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IHC.E 111 - I'l.AINDEALKK-I Hll) VV. > WT.\I»\ » >!»74 , Ringwood News > Sunday School Christmas Story Well Received It was a most enjoyable evening as the children of the / Ringwood Sunday School presented the Christmas story through the use of a Christmas ABC Book on Sunday, Dec. 23. The program included several carols sung by the children with the congregation joining in on a few. Following the program, everyone enjoyed a fellowship hour with coffee and punch served with cookies. RINGWOOD CHURCH CHOIR A reminder - if you are in­ terested in joining the choir, please come to rehearsal every Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. CONDOLENCES • Our sincere sympathy to the family of Frank Kempfer, Sr., former resident of Ringwood, who died last FHday. Among those attending the services were the Alan Aingers of Hebron who accompanied Mrs. Nellie Hepburn. FAMILY GATHERINGS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Bill and Shirley Cristy with daughters, Terri and Sherri, entertained the Don Fritzes of Union on Christmas day. Larry Cristy, who now resides at Jacksonville, 111., was home for the holiday. Joining the folks for Christmas dinner were Diane Gilbert of Glen view and Bill Anderson, Jr., of McHenry. John and Ila Hogan had a very merry day with twelve grandchildren and their parents present. Those at­ tending the family gathering were the Tom Parsleys of Crystal Lake, Richard Thompsons of Greenwood, Mike Hogans, Harry Hogans, Jerry Hogans of Crystal Lake, and the Sig Jacobsens. On Christmas Eve, Mike and * Susie Hogan entertained their parents, the Sig Jacobsens and John Hogans. \ For Immediate Delivery 1974 AUTO LICENSE PLATES Purchase your 1974 license plates. ' NOW ON SALE HERE! STATE ISSUED, PREPRINTED APPLICATIONS ore required this year »o purchase license plates. Forms to order applica- tions are available at the bank if you do not have the appli­ cation mailed to you by the State. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK I OF McHENRY 3814 West Elm Street McHenry, Illinois 60050 The Harry Hogans en­ tertained the George Blakes and A1 Freunds of McHenry, and the David Zank family of Solon Mills, on Christmas eve. Gary and Diane Linstad of Appleton,- Wis., spent the weekend prior to Christmas with her parents, _the Art Christophers. Mrs. Marie Henne spent Christmas day with her daughter and son-in-law, the Loren Harrisons. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Soddy of Kenosha spent Christmas weekend here with her sister, Mrs. Nellie Hepburn. Christ­ mas day, Mrs. Hepburn spent with her son and family, the John Blackmons of Antioch. On Wednesday,' another son, Webster Blackmon of Rich­ mond and his daughter, Jane, who is a student at Carbondale college, visited Mrs. Hepburn. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brennan of Oak Lawn and their children, Wayne and Wendy, spent Christmas day with the Charles Brennans. Other visitors that day were Frank and Lil Visconti. By the way Lil, have there been any more of those early morning "whistle" calls? New Year's Eve Bud and June Oxtoby had dinner with the A1 Pierces. On New Year's Day, the Oxtobys entertained Mr. and Mrs. Richard Riedel, Mrs. Arthur Oxtoby, Burt Stevens and Mrs. Theresa Nelson. Rich and Chris Gillespie and family spent Christmas Eve with Chris's parents the Dick Laus at Round Lake. Chris's brother, Brian, and wife, Pat, and family were there for the "'traditional family Christmas from Utah. Also brother, Martie, was home from school in Montana. Christmas day daughter, Nancy, and new husband, Rob, Dick and Phyllis Zell went to dinner and dancing and then onto a house party at friends in Waukegan for the New Year's evening. ~] Rich and Chris Gillespie went to dinner and dancing on New Year's Eve with Chris's parents the Dick Laus of Round Lake. New Year's Eve found ̂ the Den Rich family attending a special Walt Disney movie in Deerfield. They then spent the rest of the New Year's Fve evening with Mom Miller in Wilmette. New Year's day was also spent with Mom Miller in a sort of lazy, relaxing kind of a day. The Walt Lows spent New Year's Eve on their snowmobiles going to a progressive supper. You know the kind where you go to one place and eat something and "then onto another place. Well it