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» Legal Notice Notice of Proposed Change in Gas Schedule NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS COMPANY hereby gives notice to the public that it has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission on September 17, 1974, revisions in Rider 6 of its rate schedules to recover amounts of otherwise unrecovered purchased gas cost. Further information with respect thereto may be obtained either directly from this Company or by addressing the Secretary of the Illinois Commerce Commission at Springfield, Illinois 62706. A copy of the proposed change* in schedule may b® inspected by any interested party at any business office of this Company. NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS COMPANY By: J .M. Quigley Financial Vice President and Secretary (Pub. Sept. 27 & Oct. 2,1974) Legal Notice IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 19TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF Peter May, Jr., also known as Peter May Deceased, FILE NO. 74-P-278 Notice is hereby given Pursuant to Section 194 of the 'robate Act, of the death of the above named decedent and that letters TESTAMENTARY were issued on September 9, 1974, to Clara Boppart, 408 Becking, Woodstock, 111., and Arnold May, 6819 Solon Rd. McHenry, Illinois, whose attorney of record is Leroy J. Welter, 1303 Richmond Rd., McHenry, Illinois. Claims may be filed within 6 months from the date of issuance of Letters and that any claim not filed within that period is barred as to the estate which is inventoried within that period. Claims against said estate should be filed in the Probate office of the Clerk of said Court, County Court House, Woodstock, Illinois, and copies thereof mailed or delivered to said legal representative and to said attorney. MARGARET O'NEIL Clerk of the Court (Pub. Sept. 18, 25, & Oct. 2, 1974) Legal Notice NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on August 12, A.D. 1974, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning conducting and transacting the business known as LYNCH MOVERS, located at 1127 Circle Drive, Village of Island Lake, Illinois 60042. Dated this 12th day of August, A.D. 1974. (SEAL) VERNON W. KAYS County Clerk (Pub: Oct. 2, 9, 16, 1974.) Proclamation WHEREAS, the Illinois Right to Life Committee, in cooperation with the Clergy Concerned for Life, an organization of Christians and Jews, have set aside the week of Oct. 6 through Oct. 13, as "Respect Life Week," and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council of the City of McHenry to evidence its interest and concern that the residents of McHenry give thought to the need for respect for life, NOW, THEREFORE, I, Joseph B. Stanek, Mayor of the City of McHenry, 111. DO HEREBY PROCLAIM the week of Oct. 6, through Oct. 13, to be "Respect Life Week" in McHenry, 111. All residents are urged to consider the need for increased respect for life. DONE AND PROCLAIMED THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1974. Memorial Hospital Studies Ways To Develop Budget Inflationary forces and other factors are pressuring the finance committee of Memorial Hospital for McHenry County as members struggle to develop a budget for the coming year. The budget last year was at an all-time high of $3,600,000. As the committee studies increased costs of many things the hospital must buy, and as it views the increase in usage of the hospital, it expects the new budget to exceed $4 million. "The board is working earnestly to keep costs down although we are determined to 'maintain the high quality Memorial Hospital has established over more the 60 years of service to a large number of citizens," said Bert Hanson, administrator. The factors pressuring the board are many, and Hanson listed some of them: ^ 1. Cost of living is higher, as suppliers impose price increases, such as for all medical supplies, paper and plastic products. 2. Food costs are up, but the hospital wants to maintain its standard for good food. It has been eliminating certain items from the menu for employees and making such substitutes as hamburger for roast beef. The patient food quality will be maintained, emphasized Hanson. 3. Service costs, such as maintenance contracts-on elevators, bookkeeping machines, intensive care monitors, electric typewriters and laboratory blood analysis equipment. 4. Salaries must be kept competitive, and the committee must consider how much to include in any proposed raises. Salaries comprise 57 percent of the total expenditure. The board granted a 5 percent catchup cost of living increase June 1, the first in more than two years. 5. Usage of the hospital is up~ 2 percent for inpatient care and 20 percent for such outpatient services as X-ray, laboratory, physical therapy, inhalation therapy and emergency room. 6. Equipment requests by department heads for the next year total $86,000. The board must weigh these requests, and some of them are legitimate current needs. They range from replacing air condition equipment to adding a probe for the nuclear scanner so patient time will be cut down and the machine can operate faster and more efficiently. A modern convection oven for the kitchen and $5,000 investment in inhalation therapy equipment are other sought after equipment needs. McHenry Doctor Speaks Before Project HUB Project HUB of the DuPage- McHenry lung association will meet at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the lower level conference room of Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, W. South Street, Woodstock. HUB stand for "help" us breathe" club according to John Looistra, Woodstock, executive committee