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Sec. 2, Pg. 4 - Plaindealer - Oct. 8, 1969 Fire Prevention Week F,ire killed over 1,000 persons a month in this country last year, according to National Fire Protection association (NFPA) estimates. Nearly a third of these were children. More than $2.2 billion worth of property -- including homes and churches, stores and factories -- went up in smoke last year. The tragedy of these statistics, Fire Chief Glenn Peterson points out, is that the greatest part of this waste of lives and property is avoidable. If the simple rules of fire safety were observed at home and on the job, the record could be far dif­ ferent. Fire prevention Week, which in 1969 falls in the period Oct. 5-11, re-emphasizes that fire hurts, that fighting fires is everyone's job, during this week and throughout the year. Local observance of Fire Prevention Week will be spon­ sored by the McHenry Township Fire Protection district, Chief Peterson announces. Proclaimed by the President of the Upited States and the Governor-General of Canada, the week is internationally spon­ sored by the National l ire Protection association. Featuring 4-H'ers There are 44 4-H clubs in McHenry county, supporting an enrollment of 1,300 4-H members, who are led by 168 enthusias­ tic adult leaders. The members, who come from every seg­ ment of the county and carry a multitude of different projects, are observing 4-H week. There are over 100 different projects where the members can receive training in different careers or special interests. Traditionally the 4-H program has been Agriculture and Home Economics orientated, but this tradition is a thing of the past. Most of the projects offered in 4-H are general in nature and ap­ peal to both boys and girls from urban areas. This is proven through the fact that over half of the McHenry county 4-H mem­ bers are from the urban areas. The McHenry county 4-H program offers an opportunity for members from all over the county to get together monthly through the McHenry County 4-H Federation. The 4-H Feder­ ation is a group to which all county 4-H clubs belong. They send delegates, who together plan county activities for all of the 4-H clubs. The 4-H Federation provides an opportunity for the older 4-H'ers to get together socially, and at the same time permits them to develop leadership talents through serving as officers or on the various comnvttees. The McHenry county 4-H program has something for every­ one. This is an appropriate time for interested young people to join. BIENNIAL TAX CLINIC EXPECTED TO PROVE POPULAR The Eleventh Biennial Tax clinic, sponsored by the Tax­ payers' Federation of Illinois, will be held in the Hotel St. Nicholas, Springfield, on Mon­ day, Oct. 20. Questions on state and local tax changes made by the 76th session of the Illinois General Assembly will be ans­ wered by a panel of experts. The clinic registration desk will be open at 9 a.m. and the first workshop session will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. A luncheon will be held at noon and the afternoon session is scheduled to run from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Because of many tax bills passed by the General Assem­ bly, this year's clinic will be especially important to county, municipal and township offic­ ials and others interested in taxation. Bills were passed af­ fecting state revenues in the areas of sales, tobacco, cig­ arette, hotel, beer, alcohol, race track admissions, pari- mutuel betting, as well as the first state income tax. In the property tax field, considerable new legislation is on the books. Forty-three bills passed out of forty-four intro­ duced by the Full Value As­ sessment Laws and Rate Lim­ itations commission during the If you're coming to Chicago for a rest don't come to Sherman House. There's4po much happening at Sherman House. For instance, there's the famous College Inn, headlininglhe most exciting names in show business. And to go with the College Inn, Chicago's most lively and memorable restaurants and lounges--the Well of the Sea, the Celtic Cafe, the Dome and the Scuttlebutt. So if you're coming to Chicago to be turned-on, not off, come to Sherman House. And leave the rest to us. Sherman House a MetroAmerica hotel »ndolph-Clark-LaSalle • Chicago 606C Reservations: (312) FR 2-2100 f ittMMK OCT. 12 COLUMBUS tC-6.Ps) last session and this legislation will be discussed, as well as tax rate limit changes. Other major topics to be touched on will include in­ creases in the common school foundation level increased qualifying property tax rates, increased flat grants and a new state aid formula for pupil transportation. Another topic of primary in­ terest will be the creation of the Illinois Department of Local Governmental Affairs. Over 400 officials, business­ men and interested taxpayers are expected to attend the ses­ sions. K1WANIS NEWS WONDER LAKE