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Page Fourieen THEMcHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday, October 16, 1958 SERVICED STATE CHOKE Of GIFTS FOR FAMILIES. FRIENDS TO SEND TO FARAWAY PLACES The odds on. choice for Christ- | mas of servicemen overseas is J to be home. Short of that ideal • .gift, they've told American Red , Gross field directors they would : like home to come to them--in j the form of home-made foqd, ( family photos, recordings of family gatherings. home-town ; gapers and, above all else, more i mail. j The majority of the service-j men and women and their dependents queried in the annual j Survey said they could buy most of the traditional gift ' items in their post exchanges or ships' stores. Many state that the best possible Christ-j fnas gift would be a promise , from the folks at home to] write regularly throughout the year--"A letter every week for the whole year is better than any single Christmas gift," they all said. i However, home-made food j ranked high as a preferred gift ; ---"Any food from home tastes j so much better than the mess ; halls or local bakeries can pro- : vide." The common complaint j about receiving food from home : was that it usually arrived badly broken up. The serviceman ' said that peanut butter cookies ; and similar items usually ar-) rive in bits, no matter how well 1 packed. All stressed the fact j that the food -- cookies, fruit cakes, brownies, home-made candy--should be able to stand up under rough handling in shipment, preferably wrapped^ ift foil paper and packed in tins : or air-tight jars. " Other favorite gifts were pic- . tures of family groups, sweetheart and friends, especially j snapshots of the family amidst i .Christmas decorations as a re-1 minder of when the servicemen | were home for the holidays , and how it will be when they , return. They emphasize the i picutres should, of necessity, j be small, billfold size, or in light Sturdy frames. j Another way to send a touch | of home to the servicemen overseas is through recordings ; "Of family members, friends and I neighbors telling about what goes on at home 'There's nothing like hearing the voices ; of your family, and a record- ! ing can be replayed many times." All had one admonition--" Keep it cheerful." Many servicemen asked for subscriptions to the home-town newspaper, preferably by airmail--" The papers carry lots of local items which are interesting to read but which nobody thinks to write us about." Other favorite means of keeping the serviceman overseas in touch and in step with life in ^,?je U. S. is through the latest books--"the selection of current books overseas usually is jjyetty poor;" subscriptions to magazines -- "our newstands ISP them late and run out early"; and the latest popular recordings, in 33 or 45 rpm--"the records available here are seldom up-to-date or by the most "popular recording star back home." Even though service- Ihen don't own a phonograph, they say they can play their bwn records at the Red Cross recreation centers or at service clubs. American-style civilian clothing is always, welcome to the American overseas. Service families with small children all emphasize the difficulty of finding suitable children's clothing --and toys and books--at many overseas stations. And service wives, WACS and nurses all would like to get good stockings and lingerie, preferably nylon, for Christmas, as these items also are in short supply at most overseas posts. Servicemen said they would like casual sport shirts, slacks and other non-military wearing apparel in the easy-to-wash synthetic fabrics. A gift of money, the servicemen said, would of course en-, able them and their^ families to buy themselves something extr^ special for Christmas either in service stores or civilian shops. They stress that it should be in the form of postal money orders as American currency is difficult to exchange in many places and checks are either impossible to cash or require the payment of a fee. On the undesirable list are such items as military-type clothing, cigarettes, watches, ties, cameras, and sporting goods, all of which can be purchased at most PK's, and at bargain prices. The servicemen and women a^ked that families and friends air mail for all letters and ChVistmas cards. They believe anjj persons in the States tKink that an APO or FPO address automatically guarantees a letter will be sent air mail with just a four-cent stamp, which is not the case. They are insistant that the folks at home put 7 cents on the envelope and mark it "AIR MAIL" because it takes surface mail up to forty days to reach such far away places as Turkey, Korea and Formosa. Finally, and importantly, the Post Office and Defense departments advise that Christmas parcels should be mailed between Nov. 1 and Nov. 20 for delivery by surface mail--ship --to servicemen overseas, and by Dec. 10 for delivery by air mail. They urge that persons in this country should keep in I mind that the farther away I from the U. S. the serviceman ! is stationed, the earlier the parcels should be mailed to insure delivery to him before Christ- Sunnyside Estates Home Bureau Forms Unit j At Sunnyside From"A to Z | A new branch of the McHen- | ry County Home Bureau spon- i sored by the Sunnyside unit, I has been formed and will be j called tfye 4-H Cardinals. Two : of our young residents have j joined this club and will partic- ! ipate in its various-projects, t some of which will be baby sit- i ting, a party a month and clothing. Charlotte Gcrke and Ida Leakey joined others in this area for these meetings j under the leadership of Mrs. j L. C. Stuart of Eastwood Man- ! Halloween Party » There are only a couple of weeks of preparations for the Halloween party. If the 'teen agers haven't already called on you, expect them very shortly. They are- collecting fiom each family so that wfe can obtain the things needed. YVe have received a sizeable donation from our disposal company which, added to what each family contributes, .will assure us of a 'good time for all". More details next week. SAFETY OQUNCIL URGES CARE ON HALLOWE'EN NIGHT PLAN FOR SKIN Two of a Kind ' Sol artd Randy Kobus spend their Wednesday evenings busily engaged at the Boy Scout headquarters; Sol in the capacity of leader and Randy as one of