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Jzk- 3£v?« SEC. 2 - PLAINDEALER - APR. 6, 1967 yii • - i i 'Why can't you keep the faith, fellas?" •Tffi II EM (U VMS It was fifty years ago this Thursday, April 6, that the United States entered the war "to make the world safe for democracy." _ It had been coming for a long time. The war stirred American feeling tremendously. Strong ties bound the nation to Great Britain, France and Belgium, although some Americans sympathized with Germany and Austria- Hungary. Economic factors soon strengthened the country's sympathy for the Allies. The United States had developed a profitable trade with the British and French. Stories of German atrocities in Belgium inflamed the Amer- Ttie sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 -- when 128 Ameri- Were among the nearly 1,200 killed -- helped move the U.S. war. German saboteurs were active. On Jan. 31,1917, ;Germany proclaimed unlimited submarine warfare, and the United States broke off diplomatic relations. In March, the State department released the infamous Zimjnerman Telegram -- an intercepted message in which Germany proposed that Mexico attack the United States. On April 2, 1917, the 65th Congress met for the first time. 'President Wilson went before a joint session at 8:30 that evening. ; ;**',He said the Imperial German government, like all autocracies^ was a natural foe of liberty. Therefore, "Hie world must be made safe for democracy." He asked Congress to declare war. "The day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, shevcgndo \ no "other." --•--L-J The chamber broke into cheers and applause. Later, at the White House, Wilson said, "Think of what it was they were applauding. My message of today was a message of death for Air young men. How strange it seems to appluad that." Several members of Congress had withheld their applause. Sen. James K. Vardaman of Mississippi and Sen. Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin argued long against the war, and were among the six senators who voted "nay" on the roll call. In the House of Representatives, the first woman ever elected to Congress, Jeanette Rankin of Montana, said "I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war. I vote 'no.'" Miss Rankin, a pacifist, served only two terms in Congress. tt was during her second term, on Dec. 8, 1941, that she became the only member of Congress to vote against war with Japan. Voting in the House concluded at 3:12 a.m. April 6, Good Friday. The vote was 373 to 50, and the United States had entered the Great War. Hie country was almost totally unprepared. It would be October before American troops could fire a ceremonial "first shot!*, at the Germans; November before the first Americans would die in battle. And the Yanks would use British-and French-built airplanes, trucks, tanks, cannon, machine guns, automatic rfles. Before the end, there would be more than 2 million Americans overseas. There would be more than 325 thousand casualties, including 116,516 dead -- blown to bloody fragments in a trench, machine-gunned in the barbed wire, choked by poison Later, the United States would try to turn its back on Europe, try for 20 years to pretend that the problems of the world were not those of America. tt was fifty years ago this Thursday that the United States took upon itself the problems and responsibilities of world power -- problems amt responsibilities we-have not since been able to avoid.-- - COMM 0 a The increase in crime and violence in America has become one of the most alarming problems facing this nation and the 90th Congress. Recognizing this mounting lawlessness the Administration has recommended a Variety of legislative proposals all aimed at curbing crime and punishing or reforming criminals. Since 1960, "crimes against persons"--e^. murder, rape, assault'--have risen by almost 25r percent. In the .same period McCLORY REPORTS From Washington• of time, "crimes against property" -- e.g. burglary, arson, car theft-- have risen by more than 30 percent. Currently, the nation's crime rate is increasing six times faster than the population! Conservatively projected, this means that by 1977 one person in fifteen will be the victim of a major crime! ft would be an over-simplification to blame this increase solely on the national Administration, the law enforcement agencies, or the courts. How- Stit® lid Picture (Chamber Of (Commerce (The Presidents Desk) The Magic Number is now 95. New and continuing members who have just joined the Chamber of Commerce are: F.M. Radio and T.V.f Old Bridge Tavern, Keyline Distributors. Thank you for supporting Mc- Henry and your chamber. The passage of the Junior College Referendum shows that McHenry is on the move and forward. It shows the wisdom of our people. Several years ago a similar issue was soundly defeated because it didn't fill the need. Show McHenryites a sensible proposition and we're ready and willing to spend funds. This is a real lift to the young people of thg; county. No?