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PAGE • - PLAINDEALER-FRID AY, JANUARY_n, l«7t POET'S CORNER (This poem was written about Roberto Clemente, a baseball great who entered the Hall of Fame Aug. 6,1973. He played for the Pittsburg Pirates for eighteen years and is one of the few players to get 3,000 hits in hi* career. "ROBERTO" Roberto was the best, Although he wasn't born in the U.S. He had power in his arm, It worked just like a charm. Runners taking an extra base, Found it was like sticking their head ip a small necked vase. * Runners stretching a single into a double, Found with Roberto's arm they had trouble Roberto was his name, Baseball was his game. You couldn't find a better man, I am a Roberto fan. Steve Bremer 5214 Shorehili McHenry ASK ME NOT "Ask Me not" I say Please ask not today. Ask me not "why", for I shall only tell you a lie. Ast me not "who", for I shall never tell you. Ask me not "where", for I shall not hear Ask me not "when", for I cannot tell ever again. Ask me not "how", for I shall not tell you now. I cannot, can't you see, for my life means more to me? I care not what punishment I get for my life I will not bet. Jon C. Anderhub • -r THE POET The radio plays 'em short and sweet and the walls don't very well contain the heat The poet sits and forms the lines that keep him fed from week to week the words come from the heart but the rhythm skips a beat f and the poet only gets stepped on by the big man's feet In a cold damp room » under a small dim light The poet strains his mind to get the words just right He writes of how you have to fight to live then cries '«ause,bis only son was killed • irt Bay of Pigs The poet wipes a tear from his eye and realizes everyone must die he picks up his pen and once again gives it a try he scribbles down some mind messin' words about how e're all pushed around in herds The poet walks to the door staggers then falls to the floor the poet wipes a tear from his eye and realizes he must die The poet never again will pick up his pen and give it a try. Murray Alford WELCOME TO American Legion Post 491 BICENTENNIAL Pancake & Sausage Breakfast SUNDAY, JAN. 30th 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR Ringwood Road, McHenry Eastwood Manor Maty Ann Bellak 385-5705 1976 Fun Fair,. The Best ijver Can anything top last year's successful Hilltop's Parents'- Teachers Organization Fun Fair? How about the 1976 version? HPTO officers say it will be the best ever. The date is Saturday, Feb. 7. White elephant items will be needed again for the auction; you can take them to the school office. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday to Chuck Dunn who will be celebrating on Jan. 26. Many more happy birthdays to you! FIELD TRIP TO PLANETARIUM This past Tuesday, Jan. 20, Mrs. Kaszniak, Mrs. Hoover, and Mr. Roth's third grade classes went on a field trip to the Planetarium in downtown Chicago. The students and teachers left for the Adler Planetarium about 9:15 a.m. and returned to Hilltop about 2:30 p.m. The children brought a sack lunch with for the field trip. The purpose of the trip was to reinforce Science and Social Studies ideas of planers, their size and location; to add to our knowledge of planets; to view the sky. show in order to learn to identify heavenly bodies. Rodney Hunt, David Howard, Darren Klatt, Dawn Melone, Eric Grammer, and Jerry Bellak are a few of the East­ wood Manor students who went on the field'trip. An interesting experience was had by all! BROKEN STREET LIGHT Once again I reported the broken street light on Fairview and Eastwood in our sub­ division. I feel assured this time that it will be fixed in the near future. The report was typed up during our con­ versation. VALENTINE'S DAY Anyone have any interesting ideas for Valentine's day, cards, parties, etc., please give me a call! HILLTOPSCHOOL CALENDAR Jan. 23. Distribution of Pupil Progress reports. Feb. 12 - Hilltop closed for Lincoln's birthday. Ringwood News 653-9008 653-9262 728-0295 .J Children Recipients of Generosity During the holiday season, children and parents of the Greenwood'Ringwood parishes brought mittens to hang on the Christmas trees. Since then, the mittens and a few stocking caps were bundled up and taken to the children's division of the