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PAGE 8 PLAINDEALER WEDNESDAY. JULY 17,1974 > Around The Garden By Matthew S. Rosen ^ Instructor - Ornamental Horticulture McHenry County College Once upon a time there lived at 27 Myrtle street in Medford Mass., a French immigrant, Leopold Trouvelot. Now, monsieur Trouvelot was no ordinary man. Besides being a professor connected with the astronomical observatory at Harvard university, he was a naturalist of infamous note. As a hobby, Mr. Trouvelot had undertaken the impressive task of attempting to breed an improved variety of silkworm that could be easily raised in the United States. In either 1868 or 1869 the good professor received a shipment i ' i ' i ' i ' i Tl'l I ' l l k Sunday I Matthew J 5:17-37 ' Monday t Jeremiah 17:5-8 Tuesday >• Psalms 1:1-6 Wednesday I Corinthians 15:12-20 Thursday Luke 4:17-26 19:9-t8 Saturday Matthew 5:38-48 Scriptures Selected By The American Bible Society Copyright 1974 KeiStrT Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Virginia Where are You Going? "Look, Daddy! A stopped freeway!" Eight-year-old Kristen pointed at the span of concrete that soared over the road ahead of us and then ended abruptly as if it had encountered an invisible wall. Two months later, we took a hike in the coun­ try. A small trail led us through green fields" of waving grass and wildflowers. There the trail ended, gradually, as if reluctant to stop. Is your life like a freeway--fast, impressive, known to many? Or is it more like a trail--plain, but comfortable, less well-known, but quite ade­ quate? It really doesn't matter. The important question is: Does your life have a goal? A freeway or trail can end, gradually or abrupt­ ly, without ever reaching a specific destination. In God, your life can have a goal. In church, He'll tell you how to reach it. St John the Baptist Catholic Church Johnsburg I Rev. Leo Bartel, Pastor Rectory Phone 385-1477 Convent Phone 385-5363 Sat., night-8.00 p.m. Mass Sun , Masses. 7, 9, 10:30,12:00 St Peter's Catholic Church Spring Grove. Illinois Rev. Kilduft. Pastor Phone: 815-675-2288 MASSES: Daily 8 A.M. Saturday - 7:30 P.M. Sunday - 7 A.M., 9 A.M., 11 A.M. First United Methodist Chuich 3717 \\ ol Main Street < hurt ti phone 3K.V0931 Ralph Smith, Pastor Parsoiicigr Phone. 1 _WcM-ship Services Saturday Evening 7;oo Sunday Morning 9:30 & 10:45 Church School, 10:30 Faith Baptist Church Sunday School 9:45 Preaching 11:00 Evening Church 7:00 p.m. Johnsburg Junior High Pastor John L. Gray 385-7920 Nativity Lutheran Church 3506 E. Wonder LaKe Rd. Box 157 Phone 653-3832 Wonder Lake, Illinois Sun .. Worship 8 and 10:30 a m Sunday School 9 a m (Nursery Facilites Available) St Mary's Catholic Church Rev. Eugene Baumhofer Sat., Eve., Mass - 5 p.m. Fulfills Sun., obligation. Sunday Masses - 6:30,8,9:30 9:45, 10:45, 11, 12 noon. Alliance Bible Church 3815 W John St. Rev. Gerald Robertson Wednesday Eves. 8 p.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sun. Worship Youth Service, 7 p.m Evening Evangel. Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints Lester \V. Moore. Branch President Phone: 312-658-5847 Meetings held at 820 Darlington Lane in Coventry School in Crystal Lake, III. Sunday School-10:30 every Sun. Sacrament Meeting-12:00 Noon 1st Sun. of Month 5:(TO P.M. other Sun's George R. Justen Funeral Home 3519 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 385-2400 Glaviano's Interiors & P a la tine Mil] work 385-3764 or 385-3765 414 S. Route 31 Just North of McHenry Flora. Brake Parts Co. P.O. Box 11 McHenry , 111. 385-7000 Ace Hardware 3729 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 385-07?2 Tonyan Construction Co. 1309 N. Borden Street McHenry, III. 385-5520 Chnst The King Catholic Church 5006 K. Wonder Lake Road Wonder Lake. Illinois Sunday masses: 8. 10 a.m. and noon. Eve , Mass: 8 p.m. Fulfills Sunday Obligation. Ringwood Methodist Church Rm^uood. lllmffljs Rev. Ruth Wegner Res. 648-284X Church 653-6956 Sunday-9:30 a.m. Church Ser­ vice. Church School \lso at 9:30 a.m. Chain O'LakesEvangefical Covenant Church 4815 \ Wilmot Rd Rev. Mitchell Considine , Combined Worship services and Sunday School - 10 am Church Phone - 497-30W Parsonage - 497-3050 Mount Hope Church United Methodist 1015 W Broadway Pistakee Highlands Rev. Len Schoenherr Sunday Worship 11 a m Sun- das School, 9:45 a m Faith Presbyterian Church West of the Outdoor Theatre JohnO Mcintyre, Pastor Summer schedule: June 16 through Sept. 1 Worship and pre-school Sunday School 9:30 am First Baptist Church 509 N. Front St. 385-0083 Yirgle L Chappell Bible Study - Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service - 10:45 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Training Union; 6:00p.m. Interpretation for Deaf at all Services Special Spanish Services Wednesday. Prayer Service, 7 :30 p m. St Paul's Episcopal Cfurch 37% W St. Paul's & Green Rev. Arthur D. McKay, Vicar 385-7690 