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PAGE 14 - PLAINDEALKR -WKDNESDAY, MAkt'H 13.1974 Zoos, Art Galleries Explored By Pastor DISCUSS SCHOOL VIEWS - School District 15 President Henry Nell is shown addressing state legislators and school board members who gathered at Parkland school earlier this month. Among those,attending were State Senator Jack Schaffer, State Rep. Cal Skinner, Jr., State Rep. Thomas Hanahan, State Rep. R. Bruce Waddell and State Rep. Candidate Ronald Stroupe. The meeting helped to clarify the concerns of local schooj board members as related to legislative activity on school issues. Those present learned first hand the views and focus of members of the state legislature. Candidates for the office of McHenry county superintendent of public instruction also were present and allowed to speak. They were Roy Johnson, Ed Hall and Henry Kenyon. Questions asked were: 1 - Do you think public schools should remain under local authority? 2 - Do you feel elected school board members should remain the local authority? 3 - How do you feel about collective bargaining? 4 - How do you feel about public involvement in school activities? 5 - Who should pay the cost of public education? by Father Wm. O. Hanner) Our introduction to the San Diego Zoo was a bear sitting up begging for something to eat and waving to the passersby. This zoo is world famous. It is a private zoo. You pay to get in. However, there is a lot to do there in fun, relaxation and education. We rode out on the San Diego (by the way San Diego means St. James) bus for 25 cents each. In Chicago it would have cost us 40 cents plus 10 cents for a transfer. Tran­ sfers are free on this western line. Beside the zoo itself there is a mini-bus conducted tour through the whole park. There is a sky safari that goes over the cages as high in one place as 170 feet. Looking out you can see the Pacific ocean. The very first children's zoo was here. The site is unusual for it runs up and (town canyons. There are moving sidewalks to get you over the more difficult places. Some of the rarest animals on earth are to be seen here. There are over 3,000 birds, some can be seen nowhere else in captivity. There are anftnal acts put on daily in a 3,000-seat auditorium. The seals were,on the stage for us. Some of you may not know that in Milwaukee, Wis., hardly 60 miles from our door, is one of the most famous and cleanest zoos in the world. If you are a zoo or animal lover the Milwaukee Zoo is close, clean and captivating. I could not say as much for Brookfield. The last time we were there it was but a shadow of a once great zoo. The St. Louis Zoo is out­ standing. Some years back we made a trip to Guatemala. There was in our party a veterinarian. When the doctor saw the zoo, by no means a large or fancy one, she allowed -as how these animals were the healthiest she had seen behind bars. Not far from the San Diego' Zoo in Balboa Park is an assortment of art galleries and museums the equal of a good many more famous spots. The c o l l e c t i o n o f g r e a t a r t astonished me. There I saw several Remingtons including three small statues by this famed American artist. His great collection ' of works in America is in Houston. There were El Grecos, Rembrandts, Sargents, Botticellis, Con­ stables plus a number of Americans beside Remington. We found the originals of pictures we had known and the works of new men. In the rental and for sale section we found an American artist new to us, Edmund Woods. Mr. Woods is well known in the west! His paintings are in many offices and homes. They are out of doors, peaceful and serene. We bought one as a memento of our trip. It has some bold palette knife work in the tree barks giving a thickness to the por­ trayal and helping toward the effect of three dimensions. Balboa Parte is the center for many other cultural activities. Here is,a model of the Old Globe/fneatre in London where Shakespeare played and where his plays are still produced. There is a Natural History museum, Hall of Science and of sports and yet more. Along the