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SECTION 2 - PAGE 2 - PLAlNDF ALER-FRIOAY. SEPTEMBER 24,IV» r Farm Women Launch Program Shimmering Strawberry Shake VIEW NEW RADIO EQUIPMENT - When the State of Illinois granted $48,000 to the Mobile Intensive Care program headquartered at McHenry hospital, the Johnsburg Rescue squad was one of the ambulance services which received two-way "remote" radio equipment. Shown above, checking their set, are Johnsburg Rescue's Bob Meyer and Mike DeWolfe with Motorola's Robert Snell. Malawi Means As the sun rises each morning above Lake Tanganyika in Africa, its rays color the water flaming red. Malawi, the nation bordering the west side of the Lake, means "land of the burning water WANTED People who enjoy Good Food at Reasonable Prjces FRIDAY FISH FRY 5 PM - 10 PM Perch - Whole Catfish - Halibut Shrimps Chicken • Steak Pistakee-Golf Club 815 W._Bay Road McHenry, III. Phone 815-9854 Keepin' Healthy Farm Bureau women launched their 1976-77 program of work at a September District 1 meeting, and among special projects will be efforts to en­ courage voters to register and vote. "We expect to continue our programs aimed at generating a better understanding between farmers and world-wide con­ sumers," said Mrs. Rosemary Bartman, Marengo, chairman of the McHenry County Farm Bureau Women's committee. Programs stressing safety and health aspects of life on the farm will be conducted, too. One special program planned for 1977 will occur Feb. 14--it / will be called Sweetheart Power day-a special day for Farm Bureau women in Illinois to conduct their own Farm Bureau membership drive. "Farm Bureau is a family affair. Farming is a family affair. The activity Feb. 14 will demonstrate the importance and dedication of women in Farm Bureau in a statewide membership drive effort," continued Mrs. Bartman. Farm Bureau women are encouraged to sponsor a Marketing Seminar for Women and an Estate Planning program for both men and women during the year. Goal of the estate planning program is to help farm families learn methods of estate conservation, value of this planning and to become motivated to seek professional help in planning estate matters. "Marketing is an important part of farming, and women need to know more about it," observed Mrs. Bartman. The seminar will be tailored to increase the knowledge of farm women in such things as four marketing alternatives, using the futures' market and hedging." Most immediate , project concerns the upcoming elec­ tion. John Martin, Farm Bureau president who attended that district meeting where women launched their 1976-77 program of work, said, "Farmers are a minority but an organized minority can be influential." Asserted Martin:* "Only a small percentage of all eligible voters go to the polls election day, perhaps as little as 40 percent. Many of them are uninformed. If Farm Bureau members are informed and vote, they can be a deciding factor, especially in county elections where the percentage in McHenry county is above average." Martin says some people respond by saying "my vote doesn't. matter" but he an­ swers, "If you don't want to help elect people you want to make decisions, here are some of the decisions the people that others elect will make," and then he recited this list: -Help set property taxes. -Preside over some of the courts. -Determine how much state income tajc is returned to local government. -May write regulations for using farm chemicals. -Decide what kind of road system Illinois has and will have. -Set. the policy for running the University of Illinois. -Determine what kind of national farm program this nation will have. -Write rules for handling farm and other labor disputes. -Determine the direction of federal government. by Mary Richards About ten years ago, in the state of Ohio, the widow of an elderly physician, while going through her husband's medical supplies, found several small needles, about the size of old phonograph needles. She didn't know what they were...just that they looked valuable. So she put them in her safety deposit box. Some months later, a customer of that same bank, who also happened to be a federal nuclear physicist, was surprised to find, upon entering the safety deposit vault, that his personal radiation detector began "beeping." With the cooperation of the bank's of­ ficials, an intensive radiation surveillance of the vault was conducted, and the widow's safety deposit box was iden­ tified as the source of the radiation. When she was called in to the bank and asked to open her box. it was discovered that the mysterious needles were radium needles, of the type used in cancer therapy. The needles had begun to leak, and had contaminated the entire safety deposit vault. It was a task of epic proportions to destroy and try to replace each and every piece of paper contained in all the safety deposit boxes...money, deeds to homes, family records, anything made of paper. The vault itself, and everything in it, had to be decontaminated before it Was. declared safe for use. It cost the bank thousands of dollars, and untold inconvenience to customers and bank personnel. A year or so later, a similar incident occurred in Kentucky. Because of the possibility of such an ocdurrence in Illinois, staff of the state health department's Division of Radiological Health recently conducted a "spot check" radiation survey in two Chicago banks. They found a total of twelve safety deposit boxes...four in one bank and eight in the other...emitting radiation. Fortunately, the radioac­ tivity was not from leaking radium needles...just watches with radium dials! Since this radiation is harmless, no papers had to be destroyed and no decontamination was required. But the chief of the Division of Radiological Health would like to conduct this type of survey in every bank in Illinois. "There are a lot of banks in the state," he pointed out, "and although our spot check yielded nothing more than radium-dial watches, that accounts for only two banks." He conceded it is possible that, somewhere in Illinois, the family of a deceased physician has found some valuable looking little needles and placed them in a safety deposit box. If you want more information For only $L58,you can make a ten-minute Long Distance call to the farthest point in the United States. It's almost 2,000 miles from Illinois to Patrick's Point in northern California. By our calculations, it's about the farthest point from