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15 Q THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER W J SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 15 VOLUME 99 NUMBER 29 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1974 2 SECTIONS - 22 PAGES Memories Recalled Veterans Day Observance ZJ McHenry veterans and the general public paused Monday morning to honor men and women who gave their lives in the service of their country. The 1974 observance of Veterans day was held at the V.F.W. clubhouse. In small top photo. Commander Paul Leubscher of McHenry Barracks, No. 1315, Veterans of World War of the U.S.A., Inc., speaks to the assembled crowd. Below him, Shirley Smith is captured in the midst of one of her vocal selections appropriate to the occasion. In larger top photo, John Leighty leads his West campus band, and below, Mayor Joseph Stanek addresses the crowd. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD 30 Businesses Participate In Thanksgiving Promotion Thirty McHenry shoppers will take home a free turkey for Thanksgiving as the result of a holiday promotion sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce. . Participating in the turkey give-away are thirty business people who will have drawings in their respective stores •Friday, Nov. 22. Each winner will receive a 10-to-15 pound turkey. To be eligible, one must sign a registration card and deposit it in the box provided in each store. No purchase is necessary. Participating merchants are Carey Appliance. Inc., Mart- Home Decorating, Gladstone, Inc., Chain-O-Lakes Travel Service, Bell Liquor, Bolger 's Drug Store, Spurgeon's Department Store, Hornsby's Family Center, The Fashion Shoppe, Europa Motors, McHenry Auto Parts, Inc., McHenry Lumber, Ace Hard­ ware, Payton Chevrolet, Beard & Stovall , Glaviano's Interiors, McGee's Store For Men, Nye Pharmacy, Coast to Coast Stores, Liquor Mart, Brook- wood Garden Center, Fran's Hidden Curl, George P. Freund, Inc.. FM Radio & TV Sales, Gem Cleaners, McHenry State Bank, Genevieve's, The First National Bank of McHenry, Paneling Plus and Mr. Don's One Hour Cleaners. Fortunate winners will f ind a welcome solution to the high cost of putting a Thanksgiving dinner on the table. Musin' and Meanderin' Two On Hospital Staff Cited For Achievement The idea of establishing an animal shelter has come before the McHenry County board on several occasions, but each time the discussion has ended with no action. As recenlty as a year ago $90,000 was included in the budget for this purpose, but was never spent. This year another proposal was set forth, to be met with controversey. Although the new budget will ' not be approved until this week's meeting, it is conceded that projected programs such as the shelter, for which no immediate plans have been made, will not show an allocation in the budget. We have been assured that this does not reflect opposition to the program. We sincerely hope this is true. Board members believe it makes more sense to pass a resolution to take money from the General fund for a particular program when the need arises and it is feasible to carry it out. The possibili ty of this much needed project being postponed indefinitely prompted a call to a County board member in McHenry He said members who expressed opposition realized the obligation to provide this service. Their argument he said, was that the budget . should not contain provision for i ts establishment until it can be provided. In general, he said the board believes that when the sanitary landfill program "gets off the ground' ' it will be possible to handle many other projects Members hope --and they have some basis for this hope that the Department of Con­ servation may acquire land for this purpose and lease it to the county for a dollar a year. When this is accomplished, this board member said he believes some of the other programs will be able to be developed quickly. The new Health ordinance calls for a new system of dog licensing. Municipalit ies that express a desire to cooperate in the system receive a sub­ stantial portion of a new $4 fee. The county retains the smaller amount and has complete responsibili ty for the program of animal control. Dr. J.V. Johnson, county veterinarian, is handling the technical part of the program. To maintain a shelter, he will need one or two assistants. At present, board members are concerned over rising veterinarian costs. The fee for boarding strays runs $3 daily and there is another $15 for destroying the animals at the end of three days if they are unclaimed. They feel that the financial burden of maintaining a shelter would be less than present costs. Every taxpayer finds himself keeping a careful watch over the expenditure of his dollars by governmental units. With rising inflation this has become a necessary way of l ife. But there are many persons whose humanitarian instincts place the need for a shelter above the financial con­ sideration McHenry county is growing, and as it does there are more and more people who have never learned the meaning of the word respon­ sibili ty. Unfortunately, many of them are animal owners. When they fail to care for them, their lack of accountability must be assumed by the public. Anyone who has felt the need for help in the area