Illinois News Index

McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 7 Oct 1954, p. 13

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By fiiareellft Foato Village News Mr., McDermott, Republican committeeman for the ninth preset of McHenry township, has appointed Florence Falsetti as Republican committeewoman for the precinct. , Friday evening at 8:30 p.m. there will be- a village meeting in the fire house. All are welcome to attend. Firemen's Dance Oct. 30 there will be. a dance sponsored by the volunteer fire department of Lakemoor. Refreshments will be served. The dance committee consists of Mr. 3|ilak, Mr. Gustavson and Mr. Kosup. Tickts may be obtained c^t the various business houses in McHenry. Rummage Sale / Don't forget the rummage sale . sponsored by the ladies' auxiliary this Friday and Saturday. Clothes and othjer objects of resale value should be brought to the fire house Thursday so that they may be marked for price and size. cuperate under the good care of Mrs. Vatehet. Triumphant The ferahmas baseball team sponsored by- the Businessmen's association of Lak&moor won the trophy this season by capturing first place. Congratulations to them and may they keep up the good work next year also. Banco Party Mrs. Harold Foss had her monthly bunco club at her home Tuesday, Oct. 6. Luhcheon was served and prizes given. Mesdames Brzezinski, Para, Paterson and Peterson attended. LJU. Meeting The L.I.A. will hold its monthly meeting Saturday, Oct. 16, in the fire house, it will be a costume party and also a membership drive. Each member is asked to try to bring one new member, prizes will be awarded for costumes and refreshments will be served. Come on, get up fin your attics and bring out some real good costumes. Brownie News The Lakemoor Brownie troop Will have its investiture exercises on Sunday, Oct. 17, in the fire house between the hours of 3 $pd 5 p.m. . Attending Leader School Mesdames Booster, Morrison and Duncan are attending the Girl Scout leader training course in Waukegan. Happy Birthday Little Terry Morrison, son of Sir. and Mrs. Norman Morrison, celebrated his fifth birthday this past week. His paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Norman . Morrison* Sr., and Mrs. Koch Were out to help him celebrate the occasion. Happy birthday, Terry,' from all of ua.^ Away at School Barbara Gilmore is attending v Our Lady of Angels high school GMnton,. Icy a, 'fo jCfrroT. &zarek. I am sure all of their girl friends out here miss them and will be sending them letters telling them of all the activities here and keeping them posted on the neighborhood news. Illness We were all sorry to learn that Claude Vachet had another heart attack and had to be sent back to Belmont hospital for a few days. As of this writing he is again home and starting tcT re- Attend Dinner Mr. and Mrs. C. F. McDermott and Mr- and Mrs. Joseph Gilmore attended a dinner at Harvard Monday, given by the Kiwanis club of McHenry township for the benefit of spastic children, Mr. McDermott attended a dinner Wednesday at Fox Lake, given .by State Representative W. J. Murphy. General News This past week, Marcella Foss was visited by her father, Stanley Sohm, and her brother, Peter Sohm, and his wife and daughter nf Chics^o, , Mr. and Mrs. Walter Para went into Chicago this past weekend to oelebrate the golden wedding ai^niversai y of Helen's aunt and uncle. Adele Leon went along with them. Claude McDermott is grateful to all Who contributed so generously to the Kiwanis National Kids Day. WATERFOWL REFUGE About 850 acres of the Starved Rock pool in the Illinois river above LaSalle will be closed to hunting and set aside as a waterfowl refuge,. according to Glen D. Palmer, director of the state Department of Conservation. This action will be in keeping with the department's waterfowl management program, which includes a chain of refuges all along the Illinois and Mississippi river valleys. Past experience shows that concentrations of ducks stay in these refuges for relatively long periods of time. Band returns frqirv .waterfowl shot by hunters indicate that hunting is improved for a radius of about 40 miles around these closed, areas. Pal mer pointed out that the north boundary of th3w S tarved " Rock closure area is formed by the river channel, and that the waters north of this line ar open to hunting. Shooting in this area must conform to statd regulations applying to public waters. Blinds built there will be available on a first come, first served basis. Hunters must not leave decoys out overnight. Commercialization of blinds is forbidden. FAME EXECUTIVE ^ DIRECTOR OF WTTW. CHANNEL U STATION ; John W, Taylor, former dofcuty director-general of the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization and former president of the University of Louisville, has been named executive director of WTTW, .the forthcoming educational television station on Channel 11, Edward "L. Ryerson has announced. Mrs. Ryerson is president of the Chicago Educational Television association,^ non-profit corporation sponsoring the new station. Dr.. Taylor toox over his new duties last week, Mr. Ryerson said. Commenting on- the appointment, Mr. Ryerson declared: "John Taylor has long: been interested in community education and has unusual breadth of vision with regard to the opportunities and the challenge of educational television." He noted that Dr. Taylor, as president of the University of Louisville, pioneered by offering the first university course for credit over a. television station. He added that President Taylor was always personally popular and that the university's alumni fund more than trebled in his