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_"" PPGfi. 8O ,v" - BPrL ^AKINiKD Er'AVLtEf R - JANUARY 10. 1968 ""' ' artd Chtwk Whftntey Reform Laws Effective Jan. 1 Smm BEBNICE WILSON 1854*30 A new Biii of Rights, for Illinois consumers went into effect Jan. 1, 1968. Guidsd through the General Assembly under the leadership of state Sen. Arthur R. Gottschalk CR-Flossmoor), the package of ten bills brings hew protection to the man-on-thestreet, rich or poor, against shady business practices involving credit transactions. "It should be understood that the Credit Reform laws werevi- Sf gorously supported and endorsed by the vast majority of Illinois businessmen who oppose victimization of unwary shoppers," Gottsch&lk said. - Backers of the new legislation included the Illinois Manufacturers association, the Illinois Retail Merchants association, the Illinois Bankers association, Associated Employers of Illinois and the Illinois Automobile Trade association, he said. In addition, many representatives of labor, business, religious and consumer organizations provided valuable testimony and encouragement in the preparation of these bills. Of the many far-reaching reforms brought about by the new laws, the one that has received the widest attention concerns the unsolicited door-to-door sales. From now on,^any unsolicited contract ipSfie at the buyer's residence for merchandise costing $50 or more may be voided within three business days of the date of sale. The buyer is obligated to notify the seller and must return any merchandise received under the sale in its original condition. The seller then must, return the down payment to the buyer. ' The new legislation states that it is illegal for a seller who accepts a down paynient from a buyer--then checks the buyer's credit and rejects his credit application--to keep any of the down payment made by the buyers. In the past, some unscrupulous merchants would refuse to return the down payment, claiming it as damages or as a cost of the credit check. «Another break for the breadwinner is a provision instate law that deals with the sal? of consumer installment notes. These notes, wliich are the consumer's promise to pay, often are sold to banks or other financial institutions at a discount so the merchant can get his money faster. "T Previously, the bank or holder of the installment note had a right to sue the customer in the event of non-payment even if the goods bought were defectfive. The new law states that the consumer must be notified when the bank or finance company acquired the note. The consumer then has five days within which to say in writing he has a "defense", meaning the merchandise was defective or some other circumstance From The Farm Advisers Desk AGRONOMY DAY Killing weeds with herbi - cides, and knocking out destructive insects with the right pesticides, will only be apart of the colored slide program and narration at agronomy day, Jan. 16. The meeting will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Farm Bureau auditorium, Woodstock. Farmers will also hear how to fertilize crops for higher yields and more profit, based on soil test information. Come and get loaded with information at this weed, insect, soils and soil fertility prpgram. BEEF CLINIC Research on cattle rations, cost bf gains, feed processing, cattle housing, enviroment, building costs, economics, and beef confinement systems will all be apart of the BEEF CLINIC on Jan. 26. It will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Farm Bureau auditorium in DeKalb. SWINE SEMINAR Hog management and nutrition, diseases, housing, manure management, feed handling and "'"'the economic outlook for hogs will be presented to farmers by University of Illinois special- 1 ists, on Feb. 7. The program will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Farm Bureau auditorium in DeKalb. renders the original transaction subject to legal challenge. But, if the customer doesnt state he has a defense within the five days, hais liable to the holder of the note as under the old law. This new law, however, does not apply to the purchase of autos, where special provisions deal with warranties for certain types of defects. MANY ATTEND &VPARFiES DURING RECENT HOLIDAYS Mary Jean, Dick and Danny Trankina spent the first part of their school vacation with Rudy and Jean Barnett, then all drove down to Westchester for Christihas Eve for a family gettogethdf.' Then, the Trankina family came out totheBarnetts for dinner and all enjoyed ice skating on the