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SECTION 2 - PAGE 9 - PLAINHF. ALER-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8.1»7« . Wonder Lake Mary Jean Huff 728-0267 I* "Breakfast With Santa Sunday, Dec..12 Sunday, Dec. 12, will be a big day in Wonder Lake. The Ladies Sodality of Christ the King church is sponsoring "Breakfast with Santa" from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the church hall. Everyone in the area is invited. \ The temptinig menu will include scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns/ biscuits, juice and coffee foifminimal charges for adults and\children. A photographer will be available ii you would like a souvenir picture of your child with Sahta. There will also be a bazaar with hand crafted items, ideal as Christmas gifts. Jolly Old Saint Nick will also be handing out goodies to all the children. Don't miss this ex­ citing seasonal happening! HONOR SOCIETY Good news is always welcome in our Wonder Lake column and we were happy to receive a phone call from a proud mother, Carol Garlinski, telling us that her son, John Frett, was one of the students at Marian Central high school to be given membership in the Bishop Lane chapter of the National Honor society. This honor is awarded to students who meet the qualifications of scholarship, leadership, character and service. The letter telling of John's accomplishment was a sort of "welcome home" gift to Carol who has just returned from an eight-day trip to Oldham, England, where she visited her sister and her family. Ac­ companying Carol on the trip was her mother, Mrs. Teresa Godina of McCullom Lake. They enjoyed some sight­ seeing, including London, the moors and some old castles. Interestingly enough, while touring Westminster Abbey on Thanksgiving day, it was an­ nounced that there would be a moment of prayer for the Americans who were celebrating Thanksgiving day and for their president-elect, Jimmy Carter. Coming home required a bit of adjusting for Carol and her mother, a«r the weathar in> England had temperatures in the 40's and 50's compared to our sub zero temperatures here in Wonder Lake. YOUNG AT HEARTS When the Young at Hearts met Wednesday, Dec. 1, at Christ the King hall, the main topics of discussion were the upcoming shopping trip to Hawthorn, Lakehurst and a huge K Mart and the annual Christmas party. Happy birthday wishes were extended to George Hartmann,' Lucille Gildemeister, Lucille Kowar and Pearl Pauello. The group was happy to welcdme back Ed Dolan who had been hospitalized and is making a very nice recovery. Get well wishes went to Sam Winters in Memorial hospital, Woodstock and to Ruth Ed­ wards in McHenry hospital. Following a delicious luncheon, the Young at Hearts enjoyed friendly conversation and games of cards. WOMEN'S CLUB Members of the Women's club of Wonder Lake will meet at the Wonder Lake inn Saturday, Dec. 11, at 10:30 a.m. for a Christmas brunch. There will be a grab bag gift ex­ change. Any member without reservations can call Mrs. Grace Smith at 653-4466. BELATED BIRTHDAYS Sorry, we didn't have any Wonder Lake news last week, but we still want to offer these birthday greetings, belatedly. Happy birthday to Caryn Hartmann, who was 17 Dec. 4 and to Mary Weber who also was 17 years old Dec. 4. Belated anniversary greetings to Randy jmd Karen Funk who were married seven years ago Dec. 6. AMERICAN LEGION Christmas is near and most of our thoughts concern our own families and what we can buy for them. This is as it should be - but let's not forget the needy right here in Wonder Lake. The members of the American Legion have not. They are asking for donations of non-perishable food items from all of us. Bring your contributions to the Legion hall before the Dec. 22 deadline. Last year the Legionnaires distributed fifty-two Christmas baskets in Wonder Lake. GARDEN CLUB Thompson's Flowers provided the program for the November meeting of the Wonder Lake Garden club at the home of Mrs. Doris Lockerbie. It was a "question and answer" session with Mr. Thompson graciously responding to each and every question about the selection and care of plants. I don't have to tell you how wonderful the program was when the meeting started promptly at 8 p.m. and was still going strong at 10 p.m.! Steaming coffee and delicious desserts capped a perfect evening. Our December meeting will be our annual luncheon and gift exchange Dec. 9. God bless! Mrs. B. Alderson, publicity chairwoman BAPTIZED Recently baptized at Nativity Lutheran church were Sarah Lynnor Boelter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Boelter and Jeffrey Scott Krumsee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Krumsee. New members of Nativity are Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Rusco, who transferred from Berry Memorial Lutheran church in Chicago, II. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY The Wonder Lake Coast Guard auxiliary held their election of officers at the meeting Nov. 27. The meeting, always open to the public, is held every month on the third Saturday at 8 p.m. at the east side firehouse. Present at the Novejnber meeting was Division Captain Clois Smith of Rockford who conducted the election of of­ ficers. Elected to the office of Commander was Hank Opensky, Wildwood sub­ division, to replace outgoing Commander Kenneth Powers, Deep Spring Woods sub­ division, who did a grand job. Lou Narowetz, SunriSe Ridge, will be serving as vice- commander with Hank. The auxiliary will be hosting their Change of Watch dinner at the Hunter Country club in Richmond Jan. 22, 1977. Everyone is invited to attend. For further information or tickets call any auxiliary member or Tri Marine. BIRTHDAYS Happy tenth birthday to Barbara Ann Brisinte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Brisinte, Dec. 8. Happy birthday to Joanne Hallerud Dec. 8. Happy ninth birthday to Gary Stilling Dec. 9 and to Andy Stilling, who will be three years old Dec. 13. Gary and Andy are sons of Roger and Pat Stilling. Happy birthday to Barbara Heaver Dec. 9. Happy thir­ teenth birthday to Tommy Burrows, son of Audrey and Tom Burrows, Dec. 10. Happy birthday to Marlene Malo Dec. 10. Happy sixth birthday to Todd Parquette, son of Ron and Nancy Parquette Dec. 11. Happy birthday to Mary Jane Mogdans Dec. 12. Happy six­ teenth birthday to Stephen Mathews, son of Tom and Lois Mathews, Dec. 12. Happy ninth * birthday to Jimmy Wagner, son of Dr. Merrill and Rosemary Wagner Dec. 13. Happy days to all of you! COMMUNITY CALENDAR Dec. 9 - Harrison school lower 1NGS TOME- Movin' On - Indian Style (Fourteenth in a regional history series by Virginia Differding and Walter Wallace, prepared as a Bicentennial contribution from Northern Illinois university. - Ed.) Imagine packing rall your belongings and moving three or four times a year without an RV, a rented truck, a trailer or even a car. If you'd been born a member of the Illinois Indian tribe living in our region not long ago, you wouldn't question such frequent moves. After all, it was the traditional way of life. For the Illinois, hunting, farming and food^-gathering were all conducted within a nomadic framework that combined to provide a stable economy in harmony with the environment. Early each spring, the In­ dians left their small, separate winter villages and g&hered at sites chosen for thei^summer agricultural villages. There they erected podges that resembled long^arbors, varying in size to house from 15 to 50 people. In concept, the lodges were more like apartment houses than single family dwellings. Inside, each family had its own cooking fire and usually four or five fires glowed along the center of the lodge. A double thickness of reed mats attached to poles covered interior walls and floors as protection from wind and rain. Benches near walls were used grade Christmas program, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11 - Laker's Snowmobile Christmas party, Timbers, 7 p.m. Woman's club Christmas brunch. Wonder Lake inn, 10:30 a .m . * „ Dec. 12 - Breakfast with Santa, Christ the King hall, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 15 - Lakers Snowmobile meeting Dec. 18 - Snowmobile Safety class, Wonder Lake inn, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 19 - Christmas concert, Harrison school, 3 p.m. Christmas program. Nativity Lutheran cfcurch, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 22 - Early dismissal, Harrison school Cub Scout Pack 145 meeting Wb gel over 15*000 calls a day, and tney're all person-to-person. ::: ££• ;:£ C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e 0 K W e ' l l t e l l t h e m e t e r a d e r t o k n o c k h a r d o n t h e u i n t l o u T h r e e t i m e s C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e N o , s i r , 1 d o n t o e l i e v e w e v e e v e r m e t C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e T o u r c a r b a c k e d i n t o t h e p o l e a n d t h e n w h a t ? C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e D o I s p e a k S p a n i s h ? M u c h a c h a C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e N o m a a m , I ' m n o t 2 r e c o r d i n g s o y l a m e ) o r r e p r e s e n t a o t e e n C h i c a g o s u r ! C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e A h e r M r E d i s o n i s n t I n r i g h t At Commonwealth Edison, our Customer Service telephones ring over 15,000 times a day. Most of the time, it's customers like you with questions about their electric service--questions we're happy to answer. Of course, we get complaints