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-Thursday. April 1, 1965 THE McHENHY PLAINDEALER One -r- Page McHENRY PLAINDEALER 8812 West Elm Street Established 1875 Phone 888-0170 Published Every Thursday at McHenry, Illinois Second Class Postage Paid at McHenry, Illinois by McHENRY PUBLISHING COMPANY. Larry E. Lund Publisher Adele Froehlieh, Editoi aTj NATIONAL EDITORIAL AS^>C0TI^N Subscription Rates 1.-Year ... ...... $4.00 1 Year $4.50 6 Mos $2.25 6 Mos $2 50 3 Mos, $1.50 3 Mos. $1.75 In McHenry County Outside McHenry County PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this col- • umn as an expression of : their views on subjects of g e n e r a l i n t e r e s t i n o u r ' community. Our only re- . .quest is that writers limit • themselves to 300 words or less signature, full address • and phone number. We ask, too, "that one individual not write on the • same subject more than oftce each month. We re- : serve the right to delete -j any material which we ? consider '.ibelous or in objectionable taste.) $HE CAUCUS SITUATION "Dear Editor: "I would like to take this opportunity of commenting on a l/Gcfcnt letter to this column Written by John T. Licastro, chairman McHenry Township Republican Central Committee, entitled 'Shades of Selma.' "This letter, in my opinion, has all the undertones of an untruthful, biased insinuation that the local township Board J of Auditors was derelict in their duties by not calling caucuses of t]fie Democratic and Republican parties, and in this manner underhandedly guaranteed their awn re-election. • "I-n the first instance I would like to call to the attention of ttie readers of this column, and incidentally to Mr. Licastro, a fdct which could have been determined by him. The McHenry Township Democratic Central Committee early in January conducted a legally constituted meeting in the city hall, ty£c#lenry, at which time they voted unanimously not to caucus. Further, I do not recogr nize Mr. Licastro as a spokesman for the Democratic Party am}/certainly deplore the presumption on his part to do so. Especially so in the light of his absence of fact. "Lest any readers be misled by the allegations in the previous article as it affects the other party, I have taken the opportunity to ascertain the facts. From a perusal of the records it is readily apparent *+f*rt- the reason a duly authorized caucus of the Republican Party was not called is not in any way to be construed as the fault of the Board of Auditors, but rather due to the apparent negligence and tardiness of Mr. Licastro himself ".Reference to Chapter 139, Article VI-A, paragraph 59a States as follows: 'Notice of which caucus shall be given at l^ast 10 days before the holdfhg "thereof, by publication in some newspaper having general circulation in such township.' The • Statute further clearly states that the causus shall be held on the first Tuesday of February. The first Tuesday Of February, 1965, was on the second day of February. The letter of intent to caucus signed by you Mr. Licastro, and directed to Walter J. Dean, Supervisor, and Walter Anderson, Township Clerk, and served upon Mr. Anderson at 7 p.m. on the twenty-first day of January, 1965, carried the following postscript and I quote: 'P.S. I believe said notices must be sent out by Jan. 21.' "I believe that any unbiased reader after reading the facts above, which are accurate, will pay'little or no attention to the allegations made in Mr, Licastro's letter, and will appreciate that the Township Board of Auditors followed the law in this matter. '-'Yours for factual presentation of all issues in campaigns, "Sincerely, ; ~ "Harry J. Brady "Chairman, "McHenry Township Democratic •-- Central Committee." YOUNG DRIVERS "Attention Editor: "I wish to take issue with Mrs. Paul R. Overton's letter (March 11) in which she defended a young driver who allegedly raced past the Herzog Beach school bus shelter in Lakeland Park. "It is not my intention to question the character of the young driver involved--neither do I feel qualified to doubt the credibility of some Lakeland Park parents who voiced their complaints via the Lakeland Park news. I feel, however, Mrs. Overton's letter may unintentionally give young people some wrong impressions as to what constitutes the proper attitude required to safely operate a car. "Mrs. Overton speculates that a late model Cadillac may have attracted more attention than a jalopy in need of repairs. It is equally as logical to guess that a responsible young driver could be a bit carried away while driving a late model