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' :s;i ;v;v" PP. to; T PLAIN DEALER - WED.; *UG., 28, 1968 *68 Aesop Platitude A platitude is a truth so it in a Driving Defensively If you drive, what are the odds that you will be involved in an accident on the highways during the next twelve months? About one in four. Odds are two out of three that the accident will occur on a straight road with one of the involved vehicles either stopped or moving slowly into or out of a lane of moving traffic. And the odds are one to eleven that as an involved driver you will either be killed or incur some disabling injury from the accident. Most accidents are preventable because when (me driver commits a driving error, he or another , driver, as the case may bet fails to compensate for this error. In other words, to drive defensively and avoid preventable accidents one must be responsive to changing condidtions in the mile at hand in order to be prepared to meet the hazards that will develop in the mile ahead. The defensive driver recognizes that he is never completely free from danger. He always suspects and remains alert to detect the unexpected. By recognizing the exposures that do exist, he is constantly planning on how he can best protect himself from them as well as from the unpredictable actions of others that could develop. A preventable accident occurs when you fail to apply yourself to your driving job in a professional manner. Tips from a Pro Wray Mundy NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVER OF THE YEAR im hiff - ten said that it becomes a bore. Or, voiced by Aesop 2,500 years ago, This definition is contained in a new highway accident bookwhich reports 52,200 deaths and 4,200,000 injuries last year. Statistics in the booklet were compiled from reports by state motor vehicle departments. The fact that we may tire of hearing a truth, however, doesn't lessen its value as a guide to behavior. The Golden Rule is a platitude perhaps "more honored in the breach than the observance" - but that does not diminish its worth or its practicality. There is no fault in the platitude. The fault lies in the attitude, which can be dlsasterous - particularly in respect to driving an automobile. There is nothing wrong with platitudes like: Speed kills .,.. Prive defensively.. .If you drink, don't drive. They are absolutely right. For everybody. But in the attitude of many of us, they are for somebody else, not us. We have all observed, at one time or another, those drivers who go along castigating everything but themselves.. .fools behind other wheels, stupid pedestrians, faulty highways and defective vehicles. This is perhaps only .human. It is also irresponsible. It is significant that the responsible attitude reveals itself when the circumstances are actually unfavorable to the drivfer. The more adverse the driving conditions, the fewer the accidents. It is when the weather is nasty, the highways treacherous and the traffic most congested that the driver's attitude is at its best. That is when he is aware of the common sense of what, at other times, may have seemed only threadbare axioms. So, though it has been said to the point of boredom, it is an irrefutable fact that motor vehicle accidents can be reduced by £he practice of caution, courtesy, and common sense. Yes, the rules and conventions of driving are largely platitudes. But no thinking person can deny that, if they had been given greater heed during just one year, there would be alive today a heavy share of the 52,000 people who werje killed in motor vehicle tragedies during 1967. Or that millions of accident victims would have been spared the discomforts of physical injury - many of them crippled for the rest of their days. There was a reduction in deaths in 1967 from 1966. It was the first in ten years. It amounted to approximately 300 lives. And there was a reduction in the number of injuries in 1967. Down 200,000 from the year before. Many more lives could be saved and injuries prevented. Any improvement in future years of the sorry record achieved on our streets and highways last year depends on whether enough of the so-called platitudes are accepted and enough attitudes are corrected by enough American drivers. {JV rtf* fOi; .s 4I$ f? •' I! rfi lit I § i i V * * •:W. \ I iff limit Iff Us - ^ .$;|• £ r^ilWn hi! fill W It LABOR DAY SEPTIMBER 2 Railway Museum Offers Labor Day Family Trip r ' When was the last time you saw an electric trolley car running on ,tracks? Or a steam train? Have your children even seen or ridden on either? The long Labor Day weekend will give persons within driving distance of Union, 111., the opportunity to do both and, in Under-Developed Market Under-developed markets, which in the future may bring new profits to American business, have been a key to support of foreign aid programs. However, today the most significant "under-developed" mar- 1 ket in the world is the average home in the United States and Canada. Tfe wants and needs in America todgy exceed anything which is likely to develop in the new Afro-Asian nations within a decade. Moreover, the American market is able to buy and requires a minimum education. For years to come, it