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CORNER STORE! A nuij U ' « mentioned at this meeting is a symptom of the times," Dr. Westberg asserted. , He cited a study at a large Kockford hospital. A large percentage of the emergency room cases thought medical in nature "really were spiritual and today Rockford pastors staff the emergency room." At the re-organization meeting of the board of directors, officers were reelected with Jack Byers, president; Richard Zieman, first vice president; Kenneth Schuh, second vice president; William Caldwell, Jr., secretary; and Ludwig Kulovsek, treasurer. The board re-appointed Hanson as ad­ ministrator, a yearly ap­ pointment each year for seventeen years. In introducing Hanson to the audience earlier, Byers described him as "the epitomy of what a hospital administrator should be." Hanson has been intimately involved with Memorial hospital's steady growth in­ cluding *major building programs in 1958, 1962, 1972, and 1973. Women Hold Large Share Of Driver Licenses A greater percentage of the nation's driver licenses are held by women than ever before, according to the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers association. It reports that the latest available figures show over 54 million of the 122 million U.S. licensed drivers are women. Back in 1940, women held 24.3 i percent of all licenses. By 1952, the proportion had increased to 28 percent and by 1972 had jumped to 44 percent. However, women continue to drive fewer miles per year than men, who - regardless of age group - drive about twice as many miles annually as women. The highest driving rate by age group is an average of 14,496 miles per year recorded by* 30-34-year-old men. Ampng women, the 45-49 age group averages the highest: 6,271 miles each year. The average rate for males of all ages is 11,352 miles; for women, 5,411. Adjusted figures reveal that the average licensed driver in the U.S. drives 8,685 miles per year. Since there are presently over 122 milMdfl licensed drivers in the nation, this adds up to more than /a trillion miles driven year. New board members join the board of directors of the Memorial Hospital for McHenry County association following their election at the annual meeting last week. From left, front; Mrs. Rex Linder, Roy Lang and Mrs. Roy Habeck; in back, Kenneth Louton, Ernest Bohn, Jr., John V. An­ derson and Mark Hansen. Hospital Keeps Pace With Most Recent Addition i ^ Improvements to keep pace with the recent major building additions mark the activities at Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, Bert Hanson, administrator for the county- wide hospital at Woodstock, told 250 Association members at the annual meeting last week. Just completed is expansion of the pediatric area from six to twelve beds. Meanwhile, the board of directors has entered into an agreement with several area hospitals to construct laundry facilities south of Rockford. This will help with the laundry chores, and Memorial hospital has a pro rata share of 6.9 per cent or a commitment over a period of time of $241,000. No cash expenditure is involved, Jack Byers, president, said during his report to members of the Memorial Hospital for McHenry County association. The new facility should be ready jn about a year. Added facilities at the Woodstock location of the hospital include acquisition of property on South street for more parking. Now the hospital has 291 front, fe^t on South street in lots 330 feet d&p. They are being used for parking now. Funds for the pediatrics expansion, - including in­ stallation of a nurse's station in this third floor department, come from a contribution by the Woman's auxiliary. Mrs. Marge Emery, auxiliary president, said the auxiliary's major fund-raising event, Holiday Hospitality day, netted $15,301 - a record - in 1973. She noted the Woman's auxiliary sponsors nursing scholarships, and thirteen women are attending school now with the assistance of a Woman's auxiliary scholar­ ship. Dr. William Larsen, chief of the medical staff, said six new physicians have joined the medical staff during the past year. He said completion of the pediatrics wing was a step forward, recalling the area was frequently filled with youngsters; as a result children were placed in another suitable area. Equipment additions include monitoring equipment for newborn and advent of nuclear medicine with "scan facilities unequalled for a hospital of this size," he summarized. In the featured talk, Dr. Granger Westberg, prominent pastor on the staff of the University of Illinois School of Medicine in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community of Health, discussed "a new kind of health center utilizing churches." Loneliness, and , despair contribute to the. physical illness of people, he explained, and said that a doctor and minister together can deal with the human spirit as well as with physical ailment^. He said fully 75 per cent of the cases doctors see are "in­ tertwined with the way we live" and he predicted that medical science will be seen as "a science and an art" in the future. "Love, concern and a willingness to listen many times is the difference between health and sickness. A physician can't do it all and the emergency room load you Begin Consumer Education Class At Spring Grove On Jan. 29, Mrs. Janice Krage and Thomas Hovey began a course on Consumer Education for all seventh and eighth grade pupils of the Spring Grove school. The goals of the course are: 1 - To understand the need for a budget - that money comes hard; you can't have everything; you have to make choices (how to manage your income.) 