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(njifcr • ' : • . . ' -M: : ' ' . : VKU. -- -• ,.V ^ • r-:.t V:.,- -'. h 1 •/' ^ '. - ' ' * . v ; / . . • . • " * ; |||§|CIteuit LZ Deadline Dec. 31 SECTION 2» PAGE S - PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1878 •V Grand Old Man Of The NBA / • - • • % • * • '* • Eddie Gottlieb, who coached the Philadelphia Warriors to the first world championship when the Na­ tional Basketball Associa­ tion (NBA) was formed in 1946 is now in his 80's and still an active force in the NBA. Born in Russia, Gottlieb's family came to the United States when he was about four years old, living first in New Jersey and New York * City before moving to Phila­ delphia when he was 10. "My mother's family lived in Philadelphia and we moved there when my fa­ ther died," Gottlieb told a writer from The National Council on the Aging. "I've lived in Philadelphia ever since." Gottlieb went to high school and college in Phila­ delphia, participating in all _ sports, including basketball, during his school days. "When I got out of school I taught math for two tyears in grade school and physical education for two more in high school," Got- - tlieb said. "I also managed several athletic teams and played semi-pro basket­ ball." Gottlieb and a friend started semi-pro basketball and baseball teams in 1918 called the SPHA's (South Philadelphia Hebrew Asso- t ciation). "The baseball team lasted * only five years; the basket­ ball team was active until ; the 50's," Gottlieb recalled. When the NBA was cre­ ated in 1946, Gottlieb was hot only coach and general manager of its first world championship team, he was also a charter member of the league's board of gover­ nors, a post he held until 1967. In 1952, Gottlieb bought the Philadelphia Warriors : and quit coaching in 1954 to devote his time to the fep business side of a profes­ sional sports franchise as well as to NBA responsibili­ ties, including the league schedule. "I started working on the schedule in 1947 with Mau­ rice Podoloff, the first com­ missioner of the NBA," Gottlieb said. "We worked together for about six years and then I started doing the scheduling all by myself." It wasn't until three years ago that Gottlieb was given assistance in the person of George Faust. "This year George and I coordinated the schedule for the first time using a com­ puter," Gottlieb said proud­ ly. "We've been testing computers for the last 9 or 10 years but this is the first system we've found that meets our needs." Over the years, Gottlieb has been deeply involved in the evolution of the NBA. He has been a member of the rules committee in every league his team played in for more than 50 years and is presently a member of the competition and rules com­ mittee of the NBA. What does Gottlieb think about the brand of basket­ ball played today as op­ posed to when he started 61 years ago? "Today's game is much faster paced and much more interesting," Gottlieb said. "We're playing a better game--no one doubts that." As for the future, Gott­ lieb prefers to let that take care of itself. "I started in basketball in 1918," Gott­ lieb said. "Don't ask me how long I'll continue be­ cause I really couldn't say-- just put down that I don't have any plans for retiring at the present time." INFLATION CAUSED the largest cost of living in­ crease in social security benefits in history in July. Nearly 35 million recipients of social security and 4 mil­ lion persons receiving sup­ plemental security income received a 9.9 percent in­ crease in benefits. The costs of these increases in fiscal year 1980 alone will come to an estimated $10.6 bil­ lion. Criticism is a study by which men grow im­ portant and formid­ able at very small ex­ pense. •Samuel Johnson. Senior^ and disabled citizens ~ who have not already filed for Circuit Breaker tax relief for the 1978 claim year have only a few more days to apply with the state before the Dec. 31 deadline, according to James B. Zagel, director