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PAGE 12<-PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, Last Home Of Jefferson Davis Toured By Pastor (The following is the sixth article in a series written by the Rev. William 0. Hanner, retired Episcopal pastor, who with his wife is touring the South) BEAUVOIR LAST HOME OF JEFFERSON DAVIS Scattered about the land are fine old historic homes, like Mount Vernon and Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. 1972 Here in Biloxi, Miss., on Route 90, facing the Gulf of Mexico, is the last home of Jefferson Davis, first and only President of the Confederate States. Mr. Davis graduated from West Point. He was com­ missioned an officer in the U.S. Army. Later he resigned but fought in the War with Mexico, distinguishing himself. He was a member of the House of Representatives in his youth and later was a United States Senator. He resigned after South Carolina seceded. He also served as Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Franklin Pierce. When the war between the states broke out, Davis was elected President of the Con­ federacy at the first meeting of delegates, representing seven CHURCH SERVICES Was friendship born in Scotland? > Mow!v an4 U-TUi'-rh £ * i - 11 • l * i h * k k h 5? T i * f ' < a* a* » * * ' * ** I t D, K ~ f r, h f :t t. m &' »s i * » 1 Nh<;uk5 ,-<i;' S it# Jose# U - t git!, At Nol But it took the Scots to remind the world how friendship reaches across the passing years. As the ball of light falls over Times Square once again millions of hearts will stir to the familiar strains of Auld Lang Syne. Other precious values reach across the passing years. One of them is faith. At its simplest it is man's awareness of friendship with God. At its noblest it is man's confidence that time will unfold new experiences of God's affection for us. Something else reaches across the passing years. It is worship. Its moods and forms may gradually change . . . from the cathedral chant of the middle ages, to the simplicity of the cottage prayer- meeting--even to the rhythmic beat of so-called contemporary services. But worship itself does not change. In whatever mood or form, man expresses his devotion to his Lord. And whatever may have been your spiritual tempo, the New Year in the churches of our community offers new incentives, deepening opportunities, in faith and worship. g w , A m r<1 Sin Sunday < Revelation 11:15-19 Monday Revelation 22:16-21 Tuesday I Peter 2:4-10 Wednesday I John 4:1-11 Thursday James 1:2-18 Friday Hebrews 3:1-6 Saturday II Corinthians 5:1-10 Copyright 1972 Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strisburg, Virginia ft Scriptures selected by the American Bible Society St John the Baptist Catholic Church Johnsburg Rev. Leo Bartel, Pastor Rectory Phone 385-1477 Convent Phone 385-5363 Sat., night-8:00 p.m. Mass Sun ., Masses: 7,9,10:30,12:00 St Peter's Catholic Church Spring Grove, Illinois Rev. Kilduff, Pastor Sunday Masses: 6:30, 8:00 (9:15 Summer only) 10:30 and 11:45 First United Methodist Chuich 3717 West Main Street Church phone 385-0931 Raymond L. White Pastor Parsonage Phone: 385-1352 Worship Service - 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Church School - 9:45 a.m. Faith Baptist Church Sunday School 9:45 Preaching 11:00 Evening Church 6.00 Johnsburg Junior High Pastor John L. Gray 385-7920 Nativity Lutheran Church 3506 E. Wonder Lake Rd. Box 157 Phone 653-3832 Wonder Lake, Illinois Sun ,, Worship8and 0:30 a.m Sunday School 9 a.m. (Nursery Facilites Available) St Mary's Catholic Church Rev. Eugene Baumhofer Sat., Eve., Mass - 5 p.m. Fulfills Sun., obligation. Sunday Masses - 6:30,8,9:30 9:45, 10:45, 11, 12 noon. Christian Science Society Lincoln Road and Eastwood Lane Sunday Service - JO:30 a.m. Sunday School -10:30 a.m. Wed., Eve., Meeting Every Third Wed., - 8 p.m. Alliance Bible Church 3815 W. John St. Rev. Gerald Robertson Wednesday Eves. 8 p.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sun. Worship Youth Service, 7 p.*n. Eveni: Evangel. Christ The King Catholic Church 5006 E. Wonder Lake Road Wonder Lake, Illinois Sunday masses: 8, 10 a.m. and noon. Eve., Mass: 8 p.m. Fulfills Sunday Obligation. Ringwood Metiodist Church Ringwood, Illinois Rev. Willis Walker - Ph. 675- 2133 Sunday - 10a.m. Church Ser vice. 11 a.m. Church School. Chain 0'Lakes Evangeical Covenant Church 4815 N. Wilmot Rd. Rev. Wesley R. Olson Sunday School - 9:45 a.m Morning Worship - 11 a.m. Church Phone - 497-3000 Parsonage - 497-3050 Mount Hope Church United Methodist 1015 W. Broadway Pistakee Highlands Rev. Willis H. Walker Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Sun­ day School, 9:45 a.m. Fajth Presbyterian Church West of the Outdoor Theatre John O. Mclntyre, Pastor Church School, 9:15 a.m. for 1st grade thru adults and 10:30 a.m. for pre-school children (3- 5) Worship, 10:30 a.m. Nursery facilities available. First Baptist Church 509 N. Front St. 385-0083 