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iL 1 Johnsburg Presents Referendum McHenry Churches Schedule School Vote February 27 Rites Sfartin9 Wednesday McHenry churches have an- preceded by informal sing- This includes 7 and Johnsburg School District 12 is asking vgter approval for three vital educational issues on Saturday, Feb. 27. Growing enrollments have oq^irred rapidly as this area hat been transformed from a predominently agricultur­ al section to r changing sub­ urban residential area#£tudent papulation has nearly doubled in five years. In order to main­ tain the high educational stan­ dards and provide quality ed­ ucation, additional space must be provided. Proposed additions include classrooms being added to the Junior high school and to the Ringwood school. A boys' gym would be added to the Junior high. Remodeling in the base­ ment of the Johnsburg elemen­ tary building would provide a library and materials center. The cost of these essentials will total $560,000. The long range provisions of this construction allow for a new elementary building to be located in an area of great­ est pupil concentration in ap­ proximately five years. Con­ struction costs have been set at $440,000. If enrollment in­ creases do not materialize, this money will not be bonded. The present bonding power of District 12 is $560,000. TTie present bond rate is 31 cents. Passing of this bond issue will increase the rate about 20 cents per $100 assessed valuation. There will be no tax to pay on the $440,000 until the bonds have been sold. If the $440,000 bond is never sold, there will be a decrease of about 10 cents per $100 in the tax rate after four years. Johnsburg School District 12, along with other, schools, has felt inflation pressures. In­ structional materials, furni­ ture, equipment, supplies and salaries are all paid out of the Educational fund. Monies for this fund are made available by the voters of each school district. Voters establish the rate limits. Acceptance of these issues will raise the tax rate from $1.81 to approximately $2.31. The Johnsburg area rates are lower than any comparable district in the area. Additional funds are needed to meet expenses. For several years it has been necessary to borrow money from next year's taxes. This has resulted in ser­ ious deficit spending. The sec­ ond proposal will ask to in­ crease the Education fund tax rate from $1.01 to $1.26. The third issue under consid­ eration deals with the cost of maintaining, repairing and im­ proving school property. These (Continued on page 13) THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER • "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 96 NUMBER 6 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 24, 1971 16 PAGES TEN CENTS Township Flooding Causes Emergency McHenry churches have an­ nounced plans for lenten ser­ vices to start Ash Wednesday, Feb. 24. ^ ZION LUTHERAN A unique series of services will be presented at Zion Lu­ theran church, 4206 W. Wau-. kegan road, McHenry, during the lenten season, beginning Ash Wednesday, Feb. 24. Six pastors from neighbor­ ing communities will come on successive Wednesdays at 8 p.m. to share their messages on the theme, "Christ on Trial." The pastor says "On Trial" will probe the heart of every worshipper in his guilt and in his hope. This is a lenten ser­ ies designed to have each per­ son see today's problems and opportunities in the light of the Cross. The structure of the series- will be unusual and useful. Some of the sermons will offer tes­ timony of witnesses for the prosecution of Jesus, and oth­ ers will offer testimony in His defense. In every sermon the listeners will be asked to reach a verdict. At the same time they will realize that the testi­ mony that is being given (wheth­ er for Him or against Him) might well be their own. The 8 o'clock service of wor­ ship each week shall be preceded by informal sing­ ing at 7 p.m. and Bible dis­ cussion groups for all ages at 7:15. ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC At St. Mary's Catholic church, ashes will be blessed and distributed before the 7 a.m. Mass Ash Wednesday. They al­ so will be distributed after the 8 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Masses that day. Throughout Lent, there will be daily Masses at 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning and at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Friday evenings, followed by Stations of the Cross. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL St. Paul's Episcopal church has scheduled holy Eucharist for 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday. There will be im­ position of ashes at both ser­ vices. Throughout Lent, on Wednes­ day evenings at 7:30, there will be holy Eucharist and Bible study. FIRST UNITED METHODIST Ash Wednesday services will be held at the First United Methodist church Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Mid-week services will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. throughout Lent. ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC Ashes will be distributed at all Masses Ash Wednesday at St. Patrick's Catholic church. This includes 7 and 8 a.m. and 7:30 in the evening. A spe­ cial opportunity for public school students and homemak- ers to take part in this sac­ ramental rite and receive blessed ashes will be given at 4 p.m. The scheduled lenten ser­ vices will center around the Mass. One will be offered each morning at 8 o'clock Monday through Saturday. An evening Mass will be readat7:30 Mond- day through Thursday, with Sta­ tions of the Cross on Friday. SHEPHERD 4)F. THE HILLS The beginning of the season of lent will be observed at Shep­ herd of the Hills Lutheran church, 404 North Green street, McHenry, with an Ash Wednes­ day communion servic^ at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24. Special music will be pro­ vided by members of the senior choir, directed by Norm Mac- donald, according to Pastor Roger W. Schneider. Mid-week services will be heldeach Wed­ nesday evening at 7:30 during Lent. FIRST BAPTIST No special services are plan­ ned during lent at the First Baptist church, but there will be a study of the Crucifixion at 7:30 p.m. in the church the Wednesday preceding Easter. McHenry Students Compile Outstanding College Ranking Many McHenry area young people were included among the ninety-six full time and sev­ enty-eight part time students at McHenry County college who at­ tained ranking on the dean'sUst as the result of scholastic ach­ ievement during the fall semes­ ter. Among those who received a straight "A" average were Barbara Buck of Ringwood, Wil­ liam Davis, BernadetHillerand Lawrence Weishoff of McHen­ ry. Qualifying for high honors with a grade point average oi 3.5 to 4.0 and a 4. scale were William G. Boone, Diane L. Cristopher, Debora Fair, Rob­ ert B. Moore and Louise A. Winters of McHenry and Mor­ ton R. Frodin and Craig John­ son of Wonder Lake. Appearing on the 3.0 to 3.5 grade average list weVe Steve Ahlgrim, John A. Carter, Christin M. Coburn, Robert B. Coburn, William M. Eckhart, John J. Huemann, Casey F. Kasprzak, Michael A. Krickl, Stephen Perewe, William Pugh, Marji Ruth, Edward Saunders, Thomas Trendler and Dale J. Wilson of McHenry; CraigSom- merfield of Spring Grove and Steven E. Farrow and Brian McCafferty of Wonder Lake. Part time students who qual­ ified for honors included Den­ nis Ansell, Geraldine W. Boehm, Donna Buch, Madelyn Duel, Donald Hojnacki, Dianne Holmes, Stuart Jamieson, Mir­ iam Miller, Marie Martin, Lor- etta Nelson, Sandra Singler, Thomas Voase and Louise Wor- zala of McHenry; Jackie El­ liott of Ringwood and Mary Lynn of Wonder Lake. Musicians in Concerned Citizens To- Winter Concert Meet On School Issues This was tfie sceneat Nippersink Estates, in the northeast part of McHenry the latter reducing township^ Sunday when an ice blockage caused emergency measures to be taken. morning. Two additional , culverts were J rise to serious flooding in this area, located across the channel from Pis- takee Highlands. water level sixteen incnes at b o'clock Monday PLAINDEALER PHOTO installed in neighboring Pistakee Highlands, i An undetermined number of which gave Nippersink Estates residents were forced to evacuate their homes last Saturday night when The ninth annual mid-win- ter band concert will be pre­ sented Thursday, Feb. 25, by the McHenry West campus high school band. The band has chosen heav­ ier music for this concert than in the past years. The con­ cert will open with the tradi­ tional sound of a march by Hen­ ry Fillmore entitled "Ameri­ cans We". The immortal "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Bach will be heard. In commemora­ tion of Beethoven's 200thbirth­ day, the young will perform the overture from the ballet "Prometheus" by Beethoven. A special work by Norman Del- lo Joio, a suite called "Scenes from the Lourve", will be the highlight of the concert. Gary Anna, a senior trump­ eter at West campus, will be featured soloist with the band on a selection by Sam Nestico It was announced Monday by Richard Swantz, principal of West campus, that a second meeting of concerned citizens will be held at McHenry high school, West campus, Tuesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Citizens wishing to have questions answered or to learn more about the upcoming referendum March 20 are in­ vited to attend. The meeting on Tuesday, March 2, is a result*0f public demand. Last Wednesday eve- ninig, approximately 100-150 citizens met at West campus to hear school board members and administrators speak on the need for the referendum pas­ sage. Since that meeting, school administrators have had scores of requests for a second in- . formational meeting. School administrators and board members will be in at­ tendance to answer questions on the referendum and also those concerning cutbacks should the referendum fail. Citizens wishing information concerning the referendum may call the central administration offices at 385-7210 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. any school day. called "Portrait of a Trum­ pet." Other selections will be "Academic Festival Overture" by Brahms; two John Cacavas selections called "Streets of Athens", and a new march "Trumpets of Splendor". The concert is scheduled It 8 o'clock in the West campus auditorium. It is under the di­ rection of John Leighty, West campus music instructor. McHenry area schools, feel­ ing the pinch of steadily and