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3 >c. 2 Pg. 6 - Plaipdealer - Wed. Nov. 12, 1969 DITORIALS The Paid Circulation The paid circulation of the hometown newspaper repre­ sents a great deal more than the cost of the newspaper to the subscriber. Paid circulation is ultimate proof that the local citizen wants the newspaper in his home. It means that he does not want to take a chance on missing even one issue of the news­ paper. It also means that the newspaper is likely to remain in the subscriber's home for reference and consumption by the entire family. Research indicates that in the typical home the local newspaper is likely to be retained until the next issue of the newspaper arrives." The weekly newspaper is likely to remain handy for a week, and the daily newspaper is likely to be preserved for at least forty height hours. Of course after that time the newspaper may be used for wrap­ ping the garbage--excluding items that have been clipped to send to friends and relatives. What other kind of advertising remains in any home even for a day; or for more than a few minutes? Has anyone ever heard of a potential consumer paying for a circular? Who has heard of someone keeping a free circula­ tion blurb for a week? The local newspaper publisher does not deny that his news­ paper is a good thing to wrap garbage in. But he is consoled by the fact that other forms of advertising do not remain in the home long enough to be used to wrap anything. Free circulation advertising usually ends in the waste basket even before it is read. Implementing The Law How do we implement Senate Bill 816 and House Bill 1176? This was the question asked repeatedly by local assessment officials at the recently held Tax clinic in Springfield and at the annual convention of the Township Officials of Illinois conducted in Peoria. Senate Bill 816 provides for the exemption from prop­ erty tax assessments personal household furniture and one auto­ mobile used for personal pleasure purposes per household. House Bill 1176 provides a $1,500 homestead exemption in the form of a reduction from the property tax assessment on the residence of an owner who is 65 years or older. The exemption is to apply to the equalized assessment of real prop­ erty that is (a) owned solely by a person 65 years of age or over or owned by such a person as a joint tenant or tenant in common with his spouse and no other person, and (b) occupied as a residence by such a person or by such a person and his spouse. v Leading questions asked were: (1) Are the acts constitutional? Oily the courts can give the answer to this question, but until they do, the acts are pre­ sumed valid. 5 (2) With what assessments do the acts apply? The only reasonable answer is that the bills apply to the assessments made in the year 1970 -- real estate assessments as of Jan. 1 and personal property assessments as of April 1. (3) How do we (assessors) effect these changes? What proof do persons 65 years or older give in claiming the homestead exemption? These questions are not easy to answer, but direc­ tion must be given to the assessors. The Division of Local Gov­ ernmental Affairs and Property Taxes, State Department of Revenue, is working on the changes and will soon give such dir­ ections. An applicable statute states that exemptions are to be given by the Board of Review upon application of the taxpayer, with approval of the Department of Revenue. Does the new legisla­ tion follow this procedure to be effected? The person claiming an exemption has the burden of proof in establishing his claim. But in establishing that claim, the taxpayer will want to know how to go about it, what forms to file, when, and what evidence. Fear Of Blindness A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans fear blindness sec­ ond only to cancer. According to the Illinois Society for the Pre­ vention of Blindness, it is hard to understand why anyone would wear a dangerous piece of glass just a fraction of an inch away from his eyes, if he knew that a protective device was readily available. Yet Americans continue to endanger their sight by wearing corrective lenses and sunglasses made from ordinary glass. When we consider that more than half of the entire pop­ ulation wears glasses of some sort, the risk they take is stag­ gering. Lenses should be made of plastic or heat treated "shat- ter-prooP' glass as protection against flying slivers of glass that often produce permanent blindness. Are You New In Town? Do You Know Someone New In Town? We would like to extend a welcome to every newcomer to our community. . . CALL Cris Fail Fran Olsen 385-408 4 385 5740 Joan Stull 3855418 Ann Zeller 385-0559 ROYAL WELCOME MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS lit i Through the Courtesy of the Family Service and Mental Health Clinic of McHenry County. PUBLIC PULSE (The Pfafndealer invites the public to use this column as an expression of their views on subiects of gener­ al interest in our commun­ ity. Our only request is that writers limit themselves to 300 words or less signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We ask. too, that one in­ dividual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in objectionable taste*) The following letter was writ­ ten by Dave Druml, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Druml of 5219 W. Shore Hill drive, McHenry, who is in his second service period in Vietnam with the Mar­ ines. His wife and three chil­ dren reside in Johnsburg. MORATORIUM " What meaning has this word to me? "When an entire nation sets one day aside, and calls it a <Peace Moratorium', what real meaning and what real impact has it erupted into? What's it mean to the United States Gov­ ernment? What's it mean to the American people? What's it mean to the American fighting man? Now, what's it mean to me? "They all say that this war is wrong, it's sinful, unjust, and, inhuman. Let's stop this world for a minute and think back. Let's have everyone, black and white, young and old, stop and let our minds run back. Has there ever been a war that's right? Is there such a thing as a war that's not sin­ ful, unjust and inhuman? The American people seem to have forgotten all too quickly, World War II, with all its sinful, un­ just and inhuman actions, yet let's look at the average Amer­ ican citizen's attitude towards that war. For some reason that war was accepted by the American people. There wasn't any peace demonstrations and protests. The young people of that age didn't walk American city streets flying German or Japanes flags. The young people all felt that it was each man's responsibil­ ity and more than responsibil­ ity, it was his privilege to help defend the freedom of his coun­ try. Old Glory, with all her stars and stripes, flew high and proud. No man dare speak al- gainst her, let alone, commit the mortal sin of desecration of her. American people knew what she stood for, and peo­ ple loved her for this. Can a man love his nation's flag any more if he is willing, and dies to uphold all that she stands for? How many millions of A- merican men loved her so much that they paid the siqjreme sac­ rifice for her, their lives? Only because these American men loved their nation and paid the price they did, is our nation still in existence today. Only because these American men because of these proud and. brave American men does Old Glory fly today. Only because of these men do you and I enjoy today, all the benefits of living in a free country. It's because of these men that we have the many freedoms we enjoy today. Yet what's even more unbelievable, is that it took millions of American lives to give us the freedom that is being so abused by the young of today. Did all our A- merican men die just so a long­ haired hippy could walk the streets of America today wav­ ing Communist flags? Is this what our fathers and grand­ fathers fought, suffered, bled and died for? I don't believe so. Pm not condemning today's young, simply on the basis of being young. I believe that there are still a lot of good youth in our world today. I condemn first, the parents of that small minority that's doing all the protesting, demonstrating and outright acts of treason against our nation. I condemn the par­ ents of this group for raising their children in ignorance, lor if they knew what they were do­ ing, I don't believe it would be in existence today. If they had the knowledge to compare the Communist government and way of life to the American govern­ ment and our way of life I'm sure they could see that our nation and freedom is worth de­ fending. No one likes war. No one likes killing. No one likes having to leave wives, children, mothers, fathers and sweet­ hearts to travel to a strange, foreign country to fight and maybe die, yet had my father or my father's father not fought to keep the American people free, would I be here today? Would I have the chance to choose my career? Would I have had the chance to follow my ambitions and desires in life? I know as well as anyone who thinks about it, that I wouldn't have what I have today. Now I find it's my turn to do my part. It's my turn to suffer the heartbreak of separation from my wife and children, just as my father did before. It's my wife's turn to endure the same heartbreak of separation and constant worry and concern that my mother had to suffer in the past. Yet I know that she can understand and that she will stand by me through these hard times because she believes in me, and more-she believes in the standards that I live by. She believes in the cause for which I risk life itself. It takes a good, and a strong woman to endure this. I know she waits for me. She waits for my re­ turn, when our lives can again be full of togetherness, love and tenderness. I've got three For Your Information' Dear friends, Veterans Day brings anguished memories to most of us. To keep faith with the men who gave their lives for our freedom and security, we should resolve to work harder for world disarmament and the establishment of interna­ tional courts to resolve disputes that can lead to war. Sincerely, Mtf-Unr y. PETER M. JUSTE N & SON FUNERAL