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4, Sec. 2, - Plaindealer- Wed., Dec 4, 1968 ii « -v Sbk-« ' - Twenty-Year Span Few old-time readers realize that the community newspaper »f 1968 is something entirely different from the hometown paper prf 1940. ^ _ ; The modern community newspaper is a far better looking ' "cation, The -quality of news and advertising content the >tqwn newspaper has improved incomparably in the last enty years. Drab grey pages ^faave been replaced by imaginative layouts aking use of high quality photography and attractive and m<fre letype. Ihe past generation of^ditors might not agree, but the homenews of today is more complete .and better written. The rs of editorials, news, and feature stories presume that deris are well-educated and intelligent. Thus, preaching and tbbling in personalities have about disappeared from modern nalism. The modern hometown editor is more interested in quiet public service than in giving outlet to personal frustrations. He employs college graduates for his staff when he can find them -- often ah impossible ambition because of the great shortage of qualified young journalists. Perhaps the most dramatic changes in the new hometown paper has taken place in the advertising sections. Local advertising once consisted mainly of an effort by a retailer to keep his name before the public. Good local advertising in the modern community newspaper is attractive, interesting, newsy, informative, and designed to do a specific job of selling. A Dedicated Club The nation's 3 million 4-H club members are versatile as well as dedicated to make the best use of "head, heart, hands and health." Dozens of projects are offered, designed to develop confidence and skills. Learning by doing leads to home and farm projects that benefit the youths and their families as well. One such project is horticulture. Its broad scope covers ornamental gardening, raising produce for home use and for sale, architectural landscaping, and keeping up the home grounds. Examples of what some of last year's top 4-ITers did were to earn money for school by marketing fruits and vegetables at roadside stands and local grocers; experiment with soil and cross breeding of plants, and plan long-range landscaping projects to enhance value of their homes. Improving and beautifying their own neighborhoods has long been a practice of 4-H club members, and those enrolled in the horticultural program make a great .contribution in these efforts, observe 4-H leaders. Community projects also are undertaken such as landscaping church grounds, small parkways, memorial gardens and the like. Any boy or girl between 9 and 19 years of age interested in starting a 4-H Horticultural project should contact Dave Smith, the assistant extension adviser, agriculture, at the county extension office in the Farm Bureau Building, Woodstock. SESQUI Otto Keener. 33^ ^OVEKNOR 1961-I96B WAS THE FOURTH ILLINOIS <5OVERNOfc. TO J&SMM (W 19,1968) TO ACCEPT ANOTHER OFFICE •-- JUP6E OF THE "7= CIRCUIT OF THE, UNITEP STATES COW JKT OF , APPEALS -THE OTHERS VIERE JOHN REYM©EJ>$ 183^10 &E60/AE. REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS; AMP RlCHARP J.OGLESBY, 1873 AMP SHJEL&Y M.CUILUIA, 1883/ TO BECOME US.SENATORS. BY DON RUSSELL AND JERK? W&K8HAW ELQH J. WORTH/ A CAPTAIN IN "TVIEa* ILLINOIS 6WALRY WAS NMBP A &R16APIER. IN 1863 AT THE k<&E OF 25 AION6 WITH TWO OTHER. YOUNG MEN"^£a6ST'A. O/STMR . amp/m/mfrr-FMMsmKM was killed |aT<SETtYSBUR6 while: leading a chh&z of- his Ibrksade---. v\^ " SUN HON TUE WED THU't FRIptAT S f) l» ll| p 14 is i@ w ii tf® li 2i It's just around lha earner BOVSttWI# NEWS Attitudes & Platitudes Jerry Marcus j • Ylke HUottg -- C linic State Financial Set-Up i How are Illinois' finances set up? How much does the state spend? For what? By whom? What is our state revenue structure? What are the possibilities open for new revenue sources? Are our existing sources of revenue adequate? Enforceable? Just? How can spending be controlled? Where does Illinois stand on the debit-credit ledger? These and other questions are reviewed in a newly-published study of the state's fiscal crisis, prepared by the State and Local Taxation committee of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce. The publication, entitled "A Question of Balance: The Illinois Fiscal Crisis in Perspective," mints out that "a fiscal crisis, developing in Illinois for some time, has become acute since the last regular session of the Legislature." Purpose of the report, according to Lester W. Brann, Jr., State Chamber executive vice-president, is to "isolatej and describe the state's general fiscal problem." He said the Chamber wholeheartedly is in accord with Governor-Elect Ogilvie's avowed (intention to press for economies and efficiencies in state government which could have a very real impact on state revenue requirements next year. Copies of the study are available from the Illinois State Chamber headquarters, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606. ILLINOIS Peter shows a remarkable improvement in stretching his imagination! Parents, it is vital that you teach your kiddies to have an elastic imagination; otherwise they will be far too materialistic in later life. Offer prizes at the dinner table for the daily "Newspaper Quiz" as shown below. Biy - George W. Crane, Ph." D., M.D. CASE H - 549: Peter Ross, aged lYz is one of our grandsons. When his class has been asked to write brief compositions, Peter has been very undramatic