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life:; Page Eight THE MCHENRY PLA1NDEALER Thursday. June 11, Second Annual Fiesta Day (Continued from Page 1) and drum and bugle units. Highlight of the spectacular event will be a three-hour show that/ starts at 7 o'clock on McCracken field, across from Edgebrook school. Some of the most famous corps participating in this exhibition will be the Chicago Cavaliers, Norwood Park Imperials, Skokie Vanguards and the Racine Kitiles; also the Commonwealth Edison post of the Legion, which will exhibit its top rated drum and bugle corps and its well known rifle squad. Several Sponsors Fiesta Day this year is being sponsored and also conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wajrs, American Legion. Chamber of Commerce, McHenry Kiwanis. Parents association of the drum corps, Rotary club. Township Kiwanis club and Moose lodge. . With the combined efforts of all of these organizations, it Seems sure that 1959 Fiesta Day will be a big success. . Tickets for the day are now on sale and may be purchased at Steffan's Jewelry. McHenry State bank. Bolger's Drug store, Nye Drugs, Old Bridge tavern, McHenry Recreation or from Dr. J. C. Goetschel. Officials for the day are Frank Low and Dr. Goetschel, chairmen; Paul Schwegel, treasurer; Mrs. Paul Karls, secretary; John Smith, tickets; Chuck Peterson, publicity; Edwin Reid. grand marshal of parade; and Ernest Zimny. direction of evening activities. IS BUILD-UP OF CORN SURPLUS REACHING AN END? LARGE CROWDS SEE GRADUATES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS (Continued from page 1) the creative writing award-- a bronze pin -- and Martin James Hans won the citizenship medal which goes to the student best informed, and who puts to use his knowledge, of current events. St. Mary's At an impressive graduation program at St. Mary's parochial school Thursday evening, Bonnie Schiller and David Kennebeck were awarded the Legion medals. The Kiwanis awards had previously been presented to Margaret Parisi and Thomas Gates. St. Patrick's St. Patrick's parochial school graduation was held Sunday afternoon, at which time it was announced that Roger Thompson and Kathleen Foran received the Legion awards The Kiwanis awards went to Kenneth Martin and Kathleen Foran. Perfect attendance awards were made to Kenneth Martin and Roland Koerper. During the program, an award was made to Kathleen Foran for placing third in the recent Knight of Columbus essay contest on "Columbus". There is a stronjg possiblity that during the past two years corn production and use have been brought into balance and that the long accumulation of stocks by the government under price support programs is at an end. Whether or not this is true depends on how large corn yields of the future will be. In 1957 the corn crop was the third largest on record. Increase in carryover totaled only 48 million bushels. The 1958 corn crop was 378 million bushels larger than the 1957 crop and by far the largest in history. Production of other feed grains (oats, barley and grain sorghums) was also substantially • larger than in the preceding year and of record size. .Disappearance from the 1958 crop cannot be accurately forecast, but on the basis of the first six months it now looks as if the 3.8 billion-bushel corn crop will be used up and the increase in total feed-grain 'carryover will be 2.5 to 5.0 million tons. Production and use are nearly in balance in spite of the huge increase in production. The hog-corn ratio is favorable and therefore conducive to further increase in hog num- | bers. The price of corn is above next year's loan. The utilization base is not overexpanded in terms of current support rates for corn. The United States is now in a position to use 145 to 150 million tons of feed grains and a 3.7 billion-bushel corn crop. Will that much be produced at a $1.12 support for corn? How much of the increase during the past three years has been the result of improved technology, and how much has been the result of unusually favorable weather? One extreme says that all but last year was the result of technological improvefn^nt and that 47.5 bushels is now a normal yield. The other says that the last three years are the result of favorable weather, that there is no real increasing trend in corn yields and that the 1948-55 everage of 39.3 bushels is what we should expect. On the basis of March 1 planting intentions, a yield of 47.5 bushels will produce 4.0 billion bushels of corn, whereas a yield of 39.3 bushels will produce 3.3 