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Year's Total At 30 Three Lose Three persons lost their lives in traffic accidents which oc­ curred over the weekend in the McHenry community. Linda G. Heleniak, 17, of 662 Briar road, Wauconda, died at f2:41 ai m.'Tuesday in McHenry hospital following a one-can crash which took place at 10 o'clock Monday night on River road, at Black Partridge road, 2*2 miles south of the city. The driver, Kenneth Louis Schueler, of 303 N. Willow lane, McHenry, and two other passengers, Carol Corter of 945 Larkdale, Wauconda, and Joseph Anthony Francisco, 207 Fairfield, Island Lake, were reported in satisfactory con­ dition Tuesday in the local hospital, where they were taken by ambulance. Corter sustained multiple fractures?- Francisco possible fractures, , and Schueler, possible head injuries and abrasions. A witness, Jeffrey Ziesk, of 2616 N. Emerald court, McHenry, who was standing beside the road^ told police he saw the south-bound auto ap­ proaching at a high rate of speed. He said it left the road on the right side, then returned and Crossed to the left side, turning end over end before coming to rest on its top. Authorities said the crash occurred .on a thoroughfare marked with double yellow lines, in a no-passing zone. There were no skid marks. Two men were killed in the first fatal crash of the weekend in the state, which occurred Friday morning at 12:18 a.m. (Continued on Page 13) THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION S INCfc 1875 VOLUME 96 NUMBER 40 WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1971 14 PAGES TEN CENTS Wafer Fights On Sunday To Open Festival Week NAME CONSERVATION OFFICERS - The new McHenry County Soil Conservation District is functioning with the.election of officers and determination of first plans to activate the newly- created group. Officers were elected at last week's first meeting. From left: Dr. George Buehler, Marengo, treasurer; Arthur Baker, Crystal Lake, president: Frank Fabbri. Woodstock, Secretary; William Howenstine. McHenry; and Robert Fritz. Harvard • DON PE Aft LEY PHOTO Former McHenry Man $700 Taken To Head Health Unit lr> Burglary Our public meetings sometimes disclose procedures and opinions that are difficult to understand, particularly when one must conclude that the action is undertaken by men who should be better in­ formed than the average perkim/*^ w\e recall an incident which occurred at last week's county board of supervisors meeting in which the subject of em­ ployment of a public relations firm to handle county meetings was brought up for discussion the second time. Before it was tabled for as many times, Supervisor Edwin Buckley of Woodstock said he made the proposal because he would like to have an "unbiased report of proceedings". The statement was met with some unasked questions by the press in attendance. To be sure, Mr. Buckley could not have selected a more competent firm to do the job. And while the larger newspapers of the county would no doubt continue to send their own reporters to cover the meetings, in several com­ munities where the staff is not large enough to be present, readers would benefit. For all the news media, the public relations report would probably include sidelights that might be researched and developed into interesting reading. The point is not that the idea is a bad one - only the reason as pointed out by Mr. Buckley. If a newspaper with "no strings attached" fails to give an un­ biased account of meetings, how does he expect a paid employee to accomplish this? Few stories have superseded in public interest the much publicized Veitnam documents which have hit the press. The entire subject remind* us of one of the perversities of human nature, which is that individuals blessed with many things in common often disagree violently over the merits^ of relatively minor matters. Much the same charac­ teristic is evidenced in at­ titudes toward the traditional institutions of our country, one of the important being feedom in all its aspects. In the case of (Continued on Page 13) The Board of Health has employed Richard Wissell, formerly of McHenry, as public health administrator for the McHenry County Department of Health. Wissell is presently employed as the chief of the Food Processing program and the acting chief of the Drug Inspection program for the Division of Food and Drugs, Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, 111. He will assume his duties Aug. 16. Wissell is a graduate of McHenry high school and lived in Crystal Lake while employed by the Food and Drug ad­ ministration in Chicago. Me was formerly employed as a sanitarian by the City of Kenosha Health department, and is presently classified as Sanitarian IV by the Illinois Department of Public Health. This is the highest classification of sanitarians obtainable from the State Department of Public Health. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1960, and a Master's in Public Health from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., in 1966. Wissell* s educational qualifications, his experience as a sanitarian, and present administrative work, coupled with his native interest in McHenry county are believed by the Board of Health to make him an excellent choice,for this position. A scene much like this will be reenacted Sunday, July 11, when the McHenry Fire department sponsors water fjghts at the city beach, starting at 1 p.m. Firemen from throughout the county will par­ ticipate in the exciting event which marks the beginning of Marine Festival Week. LEON ARD STUDIO PHOTO Although the three big events scheduled Marine Festival Sunday, July 18, are expected to attract the largest crowds to McHenry, there are many feature^ of the preceding week which stand out as special highlights of the annual event. The first of these will be the water fights sponsored by McHenry's Fire department, to be held Sunday. July 11, at 1 p.m. at the city beach, Riverside drive. The object of the fights which generate much excitement among participants and viewers alike, is to push a barrel past the opponent team's line. Firemen from throughout the county participate. The next ev'ent is Teen Night in the city park Wednesday, July 14, from 7:30 to 10:30, featuring the "Soul Purpose" band. This will be followed by two more musical nights, the McHenry city band performing Thursday, July 15, from 8 to 11 p.m., with dancing for all ages, and square dancing during the same hours Friday, July 16 These events are also scheduled for the city park. Business districts in the city are expected to be crowded all day Saturday, July 17, when the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the entire festival, presents a Sidewalk Sale in the French theme. Chairman Mike Brown says the sal£ should provide for colorful displays because of a window dressing contest in* which merchants will vie for prizes in three categories: 1- most original; 2-most colorful; and 3-most amusing. Employees will don ap­ propriate attire in serving the (Continued on Page 13) Visitor Leaves Mark(s) On City Over Holiday Anthony Schwarz of 2645 S. 29th street, Milwaukee, Wis., left his mark on the community probably to a greater degree than any visitor in McHenry over the holiday weekend. On July 21 he may very well confront local residents he has never met wheq he appears in BranchJlxmirt. , Schwarr was brought to the city police station after his east-bound car left Victoria street, in the, Country Club subdivision, traveled 135 feet onto a lawn, struck a lamp and tree. Before the\visitor had an opportunity to leave, city police were alerted. (Continued on Page 13) Soprano Guest Soloist With Stage Band Mrs. Carolyn Ritthaler, highly talented soprano, will be guest soloist when the McHenry stage band presents its concert in the city park Thursday, July 8, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Ritthaler has been entertaining local audiences for many years as a soloist with the McHenry Choral club. Her selections will be "I'll Take Romance", "Moon River" and "Can't Help Lovin' That Man". Director Bob Freund has listed the following selections to be played by the band: "This Could Be The Start of Some­ thing", "I Miss YouSo","Jun- (Continued on Page 13) A burglar who entered the new Hornsby store in the McHenry Market Place Sunday night left with $700 in currency and an apparent injury which hopefully will result in his apprehension. City police said Officer Keevil was on" routine patrol duty about 10 o'clock when he noticed a window on the east of the building had been broken. Investigation revealed that the intruder apparently was acquainted with the surroun­ dings. The money was taken from a drawer and nothing else in the store was stolen. Detective Hendle of the Sheriff's dppartment obtained fingerprints. He is also checking blood found on a paper bag, believed to have resulted when the thief was cut by glass while entering. Zennela Home Partly Gutted By July 1 Fire The kitchen of the Zennela home on Greenleaf drive, in Wooded Shores subdivision of Wonder Lake, was entirely gutted and there was smoke and heat damage throughout the remainder of the home as the result of a fire last Thur­ sday, July 1. A passerby was the