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Thursday, August 23, 1962 THE McHENRY PLATNDEALER Page Nine v UNDER 21 A column for teen-agers By Dan Halligan DEAR DAN: I'm 14 and I'm completely puzzled. I have a couple of parents who are pretty darn hard to understand and sometimes I stay awake nights trying to figure, them out. It all began when I started going out with this boy. I was 13 and he was 15, going on 16. I really liked him a lot and still think highly of him. Well, I had to meet him on a street corner after school because my parents said he couldn't come to the house because no one would be home. This boy was busy nights so we couldn't see each other then. Anyway, some of our nosey neighbors wrote my parents a note saying we were making out on the corner and everything else. It was pretty embarrassing to all concerned and I know now it was a foolish thing I did. Now m^ parents don't trust me. They don't f.eem to realize I'm an entirely different girl than I was a year ago. I've reformed -- almost. My parents recently caught my friend and I smoking in my room. We only do this for the heck of it and wouldn't dream of smoking in public. Now they won't let me do anything or go anywhere. I'm allowed to date but my parents don't trust me. What shall I do? -- Hopeful Waiter. DEAR HOPEFUL: Your parents don't trust you, you say? Trust doesn't come from the super market. It's something you have to earn and when a girl spends her afternoons on , a corner with a boy and smokes in her room "for the heck of it," miiybe she's, a little more at fault than ohe thinks. If you're only 14 and have dating privileges, your parents aren't as tough as you say. Maybe you'd better appreciate the type of parents you have and quit feeling sorry for yourself. It's as simple as that. DEAR DAN: Do you think it's silly for a girl going into junior high to like a boy her own age and to go out on bike rides with him? -- N. W. DEAR N. W.: A girl of any age is never silly fo*' liking # a boy. The bike riding is something else again and perhaps your mother would rather have you riding with your girl friends. DEAR QAN: How can you continue to advise young people when without a doubt you're not even married and probably never even had a date in your life. -- Pipe Smoker. DEAR PIPE SMOKER: I just told my 18-year-old daughter to start calling me "Buddy." Ditto my 12-year-old son. DEAR DAN: The other night at the dance I asked this boy during a ladies' choice and he just about laughed in my face and said he was going outside for a smoke. Honestly, I was never so embarrassed in my life. Now all my friendSxtell me to ignore the boy. Are they right? -- Embarrassed. DEAR EMBARRASSED: Don't ignore him but don't crowd around him either. Whatever you don't, never ask him to dance again. DEAR DAN: The other night my father didn't show up at the movies and after waiting about 10 minutes, I accepted this boy's invitation to ride home. When I got home Dad was furious and said I should have waited because he had been delayed. He made a big scene and just about ordered ^ the boy out of the yard. How can parents be so mean when 9 they don't give teen-agers a chance to explain? -- Daughter. DEAR DAtJGHTER: I think if you would have phoned home and asked if this boy could drive you, everything would have been okay. What if Dad had been waiting in front of the show for you for about 30 minutes? You were each at fault, I think. DEAR DAN: I'm a girl of 16 and I think I'm old enough to have a little privacy. Anyway, the other day my mother found my diary unlocked ahd she read it from cover to cover. Please understand that there wasn't a word written in the book I'm ashamed of but there are several private pages which I never thought anyone else would see. 9 I've always considered a diary a sacred possession but my mother has other ideas. She read such things about this boy kissing me for the first time and things like that and now she's calling me boy crazy and is making me spend the summer at my married sister's home in another state. All this is very unfair in my opinion and if she goes through with her threat of sending me away, I intend to really give her something to worry about because I'll date any boy who asks me and won't worry. Why are parents sometimes so unreasonable? -- No Privacy. DEAR NO PRIVACY: Sometimes parents forget the little private thoughts and happenings they had and en- § countered when they were teen-agers and when they do forget, they do seem a little unreasonable. Your mother should know you