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yhureday, October 12, 1961 THE McHENRY PLAXNDEALEH ! Pag® Elertn UNDER 21 A column lor teen-agers By Dan Halligan DEAR DAN: This year we're having a big Christmas dance. Just a few days ago I met a very nice boy in the ninth grade. He asked me if I had been invited yet and when I said I hadn't, he changed the subject. He's real cute and a great guy and I want to know how I can get him to invite me. I really like him. -- L. S. DEAR L. S.: For all you know, he might intend to invite you as his date but look at the month -- it's only October. You wouldn't want to commit yourself this early because by the time the dance rolls around, you may like two or three other boys. 9 Relax for at least two full months and then let the word drift around among your friends that you would like to go to the dance but haven't as yet been asked. DEAR DAN: I don't date on my boy friend while he's away in service for six months but I don't see any harm in having a soda with a boy after school or even riding around town with some boys and girls, do you? My steady heard I had been doing some riding like this (in the daylight) and told me I couldn't do it anymore if. I still wahted to go with him. Is this fair of him? -- Not Trusted. A DEAR NOT TRUSTED: When a boy and girl go steady, y usually have the Understanding that they won't date others. However, When one of them steps out of the picture for a number of months, adjustments should be made. Apparently you don't mind not dating other boys while your steady is away and while I think you're only cutting off your own nose, if that's your agreement, live up to it. This business of not having a soda or taking a ride With a mixed group is something else again. The next step would be your orders not to talk to other boys. I personally think your boy friend is asking for too much of a restriction. I also think you're silly if you agree to his orders. DEAR DAN: My friends told me this girl in my room hang up on me when she found out who I was. Does this hank up on me when she found out who I was. Does thin mean she does like me? --* Anxious. DEAR ANXIOUS: Considering your age, which must be that of a sixth or seventh - grader, the girl's hanging up on you is about as good a sign as any. Either that or her father was standing near the phone. DEAR DAN: I would like to have pen pals between the ages of 13 and 15 and from different states. Faith Gibbs, 5296 East Mount Morris Road, Mount Morris, Mich. DEAR DAN: When a girl invites a boy into her home sljfeer he's brought her home from a date, how long should he stay? This boy usually brings me home between 11:30 and midnight and most of the time my parents are in bed. I want to make this boy some coffee or at least talk for a few minutes but my mother says it's wrong to have a boy in the house when all the adults are asleep. Is she right? -- Penny. DEAR PENNY: It would be more right than wrong if the boy happened to be engaged to you. Actually, a high school girl should say her goodnights at her front door. That way. she pleases her parents and the boy isn't encouraged too much gv I don't think your mother is being unreasonafBI^sjn her ^jfinion. I know as a parent I would rule the sajne way for my daughter. FARM ADVISER URGES SAFETY CHECK FOR FIRES LAUNCH INDUSTRY FORESTRY PROGRAM WITHIN ILLINOIS A new program of assistance to "Illinois forest landowners was launched last week by Qv. Otto Kerner when he offically accepted the first copy of the "Busy Acres in Illinois" manual. Howard W. Fox of Sinnissippi Forest, Oregon, chairman of the Illinois. Tree Farm committee, presented the first copy to the governor. '1^. total of 75,000 copies will be mailed to landowners in Illinois with ten or more «sres of timber," Fox said, this booklet will go, to Illinois' 102 counties and is expected to show the landowner how to grow trees for profit and, other multiple use benefits." Forestry leaders from the wood-dependent industries, government and conservation agencies hailed the program as a step forward in helping state's 131,000 woodland owners. For the most part. Fox said, these owners are rot properly caring for their existing timber and are fanning marginal and sub-marginal lands which should be growing trees. BE WISE Use The Classifieds F A T ©WERWEI©HT Available to you without a doctor's praicription, our drug called ODRINEX. You muit lota ugly fat In 7 days or your monay back. No ttranuous •*•*- ciso, laxatives, masiaga or taking of to-called reducing candiei, crackers or cookies, or chewing gum. ODRINEX Is a tiny tablet and easily swallow^. When you take ODRINEX, you still en|oy your meals, still eat the foods you like, but you simply don't have the urge for extra portions because ODRINEX depresses your appetite and de creases your desire for food. Your weight must come down, because as your own doctor will tell you, when you eat less, you weigh less. Get rid of excess fat and Hve longer. ODRINEX costs $3.00 and is sold on this GUARANTEE: If not satisfied for any reason just return the package to your druggist and get your full money back. No questions asked. ODRINEX Is sold with tnls guarantee by: BOLGER'S Drug Store 103 S. Great St. * Phone EV 3-4500 If fire strikes