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^AGK4-PL AINDE ALER -FRIDAY.OCTOBER5. 1070 H»Pt Rnd Thtrt In Bumirams Hiring Slowdown. Medical Group Observes Twenty-Fifth Anniversary MK&Bns&s! • Dr. Lee Gladstone realized his dream of a group medical practice in McHenry county with various specialists providing all-around patient care. Now McHenry Medical Group, as he called it, has 22 doctors, all specialists. But 25 years ago the "Group" actually Consisted of 2 permanent doctors, Gladstone and George Alvary. # f * "In the beginning <from 1951 to 1954 when the idea was first taking seed) I was alone because there wasn't enought business to support a second person," explains Gladstone, McHENRY MEDICAL GROUP who now heads the alcoholic rehabilitation program at Northwestern university psychiatric hospital. "I had specialists come from Chicago to spend a day or twice a week at the clinic. As each specialty built up, I invited full-time physicians to fill in. "I was in my practice (as a general practitioner, the type of doctor common to the county at the time) for three years before I added my first physician. I added one at a time and as one became establishedJ I added another. The first physician who stayed was Alvary." "I felt the needs of the community weren't being met by the available personnel in the community, and I felt the group was the wave of the future-a group ofjioctors with different knowledges", says Gladstone. "We were one of the very first if not the first to use the word 'group'. The others used 'clinic'. We used group because a clinic does everything, like the Mayc Clinic. We weren't like a clinic, because we didn't do everything. Varese Announcement Offer Purchase Of Stock John K. Cantrell, chairman of the board of Commonwealth , Industries corporation, a ^holding company with ?executive offices of North ^Kansas City, Mo., owning all of ^ the stock of Abraham Lincoln (Insurance company of Springfield, 111., and Anthony * A. Varese, president and ^chairman of the board of -Executive National Life In­ surance company, Rosemont, Mil., announced this week that "Commonwealth Industries I corporation had entered into an 'agreement with Executive • National Life Insurance ^company to make a tender offer to the shareholders of Executive National Life In­ surance company to purchase all of the outstanding stock of Executive National Lite In­ surance company for $3 per share in cash. This offer is conditioned upon not less than 15 percent of the stock being tendered and the prior ap­ proval of the director of in­ surance of the State of Illinois. Cantrell and Varese also announced that holders of some 41 percent of the outstanding shares, including all of the directors of Executive National Life Insurance company, had agreed to tender their shares. Cantrell indicated that Commonwealth Industries corporation would be filing appropriate application for approval with the director of insurance of the State of Illinois but that the offer would probably not be made until near the end of the calendar year. Anthony Varese heads the board of Executive National Life Insurance company located at 9501 West Devon avenue, Rosemont. TAST C r SAVE ENERGY AND ADD CHARM AND ENCHANTMENT TO ANY ROOM Fans Supplement your heating and con save up to 35% on energy bills. A fon will redairrv heat ffCfr. yGur cetling ond put it on your floor for more comfortable living. It operates on less than a 60 watt bulb. Use with wood stoves and fireplaces. Very effective in high ceiling rooms. * They are easily installed with no special tools. Available in 42 to 56 inch diameter. SPECIAL THIS WEEK KEG. AH00 52" Emerson...GYr. Warranty... 295.00 1 OU FANS and THINGS 3106 W. Route 120 - Circle Building - McHenry, III. 60050 Just East of the Bridge _ ,PPEN,„ 3 Tues.-Thurs. 10-5 815-385-8560 Saturday ..'. 10-5 It also opened up a new dimension of medical care in The Northern Illinois area. No longer did McHenry County residents have to journey to Chicago to get special medical treatment. It was finally available right at home. "V A • "Dr. Gladstone was a visionary," says Dr. Edward Wilt, Jr., a member of the clinic since 1959 and the McHenry county Department Health officer. MHe saw a way beyond the small resort town that McHenry was. Multispeciality groups in this area at the time were unheard of. This was a general practice county. We were the only five specialists in the county, and we were all in one group." "The group is more popular than a solo practice because of the working atmosphere-- because of the other specialists who are available immediately for consultation with the convenience of an x-ray department and complete lab in the building", says Dr. Ted Rolander, who joined the Group five years ago and is the chairman of the Group's Executive committee. The McHenry Medical Group has undergone many changes since Gladstone started the one-doctor group. In 1956 it t moved into its present location on Green street . In 1972 a smaller facility was opened in Crystal Lake. And now because only one-third ,of its patients hail from McHenry, the name of the Group is being changed to the Northern Illinois Medical Associates to embrace the Group's continuing expanding outlook. "The Group came out of necessity", Gladstone recalls. "We were never thinking of being