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Probably the answer 4he more romantic folks will like best is that it continues because love has persisted. *More practically, it may have •(continued because it gives the more bashful suitors an easy Way to express their feelings. -.In our observances, we have concluded that it is best mishw isn't acquainted with the perilous journey of her valentine before it reaches her hands. Any knowledge of it might certainly detract from tiie loving sentiment she has attached to the gift, and therefore to the giver also. We watched the other day as a young man painstakingly selected a beautiful card which he had given due sideration for the sentimental qualities of the verse. He handed it to the clerk, who was equally careful in placing it in a large envelope .and sealing the edges to keep it clean. _ And what do you suppose happened next? The young man took it from her, paid for the expensive bit of remembrance, then shoved the en- 4)lc~ttHielope in his coat poeket and proceeded happily on his way. He was entirely unaware of any breach of good judgment in handling, while we shuddered to think of the distorted smile of the cupids on the twisted piece of paper. Who was it that said it's the thought that counts! To paper would be complete tfflfs time of year without mention of Honest , Abe, whose birthday anniversary was celebrated Wednesday, Feb. 12. After so many years, when everything possiblie concerning his life has been told, the date has come to be regarded chiefly as a holiday by many who long ago came to accept his stature as a man as part of our history. Mutually, his role will never b?rorgotten as long as there is a United States. Even a brief review of his life tends to make one ask why so many people strive for so much wheh they see this example of one who accomplished great things with so little. We wonder! If you have something old which you have considered discqffting, don't Mrs. Gertrude Neiss found that it doesn't pay and this is her story. She answered a contest request for old washing machines and was very surprised to learn sometime lfiter that the 40-year-old machine in her possession had wfan first place. Her prize? A new washing machine. "Scene of the week: The yq^ngster trudging to Harrison school on the holiday Wednesday, wannly wrapped against the chilly winds, with lunch box in hand. He may never before have heard of the famous president, but Abe Lincoin never had a more staunch •friend than this little fellow, whose entire face lighted when a considerate motorist, passing b^ stopped to tell the little f«Hw there wasn't any school. He turned immediately and headed home, giving the driver some small idea of what the launching of the Explorer might have looked like. K.A.F. MEDICAL MEETING # The McHenry County Medical society will meet on Thursdu Feb. 20, in Crystal Lake. A*:30 o'clock dinner will be followed by a talk from Dr. Austin Smith, editor of the Journal of the American Medical association. PRELUDE TO f t ; A COFCMEIS FOR BUSINESS, Postal Carriers Win Award Pins The type of worship will vary in McHenry area homes during the lenten season ahead, but the above scene is typical of those in many of them. This picture of the Theodore Pitzen family, taken initheir liome at 407 Grove avenue, shows them reciting the rosary. Shown with the father, at^ft, and the mother, Lorraine, at right, are Cathy, Patty, Teddy, Jr., Johnny and Mike. Churches of all denominations are planning special lenten rites, and added to prayers recited in the Houses of God will be those offered sincerely in family groups not only in McHenry but throughout the nation. Lakemoor Child Burned In Accident Monday Mary Therese Schmit, 5- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Schmit of Lakemoor, suffered second degree bums over* a third of her left leg in a home accident Monday. Mrs. Schmit had left the kitchen to care for the baby, and in her absence Mary Therese climbed on a stool and began to stir a kettle of soup. The kettle tipped and the hot soup spilled over her leg. She was treated at Memorial hospital in Woodstock and released the same day. FIRST AID COURSE ! Those interested in taking a course in first aid given by the Red Cross should contact Larry Murray, 414 Park View, Mc- Cullom Lake, or Gertrude Bar-. bian by card or letter. \ FOX LAKE COUPLE HURT IN CRASH ^ NEAR VOLO SUNDAY T\w> Fox Lake residents were treated in McHenry hospital this ^veek-for- mjiirieE sustained- -end- -Mrs.