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//•" ig0 Eight THE UNDER 21 A column for teen-agers By Dan Halligan Work For Safety IcHENRY 1 Thursday, "v DEAR READERS: Teen-agers are dating a great deal younger in life than they were twenty years ago. Not only " are they dating much sooner, but they're going steady too Soon. Many girls of 13 and 14 who are going steady don't even know the meaning of the word. Why do girls of 13 and 14 go steady? Why don't they? Following are excerpts from letters written by girls of 13 and 14 or girls who are older but who dated at those ages. Maybe you'll learn something if you read ' this column. DEAR DAN: There was a time when I disagreed with you about going steady at 13 and 14 and like most girls, thought I was real cute because I did. Now I've wised up, -- In The Know. DEAR DAN: If kids of 13 and 14 go steady and wind up in pafked cars, you can't blame them. Almost every time you find a juvenile in trouble, you can check back on adult delinquency in the home. --.Rita. DEAR DAN: ^Yt>u really must be a crack pot. I'm *3 and think any girl of that age should be allowed to do all the dating and going steady she wants. I'm the only girl in my age group of seven who can't date and I get made fun of all the time. What's your answer to that? -- Thirteen. DEAR DAN: I've been going steady for two years and started dating when I was 12, three years ago. I thought I was big and knew everything but did I ever find out differently. I learned the facts of life the wrong way and boys took advantage of me. My mother thought she was doing right in letting me date at 12 but all I got out of it was a bad name. -- S. DEAR DAN: Girls who date before they can even spell the word are crazy. These young twirps who go around with their skirts up to their kne^s and sweaters so tight they can hardly breathe are about/as ^glamorous as a if old cow. -- Old UgIy- / DEAR DAN: I went steady with the first boy I dated but found out the price was too high. My boy friend thought he owned me. -- Rinda. DEAR DAN: I'm 13 and in the eighth grade and have gone steady or steadily with several boys .against my mother's wishes but she's old-fashioned. -- S.E. DEAR DAN: I'm now 14 and don't think I'm missing out on anything because I'm not allowed to date. Time enough for that later. -- Barbara. DEAR DAN: Girls of 13 and 14 have no idea of the responsibilities involved with dating. A lot of boys of 13 and 14 hear older boys talk about their so-called "conquests" with girls and try to make the attempt themselves. No girl of 13 and 14 can possibly be prepared to face such a situation. -- The Real Hep Square. DEAR DAN: Your attitude is completely wrong. I think if a girl is mature enough at 14, she should be allowed to date. I'm 14, I date and I'm going steady with the boy I love very much. -- Just 14. Here are some opinions from the male angle: DEAR DAN: I've been dating this 14-year-old girl because her father lets us use the car. Actually, she's less than 14 mentally but she's the only way I can get a car so I give her a big line about loving her and she eats it up. -- No Name Lover. DEAR DAN: My girl and I are 14, freshmen in high school and have been going steady for two years. We always go to school activities together and enjoy ourselves. -- Steady Rsader. DEAR DAN: Here's an opinion from a 19-year-old father of three children. This girl and 1 started dating at 14 and inside of six months we were sneak-dating and going steady. We had to get married when we were 16 and I dropped out of school. I love my three kids but hate my wife and one of these days I'll probably kill her. If I had to go back several years, I know what I wouldn't do. I should be in college instead of working in a cement block factory for $60 a week. -- A Young Father. COMPLETE RADIATOR SERVICE We repair radiators for $ yacn as low as All Work Fully Guaranteed 1-Day Service on Industrial Radiators Tell your garage mechanic or service man to bring your leaky radiator to .. . McHENRY AUTO BODY "We are not satisfied until you are!" 611 Front St Ph. EV. 5-0444 XXAFFTT NEW vwat?. W To oui old friends and patronsl ELM ST. BARBER SHOP- "BOB" and "RED" McHenry, 111. itliit McHenry Jaycee Jack Oakford is shown placing a box of cinders in the car of a passing motorist during the Jaycees' Cinders for Safety program, held recently. Mofe than a hundred motorists availed themselves of ^the opportunity to obtain the neatly packed boxes which may prove very handy on icy roads. COUNTDOWN SOUNDS HEARD IN NEW DISPLAY Actual sounds of the