a pioneer in the field. When clinics began coming us for advice, then we began to be aware that we were doing something different." McHenry area employers anticipate a slowdown in the level of new hiring acitivity during the coming three months, (October, November, December), from the pace of one year ago, according to a quarterly survey conducted by Manpower, the world's largest temporary help service. Chuck Bartels, owner of Manpower's McHenry office, said, "Manpower's survey found that the drop in projected hiring activity will continue, along with planned reductions in staff noted by other em­ ployers. Overall, 23 percent of the employers project hiring plans, 17 percent considering reductions and 60 percent anticipate no change," Bartels said. In a similar survey con­ ducted by Manpower one year ago, 33 percent of the em­ ployers forecast hiring plans, 20 percent were planning cutbacks and 47 percent ex­ pected no change. Educational institutions and employers in the service in­ dustries are the most en­ couraging in their hiring projections. Some hiring is also anticipated by durable goods manufacturers and public agencies. Decreased employment is measured for the wholesale- retail trades, counter to usual seasonal increases in hiring, and among the finance in­ stitutions. Nationally, the slowdown in employers' hiring plans will continue through the final quarter of 1979. Survey findings show 25 percent of the employers questioned plan hiring in­ creases, a dip from the 30 percent with such plans one year ago. Decreased em­ ployment is projected by 13 percent of those polled, up from 9 percent in 1978; no changes are anticipated by 59 percent of the respondents, similar to the 58 percent of one year ago. Three percent of the sample in each survey were unsure of their plans. New hiring during the fourth quarter, 1978, was substantial. A consequent drop from those levels was almost inevitable. The latest survey figures clearly indicate less new hiring during the fourth quarter than at this time one year ago. This trend was first noted six months ago and was more clearly defined in the results of a similar survey taken three months ago. Then, 29 percent planned increases, 61 percent no changes, 7 percent reduc­ tions while 3 percent were unsure of their plans. While the survey indicates a continued slowing in em­ ployment opportunities, a strong demand still persists for people qualified with clerical, secretarial, technical and medical skills. Most employers surveyed indicate they expect to maintain current work force levels through the fourth quarter, with no strong in­ dications present of intended staff reductions, or layoffs. Regionally, current findings show the employment slowdown to be most evident in the Midwest and Northeast, though a significant softening is measured for the West and South as well. The diminished hiring plans are prevalent in seven of the ten economic sectors included in the survey. Only in the mining sector is a clear ad­ vance in hiring plans from those of one year ago recorded. There, 42 percent of those polled anticipate increased hiring, 3 percent plan reductions and 55 percent expect no changes. This is the most encouraging fourth quarter report measured for this sector in the history of the survey. HONOR TITLE COMPANY HEAD-Director* and employees helped honor Jaek Byers, third from left, president of the McHenry County Title company since IM2, at an open house recently. Byers is retiring effective Oct. 1 as both chairman of the board-an office he has held since earlier this yea r- and president. From left are Thomas Cooney, president; Richard Martin, Chicago, chairman of the board; Byers, associated with the Title company since 1942; and Don Biel, executive vice-president. (Don P easley P hotogra phy) Excellence Award To Realty Firm For '79 The Consumer Research bureau has announced that RDG Realty, 920 Front street, McHenry was presented the 1979 Excellence award for Customer Relations. This annual award is given to business establishments for providing the highest levels of consumer satisfaction. Organized in 1964 for public service, the bureau is dedicated to monitoring and raising the Strike Down Municipal Veto Power Over PUDs A recent Illinois Supreme court decision upholding county control over Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) in unincorporated areas will have a profound effect on holding down the cost of new home construction in the Chicago area and elsewhere across the state. The ruling means that builders whose PUD plans are approved by a county may proceed with development in unincorporated areas over the objections of neighboring communities, according to Perry Snyderman, legal counsel to the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago (HBAGC). Until the ruling, a municipality was believed to have had veto power over any Wesley Kentzel Branch Manager For Company Wesley H. Kentzel has been appointed branch manager of the newly formed Denver branch of the Zurich-American Insurance companies, it was announced by Warren B. Huey, senior vice-president and western regional manager. Kentzel has served Z-A's Chicago branch since March, 1969, initially joining the branch as boiler and machinery production manager and later serving as field manager. Since Sep­ tember, 1975, he has been the branch's production manager. Prior to joining Zurich- American, he acquired 10 years of insurance experience with Hartford Steam Boiler and New York Life Insurance company. Kentzel, his wife, Joyce, and their four children reside in McHenry. development in unincorporated areas within Vk miles of its borders, since the Illinois Municipal code allows a municipal comprehensive plan to be made applicable within the region. This meant that if a home builder wanted to construct a development in this lV2-mile zone, he needed county ap­ proval and an O.K. from the municipality. C. Cass Collins, HBAGC president, said this double- approval process adds to the cost of development. Very often, the community imposes its own standards on the proposed development, raising costs still further. Now only county approval is needed for a PUD in an unincorporated area. "We think the Illinois Supreme court's ruling is a victory for the home buyer, because it does away with procedures that only add to costs," Collins said. HBAGC, a trade association representing the area's leading builders, acted as a friend of the court in the suit, which was SfteciaC (polo* 'Pontnciit 5 x 7 Double Image, Oval or Vignetted Portrait o*||g • Complete Pickagr of Special Effect Portraits will be printed and available for your purchase lubject lo your approval. . Children under 12 yrv only. • Limit - One per wb|«t, two per family. • No additional charge when two children are photo- iraphed together but then they cannot be photo­ graphed individually. • Groups limited to four or leu, then no individual portraits may be taken. No additional charge for youps. • Parents will be notified by mall for portrait do- livery date at store and must be present brought by the city of Urbana against Champaign County and R&T, Inc., developers. The suit sought to stop R&T, Inc. from implementing plans for a 50- acre PUD within Vk miles of the city's boundaries in unin­ corporated Champaign county until Urbana had approved the plans as conforming to city subdivision standards. The Champaign County McHenry Man Is Honored For Service Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America honored several area residents for their long-time employement and on- the-job safety during a dinner at the Ramada Inn in Rockford Sept. 26. Service awards were presented to three employees with the evening's top award for 25 years of employment going to Clarence W. Grammer of Belvidere. An award for five years of service was given to Floyd M. Johnson of McHenry. bus . manufacturer name At the McHenry County Manufacturer's association recent meeting, officers for 1979-80 were elected. The officers are president, Neil Carrothers, Northern Illinois Gas company, Crystal Lake; vice president, Jay Fucilla, Southwest Forest Industries, Union; second vice president, John Burrus, Claussen Pickle company, Woodstock; secretary- treasurer, Roy D. Prestage, Gearmaster-Division of Emerson Electric, McHenry; and assistant secretary- treasurer, Jim McNames, Farr Company, Crystal Lake. standards of real estate firms that serve the public. Each year, hundreds of thousands of survey questionnaires are mailed to recent home pur­ chasers requesting their evaluation of the services they received. RDG Realty of McHenry has merited the 1979 award because of its continuing efforts lo at­ tain and mjaintain an excellent consumer relationship. Board had approved the PUD plans under the county zoning ordinance, which specifies PUDs as special uses. The developer declined to submit the plans to Urbana for ap- ^ppoval,^ despite' the city's contention that the plans were required to comply with city ordinances. Urbana officials alleged that under the provisions of the Illinois Municipal code, the city had control over land use within V/2 miles of its boun­ daries. The case went to the state Supreme court after a ruling by the Champaign County Circuit court, in favor of the developer and the county, was overturned in the Fourth District Illinois Appellate court. The Supreme court upheld the Circuit court ruling. In its brief to the court, the HBAGC argued that authority for a municipality to exercise control outside its boundaries can be conferred only by statute, and that no such statute exists in Illinois. Similarly, the HBAGf brief claimed that home rule Dowers. granted to municipalities b£ the state "do not permit a municipality to attempt to extend its authority beyond its boundaries into unincorprated areas" unless explicitly per­ mitted by state statute. No such grant over control of PUDs in unincorporated areas has been given, the brief stated. The association has as its objective to promote cooperation in all matters of common interest among ;hl various industries of the McHenry county area, espeically toward increasing civic interest and for the bet terment of the community. In 1979, a scholarship award was established to provide assistance to a student of a member firm interested in attending McHenry County college. Another county ac­ tivity was sponsorship assistance in introducing an Economics Educators award. ISSUED CHARTER A charter has been granted to Paramount Plastics Co., Inc. McHenry. OCT. 10,11,12,13 Wed., Tlwrs., Fri., Sat Hws lOAH la IPX. 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