Kfcfrt SECV2^ PLAIN DEALER - MAY 4, 1967 Drivers Review Board Examined Legislation to establish a Drivers License Medical Review board in the Department of Public Health (H 1610 and H 1611) has been introduced into the General Assembly. Two other measures call for increasing the driver license fee from $3 to $5, with the additional $2 to be deposited in the Driver Education fund (H 1608) and transfering supervision of commercial driver training schools from the Secretary of State to the Superintendent of Public Instruction (H 1609). The Medical Review Board would set standards for deter - mitiilnq whea a psrksf s physical or mental condition renders him unsafe to operate a rsofior vehicle, and would certify persons found to be to operate a motor vehicle, to Secretary of State Pud PowelPs Office for revocation, suspension or cancellation of tksir driver licenses or for denial of a requested license. Msroatfe® on iixfividual cases to be reviewed by the boeti wodd be submitted by physicians, optometrists, hospital «*£ clinic enspkjsyecs, welfare and social workers and other individuals. ' Tfee board would be made up of nine physicians appointed < by the Public Health director, who would also appoint the chairmxfEu The board may function on the basis of divisions of three members each so that hearings may be held in various parts of the sfote for the convenience of persons whose cases are being reviewed. r The board is authorized to require examinations and to rtpeignatp the physicians to make the examinations. JRefusal to take the examination is cause for revocation, suspension or cancellation of the driver license. All information submitted to the board is classified as confidential and may not be used in any legal action concerning the individuals, other than action relating to the driver licenses. Applying for a license is termed implied consent to the use of medial records, and persons submitting information to the board are relieved of liability. Provisions are included for a review of the board's decisions within 20 days. The measure carries an appropriation of $250,000 to the Department of Public Health and $100,000 to Secretary Powell's office for administration. Any measure that gives hope of improving the highway safety record merits careful study. However, this bill deals only with the physical and mental condition of drivers. It still does not touch the thousands who fall into neither category but nevertheless are a menace because they refuse to recognize a motor vehicle for the instrument of death it can become in the hands of a careless driver. The Battle Against Cancer A frrtf' of 300,000 Americans will die of cancer by the end of 1967. During the twelve-month period, cancer will strike an estimated 570,000 Americans and take the lives of 300,000. This means that the disease will kill over three times as many people as there are living in Mc Henry county. Hie American Cancer society claims one of the best ways to help control cancer and save lives is to educate the public. All contributions, large or small, are needed to help win the battle. Twiee Told FORTY YE&tS AGO* (Taken from theJSea^ of May 5,1927) The residents of this community were shocked to hear of the tragic and untimely death, of A. S. Parks on April 30. An interesting home building project is under way at Lily Lake where the Sampson Sex Co. of Chicago^ are Offering hundreds of lots sale. Hie company purchase several of the farms adjacent to the lake, including the Gerhard Wagner farm. Ccmvay Brothers announce that they have secured the Mc- Henry County franchise for the Reo Motor Car Co. They will handle the famous Reo Flying Cloud and the new Wolverine, also the speed wagons. Hie iwiwft of the new sales agency will be the Reo Mc Henry Sales. They will also continue to handle the Oakland and Pontiac under the name of McHenry Auto Sales. St. John church at Johnsburg was the scene of one of the most beautiful spring weddings May 4 when Miss Eva Schaefer and Mr. Frank Pitzen were united in. marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brooks were pleasantly surprised by a group of friends from Chicago Saturday evening. Carolyh Regner, a pupil at the Lincoln school, won the rural spelling contest last week and will attend the county contest May 28. The Mothers of McHenry who are fifty years of age or over are invited to spend this Saturday afternoon as the guests of the Mothers Club at the grade school gymnasium. Raymond Hughes entertained the boys from his grade at school at a birthday party. Out dbor games Ivere played after* which :La. Tdelicidus. lunch tiQfs served with a birthday cake-os the center of attraction. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of April. 