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Thursday, February 1, 1962 THE McB&tRY PUUNDBAIER Page Eleven Johnsburg WEATHER CURTAILS ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL MEETING Betty Hettermano * Due to the bad weather last - week, St. John's Home and School association meeting was attended by only twentyfour members. Since no meetings were held since the fourth Monday of November, various subjects were brought up for discussion. Sister Angeline's room won the attendance prize for having the most parents *0here at this meeting. The sale of religious goods, fruit cake and candy over the holidays was a huge success. Betty Schmitt, ways and means chairman, had charge of these projects and did a terrific job in their promotion. Hospital Patient John Knox who has been .jpatient in the McHenry hospital for several days last week underwent surgery last Saturday afternoon. We all wish him a very speedy recovery. Rescue Squad Call Our Johnsburg rescue squad was called to a home on River Road in McHenry last Sunday morning to assist a person who suffered from a respiratory ailfnent. She was later taken by ambulance to the Woodstock hospital. Sunny Shores Visitors Hank and Clara Nell of Sunnyside Beach left our snow covered town last weekend. They Eire taking a nice leisurely motor trip to sunny Florida where they will soak up lots fof sunshine for about seven *foeeks. La Habra, Calif, is the destination of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Lasser when they left by train last week. They will visit with relatives in their home for a few weeks. Girl Scout News •Troop 295 held its last meeting in the Dehn home due ^to- illness of their leader, Mrs. Barth. Pledges and promises .were said followed by a discussion of the Court of Awards presentation plans. At the close of the business meeting the girls sang songs and played games. Marta Martin demonstrated a dramatic skit while Carla Martin served cookies taTthe troop. A prayer closed the meeting. w This troop has only one more week of skating to complete their roller skating badge. "Also, on the agenda ^ for troop 295, is their Court of Awards dinner coming up on Feb. 11. It will be held for the girls, their mothers and their fathers on the above date from 2 to 4 in the afternoon. A Troop 408 held its last meeting on Jan. 22 and it began promptly at 3:30 in the community club hall. At this particular meeting the girls darned socks and discussed good manners. They also made plans for a Valentine party. Near the end of the afternoon, Collen Joyce served refreshments. At the meeting of Troop 3T8 last week the girls discussed their recent calendar sales and a forthcoming picture contest. Joy Hettermann and Peggy Peterson demonstrated several steps to the troop to complete their wood badge. After playing games, Bonnie MacGregor served a cookie treat to all present. Around The Town ^ Mrs. Joe Smith left last Saturday for Rockford where she wijl visit her family for a few weeks. Several confirmation gatherings that I heard of were Patrick O'Connor and his family entertained relatives from Chicago honoring his important d_ay last Sunday while Diane and Mark Schlueter did much the same in their home to celebrate their Confirmation Day. Jean Hettermann chose her grandmother, Mrs. Herb Simon, as her sponsor in the rite performed at St. John's church last Sunday at 11:45 a.m. Later in the day relatives were on hand to join in the celebration. ]Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff and Janice were dinner and vsupper guests in the home of the Arnold Michels family on Sunday. Katie was Confirmation sponsor for Barbara earlier In the day. The Gerald Wakitsch family and the Jim Hettermann family joined forces for a dinner in honor of Ricky Wakitsch apd Joy Ann Hettermann in the latter's home on Sunday. Ricky had chosen Jim as his ^ponsor while Joy Ann chose vJeifice Wakitsch as hers. Carol Ann Dehn had Marilyn Smith as her sponsor for Confirmation. Later in the day, the- Smith family and other relatives gathered in the Dehn home for dinner. According to most wives, the perfect husband is one made to order (around). UNDE1 21 A column lor teen-agers By Dan Halligan EDITORIAL DEAR DAN: My nickname, for as long as I can remember, has been and is "Honey." I used to like it but now it makes me seem a little bold and I've noticed many adults look sharply at me when a friend says "Hi, Honey." Can I get my friends to call me by my given name? -- Honey. DEAR HONEY: Yon can try but yon may not have much success. Don't worry about the adult looks as much as you're doing. DEAR DAN: There's this girl and boy I like as friends and want to help but in order to help them, I need your help. They like each other very much but they're both shy. How would you advise me to"help them? -- Helpful. DEAR HELPFUL: Probably the best thing you can do for this couple is to leave them alone. Well meaning friends sometimes ruin things. If the boy knows the girl likes him and the girl knows the boy likes her, they'll manage to tell eaoljf other as time goes by. D&AR DAN: Is it natural for a boy to write letters to his girl and tell her in writing how much he likes her but ntver say * a word when they're alone together? This makes me feel like my boy friend is only putting on an act and I don't like to think that. If