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June Statistics 176 Die On Illinois Roads The superintendent 6f Illinois state police, Lynn E. Baird, has announced the latest figures which indicate that during the month of June, 176 persons died from injuries sustained from traffic accidents on Illinois streets and highways, State police, District i, which covers Lake, McHenry, DeKalb, Kane and DuPage counties, reports 142 persons have been killed in these counties since Jan. 1 of this year. One hundred seventy one persons were also killed during the same period last year in these counties. A breakdown of the counties fog statistics in June of this year shows Lake county had 5 fatalities; McHenry county had 2 fatalities; DuPage county had 14 fatalities; Kane county had 7 fatalities and DeKalb county had 2 faiaiities. As a comparison for June of last year, Lake county had 8 fatalities; McHenpy county had 3; DuPage county, 8; Kane county, 10 and DeKalb county, none. . Eight hundred forty two persons have been killed in the entire state since Jan. l of this year. There were 990 persons killed during the same time period last year, showing a decrease of 148 under last year Society for Prevention Of Blindness Marks Anniversary Major causes of blindness with the unfamiliar names of ophthalmia neonatorum and trachoma were prime targets of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness in the early 1900's The strangeness of the names is not only because they are medical terms, but because they have been all but eradicated as causes of blind­ ness in this country, for decades now They have been eradicated in large part due to the perseverance of the society NSPB's cause is preserving eyesight, certainly one of our most precious possessions NSPB is marking its 70th an­ niversary in 1978, and its current campaigns are against causes of blindness with more familiar names: amblyopia or "lazy eye," glaucoma, cataract, eye accidents The society campaigns in many ways, as it has throughout its seventy years of service The campaigns of yesteryear have included sending medical teams by mule train into the hills of Appalachia to set up trachoma clinics; pam phleteering in the 1920 s to warn against blindness caused by consumption of wood alcohol; setting up programs and developing special materials for the education of partially sighted children Today's campaigns use methods familiar to most of us: vision screening programs across the country; educational materials released through the nation's media; eye-care programs brought directly to special audiences; promoting eye-protection legislation; the availability of publications and films; the utilization and guidance of thousands of volunteers; resources and educational materials for those in health professions; funding for medical research The society has emerged in 1978 as a central resource for the public and for the eye-care professions, on ways and means of preserving eyesight, preventing blindness. Yet it maintains, primarily through the work of its twenty-three 4tate affiliate organizations nd its corps of over 25,000 volunteers, a variety of direct services to individuals, in communities across the country. The causes of blindness targeted for NSPB's preventive efforts have changed over the years Many former enemies of eyesight have fortunately been controlled or eliminated But new ones have emerged; and in addition, the Society has enlarged its program to include areas formerly beyond its scope One thing has not changed over the 70 years: The society is still guided by the fact that fully half of all cases of blind­ ness which occur can be prevented People must still be helped to help themselves In the area of preservation of sight, the need continues; and in 1978 the Society's work continues. FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 12, 1928) Citizens State bank is the new name adopted at a meeting of the stockholders of the Fox River Valley State bank. The election of directors was also held, in which several new names were added on to the board. A plan of reorganization has been in effect for the past year, and is now nearing completion. The new board of directors include M H Detrich, Chas. F Renich, William Welch, Fred Pabst, Dr. David G. Wells, and Victor H. Thiele. Plans are now before the board of directors for a general arrangement of the interior of the banking room, which if made will add much to the convenience of the public in transacting business at the bank. The Loyal Order of Moose band of twenty-two pieces, under the direction of W.N. Sears, will play on the regular trip of the Gladola on Sunday, July 22, leaving the Hunter Boat company pier at 1 p.m. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 21, 1938) Taking issue with Governor Horner over the appropriation clause of the new drivers' license law, Secretary of State Hughes moved swiftly last week to set up administration machinery for the measure. Applications will be ready for distribution to the state's 2,700,000 motorists shortly after Aug l. The first licenses were expected to be in the mails by the middle of the month. Passed by the recent special session of the legislature, the law requires that every Illinois motorist be licensed by next May 1 Maximum penalties of $300 are provided for failure to comDlv. Rep Thomas A. Bolger and Mrs Bolger were among the 1,000 persons attending the great reception at the Stevens hotel at Chicago in honor of the visiting Swedish royalty, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crouto Princess Louise. Mr Bolger w^s a member of the Legislative commission ap­ pointed by Governor Horner to attend the banquet Mr. and Mrs Nels Pearson of McHenry attended the festivities for the royal visitors at Soldiers field TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 16, 1953) Mailgram Service Speeds Delivery School Perspective (Grade School District 15) McHenry Elementary District 15 administrators wish to share the following item which appeared in the June 1 9 7 8 i s s u e o f E d u c a t i o n U S A with parents and the school community: THIS IS A TRI E STORY: CONFIDENCE IN SCHOOLS I P Despite the much publicized taxpayers' revolt and com­ plaints about the high cost of education, the public's regard for education leaders has risen considerably since 1975 And educators now rank second only to leaders in medicine, according to a survey by the National Opinion Research center About 41 percent of the public expressed a "great deal" of confidence in educators in 1977. up from 31 percent in 1975 Further, the public seems generally satisfied with their local schools Only 4 percent judged their schools as inadequate while their police protection was rated inadequate by 8 percent, hospitals by 12 percent and public transportation by 36 percent These are just a few of the facts and figures in the 1978 version of The Condition of Education put together by HEW's National Center for Education Statistics. For the statistically minded, here are a few of the other interesting tidbits For the first time, more than half the nation's school age children have working mothers In 1977, 52 5 percent of the children between ages 6-17 had working mothers, up from 44 percent in 1970 The nation's total bill for education was $131 billion in GET PROFESSIONAL carpet cleaning results! (At do-it-yourself prices) HINT OUR RINSE N VAC the new portable easy to jse hot water extraction carpet cleaning machine that GENTLY •nnses carpet fibers with hot water and cleaning solution •loosens anfl lifts all dirt gume and residues to the carpet surface where they are immediatelj vacuumed up •lea»es »our carpets CLEAN fRESHano O D O R f R E E ' 1976, about 7.7 percent of the gross national produce. Health costs are about $10 billion higher, while defense spending accounts for $88 billion. The vast majority of Americans, both white and black, favors integrated schools, but only 12 percent of whites and 45 percent of black support inter-district busing to achieve integration. -Just about half the children ages 3-5 are enrolled in a preprimary program, up from 29 percent in 1966. However, elementary school enrollment will continue to fall through the 1980's Elementary enrollment was 319 million in 1966, 29 million in 1976 and is projected to be 28.5 million in 1986 Total secondary enrollment will drop more sharply, from a high of 20 3 million in 1976 to about 16.7 million in 1986 The proportion of college students who are black rose from 4 6 percent in 1966 to 10.7 percent in 1976 Among 18-24 year olds with a family income of $5,000 to $20,000, the college enrollment rate of blacks ex­ ceeds that of whites Among members of the high school class of 1972. only 18 percent had received college degrees by the fall of 1976 About 45 percent had attended some college. -Personnel for other than teaching or research duties make up about 40 percent of the staffs of elementary and secondary schools and about 65 percent of the college staff -About 54 percent of recent college graduates who applied to teach actually got full-time teaching jobs. But success depended much on the subject area, since 75 percent of special education candidates got jobs compared to only 36 percent for those in the spcial sciences. -The number of adults enrolled in basic or secondary education classes more than doubled between 1972 and 1976 And more than half the adult students are black. Asian, or Hispanic About half the families with an 18 