Sunday Services - Holy Eucharist - 8 a.m., Family Eucharist, 10 a.m. Church School & Coffee Hour. Wed­ nesdays - Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Friday-Holy Eucharist 9:30 a ny Wonder Lake Bible Church 7501 Howe Road, Box No. 2 Rev. Richard N. Wright, Pastor SUNDAY: Phone 653-7961 9:30 AM - Sunday School' Hour 11:00 AM - Morning Worship Service 6:00 P.M. Bible Fellowship Hour 7:30 P.M. Word of Life Youth WEDNESDAY: GrOUP 7:30 P.M. Midweek Prayer and Praise Service _Nursery Care Available St. Patrick's Catholic Church Rev. Edmund Petit, Pastor Rev. Michael Douglas, Assoc. Pastor Sat., Eve. (Siin., obligation Fulfilled 5 P.M.) Sunday 7:15; 8:30,9:45, 11 and 12:15 Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church 404 V Green St. Rev Roger W Schneider Phone 385-7786 or 385-4030 Family worship and Sunday School - 8:30 a.m. and 10:3*0 am Nursery facilities available. St. Francis National Catholic Church F landers Rd., east of Ringwood Rd, Sunday Masses - 10 a.m. Lather L. Dobranski Pastor Spring Grove Church l nited Methodist, 8102 N. Blivin Spring Grove. Ill Rev. Leon Schoenherr, Pastor Sunday Worship - 9" a m Sundav School - 10:15 a m Christian Science Society Lincoln Road and Eastwood Lane Sunday Service - Hi; 30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.' Wed. Eve Nletting Every Third Wed. - 8:00 p.m. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 4206 W Waukegan Rd (W. Rt 120 i Re\ Herman F Graef 385-0859 385-1616 Sundav Worship - 7:45 and 10 30 Nursery Services provided at 10'30 Education for Eternity Sunday School Children and Youth. 9 am First National Bank of McHenry 3&14 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-5400 McHenry Savings & Loan 1209 N. Green Street McHenry, 111. 385-3000 Locker's Flowers 1213 Third Street McHenry, 111. 385-2300 The Bath Shop 3012 v\ . Rte. 120 McHenry, 111. 385-0048 McHenry State Bank 3510 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 385-1040 Peter M. Justen Funeral Home 3807 \\ . Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-0063 Guettlers Seryice, Inc. HA* \ . Front Street McHenry, III. 385-9831 Mitchell Sales, Inc. H irk HIT , \ . Eront 'Ids - "pel • I Henry . 385-7200 I ' l i r \ I< 11< \ r \ I ' la indea ler 3812 'AcSt Elm Street Mciienrv, Illinois 60050 Coast to Coast Hardware 4400 \\ . Rte. 120 V / McHenry,Market Place 385-6655 of insect eggs from France. Whether He„ actually ordered said eggs, orWhether they were sent unsolicited as a present by a friend is not quite clear, and really of litUe significance. Of import is the fact that the eggs turned out to be those of Le Zig Zag, also called La Chenille Commune (the common caterpillar). The subsequent havoc reeked on Eastern forests by this beast is the subject of our story. Exactly how the little fellows escaped is uncertain. Some say that the caterpillars blew out of an open window. Others claim that a gale blew off the protective net covering the shrub in Mr. Trouvelot's dooryard on which the insects were housed. In either case, that gust of wind has, over the last century, resulted in cumulative property damage equal to that of the worst natural disaster. Realizing the potential danger, Professor Trouvelot warned the good citizens of Medford before returning to his native Paris in 1878. Unfortunately his pleas were written off as the ravings of a questionably sane man by the local citizenry. Indeed, life remained peaceful in Medford until 1889 when "the plague" struck. In that year, an army of gypsy moth caterpillars invaded the tranquil community, practically d e n u d i n g e v e r y l i v i n g b r a n c h o f leaves. The hungry horde formed legions, marching from yard to yard, devouring all that was green. D.W. Daly of 5 Myrtle street said of the beasts: "My apple and pear trees were completely defoliated. I was, however, more fortunate than some, whose trees were killed. I spent much time in killing caterpillars. I used to sweep them off the side of the house and get dustpansful of them. At night we could hear the caterpillars eating in the trees and their excrement dropping to the ground. In the morning the walk would be covered with the latter." An hysterical Mrs. Belcher sobbed: "My sister cried out one day, 'They (the caterpillars) are marching up the street.' I went to the front door, and sure enough the street was black with them, coming from across my neighbor, Mrs. Clifford's, and heading straight for our yard. They had stripped her trees, but our trees at that time were still only partially eaten." Needless to say, life in Medford, Mass., was never again the sam& Real estate values declined. Ornamental tree*! were killed. Garden crops, fruit trees, and flowering plant destroyed. The same Mrs. Belcher told investigators: "They ate nearly everything green in the yard, killing my rose bushes, and doing much damage to |he vegetables." An equally upset Mrs. Harmon stated: "I had quite a little