of the Dlinois Department of Revenue. Zagel said Circuit Breaker tax rebates are available to Illinois citizens with annual household incomes under $10,000 who are 65 or over or who are disabled. The rebated, provided under the state's Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief act, are designed to reduce the tax burden on senior and disabled citizens, who generally have fixed or restricted incomes. Under the program, property tax relief grants of up to $650 and additional grants of between $50 and $100 are available to qualified citizens, Zagel said. And, he added, an applicant does not need to a own his or her home. "You may rent your residence or even live in a nursing home and still qualify for one or both of these grants," he said. "So far this year, nearly 360,000 .persons have received grants for the 1978 claim year totaling nearly $82.7 million," Zagel noted. "This brings the total that senior and disabled persons have received through this program since its inception in 1972 to nearly $450 ' million." Application forms (111- 1365) are available from any Illinois Department of Revenue district office, the Illinois Department on Aging, the Lieutenant Governor's senior action centers., area, legislators' offices and various senior citizen centers. In addition, citizens may obtain applications by calling the Department of Revenue, toll-free. at (800) 252-8972. CHURCH SERVICES SANTA, TOO? ^jlAT Oil CAN Buy uoW MUCH F°£- T&SS? in--fiBTHTin nr • '•"» nn.«gn- faith Presbyterian Church Reverend Eric J. Snyder Lincoln and Chapel Hill Roads Corporate Worship 10:30 am-Sunday School 9:00 am Nursery & Pre-School 10:30 am * To Our Son Alan, In Korea. Merry Christmas, Our Thoughts Are With You Timber Creek Farms and Nurseries 12608 CHARLES ROAD 338-0200 ^ BUY A CUT WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS 338-0209 1 fel : A, 1 m CHRISTMAS TREE. . . GET A ' FREE TREE! This Christmas season we will be giving a gift of a coupon redeemable in Spring of '80 for a I2"-18" Colorado Blue Spruce (BR.) with every cut Christmas tree sold. Fresh Cut Christmas Trees 5-8' Scotch Pine, New Traditional *2 per ft. 6-12' Balsam Fir, Old Traditional *2.50 per ft. 6-14' Douglas Fir, Our Finest *3 per ft. Wreaths A Roping; Poinsettias '4.95 Timber Creek,..giving a little life to your Christmas. Alliance Bible Church 381$ W. Bull Valley Rd. Rev. Gerald Robertson Sunday School-9:45 AM Service-11:00 PM Service-7:00 Wed. Bible Study t Prayer 7:30 pm St Francis National Catholic Church Flanders Rd. East of Ringwood Rood Sunday Masses-11 am Father A. Wodka-Pastor Chain O'Lakes Evangelical Covenant Chnrch 4815 N. Wilmot Road Rev. Mitchell Considine Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am Church Phone 497-3000 Parsonage 497-3050 St John the Baptist Catholic Church Johnsburg Rev. Leo Bartel, Pastor Rectory Phone 3B5-1477 Sat. Eve. Mass 5:30 ft 8:00 pm Fulfills Sun. obligation Sun. Masses 7, 9,10:30112:00 Week days 7:30 ft9-Sat. 8 am First United Methodist Church 3717 W. Main Street Church phone 385-0931 Ralph Smith, Pastor Parsonage phone: 385-1352 Schedule of Worship Services Sunday Worship Services 9:30 am and 11:00 am Sunday School 10:50 am St Paul's Episcopal Church 385-0390 3706 W. St. Paul's ft Green Rev. Wm. H. Morley, vicar Sunday Services 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Church School, Holy Eucharist and Sermon Nursery provided Wed. 9:30 am Holy Eucharist Holy Days as announced Christian Science Society Lincoln Rd. and Eastwood Lane Sunday Service ft Sunday School 10:30 Wed. 8:30 pm Reading Room Tues. ft Thurs. 