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PG. 10 -PLAI !S£>EALER - WED. JAN. 15. 1969 fhe Memory Lingers In late December the Pennsylvania Railroad announced it was ending the run of the Broadway Limited. Death of this nostalgic train is the4atest in a 1967 funeral profession which saw the end of the Twentieth Century Limited (New York Central) and other great trains such as the Wabash Flyer, Santa Fe Chief, etc. Cm the Sunday before the Pennsy announcement the Broadway Limited carried twenty-nine passengers. No railroad can operate a luxury train on that revenue. It was similiar, in a sense, to Cunard's announcement daring the year that its great Queens and four other passenger vessels would be taken off the Atlantic runto be replaced with one new ship. Traveling leisurely, in style, is no longer the custom of so .many. Getting there first is the vogue. Excellent service, gourmet food, the little things that make for a restful relaxed atmosphere, they have been trampled on in the rush for speed. Perhaps it was -inevitable. The" great trains which once carried the shivering from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, etc., to the sunshine of Florida every winter, are all, but gone. Oie can be there in hours on a jet today. That is undoubted progress. And with progress some venerable institutions always die. Yet who can witness the passing of the great trains without a tremor of melancholy? How many didn't thrill to the romance of" fast, glamorous iron horses, with all their color and action and drama, as a youth? Who can ever forget the thrill ... if long ago ... even if time tries to push it into obsolescence? . Loosening The Reins Mandatory elimination of investigation of welfare applicants by substituting their statements that they are needy enough to qualify for public assistance payments has been proposed by the Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare. This would be an abrupt departure from an orderly procedure in the state of Illinois. Under the proposal, the Department of Public Aid would have to accept the facts offered by assistance applicants at face value in determining eligibility on welfare rolls. Investigations, which now commonly check relief applicants' finances and living arrangements, would-be limited to spot checks in situations where the applicants' cases are incomplete, unclear or incompetent. In 1963 the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation which Gov. Kerner approved to put the administration of public aid programs under a department instead of under a commission. Harold O. Swank, the director, appointed at that time and who has^ served since, has done an outstanding job with the help of some very capable assistants. He has received good advice from a Legislative Advisory committee, chaired by Senator John W. Carroll of Park Ridge. Administration of public aid in Illinois is quite some problem, but the job which Director Swank and his assistants have done has been commended by a taxpayer group. The proposed regulation of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare could be put into effect after Jan. 20, 1968, without any Congressional approval. Under it all fifty states would have until July 1, 1969, to adopt the declaration method of adding persons tothe&public aid rolls in the six programs financed in part by the federal government: Old Age Assistance, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Assistance to the Blind, Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, Aid to the Aged Blind or Disabled, and Medical Assistance. Some persons will argue that the welfare rolls will only grow on a temporary basis under the "declaration method", but such slight increase in the rolls will be offset by the fact that the new method will free welfare workers of investigative chores and allow them to provide more social services. The same taxpayers' group does not believe that this will be the, case. In 1962 a study of assistance cases in Washington, D. C. reported 59% ineligibility. Following that report the District Welfare~cf8partment was ordered to investigate all new requests for aid to families with dependent children and general public assistance and to audit old cases. The head of the District department's investigation bureau estimated in the fiscal 1968hearings that 47 per cent of current aid to families with dependent children cases are ineligible. People in need should be taken care of, but there should be a close check on cases before new persons are added to the rolls and there should be constant auditing and checking of recipients