waterfront are other attractions. The city's public wharf had the Golden Bear moored there. This ship is the cruise ship for the California Maritime college which is operated jointly by the federal government and the state of California. Young men and young women are trained in this school to be officers on merchant vessels. The course is four years long, carries a B.S. degree and a reserve commission in the United States Navy. Jhe vessel was now on cruise with a cadet crew. I have been aboard cleaner ships. There were five women cadets aboard. Further down on the wharf is the only iron windjammer still afloat, the Star of India. I spent a pleasant hour aboard the 100- year-old sailing ship. She was built on the Isle of Man and has sailed under three flags to every sea of the world. For her day she was luxury and usefulness all rolled into one. Every California harbor boasts an old sailing ship or two. San Diego is the third largest city on the Pacific coast. She boasts a magnificent skyline. The great San Diego-Coronado bridge is a marvel along with other great sister bridges of the West. I hope some time to go back to this famous city. Next week we will take a cruise about her harbor. I am writing this on the second of March. Mrs. Hanner has just come in with great news. Two pansies are blooming under a stone shelter on the front slope. SOYBEAN HEARING Area soybean farmers will have the opportunity to discuss the possibility of joining a nation-wide effort of market development and research* intended to increase soybean profits at a district hearing Thursday, March 21, at St. Charles in the Kane county Farm Bureau offices. The 10 a.m. hearing is intended for soybean farmers in McHenry, Lake, Kane, Cook, DuPage, Will and Kankakee counties, according to Harold Kuehn of DuQuoin, chairman of the soybean marketing program temporary operating com­ mittee. PUNCH LINE OF THE WEEK RUGS ARB SOLP By THE YARQ WORN OUT By TUB FOOT Finding Security In Retirement Egg prices should be coping crease demand for eggs resulting down during 1974 as the food in- in higher egg prices. dustry, in general, stabilizes. Mrs. Egg production in January- Consumer can expect to pay about March is expected to be greater 75-80c per dozen average through- by only about 1 percent, but re- out 1974 for Grade A Large eggs, tail prices should average 8-10c compared with an average of 85- per dozen less than for 1973. In 89c per dozen in 1973. the spring months of April, May There are two reasons for this and June, retail egg prices will expectation. There will be more probably average about 80c - laying hens each month in 1974, about 5c less than during 1973, as compared to the same months in numbers of eggs available in- 1973, and the numbers of eggs crease by 2 - 3 percent. produced will be larger each Egg production for the last six quarter, compared to the same months of 1974 is expected to be periods in 1973. Totally, there 4-5 percent'above the same period may be nearly 310 eggs per per- in 1973. This should result in low- son, or an extra dozen more than er retail prices . . nearly 20c the apparent 294 available for per dozen below the July - Sep- 1JJ73. tember, 1973 average price of 95c The second circumstance which to $1.00. may assist in lowering the prices While the August-September, consumers pay for eggs is the ex- 1973 retail prices of around $1.00 pected increase in quantities of per dozen set new records, they beef and pork and a slightly low- did not mean that egg producers er price for red meats. Shortages were making enormous profits, of red meat and the higher prices Feed and all other egg production per pound have tended to in- costs increased to all-time highs. Lock in your supply now. Hany Lundy, Jr. 2805 N. Beachview McHenry, Illinois 385-3455 BY TOM B0LGER PRESIDENT McHENRY STATE BANK In school we learn to look at ideas and information with a critical eye rather than to accept things blindly. I hope that you will put this test to what I am about to say, and to the other columns in this series. As human beings, we all need to have our statements