- Nancy Bowiwmv ipf^emdreni Mr. . Anderson's- son. Ross, Jr., is one of the staff of the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce. His subject before the local Chamber of Commerce will be "Are You One of the Two?" COMPLETE SKIN TESTING PROGRAM" IN LOCAL SCHOOLS m an accident which occurred on Rt. 12, a mile south of Volo, Sunday night. The injured were Eugene H. Walazek of Fox Lake and his wife, Harriet. Their pet dog suffered a broken leg and was treated by a veterinarian. A truck enroute north, driven by Charles Lewallen of Syracuse, Ind., stalled in the outside lane and the Walazek car crashed into it moments later. INSTITUTE DAY Friday, Match 14, has been set as Institute day for McHenry county teachers, according to Richard L. Tazewell, superintendent of schools. HONOR McHENRY SCOUTS AT BANQUET SATURDAY EVENING; DAVID KERR TO M.C. '58 EVENT Star Scout Dave Kerr, 15, of Troop 162 of the Boy Scouts, has been selected for the honor of acting as master of ceremonies for the father and son banquet which will be held in the city Saturday evening, Feb, DAVE KERR 15, at 7:15 p.m. at the V.F.W. clubhouse. The young man was accorded the honor because of his loyalty, ability and sincerity in scouting. His outstanding record speaks for itself, including his role as troop quartermaster, assistant patrol leader, senior patrol leader, and at present, troop scribe and member of the Order of the Arrows. Guest speaker of the evening will be Robert G. Wulff, speaking on the timely subject, "Outer Space." Taking an active part in presentation of the program will be Billy Anderson, Don Carmen, Bob Foss, Bob Rodde, Sam Sossong, John Bailey, Hugh Sayner and Jimmy Mars. About 200 Scouts, Explorers and Cubs and their guests are expected at Saturday's banquet. The 200 figure is also the approximate number of Scouts in McHenry troops and packs alone. Added to this are a number from nearby communities and subdivisions who are included in the general McHenry area membership, one of the most active in this section of the state. Banquet Chairman The banquet chairman is the neighborhood commissioner, Hugh H. Kirk,who has announced the various troops and packs, their sponsors and leaders. They are as follows: Cub Pack 361, sponsored by Men's club of Community Methodist church; William S. Zc^hn, pack chairman; Edward C. Mars, cubmaster, leader; Marjory Adams, Marion Carl- (Continued on page 8) Name Chairmen Of Heart Drive Mrs. Lauretta Homo of West Shore Beach, McCullom Lake, Install Newly Elected Officers During Evening . An important meeting of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce, the first quarterly gathering of the organization, will life hield Tuesday evening, Feb. 18, at 7 o'clock at the McHenry Country club. The evening will begin with a chicken dinner, for which reservations •should be made by calling Eleanor Pliner at 268 no later than Feb. 14. Installation of new officers will 1>e a feature of 'the meeting, at which time the new president, Dan Creamer, will speak briefly on the program for 1958. Included in projects for the twelve-month period ahead is the proposed park district, which will be discussed by Its chairman, Dan Justen. The views of members in attendance will be sought. Guest speaker of the evening will be Ross E. Anderson, executive secretary of the Oak Park Chamber of Commerce, who has had more than a quarter of a century of activity In C. of C. work. Before moving to Oak Park in June of 1945; he was active in the organization in Kansas City, Mo., Independence, Mo., and Pekin, HI. Mr. Anderson is past president of both the Missouri and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Executive associations. Married and the father of two Ringwood have accepted the chairmanship of the 1958 McHenry heart fund drive. It will reach its climax on Feb. 23, officially designated as Heart Sunday, when -volunteers will call on neighbors seeking support for the fight against heart disease. Contributions secured in the annual February drive will be used to further the association's dynamic program of research ; professional and public education; and service aimed at the control of heart disease. Although much progress has been made in the field, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. The Heart Sunday slogan is "Welcome Your Heart Fund Volunteer on Heart Sunday, Feb. 23." Auto Crash Results In Injuries To One Mrs. Rose O'Halloran of Rt. 3. McHenry, was treated at McHenry * hospital for cuts, bruises and shock suffered in an accident on Highway 176, a mile west of Burton's Bridge, last week. When an oncoming car went into a skid, Mrs. O'Halloran applied the brakes of her car after which it went out of control and overturned in a ditch. MISSION CENTER REPRESENTATIVE TO APPEAR IN CITY "Heart of the Neighborhood," a prize winning film on Marcy Center, will be presented at the Feb. 20 meeting of the W.S.C.S. of the Community Methodist church by Mrs. Hazzard Parks, wife of the Center's director. Mrs. Parks, the nursery school director, who has a master's degree in education from Oklahoma State college, has been with the center since 1952. The Woman's society meeting, at which the Marcy Center story will be told both by Mrs. Parks and by movie, is a guest day planned luncheon at 12 o'clock, to which the local society has invited Woman's Society members froni Methodist churches in the surrounding area. In the past, guests have come from Algonquin, Cary, Ingleside, Ringwood, Green- (Continued on page 8) The board of directors of the McHenry County Tuberculosis association met last week at the court house annex in Woodstock, with Dr. Henry W. Sandeen, president, presiding. The financial