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Ringwood News 653-9262 Children Participate . •-; • _ . " ; . •'. 1 -. av, Children of the ARK will * participate in services at .&oth churches Sunday, Mother's day. By .using puppets which they' have been . making, they Will ^ portray the story of Noah (rfTTST-Ark and present special music. Everyone is invited to come and see this presen­ tation. Worship time at Ringwood church is 9:15 a.m. and at the Greenwood church it ife U a.m. MOTHER-DAUGHTER _ , DINNER ••'.A- lovely evening was enjoyed by mothers and . daughters of the Greenwood Ringwood parish when they were served dinner by Rev. James Segin and men of the parish at the- Ringwotod United Methodist church. The tables were beautifully- decorated with Spring flowers and adding to that beauty, the turbot ap­ petizers were arranged as flowers. Prior to dinner, the ladies enjoyed a fellowship hour with punch and hors d' "oeuvres. Members of both churches participated in the program, with Jessie Barber serving as mistress of ceremony. Arline Pearson presented two humorous readings entitled "Mothers are People" and "Just Sort Of..". . •v- Jan Choitz and her daughter, Kim, sang "He" accompanied by Jan's mother, Mrs. Edith Hom- feldt of Elgin. A quartet including Karen Sellek, Cheryl Gamen, Sue Hogan and. Lee WaHungton, sang "Brother James' Aire" accompanied by Ida Mae Adams. - Everyone joined in an audience sing-along. It was an evening to be long remembered. CHURCH CAMPOUT... The Parish Get Together will be held May 16-18. Happiness is...no telephone, no TV, no doorbell; --sitting around a campfire singing ~ fellowship- camping under the stars of Chain-O-Lakes campground- worship service on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. and a parish picnic to boot. ' v Contact Reverend Jim if going so we know how large an area is needed for campers. BIRTHDAYS Happy birthday, to Jamiqie Mough May 14 and Robert Mough May IS. May 16 is that special day for Cindy McPherson; and Doug Adams becomes a big 10 May 17. Andrea Walker's special day is May 18 and we find Beverly Ackerman adding another candle to her cake May 19. Happy birthday to all of you wonderful people. ANNIVERSARIES Lucille and Byron Sowers will have their anniversary May 13 and they have special reason to be celebrating this year. This will be their 60th wedding anniversary and we all wish them a beautiful day and many more years of happiness. THINGS TO REMEMBER May 11 - MOTHER'S DAY - church services - 9:15 a.m. - Ringwood church - children sing. May 13 - choir practice - 7 p.m.. - Ringwood church. , May 10-18 - parish cam- pout at Chain-O-Lakes State Park. May 18 - parish picnic and worship service at Chain-O- Lakes State Park, 10 aim. May 25 - Memorial day Sunday with special service at Greenwood church & cemetery. July 12 - annual chicken bar-b-q at Ringwood. GOD BLESS The probability of grsirt becoming 'insect infested or spoiled because of moisture damage and moid growth increases when it is stored and left undisturubed in the same location for several months, Jim Lucas, county executive director of the M c H e n r y C o u n t y Agricultural Stabilization and Conservative Service (ASCS), said. He pointed out that grain inspections are particularly important during the spring, summer and early fall months when grain tem­ peratures are right for rapid insect development. During warm weather, infestations generally begin near the grain surface, specifically in areas directly below the point of entry where foreign material has accumulated during loading. "We hope that producers are regularly checking the quality of their farm-stored grain, whether it is under loan or in the farmer-owned reserve program," Lucas said. When a grain loan is approved, the farmer is responsible for any loss in io • i l l ' quality , or quantity of the commodity caused by insect infestation or rodent damage. Stored grain contains moisture that may shift from one location to another primarily because of tem­ perature differences that develop within the structure when surface and perimeter areas of the grain cool. Moisture from warm grain moves to cooler parts of the structure, resulting in damp areas within the grain that favor insect activity and mold development. These, in turn, cause rapid deterioration and heating of the grain. "Any time farmers are in doubt as to the quality of stored grain they should contact our office as soon as possible," the ASCS official said. Six hours (sleep) for a man, seven for a wom- man, and eight for a fool. -English Proverb. Collections- Not For Ask Farmers To Check For Insects In Grain SPEEDCT Put on some speed. John Barber, a technician at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, inspects an ostrich egg as part of a museum-wide inventory. With more than 125,000 specimens, the Smithsonian's egg collection is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. The eggs are valuable to researchers for the biological information they supply about the past , SUITS IN AMERICA Wanted: whole egg of elephant bird of Madagascar (AepyorniS), largest bird that ever lived. Bird has been extinct for about 1,000 years. Intact egg should be about the size of a football. Contact: Smithsonian In­ stitution. This advertisement never appeared, but Dr. George Watson, the curator of birds at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, admits that he would dearly like to' acquire a real egg of the elephant bird to add to the Smithsonian's collection, one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of bird eggs in the world. Much of the Smithsonian's collections was amassed during the 19th century, when collecting bird eggs was such a rage that thousands of people climbed trees and scaled cliffs to pluck eggs from nests-often risking life and limb in the effort. For professional or­ nithologists, the quest for eggs was a scientific en­ deavor. But most amateur collectors were seeking eggs as trophies for the same reasons that many people collect postage stamps-for their beauty and value. The egg-collecting mania is over now, probably forever, Watson says. "Not only is scientific collecting carefully regulated by the Government," he notes, "but today egg collecting is scorned. With the growth of the modern conservation ethic, the collector who takes an egg from a nest is looked upon as an environmental rapist." The run on eggs did serve a useful purpose, however.