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'L / Pege Eight THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday. February 4, 1! MANY REASONS FOR CITY BOND ISSUE EXPLAINED (Continued from page!) hall. This well was drilled in 1638 to a depth of 104 feet. It has a 10-irich, 5-stage turbine pump with a rated capacity of t400 gallons per minute. This pump was replaced in 1955. In 1959 the city bought £ new 30 H.P. motor to drive this pump. This motor is in the pump h< '.e ready to put on should the present motor fail. Th^, working pressure of this ! pump is that it turns on at 45 j pounds and turns off at 52 j pounds. Therefore, when the ( present stand pipe level drops | to about 20 feet from the top j the pump starts; w.hon the t level gets to about four feet ! frdm • the top it turns off. This 16-foot difference in water level is the amount that is • available for domestic consumption and fire protection. [ When the pressure is increased j to about 54 pounds the stand- j pipe runs over. If the pressure goes below the 45 pounds many of the areas, in town are without water. When this condition occurs, the city water department takes care of it at once, day or night, to the best of its ability. The 16 feet of water in the standpipe used between 42 low and the 54 pounds high pressure is about 18.000 gallons. Taking the 18.000 gallons of j useable water it would last the \ city about 90 minutes. This is j at the rate of 12,000 gallons | per hour based on the rate of | 288.000 gallons per day that j passes through the sewer j plant. With the present sys- i tem this could cause a serious j health problem. Under the new | proposed system ofi^providing an additional 300,0i0*gallons o£ water, the supply would last far the entire day, providing no water was pumped into the tanks. With the new well and the proposed system, the city would be able to take care of. all water problems and supp'y in. regard to health and fire protection. Next week we will report on Illinois Inspection Bureau and the insurance rate in regard to the old water system as compared with the new proposed one. We will also report on the cost of the proposed system. State Aid Claims Show Increase George T. Wilkins, state superintendent of public instruction, has estimated state aid claims from, the common school fund totalling $159,142,215 will be paid to 1,624 Illinois public school districts in the 1959-60 year. The estimate is $frl,560.- 067 or 63.1 per cent more than the $97,582,348 paid to 1,686 in the 1958-59 school year. ' In Mcllenry county.' final claims for 1958-59 reached 8745,890.29 for the twentynine districts, compared to nrior claims this year of $1.- 037,916.62, an increase of 39.1 per cent. Wilkins said districts submit estimated claims for any given schBbl year based on attendance through Oct. 31. One-half of the amount certified for each county is paid b^ the state auditor to county school superintendents beginning in February, and that official distributes the monthly payments., to districts. Payment on the adjusted amount will then be made from August. 1960, through January. 1961. Distribution is made from record breaking $327.- 500.000 appropriated to the common school fund by the legislature in the 1959 session DEMOCRATS PLAN RALLY IN CITY EARLY IN MARCH_ (CoMtini'p^ from paee 1 * McHENRY MAN AMONG OFFICERS OF PMA DISTRICT Hospital Patient Volume Emphasizes Need For Expansion Honorable John F. Petit, state central rymmitteeman from the 14th district, addressed the group. Among those present were l o c a l c a n d i d a t e s . C h a r l e s Adams, Thomas J. Hanahan, Jr., William J. Bolger and Arnold Ratfkn. The former two are candidates for representative committeemen in the 32nd district. Bolger is candidate to the national convention in Los Angeles and Rauen is an alternate delegate candidate. Other guests included visiting precinct commiKeemen_ from nearby count iejs. Also present was Dorothy O'Brien of DeKalb, candidate for representative in Congress from the 50th district," who spoke briefly. At the annual election meeting of District 6. Pure Milk association, held last Saturday in Woodstock, Ralph Nichols of Hebron was re-elected president. Serving with him for the year ahead. are Charles Weingart of McHenry, vice-president; Kenneth Denman of Lake Villa, secretary-treasurer; Arthur Kruckenberg, Harvard. re-districting committeeman; Ferdinand Dahle of Walworth, resolutions committeeman and Avery Vose of Antioch, district director. Denman succeeds Sibre Whiting of .McHenry. District 6 is comprised of almost 1.000 members and fourteen locals, covering most of McHenry and Lake counties and portions of Boone, Kane, Cook, Kenosha and Walworth counties. Last year the membership increased by 117, In his talks, Nichols told members that this district has more plants than any other PMA district and is one of the few to over-subscribe its loan certificate quota. Plants at Hebron, Woodstock- and Richmond, receive daily