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>G. 8, - PLAINDEALER - WED., FEB. 14, 1968 That Month February It seems that no sooner has the new year arrived than February is knocking on the doorstep. Hie arrival of the second month in the year signified that one-tenth of 1968 already was at an end. February in 1968 has twenty-nine days, and is a Leap Year February. The first quarter of the moon appeared on the 6th and will reach fullness on the 14th. The last quarter will be observed on the 20th. Morning stars in February will be Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. The evening stars will be Mars, Saturn and Mercury (1-15) and Jupiter (20-29). Days will continue to get longer during February, the first day of the month being ten hours long, while the last will be over eleven hours. The major holidays in February are Lincoln's birthday on February 12th, and Washington's birthday on February 22nd. St. Valentine's Day falls on the 14th, which is the night of the full moon, which happens only once in every so many decades. Other birthdays of interest include those of Charles Dickens, born February 7th, 1812 at Landport, England. The anniv versary of the chartering of Boy Scouts of American falls on February 8th. The chartering took place on February 8th, 1910. >untifiil Harvest The most bountiful harvest in tne country's history was announced by the Department of Agriculture, in its final report on 1967 crops. Production (all crops) in 1967 was slightly higher than in 1965,, the former record year and three percent higher than in 1966. The corn harvest totaled 4.7 billion bushels, a new record; there was a 1.5 billion wheat harvest. There were record yields in grain sorghums, rice, peanuts and sugar cane - and a 972,- 701,000 bushel soybean crop. The cotton crop, however, was one of the smallest on record - one of the few contrasting notes in the big harvest. Because of record yields and big crops in most other countries this year farm prices slipped. Agriculture officials in Washington are planning for smaller crops in 1968 to bolster prices but official estimates indicate costs will also be up in 1968. Thus for the farmer, particularly the small or medium farmer, the outlook is not what it should be. In saying this, it must be alsonotedtthat the federal government spends many billions to guarantee American farmers minimum prices. What is needed to improve the farmer's outlook, and increase his share of the nation's wealth, is the evolution of a system in which the often excessive profits of middle men and commodity dealers are, at least in part, translated into prices paid farmers. E DECOMTiONS For the dining area on a formal side, this walnut-topped wrought iron tkble and matching chairs offer gracefulness without massive bulk. The 36 x 58-inch top extends to 78 ^Keiies-v^OTlelesfsiTd^G^^he&-A'ith--t^!eavc^Sid^ and arm chairs have foam-upholstered seats and backs; broad range of colors and pattern^ available. •MM fc? pi! % WS3 m Valentine's Days^ by lurry e. lunn Boost For Disabled Demonstrating to recently disabled servicemen sbsk are not doomed to a life of limited physical activity or dependency upon others' is the noble aim' of a remarkable man, Ewing W. Mays. A member of the famed American Rangers who fought in Africa and Italy in World War n, Mays lost his legs when a 210mm shell dropped in his immediate area while fighting advanced . ~ Today Mays is a Successful F.ort Lauderdale, Florida businessman whtrowns s&d operates a pen sales company. His active avocatibtf of over 15 years has been visiting with thousands of military hospital patients, across the country and in Japan and Korea, showing them how effortlessly he walks, and even dances. Several times he unbuckles one of his artificial legs and shows it to the men. The patients, in a Pied Piper fashion, follow him around'on their crutches and in their wheel chairs watching him .and listening to him and asking questions. He believes that ^contacting an amputee or other permanently disabled man immediately following his injury has an unparalleled psychological effect in helping that man make the mental and emotional adjustment so necessary for quicker recovery. In one hospital a lad was worried about how much pressure he could stand on the stumps of both legs he had lost. Mays whisked the soldier from his chair and held him aloft. "That's how much," Mays laughed. _ Now Mays is planning a trip to Vietnam similar to his 1952 tour of Korea. He contends that somebody who has conquered his handicap as he has needs to be there as soon as these boys are over the critical stage -- someone who can actually walk before them, talk to them, and show them that it's not so bad after all. After his visit to Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, the facility's Commanding General, Major General