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checking WITH UM BALANCE OF WM"*'-" Wi ' WSMm ' - W; ' j iiillil WED. DEC. 3,1969 - PLAINDEALER - PG. 9 "Time For Action" Campaign Launched If the non-public schools of Illinois are to continue educat­ ing one out of every five chil­ dren in the elementary and sec - andary schools of the state, then this is "The Time for Action," the Illinois Catholic conference has declared. At a press con­ ference the Most Rev. Arthur J. O'Neill, Bishop of Rockford, introduced the diocesan coor­ dinator of a state-wide cam­ paign to educate the public on the financial predicament of Catholic schools, as a problem deserving priority consider­ ation by every taxpayer. To dramatize the need and the obligation, a new twenty- two minute film, "The Time for Action" was shown. The film voices a strong plea for state funds to pay for the secular components of education in the From The Farm Gun Accidents Have No Season The open season on small game is just beginning in Ill­ inois. Bat it is always open season on people. There is no closed season on firearm ac­ cidents. Through August of this year there were 157 firearm ac­ cidents in the state. Forty-one were fatal. Last year, from August through December, there were 115 gun accidents. Twenty-four of these were fat­ al. Help keep the numbers down this fall -- and keep yourself alive -- by following these safe hunting tips. -- Wear a bright orange hat and vest which other hunters can easily see. -- When crossing a fence alone, unload your gun and lay it down. Cross the fence and then retrieve your gun, stock first. --When crossing a fence with others, give your gun to a com­ panion. One person can hold both guns while the other cross­ es. -- Unload your gun or open the action before crossing or jumping: a ditch or small stream. -- Keep the muzzle pointed forward -- either up or down, not horizontally -- while car-, ^ying a gun. # -- Check the area carefully for other hunters, houses or livestock. v -- Keep your gun barrel free of mud, snow and other ob­ structions. -- Know where your hunting companions are at all times. Give Milkers A Check-Up The milking machine is like any other piece of equipment on the modern dairy farm. Keep it in good rq>air and it will do an efficient job. Have the me­ chanical operation of your ma­ chines thoroughly checked by a competent serviceman at least every 6 months. Pulsators and other vital operating parts should be checked monthly. Marijuana -- Illinois' Newest Noxious Weed Marijuana, or wild hemp, may be "pot" to some, but, to Ill­ inois farmers, it's nothing more than the newest addition to the list of noxious weeds. Marijuana (wild hemp) grows in nearly two-thirds of the state. The herbicide 2,4-Dprovides excellent marijuana control, especially if applied to the plants in the spring when they are 6 to 10 inches tall. The State Department of Ag­ riculture is seeking support from county boards of super­ visors and commissioners to create the post. An Illinois counties are being asked to consider a weed con­ trol program next year, espec­ ially for marijuana. Pencil Valuable Dairy Tool A pencil can be the most im­ portant "tool" in your dairy farm operation. "A few minutes a day set aside for record keeping can make the difference between a good dairyman and an average one." And that's where the pencil comes into the picture. "Usually information isn't recorded unless a pencil is handy. "Records of freshening dates, treatment periods, breeding dates and sires used, along with notes on any sickness are val­ uable to a dairyman and his veterinarian. Birth dates, sires and dams of calves and identi­ fication numbers properly re­ corded help in management de­ cisions as calves grow older." But when the pencil isn't handy, the record keeping is of­ ten put off. Important informa­ tion is forgotten and never re­ corded. "Those few minutes spent re­ cording dates and events can be the most valuable time spent with the dairy herd. "Tie a string on the pencil and keep it hitched to your rec­ ord keeping area." parochial and other private schools of Illinois, citing such laws already passed or intro­ duced in over twenty states. With live action and animation, the color, sound motion picture was prepared by a Chicago firm, for the Illinois Catholic confer­ ence. It will be shown in com­ munities throughout Illinois to parish audiences, business groups, community service or­ ganizations, clubs, etc. Rockford diocesan program coordinator is Thomas J. Cen- towski, assistant superinten­ dent of schools in the Catholic Bureau of Education. The Illinois Catholic confer­ ence is a permanent agency established to provide regular communication and shared re­ sponsibility among bishops, clergy and laity of the six Cath­ olic dioceses of Illinois : Chi­ cago, Belleville, Springfield, Peoria, Rockford and Joliet. The board of directors of the Illinois Catholic conference in­ cludes all Roman Catholic bish­ ops in the state; a priest and a lay representative from each diocese; and a priest, a sister, and a brother as members-at- large representing religious orders. Kick Backing Habit, Warns Safety Institue Kick the backing habit, ad­ vises the Institute for Safer Liv­ ing. Plan your driving route and stops to keep from backing as much as possible. One of the surest ways to invite disaster is to pick up a missed exit by backing in the travel lane or on the shoulder. Hanging in there to the next exit may cost you a few prec­ ious moments on your sched­ ule but it may well make the difference between saving