now and then. And some strange requests. But we get our compliments, too. Along with an occasional wrong number. An average call? There's really no such thing. So our only guideline is to be efficient and courteous. Because even though our phone never seems to stop ringing, it still boils down to one person talking to another. Commonwealth Edison as beds and animal skins became blankets. Typically, storage pits were dug under floors and lodge doors were enclosed by awning­ like collections of foliage. Often, such summer villages were located alohg the edge of a meadow or river bank in long, narrow strips. One lodge large enough to accommodate the entire village usually was built for religious and civil purposes. The basic crop was corn, though beans, gourds, pum­ pkins, squash, tobacco and watermelons also were plan­ ted. Usually, the Indians arrived at the summer site in April and planted the com early in May. Each household had its own field, but all worked together in a cooperative fashion. Before leaving for the communal buffalo hunt, the women weeded and hilled the corn stalks, then planted beans, squash and pumpkins in bet­ ween. In June, most of the villagers set off for the buffalo hunt, leaving behind a few women to guard crops against birds or other predators. During the hunt, which lasted from three to six weeks, all members of the tribe stayed together to fully utilize everyone's labor and as pifotection against enemy tribes. Traditional hunt laws prohibited actions by any in­ dividual that might jeopardize the hunt's success. Hunting expeditions usually required traveling con­ siderable distances, though often travel was difficult because of thick forests and the seemingly endless prairie. Some food was carried along, but often fasting was required if the hunt was prolonged. Dugout canoes called pirougues were made by set­ ting fire to a tree at its base, felling it, then using fire and stone axes to hollow out enough room to carry from 40 to 50 people. Tracking skills and survival techniques such as locating water sources were of course highly developed. After finding buffalo, the younger tribesmen would use bows to shoot arrows at the animals, leaving the job of butchering to the elder men. Women had the task of getting carcasses back to the summer villages. Only those animals needed for food were killed. Toward mid-July, the tribe would return to the summer village to . start harvesting crops and prepare food caches for winter. All crops were harvested by the women, ex­ cept for tobacco, which only the older men were allowed to harvest, qualified both by age and honor accorded them. This was done according to strict ceremonial procedures, as tobacco was considered a sacred plant having spiritual significance through its use in the calumet (pipe-smoking) ritual. Besides these crops, the Indians made full use of wild plants for their food supply since their knowledge of plant resources was quite extensive. Father Allouez, a Jesuit missionary, reported that at least 14 types of roots were consumed, all acceptable to his palate, and 42 kinds of fruit, including apples, berries, grapes, plums and per­ simmons. Sunflower seeds, walnuts, hickory nuts and pecans all were available, while herbs were used for both nutritional and medicinal purposes and macoupin root was an im­ portant source of protein. To get this root, the women waded waist deep into water to pull it from a river bottom. After roasting for five to six hours, the roots reportedly take on a flavor similar to that of sweet potatoes. Their seeds, high in protein, were either eaten raw or crushed into a flour. Known also as the yellow lotus, the macoupin root is the largest water lily of the nor­ thern Midwest. Now, it is almost extinct. The Indians obtained salt from the saline springs bor­ dering on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. As fall approached, the tribe left the summer villages and moved to smaller winter villages, dividing into groups of 200 or 300 to more effectively hunt deer, bears, turkeys, lynx, swans and ducks. In fact, one missionary, Father Gabriel Marest, reported that about twenty-two types of mammals and 40 kinds of game and fish, especially catfish, were part of the Indian diet. When the weather grew colder, the hunting parties became smaller as the supply of game diminished. During the coldest months, if hunting was done at all it usually was on an individual basis. The winter villages consisted of pole and mat dwellings generally smaller and more oval shaped than the summer lodges and corresponding more to our mental image of wigwams. Bark boards gave added weather protection. Occupied for six to seven months of the year, and laid out along streets, their size and construction varied according to use and needs. Food