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it *W •'Ww- • • ; • vSSgSlfc i V The Biloxi Bay bridge. 2 miles long with 4 lanes, was completed in 1M2 and coaneets Biloii and Ocean Springs, Miss. ' - . Woes Of Travel Related During Long Trip South (By Father William 0. Hanner, rector emeritus of Holy Comforter Church, Episcopal, Kenilworth) The heavy snows we ex^ perienced in Central Illinois thinned out as we got further South. There was hardly a wisp in Cairo. All was miry mud and dirt. ^jCairo, that alert prosperous river town of the great steamboating days, is a shell of its former self. We had spent a day in Cairo on our honeymoor; had stopped at a hotel where General Grant was once housed; could look out over the levee at the turgid, brown Ohio; had breakfasted well on cakes with sorghum; had a happy remembrance of the busy railroad yards and streets. During war days and while I was rector of - St. Stephen's in Miami we had been through the town often, sometimes on the Illinois Central, sometimes by car. That was long ago! Today the then population of 16,000 has dropped to 12,000, to 9,000 and now to 6,000. There is hardly a shell of its former grandeur. It is desolate, dirty, dumpy, dreary and dowdy. We {>ad to eat in sorry cafe, waited on by sorry folk who must have looked better once, eating lettuce, bacon and tomato sandwiches. When people on the road order THAT in a restaurant it is a judgement. It is hard to make a bad bacon, ldttiMtfc and tomato -sandwich but they can doit in Cairo. Rose could still taste the horrid thing id Mississippi. We made what time we could over the dangerous roads in Kentucky after you cross the river. They are high, not wide enough and are cursed with narrow bridges. In spite of the fact that I am an Episcopalian, in spite of the fact that the Pope has ruled there is no such saint as St. Christpher, I would not want to take a chance on Western Kentucky roads without a St. Christopher medal, without a prayer for safe journey and without paid up car insurance. We made it as you know by your present reading"it wasn't fun and neither really was Tennessee. • Tfitere the roads run through small towns, auto graveyards abound. There must be an enormous number of animals killed along our roads, domestic as well as wild, i wonder why the police do not remove them. I have twice missed deer by narrow margins, an harrowing ex­ perience. This trip there seemed more than usual, cats, dogs, rabbits, the ubiquitous skunk were all there. I am glad there are no longer open ranges in the South-a car and a horse or cow do not mix much better than a car and a bottle. We knew there was a J satisfactory motel in Corinth 'Miss. This was our secon night's goal, After we g settled and had another meal we called up the local rector. Last year we had kept Thanksgiving day with him. He and his wife are both Puerto1 Ricans. They have several children, amongst them a delightful high school senior, Carmen, . named for ler mother. Carmen and her fatfier drove over and took us to risft the family. They were all together for Christmas s» the house was fill. It is a tappy occasion when two clergy can get together and discuss the ways of the world, the State of the Church and the prospective new Book of Common Prayer. This local rector t Puerto v Riean tmeeetry -anf If agree hands 'down on newly every topic. If you like ne I think you'd like him; if you can't stand me I don't think you'd be fond of him either, Anyway we, Father Mattei andl, had a good visit, drank a glass of his ex­ cellent Christmis wine and • happily agreed ;m the terrible state of the vorld. Carmen contributed several choice bits, it was a gala risit. We Cook it e«sy the third day out. We did n»t want to get to Biloxi at nigit so we stopped early at Lauiel where it simply v poured and messed up a nice - wash job I had in Corinth. When yoif Jrive through small Mississippi towns they vie with each other to arrange un­ necessary stop lights. They have ten in town where two would be lots. They change so often they appear to wink and twinkle like Christmas tree lights and they give a sort of dashing exuberance to your progress through several blocks of whatever "ville" or "burg" you may be traversing. Well, we got to Biloxi on the thirtieth. We stopped at a new address we had hoped to have there. Full up. We tried two more we knew in Ocean Springs. Unsatisfactory requirements. But number four was right up our alley. The only thing is we came with sheets for twin beds and this apartment had a queen sized double. Rose went to Keesler field and bought a set Of queen size sheets, very flossy and flowery they are , too. Now what do you do with twin bed blankets in this sort of situation? They were not wide enough. Why, dear inexperienced friend, you run TWO-CROSS WISE-K>f the bed instead of lengthwise and it works, too-just fine! * • * * The reason truth makes such slow progress in the world is that it's in competition with pre­ tense. 