rapidly growing enrollments, plus a reduction in taxes as personal property payments are lifted, are coming to the public for support. First of two requests will be made this weekend when Johnsburg District 12 holds a referendum to increase its edu­ cational and building tax rates and to ask specifically for mon­ ey to house more students. It is recognized throughout northern Illinois that the Johns­ burg schools are among the best in this area, providing an ex­ cellent education for all of the community's grade school pu­ pils. School leaders are confi­ dent that residents appreciate the benefits not only to the young people but to everyone resid­ ing in the area, for it is a fact that good" schools attract good people. No one denies that education today is more important than at any other time in history, or that anything worthwhile car­ ries its cost, and in many cases, sacrifice. It's as simple as that. First rate schools cannot be maintained without the pub- litf cooperating with boards of education which spend countless hours without remuneration, to bring to a community one of its most vital needs. A very welcome card from Evelyn (KarIs) Murphy in Palm Beach, Fla., tells us what we (Continued on page 13) high waters caused excessive flooding throughout the seventy- house subdivision located in the northeast section of McHenry township. Supervisor Walter Dean reported Monday after­ noon that they were able to return Sunday evening and con­ ditions were expected to be well under control Monday night. Similar to other areas in the state, residents found them­ selves under the powerful deluge of fast melting snow Dean said he received his first evidence of the danger­ ous situation about 6:30 Friday evening, when he and Civil De­ fense Director John Shay of McHenry hurried to the small community and found most roads under water. The super­ visor described the subdivision as including seventy homes ranging in price from about $12,000 to $50,000. The men remained in the area until 12:30 Saturday morning, continuing their investigation, but darkness prevented them from learning the source of the trouble. They said there was considerable flooding in the houses and some furnaces were out. They returned to the sceneat daybreak Saturday, when it be­ came evident that the problem resulted from ice jams in the east channel, toward the Fox river. They found chunks of ice had broken off and became lod­ ged against the piers. So rapid and continuous was the process that the ice jam extended from (Continued on page 13) Winter Fun In McHenry Tickets Given Local Drivers After Crashes Charles M. Mullen, 3012 N. Riverside drive, McHenry, was slightly injured Friday morn­ ing about 8 o'clock at the in­ tersection ̂ Of Route 31 and Route 176, 2 miles east of Crystal Lake, when his car struck the rear of another driven by Wil­ liam J. Digiorgio of 414 East- view, McHenry. Sigiorgio told police he was south-bound on Route 31 and as he approached the intersection, /TfK, saw the traffic light about to change. He had stopped when he was hit by the Mullen auto. The lat­ ter driver said he was unable to stop in time to avoid the col­ lision. He was ticketed for fol­ lowing too closely. Russell G. Gilliford, 1617 N. Court street, McHenry, was ticketed for driving while in­ toxicated after a one-car acci­ dent Friday afternoon about 5:30 on Route 120, just east of Riv­ er road, y2 mile east of Mc­ Henry. GilP'ord stated he lost control of his car, and thought (Continued on page 13) Plans Developed For Easter Seal Campaign One of the good things about the Easter Seal Therapy Center is that many volunteers come forth to help. This is vital, reviews Mrs. Howard Fiedelman, 1971 Easter Seals chairman, because the organization is entirely supported by con­ tributions^ "With its patient load in­ creasing each year, it is good to know that volunteers are available," she continued. Committee members are developing plans. Soon members of the auxiliary will p r e p a r e i n f o r m a t i o n a l literature and the colorful Easter Seals to mail to the county's residents. Physical therapy and speech therapy are the services provided-for people unable to pay, the center has a no-charge policy. Bill Cooke is the full-time registered physical therapist, assisted by another registered physical therapist, Mrs. James Batz. Mrs. Lu Pierce conducts the speech therapy program. (Continued on page 7) Disorderly Charges Made Against Three Three young men, one from this area, were arrested by city police and charged with dis­ orderly conduct after they had caused a disturbance in Micky's Place, Riverside Drive, and threatened to damage the shop. The complaint was signed by the owner, Richard G. Vidas, last weekend. Charged are Bruce Henning, 19, of 8912 Shady lane, Won­ der Lake, Steven Brugger, 23, of 930 Clay street, Woodstock, and Timothy Mullen, 19, of Rt. 5, Janesville, Wis. The con­ duct charge was made against all of them, and Henning also will face a charge of purchase (Continued on page 13) Long before the carefree days of summer make this setting an ideal place for another kind of play, young folks skate on the frozen creek in the McHenry Country Club area while the duck population remains at a safe distance. PLAINDEALER PHOTO