Robert E. Blount, said: "Ward nurses, who had worked with the patients for some time, noticed a distinct improvement in the attitudes of the patients, particularly those who had been withdrawn and indifferent prior to his visit." Vice President Hubert Humphrey spoke for all Americans when he said in a recent letter to Mays: "Your selfless dedication of time and effort to bring new hope to our military amputees warrants our grateful thanks. As a double amputee, you have and are demonstrating that will power and perseverance will make them useful members of our great society. I encourage you to continue your good work." Mays has been known to do as much for the attitudes of the parents and loved ones of the wounded boys. "Seeing is believing," said a boy's grandmother after meeting Mays. "I know it did me good." • "Pity him.not," Mays insists. "Encourage initiative.! Get him to see that it's ability, not disability, that counts." I ITS AN IDEA QUI BY DON RUSSELL AND JERKY WARSHAW FATHER. OF ILLINOIS state: Ho op DANIEL EOPE GQOK WAS A LAWYER, PR&SIPENTIAL COURIEfc., PUBLISHER/ EPITOR, PRINTER/ ALL BY THE TIME WAS. COOK COUNTY IS NAMED ArtER. HIM JANUARY IS, /33G THE- GAi-fcNA ANis LiNioN RAILROAD WAS CHARTERS. JT WAS THPF/RSr TO OPBRATcT A >S7BA/v\ LOCOMOTIVE (THE PIONEER) FROM CHICAGO c POET ' historian BALLAP£E£ T" &OFW AT OALE&BUKG, ILL. JANUARY S, 1378 PRODUCED BY THE ILLINOIS BE8QUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION Tax Tips Students who worked parttime or during the summer may have a refund coming on their 1967 federal income tax returns, E.C. Coyle, Jr., District Director of Internal Revenue said today. Students are required to file a tax return if they earned $600 or more. If they earned less than $66 and taxes were withheld from wages by their employers , they should file a return in order to obtain a refund of the tax withheld from their wages. Unmarried students who earn less than $900 will not owe any Federal income tax. They are entitled to claim the usual $600 personal exemption, plus a $300 minimum standard deduction. Students are entitled to claim their own personal exemption when filing a tax return, Mr. Coyle said. Parents who furnish more than one-half the cost of support for their child who is a full-time student may also claim him as an exemption on their tax return, unless the child^ is married and is filing a joint return with his or her spouse. SUNDAY S A SERMON CHRISTIANITY As we look about ua today and see eome of the foolish activities being carried on by a few groups and individuals who claim to be protesting a lack of "freedom" (educational freedom, religious freedom, social freedom, etc.) Isn't it hard to believe the things we are told about the early Christians? Could it really be true that people faced persecution, even de^th, merely because they professed to believe in God? Is it possible that Christians had to hold meetings in secret places, in the hush of night? In these modern times, there is no penalty for the profession of Christianity. The door is always open at the church on the corner. Perhaps some of us would be better Christians if it were otherwise. If someone told you that you shouldn't -- or couldn't -- attend church next Sunday, would your stubborn streak make you go, whatever the consequences? The challenges to Christianity are today as real as .they have ever been. In die conduct of business and in our day-today living, we are constantly making moral decisions. We do not have to lay our life on the line, but the decisions we do make are a good indication of our moral courage -- and our belief in Christianity. For Your Information Dear friends, Because of the diversity of religious beliefs and doctrines, it would be presumptuous for any funeral director to attempt to analyze or appraise any or all of these. But one thing Is certain • the funeral can and often does reinforce or even originate a person's belief In survival after death. Respectfully, Mchenry, Illinois PETER MJUSfEN m & SON rjkrtiftERAL SiO/HE -- Ambulance Service 385-0063 PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this column as an expression 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 nuifiber. We ask, too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in objectionable taste.) VALUE INCREASED "Letter from a taxpayer: "We in Lakeland Park read the real estate assessments with interest. After being frowned upon for years as "poor relations" we were overwhelmed to see hOW high an opinion we rate now. After list- . ing my house for sale unsuccessfully for three years for , $8,500, we were surprised to * read that it is now vaiued at |11,130, for tax purposes. The en'j tire Lakeland Park area as- ~ sessmerits rose about $2,000 per home over last year. This would be fine if in truth it were tjfie acutal resale value or if it would