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DOLORES BRENNAN 653-9045 HOLD COMMUNITY CLUB PICNIC ON SCHOOL GROUNDS An Invitation is extended to all persons in/the Ringwood community td join in the fun at the community club picnic, which will be held this coming Sunday," May 26, at the school grounds, at noon., You need not belong to the community club, or have children in the school, just come and Join the group in an old fashioned community picnic. There will be games for the vonncrsters and probably a tilftl.fi baseball or volleyball for the young at heart group, or just > plain visiting. This year, the v community club will furnish the hams, so all you will have to bring will be a dish to pass, and your own paper plates and silverware. Ice cream will be on hand for the enjoyment of all. Rain or shine! bring your femily and friends and join us, won't you? WOODSTOCK SCHOOL TRIP Last Wednesday, the first, second, fifth and sixth grades motored to Woodstock to visit the water treatment plant, the county jail, the borden's plant and the county historical society. Chaperones were Mrs. Doris Low, Mrs. Elanor Meyer, Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. London. Mr. Bates was their guide at the water treatment plant, and soi^e of the youngsters wrote the following about their visit there: they saw the wells, and where they kept the salt used for cleaning the machines. And a few of them mentioned that they saw gas masks and how the eye ' washer works. The next stop on the tour was to the county jail, which seemed to fascinate the youngsters most. Pam O'Halleran wrote: "The first thing we saw when we went in the jail was the weapons that the officers took off the criminals. There were weapons of all sorts: knives, guns, chains, clubs, L.S.D., cherry bombs, sling shots, fire crackers, model cement and many more." Mr. Weber of the sheriff's office toured the group here. Anna Winston and Debbie Petska wrote that Mr. Weber showed them a chain taken from a young prisoner, which he used by sewing it into his coat and would swing his coat at other young people when picking a fight to hurt them. Marjorie Beaman was interested to see the "big cell where they talk and things from 8 to 9 in the evening, and then they are put in little cells. Pam writes "Mr Weber told us that prisoners were very well fed and they got to watch TV from 2 in the afternoon till 8 at night." Ralph writes "One of the prisoners walked up to Andy Fossum and told him to bring a knife tomorrow. Andy won't do it though". Then laughter! Several youngsters wrote that they weren't allowed to see the women prisoners. Next came the county historical society, with Miss Lura Wandrack as their tour leader. The children seemed very interested in the historical events of our county. Andy and Bob found it interesting that the first white settlers in McHenry county were people by the name of Gillian. Many pictures and chairs used by them were on display. Juanita notes that the Gillian family settled in Algonquin. Mike also notes a great deal of interest in the historical society, and of the Gillians being the first family in the county. Marjorie tells of learning that a crippled boy made a clock on display, which took him 5 years-to make. Tom also writes about the clock made by the boy, who was 17 years old at the time. And also "there was a church that was hand carved. It had beautiful designs and carvings." WATER SOFTENER SALES - litWICI SAME DAY SERVICE ON MOST MAKES • Service • Cleaning Out • Repair '• Installation • Overhauling • Removal • Reconditioning • Rebuilding --ALL WORK GUARANTEED Phone: ®6 . SOFTENER _ SALES WATER SOFTENER SALES/SERVICE McHenry, Illinois La^t, but by far, not least, came the tour of the Borden's Milk Plant with Mr. Kleine as tour leader for the first and second, and Mr. Vale for the fifth and sixth. Colleen writes: "We saw how cottage cheese was made. And we saw all of the automatic machinery." Debbie noted: "When we got there, Mrs. Secretary gave us a picture of the milk plant and a booklet on recipes on how to make "kids treats". Then Mr. Bayle showed us the electric machinery." Luke seems most interested in the rnilk plant, and writes as follows: "The first thing we saw was the lab. There they tested fQr butter fat. They would put acid of some sort in and put it in the centrifuge. Then we went into the pace where they bottled. They have thirteen bottlers working day and night. . One day of the week Wednes- ' day, they don't bottle. They make cottage cheese. We saw the 'brain' of the factory. We saw the great big milk tanks that hold 36 million lbs. of milk and they have 28 tanks. On the back of the post card it says 'This is the largest milk processing facility in the U.S. It is supplied by over 900 dairy farms within 50 miles of Woodstock. It's capacity is 2 million lbs. of milk daily." This model of efficiency and cleanliness serves the northern areas of Illinois and Indiana with high quality dairy products." They enjoyed their sack lunches there and Juanita notes "Just before we left, Mr. Bayle gave us a chocolate milk shake and a balloon." It seems as tho the fifth and sixth graders enjoyed visiting all the places. And the above are parts taken from letters, which Mrs. Richardson had them write on the trip to Woodstock. I would like to thank them for the most interesting letters. I certainly do appreciate their writing, so I could let you know how much pleasure and education they did get from the trip. Thanks, kids! Also, thanks to Mrs. Low and Mrs. Meyer who went along to help the teachers as chaperones. Karen informs me that the fifth and sixth graders from Ringwood are going to Johnsburg for tests on personality and lagnuage aptitude tests. Also that the sixth grade went with the fifth grade of Johnsburg to the Morton arboretum recently, and found it very interesting. GIRL SCOUTS The Girl Scout meeting was started at 3:30 on Wednesday with an informal ceremony. We then discussed three of the Girl Scout laws. 1. A Girl Scout's honor is to be trusted. 