billion. Without any very good basis. I think a normal yield is 43 bushels per ?cre. This would produce 3.6 billion bushels, substantially less than the amount being used this year. J T. A. Hieranvmus- Department of Agricultural Economics BUSINESS OBSERVE YEAR IN (Continued from Page 1) ASSUMES NEW POST In a realignment of service territory and managerial roles by Northern Illinois Gas company, Howard J. Etchison (620 W. Hurlburt, Belvidere) assumed direction of NI-Gas activities in Woodstock. He will continue as district superintendent for the gas company n the local area as well as in Mgonquin, Harvard, Hebron, Huntley, Marengo, McCullom Lake, McHenry, Richmond, Sunnyside and Union. According to C. F. Jones, the utility's district manager, the realignment of the gas company's northern most service territory was prompted by continuing growth in the Belvidere-Crystal Lake-Lake Villa-Woodstock area. The Senator Says YOUR STATE SENATOR REPORTS FROM • SPRINGFIELD By Senator Robert McClory This may be shocking news, but.here it is: The state of Illinois licenses gambling devices. Here is how it happened. In 1953, the Illinois General Assembly amended the definition of pin-ball and slot machines to exclude so-called "replay" machines. Most of these devices are the familiar pin-ball machines, equipped with replay meters, on which the replays are "redeemed" or-- paid off in cash. These are the gambling devices under the federal statute for which the federal government demands-- and sells-- gambling stamps at $250 each. Yet, the state of Illinois-- under the 1953 statute-- denominates these as "amusement" devices. Indeed, the Supreme court in-,-ay4-3 split opinion in the case of The People vs. One Mechanical Device, decided in 1957, held that the Illinois Constitution against gambling was not violated by permitting such machines to be licensed. Justice Charles Davis, in his dissenting opinion, declared that he was very credulous-- but not so credulous as to believe that these particular "pinball" machines were not used for gambling. The revealing feature of the offending "pin-ball" machines is the "knockdown" button and the "replay meter" controlled by the person in charge of the device. On these machines, the replays are generally paid off in cash. It must be remembered that as many as 600-- or more-- "replays", may be won, having a value of $60 when the lucky player redeems the "replays" in cash. It is then that a concealed "knockdown button" is activated, resulting in the replay meter recording the 600 unplayed games. When the pinball mechanism is inspected by the agent of the owner of the macrfine the bulging cash drawer is emptied, and cash credit is given for all unplayed games shown on the replay meter. Of course, the replay meter-- concealed inside the pin-ball mechanism-- serves no other purpose than to record the cash payments made to lucky players, which must be accounted for when the owner of the machine settles his accounts. A few months ago. the United States Supreme Court in Korpan vs. United States properly held this type of machine to be a gambling device. Senate Bill No. 700, sponsored by your senator, would have the same effect. The State Department of Revenue mav regret the loss of about $300,000 in receipts which these gambling device? produce. But-- the' people will be grateful if the legislature encourages tran sp o r t i n g of these pay-off, pin-ball machines to-- N e v a d a -- o r t h e j u n k heap. HOLD COMMUNITY ASC ELECTIONS IN TWO WEEKS Ralph Burnett, chairman of the McHenry county agricultural stabilization and conserv a t i o n c o m m i t t e e e l e c t i o n board, has announced that community committee election boards have been selected for all communities in this county. Committeemen elected will take office Aug. 3 and will serve until elections are held next year. "This year community elections will be held by mail from June 24 through July 6 in order to enable a greater participation by voters during this period of fanning aperations", Mr. Burnett stated. Members of community election boards in this area include Richard May, Art Stilling and Kenneth Cristy in McHenry township; Sherman Brown, Gordon Clark and Delmar Church in Greenwood; Raymond. J. Shine, Ben Martin and Walter J. Bolger in Nunda; John McDonald, George Diedrieh and Lorrie Steadman, Richmond. In order to be eligible to vote in the community committee elections, a person must have an interest in a farm in the community as owner, tenant or sharecropper, must be participating in the Agricultural Conservation