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HOLIDAY HILLS NEWS INEZ YOUNG S85-4672 HOLIDAY HILLS PREPARES FOR YULETIDE SEASON The whole of Holiday Ii. .s to hav.' joinn. in the C h r i s t m a s s p i r i t . O u t d o o r lights, decorations, nativity scenes, stars and trees give witness to the real meaning of this, the most festive holiday of the year. Inside, the trees are almost all in place, cookies are baked and packages wrapped. Carollrrs sing, and there is a feeling of warmth and love in the air. It is the time of the year when we pray especially for peace on earth, good will to men. From .our house, where we have a very special reason lo be thankful, to each of your homes, may you find the real joy and blessing which came from that first Christmas many years ago. Holly Jolly Jump This year's Christmas party sponsored by the Holiday Hills Property Owner's Association is just a memory now, but a most pleasant one to all who attended. Orchids to Bill Boettcher, Mary Mahon, Eunice Heise, Dot Gabriel, Harry Postal, Arlene Foreman, the Weisses, the Cathons and all others who helped to make this a most memorable affair. Woman's Club • Christmas Party Wednesday evening, Dec. 14, a group of Holiday Hills women gathered at the Mahon home for the annual Women's club Christmas party. A brief meeting was held with 4i the announcements that candy is on sale thru Mary Mahon and the January 'Come as you are' meeting will be held at the Mahon home Jan. 11. The officers, Vi Abbink, Phyl Harper, Mickey Walters, Helen Boettcher and Dot Gabriel, were in charge of the party and the refreshments. There were two gift exchanges, one a humerous one. They sang carols and played games. Gerry Breede was the lucky recipient of a special gift. Wendy's 7th Birthday. Party Postponing Wendy Young's birthday celebration for a week because of illness, didn't spoil the party one bit. She and her friends, Judy Abbink, Leslie Jende, Kim Walters,' Ruth Ann Strossner and GiGi Smith, enjoyed the day, Saturday, Dec. 10 at a holiday recreation spot. They began with lunch there, taking in all the rides and visitng Santa Claus. Back home they had birthday cake and milk shakes and six little girls slept very well after their day spent in - the cool fresh air. • Aloha ft Mete Kallkimaka Our hearts are warm and gay here at the Young household as once again our family circle is complete with the return of our daughter, Gail. She spent six glorious, fun filled, sun. filled months in > Hawaii. She returned home Wednesday, Dec. 14 in her cotton muu muu, flower leis and sandles looking and sounding very much like a native Hawaiian. M e le Kalikimaka. (Merry Christmas) Greetings A happy anniversary to Jimmie and Victor Justes who celebrate on Dec. 27. Sympathy • We extend our sympathy to the Dowhin family on the death of Walter Hildebrandt. MCHENRY SHORES BERNICE WILSON S85-4S80 * I REMEMBER ', BY THE OLD TIMER £ From Mary H. Green, Calvert City, Ky.: There are certain moments that linger strangely in our memory, and certain things of old that we cannot forget. I cherish the meYnory of the old winding gravel streets and the old shops along them.,\I remember the trees so tall they seemed to reach almost to the s t a r s . . . a n d I r e m e m b e r g r a n d m o t h e r ' s t r u n k i n t h e attic . . . the tintype pictures 1 wished could speak . . . the slotted black taffeta bonnet and the shawl grandmother wore. I remember the coal-oil lamp, giving out a feeble flame . . . and the old fireplace, with its flickering light ... and how neighbors would come in to 'sit a spell'. I remember the what-not shelf, that held the family heirlooms . . . and where are the big golden haystacks we used to hide in? Where are the frog ponds and the friendly creeks we waded under the shine of a summer moon? And, last but not least, the penny candy store. How well I remember' these things. mum sptems! EXTRA SAVINGS AT MAT'S OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND | WATCH FOR MAY'S GISHNTIC CLEARANCE SALE! DRUG 98c VALUE VANQUISH TABLETS vau»« lis* btl. of LIMIT 2 $1.49 VALUE VICKS _ _ l f i 0UlH^sli VAPORUB 6V2-OI LIMIT 2 $1.89 VALUE SHAMPOO • Oily, dry & normal I6-01 $1.08 VALUE RE B.WUIQ hk.R BUSSING LIMIT 2 26 PIECE HiMHUW v*o handle GLASS CUT ®0B301 B@??JL • 12 cup», 12 hanger*. 7 quart bowl and ladle II plasygc crystal TRAY charlescraft 2 TIRE I1MTI0H Spray it around your tires and in seconds you II go in snow • Automatic shut-off coqfinuous operation C©®1 VAPORIZER & HUMIDIFIER De-ices your w i n d s h i e l d in seconds 14-oi. DECEMBER 22, 1966 - MCHENRY PLAINDEALER - PAGE 5, SECTION 2 LOCAL RESIDENT! ARE CONFINED IN AREA HOSPITALS Bill Corcoran has been in the Woodstock Memorial hospital for a week after having a mild heart attack last Friday. Bill is undergoing tests and taking it easy. Cards are always welcome at a time like this and helps to brighten the long hours. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to our neighbor. Mr. Liss has been under observation at Edgewater hospital in Chicago for the past week, Hope to report that he is home in the near future. Recovery List • Barb Pogor was released from the hospital on Thursday with orders that she must take it easy for some time. I visited her on Monday and was amazed to find her walking around and in the best of spirits just 4 days after her operation. Ray, the boys, the dog and the bird are all happy to have her home again. News Items Audrey and Chuck Whitney attended a company Christmas party and enjoyed cock-, ^tails, dinner and dancing at le officers club with a group 01s fellow employees. Bonnie and Ken Schopp are going to have a happy holiday as their son, Robert, is home on leave for 20 days. Robert is in the Marine Corps and when ho returns will report for his first assignment. We wish him the best of everything as he enters a new phase of his life. Birthday Greetings ^ Happy birthday to Kimberly Ann Olbinski who will be 6 on Dec. 22; Dr. Robert Stanell on Dec. 24; Mark Humphrey who will be 12 on Dec. 26; Mary Jo Berry on Dec. 27, and Dorothy Kolen and Kim Mathews on Dec. 28, Dorothy will be 5 years old. Have a wonderful day. Once more the holiday season is just about here so a Merry Christmas to everyone. See you next week. NO PIE The Blue Laws of Massachusetts Bay Colony and New Haven Colony once' forbade the baking of mince pie. Foik Your Information Dear friends, \ In commemorating Christmas, the birth of Christ, the thought comes to mind "how would Christ most wish us to honor his birth?" In his own ministry, Christ showed an abiding concern for the needy, th© all, the unfortunate. If each of us does some little act to Improve the circumstances of the less fortunate, it will certainly brighten the light of Christmas In our own hearts. Respectfully, 1 PETER A1JIJSIEN & STO FUNEKM. HOME McMenry, llfinois Ambulance Service 383-0063 Our Township Government ' Who Docs What in Township Government? (This is the fifth in a series of articles about township government. It teHs about township structure.' who the officials arc. and what services each official performs for the people of the township.) Is government the servant or the master of the people? As constituted in America - and in the origination of township government -- the primary purpose is to work for the good of the people. This, then, should be the occupation of the township's elected officials. Under Illinois law, townships are authorized to administer important functions such as taxation, health and welfare, public improvements, road and bridge work, some educational matters, and aid to youth and the aged. T h e r e a r e v a r i a t i o n s throughout the state, particularly between Cook county and balance of Illinois. These variations will be noted as they apply to the functions of the officials involved. The town board consisted of the supervisor, the town clerk and three auditors. Each has one vote on the board. Meetings are generally held once a month, although this is not required by law. Actually, the board may meet more often if township business requires this. Annual town meetings, which all the electorate of the township may attend, are held once a year on the first Tuesday of April. The purpose of these meetings are to inform the public what the township program will be for the coming year, and to obtain approval of the annual budget. Functions and activities are discussed at these meetings, and appointments made to committees or commissions. Also, a petition by fifteen electors of the town- 9T0MMI(HT9IMTH0N! ship can call special town meetings. • Select Moderator The supervisor is chairman of the town board, but not of the annual town meeting. At this session, a moderator from the electorate is chosen to be chairman, in true democratic fashion. As the top officer of the township. t h e supervisor handles major administrative duties. He is the town's treasurer. responsible for receiving income and paying bills. ;ind keeping accounts. The supervisor also serves .Ms administrator of general assistance and public welfare, in addition to all health, pub- . . l i e i m p r o v e m e n t . y o u t h a s s i s t a n c e a n d o t h e r p r o - gu.ms which the town undertakes. In most larger downstate townships, assistant supervisors are elected, but do not serve on the town board. The purpose is to add larger lownship representation on the county board from more heavily populated townships. With supervisors and assistants serving on county boards, township and county governments are inter-related from the township level upward. There is a movement under way to change this structure. Some streamlining may take place in 1967, as it relates to the one-man, one-vote principle of representation. In Cook county, a separate county board is elected, independent of township boards.. This county board consists of/ fifteen members, o f whonji ten are from Chicago and five from the suburbs. Again, the one-man, one-vote rule may affect this arrangement because the rapid growth of Cook county suburban area. Keeps Records The town clerk has charge of all town records, certifies the amount of taxes necessary for township purposes, for township elections, issues '•election notices, and keeps minutes of all town meetings. This office was called upon recently to become more active in stimulating voter registration and voter turnout in IT'S THE L J-Bll l ' TOBK1 TO CATCH THE UmKOO THIS FRIDAY NI@HT At ilAY'ii (EARLY BIRDS WILCTTMI TOO!)' WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES PRICES IN EFFECT THRU WED., DEC. 28TH WE WILL CLOSE AT 5 P.m. C&MiSTMAS EVE. Fill emit fl 9 TO MIDNIGHT! 