he likes me as much as he writes that he does, I wish he would tell ,me in person. -- Concerned. DEAR CONCERNED: You sing in the bath tub, I'll bet, but how about in public? Do you sing then? Your boy friend finds it easier to put down his thoughts about you when he's alone and rather than criticize the poor guy or wonder about him, recognize the fact that for now he's using this method to tell you how he feels. He'll make with the words as he grows braver and more sure of himself. DEAR DAN: You always hear about sisters fighting because one will borrow the other's clothes but what aboul brothers? My brother is two years younger than I am but he wears the same size I do and he's always borrowing my things. Last night I had a big date and when I went to put on my suit, it was gone -- Brother Dave had it. I'm getting sick of this but I don't want to cause trouble around the house. Should I lay down the law when my father isn't around?-- B.B. DEAR B. B.: Don't be so stingy with your clothes, especially if you're out working and your brother isn't. However, lay down the law strong enough so that young brother will know before he borrows anything, even a tie or a handkerchief, he is to ask your okay. That's not being unreasonable and if he can't do this, tell him no clothes. DEAR DAN: My girl friend and I are very puzzled. Boys we've gone around with have dropped us like something too hot to handle because we always treat them as friends and nothing more. This one boy has told us several times we'll get bad reputations if we keep on liking boys only as friends. We're sure other girls have this same problem and would like your opinion. -- Only Friends. DEAR FRIENDS: The boy is a little confused. No girl will ever damage her reputation when she treats a boy as a friend. You can't put on an act and treat a boy on a date as your one and only steady when there's nothing there. Don't worry about this situation. p DEAR DAN: My father was arrested two weeks ago for drunken driving and ever since then the kids at school have treated me miserably. There's no doubt that Dad was drunk but why should all my friends tease me about him? Today was the final blow when this boy I really like walked up to me and called me dirt. What can I do about this? I'm writing to you through tear-filled eyes. -- Crying. DEAR CRYING: It's human nature for kids and adults alike to kick an individual when he or she is down. You're "down" because of your father's actions and because you are, your "friends" are following the age-old pattern. I think if you made your teacher aware of what's going on, she might read the riot act to the others .and make them realize you have no control over what your father does. DEAR DAN: Here are the facts: I'm going steady with Nan and have been since last spring. Anyway, a St. Valentine's Day dance is coming up and she told me last night she's going to it with a friend of her brother's who is in college. In other words, she's asking this guy to be her date. She says she doesn't want to go with him but her brother asked her to be a good sport and ask him. That leaves me high and dry. No other girl will go to the dance with me because they'll all know they're second choice. What does a guy do when his girl tells him a story like I've been told? -- Stranded. DEAR STRANDED: You take a good long look at the rules for going steady and decide then and there you've had it. I think your girl is carrying the "good sport" routine too far and if she wants to go to the dance with her brother's friend, she's showing me she doesn't think very much of you. DEAR DAN t Everytime I want to go out with a boy I practically have to beg my parents and even then it doesn't work half the time. I'm a girl of nearly IT and have been on exactly eight dates in my life and none of them in a car. Dad has the idea that all boys are bad and only date girls for what they can get out of them. True, there are nasty boys around town but most of the fellows I know are fine and decent and respect the girls. I've tried to tell my parents that and my brother sticks up for me but Mom and Dad have their own ideas. Can you suggest any means I might use to show them they're wrong? -- O.F. DEAR O.F. Your own brother can be used as a classic example. Is he a bum or does your father take the easy way out of the argument and say he's the "exception." Was your father a bum when he was young? E HY FiUltUi^Y litl FIOM THE FUST Money placed in a savings account with us on or before the 10th earns dividends as of the first of the month. Act now! Open or add to your account Today. Declared dividend rate Marengo AND LOAN ASSOCIATION MAREKfGO, ILLINOIS 10% N. State St. Phone JOrdan 8-7258 A Mutual Company Serving Northern Illinois Since 1925 Total assets over $14,000*000.00 LOCAL POPULATION RISE W h i l e I l l i n o i s ' p o p u l a t i o n rose more than 1.3 million from 1950 to 1960, only half of the counties gained while the other half lost inhabitants. These shifts in population have brought major problems to the institutions and agencies that serve people, not only in the areas gaining population but also in those of declining population. Most population gains have occurred in the northern, central and east-central counties of the state and in those counties with large cities. The counties losing population are concentrated