30, 1942) A loss which will not soon be forgotten was felt by the people of McHenry when the sad news spread through town of the death of Simon Stofxel April 23. Rationing of sugar begins jnday, May 4. 'Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Niesen welcomed a seven pound son into their home. The little boy was bom at the Woodstock hospital. Due to the shortage of equipment, such as trucks and tires, the Gordon Baking Company is consolidating all outlying routes into more thickly populated craters. The local "Silvercup" trucks left for Chicago after having headquarters in the Stilling building on Elm street for several years. Nine young men received their first degree in the Knights of Columbus Thursday evening. They were Bob Adams, Thomas Bolger, Jr., John C. Hill, George Jackson, Joe McAndrews, James Powers, Angelo Unti, Eugene Unti and Francis Wirtz. Elmer Kinsala passed away at the Oak Park hospital where he had been a patient .'or a month at the age of thirty-nine on April 23. Dan Jurgens, one of the four year old twins of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jurgens of Ringwood, badly injured the third finger (Mi his left hand when it became caught in a lawn mower. Miss Eleanor Clark and Mrs. Lillian Larsen entertained a group of friends at a kitchen f&r Your Information Dear friends. Everyone in this community has an invitation to visit our modern, fully equipped faneral home. Many have found it sensible to become acquainted with the details of the funeral tervice, and its relative costs, before the need arises. Questions may be asked and preferences determined at a time of calm deliberation. We do welcome your visit. Respectfully, lERMJUSTEN SON Mctter.r y (F&JNEi?AL IHO/v^E Ambulonce 5e'»ic« 38V0063 A DAY IN MAY McCLORY REPORTS From Washington For the first time in almost sixty years the Congress is undertaking a revision of the Copyright law. The new statute will protect the interests of artists, musicians and authors as well as others who became copyright owners and licensees. These interests measured in terms of royalties are estimated at almost a billion dollars per year--and represent the earnings of many of our most gifted citizens. The measure is being enacted pursuant to Article I of the United States Constitution which shower at the latter's home in honor of Miss Ethel Dimon who will become the brid^, of Gordon LaTsenof Hebron; " TEN YEAR^'i^O (Taken from the files of Apr. 25, 1957) The large 120 ft. barn on the Arthur Hoppe farm burned to the ground Sunday evening. The fire of unknown origin resulted in an estimated loss of more than $50,000. Six cows and six calves were burned to death as well as a registered Holstein bull. In addition to the cattle 1,600 bushels of seed corn and eight tons of feed valued at $7,- 000 were destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Patzke were surprised by friends, relatives and postal co-workers at Crystal Lake recently on the occasion of their twentyfifth wedding anniversary. David L. Smith ofRt. 2, Richmond, suffered injuries when he was struck fay a car driven by Eugene Jisha of Chicago on Rt. 12 near Solon Mils. Herman Stamer of Pistakee Bay, executive vice-president of Courtesy Motor Sales, Inc., Chicago, has been elected president of the 1957 Ford car company merchandising school. R. D. Larson of Waukegan street is hospitalized in the Northwest hospital due to an auto accident occurring in Chicago. He is suffering a possible skull fracture, internal injuries, bruises and cuts. authorizes the Congress "to promote the progress of science and useful arts fay securing for limited times to authors and J inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." Under this authorization, the Congress enacted its first copyright law in 1790 and made subsequent changes -; periodically until 1909. However, the entire subject has lain in virtual limbo since that time. Meanwhile, the development of motion pictures, radio, television and other means of communication has rendered the old copyright law quite inadequate. (CATV) is covered for the first time in the new legislation. This becomes necessary because CATV systems retransmit television programs by special cables to patrons who pay a monthly -charge. However, a section of the original bill was intended to limit CATV liability where retransmission takes place within the same area as that served by the originate ing station. In the House debate a dispute arose between the chairman of the Committee on Interstate Commerce and the chairman ofihe Judiciary Committee as to jurisdiction over CATV operations. Accordingly details respecting CATV copyright exemptions and liability/ have been postponed for the time being. The measure is now pending in the Senate where some additional revision may occur. However, the general provisions of this particular legislation are quite well settled. A detailed report by the Register of Copyrights in 1961 followed fay a thorough study by the ' House Judiciary committee over a period of two years preceded the recent vote of apUnder the old law, copyright proval in the U. S. House of protection was granted by the ^^rese^ves" Register of C•o p'ny righ• tsr* fif o.