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xO-lwC,v THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKE S REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 96 NUMBER 73 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1972 22 PAGES TEN CENTS Elect School Boards In Large Vote McHenry Shores Will Vote On Incorporation Residents of McHenry Shores will vote next Saturday, April 15, expressing themselves on the proposed incorporation of the area. Voting will take place at the William Dostal residence, 601 S. Broadway, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The territory in question includes McHenry Shores Units 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Recently, some residents of that community expressed a desire to be annexed to the city of McHenry. The Council, however, advised them that this was impossible because the property is not contiguous to the municipality. Since the area is within a mile of the city limits, the Council must give approval to any incorporation. Therefore, the city sent a letter, advising that there was no objection to efforts on behalf of McHenry Shores toward in­ corporation if residents so desired. CHERYLHARTMANN BARBARA ANN McDONAGH CANDIDATES - The twelfth and thirteenth candidates to enter the McHenry Marine Festival queen contest are the two attractive young ladies shown above. Cheryl Hartmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Hartmann is 17 and a senior at West campus. Her hobbies are sailing, horseback riding, dancing and snow and waterskiing. In school, she is active in G.A.A., Spanish club and chorus, is a student leader and has appeared in talent shows and musicals. After graduation, she will attend a junior college before joining an airlines. Barbara Ann McDonagh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McDonagh, is 17 and a senior at West campus. She has been active as a cross country girl and in dramatics. Barbara also has been engaged in the student-work program during her senior year, doing escort work at McHenry hospital. Prior to en­ tering into this program, she volunteered 500 hours as a member of the Candy Striper hospital program. She is an accomplished dancer and organist and likes to sew. The young lady will enter Ncrthern Illinois university in September, where she has enrolled in the four-year program leading to the degree Bachelor of Science, with a major in Nursing. Her ambition is to be a registered professional nurse. Ray Kuemm To Head V. Ray Kuemmel was elected new commander of the Veterans cf Foreign Wars Post, No. 4600, McHenry, at the April 5 annual election meeting. He will be assisted in heading the organization during the next year by Martin Spoolstra, senior vice-commander; Walter Kuck, junior vice- commander; Robert "Beef" Freund, quartermaster; Carl Perrino, judge advocate; Bill Abbink, service officer and chaplain; Wayne Amore, three- year trustee (Vietnam coor­ dinator); Walter Scarbrough, Home Rule as it pertains to county government under the new Illinois Constitution has come in for its share of pros and cons. The big argument against it has been that increased county taxes and extravagant county borrowing will result The Plaindealer has been carrying a series of articles in the Wednesday issues, con­ taining explanations by political scientists and arguments for and against. property taxpayers have been applauding the recent action of the City Council of Belleville, 111., in passing an ordinance establishing property tax rates for its taxable funds at the maximum limitations in effect prior to the date it became a home rule municipality. Springfield, we are told, is another of the state's large cities holding the line on property taxes by budgeting and levying for this year at last year's levels in spite of the knowledge of its unlimited property taxing power under home rule provisions. Such prudence failed to convince many Illinois tax­ payers that there is not danger in the provision of the new state Constitution. On March 21, nine counties f voted on the proposition of whether or not to become a home rule county and establish the county executive form of government. Voters in all nine counties soundly defeated the proposition. Fear of the taxing and licensing powers under this provision on the part of the voters definitely affected the outcome in the nine counties. After reading the unbiased report in the Plaindealer, one may well conclude that like almost everything else, the wisdom of local officials and the demand for service by citizens combine to regulate whether or not taxes go up or down. These two factors are more important than the kinds of powers under which local governments operate. These may be the facts, but they probably will leave little impression on voters whose sceptical attitude toward office holders continues to grow. K.A.F. Plan Development Two Important Hearings Scheduled In City Hall A hearing is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, at 2 p.m. in the city hall regarding a request for an amendment of the McHenry county zoning ordinance. The petition asks for a reclassification of a par­ ticular piece of property in this area from "R" residence to "R- 1" duplex and "R-2" multi- family. The petitioner is Trust 5010 of the National Bank of Austin, 111. The property is located in Eastwood Manor Unit 4. A second hearing is set for Wednesday, April 19, at 3 o'clock in the city hall. At this time, the county zoning board of appeals will hear a request filed by August E. Jeffery. The petition requests a variance in regard to the square tootage requirement under the "R" residence district classification to enable Jeffery to obtain building permits on parcels which are in conformity with the general character and nature of the surrounding community. j The property in question is located on the southern corner of the intersection of Eisenhower drive and Patton drive, in Hickory Falls Unit No. 3, Wonder Lake. Conduct Hearing-Vision Program For Children The Lake-McHenry regional program for the Hearing and Visually Impaired and the Parent-Teacher Organizations (PTO's) of the Richmond consolidated grade school and the Spring Grove elementary school announce that they will conduct a vision and hearing screening program Friday, April 14, for all pre-school children in the community, ages 3 through 5 years. In order for a child to par­ ticipate in the screening program, it is necessary that he was registered on the assigned days. During registration, parents were given a vision readiness game to play with the children so that they were prepared for the screening. The screening, which takes less than five minutes, will be held at the Community church and the Spring Grove Grade school April 14. There is no charge for this service. Because a child does not know how he should see or hear, he is unlikely to complain if either sense is imperfect. Early detection and correction of visual and hearing problems can make an enormous dif­ ference in how a child fares in school and in his life in general. el Elected F.W. Post two-year trustee; and Vernon Reinboldt, one-year trustee. The membership was in­ creased by four recently. They are Bill Zimpel, Kevin Kremter,Ted Basak and Oscar Wade. Wayne Amore reported that there are now twelve members in the honor guard. Other members are welcome to join this group to parade on Memorial day. Marian High Musical In Last Rehearsal Marian Central Catholic high school will present the award- winning musical, "How To Succeed in Business Without* Really Trying" April 14, 15 and 21 at 8p.m. and April 22 at 8:30 because of the dinner theatre party being held in conjunction with the play. The story of this musical follows the rapid rise of a young man, J. Pierrepont Finch, from Uie buttom uf the ranks of big business to chairman of the board. The students working behind the scenes are important to any production, but musicals are more challenging to students' creativity and initiative. The bold pirate costumes and lovely Paris original dresses are being designed by Diane Menzel,aided by Carol Rickert, Patty O Donne 11 and Mary Kay Fischer. Publicity chairman is Greg Barto6, with Mike Walsh and Mrs. Jean Reeb also helping. Tickets are being sold by all the students, with Mrs. Judith Pokorny as chairman. Ushering for the play will be hosted by members of the National Honor society Stage manager is Dennis Reiben, assisted by Tom Ut- tich. Dave Wieczorek, Tom Matousek, Ralph Blase ovich and Phil Burden. Lighting will be designed by John Zim- mermann and Mike O'Donnell, aided by Al Reckamp. Set Design and construction are by Dennis Reiben, Alyce Carey, Greg Bartos, Anne Schroeder, Jane Klocek, Barb Gosser, Sharon Koch. Gerry Sieek, Bob Martin and many other hard­ working students. Tickets are available at the door. University Honors Two Through Book Awards EARTH WEEK Earth Week at McHenry County college will be observ­ ed April 17 through 22. All students and other intersted persons are invited to attend the various activities at the col­ lege throughout the week. Two McHenry students have been recognized through the University of Illinois Mothers association book awards established in 1963-64 The purpose is to honor academic excellence achieved by fresh­ men during their first semester at the university and to recognize the role of the high schools in making this achievement possible. Jeffery Brody, son of Judge and Mrs. Leonard Brody, Bull Valley, brings honor to McHenry Community high school through this award. Jeffery is one of 200 out of a freshman class of 4,700 who received straight "A" for his first semester work in En­ vironmental Communications. For academic excellence the .lames Althtff, president of the McHenry High School District 156 Steinbach. an election judge, as Mrs. Walter H Anderson another board of education, is shown casting one of the first votes in the judge prepares for the hundreds tf voters who followed ' annual board member election in Precinct I, East campus pi AiunirAi irn Dunm cafeteria, Saturday. Handing him his ballot is Mrs. Jerome rL/uNutALfcK PHOTO The customary high interest in school board elections locally was evidenced again last Saturday when many hundreds of voters went to the polls to elect board members in five districts. Returned to office in High School District 156 were Clint Claypool, who topped the vote inall local school elections with 978,and Catherine Alvarv, who polled 664 votes. Both were running for their second three year terms. Grant Awarded City Police To Serve Schools Jack Hoogasian. chairman of the Lake-McHenry Law En­ forcement Planning com­ mission, has announced that three grants had been awarded by the Illinois Law En­ forcement commission to Lake and McHenry county police departments. The City of McHenry and the Villages of Deerfield and Wauconda all received grants to implement community relations units within their police departments Each grant provides for the funding of one officer's salary and an equipped squad car along with other incidentals The task of these community relations officers will be to create better rapport with high school, junior high school, and grade school students in their respective communities. Activities of these officers will includc safety talks, discussion of student problems, drug abuse sessions, etr McHenry was awarded $14,360, Deerfield $17,125 and Wauconda $18,372 for these community relations units. They were followed by Walther Schaedel, Jr., with 378; Gary Snell, 270; and Walter O. Miller with 257 There were 1,515 votes cast, 812 in East campus. A three-way race for two openings in Consolidated Grade School District 15 found Robert Thornton high with 558 and Anna Mae Cuda second with 525. Mrs Cuda is completing her first three-year term and Thornton starts his first elected term. He has been filling a vacancy on the board for the past year A four-way race for the one vacancy of one year saw Lester L. Smith emerge winner by a substantial margin He received 318 votes M David Cain made a strong race to place second with 260 votes Donald Blume, with 169 votes, and Marilyn Munz with 80, were the other candidates, both cf the latter are local high school teachers. The District 15 total vote was 848. The race in Harrison School District 36, Wonder Lake, found Gloria Coughlin and George Street elected to office with votes cf 212 and 170, respec­ tively. Street was an in­ cumbent, and Mrs. Cougbba was running for the first Bm? The third candidate, James Puhl, polled 137 votes. There were 294 votes cast in District 36. (Continued on oaee 20) Unidentified Drivers Are Blamed For Three Crashes Daniel R Miller of 1602 N. Flower, McHenry, was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after a one- car accident Sunday afternoon about 5:30 on Route 31, one-half mile south of Johnsburg road, north of McHenry. Miller said he was south­ bound on the highway and as he approached a narrow bridge on the roadway, he saw another vehicle traveling north-bound in the south-bound lane. He stated he moved as far to the left as possible but hit something A witness at the scene said he was north-bound and saw the Miller luto zigzag over the center line Evidence at the scene in­ dicated that Miller was traveling south when for no apparent reason, lie struck the bridge, continued 167 feet before striking a mailbox, and traveled 52 feet, striking a tree The car continued another 113 feet before coming to a stop JoAnn Taormino of 7416 Maple street, Wonder Lake, a passenger in an auto driven by Lawrence Taormino, Jr., of the same address, was treated and released from McHenry hospital following a one-car accident Saturday evening about 9 o'clock on East Wonder Lake road, north of Rose drive, Wonder Lake Taormino told deputies he was north-bound on Wonder Lake road, entering a curve, when he observed a vehicle approaching in his lane of traffic He swerved across the center line to avoid striking the vehicle but went into a ditch and hit a utility pole The only description of the other vehicle the driver or passengers could give was a white and red auto, an early I960 model. Betty M Beekleman was treated and released by McHenry hospital following a two-car accident Friday af­ ternoon about 4:45 at the in­ tersection of Route 12 and East Solon road, north erf McHenry. The driver told deputies she was east-bound on the highway when an unknown vehicle stopped suddenly and pulled off the road, causing her to swerve into the west-bound lane to prevent a collision. When she pulled back into her lane, she saw a car in front of her waiting to make a left turn but she was unable tostop in time to avoid a collision. Driver of the other auto, David W. Moore of Solon road, Solon Mills, told officers he was stopped at the intersection waiting for oncoming traffic to pass so he could make a left turn when he was hit in the rear by the Beekleman auto. Brian C. Rhoades of 1201 Chapel Hill road, McHenry, was ticketed by sheriff's deputies for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident following a two-car collision Friday afternoon at the in­ tersection of Route 120 and Hillside road, just east of McHenry. Rhoades stated he was east- bound on the highway. As he approached the intersection, he (Continued on page 20) Mother's club contributes five dollars toward a book for the high school library. The book will carry a special bookplate honoring Jeffery Brody. Cheryl Elbersen, an out­ standing graduate of Mc Henry's West campus, recently received two honors at the university, where she is studying in the school of music. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Elbersen, Seneca drive, Wonder Lake. Cheryl was jubilant when she came home for Easter vacation because she had just been accepted in the Young Illini chorus at the university. Each high school is asked to select a book in honor of its recent graduate that will have significance to the school library. CLINT CLAYPOOL CATHERINE S. ALVARY ROBERT THORNTON ANNA MAE CL'DA LESTER L. SMITH Five Successful School Candidates These five candidates successfully faced keen competition last Saturday and emerged winners in the races for positions on the two McHenry school boards. Clint Claypool, running for reelection in High School District 156, was high vote getter for the day with 978. He and Catherine S. Alvary were returned to (rffice to fill the two vacancies which existed on that board. In Consolidated Grade School District 15, Robert Thornton, filling an appointment, and Anna Mae Cuda. were given the nod of approval to be seated for three-year terms. I>ester Smith emerged winner in a four-way race for the one-year term.