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WSHERIFFj Upsets In School Vote i peti hearing before the McHenry County Zoning board of appeals for Raymond G. and Hattie Hor- enberger, Vera M. Doherty, Fred A. and 'Pearl Koechlein, McHenry hospital and Crystal Lake hospital association, re- -questing a conditional use per- jnit for a hospital on three par­ cels of real estate. Parcel I consists of 160 ac­ res of land located on the south side of Mason Hill road, ap­ proximately 1,320 feet west of the intersection of Mason Hill road and Mc Henry-Crystal Lake road. Parcels 2 and 3 consist of 160 acres located on the east and west side of McHenry-Crystal Lake road, approximately 1,320 feet south of the same intersection. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 29, at 3 p.m. in the city hall at Crystal Lake. Another petition has been filed for hearing before the same board for the Polish Na­ tional Union District No. 6 Camp, an Illinois corporation, for a conditional use permit to allow the construction of mo­ tel type efficiency apartment units. The property lies approxi­ mately one-third mile east of Ringwood road, fronting on Flanders road, and lies within the boundaries of the Polish Na­ il Union Camp grounds as Spojnia Circuit No. 6 subdivision. The property con­ sists of between one and a half to two acres of land Which is presently vacant and unim­ proved. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, April 22, at 3 p.m. in the city hall at McHenry. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER \ . . . i -- y . "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 94 - NUMBER 75 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15,1970 2 -SECTIONS - 22 PAGES - 10c IS .JH . " 1 m 1 m 1 JAMES ALTHOFF District 156 3 years CARL NEISS District 156 3 years EDWARD J. NEUMANN, JR. District 156 3 years HOWARD WEBS District 156 1 year DISTRICT 156 f_ • • 1 2 3 4 5 Total Howard 576 36 28 138 123 901 Althoff 631 34 40 161 159 1025 & Neiss 615 26 33 220 •77 971 Patzke 322 12 /25 33 88 - 480 Neumann 743 23 -27 64 105 962 Dusthimer 129 12 13 14 151 319 Weiss 665 20 30 45 32 792 Spengel 283 13 10 178 27 511 DISTRICT 15 Griesbach Law son Nell Manny Choate Borowski 1 2 3 Total 986 47 53 1086 841 41 52 934 861 45 53 959 397 14 22 433 494 21 17 532 138v 8 12 . 158 'gi: ftfclii i nlt"K "1|ft Burglars Steal Cash From McHenry Tavern With notification that the 1970 ix bills will bring a sizable ite increase again this year ~ ind recalling that about 80 »r cent of the tax collection ;s to schools - we thought might be interesting to real­ ize that for this expenditure ed­ ition has travelled &r. The following list of rules jjand regulations for teachers I (Continued on page 16) When the owners of the Farm House tavern, Rt. 31 and Idyll Dell road, McHenry, left their upstairs living quarters on their last day in business to stay over night in their Crystal Lake home, they took a pistol from the back bar. Unfortunately, they left $400 in the cash reg- < ister, $25 in a bowling ma­ chine and $150 in a basket in the kitchen cupboard. The next morning the money was gone. Mr, and Mrs. Huffman, who the previous day had sold the business to Edward LaFlamm, returned to the tavern Thurs­ day morning to find that entry was made through the east win­ dow into the kitchen. A small amount of beer and liquor also was found miss­ ing, as well as keys to the liq­ uor storage. Little ransacking was evident, and there was no sign of vandalism. Foreman Harris Halman of the Circle Z ranch, 2117 Eng­ lish Prairie road, Spring Grove, last week notified sheriffs po­ lice that tools had been stolen from an unlocked shed during the night. Missing items in­ cluded a gas powered chain saw, welding torches and gauges with 50 feet of hoses and mechanic's tools. The ranch is owned by E.T. Zweisel of Evanston. Although the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Lerche of Chicago, located at 8102 High- view, Green Hills Shores, Wwi­ der Lake, had been entered dur­ ing their absence, nothing was found missing on Sunday. The summer home of Carroll Kucharski, 1946 Skyline drive, McHenry, was broken into last week, but authorities said noth­ ing seemed to be disturbed. En­ trance wa& made by tearing down a screen door that leads to a bedroom. Elect Six To Serve Parochial Consolidated Board Six persons were elected in the two Catholic parishes of McHenry last Sunday to serve on a new consolidated school board. It will consist of twelve members, four appointed by the pastors (two from each church) each pastor and the six mem­ bers elected last weekend. Elected from St. Mary's church were Charles Gies, Mrs. William (Joan) Weber and Hen­ ry Kenyon. Representing St. Patrick's parish will be John M. Coughlin, Dr. Gregory Eck­ stein and Anthony Pintozzi. A red Driver Pies In Crash Ronald R. Mette, 38, of 113 Groveland road, Spring Grove, was killed in an accident which occurred at 10:10 a.m. Satur­ day, April 11, when