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t PAGE 4-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAYLOCTOBER25# 1972 PISTAKEE HIGHLANDS Bobbie Fantus 497-3509 Many Projects Under Discussion As Directors Meet The board of directors held its regular meeting On Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. The following members were present: Jim Fantus, John Heidler, Bobbie Fantus, Herb Steward, Pete Neilsen, Archie Fletcher, Joe Turuc, Mae Kolb, Harold Bichler, and Craig Thoren. A date was discussed for the next board meeting, which will be Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. It was decided that a letter of introduction be drawn up to welcome new residents to the community. This will be passed out by the trustees along with a copy of our by-laws. At the last general meeting it was suggested that the association purchase a mimeograph machine to do our own printing of newsletters and reprint our by-laws. Archie Fletcher did some research on this for us and found that we may be able to make arrangements with Mount Hope church to purchase a machine on a donation basis, which will be looked into. President Fantus suggested that the association seek a license to start a game at the association center. All proceeds would be designated for the specific purpose of paving all remaining streets in the highlands. After the board meeting the New ^Year's party committee held a brief meeting. At this time, music has been selected and work must begin on food, drinks, and decorations. As of right now the price of tickets is still undecided. ROAD COMMITTEE The Pistakee Highlands road committee met Oct. 19 at Chairman Don Freeland's home. The bids that have been received for plowing and grading were discussed and a final decision will be made by vote at the November general meeting of the association. The committee decided to proceed with the street sign program. Although the stop signs are not yet available, the poles will be put up Saturday, Oct. 28, to beat the hard freeze. As the stop signs become available, they will be mounted. Some street name signs in need of repair will be taken care of also. The committee decided to wait until spring to put up speed limit signs as winter weather will not allow the program to be completed. Any residents having questions, or know of signs needing work, j^ease call Don Freeland. BOATCLUB The Boat club will tentatively hold its belated party on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. HALLOWEEN Trick or treating will begin when school lets out on Oct. 31 until 8 p.m. only. Parents should inspect all items children pick up, especially unwrapped pieces. It is terrible that we should even think someone would try to harm a child. Unfortunately, someone tried last year. A razor blade was placed in a youngster's candy right here in the highlands. The County Sheriff will patrol our subdivision on Halloween night to ward off would-be vandals. Just a reminder that the Women's club is still spon­ soring a pumpkin carving at the community center for the youngsters on Oct. 28. Mount Hope church will sponsor a Halloween party for all Pistakee Highlands children from ages 3 to 8. They will have games and refreshments at the even*, followed by prizes for the best and funniest costume. Remember kids, this will be on Oct. 31 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. COMING EVENTS Women's club Halloween party - Community Center - Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. Pumpkin Carving Contest - Community Center ~ Oct. 28 at 10:30 a.m. Association General Meeting - Community Center - Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. Women's Club Bake Sale - Nov. 7. National Election Day - Nov. 7. Campout for Girl Scouts - Nov. 10, 11, and 12. BSA Troop 452, Spaghetti Dinner - Community Center - Nov. 11 from 5-9 p.m. UNICEF, Trick or Treat - Oct. 29 from 2-4 p.m. Association Board Meeting - Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. MYF Dance - Community Center - Nov. 25 from 8-11 p.m. Girl Scout Hayride - Lazy K Ranch - Nov. 29 NEW RESIDENTS We would like to welcome the following new residents to our area: Mrs. Buzan, David Carr and family, and Michael Cregan and family. We hope they enjoy living here very much. Any other new residents who have not been contacted by their trustee or have questions please feel free to call Mae Kolb at 497-3626. NORTHERN LIGHTS On Oct. 18 the Northern lights were clearly visible in our area. From 9:30 on, the northern sky was at time brilliantly aglow. The phenomonen took many shapes, but the auroral arch dominated the northern third of the sky. The auroral arch appears as a luminous rainbow of light. The display also contained streamers, fans, and other forms of auroral light. According to the encyclopedia the northern lights are caused by electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere induced by showers of electrons from the sun. OUR POLICE PROTECTION On Friday, Oct. 20, I in­ terviewed Sheriff Art Tyrrell in regards to police protection in Pistakee Highlands. When asked why we don't have regular patrol in the highlands, Sheriff Tyrrell replied that due to lack of funds the department has only four cars operating in a 624 square mile area. We in the highlands live in what is known as a "hot area". This means that we are considered a heavily populated area. One of the cars is assigned to a 20 square mile area to which we belong. I then asked about the possibility of getting extra patrols upon request if needed. Sheriff Tyrrell said that extra patrol would be assigned whenever we need it. Sheriff Tyrrell was most concerned that residents of the county are getting the best protection that the department can give. We can help the sheriff's department to give better protection by doing our duty and reporting any suspicious cars in the area, reporting vandals, and any unusual happenings. Noting license numbers, getting descriptions, and remembering facts are essential to the police. POLLING PLACE To be sure we all find the proper place to vote on Nov. 7,1 contacted Vernon Kays, County McCLORY REPORTS From Washington The United States Congress has enacted a tough - and expensive - water pollution control measure. American industry is the principal target of the new anti-pollution bill - with municipal