13.™ ANNUAL RECREATION VEHICLE SHOW JAN. 16 thru 25 3 MIDWEST'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT DEALER SHOW 18 MODELS DISPLAYED INDOORS FOR YOUR VIEWING COMFORT LOWEST PRICES OF THE YEAR X featuring AIRSTREAM - ARGOSY - MIDAS HOLIDAY RAMBLER •FREE REFRESHMENTS r\ - ;£i. • •DOOR PRIZES •MOVIES •MOTOR HOME RIDES FOR THE KIDS VaOe? CAMPERS U.S. 14^Northwe*t Hwy.) at 31 j CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL (>15)459-6611 HOURS: MON.-FRI. 9-9 SAT., SUN. !M> Lakeland Park Marilyn Nystrom 385-7014 MBA. I lor* i •r/tufti* f w ***»««• I | #*•* *V»M« * State Of Environment Discussed January 23 Hold Order for Selective Sorvko 1-Day Registration Party Honors Local Retiree < On Saturday. Jan. 10, there was a party at the McHenry Moose lodge for Clarence Haerle He retired as engineer from the North Western railroad after thirty years of service. There were one hun­ dred fifty guests coming from# Milwaukee, Kenosha. Franklin Park and DesPlaines, including most of the officials of the railraod. A delicious roast beef and baked ham dinner was served. All had a good time. CONDOLENCES Mrs. Max Doering was notified Thursday that her brother, Ray Franzen of California, died. Her mother, Mrs. Ema Franzen, flew to California for the services. MOVING AWAY Mr. and Mrs. Doering have sold their home, after twenty years in Lakeland Park, and are moving to Arkansas. Mrs. Ema Franzen. Mrs. Doertag'a mother, will be going with them. Sorry to see the family leave. BIRTHDAY WISHES Happy Birthday to Beverly Walinski. Jan. 20, and to Dick Walinski. Jan. 26. . STUDY ZIGGY Although Ziggy the famous Asian bull elephant died at Brookfield Zoo Oct. 2T, 1175, more than just his memory lives on at the University of Illinois Medical Center cam­ pus, Chicago Researchers in the Department of Oral Anatomy, College of Dentistry, it aa bad off as think they J to CM Skinner, Jr., who will speak at the McHenry County Defenders annual membership dinner Friday, Jan 0. Skinner says conditions have improved greatly since the I l l inois Environmental Protection agency was formed. He will preesnt some of these changes and improvements dining the program. %' The dinner will be held at &e Old Courthouse Inn on the •01 S. Paulina, are preeently studying Ziggy's feeding structures, obtained from the head and neck of the S0-year- old elephant soon after it died. Among the material preserved on campus are Ziggy's jaw muscles, jaw joint parts, tongue, larynx and end of trunk. Woodstock Square. The social hour begins at 4:2» p.m. and win be served at 7:10. Reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Bart H. Boomer. Woodstock. An open invitation is ex­ tended to anyone interested in the Defenders. Those who would like to hoar the program but do not wish to attend the dinner are invited to join the group at •: IS p.m. Lt. Colonel W. Robert Kin scherff. State Director for Selective Service in meets, has •• that While oat for Ms Sunday drive the motorist noticed a young lad seemingly running from six largs cantos®. "Looks Mts you could use a ride," said the driver "Hey. thanks a lot," rspfted the ywnptor "Most people wont nop and give me a ri< I've got all theee dop with i which was tentatively for March SI, are held in abeyance as Ford has net yet a proclamation which would authorize such a registration In the event the President sign the proclamation. who are required to be registered will have adoqaote notice of when and where they may register. Colonel Klascherf f recognises thoee who have I involved with and uncompensated registrars and wUl agaih request their cooperetton in the event euthority is received to conduct Area Students Scholastically High At U of I Two area residents were among 1*819 students at Western Illinois university who were cited for their scholastic achievement during the summer quarter. Marlene S. Brackmann of 309 S. Crystal Lake road, McHenry, earned ,a 3£3 on a 4.00 gradepoint average and Ma*y C. Gibbon of 3119 Clearview drive, Wonder Lake, earned a straight "A" average. 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