CLUB Sheriff John Carroll present - ed a program on " Drug Usage", as found by his department in McHenry county, at last week's meeting. The 1969-70 objective of Ki- wanis International is to focus attention on preventive means to stop drug usage. Sheriff John had a display of many confis­ cated items. In addition he pre­ sented a thirty minute film. Oct. 13, there will be a pro­ gram on "Public Safety". •Joe Schuler reported on Pea­ nut Day. It was a complete sell­ out. It is estimated $1,000 will be netted to the project fund. PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this column as an expression of their views on subiects of gener­ al interest in our commun­ ity. Our only request is that writers limit themselves to 300 words or less signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We ask too, that one in­ dividual 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.) DR. CRANE REBUFF "Dear Sirs: "Occasionally I get to see several copies of your paper, given to me by my parents, H. Howorkas, who reside at Ocean- side, Calif. One copy of sev­ eral months ago carried an ar­ ticle by Dr. George Crane con­ cerning ocean water therapy. A few weeks later I found the identical article in the Santa Ana Register and decided to re­ search the idea. I found that many of the elements, if used at ten times normal strength as suggested, would be toxic to the human bod} . This became a secondary (and good back-up) issue in view of the atomic weights of the elements. "Through my research I've developed the enclosed rebuff for Dr. Crane, and inasmuch as I first saw the word in your paper, thought you might be interested in my answer. "I enj6jr seeing your paper, still recognizing names and places mentioned, I resided at Wonder Lake some eleven years ago. I must remark, your paper certainly has improved editor­ ially in the past five to eight years. "Very truly yours, "Herb Howorka (Jr.) "839 N. Van Ness Ave. "Santa Ana, Calif. 92701 SEA WATER FOLLY "Many American newspapers carry the column Worry Clinic by George W. Crane, M.D., Ph. D. One of Dr. Crane's topics concerns the lack of the ocean's 44 trace chemicals in human nutrition; advocating that due to the lack, the human body is victim to multiple deficiency ailments. IffA pamphlet written and sold by Dr. Crane lists the forty- four elements by their weight in relation to the water at parts per millions; to properly use the elements the water should be boiled off until it's about ten times natural concentrate, thus one gallon would produce 1&8 ounces. The doctor sug­ gests siphoning off the water to be used from the chlorine and sodium (heavy salts,)which will assuredly settle out due to their mass content, thus leav­ ing the forty-two vital elements suspended in the siphoned wa­ ter due to their lesser mass. Finally Dr. Crane instructs to use one teaspoon of the siphoned concentrate per day for thera- putic value. "If we accept Dr. Crane's assurance that sodium will set­ tle out of the concentrate, dis­ regard his theory of loss of mass based on parts per mil­ lions and consider some facts. Sodium has an atomic weight of 22.997; reasoning shows that if sodium settles out, any ele­ ments having an equal or greater atomic weight will set­ tle out with or before the so­ dium. Of forty-four elements we now have five: Boron, Carbon, Flourine, Lithium and Nitro­ gen, having atomic weights lighter than sodium. t "If health is improved with Dr. Crane's seawater formula it*s undoubtedly from the trip to the ocean and the exercise of processing the water. "The British probably get more of the forty-four elements than we Americans and in far more enjoyable ways, being great consumers of sea foods, kippers for breakfast, fish and chips as a snack. "Editor: "Another letter to my fellow citizens with a few suggestions as to what seems to me is a topsy, turvy world. It has come to pass that certain people, if they don't get their way, use picket linesj, signs and rioting. Sure these people are in the minority but I cannot understand why the majority doesn't stop them by laws that we have al­ ways had on -the books. Is it because of the loss of votes? If that is the reason, remem­ ber they will vote for the ones who think as they do. 1970 is the next time we will be able to vote for our choice. Now is the time to observe those who want in and find out how much effort they are making to ease the burdens of the taxpapers and stop voting for projects that we can get along without until we 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. . . CALL Cris Fail Fran Olsen 385-408 4 ROYAL WELCOME 385-5740 Joan Stull 385-5418 Ann Zeller 385-0559 can afford them. High taxation brings irritation and the people who are upset and irritated are easily converted to the lawless­ ness we are being inflicted with. "Think this over: When a male or female gets on the tel­ evision and radio and threatens a bloody revolution