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Pg.2, Sec. 2 - Plgjn^ealer - Wed., Mar. 13, 1968 The American Ideal At stake in the current civil rights controversy and the rash of disorders, riots and extreme action, is the ideal upon which the country was founded. That ideal is not only that all men are created equal in the eyes of the law but more - the assumption that peoples from different countries, from different faiths, of different races, can build a great new country and create a homogeneous population. Throughout history there have been perhaps more doubters and nationalists than believers, concerning this theme. One of the latest examples of nationalism breaking up a great power is Austro-Hungary which, of course, also carried with it the burden of a questionable monarchy. Nevertheless that once-greatpower broke up into various nationalist and ethnic groups in 1918 and 1919. Will the United States eventually succumb to that same fate? We have progressed toward unity and freedom for all and equal opportunity for several centuries, though the process has never been easy nor have we achieved goals to the fullest measure. But there has been steady progress. Perhaps it has been too slow. Perhaps, due to circumstances, goals could not be achieved overnight. In today's confusing picture, sometimes a violent one, the great hope of the United States of America is that the vast majority segment of the population, of all races, will avoid extremist action and extremist views. Extremists often motivate change, Sometimes, however, they tend to retard progress, in advocating violence. While one can often sympathize with thosewho become impatient at the pace of progress, we must allk€ef|ip mind the great hope and ideal of our country, and the f^efrthat violence seldom produces lasting progress or good will. This great historical concept should not, of course, be used as a justification for inaction in righting wrongs; it should be remembered, however, that extremism, violence and hatred have broken up many countries which contained diverse elements and peoples, such as does the United States. New Eyes For Needy She's only four and doesn't know much about the world. She has troubles with a naughty dolly, loves games and has learned already that tears from her big blue eyes bring comfort on the run. She doesn't know anything about money - or her family's lack of it. She doesn't know either, about bad eyesight, or who the stranger is who helped her see better by contributing the glasses perched on her tiny nose.. She never will. But if you were one of the persons who sent one, or more, of the 800,000 pairs of discarded eyeglasses in the last year to a Short Hills, N.J. Volunteer organization called New Eyes for the Needy, it could have beenvyou. Helping little girls, or anyone else with a sight problem, is nothing new for "New Eyes". The organization has been in existence for thirty-five years. It's non-sectarian, non-profit and run by 300 volunteers - most of them housewives. In all of its thirty-five years of helping people in this country and overseas, "New Eyes" has never solicited money. Discarded glasses, sent in by individuals and organizations from all over the United States, have always been the most important aspect of the organization's operation. The only other help "New Eyes" accepts is precious and scrap, silverware, antique and costume jewelry. These are melted down and the money from the reclamation is used to set up funds in eighty-eight hospitals in forty-eight states. These pay for new prescription glasses, or if needed, artificial eyes. In addition, welfare agencies throughout the country are given a specified number of cards, guaranteeing payment of new glasses for needy persons who cannot otherwise afford them. "Newi Eyes" volunteers are proud of the fact that they have helped more than half-million people to better sight. They are quick to say, though, that there is muchgood work yet to be done. In fdct they are eager to assist any local organization, company clubs or chapters of national organizations in setting up projects to collect discarded jewelry and eyeglasses. Inquiries can be directed to New Eyes for the Needy, Inc., Short Hills, N.J. 07078. That same address can be used to send any individual contributions. Glasses and jewelry you no longer have any use for can bring better sight to those who have no one else to help them. The Drivers Seat It's frightening to realize that an alert driver with perfect vision can look at an object and not see it -- especially since 90 percent of all driving decisions are based on sight, according to the American Optome trie association. This lack of visibility isn't caused by lack of light only, as most people believe. It can result from peculiar physiological and psycholigical phenomena: --TEMPORARY BLINDNESS If an oncoming driver shines his high-beam headlights directly into your eyes, you may be partially blinded for as long as a full minute. --DISTANCE Sight distance shrinks in proportion to the speed of travel. At 20 m.p.h. a driver can see and identify objects 80 feet farther than at 60 m.p.h. --AGE The older you are, the more light you need to see by. The average 55-year-old with 20/20 vision needs twice as much