of caring for abandoned pets or stray animals most often turns to Helping Paws, an organization of volunteers who give generously of their t ime in the interest of these helpless creatures. Last week a blind woman in the McHenry area found it necessary to find a home im­ mediately for a stray her family had befriended. With no shelter, her plea was answered by a Helping Paws member in this area who took the animal into her home. It became her, added, self-imposed duty, to try to find a home for the dog, and (Continued on page 12) DR. GREGORY ECKSTEIN Two physicians on the McHenry Hospital Medical staff. Dr. Gregory Eckstein and DR. CLARENCE HART Dr. Clarence Hart, have been cited for professional (Continued on page 12) Tickets, Injuries In Several Area Crashes Dennis Pogose of 3705 Clarelnont. McHenry, was ticketed for speed too fast for conditions after his car struck a traffic light at the "corner of Elm and Front streets early this week Pogose was driving west on Elm. approaching Front street, with an unidentified driver in front of him He said the second driver moved ahead, then stopped, put on his signal and turned right. In an effort to avoid striking the other auto, Pogose swerved to the right and hit the sign. The driver was uninjured, but his auto was badly damaged. Donald Cameron of 503 W Dowell road, McHenry, was taken to McHenry hospital by the Wauconda Rescue squad after he was hurt in a two-car accident Monday night. State police said Cameron told them he was traveling w est on Rt. 176 about 10 o'clock when an unidentified e a s t hound driver crossed the center line and struck the left rear of his vehicle. The other driver then left the scene. A four-car accident occurred Friday morning on Chapel Hill road just east of Fairview road, Johnsburg. Ticketed for im­ proper lane usage was La Verne M Campisano of 2207 Fair- view, McHenry. According to deputies, a car driven by Raymond Kununer of 4709 Gregory. McHenry. had stopped because a car in front of him was blocking traffic. He was then struck by an auto in back of him which was driven by Donald Marski of H>9 Navajo, McHenry. Marski, in turn, was hit by the auto in back of him driven by Walter M. Hirsch, Sr. , of 1302 Oak Terrace, Island Lake Ms. Campisano, driver of the fourth car. said she had pulled (Continued on page 12) Tria[ Period Approved Cast Split Vote On School Smoking Area One-third of the students in the freshman-sophomore East campus smoke. To ac commodate the habit .which is admittedly distasteful to school personnel, to provide for cleaner, safe rest rooms, and to encourage as few disruptions as possible to the educational process, the board of School District 156 voted last week for the establishment of a super­ vised student smoking area. The vote was 3 to 2. Favoring the proposal were Joan Higgins, James Tonyan and Donald Arvidson. Opposed were President James Althoff and Kathryn Alvary. Members Edwin Neumann and Phillip Bartmann were absent from the informational meeting. Last June 18 a proposal for an outside smoking area at East was made by the ad- Kim Jergens Will Celebrate Holiday In Peru Thonneson Home Is Destroyed By Incendiary A fire believed to have been incendiary destroyed the old Ben Thonneson house on River road early Tuesday morning. Fire Chief Glenn Peterson said the building, owned by the state, had been unoccupied for several months. No damage was estimated since the structure was due to be razed. Firemen answered the call just before 6 o'clock. Last Saturday, woodwork and cupboards in the Fred Bergman home, 1706 Grand- (Continued on page 12) ministration, with a request that the proposal not be acted upon but rather considered and discussed as a possibili ty for the future Last week's approval was given for a 90-day trial period, l ift ing several revisions. Under the program, smoking will be allowed for students with parent permission during lunch mods only (10:36 to 1:12 p.m.) The penalty for violation will be a five-day out-of-school suspension with a required parent conference. Parental permission will require signing a form which makes the student smoking a parental responsibili ty. It also requires reading the article, "Do You Know What Happens When You Smoke"? Ten students were among visitors at the meeting, requesting that permission be granted. Principal Gary Fields of East campus summed up the problem by stating two alternatives. One was to permit smoking and control it and the second, not to permit it anywhere. Fields added that it is impossible to provide better supervision than now exists in the school 's seven rest rooms. A report was made to the board on the 60-day trial period of before and after school smoking starting last Sep­ tember Pros and cons of the trial period were listed for consideration. In addition, a proposal was made requesting that the policy of not penalizing students who smoke on school property outsidb of the building before and after school be continued. To eliminate the problem of students loitering in doorways, a revision would require that students who smoke before or after school either be in the rear parking lot area or "moving". In the instructional part of the program, pupil personnel teams from both East and West campuses provided the board with a review of what is oc­ curring in