a precious life and losing it. According to the Institute for Safer Living, even on city streets you can foul up your­ self and others by backing. Nev­ er back through a crosswalk at an intersection or around an intersection corner, and always try to park so that you will not have to back to get away from the parking space. But, then there comes that time when backing can't be avoided regardless of planning. In such cases it is usually »a- fer to back into a spot while you are already aware of the traffic situation around you than it is to come out cold after making a stop. The further ad­ vantage is that if you back in you can move out by pulling forward. Backing accidents occurring in driveways have cost many lives as well as much damage to property reports the Insti­ tute for Safer Living. When ob­ liged to back, don't be absent- minded. Get out and walk a- round your vehicle. Check the presence of people, clearances, objects left in the vicinity, un­ der the vehicle and to the rear. Be sure you count the noses of those persons in the vicinity and don't back, after you get behind the wheel, until you're sure you can account for each nose. Then, back it down slowly, carefully, and in such a way that it will not interfere with other traffic. It's okay to use your rear view mirror but don't trust to it alone. Turn around to see where you're going, use help­ ers, watch for reflections in adjacent glass, shadows or any other means to detect the pre­ sence of new danger. Keep track of each nose all the way and don't hesitate to stop, and re- check if any detail becomes un­ certain or you miss a nose. Interesting Facts CANAL, LAKE TO STATE Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie ac­ cepted the deed to the Illinois- Mississippi Canal and Lake Sin- nissippi from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during brief ceremonies Nov. 19. Ogilvie ac­ cepted the land transfer doc­ uments from Col. Walter Gel- in i, Rock Island district engin­ eer. Ogilvie said that the area will provide long-needed rec­ reation and conservation facil­ ities in the northwestern part of the state. He predicts that the area, which is planned for park and recreation develop­ ment, will annually attract thou­ sands of tourists to the vicinity. Conservation Director William L. Rutherford said the Depart­ ment of Conservation will be­ gin a ten-year rehabilitative and development program after ap­ proval of the land transfer doc­ uments by the attorney general. NEW STATE FORESTER Fred Siemert of Buffalo has been appointed state forester, Director William L. Ruther­ ford of the Illinois Department of Conservation announced. Sie­ mert replaces E.E. Nuuttila, who retired in September af­ ter 26 years of service with the department. Rubella Campaign t Now In Progress THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF McHtNRY Superintendents of public and parochia^ schools in McHenry county are urged to contact Ward Duel, administrator of the McHenry County Department of Health, to join the all-out, rub- out campaign. This is a life-and-death mat­ ter, says Duel, for the goal is to rub out rubella, a decep­ tive disease that maims, crip­ ples and damages unsuspecting victims by the thousands. The victims that suffer: Unborn ba­ bies! Newly-developed vaccines is available in limited quantity, and McHenry county is fortun­ ate to have 10,000 doses, e- nough to immunize the vital 5-9-year-old group. Immuniza­ tion will be done free with the help of the schools, technicians from the /State Health depart­ ment and others. U.S. Public Health informa­ tion shows rubella (also called German measles) sweeps the country in epidemic proportion about every seven years, and we are entering the danger period, said Duel. "We urge schdol superinten­ dents to contact us promptly (338-3540) to express a will­ ingness to participate. We sup­ ply information for school of­ ficials and ask them to obtain the help of a local doctor to coordinate the program. We provide letters for students in the kindergarten through third grade age group to take home to their parents. An approp­ riate permit form is included," he said. Among cooperating groups in this all-out rub-out drive are the McHenry county chapter of the March of Dimes, McHenry County Department of Health, U.S. and Illinois Public Health Services, county superintendent of schools' office and the Mc­ Henry county board of super­ visors. The board's health commit­ tee, headed by Howard Ruth, last week encouraged widespread participation throughout the county following Duel's report on his ability to obtain this costly vaccine. Also on this board committee are Bill Rus- sel and Ed Buckley. Richard Tazewell, county superintendent of schools, is supplying data on projected en­ rollments in the kindergarten through third grade and is help­ ing with the distribution of mat­ erials to participating schools. Phil Wertz, chairman of the The Drivers Seat DID YOU KNOW THAT Women drivers -- often bear­ ing the brunt of unkind words fj-om many of their male coun­ terparts -- now comprise near­ ly 42 per cent of the licensed drivers in the United States? According to the Bureau of Public Roads, the number of women drivers has increased from 15 to 44.2 million, up a whopping 200 per cent since 1950. Almost half of the 76,688,000 reported automobile break­ downs in 1968 were caused by failures in the car's electri­ cal system. Dead batteries were the biggest culprits. Drivers, trying to extend the life of their car's battery were usually sad­ der, but wiser after the tow truck