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PAGE 16 - PLAINDEALEK - FRIDAY. AUGUST 22, 1975 Public Pulse (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this column as an expression ot their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only request is that the writers give - signature, full address and phone number. We ask too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in objectionable taste.) J SC HOOL OPENING "Recently, I have heard and uead much scuttlebutt about our schools opening early for the school year. Some parents have even threatened not to allow their children to attend school before Labor day. "Parents, stop and look at some of the advantages this school calendar has and then think of the small disad­ vantages it has, and weigh all the facts. "When our children return to school in the Fall they are eager and rested after about a three-month vacation. Then our children have several vacations in between now and the first of the year. They have Columbus day. Veterans day. Thanksgiving, and finally Christmas. Our children are still eager from their long summer vacation. "After the first of the year our children have very few vacations: namely, Lincoln's birthday, Easter, •• and„ Memorial day. This is the time our children are starting to get restless. "Also, for the student who wants to work, with a school calendar such as this, he can be first in line to find a job. "I feel that this school calendar starting before Labor day has much merit, and we should be behind our ad­ ministrators 100 percent on this endeavor. "Dianne Miller" TIIE CENTENNIAL ISSUE "After reading the Plain- dealer centennial edition I just couldn't help but write this. "The beginning of Zion Lutheran church was started by my husband's grandfather, Minnie Block's father, Louis Pomrening. He walked from McHenry to Chicago collecting nickels, dimes and quarters toward building a Lutheran church in McHenry. "The Block family with very few other people built that little church on John street. The Block sisters and mother baked and cooked delicious food for church dinners so as to raise money for the church. "Out of town ministers preached sermons on Sunday afternoons. They ate and slept at the Henry Block home. "Minnie Block, my mother- in-law. died in McHenry when she was ninety-nine years old, emigrated from Germany when she was 13 years old. The rest of her life was spent in McHenry helping Zion Lutheran church. "Mrs. Louis Block. "3103 Charlotte Avenue. "McHenry. 111." • Tonight/" I read the entire centennial edition. it 's great -it 's really great. It amazes me to think of how all this material was gathered, and how well organized it all is. A dominant subject for each section, and being in sections it 's easier for the reader to handle, and also facilitates ready reference for later. "The colors are pretty to see, and are functional too in that they define the parts. And each of the color pages with the same excellent drawings, but each containing a different quotation. it 's really just great --just enough of sameness to link section to section, enough difference to define the parts. "I really took a Memory trip this evening. I remembered the screens on the windows of the old jewelry store; each screen had a scene painted on it. "I remembered trips to the lotus beds in the good "Glad" boats (of Hunter's?) "The movie theatre, and on hot summer evenings birds flew in the open doors, (the one- piano orchestra following every mood flickering there on the screen). "The Count lived here on our place for about six years. He was so good to me as a child. He gave me violet scented and flavored candle and a little wood box exquisitely polished that had a green stone scarab mounted on top. "Dorothy Lasch White" All this visible world is but an imperceptible point in the ample bos­ om of nature. -Blaise Pascal. Now at vour Liricoln-Mercurv dealer! SUMMER SAVINGS SALE Today's selling price is about MERCURY MONARCH FULLY EQUIPPED WITH , THESE IMPORTANT FEATURES: • Automatic transmission • Power steering • WSW steel-belted radials • AM radio • Economical 250 CID "Six' • Front disc brakes • Full wheel covers And these new features: • All-vinyl bench seats • Exclusive interior trim IMPORTANT NOTICE! % *To make your shopping easier for you, we had an independent shopping organization survey 51% of all Lincoln-Mercury dealers in the local Chicago area July 29 and 30,1975. $3778 is the average of all the prices quoted. Some prices were higher, some lower. And they did not include state and local taxes, license, or title. See your Lincoln-Mercury dealer for his price and terms. Bring this ad with you when you shop and compare this price with the window sticker. Available in red, silver, copper, white or dark brown. SEE YOUR LOCAL LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALER AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT! MERCURY LINCOLN Mays Sells For Less Gem Reversible Dust Mop Malibu Blanket ASSORTED COLORS 72 X 90 MAY S REGULAR $1.31 Vaseline Intensive Care Bath Beads 99? Vaseline INTENSIVE CARE IN baihbiads A TJ I w--"' Shower to Shower Body Powder %lggc BOOT POWDER MAY'S REGULAR 27c Bobby Pins 19° • ̂̂ 80-ct Gayta We Reserve The Right To Limit Quantities "Our Price Protection Policy guarantees these prices to be effective from Friday, August 22nd, through Saturday, August 23, 1975, regardless of cost increases A D R U G 4400 W. ROUTE 120 McHENRY, ILLINOIS