vegetable garden which was nearly ruined by the caterpillars. They destroyed the cucumbers and ate the tops of the tomatoes." For Mrs. Harmon we should indeed feel some empathy. Unfortunately, she became the unhappy owner of the infested shed in which Mr. Trouvelot performed his experiments. To quote the seller, Mr. William Taylor: "In the fall of 1879 I moved to 27 MyrUe street, where Mr. Trouvelot, who brought the gypsy moth to this country, formerly lived. In the following spring I found the shed in the rear of his house swarming with caterpillars. I knew that Mr. Trouvelot had been experimenting with silkworms, but I did not know that the swarms of caterpillars in the shed came from the gypsy moth. The caterpillars were such a nuisance that I got permission to sell the shed, and it was thus taken to Mrs. Harmon's on Spring street." Once positive identification of the gypsy moth was made in 1889 by Dr. H.T. Fernald of the Hatch Experiment staUon in Amerst, Mass., the full potential impact came horrifyingly into focus. The gypsy moth you see had a world wide reputation. As early at 1662 Goedart described the pest, complete with color plate, in his Histoire des Insectes. By the early 1700's, the gypsy moth had ravaged woodlands from Japan to Stockholm. Not even the sacred, manicured forests of Germany were left unscathed. Of interest are some of the names given to the beast by the Germans. The one I like best is Dickkopfiger Bar which, translated into English means thick-headed bear. Because of the fuzzy covering on the egg clusters the name Schwamspinner (fungus spinner) can frequenUy be found in the literature. Before closing I should like to state that the gypsy moth has not yet become a problem in Illinois; however, thanks to our mobile society the insect is slowly but surely moving this way. Next week I shall discuss control procedures as well as The Law Serves You FENCING IS NOT JUST A SPORT 4 Poets have written about it, persons make a living at it and occasionally neighbors fight over it - the subject we art discussing is fencing. What are a person's rights when he decides to set up a fence outside an Incorporated town, asks the Illinois State Bar association. In counties under a township organization, the public, at any annual town meeting may determine what shall constitute a legal fence and in counties . which are not under township organization, the power to regulate the height of fence* shall be vested in the county board. State law specifies that fences four and one-half feet high, and in good- repair, consisting of rails, timber bdards, stone, hedges, barb wire, woven wire or Whatever the fence viewers of the town or precinct agree to, shall be a legal fence. Fence viewers may, be members of the county board of auditors in counties under a township organization and members of the county board in other types of counties. Such persons can be called upon when a dispute over a fence arises. They are paid $1.50 a day and usually work in pairs. According to the Illinois State Bar association, . in an unincorporated area, when two or more persons have lands adjoining, each of them shall make and maintain a Just proportion of the division fence between than. ^ When any person wishes to inclose his land, located fa Any county having less than 1,000,000 population according to the last preceding federal census and not within the corporate limfts of any municipality in such county,' each owner of land adjoining his land shall build, or pay for the building of, a just proportion of the division fence between his land and that of the adjoining owner and each owner shall bear the same proportion of the costs of keeping that fence maintained _ ~~ " -- The human brain, if properly providing a description Of the used, is a great labor saver, caterpillar. and in good repair. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to fences on lands held by public bodies for roadway purposes. Removal of a portion of a division fence must be preceded by a notice, in writing, of one year to the ocCupartt of the adjoining land. This occupant then has the right to challenge the removal. When a person has made a division fence which later is found to be on the property of the land adjoining his, he may enter the other person's land and remove it within six months after the fence's construction. However, says the Illinois State Bar association, such a fence may not be removed if it was made of material taken from the land on which it was built, until financial reimbursement has been made to the property owner. This type of fence may not be removed when crops are growing on the adjoining property owner's land. In this case, the fence owner must wait until the crops have been harvested before correcting his mistake. * If a person's fence is damaged by animals of an adjoining neighbor, that neighbor is financially obligated to make repairs. 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