well enough to realize tiiat keeping private thoughts in a diary doesn't make a girl "boy crazy." On the other hand, you're old enough to realize that any dating you do while at your sister's will reflect on you and any trouble you might get into will have to be borne by you. Can't your mother and you talk this- over like any mother and daughter should. DEAR DAN: Is there anything we students can do to make our school allow our teams to compete in post-season tournaments? Last month the board of education voted against anymore state champion tournaments for our high school football and basketball teams and most of the kids are threatening to revolt. Just because a few kids get into trouble and drink a little too much when they're away from their home town is no reason to make the rest of the students suffer. My parents arc mad about this too and unless something happens, I'm going . to a different school for my junior year. Do you blame me? -- Vonda. DEAR VONDA: The drink and "trouble" are probably incidental to the board's decision. They may have felt that there was more emphasis than necessary being put on tournaments and champions in that respect, I agree with them. High school athletes today are under as much pressure as any college athletes and there's no reason in the world for it. & OBITUARIES PETER H. FREUND Peter H. Freund, 74, a lifelong resident of this area, and one of the city's most respected business men, died Saturday afternoon, Aug. 18, at his home at 1639 N. Riverside Drive, McHenry, following an illness of a few months. For several years he operated a plumbing shop on Elm street, and since then had conducted the business from his home. Mr. Freund was born in Johnsburg Sept. 25, 1887, son of Nicholas F. and Helen Klapperich Freund. He is survived by his wife, Agnes C. Freund; one daughter, Mrs. Marion Kennebeck, of McHenry; five -grandchildren; and one brother, John N„ of Chicago. Two brothers, Matt and Henry, preceded him in death. The body rested at the Peter M. Justen & Son funeral home until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning when last rites were held at St. Mary's Catholic church, with interment in the church cemetery. . . BERTRAM L. BIENAPFL Rev. William Harper of Alliance Bible church and Rev. Arthur Barber of Skokie Bible church officiated at last rites held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Peter M. Justen & Son funeral home for Bertram L. Bienapfl, 56, who died of a heart attack while on vacation at Lac du Flambeau, Wis., Wednesday Aug, 15. He resided at 1319 W. Sunnyslde Beach drive, McHenry. Mr. Bienapfl was born in Mankato, Minn., Oct. 15, 1905, and had resided in McHenry since 1946. At one time, he was a steamfitter for Buck's Plumbing shop, and more recently was a custodian at Wilmetle Junior high school. Survivors include his wife, Frieda, and a brother, Fred, of McHenry. Burial was in Woodland cemetery. MRS. BERNARD SHINE Mrs. Bernard Shine, 88, of Edgewood road, Terra Cotta, jyas laid to rest last Friday orning after a requiem Mass SIDNEY R. YATES SPEAKS TO LARGE DEMOCRATIC GROUP McHenry county Democrats enjoyed an active day last Tuesday, climated with a corn boil for several hundred people at - Wonder Lake. At the evening dinner, Sidney R. Yates, who has represented the ninth Illinois district in the House for fourteen years and is now a candidate for U. S. senator, gave a brief talk. He was introduced by William Giblin. county Democratic Central committee chairman from Marengo. Other candidates present and introduced were John Clark Kimball of Deerfield, candidate for U. S. Congress from the new 12th district, and John Greene of Mundelein, who is running for the state Senate. Also present was Mrs. Barbara Ronan of Mundelein, state Central committeewoman. During the day, Mrs. Yates met with citizens at three locations in the county. One of her visits was at the Gladstone home in McHenry, where she talked before a large group of interested ladies. r w sung in St. Thomas church, Crystal Lake. Burial was in Crystal Lake Memorial Park. Mrs. Shine died Aug. 15 in her home. Besides her husband, she leaves two sons, Raymond and Bernard; a brother, Ray Riley, of Terra Cotta; one sister and three grandchildren. DAMAGE SUIT Harvard Dolan and Ivar Fredrickson are named defendants in a $30,000 suit filed by William Etten of Wonder Lake in circuit court. He is administrator of the estate of his son, David John, 7, who was killed in a bicycle-car accident last May in Wonder Lake. The complaint charges negligence