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£p. l>G. 8 - PLAINDEALER - WED., OCT. 9, 1968 World Of Opportunity National 4-H Week, Oct. 6-12 is being observed across the nation by more than three million 4-H youths, a half-million volunteer leaders, thousands of professional workers and friends of 4-H. The unprecedented expansion of 4-H in the last decade will be highlighted. One of the advances in 4-H project work has been more emphasis on science, experimentation and efficient farm and home management. Personal development and leadership also have been accelerated. Introduction to 4-H via television is another major advance. Projects such as general science, automotive, electric, dog care and training, and emergency preparedness are among the TV series offered by the Cooperative Extension Service. About a million beys and girls between 9 and 19 years of age have participated in TV 4-H this past year. Hie 4-H youths are engaged in projects or activities that cover just about every home situation, personal goal and ability. Among some 50 programs which carry awards for outstanding achievement, are home economics, health, safety, field crops science, conservation, livestock, marketing, photography and veterinary science. Support comes from private industry in the form of scholarships, educational trips, reference books and technical assistance. The county and state Extension Service is the mainstay of the overall 4-H program. The slogan for National 4-H Week is: "Join 4-H...A World of Opportunity." Old Adage True Today "Don't count your chickens until they are hatched" was good advice in Gramma's time and it is still good advice today. Charlie Green, an imaginary but fairly representative white collar worker, got promoted to a new post with his company last Spring, and this meant an increase in salary of $1,600 per year (his salary is now $12,000 per year). Charlie, his wife, 15-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son in senior high school, were all jubilant with Charlie's success. Then too, they were all thinking of those extra 1600 dollars and what nice things they would buy. Bit Charlie's pleasftnt s^rvile soon turned down a bit at the corners of his mouth, because he and his family were not going to have $1600 more to spend but only a net of $853 instead. How come? Charlie and his family temporarily forgot that with the good comes the bad. Along with his pay raise, social security increased $53, his federal income tax (with the surtax) went up $396, and the old bear "inflation" reached out and got $298. Don't be mistaken, Charlie appreciates his net of $853 out of the $1600 but he can't help reflecting, "wouldn't it have been nice if it had been a bit more." As he thought it all over one evening, Charlie wondered what his total tax burden was. He got out his pencil and with some Information from Tax Foundation, Inc., broke it down this way: Federal, $2,169; state, $610; local, $1301; total tax bill, $4,080, or 34 percent of Charlie's income. Going to his old rolled-top desk, Charlie pulled out figures for 1958, jut 10 years ago, and found this breakdown: Salary, $7500; federal tax, $1,266; state tax, $169; local tax $590; total tax load, $2,025, or 27 percent of- his 1958 salary. As he prepared for bed, Charlie mumbled to himself, "A 102 percent increase for me in 10 years, and government is still spending more than it is taking in; I hope that I can sleep." P.S. We hate to tell you this, Charlie, but the Social Security tax goes up next year and that will cost you $31.20 more. ILLINOIS SESQL. APBi BY DON RUSSELL AND JERRY WARSHAW Macoupin countty's COURTHOUSE CARLINVILLE, v WHEN OOMPLETEP IN 1870, AT A COST OF *t,$8Q,OOQ/ WAS CALLEP THE" ftA/zsr comry BLt/lPJ/N 7h/F UN/TEC STATE'S -- EXCEPT FOP,THE ONE IN NEW YORK CITY. m w fP X! MINESWEEPER. yMs-m>wAS7WE BUirr IN IU.INO.lS FDR WORLD W/ /T WAS LAUNO //V 7WE~<U//CA&0 Kf 3, '9VX. APAMS COUN7V ANP ITS COJjm SEAT WERE BOW NAN1EP FOR. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . 6TH PRZSIPEKT OF WE UNITEP STATES-S OTHER COUNTIES ALSO ^^jNAMEP FOR. US. PRESIPENTS-3U7~ &T#A/V6££y£/S/OUG+f "THERE- /$> NO £OUN7y ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 32 PRODUCED BY THE ILLINOIS 8ESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION wonder what Columbus would say if he encountered some of today's natives?" WM Vision For Sightless During its sixteen-year history, Lions Candy Day for the Blind has collected and distributed more than $4,000,000 to agencies serving the sightless. The Candy Day program spearheads a host of projects to build a bigger world for the blind. Candy Day contributions provide education, training, new skills, Leader Dogs, eye surgery, braille writers, eye banks glaucoma clinics, tape recorders for the visually handicapped. The Candy Day program aims at bringing maximum help to the "legally blind" in Illinois, more than 21,000 persons. Whether it is new vision through corrective eye surgery for a man in Rockford or a tape recorder for a blind college girl in Urbana, Candy Day funds go swiftly and surely where the need is. This year's Candy Day is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 11, with a target of $5550,000. The 27,000 members of more than 600 Lions clubs, including McHenry, will be out from dawn to dusk giving away candy rolls and accepting contributions. Support this worthwhile cause. PUBLIC WISE (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.) BOND ISSUE DEFEAT "Dear Editor: "I have a twofold purpose in writing this letter to the people of McHenry. We have just had another bond issue defeated. WHY??? I cannot convince myself that the parents of McHenry students do not care what kind of education their children will get. Still, what can we offer them in overcrowded classrooms, with teachers who are unhappy with the conditions under which they must teach? What about the split shift, where students will have half a day of free time, without supervision, ifbothparents are working? Willteachers be willing to work two shifts? Would you work two shifts? Or, must we hire twice as many teachers? Is this a saving? What then is the answer? "I was appalled at a recent paid advertisement in this newspaper to vote "NO" on the bond issue. "Don't give the school board another signed blank check" was a phrase used in the ad. The cost of the ad could well have paid the increase in several individuals taxes for the new school we so desperately need. The people who paid for this ad list no alternatives. How abour some positive solutions, instead of negative sarcasm? "I have worked with the school board. Never have I seen more dedicated people who must suffer criticism and even slander to do what they think is best for their own children and OURS. Oh, yes, they have children too, and they also pay taxes here. Theses people need a vote of confidence and a personal "thank you" for their endless hours of devotion to a cause that three times in a row has brought heartache and disappointment. "Was this bond issue defeated because YOU thought that your vote wasn't needed -- or because you were too apathetic to care? Where do we go from here? --if it isn't already too late -- if we haven't already extinguished the incentive of our school board, administrators and teachers? "Do you have any suggestions? Then make them known to your school board. Don't sit back and criticize. Join the Citizens Advisory council and HELP the people who are working for a better education for your children. "My heartfelt appreciation to the following members of the school board of District 15: Dr. Peter Griesbach, Dr. William Kohl, Tom Lawson, Rev. J.O. Mclntyre, Henry F. Nell, Mrs. Jack Vick, August Uttich, and to Dr. Carl Bergstrom and George Haasl for all of their 'extra hour' efforts in behalf of our children and also to the members of School Board District 156 and all responsible for that beautiful new West campus, of which all McHenry should be proud. "Sincerely, "Inez C. Young 3002 S. Elder Lane McHenry, Illinois" For Your Information Dear Friends, Someday each of us will be called upon to make the necessary arrangements for a family burial. It is to make this task easier for you that we extend the information on funeral arrangements, death benefits, etc., as contained in these 'open letters' to the public. Respectfully 'jiJipk" McHenry, Illinois & SON .FUNERAL 0!