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LlHn THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKE S REGION SINCE 187B" VOLUME 96-NUMBER 31 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1970 <- 16 PAGES - TEN CENTS Proposed School Referendum Studied Local Man Head In Community Of AM PI District Frank Wiedemann, post­ master at the Ringwood post office, informed county officials this past week that a drop mailbox located in front of the post office has been misused several times recently. On one occasion, an open bottle of cola was dropped in the box and sev­ eral pieces of mail were des­ troyed. Another time a small kitten was found inside the drop- box. Vandals are warned that anyone found tampering in any way with the mail will be charg­ ed with a federal offense. i Mrs. Leanna Summerkamp of 8916 Oriole trail, Wonder Lake, told deputies that vandals had been active on the inside of her new home which is present­ ly under construction. Henry Scholtz of 3408 W. Sec­ ond street, McHenry, told au­ thorities his home has been the target of many acts of van­ dalism over the past year. Eggs, bricks and stones have been thrown at his house, the yard light has had the glass mantle broken several times, tools and an outboard motor have been stolen from his garage and cars continuously cut across his lawn. He stated that most of this damage occurs Friday nights. McHenry's West campus American Field Students visited last Vallet Carroza of Chile, livir« with the Jerome Rogers. In front Tuesday evening's meeting of the board of School District 15. of them, mostly hidden from view, is Manasseh Gasana from Two of them are shown at right, rear, Armin Schwolgin of Ger- - Africa, who resides with the Alvin Benoy family. many, spending the year in the Richard Wiegman home, and Juan PLAINDEALER PHOTO Plans for a referendum to raise the educational rate in High School District 156 oc­ cupied much of the discussion at last Tuesday's meeting.Spe­ cial guests included the school's three American Field Service students who listened with in­ terest to presentations of this and other items of business. Pictured above are the Lake-McHenry AMPI officers for 1970-71. From left, front, Mrs. Ferol Tomlinson, McHenry, secretary-treasur­ er; Bev Dimon, McHenry County Dairy Prin­ cess; Avery Vose, Antioch, division director; and Ralph Nichols, Hebron, ADA of Illinois district director. Back: Harold Stilling, McHenry, reso­ lutions committeeman; Jack Rehorst, Richmond, director; Lawrence Johnson, Hebron, legislative representative; Bob Nichols, Hebron, vice-pres- ident; and Charles Weingart, McHenry, presi- Town Officials Act On Numerous Resolutions dent. We recently learned the re­ sults of the controversial Sco- ville case in Joliet, in which a youth had been expelled from school' because of his work with an underground newspaper which allegedly carried obscen­ ities. When parents of the boy voic­ ed their objection, the case was taken before the district court, which upheld the school. The case then was taken to a high­ er court, where this decision was reversed and the boy was returned to the classroom. When an attempt was made to take the problem to the U.S. Supreme Court, there was a re­ fusal to place the case on the agenda, presumably for the rea­ son that it was not felt to be, of sufficient importance. The chain of events in the Scoville case reminds us of a more local situation in which 70 per cent of the parents polled in the McHenry school system last spring revealed that they would prefer stricter dress codes. The fact that no action was taken by the board of edu­ cation should not be construed to mean that they were not in agreement. This matter, too, has come before the courts and school authorities are not al­ lowed to enforce such codes. Unfortunately, it is only one of many problems for which len­ iency continues to grow. It would be a refreshing change if par­ ents would band together in a given community, establish their own rules according to their beliefs, and enforce them. This doesn't take court action, just a return to a demand for respect, which has all but van­ ished. Any success achieved might well mark the reversal of a trend which has taken Mom and Dad off the proverbial hook as they look the other way at home and hope a few teachers will take over the job of discipline. Higher education may start at 14 or 15, but we've never no­ ted much success in starting to teach discipline and respect at that age. Who was that old sage who said, "As the twig is bent, the tree will grow"? With all of the wonderful opportunities for learning today, nobody has come up with anything better than good common sense! Lutkin hall, Northwestern un­ iversity, must have echoed with the musical sounds of hundreds of students in its long history. Seldom, we believe, did they have a more professional ring than produced last Sunday af­ ternoon when Carl Johnson of (Continued on page 5) Charles P. Weingart of Mc­ Henry was re-elected Tues­ day, Nov. 10, as president of the Lake-McHenry district of Associated Milk Producers, Inc. The election of Weingart, other officers and delegates took place at the district's first annual meeting at the V.F.W. hall at Woodstock. Avery A. Vose, the Antioch dairyman who is