and matter - of -fact. But finally he surprised his teacher with this story, which he titled "The Walnut": "Hello, I am a walnut. "My name is nut. " l am 7very^ silly. Nobody likes me. ' ' * ' "Oops, somebody is going to buy me. "Crack. There goes the shell. "Goodbye. Gulp". For a former one-track mind student, this brief tale shows that Peter has begun to stretch his imagination. By empathy, he thus projected himself into the role of the walnut. And this exercise in stretching one's imagination is very essential in rearing children. For without a vivid, dramatic and creative imagination, composers, writers, salesmen, inventors and scientists would atrophy. Alas, too many parents confine their children rearing to an undue stress on vitamins, plus such physical items as diet and exercise. But Vitamin "R" (Religion) is far more important than such medical items, for what shall it profit you to rear a robust Frankenstein who has no soul or spiritual values? Our daughter Judy has enriched her children* s minds by reading them uplifting stories, including Bible tales. At present, she has started that old favorite Louisa Alcott's "Little Men". "Mamma, that is the best book you have read to us," volunteered 9 year old Matthew. And at the various holidays of the year, Judy tries to pick out appropriate stories. Thus, she stresses the popular Christmas tale of the handicapped youngster called " Little Sandy Sleighfoot" for it buoys up the morale not only of some 5 million medically handicapped kiddies, but of the other 1Q million who feel they are below par. It also is unique in putting Christ back into Christmas. There are at least 10 million grammar and high schoolers who withdraw from social contacts and tend toward wallflowerism just because they imagine they are disliked for their freckles, big ears, thick ankles, bowed legs, crossed eyes, buck teeth and flat or unduly pendulous breasts. The essential element in our entire educational machine is the ability to read fluently. Start the process by reading aloud to your younger kiddies so they will attack delight to the printed pages. Later, encourage them to do their own reading, for television is making too many "ear addicts" out of Americans; yet cultured people MUST be avid readers. Construct quick tests over the contents of this daily newspaper using the 4- answer method, where you cover at least 10 various pages or department, as: (1) Hie weatherman said it will iSte: RAINY - CLEAR - CLOUDY - SNOWY. (2) The lead editorial today covered: CRIME - WAR - SCHOOLS - SEWERS. Send for my booklet "How to Raise Your Child's School Marks", enclosing a long, stamped, return envelope plus 20 cents. (Always write to Dr. Crane in care of this newspaper, enclosing a long stamped, addressed envelope and 20 cents to cover typing and printing costs when you send for one of his booklets.) the EDUCATOR FULL 7 Our nation is committed to full educational opportunities for all, but the goal has not been reached. ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION For Your Information Dear friends, From our daily experience with the problems that arise from bereavement, we mw readily answer many questions that the immediate family may have. Other questions can properly be answered only by expeijts in other fields -- your attorney, banker, insurance agents, and Veterans Administration or Social Security personnel. It is important to get expert advice promptly to avoid embarrassing and sometimes costly mistakes. Respectfolly, USTEN 39 PRODUCED BY THE ILLINOIS 8ESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION FUfcfE Ate Henry, morn*. 385-0063- PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this column as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only request is that writers limit themselves to 300 words or less 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.) DEFENSE OF DOVES "Mr. Editor: " Please give me space inyour paper to plead in defense of our native doves. Each year over 70 percent of all doves in North America are eliminated, a few by the forces of nature, but by far, the large majority are massacred by bird hunters here in the United States. "According to information from the United States Interior department the annual legal kill far exceeds 39 million doves. The cripple losses exceeds 25 percent of the bag. This leaves millions of broken and pining birds to suffer days, even for weeks before death sets them free. "For dormant targets millions more are killed with slingshots, arrows, BB guns and with small rifles, but never picked up. The kicks are in seeing them flail, in just ending a life. "As friends of the farmers, a dove eats up to 10,000 noxious weed and grass seed each day of its life. There are about 2% ounces of meat to each dove, and they are the only birds hunted while brooding their young in the nest. "The dove has long been the emblem of innocence, purity, beauty, life, peace, love, hope and of immortality. Since the baptism of Jesus the dove has been the symbol of the Christspirit dwelling in the hearts of men. "To each admirer of animated art, doves are birds of living beauty, and their voice gives the sweetest notes this side of Heaven. The doves' domestic desires are, to be man's garden companions, and the guardians of his fields and vineyards. . "There ought to be laws, state and federal, giving the mourning doves back to a kinder, gentle people, for the beloved - "Howard H. Caudle" If life begins at 40, why do gals stay in their 30's so