countdown for history's first launching of a ballistic missile from a submerged submarine are featured in an educational display of the Polaris fleet ballistic missile weapon system presented to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry last week. "Last July 20, at 12:39 p.m. EST, the U.S.S. George Washington made history," Admiral John M. Higgins said. "At that moment, submerged in the Gulf Stream off Cape Canaveral, she launched a Polaris missile on a thousand-mile flight. With that flight, the Navy and its contractor team brought into being a mobile, powerful deterrent system with which we hope to help preserve the peace for years to come." Voices of the George Washington's personnel, captured on magnetic tape, repeat the final countdown and post-launch reports of the July 20 flight, in a launching sequence, initiated by a push-button in the Polaris exhibit. S6und of ignition of the powerful rocket motor was actually recorded above the surface since it is almost inaudible in the submerged submarine. The exhibit shows a scale model of the George Washington in an undersea setting, and a Polaris missile erupting from the surlace of the sea and igniting for its space flight. Few politicians are political reformers wnile in office. Jaycees Outline Program For 1961 Continued from Page 1 tion. This project, aimed at children of early grade school age, consists of a series of coloring books to be distributed to the youngsters, designed to illustrate to them the safety factors that should be observed during their everyday lives. Many more projects schedu l e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r promise to keep this progressive civic group even more active than in the past. SHOP AT HOME EDDIE the EDUCATOR says \ My «chool board* ls~ an active member of the Illinois Association af School Boards, which constantly seeks to Improve the public schools in Illinois. Illinois Education Association LARGE AUCTION PAPAS AND BLUMHORST AUCTIONEERS: W. H. Russel - Edwin Vogel Farm being sold, we have decided to sell all our personal property on the farm known as MARI-JON farm, situated V.-z miles East of Woodstock and then % mile East on Thompson Road, 6 miles West of McHenry; and 3 miles South of Greenwood, on FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1961 commencing at 10:30 A.M. 237 Head of LIVESTOCK consisting of: 13 Sheep, 3 Lambs; 1 Buck; 70 Feeder Pigs, 125 lb. average; 150 Feeder Pigs, 60 lb. average; 45 Chickens. MACHINERY John Deere 80 Diesel Tractor, 1900 Hrs.; John Deere 70 Tractor, Power Troll; John Deere 70 Tractor, Power Troll, Easy Riding Seat; Int. Farmall H. Tractor; John Deere 45 Gr. Combine, Self-Propelled both Head, 1958; John Deere 227 Two Row Corn Picker, 1959; John Deere 50 Corn Sheller w/Corn Picker attach.; John Deere 4 Bot. 16 in. Trip back Power Troll Tractor Plow; John Deere 14 ft. 6 in. Mounted Disc on wheels; John Deere 4 Bot. 16 in. Trip back Power Troll Tractor Plow; John Deere 4 Row Tractor Cultivator, 1958; John Deere 4 Row Tractor Cultivator, 1960; Kewanee 4 Sec. Iron Drag; John Deere 3 Sec. Iron Drag; 3-John Deere Cylinders; 1 Int. Cylinder; John Deere 4 Row Rotary Hoe; John Deere Heat Hauser; John Deere No. 5 Power Hay Mower; John Deere 4 Bar Side Delivery Rake; John Deere Chuch Wagon, RT, 1959; John Deere 14 t. Hay Baler, String Tie; Case 12 ft. Grain Drill; John Deere 52 ft. Grain and Hay Elevator - wide; Letz 220 Mill with Auger; John Deere No. 8 Field Chopper; 2 Decker Self Unloading Chopper Boxes; J. D. 494 - 4 Row Corn Planter w/all attachments; 1 Hay Rack, new; 2 Hay Racks; 1 RT Wagon; New Holland Silage Blower and pipe; John Deere PTO Manure Spreader; J.D. No. 45 Manure Loader; Case Stalk Chopper; Land Roller; 7 Grain Feed Bunks; 1 Hay Bunk; 2 Stock Tanks; Jenny Steam Cleaner; Fairbanks Power Lawn Mower w/seat; 50 ft. Belt; 2 Lawn Mowers; Boy's Bicycle; Crosley Elec. Stove; Maytag Washer; Bendix Dryer. MANY ARTICLES TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION FEED 100 Ton 1st and 2nd Cutting Hay, no rain; 600 Bu. Oats; 500 bu. Corn; 14 Ton Straw; 30 ft. Silage. THIS IS A LARGE AUCTION AND WILL START ON TIME LUNCH WAGON ON GROUNDS TERMS: Usual Bank Terms NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS PAPAS REALTY COMPANY and ALVIN BLUMHORST, Owners FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WOODSTOCK Clerking Member of Federal Reserve Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Musin' & Meanderin' (Continued From Page 1) been so satisfied with them since their arrival that we hope they