There's An Answer Slate Membership Dinner »«.luwni , »• Uilltvnill Wf UN (by INorniaii Vincent I Vale and Rutli Stafford I Vale) So Much Love to Give Q. I dated a nice man for almost 4 years. He was warm and nice to be with. But I feel he was ashamed of me because he wouldn't take me anywhere. We'd watch TV at my apartment. He had a good many problems with finances and health, and many times I went without just to help him. I never regretted it. I loved him and still do. A year ago he asked me to get a loan for him. and I couldn't do it. I haven't heard from him or seen him since. What can 1 do to get him off my mind? I'm 32 and I'm hurt and londy. I have so much love to give and want so much to marry. A. You impress me as a person with a warm and giving nature whose desire to give love and to marry blinded you to this man who, quite abruptly, disappeared when you could no longer help him. I can understand how hurt and lonely you feel. But dwelling on these thoughts will not bring you happiness or someone to love. Try to direct yourself toward new friends; join a church group, an exercise class, a community organization. Open yourself up to new people and new situations, and soon your mind will be dwelling on the future and its opportunities father than on the past. * We are sending you our booklet, Help Yourself With God's Help, which is free to any reader of this column. Write to us at Box 500, Pawling, N.Y. 12564. Trying to be Perfect Q. I am 30 years old and have been struggling with depression off and on for the last 5 years. Without any real warning I can get myself into these depressions. I just ruin so many days which could be enjoyable and worthwhile. I know Fm trying to have the "perfect marriage" and be a "perfect mother," and that I shouldn't do this, but it's so hard to change yourself. The whole thing is so complex. Is there any way I can stop doing this? A. You have already taken the first steps in conquering depression and your need to be perfect. You recognize, correctly, that life shouldn't be this way. The goals we set for ourselves should be realistic. They should inspire us, but they should not control us. Trying to be a perfect mother (an unrealistic goal, considering the frailty of human nature) leaves no room for a spontaneous, easy relationship between a mother and her child. Try, for example, taking your youngster in muddy playclothes to the supermarket rather than in the "perfect" clothes you usually require. To your amazement, you'll experience an ease, a rapport with your child because unnecessary pressures are lifted. Savor that moment of relaxed closeness with your child and pull it out when you next feel yourself slipping into a depression. Try this experiment in other areas of your life: your marriage, housework, etc. One moment of success will lead to another and slowly but surely you'll emerge from darkness into an enriched life. If there is something you would like to ask Dr. and Mrs. Peale, write to them at Box 500, Pawling, N.Y. 12564. Set Catered Dinner The annual membership dinner of the McHenry Unit No. 491, American Legion Auxiliary, will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, with- a happy hour at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The dinner is free to all paid up mem bers and the Rifle Squad will prepare and serve the meal. Guests include the 11th District President, Dorothy * MigallS of Wheaton and McHenry County Council President, Mary Earner, their "secretaries and husbands. Following the dinner, everyone is invited to dance. Reservations are to be made with Mrs. Jack (Pearl) Cooper, McHenry or Mrs. Courtney J. (Ceil) Violett, Woodstock. / The next regular meeting of the auxiliary is scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at the McHenry American Legion Post home. Refreshment chairman will be Dorothy Mi Miller, with her committee in cluding Barbara Freund, Dolores Steiner, Dorothy Freund, Patricia Coughlin, Elizabeth Rankins, Marilyn Ehlen, Betty Bockman, Emma Lieser, Shirley Smith, Suzanne Homo, Signa Molnaire, Rae Ellen Fenner, Cheryl MoWrer, Helen Bacon, Danita Chesler and Mary Ann Schadt. Midge Scharf, Children and Youth chairman, ex pressed her appreciation to all who donated canned goods and money for the baskets for needy families. The McHenry Junior Auxiliary will meet Satur day, Feb. 16, 3 p.m., for a meeting, followed by a volleyball game at a local school. All junior members are expected to attend. BIRTHS Among births recently recorded at Memorial hospital for McHenry county, Woodstock, was the Feb. 6 birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rbbelia, McHenry and a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Senitz, Wonder Lake ; the birth of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Saunders, McHenry Feb. 9 and the birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. David R. Burdette Feb. 10. Beekeepers Workshop Seminar On Food Co-ops n Would you like to save an average of 23 percent on your food bills? That's what the members of food cooperatives in the Chicago Metropolitan area have been doing in recent months. McHenry County college is offering a chance to find out more about how food co-ops work and help in organizing one. On Wednesday, Feb. 20, the college is offering a seminar titled "Food Co-ops and How to Start One" from 7 to 9 p.m. at MCC. Art Rasch, a director of the Chicago Area Co-op Information center, will run the seminar which will in clude slides of how one local co-op functions and a chance to ask questions about the workings of food co-ops. "We will give people the resources they need to start their own co-ops since less than 25 percent of the existing co-ops have openings for members," Rasch said. The co-op movement is really growing, he said, with 160 different food co-ops in existence in the Chicago metropolitan area right now. What's more, the growth rate for new co-ops starting has doubled over the