Cadillac convertible. Such guess work merely clouds the issue. Either vehicle can kill. "After twenty-eight years of driving without an accident a few unguarded seconds caused me to have two preventable minor accidents within one year. I now sport a jalopy if two dented fenders makes the difference. "Mrs. Overton states the seventeen year old driver has no driving violations and "passed her first test with such high achievement as not witnessed in years." The Illinois state driving tests are not graded, one either passes or fails and I'm sure none of us speeds during the test. Speed is still the number one killer. "Twenty-five minutes was allowed the driver to go ten miles to school. I agree this is reasonable. The driver had the opportunity to go very slow through the subdivision and if pressed for time could have made up the loss on the open highway. Mrs. Overton assures us the driver sounded the horn when approaching the shelters. A horn does not guarantee a child's safety even on only two and a half blocks of curving hazardous road. "Often, because of prevailing conditions such as weather, young children, traffic, etc., it is wiser to travel much slower than the posted speed limit allows. "Such caution may be the yardstick by which a licensed driver's maturity is judged, regardless of age. "Mrs. T. Guy "406 N. Country Club Dr.,. "Telephone 385-2582". City of McHENRY NOW has / Parking Spaces Be modern with SET JUST ONE CONTROL With This All-New Faucet! ALTHOFF'S INC. Plumbing & Heating See Our New Showroom 907 N. Front Flu 385-5700 Hers and there IN BUSINESS REDUCE RATES •Lower rates for many long distance telephone calls go into effect Thursday, April 1. This is the second reduction in telephone rates in two months; the first went into effect Feb. 1. Illinois NBell Telephone said the April 1 cuts, ranging from five to twenty cents for the first three minutes, will be made on all daytime "station" calls of 601 or more miles which cross state lines. These rates apply on calls between 4:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The maximum rate for a three-minute station call between. McHenry and anywhere in the United States (except Alaska and Hawaii) will drop from $2.10 to $1.90. The Feb. 1 and April 1 cuts, totalling $100 million, were announced last November by the Federal Communications Commission. The two reductions mean a saving to telephone customers in Illinois Bell territory of more than $7 million a year--about $1,750,000 of which will result from the April 1 reductions. CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY Leo C. Thompson, of 3907 W. Kane Ave., McHenry, marked his thirty-fifth anniversary with the Commonwealth Edison-Public Service Company system on March 30. Thompson is an engineering > 'M assistant at the company's Crystal Lake office. After joining Edison in 1930, he spent seven years as a meter reader. He served • as a district representative in the Richmond area from 1937 until 1960 when became an engineering assistant. When away from his job, Thompson enjoys swimming^ photography and woodworking. He and his wife, Catherine, have three sons, Roger, a sophomore at the University of Illinois, Leo, who attends. .St. Patrick's grammer school, ?u?d Steven; and two daughters, Susan, a . student at McHenry high school, and Mrs. Geraldine Foley. The couple have thrfee grandchildren. _ .. PRESENTED PLAQUES Jack Levitus and Edward Mail From Home Congressman Robert McClory (R-Ill.) empties "one of many mailbags containing questionnaires returned to his Washington office by his constituents in the 12th Congressional District of Illinois. Assisting is his secretary, Mrs. Ella Jean (Buss) Gratkowski of McHenry. The Congressman reports overwhelming enthusiasm resulting "in the return of thousands of questionnaires expressing-mdividual citizen opinions on major national and internat i o n a l i s s u e s . . . . . SPAGHETTI DINNER Wednesday, April 7. 