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1 PAGE 8 - PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY. NOVEMBER I, MM Whispering Oaks (Whispers*from the "Oaks") Martlynn Hamilton 385-6962 Self Defense falk Presented For Potpourri A goodly number of Whispering Oaks residents, attending the monthly Pot­ pourri series at the Community center, enjoyed a very in­ teresting program on the "Art of Self Defense for the Elderly." Very few accepted the elderly tag but everyone learned a great deal from Sgt. George Meyers of the McHenry County Sheriff s department and Patrolman Bob Zujewski of the McHenry Police depart­ ment, as they spoke on the general aspects of personal safety. Some of the pointers they give are never to hesitate to call the police when help is needed, but give them a chance to help you with enough good information; if going away on trips, notify the police, squads check an empty nome an average of 3 times a night; know your police number, in McHenry it is 385-1231, the Sheriff's phone number is 338- 2141. The police encourage the public using the new engraving plan of etching the Social Security number on all items that could be easily stolen One may borrow an engraver from the Police department. It addition to the talks, a movie "It Could Happen to You," illustrating defense methods that women could easily use, if needed was shown. This was followed by a lively question and answer period. Those attending agreed it was an evening well spent. Lowell McGraw, Potpourri chairman, introduced Don Corby as the new chairman to finish the series. Due to the heavy schedule of the center, no Potpourri will be held in November and December, but starting in January through May an interesting, varied series of programs will be presented on the third Wed­ nesday of each month. On Thursday, Oct. 10, Gladys Erickson, president, Pauline Forbes, vice-president, and two other delegates, Mildred Dempsey and Myra Murray, attended the District I meeting of the Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc. held at the Holiday Inn in Freeport. The Whispering Oaks Garden club became affiliated with the National Council of State Garden Club in June, 1974, and was accorded a warm recep­ tion. After the semi-annual reports were given a delicious lunch was served, followed by an outstanding program of LIVE RADIO COVERAGE EJECTION NIGHT - NOV. 5TH 7 P.M. • UNTIL? ON • • Rl7 PM flower arranging presented by Mrs. Robert Stoffels. Her arrangements were unique and beautifully done. She will be an accredited National Council Flower show judge at the 1975 Chicago Flower and Garden show next spring and advised that the theme of the for­ thcoming show will be "Love." This theme will encompass all aspects of "love" including children, family life, friends, nature, etc Expressing love in the language of flowers promises to be a very enjoyable panorama. The gals all agreed that it was a perfect day for this trip as the trees were ablaze with the most gorgeous colors that Jack Frost could create! HOME ARE THE TRAVELLERS The popular couple, the Reverend and Mrs. William Hanner (Rose and Bill) are home from their happy driving vacation out to Oregon to visit their son, Mike, and to see the Fair in Spokane, Wash. Readers of the Plaindealer have been able to enjoy their trip with them through Bill's popular column. Make#^one wish thatp they could just pack up aneTStart driving too. Barb and Wayne Priehs of Oakwood drive recently returned from a fabulous fly- drive vacation with friends in Austria and Germany, zig­ zagging back and forth across the border, all by back roads to see the REAL people and the REAL towns. They visited Innsbruck, Oberammergau, home of the world famous Passion play, in Linderhof, they discovered mad King Ludwig and his famous castles, exploring several, one high on a mountain top had hot and cold running water, a rotisserie in his oven, in another his sliding glass doors! Who said he was mad? They enjoyed their visit to Salzburg, the home of the Trapp family, toured the old town and "bought out the shops." They enjoyed a special tram ride up 7,000 feet into the snow and watching the natives sunbathing in the snow! With Barbara's "light" German, she became the spokesman for the travellers, they had many adventures and were spellbound with that part of the world. "One can hardly believe the pride and the cleanliness of the two countries and the food was GREAT." Bob and Em Foy of Oakwood drive have just returned home from a three-week Eastern trip. On Long Island, N.Y., they visited their three