on the part of the defendants when the boy was struck and killed by a truck owned by Fredrickson and operated by Dolan. DISEASE INCIDENCE Heart disease remains the major killer, Dr. Franklin D. Yoder, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, said last week in announcing the latest mortality statistics on Illinois residents. Of the total 101,696 deaths during 1961, heart disease accounted for 44,384.. Cancer claimed 17,249; vascular lesions affect-; ing the central nervous systenrr (primarily strokes) 10,420;* congenital malformations ancL diseases of early infancy 4,728;- accidents 4.380; pneumonia 3,- 701; general arteriosclerosis 1,945; diabetes 1,566; cirrhosis of the liver 1.297; suicides 949. These were the 10 leading causes of death last year among Illinois residents. AUTUMN KNITWEAR EXCITING CO-ORDINATES LINED CAPRIS $3.98 TOPS $2.98 and $3.98 -- See Our Displays Near Surprise Room --- Chapultepec Castle (Mexico City) is officially the home of the President of Mexido, but in practice, he usually lives in his own home. POHLMAN AUCTION Gordon Stade - BA 3-5155 Wm. Stade, Jr. - CL 3-2418 ^ Because of the death of her husband the undersigned will sell the following personal property on the premises located 5 miles north of Woodstock. Illinois, 7 miles southeast of Hebron, being on the Greenwood road, l1^ miles north of Route 120. Saturday, September 1 1:00 O'CLOCK 46 HEAD HI-GRADE HOLSTEIN CATTLE 29 Milk Cows, 14 being fresh or springing at time of sale, 6 $ due in 30 to 60 days, balance >milking well; 9 Bred Heifers, I due to freshen from November to April; 8 Open Heifers. Most i of the cattle are calfhood vaccinated. NIPCO breeding has | been used for years. Test forms will be furnished. j DAIRY EQUIPMENT Surge Seamless Milker; Stainless Steel Double Tank; Stainless | Steel Pail; Stewart Cow Clipper; Some Poultry Equipment and other Items. > MRS. WILBERT POHLMAN, Owner Auctioneers ! GORDON STADE WM. STADE, JR.! McHENRY STATE BANK, Clerking | TERMS: All sums of $25.00 and under cash. Over this amount I one-fourth down and the balance in six monthly payments, with i interest at 6%. Make arrangements for credit with clerk before | sale. j NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS i SUPRISE ROOM ETC5900 CONGRATULATIONS! * " 'y -•wo * *i iiiiiS * « Shown Coach; Turner, above is the League Winning Champions, the Giants. From left to right: Mr. Earl Ivrukow, Secretary McHenry Savings & Loan; Art Kreutzer, Kent Frost, Jim Morenz, Jim Frost, Jack Cusack, Rick Jager, Alan Palbic, Tom Frost, Batboy; Jim Pierson. Jack Hester. Bob Guenver, Dan Rick Piatt, John Meyer, Gene Frost, Manager; Mr. John Neuharth, McHenry Savings & Loan. Not present when photo was taken, Chris Wijas. Many other people deserve a great deal of credit for their many hours of work^and effort for the Pony League. The officers of the league are: L. Swedo, President; M. DeVos, Vice-President; C. Brown, Secretary; E. Walsh, Treasurer; ahd R. Swcdo, Official Scorckeeper. The managers of the four teams which competed in the Pony League are: Parks, Braves; Wilkinson, Cardinals; Jackson, Sox; Frost, Giants. . . . T O E V E R Y M E M B E R O N T H E G I A N T S ' B A S E BALL TEAM! To all its players, its field manager, its coach, and business manager. And to the other good men behind the scenes who have devoted their time and effort to a good cause! You have become CHAMPIONS in the field of baseball. And in the field of life, you have experienced the importance of team-work, co-operation, co-ordination, keeping your eye on the ball, and the ability to come back when under pressure. You have set an example of UNITY (having a master purpose), and the second rule of character: APPROACH -- Do Not Retreat! And above all you have learned that it isn't WHAT you win, but HOW you win that counts, -- fair-play is everything! Nature made us to move about, to lift weights, and run and climb; she fashioned us for a life of arms and legs. ACTION is her healthy function. It is better to strike out on a corner lot than to be a spectator at a world series game/ We are proud to have had the opportunity to sponsor such a fine team of young men. E. J. K. Mayor Donald P. Doherty presents the Sponsors Trophy to Mr. John Neuharth, Executive Vice- President of McHenry Savings and Loan Association -- sponsor of the Giants. Mr. John Neuharth is shown above presenting the championship trophy to the manager of the Giants. Gene Frost. INSURED Mc'Mmrg fairings and LOAN ASSOCIATION 3611 West Elm Phone 385-3000 McHenry, 111.