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Lakemoor-Lilymoor Alma Hueckstaedt •• • 385-5689 PAGE S-PLAIN'DEALER - WE Air Force Base Brings Interest To Gulf Coast Vehicle Stickers Now Available At Village Clerk's The 1975 vehicle stickers are now available. To m^ke sure you get yours the first t ime you go after it -- why not give Carol Schmidt, the village clerk, a call to make sure she is at home or in her office. Her phone number is 385-1117. Also here is a reminder of the date for the January village meeting. In case some of you din't know, only one meeting a month is being held and that is first scheduled meeting of each month. LADIES LEAGUE The ladies held their December Social meeting and prize winners of the evening were: - first place - Sophie Patterson, second place - Eunice Tobey, third place - Julia Kraus, and booby prize winner was Lu Gravenstuk. Lu was also one of the hostesses and Betty Honath was the other. The next League meeting will be held on March 5. Members have dispensed with the January and February meetings. So ladies mark your calendar. BACK TO NORMAL Now "that all the Christmas shopping, holiday cooking,, eating and the exchange made of gifts that either didn't fi t or perhaps your tie rack couldn't take the weight of the proverbial Christmas tie, l ife is once again getting back to normal, I would like you folks in Lilymoor and Lakemoor to call me and give me your in­ teresting happenings you may think others would enjoy reading. GLAD SEASON TURNED SAD I received several calls during the holiday season in­ forming me of a family sad­ dened by the loss of a loved one, either from sickness or ac­ cident. The families affected were the Frank Hegners due to the loss of Frank's father, the family of Lindaree (Kunz) Ropenack, due to her ac­ cidental death, the family of Genevieve Wollack, she had been ill for quite some time and then the most recent was the family of Lee Bassi, she too had been ailing for quite some time. May the new year bring an excess of joy and happiness into the lives of those who have suffered those losses. I know it won't erase the loss, but perhaps it may lessen the pain of i t . BITS OF THIS AND THAT David Hegner has returned to Moorhead State College in Moorhead, Minn., where he is a student. He was home on Christmas vacation and for his grandfather 's funeral. /;. The Curt Freeman family had a guest in their home during the holidays, she was Jean Kennett of Eureka Springs, Ark., who spent a couple of very enjoyable days with them. BELATED BIRTH-DATES It seems at this t ime of year I am apologizing tct those who have a birthday during the first half of January because of not having a column for that period so here goes again. I 'm sorry to be late for sending wishes to Margaret Hatch on the third, to Charlene Crouse and Beth Goebel on the fifth, Bill Gun- ther on the sixth, Marie Hyatt on the eighth, Jamie Jones on the ninth, Renee Betancourt on the tenth, and Pat Zabroski on the twelfth. I hope each one had a very happy day. UP-TO-DATES The following list are the names of those who will be celebrating, they are Wanda Minton on the eighteenth, Allen Povidas and Bill Koehler who share the twenty-first , Florence Martensen on the twenty-third, Diane Dember on the twenty-fourth, Larry Jones and Brian Baker share the twenty-eighth, "Papa" Wakat on the twenty-ninth and to Don Leskeon the thirty-first . Here's hoping each of those on this list have a very happy day. TWO PARTY KID Stephen Mumma turned 9 on New Year's Eve, and he celebrated with a chocolate layer cake - preceded by his wish for a candlelight dinner. Those in attendance were Mom and Dad (Cherie and Dick) and his brothers, Chris and Scott. Then on #Saturday, Jan. 4, came the real party with all the kids and more cake and ice cream. There to help him celebrate were Aunt Laurie Hertel, cousins Michael and Patty, Aunt Nancy Hueckstaedt, cousins Bobbie and Tracy, Grandma Hueckstaedt and Uncle Rusty. Also good friends Carol and Wally Hunt and their two lit t le ones Dale and Jen­ nifer. Everyone reported having a good time. The highlight of the party was Uncle Rusty bringing a projector and films of Mickey Mouse and Friends cartoons. Stephen was the recipient of many nice gifts. ANNIVERSARY The only couple celebrating their anniversary in January were Mr. and Mrs. John Cassell on the second. Hope it was very happy for you, Gloria and John, and hope you share many more years together. (by Father Wm O. Har.ner, rector emeritus. Holy Com­ forter church, * Episcopal, K£nilworth). One of the reasons we like to winter in Lower or Gulf Coast Mississippi is the proximity of Keesler Air Force base. During the war we had been stationed at Eglin field, the Air Force Proving ground duties had sometimes taken me to Keesler. The two fields are in the neighborhood of 125 miles of each other, give or take a bit . Keesler is an Air Force base. All the essentials are located here. There are hospitals, stores, garages and all the paraphernalia of modern living: movies clubs, golf course, laundry, chapels, here they-are. The base covers 1,500 acres within the city of Biloxi. It is the Electronics Training center of the Air Force. Around 150. courses are taught here. The training is vital to our national defense. More than 1,000,000 students have completed training here from all branches of our own military units and many of our allies. The military population runs over 30,000, with dependents. A great many retired officers and men reside here I happen to be a retired Air Force officer and have had thirty-five years in the Reserves I have been on active duty over five years. 