member of the lung association. Kooistra said that family members of patients with chronic obstructive lung disease are also urged to attend the monthly meetings, in order to acquire better understanding of a patient's breathing problem. He added that fifty- five persons were in attendance at last month's meeting, showing that people are eager to acquire such information Joseph B. Stanek, Mayor of The City of McHenry, Illinois We Can Plan Kitchen Custom Just Right for You KEYLINE DISTRIBUTORS 4614 W. Route 120 McHenry, III 385-1720 I BISHOP'S AWARD-William Pritchard is shown receiving an award from Bishop Arthur J. O'Neill at St. Peter's cathedral, Rockford. The yearly award is given to a member of each parish in the diocese who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of religious education. Mr. Pritchard is a member and former president of St. John's school board, Johnsburg. From left are Father James McLaughlin, Bishop O'Neill and Father Tom Brady. At a ceremony held recently at the cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Rockford, Bishop Arthur J. O'Neill conferred awards on ouststanding religious educators from McHenry county. The cermony climaxed the observance of Catechetical Week, a week highlighting the work of religious educators all over the United States. Rev. Charles McDonald, director of the National Center for Religious Education, Washington, D C., was present for the occasion. Among the educators honored were Mrs. Lorraine Frost, St. Mary church, and Mrs. Georgia Vavrik, St. Patrick church, McHenry, William Prichard, St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg, Mrs. Lola Slavin, St. Joseph church, Richmond, Mrs. Arlene Dahl St. Peter church, Spring Grove and Mrs. Lois Mathews, Christ the King church, Wonder Lake. County-Wide Resource Guide Benefits Teachers The McHenry County Board of Catholic Education announced recently the publication of a county-wide resource guide for religious educators. The audio-visual catalog, which consists of over seventy pages of detailed information locates the various films, filmstrips, slides, and telespots found in the fourteen parish resource centers of the area. According to Rev. Karl Ganss, MSC, director of religious education for McHenry county, the guide represents the first major effort of the Board to coordinate the religious instructional materials of Catholic educational programs; the catalog is symbolic of a new spirit of cooperation and corporate planning. The McHenry County Media Guide will directly benefit teachers in the seven Catholic elementary schools, Marian Central High School, and the fourteen CCD programs under August Rossetti, M.D., of McHenry, will address the group Oct. 8 on "Allergies and Asthma". Michael O'Rorke, chief inhalation therapist at Memorial hospital, will join the lung association as co-host. Urge President To Study Dairy Farmers' Problems Congressman John B. Anderson (R-Ill.) joined thirty- two congressmen Monday in a telegram to President Ford urging him to immediately convene a White House meeting to discuss ways to meet economic problems faced by the nation's dairy farmers. Text of the telegram to President Ford follows: "As members of Congress who are acutely concerned with the distorted cost-price ratios confronting America's dairymen, we urge that you immediately call a meeting, in the White House, to discuss the problems involved and alternative courses of action that might be taken, like any other small business concern where 'just staying in business' can be a very speculative proposition indeed, so much of this nation's dairy community faces a severe morale problem, dairymen are going out of businesses with increased regularity. This is not a scare tactic or idle threat used by farmers to get attention for their cause. --"It is happening all across the United States and will particular frequency in our greatest dairy producing states. There is feeling among dairymen that public officials don't care about what is happening to them because 'we can always import our dairy needs if the future,' but we all know we can't import good, wholesome dairy products on a guaranteed basis for any length of time. If the dairy farmer is not soon given some stability in the market and confidence in the future marketability of his products, we could seriously jeopardize an adequate the Broad's jurisdiction. Copies will also be available to organizations upon request. The cover of the Media Guide was designed by Rev. Karl Ganss, MSC, with actual work being done by Sam Genovese, Crystal Lake. The individual entries of the catalog were organized by Mrs. Joa«ne Looper, Crystal Lake, and Mrs. Janet Pence, Crystal Lake. The contents were assembled by the school children from St. Thomas the Apostle church, Crystal Lake. domestic supply of milk and milk products for ^U.S. consumers in the long-run. There is a crisis, Mr. President- ~a very serious one. Thus, we would like a delegation of congressional dairy leaders to meet with you at your earliest convenience, at that time, we would be able to provide you with whatever input you desire as well as a discussion of those point that need to be dealt with in formulating positive policy initiatives." Walter Turner Heads Notre Dame Alumni Club The 1974-75 officers elected for the Nore Dame Alumni Club of McHenry County are Walter J. Turner, president; Timothy Lawrence, vice-president, and Daniel Welty, secretary- treasurer. Directors from Crystal Lake are John Corrigan, Clair Lambert, Timothy Lawrence, John Orso, Tom Parsley, Dan Welty. Walter Turner from McHenry is also a director. The club is pleased to announce that th Elgin club has indicated interest to