children, Sandra, who teaches in Merrick, Long Island, Cindy and her new husband, Gerald Monroe, and Eddy and his wife introduced Edd Foy II to his proud grandparents. Leaving New York, they drove to Williamsburg and enjoyed visiting another world. Coming back to modern US, they continued on through South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, visiting friends all along the way. As all tourists do, they visited Disney World and Cypress Gardens among other Florida attractions. Their comment, "It was really en- jeyable but it's so nice to be home." SONG FEST The Whispering Oaks Community center regulars enjoyed an old fashioned song fest following their monthly pot-luck supper Oct. 19. The birthday of Phil Hamilton and Alice Chermak and the thirty- tlyrd wedding anniversary of John and Mary Doerr were honored in song. The songfest was the showcase for the new piano recently purchased by the center. President Signa Wright was the pianist for the evening. It was announced by the general pot-luck chairman, Mrs. Jo Knopik, that due to the Christmas bazaar being held on the regular pot-luck night, there will be no pot-luck in November. The usual great time was enjoyed by many, thanks to the work of the monthly chairman, Helen Gebhardt, and her hard work committee. NOTE In proof reading the column, it struck me that most of the news came from Oakwood Drive. Whispers from the Oaks is meant to be for all of Whispering Oaks. Won't you all try to help me make it so by giving me a call when you have Important Bills Pass Into Law Two important bills before the 1974 session of the Illinois General Assembly are now law, and these bills, H.B. 2049 and H.B. 2234, are of material interest to the taxpayers H.B. 2049 exempts from the ad valorem property tax personal property held by a trustee, guardian, conservator, executor, administrator or other fiduciary to the extent held for the exclusive benefit of a natural person. This new act will eliminate the following injustice: A man dies and leaves $50,000 in personal property equally to two sons, but one son is competent and the other non- competent. The latter son has a court appointed conservator to handle his $25,000 in personal property for him. Under prior law and court cases, the first son paid no personal property tax on his $25,000, but the non- competent son, through his conservator, was liable for personal property taxes on his $25,000. Under the provisions of H.B. 2234, the corporate authorities of a municipality or the county board of a county may impose a use tax on any item of personal property purchased outside Illinois at retail which is titled or registered with an agency of the state's government The rate may not exceed 1 percent of the selling price of the property. The Illinois Depart ment of Revenue will collect the tax for any municipality or county that imposes the tax. The county use tax is to be collect from persons whose Illinois address for titling or registration purposes is given as being in an unincoporated area of the county. The municipal tax applies to those persons whose Illinois address is given as being within such municipality. A municipal some visitors or you have made some interesting trip, or other happy news. All of the Oaks would be interested, won't you share your news with us? Call 385-6962 anytime in the evening, please. ordinance imposing the tax is effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of the publication period. A county ordinance or resolution imposing the tax is effective on the first day of the month following the month resolution imposing the tax is effective on the first day of the month following the month in which the ordinance or resolution is passed. Boats,1sirplanes, trucks, cars.xmobile homes, motor­ cycles^ and trailers are presently registered or licensed by a state agency. An example will help to explain the prior inequilty in tax statutes that H B 2234 attempts to correct (an inequity especially severe to merchants close to stateline borders.) |A resident of Belleville, III., purchased a car (under prior law) in St. Louis and when he titled it in Illinois, paid the 4 percent state use tax. However, if he purchased it in Belleville, he would have paid a 5 percent sales tax, 4 percent to the state and 1 percent to the city of Belleville The Belleyijle dealer was put at a- definite disadvantage, tax-wise, when compared to the St. Louis dealer, and the St. Lchiis dealer capitalized in his publicity on this disadvantage Police Tickets The following tickets were issued by the McHenry Police department: William E. Freund, 3313 W. Waukegan road, McHenry, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident Allen Hasenbuehler, 3218 S. Woods avenue, McHenry, fleeing or attempting to elude police, reckless driving, driving while license was suspended or revoked, driving without lights when required and no valid registration. Thousands of the palm trees surrounding various north African cities grew from the seeds thrown away by besieging armies of past ages. VOTERS INFORMATION-General Election This Voters Information Guide paid for by Independent Citizens for Malone as a SERVICE to the PEOPLE of McHenry County Q. I always vote at a General Election. But tell me again what it is that we're preparing for now? A. You bet. This is the General Election for County, State and National office -- it will be held on Tuesday, November 5th, 1974. Q. So far so good. Now where do I go to vote? A. Look on your Voter's Identification Card. It will give you your Town­ ship and Precinct number. Check this information against the polling places listed below. If you have a question call 4S9-8002 Q. I see. And what are the hours for voting in Illinois? A. All Polling Places in Illinois and in McHenry County are open from 6 A.M. until 6 P.M. on Election Day. Q. I voted in the Primary. Do I have to vote for the same people I voted for then? Q. And what offices are on the block? A. A. There will be four parties fielding candidates for U.S. Senator, for State Treasurer, and for three University of Illinois Trustees. Those parties are Democrat, Republican, Socialist Workers and Communist. The two major parties only are represented on the balance q of the ballot -- with the exception of Independents in District 3. A A Representative to the U.S. Con­ gress will be elected in the 13th and 16th District and three State Repre­ sentatives selected (by cumulative voting) in the 32nd and 33rd Leg is- **• lative Districts. At the County level, voters will elect a County A Clerk, a Sheriff, a Superintendent of Educational Service Region, and a Treasurer. In County Board Dis­ tricts 1, 2 and 3, four Board members will be elected. Two judges of the Appellate Court (2nd Judicial Circuit) will be elected, (one to fill a vacancy, and one Q. additional judgeship); three vacancies will be filled in the 19th A. . Judicial Circuit. And the final page of the ballot booklet win present a question on the Judicial Retention of one judge to the Appellate bench. Tiere will be an additional blue paper ballot -- a constitutional amendment, a copy of which has been mailed to every registered voter -- regarding the Governor's amendatory veto power. No, not at all. No matter which party's primary you chose to parti­ cipate in this year, you can vote for anybody of either party in Novem­ ber. Just be sure you don't punch for more candidates for a parti­ cular office than are to be elected. What do you mean -- punch? We have a punch card voting system here in McHenry County Tuesday-November 5,1974 ELECT JR. DANIEL "DANNY" MALONE. Oh? How does it work? After you get your ballot from the Election Judges i having signed the appropriate application for ballot), you will enter a voting booth You will see before you the Vote Recorder, with its ballot pages listing the candidates for election Yes? That's right. You first insert your ballot card with both hands, the numbered side facing up, into the slot at the top of the ballot book­ let i see illustration i, sliding it gently down until the two holes on the stub fit over the plastic knobs Then, starting at the beginning of the booklet, and using the attached metal stylus (NOT THE PENCIL' i punch the hole next to the names of the candidates for whom you wish to vote * Q. What's the catch? A Well, there are a couple Be sure you don't vote for more candi­ dates for a particular office than there are seats to be filled. In other words, if :i candidates are to be elected, IX)N'T vote for 4, or your vote on that office won't be counted. COUNTY CLERK HE WILL < it-t the tax books back on schedule thus eliminating the thousands upon thousands of dollars lost by taxpayers because tiix bills are late this IS the statutory responsibility of the County Clerk Expand the Clerk's office hours so working people do not lose hard earned income to use its facilities -- such as obtaining marriage licenses, birth and death certificates, tax redemptions, etc Straighten out the entire election confusion in our county; remove the ghost voters" from the polling lists; make voter registration convenient; and eliminate the possible loss of hundreds, if not