1 am one of those queer ducks who like life on a military post. You can imagine the importance of this field to the economy of this area. All sorts of odd things happen on such a base. I told you about a mouse at the hors d'oeuvres table and the barber who shore my sideburns away. Let me sing the song of the commissary today. The commissary at Keesler is, of course, the grocery and market and it is HUGE. There are fifteen checkout counters; today fourteen of them were in full operation. Many folks come up with two or even more carts of food. These young military have small folks in their ENTERTAINS GUESTS Following the birthday party in the Mumma household Mom and Dad decided to relax later that evening by entertaining Carol and Wally Hunt. The foursome played cards and had a good time in general. HOSPITAL NOTES By this printing I hope these folks are home and feeling great, Debbie Minton, Frank Coughlin and Curt Freeman. INCLOSING A reminder to call me at 385- 5689 if you have something to share with the other readers, whether it is a short trip or you held some sort of celebration or party, then give me a call . families and often quite a few of them. The girl in front of Mrs. Hanger today had a couple of full carts (her bill was $104 plus a bit) . As it was the first business day of the month and also payday, everyone was 5ut en masse and en famile to shop. It was a full and super high busy day. As onefold lady said to me years ago when recounting her troubles, "I shoulda stood home!" Because of the crowd, shopping carts were at a premium. This happens in commissaries. It is not con­ sidered unusual or a great burden, you just wait for one. Mrs. Hanner got hers while I did other things and started off fi l l ing her list and checking the items. She left her cart and wept up a side aisle to pick up some odds and ends and when she returned popped it into her cart . "Hey, just a minute", said a very nice young captain of Air Force, you have my cart ." (anyone under 60 is young to me) "I beg your pardon", said Rose, "I am afraid you have my cart. See this is mine and this and this." "But", continued our doughty captain, "Ma'm, this is mine and this and this!" True enough, the cart was full of both shoppers ' i tems and the moral of this tale is -- do not leave your cart unattended for a minute, not that anyone^vill take your things - no indeed. Someone just needed another cart and seeing two with only the beginnings of their user 's purchases had dumped everything in one cart and made off with the one emptied. The motto of Aesop for this probably would be. "Never think of anyone else. Always look out for yourself." Now what? After offers pro and con the captain gallantly went after another ca'rt . "You. said he," stand guard and I will get another cart for myself and be back shortly. I am in uniform and can get one easier than you could". So Mrs. Hanner waited for several . minutes. When he returned, chaufteuriiig ;m empty cart . Ins final in struction's were. "Keep at least one hand on it Maybe it will net to a time when you have to padlock the darn til ing to your ankle." In olden days when knights were bold they fastened spurs upon their heels and went out to do battle with boar and deer to supply the larder. Now equipped with cart and check book the wife sallies forth to do battle with forces of the mart and then hies herself home to spend the'rest of the day New U.S. Record Set With 188 Billion Phones People in 1 he United States made 188 bill ion telephone calls in 1973 - a new U.S. record and the greatest volume of any nation in the worjd. In fact, the U.S. total is over four t imes larger than the 44 bill ion calls reported by Japan, the second most talkative nation. China (Taiwan) achieved the largest individual growth rate m i Hi a I telephones that year uiih a _M l per cent increase .•wad the Republic of Korea led the world in the last decade with a lelephone growth of 493'3. per cent .* These . tacts are from "The stowing it in the pantry and deep freeze .Now she can draw on her few days' surplus to cook arid serve so that she can have the dishes to pack in the dish­ washer. It 's a gay life and you don't get any younger living it World's Telephones." a booklet published annually by -the American Telephone and Telegraph company's Long Lines department, which contains telephone statistics from some 1.400 principal cities m 171 countries. * Other figures show that there was a record gain of 23.4 million telephones, or 7.5 per Cent . in the world's telephones during 1973 This increase brought the global total as of Jan 1. 1974, to 336,297,000 telephones - a 96 5 per cent increase over 10 years. Statistics in the world's DNESDAY, JANUARY 15,J975 telephones are as up to date as possible srnce it tdkes a year to r collect and compile data from the telecommunications ad­ ministrations around the world' • The United States leads all ft ther nations -in having the - most telephones with 138.3* million and has an average of 65.47 telephones per 100 people, compared to a worldwide 1 average of 8 6 per 100 Four U S cities have more telephones than people.^ Washington, D C. heads the list with 130 3 telephones for every 100 people, followed by South- field. Mich. (126.2), Cham- , paign, III (103.1), and Palo Alto, Calif. !(102.2). Stockholm, Sweden is the , only foreign city in this ' category with 104.8 telephones for every 100 people.. lawitieb TOWN AND COUNTRY •GIFTS! 1331 North Riverside Drive McHenrv, Illinois 60050 lanes ON ALL f̂altzcjzaff 25% Off DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY MANY OTHER ITEMS 385-0297 25% tO 50% Off Presents Live Entertainment The Dan - Dee's Fri. & Sat. Night