about 20 per cent of all ijiilk delivered to Pure Milk plants. A. L. McWilliams, PMA general manager, was another speaker of the day, as was Avery Vose. Church Named Hospital Head Mayslake Retreat Dates Set From March 25-27 Word has been received from Father Oliver of Mayslake retreat office that the annual Knights, of Columbus retreat at Mayslake vyill be held on March 25 to 27. This annual retreat has been made for more than fourteen years and as the demand for space keeps growing it becomes necessary that reservations be made on, or before March 15. They may be made with Lerov J. Welter or Bert Harrison in McHenry or with Jjfrand Knight Arnold May at Richmond. This retreat is open to the public and all persons are welcome to join the group. (Continued from page 1) centage all during 1959, he , added. Occupancy Rise In May and October the percent of occupancy rose above 90, and during ten months in the year it surpassed 85 per cent, Mr. Lennon said. During 1958, the figure topped 85 per cent only five months of the year and this was during the last half of the period, he added. The monthly high for emergency cases handled was recorded in August, 1959, when 204 were treated, Mr. Lennon reported. This averaged out to one case every three and onehalf hours around the clock for the month, he said. According to a recent survey, almost 90 per cent of the emergency patients are residents of McHenry county. Most of the remainder live in neighboring counties, and many are visiting locally at the time of the emergency, he added. McHENRY COUNTY REPRESENTED AT DINNEf1 WITH IKE' McHenry county was well represented at the "Dinner With Ike," attended by Vice- FIRST VISIT IN THIRTY YEARS ENDS WITH TRIP ABROAD (Continued from page 1) farewell party given for him bv nieces and nephews of Mc Henry, Mr, and Mrs. Jack Hoi President Ni*on at the Inter- \ ]ander and Mr and Mrs Harg national Amphitheatre in Chi- k B(»hnke. cago. The county delegation, headed by Central Committee Chairman Chuck Miller, included Tony Varese and Richard Overton of McHenry. P±. B. McConnell, 32nd district state j representative; Atty. David | Joslyn. candidate for election i as alternate delegate to the | GOP national convention from this district; and County Judge James H. Cooney and Howard Garrett of Woodstock. The group left the dinner very elated over the dynamic talk of Vice-President Nixon, who praised the policy established by President Eisenhower" j Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Frank ; and daughter, Mary Beth, of | DeWitt, Iowa, were weekend J guests in the Norbert Yegge I home. While here they attend- j ed the funeral of Eugene Freund, who was a cousin of i Mrs. Frank. j During his stay, Mr. Wolter, known to his friends as "Uncle Wally". became an ardent bowling fan. From his many bowling acquaintances in Mc- K'enry he received a beautiful * igraved trophy as a token of remembrance. Orville Church of Crystal Lake was elected new president of the Memorial Hospital for McHenry County association following the annual meeting held last week. He takes the place of William M. Tittle of fit. 3, Woodstock, who served for six years in that office. Approximately 250 members attended the meeting in Mari a n C e n t r a l C a t h o l i c h i g h .school to see the election of new officers and directors. Among the directors are Horace Wagner of Wonder Lake and Ernest Useman of McHen^ ry, who will serve" three-year terms. In making his report iat the meeting, Mr. Tittle reviewed the new and modern addition, concluding with an expression | year, of pride which county citizens may feel .in the hospital. The auxiliary of the hospital came in for its share of praise from Administrator Bertram G. Hanson, especially for its sponsorship of the new physical therapy department. It was disclosed that in the fiscal year which ended last September, 2,743 patients were admitted. Dr. Granger E. Westberg, professor of religion and health at the University of Chicago, held the interest o& the assembled crowd as he^* expressed, DEATHS, BIRTHS INCREASE IN '59; FEWER MARRIAGES Although the society columns of the Plaindealer in *¥eceht weeks indicate a large number jf weddings in the months a h e a d , f i g u r e s r e l e a s e d b y t h e county clerk's office reveal that the number of marriage licenses issued last year was down by sixty-eight over 1958. During 1959, 570 were issued compared with 638 the previous year. Of this number, there was an increase in the number of teen-age girls applying for licenses. Deaths increased by thirtyeight during the twelve-month peripd, with a total of 625 compared to 587 the year before. The number of births was up by forty-five, with 1,196 in 1959 and 1,151 the previous BUS DRIVERS BROUGHT UP TO DATE ON LAWS Bus drivers from McHenry j o i n e d a l a r g e n u m b e r f r o m throughout the county who met at . West wood school, Woodstock, last Thursday evening to bring them up to date on state laws designed to best