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S§§ WED., FEB. 7, 196£ - PLAINDEALER- PG. 3 m Hmpital Board New board members for Memorial hospital for McHenry County include (front, left), Andrew Kuby, Jr., Bull Valley, Mrs. Richard Cooney. and Milton Olson, the latter of Mc- Henry. Another new member is Mrs. Jane Shoemaker, newly elected Woman's auxiliary president. DON PEASLEY PHOTO McHENRY PLAINDEALER Established 1875 S812 West Elm Street Phone 885-0170 McHenry, Illinois -- 60050 Published Every Wednesday & Friday at McHenry, 111. Second Class Postage Paid at McHenry, Illinois by McHENRY PUBLISHING COMPANY Larry E. Lund "i-- Publisher Adele Froehlich, Editor NATIONAL NEWSPAPER jg£| |as§>c0t.^ ^^^mnnnnsmmsn Subscription Rat^| 1 Year ,.. $5.00 1 Year $5.50 6 Mos $2.75 6 Mos $3.00 3 Mos 52.00 3 Mos $2.25 In McHenry County Outside McHenry County You can rely on eggs to provide nutrition, digestibility, versatility and good eating you want for your family, for after •all eggs and children do "go together*'. V McHENRY CHAPTER * 547 O. E.S. INITIATION . . . U.S. soldier suckB rice wine through a bamboo and rubber straw on his way to winning brotherhood asaMontagnard. If his performance is satisfactory, he'll receive a brass bracelet indicating he has been accepted as brother by Montagnards, tribesmen who live in Central Highlands of Vietnam.. USE THE CLASSIFIEDS The average cost for the new furniture used in the new Senate Office Building, Washington D.C., runs some $25,000 per room. this week QUALITY BRASSIERES Get acquainted with our line of comfortable, flattering bras--now at special introductory price. Popular sizes. Better Quality Bras zs- J 37 ° Guaranteed One Full Year Stretch straps, lastex back, longline, padded styles -- pick the one right for you. ALEX R. KEITH Alex R. (Roy) Keittf, 72, die# Monday, Feb. 5, at McHenry hospital. He was born Feb. 28, 1895 in Toronto, Canada. A resident of Whispering Hills, he was a retired accounr tant for Commonwealth Edison Co. He belongedtothe Whispering Hills association. Survivors include his wife, Helen, three sons, Ronald, Lawrence and James; twelve grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. Visitation will be held after 7 p.m. Tuesday evening at the George R. Justen and Son funeral home. Funeral Mass will be offered Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg, with burial in Queen of Heaven cemfetery, Hillside. REP. HANAMAN PARTICIPATES IN STATE CONFERENCE Thirty-seven persons participated in the Illinois Assembly on "Manpower for Illinois Governments" Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at Robert Allerton House, University of Illinois conference center near Monticello. Participants included legislators, administrators, state and local officials, journalists, university professors and citizens who are interested in the conference topic. Among them was Rep. Thomas J. Hanahan, Jr., (D) of McHenry. Royce Hanson, director, Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies, and Harold Leich, program division chief, Bureau of Programs and Standards, U.S. Civil Service Commission, both of Washington, D.C., spoke at the meeting, which was sponsored by the U. of I. Institute of Government and Public Affairs at. Urbana. Background papers for the conference focused in the manpower needs of state and local governments; an economic framework for public manpower staffing; competing for "PAT*' personnel; state-local governments vs. private industry; the impact of grant programs upon future state and local manpower^ requirements; the future of professionalism; fragmentation of personnel systems; and profile and career patterns of Illinois state officials. KEITH COOK Keith Cook of 7404 W. Oakwood drive, Wonder Lake, was found dead in his garage Monday evening, Feb. 5. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Peter M. Justen & Son chapel. 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Serviceman Vie^s Life In Wdfroom Slums--Beauty Of Country Contrasted By Pfc. R.A. Dietz ELLA LANDERS BENSON Ella M. Landers Benson, 74, 4815 W. Orchard drive, McCullom Lake, died in Presbyter!- an-St. Luke's hospital, Chicago at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4. She had been transferred there from Harvard hospital within the last few days. Mrs. Benson, nee Trippensee, was born April 22, 1893, in Chicago. She had been a property owner in McCullom Lake since 1929 and made the village her permanent home for the last twenty years. Visitation was held at the Peter M. Justen and Son funeral home last night after 7 p.m. and will be held tonight also. The Rev. Donald Johnson, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church will conduct services at the funeral home at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday) morning, with burial in Fairmont Memorial Park, Willow Springs. Mrs. Benson was preceded in death by one brother and her first husband. She is survived by her present husband, Garfield; one son, Arthur Landers, Detroit, Mich,; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Lois) Bowes, Chicago; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was a member of the American Legion auxiliary, Post 491, and the Ladies of the Lake, McCullom Lake. JOHN MESKOE John Meskoe of 8113 Deer drive, Wonder Lake, died Sunday, Feb. 4, in his home. He was 50 years of age. Mr. Meskoe was found dead of a gunshot wound. An inquest is scheduled for 10 o'clock Saturday at the Peter M. Justen & Son funeral home, McHenry. Mr. Meskoe was born Feb. 28, 1917. His wife, Mary, died last May. He is survived by two brothers, Andrew and Walter, and a sister, Mary Goodwin, all of fhicago. The body rests at the Montclair funeral home, 6901 W. Belmont avenue, Chicago, until Wednesday morning, when services will be conducted in St. Boniface church. Burial will be in St. Adelbert cemetery. . WARD LEE MELSON Ward Lee Melson, 63, of 4816 E. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake, died unexpectedly in his home Saturday evening, Feb. 3. An investigation conducted by Coroner Theron Ehorn disclosed that death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Melson was born April 16, 1904 in Tennessee. Among his survivors is his wife, Robbie. The body was transferred from the Peter M. Justen & Son chapel to the Drake & Son funeral home, 625 Busse Hwy., Park Ridge, where services were conducted Tuesday. Burial was in Acacia Park cemetery. From The Farm Advisor's Desk WONDERFUL WORLD Odd Lieberg, branch manager of Allic-Chalmers, Madison, Wis., told a capacity crowd of livestock people that we have a wonderful world in which to live. We have all of the meat, milk and other products which we can eat. He contrasted this to 350 famines suffered by people around the world in the early ages and in some countries to date. Lieberg said there will never be a real substitute for animal meats and products made from grain. He cautioned the audience that agriculture is everyone's business. Conserving the soil and water is also everybody's job. There is no 'second choice. World population has jumped "from one billion people irt 1830 to 3.2 billion in 1967. The population will no doubt double by the year 2,000. Bill Mason, associate farm director of WGN, served as "MC" for the sixth annual McHenry County Livestock Feeders banquet held January 25 at the VFW in Woodstock. - One of the most interesting letters to come to our attention from a serviceman in Vietnam was that of Pfc. Robert A. Dietz. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dietz, 1910 N. North avenue. " First of all you must understand this is my own opinion of the country, the people's way of life, and general surroundings and activities. Others may have different ideas toward the subject; and whatever these may be, they are entitled to their own opinions. "My first few days in the country I observed the people's way of life. If you have ever been to a large city and seen the slums, you have then a general idea of how the people4ive here in most of the towns and villages. On my way to my permanent unit, I passed through a few villages and then Saigon. The villages are worse than any slum s you can imagine, and Saigon is almost the same. Nevertheless, the people seem happy; they don't seem to complain, , and they are friendly and respectful. They look up to the men of the Army because we are the people helping them in every possible way. While passing through Saigon and other small villages, the children would gather by the side of the road in groups to wave, salute us, and say 'hi' in their own language. Farmers out in the fields would stop their work and wave to us as we passed by. • All this and other small incidents made, me, and I am sure it made six others riding with me, feel welcome in a country far away from home. I sincerely feel that more people like these would make a better world. In their own way, they try to make one feel more at home and more at ease. SCENIC LAND "My recruiter, SFC Robert W. Wells of Woodstock, toldme once that Vietnam was a beautiful country. I thought he was joking at first; but when I got here, I found that he was right. It is really a scenic country once you get to know it and if you look at the right places. True, there isn't very much to look at where the fighting takes place, but thaf s beside the point. You don't really expect to find a Scenic area in a combat zone. "I have been assigned to the 554th Engineer Batallion (const.) and I have to admit I was assigned to the best unit there is. Pm an engineer mechanic, servicing and reparing the Army's heavy equipment which are usually victims of two things - war and misuse. Equipment in the motor pool is either hit by mines or mortars, or isnotoperatedproperly,thus resulting in more frequent maintenance. My work, however, is interesting and sometimes very challenging. "Here we, too, have the luxuries similar to that at home. There are newspapers, radio, television, electricity, swimming pools, miniature golf courses, baseball fields, pool rooms and PX's which take the place of a small shopping center. Life around here isn't really what most people think nor is the weather. Right now it's like an ordinary sumfmer back in the States. True, it is the winter season now, and true in the summer months it will be hotter, but that is no problem. Sometimes you are too busy to even notice it. "I guess what I am trying to say is that I don't regret joining the Army; as a matter of fact, Pm glad I did when I did. I enlisted on June 19, 1967 with Mike Hughes of McHenry. He had orders for Germany, and I have orders for Vietnam. "What you have read is not the whole story of Vietnam -- just the part I have come in contact with. "Pfc. Robert A. Dietz" "RA 16903615 "Company A 554Engr. "Bn. (Const.) "APO.San Francisco "96353" SCHOOL QUESTIONNAIRE The School board of District 15, in an effort to answer any questions concerning its schools, is initiating a column in the McHenry Plaindealer. This column will be comprised of the questions submitted to it by interested citizens in the community, and the answers to these questions. The board hopes this column will solve many problems of misunderstanding and misinformation that caused the failure of the Dec. 16 Bond Issue. Anyone who would like to question the school board or administration of District 15, is asked to send questions to the Central Administration building, 3926 West Main, McHenry, or call 385-7210. Plan Fqf Fmkwm §kmw Shown preparing for St. Patrick's Home and School association Luncheon are Eleanor Justen, Pin Curl Beauty Salon and Lori Wilhelm who will model wigs from the salon. 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