/ many who never would have had the chance for beyond a high school education, will study here, live here and help the community. These same young people are McHenry's greatest assets. Let's continue to invest wisely in their future which is our future. Note: E.B.-you lost; Expect you remember that bet. See you soon. Bill Nye President-McHenry Chamber of Commerce PARK ROADS BAD Road conditions brought about by the constant freezing and thawing have caused many arterial roads throughout state parks and conservation areas to be temporarily closed to public use in many parts of Illinois. Persons getting spring fever and the urge to be out-of-doors should contact the park ranger in the area they intend to visit and check on conditions in that particular area. This will save maqy miles of needless driving if the area is closed. "How will the proposed $400 per pigril State aid formula affect my school district", is a question that is asked repeatedly. To answer this ^question, a comparison of what the present formula yields a district to what the proposed formula .will allow the same district makes a good illustration. Let us make the comparison by using Unit School District A with 1,000 pupils in average daily attendance (ADA) in school year 1966-67 and an equalized assessed valuation of $20,000,000. Under the present $330 per pupil in ADA formula the state guarantees District A $330,000 ($330 x 1000) onthe following basis: the state allows District A a flat grant of $47 for every student in ADA, and this amounts* to $47,000 ($47 x 1000). Distriet A must then make a local qualifying effort, that is levy a property tax rate of $.90 per $100 of equalized assessed valuation; said computation yields $180,000. Now District A adds the total erf the flat grants ($47,000) to the local qualifying levy ($180,000) to determine whether the sum is Equivalent to $330,000. As said sum, $227,000, ($47,000 plus $180,000) is less than $330,000, the State makes up the difference, or $103,000 ($330,000 - 227,000) in what is known as equalization aid. To determine what the proposed $400 per pupil in ADA formula will mean, again use Unit School District A with 1000 ptf>ils in ADA and an equalized assessed valuatioaof $20,000,000. The flat grant total will remain the same and amount to $47,000 (1000 pijrils x $47 per pupil in ADA). The rate which District A must levy to qualify for equalization aid under the new proposal is $1.00 per $100 of equalized assessed valuation. Therefore, District A will make a local effort or property tax levy of $1.00 per $100 of equalized assessed valuation, and this computation will yield $200,000 ($1.00 per $100 of equalized valuation of $20,000,000). By adding the flat grant total ($47,000) to the local effort ($200,000), a sum of $247,000 is obtained, and said sum is far short of the guarantee of $400,000 (1000 pupils x $400) to District A under the new proposal. In other words, District A will receive $153,000 in equalization aid ($400,000 - $247,000) under the $400 per pupil in ADA proposal as compared to $103,000 in equalizationaid under the present $330 per pupil in ADA formula. Now, the question for the Governor and the General Assembly: "Where is the money coming from?" The Common School fund appropriation for this biennium (most of which will be spent for the formula above explained) will be about $592,- 529,999; the recommended appropriation for the next biennium is $891,114,000, or a difference of $298,584,001. The answer will come later in the session. ITwice Told Tales ever it is apparent that unless the present Administration produces an effective action program in an allout "War on Crime", our era may well be remembered as the "Golden Age of the Criminal." In recent weeks, two significant events have occurred. First, the Congress received the report of the President's Commission on Law enforcement. Second, the House Judiciary committee, on which your Congressman serves, has begun hearings on the President's "crime package" legislation as outlined in his State of the Union address. The report of the President's Crime commission is a lengthy and well-written document prepared by a "blue ribbon" panel of experts, headed by former Attorney General Katzenbach. This