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Weary Travelers Award Beds First, Booby Prize (By Father WUliam 0. Hanner, rector emeritus of Holy Comforter church, EDiscopal, Kenilworth) I, do not always sleep well in my own good bed so the other night after we were safely home I lay awake thinking over our trip. We were gone four months and slept in seventeen different beds. yes,, dear Rip van Winkle, there was a first prize and a booby prize. The first, prize was won by Mrs. Craig Atkinson, ably assisted by her husband. In honor of our umpteenth visit to their palm fringed apartment in Miami Lakes, the beds that had gone through the young Atkinsons' minorities were discarded in favor of new twin beds with box springs and mattresses. It was quite an improvement though I am not one to look a gift bed in the mattress. Mr. Atkinson told his hospitable wife that, "Bill and Rose never complained about the old beds!, This was only too true. I was afraid to lest I be deprived of where to lay my aging, whitening head. I am told that his wife said something to the effect that "of course they hadn't complained but that you don't customarily run your friends beds down to them anymore than you would their fathers or mothers." With Mrs. Atkinson's sentiments I am in hearty accord. The beds were like the cigarettes that are "firm and fully packed and smooth and easy" on the sleeper. All day long I looked forward to nightfall so that I could return to my haven from which only Aurora's summons should call me. I slept the sleep of the just for I try to be a just man (nay even merciful-which is often to be preferred to justice). In thinking of Mr. Atkinson's outlook you will wonder why I give him any credit for the improved guest sleeping in his house. That is easy. He paid for the beds and anyone who picks up the chit should get some of the prizes. The only fly in the ointment is that guests will flock to the newly bedded house like insomniacs to Morpheus. The Atkinsons' apartment complex also boasts a bepalmed swimming pool- where with book and bottle, one can while away a pleasant afternoon watching the local sun hogs grease themselves up preparatory to browning themselves first on this side and then on that s ide in the warm Florida sun. And then we came home to the worst snow storm of the year. There ain't no justice. EXPERIENCES OF THE 1975 WINTER Now who gets the booby prize? It goes to an unnamed motel near the Sarasota airport. All through north Florida there were many - vacancies. We pressed on in a sort of fool's ideal paradise that this would continue. After supper in the Sarasota area we became aware that manv "no vacancies" signs were burning. We were turned down at several good places. I deter­ mined to take what I could get while I could still get anything. The next time I saw a vacancy sign still on I stopped and got a kitchenette room for $20 without use of the kitchenette. Ouch! It was clean enough and we were dog tired. It had to do. I got off to bed. I sank in the oversoft superstructure of the item of furniture that gave evidence of being a bed. It certainly looked like one. It was soft only on top, however, and I was brought up short on a layer of submattressial rock where my downward motion was arrested with a most adequate efficiency. I had struck sub­ merged rock. In her bed, poor Rose was impaled on a sub­ merged peak and signs and noises of sore distress arose from her quarter. I would not go so far as to admit we were profane but we were unhappy. There was nothing for it however so we turned in-- When out on the airport there arose such a clatter I spring from my bed to see what was the matter. 'Twas only a take-off plane making the din Scaring us all from the beds we had just now climbed in. And this dear good kind sympathizer continued all night. You lie awake some night counting the flights off the Sarasota airport. They must have all Miami planes making stops there. But I assuaged myself. We stopped at a pleasant old hotel in Clewiston where we had often stopped while we were Floridians. There westayedtwo whole nights. Once again we were well bedded-well fed and at ease. What a relief. Once when I was complaining bitterly to my son, Mike, about some of the unhappy exigen­ cies of travel be calmed me down with the observance- "Cheer up. Six months from now it will have been great fun." Maybe so. Six months haven't yet gone by since this one. After all, you spend about one-third of your life in bed and Science Winner ' For outstanding achieve­ ment in preparation of his Science project. "Water Pollution", entered in the category of Conservation, Mark Duffy will participate in the state-wide Science Fair at the University of Illinois, Champaign, May 10-11. Mark, a seventh grader at St. Priscilla school, Chicago was one of the youngest entries in the competition open to students from seventh through tenth grades. He won a ribbon and certificate for first place and a plaque for rating tops in his category and for out­ standing achievement and effort. From ten finalists in his school contest, Mark was one of five selected to continue in competition at the Museum of Treasurer Concerned Over State Finances Increased state expenditures have forced the Illinois State Treasurer's office to reduce its April 1 state investments in Illinois banks by $190 million from a year ago, State Treasurer Alan J. Dixon said this week. In a news conference at the state Captiol, Dixon said "The State of Illinois is in a very difficult financial position and it presently appears that state investments in Illinois banks will drop another $271 million -- or almost 75 per cent -- when bids are opened for the next award of state funds Sept. 1. "In plain, simple language, the situation on state in­ vestments will get much'worse before it starts to get better," Dixon said. "The state's reserves are rapidly declining. As a fiscal conservative, I am very concerned about our financial position." Five Grade Schools In Eagle Walk This Month PAGE 11 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1C, 1975 Extension Comments ORNAMENTAL IRON Railings-Columns Custom Fabricating Welding & Structural STEEL SALES ADAMS BROS. (Next to Gem Cleaners) 3006 W. Rte. 120 Phone: ^--385^783^ As Ready To Serve You On u/pdnesdav As Any Of The Six Days We're Open LOBBY: 9 a.m.