program, or carrying out on his farm one of the eligible practices covered by that program, or be eligible for price support on one or more agricultural commodities he produces, or be eligible for a payment under the Sugar program. TWENTY-THREE ARE GRADUATED AT HARRISON SCHOOL MOTHER OF FIVE DIES IN COUNTY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT A Woodstock mother of five, Mrs. Martha Kline, 52, became the county's thirteepth traffic fatality of the year when she lost her life in a two-car crash Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Davis and Steig roads, south of the city. Mrs. Kline, a lifelong resiwas The. class of 1959 was graduated" from Harrison school Friday, May 29, in the school auditorium which was beautifully decorated with flowers by the Wonder Lake Garden club. The processional was played by the school band. Rev. -Burton Schroeder of Nativity Lutheran church gave the invocation and benediction. The school chorus and sextet sang several selections under the direction of Marvin Wenck. The American Legion awards were presented by Commander Wilbur Haak to Diann Mc- Mahon and Roger Ensminger. Kathryn Kostal and Douglas Sellek were the recipients of the Kiwanis awards, which had been presented previously. These awards are made on the basis of scholarship, citizenship and leadership. A Student Council award for scholarship, which was presented for the first time this year at Harrison, went to Kathryn Kostal. A plaque will be put up in the hall-' of the school and ;the names of the recipients of this award will be added on each year. The traditional "remarks by graduates" were made by Lorelle Vacula, who told of the Springfield trip; Kathryn Kostal, who spoke of the future of the class; Diann McMahon, who reviewed the history of the class; and Roselinde Blatter, who gave a resume of the activities of the class during the school year. Dr. Raymond Watkins, chairman of the Harrison school board, presented certificates of graduation to Darlene Basile, Kathryn Kostal, Daniel Tron- "on. Joyce Moore, Richard Wright', Marlena Jacobs, William Hansen, Roselinde Blatter, Kathleen Bruscato, Douglas Sellek. Kenneth Tenner. Kenneth Smith, Betty Coss, Kathleen Burns, Diann McMahon, George Sorensen, Philip Hastings, Roger Ensminger, George Moder, Lawrence Willis, Bruce Sansone, Patrick Dolan and Lorelle Vacula. This was the smallest gradu- LOCAL COUPLE MARRIED FIFTY YEARS JUNE 14 (Continued from page 1) ceremony fifty years ago. Attendants were George Brebach and Miss Clara Hoffman. They have three children, Mfs. Alida Wirtz of McHenry, Mrs. Ernestine Christian of Glen Ellyn and Mrs. Norma Burns of* Sunnymead, Calif. There are six grandchildren, John Wirtz, Terrance, Stanley and Karen Christian, Emerson, Jr., and Donald Burns; also one great-grandchild, Raymond Wirtz. Came Here In '25 The Freunds came to McHenry for the first time in 1925 after he had successfully conducted a practice of optometry in Chicago. After four years, they returned to Chicago, but came back to make this their permanent home in 1947. Besides being active in his work, Dr. Freund is a member of the Masonic order and of the Rotary club! Mrs. Freund's interests are in the activities of the Order of Eastern Star, R.N.A. and the W.S.C.S. Both belong to thep Community Methodist church. Gardening is one of the faorite hobbies of both Dr. and Mrs. Freund, and the beautiful grounds surrounding their home testifies to their aesthetic tastes. On Tuesday following the celebration, they plan to accompany their youngest daughter, Mrs. Bums, and grandson, Donald, to California for a vacation and to attend the graduation from ninth grade of their grandson, Emerson. DEEP WELLS IN \ AREA PUMPED AT MAXIMUM YIELD Despite nearness to Lake Michigan, 110 , municipalities and hundreds of industries in the Chicago region draw their water supplies -from wells. These deep wells are now being pumped at about their maximum safe yield, according to Cooperative Grand-Water Report 1 just issued by the Illinois State Water survey and the Illinois State Geological survey. The two surveys are scienUfic research divisions oi the state Department of Registration and Education. The cooperative study was conducted in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and parts of Grundy and Will counties. This area covers 4,169 square miles and has a population estimated in 1957 at 5,979,800 persons, or. 61.3 percent of the population of Illinois. Emphasis in the report is on the deep water-yielding formations, or aquifers, which have