2. A Girl Scout is loyal. 10. A Girl Scout is clean in thought, word and deed. Each girl gave her own opinion of what these laws meant. Later we did badeework and played some outside games. We also talked about marching in the Memorial day parade. Respectfully submitted, Gayle Garn. NOTE: The Girl Scouts will be taking part in the Memorial Day parade held in Wonder Lake. BIRTHDAYS Happy birthday wishes to Mertie Harrison and Barb Byron on the tweHfy- sixth -- and on the twenty- ninth to Al Oonk and' to Tom Walkington, a member of the U.S. Navy -- and on the thirtieth best wishes to Fred Bowman. AROUND TOWN Mrs. L.E. Hawley, recovering from recent eye surgery, has had her neighbors and friends calling on her this past week. And on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Swanson of Wonder Lake, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Muno of Lombard and family also called on her. Mrs. Floyd Howe of Crystal Lake and Ruth Reike of Barrington called on Mrs. Hawley on Saturday. Mrs. Bill Reinwall and the boys called on her mother on Sunday also. Mrs. John Hogan, Mrs. Mike Hogan, Mrs. Harry Hogan and Mrs. Tom Parsley went to Chicago to see a stage play last Wednesday, and enjoyed a dinner. Mrs. Flora Carr, Mrs. Anna Shadle and Vivian Jackson attended the salad luncheon and style show held at the Lutheran church in McHenry on Wednesday. They then called on Bertha Peet of Richmond, who is a patient in McHenry hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiedrich of Burlington called on Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Sr., on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. John Hogan attended the VFW auxiliary inauguration ceremonies. Ila was named as the new Guard of the Auxiliary Post No. 4600. Mrs. Nellie Hepburn spent the weekend with her sisters in Kenosha. With the coming of Memorial Day this next week, there will be more traffic, so please drive with care, and remind your children to be extra careful. And, how about having a red, white and blue Ringwood? Fly your flag in honor of the men who died for our country and those who are fighting for our country. Soil-Water Conservation Awards Await Several REVIVAL SERVICE The First Baptist church of Richmond extends an invitation to attend revival services May 24,25 and 26 at the Legion building at 7 o'clock each evening and 11 a.m., and 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 25. Lynn Stephenson of Amarillo, Texas, will be bringing thef message. Steve Zimmerman, Woodstock Community high school, and James Wagner, Cary-Grove high school, are being sent to a summer conservation workshop by the McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation District. These boys, who will join others from this county, as well as from northern Illinois, will attend the wprkshop at Northern Illinois university from July 7 to 12. They will attend sessions on such things as fish and wildlife management, forestry, air and water pollution, conservation practices applied to , agriculture and pond management. Another award, this one to be given by the Illinois Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and radio station WGN, is a "Conservation Family of the year". Those eligible in McHenry county are active members and co-operators with this local district. Nominations may be made by anyone or by district board members, who will also make the final selection for this county. Eight winners to be selected from Northern Illinois will receive a "Day on the Town". The day will be filled with an appearance on WGN radio chid tickets to a Cub baseball game. Then two grand winners - one from northern Illinois and one from southern Illinois - will be selected, with the finaKprize being a "Weekend in Chicago". POND MANAGEMENT District board chairman, Kenneth Fiske, said that the recently announced PondManagement workshop will definitely be held on June 12 beginning at 1 at Art Gait's farm on the Greenwood blacktop east of Woodstock. Further notice will be given in this paper and through the district newsletter. This workshop will be conducted by specialists in fish biology and pond management and will be an actual working session at Gait's pond. Board member Arthur Hoppe of McHenry was appointed to represent the SWCD on the Extension council. The council is comprised of representatives from various interested agricultural and urban organizations and governs the affairs of the McHenry County Extension service. A cost-sharing conservation practice has been initiated in McHenry county. Financial assistance may be received by any district member in de- FR1., MAY 24, 1968 - PLA1NDEALER - PG. 9 one interested in developing fire break areas or wishing more information on the sub-i ject call the district offlcei 338-0049. | veloping fire breaks around wooded areas. Following an especially dry spring, like the one this year, such fire breaks can prevent the ultimate destruction of these wooded areas. To the landowner with a large investment in tree planting, such fire breaks could prove to be very necessary. Fire breaks have long been proved to be a It is assumed that Damascus^ Syria, has been occupied as a city longer than any other spqt on Earth. It was a place of im-! portance during the time of Absound and wise practice. 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