NOME 385-0063 children that I've brought into the world today. Our three children face a full life ahead of them. It's up to me, as their father, to ensure their happiness and well being. What I do today in Vietnam is en­ suring their future. Should I be called on to die, to ensuretheir future, then die I must, and will. But I don't die with a bowed head or with any shame. I die a proud man, because my part in life, I know I've done. It a bullet be the price of freedom, the price shall be paid. I can also be assured that no man ever speak against me in my son's presence. I know that my wife would raise our chil­ dren to believe as I do. No man will ever desecrate our nation's flag in my presence, jior will lie speak against our country and our men who fight and die to keep her free. •'I firmly believe it's time for the majority of youth today, who believe in our country, our flag and all she represents, it's time they let the small minor­ ity who go around protesting, demonstrating, know that it's time to stop. It's time to stop destroying our nation's free­ dom. It's time to stop making a mockery of all the Ameri­ can men who have died to make America the land of the free. "One phrase sums up my feelings of today. 'America will be the land of the free, only as long as it is the home of the brave'.... Sgt. David O. Druml" HOSPITAL ANSWERS Dear Editor: Mr. Lawrence Murray's deep concern regarding the pur­ ported invasion of privacy by the McHenry Hospital admin­ istrative policies regarding the opening of mail in an open let­ ter to the Public Pulse in which he stated that communications regarding his complaint which had been exchanged with me un­ doubtedly deserves a reply for further clarification and on this basis I beieve my letter to him explaining our procedures should be printed in full: "Dear Mr. Murray: "My attendance at the Ameri­ can Hospital association con­ ference in Chicago these past three days has prevented an earlier letter. However, I did review the policies of the hos­ pital in handling of incoming mail which are as follows: A. All mail for patients is separated and delivered intact or forwarded to their home ad­ dress should the patient already have been discharged. B. All mail addressed to per­ sonnel of the hospital, in care of the hospital marked "Per­ sonal" or "Confidential" is delivered to them intact. C. All mail addressed to the administrator or any employee of the hospital at the hospi­ tal's address, for example: Mr. Anthony Corcoran, McHenry Hospital, Administrator, 3516 West Waukegan Road, McHenry, Illinois 60050, is opened by the administrative secretary and stamped received and dated and forwarded to the depart­ ment of the hospital concern­ ed to prevent delays in con­ ducting the business of thehos- MIGRAINE HEADACHE CLUE . - *v Ever since life began, human beings have suffered from mi­ graine headaches. An estimated 5 to 10 percent of the U.S. population is afflicted today. But a promising new clue to solving the age-old puzzle of migraine has just been turned up by Dr. Ernest Thonnard- Neumann, a medical scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health's Saint Eliza­ beth's Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Thonnard found that blood from the aching side of a person's head during a mi­ graine attack is different from the blood taken at the same time from the non-aching side. This led Dr. Thonnard to conclude that certain white blood cells at the headache site releases hd^arin. Heparin, a blood-thinning chemical sub­ stance, is related to the severity and course of the migraine attack, Dr. Thonnard thinks. In tests on a limited number of patients, heparin, when in­ jected into the veins very early j| during a migraine attack, put ( an end to the headache. Recognizing Dr. Thonnard's achievement, the American As­ sociation for the Study of Head­ ache has recently conferred upon him its international Harold G. Wolff, M.D. Lecture Award. This is the first time an American researcher has won this honor. Because more women suffer from migraine headache than ' men. the tests were made on pital with the public and/or vendors. "Under these circumstances, the administrative secretary area acts as a control and dis­ tribution center of all incoming mail. "I appreciate it that you brought your complaint to my attention since no one can state emphatically that they have a perfect system for any pro­ cedure and on that belief, we are open to any suggestions whereby improvements or re­ finements can be adopted. "If an error arose in our present procedure that offend­ ed you, I most certainly apol­ ogize for the error. "Very truly yours, McHENRY HOSPITAL "Anthony Corcoran "Administrator "Objectively, Mr. Murray's complaint should be analyzed in the context he presented it in to the extent that this prac­ tice was unnecessary and il­ legal in accordance with postal regulations. "The volume of incoming mail is such that a sorting and distribution area is essential. Many pieces of mail enclosing checks, invoices, insurance claims, medical forms, medi­ care