your property, where will it start? What will likely cause it? These aren't just idle questions, says Farm Adviser Ralph Burnett in a special Fire Prevention Week message. More than $160,000,000 worth of farm homes, buildings and other property go up in smoke each year, according to U. S. Department of Agriculture estimates. A substantial portion of the 6,000 deaths in home fires reported for 1960 by the National Fire Protection association occurred in rural areas. Keep deadly, destructive fire away from your home by checking what you know; of fire safety. In farm homes, faulty or misused heating and cooking equipment start more fires than any other single cause, NFPA studies show. Actually, defective stoves and heaters, along with defective chimneys and sparks from chimneys, are responsible for almost half oi all fires in farm dwellings. Careless use of gasoline and kerosene, electrical faults in wiring and appliances, are both high on the list. Bad smoking habits and children playing with matches are other major causes. In barns and out-buildings, the prime fire hazard is spontaneous ignition in hay, corn and fertilizer. Other most frequent causes are electrical faults, lightning, defective heating equipment, and careless handling of gasoline and oil. These facts point to a thorough check-up and cleanup of conditions that could cause a fire in your home or olher buildings. During Fire Prevention Week, make a new start towards complete fire safety on your property, and keep headed that way throughout the year, urges Farm Adviser Ralph Burnett. Waiters are said to look customers over, from toes to tips. RAY ELIOT TO HEAD ILUK0IS SEAL CAMPAIGN "Ray Eliot, assistant director of athletics and former football coach, University of Illinois, has been appointed as the 1961 Illinois Christmas Seal campaign chairman," said Mrs. Dana Dawes, Marengo, President, McHenry County Tuberculosis association. Eliot, in accepting this honorary position, said that he felt privileged to be connected with an organization whose goal is the elimination of tuberculosis and that he is happy to join with the residents of McHenry county in the battle against this dread disease. "A battle of this type," Eliot continued, "is just like a football game to me. Both are battles that must be waged by a team. In fact, the term 'ES' that I used \yith my football teams also applies in the battle against tuberculosis. A team must have ES or explosive synchronization, that is, each man on every play must do his job or the play fails; if one man fails in his job the whole team can be thrown for a loss. It is the same thing in the fight against TB; doctors, nurses, TB association board members, public health workers, volunteers, and the general public must all cooperate and work together to win the struggle against TB." Eliot, as head football coach at Illinois from 1942 through 1959, won or shared three Big Ten titles, and produced decisive victories in the two Rose Bowl games in which his teams appeared. He retired from active coaching in January, 1960. In January of 1961 he was awarded the coveted Amos Alonzo Stagg Award by the American Football Coaches association. This award is presented for services which have been outstanding in advancement of the best interest of football. SAVE TIME SAVE STEPS SAVE by DOROTHY KERR TO HEAD FUTURE TEACHERS GROUP Marengo Federal is as close as your nearest mail box. Immediate service is given to savings and withdrawal requests received by mail. Postage is paid both ways. Current Dividend Rate 4% Mafiiio F@der( Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION MARENGO, ILLINOIS 102 N. State St. Phone JOrdan 8-7258 A Mutual Company Serving Northern Illinois Since 1925 Total Assets Over $13,000,000 Chicago's essiest-to-own luxury car-by far FJ>.A.F. Chicagoland Ford Dealers present two distinguished new Ford series: Galaxie and Galaxie /500 . . . with new Thunderbird styling . . . Thunderbird power and quality craftsmanship. Galaxie is silent as a secret, swift as a rumor. Its optional 390 V-8 outperforms--in a whisper --most expensive luxury cars. Galaxie is the only fine car with 5-billion-mile proof it's beautifully built to be more service-free. Drive 30,000 miles before servicing many items, 6,000 for the rest. Now--today! See and drive a 1962 Galaxie-- true luxury in everything but price . . . now at your nearby Chicagoland Ford Dealer's. The first fall meeting of the McHenry high school Future Teachers of America was held Thursday evening, Sept. 21, at the high school auditorium. The meeting was well attended. Officers for the coming year are Dorothy Kerr, president; Tuddi Hassl, vice-president: Lynn Gus'tavson, sec r e t a r y; and Kathleen Callahan, treasurer, Mrs. John Bolger is the supervisor. The meeting continued for an hbur and a half because of the kmount of business to be discussed. A theme for homecoming float was decided upon. Designs for the name cards to be given each teacher at the N. E. divisional teachers meeting were discussed and one selected, One of our members who attended the F.F.A. workshop at Northern Illinois univ e r s i t y told us of her opinions. She also gave us many good ideas for activities which our^F.F.A. could use. Janice Sturm, Reporter "Eliot is remembered," Mrs. Dawes continued, "not only for his well coached football teams but foi his knack in arousing his players to supreme efforts and pulling what sports writers term the 'upset of the season.' The board of directors of the McHenry county association and myself are pleased to have a man who is heralded nationally and who embodies the spirit of the University of Illinois athletic teams, the Fighting Illini, join us and our county Christmas Seal chairman, Mrs. Stanley Chapman, Crystal Lake, in the fight against man's oldest disease -- tuberculosis." BOY SCOUTS Troop 162 Activities of the troop at the beginning of the new 1961-62 season has been very encouraging. Quite a few new boys have been showing up at the meetings and we hope they will become registered Scouts in the near future. Besides local outings, the troop, under leadership of its new scoutmaster, Jim Kirk, took part in the annual fall camporee of the Kishwaukee district, which took place in the woods between Woodstock and Marengo, with seventeen units and a total of approximately 250 Scouts participating. It lasted from Friday night, Oct. 6, to Sunday noon, with closing ceremonies held at 2 o'clock. It was a glorious weekend, and'the boys no doubt will be talking over the event for rhany weeks to come. The following adult leaders were present: Jim Kirk, scoutmaster; Fred Durrenberg and Chuck Messel, Sr., assistant scoutmasters: Maynard DeVos. committee chairman; Hugh Kirk, district official: and John Beatou. senior patrol leader. Boys present were Jack Ro-- genbuck. Dave Smith. Bill Simpson, Dennis McGowan. Bill Voeltz, Greg Ules. Kenneth Reid, Allen Wilkes, Ray Pollock, Jim DeVos, Chuck Messel, Jr., Dale Davies, A1 Raiford, Bill Bates, Gary Bockman ind Harold Meyer. Meetings ot the Troop are every Tuesday at 7:30 at the old Landmark school. Board ot review meets every third Tuesday of the month. The Committee During the rubber boom in Brazil, thousands of planters and businessmen sent their laundry back to Spain, just as whole shiploads of 1 a u n d r y were shipped from California, during the gold rush, to China, to be processed. Hold Community-Wide Civil Defense Meeting At Lake A community-wide civil defense meeting, sponsored jointly by Wonder Lake organizations, is being held Monday. Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. in Harrison school. County and local authorities will talk about action to be taken in event of emergency, and answer questions relative to protection of lives and property. Principal speaker will be A. J. Quehammer, Crystal Lake, McHenry county civil defence director. He will be assisted during the question-answer period by Wally Dean, Wonder Lake, chairman of the McHenry county board of supervisors' civil defense committee, and Dr. S. L. Ruggero, Wonder Lake, who will answer questions relative to medical aspects of civil defense. Others connected in various ways are planning to attend, including a representative of the National Defense Executive reserve, Business, and Defense administration of the Department of Commerce. It is this agency that will recruit critical manpower. Even children are helping to emphasize importance of this meeting to the community. Third and fourth graders at Harrison are making posters, and all students will wear special civil defense badges home to remind parents of the meeting. Special plans for protection of youngsters is a vital part of the civil defense program. Adults belonging to various Wonder Lake civic and service organizations, and all others interested, are urged to attend. The Parent-Teachers association, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis and fire department are actively participating. Other groups, including the Youth Center, Boy and Girl Scouts, 4-H, FFA, social clubs and the churches are invited to participate. Next to colds, .hurt feelings seem to be man's most common ailitfent. Each strike wheii least expected, and without provocaiion. Each saps our strength and impairs our efficiency. Each, often, leads to something worse; Over half of the marriages taking place in the world, even in this year, are arranged by families or friends. Often, the bride and groom never meet before the wedding ceremony. Christmas Seals distributed since 1907 to fight TB, are collected by many philatelists. No issue has ever been reprinted, and each year the plates are destroyed. eter lf| ^udten & on OXYGEN EQUIPPED AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone IW®rgreen 5-®®i>3 Lawn Mower Hospital Let us rejuvenate your lawn mower cleaning, sharpening and repairing Winter Storage We pick up and deliver. SHOP 3102 N. Chapel Hill Rd. Ph. 385-0434 McHenry SS FORD SALES 3936 W. Main Street McHenry, 111* V.F.W. Post 4600 - McHenry £lx lends an Invitation To All V.F.W. Members Of - Northern Illinois - To Join Us In Celebrating Our 16th Anniversary As A Chartered V.F.W. Post Plus A Mortgage Burning Ceremony V.F.W. CLUBHOUSE--SAT. EVE., OCT. 14 Dinner Served From 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. -- SPECIAL EVENT -- The Annual Citizenship Award -- HONORED GUESTS -- Department and 5th District Members & Officers ADDED ATTRACTION: Professional And Amateur Acts Dancing With Music By George Freund r