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i!*J' , PG. 2, SEC. 2 - PLAlSlDEALER - NOV. 1, 1967 The Ability To Survive A pressing question in many small cities concerns the ability of local trade centers to survive in the face of vast population movements to metropolitan areas. Can positive action be taken by community leadership to retain the prosperity which was once rooted in the small family farm? When farms ate replaced by huge agricultural factories, and men are displaced by machines, the effect on the central trade center may be critical. A trade cerjter^caofpt exist without the siqjport of people with jobs. - Evidence suggests that something can be done about keeping people and jobs in spite of inexorable changes in the old economic While some communities are suffering from creeping stagnation, others similarly placed are enjoying unprecedented growth and prosperity. The difference cannot be attributed to accident. A successful community development leader states that specific characteristics identify tho community which flourishes during eras of economic transition. He listed: 1. Unselfish and optimistic leadership. 2. Liberal investment in schools and other training facilities. 3. A public which believes that the community is worth saving. 4. Financial institutions eager to invest in local industry. 5. A retail trade center attractive enough to keep the wealth of the community in local circulation. He added, however, that the forceful community could not be brought to focus without a catalyst--promotion in the news and advertising sections of a good local newspaper. The Question Of Holidays A House Judiciary subcommittee has recommended favorable • action on a Uniform Monday Holiday bill which would establish • five national holidays on Mondays. The measure, sponsored by ! Congressman Robert McClory of Illinois, would omit Christmas ! Day and New Year's Day from its provisions and redesignate J George Washington's birthday as Presidents' Day, to be celebrat- ; ed on the third Monday of February; Memorial Day, on the last Monday in May; Independance Day, on the first Monday in July; Veterans' Day, on the last Monday in October; and Thanksgiving Day, on the fourth Monday in November. Labor Day, which is already a Monday holiday, would remain on the first Monday in September. In order to give state legislatures an opportunity to follow the proposed federal pattern and to permit labor contracts and other organization programming to comply with the proposed changes, effective date of the measure would be Jan 1, 1970. Postponing the effective date of this legislation would also enable calendar manufacturers to prepare their calendars for the year 1970 in order that the public will be accurately advised as to the dates of national observances. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and numerous other organizations, including both labor and management groups, have expressed strong support of the Uniform Monday Holiday concept. A similar measure, sponsored by Senator George Smathers of Florida, is pending before the Senate Judiciary committee. The House bill now goes to the full Judiciary committee where a lengthy discussion is anticipated primarily with respect to changes affecting George Washington's birthday, about which members from the state of Virginia are particularly sensitive, and Thanksgiving Day which some new England traditionalist Congressmen feel should continue to be celebrated on Thursday. Earlier in the session, testimony before the House committee brought out that George Washington's birthday was originally Feb. 11, and not Feb. 22, The date upon which it has been customarily celebrated. The adoption of Congress of the Gregorian Calendar in 1791 had the effect of changing Washington's birth date. Testimony also showed that Memorial Day has been celebrated on various days other than May 30, and that the Declaration of Independence was actually adopted on July 2, and not July 4, and that signatures to the Declaration were affixed on July 17 and at other later dates. . The original day for celebrating Thanksgiving is uncertain, but the Pilgrims may have celebrated it on a Monday. President Roosevelt created a small furor in 1936 when he under took to move ThanksgivingDay from the fourth Thursday in November to the third Thursday in November. Congress subsequently settled on the fourth Thursday and the pending bill would change the Thursday celebration to the fourth Monday in November. DIRKSEN TO. SPEAK United States Senator Everett McKinley D'rksen will be featured speaker at the 1967 annual meeting of the Illinois Agricultural association set for Nov. 13 to 1.6 in Chicago at the Sherman House. Senator Dirksen will address the Wednesday evening, Nov. 15, general/session. PAY Y AT ONE LS Te\e? BOLGER'S Drug Store J 259 Ne Green McHenry 385-4500 I *» -i i II ii i "Anybody for some old-fashioned harmonising?" ^JLJ m Twice Told Tales] ®®w ^an ^ STAMP EXHIBITION The Kishwaukee Valley Stamp club's second annual stamo exhibition and course will be held in the American Legion, Victory Hall, corner of Locust and N. Third street, DeKalb, on Nov. 4 and 5. The times are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m., to 5 p.m. on Sunday. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Oct. 20, 1967) Members of the McHenry Rifle club held regular practice Sunday, Oct. 16, at their range southeast of the city. Rapid firing practice was indulged in at the regulation Army D target, ten shots from standing to kneoHng or sitting in O.HJ minute. D.V. Batten, operator at the Empire theater, took the honors of the day with a score of 43 out of a possible score of fifty. Th3 members of the James B. Perry Fortress of the Daughters of the G.A.R. sponsored a public card party on Tuesday afternoon winch was held at the Lilymoor clubhouse. The people of the community were sorry to hear of the death of Charles Olson which occurred Oct. 14 . Mr. OJson was fifty-four years old. Several of their friends de* lightfully surprised Mr. and Mrs. Peter Weingart at their home last week, the occasion being their eleventh wedding anniversary. Dr. Emily Rorer spent the weekend with her grandmother, Mrs. Samatha Button. Dr. Rorer has just returned from abroad where she spent several months in study and visiting in France, England, Switzerland and other countries. She left the first of tha wvo'c for Philadelphia where she will be on the staff of one of the hospitals in that city. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taxen from the files of Oct. 15, 1942) Word was received here Oct. 3 of the marriage of Miss Florence Perrson of Woodstock to Staff Sergeant Gordon Thomas Knox. The ceremony was performed at the Camp Chapel at Camp Polk, La. Tragic news, so prevalent during war, struck home this week as local residents received word of the death Oct. 3 of Ensign Alfred Wv Colby, Jr., 23, naval flying instructor, who was killed in midair collision o' training planes at the UJS. Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas. He was the only grandson of Fred T. Colby. Miss Marie Johnson, junior on the Cce Co'lege campus, has recently been appointed finance committee chairman on the Y.- M.C.A. first cabinet. Mr. and Mrs. James Stack are the pareuis of a son born at the West Suburban hospital in Oak Park. Mrs. Stack was the former Lillie McCabe of McHenry. America has a hidden stock pile of more than half a billion pounds of metal in its obsolete pianos, A.E. Nye, local piano dealer, asserted this week. He urged m. sic dealers and home owners to cooperate with salvage organizations in making this tremendous metal reserve available for war production. Over 20,000 people have registered in McHenry County under the new state permanent registration act. At a beautiful candle light service performed in the Community Methodist church Saturday afternoon Miss Betty Mae Orr became the bride of Mr. Glen Benson of Ricnrnonl, TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Ost. 10, 1957) Dr. and Mrs. Peter Griesbach are the parents of a son Oct. 6. Mrs. Joseph Rosing and daugher, Pat, and Miss Lizzie Schwanke enjoyed a three weeks vacation through the west. They saw many beautiful points of interest such as the Painted Desert in Arizona and ihe Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Shirley Thurwell of Main street has been chosen to sing soprano in the Monmouth College choir for the coming year. McHenry welcomes a new business, Unibilt Sales, which features a completely prefabricated fire place that can be installed complete with chim- . ney, in four to six hours. P/t. Gilbert T. Mercure, 22, recently was assigned to the 250th General hospital, Brooke Arm,*' Magical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Mercure, a clerk typist, enteredthe army last July. Ralph Henchel is now attending the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. He is enrolled as a freshman at the Institute. Stilling Brothers have been given the privilege of exclusive use of the nam? " JoClar" as a herd name in registering their pure bred Hoi stein - Friesian cattle. UNVEIL PAINTING Secretary of State Paul Powell unveiled a painting of George Washington in the Capitol, where it will hang for an extended length of time. This unique portrait of Washington was loaned to Secretary Powell as custodian of the State Capitol, by Mr. and Mrs. August C. Meyer, Sr., Champaign, so that the many visitors to the Capitol from all parts of the world may enjoy it. The picture was painted around 1890, by Georg Sigurd Wetterhoff- Aspen, a Finnish artist of some renown, for the express purpose of inspiring the Finns to revolt against the Russians who dominated FinlandtfaSfthe time. DRIVER EXAMS Secretary of State Paul Powell has asked optometrists to cooperate with driver license examiners in their home areas in the program requiring periodic re-examination of all drivers which will start in 1969. He pointed out that under the program requiring re-examination every nine years, driver license examinations will double, going from slightly more than 500,000 a year to more than a million. gj 1 I I I S I I • b h m m|- m m i \ l I m ^ For That Old Fashioned Flavor - Come To nun Sausage Company • 35 Vari«*tle* of JSauBag** • True German Style Flavor* • Lean Hickory Smoked Bacon • Country Made Sauftage • DellHou* Hickory Smoked Hani* Q. How can I remove stains caused by leather rubbing against a fabric? A. These are among the "tough ones". However, if the fabric is washable try a thick soap-and-water solution, rubbing well over the fabric. You might make matters easier, too, if glycerin is worked well into the stain beforehand and allowed to stand awhile before washing. For un-washable fabrics, try glycerin, working this into the stain carefully by rubbing lightly between the hands. Let remain awhile, then rinse by sponging with water. Q. Is there a simple test I can make to determine whether a dyed fabric is "fast"? A. One such test involves the dampening of a small area of the dyed cloth, then rubbing this on a piece of clean, white paper. If this leaves no telltale stain, you'll know your dye is fast. Q. How can I thaw frozen meat quickly? A. Try wrapping it in aluminum foil, then placing in a moderately hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Q. How