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/ PAGE 3 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JANUARY «, 1978 Still A Dynamo At 75 Some people are so busy in retirement it's hard to tell they're not working any­ more. Take Howard Reic of Portland, Maine, for e ample, who was recently named "man of the year" by the Portland Kiwanis Club. At 75, Reiche is going in more directions than a one- man band. A native of Portland, Reiche has been an educa­ tor for all of his working life. After graduation from the University of Maine, Reiche took a job teaching science at Portland High School in 1925. After teach­ ing in a number of other cities, Reiche was named principal of Portland High ia,Js£47, a job he kept until he retired in 1972. ||"i^Ouid never stay out oi education completely," Reiche told a writer from The National Council on the Aging. That's one of the reasons he now counsels student teachers from the Univer­ sity of Maine who ^pend eight weeks teaching in Portland schools as part of their training. Despite his love of teach­ ing, Reiche is no shy, single- tracked scholar. "I still ski every week during the winter," he said modestly. "I'm not as reck­ less as I used to be but I can still get down the mountain." In reality, Reiche is still an expert, dedicated skier and was one of the founders of the Portland area's Na­ tional Ski Patrol. He's no slouch in the water, either, having been a lifeguard and Red Cross water safety and first aid instructor. If you call the Reiche home and Laura, his wife of life. To, him, being busy isn't unusual at all. That's the way he'll always be. . * - by Gerry Johnson y J IN DAYTONA BEACH, the Daytona Community Hospital is extending until December 31 its experi­ mental program designed to give financial assistance to older citizens by absorbing the current hospital deduct­ ible of $124 for Medicare Part A coverage. "Our Senior Citizens Courtesy Program has been tremendously successful since its inception last Feb­ ruary and has been of as­ sistance to more than 500 patients,n said hospital ad­ ministrator Charles Duscha. The program originally was scheduled to end August 31. Any person 65 or over qualifies for the program even if they are not eligible for Medicare benefits. The hospital subtracts up to $124 from that portion ̂ bf the bill not covered by Medicare for qualified pa­ tients. This also applies to patients who have supple­ mental hospital insurance. Hospital administrators interested in obtaining addi- tional information about the program can write to: Charles Duscha, Daytona Community Hospital, 400 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., Day- tofta Beach, Fla. 32020. 50 years answers the phone, you're likely to hear organ music in the background. If you do, it's Howard Reiche, playing what Mrs. Reiche refers to as "our morning worship service." Mr. Reiche will tell you that "I just like to &et my fingers loosened up before I go to work." During the 1920s Reiche, who also plays piano, had his own band. Today, he's much in demand to play for shut-ins at various institu­ tions--requests which he gladly fulfills. He also plays in a piano quartet and is a member of the Sixty Plus Orchestra. And one mustn't forget his activities on behalf of the Red Cross, the YMCA, service organizations, the Portland Public Library and his church. In his spare time Reiche pursues his interest in geology with the Coastal Maine Mineral Club and the Maine Mineralogical and Geological Association.' Lately, he's been compiling information on early public schools in Portland. Reiche's range of inter­ ests is enough to keep any two people -- young or old -- from getting bored or lazy. What does he attribute his seemingly boundless energy to? He answers jokingly, as if embarrassed that anyone would find his activity-filled life unusual. "It must be the Yankee diet I've eaten all my life," he said. "I drink milk, eat beans on Satur­ day and eat a little Maine lobster." Although he didn't say it, Howard Reiche has obvi­ ously been a dynamo all his MR. CHAIRMAN.... Wolf- man Jack, internationally known star of radio and television, kicks up his heels for Easter Seals as Chair­ man of the 1978 Easter Seal Disco Dance-a-tbons. 'From now through March 5, 1978, GE has reduced Its prices In varying amounts on these selected models, so you may get big savings. GE Great Animal Red Tag Sale! Save $25 General Electric Quality-Built 15.6 cu. ft. No-Frost Refrigerator- Freezer OnV'30Vi" wide -and equipped with ENERGY SAVER Switch . . can help reduce cost of operation. • 4.30 cu. ft. freezer • Two Icon Easy Trays • Slide-Out Meat Keeper • Ron out on Wheels tor easy cleaning • Automatic loe Maker Available (optional,"extra) Regular Price $459.95 W.T. Less "Red Tag" $££ DISCOUNT *434 95 W.T. 