transport pupils in safety to and from school. iai;j •it that hospitals should stress spiritual as well as physical care. ' The program for the meeting gave the year's statistics for Memorial hospital. A total of 2,743 patients were admitted; 788 babies were born; 1,155 operations were performed; and 346 physical therapy treatments were given in only two months of that department's existence at the fiscal year's end. The hospital dollar came in from patients and other sources to a total of $615,537.48 with $606,000 received directly from patient income. Direct patient care cost $328,662.90 and the rest of the money received went for dietary, housekeeping and administrative departments, and other expenses O. H. McNelly, traffic repreand enlarged upon, his feeling sentative for the superintendent of public instruction, and another representative of that office told the drivers of their responsibilities as they reviewed various laws which have been put into effect in recent years." McNelly is in the process of compiling a manual which will be of value to all bus drivers in the state when it is completed. CARD OF THANKS I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who remembered me with cards and gifts and extended other kindnesses during my recent illness. Everything was so very much appreciated. Mrs. Margaret Reid 40 CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank my friends and relatives for the cards,- flowers and gifts I received during my stay at the McHenry hospital. I especially wish to thank the doctors, nurses and nurses' aids. Sincere -thanks to Rev. Martin for his calls. Mrs. Ethel F. Smith *40 CARD OF THANKS To all my friends and neigh bors: Many thanks for gifts flowers, cards and all kind nesses shown during my recent inactivity. Special thanks tc the nurses at the McHenrj Hospital. Rose Frisa 41 Investment For Farmers In U.S. A farm family tins some choice in the use of its income. The usual priorities probably rank as follows: (1) reasonable level of living; (2) taxes; (3) some life insurance; (4) in* crease in operating capital, such as livestock and farm machinery; (5) some improvement in the level of living; and (6),savings. One jifoal of many farm families is farm Jan£ ownership. They 'accumulate savings for that purpose. They may be able to obtain control of a farm with a small down payment by using an installment land contract. Or they may make some other , form of investment until it becomes possible or feasible to invest in faijm land. n ^considering alternative inds of nonrt il estate investments, it is desirable to consider the risk one is able and willing to take as to both annual income and change in value of investment, relative yields or returns that can be expected, and the extent to which the investment is a hedge against inflation. The following outline lists several alternative forms of investments according to the above criteria. The selection will depend to some extent on the length of time one expects to keep the investment. A short-term investment ma> ignore the inflation-hedge feature. The value of the dollar, in terms of articles and services used for family living, would probably change little in a period of one to three years. However, life insurance is usually considered a long-term form of protection and investment, and the cash paid to the beneficiary or received as cash by the insured on surrender of the policy may have more or less purchasing power than the original „ premium payments, depending on the direction of movement of the price level. Characteristics of Different Kinds of investments Risk as to loss of principal: high, Common stocks; medium', preferred stock, some corporation bonds; low, government bonds, life- insurance reserves, insured savings accounts' in banks, of savings and loan associations. Yields, *annual average over a ten-year period: highr-^common stocks; medium, preferred stocks; low, government bonds, savings accounts, bonds of strong corporations, life insurance reserves. Hedge against inflation: good, common stocks of corporations that have large investments in physical plants and inventories; poor, Government bonds, savings accounts, life insurance reserves,., preferred stocks, (usually) * There are times when yields are higher on good bonds and preferred stocks than on "blue-chip" common. stocks. That is true .today, and it. is the result of a combination of a strong demand for loanable funds and optimism regarding future dividends on common stocks. It affords an excellent opportunity to combine safety with moderately high yields by buying government bonds or putting savings in Savings accounts in banks or savings and loan associations. CARD OF THANKS In this way I would . like to thank the many friends and relatives who remembered me with cards and visits during the time I 'was confined to the hospital. I am especially grateful to Fr. Rennell and Fr. Nilges. 0 Anton F. 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