long? TROOP 162 - At the Court of Honor, Jim Kirk described the troop schedule for next year. The Starved Rock Trail hike for November had to be cancelled because of dangerous slippery conditions along the route. In December the boys will visit the Chrysler plant in Belvidere. In addition to working on their First Aid merit badges, the boys will be repairing toys for Christmas distribution by the Marines. One of the highlights of the year will be the fatherson campputin'a Wisconsin Cave in January. The boys will get to demonstrate their winter camping skills. Father, start planning to attend this event Jan. 18-19. That's . only ;six weeks away. Vou won't want to miss this opportunity to do something special with your son. And the temperature is guaranteed to be an even 57 degrees all year 'round in the cave, so if you happen to be a notso- skilled cancer yourself, draft worry about freezing. Just round up a sleeping bag and come along. In February the boys will have an ice skating party in addition to their family night banquet. They will finish up their First Aid merit badge and start working on the Nature badge, another of the required scouting badges. March willinclude some visits to our local factories to make the boys aware of businesses and opportunities in our own community. April findsthe annual Scout-o-rama coming up. This year McHenry will bs the host as scouting skills are demonstrated at Campus East high school. A two-day canoe trip near Burlington, Wis., is planned April 26-27. Fathers, get out your paddling muscles and join us. In May the boys will attend the spring camporee at Thunderbird Hunting club. They will also be planting flowers in the "Help Beautify McHenry" project. In June, with Water Fun as a theme, they will be planning a beach campout in McHenry and working on a Clean Streams project. The above schedule is in addition to the boys' weekly troop meeting, weekly patrol meetings, individual rank and merit badge work, good turn daily, conservation projects, Green Bar meeting, Order of the Arrow j^etin^s and training programs. Many other events also come up regularly during the year and the boys are asked to help on short notice, such a& helping with Good Will collections, collecting and selling pop bottles, cleaning up after the fourth of July carnival, building the Indian Village for the Marine Festival, running a pony ride concession, cleaning out the land between the theater and river, marching in parades and selling flags, and several conservation and tree planting projects. And of course, plan and prepare for summer camp and trips. No wonder our Scouts and leaders are always busy. One special item we forgot to mention from our foil camporee was the outstanding work and display of scouting skills by one of our boys. Out of almost 400 boys attending, Mike Troka had the highest individual score of any boy there. Congratulations Mike. This also helped Mike win the Scout of the Month award for October. Jim Cole, Public Relations JOHN FJtBMEBY "...ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." Inaugural Address (Jan. 20,1961) Buy U.S. Savings Bonds, new Freedom Shares Are You New In TOWN? Do You Know Someone New In Town? - We would like to extend a welcome to Z Z every newcomer to our community. Ikmm teller £ CALL * 3SS-OS5.9 : Fran ®!§©n Joan Stull : ROYAL WELCOME ^ , - 381-5418 T t o o o o o o o p f l o g p o o o o o o o o c - o o o f l o e o o e o o o e q i n f l * /y ' fejfW.- • • \ * ' / .. , - 'Remind me to g«t thtu windshield wipers fixed someday. irrrn "Get yeur windshield wipers fixed. The Travelers Safety Service Defective equipment contributes to many accidents. 0$sl i&C OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F. Kelly At 1224 N. Green Street, : McHeniy • • (dosed Wednesday) Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Hrs. Bally 0:80 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Evenings 8:30 p-m. Evenings by Appointment PMONE SS5-MS2 Dr. Leonard I. Bottari Eyes Examined-Glasses Fitted Contact ILesaoeo 1803 N. Richmond Road Honrs: Mon., Toes., Thnrs., Frl* 4:00 to 0:30 pan. Tues., TEmro., <S Fs-i. Eve 7 p-m. to Sat. 0:80 to 3:0® pan. No Hours on Weinesday PHONE 385-4151 If Ho Answer Phone 385-2262 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machine* Sales • Service & Rentals Typewiitea, Adders, CMcrclators Mon- - Sat. 0:00 - 5:80 Friday till 0:00 pan. Phone 450-1226 03 Grant St., Crystal Lake, HI. METAL WORK I Aft for Mome asuS Garien WrougM Irom lEaSUngs Fireplace Screens Antiques 1705 S. Rt. 31 PHONE 385-0950 CHIROPRACTOR Dr. Arthur J. Howard Chiropractor 2606 S. River Rd. Ph. 385-3520 - Closed Thurs. By Appt. - Sat. 9 to 1 INSURANCE EarlR.WaUh Eire, Auto, Farm ft life Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES When Ton Need Insurance of Any Kind PHONE 385-3300 or 885-0953 8429 W- Elm St, McHenry, 111. George L. Thomp&on General Insurance • iisi • AUTO • HEiULITH * FIRE • CASUALTY • BOAT Phone 815-885-1066 3812 W. Elm St., McHenry In McHenry Plaindealer Blgd. Dennit Conway Auto, Life, Fire State Farm Ins. Cos. 3315- W. Elm St. McHenry, Illinois 385-5285 or 885*7111 LETTER SERVICE Mimeographing • Typing Addressing • Mailing Lists McHenry County Letter Service 1212-A N. Green St- PHONE 385-5064 M o n . f t h r a F r l . 8 - 5 Closed Saturdays ACCOUNTANTS Paul A, Schwegel 4410 West Route 120 McM©wry, Sltoois 885-4410 VACUUM CLEANERS Authorized and Bonded Electrolux Representative JAMES VAN FLEET 2501 Martin Rd. McHenry, Illinois 38S-6027 A