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« VANGUARD MEMBER -- Mike Hettermann of 3615 N. Chapel Hill road, McHenry, is shown during a recent coupon selling drive held in DesPlaines. He is a member of the Vanguards, ^968 VFW Illinois state champions and world open champions, who will be taking part in Drum Corps Magic in McHenry Sun- Say, July 20. How Can f? ( By Anne Ashley Q. How can I smooth out some yarn that has become raveled from a knit or croceted garment, and make it easier to handle? A. Wind this yarn around a board, dampen it with water, and let dry on the board. Then remove and wind into a ball... it will be as straight as new yarn. Q. How can I silence the annoying drip-drip of a leaky faucet that* s keeping me awake at night? A. Tie a cotton string to the faucet long enough to touch bottom, and the water will trickle noiselessly down the string. Then, as soon as possible the iext day, do something about placing that faulty washer. Q. How can I preserve the bright gre&fi color of fresh peas or green beans when cooking them? A. By dropping a pinch of baking soda into the water while they ai£ cooking. For the same effect, -you might try cooking them .(uncovered without salt., salting them when they are done. Q. How can I remove mascara stains from unwashable fabrics? A. Try working in fuller's earth, cornstarch, or talcum, letting this stand awhile, then brushing out. You might have to repeat this routine several times for good re&jilts. Should a trace of the stain still remain, sponge with denatured alcohol diluted with two parts of water. Incidentally, one complete section of my householdhints book is devoted to the treatment of spots and stains of all kinds. Q. How can I condition a new paint brush for more efficient use and for longer life? A. Biy soaking the brush in Unseed oil for about twelve hours. Your brush will then handle more easily, and will clean much easier, too, in the future. ~ Q. How can I add more life to a fading typewriter ribbon? A.. By running the ribbon from one spool to the other, at the same time applying a drop of rubbing alcohol every few inches. The alcohol dissolves the The Drivers Seat unused •fteavy ink in the unworked portions of the ribbon and lets it run into the faded areas. And because the alcohol evaporates so quickly, the ribbon may be used immediately afterwards. Q. How can I protect my dresses and blouses from pin holes when I wear heavy brooches or clips? A. Slip a small piece of felt ihside the fabric and run the pin through this added thickness. It will keep the weight of the pin from tearing your garment. Q. How can I clean plasterof -paris statuary? A. By smearing over it with a thick paste of laundry starch and water , letting this dry thoroughly, then brushing it off. Q. How can I prevent a rug from raveling at the edges? A, By spreading clear plastic cement glue along the edges below the nap. When the glue dries, trim a bevel in the nap. The rug will not r&vel, and you'll have a real professionallooking job. Q. How can J treat mustard stains on fabrics? A. Work some glycerin into the _ stain,. then wash in warm water. OTHER BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. John Bolger, Harrisburg, Pa., are the proud parents of a daughter born June 4 at Holy Spirit hospital. The young lady, who weighed 6 lbs., 2 oz., has a 2-year old sister, Michelle. Paternal grandmother is Mrs. John Bolger of McHenry and the maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Decatur Moore of Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Mc- Mahon of Waukesha, Wis., announce the birth of their third son, Douglas Raymond, on May 26. The baby's brothers are Garret, 6, and Christopher, 4& Mrs. McMahon is the former Judy Freund, daughter of Mrs. Elmer Freund of Rockford, and the paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. McMahon of Bull Valley road, McHenry. Have you ever heard of "impact attenuation?" It means lessening the force, or speed, of something as it approaches a danger point. The principle can be seen in action on an aircraft carrier in the form of the arresting gear that snags oncoming airplanes so they don't plunge over the side. The principle may be applied to help save lives on our highways one of these days. Testing of techniques for stopping vehicles within a reasonable distance after they leave the highway ~ with minimum.damage and injury to the vehicle and its occupants -- has been going t>n at Texas A & M university, and elsewhere. Several types of Impact Attenuation systems are being