Illinois in the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Yet for just $1.58, you can call Patrick's Point by Long Distance and talk for ten minutes. All you have to do is dial direct. And call on the weekend--anytime Saturday or before 5 p.m. Sunday. Now if you can make a ten-minute call as far away as Patrick's Point for only $1.58--obviously, it would cost even less to call Tbpeka or Pittsburgh or just about anywhere else in the U.S. Illinois Bell about the state health depart­ ment's radiological sur­ veillance program, contact your local health department, or write to Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Radiological Health, 535 West Jefferson Street, Springfield, II ., 62761. HERE AND THERE IN BUSINESS Beverly Ebert Named To Head Realtor Board The McHenry County Board of Realtors elected 1976 officers at their Sept. 16 meeting held at the Branded Steak House in Crystal Lake. Those elected were president, Beverly Ebert; vice- preisident, John Harding; secretary, Frankie Johnson; treasurer, John Jung; and directors (serving a two year term) Joyce Ross and Horace Wagner; and (serving a one year term) Bill Essex. The new officers will be formally installed at the annual Christmas party Dec. 5. Board committee chairmen's annual reports were presented at the meeting. Beverly Ebert, president of the McHenry County Board of Realtors, presented the Illinois Association of Realtors 1975 Million Dollar club awards to Jo Dunning of Gateway in Crystal Lake; Mimi Runchey of Century 21 Sketch Book in Cary; Mary Dubovik of Cen­ tury 21 Algonquin Realty in Algonquin; Forrest Clinard of Centruy 21 Algonquin Realty; and Patty Neville of Century 21 Sketch Book in Cary. Million Dollar award winners not present at the September meeting were Ronald E. Freund of Byrnes Brothers in Crystal Lake; Phil Pawl of Northern Illinois Realty Ser­ vice, Inc., in McHenry; Bar­ bara McKinley and Barbara A. Byron of Byrnes Brothers in McHenry. The board voted to again donate $1,000 to the McHenry County Historical society. Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you? -Shakespeare. While fresh strawberries are in season, treat your brood to this tasty Shimmering Strawberry Shake, made in your blender with fresh fruit and sweetened condensed milk. Shakespeare said that "summer's lease hath all too short a date." So does the fresh strawberry season. Make the most of this fabulous fruit, everybody's favorite, by mounding the lovely fresh berries in your prettiest crystal bowl to dip in confec­ tioner's sugar and cream, or use them on any kind of cereal, for scrumptious pies and cakes, tasty homemade preserves--and for this lusciously creamy, super cooling drink to whip up in a Jiffy with your blender. Like sipping pink clouds. Sure to please both small fry and grown-ups, Shimmering Strawberry Shake owes its velvet texture and natural sweetness to sweetened condensed milk--no additional sugar needed. Matter of fact, sweetened condensed milk blended with almost any sort of fresh fruit is a marriage made in heaven. The perfect toast to summer days. THICK 'N CREAMY STRAWBERRY WHIP (Makes 1 quart) 1 pint fresh strawberries, cleaned and hulled (reserve several for garnish, if desired) Vi cup ReaLemon Reconstituted Lemon Juice 1 (14-oz.) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk 2 cups crushed ice In blender container, combine all ingredients in order listed: blend until smooth. If desired, garnish with reserved strawber­ ries. Refrigerate any leftovers. (Mixture stays thick and creamy in the refrigerator.) Tip: 2 cups frozen strawberries, thawed, may be substituted for fresh strawberries: drain syrup if using sweetened type. Collector's Edition Magazine Chronicles Ten Years of the Best of Daytime TV ictor Jonathon Frid, who plays Vampire Barnabas Collins "Dark Shadows," tries to put the bile on Grayson Hall, the Psy­ chiatrist Dr. Hoffman. After five years off the television screen (except in South America) popular "Dark Shadows," will be seen again on many (J.S. stations. NEW YORK, N.Y. (Ed.)- From vamps to vampires, healers to heels, heroines to heartbreakers--all the actors and actresses and the stories which have held us spellbound during the daytime hours of television--come to life again in a deluxe collectors' edition magazine presenting "The #iBest of Daytime TV." The special silver-covered magazine, which culls 10 years of stories and pictures from "Daytime TV Maga­ zine," commemorates the 10th anniversary of the oldest and most popular monthly maga­ zine which presents all as­ pects of daytime serials ("soap operas") and game shows, beloved daily TV fare. The story of how Eileen Letchworth had an actual face lift written into her part as Margo Flax in "All My Children," is reprinted from a 1974 issue of "Daytime TV." Susan Seaforth's mother tells the heart-warming story of Susan's tender, romantic, unusual wedding to Bill Hayes last year. Bill and Susan, who play Doug Wil­ liams and Julie Anderson in "Days of Our Lives," have been voted Best Actor and Best Actress in the Best Pro­ gram for the past several months by readers of "Day­ time TV." Gamesters will enjoy the "Test Your Memory" quiz in "The Best of Daytime TV" which also contains 25 full color portraits and 300 photos of stars of today and stars well remembered. And readers can get to know the game show stars intimately through revealing interviews with Mike Doug­ las, Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore, in "The Best of Day­ time TV, 10th Anniversary Issue" which goes on the newsstands on July 27th. Daytime TV star, Mary Stuart, has been the heroine of "Search for Tomorrow," since the show began in 1951--the longest role in TV history. u yy With The Return of Fall We Answer The Call To Open Our Door One Day More And Serve The Needs Of One And All BEGINNING SEPT. 26TN FAU t WINTER HOURS RETURN Open Sundays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ANELING LUS 6319 Route 14 Crystal Lake 815-455-3000 Where (fur People Are Our Higgenl "Plun " •33 Direct-Dial rates do not app'y to coin, hotel-guest, hospital patient, credit card, collect or person-to-person calls, or to calls charged to another number, because an Operator must I*' involved with such calls.They do apply on calls placed with an Operator from a residence or business phone where Direct Dial facilities are not available. Rates quoted do not include tax. M0N WED ft FRI. 8 a m to 9 p.m TOES THURS ft SAT 8 a.m. to 5 30 p.m