a member of DON PEASLEY PHOTO the A.M.P.I, board of direc­ tors and treasurer of the en­ tire association, was re-elec- ted to serve a three-year term on the advisory board of Di­ vision 2 in the TYi-State region. Lawrence A. Johnson of He­ bron and Jack T. Rehorst of Richmond continue in two-and one-year terms, respectively, representing the district on the (Continued on page 5) Absentee Procedures For College Election Thirteen voting precincts have been established by the board of trustees of McHenry County college for the special election scheduled for Dec. 5. On that date, the electorate will decide the question of author­ izing a bond issue of three mil­ lion dollars local funds to match nine million dollars state funds for constructing the college's permanent campus. An ad­ ditional one million dollars of local funds is requested for e- quipping this campus. Applications for absentee ballots must be submitted per­ sonally or by mail to T.N. Pohl, Office of Business Ser­ vices, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois, 60014. Applications by mail must be received by the college by Nov. 25. The deadline for visiting the colleee in person for voting by (Continued on page 5) The sixty-first annual con­ vention of Township Officials of Illinois was held at Hotel Pere-Marquette, Peoria, last week, attended by McHenry Township Assessor Sibre Whit­ ing and Mrs. Whiting and Clar­ ence Regner, township road - commissioner. During the three-day conven­ tion, there were morning and afternoon sessions with very in­ formative speakers. This was the largest convention ever held for township officials. At the final session twenty resolutions were passed and again, some Scouts Collect Nearly 30 Tons Good Turn Day With typical fall weather pre­ vailing, the Scouts of Kishwau- kee district, Blackhawk Area council, carried out a success­ ful Good Turn Day Saturday, Nov. 14, according to George Brand, district executive. The Scouts and volunteer Scouters collected nearly thir­ ty tons of clothing, housewares and small appliances. changes in local government may be expected. Mr. Regner stated that res­ olution No. 13, which was pass­ ed and will be recommended to the next legislative session, will be a bill pertaining to im- ?rovement of subdivision roads. his will help to improve roads now maintained by property owners. Also in the final session, after much discussion, it was unanimously voted to take no stand (Mi Con-Con. After a report of the nomin­ ating committee, there was election of officers and adjourn- ment. This material will be taken to the Goodwill Industries work­ shops, where it will be used in a rehabilitation program for the physically handicapped peo­ ple. This is the only salvage rehabilitation agency serving the local residents. Some 1,000 Cubs, Scouts and Explorers and 250 volunteer Scouters participated in this Good Turn Day featuring ser­ vice to others. Hie Scouts dis­ tributed 20,000 specially print­ ed Boy Scout bags and leaflets in this area. County Board Okays Con-Con By Narrow Margin Of special interest at last Thursday* s meeting of the coun­ ty board of supervisors was the mock election held concern­ ing the attitude of members toward Con Con, which will be voted in mid-December. Their vote followed a talk by Stanley Johnson of DeKalb, a delegate to the recent conventiom. On the new Constitution as a whole, eleven supported its passage, nine were opposed and several abstained from voting. Previous action had been taken by the Legislative committee to endorse the 1970 Constitu­ tion. On separate items members expressed themselves as fol­ lows: To give 18-year-olds the vote, 13 in favor, 8 apposed; for the death penalty to remain, 16 in Savor, 5 opposed; for the election rather than ap­ pointment of judges, 17 in fla­ vor, 4 opposed; to establish sin­ gle or multiple districts for townships, 11 for single, 10 for multiple. On the wisdom of making fur­ ther cuts in the budget now, or following the referendum, Clint ClaypOol expressed his opinion that it should be done at this time, and then explain to the public the board has done all that is possible to remain within the tax allow­ ance but the present rate does not result in sufficient funds. Others felt it best to obtain a new feeling of the public. If there should be a negative vote, drastic cuts would be neces­ sary. It was the opinion of Edward Neumann that a lay committee be named to inform the public of the situation and attempt to obtain a favorable vote. Although no official vote was forthcoming on the method of procedure, a motion was pass­ ed to establish a planning com­ mittee to prepare for such a referendum either this winter or spring. The committee would be re­ sponsible for settting a date, establishing committees within the group and a procedure for recruiting volunteers to work on the referendum, and to define responsibilities for adminis­ tration, board and volunteers. Another discussion centered on the advisability of creating a permanent committee for the purpose of settling problems short of school board involve­ ment and to improve commun­ ications along instructional lev­ els of the school district. There was some difference of opinion on the make-up of the committee, and the matter of composition