looked at. One system involves 55-gallon drums arranged in various numbers and configurations to provide relatively soft impact. The idea of water-filled plastic bags is being looked at, too, as are various types of guardrail designs incorporating shock absorbers. Value , of this research and development effort can be seen in the fact that about threefourths of fatal accidents on our nation's freeway system involve single-car collisions with roadside obstacles. Hitting a cement bridge abutment at 50 miles an hour can spoil your whole day. Obviously, any Impact Attenuation system that can bring rapid deceleration from 50 miles an hour to even 20 miles an hour increases chances for survival. <i Does more speed mean increased safety on certain types of highways? According to a study made by the New Jersey Highway Authority, it does. NJHA raised ths spsod limit five .miles-an hour to 65 on an 80-mile stretch of its Garden State Parkway in 1964.< Accident rate on this section was 1.39 per million vehicle miles of travel when the change was made. In the years since it has steadily dropped -- to 1.16, 1.08, 0.99 and finally, to 0.48 last year. The number of accidents has also decreased -- , fri9jn.246 in 1963 to 161 in 1968. This is strong evidence that increased speed -- within limits, of course -- is not "unsafe" on modern highways that . tare well-signed, well-marked, and well-designed. If you happen to be motoring through Cleveland, you have another good reason to use your seat belts. Municipal judges in that Ohio city are offering a $5 discount on all traffic fines IF motorists have their seat-belts buckled when ticketed at the time of their violation. GO CLASSIFIED imc Note the practical suggestion of famous R.C1 Hoiles.. For millions of Americans are almost illiterate, despite billions of taxes we squander on free, public schooling. Many pupils still, can't read even in Junior High School! They are "earminded," due to television and radio, and thus are easily stampeded by politicians or any clever Marc Antony! By - George W. Crane, Ph. D., M.D: CASE K-526: Raymond C. Hoiles is the dean of American newspaper publishers. On his recent 90th birthday,, the members of his big group of newspapers had a surprise party for hirru Incidentally, his Santa Ana REGISTER sends me an average of abou£ 1,000 letters per month just from readers of this column. And when people follow editorial columns (as this is called), it relects well for the ambition and culture of that newspaper area. But Raymond Hoiles wrote me a letter of criticism about one of my columns. For I had quoted an educator who said it might be well to eliminate all free public schooling after the sixth grade. This would mean that students in Junior high and thereafter, would be required to pay tuition. Then the current campus strikes and school riots would be eliminated, for free education would no longer be offer-? ed promiscuously to the listless, the lazy and the morons who can't benefit from such costly teaching, anyway. And I use that word " morons" deliberately for we now see the silly custom of promoting dull pupils on the basis of age and not their f cholastic merit. Here in Chicago, I have thus reported cases of high school seniors who still couldn't read or even sign their own names, yet they were due to get high school diplomas within 30"days! Mr. Hoiles suggested it might be wise to eliminate ALL free public education. Remember, our Founding Fathers never hadjicceSs to it, yet they produced the Declaration of Independence and our superb Constitution. The tax burden now heaped on Americans is becoming so oppressive, that maybe it would really be wise to cancel all free schooling, at least after the sixth grade. By the sixth grade, all ambitious students with normal I.Q. should have become expert readers. And anybody who reads fluently can then get an education with or without free subsidies thereafter from taxpayers! For your daily newspaper of- , fers a wide educational menu, ranging from current history, political sciences editorials, medicine, psychology, home economics, financial pages, as well as many other cultural columns. -- Aiiy brilliant youngster whose parents were too poor to pay his tuition after the sixth grade, could easily win scholarships, which local business and industrial leaders already make available to college students. But a lot of parents waste $900 per year on nuisance habits like cigarets and liquor. That $900 would pay far more than the tuitional charges for their grammar school kiddies! For the usual