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4 4 15* Q THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER M 15 C1EOWIKI/- T* I I cr ^ u'Mltm'lj SERVING THE CHAINO-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME97 NUMBER 82 - FPIPJAY UAVII 1071 FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1973 20 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS Committee Appointments EASTER SEAL COLLECTION RECORD -- On Easter Seal tag day held in McHenry recently, conducted by the McHenry Rotary club, members collected $1,419.24 to set a record for this project. Presenting a check in this amount are, from left, Don Arvidson and Everett Hansen, co-chairmen of the event; Ginny Duddleston, board member of Woodstock Therapy center; and Beverly Mid- dlebrook, speech correctionist at the center. STAFF PHOTO SALUTE TO ROTARIANS ̂ MSHENRY AM nsuaxwuXLcm. <&• vfauji TAG DAY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 19^9-'75 * #5,961 £2 ^ 1S A^HENRy BOUNTY CA^TER^EAL. CENTER-FOR ^RIPPLED CHILDREN AND AOUUTS. This special salute to the Rotarians of McHenry was the work of the noted comic strip writer, Chester Gould, showing a picture of his famous Dick Tracy. The salute recognizes the local club for outstanding collection in behalf of the county's Easter Seal center. ^ Transfer Emergency Office To Fox Lake At last --Illinois colleges and universities will graduate 3.7 per cent fewer teachers in 1973, according to some new statistics. It will represent the first decrease in the teacher supply since 1969, considered the watershed year when the supply of teachers caught up with the demand. It has been a source of some amazement to many of us that educators at some level could not have seen the consequences of the teacher epidemic before it actually hit, permitting many good, young people to leave college for unemployment in their chosen field. Some college placement directors believe the worst is over. They say there are fewer teachers now and the job supply has stabilized in the last couple of years. What actually exists, however, is still an oversupply of teachers in almost every field, especially social studies and language arts. The only real needs for regular teachers in Illinois at this time are in junior high school math, science and industrial arts, and*- in high school science and in­ dustrial arts and trades. Special education teachers, school psycholgists and school social workers are also said to have- little difficulty finding work. But even with this year's decrease in graduates, there are still 26 per cent more teachers and fewer jobs than there were in 1969. Help for unemployed teachers is on the way. The Teacher Placement office of 1 the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is initiating a new registration and referral service designed } to connect teachers with jobs in Illinois. This will be good news to (Continued on page 7) Juanita Liesse, public in­ formation officer for the state Civil Defense office and for Emergency Preparedness, notified the Plaindealer by telephone Wednesday that the disaster assistance office has been moved from Woodstock to Fox Lake. All personnel transferred operations and opened the new office at 9 a.m. Thursday in the fire station in Fox Lake. In­ dividuals with questions con­ cerning flood damage are encouraged to contact the Fox Lake office or the National Guard armory in Rockford. D.W.I. Among Various Charges For Accidents John Frank Orosz of 4513 Prairie avenue, McHenry, was cited for driving while in­ toxicated after the car he was operating ran into a ditch at the intersection of Route 120 and Beach road, west of the city. The accident took place Friday morning about 1:45. A passing motorist notified police of the accident. Upon their arrival at the scene, of­ ficers saw the driver seated behind the wheel of the car and observed that he was in­ toxicated. Orosz stated he didn't know how he got there. Some sewer pipes were damaged in the incident. Charges are pending in the one-car accident which oc­ curred last Thursday evening when a car driven by Edna M. Hendrickson of 7604 North drive, Wonder Lake, was in- (Continued on page 7) Made On County Board School District Plans Referendum By an unanimous decision of the Consolidated School District 15 board Tuesday night, members approved a motion calling for a referen­ dum to raise the educational rate. The amount of the change and exact date will be an­ nounced later. A committee consisting of M. David Cain, Lester Smith and President Henry Nell was named to make preliminary plans to present to the board. The last educational tax rate change was made five years ago. The present $1.38 rate is considered by the board to be a conservative figure. But if the referendum vote found the board in accord, it was a different story when the Master program came up for details to be ironed out. The previous month, the board had approved a program involving twenty teachers from the local district. They will be part of a total of sixty who will have an opportunity to earn Master's degrees through an educational experience, part of which will be conducted within District 15. The individual teachers will leave their classes a half day every two weeks in order to participate in special