was deferred until another meeting. The pro­ posal presented included the su­ perintendent as chairman; the high school principals in each building; the president of the teachers' association, one tea­ cher from each building and two school board members. Another important discussion was held on the proposed plan­ ned unit development on the Kennebeck farm, east of Mc­ Henry, on both sides of High­ way 120, to be known as Port Royal subdivision. Dr. Carl Bergstrom, super­ intendent, explained to the board plans as set forth to date, and revealed an anticipated 1,500 extra students in both school districts with completion of the subdivision. The tremendous problem of providing facilities was viewed by members, and a suggestion made that $100 per high school student should be asked from the developer for the estimated 400 to 500 young people who would be enrolled on both campuses. It was also deemed necessary to ask that two elementary school sites be donated. At this point, Claypool asked why other subdivisions ha* not been requested for similar do­ nations of land. He particularly pinpointed Dutch Creek Wood­ lands, near Johnsburg, for which a zoning petition change is awaited, and Pheasant Val- (Continued on page 5) Valuable Items Several Local Stolen In Burglaries Sheriffs police have been busy during the past week in­ vestigating numerous bur­ glaries and thefts in the Mc­ Henry area. Entrance was gained to the James Roche home at 3321 S. Riverdale drive, McHenry, by breaking the lock on the rear door. Numerous items of value were taken, including six bottles of liquor, a piggy bank containing old coins, six beer mugs, a man's diamond wrist watch, Poloroid land camera, two women's white gold, dia­ mond wrist watches and numer­ ous bottles of medication. Al­ so one dozen sirloin steaks were stolen from the freezer. The burglary took place sometime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. as the theft was dis­ covered by the Roche children when they returned home from school. Edward Halinski of 5906 Fox Lake road, McHenry, reported that his home had been burglar­ ized early last week. Entrance was made by prying open the sliding patio doors at the rear of the house. Taken were a clock radio, portable 12-inch television set, a fishing box with lures, two small tackle boxes with lures, three reels and two fishing poles. Total value of the items was approx­ imately $450. Allie Hammons of 503 Glen- wood drive, Lilymoor, report­ ed that several weeks ago, her home was entered and a yellow gold watch valued at $20, along with a Polaroid camera valued at $30, were stolen from the premises. The home of Richard Shinsky of 4800 Shore drive, Lakeland Park, McHenry, was entered sometime between 6:15 a.m. and 9:05 p.m. one night last week. The intruder gained entrance through a front window. Missing items were one watch valued at $100 and two coin collections. Walter Larsen, Jr., of 2520 W. Clara, McHenry, told dep­ uties that a pair of two-way walkie talkie transistor radios were taken from a truck parked at his residence last week. The truck is owned by R & D Thiel company of Palatine. A new chain saw valued at $179 and a tool box full of various tools was taken from the garage of Charles Zuber, 2506 Orchard Beach drive, Mc- (Continued on page 5) City Of Shows Change Largest Rate In New Census The following is a prelim­ inary report (not an official final count) of the 1970 cen­ sus, listed for cities and vil­ lages in the six-county metro­ politan area of the McHenry County Regional Planning com­ mission. OLD TIME MELODRAMA -- Tom Broman, as Simon Darkway, and Sue Johnson, as Carolotta, are shown plotting to undermine the Rocky Mountain railroad in a scene from the old time melodrama, "Love Rides the Rails", to be presented by the junior class in West campus auditorium Nov. 20, 21 and 22 at 8:15 p.m. PLAINDEALER PHOTO NAME PROBATION OFFICER Brian A. Knight of Woodstock has been appointed an assistant adult probation officer, accord­ ing to an announcement by Judge William M. Carroll. Action was taken because work referred to William M. Tittle, adult pro­ bation officer of the Circuit court, has Increased to the point that it is impossible for him to thoroughly investigate and fully report on the petitions. NAME ALGONQUIN BARRINGTON HILLS* CARY CRYSTAL LAKE FOX RIVER VALLEY GARDENS FOX RIVER GROVE HARVARD Ht.BR ON HUNTLEY ISLAND LAKE** LAKE-EN-THE-HILLS LAKEMOOR LAKEWOOD MARENGO McCULLOM LAKE MCHENRY OAKWOOD HILLS RICHMOND SPRING GROVE SUNNYSIDE UNION WONDER LAKE WOODSTOCK 1960 2,014 1,726 2,530 8,314 It will be noted that the city of McHenry, with a present pop­ ulation figure of 6.643. has the largest rate of change -- 99.1 per cent -- in the ten-year period. This resulted largely because of the 1967 Lakeland Park annexation, which brought (1970) ADDED 60/70 1,495 933 1,810 6,172 the city population to 5,943. There has been a gain of 700 persons in the last three years. Changes in the six counties involved and the various town­ ships were shown in a table which appeared in Wednesday's issue. % CHANGE 1960/1970 74.2 1970 3,509 2,659 4,340 14,486 1,866 4,248 1,143 1,639. 2,046 8,897 •Village of Barrington Hills is located in 4 counties. ••Village of Island Lake is located in 2 counties 10,025