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I / "** PAGE 14-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1972 EDITORIALS Boost For Handicapped Nearly everyone in America knows of Goodwill Industries, but perhaps all are not aware of its exceptional services to the nation's handicapped. Goodwill serves people of every age. ability and walk of life - individuals whose handicaps might prevent them from working and from living full, happy and productive lives. Because Goodwill Industries responds, an able person with a disability can do more than endure and just survive, he is guided to discover a new capacity, learn a new skill, find a way to give his gift and apply his ability. Consequently, Ih is often able to provide for himself and his family and become a contributing member of the community in which he lives The basic idea of Goodwill Industries to assist handicapped persons to rise to their maximum work potential through testing, counseling, work experience, and job placement, or tc provide a /sheltered workshop to give employment to those who can never reach a level of proficiency necessary to work in private industry From its humble beginning in 1902, Goodwill has grown to serve over 25.000 people each day. This exciting expansion is why the 187 Goodwills throughout the nation have attracted such prominent people to serve as board members, guiding and direction activities locally In addition to the 360 million pounds of clothing contributed each year, many financial contributions, business contracts, and sur­ plus items were awarded Goodwill. The sale of contributed restored materials accounted for a major portion of the income, enabling Goodwill to pay over 66 million in wages last year while training productive citizens for employment in private industry We are all affected and every community benefits because Goodwill helps create tax-payers instead of tax-takers What about helping by shopping at Goodwill9 A variety of values awaits the shopper at over 1,000 thrift stores in America. By giving - giving opportunity for employment rather than sympathy,- we can all help Goodwill Add To America's Human Resources On Women's Rights America is already the one nation in the world where w o m e n a r e d o m i n a n t o r f a v o r e d i n m o s t a r e a s o f s o c i e t y and the so-called equal rights amendment passed unwisely by an intimidated and election-minded Congress should be rejected by the states. A bill described by high-sounding words like equal rights (who is not for equal rights and protection?), it will, in reality, open a Pandora's box of chaos, confusion, crime and disorder. The idea of women being drafted for combat is absurd- n e i t h e r t h e m a j o r i t y o f m a l e s o r f e m a l e s i n t h i s c o u n t r y desires that-but the bill provides for it. If the bill, suc­ cessfully pushed through Congress by women's lib zealots, passes, women will lose all sorts of protections and special rights. Seduction laws, laws against rape of women, laws bar­ ring obscene language or action in the presence of females, laws against prostitution and white slave laws would like­ ly all be found unconstitutional. The end of this tangled legal chaos cannot be foreseen. What Congress attempted to do, in effect, was to rule that women and men are the same and should always, in every circumstance, be treat­ ed the same. Such a concept is utter nonsense. Women already con­ trol most of the wealth in America. They, as well as men, enjoy special benefits and protections by law; they are given special considerations by custom. Women's lib agi- tants who don't appreciate this are leading a gullible, well- meaning nation toward utter folly. Already woman^ lib has resulted in a drastically sharper rise in crimes I5y females than males. Margaret Mead pre­ dicted accurately in 1970 that women who shed their tra­ ditional role may well aim to a more bloody-minded one than men. Since that time men's crimes are up 61 per,cent; women's crimes are up 156 per cent. And for girls under eighteen the rate of increase in violent crime is 230 per cent' It is squarely up to state legislatures to act responsibly to checkmate the folly and spinelessness of Congress in passing the so-called equal rights amendment--for obvious political reasons. If Mom ruled the world May, 1972 Mother's Day, 1972 Ruining Quality Image "Don't let discounting ruin a quality image..." This advice is offered to grocers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a bulletin on retailing. The basis of the arning is the tendency of some retailers to unload old and unacceptable goods at special prices. The bulletin states that retail profits may be higher when low quality mer­ chandise is destroyed rather than sold at extra low prices. For, in fact, the consumer is not satisfied with out-dated or spoiled goods even when they are practically given away. And whatever the price, the consumer inevitably connects poor goods and services with the overall personality of a business. The Department of Agriculture suggests more timely and better selling techniques as an alternative to post-season dumping. Ignorance is listed a main cause for the failure of retail selling. Not only are consumers often unaware of new product offerings, but also clerks in the stores are not sufficiently informed to answer questions Of course the Department of Agriculture is not interested in promoting advertising It is interested in helping farmers move products from market to consumer The marketing route necessarily follows a design familiar to successful retailers - release newsy information