was fun but sure glad we got to stop and eat cause it was cold out there and it gave us an excuse to stop and warm up. Those included in the Venture were the A1 Adamses, Jerry Freunds, Dick Smiths, Ray Moores and the Roy Roadmans all of McHenry. Breakfast was finally at the Walt Low home at 10:30 New Year's morning. No we didn't ride that long we finally gave up and all went home for a few hours sleep then breakfast. They came by car then but some of them went back out to ride in the cold on New Year's afternoon. Wasn't too bad as long as one dresses for the cold. Monday found Kim and Lori Rich visiting Scot and Suzanne Scholda at Pistakee Lake doing a lot of skating and snowmobiling on the lake. They really had a fun day. BIRTHDAYS The month of January brings CThe Worry 1 •-- Clinic --J Lon is properly irate, so study his advice with great care. For Uncle Sam has been robbing us taxpayers of billions of dollars unnecessarily. It would be a boon if Congress would start rescinding a lot of laws, instead of constantly adding new ones to complicate our "free en­ terprise" system. By - George W. Crane, Ph. D., M.D. CASE J-576: Lon Q., aged 28, teaches Civics. "Dr. Crane," he began, "I am irate at the high taxes which we pay. "So-why doesn't Congress eliminate a lot of overlapping bureaus and also cut out much of the needless services now costing us billions? "To be specific, why do we need County Agricultural Agents all over the U.S.A.? "Farmers are operating bie & a lot of birthdays but for the following week we wish to say happy birthday to Monte Hosier on the sixth and to three special people who are celebrating together on Jan. 8, Gene Epper, Alice Peet and Susie Strom, happy birthday. ^' Remember folks do bundle up warm when you go out, now that we have this cold, cold weather you can get a frosted nose real quick. See you all next week and if you do venture out to visit a shut-in or friends do call us and let us let other people know that you are visiting friends. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION OF CRYSTAL LAKE ANNOUNCES V.7c INTEREST NOW PAID ON REGULAR PASSBOOK ACCOUNTS. SAVE AT SOUTHEAST McHENRY COUNTY'S LARGEST SAVINGS AND LOAN INSTITUTION, WHERE SERVICE, AVAILABILITY, AND EARNINGS ARE THE VERY BEST! THE FANTASTIC SINGER CALCULATOR WITH 5 YEAR GUARANTEE YOURS AT GREAT SAVINGS WITH A DEPOSIT OF '250. OR MORE! NOW 2 LOCATIONS. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ANNOUNCES IT'S ALGONQUIN BRANCH IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. LOCATED ON ROUTE 31 JUST SOUTH OF ALGONQUIN (1309 DUNDEE RD.) COLOR TV GIANT SIZE 25" Screen at great Savings with $5,000 or More Deposit LARGE 18" SCREEN at great Savings with $2,500 or More Deposit \f\/I /? s TOP QUALITY \jJ t ! / CUTLERY SET AT A BARGAIN PRICE WITH u!Fjfyx/ A DEPOSIT OF $100 OR MORE Save By Mail Postage Free! FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN A S S O C I A T I O N OF CRYSTAL LAKE SA VE. . . WHERE SA V1NG PA YS! rL' j Established 1952 as Crystal Lake Savings & Loan Association 1 EAST CRYSTAL LAKE AVENUE TELEPHONE 459-1400 tsi EQUAL HOUSING LENDER businesses, with maybe $100,000 in heavy equipment. "They are quite able to read, for many are graduates of state colleges. "Numerous farm mjygazines furnish them all the latest ideas, and many newspapers maintain similar service to their subscribers. . "Besides, the state agricultural colleges are within an hour or two by auto, so any specnl clinics on farming could be g.ven free at those tax- supported colleges. "The Boy Scouts render a superb service, yet they don't even tap us taxpayers for a pertny! "Is Congress just afraid to eliminate bureaus lest the individual Congressmen lose votes from those disgruntled former employees at the next biennial election?" EFFICIENCY ENGINEERING Lon is like millions of disgruntled taxpayers who resent having their taxes used to compete with private business firms, magazines and newspapers. Our Founding Fathers ex­ pected Uncle Sam to stay out of competition with us private citizens whenever possible. But for the last 36 years, Uncle Sam has padded the payrolls and oppressed us taxpayers by adding millions of workers, 50 percent of whom are totally unnecessary. The Food and Drug Ad­ ministration also wastes billions of our taxes on piddling work that could be financed