departed. Rather than stretch your luck, when the first signs of a weak battery are noticed, replace it now artd leave the trudge to the service station for someone else. A new material -- instant dry reflective striping com­ pound--has been introduced for pavement center line, lane and edge application. The material dries in 10 seconds under av­ erage conditions and eliminates the need to use traffic cones and barriers. Compare the 10-second dry­ ing time of the new material with the 180-second to 30-min- ute drying time for other com­ monly-used striping material and you can see why traffic en­ gineers request the new mat­ erial. According to the manufactur­ er, the compound's instant-dry characteristics also bring ob­ vious advantages in the areas of traffic safety and conven­ ience. Use of the material e- liminates lane-blocking and traffic need not be stopped or slowed to a crawl. The compound is pressure- fed from tanks or drums into a heat chamber on the applicator rig. Heated, the free-flowing material is then fed into a spray gun which applies it to the road surface. Tiny glass beads are pre-mixed in the compound to prpvide reflectivity. From one to three colors can be applied simultaneously. Will we some day drive to the moon? Not actually, but highway officials recently re­ minded the nation that in 1969 total miles traveled were in ex­ cess of 1,000,000,000,000, or the equivalent of 2 million trips to the moon. county March of Dimes, said the county March of Dimes board voted to support this program with money from its treasury. Lives depend on this program because pregnant women bear many children who are stillborn. Many miscarry. Countless thousands siffer birth or mental defects. The disease reaches unborn children through the mother. If she catches the virus ear­ ly in pregnancy, her baby may die --or may live with gross congenital defects. Pregnant women can't be vaccinated because'of the jeo­ pardy to the unborn child. Vaccinating the kindergarten through third grade reaches a major group that, could be called the "carrier" to pros­ pective mothers. By building a barrier through vaccination, health officials expect to con- , trol the epidemic threat. Only 10 Illinois counties have this vaccine, and McHenry county is fortunate because Duel is in the county to present a ready-made program of distri­ bution and health care. Rubella is doubly decep­ tive for it is sometimes such a slight illness that it comes and goes without its victims even being sure he had been sick. If there is a question whether or not a child in the age group have had the disease, health officials urge the child to receive the immunization during the all-out rub-out ef­ fort to be sure. - The disease is highly conta­ gious, and children in a school are in close contact, encourag­ ing epidemic outbreaks. How Can I? By Anne Ashley How can I brighten up faded oil paintings? A. If your paintings are of any considerable value, best to seek professional help. Other­ wise, you can attempt the job yourself by going over them gently with a mixture of warm milk and water, then patting dry with a lintless cloth. Q. How can I clean stainless steel or aluminum ranges? A. With vinegar...does a good job of removing grease spat­ ters. Q. How can I add extra flavor to a pizza mix I am preparing? A. Try sprinkling on grated onion, oregano, and crushed red pepper. If you are pre­ paring cheese pizza,rather than a sausage one, place slices of pepperoni on top...and you can alternate the pepperoni slices with thin olive slices for an ex­ cellent tasting and appearing pizza. Q. Please suggest some good tips on window cleaning. A. I like a kerosene solution., a half-cup of kerosene to a gal­ lon of warm water. Wring your cloth almost dry in this and wipe over each pane, then wipe dry with a clean cloth. No rinsing is necessary, and the windows sparkle beautifully, almost as if you had waxed them. Another tip...wipe crosswise on inside panes and lengthwise on outside panes...which will enable you to locate quickly any missed spots, whether inside or outside. Q. How can I give my silver­ ware a good, quick cleaning? A. By sprinkling dry baking soda on the pieces, then rubbing with a warm, damp cloth. Many other such easy-to-do methods are included in my household- hints manual. Q. How can l^keep my eye­ glasses from steaming up in cold weather? A. By rubbing both sides of each lens with soapy fingers, and polishing with a soft cloth. Q. How can I soften a new rope and make it more pliable? A. By soaking it in soapy wa­ ter for about five minutes be­ fore use. Q. How can I take proper care of pewter? A. Your pewter will remain beautiful if you give it a lit­ tle proper care. Once every week or so, wash it in hot, soapy water to which two to three tablespoons of ammonia have been added. If it is tarnished too much ior the silver polish to affect it, use a brass polish. Q. How can I make my own air fresheners or purifiers? A. By melting odds and ends of candles over a low heat, adding spices or whole cloves, then pouring into molds and ad­ ding wicks. These are especi­ ally good for bathrooms, and the molds you use can be any small bottles or cans you have avail­ able. Q. How can I mask the glass panes of a window when I am painting the frames, if I don't have any masking tape on hand? A. Cut some newspaper to the exact size of the panes, dampen the paper well With warm water, then affix them to the window panes. They will ad­ here until dry, and then you can easily remove them, and your glass will be free of any paint spatters or smudges.