about the cleaning of oil paintings? A. If these are very valuable paintings, it's best always to get a professional job done on them. However, if you want to try it yourself, wash them with warm milk and water, rubbing gently and carefully, and then drying without rinsing. Q. What can I do about bottles that have become badly discolored inside? A. Try filling them with water and borax, then allow to stand awhile. If this doesn't clean them to your satisfaction, drop some broken egg shells or BBshot into the borax solution, then shake the whole business well. Q. We have some glassware whose edges have been chipped and the sharpness makes drinking a rather hazardous thing. Is there any remedy? A. You can often smooth those edges nicely with a fine grade of sandpaper. Q. We have below-ground basement windows surrounded by window wells, and the windows inevitably become splashed with mud and dirt in heavy rainstorms. How can I remedy this? A. Dig out about three or four inches of soil and replace with an equivalent amout of clean gravel. This will prevent mud from splashing up against your windows and will also expedite drainage during wet days. • J'uL ^rrmrfg} McCLORY REPORTS From Washington Water pollution is currently attracting, the combined attention of the press, radio and TV. The ,news media's recognition of the serious threat to our vital water resources is most heartening to conservationists--infc eluding many members df the United States Congress. While the focus of attention ha.$ been on the dumping in Lake Michigan of industrial wastes, including dredged materials from the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, the pollution of all of our lakes and rivers requires decisive action^ The communications inspired by the recent news articles generally suggest that members of the Congress have been unaware of conditions of pollution or have been derelict in fulfilling their responsibilities. While more Congressional action may be desirable, it should be pointed out--likewise --that the Congress has recognized and acted in the area of water pollution in advance of the present public consternation. As a first term member of Congress .in 1963 and 1964-the writer--then a ranking member of the Subcommittee on Natural Resources--participated in a comprehensive investigation of water pollution in Illinois and in other parts of the country.. One main objective of the hearings was to arouse public support for meaningful state and federal legislation. Although the press covered the hearings there was, at that time, far less coverage given by the news media than has appeared in recent days. Still, the Congress has responded with numerous legislative measures resulting in the elimination of many sources of pollution and geared to avoid future pollution problems. The Water Pollution Act of 1961 created a new federal agency, with authority to require municipal governments and industries to establish timetables for reduction of sources of pollution. This measure, which also included a program of federal grants, has assisted the construction of more than 5,100 municipal sewage treatment plants throughout the country, including 222 in Illinois. This program was augmented in 1965 to provide $150 million in grants on a 50-50 matching fund basis. At the current session, the Congress approved the sum of $225 million in this year's budget. An additional one-half billion dollars could be made available for sewage collection and treatment projects under other federal legislation. Congress has directed the states to establish water quality standards for all interstate waters by July 1, 1967. With few exceptions, this deadline appears to have been met. Also, the Congress has actedto consolidate water pollution programs in order to avoid duplication and to secure maximum efficiency from the funds and powers already provided. It must be recognized that water pollution requires a variety of solutions, depending uponthe area and type of pollution involved. In addition, state and local governments are usually most knowledgeable of the pollution problems with which they are confronted and are best able to supply solutions. Accordingly, the Congress has expressed its intention to recognize the primary responsiblity of local and state governments for water pollution abatement- There are many spokesmen who consider that the federal programs have gone too far In providing grants of money to local amL-state governments. Many local areas are reported to have postponed the development nf sewage treatment pro- • jects in the hope of securing grants of federal ftinds. This neglect of ideal responsibility is a factor which seems not to have gained sufficient public attention. Local and private water pollution controjl projects should not be directed and financed from Washington. It is_ common knowledge that the Federal budget is being strained with many demands, including those for more funds for water pollution abatement. Local governments and regions should be encouraged to provide their own treatment facilities. Finally, industry should not be permitted to contaminate our public waters. A bill (H.R. 4883) sponsored by this member would permit industries to take a tax credit on their federal income tax return in order to encourage construction of waste treatment facilities. Favorable action on this measure is required now. ai'8 8 8 8 fl 5 B'B'BTB 8"B'B B'fl 8 fl 8 B 8 B 8 B g; Are You New Do You Know Someone New In Town? * We would like to extend a welcome to every newcomer to our community. CALL Phone 385-6260 Route 120 Juftt East of Rt. 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