Pioneer center. The children enjoyed doing this and trust that other children will enjoy wearing them. FOLKSENJOY HEARING AFS STUDENT A goodly number of folks turned out for the pot-luck supper at the Ringwood church Sunday evening to hear Sudha Paraman of Penang, Malaysia, speak. "Sue" is an exchange student now attending school at MeHenry West campus and is making her home with the Warren Krebs family in McHenry. She presented a most interesting program showing slides of her native homeland and answering questions from the audience. Everyone enjoyed having her for the evening. McLAKEWOOD 4-H CLUB The McLakeWood 4-H club met at the Byron home on Jan. 12. Roll call was taken by Mandy Aird who also gave the secretary's report. The treasurer's report was given by Dave Christopher. Laura Jacobs gave a report on the executive board meeting. Cindy Byron brought up the "Chris \ Becky Duo $900 a person G 'Chris "nd Becky Duo friday and Saturday nights l_ll_Mj|_||_||.| | J I' rill' - l-l'l ' • DINNER THEATRE PRESENTS "Tunnel of love" JANUARY 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, & 31st includes Dinner, Theatre, Tax & Tip - Theatre \ only $400 Sunday Brunch 30 AM - 1:00 PM '3 Friday Nites •fish fry* of Lake Perch OR Schrod fries and cole slaw $2*® Wednesday PRIME RIB SALAD BAR Nites WITH *645 Choice French Plus regular menu Thursday Nites •steak night' , Choice of N. Y. Strip, Tenderloin, T-Bone or Butt Steak. Glass o' Wine and Salad Bar *675 mchenry country club mchenry, ill. C A R P E T Open to the Public © o 820 phone n. john st. 815-3851072 % topic of Share-the Fun but after some discussion, the club voted not to enter this year. Following the business meeting, Sue Shaeffer gave a talk on dogs. Mandy Aird gave a musical demonstration on the piano. The meeting was ad­ journed and refreshments served by the Byron family. The next meeting will be held Monday night, Feb. 9 at Dan Beaman's home. W. i ABOUT TOWN Recent visitors at the Brennan-Hepburn home were Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Evanston, and Kenneth Brennan. Mrs. Hepburn's sister and brother-in-law, the Russell Soddys of Kenosha, spent Sunday night with her and attended the pot-luck supper at the church. Mrs. Nellie Hepburn recently visited the Webster Blackmons at Richmond. Rex Ray, for­ merly of Woodstock, now from Washington, Iowa, was a supper guest in the Walt Low home last Wednesday evening. It was real nice to see him, say the Lows, as it has been a few years. BIRTHDAY DINNER The January birthdays were celebrated with a dinner at the home of Sue Erwin and children, for Marcey Erwin and Patti Miller. Marcey's birthday was Jan. 13 and Patti's was Sunday, Jan. 18. Those helping in the celebration were Walt and Doris Low and Tom and Ray, Walt and Alice Mae Wilcox of Woodstock, and Cindy Caywood, Bob and Sue Low and Bobby and Mabel Thomas of McHenry, Pam and Dan Kehoe of Elkhorn, Wis. All enjoyed the dinner and fellowship. BIRTHDAYS Happy Birthday on Jan. 25 to Colleen Tonyan and Tom Kane, and on Jan. 26 we find Wesley Bruce, Otto Mergle, and Anza Visconti sharing their special day. Jan. 27 is Donna Barker's special day and Jan. 28 is shared by Bob Malsch and Rose Visconti. Jan. 30 is the day that John Hogan, Jr., and Lisa Ackerman will celebrate and Jan. 31 is Lisa Maugh and Barbara Nelsen's special day. Happy Birthday to all of you people and we do hope that you have many more. I I I I I ENTERTAINMENT IN THE LOUNGE I SATURDAY NITE i L "BOB & THE BLUE TONES" Jj Visitor To China Back With Gift For School Invito Vocalists To Audition For ' May Production . Chicago area vocalists are invited to audition for an operatic performance to be coached and staged by in­ ternationally renowned opera impressario Boris Goldovsky. The May 23 final production, which will be open to the public, will be part of a three-week Roosevelt university opera workshop. Twenty vocalists will be accepted for the course on the basis of their auditions. Auditions will be held Saturday, Feb. 14, in Rudolph Ganz Memorial hall, Room 745, 430 S. Michigan avenue. Final screenings are scheduled for Saturday, Feb, 21. It is not necessary to be a Roosevelt student to apply. Audition appointments can be made by phoning 341-3780. The workshop begins May 3 and ends with