smoking couple burn up $300 per year just on cigarets! And liquor users spend double that amount per family. Tuitional public schools would also eliminate the need for truant officers, and restore much needed authority to the teachers. Free public schooling is a very late luxury of civilization and may need to be restricted greatly. So send for my booklet "How to Save Our Republic," enclosing a long stamped, return envelope, plus 20 cents, and let's develop a "reading" America to offset the easily stampeded radio and TV audiences, who are too "ear-minded." (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.) Sable Island, some 100 miles east of Nova Scotia, has claimed some 15,000 lives in shipwrecks, over the past 150year^l WED. JUNE 11, 1969 - PLAINDEALER- PG. *13 Plant New Menu Idea .. . Creole Country Chicken mm Among the list of things to put off till tomorrow, worry shpuld head the list. The most interesting offer most stores can advertise today plenty of parking space. As you leaf through seed catalogs, searching for flowers to later grace your garden, why not look for main dishes that add the newness of spring to your table. Plant vigorous new menu ideas to renew jaded winter appetites . . . lots more fun than the sulfur and molasses frandmother ladled out when oiks started looking "peaky." Here's a dinner that shouts SPRING! Main dish, a platter of vibrant Creole Country Chicken. Brown chicken and cook until tender, then double the flavor by saucing it with condensed chicken gumbo soup. The full-bodied, fragrant soup adds cjolorful bits of vegetables, chicken an J rice. You add strips of green pepper and sliced onions. Easy? . . . there's nothing to it! To carry out the newness of spring, serve green asparagu^ stalks (the fresh crop should be in your • markets) and small parslied-buttered potatoes. Shift from heavier winter desserts like pies and cakes and serve gem-bright fruit compote. Use any three fresh fruits, sugared to your taste and attractively arranged in a low glass bowl. Hard-to-beat trio--sliced fresh pineapple, strawberries and green grapes. CREOLE COUNTRY CHICKEN 2 pounds chicken thighs Vi cup seasoned flour Shortening cup green pepper, cut in strips Vj cup sliced onion Ys teaspoon thyme 1 can (10% ounces) condensed chicken gumbo soup V\ cup water Dust chicken with flour. Brown in skillet in hot shortening 1Ai n c h d e e p (about % cup). Cover; cook over low heat 45 minutes or until tender. Uncover last 10 minutes to crisp. Remove chicken to heated platter; keep warm. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat. Add green pepper, onion, and thyme; cOok until green pepper is tender. Add soup and water. Heat; stir now and then. Serve over chicken. Makes 4 servings, for MEN When selecting a gift for him.... let us help! STORE for MEN 1245 N. Green St., McHenry, 111. Phone 385-0047 Open Daily 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Fri. til' 9 p.m. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS USE THE FREE GREEN STREET PARKING AREA The Big Lift That Lasts June is a great time to enjoy milk and all those other favorite dairy products. Your family needs the vitamins, minerals and protein so abundant in milk to help them get the most out of summer. Fresh whole milk and milk products served with breakfast, lunch and snacks will provide your family with the lasting vitality to get them through these busy summer days, with energy to spare. So for a cool summer lift, serve milk, nature's own conveni ence food product. It's a big lift that lasts. Illino^T>arry Farmers Who Invfest in american dairy association JUNE IS BUST]N OUT ALL OVER AT FREE [ getthe/^ilT^hakit! Have your car safety checked now! 1 BRAKES 2 ALL LIGHTS Car Safety Check Up Clinic During Jun. On) NO CHARGE!! 3 STEERING 4 TIRES 5 EXHAUST 6 GLASS 7 WIPERS & WASHERS 8 MIRRORS 9 HORN 10 SEAT BELTS While You Wait!! Hot Weather Happiness Is: A Summer Auto Air Conditioner Check Cool It !! This Summer We service all auto air conditioners. Mike Novak Says: Governor Richard B. Ogilvie has set aside May and June as "Vehicle Safety Check Months". A Safe Car is of prime importance to us. IT CARRIES YOUR LIFE Join the "Circle of Safety' Stop In and Pick Up Your Free Key Chain SAFETY^ V CHECKED JUNE ONLY TUNE UP SPECIAL !! All 8 Cylinder Cars PARTS EXTRA All 6 Cylinder Cars *13 •11 50 50 Our Shop Is Famous For Its Emergency Service No Appointment Necessary For Any Car Problem You Have See Us for Service! 385-2155 "A Satisfied Customer Is Our Most Vaiuable Asset" 908 N. FRONT STREET McHENRY