2-4 Saturday 12-1 pm Christ the King Catholic Church 5006 E. Wonder Lake Road Wonder Lake, Illinois Sunday Masses: 8,10 am and noon. Eve. Mass 8 pm Fulfills Sunday obligation ivitv Lutheran Church 3506 E. Wonder Lake Rd. Box 157, Phone 653-3832 Wonder Lake, Illinois Sun. Worship 8 ft 10:30 am Sunday School-9 am (Nursery Facilities Available) St Mary's Catholic Church The Rev. James G. Gaynor Pastor The Rev. Robert A. Balog Assc. Sat. Eve. Mass-5 pm Fulfills Sunday obligation Sunday Masses-6:30, 8,9:30, 9:45, 10:45, 11,12 noon Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 4206 W. Waukegon Rd. (W. Rt. 120) Rev. Hemann F. Graef 385-0859 385-1616 Sunday Worship 7:45 ft 10:30 Nursery Services provided at 10:30 Education for Eternity Sunday School-Children and Youth, 9 am Wonder Lake Bible Church 7501 Howe Drive Wonder Lake, Illinois Rev. Richard N. Wright, Pastor Sunday: Sunday School, 9:30 am Morning Worship Service 11 am Bible Fellowship Hour 6:00 pm Wednesday: Midweek Prayer and Praise Hour, 7:30 pm Rev. Robert Repke, Assistant to Pastor Tuesday 7 pm-Shipmates Friday, 7 pm-Awana George R. Justen funeral Home 3519W.ELM STREET McHENRY, 385-2400 - RT. 47 Just North of Woodstock - FOR EVERY TREE WE CUT WE PLANT 100!! Glaviano's Interiors 414$. ROUTE 31 385-3764 ' McHENRY Brake Parts. Co. P.O. BOX 11 McHENRY, II 385-7000 Ace Hardware 3729 W. ELM STREET McHENRY, IL 385-0722 Tonyan Construction Co. 1309 N. BORDEN STREET II 385-5520 -- McHenry County Friends Meeting (Quaker) 1st ft 3rd Sunday, 11 am For information call: 385-8512 or 312-683-3840 Church of God Bayview Beach Community Bldg. Rev. Delmer Hayes P.O. Box 431, McHenry Services: Sunday School 10 am Church Service 11 am Evangelistic Service 7 pm Telephone: 385-8557 Mount Hope Church United Methodist 1015 W. Broadway Pistakee Highlands Jeff Roberts, Pastor Sunday Worship 10:30 am Sunday School 9:15 am McHenry Evangelical Free Church 3031 Lincoln Road 344-1111 Church Pastor Roy Wisner 1-653-9675 Sunday Service 10:30 Sunday Eve Service 6:00 pm Sunday School 9:15-10:15 Ringwood Methodist Church Ringwood, Illinois Rev. James Segin Res. 648-2848 Church 653-6956 Sunday 9:15 am Church Service Church School at 10:15 am Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Bay Saints (Mormons) 5209 N. Walkup Ave. (across from Veterans Acres) Crystal Lake, Illinois Sunday School: 10:30 Sacrament Meeting: 5:00 pm Sunday United Pentecostal Church 258 Sunnyside-Lakemoor Rev. Nolan Hilderbrand 312-279-6289 Sunday 9:45 ft 6:30 pm Wed. 7:30 pm Bible Study Fri. 7:30 pm Youth Service Freund Funeral Home 7611 HANCOCK DR. WONDER LAKE >1-728-0233 McHenry Savings & Loan 1209 N. GREEN STREET McHENRY.IL 385-3000 First National Bank.. of McHenry 3814W.RTE. 120 McHENRY.IL 385-5400 Creative Kitchen & Baths 3012 W.RTE. 120 McHENRY.IL J44-1180 McHenry State Bank 3510 W. ELM STREET McHENRY, IL »*-1040 St Peter's Catholic Church Spring Grove, Illinois Rev. Kilduff, Pastor Phone 815-675-2288 Masses: Daily 8 am, Sat. 4:00 pm Sunday 7.9ft 11 am Faith Presbyterian Church 2107 West Lincoln Rood (across from outdoor theatre) Worship 10:30 Adult SS 9:10 Sunday School 9:00 Bible Study Thurs. 9:30 Pastor Eric J. Snyder Spring Grove Church United Methodist 8102 N. Blivin Spring Grove, Illinois Rev. Douglas White-Pastor Sunday Worship-10:00 am Sunday School-9:00 am St Patrick's Catholic Church Rev. Edmund Petit, Pastor, Sat. Eve. (Sun. obligation fulfilled) 5 pm Sunday 7:15,8:30,9:45, 11 ft 12:15 Lutheran Church 404 N. Green St. ReW. Roger W. Schneider Phone 385-7786 or 385-4030 Sunday Church 8:30 ft 10:30 School 9:15 Nursery Services Available McHenry County Jewish Congregation Meets Every Friday at 8:00 in the basement of the Congregationalist Universalist church. Corner Dean ft South Sts. in Woodstock First Baptist Church 509 Front St. 385-0083 Rev. Marshall E. Worry Bible Study-Sunday School 9:30 am Worship Service 10:45 am and 7:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Service 7:00 pm Deaf Interprntqion at 10:45 Service on Sunday mornings. Peter M. Justen Funeral Home. 3807 W. ELM STREET McHENRY, IL 385-0063 Gnettler's Service, Inc. 818 N. FRONT STREET McHENRY, IL 385-9831 Mitchell Sales, Inc. BUICK-OLDS 903 N. FRONT ST. McHENRY. IL 385-7200 McHenry Plaindealer 3812 ELM STREET McHENRY.IL 385-0170 Coast to Coast 11 •MII • • m m an ironware 4400 W. RTE. 120 McHENRY MARKET PIACS w A* .