sewage systems also subjected to strict federal controls. The compromise program resulted after lengthy and reasoned deliberations by a "Conference committee" composed of the most knowledgeable members of the U.S. House and Senate. The anti-pollution package calls for an expenditure of $24 billion in federal funds over the next - twelve years -- and commits $18 billion more to guarantee municipal con­ struction programs for sewage treatment plants. Despite the clamor of some that all industry and municipal governments should eliminate all pollution from our lakes and rivers by 1981 - regardless of cost or consequences - the measure, as passed, will postpone the zero-pollution goal to 1983. In addition, as the House earlier decided, a study will be made to determine the precise costs and benefits to be achieved by the 1983 deadline. The bill requires secondary treatment for all municipal wastes by mid-1977 and the application of more advanced disposal methods by mid-1983. For industry, the bill Clerk. For the most part the Highlands is in Precinct 18 which will vote at Chain-O- Lakes Evangelical church at 4185 North Wilmot road in McHenry. Precinct 17 will be using the Community center on Hilltop drive. DOGS On Friday, Oct. 20, the County Rabies Control officer visited the highlands. There were numerous reports of dogs running loose south of Hilltop drive. This area was staked out in hopes of rounding up the stray dogs, and the officer will be in the area as.often as called. Please be advised that it is illegal to allow your dog to run loose in any residential area. establishes a two-phase cleanup program, with in­ creasingly tightening restrictions on industrial pollution, backed up by penalties of fines and im­ prisonment for violators. The long range goal of the bill is to rid America's surface waters of all pollution. The measure requires in­ dustries -- specifically - to apply the "best available technology" by 1983 in eliminating sources of pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with the responsibility of enforcing this requirement. However, in the enforcement process the EPQ must consider whether such application is pconomically achievable by the category or class of industries affected, and, at the same time, will result in reasonable progress toward the national goal of eliminating all water pollution. A distinct deficiency in the new bill is the failure to include "ground waters" within its provisions. The continuing and dangerous pollution of our precious ground waters by faulty septic systems, the use of non-degradable materials, the pumping of toxic waste materials into underground areas -- these and other practices may endanger the quality of underground water supplies. In this connection, it should be recalled that supplies of underground waters are many times greater - and more vulnerable - than the more visible surface waters covered in the bill. An amendment aimed at broadening the bill to include "ground waters" was supported actively by this Member - but was defeated by a narrow margin. This new water pollution control measure - is one of the major accomplishments of the 92nd Congress. It provides a clear-cut response to the demand for reducing - and soon ending - pollution of the precious and limited waters of our lakes and rivers. Whafe electric heat got that the others haven't? There is no heat that is anywhere near as clean as electric heat. Because other heats use a flame. And a flame needs air. Some of that air comes from the outside, bringing dirt in around doors and windows. Dirt that wouldn't be there with flameless electric heat. And because you're not drawing in that dry outside air, you maintain a better humidity level. So you're more comfortable. Electric heat gives you a wide selection of heating systems. Heating cables can be installed right in ceiling and floors. You don't even know they're there. But youll be living cleaner and quieter. A)id because the heat comes from the ceiling, you can put your furniture anywhere you want it. And there's individual room control. The same thing is true for baseboard heat. It's installed where you need it most. Like under windows and along outside walls where your room is coldest. Again you get individual room control. And then there's an electric furnace. A furnace that has no flame, so you get a cleaner, more even heat. And if you prefer hot water heat, you can even have a flameless electric boiler. Think about what you're heating with now: the dirt, noise, and maintenance. Is it all worth it? To find out which electric heat is best, where you live or plan to live, contact your nearest Commonwealth Edison Office and ask for an Electric Heating Consultant, ©c. E. Co. Commonwealth Edison concern tor your total environment e THE OLD FLOUR MILL A Bit Of History In City's Old Flour Mill Six Horns? Loaghtan sheep rams on the Isle of Man occasionally sprout six horns. Viking Ships The graceful dragonships man­ ned by Viking raiders 1,000 years ago were perilous horrors on the high seas, where storms were all but certain to swamp them or even break their backs. For ocean travel, the Vikings sailed a dou- ble-ended ship with handsome lines, but of greater displacement and with a high freeboard and wide beam amidships. The old building has always been used to traffic. Nowadays the commuters pass it morning and night as they go to and from the Northwestern station; the young people pass it twice a day as they go to West campus high school on Crystal Lake road each morning and home again at night. It stands at the corner of Crystal Lake road and Mill street, and it has stood there since 1870 - one hundred and two' years. Folks have tacked new parts onto the original building on both sides and there is a tall chimney added long after the original structure was erected. The central three story brick is the original mill. For the last eight years, Victor Miller, who lives on the old family farm two miles north of McHenry has operated a feed and grain business in the well worn landmark. It was not always so. When McHenry was young there was a need for bricks - and here they were made, the McHenry Brick Mills, operated by A H. Hanly and Sons. Mr. Hanly Sr., had come to McHenry in 1836. Later, the building became a flour mill and was operated, in turn, by William Spencer, William