- Collectors frequently made field observations that added to knowledge about the breeding and' natural habitats of the birds, Watson says. Many enthusiasts, as well as such famous or­ nithologists as John James Audubon, donated their egg collections to the- 30% OFF ON ALL WARMUPS IN STOCK! Identifying Characteristics: Slaak, water-tight fit, uninhibited freedom. Disguise*: Cross Backs, Super Bocks, T-Bocks, and Tanks, all in nylon | ;ond Lycra* and available in America's widest variety of colors, prints i |and panels. Alias: Speedo* these sleek and sizzling suits have been seen speeding across the pool decks of America, setting world records and winning accolades as the tuprld's fastest racing suits. Designed to be worn with smug looks and lightning strokes, the Speedo* may be your "secret weapon" to faster times. NOW AVAILABLE TOP FLITE & TITLEIST GOLF BALLS McHBMY'S FAVORITE SPORT CENTER ' 1210 N. GREEN STREET -- McHENRY Smithsonian and to other museums and research institutions, furnishing generations to come with an important historical and scientific legacy. The eggs, like all of the Museum of Natural History's holdings, are valuable to contemporary researchers for the biological information they supply about the past. Watson cites a recent example. "In the late 1960's," he notes, "populations of fish- eating ospreys and brown p e l i c a n s s t o p p e d reproducing. The eggs were breaking as soon as the birds began incubating them." "At that point, scientists came to the Smithsonian and started to compare our old eggs with the newly broken ones to see if there was any change. There was. The older osprey and pelican eggs had much thicker* shells. "We soon learned that DDT and other chlorinated hydrocarbons were in­ terfering with the deposition of egg shell calcium and the result was that the eggshells , were becoming paper-thin." Since that time, the Smithsonian's collection has been used as a conservation tool by wildlife management experts. "To avoid a repeat of the osprey and pelican disaster, wildlife experts carefully monitor the thickness of the eggs of threatened and endangered birds like the California condor," Watson says. "If comparative measurements using Smithsonian eggs reveal the slightest thinning of their«, eggshells, action is, taken to find any chemical con­ tamination of the birds' food chain. This may make it possible to reverse the thinning trend before it reaches a crisis point." The egg collection also provides valuable in­ formation to the scholar. ' "There is a lot of interest in studying eggshells, because the arrangement of the pores on eggs as seen through an electron microscope reveals detailed characters useful in bird classification that may have been previously un­ suspected," Watson ex­ plains. "We can also learn a great deal about the bird's life history and evolution by studying eggs and associated information on breeding." Currently, the Museum's egg collection is being sorted, checked and counted as part of an immense top-to- bottom inventory at the Smithsonian. The egg collection is stored in cabinet drawers in compartmented, cotton- lined trays. Each com­ partment contains at least one clutch, or set of eggs laid by a bird. Egg clutches can number from one to almost two dozen eggs; generally each bird species lays a specific number of eggs. Museum technician John Barber is sorting through 1 each clutch, comparing each label against the old hand­ written catalog ledger to I make certain the eggs are in 9 their proper place and i properly identified. He .1 estimates that the total f number of clutches ap­ proaches 45,000; the total number of eggs is more than 125,000. All of the data Barber and his five helpers record is computerized, making it possible for researchers to locate egg clutches swiftly and efficiently and to print out the * information associated with them. Barber simultaneously is checking out a large collection of bird nests, ranging in size from hum­ mingbird nests no larger than a half dollar to raven nests 4 feet wide. One of the oddities in this collection is a human skull which had been taken, over by a house wren as a shelter for its nest. It was found in the woods in the 19th century in New York and donated to the Smithsonian by a noted ornithologist. The Museum's collection of old eggs continues to grow through gifts. The collection of North American eggs is relatively complete, but study samples of many tropical species are still lacking, Watson says. The rarest eggs are those of extinct birds such as the elephant bird. "We have fragments of the elephant bird egg and we have a plaster cast of the egg," Watson says. "But when people come to a natural history museum, they want to see the biggest and the smallest ; they want to see the real McCoy. We can't put a plaster model on display." There's a reason to believe, Watson notes, that PAGE 5 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. MAY 1,I960 Area Piano Students In County Festival Piano teachers in McHenry county will enter their students in a Piano festival May 12 through 2L at Lakeside center in Crystal Lake. The annual event is sponsored by the National Guild of Piano Teachers, an organization dedicated to the encouragement of piano students during their years of piano study. Students from McHenry who will perform in the festival are Karyn Ram- berg, Heidi Dubar and Gail Petty. Jacki VanKanegan from Wonder Lake will also participate. The adjudicator for this year's event will be Dr. Gary Zwicky, associate professor of Music at Eastern Illinois university. Dr. Zwicky is a pianist and organist, and taught previously in Texas and Mt. Carroll, 111 public schools. He is currently coordinator of all keyboard activities at Eastern. Dr. Zwicky is also .an active member of the Illinois State Music Teachers association, which he serves the elephant bird's egg was the stimulus for the Giant Roc in the legend of Sinbad the Sailor. "There are a few intact Aepyornis eggs in private collections, and someday we hope to receive one." as chairman of the organ theory and performance examinations. He has presented workshops for state conventions and local chapters of ISMTA and has conducted a multi-keyboard festival for the Decatur Area Music Teachers association. BETTER BET? "Dad," asked the youngster, "which can go faster, horses or buses?" "Buses, of course," was the impatient reply. "Then why don't you bet on buses," inquired the observant tot. If you find it hard to screw a wood screw into wood, coat the threads of the screw with soap and it should slip in more easily. rHONDA "The McHeriiry Piaihdealcr"! jartpji Jjfe 200 ^ t e*»ot>T.»h*d 1S7S 3J12 Wen l lm Street _ „ ' . 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