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SECTION 2 - PAGE • - PI • Al NDEALER-WEDNESDAY.. APRIL 21. 19» \ EDITORIflLS Where Was The War? The Bicentennial year means all are subjected to numerous reminders of the Revolution, of the nation's struggle for independence. Well and good. But did it all occur in the northeast? On television and in commercial display, one would think the whole affair took place north of Washington, D.C. With due respect to Lexington and Concord and Paul Revere and Trenton, Philadelphia, etc., a few things did happen in the southern colonies. Of course, history books are written for the vast majority and especially since the Civil War that part of the Revolutionary War which occurred in the South has received scant attention. Could it be partly because the victorious Union in 1865 and afterwards didn't care to stress that most of the Presidents to that time had come from the South, and that the South in fighting to secede was doing what the thirteen colonies did in 1776? It's also partly due, no doubt, to the fact that the impoverished South did less to chronicle its history in the last century and, as noted above, to the fact that the big market for history books is in the other four-fifths of the nation. Yet it was in North Carolina that the first secession ordinance was passed and there were numerous battles fought in South Carolina over a period of years. It was at Yorktown, Virginia, that the final, deciding battle was'fought. The guerrilla campaign waged against the British by the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion of South Carolina, is one of the war's great stories. Etc. Yet one sees little mention of any of this, even in the South. One hopes the nation's historians and promoters will sharpen their history during the rest of the Bicetennial year and tell it like it was. The transparent wrap on pre-packaged meat, poultry, or fish is designed for refrigerator storage at home for 1 or 2 days. EARL R. WALSH & JACK WALSH INS. Fir#, Auto, Farm. 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There are other values besides economic gains that come to the individual who seeks to develop something of beauty and perfection in accordance with the laws of nature. It may take years to develop an attractive lawn or garden, but the task will bring satisfaction. Iq the meantime, while Mother Nature transforms the earth in new regalia, we can at least clean up our premises. A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Weekly Market Review Having been around for so long and being, after all, a composite- of human intellect and emotions, it should stand to reason that the stock market has developed old and usually corn pone slogans for all occasions. A couple which seem timely to drag out and discuss a bit are "stocks are not for the faint of heart" and "patience is a virtue". When market action went from being simply tired since early February to where it showed signs late Last week of needing an extended stay in an intensive care ward, we used another old saw on a fellow market observer and said "isn't it too bad the stock market can't be a one way street?" His answer which illustrated the current mood was a terse, "if it were it would be all bad". It is no surprise to any reasonable Bull that after a vertical move - such as stocks experienced in January - stocks rest and pull back in price to both correct temporary excesses and to attract new buyers. For the past two months we have had such a correction with a few stocks being hammered, most down a relatively moderate percent but not enough to rekindle real fears, and a very select few up a bit. Late last week, however, stocks started to act very ragged, selling pressure picked up, declines broadened, and the general mood started to become more pessimistic. Has the market made a primary top- we see little evidence technically or fundamentally of this. Are stocks ready to take off on the upside-current market action says no. The popular explanations for recent selling cover renewed concern about New York City, fighting in the Middle East, and potential inflationary impact of this year's labor negotiation!. However, we believe it is due to the technical condition of the market and what is apparently too high a level of confidence which made stocks vulnerable to any news. Now this is when not being "faint of heart" and being "patient" come into play. First of all, it is never easy-except for a rare few weeks-to make money in the stock market but rather we always have to suffer somewhat before succeeding. Also, good results very seldom come quick and easy and one must invest both money and patience. We continue to believe the big and knowable picture is Bullish but short term our fortitude and patience appear to have some additional testing to go through. INFLATION: "When one can live cheaper than two." Anon. LAUGHTER: "A universal bond that draws all men closer." Nathan Ausubel PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindeaier invitee the public to use this column as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only request is that the writers give - signature, full ad­ dress and phone number. We ask too, that one in­ dividual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we