tested and questioned. While you are doing this I would like you to think for a moment about the way in which you form your opinions about products and services. Perhaps you get most of your information from this newspaper, or from television, or from the radio. If you stop to think about it, the vast majority of advertisements and com­ mercials are placed by big companies, or big stores, or big financial institutions. The reason is obvious - only very large corporations can afford the high costs of advertising frequently on big city television or radio stations or in metropolitan newspapers. Listen carefully to one of these commercials and then ask yourself this question: Is the advertiser really telling me something meaningful about his product or is he trying to get my attention? For example, you and I know that the four big auto com­ panies produce cars that are of approximately equal quality ;for approximately the same •price. We may have our ifavorite model, but the fact ! remains that when we shop for j a car we will probably do about i as well with one company as Iwith another. The big dif­ ference between the four * American auto manufacturers is the way they advertise in the national media. Fifty years ago, automobile makers were truly competitive. There were some 150 com­ panies making cars at that time. Through the years the number dwindled to four as the other companies merged or went out of business. It would be helpful to con­ sider these facts about the auto industry the next time you see a commercial sponsored by one of the large banking systems in our state on a metropolitan television station. Really listen to what the commercial is saying and then remember this: There are nearly 14,000 commercial banks in this country. Only a fraction have the resources to conduct a large scale medial campaign. The big banks, like the big auto companies, are spending their advertising money for a reason. They know that the more they get their name before the public the more likely the public is to have positive feelings about them. This really has nothing to do with the bank's ability to give personal service or a good deal on loans and deposits. You owe it to yourself when you hear these commercials to maintain a healthy skepticism. Just because a large bank or a big auto company says it is the best doesn't make it so. Yet many people are misled by advertising because they blindly accept the message or are awed by corporate bigness. There are many excellent smaller banks in your trade area that do not advertise regularly on metropolitan television. These banks are . able to offer the personal service which the big banking systems cannot, and at com­ petitive rates. These banks are a part of the community, with their success dependent upon your success and the success of every person living in this area. For your own sake, I invite you to look behind the glitter of e x p e n s i v e a d v e r t i s i n g messages and awesome size and evaluate these large banks on the basis of values that are really important to you. Make the same realistic appraisal of the community banks in your area. Then make your choice. This is all we independent, community bankers ask -- the opportunity to serve you, and to have you judge us on our merits. As firm believers in a competitive economic system, we will welcome your criticism and respect your decision. adv. 8 ACRES OF NEW & USED CARS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES N MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 9 to 9 SATURDAY 9 to 5 SUNDAY 10 to 5 BILL C0NL0N OWNER EVERY RED TAG ON THE MIRROR INDICATES A NEW 1974 FORD THAT STILL CARRIES THE OLD PRICE BEFORE THE FACTORY INCREASE NORM COLLINS. OWNER WE'RE ROARING LIKE A LION IN MARCH WITH A SALE OF SALES 100 GA$ $ftVER$ ON HAND NOW FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY MANY MORE ON THE WAY PINTOS MAVERICKS *2572* *2691 * (Full Factory Equipment) FIGURE YOUR OWN DEAL MUSTANGS •2995 * $ 100°° CUSTOM 500 4DRS. GAL $00 4 DR's & 2 DR. HTS. LTD 4 DR. & 2 OR. HTS. CUSTOM 500 RANCH WAGON 6 PASS. COUNTRY SEDAN 8 PASS. COUNTRY SEDAN 6 PASS. SQUIRE WAGON 8 PASS SQUIRE WAGON TORINO 2 DR. HT. & 4 DR. SEDAN GRAN TORINO" " A-l GUARANTEED USED CARS AT WHOLESALE LEVELS DURING THIS SALE OVER COST LIST YOUR PRICE 3830.00 3068.