if they don't get their way, and speak of law officers as pigs and fuzz, it's time we found out the source of these ideas. "There are many things said on television and radio to be­ wilder young minds who are not mature enough to put two and two together. No. 1. There is a recent song that we hear from entertainers. The title is, 'I got to be me, who play the guitar and moan, I got to be free.' Even if this 'being me' harms the majority and leads to break the laws of decency. "It's time we stress the Ten Commandments which is the an­ cient constitution and is used by all religions. It is the only key that leads those who do their best to follow. It has an attitude of live-and-let-live. No. -The other saying is, 'Ev­ erybody loves money'. Sure we do, but how far will we go to get it? 1970 will be here be­ fore we know it and those who will do anything to benefit their pockets should be voted out and the honest ones given a break. "Mrs. Nettie Sarley "516 N. Lakeview Dr. "McHenry" PROTEST MARCH "Dear Public: "During the past two weeks, the streets of McHenry, neigh­ boring subdivisions and towns were hit by teen-age protes­ ters. They were united in their cause, as they marched with Danny Thomas in protest of childhood catastrophic dis­ eases. All monies contributed will be used for research at St. Jude's Children's hospital in Memphis, Tenn. " We should take great pride in these teen-agers of McHen­ ry county. They didn't take the easy route and stand on street corners with cans. They used what we would call the "Good ol' fashion shoe leather," in some cases "Sole leather". They marched barefoot, some with short skirts or bell bot­ toms, some with long hair, but all with dignity. Perhaps next year we adults could give a little more publicity to these teen-agers and their march. "In the meantime let's all give three cheers to the many teen-agers who worked so hard at the protest. We know the children of St. Jude's thank you and the many persons and business contributing. "Mrs. Harry C. Fruik" "Editor: "My sincerest congratu­ lations to Zion Lutheran church for their "Dial A Devotion(385- 8729). The messages are gen- Social Security QUESTION BOX BY BOB SLATTERY FIELD REPR ESENTATIVE Today's questions are ones frequently being ask­ ed of our representatives by the people of McHenry county. The Social Secur­ ity office at 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, re­ minds McHenry county re­ sidents that it has repre­ sentatives meeting people at two locations in McHen­ ry county on a regular ba­ sis. Hie representatives are at the Woodstock Pub­ lic Library, 414 W. Judd, Woodstock every Wednes­ day from 9 a.m. to noon and at the Harvard city hall from 9:30 a.m. to noon on the first and third Tue­ sday every month. If yqjp have a question you would like answered cm Social Se­ curity in this column, then please forward it to Social Security Administration Question and Answer Col­ umn, 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, Illinois, 60085. Give your full name, ad­ dress, and Social Security number. If you do not want your name to appear, please indicate this and we will use only initials. Question: If I employ a per­ son to do work around my pri­ vate home such as a caretaker or gardener, is such employ­ ment to be reported for social security purposes? Answer: Yes it is, if you pay the person at least $50 in cash wages during a calen­ dar quarter. Question: Does it make any difference how old the person is? For example, if I employ a student while he is attending school - would he be reported? Answer: Yes he would, if you paid him $50 in a calendar quar­ ter. Question: If a woman whose husband is covered under social security works as a domestic and earns over $50 in a quar­ ter but does not wish her earn­ ings reported because she will be eligible to benefits on her husband's social security, does that make any difference? Answer: No it does not. The law requires that you report the earnings. It is not a mat­ ter of choice. Be sure to re­ port the wages promptly. If you don't report them while the services are performed and make the necessary deductions from the payments, you may be required to pay both the employ­ er and the employee contribu­ tions later on when the worker is no longer employed by you. Question: If a domestic is working in a rooming house and is paid less than $50 per quar­ ter, is such employment report­ able? Answer: Yes it is. In fact it would be reported regard­ less of the amount of the earn­ ings. The $50 limitation ap­ plies only to domestics in the private home of the employer. Question: If a farmer em­ ploys a domestic, does the same $50 per quarter apply? Answer: No it does not. Do­ mestic service on the farm is . covered if the total earnings in a year are $150 or more, re­ gardless of the amount paid in a calendar quarter. eral, therefore inspiring for all to hear. Certainly this extra