2 - The education of the young person as a consumer. 3 - To promote better buymanship , and money management. 4 - To motivate students to make intelligent decisions concerning the use of credit. Filmstrips to be shown in­ clude "Money Talks", "You the Shopper", "Your Wardrobe and You", "Spending Your Food Dollar" and "Be Credit Wise." Discussion and lecture shall follow each film and filmstrip. Related field trips are planned for later in the Spring. tfOOOOOOOBOeODOPOOOBWIil POLITICAL CORNER . OOOOBOOOOOOOOOOOOCIOC t 4916 W. RTE. 120 McHENRY 385-7968 SEEKS POST Dr. James M. O'Laughlin of Crystal Lake has announced his candidacy for a position on the McHenry County board from District 2 and for Democratic precinct committeeman in the third precinct of Nunda township. The 29-year old dentist is a native of Seneca, 111., where he spent his childhood. FEBRUARY 2nd; 3rd SATURDAY & SUNDAY SPECIALS OPEN 7:00 AM 7:00 PM BOTH DAYS * HALF ZTHALF 29* PINT ( With 1 Gal. \ Milk Purchase / ON DEAN'S LIST William I. West, headmaster of St. John's Military academy, Delafield, Wis., one of the oldest preparatory schools in the nation, announced that Cadet Craig T. Workinger was named to the Dean's list due to his outstanding scholastic achievement in the term just ended. To qualify for the Dean's list, a cadet must have an academic and citizenship average of "B" or above. Cadet Workinger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Workinger of 2929 North Sterling drive, McHenry. HOFMEISTER BOILED HAM 8-16 Oz. Returnable Bottles Plus Tax & Dep. -- We Reserve The Ri< KEEMAN'S LIVER SAUSAGE '/a LB. STROH'S BEER oO< 6.12 oz. Cans M M it To Limit Quantities CUSTOM DRAPERIES By Thomas F. Bolger President McHeniy State Bank Some startling facts about the way,Americans feel toward their country were reported the other day by Louis Harris, who heads an organization that makes national surveys of public opinion. Interviewers who talked to people across the nation found that a majority of Americans have a personal sense of being without power and are "alienated" - strangers in their own land, so to speak. The people were asked how they felt about such statements as, "Rich get richer and poor get poorer"; "What you think doesn't count much anymore"; ^People running the country don't really care what happens to you"; and "Feel left out of things around you." These questions have been asked in polls taken every year since 1966. The number of people who tend to feel that the above'statements are true has risen * steadily through the years^ Now, a majority of Americans feel alienated and powerless, the Louis Harris interviewers found. f How could this have hap­ pened in a nation so dedicated jo liberty and so full of natural resources? $ The basic reason is nhat many of oyr key institutions of government and business have become so big and bureaucratic that they are no longer responsive to the people. This is a sad situation for the oldest democracy in history. It has happened because we have permitted our government and our industries to grow in size without examining the human values implied in unrestrained growth: Now the chickens are coming home to roost as we A find that many of our most important institutions have grown away from the people. There is hope, however. One indication is the fact that the industry which is the very lifeblood of the economy - banking - has not fallen into the hands of a few giant cor­ porations, conglomerates or the federal government. With more than 14,000 separate banks from which to choose in this country, the consumer can still shop around for banking services. We have small banks to serve smaller customers and large banks that cater to the Standard Oil-sized companies. Under the present system, the consumer can talk to the president of his bank, and if he ' doesn't like the conversation, he can walk away and find a variety of other banks in the area. The independent, com­ munity bank must be responsive to the individual Imagine what your reception at a bank would be like if our banking system were reduced to a few gigantic institutions. Yet there are powerful forces today that would like to reduce our banking system to just that position. There are two principal ways in which the banking system can be taken over by a handful of giant banking system. One is through expansion of branch banking, and the ,other is through the multibank holding company. There are differences between these two systems that are of interest to bankers. To the consumer, however, the effect of both systems is the same: a reduction in the number of competing banking units as independent, com­ munity banks disappear and are replaced by offices con­ trolled from a headquarters building in a distant large city. If you believe that destruc­ tion of our independent banking system would be a disad­ vantage to you, to our com­ munity and our country, then write your representatives in the legislature and in Congress today and ask them to oppose any expansion of banking through branching and multi- bank holding companies. ADV. 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