-l2:30 p.m. DRIVE IN: 8:15-12:30 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF McHSNRY 3814 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 60050 Newspapers, Magazines Bottles, Cans 9 A.M. -5P.M Third Saturday Every Month Market Place for information call: 385-8512 4 * * * * Every child should have his chores whether the fam­ ily be rich or poor. you ought to enjoy it with pleasant memories afterward. Amen. April 26 will be an interesting day at Valley View school, with two exciting events are scheduled. The P.T.O. is sponsoring a Fun Fair, and the five grade schools ip District 15 are having an Eagle Walk. Gov. Dan Walker has proclaimed April 21-27 as "Bald Eagle Appreciation" week in Illinois. He urges schools and all, citizens of the state to cooperate in helping to insure the future of this national bird. Children of today are told of the beautiful Passenger Pigeons which once frequented the land in vast numbers. Now, in order to see one, it is necessary to visit the Field Museum to view a specimen in a glass case. The school feels Americans should do all they can to preserve the Bald Eagle so that it will never be necessary to explain to their grandchildren that "there used to be majestic birds called Eagles". The Bald Eagles have suf­ fered greatly because of man and are now considered one of the endangered species. Fish comprise 70 percent of their diet. F ceding on fish con­ taminated with DDT caused infertility of their eggs so for several years very few young were hatched. Hunters, too, caused their numbers to diminish. Eagles hover along the major rivers to be near their major food supply, many wintering near Clinton and Savannah. They once nested in Illinois, but now they move farther north with the advent of Spring. Refuges are needed where the Bald Eagle can find adequate roosting areas where they can winter in safety. The Ecology committee of District 15 decided to sponsor an Eagle Walk with a few- students from each school participating. Local citizens will be invited to pledge a small amount for each mile walked. The five schools will vie with each other to see which can earn the largest sum. Plans are being worked out. Watch the Plaindealer for complete details. Introduce Bill For State-Wide Medical Examiner Legislation to create a state­ wide medical examiner system for Illinois has again been in­ troduced in the Illinois House of Representatives by State Rep. W. Timothy Simms (R. Rock- ford) and fourteen, other sponsors. Among them is Thomas J. Hanahn (D- McHenry). The proposed new system will be administered on a state­ wide basis by a twelve member board which will be housed in the Illinois Department of Public Health. The board will have four physicians from the organized medical groups, three lawyers from the organized legal groups, three representatives of the major "consumers" of the service, and two public members. The board will be charged with appointing a chief medical examiner who must be a forensic pathologist, to administer the (By George J. Young, Extension Adviser, Agriculture, McHenry County) RECORDS"WILL HELP - Dairymen are well aware of the economic squeeze in 1974. Returns above feed cost per cow in 1974 averaged $282 according to the University of Illinois 1974 Farm Earning summary of the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management records. This corresponds with $446 and $438 returns above feed cost per cow in 1972 and 1973, respectively. DHIA production records will give you milk and butterfat records for each cow on a testing period and a lactation basis, feed records and income over feed cost, age at calving, the date each cow is due to freshen, conditions affecting fecord and days in the previous dry period, predicted 305-day. records, testing period and 365- day herd averages and iden­ tification of animals. Herd supervisors make monthly farm visits and the records used for this report are processed by electronic machines at the University of Illinois. DHIA production records will help you feed grain according to production and thus make you money, select cows show calves will be good herd replacements, cull low producers and increase your net income. Give Dave Plocher or me a call for more in­ formation on DHIA testing. system under a proposed seven district regional basis. The legislation also requires regular pathologists must head each district. CONGRATULATIONS - The McHenry-Lake Pork Producers association organized on April 1. Directors of the local association are Charles Beard, Hebron; Lester Guenther, Woodstock; Paul Kruse, Woodstock; Owen Richardson, Spring Grove; Burnell Russell, Round Lake and Richard Walters. Woodstock. NEW PUBLICATIONS - The University " of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service has nineteen new publications this year. This brings our list of current publications to ap­ proximately 1,000. In addition to the University of Illinois publications, we can assist you in ordering information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Illinois Small Homes council, and Illinois Natural History survey. Single copies of most of these publications are your for the asking. A few of the publications have a nominal charge. This field office of the University of Illinois College of Agriculture has served McHenry county residents for over sixty years. We are here to help you with Agriculture, Home Economics,' and 4-H related questions. If you are not familiar with our services, please stop in and become acquainted with us. We are located in the old Court house on the Square in Woodstock. * * * * A business has no more character than the people who operate it. Progress would be faster if people could go forward on excuses. STARTING THURSDAY • Good News! cJoodUotLS Miracle Prices Are Coming Back To Jewell Mark Duffy points to the city of Champaign. 111., on the state map. 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