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Charm Of Small Towns Related On Auto Trip (by Father Wm. 0. Hariner) When we started home from Arkansas we took bstck country roads to get to the Missouri border. They led us through a little town called Blue Eye, which is right on the state line, half in Arkansas and half in Missouri. Its population was sixty-nine souls. There we bought regular gas for 52 cents a gallon. It was the cheapest gas we found on the whole trip. It sold at prices up to 62 cents a gallon. When I went into a gas station and found them charging over 58 cents I pulled out and bought somewhere else. You can't get gas prices down if you pay what gougers ask. And isn't Blue Eye a nice name for a town? It reminded me of Bean Blossom, Ind., and then there are Hominy and Bromide, Mo. Make a study of American town names; some are dillies. So we headed north on US 65 to Springfield, Mo. The road was long and straight, two lanes and up hill and down. Two Iowa cars headed the procession. One Was an old bus fixed up as a camper, the other, the family car. We were fifth in line. We drove about an hour at 30 to 40 miles an hour. The line of cars stretched far, far back of us, maybe over a mile. It was an agonizing trip. Occasionally some fool would try to gain a place or two in line and everyone had to jockey to let him in. It was slow, and dangerous. But we made it to Springfield. On up the line through Camdenton, the state capital, Jefferson City, to Fulton where the ads said a good motel was waiting. We hoped to see the place where Churchill gave his Iron Curtain speech. We waited and hunted around the motel but nary a soul showed up so we went on to Mexico, Mo., and spent the night there. The next day we made for Quincy, 111., where the Episcopal church has a parish that uses a building 120 years old. Fifteen years ago I had urged a young priest to go there. He has done an excellent job. The church was beautifully cared for, a parish house had been built and equipped, a dormant parish was wide awake-you could tell. Quincy has modernized as many towns are doing. It's encouraging to see progress in this part of Illinois so few Chicagoans know. We left Quincy heading north and west on US 24. A little town, Paloma, a few miles out of Quincy, showed the result of a recent storm. Trees were knocked (town. Roofs were gone and there was the odor of dead foliage. It smelled like Miami, Fla., does after a hurricane. It looked like a field of battle. Twelve miles further on we stopped in Clayton, population 727, for lunch. The waitress allowed as how there had been a real storm through several days back but it was worse further north. The radio was saying a new storm was west of Hannibal, Mo., and would cross Illinois. The waitress cringed. "I just can't go through that again," she said. So I talked to' her about the pies - a long line of them sat along the counter. "All baked this morning?" I asked. "Yep", says she and I'll have to make another big batch after lunch too." I had fresh hot gooseberry pie with crust as crisp and flaky as new snow. It had been years since I had had gooseberry pie. You don't want it very often but I'd eat that kind of gooseberry pie any time if it wasn't for my weight problems. We hurried through lunch. The eyes of the villagers followed us every step. Just interested, I guess. People don't leave the main road often to have lunch in their town. We were objects of interest. It was a real good country cooked meal. I was glad we'd stopped. Back on the road we hurried north past Peoria and got on State Route 89 which runs through Metamora, where the old courthouse that Lincoln argued cases in sits beside the square. We gassed up and I visited the courthouse to see how much progress they had made in the restoration in a whole year. Not one bit. There it all sat just as it had been begun last summer. Makes you wonder why (?) (?) (?) State 89 is a back road and there is little traffic. It is therefore easier to use and Kathy Jensen Earns Degree At University Kathy Jensen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russ Jensen of 1918 W. River Terrace, McHenry, graduated from the University of Georgia June 12 and received her Bachelor of Arts degree. She earned recognition on the Dean's list. Kathy's parents and brother, Jeff, attended the graduation in Athens, Ga. The young graduate is presently visiting at her McHenry home for two weeks. She will then return to Georgia to work this summer and to study next fall for her Master's degree. Her brother, Jeff, also will be enrolled in the same school seeking his Master's degree. $3,079,000 Grant Funds For Area Water Systems A total of $3,079,000 in grant funds is available to rural communities in Illinois to supplement Farmers Home administration loans for construction of water and waste disposal systems, Charles W. Shuman, FmHA state director has announced. The newly released grant funds combined with previous grants of $705,000 and $12,799,500 in loans allocated for fiscal year 1974 provide a total of $16,583,500 for rural water and sewer system construction. These funds are made available to help financially Ask some questions Most of our customers do. Four out of five farmers in Illinois own policies with one or more of the Country Companies. And farmers like to know what they're getting into be fore they buy insurance. Most folks in town feel the same way. Wherever you live it's worth your while to ask your Country Companies agent a question or two about insurance on your life, health, auto, home or business. His answers might save you some money. The Country Companies. We're a little differ­ ent than most insurance