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PAGE 8-PLAINpEALER-FRIDAY, MARCH 9t 1973 Ask Information For Refunding Of 1971 Taxes Cook County Circuit Judge James Mejda has asked county collectors to supply him with some basic information before he issues instructions for refunding 1971 personal property taxes to individuals. The Illinois Agricultural association, the state-wide Farm Bureau, appeared before Judge Mejda seeking in­ structions on disposition of the tax funds now held in escrow by county collectors. Judge Mejda ordered every defendant county collector to file an affidavit by March 20 stating the following facts: 1. How many individuals paid 1971 personal property taxes? 2. How much money was collected? 3. How much interest was earned by funds held in escrow? 4. What penalties were collected? The collectors were also asked to estimate the expenses involved in refunding the tax funds. Gordon C. Adler, general counsel of the Illinois Agricultural association, stated that the IAA has been ordered to file a brief by March 20, answering some procedural questions about the refunds. The matter of personal property tax refunds stems from a United States Supreme court decision Feb. 22 in which the court unanimously struck down an Illinois Supreme Court decision invalidating a 1970 i in i SERVICES 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. Faith 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. r Which describes your feelings? Yes No__ I could do more enjoya­ ble things if I had the time. Yes No I have a good occupa­ tion and my supervisors approve of my work, but personally, I'm not satis- l fled. . Yes^^No My realistic conception e of an ideal life is very different from that which I'm living now. Did at least one question apply to you? If so, it's quite possible that you're not get­ ting the most out of life. Only you know the reasons, but whatever they are, God can help you. Among many other things in the Bible, He promises freedom and a new life to those who sincerely seek it. Why don't you come to church this Sun­ day and let Him know that.you want to be free of your chains? TCP live ̂ a* half-life wheh a full life available isn't really like you. Is it? is Scriptures selected by the American Bible Society Copyright 1973 Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Virginia Sunday Luke 19 1-10 Monday I John 4 11-21 8P7 Tuesday Hehrews 2 5-18 Wednesday 1 Peter 1 9-20 Thursday John 17. 1-26 Friday Saturday Matthew 25 Mark 6 31-46 45-52 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 - 9:30 a.m. Church School - 10:15a.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 .. Worship8 and 10:30 a.m Sunday School 9a.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 - 10:30 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.m. Evening 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 O'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 First Baptist Church 509 N. Fron t 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 Clurch 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 take 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 - 7:15, 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 FlandeFsRd., 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. state constitutional amend­ ment which eliminated the tax on individuals but not on cor­ porations. , Pending action on the appeal in the U.S. Supreme court, the IAA had filed suit in the Cook County Circuit court asking the court to order all Illinois county tax collectors to put in escrow all payments of personal property tax bills for 1971 by individuals. The class action suit was filed by the state-wide Farm Bureau on behalf of its more than 200,000 member families Green Pearl Under New Management Bill and Judy Lindwall, for five years owners of the Lamplighter Cafe on Elm street, have now taken over the management of the Green Pearl restaurant on Pearl street. The restaurant will be open seven days a week. Lindwall is a graduate chef of the Culinary Institute of America. Z) he XVowty. Janet Anderson, Glen Andersen, GeraMUne Hasting*, Staujt Kimura, Letth Honnlng, Pastor Roger Schneider and Peter Hastings are shown discussing a presentation at the Sheepherders Fellowship group at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church, 404 North Green street, McHenry, Sunday evening. Church Group Views County In 100-Year Span inic Rev. Homer is a sincere clergyman so I may have done him an injustice by my Doubting Thomas attitude. At present, I consider our Constitution and "free enterprise" system as basic to freedom of worship and the "Golden Goose" on which our lavish American altruism depends! By - George W. Crane, Ph. D., M.D. CASE M 560: Rev. Homer occupies the pulpit of a small, independent church. "Dr. Crane," he began, "my wife and I have felt God's call to go as missionaries to Central America. "We can get a house down there in a town of 20,000 people. "Yet they have no gospel church at all. "But we shall need $250 monthly to live