will be easier to sell a second automobile to an American family than it will be to sell a first automobile 'to an African or European family. Only twenty-five percent of the American families which could use two or more automobiles economically have been sold on the idea. In the United States, according to an estimate of a utility company, the potential market for air conditioning equipment is ten percent satisfied. The same estimate indicates that sales of kitchen equipment could be doubled and laundry equipment could be trippled. Furniture sales in North America have reached a stand-still compared to the increased potential. Furniture stores which should be selling more than at any time in history are simply existing or going out of business. The American has the wherewithal to buy. His personal income is at an all time high. His installment buying has been dropping during the past year. Someone -the local merchant as well as the national manufactuer - is not doing an adequate sales job in the most significant market in the world. 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 number. 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.) THAT FABULOUS CORPS "Dear Editor: "I have recently been appointed assistant public relations for the McHenry Viscounts drum and bugle corps. "I don't have to tell you personally what the corps is or what it is trying to do for our McHenry teenagers, but there are many in our community who are unaware of the many advantages and opportunities the corps has to offer. With your kind and generous help we of the drum corps can, and will, make the name of the McHenry Viscounts something these boys and girls will be proud to carry all over the nation. "The 85 teenagers who make up the drum and bugle corps worked all day selling the car wash tokens, trying to obtain enough money to replace their equipment truck which was completely destroyed in a freak accident on Aug. 11. The undertaking was a tremendous success. "Through the donations of the many people who are rallying to these young people, the corps is on the way 'to replacing the truck and equipment that was damaged. "The corps will be in McHenry* s outlying areas again next Sunday for another drive. "On August 17 and 18 the Viscounts took part in an Old Settlers celebration, in Southern Illinois. They marched in a mammouth parade in Metamora, 111., on Saturday and put on a field exhibition on Sunday, for 1500 people. " This last weekend the corps marched in a parade and exhibition at Melbourne, 111. On Sunday, August 25 they put on an exhibition at the McHenry Legion picnic. "Anyone interested in joining the Viscounts or helping them in their drive for the new equipment truck, please contact Tim Koleno at the McHenry American Legion hall any Wednesday or Thursday nights between 7 and 9 p.m. "Sincerely yours, "Tim Koleno- "Corps Director "Tony Lever so "Asst. Public Relations** addition, to inspect dozens of relics of the heyday of railroading. The Illinois Railway Museum chartered as a non-profit historical and educational museum will have both trolley cars and a steam train operating on frequent schedules to take visitors for "souvenir" rides over its mainline track from its 112- yeard old railroad station. Union is located about three miles east of Marengo. The museum is still under construction with the complete "basic" complex ejqpected to be completed by 1972 -- but with a program of never-ending expansion, extension of facilities, and addition of railroading memorabilia. Members of I.R.M., who are doing practically all the construction themselves, will be working at the museum over the weekend despite the expected crowds. You may not recognize then! as such; but the "laborers'* laying ties and tracks, shoveling dirt, painting equipihent,* firing and driving the locoriiO*-J tive and serving as trolley mo* tormen, train conductors, flag-, men and switchmen include three Catholic priests, a Protestant minister, as astro physicist, owners of retail establishments and industrial firms, and others from all walks of life and of all social and economic* strata. All are devoted "railroad buffs" and work at I.R.M. without ppy to help create a railroad without any government funds whatsoever. Treasures of I.R.M. all on display and many in operation, include a 1908 built open-platform red Chicago street car; an old Chicago street car snow sweeper; ancient wooden Chicago elevated cars; passenger coaches from many electric interurban railways now long out of existence; several steam locomotives of various types, most of them operable; numerous baggage cars, mail cars, and other old-time steam railroad cars, including one that once carried President William Howard Taft and some that were the private cars of presidents of railroads that ceased to exist long ago. The tracks of I.R.M. are laid upon the old right of way of the Elgin, Belvidere and Rockford Electric Railway that went out of business in the 1930's along with many other interurban lines. I V • From The Farm Adviser Desk GREEN CLOVERWORMS Green .cloverworms are & problem in some soybean fields. All sizes of dark green worms are present. They strip the leaves and eat odd-shaped holes