report was given by Miss Zelma Hutson, treasurer. Mrs. Claribel H. Naylor, McHenry county tuberculosis nurse, reported that the skin testing program had been completed in the Crystal Lake. McHenry and Johnsburg schools this year. Twenty-five positive reactors were found in the testing of 758 students. Nearly all of these, with their families or close contacts, were given sanatorium x-rays and tests. Eleven tuberculosis patients have been admitted for hospitalization to the tuberculosis sanatorium since Sept. 1, 1957. Approximately 260 people who are ex-patients or contacts of active tuberculosis patients are now under supervision, reporting periodically for x-rays and clinic tests. Follow-up work on the last mobile unit x-ray survey is being completed. All persons with questionable x-rays are sent to their physician or to the sanatorium clinic for further study. The funds for this volunteer case-finding work are contributed by McHenry county residents during the Annual Christmas Seal Sale. The annual meeting of the county tuberculosis association will be held during the latter part of April this year. INCREASES LAND VALUES The county board of supervisors took action Tuesday of this week to increase land values on right-of-ways from $100 to $200 an acre. The valuation pertains to the acquisition of land by the county in its road , improvement projects. The matter came up after reports by supervisors that landowners in some sections were unwilling to sell at the lower price. Postmaster Ray McGee received notification this week that his office has again earned recognition in the Chicago region by the excellent safety record of local carriers. This is the second year in succession in which there has been an improvement in the drivers' accident record. Seven men have received beautiful gold pins as the result of their accident-free driving during the past twelve months. Incidentally, in all cases their entire record with the post office has been without accidents while on duty. The men and the number of years they have won pins include Charles J. Brda, eleven; Paul Patzke and Richard Weber, eight; Boyd Dowell, six; Paul Karls, 5; Henry Reese, 4; Tom Wiles, 1. A plaque will be placed in the post office signifying the honor accorded the local office. Regional Director Robert R. Justus, in^his letter to McGee, reminded him that "this award is not easily earned and to receive it two years in succession is a distinct honor." FIGHT FOUR LOCAL FIRES IN SUB ZERO COLD Firemen Prevent Serious Damage On All Occasions Four fires in the McHenry area, none of them too serious, were kept under control in the sub-zero temperatures of the week by volunteer firemen from the local district. The first occurred about 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the Clinton Martin farm northwest of the city. A spark from the chimney of one of the homes on the farm resulted in about a quarter of the roof being destroyed. About 11:30 that morning, another fire occurred in a home on Ewell'B Ringwell farm, located northwest of Ringwood on the Wonder Lake blacktop road. A defective furnace on the first floor was blamed for the flames, which did considerable damage to the walls'ttnd ceiling and a portion of the second floor of the house. Men Stand By Stations 1 and 2, McHenry and Johnsburg, and the Wonder Lake department assisted in extinguishing the fire, while men from the Lakemoor station stood by at the McHenry fire house in case of another call. About U o'clock Saturday evening, a defective chimney at the LeVande residence in Lakemoor caused only minor damage to the roof. On Sunday afternoon the men were called to extinguish a fire at the Sam Gillis home, where the pump house had caught fire. While it was destroyed by flames the quick action of volunteers prevented loss of the house. Only slight damages to the rear of the residence was reported. Tell Friday Deadline In Conservation Sign-Up This coming Friday, Feb. 14, is the finpl date of the concentrated sign-up period for the 1958 Agricultural Conservation Program.' This reminder was issued by Paul Brandlin, vice-chairman of the local ASC office. Any farmer who needs costsharing assistance in carrying out approved conservation practices on his farm should contact the ASC office in Woodstock on or before the Feb. 14 closing date. Practices offered in McHenry county for the 1958 program include limestqne, rock phosphate, sod waterways, increased seeding of legumes, tree planting and many other soil conserving practices. OBSERVE SPECIAL RITES DURING PENITENTIAL PERIOD BEGINNING ASH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 APPROVE COUNTY HOME BOND ISSUE ELECTION APRIL 18 Final approval was given Tuesday of this week by the county board of supervisors to the McHenry County home bonding program when they adopted a resolution calling for a special election April 8 on a $285,000 bond issue not to exceed 3% per cent interest a year. Permission will also be asked on the ballot to levy a tax not to exceed 2% cents- on each $100 assessed valuation. It was explained by Deputy Clerk