on, plus $1,500 to transport us there. "Do you have any suggestions on how we might raise that money?" RELIGION VS. HANDOUTS My mother was District President of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Fort Wayne, Indiana Area. So we children were reared with a great admiration for foreign missions. But I have grown somewhat dubious about foreign missions in recent years, though I still support such church activity. For I have watched the results of many missionaries and find that the natives often seem more interested in American handouts of food, clothing or medicines, than they are in moral tran­ sformations. Maybe I am growing typically cynical with the years, but I find that when foreign missionaries return to George R. J us ten Funeral Home 3519 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 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, 111. 385-0063 Ace Hardware 3729 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 385-0722 McHenry Savings & Loan 1209 X. Green Street McHenry, 111. 385-3000 Guettler's Service, Inc. 818 X. Front Street McHenry, III. 385-9831 \ Brake Parts Co. P.O. Box 11 McHenry , 111. 385-7000 Locker's Flowers 1213 Third Street McHenry, III. 385-2300 Mitchell Sales, Inc. Buick - Olds - Opel 907 X. Front McHenry 385-7200 McHenry Garage 926 X. Front Street * McHenry, 111. 386-0403 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 X. Borden Street McHenry, III. 385-5,520 McHenry State Bank 3510 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 385-1040 Coast to Coast Hardware 4400 w. Rte. 120 McHenry Market Place 385-6655 The Bible Speaks Virg/e L. Chappell, Pastor First Baptist Church, McHenry GIFTS FROM GOD Everyone loves to receive gifts, whether it's for Christmas, birthday or some other special occasion. But very few of us have acquired the God-like trait of loving to give. The Bible indicates that God delights in giving. The Psalmist says, "The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing." (Psalm 34:10). God delights in giving "good and perfect gifts" (James 1:17) to those who seek Him. When reflecting upon his entire lifespan the aged sage testified, "I have been young and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread". (Psalm 37:25). Jesus promised that by coming to Him, one would be able to find rest. "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). When considering life's trials, the Bible teaches us not to seek to be completely "unloaded" of them. There is a work - a growth - which takes place as we bear our own burdens. Therefore, "every man shall bear his own'burden" (Galatians 6:5). Also, we are to assist one another in the bearing of burdens; we are to "bear one another's burdens" (Galatians 6:2). We are to be considerate of one another and seek to identify with our brother or sister who may be bearing a burden. But the greatest privilege of all is that we are instructed to "come" to Jesus with our labor and burdens. "Casting all ybur care upon him, for he careth for you" (I Peter 5:7). Gifts from God come in varying type. "There are differences of administrators, but the same Lord, and there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all". (I Corinthinas 12:5-7). There are gifts of prophecy (Romans 12:6), ministry and teaching (Romans 12:7). But the greatest gift of all is expressed in the Roman letter, "The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23b). God's greatest gift was given to meet our greatest need. The Apostle Paul writes that the giving of such a precious gift was a demonstration of the extent of God's love for us. "But God commendeth (showed) His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). the U.S.A. and leave local native preachers in charge, the Christian education often deteriorates fast and those natives soon revert to their former standards of living. In fact, missionaries have been shocked when returning years later to their former mission posts, to find that the natives had swung over to the Communists, because the latter now were offering the handouts of free food! Jesus Himself recognized this serious flaw in human nature for when He had fed the 5,000 at the first church picnic, and healed their sick, only one of them ever said "Thank you" and nobody stood by Him at Calvary! Even at Pentecost, when 3,000 were converted, most of whom had probably been in Christ's audiences during his ministry here on Earth, those 3,000 represented barely 1 percent (one out of 100) of the 300,000 people who must have listened to Jesus in person! Since America is now the benevolent goose that lays the golden eggs of billions in Marshall Plan funds, plus church handouts, it seems to me that we need more missionaries at home to salvage our waning churches. For the latter are losing their moral influence on human lives and often becoming preoc­ cupied with building bigger and more grandiose church plants, though few conversions are being produced. A thriving church should imitate the humble potato! Some ritzy potato plants often grow so