• r a - Authors* „c o'm posers flfiaon H maximum period of fifty-six years. Hie period of protection under the new proposal is the author's lifetime plus fifty years. Upon the expiration of that period, the copyrighted material may be freely usedbythe public. Of course, the new Copyright law, (HR 2512), covers motion pictures, radio and television performances, sound recordings and other productions in the same way as the original copyright law protected writings and sheet music. In addition, the legislation contains an exemption of educators from copyright liability for any "fair use" of copyrighted material in connection with their educational work. However, commercial transactions in photostats of copyrighted works or large scale reproductions (even for class room purposes) would violate the fair use doctrine. A completely new feature of the bill will be to impose liability on the operators of juke boxes to the extent of $8 per year for each juke box. The basis of this added compensation is that juke box use of musical works is considered a new publication or transmission of copyrighted material. Similarly, the subject of Community Antenna Systems ayrights as well as those who come purchasers and licensees of their copyrighted .works, all appear to hail this [new legislation. The interest £Of the general public in this rmeasure may be slight, and {knowledge of this complicated , subject even among members of the Congress may be quite limited. Still, the impact of this significant legislation is 'great indeed. Its benefits will 'be enjoyed by the countless thousands of creative artists 4 whose talents enrich the culj ture of our great nation. Members of the House Judiciary committee have received the principal accolades, and Republicans and Democrats alike who have promoted this farreaching legislation are entitled to a hearty "well done." /wing* 1 (The Plaindealer Invites the .public to rise this column as an egression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only request is that Writers limit themselves to ,,300 words or less signature full address and phone number. We ask, too, that one in-. dividual not write on tlie same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or inobjectionable taste.) MCHS ATHLETICS "Dear Sirs: "What has happened to M.C.H.S.? (tee coach resigns. Another tries to resign. And now, the trouble already with the new coaching staff. I realty can't help but wonder what has brought all this about. And when I stop to think why these things have happened, I feel like saying that I never was a part of that high school. "Why have athletics at the high school literally gone down the drain? Why have the coaches tried to quit? In short, why has 'M.C.H.S. gone from a top contender to the bottom of the standings? "Most people blame it on the coaches. These people can't see as far as their noses. Actually, after managing football for three years there, I can see where the major share of the blame should be put on the student body and the administration. These people really prove the old saying that no one loves a loser. "In the past two years the McHenry coaches have been up against a brick wall-- coach Hargis taking most of the blame. "How can a coach have a winning team when the players don't have the spirit or the incentive to play to win, or when the student body does no longer support them? "Two years ago, the football team (and the basketball team) had the very opposite of this situation. In these two years, the team had desire to win. They had pride. True, they were not a team with great potential, but they were surely a team that did wonders because they wanted to. They accepted Coach Hargis' pushing because they knew it was the only way to get a championship team. They were . . supported by the student body, and the coaches were laudedfor their fine job. "Then, when we lost the conference championship game against North Chicago in 1964, everyone started blaming the coach. Actually, it was far from his fault that we lost that one. There were so many injuries that if s a wonder that the team could play at all. No one stopped to think about that though. "It seems thatthis stigma has stuck ever since. As soon as we lost the first game the next season, everyone thought they knew what was going to happen, even the team. When the student body fails in its support (the players need to know that they are supported, and work harder when they know1 someone cares what they do), and the team loses its pride and incentive, there's not much a coach can-do. McHenry still hasn't gained this back and it looks as though they never will as long as everyone likes to complain instead of do. "What do most people think of when they reflect of Coach Hargis' years at McHenry--that trouncing of undeafeated Barrington in 1964, even when we knew we couldn't win the championship? NO. They think of the North Chicago loss, of the losses in the last two years. Don't they remember that in continue to lose good coaches? 1963 and 1964 we came closer ^ that far gone? ni.^111, tho lirnwn that irtshV '^ ">•$ ' ' \ r "Other schools have spirit^,;* and pride--bad teams or good.