been tapped by artesian wells for large groundwater supplies for municipalities and industries since 1864. The wedding ring is worn on the third finger of the left hand because of an old belief that a vein runs directly from this finger to the heart. Eight Vie For | Princess Title f (Continued from page 3) linois Dairy Princess. / JJ Local candidates are Donrias Mae King, daughter of Mr£; and Mrs. Leo J. King, Jfeaife Blake, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Bernard Blake, and Carofi Weingart, daughter of Mr. and? Mrs. John Weingart, all of McHenry, and La Verne Meyer,] daughter of the Anton Meyer®, of Spring Grove. * Other contestants are Jo» Anne McKee and Barbar^ Zickuhr of Marengo, Dorothjfe Olbrich of Harvard and Judys Hartman of Woodstock. The girls will be selected bjF qualified judges a , few day^* prior to June 25, The big mo«s ment will be announcement oF the county dairy princess at*, a dinner at the Woodstock1? V.F.W. at 8 o'clock that nightjf; Among members of the county dairy promotion cou,nj£ cil are James Curran antj# Charles Weingart of McHenry? NO FIRE DAMAGE « When a car parked neaf* Riverside Retail store on Riv* erside Drive backfired about 12:30 last Saturday afternoon, gas burned around the carburetor, making it necessary to turn in an alarm. Local fire-? men smothered the fire ancf reported no damage. ating class at Harrison for sevdent of Woodstock, was a J eral years, and the last sihall _ _ __ passenger in a car driven by j one the school will have, ac- Kleinhans to reclassify from ZONING ACTION A petition of Peter and Edna j Hamlin to change a piece of property on Rt. 31, north of McHenry, from farming to residential, has been granted. Forty acres of land on the east side of the Johnsburg blacktop near the outdoor theatre, was reclassified from farming to residential for subdivision development. The petition was submitted by Charles and Herlinda Stilling and by Jerome and Sandra Stilling. The petition of George and Lucille ures at present. her Donald,^ 28, who suf- cording to the enrollment fig- residential to community an _ . "area of land on Rt. 120, east of the city, was granted. Action was taken by the countyboard on Tuesday. It won't kill you to be care If things ever get back to normal we'll probably wonder what's wrong. fered bruises and shock. The Kline auto was northbound on Steig road when it collided at the intersection with a car driven by George Lilja, 30, of Woodstock, who suffered lacerations on the arms and legs. His wife, Marilyn, also suffered lacerations, but their son, Scott, 1, escape if with only minor injuries. According to state police, there are no stop signs at the intersection. Mrs. Kline was the motherin- law of the former Carol Olsen of McHenry. If you're sure you're right, let the other fellow find it out at his leisure. Some smiles, especially those of the female, are so much in contrast to the appraising eyes, that the beholder gets the feeling he is being scowled at. When a reader complains that the news in a publication is slanted, his real complaint is that the slant is not in the direction of his own prejudices. ful. FATHER'S DAY CARDS BY ROSS NOW AT BOLGER'S Mr. Overton continued his interest in the driving needs of the local public until his death in 1951. Of special pride was the garage which was completed just two years before he died. R. J. Overton became associated with his father in 1928 and with the exception of two and one-half years spent in service during the. war, has continued his association with the business. Paul R. Overton joined them after his discharge from the Navy in 1945. A special page, picturing Troop 131 highlights in the history of the The Community Methodist business, appears elsewhere in church received a donation of this issue. roses and evergreen shrubs valued at $100, made possible Whether you be man or through Boy Scout Troop 131 woman you \(ill never do any- and arranged for by one of thing in this world without , the assistant Scout leaders, courage. It is the greatest i Lee Weatherholt, of McHenry quality of the mind next to! Shores. honor. by Ken Schopp BOY SCOUTS NOTICE Riverside Bake Shop OPEN DAILY: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. SUNDAYS: 7 a.m. to Noon Fresh Baked Goods world s grandest pirformance value: 1959 Grand Touring Model only! 2675 w'-mw * V " i CLARKE ID'S RENT-ALB., Inc., has changed its name to ED'S RENTAL, Inc. "The Place That Has Most Everything" STOP INl and LOOK OVER OUR STOCK! 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