light as the 20-year-old with the same visual rating. --FAMILIARITY A driver can see expected or familiar objects much farther away than those unexpected or unfamiliar. --RED DEFECT More than 80 percent of the nation's motorists have eye defects that cause them to think red taillights are farther away than they really are. So said Dr. Merrill J. Allen, recently. He is director of the Motorists' Night Vision Research Project at Indiana University, Bloomington. A reflective license plate glowing «M*»a--rpar bumper of _ the car ahead at night can eliminate the danger caused by this "red defect" -r- and other visual distortions involving dis- NOHT SOUTH wJHh w n n p D n r f l r r r r ^ r LMt r r r | f " >. F RRRRLRFF milfe |r^|: rQ)l 0 * NFTTLFL ^' HTTMS tn ir. n ' 'Wi f ' r l i r l r n » n INIMiRf l tance, said Dr. Allen. In sixteen states and the District of Columbia, reflective plates are standard issue. They glow in headlight beams for as far as 2,000 feet. As for visual defects resulting from age and other uncontrollable factors, we can only advise you to be aware of theni and drive so safely that you compensate for them $5,000 SUIT A suit has been filed by Mario Materazzo, asking damages amounting to $5,000 from Donald Looze as the result of an accident alleged to have taken place last September on Rt. 120, near Fleming road, in which the former's fruit and vegetable stand was reported damaged. PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this column as an expression of their view s 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 individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to .dfelete any material which we consider libelous or in objectionable taste.) SCHOOL PLAN "Dear Sirs: Many voters of School District 15 agree that the additional facilities to be financed by the bond issue will be sorely needed by the time the new building can be completed. Most people, however, fail to see that the "middle school" concept has any real significance -- surely what sequence of grades occupies a given building is of far less educational importance than such factors as class size and qualify of instruction. "Some of us feel that the present Junior high school and the old high school building, with a combined capacity of 1800 students and the possibility of expansion, offer a good opportunity to house grades 6 or 7 through 9, and shared time students, for many years to come. This would permit tax dollars to be spent on the best possible 3-year high school plant and on classrooms for younger students in decentralized locations. It should be obvious that the old high school is going to be a problem building for this school system in the very near future, and that the investment of more money in the. renovation of facilities on that site should be preceded by a study, involving both boards of its best possible use. "A central 7-through -9 school would seem to serve the geographic, social, economic and educational requirements of this particular community at this time, better than the "middle school" arrangement. Such a minor detail as the removal of teen-age drivers from the Green street campus has implications" far beyond simple traffic control. "We realize that this plan would require the closest cooperation between the two boards, and we see problems to be resolved with other elementary districts feeding the high school. Nevertheless, joint administration of a program for seventh, eighth and ninth graders in these facilities is peranraTimnrm'fl'a'fl B trm a a a a BUTTSTA- a"a a ra'n cn'ira; A e You New In Town? Do You Know Someone New In Town? We would like to extend a welcome to every newcomer to our community. CALL Ann Zeller 385-0559 „ Leona Estis 325-3646 'frgPPPPQQOgPPOPPPOPPOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOQOCQoo* ROYALWELCOME Z)ke U C linic Debby surprised her grandmother with her shrewd advice about how to fish. But Debby's case shows how important it is for us adults to take time to, "brainwash" our children constructively. Then they will never be beatniks or braintrusters but will be self-reliant Americans, devoted to this Republic with its superb "free enterprise" system. By - George W. Crane, Ph. D., M.D. CASE F -513: Debby, aged 6, is our daughter Judy's youngest. While fishing with Mrs. Crane and me on our little farm pond during the summer, she rowed the boat. This not only helped exhaust her faster, so she wouldn't be pestering me later for athletic games when I was tired. But it also inflated her ego. "Grandma," she reproved Mrs. Crane, "you are not jerking your pole fast enough. "As soon as the bobber goes under, you should pull. Right, Grandpa?" And I nodded assent. Actually, Mrs. Crane is the star of our family at fishing, so it sounded incongruous of Debby to be teaching her the tricks. "Grandma," Debby said a few moments later, "you better use Catalpa worms for bait. " They stay on your hook longer. You can catch several fish with the same worm!" Grandma Crane looked surprised at Debby's insight, for I have been the one who has been fishing regularly with Judy's children. fectly feasible if board members are willing to work out the details in the next year. The alternative is a split high school operation for as long as