con­ sider libelous or inobjec- tional taste.) HEALTH SYSTEMS "Editor: "As our County board's appointee to the Membership committee for the new Health Systems agency for Lake, Kane and McHenry counties, I feel I must speak out in defense of Operation Health and Com­ prehensive Health Planning for McHenry County, and the new Health Systems agency for the three-county area. "Also as a member of CHPA for McHenry county, I have seen both of these organizations struggling to proceed with basic sound health planning for our area so that future generations will not be faced with health solving problems such as where, when, and how to plan and implement hospital needs, medical facility needs, out-patient care, emergency psychiatric bed care, mental health care, and the care of our mentally retarded adults. In planning ana studying all these health needs, these organizations try to keep the goal in mind of not having it bankrupt either the consumers or the government as man­ dated by Public Law 93-641. "For the past five to six years the volunteer board members of these two agencies have given countless hours and driven countless miles so some of these goals might be attained in the future. "Although not a board member, I have attended most of these meetings and was disappointed that MORE of the people involved in primary patient care were not in- THERE'S ONE J* .|Mt Ft" VlfiUS •--! svomts WHICH ONE? I Merchants Take Note! Spending Habits terested in taking part in this endeavor. "But now when the federal government has changed the rules and these organizations have made application to become the agency for health planning in our three-county area under the new H.S.A., the primary care organizations have joined in a boycott of this group as Health Planners. Their complaint is that they were not consulted as to board selection. At no time during the planning process did they voice an objection or contribute to the work load. It is only after the fact that they have become militant and threatened to stop their application. "It is my humble personal opinion that these so-called professionals could care less about board makeup or any aspect of planning to be done; they just want to stop the H.S.A.'s period. The new H.S.A. board has met and considered and approved all the demands made by the medical societies in the three-county area and they still withhold approval or say they really don't have the Of Youth 1 Early this Spring, the eighth grade students of McHenry Junior high school conducted a survey to determine the spending habits of their age group. The results were such as to open wide the eyes of merchants as they take a second lot* at the direction for emphasis their merchandising efforts may take in the future. Following are summarizations of two students as they viewed the results : "HEAP WAMPUM" "How much, you ask, is heap wampum? $6,476.44, that's how much! The eighth grade class of McHenry Junior high conducted a survey on money spending. The survey was taken to find out exactly how much the average eighth grader spends in one month's time. Starting Saturday, Feb. 21, the eighth graders kept track of everything that they spent. The date, purchase, price, and whether the item was necessary or unnecessary, were recorded on individual charts. The recording of expenditures lasted until March 21. Then the real work began! "A whole week was spent getting all the information sorted, added, divided, charted, and understood. The first day was spent on adding together individual expenditures. Those figures were charted on a 'total spent, total unnecessary, and total necessary' basis. Percentages were carefully figured and graphed. The next day we got together in our rows and pooled our sums. Those were carefully computed. Then the classes did the same, and Anally the whole eighth grade expenditure figures were obtained. "The results were surprising! Altogether, $6,476.44 was spent, $4,931.41 on necessary items, and on unnecessary items $1,545.03 was spent. That's $47.97 per person in one month's time! $36.53 on necessary things and $11.44 on unnecessary things. "All the information was written down and charted on circlegraphs. "Six thousand four hundred-seventy-six dollars! Not bad, 'eh'. At least I think it's a pretty nice sized amount Just think, if we go on spending the same amount each month, that would amount ot $77,717.28 a year! By just 135 persons! This isn't even Christmas or summer; times in which presumably more money would be spent. "Do you think that that is too much money? Or do you think that we should spend more? I do think that the eighth graders could stand a little lesson on saving unnecessary spending money. "This assignment didn't change my spending habits, as I did not even spend half of the average, but it has made me think more about the money I spent. I think this was a worthwhile and fun activity, and the end result was interesting to know. "Lori Robertson" ANOTHER VIEW "As eighth grade students of McHenry Junior high school, we wanted to find out how much the average eighth grade student spent in the course of one month. "In order to do this we, ot course, had to wait one month while the eighth grade students shelled out cash. "Every eighth grade