his car struck a culvert on Milburn road, just east of Crawford road, in Lake county. • The local man was taken to St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, by the Lake Villa rescue squad and was pronounced dead on ar­ rival. Adam Matheis of 1040 Chi­ cago avenue, Oak Park, was ticketed for driving in the wrong lane of traffic after an accident on East Wonder Lake drive, near Maple drive, in Wonder Lake Sunday afternoon about 3 p.m. Matheis struck an un­ occupied car owned by Robert W. Donovan of 4413 E. Wonder Lake drive, Wonder Lake, which was parked on the shoulder of the road. : J * College Will Host Speaker In Asia Talk ' Erwin Cornelius, instructor of Social Science and Human­ ities,, has announced that Mc­ Henry County college will spon­ sor a talk on "Asia in Current Political Affairs" on Wednes­ day April 15, at 8 p.m. in Room A-130 of the college, 6200 Northwest highway, Crys­ tal Lake. Dr. Kosul Varophas, associate professor of Political Science at Northeast State college, Chi­ cago, will be the guest speaker. Dr. Varophas is a native of Thailand and intimately ac­ quainted with the subject of Asian politics. All members of the college community, as well as the cit­ izens of McHenry county and their friends, are invited to at­ tend this stimulating dis­ cussion. A question and answer period will follow Dr. Varophas' talk. ED CHOATE, JR. District 15 1 year Spirited races in both High School District 156 and Con­ solidated Grade School District 15 brought hundreds to the polls to elect board members last Saturday. High vote getter for contest­ ed seats was James Althoff, president of District 156, who received 1,025 votes to be re­ elected. Taking office with him were Carl NfeifiS with 971 votes ami Edward J. Neumann, Jr., with 962. Neiss has been sitting on the board for the last two months at the request of members, replacing Dr. Leslie Kreiger, who moved from the district. He also formerly served on the board. Neiss chose to run for the three-year term made vacant when George Freund, Jr., decided not to seek re­ election. Neumann won out over Dotiald Howard, a veteran board member, and Adelaide B. Patz- ke, who was seeking her first term. Howard Weiss topped a field of three for the one-year term. He won the support of 792 voters to be elected. Theodore "Ted " Spengel polled 511 votes and Patricia B. Dusthimer of Wonder Lake, 319. With no contest for a three- year term on the board of Dis­ trict 15, Dr. Peter Griesbach, high vote getter of the day, was favored by 1,086 voters, Thomas Lawson and Henry Nell were also returned to office with 945 and 959 votes, re­ spectively. For the one-year term, a new­ comer, Ed Choate, Jr., was e- lected with 532 votes. Deloris Manny, who has been serving to fill a vacancy, received 433 votes and Francis A. Borowski, 158. (Continued on page 16) GIFT FOR LIBRARY -- Mrs. Ernest B. Bartz, Ways and Means chairman of the Woman's McHenry Men Work For YMCA Big Gifts Goal May 7 with a working force of 781 men and women. The total goal of the cam­ paign is $1,450,000. The YMCA building is slated to be built on a 19.6 acre site located on Route 31 between Three Oaks road and Route 14. The Big Gifts Organization is composed of Mr. Jollie, chairman, nine vice-chairmen and fifty-one workers. The first team includes Don­ ald Truckenbrod of McHenry. The sixth team vice-chair- man is Robert A. Fleck. Work­ ers on his team from McHenry are Harry Hans and Roland Herrmann. Walter Jollie, Big Gifts chairman of the Lake Region YMCA's Building campaign, has announced that the second phase of the campaign is active­ ly under way. Mr. Jollie and his sixty workers will be visit­ ing Big Gifts prospects through­ out the YMCA's Service Area towns to enlist their financial support. The Big Gifts goal is $350,000. Prospects will be asked to consider gifts of from $1,000 to $10,000, payable ov­ er a three-year period. The third phase of the campaign, the Teams Organization, with a goal of $200,000 will begin on club, presents check to Bill Bolger, president of McHenry Public Library board. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Appropriately, the McHenry Woman's club is giving the pro­ ceeds from the March card party to the McHenry Public Library during National Li­ brary Week, April 12 through 18. Largely through the ef­ forts of club members, the li­ brary was started in McHen­ ry. In addition to the money do­ nated from the annual cardpar- ty, the McHenry Woman's club donates books as memorials to deceased members. Books are presently being given in memory of Mrs. Wallace Dob- yns and Mrs. E. Hogan. Discuss Future Of Educational Unit, College The McHenry County Educa­ tional foundation will meet at the Woodstock high school Wed­ nesday evening, April 15, at 8 p.m. to discuss the future of the foundation and of the Junior college. Dr. F. Robert Mealey, vice- president, and John Garrett, dean of instruction for the col­ lege, will outline its accomp­ lishments and