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Justen & Son funeral home scheduled visiting hours from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday. A Mass will be offered at St. Patrick's Catholic church Saturday at 11 a.m. with burial in the churchyard cemetery. JOHN A. HINES A 40-year resident of Spring Grove until a short time ago, John A. Hines, 88, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Northwest Community hospital, Arlington Heights. At the time of his death, he was making his home at 1349 S. Vale, Arlington Heights. Mr. Hines was born in Nash­ ville, Tenn. Oct. 24, 1889. He was a member of St. Peter's Catholic church, Spring Grove. Prior to retirement, he was a shoemaker. His wife, Margaret, preceded him in death in 1971. Survivors include a son, James Hines of Wauconda; a daughter, Mrs. James (Edna) O'Connell of Chicago; eight grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren. The K.K. Hamsher funeral home, Fox Lake, scheduled visiting hours Thursday from 3 to 9 p.m. Mass will be offered at St. Peter's, Spring Grove, Friday morning at 10 a.m. with burial at the church cemetery. The family requests Masses offered in the name of the deceased. HELEN MROCZKA Mrs. Helen Mroczka of 406 Pleasant View, McHenry, died at McHenry hospital Sunday, Jan. 1, at the age of 67. She was born March 13, 1910, in Illinois. She leaves her husband, Walter; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Alice) Carl of An- tiochj two sons, Thomas of Chicago and Kenneth of Prairie View; six grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Mildred) Koruc of Chicago and Mrs. Josephine Kelb of McHenry. Tuesday visitation was followed by services Wed­ nesday at the K.K. Hamsher funeral home. Fox Lake, with local burial. Workshop On River Problems The water resource problems of the Fox river basin will be the subject of a public workshop to be held Tuesday, Jan. 10, in Fox Lake. Sponsored by the Chicago district, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the workshop will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Fox Lake, village hall, 301 S. Rt. 59 in Fox Lake. Discussed at the workshop will be the flooding and other water resource problems identified in a recently published report, completed as part.Of an on-going corps' study of the Fox river basin Those LUELLA PALMIER! Services were held in Chicago Tuesday, Jan. 3, for Luella Palmieri, who died at fered at Holy Name Catholic McHenry hospital Friday, Dec. church, Wilmot, Wis., Wed- 30, at the age of 65. She had^-H^sday, Jan 4, with interment made hep home at 3106 S. following at the church attending the workshop, ac­ cording to Bob Warda, manager of the corps' Fox river basin study, will be ^ked to help corps' engineers verify the problems identified in this report Corps engineers, Warda said, will be particularly interested in identifying flood damage- prone areas, types of homes in these areas and the magnitude of flood damages incurred in the past Opinions expressed at the workshop will be incorporated into the corps' study of water resource problems of the Fox river basin This study, authorized by Congress jn 1974, is being conducted to in­ vestigate the water "and related land resource problems of the Fox river basin and to deter­ mine if any federal action is warranted to develop or con­ serve the basin's resources. ^ According to Warda, the study will examine flooding, recreation, water supply and fish ahd wildlife problems u"bin the basin Woods avenue, McHenry. Mrs. Palmieri was born June 5, 1912, in Illinois, and is sur­ vived by her husband, Charles. Local arrangements were handled by the George R. Justen & Son funeral home. JAMES E. CAREY The uncle of Gene Dobyns of McHenry, James E. Carey, died at Burlington Memorial hospital, Wisconsin, Sunday, Jan. 1, at the age of 84. Mr. Carey had made his home in Twin Lakes, Wis. and was well known in the area as a real estate broker for more than 55 years. His wife, Ruby, preceded him in, death in 1959. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Henry (Anna Marie) Bierdz of Silver Lake, Wis., Mrs. Edward (Catherine) Stucka of Riverwoods, II. and Mrs. David (Peggy) Wiseman of Twin Lakes, Wis.; eleven grandchildren; three great grandchildren; two sisters, Ermine Carey of Wilmot, Wis. and Mrs. Joseph (Blanche) Nolan of River Forest, 111; and a brother, Irving W. Carey of Antioch. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Pat Meyer of Or- mond Beach, Florida; and two sisters, Grace Carey of Wilmot, Wis. and Mrs. Helen Dobyns of McHenry. An 11 o'clock Mass was of- cemetery < ARTHUR W. STAHNKE, JR. - McCullom Lake resident Arthur William Stahnke, Jr. of 4404 Lakewood, McHenry, died at McHenry hospital Thursday. Jan. 5, at the age of 65. Mr. Stahnke was born in Chicago April 7, 1912, the son of Arthur and Marie (Ziegler) Stahnke, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Doris, whom he married 40 years ago July 31,1937, in Chicago, a daughter, Mrs. Henry (Gail) Kreger of Des Plaines; a son, Donald W. Stahnke of Palatine; three grandchildren and a brother. John A. Stahnke of Schaum berg?" Wisiting hours at the George R. Justen & Son funeral home were set for Saturday afternoon from 3 to 9 p.m. with services conducted at 8 p.m Interment will be private. 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