the May 23 performance which will include arias and' ensemble scenes from selected operas. Par­ ticipants must be available from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. during the first two weeks and all day during the third. , Elks Announce Increases In Scholarships The Elks National foundation again announces increases in the Most Valuable Student scholarships to be awarded for 1976. For the first time, the total is at three quarters of a million dollars. Ed Hall, Woodstock Elks scholarship chairman, reports that of the 998 MVS awards to be offered nationally, Illinois students will receive sixty (thirty allocated $600 awards and 30 MVS Scholarships ranging from $700 up to the top of $1200 four-year scholar­ ships.) In addition, the Illinois Elks - association will award twelve \ scholarships at $500 each and ten scholarships at $400 each, plus another $400 allocated to the District Junior College scholarship. This adds up to a total of possibly 122 scholar­ ships worth at least $53,000 to be given to Illinois high school seniors through the National foundation funds. Any student in the graduating class of a high school or a college preparatory school, who is a resident of McHenry county and a citizen of the United States of America may file an application. All foun­ dation scholarships are subject to certain restrictions. Application forms are being sent to all high school prin­ cipals in McHenry county. Application forms may also be obtained by contacting Edward W. Hall at the courthouse, 2200 North Seminary avenue, Woodstock. They must be filed on or before Feb. 20. • * * • The main purpose of education isto teach peo­ ple to think. ANNIVERSARIES John and Ann Hogan, a happy anniversary on Jan. 25; and we wish Mary and Earl Son- nemaker a happy anniversary on Jan. 26; Bill and Shirley Cristy will celebrate their day on Jan. 28. Happy, happy an­ niversary to all three couples and we hope that there are many many more happy years for all of you. THINGS TO REMEMBER Sunday, Jan. 25 - church services -- 9:15 a.m. -- Ringwood church Sunday, Jan. 25 - church school - 9:45 a.m. - Ringwood church Thursday, Jan. 29 - U.M.W. workshop - Officers, please go • • contact Althea Walkington. - American Legion Post 491 ® • RINGWOOD ROAD, McHENRY - FISH FRY EVERY FRIDAY (5:00-9:00 P.M.) • PERCH-ALL V0U CAN EAT • OTHER MENU AVAILABLE , • OPEN TO THE PUBLIC I I I "The Chinese people were warm and friendly. We saw much progress being made by people who are industrious and persevering," said Pamela May. former Richmond resident now living in San Francisco. A Pamela, a University of San Francisco graduate last June, had the opportunity to go on a twenty-three-day trip to Communist China in a journey led by an USF professor, Michael Howe, sociology specialist and dean of the university's summer session. Pamela is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold May, Rich­ mond. Pamela spoke before two classes at Marian Central, the county-wide parochial school where her sister, Mary Ann, is a senior. She first showed slides and talked before the senior class in comparative govern­ ment. Then she made a similar presentation tailored to the freshman World Studies class. Pamela made a special 9 presentation to the freshman class, a permanent gift to Marian Central Catholic high school. She presented a drawing, a work of art given her by a class she visited in Shanghai, China. Those students had asked her to give it to the students in the United States as a token of friendship. Pamela explained she chose Marian students because she wanted it here in her native Illinois in a small community rather than California. In­ structor Hans Rokus expressed his appreciation for the gift on behalf of the students. One highlight of the trip to Red China included two days at a People's Liberation Army camp, one of the few U.S. touring groups permitted to watch the Red Army in any form of action. She explained Old Rivals In Continuing Battle Oifor Phone Count In a battle between old rivals, it was Champaign 110, Evan­ ston 93. But it wasn't basketball, sports fans - it was telephones. As of Jan. 1,1975, Champaign had 110.1 telephones for every 100 people (the highest in Illinois). Evanston came in second, with 93.6 phones per 100 