first to notice smoke billowing from the kitchen windows. He turned in the ^alarm, which was an­ swered by firemen of Company I at about 1:45 in the afternoon. Company II was soon called to (Continued on page 13) Archery "Safari" New Festival Week Feature A new feature of McHenry Marine Festival is the archery "Safari". Northern Illini Bowmen are sponsoring a 3-D Safari animal shoot at their range on Draper Road, a mile west of McHenry, July 17 and 18. The club has made life sized styrofoam animals for this shoot -- full sized animals, elephant, zebra, gorilla and huge, charging, hairy black bear to be arrowed. Many of the smaller 3-D animals will be moving targets run by bat­ teries, a real challenge to the archer's skill and an in­ teresting sight for the spec­ tator. Everyone is invited to the Northern Illini Bowmen's range to try a hand at shooting or just to watch} the fun in this fast growing family sport of archery The NI Bowmen invite everyone to try a bow at the practice area. There will be equipment at the range Sunday for anyone wishing to try out the sport. Also, special in­ structors will be on hand to help the novice. There is a central lane through the oak valley archery range- where spectators can watch the fun. Most of the moving targets may be ob- (Continued on page 13) Students Win Special Merit Scholarships Steve Cuda, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cuda, and Heidi L. Mayer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Mayer, have been awarded Special Merit scholarships by Bradley university for the 1971-72 academic year. Awards by the 5,000 full-time, undergraduate student university in Peoria range from $500, where there is no financial need, to full tuition if need is displayed. To qualify, the'high school senior must have scored better than 1,200 points oh the college entrance examination board tests and have placed in the upper 10 per cent of the graduating class. Looking Ahead fin Health Planning This is the first of a series of articles outlining findings of a recent study of McHenry County hospital and health care services and needs. The survey was conducted last year by Gordon E. Friesen In­ ternational Inc., consultants in the hospital field, under the auspices of the Crystal Lake Hospital Association, McHenry Hospital and Memorial Hospital for McHenry County in Woodstock. Results of the Friesen study are being presented in this series of ar­ ticles as a public service to McHenry County residents. According to U.S. Bureau of Census data, McHenry county experienced a total populatic growth of only 17,500 people/in the 30 years between 1920^and 1950. In the subsequerrt20-year period, that rate of increase tripled to current \population levels in excess ol\100,(500 residents. According tc&forecasts 6f the Northeastern Illinois Planning commission, future rates of growth will be significantly accelerated with population reaching a projected 240,000 by 1995. U Quite obviously, this increase will have significant impact in the county's growth, par­ ticularly as it relates to tran­ sportation, education, housing, marketing and social needs. *Not the least of the future ^concerns is the development of local health care facilities and services. At the present time, principal hospital facilities in McHenry county are the 100-bed Memorial Hospital for McHenry County (formerly Woodstock Community hospital) now expanding to 130 beds.tfjnd McHenry hospital in McHCTiry, which has 140 beds. These facilities are augmented by a 40-bed hospital in Harvardvi, Almost 56 k percent of ad­ missions to the two larger hospitals come from the Woodstock, Wonder Lake and McHenry areas while an ad- itional 26 percent of their atients come from the Crystal Lake, Cary-Algonquin and north McHenry county (Bur­ ton, Hebron, Richmond townships). Crystal Lak*1 residents, v#th no hospital facilities im­ mediately available to them, are als&he^vy users of nearby Sherrwa^ ^and St. Joseph hospitals in Elgin. In its study, the Friesen organization attempted to analyze whether or not existing hospital facilities, in either their present or expanded states, could effectively serve (Continued on Page 13) FIREWORKS ON DISPLAY - The July Fourth holiday is ex­ pressed in many ways, most importantly as Americans recall their independence. Like most other institutions, however, the holiday has also come to be marked in a lighter mood, b^the carnival 1 . - ' / 1 A . spirit evident above on the Legion grounds. A spectacular display takes to the foreground as carnival patrons enjoj the last hours of this annual entertainment feature. PLAIN'DEAl ER PHOTtft