merge with the McHenry county group and from now on all their members will be receiving notices of all their functions. The "Universal Notre Dame Nite" will be held in April and will be scheduled on the date suggested by the university. The club is going to sponsor an award for an outstanding high school Junior of McHenry County. The McHenry Club is also sponsoring a football trip to South Bend for the Notre Dame - Pittsburgh game on Nov. 16. Bus transportation will be provided and all expenses will be included in the cost. Tickets will be sold only on a per couple basis. Club members are urged to make their reservations now by calling Mrs. Burgess at Marian Central high school. GRAND OPENING Saturday HOTEL Entertainment Elusions Fields EASY TO FIND! Chapel Hill To Bay Rd., Bay To Weingart Are You The Winner? Our New Name To Be Announced All (No Purchase Neccessary) killed 'ears- HONORSTUDENTS Bonnie Susan Buss of 3314 W. Golfview road, McHenry, and Thomas Walkington of 5301 Barnard Mill road, Ringwood, were among the 229 undergraduate students at Western Illinois university, Macomb, who were cited for their scholastic achievement Changing Health Care Means Rising Costs (Editor's Note: Among costs that are climbing, affected by many factors are those involved in health care. This is the second in a series prepared- by Memorial Hospital for McHenry County to inform the public on aspects of those cost pressures and to report on what the Woodstock-based hospital is striving to do about maintaining quality health care). The changing nature of the product hospitals provide- health care-is a major factor responsible for increases in hospital costs, says Bert Hanson, administrator for Memorial Hospital for McHenry County. One immediate factor putting pressure on the hospital board concerns the demand to pay more people better wages and improved benefits. The demand comes from the fact that the hospital must pay wages to compete with private industry, and it also has a larger percentage of people than most businesses or industries who are skilled technicians. p Addition to the ski] technicians in recent ye; inhalation therapists, physical therapists, more registered nurses, for example--boosts the amount that goes for salaries. About 57 per cent of Memorial Hospital's money goes for salaries for employees, "By comparison, about 25 per cent of cost confronting industry go to labor." Hanson noted that Memorial Hospital gave employees a five per cent cost of living increase that was a "catchup" since the health care industry had been under strict government controls for more than two years. This increase alone amounted to a $90,000 added expense for a year. Right now the finance committee is preparing the next fiscal year's budget. Increased costs triggered by continued inflation and greater usage of the hospital will boost the budget significantly, says Hanson. Last year the budget was $3,600,000. The next fiscal year it will exceed $4 million. Memorial hospital's cost increases reflect the national trend as analyzed by the American Hospital assocation: More than 50 per cent of the rise in hospital costs is due to increases in the quality and quantity of personnel and services. "Growing demand by the public for more services must be met. Among expectations are the full-service emergency department 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They want outpatient care for such needs as X-ray and laboratory. They want more detailed examination and study by specialists when they need a checkup to find out what is wrong. This requires more sophisticated -- and - expensive equipment. "We have responded and in fact been ahead of the anticipated demand. These services often reduce length of stay in a hospital, and that's a during the summer quarter. They are being honored for compiling a quarterly grade- point average of 3.5 or better, based on 4.0 equals straight A. PAGE 15 - PLAINDEALER-' net reduction in costs at those times." The budget committee finds the cost of almost everything the hospital buys has been climbing steadily-all medical supplies, paper and plastic products, service costs such as maintenance contracts for elevators, bookkeeping machines, lab blood analysis equipment, and intensive care monitors. Other pressures come from increased food costs and increased usage of the hospital by outpatients-about a 20 per cent increase over the preceding year. Inpatient load is also up slightly, about 2 per cent. Efforts to cut costs are reflated in croup purchasing WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1»74 programs and in the dedaion to. consolidate laundry service with several area hospitals, Hanson summarizes. "We are aware of the; climbing cost confronting^ hospitals. We insist on| maintaining the highest-*"* possible quality health care. ~* We will not raise room rates until necessary, but we do know that we have reached near 2* efficiency in our productivity and will •eventually; need to** evaluate when to increase room*2# rates. "We are fortunate to have a$J small debt on our hospital despite major additions Since thus lessening the demands for.*"! interest costs on borrowed^ money." MEN . . . STEP INTO STYLE AT HORNSBY'Sl Men's Leather Oxford Shoes L«ath«r upptri on Our longlotting iol*t ond *•9- Sii»t (4%. 12) 11.99 Men's Rugged Work Boots Mold*d <ol*< p*rm bonded t- oil- raiittant upport! Sitot (6'/,. 12) i4« Men's Denim 0niy & Suede Boots Rugged >u«d« topped by ttitchod donim. Siioi (67,-12) HORNSBYS f a m i l y centers DAILY 9-9 SUNDAY TIL 6 RT. 47 & COUNTRY CLUB ROAD WOODSTOCK, ILL. MARKETMPLACET SHOPPING CENTER McHENRY, ILL. 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