inquiries, etc., are ad­ dressed inadvertently to indi­ vidual employees rather than the department concerned re­ sponsible for conducting the business of the hospital as ef­ ficiently as possible or in an­ swering patient inquiries re­ garding completion of commer­ cial insurance forms. "Contrary to Mr. Murray's opinion that we might be in­ different to the rights of pri­ vacy, this is in McHenry hos­ pital pf utmost concern to the management, particularly in the area of the patient and hospi­ tal relationship and does pre­ vail above many audit controls that are standard in other bus­ iness practices. "I have been assured by our local postmaster, Mr. LeRoy Smith, that there is no vio­ lation of postal regulations in­ volved and that our policy as explained within my letter, a- dopted according to the rec­ ommendations of our auditors towards improvement of bus­ iness practices in internal con­ trol, was in fact, standard prac­ tice. If this had been in vio­ lation, I am positive the pro­ cedure would not have been recommended by our auditors, a national firm of public ac­ countants. "Very truly yours, "McHenry Hospital "Anthony Corcoran" "Neither a borrower nor a lender be.... so, stock up on milk for the weekend." dmoric<m dttirtj association* women,' comparing blood sam­ ples from women with migraine headaches with similar samples from women with no migraine headache. Studying the relation of their migraine to white blood cells which contain packets or gran­ ules of heparin and histamine, Dr. Thonnard found that in migraine on one side of the head more white cells gathered and lost their granules near the site of the headache than in places further removed, like the other side of the head's ear lobe or a finger. He theorized that the release pf the heparin was significant since histamine seems to play only a minor role in migraine headache. Heparin is available now only as an injectable drug and is chiefly used in treating harden­ ing of the arteries. Whether or not it can be produced in pill form and whether or not hep­ arin, injectable or otherwise, will prove effective after neces­ sary intensive and extensive studies, is not known. But this exciting new research ,J is continuing and already repre- > j sents a breakthrough, bringing ' us closer to an understanding ji of migraine headache. Lega l Not ice IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 19TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF Alpha Pedersen Deceased, FILE NO. 69-P-257 Notice is hereby given pur­ suant to Section 194 of the Pro­ bate Act, of the death of the above named decedent and that letters TESTAMENTARY were issued on November 3, 1969, to Virginia Kreutzer, 1508 N. Green St., McHenry, Illinois, and that the first Monday in the month of January, 1970, is the claim date for the es­ tate. Claims against said estate should be filed in the Probate office of the Clerk of said Court, County Court House, Woodstock, Illinois, and copies thereof mailed or delivered to said legal representative and to said attorney. MARGARET CNEIL Clerk of the Court (Pub. Nov. 12, 19, 26, 1969) ONA ̂ PRO*** TO*V IgEC OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F. Kelly At 1224 N. Green Street McHenry (Closed Wednesday) Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Hrs. Daily 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Evenings 8:30 p.m. Evenings by appointmer* PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - Contact Lens Glasses Fitted 1303 N. Richmond Road Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Fri Eve. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sat. 9:30 to 3:00 pun. No Hours on Wednesday PHONE 385-4151 If No Answer Phone 385-2262 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machines Sales-Service & Rentals Typewriters -Adders Calculators Mon. - Sat. 9:00 - 5:30 Friday 'till 9:00 p.m. PHONE 459-1226 *3 Grant St., Crystal Lake, 111. METAL WORK Schroeder Metalcrqft For Home and Garden Wrought Iron Railings Fireplace Screens Ant iques 1705 S. ROUTE 31 -PHONE 385-0950 INSURANCE Earl R. Walsh Fire, Auto, Farm & Life Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES When You Need Insurance of Any Kind PHONE 385-3300 or 385-0953 3429 W. Elm St., MeHmry, HI. George L. Thompson General Insurance •LIFE •AUTO •HEALTH *FIRE •CASUALTY »BOAT Phone 815-385-1066 3812 W. Elm St., McHenry In McHenry Plaindealer Bldg. Dennis Conway AUTO, LIFE, FIRE STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY 3315 W, Elm St. McHenry, Illinois 385-5285 or 385-7111 LETTER SERVICE Mimeographing - Typii* Addressing - Mailing Lists McHenry County Letter Service 1212 -A N. GREEN ST. PHONE 385-5064 Mon. Through Fri.°8 - 5 p.m. Closed Saturday ACCOUNTANTS Paul A. Schwegel 4410 West Route 120 McHenry, Illinois PHONE 385-4410 REPAIR SERVICE • i ....... 1 ri-m-rn • r "J • = Call Servisal" = (815) 385-2145 For Repairs on Refrigerators - Freezers - Washers snd Dryers - Window Air Conditioners - Dishwasher Ranges - Cooktops - Ovens, both Gas and Electric. SERVISAL ^PPLKNCE COMPANY 3412 W. Elm Street, McHenry, Illinois