without a penny from us tax­ payers. Instead of maintaining costly chemical labs and heavily salaried U.S. chemists, why not let the 2,000 chemistry departments in our leading colleges and universities do such testing? Private firms would then make grants of $10,000 or up­ ward for use as graduate fellowships in chemistry, with the recipients to earn their Ph. D. on such projects. This would save us taxpayers the unnecessary outlay for government chemists' salaries and also give, thousands of practical Ph. D. research projects to the colleges all over America. Medical schools, via their physiology departments, could do the same for new foods and vitamin products, financed by voluntary grants from the food corporations wishing to launch such new items on the market. Congress can't "fire" those 1,500,000 needless job holders in the executive branch of the federal government, but it can cut off the appropriations f'"' salaries! Few of those workers would then work for nothing or even as $l-per-year men Candidates Sought For Princess Soya State girls seeking the title of Illinois Princess Soya have until Jan. 17 to complete ap­ plication forms, according to Wayne Fell, Kansas, president of the Land of Lincoln Soybean association, contest sponsor. Application forms are available from association directors or by writing Land of Lincoln Soybean association, 1701 Towanda avenfle, Bloomington, 111. 61701. A small photograph must accompany entry forms. Illinois seventh Princess Soya will be selected during ceremonies at the Illinois Crop Improvement association Soybean conference, Jan. 28, at the Holiday Inn East, Springfield. Fell said candidates must be at least 18 and not more than 25 years of age by July 1,1974. To qualify a contestant must be single, at least five feet two inches tall, a high school graduate and, preferably, have a farm background. Candidates must be state residents but can be attending school out of state. The new Princess Soya will represent the total soybean industry in several state and county events for one year. Contestants will be judged on appearance, maturity, public speaking ability, personality, poise, basic knowledge of food and nutrition and familiarity with soybean production, processing or usage. Finalists are to be attired in street wear rather than swimsuits or for- mals for judging. The Illinois Princess Soya will be eligible to compete for the title of American Princess Soya at the American Soybean association annual convention Aug. 12-14 in Houston, Tex. Last year, Miss Christy Carter, Eldred, 111., Princess Soya was chosen for the title. Highlights of her activities have been an interview with President Nixon at the White House and a projected trip to Japan. Service News Master Sergeant Gerold R. Abraham, son of Mrs. Lucille M. Abraham, Rt. 1, Oostburg, Wis., has been promoted to master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Sergeant Abraham, a sur­ veyor technician at Frances E. Warren AFB, Wyo., is assigned to a unit of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing. The sergeant is a 1960 graduate of East Leyden high school. Franklin Park. His wife is the former Joan E. Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Cooper, 2522 N. Leyden avenue, River Grove. Sergeant Abraham's father, Gerhard W. Abraham, resides at 3921 W. Main street, McHenry. Police Tickets The following tickets were issued by the McHenry Police department: Clark L. Palmer, 4715 Bonner drive, McHenry, disobeyed traffic signal. Jeffrey K. Meddings, 4218 W. Sioux, McHenry, no valid license due to curfew violation. Theodore E. Jensen, 3831 W. Waukegan road, McHenry, disobeyed traffic control devise. Richard A. Woolwine, 3907 W. John, McHenry, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and two tickets for disobeying a traffic control signal. Before The Japanese Sapporo, capital of the north-** em Japanese island of Hokkaido and site of the recent Winter Olympic Games, derives its name from the Ainu, the light-skinned, round-eyed people who lived on the island before the Japanese arrived. The city's name is a con­ traction of the Ainu phrase, "Sato poro petsu," meaning a large dry river. « Coffee Fact Americans drink 40 percent of the world's coffee, averaging about 2l/z cups a day. 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