last 18 months. Rasch said. Registration for the seminar can be completed in person at the college through Feb. 20. Conclude Film Series The next T.H.E.O.S. get- together will be Monday, Feb. 18, with a catered dinner at the First United Methodist church at 5:30 p.m. Reservations must be made immediately with Mrs. Wm. J. (Lyda) Radisch, McHenry so that she can advise the caterer in advance of the exact number attending. T.H.E.O.S. members were so pleased with (he catered Christmas dinner, it was unanimously agreed to have the February and March dinners catered at the church. The January attendance was rather small, because quite a few were fighting the "old flu bug", some were away, and some were just afraid of the weather, as it got quite slippery. Get well cards were signed by the group for all the ill members, letting them know they were missed. T.H.E.O.S. is a very warm and friendly group for widows and widowers, is non-denominational, with no age & restrictions and provides a casual get- together for dinner the third Monday of the month to enjoy an evening of fun and fellowship at the church. "To Help Each Other Smile" is the purpose, as well as offering support and experiences helpful to others. The fifth and final film of the series, "Whatever Happened to the Human Race?, will be shown at the Alliance church, 3815 Bull Valley road, McHenry, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17, at 7 p.m. This last film is entitled "Truth and History". The films feature Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer, theologian and author, and Dr. C. Everett Koop, s u r g e o n - i n - c h i e f o f Philadelphia's Children's hospital. Each man has made a study of Western man's development. Dr. Koop's study has been in the field of medicine. The series has been well attended. A question and answer session has been held after each film. Pastor Gerald Robertson has lead these discussions. 9 Thinking men and women no longer take everything they hear as final evidence of things as they are, but rather, like to search out answers themselves. This film series has caused many to stop and think. The Rev. Gerald Robertson en courages every teenager and adult to come and see this film. The series has dealt with abortion and euthanasia and are quite revealing in their context. WHAT'S NEW Cap Popper The RX Tool was de signed for adults who have difficulty removing child proof caps from medicine vials, especially the elderly and handicapped. The tool is said to remove most types of snap caps regardless of cap position. Available at the RX Tool Co., 6750 South Clermont St., Little ton, Colo. 80122. Open Quilting Class At Public Library A quilting class will be started in the Community room of the McHenry Public library Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. There will be no charge for the class, which THOUGHT FM FOOD •yGOUiO CROOK HOME-MADE CORN DOGS You will need: 1 cup each of flour, corn meal and milk 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 beaten egg 2 tablespoons oil 1 pound hot dogs oil for frying Mix dry ingredients. Beat milk and egg together and mix into dry ingredients with oil. Stir well. Place wooden popsicle stick in one end of hot dog, about 1 inch deep. Put hot dogs on end in a narrow, deep pan filled with oil heated to 375 degrees. Brown well and drain on paper towels. Serve with mus tard. SAUSAGE STUFFED POTATOES 4 large potatoes 4 slender link sausoges, Par boiled 1 tsp. melted fat Heat oven to 400° F. After washing the potatoes use an apple corer to make a hole through each potato lengthwise. Force the sausage through the holes in the potatoes. Brush with melted fat and place on a baking dish. Bake 45 minutes, basting occasionally with the sousage drip pings which run into the dish. will be taught by Lois Shea of McHenry. Persons enrolling are asked to bring their sewing basket, needle, thread, thimble, scissors, pencil and embroidery hoops. Material for the quilt patch will be provided. Anyone planning to take the course should call the library to sign up. 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If you want to save money on food purchases, remember that about one-third of the dollar you spend for food is accounted for by meat, poul try and fish. The lowest priced meat is not always the best buy. Con- HOSPITAL NOTES WOODSTOCK Admissions: Karl Blom, Miss Nancy Kofler, Mrs. Lorraine Neve, Mrs. Ruth Simonson, Master Kevin Jablonski, Richard Hudjera and Master Charles Huffar, all of McHenry; Jeffrey Hunt and Master John Wright, both of Wonder Lake- and Francis Regnier of Spring Grove. HARVARD - Admissions: Irene Millet of McHenry and Ronald Magnine of Wonder Lake. Timely Advice The best thing that parents can spend on their children is time--not money. -Times, Marshalltown, la. Daffynition Fun is like insurance- the older you are the more it costs. -Spotlight, San Diego. sider the amount of waste bone, gristle and fat. A higher- priced meat, with no waste, may give you more servings per pound. You cfin also consider "meat less" meals, using such substi tutes as dry beans and peas, cheese and eggs. "Cabana Hives" will be the main subject of the Northern Illinois Beekeepers association workshop at the Feb. 15 meeting. All beekeepers and those in terested in learning about beekeeping are invited to attend, according to Jerry Freund, president of the association. The Friday evening program will feature Ralph Tucker, an experienced local beekeeper, who will lecture on keeping "Cabana Bee Hives". A shOrt film "Secrets of the Bee World", will be shown. Meeting participants will also have an opportunity to sample "honey recipe" baked goods. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Farm Bureau building, just east of Rt. 47 in Woodstock on McConnell road. For more details, contact Jerry Freund, 4421 W. Ponca, McHenry, or Dave Plocher at the Extension service. 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