*° 4002.00 3195.- 4290.00 3413.- 4292.00 3414- 4388.00 3500.-- 4508.00 3593.-- 4822.00 383T- 4942.00 3930.- 3111.00 1641- 3270.00 1767.- on hundreds of new 1974 Intermediate Size Family Size and Ford Trucks TORINO WAGON GRAN TORINO WAGON GRAN TORINO SQUIRE 3710* 3902.°® 4268.00 3I34.M 3MO.N Mil." (FULL FACTORY EQUIPMENT) TRUCKS F100 PICK-UPS, 8 FT. BOX 3163.00 1619- F250 PICK-UPS, 8 FT. BOX 3548.00 1947- F350 PICK-UPS, 8 FT. BOX 4051.00 3331.- E100 EC0N0LINE VANS 105.5 3162.00 1650.- E100 EC0N0LINE BUSES 105.5 3791.00 3164.- '74 Mustang II 6 cyl.. auto., P/S, air . . . . . . . '3895 '74 Maverick 2 dr.. 6 cyl. auto.. P/S. . Like New '2995 '73 Gremlin V8. Automatic *2795 '73 LTD Brougham 4 Dr. HT, Power .. *2895 '71 Torino, 2 Dr. HT. VU., auto., p/s . *1795 '70 Cougar V8. auto.. 2 dr. HT. air *1395 '72 Pinto Runabout Auto *2195 '73 PintO Automatic, air . *2695 '73 Ford Country Sedan vs. auto, trans.. P/S, P/B, •3395 '73 Maverick 2 dr. sedan, Luxury Decor Group. . *2795 '73 Nova 2 dr. coupe, V8, standard trans *2595 '73 Vega Estate Wagon Automatic transmission, air conditioning *3195 '70 Camaro 2 Door HT., 4 Speed *1195 '69 Dodge 2 Dr. HT., VS, auto, P/S :. *1095 '68 Cougar 2 Dr. HT., 4 Speed *1195 ,70r000°° IN NEW 1974 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD AT COST '30,000" IN NEW 1973 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AT FAR BELOW COST CS02 74 AMERICAN ROAO '39M.U CS04 74 AMERICAN ROAO '4M7 29 CS0S 74 AMERICAN ROAO '39M.M CMS 74 CORSAIR FIFTH WHEEL W9 29 CS09 74 CORSAIR TRAVEL TRAILER '319212 CSIO 74 CORSAIR TRAVEL TRAILER 'XC4.I1 CS12 74 AMERICAN ROAO >30(4 33 C513 74 AMERICAN ROAO >303770 CS14 74 CORSAIR TRAVEL TRAILER '277932 CMS 74 CORSAIR TRAVEL TRAILER '3903.17 CSlt 74 STEURT TRAVEL TRAILER '4M199 CS17 74 STEURT HAVEL TRAILER *220.23 CS2» 74 Til SON CAP „ . . >291 33 C927 74 TEXS0N CAP '243.(9 C93S 74 DIAM0N0 MINI HOME WiK C930 74 ATR-MAV CAP •411.40 C93I 74 AYR-MAT CAP *411.40 C932 74 ATRWAT CAP >411.40 C933 74 ATRWAT CAP '411.40 C109 73 TEX90N SLIDE IN *91.20 C-107 73 SWINGER 9U0E-IN >2023.94 C110 73 SWINGER SLIDE IN >109990 C 57 73 STEURT 1ENT SLIDE-IN '2(91.99 C-17 73TEXS0N CAP >20773 C-22 73 STEURT 1ENT TRAILER >1310.17 C 29 73 STEURT TINT TRAILER '1244-M C 27 73 STIK RAT HAVEL TRAKEA *2999.70 C-29 73 FOM SEASONS TMV TRAIL '37M.90 C-41 73 STEURT KNIT TRAILER '1390.42 C-91 73 STEURT SUN-IN *2M2M C42 73 COOSAIR TRAVEL TRAILER >2904.17 C71 73 TEX90N SUOEIN >2199 JO C 74 73 ROTAL RANQKR0 CAP >31U0 C-7973 ROTAL RANCHER0 CAP 11141 079 73 TURTLE TOP COW VAN >(027.(9 C41 73 SWINGER S1J OEM >1(0170 C9A 73 STEURT SLIDE* >2(91.99 REMAINING NEW JWWf 1973 FORDS Will Be Sold At Below Cost GALAXIE 500 s *2902 ' LTD's *3016 COUNTRY SEDANS 6 Pass. $3165 COUNTRY SQUIRES *3353* Fully Factory Equipped '73 FORD DEMONSTRATORS Will Be Sold At Hundreds Of Dollars Below Cost - WHOUSALE SPECIM. 1973 FORD MM PICKUP MtwutK 1972 CHEV. UN Pict-a* ut, trMMflMM >2(99 4*4 >2299 19(7 RAMOLER '49 1972 KMC CHATEAU CUM WAGON Vt, I9M PONTIAC 4 4>>299 •<*.. fm tow* • 19M0UICR2* HT >499 1971 EC0MUNE E 300 Cmp Vw. 19MP0NTMCWAGON 0(4MfMM . >49 V(.M* » 19(9 F 290 P ICR UP CM»W SHCUI 1970 CHEVT H T« ( CftaOv. Vt.»»H«nlKl.nn--I >1999 Mtcl >1909 19(9 F0R0F 1(9 Piclo.VI. 19(9 FORO WAGON IIIIBIKI tn «xk >1999 mmm 'II 19(9 FORO 4* >99 19(0 CHEVT Vt T« Pitta*. Ml 19(4 P0NTIAC OONNEVILU >99 Midi ... >1|M 1M2 CHRTSUR 2 * HT. >99 1,71 9PT. VAN ( c*. M U7M 19M PONTIAC 4 it >199 19M FORO PICA-UP 1972 TOTOTAWAGON4 «M. Am* '20M 1972 CHEV. IM tktaf 1972 W0NTIAI 22 Ft Tiaxl Trata'2999 >*• CHEV. PNS0P >UN 19(7 APACHE IENT CAMPER . .* >099 1M9 FORO RAKER PICMP M. 1973 STEURT TENT CAMPER ., >1399 wto >1 WED CAMPERS SEE WHY WE HAVE OVER 40,000 SATISFIED CUSTOMERS C0NL0N-COLLINS CAR CITY LARGEST CAR DEALER IN McHENRY COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS*ROUTE 14 ONE MILE EAST OF CRYSTAL LAKE•815-459-8200 A