channel. After taking the children back on Thursday the flu bug got Jean and she had to remain in bed at her daughter's in Westchester for 4 days over the New Year holiday and as Jean puts It, 'What a way to sipend New Year's Eve.' • , . Joyce and Bill Pinkonsly and four other couples spent New Years Eve at a well known Italian dining place in Long Lake. Bonnie and Ken Schopp and three other couples saw the New Year in at the Moose Hall in town and ha3 a grand times. and a largegroup of celebrants welcomed in 1968 at the VFW hall in town. The Zeimets went out with friends on New Year's Eve, dined out at a restaurant in Crystal Lake* then went to the Carl Nelsons for open house, Returning home to play some cards and welcosned in the new, year at home. ] BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Happy birthday wishes go to . Catherine Camasta on Jan. 11* John Henderlong on the thirteenth, Jerry Mathews on the fourteenth, and Irwin Wolter onthe sixteenth. ^?FEE!LING POORLY 1r« gest wishes for a speedbr recovery to Mrs. Rose Neuharth ; who is sick with the flu, tee Lexow, who} will cele* brate his fifth bihliday tomorrow* the sixth, is not going to have much fun on |iis birthday, a* he is in bed scratching his chichen pox. . . HERE AND THERE IN BUSINESS Be Wise. Shop in McBenry NAMED TO COMMITTEE Arnold <J. Rauen, chairman of the board of the McHenry Savings and Loan Association of McHenry has been appointed a member of the Permanent Reserve/ committee of the Illinois Savings and Loan league. Making the appointment was League President Bernard ,Ai; Polek» who also heads the Tilman Federal Savings and Loan, association of Chicago. The League is the statewide trade organization serving over 500 savings and loan associations in -Illinois. 3 v-i,.v-J ^ ( • ThspurpoSe ofthe Perman&rt Reserve ^Committee is to consider matters bearing & direct relationship th the operation of sayings and loan associations which issue permanent reserve' shares. I CHRIStIAN SCIENCE TOPIC ' "Sacrament" is the subject, of the Bible Lesson this, week as Communion Sunday is observed in all Christian Science churches. The Golden T©xt is from I Peter: "As every, man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards ofthe manifold grace of God."' Pesticide Safety ' Don't leave "empty pesticide cans laying around. Because it contains traces of the pesticide, don't save or reuse any pesti- , cide container. 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Birds were still able to spread out across tjie land, foraging for weed seeds and finding corn in the fields, where cover remained high. They easily hid from searchers. * This conservation organization found the number of hawks "their Greatest satisfaction, for preservation of eagles, hawks and owls has been a special Audubon project of the past two years. Actually, these birds of prey have been protected by in Illinois since 1959, but hundreds of hunters have ignored this fact and many farmers have been slow to admit that these predators are good friends, who dispose of cropdestroying rats, insects, moles and gophers, besides snakes and frogs. • ' Of the iwentv-five hawks sienT<j3e;was a red-shouldered, A single hardy robin was also, discovered, while other lone specimens were a screech owl,, brown creeper and swamp sparrow. Only two grackles, two marsh hawks and two herring gulls; only three sparrow hawks, three greenwinged teal (any were a surprise); only four Cangda geese and hairy woodpeckers: only five redbellied woodpeckers were observed. As anyone would guess, house sparrows were the most numerous, 1,810 being counted, and, as ; might also be surmised, star!- . ings were next,, totaling 439. Tree sparrows were third most Dlentiful. 369 of them beiltlg identified. Horned larks were a surprise fourth, the team on Oak Ridge road finding one flock of 100 and another still larger flock, with other teams seeing enough more to total 225. From that count the tally de-, creased from 190 crows, 180 slate-colored juncos (remarkably few), 89 black - capped chickadees, 76 mourning doves (notably many), 52 field sparrows, 51 mallards, 41 downy woodpeckers, 28 cardinals, 27 red - winged blackbirds, 20 pheasants (who had not been bagged by hunters), 18 blue-, jays, 15 rusty-blackbirdsv .13 song sparrows, 12 whitebreasted nuthatches, 10 redtailed hawks and 9 rough-legged hawks, the latter strictly winter visitors. The census hours were from 8:20 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and then the jolliest part of the day