in the southern and western areas of the state. The counties showing the most significant popu 1 a t i o n gains, amounting to one-third or more of the 1950 population, were Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Will and Winnebago. The census now classifies the population as about 20 percent rural. The remainder is urban, in places of 2,500 or more. The excess of births over deaths accounted for about 90 percent of the Illinois popula tion gain from 1950 to 1960. About 10 percent was due to net migration into the state. The 10 percent net gain through migration was due entirely to a rise in the rural population. Urban areas actually lost residents through migration. The trend is a reverse of the long-time pattern of rural residents migrating to urban areas. It also shows that cities have grown through annexation, taking in more area, rather than gaining population through more dense settlement within the former city boundaries. Non-white population made up 10.6 percent of the total in 1960 compared with only 1.8 percent in 1900. The rapid growth of non-white population in recent years indicates a heavy migration from southern states since 1940. Women outnumbered men in 1960, as they did in 1950. For every 100 white females, there were 97 white males. For every non-white females, there were 93.4 non-white males. The increasing number of females is due to different death rates and the longer life expectancy of females. PREPARE FOR DRIVE For the fund drive of the American Red Cross in March, the board of the McHenry county chapter is^ pleased to announce as its chairman for the county, Thomas G. Sekton of Crystal^ Lake. Mr. Sexton has long been a resident of this county and is aware of its needs and its productions. He has. for two years, been an active member of the sevenman Red Cross county executive board that outlines the policies of the county Red Cross, in cooperation with the national policies as provided by its congressional charter issued in Washington. Mr. Sexton states that each of the thirteen branches or towns of the county will have a chairman named shortly, preparing for the drive which will start on March 1. Residents of this comity who work in Chicago are urged to make some of their contributions at their local address, as funds collected in Chicago, or elsewhere, in no way assist this chapter in its heavy financial obligations. "Many years ago", says Mr. Sexton, "the American Red Cross promoted the slogan of 'Give a Dollar and Join the Red Cross', -- but this slogan is long outdated, for we all know that a dollar is worth just 30 cents today." It is stated that people respond to the Red Cross for different reasons. If you like to help other people with no thought of benefit to yourself, you have the satisfaction of knowing you've done just that every time|Red Cross helps an American serviceman or a veteran, or lifts a stricken family back on its feet after disaster. This year 169 servicemen and their families, ninety-nine Veterans and veterans' widows, and twenty-six civilian families received some form of help from the Red Cross in this county. WINTER WARNING Motorists snowbound on the highway should use their c?r heater sparingly and always with a window partly open, warns the Illinois State Medical society. The exhaust of gasoline motors contains deadly carbon monoxide which is colorless and odorless, giving off no warning of its presence. The gas takes an annual death toll of about 400 motorists. "A tail pipe blocked with snow, as frequently occurs jfrom backing into a drift, will cause exhaust fumes and carbon m o n o x i d e t o e s c a p e through seals or rust holes in the exhaust system from the motor block to the tail pipe", Dr. J. M. Wowalski writes in a recent ISM article. The fumes then easily waft into the car's interior. The first symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning (and from very low concentrations at that) may be headache, incoordination, faulty vision, mental confusion, drowsiness, nausea or vomiting, or any combination of these. Election day was placed early in November because, as the author of the election law said, in 1845: "Harvests are over, and the winter weather has not yet made the roads impassable". (Senator Alexander Duncan, from Ohio. Giant Springs, Montana, flows enough water each day to supply 2 gallons to every person living in U. S. MEAT INSPECTION Illinois is the first state to have a full scale meat and p o u l t r y i n s p e c t i o n p r o g r a m . The Division of Meat and Poultry inspection is new to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, completing its first full year in 1961. The division currently has 577 meat and poultry establishments which have been licensed under law and which receive the services of the division. In a year end report, Dr. Fred C. Mau, superintendent of meat and poultry inspection, said that annual inspections are made on approximately 150,000 cattle, 350,000 hogs and 500,000 poultry of all sorts. The Division of Meat and Poultry Inspection is staffed with 85 technicians, supervised by a staff of veterinarians. A recent archeological discovery was a huge pool, of some 250,000 gallon capacity, dug out of solid rock, 8 miles north of Jerusalem. HENRY FREUND OPTOMETRIST At 1224 N. 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