©AAE 385-0063 will cost more, both in dollars and years of half-way opportunity for our young people. To the clear thinkers who voted yes, I say thank-you; to the 'no' voters, I say 'you have the right, Pm sorry you lack the foresight'. "Sincerely, "Bert Hagemann" ANSWERING CRITICISM "To the Plaindealer: "I can't resist the impulse to comment on Mr. John Shay's "Letter to the Editor" which criticized the Plaindealer's exclusion of pictures of school board members in their special section. "Perhaps Mr. Shay should have included a thank-you in his letter or asked the members of the school board how they felt about it. "Most school board members will tell him that they prefer to be "unsung heroes". "McHenry has two newspapers. It will be interesting to see Mr. Shay's 'Letter to the Editor" in the other one. And may I add a note to Mr. Shay -- when we were trying to pass the referendum that built this school, how much coverage did the other newspaper give to the task? "Congratulations for a job well done. "Mrs. James Buchanan RICHMOND PMA LOCAL TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Hie annual meeting and dinner of the Richmond Local of Pure Milk association will be held Monday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m. at the Stage Stop Inn at Wilmot, Wis. Featured speaker will be Walter C. Kirchner, treasurer of PMA, Chicago, according to an announcement by Lyle J. Mecklenburg, Spring Grove, president, and Evan H. Vogel, Richmond, secretary-treasurer of the local. Election of officers for the year ahead is scheduled. Local officers have encouraged members to present resolutions for discussion at the meeting. a filler good only this week America has more than $4 million youth enrolled in the 4-H program. From The Farm Adviser Desk DAIRY MEETINGS - OCTOBER 10 Leo Fryman, well-known University of Illinois Dairy extension specialist, will present an excellent program for the dairy formers on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. in the VFW, Woodstock. His four main topics of dairy interest are: How farmers can use the new sire summary evaluations to best advantage, feeding urea in dairy nations, unequal milking times or milking practices, and current research in dairying. All dairymen are welcome to this Annual DHIA Dinner and Meeting. Get advance dinner tickets from any DHIA testers, DHIA Board Members, or from the AgriculturalfExtension Adviser. CORN DRYING AND STORING Good management practices in harvesting, drying and storing shelled corn can save you. headaches with moldy or spoiled corn. Try not to harvest any shelled corn for storage until it is below 30-percent moisture; otherwise the kernel will be too soft and will be scuffed or damaged by the combine cylinder. Actually, 28-percent moisture corn, or lower, is best for combining. Improper drying with too much heat causes heat-damaged kernels that produce a mahogany- colored kernel of corn. Improperly dried corn, or corn that is dried too fast, has check cracks. These checks are stress cracks created within the kernel from release of moisture, through the use of toohigh temperatures and too-short drying periods. Screen out all fine materials before storage. Fine materials will mold at triple the rate of whole kernels. Mold can grow at a rapid rate in corn stored with too high a moisture content. Corn to be stored for a year should be at 13% percent. Corn to be stored for less than six months can be dried to 14% percent moisture. Corn that will be fed or sold within a month or two can be dried to 15 to 15% percent moisture. Be sure that all corn is at air temperature before storing or you'll have hot spots - or hot pockets of grain. DOGS It is both illegal and dangeroijs W£S?