VirgleL.Chappell Bible Study - Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Training Union; 6:30 p.m. Interpretation for Deaf at all Services. Special Spanish Services. Wednesday, Prayer Service, 7:30 p.m. St Paul's Episcopal Church 3706 W. St. Paul's & Green Rev. Arthur D. McKay, Vicar 385-7690 Sunday Services - Holy Eucharist - 8 a.m., Family Eucharist, 10 a.m. Church School & Coffee Hour. Wed­ nesdays - Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Friday-Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Wonder lake Bible Church 7501 Howe Rd., Wonder Lake Rev. Richard Wright, Pastor Sunday - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School - 11 a.m. Morning Worship. Wednesday Evening Prayer Service - 7:30 p.m. Phone 653-7961 St Patrick's Catholic Church Rev. Edmund Petit, Pastor Rev. John Cahill, Assoc. Pastor Sat., Eve., (Sun., obligation fulfilled 5 & 7 p.m.) Sunday - 7rl5, 8:30, 9:45, 11 and 12:15. Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church 404 N. Green St. Rev. Roger W. Schneider Phone 385-7786 or 385-4030 Family worship and Sunday School - 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Nursery facilities available. St Francis National Catholic Church Flanders Rd., east of Ringwood Rd., Sunday Masses - 10 a.m. Father John Strzalka, Pastor Spring Grove Church United Methodist, 8102 N. Blivin Spring Grove, 111. Rev. Willis H. Walker, Pastor Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. Sunday School - 10:15 a.m. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 4206 W. Waukegan Rd. (W. Rt 120) Rev. Herman F. Graef 385-0859 385-1616 Sunday Worship - 7:45 and 10:30 Nursery Services provided at 10:30. Education for Eternity Sunday School - Children and Youth, 9 a.m. George R. Justen Funeral Home 3519 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 385-2400 First National Bank of McHenry 3814 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-5400 Peter M. Justen Funeral Home 3807 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-0063 Ace Hardware 3729 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-0722 McHenry Savings & Loan 1209 N. Green Street McHenry, III. 385-3000 Guettler's Service, Inc. 818 N. Front Street McHenry, III. 385-9831 Brake Parts Co. P.O. Box 11 McHenry , 111. 385-7000 Locker's Flowers 1213 Third Street McHenry, 111. 385-2300 Mitchell Sales, Inc. Buick - Olds - Opel 907 N. Front McHenry 385-7200 McHenry Garage 926 N. Front Street McHenry, 111. 385-0403 The Bath Shop 3012 W. Rte. 120 McHenry, III. 385-0048 Baron of Beef, Inc. 3709 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 385-8380 Tonyan Construction Co. 1309 N. Borden Street McHenry, 111. 385-5520 McHenry State Bank 3510 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-1040 Coast to Coast Hardware 4400 W. Rte. 120 McHenry Market Place 385-6655 of the eight seceded states. After the war he was arrested and imprisoned at Fortress Monroe for two years. From this unjust imprisonment he was delivered through the aid of men like Cornelius Van- derbilt and Horace Greeley. After .some years of travel abroad and business at home he bought the home, mentioned above, for $5,500. He was then 69 years old. The home had been built in 1848 as a summer residence. It is now nearly 125 years old. The home, which Mrs. Hanner and I visited on Dec. 20 for the third time in our lives, is frame. It is high off the ground for coolness and is square. An outer gallery or porch runs around the house. There are four main rooms off a large center hall which was used for a dining room for gala dinners. A portion of the rear galleries was made into four more rooms, two on a side. One set was used by the Davises, Mrs. Davis chose the one with the clothes closet in it. The two rooms on the opposite side were used as a dining room for the family, a butler's kitchen and a children's dining room. The kitchen was in a separate building behind the house and dishes were carried in under a covered walkway. They burned in 1927. On either side of the main home at a few yards are two matching, balancing structures of the same materials as the main house. One of these was the office library and study where the former President wrote his two volume "Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government". The one (Hi the west was used as a guest house for a daughter and other visitors. Many old homes had such out quarters. They were often known as the Circuit Rider's house, where itinerant clergy stopped. After Mr. Davis' death in 1889, Mrs. Davis and their daughter, Winifred, m o v e d to New York. The home was for years, from 1903 'til the late thirties, used as a home for confederate veterans and their wives and widows. Dor- matories were built about the estate for this purpose and about 2,500 persons lived out all or a portion of their declining years here. There are 731 of these one-time residents buried in a Confederate cemetery on the grounds. Mrs. Davis, though hard