time and effort on the part of their pastor enhances our com­ munity for an even greater love of God. " In this fast moving society of ours, ifs nice to know one can dial a phone number and listen a few minutes to the real purpose and meaning of life itself. "This gives all of us a bet­ ter understanding and apprec­ iation of one another, no mat­ ter what the Religion is of an individual. "Mrs. Judith L. Smith " McHenry" For Your Informotion Dear friends, Do not fail to investigate Social Security benefits. For example, if the deceased is cov­ ered by Social Security,! a lump sum death benefit, varying from $165 to $255 is payable to the surviving husband or wife, if a member of the same household. Otherwise, this death ben­ efit can be applied to the funeral expenses. Respectfully, PETER JUSTE N & SON FUNERAL HOME McManry, Illinois 385-0063 Question: It a baby-sitter is paid $50 in a calendar quar­ ter, is that reportable? Answer: Yes it is, sincebahy sitting is classed the same as domestic service. However, a child under age 21 employed by a parent is not covered. Question: Does the work have to be continuous? If, for example, $25 has been paid in April and $25 in June, is this to be reported? Answer: Yes it would since it totals $50 for the calendar quar­ ter. Question: If I employ a do­ mestic in my home and pay her $50 in a calendar quarter, how do I go about reporting such wages? Answer: You may request pamphlet SSI-21 from your lo­ cal social security office. This will be mailed to you free of charge. It gives you most of the information you will ordinarily need to know and contains a postcard which you can fill out and mail to Internal Revenue Service to obtain the necessary report form on which to enter the information and with which to enclose the contributions of the employee and your match­ ing contributions. Charles Wesley produced a- bout 6,500 religious songs dur­ ing his lifetime. CITY CLARIFIES ORDINANCES ON NEW LOCAL TAX Numerous questions have been received by the City Clerk in reference to the recently pas­ sed House Bills 853 and 854 in the General Assembly. These bills authorize municipalities and counties to impose the lo­ cal Retailers' Occupation Tax and local Service Occupation Tax at a minimum rate of 1 per cent rate which formerly was in effect. Ordinances to establish the new rate in McHenry were passed by the City Council Aug. 4 and published Aug. 8. The 1 per cent rate became effective last week. HIBBARD SERVICES Mrs. Harry Herbert Hibbard, mother of Mrs. Robert Mc- Clory, passed on in Washing­ ton, D.C. on Thursday, Oct. 2. Mrs. Hibbard, formerly of Rochester and New York City, had resided in Washington since the marriage of her daughter to Congressman McClory ear­ lier this year. Mrs. Hibbard has been a widow since I960 and her daughter, Doris Hib­ bard McClory, is her only sur­ vivor. Following private mem­ orial services held Saturday in' Alexandria, Va., interment took place in Buffalo, New York^ oNA1 «r£SSl OPTOMETRIST Or. John F. Kelly At 1224 N. Green Street * McHenry" (Closed Wednesday) Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Hrs. Daily 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Evenings 8:30 p.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard i l l ! i f n Eyes Examined - Contact Lens Glasses Fitted 1303 N. Richmond Road Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Fri 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 ****** *rriy¥YY*innAru\ru\nj McHenry County Office Machines Sales-Service & Rentals Typewriters -Adders ILETTER Calculators Mon. - Sat. 9:00 - 5:30 Friday 'till 9:00 p.m. PHONE 459-1226 93 Grant St., Crystal Lake, 111. METAL WORK Schroeder Metakraft For Home and Garden Wrought Iron Railings Fireplace Screens Antiques 1705 S. ROUTE 31 PHONE 385-0950 *****'**'"" ** * - - - - ' iiiiaruui_riu~u~ui_a INSURANCE Earl R. Walsh • Fire, Auto, Farm & Life Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES j When You Need Insurance of Any Kind PHONE 385-3300 or 385-0953 3429 W. Elm St., McHenry, 111., George L. Thompson General Insurance •LIFE *AUTO •HEALTH •FIRE •CASUALTY *BOAT Phone 815-385-1066 3812 W. Elm St., McHenry In McHenry Plaindealer Bldg. Dennis Conway AUTO, LIFE, FIRE STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY 3315 W. Elm St. McHenry, Illinois 385-5285 or 385-7111 - "*- • -i n imnniuuuuuL Mimeographing - Typir« Addressing - Mailirg Lists McHenry County LeUer Service i 1212 -A N. GfcEEN ST. PHONE 385-5064 Mon. Through Fri. 8-5 p.m. Closed Saturday- ACCOUNTANTS Paul A. Sckuegel 4410 West Route 120 McHenry, Illinois PHONE 385-4410 REPAIR SERVICE ******** • • 1 -iii-iini-|i-|.iui.iiri -in mi , _ = Call "Servisal" = (815) 385-2145 For Repairs on Refrigerators - Freezers - Washers and Dryers - Window Air Conditioners - Dishwasher Ranges - Cooktops - Ovens, both Gas and Electric. SERVISAL ^PPLKNCE COMPANY 3412 W. Elm Street, McHenry; Illinois