student at McHenry Junior high participated in this activity (excluding about fifteen students who didn't get their information in). "We went about getting the information like this: For the first month, each individual recorded his daily expenditures. Then after a month of this, we brought our totals (total expenditures plus total necessary and total unnecessary) to class (Mr. Cesaroni's social science class) and added all the totals of our row. The other rows did the same. The next day, we added all the totals from all the rows to get the totals for the whole class. Then the final day, we added the totals from all the classes to get the totals for the whole eighth grade and then found the average eighth grade student's totals. Here are the results: Individual "Total Expenditures: $22.47 "Total Necessary: $16.87 (75 percent) "Total Unnecessary: $5.60 (25 percent) Our Row "Total Expenditures: $138.76 "Total Necessary: $111.97 (80 percent) "Total Unnecessary: $26.79 (20 percent) Our Class "Total Expenditures: $1210.12 "Total Necessary: $721.81 (60 percent) "Total Unnecessary: $488.31 (40 percent) Eighth Grade "Total Expenditures: $6,476.44 "Total Necessary: $4931.41 (76 percent) "Total Unnecessary: $1545.03 ( 24 percent) Average Eighth Grade Student "Total Expenditures: $47.97 "Total Necessary: $36.53 (76 percent) "Total Unnecessary: $11.44 (24 percent) "Frankly, I was not surprised by the large amounts spent by these eighth graders with all the things that teen-agers are buying these days: candy, movies, cigarettes, etc. These all affect these tallies greatly. "A lot of kids will blame these high figures on inflation but I disagree. I think we are getting and-or spending too much money. "I do know this for sure: after seeing the results of this activity I, for one, am going to be more frugal about how I spend my money "To me, this survey was very worthwhile because it kind of spending habits we, as future adults will have belts and spend our money more wisely! "Paul Wilson" me to see what we tighten our Are You New In McHenry Area ? »»»»»»»»»»» Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA ! ! ! ! ! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 rW A*'r % •I ^ IK M WI ICO Ml <Oa . k KNOW YOUR AREA-ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST "The cleverest of lies last only a week." Japanese Proverb r Lake Chad, Africa, is ususual among lakes in that it has many inlets, but no outlets, yet is not salty, like the Great Salt Lake. The feeder streams flow through areas that are devoid of salt. authority to speak for their members. They have the authority to withdraw support in their members' name, but not the authority to speak cooperatively to the issues involved. "If they were doing such a great job, why have they not policed their own ranks of the rip-off artist preying on the poor and the elderly who are on medicare and medicaid, and the quacks in their profession who are causing the high cost of malpractice. They want us to entrust our lives to them but are afraid to let the consumer have a majority voice in planning for their own health needs. Perhaps our lawmakers should start an investigation of the most powerful professional unions in this country-in my opinion, the medical societies and the AMA. "Very truly yours, "Julia M. Covert" New Badge Aim To Make Scouts Wise Consumers It says in the Scout handbook, "A Scout is Thrifty", and ac­ cording to Robert Heisler the nation's largest youth organization is doing something these days about helping a boy become a wise buyer. That something, Heisler says, is a new merit badge called "Consumer Buying/' Heisler is an executive board member, Blackhawk Area council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc., and heads its Ad­ vancement committee. Through requirements which help a youngster to learn about guarantees, brand differences, possible misleading ad­ vertising, and implied warranties, it teaches the merits of comparative shop­ ping and urges young men to "take a stand" on consumer issues. Although consumer advocate Ralph Nader's column is among those pictured in the first printing of the 64-page pamphlet released with the new badge (so is a Sylvia Porter column on budget preparation), the badge is carefully designed to be a fair presentation on business, big or small. In helping a boy become "an educated consumer," Heisler adds the merit badge leads him into such trails as making sure a sale is really a sale, not buying more than one needs, pricing for per units costs, watching for (and watching out for) promotional gimmicks, understanding product safety, packaging, and credit laws, and why prices are often higher and quality lower in stores serving low-income areas. For Your Information K0ENEMANN Country Made Sausages, Hams and Bacon GERMAN IMPORTS AND CHEESES A Full Line Of Delicatessen Dear friends, During visiting hours, it is very helpful to the bereaved (kmily to hear what the life of the deceased has meant to others, some of whom they may not even know. The visitation, in the presence of the viewable body, provides a proper setting for these expressions, which will be recalled many times by the bereaved in working thru their period of grief. 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