pressed, refused an offer of $90,000 for the property, a handsome offer in the early 1900's, and sold it to the Sons of Confederate veterans for the Soldiers' home at a nominal price. W>en Hurricane Camille struck the Gulf Coast in 1969, /over half a million dollars of damage was done to the house and outbuildings.. A total of 65 percent of the museum, built in quarters installed beneath the home, and its treasures disappeared. Today much has been restored. The Museum is far poorer but the home itself is well furnished with items from the Davis period. Given the chance, this is a place people ought to see. Come some time. Apropos of signs, many on cars, "GodLoves You", "POWS never have a Happy Day," etc., I saw a new one yesterday - "Pray the Rosary Daily," ecumenical sign of the times. Signs along the roads have intrigued me since Burma Shave days. In a restaurant in Carthage, 111., "We have an agreement with the Bank, they serve no sandwiches, we cash no checks; in a roadside cafe in Wyoming, "If your steak is tough-go out quietly, this is no place for weaklings!" Here are mime hint* to reduce rnii'ip pollution in tide your home: --Use noixe-ahsitrhing material* on floor*, e*pecially in area* where there i* a lot of traffic. --In*tall washing machines in the *ame room with heating and ctHding equipment, preferably in an enclo*ed space. --Use a headset when you are the only one interetted in listening to the hi-fi. Also, keep the vol­ ume down. DIAL-A-DEVOTION PHONE Hear God's Word Wherever You Are. SPONSdRED BY: GUETTLER'S PER VICE STANTON CONTRIBUTE TO CENTER - The McHenry Knights of Columbus presents a 9716.2$ contribution to Pioneer center to help that organization buy equipment for use in its work with physically and mentally handicapped people - young and old. Funds came from the candy sales campaign and this gift exemplifies the broad support of the civic groups in McHenry county for the McHenry County Association for the Retarded. From left, Lester Smith, Joe Gilmore, Vince Adams, grand knight, making presentation to Bob Lambourn, executive director of Pioneer Center; John Heelein and John Doherty. Also on the committee are Wayne Tronsen, Jack Rogers, Rich Williams and Jim Boger. (DON PEASLEY PHOTO) Farm Bureau Hosts Seminar On Estate Manning How can you plan for the future and save tax dollars in the process? McHenry County Farm Bureau will host one of eighteen estate planning seminars scheduled in January throughout Illinois to help farm couples discuss estate planning methods and hear answers to many questions which will be posed both by the panelists and the people attending the program. The McHenry County Farm Bureau estate planning seminar is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, in the Farm Bureau auditorium. An estate planning expert will conduct the three-hour .program and assist in answering questions. Questions tailored to fit the needs of each farm couple will be featured during the seminar, said Ervin Walters, president of the McHenry County Farm Bureau. "Participants will have the opportunity to hear an expert in the estate planning field discuss the advantages of planning estates in various ways," Walters said. Each seminar program is scheduled to last no more than three hours, but there will be no limit on the question-and- answer period. Among questions to be answered in each estate planning seminar are: Who can make a will? Why would a young person need a will? What will happen if I don't make a will? Who would be guardian of any minor children whose parents were both killed in an accident? What is the ad­ vantage of providing for my children with a trust instead of guardianship? What's wrong with joint tenancy ownership? What taxes are payable on the death of a person and how are they determined? What happens if there isn't enough cash to pay all these taxes? What does a retirement plan have to do with planning my estate? How can savings be realized by giving something away? Who can help me plan my estate? Rubella Test Now In Court It has been reported that future brides would require a test for rubella immunity before they could be issued a marriage license. Rubella (German measles) often causes serious damage to the unborn child if the mother contracts the disease during pregnancy. This may include serious damage to vision states the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness. The law, which was to have taken effect Oct. 1, 1972, has been held up with a temporary injunction and hearings are being held to determine if and when the legislation should go into effect. The law stated that women who were pregnant at the time they applied for the marriage license would not be required to take the test. Opponents of the Bill, who obtained the tem­ porary injunction, indicated that the law discriminated against those women who have fk The Bible Speaks Virgfe L. Chappell, Pastor First Baptist Church, McHenry z) VOWS AND RESOLUTIONS There is a