when demand is high. More than anything else, that means adequate local ad- ; vertising SOCIAL SECURITY by John K. Watkins FIELD REPRESENTATIVE 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 Mcilenry county residents that It has repre­ sentatives meeting people at two locations in Mcllen- ry county on a regular ba­ sis. The 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 Tues­ day every month. If you have a question you would like answered onSocialSe­ 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 intitials. Question: I will retire next year. When I was looking over my birth certificate, I found that it does not show my first name. What should I do? Answer: You should take the certificate to any Social Security office and discuss the problem.The Social Security representative may be able to ssist you in confirming that the certificate pertains to you. Question: As a disabled Vietnam veteran, I get benefits from the Veterans Ad­ ministration based on a 60 percent disability. Could I also get monthly Social Security checks on my disability? Answer: We can't give you a definite answer without knowing more about your case because the Social Security disability program doesn't work the same way as the VA's. Social Security pays benefits to insured workers who are so severely disabled that they can't work for a year of more. Contact any Social Security office and apply for disability insurance benefits to get a decision on your particular case. Question: I recently hired a handy man to help me with PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this col­ umn as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only re­ quest is that writers lim­ it themselves to 300 words or less - signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We ask too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We re­ serve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in ob- jectional taste.) SCHOOL USE "Dear Editor: "I feel compelled to draw attention to the inappropriate use of community school property by School District 15 officials who are allowing commercial businesses to use the school buildings at a cost to the taxpayers of District 15. "Members of competing drum and bugle corps have traditionally been quartered in the Junior high building on Kane avenue during their weekend show and sleeping in the school on Saturday night of the show weekend. The fee charged the sponsoring organization was $15 last year, which obviously cannot cover the cost of utilities and facilities used by this large group. The school policy book clearly in­ dicates a fee many times the $15 should be charged a com­ mercial user on a weekend. The ironic fact is that many of the taxpaying families subsidizing this event could not afford the steep admission price charged to view the show. "Recently a 'Book Fair' was held at Parkland school at which large publishing com panies displayed their wares in the hope of stimulating sales. The charge by the school district was $5 a booth. This fee is supposed to cover the use of utilities, the assistance of school custodians in setting up and taking down the displays, and cleaning up afterward light jobs around the house. I pay him $50 a month. Since he is over 72, he claims I do not have to deduct Social Security from his pay. Is this true? Answer: No. Regardless of the age of the employee, you are required to report the earnings and send them to the Internal Revenue Service if you pay him at least $50 or more in cash in a calendar quarter. * Are You New In For Your Information Dear friends, A friend asked, if a person dies who was eligible for both veterans benefits and Social Security, can he collect both the burial all­ owance from the V.A. and the death benefit from Social Security. The answer is 'yes' as the S.S. death benefit is intended for the survivors and is not necessarily a burial allowance. Respectfully, McHenry Afea ¥-¥••¥•¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥•¥ V Do You Know Someone New? 1 PETER M. JUSTE N & SON FUNERAL HOME nry, Illinois . t 385-0063 WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA ! ! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 O R FRAN OLSEN 385-5740 KOYMl WELCOME K N O W Y O U R N f W A R £ A -- R O Y A L W E l C O M E D O E S I T B E S T . J These same large companies are willing to pay hundreds of dollars to display their wares at educational conventions in anticipation of future sales. "The current 'Commerce and Industrial Exposition' held at Parkland school is mainly comprised of commercial businesses. Tnfe participants will be asked to pay the cost of custodial services and utilities, quite a bargain. "Perhaps if the proper charges are collected from these various commercial ventures the money could be used to develop athletic fields so badly needed by the young people of McHenry. There is undeveloped land at many of the public school sites. "Perhaps the wage earners of District 15 are to be given similar opportunities to enhance their financial cir­ cumstances. The people of Lakeland Park who will have to pay a large sum of money for city water and sewer could be given the use of Parkland school for a joint fund raising event such as a rummage sale or similar event. "U our public schools are to Se market places and tax subsidized youth hostels, let's get the small wage earners in on the act also. "Richard F. Golbeck" HOSPITAL SERVICES "Editor: "National Hospital Week starts Sunday, May 7, and this is a good time to express our appreciation to you as a member of McHenry county's news media for your many courtesies and consideration throughout