during the winter and early spring consisted largely of what had been put away in the fall. The Indians divided their days and nights by the position of the moon. Though they did not have our concept of a week, they had twelve months of twenty-six days each and a period called the Lost Moon added after every thirty moons. For winter clothing, women wore skirts, blouses and capes made from animal skins, usually deer, sometimes ad­ ding jewelry made from cut stones and porcelain. The men wore breechcloths, leggings and capes. Inside the wigwam or in summer, it was common to wear nothing but moccasins. Interestingly, after the French settled here the Indian men began wearing more clothing while the French men took to wearing breechcloths in the summer months. The migratory, diverse patterns of susistence by the Indians fit the changing seasons and utilized the wealth of the land. Unlike today, whatever land was claimed was used. The Indians had a much different approach to land ownership than we have today, some tribes believing they'd originally been created from the land on which they lived. Most considered the land they occupied a tribal territory under supernatural decree with their land rights stemming from customary usage. A particular area or resource might be the special preserve of a certain family, band or subtribe, though the tribe itself still collectively controlled land use. None had exclusive authority or claim, however, and all land sustained the general economy at some season of thea nnual cycle. Given this feeling toward the land and the orientation to collective ownership, it's possible to see why the Indians did not look upon their land as something to be bought or sold. It was a grant to them, not in an individualistic, capitalistic sense, but as an intrinsic, emotional identification with the land. Much of the confusion bet­ ween Indians and whites over land treaties reflected this basic difference. The Illinois thus ceded land to settlers with the idea that it was to be a temporary use of the homeland, but the settlers failed to understand the con­ cepts of collective ownership and supernatural rights. NEXT. The Illinois' Society V.A. NEWS i: The Veterans administration today reminded veterans and servicemen enrolled in college under the GI bill that if they need tutoring help, the VA stands ready to pay for it. Uncle Sam didn't pay for tutorial assistance for World War II and Korean conflict ' veterans but under present law VA will pay as much as $65 a month for tutoring up to a maximum of $780. And the tutorial help is not charged against the veteran's basic educational entitlement, VA pointed out. In addition to veterans and active duty servicemen, tutorial benefits are available to widows, widowers, spouses and children studying under the VA's Dependents' Educational Assistance program. Veterans and servicemen studying at the post-secondary level on at least a half-time basis are eligible if they have a deficiency in a subject required in an approved program of education, VA said. Application should be made within a year of the tutoring. It should be submitted to the VA regional office which maintains the veteran's claim folder and it should be certified by the school, VA said. i 4-H NEWS | MODERN MISSES The monthly meeting of the Modern Misses 4-H club took place at Parkland school. The secretary's report indicated that there was $161.61 in the treasury. New business brought about the discussion of the Christmas party plans. It was decided to be held Dec. 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Parkland school. Prizes will be awarded for winners of the scheduled games. The December meeting will proceed the Christmas party Dec. 21. Amy Opfer, Reporter LICENSE SUSPENDED Ronald E. Stackler, Director of the Illinois Department of Registration, last week suspended the license of a Chicago medical doctor who was charged with writing 1,082 prescriptions for controlled drugs for no therapeutic pur­ pose. The license of Dr. Louis H. Coggs, of 9330 S. Vernon, Chicago, was suspended pending a hearing before the Illinois Medical Disciplinary board. "The department's information indicates that Dr. Coggs' continuation in practice would be an immediate danger to the public," Stackler said._ HORNSBYS family centers ^ 4400 W. ROUTE 120, McHENRY RTE. 47 ft COUNTRY CLUB RD. WOODSTOCK, ILL. HOURS: DAILY 9 til 9 SUNDAY 10 til 6 coming to fo*n SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 1:00-5:00P.M. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12 1:00-5:00P.M. Santa makes his official entrance to McHenry this weekend and has stocked our store full of toys for boys and girls of all ages. We have the largest and most complete selection of toys in the McHenry area. Come talk to Santa now! & $ m &