9 TO 10 T LIMIT 2 /Rr REGU0.&CS EACKl - MEDI-GUARD 1 1 mm 12 SPECIALS WflVAMINS REGULAR $5.99 R RADIO Midland or Valiant btls. of 100 imn 2 $1.29 fALUE AQII1 nci HAIR SPRAY LIMIT 2 RE©ynAi3 (ladies Regular or Hard 13-oz to Hold LIMIT 2 SJ99 each WHILE SI 1 lWBFTO 1 2 SPECIALS SUPPLIES LAST 69c v&nyn - DELICIOUS LIMIT 2 MAY'S ICE €C2dAM - CHARLESCRAFT VAP0RIZ 1/2 gal. LIMIT 2 OMIT 2 9 TO 12 1 1 IS!KECIALS REGULAR $14.99 - INSTAf^ATDC 104R OUTFIT (To K@HAK CAMERA ALL S PhONOC I>H REC0KIS m Pi§ AND LIMIT 2 EEOULA& SEAMLESS BA7TERIES PRICES IN EFFECT FRIDAY, DEC. 23RD FROM 9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT DRUG all elections.' T o w n a u d i t o r s p e r f o r m t h e duties which their title suggests. They audit the accounts Hid the performance ^of the township. Tfjey function as representatives of the townspeople on the town board. Other township officials are elected, but do not serve on ihe town board. Offices include assessor, collector, and highway commissioner, and in a few cases some offices arc appointed by the lown board such as water commissioner and weed commissioner. The assessor is elcted in all lownship counties throughout' the state except his duties are not always the same. In Cook county, he does no assessing of real property. His job is to check such property* not on tax roles, and check property improvements which require assessments, which he then reports to the county assessor. He is responsible for assessment of individual anjl non-corporate personal farpperty taxes. In all township counties other than Cook county townships, the town assessor handles all real and personal property tax assessments. The town collector exists in five counties in Illinois, but no longer exists in others, where a county collector takes over. Where this office does exist, the town collector takes in taxes for the county, and is authorized to retain 2 per cent of all money he collects for operation of the township, liiis means that in those townships under this system, generally no town tax levies are made, since the township usually can operate , on the 2 per cent commission it earns. Where the earnings become greater than the op-' erational needs of the township, surplus funds are turned over to school districts, thus giving tax relief to the people in these districts, and helping improve school systems in the township Supiervlse Construction All townships in Illinois have highway commissioners, who supervise the construction and maintenance of town- ~ ship (rural) roads. In metropolitan suburban areas, such as Niles and New Trier Townships in Cook County, there are no township roads, even though a highway commissioner is elected. In such cases, this is simply an honorary position, and the townships budget no funds for his "department." How much do township officials earn? Although there is considerable variation from township to township, most pay scales are Tiot in Mgii-s&i&ried braek=-- ets. Township supervisors, for example, earn from 55 to $12 per diem. (In Cook county they can be paid a flat salary per year not to be over 54,800). The township assessor receives a salary based on the population of his township, vrhich varies from $20 per day in small townships to $12,000 per year in large townships of 75,000 or more population. The township tax collector receives his salary on a sliding scale based on the amount of taxes collected by him. Clerks receive from $5 to $12 per diem if they are working on a fee basis. The electors can, if they so wish, place the town cl^rk on a flat yearly salary. If they choose to do this then sthe clerk must turn over to the township treasurer all fees collected by him. Highway commissioners collect nothing in townships with no township roads. In townships which do have a road system their salary is set by the town board of auditors. If they are paid on a per diem basis they cannot receive more than $20 per diem. If they choose to pay their commissioner on a flat yearly salary it cannot be less than $3,000 per year n or more than $8,000 per year. Auditors receive from $5 to $15 per meeting, and the grand sum is not over $180 per year for their services. So, township government is not expensive government. It is also clean government, because the high caliber of local officials, and their closeness to the people. The people get their money's worth, and more, in township services. These services will be spelled out in articles which follow. FARMER'S TAX GUIDE There is a 1967 edition of the Farmer's' Tax iGuide in the farm adviser's office. It uivos all of the latest information and examples of how to figure and complete your income tax return. Stop in for a copy at the office on the corner of Route 47 and Mc- Connell road, Woodstock. CLOSED CHRISTMAS PAY. MERRY XMAS The use of Xmas for Christmas originated in the early Christian church. In Greek, X is the first letter of Christ's name. It often was used as a holy symbol. I <1 (