6-8 p.m. AMERICAN LEGION HALL ' McHenry, Illinois Sponsored by McHenry Kiwanis Club Benefit of McHenry Hospital Expansion Program Donation: Adults $1.50 -- Children 75c ATTENTION: j | Mr. and Mrs. j Democratic Voter | 1 Look over the list of candidates on the ; PEOPLE'S CIVIC PARTY'S non - partisan , slate. You will see that there are three life- ' long respected men of the Democratic party among them. These are the men who have served you well. And will continue to do so. f No other slate has the qualifications that the PEOPLE'S CIVIC PARTY'S candidates have. Please remember that every vote you cast against the PEOPLE'S CIVIC PARTY'S slate is a vote for the Republican Party! J ^ Keep Party Politics Out Of Nunda Township ©overnment VOTE STRAIGHT PEOPLE'S CIVIC PARTY THINK! THINK! THINK! SAFEGUARD YOUR HEALTH GASTRIC FREEZING Can ulcers be put in cold storage for good? This is the hopeful anticipation of many of America's 12 million ulcer sufferers who recently heard of a hew treatment for ulcers called "gastric freezing". Like most medical innovations, gastric " freezing has been received enthusiastically by the public. Many ulcer patients have exerted pressure on their physician to use this treatment on them, convinced that it is a permanent miracle cure for their condition. Exactly how does this flew treatment work? After the throat has been anesthetized, a-rubber balloon is passed through the mouth into the stomach. Cold alcohol is then circulated through the balloon for a period of 45-60 minutes. The stomach becomes very cold--so cold, in fact, that it is solid to the touch. This "deep freeze" treatment temporarily decreases the flow of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, which usually is produced in excessive amounts in the ulcer patient. With this treatment, about 70 percent of patients will have temporary relief of symptoms and healing of the ulcer crater when-present. In about 90 percent of cases, the acid level returns to normal within six months and shortly thereafter another gastric freeze must be repeated. Although the technique has been used in patients with gastric ulcers, it is more commonly and successfully used in the treatment of duodenal ulcers. The technique of gastric Hayden have been cited by Ladd Enterprises. Robert Rob ison, Ladd sales manager, presented Mr. Levitus and Mr. Hayden with special plaques "in appreciation and recognition of meritorious service rendered." Both gentlemen, residents of McHenry, have been on the Ladcl sales staff for seventeen years. freezing is a development of gastric cooling, a fairly well established procedure for con-, trolling severe bleeding ulcers in the upper gastrointestinal tract. The major differences between the two techniques are the temperatures employed and the fact that gastric freezing is not used to contra! gastrointestinal bleeding. Although gastric freezing has been employed in hundreds of patients without ill effect, it is still considered an experimental technique not recommended for general use. In some cases it apparently causes direct damage to the stomach wall and has been responsible for gross hemorrhage. Generally speaking, the physician reserves this new technique for selected patients in whom he considers it to be beneficial. For this reaspn, don't pressure your physician into using gastric freezing to treat your ulcer. It could do more harm than good. THE STUTTERING CHILD Don't teach your child to stutter! This may sound like foolish advise, yet many parents--because of lack of understanding --are directly responsible for the development of such defects in their children. In an attempt to "help" the child, well-meaning parents sometimes hurry him to comple^ a ^entence or -- mistaking natural speech hesitation for a defect--supply him with the words to complete his thought. This so-called "help" may cause the child, to become emotionally confused, resulting in habitual stuttering. What can parents do if their child already stutters? Since emotional confusion is only one of many causes of stuttering, parents should have the child undergo a careful examination to rule out any physical malformation of the jaw, larynx, tongue, palate or nasal passageways. If • these organs are normal, an examination should be made for nutritional disorders and, lastly, psychological disturbances. Meanwhile, every effort should be made to relax the child, to put him at ease and to treat him as though no defect existed. Observe a child in solitude, singing or talking to a doll or dog, and you will generally observe that there is no stuttering. It is only when the tot is thrust into a position where he is exposed toxidieujeby his playmates or impatience by his parents that the stuttering usually begins. The effort may be likened to a gasping for air. Wise parents will encourage the child to talk. Making a game out of conversation will not only relax the youngster, which is most essential in the correction, but will instill in his childhood the great art of good speech. He should be placed under the guidance of experts in the problem who will help him overcome his handicap with special training. 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