three-and-a-hfilf year administration, while salaries were increased and the 'budget more thah doubled. He also was instrumental in bringing about tits repeal of Kentucky's school segregation law. Mr. Ryerson pointed out: "Dr. Taylor appreciates the tfaet that Chicago is probably the greatest place in the country to meet ,, the challenge of educational television because of the area it serves and because of the exceptional cooperative interest expressed by the educational and cultural institutions, as well as by the people." Commenting oh the drive to raise $1,100,000 to establish the station and operate it for two years, Mr. Ryerson reported that a total % of $890,000 has been raised to date. The remainder will be raised by a special gifts drive and new community cafnpaigns, he said. Further hiring of staff and construction of station facilities will proceed as soon as possible, he addedk with a target date of late spring for the initial telecast. Chicago educators 'and broadcasters were enthusiastic In their approval- of Dr. Tayior for thfc post of executive director. ILLINOIS GIRL IS AMONG YOUTH EXCHANGE GROUP A $25 Savings Bond for $18.75 is a good buy. . Miss Mary Margaret Hoffman of Fairbury left San Francisco Sept. 16. enroute to New Zealand, where she will live and work With farm families this winter aB an International Farm Youth Ekchange (IFYE) delegate. Miss Hoffman is one of ten IFYE delegates who departed via Pan American World Airway3 for Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.. The group spent several hours in Honolulu before going on to their host countries. They will return to the United States in the spring. - With the departure of the fall and winter "Grassroots Ambassadors," the total 1954 IFYE program will include 118 U. S. farm young people 20 to 30 years old Who have gone abroad fcb live with farm families in approximately forty countries in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Pacific and the Near and Middltt East. In return, 149 exchangees from these areas of the world are living with farm families in thirty-nine states and Alaska at the present time. , The IFYE program, dedicated to the idea that understanding among the peoples of the world is the basis for peace, is sponsored by the National 4-H Club foundation and the extension service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and land-grant colleges and universities. It is financed by contributions from 4-H clubs, rural and civic organizations. industries, foundations and others interested lii the world understanding. No federal or state government funds are used in the exchanges. Since the beginning of the program Ln 1918, 395 U. S. delegates have gone overseas and 346 exchangees from other lands have* lived with U, S. families. The participants. share in |the -home, farm and community activities of yarious host families for four to six months and thereby gain° a real understanding of x-ural living in the host country. Miss Hoffman attended a final orientation program at the University of California from Sept. 12 to 16 which included conferences on world agriculture, trade, understanding people, U. \ S. foreign policy, the American way of life and the customs and culture of New Zealand. AUGUST BOND SALES TOP ALL PEACETIME FIGURES Residents of McHenry county purchased a total of $282,015 in Series E and H United States savings bonds in the month of August, 1954, according to figures received from the Treasury department toy Harold J. Bacon of Crystal Lake, volunteer Savings Bond chairman in the county. August sales in the State were the greatest for any Augiist in the peacetime bond program totaling $39,649,020, an increase of 26.7 percent over sales for Augr ust, 1953, according to T. Merle Paul, state director of the Illinois savings bonds division. Sales of Series H bonds alone were $12,621,500 as compared to sales of $6,395,000 in August last year. In the first eight months of this year, 69 percent of the anmia? quota for the state has been attained and sales in Illinois last month represent 9.3 percent of national sales for the month. Market your hogs at CHICAGO Whcr* . . . Competitive bidding assures you the highest return any day you market your hogs. Hundreds of buyers daily compete for the available supply of hogs at the Chicago Stock Yards. The sound, ecol&mic laws: of supply and demand bring the full, true market Value for your hogs. And, too . . . * Authentic tests reveal that up to 165 miles of travel, practically all shrink oh hogs it regained by fill at the Chicago Stock Yards. RCMEMIIR'... Chicago Alwiiys has Hundreds of Buyers-- More than at any other Market. That's Why If Pays to-- SHIP TO CHICAGO • Tests of, some 1.125 bead of hogs shipped, to the " ChicajtO Stock Yards showed an average thriak ol 1.6% per hot! 11 gain «t the market 1.5%. ~ tinnnaaNner Piawtlng of nnnols winter wheat Is getting under way, according to the weekly report of the state and federal departments of agriculture. Earlier sowings of other small grains are showing good stands. Soil moisture was reported "short" by 66 per cent of the crop correspondents throughout the state; nowhere was a surplus of moisture noted. Condition of pastures dropped nine per cent during September dlie to increasing dryness. Dry weather has hastened the ripening of corn and soybeans and 90 per cent of Illinois corn is now regarded as safe from frost damage. Picking Of seed corn is under way, and some corn is being husked from feed, but the crop is not yet. dry enough to be cribbed. Combining of soybeans is now general in the main bean growing areas. 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