the area of career education. The presentation had as chairmen Mrs. Catherine Hamilton and Jack Viek, East and West campus coordinators of Pupil Personnel department, respectively. Also appearing were Shirley Rogers and Terry Nordal. Mrs. Hamilton pointed out that there are two areas that are seriously lacking at East. One is that there are no plans for careers, and the other, some students have poor model parents for career objectives. Mrs. Hamilton observed that the school is trying to rectify these lacks in several ways. One is through more use of audio-visual material on careers. Another is the establishment of a career area in the library where young people can peruse career topics at their leisure. Board President Althoff commented that students don't seem to realize they are living in a cruel, hard world. "Can't we bring this to their attention for their own benefit?" he queried. Jack Vick cited findings of a survey made of the 385 graduates last year. Of this number, 48.2 per cent work full t ime. 31.4 per cent are fur­ thering their education through school; 10.1 work and attend school part t ime; 3.9 are in service , 3.5 are housewives; 1.3 are unemployed, and there was no reply from 1.5 per cent. Duane Gamble, director of the Career center which will be located near the new college at Crvstal Lake, was present to discuss plans for the un­ dertaking He told members the state would fund 60 per cent of the construction and equipment and 85 per cent of the tran­ sportation. Students would attend the center for two hours a day. Gamble said he expects 35 per cent of MCHS juniors and seniors would be involved, which would be 420 by 1976. He cited an anticipated 25 per cent growth factor. Based 6n enrollment, McHenry District 156 would be required to pay 25 per cent of the money needed which is not government-funded. This will amount to $400,000. Gamble noted that it may be necessary for some school '- '-v go to a referendum to finance the program. Someone in the audit-m­ asked what would happen if a referendum of one of the large schools should win and another fail Gamble assured his audience that unless all schools can handle their proportionate share of the cost, the program cannot be carried out. Althoff questioned the short t ime spent in the center in comparison to the hours of travel t ime involved. This, according to Gamble, would be something that requires more study. BURGLARY Clare Andrews of 2900 S. Carman avenue, McHenry, returned home after a two day absence last Thursday af­ ternoon and discovered his home had been entered. Ap­ proximately $300 in coins were taken along with two wrist watches and two cameras. Entry was gained through a bathroom window. KIM E^LEN JERGENS Miss Kim Ellen "Kimmer" Jergens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. DeHaan of ^,413 North Poplar Leaf drive, McHenry, will be the guest of the Folger Mont family of Lima, Peru, for the next eight weeks. The Monts ' daughter, Monica, was hosted by Kim and her parents for January, February and March of this year. Several i tems are on Kim's agenda while she is in Peru. Among them are attending several of Monica's classes, a trip to Argentina, and to ob­ serve the celebration of the Christmas holidays in another country. Kim is the grandaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huffmaster of McHenry and Mr and Mrs. Peter C. DeHaan of Grayslake. Blood Bank Honors Many For Outstanding Contributions The McHenry Kiwanis Blood Bank has presented the official volunteer blood donor pin to members who have given one gallon or more of l ife-saving blood for the use of others: Two Gallon club members are Ed Stach with 21 pints, Joseph Przak, for 20 pints, and El vera Justen, 19 pints donated. One Gallon club members are Harold Ferwerda and Charleen Tonyan. 15 pints; Alex Justen and Marilyn Topp, 14 pints; Ed Guettler, Maria Guettler and George J. Mann, 12 pints; Wilbert Hecht, Ruth Lawson, Robert Tague, Anna Wheelock and Ann Zeller, 11 pints; Stanely Burlack, Ber­ nard Erjavec, George Mrachek, Gladys Schmitt , Mark Tonyan and Michael R. Williams, 10 pints. Others recognized were John Grandt, Jr. , Howard Hach- meister, Eugene Honning, David Kerr, Roland Koerper, the Rev. John "Mclntyre and Robert Mortell , 9 pints; Allen Anderson, Dean Cunat, Robert Dobbertin, Donald Dusthimer, Lorraine Fejedelem, Neva Fuhrer, Paul Funk, Sharon Grimmonpre, James E. Johnson, Anthony Misiak, Gilbert Moore, James Raycraft, Harold ,C. Schmitt, Kenneth Schopp and Fred Stark, 8 pints. The men received a tie tack- lapel button, and the women, a fil igree charm. The droplet represents a donation of at least one gallon of brood; the heart, humane voluntary gifts; and the rays, deserved ac­ claim. Since 1967, donations have totaled 2,636 pints voluntarily given through the local Kiwanis Club Bood Bank. The next drawing will be Sunday, Dec. 1, at the American Legion clubhouse. Rehearse West Campus Play Leading members of the cast of "Arsenic and Old Lace" are shown Inoae rehearsals. They are, from left, Craig Smith, Marebeth Karati, Da Bonner. Denise Higgins and Paul Viteri. The show will be prevented at 8 Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15, 16 and 17 in West campus auditorium. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD