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Business .. See. 2, Page 9 Church-- Sec. 2. Page 1 Life Today Page 6 Volume 109, Number 35 Neighbors.. Sec. 2. Page 8 Obituaries-- ... Page 8 Sports .. Pages 16,17,18 * 2 Sections, 30 pages PLAINDEALER- HERALD Morjal has knack for finding early American collectibles By Robert Gordon r Herald staff writer As Thomas Morjal proudly displays one of his many shiny yet antiquated metal tokens in the palm of his hand, he enthusiastically explains the intriguing story behind the silver relic. "This is an old Gloria Swanson premier token/' says the 35-year-old collector of time-honored articles. "What they were used for is they'd give them out to the theaters to promote movies." Carefully replacing the precious token in its special plastic holder, Moijal grabs a different medallion-this one gold-and expounds on its "This is from the temperance days in about the 1830's, and on this one it says, 'I will never use tobacco in any form,'" he says. "And on the back of it, it says, 'tobacco tends to idleness, poverty, strong drink, vice, ill health, insanity and death."' Morjal has amassed thousands of old and unique tokens through the years-civil war medallions, a World War n treasury bond award, a William Henry Harrison presidential medal, a Chicago World's Fair souvenir-and each one has its own engrossing background. However, these round metallic antiques are only a small part of his entire collection. Moijal collects stamps, old toys, old furniture, old glass, old postcards, old bottles, old records, old books and photographs, old paintings, fossils and miner als-anything that has aged a bit and sparks his interest. "I've found articles in the area (by looking) through boxes," Morjal said. "A lot of times what happens when you go to an estate o££asti0l sale, people have these ad cartons full of newspaj and articles,and old photographs. And people that go to these (sales) don't even took through these things. I do because I'm looking for things of this area that would be interesting to me for facts and interesting to other people to find out about the time." What makes Moijal unique in his efforts is his great concern for other people. Normally when one tMiiku of a collector, one visualizes either a profit-motivated individual who seeks to make a fortune with his precious artifacts, or a private person who boards his collectables and locks them up in a secret location. Moijal has one goal in his mind: to find items that are pleasurable to him-and to the com­ munity. "What usually happens is I get the stuff and I get the things that I buy or trade with, and it's enjoyable to me," he said. "After I've felt that I enjoyed what I got out of it, then I like other people to enjoy it. Then it goes from there." "I've found a lot of old photographs for this area here, and I do present them ttrthe people if I can locate their homes through the photographs," Moijal explained. "From driving around I recognize a lot of the homes...When I do find the house,I present the photograph to the people and tell them who I am and all that. "And I tell them I just wanted to see if they would like to see a bit of the heritage of their home, and 99 percent of them appreciate me comingdown to let them look at it." Moijal also donates items to libraries, historical societies, schools and museums. One of his proudest contributions is his gift of a 1908 book on McHenry County to the McHenry library. "Hie book's (money) value wasn't the he said. "It's the value that people as the book, I wanted " Most of Bfofj^l's gifts are donated in his children's namef. But his generosity does not stop with old ar MORJAL--Page 8 Donarski takes position at Woodstock Center By Marie Bans PUlndMler Herald Newt Servlc* McHenry resident Lynne Donarski, past chairwoman of McHenry League of Women Voters, United Way organizer and appointee to the interim Illinois Citizens Utility Board, has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Forum for Women. At the NFW Woodstock Center conference facility Tuesday, NFW Executive Director Pat Gilroy announced that Donarski will chair Woodstock Center's volunteer committee. Donarski will organize a corps of volun­ teers in the community who will work on various projects at the center. Speaking to NFW members and state Rep. Dick Klemm (R- Crystal Lake) and Sen. Jack Schaffer (R-McHenry County), Gilroy said, "Success comes from your roots, and our roots are in McHenry County. Lynne will strengthen those roots in the community and McHenry County." "I'm sure there are a lot of people, both men and women, who would be willing to volunteer their time and support the center," Donarski added. Area women working with Donarski on the volunteer committee include Lillian Carrington, Harvard, Sherry Floro, Woodstock, and Sue Becker, Cathy Nolan, Carol Sek and Robin Wilson, all of McHenry., Gilroy explained that the center was donated to the NFW by the Scheinfeld Foundation of Chicago. "Mrs. (Sylvia) Scheinfeld wanted to put the center in the hands of an organization who wpuld continue with her goal to provide a meeting place for diverse groups to meet and plan for the future," Gilroy said. Thomas Morjal sits among a pile of antique colas, finis his old b> tokens, medals, photographs, and other preetaw because of the items that are a part of his large collection. Morjal offer. alcr Herald photo by Robert flordo «ks his most important finds wadulterated knowledge they Gilroy emphasized that the center is not exclusively available to women's groups. "The center is a place for discussion of issues important to women, but, with women becoming involved in all aspects of society, society's problems are women's problems," Gilroy said. In the past year, the center has hosted about 80 conferences. Although the Woodstock Cen­ ter's facilities are available primarily to not-for-profit groups, Gilroy said that the center does accept a limited number of business groups to use the facility. The conference center on U.S. 14 is equipped with a large meeting center, a smaller conference building with modern sleeping facilities and several buildings with overnight accommodations. NFW members under the direction of Cathy Nolan are in the process of establishing a library of books pertaining to women's issues. Located on a small lake, the center offers boating,' a swimming pool and a tennis court for guests. Gilroy slso announced on Tues­ day that a local restaurant has agreed to provide catering ser­ vices at the center. For more information about the center, call 338-3600. Survey helps paper make goals for future The McHenry Plaindealer Herald's reader survey, published recently in this paper, has served its purpose well. While it provided an additional forum for our readers to express their interests, it also gave those people, who strive to produce an exceptional community newspaper here, with insight into what our customers expect. A total of 67 responses were made to our survey. Compared to a circulation of 8,159, we recognize that this represents only a small portion of our readers, but nevertheless an important one. We cannot improve our product without feedback to provide us with their expectations. A look at the age category of respondents revealed an in­ teresting trend. Over 60 percent of our responses came from readers over 50 years old. Hie breakdown was as follows: 20 percent, over 70; 45 percent, over 60; 60 percent, over 50, 85 percent, over 40 and 99 percent, over 30. We can conclude from reponses Jo specific questions in our survey, that a basic fact of newspaper journalism still remains true. A newspaper must provide something for everyone. While some definite trends are apparent, other areas of questioning were answered with competitive, if not equal responses on both sides of the question. In the area of agreement, it is obvious by over a 90 percent margin that our readers expect local news; and furthermore are unhappy with the present coverage of state and national news. A "handful" of readers, however, asked for more national news in the sports area. In a related area, approximately 75 percent of our responses were against syndicated columns. The 25 percent who were in favor of them asked for the same type of syndicated columns that appear in the major Chicago and metropolitan newspapers: Mike Royko, Dear Abby, Andy Rooney, Erma Bombeck, etc. Similarly, 52 persons answered the "comics" question and approximately 75 percent were opposed to them. Of the 25 per­ cent that wanted the comics, the requested columns were also those published in our metropolitan Chicago papers: Peanuts, Dondi, Garfield, Dennis the Menace, etc. Turning the spotlight onto our coverage by local columnists, SURVEY--Page 8 Birth of quadruplets delayed Arrival of quadruplets to a McHenry-area couple has been delayed slightly, but the babies will most likely arrive before Christmas. That was the report given Wednesday afternoon by a friend of the expectant parents. (The young couple wishes to remain anonymous until the children arrive.) The quads were expected to arrive last Thursday or Friday by Cesearean birth. But a doctor who recently examined the mother-to-be estimated the weight of the infants to be under three pounds each, and suggested the operation be delayed. Doctors cannot be certain when the "best time" will be to perform the operation, as they must weigh the health of mother and children on a day-to-day basis. The mother, however, cannot be allowed to go into labor, because it reportedly may harm the babies. Past ex­ perience in the birth of quadruplets shows that the mother rarely exceeds eight months of pregnancy. The McHenry-area woman, with a Jan. 12 due date, has already exceeded that limit. Quadruplets occur in one birth in 729,000. GOOD MORNING HIGHLIGHT A complete listing of area churches offering holiday services appears in today's paper, in section two, page me. District 156 bids for telephone system bring static By Marlon Olsen^ Plalndealer-Herald Inewsservice Phase three of an ongoing pro­ ject to provide a new telehone system for the District 156 schools experienced unexpected static at the school board meeting Dec. 18. The contract for telephones for the two high schools and the ad­ ministration building was finally awarded to recommended low- bidder, Midco Inc. of Worth, 111., for $41,104 in a four-to-three board vote after one of the bidders ques­ tioned the recommendation. Charles R. Hardy, a Crown Point. Ind., consultant retained by the district to survey, provide specifications and review bids, presented a recommendation to award the contract to Midco Inc. Ed Lescher, along with John Lescher of Conies Telephones, McHenry, appeared at the meeting to question the wording of the specifications and to offer to renegotiate their bid. Conies, ac­ cording to statements made at the meeting, was second lowest bid­ der and offered the same Omega IV telephone proposed by Midco. Lescher emphasized the system could be less expensively and more readily serviced and main­ tained by a local vendor than one 80 miles away (Midco Inc.). Robert O. Swartzloff, district superintendent, noted that the bids had been sought in the re­ quired legal manner and no one bid could be reopened without having the specifications reopen­ ed for all bidders. Still another issue was financing, the purchase. Business Manager Michael Kelly recommended a 10- year purchase agreement. However, school districts by law cannot enter into such 10-year con­ tracts, he said. Therefore, upofi legal advice, Kelly recommended two five-year contracts. The bank, however, needed to consult its at­ torney for guidance in the transac­ tion. In the meantime, no final financial plan was available for board members to vote on. Board member David Benrud suggested an outright purchase, but Kelly said it was sometimes to the district's advantage to finance a purchase rather than withdraw high-interest-paying funds. Board member Steve Cuda in­ terjected, "I'm confused by the whole situation. I believe this issue should come before the building committee before voting." Board member Judith Zid argued, "We are a board of 'education;' we have retained a consultant to review this pur­ chase, and we should not have to make judgments on equipment purchases such as this." Cuda countered, "This is a business meeting. Are we prepared to deal intelligently on this purchase?" President Edward Neumann said, "This is an unusual situa­ tion. We have never had vendors come to a business meeting to challenge a bid." In a first motion, Cuda moved to table the purchase decision for review by the building committee. The motion was defeated four to three with Cuda, Robert Anderson and David Benrud voting for It and Neumann, Zid. Barbara Slater and James Tonyan voting against. In a second motion by Judith Zid to award the bid to Mid­ co, the vote was reversed. The decision on financing the DISTRICT 156 Page 8 Friday, December 21, 1984 McHenry, Illinois NIMC plans blood draw SECTION 2, PAGE