work which is part of the program. The matter of settling the amount of money - if any - to be paid for the time the teacher is away from school brought serious discussion and a division of opinion. Member Lester Smith made a motion to deduct $15 from the normal half day pay of the teacher during her absence. The substitute will be employed at a cost of $12.50. President Henry Nell ex­ pressed the belief that a teacher should not be paid for the time he is absent from classes. M. David Cain in­ dicated opposition to offering what amounts to a form of subsidy for advanced education without specifically stating that this is the intention of the board. Mrs. Anna Cuda concurred in the belief that the pay is not in order for an absent teacher. The vote found these three members opposed and Dorothy Vick, Marilyn Munz, Lester Smith and Robert Thornton in favor. The motion passed. Those who voted for only a $15 deduction expressed a feeling that teachers with (Continued on page 19) Dispatchers Seek Raise Variety Of Business Before City Council Monday Night Ms. Liesse emphasized that many problems can be an­ swered at these individual assistance stations which are manned by representatives of ten agencies. These include the Small Business administration, HUD, Farmers Home ad­ ministration, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor of the State of Illinois, the State Veterans administration, the Red Cross and Salvation Army. She said many persons are unaware of the benefits which may be available to them. Several members of the community appeared before the City Council Monday night and presented their views and opinions on various subjects. First to appear was Mrs. Shirley Jenkins, who spoke on behalf of the police dispatchers who work in the McHenry Police department but are classified s as city employees. Since they are not represented by "professional type com­ mittees", the four women dispatchers decided to represent themselves. Mrs. Jenkins pointed out that they work the same hours as po J iceman. They handle the following duties: eight hours at a time with no breaks even for lunch; operate the Leads com­ puter; monitor five radiot frequencies and broadcast on four; give information and directions to people who come to the station; maintain radio and daily logs; complete and file vehicle and license cards and alert city crews on roads, streets and weather conditions. They also monitor twenty-eight burglar alarms and other phone alarms, handle all McHenry Township Fire department calls for Com­ panies 1 (McHenry), 2 (Johnsburg) and 3 (Lakemoor) as well as calls for the McHenry Rescue squad and the Civil Defense warning system. The dispatchers feel they are grossly underpaid when compared with neighboring department dispatchers who have much less responsibility. McHenry dispatchers receive $2.55 an hour or $5,880 a year, with beginners receiving the same amount as those with the department for three years. Mrs. Jenkins informed the Council that Crystal Lake pays starting wages of $7,737, with top pay of $9,942. Cary and Fox River Grove dispatchers receive $2.70 an hour and have only one full time policeman. (McHenry has sixteen men and four squad cars in operation ) Libertyville has paid $2.75 an hour and will pay more this fiscal year. Mundelein pays $3.24 an hour and their dispatchers are seeking a 12 percent increase for the coming year. According to Mrs. Jenkins' dispatchers' report, the dispatchers duties have more (Continued on page 19) In spite of the opposition of one County board member, standing committees remained as appointed by Board Chairman Walter J Dean of McHenry. The appointments were announced at Monday's May meeting. Edward Buss of McHenry will again chairman the Finance and Salary committee and will serve as a member of the Public Safety and Reserve committees. Thomas Huemann was named vice-chairman of the Zoning committee and also acts as a member of the Court House Operation and County Home committees. Willis Simms was named vice-chairman of the Audit and Court Services committee and acts as member of the Finance and Salary and Community Local Improvement com­ mittees. Charles Weingart is vice- chairman of the Transportation committee and serves on the Health and Agriculture and County Home committees. The new Transportation committee formerly was known as Road and Bridge. Thor Emricson of Woodstock, a board member representing District 3, took exception to the fact that the important zoning and Planning committee had only one member from that district, the other six representing the remaining sections of the county. Chairman Dean explained that it was difficult to distribute district representation evenly on all committees, but E m r i c s o n r e m a i n e d dissatistified. The Board of Review, through its chairman, G. Watson Lowe, asked and received an extension of time to prepare its tax work until June 11. Low noted that there had been twenty-eight complaints concerned with school districts which were granted. It is believed taxes will be due Aug. l this year but some members recognized that there may be some delay. He also read a statement, the opinion of the Attorney General, regarding a change in the reappointment of the Board of Review chairman. Low's t)vo-year