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i- s te- Wm McCLORY REPORTS From Washington INSTALL REALTOR BOARD -- Officers and di­ rectory of the McHenry County Board of Real­ tors were installed last week at the annual meet­ ing. Frotw left, front; John A. Fuhler, Crys­ tal Lake, president; Ted Curry, McHenry, vice- president; Betty Rossman, Crystal Lake, sec­ retary-treasurer; and Norman Le Grand, Har­ vard; back, Horace Wagner, Wonder Lake; Ralph Smith, Marengo; Joseph C. Schmitt, He­ bron; and Don Tappan, Woodstock. Absent for photo was Ted Buck, Crystal Lake. Tappan and Le Grand are retiring directors, and Wagner and Smith are new directors. (DON PEASLEY PHOTO) Pleasant Valley Farm Hosts Student Group Three hundred and sixty Des Plaines boys and girls have each spent four days at Pleas­ ant Valley farm, Woodstock, this fall and winter, exploring the woods and marshes, study­ ing ecology, agriculture, geo­ logy and local history, learn­ ing weaving, baking, ceramics and gardening, and many other activities. Thirteen sixth grade classrooms, along with their teachers and parent chap- erones, participated in the special program sponsored by Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 in cooperation with the outdoor education staff of Pleasant Valley. Fourteen ad­ ditional Des Plaines classes will visit the farm during the winter and spring months of 1970. Coordinating the outdoor ed­ ucation program at the farm are Mrs. Betty Quimby, director of It takes a fast and tough machine to win in competition. Arctic Cat won the Canadian National Championship, the Winnipeg to St. Paul International 500 and the World Championship at Eagle River, Wisconsin. Among others. It's a record of performance and durability that makes Arctic Cat the choice of sportsmen who demand a spirited and dependable machine. ARCTIC car]/] Riverside Snowmobile Sales At Holly's Service Station corner Route 120 and Riverside Drive McHenry, Illinois children's educational pro­ gram at Pleasant Valley farm and a member of the staff since 1963, and Stephen Bracker, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and a staff member at the Farm since 1967. Staff members of the farm serve as class instructors in the eight different fields of study offered each week, and as re­ source leaders in work and rec­ reational activities. Parents and teachers accompanying the class, serve as cabin counsel­ ors and live with the children during their stay at the farm. Science classes in the outdoor education program have stud­ ied the life of the marsh through the microscope, have analyzed the different types of soil to be found at Pleasant Valley, have visited local gravel and ^jtone quarries, and have made collections of leaves, seeds and thorns from the variety of trees and plants growing On the farm. "The local history classes have been excavating the site of a nineteenth century homestead located on the property, have taped interviews with old- timers in the neighborhood, and have traced down the early his­ tory of Pleasant Valley. From clay collected by the children along the banks of the Kish- waukee drainage, the boys and girls have learned the funda­ mentals of ceramics. The students are responsible tor general housekeeping and for dining room chores in ad­ dition to special work projects including farm chores, conser­ vation activities, and sawing firewood. Groups often partici­ pate in the planning and prep­ aration of foods grown on the farm itself. Recreational ac­ tivities have included night hikes, hay rides and square dances, sports and games, dra­ matics and singing, and horse­ back riding. Pleasant Valley farm's door education program schools is a main activity of the farm during the fall, win­ ter and spring months. On week­ ends the farm continues to be heavily used by churches and social agencies for retreats, conferences and outings. For those subject to the Se­ lective Service law, 1970 will be a year of transition. While the new lottery procedure will apply almost exclusively to 19- year-olds in 1971, the new Act includes in the "first priority selection group" those who be­ come 19 prior to Jan. 1, 1970 and who will not be 26 years old until on or after that date. With few exceptions, this broad grouping will be selected for military service in accordance with the random selections se­ quence determined in the lot­ tery of birth dates and names conducted in Washington, D.C. recently. Deferments will continue to be granted to high school stu­ dents until they graduate, drop out or reach 20 years of age, full-time college students and graduate school students in medicine, osteopathy, and op­ tometry. Persons receiving such deferments will be added to the "first priority selection group" after their deferments have ended. However, since there are more than enough men under 26 to fill all of the quotas which are anticipated, there is little likelihood that any such deferred persons will be drafted after they have passed age 26. The law with regard to con­ scientious objectors continues in its present form to excuse those who, by reason of re­ ligious training and belief, are conscientiously opposed to par­ ticipation in war in any form. Those who profess the Quaker and Mennonite faiths are among the principal persons who take advantage of this part of the law. It should be noted that consci­ entious objectors may never­ theless be assigned to non- combatant service or civilian work in lieu of military duty. The decisions of the local Selective Service boards are generally a final determination of the status of an individual subject to service. However, re- hearings may be secured and appeals may be taken both to the State Director in Springfield and the national director in Washington. Penalties for vio­ lations of the draft law are se­ vere, including a maximum fine of $10,000 or 5 years in prison, or both. ^ Draft laws are not new to our nation. The draft was first es­ tablished by the United States Congress during the Civil War when the length of military ser­ vice varied from three months to nine months. A draft law was in effect for a little more than a year during World War I, and the World War II draft law en­ acted in 1940 was terminated on March 30, 1947. The present Selective Service Act was first passed on June 24, 1948. In recommending the changes which resulted in establishing the lottery draft system, Pres­ ident Nixon emphasized that re­ tention of the draft would be retained for the shortest period of time necessary. Those facing possible military service in 1970, and thereafter in accor­ dance with the new lottery sys­ tem, also may take heart in the President's assurance that: "....under more stable world conditions and with an armed force more attractive to vol­ unteers, that ideal can be real­ ized in practice....I am hope- fiil that we can soon restore the principle of no draft in peacetime." TUES. DEC. 23,1969 - PLAINDEALER - PG. 11 Letters To Santa Clans NEITHER RAIN ^ it NOR SNOW KEEPS • THE VJm 9 McHENRY *$4 r PLAINDEALER J FROM REACHING J L YOU f % GET YOUR J SUBSCRIPTION TODAY !!!} The following letters con­ clude those received at the Plaindealer office this holiday season. They are printed as received. "Dear Santa" "I would like to have for Christmas toss across, some cake mix for my easy bake oven and a recorder. Where is your wife going to be? I want to no because 1 want to see her and tell her what I want for Christmas. I would like to see you stay to and the raindeers, and expeshly Radof. I would like to see your house. Is it big? I would like to see your evls to. If you have time, could you wrtie back to me pleace, if you have time. I like Christmas because we get a lot of presents and I like to play in the snow and so does my to brothers. You know what my brothers names is, Andy and Kevin. Andy is 6 years old and Kevin is II years old. We got are Christ­ mas tree December 10. I hope you get a lot of presents to like maybe I will. Have a Merry Merry Christmas." "Yours truly, "Kyn White "1914 W. Parker, "McHenry" "Dear Santa'^ "I would like to have a mar- blehead game a johnny lighting fset and a shooting gallery." "John Stefka "5713 Meadow Hill Ln, "McHenry" "Dear Santa" "I would like to have a Mini- boggan and Dony Dixon and a Puppy Dog and a Magic set. Thank you Santa Claus. Hap­ py Christmas." 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