fairly common feeling among people today that vows or commitments should not be made to God. Often the scripture passage, James 4:13-17, is used as a basis for this opinion. We do not concur with this thought and instead believe that sincere resolutions made toward God or even others, are healthy and good. The making of vows was common all during Biblical history. Jacob vowed a vow to God (Genesis 28:20). This vow was one of acknowledgement of the ability of God to provide for the material wealth which Jacob was to acquire. Jacob had nothing. His vow was, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on...I will surely give the tenth unto thee." A vow, which would be in response to a special blessing from a living God, would tend to increase the personal faith of the recipient. Jephthah vowed a vow which should not have been kept. (Judges 11). There are times when a vow is made with incomplete knowledge of conditions which should be repented of and with­ drawn. But this fact should not be grounds for ceasing to vow any more than one mistake should terminate any other directed ap­ proach to one's life. In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul continued the practice of making vows. (Acts 18). There was a deep religious meaning in the vow and connected with it was the presentation of Paul himself in worship. The Bible does indicate that vows should not be made hastily nor lightly. Moses wrote, "If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth." (Numbers 30:2). The wise man counseled, "When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed." (Ecclesiastes 5:4). This New Year's Day, we should continue the tradition of making resolutions. However, in light of these scriptures and some per­ sonal experiences, we offer some suggestions: 1. Make resolutions which will potentially be improvements in your own life or that of others. 2. Make only a few resolutions. At least rank the ones made and have only two or three special ones. - 3. Let God become involved in your resolutions. If they are im­ portant enough to make, ask God for help to keep them. 4. Do not keep your resolutions a secret. Those commitments which you share with others are most likely to be kept. "I will pay my vows before them that fear him.' (Psalms 22:25t) no reason for having the test taken, such as the woman who, knows she is sterile and those who are beyond child bearing age. One hearing has been held at which the opponents of the bill were heard. At the next session the porponents will be heard. A law may have to be returned for re-writing or clarification. Set Feb. 15 Deadline For License Display Midnight, Thursday, Feb. 15, will be the deadline for displaying 1973 motor vehicle license plates on all vehicles licensed on a calendar year, S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e J o h n W . ­ Lewis has announced. Secretary Lewis emphasized, "This is a display deadline, not' an application deadline, and the plates must be on the vehicle by the Feb. 15 date.' Having submitted an- ap­ plication, carrying the plates in the car or having them at home will not be in compliance." Lewis said the Feb. 15 date was established with con­ currence from Secretary of State-Elect Michael J. Hewlett. Secretary Lewis also advised motorists planning to apply by mail to submit their ap­ plications no later than Jan. 25 to be assured of having plates to meet the deadline. License plates are third class mail, and* that, plus the time required for processing applications, may mean a period of two or three weeks between receipt of ap­ plications in the Secretary of State's office and arrival of the plates at the owner's home or business, Lewis pointed out. License plates may be purchased over the counter at the three motor vehicle' facilities in Chicago, two locations in Springfield and at more than 200 banks throughout the state. VETERANS BEING HELPED More than 15,000 Vietnam- era veterans were personally, contacted by workers in the Illinois Veterans Outreach program during the first ten months of this year, according, to Robert E. Deluhery, a Vietnam vet and Outreach director. To date, 2,500 veterans have been placed int schools and are receiving state and federal financial assistance while continuing, their education. Six hundred have been placed in full-time jobs and 148 in VA-approved' e m p l o y m e n t p r o g r a m s , . Deluhery said, adding that Outreach has also assisted 125 in obtaining housing. Deluhery said 130 Vietnam-era vets who* have returned to their com- munites are hired in the work study program. They must be enrolled in a school or university and work at least 20 hours a week on the Outreach program. CEREMONIAL SMOOCH ... Capt. William Birdseye plants a well-deserved kiss on Capt. Helen Birdseye after swearing her into the Regular Army at the U.S. Military Academy, where they are both stationed. The male captain hails from El Paso, Tex., while his wife is a native of Kensington, Md.