appointment ends late in June and he said he did not want to be appointed aeain. Chairman Dean said it had been his intention to take the matter up with Low before 1 expiration of his appointment. Low noted that the assessment was reduced by the Algonquin assessor in the amount of $833,000, but the Board of Review increased it by $1 million. Low also read a statement from the Board of Review, expressing a feeling that the County board had been guilty of a lack of cooperation with the Review board. Low serves as the County board's representative on the second board. Ms. Ann Duker of Chicago, flood insurance coordinator for the Department of Local Government Affairs, presented to the board information concerning resolutions which might be adopted concerning a flood and disaster program. She explained that action could be taken to designate certain sections of the county as flood areas and these would receive higher insurance rates. The idea behind the program is to remove the federal govern­ ment from the business of handling flood losses and relegate the matter to local authorities. Whatever action is taken, it would not have any effect on disaster relief this year. Some board members thought the resolutions should be given study before any action is taken. They expressed some concern over how much power the federal government would have in setting up flood areas and in other matters in regard to carrying out the new program. Ms. Duker will meet with the Insurance and Zoning com­ mittees before final action is taken. After some discussion, the board referred to the Finance committee for a second time the matter of a clothing allowance for any department head, either appointed or elected. The matter had come before the board at a previous meeting when Sheriff Art Tyrrell requested com­ pensation for clothing damaged in the line of duty. The Finance committee, in its report Monday, recom­ mended that no allowance be (Continued on page 7) National Honor Society Members Band Leader Appeals Contest Decision To IGSMA Richard Mikus, supervisor of music at Harrison school, Wonder Lake, this week voiced a protest and has appealed the rating of his band to the Illinois Grade School Music association. He hopes that appeal will bring a first place to the young musicians who were rated only one point out of first place. The band, participating in the state contest last Saturday, (Continued on page 7) * . : Pops Concert Members of the National Honor society, McHenry high school chapter, were On \^/pp|fpnr| Ax named this past week. Pictured, from left, front row, are Debbie Schabow, Fern wv fu Griesbach, Terri Benson, Rhonda Wahls, Diane Powers, Alice Wilson, Dawn Ewald, Deb George, Sue Stromley, Deb Rosinski, Annette Hamaker, Lynn Steinsdoerfer, Kolleen Carroll, Laura Grom and Gail Reid; second row, Anita Arndt, Marie Kalsch, Sally Wheelock, Karen Fergen, Geri Lockwood, Sue Hon- West Campus. This Saturday and Sunday night, May 12 and 13, at the West campus cafeteria, the music department will present the annual "Pops" concert. This popular musical event will feature all choruses at West campus, and will be coor­ dinated with the stale band. In the informal setting of the cafeteria, such music from the repertoire of Carole King, (Continued on page 19) ning, Laurie Staveteig, Deb Heinrich, Melanie Rees, Barb Krebs, Deb Howenstine Joyce Heard, Debi Virgens, Nancy Blake, Linda O'Leary and Deb Schaffer; third row, Steve Wolf, Andrew Oleszczuk, Mike Thornton, Gary Swanson, James Cole, Kevin Hudson, Mike Cajthaml, Bruce Sweeney, Tim Wilt, Tim Tonyan, Don Rose Ken Blake, Steve McArdle, Mark Krein, Mike Smith, Alan Estis, Rick Barger and Gary Connell. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The McHenry high school chapter of the National Honor society announced its new members at West campus last week. The nominees were all those junior and senior students who have maintained at least a 3.0 or "B" average throughout their high school years. Nominees for the society were rated by McHenry high school faculty members on a scale of 1 to 5 in the areas of character, service, leadership and scholarship. The following is a list of the 1973 National Honor society: Seniors: Pat Alsing, Rick Barger, Rae Dee Beno, Ken Blake, Nancy Blake, Gary Connell, Kolleen Carroll, Alan Estis. Karen Fergen, Val Frett, Annette Hamaker, Deb Hamann, Joyce Heard, Deb Heinrich, Roger Herdrich, Deb Howenstine. Marie Kalsch, Mark Krein, Geri Lockwood, Gerry Long, Steve McArdle, Sandy Patzke, Vicki Peterson, Diane Powers. Denise Quist. Gail Reid, Don ^Q§e, Deb Rosinski, Deb Schabow', Mike Smith, Lynn Steinsdoerfer^ Betsy Stephenson, Sue Stromley, Bruce Sweeney, Tim Tonyan. Deb Virgens, Rhonda Wahls, Anita Wekerle, Sally Wheelock, Alice Wilson and Pat Zelinsky; Juniors: Anita Arndt, Terri Benson. Mike Cajthaml, James Cole, Danette Crawford, Dawn Ewald, Deb George, Laura Grom, Fern Griesbach, Sue Honning, Kevin Hudson, Barb Krebs, Sheri Landm, Linda O'Leary, Andy Oleszc­ zuk, Melanie Rees, Deb Shaffer, Laure Staveteig, Gary Swanson, Mike Thorton, Tim Wilt and Steve Wolf. The induction ceremony will take place in the West campus auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Monday. May 21. Parents, relaties, and friends are invited to attend.