any of us can forsee, and the duplication of expensive equipment at severed sites for both districts. "Of course, I am still hopeful that citizens will see the waste involved in a school calendar that lets these buildings stand empty for three months of the year, and the even more terrible waste of human resources when teachers are locked out of a quarter of their potential professional contribution and earning capacity. With full year use of present facilities this community could have enjoyed a long moratorium on bond issues, and applied those dollars to program and salaries. After all, you own these schools and perhaps it's time for you to insist on the most productive management of the community's most valuable asset. "Mrs. Charles S. Liebman" During the day, I would divert their attention to outdoor games while I worked diligently at the typewriter, pounding out these Case Records. Then, about 5 p.m., Pd be through and we'd all go fishing. During the afternoon, the children would faithfully catch grasshoppers and Catalpa worms or dig fishworms, too. They even relished playing with the worms. For example, they would cuddle the Catalpa worms and let them crawl up their arms, even though I am a bit squeamish about so doing. And when their daddy came down from Chicago, Debby not only rowed the boat for him. But she even baited his hook for him, for his was diffident about threading the fishworms on his hook. On this afternoon while Mrs. Crane and I were fishing with Debby, she also instructed her grandmother: .^"Grandma, don't take my grasshoppers yet. Save them till later, for it is too early for the bluegills to be biting very well. "And they think grasshoppers are 'ice cream and cake'. So we always save them till later. Right, grandpa?" Matthew and Peter (her brothers) are only 8 and 7, so they are all quite young to be so experienced. . But I have spent many hours during the summer thus "brainwashing" them regarding rural delights, plus moral issues and this Republic. For in this way they will not only acquire a lot of practical gumption, called "Horse Sense" but also look back upon their childhood summer vacations as akin to Paradise. They have thus learned how to seine for minnows and catch frogs. They bait their own hooks cast their line out with a long bamboo pole and then play with the fish after they hook a good bluegill or smallmouth bass. Since they live in a suburb of Chicago, they combine the advantages of city life with the extra educational opportunities that a farm offers. ' We adults should take time to "brainwash" our children (and grandchildren) so they can become self-reliant, patriotic Americans, imbued with an Iipr telligent understanding of our Republic and its "free enterprise" system! (Always write to Dr. Crane in care of this newspaper, enclosing a long stamped, addressed envelope and 20 cents to cover typing and printing costs when you send for one of his booklets.) For Your Information DearFriends, Our clergymen and our ,teachers strive devotedly to build honestly, fairness, kindness and personal worth Into the character of our children. Their efforts will be In vain unless we parents and citizens support them with ethical and moral behavior in our dally lives. Our nation's moral fibre has been laboriously built thru the integrity of generations • it can rapidly falter and fail unless we maintain high standards of conduct. Respectfully T McHfinry, Illinois ^^5 PITERJUISTEN FUNEPAL HOME 385-0063 - Twice Told Tales FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 8, 1928) March 11 will be observed as "Re-Enlistment Day" in the Methodist Sunday School. The service will begin at 10 o'clock with the help of Miss Marie Marvel, District Director of Religious Education, teachers have been secured to care for classes of all grades. Mrs. August Feltz had'tie misfortune to fall while busy at her home on Waukegan street and suffered several bruises hurting her wrist, knee and ankle. The members of the Boy Scout Troop No. 1 of McHenry held their regular meeting at the high school gym Monday evening. F.E. Covalt was chosen by the boys to be the scoutmaster and will soon enter upon his new duties. Mr. Covalt has been actively interested in this work during the past year, having held a county office and the boys are indeed fortunate to have him for their leader. Examinations for teachers' certificates will be held in fhe office of the county superintendent at the court house in Woodstock March 16 and 17. Henry G. Weber has taken over the Oriental gas and oil business formerly conducted by Peter Weber and is ready to fill all orders. The Six Ramblers of North Chicago will play at the Polly Prim Pavilion, McHenry, March 10, from 9p.m.tola.m. March 15, 16 and 17, Brickson's Dept. Store, West McHenry, will have its annual 9 cent sale. J.J. Freund spent the past ten days in Wisconsin buying a car load of Guernsey cattle. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 11, 1943) Parishioners of St. Patrick's church were grieved to learn of the death on March 9 of the Rev. Daniel Lehane, 83 years old, oldest priest in the Rockford diocese. He came to McHenry to serve the congregation of St. Patrick's church in 1910, succeeding the Rev. Paul Bourke. He was transferred in 1914 to another parish. A farewell party for her twin grandsons, who have left for Marine service, was given atthe home of Mrs. Zena Bacon. The honored guests were Ralph and Roy Dam, 17 years old. The Prairie school south of McHenry has been reopened to accommodate the thirty-two pupils of the Griswold Lake school. Mrs. Mary Andres and Mrs. Malcolm Mclntyre are the teachers. Fifteen members of the Okay Rural Youth club enjoyed their last meeting in the L.C. Benwell home west of McHenry. The program was served by Miss Eleanor Clark and Mrs. Arnold Larsen. The Edward Fretts, who reside in the subdivision near the golf course are the parents of a son born March 10 at Grant hospital, Chicago. Bob Newkirk, Who is in the Navy air corps, is taking his basic training at Monmouth college, Illinois. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 27, 1958) Joe Diedrich, superintendent of water and sewer department, reported at the last meeting that the new sewer lift in Edgebrook Heights is in operation. Kathy Doran of Park avenue observed her ninth birthday on Feb. 21. To help her celebratei this occasion were the following guests, Ann Steinbach, Sandy Benson, Dee Dee Thorn, Ar- Ijette Johnston, Louise Matthesius, Susan Thompson and Janie Walsh. A wedding of local interest was solemnized in St. Edward the Confessor church, Westminister, Mass., Feb. 16, when Miss Carol Ann Marrone became the bride of Mr. Lee Joseph Cooney. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rogers of Lakemoor celebrated their fifteenth anniversary Feb, 26. William Boyd Andrews of McHenry has joined Associated Consulting Services, Inc., as a principle of the firm and head of its human relations division. Headquarters of the Chicago based firm are in the Board of Trade building with branch offices in San Francisco. Untilrecently, Andrews was the communications manager for the Council of Profit Sharing Industries, a position which he held for three years. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schaefer are the proud parents of twin boys born Feb. 19. McHenry Mends this week mourned the death of William Wright, 90, of Wright road. Mr. and Mrs. Alfons Adams attended the Waukegan Bowmen's award dinner at the V.F. W. hall in Waukegan Saturday. AWARDED MASTER'S DEGREE Marquette university has announced the official list of students, who received degrees from its graduate school at the end of the first semester of the 1967-68 school year. Donald J. Herdrich, 1018 N. River road, McHenry, has received a master of science degree in electrical engineering from the College of Engineering. Q. How can I make a "smoke candle" for driving away insects around a camp? A. Soak equal parts of pulverized dry leaves and fresh pine sawdust in a strong solution of saltpeter until it is thoroughly saturated, after which it is taken out and dried. Then tamp it into a one-halfinch paper tube. A candle of this kind will burn slowly and produce a smoke that is sure to keep all insects at bay. Q. How can I remove some lipstick stains from some white linen? ^ A. By soaking the cloth in strong vinegar. If the stain should be on colored material, use equal parts of vinegar and water. Q. How can I thaw frozen food quickly? A. Put the frozen-food package into a plastic bay ( not one with holes) slip a rubber band tightly around the top of the bag, and plunge it into a pan of hot water. Q. How can I do an easier and more efficient job of cutting carpeting? A. Turn the underside of the carpet up and use a sharp knife to sever the cords. TTien, as a guide for making a straight cup, keep the blade of your knife between two parallel filler or warp strands, Q. How can I save time inthe baking of potatoes? A. First boil them for five minutes, then arrange them in muffin tins before putting them into the oven, and you won't burn your fingers, as you often • do, when taking them out individually. Q. How can I assure myself of the instant lighting of the candles on a birthday cake? A. You can do this by applying a drop of fingernail polish to the tip of each candle wick. BY DON RU88ELL AND JERKY WAR SHAW f^MLEMAN! MINI AN EPWARDS, TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR, l809-l8;US. Jt*:*2 SENATOR., 181 S-2% AHD THIRD STATE (SOVERNOR, 1826-30^'V. . ^ WAS £ORN MARCH I7</ 1775/ IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND: IN HIS CAMPAIGN FW GOVERNOR HE fRA\ELEP OVER THE STATE: ATTENPEP by Asmiwr, Birr INSTEAP OF LOSING VOTESBECAUSE OP HIS ARISTOCRATIC«M' APPEARANCE MANY DEANIEP rr AN $' HONOR. ID SUPPORT ySS4JCH AN K V[$£ C£N7l£MAN': HE DlfcD v IN RELLWIU-E, JULV ZO, 1533. ON WWH 15/ 1654--HISSON, NINIAN WIRT EpWARpS BPCAfAE f/JZST SUPER.- INTENPENT OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. MIHtSN VV.V V ' CHICAGO'S JWPWAY ATWO&R BFCAME THE F/RST PORT OF ENTRK LOCKUP /A/lAAfp. . MARCH 30,1955 L, ••*•>-, Establishment OF A UNITEp STATES LANp OFFICE AT KASKASKIA V/AS AUTHORIZED B»Y CONGRESS-MARCH2&,/304 PRODUCED BY THE ILLINOIS 8EBQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION m WMMMMMMTMRNMRNIEMMIMT LS Now on display in our showroom RIDERS T1ACTO1S • JACOBSEN • ECLIPSE • ARIENS Financing Available ADAMS REPAIR SHOP Lawn Mower Service Center 3102 No Chapel Hill Rd. McHenry 385-0434 h