once they are on the rolls. Further, all the mechanics possible should be used to help maKe such recipients self-sustaining as . soon as possible. "HOT" LINE Illinois LEADS, a high-speed data transmission network, soon will enable Illinois police and sheriffs' offices to get "hot" information needed for all kinds of criminal investigatioji in fractions of timk. Supt. Albert S. Hinds of the ^State Police said 135 Illinois polib^and sheriffs' offices were committed to the system the first week in December. Included are 87 municipalities, 20 counties and 28 state police terminals that will be phased into the network as LEADS becomes operational between March and June of 1959. LEADS means Law Enforcement Agencies Dala System and Illi- -nois' LEADS will be based on ^ the computer data bank to be 100)000 for 1965. Vr7- AND NOW, THE NIXON ERA SALE OF VACCINE A regulation approved by the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners changed the cut-off date for prohibiting sale or use of modified live virus hog cholera vaccines in Illinois from Jan. 1, 1969, to March 1, 1939. Dr. Paul B. Doby, superintendent of the Illinois Division of Meat, Poultry and Livestock Inspection, said it appears that the field strain of hog cholera virus does not exist today in Illinois. He added that in the very near future ^hog cholera vaccination will be discontinued in Illinois and nationally; therefore, owners of "closed" herds should"consider phasing out hog cholera vaccination. Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture Robert M. Schneider said that only three outbreaks of hog cholera haive occurred in Illinois since last July 1, bringing the total to 16 for this calendar year, as compared to"33 in 1967. t Attitudes & Platitudes Jerry Marcus A total of 47,767 new active cases of TB were reported in 1966. There are at least five persons in contact with each new case found (total, about 240,000) who should be examined for TB infection or disease. TO WIN 6 ffiuvr 9$ Election Deadlines \Twice Told Tales 'It hod power brakes, power windows, power seat# and a Jerk behind the power steering." The McHenry city election will be held Tuesday, April 15, with the polls open from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. The following are deadlines for this election: January 27 - Last day for filing petition on public policy. February 10 -• Last day foy filing independent certificates of nomination or nomination papers. February 15 - (a) Last day for withdrawal of candidate, (b) Last day to file objections to certificates of nomination or nomination papers. March 16 - First day for postihg and publishing notices of election. March 17 - (a) First day for absent voter to apply for ballot, (b) Last day for registration at the office of the County Clerk or the office of the city or village, when duplicate registration cards are used. March 31 - Last day for posting or publishing notices of 'election. April 10 - Last day for absent voter to filie'application for ballot by mail. April 12 - Lgst day for absent voter to file application for ballot in person. April 14 - (a) Deliver Official ballots to judges of election. (b) Last day for publication in newspaper of list of nominations and sample ballot. April 15 - (a) Posting of at least four cards of instruction around ppllingplaces and one in each voting booth, (b) ELECTION. (c) The Judges must deliver the returns to the Clerk immediately u$on completion of said returns. Selective Service installed in the D?partment of Public Safety in February, 1)69. Message transmission and return time (to and from) the FBI's National Crime Information Center in Washington, D.C. is two-tenths of a second. The man in the squad car can call the license number of a suspect to his dispatcher, then have it checked out nationwide in the tin\p it takes to halt the suspect. New active „ cases of tuberculosis were reported in 1966 at a rate of 24.4 per 100,000 population (47,767 cases ). This compares with 49,016 cases and a rate of 25.3 per 100,000 in 1965. Provisional figures for new active cases in 1967 are 1 with a rate of 23.0 per Set out below are questions frequently asked of the Selec-» tive^Service ^System along with appropriate answers. Your cooperation in printing or announcing these will be in the public interest. Q.: A friend of mine who has been ill woa't be able to complete high school until he is nearly 20. Will he be drafted before he gets out of high school? A.: Selective Service regulations provide that a registrant who is a high school student and satisfactorily pursuing a fulltime course shall beyclassified