thousands of votes cast, as did occur this spring on the Mental Health Referendum Work with state, county, township and school officials to establish combined elections and standard polling places. Work hours a day" and 8 days a week" if necessary, to make the County Clerk's Office the office of the PEOPLE. Danny says a public official is elected to serve all people -- regardless of party and has a sacred duty to do everything possible in the carrying out of his legal duties to eliminate the needless waste of taxpayers dollars. I believe that service is what taxpayers expect and SERVICE is what 1 will provide \ times have changed • IT'S TIME TO CHANGE1 VOTE NO. 78 NOVEMBER 5th Q. Fair enough. What else? A. If you make a mistake, don't be embarrassed to ask for a new ballot. You can't correct a card punched in error, and the Judges will be happy to supply you with a fresh one. Q. Why are you making such a big deal about not using the pencil for punching my ballot card? A. For a couple of reasons; if you break the lead in the hole of the machine, that machine is out of commission until the Judges notice the problem and fix it. And too, stubby pencils are used in the booths (they are there for those who want to cast a 'write-in' vote -- and those fat little points won't penetrate deeply enough to punch the IBM card. Therefore, you might think you had voted, but would in fact, have made no punches in your ballot card. i ) . That's pretty clever. Now explain to me that special deal about how you vote -- and how it is counted -- for the office of State Representa­ tive. A All right. In the 33rd District one party has listed two candidates, the other three candidates. Three are to be elected. You the voter, have three votes to spend. You may vote for three different candidates, thereby giving each of them one vote; you may vote for two and give each of them a vote and a half; or you may vote for only one candidate and give him three votes. (In the 32nd District two candi­ dates are listed for each party) Q. What if I don't want to vote for anyone on the ballot? What if I have a candidate who is not listed? A. Then you will want to cast a 'write- in' vote for that office. And the space for that is marked on the in­ side flap of your ballot envelope. Q. OK I've punched and I've written -- and I'm all through. Do I go out now, and drop the ballot into the ballot box? A. No exactly. First you put the ballot into its envelope -- to protect its secrecy. / r Q. Okay, okay. And? A. And you'd better vote the paper ballot before you leave the booth, too. Q. I see. And how do I mark a paper ballot? be marked in the box. ar l^o -- or if A. A paper ballot must be with an 'X' only -- Whether you vote Yes or you are voting for a candidate -- make an X' in the box. Then fold it so the judge's initials show, and carry it out with you to the judge at the ballot box. Don't forget your other ballot! Q. And then I deposit it! A. No -- then the Judge of Election deposits it while you watch. t). How do I vote a "split" ticket? TRAVELERS ALERT A Good question -- If you punch the straight" party vote, you may if you wish, then vote for individuals in the other party, and that vote will take precedence over the candidate in the party of your "Straight' vote. That sounds more complicated than it is. If you punch for the Republocrats' -- a straight vote -- and then vote for John Doe who is a candidate for the Demi- cans'. the vote for John Doe will count. The computer is smart enough to know that you did not intend to vote for Doe's opponent if you went to the trouble of punching for him <l)oci individually. If you will be out of the County on November 5th and unable to vote in your precinct polling place, you can vote by absentee ballot. You may go to the County Clerk's Office in Woodstock (County Building) and vote there through Saturday, Nov. 2nd, 1974 until 5 p.m. The ballot will then be treated as the other absentee ballots received by mail, and sent -- each to its own precinct -- and counted with them. 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Ill W woodtlock SI . Cryttai Laka NUNOA I* - Prairie Oroya School, Mia. II*. Cryttai Laka NUNOA II - Adapt Taoi ft Mtg Co M N waikup Ave . Cryttai Laka NUNOA »* - Nunda Mural Flre Prat OIW . 1m Mia II*. Crytiai Laka •ICMMONO « - Memorial Mall. Mia II. Michmond • ICMMONO I - Richmond Aula Body. Mia II. Michmond • ICMMONO I - Matonic Mall. Bree«wey. fttchmon* VOTE R. DANIEL "DANNY" MALONE - DEMOCRATIC CANIPATE FOR COUNTY CLERK Pol Adv. Paid for by R. Daniel Malone 990 S. Shore Dr., Crystal Lake )