stay for another party next year. There were Pam Bell, Walt Deterding and Don Roths. It was a good chance to get acquainted with them on a social basis, since the work weeks in the busy pre-holiday season sometimes seemed particularly long. There was just one little unhappy thought that entered the picture for a very few of us old timers who are sentimentalists. This was our last Christmas party in our present office. Even while co-workers are bumping into us with every move; and eve"n though our chairs are back to back as we file notes upon- notes in our effort to conserve space; in spite of all this, we are already experiencing a bit of nostalgia in knowing that never again will we be celebrating here. We are aware that in the interest of producing a bigger and better paper for our readers, we are forced to move, but it doesn't stop us from storing up memories with which we are reluctant to part. Checking statistics, it i!s difficult to come to any definite conclusions regar&ing the comparison of accidents over the Christmas holiday period compared to New Year. Last year, the accidents on Christmas were for greater than those of the following weekend, as they were in 1956. However, for all the other years extending back through 1955, New Year's has proved more costly in the number of accidents, but hot In'the number of fatalities. The safest method, however, would be to disregard past statistics entirely and drive as though your life depended on the care you put into the job. - which actually it does. Now that Christmas is over, we had time to settle down and relax to enjoy the many, many cards that came our way through the holiday season. Most of us appreciate especially those containing notes from friends, as well as the cards bearing pictures of their families. . K.A.F. BOY SCOUT PORCHLIGHT DRIVE BEGINS Plan Report Highlights Continued from Page 1 areas, principally from trees and other plant life. They feel, then, that it would be reasonable to require, under the terms of subdivision regulations, the planting of trees in the public parkway. The city has much to gain, Stanton & Rockwell say, by continuing the established, appearance in the residentitl district, improving the aesthetic attractiveness of the business district and establishing a: concerted program of comnHinity appearance in its present industrial areas, especially the areas in the vicinity of Crystal Lake road arid Rt. 31, south of Rt. 120. m, " When people get down-andout, they soon find their friends up-and-away. (Continued from page 1) within the next five or six years wifi have to increase its total membership 50 percent even if it continues along its present growth lines. To do that will take some careful studying of all the faqts in our six county-wide area Council. We will enlist the services of thirty outstanding'citizens from all walks of lifero assist in our study. They will be divided into three separate committees on membership, physical properties and organization and function. We hope to complete our work within a year's time." A parked car by the side of the road can become a car in motion in the next ten seconds. Look for smoke coming from the exhaust. Look to see if a driver is at the wheel. Watch the front wheels for turning motion. These are cues for you to slow down or stop. H-euapu.^ THE McHENRY BAKERY WILL BE CLOSED - New Year's and OPEN Monday, Jan. 2, 1961 (6 a.m. 'til 12 Noon) (Closed Wednesdays) 124 S. Green Street Phone EV. 5-0190 your provides a safe investment for cash reserves VS $416,615.00 IN EARNINGS PAID SAVERS IN I960 BY SAVING with this association you enjoy security, safety and profit for cash reserves. The funds you invest receive all the benefits of a sound, investment program, yet you bear none of the responsibility of caring for your reserve dollars. Family cash reserves placed with us are insured safe by a permanent , agency of the U. S, Government. Money here stays at par, always worth 100 cents on the dollar, ready until needed; meanwhile, earning at a generous rate of return. " In the year ahead, take advantage of this dependable and wholly profitable relationship by taking us as your partner in security. Earn fully and profitably on your accumulated savings. Open your account by January 10th and sharf in the June 30th distribution of earnings! CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE 4% PER ANNUM MARENGO FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 102 North State Street^* Phone JO 8-7258 M A R E N G O / I l i l M O t f Total Assets over $12,000,000 1