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DECEMBER 6, 1967 - PLAINDEALER - PG. 13 Sonet TjheW)o%%q I *- C linic --' Opal and Oliver present a common problem. Their grandmother voices it below, so scrapbook this case for future use. It will help you enrich the lives of your children and insure them against being school dropouts! Let your men folks buy the athletic equipment for kiddies. You women need to nurture their minds and souls! ~ By George D„ M.D. W. Crane, Ph. CASE E-5I9: Opal and Oliver are twins-. f*Dr. Crane", their grandmother began, "they will be 16 on their next birthday. "What would you suggest as appropriate presents for them? "And I also have some younger grandchildren too, so how can a grandmother select the gifts of most value to children?" GIFT PSYCHOLOGY Sinpe you good women are the chief custodians of culture, morality, music and idealism, ril list various appropriate gifts along those lines: (1) Children benefit greatly from a typewriter. It stimulates them to write "Thank you" notes, and other missives to Grandma or their brothers in military service. So a typewriter is superb insurance to prevent later school dropouts! You can oftenpurchaseaused machine for about $50, which will be adequate for school children, Mrs. Crane and I gave each of our five children a typewriter and she taught them the touch system. I offered a $25 bonus when they could typewrite at 10 words per minute, plus additional $25 awards for each additional 10 words till they could average 40 words per minute by the touch system. (2) A Bible, a dictionary and an atlas are excellent gifts. (3) Every family with children also needs an encyclopedia! That is doubly true of farm families whose kiddies haven't easy access to a city library: to do research for their themes at school! (4) Send your local newspaper For who's looking fi something a bit different ••• iO A hi crew neck doubler the front of cotton suede; the body, cotton jersey Did make this s§hirt for you? S didn't make this shirt for everybody! JTZ"~*r am \ make your holiday shopping a pleasure at 1219 N. Qrw, Mcfenry to your college youth or those in military service. (5) Dr. Peale's monthly GUIDE POSTS ($2 per year) is an ideal magazine gift for teenagers, for its interfaith, inspirational articles intrigue young folks. Our Crane children devoured GUIDEPOSTS every month. (6) Adults, such as teachers, doctora and other business or professional people, will delight in the weekly QUOTE magazine, which contains rich material for speeches on all current topics. It also have several pages of splendid humor to enliven such talks. QUOTE is published at Anderson, South Carolina, but is vital ammunition for Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary and other speakers. (7) Children's books include Hurlbut's Bible stories, as well as the inspiring SANDY SLEIGHFOOT book ($1 and $2.95) which lifts the morale of all handicapped kiddies and inserts a basic religious motif. (8) Classics, Illustrated (Gilberton Co., 101 Fifth Avenue, New York city) should be a MUST for every literate family. These contain colorful 15 cent comic book formats that present 200 of the world's foremost novels, including 3en Hur, Moby Dick, Ivanhoe, Black Beauty, Huckleberry Finn, etc. Adults and youngsters will devour these. I still do so, myself! And our five children used them when they were to write book reports for high school English classes. (9) For Sunday School teachers and Bible readers, a Concordance is a very useful book. Every important word in the Bible is indexed therein, with all the places where it appears, so you can find any Bible fact in a few seconds of time. (10) Send for my newspaper booklet "How to Stimulate Bible Reading," enclosing a long stamped, return envelope, plus 20 cents for it contains 140 dramatic Bible problems. * USF THE CLASSIFIED TROOP 190 As Christmas time draws near, you Can well imagine all the Girl Scout troops are as busy as Old Saint Nick. I heard that ^firs. Cindy Day's Brownie troop Nov. 415 is decorating the tree at McHenry Savings & Loan. Mrs. Martin Ehlan's Junior troop 190 will be selling Christmas goodies Dec. 9th, at two local stores.! am not sure if the girls do the baking or their moms, but it's all homemade and mighty good eating. Remember the ninth at 9 a.m. and save yourself some Christmas baking. I saw smoke signals"raising from Cadette troop 295, spelling S.O.S. It seems they have created a problem all by themselves. They decided to send «toys and clothes to Vietnam at Sgt. Prides request. "It's a sad sight to see little children without toys to play with," he wrote, "all they have are live beetles on a string and bullet shells." When the Cadettes read this they decided that this was the place to send all their old dolls and toys that they had outgrown. BUT, they never dreamed they had so many. Their problem steins down to this, the postage is high, ranging from $2 to $13. Clothes have been mended, dolls have been washed, stuffed, dressed and packed