in Class 1-S, as a high school student, until (1) he graduates; (2) turns age 20; or, (3) drops out of school, whichever occurs first. Q.: I became 24 years old July 6, 1968. If I enter college as a i undergraduate student in September 1968 will I be eligible for a n-S student deferment? A.: No, because you ha/} passed your 24th birthday. You may, however, qualify for a I-S classification (as a college student) if, at the time you are ordered for induction, you are a fulltime and satisfactory undergraduate student. Such a classification is effective only until the end of the student's academic year and can only be given once. Q.: If a registrant mails in his registration card to National -Headquarters ,-would_iie be considered delinquent by his local board for not having it in his possession? A.: Where he mails (or leaves) his Ragistration Certificate is immaterial. The infraction of law is the consequence of not having it in his possession. Whether he will be processed as a delinquent depends upon many related circumstances and is a decision that will be made by his local board. Q.: Where is the decision made for the conscientious objector who is unable to serve because of a physical defect? A.: A conscientious objector's physical acceptability is determined on the basis of standards applied by the Armed Forces for registrants who are not conscientious objectors. Normally, this decision is made at one of the Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations. Q.: Our high school class will soon be studying the Selective Service System. Where might I Obtain some information on this subject? A.: Information, including free publications, concerning the Selective Service System may be obtained from any local board, State Headquarters or National Headquarters of the System. Additionally, many libraries have reference material in this regard. for the c y j . / / TO L O V E - every minute we spend planning your wedding photographs with you TO H O N O R - your budget to the last penny TO . O B E Y - your slightest whim in assembling your photographic record of this moment of moments in your life "The ktcommtndtd Photographer" 385-0170 McHenry, EDDIE the EDUCATOR says... The Illinois General.Assembly, our supreme board of education, is in session. Your area legislators mu$t understand school problems to act wisely. ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Information Dear friends, Have you ever considered that it is not always easy ... to apologize; to begin over again; to be unselfish; to take advice; to admit error; to be charitable; to be considerate ; to avoid mistakes; to think and then act; to keep out of a rut; to make the best of little; to shoulder a deserved blame; to forgive and forget. To strive, through a lifetime, for such perfection, brings its own rewards. A /^Respectfully, . . ( PETER MJISTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME 385-0063 FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan. 3, 1929) Hie new year was ushered in by biting winds and a driving snow storm which covered Ms- Henry in a white blanket of snow. A pretty winter wedding was solemnized at Notre Df.me church, Chicago, Dec. 31, when Miss Jeanette Moreau of Chicago and Mr. Arthur Boger of this city, were united in marriage. Fred Voeltz, an employee of the Chicago Northwestern Railway company, has been retired with a pension by the company after fifty years of faithful and continuous service at McHenry. M\ Voeltz, who came to this country from Germany at the age of seventeen* started to work for the railroad almost immediately at M :Henry. The Palace Recreation Parlor announces a bowling party for ladies to be held Jan. 4. Each lady bowling three lines will receive a favor and there will be a prize for the high score of the afternoon. A special rate of 50 cents for three lines for ladies only will be the afternoon rate. . TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan. 6, 1944) Joseph Konig, owner of the McHenry Bakery for more than two years, died very unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home on Green street New Year's Eve. As the war progresses and victory comes nearer, more and more of our McHenry servicemen are seeing service on the front lines. One of the latest is William "Billy" Phalin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Phalin of this city. He was in the Tarawa battle and received a deep wound during the attack. At the fir^t meeting of the "Farm Machinery Repair" a film strip explaining the proper repair and adjustment of the mower was shown, followed by a discussion and adjustment. Cause of the fite at the home of Mrs. George \ Wober and daughters on Green street was a short caused by a wire on an electric clock on the1 dresser. « TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Dec. 23, 1958) Gary Vogt of Wonder Center has been appointed flight sergeant in his Air Foro^R.O.T.C. squadron at the University Of Illinois. He is also among the first string freshmen on wrestling squadron in the 137 lb.class. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Schmunk, Second street, in the north part of the city, was partially destroyed by flames last Thursday noon. On Dec. 12 of this year the McHenry hospital admitted its 2,800th patient. Twenty-eight Girl Scouts of the Sybaquay Girl Scout council have begun a rigorous program of training for the 1959 Senior Girl Scout round-up to be held near Colorado Springs, Colo., next July. Among them is Karen Thompson of M: Henry. John Streetz, 77, a life long resident of this area, died Dec. 19 at McHenry hospital. Wayne Fuchs fell while ice skating and broke his leg. Paul Reuter of Wonder Center accidentally shot himself in the chest while out rabbit hunting Dbc. 17 on a Bull Valley farm. Patrick M. Sweeney of Spring Grove was treated for cuts and bruises suffered in an accident near Richmond when his car over turned in a ditch. Reckless driving was involved in more than one third of the personal injury accidents in 1967. nNAL c£SSI TO*V from HISTORY'S SCRAPB00K DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS The United States purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark, January 17, 1917. Churchill delivered his "Give us the tools" speech, January 17, 1941. World War 1 peace conference opened in Versailles, January 18, 1919. Russian troops broke the siege of Stalingrad, January 18, 1943. LL Charles Wilkes discovered the Antartic continent, January 19, 1840. The presidential succession law was passed, January 19, 1886. President F. D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for a third term, January 20, 1941, for a fourth term, January 20. 1945. Carrie Nation started her famous campaign by swinging a hatchet on a Wichita, Kansas saloon, January 21, 1907. Charles deGaulle resigned as president of France, Januarv 21, 1946. y • Woodrow Wilson addressed the Senate in a bid for peace, January 22, 1917. The Panama Canal treaty was signed, January 22, 1903. The United Mine Workers of America was formed, January 2371890;-- s mi'BBTfl'BTB 6 4 8 6 B'B~B » 8 8 » 5 8~B"8"fl'B B'8 8'B'B B BBBBBBBtK • «. Are You New In Town? Do You Know Someone New In Town? We would like to extend a welcome to every newcomer to our community. Ann Zeller : CALL ROYAL WELCOME 385-0559 Fran Olsen • 385-5740 Joan Stull -5418 ^ l l l l l l l l l l i i n m i i i i - i i i i n i i i i i i m i i ' OPTOMETRIST Or. John F. Kelly At 1224 N. Green . Street, McHenry (Closed Wednesday) Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Hrs. Dally 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Evenings 8:30 p-m.. Evening**^ Appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard L. Bottari Eyes Examined-Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses 1303 N. Richmond Road Hours: Mon., Tues., Thnrs., Fri. 4:00 p-m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Frl. Eve 7 p m. to 9 p.m. Sat. 9:30 to 3:00 p.m. No Hours on Wednesday PHONE 385*4151 If No Answer Phone 385-2262 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machine« Sales • Service & Rentals Typewriters, Adders, Calculators Mon- - Sat. 9:00 - 5:30 Friday till 9:00 p.m. Phone 459-1226 93 Grant St., Crystal Lake, 111. INSURANCE METAL WORK Schroeder Metalcraft for Home and Garden Wrought Iron Railings Fireplace Screens Antiques 1705 S. Rt. 31 PHONE 385-0950 IT PAYS TO SHOP II McHENRY Earl R. Walth Fire, Auto, Farm & Life Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES When Tou Need Insurance of Any Kind PHONE 385-3300 or 385-0953 3429 W Elm St., McHenry, 111. George L. Thompson Genera) Insurance • LIFE • AUTO • HEALTH • FIRE • CASUALTY • BOAT Phone 815 385-1066 3812 W. Elm St., McHenry In McHenry Plalndealer Blgd. Dennis Conway Auto, Life, Fire State Farm Ins. Cos. 3315- W. Elm St McHenry, Illinois 385-5285 or 385-7111 LETTER SERVICE Mimeographing • Typing Addressing • Mailing Lists McHenry County Letter Service 1212-A N. Green St PHONE 385-5064 M o n . t h r u F r l . 8 - 5 Closed Saturdays ACCOUNTANTS Paul A. Schwegel 4410 West Route 120 McHenry, Illinois 385-4410 VACUUM CLEANERS Authorized and Bonded Electrolux Representative JAMES VAN FLEET 2501 Martin Rd. McHenry, Illinois 385-6027