luxuriantly that they may extend 6 feet along the ground. But such potato plants have gone to "tops" for when you dig the potatoes, the latter are like marbles or walnuts in size. The proper potato plant remains about 18 inches tall but then offers us the large, life- giving tubers for human food. So analyze your local church budgets and see how many changed lives (conversions) are actually being produced annually per $1,000 of your church budget! Unless we produce tran­ sformed lives, our costly cathedrals become Sunday show cases where women can model their latest dresses and hats! Our American Constitution and "free enterprise" system are now more basic than many churches, for without them our altruistic money and freedom of worship both disappear, as in Russia today! Coin History The first United States gold coins were struck in 1795. The last appeared in 1933. Vast Area! The area drained by the Ama­ zon River is so extensive it would cover three-fourths of the United States. Have A Sip ... Peruvian Indians believe that a man who is struck by lightning and survives will be restored to full health by a sip of vicuna blood. PUBLIC"NOTICE TO PATRONSJDF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UTIUTIES, INC Formerly WOODED SHORES WATER SUPPLY CO. The Northern Illinois Utilities, Inc. hereby gives notice to the public that it has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission , proposed change in it's rates and a gereral revision of the rules and regulations for water service in Wooded Shores, Oakwood Shores, Parkers Highlands and St. Francis Heights Subdivisions. Said change involves an increase in rates to $5.00 per month and for a metered rate in lieu of the flat rate when meters are installed. n A copy of the proposed change in schedule may be inspected by any interested party at the business office of the company, located at 7314 Hancock Drive, i Wonder Lake. Illinois. All parties interested in this matter may obtain information with respect thereto either directly from this company or by addressing the secretary of the Illinois Commerce Commission, Springfield, Illinois 62706 NORTHERN ILLINOIS UTILITIES, INC. By: Francis G. Higgins, Vice President (Published Mar. 9 &>46, 1973) Sixty members of the Sheepherders Fellowship group at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church, 404 North Green street, McHenry, en­ joyed a very informative presentation by Shuji Kimura on Sunday everting. It involved showing slides of various sites in McHenry county as they appeared 100 years ago and as they appear today. In addition to his slides he offered a fine narrative explaining the changes which have occurred in the county during the past century. The event was planned by Peter and Geraldine Hastings and Gene and Leith Honning. On April 8, a progressive dinner is planned by the group. The members will be divided into three groups and will go to various homes for appetizers, the main dinner and dessert. Those members who wish to attend this event are en­ couraged to register at the church within the next three weeks. sumrs k SERMON Home Song writers and poets through the ages have been writing about the beauty of the "home." Yet few of us today sing the praises of "Home, Sweet Home." In this day of mass communications and transportation, many say that the traditional idea of "home" is gone forever. "Home" to many of them is just a place to sleep and eat. But this is not the truth! The home is still the center of love, learning, and happiness for people who know and understand the real and important values of life. The home is'a place of rest - not just physical rest, but a place for spiritual and emotional rest. The home is a place of nourishment - for the body, soul, and mind. The lyrics of a recent song said: "once there was a way to get back home." Only those lyrics are wrong. There still is a way, if we only try to seek it. It is available and it is right under our noses. It starts with love and its goal is happiness. You can start right now. Turn your house into a home, through love and faith. [ fciigfiift fetoxtl For a thrifty second-day dinner, cut leftover beef, pork, or lamb in pieces and combine with a sea­ soned cheese or tomato sauce and any leftover or freshly cooked vegetables. Heat and serve on split and toasted English muffins or biscuits. If the liquid in which meat is being cooked is boiling, turn down the heat. For maximum tender­ ness, the temperature of the cook­ ing liquid should be just below boiling wjjien braising or simmer­ ing beef, pork, lamb, or veal. To unwrap or rewrap - that is the question in the minds of many a homemaker when she brings steaks home from the store. The answer is - do neither for short storage. The transparent wrap on prepackaged meat is de­ signed for refrigerator storage of one to two days. For longer stor­ age, overwrap or rewrap in freez­ er film or foil and store in the freezer at 0°F or less. DIAL-A-DEVOTION PHONE 8 Hear God's Word Wherever You Are. SPONS6RED BY: GUETTLER'S SERVICE STATION