in the newer, more-tender top leaves. Treatment is justified only if there are 6 or more worms per linear foot of drill row during the period of pod development. Use 1 pound of carbaryl (Sevin) per acre to control the worms. To determine worm count, shake the plants vigorously over the center of the row, and count the worms in several places in the field. POTATO LEAF HOPPERS Potato leaf hoppers are extremely abundant in some soybean fields. Damage may appear as browning of the leaf margins' and stunted or mishapened appearance of the plants. Rarely is control recommended for these tiny, green, wedge-shaped insects. One pound of carbaryl (Sevin) for acre will control the leaf hoppers if they begin to cause severe damage. FLIES ON LIVESTOCK Horn flies, stable flies a^e " taking their toil on dairy and beef cattle. For dairy cattle, apply Ciodrin as a 2-percent oil or water-base spray0 at 1 to 2 ounces per animal,, too to four times per week. An automatic sprayer; a small electric mist type sprayer (not a Sagger), or a hand-sprayer can be used. Apply the spray over the entire animal, including the legs. For beef cattle, you can use an automatic sprayer with Ciodrim. You can also spray each animal with a 1 percent Ciodrin water-diluted spray at 1 to 2 pints per animal as often as once per week. Canvas or burlap head oilers and face-or-back-oilers saturated with a 5 percent toxaphene in oil solution, will provide relief to beef cattle. Do not apply toxaphene to calves under 4 months of age, or to beef cattle within 28 days of slaughter. PIN OAK YELLOW LEAF Yellow leaf on pin oak trees is quite severe. The condition is corrected by treating the tree with iron. Apply chelated iron, iron sulfate or iron phosphate as a spray to the trea leaves. Use one tablespoon of chelated iron per gallon of water. This same solution may be injected into the soil where it may be absorbed by the tree roots. Give pin oak trees iron solutions each year in May or June to prevent yellow leaf. EXTENSION COURSES Northern Illinois university's extension division is offering three business courses at Crystal Lake this autumn. The courses, each for three semester hours credit, are among fiftysix for-credit courses being offered by NIU at twenty-nine extension centers. Students may register with John Garrett, dean, Applied Arts and Sciences, McHenry county college, Crystal Lake. Enrollment should be made before, the first meeting of the class. Fees musts accompany registration. The average American has a vocabulary of 4,000 to 4,500 words. • FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of % 23,1928) _ A storm of nearly cyctohic intensity broke about 10 o'clock Monday night. Only slightdamage was reported with broken branches, several broken trees and garden damage by the wind and rain. Mr* and Mrs. A.K; Burns and son- of Oak Park are now enjoying their new summer homtf just completed at Hickory Grange oh the Fox River. A party of friends surprised Mrs. Thomas Doherty at her home in honor of her birthday anntversary. Another one of the improvements for which Riverside Drive is noted is nearty completed and Kent & Co., real estate dealers moved into a fine new building. The large building is owned by the brothers, Roy and M.J. Kent. The Fox Pavilion, one of the prettiest and best known places in northern Illinois, was the scene of the most successful party ever sponsored by the Altar and Rosary Sodality of St. Patrick's church. Sixty - five tables of cards were in play.; The Melody Masters, a snappy wide awake, up to the minute orchestra furnished music for dancing after cards. The 4-H club members met at the home Qf Helen and Carolyn Bauer. A short business meeting opened the afternoon. The party then hiked to Lily Lake and returned in time to enjoy a delicious luncheon. Melvin Walsh and Edward Frett, in company with George Stenger from Waukegan, are enjoying a motor trip to New York and the east. TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the flies of Aug. 26, 1943) The steadily increasing business of the Ringwood Chemical corporation has made necessary a further expansion of plant facilities in the shape of a new brick building to house the photographic chemical department. The many friends of N.H. Petesch in McHenry will be Selective Service Set out below are questions frequently asked of the Selective Service System along with appropriate answers. Your cooperation in printing or an^ flouncing these will be to the public interest. Q. My local board has mailed to me a classification questionnaire. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I can't possibly return it in the ten days allotted for its completion and return. May I receive a longer time? A. Yes, If the reason for the delay is valid, the local board may grant an extension of time. Q. I have had my induction postponed. Before I am again ordered to report for induction, doesn't the local board have to issue a new "Order to Report for Induction?5" A. No. The postponement didn't cancel the original order; it only rendered invalid the first reporting date, Q. My company is sending me out of the country for a 3-month period. Must I notify my local board? A. You are required to keep your local board Informed of your address. It is suggested that you contact your local board and reqiuest issuance of a Permit for Registrant to Depart from the United States (SSS form 300). Such permission may or may not be granted depending upon when you might be called upon to discharge your obligations under the Military Service Act off 1967. Q. I have just received my Selective Service questionnaire and am in doubt as to how to complete this item. Is there someone who can advise me? A. Yes. A local board clerk or an advisor to registrants will assist you. Chile's average width-Is less than the distance from New York to Philadelphia. srtnra inn rivciTrrrrrrriTi i mm Are You New Is Tews? Do You Know Someone New In Town? -We would like to extend a welcome to GAY • BUHLS Butcher Shop "Vault Kejsft Pirtea: sausage ° Brnms o gggOKED MEATS HOURS: Mon.; Tues., Than., 11 sju. to 7 pom. W. 11 a.m to 9 p.m. •=• 9 ft-m to 6 p.m. Wednesday tat dew to Gtes Shoes 2 every newcomer to our community. CALL ----r Fran ©Boon; 3S5-5F40 Joan Sfull 3 t 5 4 1 8 £1 ftnitiiHuiiHiiiinnimoflQQmtmtd! j ROYAL WELCOME interested to know that a fine, collection of fiction and reference books from the Petesch family library have been presented to the McHenry Public Library. Mr. Petesch also sent his complete musical library to Mrs. Goodell who was a close friend of the family. Firemen extinquished a blaze at thelTrank Lar^e home in Orchard Beach. Fire broke out in the roof during 9 heavy electrical storm. An aged mertiber of the Johnsburg community, John Mertes, 81, passed away at his home August 24.' Aug. 22 at Lilymoor a flag raising and dedicatlpn/of a beautiful honor roll on the lot bf W. P. Rueckheim was held. Several featured artists are scheduled to appear this week on the band concert including "Twelve Feet of Harmony®', who are Vince and Clem Adams, Charles Page, who will play a baritone solo, Elaine Landgren who will offer a comet solo and Adolph Weideman and John Doherty, who will sing "I am an American". TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 14, 1958) The new high school athletic field, located across from the Edgebrook school, is nearing completion with several truck loads of sod having been put in place in recent weeks. Bleachers will be taken to the field and floodlights and fences will be installed before opening day. John Clarence Pearson, Jr., of Ringwood received his B.S. degree in Aeronautics from Parks College of Aeronautical Technology of St. Louis university recently. A baccalaureate ceremony preceded the graduation of the historic log church in Cahpkia, 111. The new administrator at McHenry hospital is Ben Underwood of Fort Wayne* Ind., who took ovelr the many duties of this position on Aug. 1. Four young people from Chicago were 'thrown from their speed boat in mid river when it was tossed by a heavy wave* They were rescued by Merton Rupert of Fak Oaks near his home. This is the second time in two years that he has rescued people who lave fallen into the water. Miss Margaret Freund was among ninety-four graduating seniors of Holy Cross Central school of Nursing, South Bend, Ind., who received diplomas on Aug. 3. '•-•V f I; I ROAD CONSTRUCTION Awards last week for Construction and related work on the state's highway systems totaled more than $8,600,000. The projects include work in almost every county in the state and will be completed this year. . o f £ s S , 0 '4AL OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F. Kelly At 1221 N. Green Street, BEcIffiemy (Closed Weflaesday) , fj i •; • Glaccsa Utted Contact Lenses Hra. Bally 9:30 a.m. to 5 pan. ^Friday Evenings 8:30 p-m. Evenings by Appointment PHONE 885*0402 Dr. Leonard L* Bottari Eyes Examlned-Glasses Fitted Contact Lemcso 1808 N. Richmond Road Honrs: Mon., Tues., Than., Fri. 4:00 pan. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & FrL Eve 7 p-m. to 9 p.m. Sb£. S:80 to 3:00 p.m. No Monro on Wednesday PHONE 383-4151 If No Amower Phone 885-2262 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machmm Sales • Service & S&entals Typewriters, Adders, Calculators Mon- - Sat. 9:00 - 5:80 Friday till 9:00 pan. Phone 459-1226 98 Great St., Crystal L&Sce, 111. M5AL w15ir~ Schrmder MeQ<§£<SFaft for Home and Garden Wrought Iron Railings Fireplace Screens Antiques 1705 S. Rt. 31 PHONE 885-0950 CHIROPRACTOR Dr. Arthur J. Howard Chiropractor 2606 S. River Rd. Ph. 885-8520 • Closed Thurs. By Appfcf^ Sat. 9 to 1 INSURANCE Earl R. Walgh Fire, Auto, Farm & life Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES When Ton Need Insurance of Any Kind PHONE 885*8800 or 885-0953 3420 W- Elm St., McHenry, 111. George L. Thompson General Insurance LIFE HEALTH CASUALTY • AOTO • BOAT Phone 815-385-1066 8812 W. Elm St., McHenry In McHenry Plaindealer Blgd. Dennis Conway Auto, Life, Fire State Farm Ins. Cos. 3315- W. Elm St. McHenry, Illinois 385-5285 or 885-7111 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 FI r i . 8 - 5 Closed Saturdays ACCOUNTANTS Paul A. Schwegel 4410 West Route 120 McHenry, Illinois if 885-4410 VACUUM CLEANERS Authorized and Bonded Electrolux Representative JAMES VAN FLEET 2501 Martin Rd. McHenry, minolf 385*6027 I . : • f .L• . h'