neatly in boxes, wrapped , tied and addressed. Anyone wishing to help pay the postage please call Mrs. Curtis Bremmer, 385- 2853. On Thursday, Dec. 7 they are having a White Elephant sale for their mothers. They hope all the mothers and their friends will be there for a successful evening. A couple weeks ago the National conference in the Great Lakes Region VII was held at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Chicago. Mrs. Stuart Engh, Mrs. Vince Weyland, Mrs. Frank Gans and Mrs. John Johnson were among those attending. They enjoyed meeting and hearing many out-standing speakers such as Mrs. Holten R. Price, Jr., president of Girl Scouts of America; and Mrs. Kay Templeton, author of the Brownie handbook. They all enjoyed the international foods banquet high-lighting the conference. Vi Johnson McHENRY YOUTH ARE ENROLLED AT INSTITUTE / Three McHenry students are among 1,426 enrolled for the fall term at the Southern Illinois university Vocational - Technical institute. They are Forrest Viita, Rolf Schilling and Richard Albright, all in the two-year aviation technology program. The Vocational-Technical institute offers twenty-eight major programs and options ranging from aviation technology to dental laboratory technology and electronic data processing. Associate degree programs In corrections and law enforcement arid highway and. civil technology were added this year. The school is administered by Southern's division of Technical and Adult Education and is located on its own campus nine miles east of Carbondale. Be Wise Shop In McHenry ITEM: When shopping for wool fabrics, read the labels or hangtags to see if you can wash the fabrics by hand or machine or if you must have them drycleaned. Christmas is the most widely celebrated holiday on the calendar. The Salvation Army doesn't want anyone to know the special sadness of being "forgotten". Helping the unfortunate at Christmas has been a traditional service of The Salvation Army for more than a hundred years. Christmas Displays A preview of what is in store for you and your family for the Christmas holidays was unveiled at the Flower Cart in Harvard, last Sunday afternoon. Pictured above admirii% one of the large selection of Holiday candles on display are left "Thfct Christmas Feeling", Christmas was reflected in^h# was more than a song in Harvard last Sunday afternoon. It was a crowd of over one thousand people from McHenry County and Wisconsin traveling to the Flower Cart in Harvard for a Christmas Open House that you almost had to see to believe. holiday costumes worn by the employees and by the unique, beautifully designed Christmas decorations and flowers. If you are a "do it yourself buff, you'll find all the material you need for Christmas decorto right, Mrs. Gordon Kynell - Algonquin, Mrs. Stan Kynell - Walworth, Mrs. Russ Belshaw - Wonder Lake, Mrs. John Nihill - McHenry, and Mrs. Rose Doane - Marengo, i g atiofts on the lower level of the '-shot). f Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus plftyed host and hostess for the afternoon, and when the doors of the Flower Cart closed for IJhe day, there_ were at least ^one thousand people in the county, who must have had, "That A traditional old fashioned "Christmas Feeling". Adv. WE HAWE Y OF (B^RPETIW© P@R IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AS RU©S 1F©R INSTALLATION I ' t . ! • Shown above is one of our Show Rooms so you may seejpur 9* x 12' samples. Cumuloft Kodel Herculon Enkaloft Acrilan Vectra Polyester Give Your Mesne ,and *°ur wifel A Carpet For Christmas In addition to fine carpets for living rooms, we have in stock bedroom, kitchen, commercial and indoor-outdoor carpets. Carpet mills increased their prices on Sept. 18, 1967--Our stock wqs purchased before September. DOPont 501 Portrel Polycrest Olefin Wool Marves s Nylon % S&H Green Stamps - Financing Available TIDY --REGULAR HOURS-- Men., YBswrs., Fri. 8 am-9 pm Tues., Wod., Sat. 8 am-5 pm Closed Sundays 200 WASHINGTON WOODSTOCK JUNC. RT. 120 & CITY 14 PHONE 815-338-1000 spurgeons SHE'S DREAMING OF CHRISTMAS UHStRIi! mtm U (^j>luj? rruxxA^ 2 Pc Set 299 *, 599 This is the merriest sampling of the beautiful things ready for the choosing here, now! All are nylon tricot, exquisitely detailed with scalloped lace and other lavish trims, in a delectable array of pastels. Choose now, she'll be delighted on Christmas Morning! A. Waltz gown and coat set in B. Feminine pajamas, long-leg Small, Medium, Large. 5.99 style. Sizes 34 to 40. 3.99 C. Full-gathered waltz gown, in STORE HOURS sizesS,M,L,andX'L 2'" MON-FRI-9-9 SAT-9-6 Sunday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM McHenry Market Place Phone 385-4100 CHARGE WITH SPURGEON S OWN OR ANY MIDWEST BANK CARD IN THEC SPIRIT/ 4 glitter and glow ornaments Christmas gift s?i wrapping CHRISTMAS Table Favors Napkins Paper Plates Tablecloths IF YOU N'T SEE WHAT YOUR LOOKING FOR JUST ASK! linen calendar towel vinyl scotch pine tree kqmein&brow Ohe Tlorter Cart 55 N. AYEI 943-4371 HARVARD , IU {