year-old child have at least one other college age child The total cost of sending a child to a four year public university accounted for 15.1 percent of the median family income in 1967 and 13 9 percent in 1977 About 80 percent of parents with elementary school children hope, and more than 60 percent expect, that their child will attend college Although mailgrams have been around since 1970, many people may not be aware of the speedy delivery they offer as the result of a joint venture by Western Union and the U.S. Postal service. Less expensive than a telegram and faster than a letter, mailgrams move through Western Union's electronic transmission net­ work to teleprinter terminals strategically looked in 140 U.S. and thirty-s$#n Canadian postal i iLp. a 11 a t i o n s Preferential t«atment gets the mailgram delivered by letter carrier with the next business day's mail Messages must be entered by 7 p.m destination time. Mailgrams can be sent by phone or from any Western Union office They also can be sent by Telex or TWX machines NOTICE To compensate for any inconvenience you may suffer during our present construction program, the.. . * -- McHenry State Bank has extended their Drive-In Window Hours: DAILY from 8AM to 6PM - SATURDAY from 8AM to 3PM Vy •wrm- I' iiimtu"" C.UM' llllt '»•» CtUtU l<MH Start tar aniv (2% Hf. $5 00 Mm.) Mm HR ONLY S12 00 FOR 24 HOURS ACE HARDWARE 3729 W Elm St. McHenry, III. 385 0722 X Before a crowd of about 750 people assembled in the high school gymnasium a tall, dark- haired beauty from Island Lake was named the 1953 Marine day queen She is Val Cappell !7, d a u g h t e r o f M r a n d W * J o h n L. Frey. a June graduate of the McHenry high school McHenry area residents will be more than happy to learn that the famous Boys Town choir of .Nebraska has been engaged to present a concert in the high school on Oct 20$lnder the sponsorship of the Catnolic Order of Foresters. Relatives of Rt. Rev Msgr^Nicholas Wegner, who took over duties as head of Boys Town with the death of Father Flanagan a few years ago. hope that he will be able to visit McHenry at the I'.U.h ? PI ' time of the boys an«?ia: a»ice locally M?er We tener has three fi'-s* cousins residing in this a.ea, Joseph Wegner of '.icHenry. George Wegner of Lakemoor and Mrs Joseph Hertel of Fremont Center TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 19. 1968) , \ Bids for work on the east campus (present high school > were opened by the board of School District 156 and ap­ proved Rosenow of Chicago was low bidder for repair of the school roof in the* amount of $18,103 45. H E BuchvAvas the successful bidder, submitting a price of $27,449 for taking out the two coal-fired boilers and retaining the oil-fired in­ stallation for emergency use. It FRIDAY. JULY 14. I97H anrt a new boiler for the east campus A distribution of $150.000 in taxes held in escrow since 1966 is expected to be made by the county treasurer's ofrice Because no agreement had been reached on several funds county highway, county aid to building bridges, tuberculosis and federal aid to matching fund - an additional $33,000 will not be distributed at this time Of the total. $31,640 is distributed to township funds and $53,787 to protesting tax payers McHenry's annual ap propriation ordinance was passed by the City Council in the amount of $700,600 to cover possible expenditures during the current fiscal year The total last year was $562,996.71 and through computer generated address tapes Postmaster Leroy Smith said mailgrams have about the same impact as telegrams for greetings and congratulations, sales promotions, new product announcements, price changes, sales force communications and fund raising He said an option of the service is a business reply mailgram The mailgram recipient receives a blue business reply envelope to respond to the sender 's request Replies are returned for the price of postage plus a handling charge. A certified mailgram service provides evidence of delivery Mailgram service has grown rapidly. From the 700,000 mailgrams sent nationwide in 1970, the number has jumped to 28.5 million in Fiscal 1977 D|NTUR^WEAR|RS! DENTURES CONSTRUCTED! DENTURES REPAIRED! Haiti Replace tooth in denture s15 00" (each additional tooth).... ^ 10.00 Repair most cracked dentures... 20.00 Reline Dentures 7W 50.00 FOX LAKE DENTURE CLINIC (Just W. of R.R. Station) Please call for an appointment 312-587-5053 18 E. Grand, Fox Lake, NEW HOURS: Mon. & Sat. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tues., Thurs., Fri. 9-6 CLOSED WED. 3510 W. ELM STREET - McHENRY - 385-1040 3 Iowa r wo cd Super Summer Savings . . . cool it!! You can plant on the hottest summer days! 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