people. Your Country Companies, Agent -c ..., . . - v-f-, u. Loren Mfer RICHMOND, ILL. PH. 678-6691 Lee B. Kortemeier RES. 338-0975 OFF. 338-2000 Hold Soybean Check-Off Vote In Mid-July Your income is involved when you vote on the soybean checkoff referendum July 16. That's the belief of McHenry County Farm Bureau, expressed here by Jim Book, chairman of the marketing committee for the McHenry County Farm Bureau. Approval by farmers in Illinois will enable an operating board composed of eighteen farmers to administer checkoff funds for further use of quicker. It goes through nice little Illinoisy towns -- and you all know how I am about our towns. So we came home up 47 - - which is SIMPLY AWFUL. SOMETHING OUGHT TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT ROAD, GOVERNOR WALKER. Now I will rest for awhile and take care of DeKalb and Sycamore parishes this summer while their rectors go on vacation. A happy summer to you, dear reader, and a safe one. soybeans and soybean products. "We need further research and market development,'" says Book. "Farmers are leaving an estimated 10 per cent of their beans in the field through inefficient harvesting. Research could help develop better harvesting equipment and better breeding of soybeans that would lend themselves to more efficient harvest," said Book. A disease-resistant higher yielding soybean is needed to help the United States keep up with growing world-wide demand. "Many world markets are untapped and those markets are in many countries where people suffer from protein deficiency," says Bill Tiberend, executive secretary of the Illinois Land of Lincoln Soybean Association. Twelve states have a checkoff now. The Illinois plan calls for V* cent a bushel checkoff the first year and no more than M> cent a bushel each subsequent year. A farmer can request a refund of all his money if he does not want to participate. The checkoff would raise about $725,000 for market development and promotion each >ear. ru!'.!:ca! activity of any kind is expressively uiuiiii/ited in the referendum proposal. Tiberend says that too often farmers have over-produced or under-sold and have forced their way into the international market by cutting prices. At the July 16 election, farmers will also elect a representative of District 2, composed of seven counties. Two men have petitioned C. Verner Anderson, Batavia, and Robert Eaton, Elwood. Balloting takes place at the McHenry County Extension office July 16. If the proposal is adopted, thrust of the program is expected to seek development of foreign markets. Some of this is being done now by the American Soybean association with significant results. Much more is needed. That's why Farm Bureau believes the investment of a few cents an acre through a checkoff is a wise way to proceed. SECTION 2 - PAGE 3 - PLAINDEALER - rm ** »M N* ** M KA A* Around The Garden tf WM Wtf WM WM WM WM WM WM WM WM WM WM WM WM WM WM WM WM W M WM WM Fast Talkers Don't talk too fast--you might say something you haven't thought of yet. By Matthew S. Rosen Instructor Ornamental Horticulture McHenry County College In the course of my travels around McHenry county the past couple of years I have seen some of the quaintest rock gardens nestled neatly into odd shaped nooks and crannies. Being a devotee of Mother Nature's more diminutive plants, I spent a considerable amount of time examining each for structural design, and species composition. Position of the rock garden in the landscape made little difference. Sunny spots, shady locations, flat surfaces, slopes, front lawn or backyard, the choice of suitable plants is so large that no matter where the garden was situated, with a little planning, an interesting and colorful array of materials oould easily be purchased. Although all of the gardens I visited possessed a unique charm, one still stands out most in my mind. Fitted into a slope on a shady, naturalized area was a rather large, irregulary shaped - almost meandering - rock garden in which only native trees, shrubs, and wild flowers were used. Patches of Jacob's ladder, shooting stars, wake robbin, spring beauty and bloodroot all were peeking out from behind and between boulders. While gentle, natural slopes are ideal sites for rock gardens, with a little extra effort, practically any area can be recontoured to fit the bill. I know what many of you must now be thinking: "A little extra effort, expletive, changing the grade is arduous work." True, if done on a large scale; but, remember, rock gardens are usually limited in size. One or two hundred square feet is all the space necessary. After all, by definition, the plants used are dwarf species. No towering trees with massive trunks and limbs. No wide spreading, tall WEDNESDAY JUNE 26, 1974 shrubs. Except for a few of the herbaceous plant materials and ground covers only slow growing, miniature "trees" and shrubs are included. Before closing just a couple of helpful hints pertaining to location and design. 1. Site selection is important. Be certain that the rock garden blends into the existing landscape scheme. For example: The middle of the front lawn would be a poor location. Why? Because the rock garden would destroy the unity of the landscape. It would look foreign and out of place. 2. Do not simply pile the rocks on top of the site arid fill in with soil; rather, bury them halfway. Take care to place the stones that they erupt from the earth at various angles. Some degree of overlap produces the most interesting formations. Money Problems There's this small town about 100 miles away from here that's having a lot of financial troubles. 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