the year. "We belive an informed public is an excellent way to help people know about the growing number of health care services provided by hospital staffs, and to let them know we have competent dedicated poople to take personal interest in them should they need a place to depend on to get well. "Changing trends dominate the heaUh care field, and at Memorial hospital we are abreast of ih«se developments as we provide a new emergency department with outpatient services in addition to the 1971 construction program. "Thank you for your effort in helping keep citizens informed of what is new and what is significant at Memorial Hospital. "Bertram G. Hanson "Administrator" May, which probably de­ rives its name from Maia, the mothe: of Mercury, is the last spring month. It's a particularly pleasant month in the United States and most countries. To us intheUnited States May also means Kentucky Derby month (May 6th), Me­ morial Day in most of the states, the end of school, Nlay Day, Mothe is Day (May 14th) and Armed Forces Day (May 20th). In addition to these days, there are several most in­ teresting anniversaries in May. Do you remember the most important of them? One concerns May 7th. It was on May 7th, 1915, off the Old Head of Kindsdale, on the coast of Ireland, that the Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat, causing the loss of 1,150 lives. This w a s o n e o f t h e t r a g e d i e s which finally brought the United States into World War I against Germany. Harry S. Truman, 33rd President, will celebrate his birthday May 8th. On May 10th the first trans-conti­ nental railroad met at Pro­ montory Point, Utah, in 1869. The first permanent English settlement began at James­ town, Virginia, on May 13th, 1607, when 105 colonists settled in that small port city. And, on May 20th, 1927, Charles Augustus Lindbergh t o o k o f f f r o m R o o s e v e l t Field, New York, and made his non-stop flight to Paris --a heroic achievement which thrilled the world. John F. Kennedy, 35th President, was born in 1917 on May 29th. The Payroll Savings Plan is lor people who cant save a buck. Ever notice how your pay­ check sort of slips through your fingers before you get around to stashing a little away for the future? Ever have a dream about a vacation, or a cottage you want, or a college fund you're going to build for your kids . . . then wake up ten years later just to find out you're no closer to making your dream come true than you were when you first had it? You're not alone. Everybody has trouble saving a buck these days. And, that's why there's a Payroll Savings Plan. Sign up where you work and an amount you specify will be set aside from each paycheck and used to buy U.S. Savings Bonds. Before you can get your hands on it. Before you can spend it. It won't be too long before you have a nice i^est egg built up, a bankroll that's really worth something. Join the Payroll Savings Plan. It's helped a lot of people ... iust like you. Now E Bond* pay 5*% interest when held to maturity of 5 year*, 10 month* (4% the fir»t year). Bond* are replaced if lo*t, stolen, or destroyed. When needed they can be cashed at your bank. Interest i* not subject to state or local income taxes, and federal tax may be deferred until redemption. ^UNiiiMfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiniii * k ( s I = = •r = t 5 I = • i ' § K0ENEMANN Country Made Sausages, Hams and Bacon I i I 5 • I = t = - I 5 E • i = t = i E IGERMAN IMPORTS AND CHEESES A Full Line Of Delicatessen Hwugh Julia Ward Howe suggested such a day in 1872, the observance of Mother's Day was not to become a na­ tional one until about 1907, resulting from the inspiration of Miss Anna M. Jarvis of Philadelphia. Miss Jarvis began the custom of wearing flowers to church on the day and by 1911 the observance was common in all parts of the nation. In 1912 a Mother's Day International Association was formed and the next year a resolution was passed in Con­ gress calling upon federal officials to observe the day. Today most of the countries of the world observe such a day. Its observance this year in America is especially time­ ly, in that the traditional values and virtues of motherhood are currently so widely assailed by women's lib advocates, militants and other non-conformists. Though the attack on the traditional role of motherhood will pass, as others in pther periods have passed, unfortunately too many Ameri­ can girls and women will have been misled in the interval. History proves a nation's strength is to be found in the strength of its homes and families, so much the work and inspiration of the mother. The role of mother, homemaker and wife is still the cornerstone of healthy races and na­ tions, and perhaps the highest calling of all the pursuits in life. As we witness daily the tragic results of girls being mis­ led into attempts to be men, to reject the natural, normal and traditional role of woman, the values and virtues of elegant, unselfish motherhood are doubly impressed on all. ffrom HISTORY'S SCRAPB00K ) Florence Nightingale was born May 12, 1820. On May 13,1607, English settlers founded Jamestown, Virginia. Lewis and Clark began their exploration of the Louisiana Territory, May 14,1804. May 15, 1869, was the date when the National Woman Suffrage Association was formed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded its first "Oscars," May 16, 1929. On May 17, 1875, the first "Kentucky Derby" was held at Churchill Downs in Louisville. The Tennessee Valley Authority was established, May 18, 1933. J A L'/. i Pi, '• in*. 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