the scouts participating in shop craft. Randy's main projects at present include painting flower pots and cutting decorative, wooden memo pads. Living up to the scout motto, he will donate these items to the St. John's P.T.A. bazaar in November. Speaking of the bazaar, the call is out for various items to be donated. Some things needed include, doll clcthes, stuffed toys, house plants, canned goods, j bakery goods and other miscel- | lany which can be sold or traded at a bazaar. I More about this later but think about what you may be • able to contribute. | -- i i TEST PROGRAM AT RICHMOND SCHOOL The McHenry County Tuberculosis association is sponsoring a skin testing clinic at the Richmond Community high school on Oct. 21. Permit cards are being sent to the parents of high school freshmen and cafeteria workers and .to the parents of first grade students at the Richmond grade school, St. Joseph's, first grade, Spring Grove1 first grade, St. Peter's first grade, English Prairie first grade. Keystone school first grade and Solon Mills school first grade. There is no charge for this service.. This is part of the McHenry County Tuberculosis association's program and is paid for by funds received for Christmas Seals. Little Carolyn as about out of breath--it isn't easy for a 3-year-old to keep up with older children on. their Halloween triek-or-treat rounds. She has piped "Trick or treat!" to dozens of people in the neighborhood, and had filled a bag. almost as big as its proud possessor. Whether the other /children grew tired of waiting for xraro- Tyn, or whether she stopped" to | trust a tiny hand into the sack of treats--no one, knows why j she got behind s<r far she had i to run to catch lip. She was hit and killed in the middle of an intersection by a car. No wonder parents are especially concerned with the welfare of their children on Hallowe'en night. It's a night when bedtime is moved back an hour--or two, if the protests are long and loud enough and little ' ones are allowed the. unaccustomed privilege of roaming a'dark street. Little wonder, then, that organizations such as the National Safety Council are urging parents--and children, too - to go all out to make this Oct. 31 safe from Hallowe'en hazards. I "No one," the Council points out, "wants to spoil the fun of youngsters bn Hallowe'en. We all were kids onee, too. "But Halloween need not be -- should not be --• a time of tragedy." How can parents make Halloween free from tragedy?' | Turn yottr attention to these (items, the Council advises: I Buy your children light-col- I ored Costumes--they're easier I to see at night. Ahd make sure j the outfits aren't tripping haz- | ards, and that they're flameproof. I Masks are dangerous be- I cause they restrict vision. They : are also hot and some are ] scratchy, scrkids Will welcome J a painted false face. A little | rouge, eyebrow pencil and j moustache stick can make | children miniature ghosts, g|obj liris, pirates or clowns -- but with the added safety factor of ; allowing them to see danger in | time to avoid it. I Remind children that on Hal- | lowe'en, as during the rest of I the year, such safety precautions as these Should be observed: No dashing from between parked cars, no playing in the street, no crossing the street I without first looking both i ways. | To make doubly sure motor- | ist can see costumed children, . put reflectorized tape or bands 1 on their outfits. 4-H News F-K Cardinals The F-H Cardinals , of McHenry is a new club which held its first meeting in 'August. It is sponsored by the Sunnyside Women's Home Bureau. We have twenty-five girls registered and working on three projects -- sewing, party- a-month, and baby sitting. Four ot our girls have f in- i ished their first garments, Lind a C h a r b o n n i e r , C a r o l A n n N i e m i e c , N o r m a G r u h n a n d Lynn Stuar^ Our first party was held Sept. 18 at our leader's home in Eastwood Manor. It was a pot-luck and cook-out combina^ tion. . it The 4-H leaders In charges of our new club are Mrs. Malar,. Charbonnier and Mrs. June Stuart, both from Eastwood. • Manor. Our girls are from the tillage of Sunnyside, Stfnnyside Estates, Eastwood Manor, Pistakee Highlands, Pistakee Bay,' and McHenry. . , . Charlotte Gerke Reporter The laboratory and library used by Thomas A. Edison at the time of .his death in 1931 now is a national park and museum next to McGraw-Ediwn company factories in West Or-., ange, New Jersey. Most of us know precisely what we want, but can't afford it. I The use of special lenses ar?d magnifiers by people with low ; vision has increased enormously in the past year, according j to reports released by the Amj erican Foundation for the j Blind. Welcome We are happy to roil out the welcome mat once more; this time for the Robert Lasnek family. Bob and Carol and their three children, Shiela. 3la, Bobby, 2, and Kandy, 4 months. They moved into the Afkins home at 102 Oak Drive recently after leaving Ingleside. It is our hope they are as pleased here as we are to have them with us in Sunnyside Estates. Rirthdays Two birthdays in the Barbarsky family this week are i for Sophia on the sixteenth ana Frank on the eighteenth. Also a happy birthday to Bobbie Mischke who will be two on Oct. ?0 and Mike Major who will be twelve on the same day. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO BE INCREASED SOON People now drawing social security beenfits will rec their increased payment in check received early in Febru) ary, Bernard Barnett, district manager of the Waukegan sob-y ial security office, stated this past week. The increased payments will be m^de automatically and people drawing social security checks need not contact their social security office. The minimum benefit beginning in 1959 will be $33 artd a person now drawing the maximum of $108,50 will - $116 per month. The ma^M^um monthly payment to an^ 6ne family formerly limited to"$200 may now be as much as $254. Remember it is not necessary to contact the social security office about your increased payment. This increase will be made automatically. KING KORN STAMPS at RPlace Tavern with package goods. 22-e.o.w. WATCH REPAIRING AT ITS FINEST By McHenry's Oldest, Most Reliable Dealer STEFFAN'S JEWELRY STORE 514 W. 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