pot boost our taxes $100.f I te^e tfoat whehths lownship^ elections roll around again, we: in Lakeland Park remember to ^®get tout and vote our choice as this is where our taxes are spent and regulated. We must learn how important our vote is and be sure to make our wishes known at the ballot box. Consider school elections - 75 percent of our taxes are used for schools. Then why do less than 20 percent of the voters come out to choose the board members who will shape these decisions? "See you at the polls! "LaVerne Hromec "1706 N. Knoll Ave." AREA DRIVER IS INJURED AS CAR H3TS TREE Roger E. Weiss of Oak Leaf, McHenry, was taken to Lake Forest hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in an accident on Rt. 41, near Lake Bluff, last Thursday evening. His auto reportedly struck a median strip as he was passing a truck on the four-lane, divided highway and then swerved, striking a tree. Also hospitalized were his passengers, Arthur Ledkey of Antioch, Diane Steinberg and Lynn Harrison, both of Skokie. Weiss suffered head and back injuries. How many tiiftes have you tried to go across the "old" bridge over the Fox River in McHenry? We mean the sagging steel one with the sagging - floor that only allows one car to go thru at one time. That's the same one that is too low to allow many boats on the river to go under if the water is low and many more if the river is top high. The bridge in question was built when the main method of transportation was horse, horse and buggy and some cars. The automobiles of that day measured in width about 6% ft. and passing each other from opposite directions was no problem as the bridge is 15' wide. Today's modern automobiles measure ijp to 7 feet wide and by simple addition, earn pass on this bridge with only 4" to spare between cars and the side of the bridge; Even the passage of a motorcycle or bicycle and an automobile becomes somewhat of a challenge since the cars end up going down the middle of the span to make sure the side is riot touched. As the situation now exists, approaching one end of the bridge requires a quick check to see if anyone at the other pnd is also contemplating' a move in your direction. And of course there is always the 'jockeying* to see who will go first. .. . . ."Should I - will he?" Some time ago we witnessed something which occurs not infrequently ori this bridge. Two cars ap-. proached from opposite ends of the bridge at precisely the same time.'They both proceeded across until they met. 'nose to nose' at the center anid stopped. Neither would move or back down for a few moments, then one dejectedly lost the battle of patience and backed off the span. The situation with the bridge Has unfortunately gotten to the point of being ridiculous. Flow of traffic, convenience, safety, among many other things, are no longer among the virtues of this ancient span. The most desirable solution to the situation would be to copdemn the old bridge and have a new one put in its place. This we would very much like to see. But a second, and not nearly as costly solution, would be* a simple set of standard stop and go lights at both ends of the bridge. These lights would lie set up and timed so that three or four cars from one side would have green and the opposite side would be on the red stop. Then the lights would go to caution and the red-green would switch to the opposite side. We've been wondering about this situation for a long time and hope our county and township road officials seriously look into a solution. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 9, 1928) „ Representative Republicans from McHenry, Woodstock, Johnsburg and Other nearby places gathered around the banquet table at the Bald Knob hotel on Pistakee Lake Wednesday evening to dine and discuss the coming senatorial and legislative contest. Rudolph E. Johnson, owner of the Bald Knob, prepared a wonderful chicken dinner for the guests. The Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors will give a dance in Stoffel%Jiall on Saturday evening, Everybody young and old, invited. Several friends surprised Earl McAndrews at his home on Main Street Saturday evening in honor of his birthday anniversary. A rousing meeting attended cy sigiiv men uuui iudmoors of the club and visitors was held in the Johnsburg hay. Talks were made by Floyd E. Covalt, Rudolph E. Johnson and Stephen H. Freund. Mr. Covalt spoke of the Boy Scout movement, vice there. Mrs. Reed has been employed at Bolger's Drug Store for several months where she has made many friends, who will* be sorry to see her leave. With the exception of house slippers and infants' soft soled shoes, nation wide rationing of all type of leather and part leather boots and shoes became effective Feb. 9. Going to the rescue of her dog, which had been hit by a car, Barbara Althoff suffered lacerations on the forearm when the injured dog bit her. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan. 30, 1958) The McHenry Moose Lodge is sponsoring dances for teenagers the first and third Thursdays of the month from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at their lodge rooms at Rt. i20. The home of Allen Schmitt on Second street in the north part of town was burglarized recently. A radio and steam iron was taken. Donald L. Foote. radioman SAVINGS BOND INVESTMENTS IN COUNTY $St8SStS78 McHenry county residents purchased a total of $1,815,- 578 in series E and H United States savings bonds and freedom shares last year, according to Donald J. Still, Woodstock, general county chairman of the savings bonds committee. 51 Sales in the state of Illinois were $350,394,499, according to Arnold J. Rauen, McHenry, state director of the Treasury's savings bond division. Total sales were 2,72 percent below the 1966 figure, and 7 percent of national sales which were $4,978 million. The cash value of E and H bonds and freedom shares outstanding at the end of the calendar year was over $51 billion. Mr. * Johnson outlinad ihte"wt!Sy»iseaitiatU U.SiN»son of.':Mr£ for iscuring^^t^^ji^s. <|ark to establish hurting preserves ^cHen^- W0!rks in tfiS radio and restocking the lakes and rivers with fish, while Mr. Freund talked on the possibility of putting Johnsburg on the hard road map, suggesting a road from 61 to Wooster Lake and one down the east Side of the river to Route 20. TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 11, 1943) Out of about 225 servicemen from this vicinity, only a very few are in the particular branch of the service known as the Marines . One of these is Richard "Dick" Weber of this city. He was called into active service Sept. 7 and was sent overseas Oct. 21 and was located in Pearl Harbor. Russell Lawrence who left for the army Feb. 8 was honored at a farewell party by the evening workers at the McHenry Awning Co., where he was employed. Clarence Grabbe passed away Feb. 9 at his home in Terra Cotta after a lingering illness at the age of 44. Private Robert Adams, who had been stationed at Camp Grant since his induction last Thursday, visited his parents over the weekend. Mrs. James Reed left Wednesday for Texas where she will join her husband who is in ser- B'B'B B'BTB'ffTfl B B 5 B t) $'b' OTOTOT 'inrmttTW. L Are YM New In Town? Do Yoy Know Someone New In Town? We would like to extend a welcome to every newcomer to our community. CALL z ^87 ROYAL WELCOME Ann Zeller 311-9559 Leona Estis f o g 9 a a P a fl a a a 9 a g q o p » e o o a go o o t o > oo o - o o r»» o o o° shack aboard the ice breaker U.S.S. Glacier on Operation Deep freeze HI. The Glacier is in Wellington, New Zealand, undergoing repairs after losing a blade from one of its propellers in heavy ice. The Navy's newest and most powerful icebreaker completed breaking channels for cargo ships entering the Mc- Murdo sound. The Bergs of Sunnyside Estates received a letter from their daughter, Mary Ann, telling them that she was inducted into the Third Order of St. Francis Jan. 26. This is an order for the laity in which they benefit from the prayers of the whole order. Mary Ann took the name of Sister Mary Bernadette. , Friends were shocked to learn of the passing of Michael M. Justen who died unexpectedly at his home on Second avenue Jan. 27 while shoveling snow. C.R. "Chuck" Peterson of McHenry, a member of a leading insurance company, has won recognition as a member of the company's Million Dollar club. He earned membership in the club for his production of life insurance during the 1957 calendar year. Smitty's Auto Topics by George Smith GOOD REDUCER, TOO A new drivers seat is on the market. It has a vibrating massage build into it to keep you alert and relaxed. They claim you can drive for a thousand^ miles without fatigue. I guess if it' can keep you awake that long it will be worth it at any price. Some of the jallopies we see around^here at Smitty's Sinclair Service wouldn't need this new seat; they vibrate enough now to make a seat belt a necessity. But we'll be servicing this new idea when it comes along just like we do with many others. Try us at 3602 W. Elm street. You'll like our work and our products. Adv. LICENSE PLATE SERVICE Driver's "& Dlmirffaiir's ^ Let eggs by the Star as the main dish. SNOW TEAM . . . Could be Alaska, but it isn't This Alaskan Malamute leads dog team pulling 400 pounds of navigational replacement equipment to a remote radiating unit at Selfridge AFB, Michigan. Team belongs to civilian employee, was used when weather prevented personnel from reaching unit by conventional motor vehicles. Save income tax and retire in style Self-employed? Then you now can use tax-free dollars to build a retirement income program. 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