£.....tvU*.g9eAy &V PE0PUB WHO WJBRB BORN POOR / A COUMTR.V &OY, GIUSEPPE. VEUPt WAS THE SON OF A HUM&LE GROCER. &UT FRIENPS WITH V ^ FAITH IN H|£ MUSICAL TALENT HELPED FINANCE H'5STUPIES-- ANP THE WOKLD GAIMED THE FAMEP OPERA, "LA TRAVIATA. THE SCHOOL VOTE "Dear Pulse: "It seems a shame that once again a majority of citizens in this community have seen fit to take opportunity away from over 2,000 grade school children. Jam packed classrooms result in only one product, a sub-par education for the innocent young people of this community. What does it matter to some adults that some of our young people will not have the equal chance that other chilcfren in other communities have? What does it matter that our youngsters are stuffed into classrooms like sardines so that some adults can save a few pennies every month. "As a parent, a taxpaper, a home owner, and an educator, it seems sad to me that our community cannot recognize, as a whole, that we need new educational facilities yesterday. To argue over a site is picayune, to place a large ad in the newspaper and not sign it is ludicrous, and to deprive grade school children of their fair share is a crime. Some day we will get a new school, but it SON OF A SLAVE, BOOKER. T. WASHINGTON WORCEP WAV UP PKOM COAL MIMES TO BE.COME A NOTED WRITER, LECTURER AKJP FOUNDER OF ALABAMA'S TU5KEGEE INSTITUTE. fj\ HIRED FARM HANIP AT THE AGE OF I Z , EUA9 HOWE, $ON OF A POOR FAMILY, WAS.PAIP IN OLE? CLOTHING. VET HE GAVE THE WORLP THE FIRST PRACTICAL SEWING MACHINE --AND WON A PLACE IN THE HALL OF FAME OF GREAT AMERICANS. <. ^ --»«ami ¥%yO HELP TOPAY 5 POOR OF THE WORLP, BRING YOUR USED CLOTHES TO THE LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH THIS NOVEM&ER. DURlKJG THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS' THANKSGIVING CLOTHING CAMPAIGN. y e a i v i m n nnriTi in 555 5tvb f i i » Are Yos New In Town? : Do You Know Someone New In Town? We would like to extend a welcome to every newcomer to our community. Ann CALL : Frays OSsen ' 385=574® Joan Stull - @83-541® : ""'""Iliinimim^ ROYAL WELCOME RIFFLE SIFTER . . . This amphibious machine is a riffle sifter on the Mokelumna River, in California. Silt from the river bottom is ejected through a high pressure nozzle over the far stream bank. Moving down stream, the machine utilizes high pressure underwater jets and a suction pump to remove sediment and make stream bed spawning gravels clean and porous. This permits water to seep through and provide more oxygen for embryonic fish during salmon run." if you do not have your dog,vaccinated against rabies. Any dog that is not vaccinated that gets in a fight with a wild animal such as a skunk should be considered as exposed to rabies. If any dog bites a person it should be quarantined for 10 days before being destroyed. USE THE CLASSIFIEDS JOHN t. KENNEDY "...ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." /nautfur.ft/ Address (Jan. 20,1961) Buy U.S. Savings Bonds, new Freedom Shares ONAL to*v OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F. Kelly At 1224 N. Green Street, McHenry Eye® Examined Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Hsu Pally 0:80 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Evenings 8:80 pm. Evenings by Appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard L. Bottari Eyes Examined-Giasses fitted Contact Lenses 1808 N. Richmond Road Honrs: Hon., Toes., Thurs., Frl. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Fri. Eve 7 p m. to 0 p.m. Sat. 9:80 to 8:00 p.m. No Honrs on Wednesday PHONE SS5-4151 If No Answer Phone 835-2262 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machines Sales • Service A Rentals Typewriters, Adders, Calculators Mon- - Sat. 9:00 - 5:80 Friday till 9:00 p.m. Phone 459-1226 98 Grant St., Crystal Lake, 111. METAL WORK Schroeder M©tmhmft (or Home and Garden Wrought Iron Railings Fireplace Screens Antiques 1705 S. Rt. 81 PHONE 885-0950 CHIROPRACTOR Dr. Arthur J. Howard Chiropractor 2606 S. River Rd. Ph. 885-8520 - Closed Thurs. By Appt. • Sat. 9 to 1 INSURANCE Earl R. Walsh Fire, Auto, Farm & life Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES When Tou Need Insurance of Any Kind PHONE 885-8800 or 885-0958 8429 W Elm St., McHenry, 111. George L. Thompson General Insurance • OFE • ATJTO • HEALTH • FIRE • CASUALTY • BOAT Phone 815-885-1066 8812 W. Elm St., McHenry In McHenry Plaindealer Blgd. Dennis Conway Auto, Life, Fire State Farm Ins. Cos. 8815- W. Elm St. McHenry, Illinois 885-5285 or 885-7111 LETTER Mimeographing • Typing Addressing • Mailing Lists McHenry County Letter Service 1212-A N. Gi-een St.- PHONE 885-3064 Mon. thru Frl. 8-5 Closed Saturdays ACCOUNTANTS Paul A. Schwegel 4410 West Route 120 McHenry, Illinois 885-4410 i VACUUM CLEANERS Authorized and Bonded Electrolux Representative JAMES VAN FLEET 2501 Martin Rd. McHenry, Illinois 385-G027 ..