plans for the future. Short and long range goals of the .foundation will be dis­ cussed, as well as ways in which it can better serve the educational needs of the county. McHenry county's share of $1,835,242 allocated for Illin­ ois townships and road dis­ tricts, froin motor fuel tax amounted to $17,541. McHenry Queen Is Finalist In Photoflash-'70 McHenry's 1969 Miss Mc­ Henry, Miss Cheryl Tomao, was selected last Sunday one of ten finalists to compete for Miss Photoflash of 1970. The field was narrowed from forty- nine young beauties entered in the semi-finals. Miss Photoflash will be se­ lected and crowned at the Press Photographers ball in the Sher­ man house, Chicago, on April 25. " Miss Tomao, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Tomao of 710 w. Annabelle, Pistakee Highlands, is a graduate of Mar­ ian high school and is a fresh­ man at Northern Illinois uni­ versity, DeKalb. Grass Fire Burns Through Frent Yard A fast moving grass fire cov­ ering the entire front yard of the Don Costigan residence, 1208 Ridge road, McHenry, necessi­ tated firemen hurrying to the scene last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Costigan told firemen that roofing firm workmen were putting new shingles on the roof of the house and just before noon had burned some of the old shingles in a large container about 100 feet from the house. Shortly after they left, she no­ ticed the fire, which seemed to start around the container. About 100 acres of land were burned in a grass fire which brought firemen from Company I, McHenry, and Crystal Lake* to a location between Mason Hill and Crystal Springs roads last Saturday morning. Fire Chief Glenn Peterson said children were smokingand dropped a match after it burned their hands. wW- Local Rotarians Hear SEARCH CONTINUES -- On Tuesday morning, a search contin­ ued for the body 6f William Trent of 1640 N. Mayfield, Chicago, who fell overboard while he and two companions were riding in a boat about 50 feet from shore in Pistakee Bay Sunday night. At left is a McHenry County Water Patrol boat and in center^ volunteers are searching from a pontoon boat. The location is almost directly in front of the Pistakee Yacht club. PLAINDEALER PHOTO HONOR STUDENT -- Clifford Morris, son of Mrs. Monica M. \/p rnfiT At COM fpr PHTP Jiorris of 5222 Orchard drive, McCullom Lake, is shown with w I I K J I * \ I V*V/f f I C7I wllLC? t te book which will be placed in the West campus high school library in recognition of his outstanding achievement as a fresh­ man student at the University of Illinois. The book, given by tie Mothers association, was in recognition of his first semester 5,0 (straight A) grade point average. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Clifford Morris of McCullom was one of 174 freshmen ants from a classic 6,699 the University of Illinois to achieve a straight "A" academ­ ic average for the first semes­ ter. To recognize his academic (Continued on page 16) A large delegation of McHen­ ry Rotary club members and their wives were among mem­ bers and guests from seventy- three clubs in northern Illinois who heard Governor Richard Ogilvie address the annual con­ ference of District 644, Rotary International, held last Thurs­ day in Arlington Heights. The Governor hit hard on the "ponderous and inefficient ad­ ministrative structure", and also cited excessive construc­ tion costs. Mr. Ogilvie mentioned that his budget calls for a $50 mil­ lion increase in aid to higher education and includes a 23 per- (Contiflued on page 16) William Trent of 1640 N. Mayfield, Chicago, lost hts life in the waters of Pistakee Bay Sunday night when the boat in which he was riding was hit by a wave and he fell over­ board. Members of the Johnsburg rescue squad, Sheriffs Depu­ ties Nulle, Vandervalk, Scudella and Fair, the Fox Lake Res­ cue squad and others responded to a call for help at 9:57 as strong winds lashed waves high. James Schue of Fox Lake told authorities he and his brother, Alfred Schue, of 2109 S. Trent, Maywood Park, and William Trent of Chicago were out in their 14-foot boat short­ ly before 10 o'clock when the accident occurred. James Schue said he was talking to Trent when the' latter suddenly fell overboard. The two brothers saw him in the water, threw a life preser­ ver to him and instructed Trent to take off his clothing and swim toward the shore. They said he waved and said "O.K." Moments later the motor killed and they were unable to start it immediately and return to Trent. When they finally turn­ ed the craft around, they were unable to locate him. The accident occurred in the Bay, near the Villa Nursir* home, about 50 feet from shore. The water at that point is re­ ported to be about 6 feet deep. Because of the high wind and choppy water, efforts were postponed until early Monday morning. However, deputies walked the shoreline south from the nursing home to Skidmore bridge in a vain attempt to find the body, life preserver or clothing, *