report does more than simply re-study the social conditions currently associated with crime. It also suggests programs and procedures for combatting crime. It also suggests programs and procedures for combatting crime. Unlike previous studies, this report emphasizes that crime is more than a narrow range of unusual behavior, or "the vice of a handful of people". Hie report shows that the majority of crimes are committed not by hardened criminals or sophisticated crime syndicate "executives", but by juveniles, whitecollar workers, and even shop-lifting housewives. Figures for example show that one boy in six will be referred to a juvenile court, and that forty percent of all male children now under 21 will be arrested for an offense other than traffic violations in the course of their lives. Equally shocking findings indicate that one-third of all Americans feel that it is unsafe to walk alone in their neighborhoods at night; and more than one-third feel the necessity of keeping firearms in their homes as a protection against criminals. In short, the President's commission finds that crime pervades the very fabric of our society, and that it is the job of both the citizen and his government as well as private agencies to explore and develop new ways of combatting our present wave of lawlessness. In this respect, the recent report of the President's Crime commission rightly emphasizes that any "War on Crime" cannot be JC\n ovu omeone flu, A Doo,,,? Beachcomber's paradise -- The' Colony Beach Resort, with its beautiful white mnd beach, lies in a tropical setting right on the Gulf of Mexico. Here you will have your own spacious Beach House, complete with kitchen . . . an exotic Lanai Suite ... or Patio Hotel Room . . . all with television, telephone, and full hotel service. For your fun -- swimming Pool, TENNIS, ehuffleboard, pitch n putt. Seagrape Patio Restaurant. . . Starfish Cocktail Lounge . . . Dancing and Entertainment. FLN FOR ALL THE FAMILY ALL YEAR ROUND. Write for literature, Gulf of Mexico Drive, P.O. Box 38M9A The Welcome Wagon Representative would like to call on them and extend a welcome to.the communj^&t Plrajw Call The Re|>r«MM»ntatlves Bp low Longboat Key Country Club 18-Hole Championship Golf Course -- IV2 minutes from your door. LONGBOAT KEY SARASOTA, FLORIDA e come acj,on CEIL DEWERDT 653-9317 RUTH BOMKE 385-7418 FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of April 7, 1927) John Jung of Johnsburg, age 23 years, passed away this morning at the hospital following an operation. A. P. Freund, proprietor of the McHenry Sand and Excavating Co., has donated twenty loads of sand for the bathing beach on Fox River, north of the bridge. This will greatly improve this playground for the children of McHenry. M. J. Freund died at his home on Pearl street April 4, after a lingering illness of two years. Miss Violet Vycital and Mr. Lee Woodward, a popular McHenry couple, were married April" 4 at nine o'clock in the evening in the operator's booth at the Empire theatre with Rev. C. W. Loughlin, pastor of the Methodist church, speaking the words that made the happy couple man and wife. Floyd Hopper, who has been attending the Buick automobile school at Flint, Mich., for the past three months, returned to McHenry last week and i§ again employed at the Overt (Hi and Cowan Buick garage. •> In the April issue of "Columbia" appeared a picture of Jacob H. Adams and his six sons of Johnsburg all members of McHenry Council No. 1299 Knights of Columbus. Miss Marion Kaelin entertained twelve of her friends at a party, the event being to celebrate her ninth birthday anniversary. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of April 2, 1942) The new Farmer's Mill has been completed and will soon be ready for inspection of the public. The large modern structure was erected following the disastrous fire which occurred last August almost completely wiping out the old buildings. John A. Bolger, the manager, now announces the grand opening date for April 11. Miss Bobette Cristy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Cristy of Ringwood, was recently initiated into Delta Omicron, national music sorority at Illinois Wesleyan university, Bloomington. Delta Omicron was founded in 1909 at Cincinnati conservatory of music and now has thirty-five • chapters. The chapter at Illinois Wesleyan was founded in 1926. Dr. L. L. Thelen, who has practiced medicine in Elgin for the past eight years with offices in the professional building, has been commissioned a lieutenant senior grade in the U.S. Navy and is reporting this week at the Great Lakes Naval Training station for active duty. Dr. Thelen was born in Elgin but spent his childhood in McHenry where he graduated from the Community high school. Mrs. Mary May died at Spring Grove March 24 following an illness of three years. The Ed Thennes family moved this week from the John Stilling house on Court street to the Burke house on Washington street. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Schoenholtz at the Woodstock hospital last Saturday. effectively waged without the assistance and cooperation of schools, businesses, social agencies, and private groups, as well as individual citizens. In the weeks ahead various of the propsed anti-crime measures will be discussed in these reports. I I i I COLLEGE INN NOW! MS & lids TOP RTISTS&ACTS NIGHTLY DAVID ROMAINE and hit ordsita Chicago'* First Suppe? Cltdb where the great entertainment begin SHEOMAN HOUSE Clark • LaSalle • Randoms ° Fit 2-2100 UMM flagrantly provocative piscatorial viands .<flsl,>-- dinner, cocktails with politicians and celebrities CEOIC ROOM' CMcagoto" Tipple at Chicago's greats esafood house longest bar Ossk • Randolph ° iaSalle For reservations: FR 2-2100 TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 28, 1957) Mrs. Mollie Givens, 87, a lifelong resident of McHenry, died early Wednesday morning March 27. A Schulmerich "Basilican" Bells instrument described as the most complete liturgical bell instrument ever developed is now being installed at St. Peter's Catholic church in Spring Grove according to Rev. Fr. John Daleiden pastor, ft will be used for the first service on Palm Sunday. "Hie instrument is a gift to the church by the family, of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Schmitz in memory of Nicholas Schmitz, Cecelia Schmitz, John W. Schmitz and Anthony Schultz. Two little boys, Randolph Ficken, 5, and his brother, Rodney, 3, sons of Mr. and Mrs, Rudolph Ficken, were drowned in a pond near their home on Hillside road between Crystal Lake and McHenry March 22. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weber spent the past few days with their son, Jack, at Fort Knox, Ky. His wife and . little son, Artie, who have been with him there, returned home to spend some time with her parents, the Arthur Hays, at Wonder Lake and in the Weber home before joining their husband and father at Ft. Lewis, Wash., where he has been transferred. The McHenry Girl Scouts first annual cookie sale under the newly formed Sybaquay council will be held on April 1, 2, and 3. The chairman of this event is the newly elected neighborhood chairman. Mrs. Frank Gregory, who will be assisted by Mesdames A. J. Wirtz and Robert Brennan. by Caul Powell Secretary of State Whenever natural light conditions have deteriorated to the point where you are having even only slight difficulty seeing approaching cars, turn your headlights 011. regardless of the time of day. 1 The drivers of those other cars will then be ahle to see vou. at least, and it might encnurage them to turn on t h e i r own lights. This is not merely • a safety precaution, it is a requirement of the law. On this subject, the law states that headlights shall he lighted from sunset to sunrise "or at any other time when visibility is so limited as to require the use of lights for safety." This, of course, leaves it to the judgment of the driver to determine when safety becomes a factor, but a good guideline is how well you are able to see under the existing conditions. If you are having trouble seeing properly, so are other drivers. Let them know you are there: light up. For your copy of the booklet. Rules of the lload. write to Paul Powell. Secretary of State, Springfield, Illinois 62700. the EDUCATOR MILK HEARING Pure Milk association, Chicago, has been notified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that the department plans to convene a hearng on May 3 on proposals for a Federal milk market order combining the Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and Rock River Valley markets into one order. The department will specify the location of the hearing later in an official hearing notice, according to A. L. McWilliams, PMA general manager. Meanwhile, the time for submitting proposals for regulating the handling of milk in the northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin marketing area has bee extended by the department to April 7. soys OKWIY AtlSTOTU PLATO I If It to day noodt itwdenta mutt Im tawfht to inquire, npltra, Akwin-TO THINK. Illinois Education AtMciotfM „cess'oN P*ofE>v OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F. Kelly At 1224 N. 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