seated the participants around a festive refreshment table in the beautiful new home of the Phillip Masslichs in Bull Valley Acres, Woodstock. Over steam-' ing portions of delicious chili, potato chip dip, other hors <f oeuvres, fruit cakes and coffee served by gracious hosts, they traded ante dotes of the eight hours of effort, reported their separate team counts, mileage driven and walked, and percentages of swampland, rivers and lakes, fields, farms and woodlands comprising the various JANUARY 10, 1968 - PLAINDEALER - PG. 9 bird habitats i?T3y had inspected. ' „ Counts are also tallied from members who dfo-Rot-acttvsV ..take part in the census bul " '"watch their feeders. The combined record will to forwarded to the state Audubon society and, finally, Mia Rational organization. This Christmas bird census has been taken every year since 1900. 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A new Cub, Ronald Fiedler, then joined and received his Bobcat pin. Next our previous cubmaster, Bob Decker, was called forward with a huge round of epplause. to receive the Cub r Scout recognition certificate for * the, splendid job he did in lead- 1 ing Pack 452 for the past few years. The award was given by the institutional representative, Dick Neice. Advancement awards were then given to all Cubs having met theoin, bads® or arrow requireirtento as follows: Webeloc, Dsn 1: Robert Stetter, Greg Antonicelli and Bill Havemeyer, athlete; and Marke Neice, athlete and naturalist. Webslos Den 2: Michael Barbars'sd, citizen, craftsman, scholar scientists and assistant denner; Ernie Olsen, citizen, craftsman, scholar and scientist; Michael Roberts, citizen, craftsman, scholar and scientist; and Brad McClellan, citizen, denner, craftsman and scholar. Webelos Den 3: ThdmJis Warczak, Jr., Michey Allison, Hal Kitterman, Gary Morley, Charles Kocher and Greg Gonial, all citizen. Den 2: John Charrey, bear* gold and silver arrow. Den 3: Brett Decker, bear. Den 4: Gregory Fairbanks,* denner. Den 5: Kenny Simmons, wolf . and golf arrow; Steve Blomfield, silver arrow; Howard Siepman, wolf, gold and silver arrows; Steven. Segerstrom, silver arrow; Ernie Von Oepen, wolf, golf and silver arrows; John Kanter, wolf and gold arrows; James Perrewe, assistant denner. Den 5: Ronald Fielder, denner and bobcat; Jr. Voight, wolf. Den 6: Bryan Von Brusnchenhein, assistant denner and silver arrow; Kevin Kitterman, denner; arid Bill Barbour, bear and gold arrow. u Den 7: Dale Tischer, totiner; NOke Morisette, .assistant denner; Dick Hill, two silver arrows; Mike Hull, three silv6r arrows; and Dale Morin, silver arrow. Inspection was held, with Den , 2 receiving the honor flag for best appearance in the December inspection rounds. The Cubby award was won by Den 5 ' for best Cub and parent attendance. Lou Niece then led the boys in their holiday rendition of "The Drummer Boy." Announcements were made telling of the Jan. 27 Cub ice skating party to be held at Pistakee Bay near the Neice residence. The January Pack meeting will have a guest speaker from the phone company to talk on the theme of communications. r The annual blue and gold dinner for all Cubs and their parents will be held sometime in February. Also, the Scout Cf- Rama will be coming soot), on April 21. Canned goods were brought to the meeting by ScOuts, Cubs and parents, to be donated for the needy baskets. All food was then turned over to Mount Hope Methodist church in Pistakee Highlands for distribution. MQNLjnt Hope is the sponsoring institution for pack 452. The meeting closed with the singing of taps and the Cub coyote yell which brought forth Santa with goodies for aH the children present. WRITERS' CONFERENCE Information of value to aspiring writers will be conveyed during the first Mid-winter Writers conference, sponsored by Rock Valley college. A number of professional writing specialists will be on hand from Sunday, Jan. 21 through Tuesday, Jan. 23 to share their insights with those who register for the series of five seminars. All discussion groups will meet in the student center on the community college's cam- ,pus at Springbrook and Mulford roads in Rockford. The initial seminar, beginning at 3 p.m. on Jan. 21, will feature a keynote address by Joesph M. Baisch, vice - president and general manager bf WREX-TV, Channel 13 in Rockford. This-seminar will be free. About Tires Safety experts claim bad tires cause more than half of the highway accidents^,America^ Have you taken a look at the condition of the tires on your auto lately? J'