M. R. Collier that according to the statutes, the levy limit must be set. Conferences with a bonding company representative are said to have disclosed that if the present trend continues in regard to assessed valuation, all that will be needed to retire the bonds over the design nated eight-year period will be 1.2 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The only alternative if the program fails to pass is that the poor must be taken care of by the townships, which are not at present equipped financially to assume the burden, ac* cording to the board. CARL THODE IS NOMINATED TO AIR FORCE ACADEMY Carl Thode of Ingleside, formerly of Lakemoor, is one of ten young men in the 13th Congressional district nominated by Rep. Marguerite Stitt Church as a candidate for admissibn to the U.S. Air Force academy. Carl, a student at Grant Community high school in Fox Lake, was nominated on the basis of results in a competitive civil service exam given last November. The 18-year-old Grant senior has only to pass the entrance exam to the academy in order to be accepted for the 1958 class. Unlike the Army and Navy academies, the recently established U.S. Air Force school accepts ten nominations from a Congressional district rather than just two. Carl was born June 5, 1939, in Germany, came to the United States in August, 1951, went to Junior high school in McHenry in 1951 and 1952, then attended St. Mary's school from '52 to '54, at which time he resided in Lakemoor. He moved in 1954 to Ingleside. Carl became a citizen in June of 1957. NOTICE There will be no tickets sold at the door ^Friday night for the MCHS-Crystal Lake basketball game. Tickets will be sold at the local high school today (Thursday) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock (noon). Observe Brotherhood Week Feb. 16-23. Many people of the McHenry area will present themselves with heads bowed on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 19, in their var* ious churches for the traditional ceremony of receiving ashes. This is the official opening of the season of Lent. Lent is a penitential season, a time of meditation on the life, passion and death of Christ, a time to "take up our cross and follow Christ." Many of the local churches will offer special lenten devotions. Some will 'include Stations of the Cross and special meditations on the suffer ings of Christ on the way to Calvary. Sermons will be delivered to inspire the faithful with sentiments of repentance for sin, admonishing everyone to strive more zealously to lead virtuous lives. Many families and groups will gather together tat prayer during this season of preparation. St. Mary's At St. Mary's Catholic church- Masses will be read at 6:45, 7:15 and 8 o'clock on Ash Wednesday, with distribution of ashes after the 8 o'clock Mass. At 7:30 in the evening, the rolfr ary will be recited, there will be a sermon and Benediction* Distribution of ashes will occur after the services. Evening services throughout the season will include rosary, sermon and Benediction at 7:30 Wednesday evenings and Stations of the Qro^s and $en* ediction at 7:30 Friday nights. Stations of the Cross will alio be made at 11 In the morninjg on Fridays. St. Patrick's Masses at St. Patrick's Catholic church on Ash Wednesday will be at 7 and 8 o'clock, with distribution of ashes after the last Mass. Evening devotions that night will be at 7:30, in# eluding rosary, Bermon and Benediction. The evening services during Lent will include rosary, se£ mon and Benediction 7:30 Wednesday nights and Stations of the Cross and Benediction at 7:30 p.m. on Friday nights. There will also be Stations at 11 o'clock Friday mornings. . Community Methodist At McHenry's Community Methodist church, starting on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 19, and continuing for six weeks, two study groups will be offered. Rev. Corbett will teach a class on the Gospel according to Mark. A second class, "Christian World Frontiers," will explore some of the strategic corners of the earth where entire tribes and nations are being decisively influenced by the Christian faith. Leading sessions of this class are Mrs. J. E. Corbett, Mrs. Harry Stinespring, Jr., Mrs. Erwin Wittrock, Vale Adams and Lon Smith. Both classes will run from 8 to 9 p.m. On several Wednesday evenings when suppers are scheduled, a song sendee will be held in the sanctuary from 7:30 to .8. A pot-luck supper on Ash Wednesday at 6:30 pjn. will inaugurate the lenten midweek programs. Zion Lutheran Special lenten devotions are being planned at Zion Evangelical Lutheran church on Wednesday evenings at 7 and 8:15 o'clock. These will begin Ash Wednesday, Feb. 19, with a talk on the subject, "When He Was Betrayed", based on the general theme, "Were You There"? Other talks on related subjects will be given the following'Wednesday nights through March 26. St. Paul's Episcopal Special lenten rites are planned at St. Paul's Episcopal church, beginning Ash Wednesday with Holy Communion at 7:30 a.m. Evening services will be held (Continued on page 8) CLIMAX SCOUT WEEK WITH BANQUEl 0 i