacent to the plant. - " "voH Jeffrey R. Ladd of Crystals* Lake and Jeanette Mullen oft**... Barrington emerged winner to represent the 32nd senatorial ^ district at the Con Con conven-".'** tion in Springfield, Dec. 8. \ Gov. Richard Ogilvie an-. > nounced the distribution of $2,*"- 768,333 to local govemmentsf as their share of October in-"'* r come tax collections. The cit^ ot McHenry was allocated $1,-! 514.7?. The beautiful new addition ttt the city hall was viewed by:iv about 400 persons at an open'- ^ house. The new First National bank at 3814 W. Elm street was open­ ed to the public. Several residents on attrac-^' V tive Sterling drive, McHenry,-^ were besieged by burglars off1 a spree within a twenty-four-vA- hour span. Three homes were<t$ entered and burglarized. • Sjrrt DECEMBER y« , Larry Lund was elected to head the ChamberofCommerc£u.': for the second year. State sales tax receipts foij, the fiscal year ending last June' " 30 were reported by the Illinois ^ Department of Revenue. Mc-' , Henry's total for the twelve-1'^ month period was $l,312,207.fv* 95, running behind Crystal Lake ' , with $1,768,869.28. According; to kinds of business, McHenry1'** ranked second in five categor-^ ies, food, drinking and eating^ places, automotive and filling stations, Miscellaneous and*' * manufacturing. . John Shay of McHenry wa& appointed civil defense direc£'\^ tor by the board of supervi- "* ^ sors. ' Janet Larkin, 17, daughter qfr* Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Larkin • (Continued on page 14)