£ Why can't M.C.H^.? Will wef*. Sbo y0u JC\n ow •Someone TJew 'S own ? The Welcome Wagon Representative would like to call on them and extend a welcome to the community. Please Call The Representative* Below M m com# ac^on CEIL DEWERDT 653-9317 RUTH BOMKE 315-7418 COLLEGE NOW! 8:45 & 1130 ^RTlSTS&AefS NIGHTLY DAVID ROMAINE and Sua ©retKSJta Chicago's FircS Supps? CMs where the great entertateento &oo!q SHEPJV1AN MOUSS Clark • LaSalle • Randolph ° FR2-KS0 to winning the crown status time in the previous decade?>V Actually, when the team stops' 5 trying and the student body fails. ' in its support, the coach is * backed into a corner, ««As present manager at Western Illinois university* 1 can seethe things McHenry used to have--desire and pride; and the difference in their playing ability is apparent when they have this going for them. " Yes, I ask what has happened to M.C.H.S,? Has apathy been substituted for spirit? Has sportsmanship been declared out of style? Have the athletic teams become social clubs with the main emphasis on coach criticism? If this has happened, any McHenry coach will have a job with which he will not be able to cope. "No new coach can bring McHenry out of this situation, ft will take the co-operation of the students and administration. New ideas for boosting spirit, more pep rallies, and above all a new attitude oh the part of spectator and player alike are heeded. Athletics are a much needed thing. Why let them deteriorate? '^M.C.H.S.' loss of Coach Hargis is going to be felt. We have lost a great football coach, a dedicated person, and an all-round swell guy, because we couldn't take the'blame ourselves, but took the easy way and made the coach the scapegoat. "The only ones to change the situation are the people at M.C.H JS. IF things don't change, Coach Hargis' resignation will have profited no one--except himself because he won't have to deal with the impossible situation. "IMncerely, .*s.\ "Thomas "712 fiayliss Hall "Macomb, HI." r.'J., J_Pe J April Is believedderived from a Latin wordmeatiding "to open" and aasuch marks, the opening of the spring season.; "3 <;• > • ' ' In the year 1860 traveling time by stage coach from St Joseph, Mo., to California was something like 20 days. There were no railroads or telegraph , lines spanning the distance. Most mail was .sent by steamer to Panama, across the Isthmus and then by ship to San Francisco -- a trip that took three or four weeks. ^On April 3, I860, a man named Harry Roff made history by riding the first relay of the , first Pony Ex press carrying mall from the end of the rail lines at St. Joe to California. The westbound mail arrived in San Francisco in nine days. jarage gale Friday, Saturday, Sunday Electric & hand tools; all kinds of new fishing tackle; 2 snow tires; swimming pool, 18 in. deep by 6 ft. across: double-barrel, 12 gauge; clothing; 2 antique clocks; etc. 3610 N. Hamlin Dr. 385-7182 " • I •* i temm flagrantly provocative piscatorial viands £nj°y ,P..» , Inncheon, -- dinner, codkSaiBs with politicians and celebrities CELTIC ROOM Chteso/o" Tipple ajOtogo'j giecS osafood bouse longest bar SKErt:c£JLasr houses • Randolph • LaSalle For reservations: FR 2-2100 OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F. Kelly At 1224 N. Green Street, McHenry (Closed Weiassday) Eyes Exmatesd Glasses Fitted Contact ILenses Hrs. Daily 9:SO a.m. to 5 j».m. Friday EveMffigs 8:2© [jwihu - EveMags by App&Mmeat PHONE 386-0150 Dr. Leonard L. Bottari Eyes Examlned-Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses 1308 N. Richmond Road Hours: Mon., Toes.. Thurs., Frt. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tueft., Thurs., Si Frt. Eve 7 p.m. {o 9 p.m. Sat. 9:30 to 3:00 p.m. No Hours on Wednesday Phone 885-4151 If No Answer Phone 385-2262 { Dr. John T. Cray 1260 N. Green Street Office Phone: 885-0186 Res. Phone: 38S-6191 Honrs: Dally 9:S0 - 5:00 Tues. & FrL Evenings 6:80 to 9 p.m. Closed All Bay Wednesday Eyes Examined- Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Fitted Repair Service OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHEXRY COUNTY OFFICE MACHINES Sale* - Service St RentalH Typewriters, Adders, Calculator* Mon. - Sat. 9:00-5:30 Friday till 9:00 p.m. Phone 459-1226 93 Grant St. Crystal Lake, III. LETTER SERVICE Mimeographing • Typing Addressing - Mailing; Lists McHenry County Letter Service 1212 • A N. Green St. Phone 885-5064 M o n . t h r u F r t . 8 - 5 Closed Saturdays WATCH REPAIR Clock A Jewelry Repair Our Spedaty Steiiang WATCH REPAIR SERVICE 1286 N. Green St. McHenry, 111. INSURANCE EARL R. WALSH Fire, Auto, Farm Si Life Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES When You Need Insurance of Any Kind PHONE 385-3800 or 38&-095S 3429 W. Elm St., McHenry, I1L -- f George L. Thompson General Insurance • LIFE • AUTO • HEALTH • FIRE • CASUALTY • BOAT PHONE 81&-385-1066 3812 W. Elm St., McHenry < In McHenry Plaindealer Bldgt B. Beckenbaugh Phone 385 6150 »r ! 385-1822 Infturance - All Kindit Dennis Conway Robert J. Conway Auto, Life, Fire State Farm Ins. COH. * 3315 W. Elm St. McHenry, Illinois 385 5285 or 385 7111 • METAL WORK SCHROEDER METALCRAFT For Home and Garden Wrought Iron Railings Patio Furniture Antiques 1705 So. Rt. 31 Phone 385-0950 ON TARGET JUm Phone 385-0170 Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.