people. (Evanston just nudged out its neighbor, Skokie, which had 93.5 phones per 100 peopled The source of these statistics, and thousands of others, is "The World's Telephones," a pamphlet published each year by American Telephone and Telegraph's Long Lines department. The statistics are dated as of Jan. 1,1975, since it takes a year to compile them. Champaign-Urbana is just one of seven metropolitan areas in the U.S. which has more phones than people. The other six are Brookline, Mass., 149.1 telephones per 100 people; Washington, D.C., 135.8; South- field, Mich., 129.0; Cambridge, Mass., 107.4; Palo Alto, Calif., 103.8; and San Francisco, 102.3. Throughout the rest of the world only one other city, Stockholm, with 107.6, has more telephones than residents. Chicago has 74.2 phones per 100 people. The national average is 67.65; the world average is 9.1. Kent, Ohio, has the fewest phones per 100 people in the U.S., with 42.7. World-wide, there was a total of 358.6 million phones at the beginning of 1975. That's 22.3 million - or 6.6 percent - more telephones than there were on Jan. 1, 1974. »• The United States, with its ' 143,972,000 phones, is still first in the world in number of phones. Its nearest rival, Japan, has 41,904,960. And, because of the large number of phones in the U.S., calling volume is, also considerably larger than any other country. In 1974, more than 200 billion callls were made, a new U.S. record. Japan was again a distant second with 45.5 billion calls. ' Roger Claypool Sails, Explores Carrlbean Sea Roger Claypool, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Claypool, 4212 W. Ponca street, McHenry, is one of a group of Tarkio college (Missouri) students who are spending the month of January sailing and exploring in the Caribbean. The group of twelve students, accompanied by Professor Michael Schneider and Dr.. Harold L. Ermey of the Tarkio college faculty, chartered a sailboat and skipper for the cruise. The course includes the culture and history of the area as well as teaching the students how to sail and live on the sea. . . . . t If you make mistakes every day don't feel dis­ couraged; there is no one who doesn't.. they perform functions besides military-duties similar to what our National Guard might perform in time of a flood or fire. v The group, composed of eleven men and eleven women, ranged in age from 21 to 72. Three Jesuit priests in the group spoke Mandarin, the language spoken in northern China. She said in discussing progress, she speaks in relationship to the gains made the past twenty-five years and the prospects for increased improvement in living stan­ dards. . ; "By the year 2,000 they claim they will be as industrialized as the U.S. and Russia. They left their feudal landlord-serf life twenty-five years ago, and I was impressed with their programs to improve. They are poor compared with us, but the people are hard-working and Work for the good Of each other." * Agriculture is important to the economy. At wheat harvest time perhaps 80 per cent of the peasants harvest the wheat, mostly by hand. Some city people help out, too, she added. Vegetables and rice is their main diet. "Beef is practically unheard of. They do have some pork and eat quite a bit of fish and poultry. Health care is almost free for everyone. "We wanted to visit a mental- hospital or some kind of mental institution, but were turned down. I understand mental illness as we know it is not considered the same.way in China. Few, people are con­ sidered mentally ill, and those people who ieed help are kept in the comjnunity, at home if possible." Pamela said she did have discussions on political mat­ ters. The Chinese are fearful of the Russians. They believe a nuclear attack threat is real. As for the U.S., they let the group know they do not like our two- China policy and insist that the U.S. will have to give up recognition of Taiwan before the U.S.-China relationship can improve further. Most of the political discussion was with the in­ terpreters, she explained, people with whom they could converse easily and who are well-informed intellectually. \ set Your rtr/ndsoonh?. vou&z-cmx Your rpidrn ft* errors. SOMETHING EXCITING IS HAPPENING AT THE CULLOM KNOLL! 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