Meath and a man named Blendalife. By the early 1960's it stood idle for several years until Victor Miller started his present business in 1965. In the early flour mill days the mill was operated by water power. A stream, now diverted to other channels, flowed behind the mill and turned the wheels. Mr. Miller describes how as a boy he would come with his father to see the farm's grain made into flour. "See this place in the floor", said Mr. Miller, "my father would bring his grain in and they would pour it down these holes in the floor. Then you could see the grain carried up to the rollers on belts. You TEENS AND W0MENS STEP-INS Regular $3.99 Big stitches sew leather-like loafers together in a patchwork of earth-tones. Moc-toe keeps going to circle the shoe. Patented Swivel action constr­ uction gives instant "broken-in-comfort". Sizes 5-10 MEN'S AND V0UNG MEN'S WORK BOOTS Regular $3.99 Man-made materials provide protection, comfort and long wear on the job. Cushioned insoles, too. add to day-long foot ease. Sizes 7-12. HORNSBYS ^ family centers --• Market Place Shopping Center Daily 9-9 Sunday 9-6 could hear it being ground and then you could see the flour all white and soft pour out and into the bags they held for it." What a memory to have from one's childhood. See the grain growing; planted and reaped by your father; see it ground at the mill; take it home, and the bread your mother makes from your own flour fills your in­ nards. And I'll bet there was home produced butter and jams. There were eight children in the family. Look at the old mill when you pass it. Its walls are 23 inches thick. The wooden beams inside could be bought today only with great trouble and at large expense. They are 12 by 125. The brick was brought from Milwaukee. The machinery used to run from one main shaft. Eventually the water source was moved or discarded and diesel power installed. There are other fine old buildings in McHenry, among them the old Hanly home now in disrepair on Crystal Lake road, north of McHenry West high school and the Methodist church, in good repair at 3717 West Main, which has a lovely old tower or spire. The Riverside Hotel near the bridges dates from 1864 and once had two story porches above it. The McHenry Public library was formerly the Tesch house. Many believe this home to be the oldest in the city. It was remodeled about 1953 for library purposes. There art other fine and interesting edifices about town. We should be more aware of them than we are for they give an historical depth to our community. They are our roots, in a sense, with the past and good roots never did anyone any harm. (Photo and story by Father Wm. O. Hanner, 810 N. Oak- wood drive, McHenry.) McClory Tells Of Movement To Metric Measure Congress in 1973 will move toward enactment of a meteric conversion bill that would establish a time table and a comprehensive program to convert weights and measures tot metric standards, Congressman Robert McClory, Lake Bluff, told members attending the forty-second annual meeting of the Wire association in Chicago this week. . Congressman McClory, 13th district Representative, spoke at the organization's awards luncheon at the Sherman House on Monday during the four-day conference. Just before the Christmas recess last December, Congressman McClory helped get the legislative wheels revolving by introducing House Bill 12307 designed to support the report of the Metric Study commission. He said to meet the ob­ jections of varying groups and to help bring about this urgenUy needed conversion, one feature of the proposal brings full conversion about over a 10-year period. Logjam of bills in the 92nd Congress, together with other pressing matters and difficulty in generating sufficient support in both the House and Senate, prevented adoption this session. Congressman McClory told his audience he has the assurance of both Republican and Democratic leaders of the science and aeronautics committee of the House, that they will support the Metric Conversion bill in the upcoming session. In summarizing where the proposal now stands , Congressman McClory said he believes minimum im­ plementing federal legislation should include these essential provisions: 1. A Metric Conversion commission with represen­ tatives of business, labor, education, science and technology. 2. Larger advisory com­ mittee representative of those and other groups to provide a link between the government and private sector. 3. Requirement that the commission establish a detailed program and a time table applicable to various segments in the economic system with the possible authority to accord limitations to certain areas as feasible. 4. Adequate funds and a staff to carry out provisions of the program. Recalling that the initial steps to consider a uniform and stable system of weight and measures dates to 1792 when Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State, Congressman McClory said today the conversion proposal has widespread support of business and many segments of society. "But I do not want to over­ simplify the problems. I am aware there are more than 20,000 major engineering standards in the U.S. which would have to be converted to metric measurements. "Adoption will contribute substantially to ultimate ad­ vantages for every segment of our industrial community in­ sofar as foreign trade and in­ ternational agreements are concerned." He cited areas where the metric system has been used for sometime-pharmaceutical industry, photo and optical industries and space and aeronautics programs. Most people put off summer painting chores until it's almost too late. Then they find themselves hurrying to finish. If you haven't finished your painting and repairs, you might profit from these safety tips. - Check your ladder for cracks or loose rungs. - Avoid standing on the top two rungs while working from a ladder. -Make sure the base is level and solid before climbing. --Climb with both hands; hoist tools with a rope; and don't climb with muddy or oily shoes. - Move the ladder often to avoid unnecessary reaching. - Avoid using metal ladders near electric lines. EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT - PUBLIC INVITED - ALSO SERVING CHICKEN. STEAKS, SHRIMP, SCAILOPS, AND WHOLE CHANNEL CAT. PISTAKEE COUNTRY CLUB 815 W. BAY RD. 385-9854 \ <