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R. Justen & Son Funeral Home, P.C I Past 65 | _ by Carl Riblert Jr. Q. - "'My husband used to be a very active man who could work at almost anything around the yard or in the house, lifting and other physical effort over an entire weekend, even though his job as a dispatcher for the county sheriffs department was sedentary. Now he is 70 and still tries to do all sorts of crazy things such as spading our garden, clim­ bing to the roof and repairing it. Now he is digging some dozen holes for new fence posts. He wonders why he tires easily, but he won't stop. He says he is going to work until he drops, that he isn't going to go to pot sitting in front of the TV which he calls an idiot box. How can' I get him to stop all this nonsense before he drops for good and all? We are nicely situated with a decent pension and he doesn't have to do all his own work. As a matter of fact, I wish he would turn the garden into grass or gravel. I'm sick and tired of canning our own vegetables" -- C^Gertrude McL. A. - Gertrude's husband has a disease known to some as boastfulness. He wants to show that at an advanced age he is as good a man as he was at 40. He may be as good a man mentally, but he is > nowhere in the same league physically as he was 30 years ago. She can either wait until he drops from a heart at­ tack, or enlist the aid of their doctor, who will tell him that the husband is either too old to climb to the roof and dig fence posts holes or, sur­ prisingly, perfectly able to work at anything he feels like doing. It just may be that Gertrude's husband is a man who can do it; although I still think he is trying to prove something, that he is indeed boasting through example. Only a doctor can change the work habits, by warning of the terrible things that can happen to an old body that won't give up until it is too late. The husband could follow my example: I never do' any physical work I can hire done, I get my exercise through walking and swimming. Q. -- "In your column you quoted a widow who requested information on the value of SOO shares of Yellow Jacket Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd. Apparently she found the certificates in her husband's safe deposit box. I have researched the com­ pany and found the following report: Charter revoked for failure to file required reports and pay fees on March 5, 1956.' In other words, the company is non­ existent, and your reader's certificates are worthless." • - William J.S. Q. -- "You put out a lot of good information in your column, but not always. You told one of your readers who reported an older couple liv­ ing together out of wedlock in order to gam payments from Social Security, to observe the Eleventh Commandment --'Thou, shalt mind- thy own business,' especially if someone else's business doesn't harm anyone. I submit that some younger, irresponsible people engaged in baby-making also do me and others harm when money is extracted from us in taxes to pay for food stamps, education, pampers, housing and the like, to support those younger families who do not marry. It is indeed my business." -- Martin F.S. A. -- The reference to the Eleventh Commandment was made in relation to people past 65, not youngsters. It is a good commandment, even though it was not handed down by Moses. Q. -- "I was married for 30 years and after divorce we both remarried. My second marriage ended at the end of three years in divorce. Am I entitled to any Social Security benefits from my first marriage? I am now 57 a n d c o n t e m p l a t i n g retirement at 62. If eligible for benefits from my first husband, would they be greater than from benefits on my own work account?" ~ - Wilma Ma. A. -- Yes, Wilma is en­ titled to benefits on her first husband's account. Her S.S. benefit age 62 will be the greater of two benefits to which she may be entitled. Her check will be the largest of the two accounts. She cannot draw from both accounts. Q. -- "We took out some insurance that covers us in a nursing home. We didn't investigate at the time and now we are wondering, my iid an«l I. if the com- ny is good and reliable. Can you tell us or where we can find out? -- Mrs. Prank L. J. . A. -- Mrs. Frank J.* can write to the Nebraska State Insurance Commission; Lincoln, Neb. Q. "I paid 1674 in Sep­ tember to an insurance Company (name withheld) for a policy to cover hospital, doctor's office calls, medicine and so on. I have not* tried to collect on it. I am wondering how good this company is. I don't want to pay for a number of years, then find out it doesn't pay as I think it should when I need it " - Faye R. A. -- The company un­ doubtedly will pay as it says it will in the policy, but whether it will pay what Faye thinks it should is another matter. She can inquire of her state in­ surance commission on the worthiness of the company. Write to Carl Riblet Jr. Box 40757, Tuscon, Ariz., 85717 with self-addressed, stamped envelope for an­ swers to questions on the problems of aging. Letters are answered in this column when practicable. No in- ntities are revealed. * * * * PAGE 11 - PI JVINDRALER - FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12 1M? f you have something to do "one of these days," you might as well get busy and do it, or you won't have time to do it. Jeffery, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Nielsen and a former Parkland school eighth grade student, has continued his interests in the family's new home city of Auburn, Calif. He recently held first chair in the French horn section of an honors band. He also works out five days a week with a junior high wrestling team, and has begun ski trips. The Nielsens resided in McHenry for 13 years until last Oct. 21, when Karl Nielsen was transferred for his company, where he continues his work as an electronics system tester . Active In California Jennifer Nielsen, 11, a former McHenry Tumbleweed, has been making a name for herself in California, where she was accepted as a Class III team member for the Sacramento Gymnastics academy last fall. By Nov. 10, she had competed in three different U.S.G.F. sanctioned meets and had qualified for the California Zone 4 championships. Dec 3 of last year, at a meet held in Sacramento, Jenni was awarded a first place trophy and biue ribbon for her all around score of 33.0. Specific scores were: vault, 8.2; bars, 8.0; balance beam, 8.4; and floor exercise, 8.4. The young fifth grader performed on occasion with the non-profit Judith Svalander Ballet company in McHenry county and is now pursuing her ballet interest in her new home state. PTA To Review TV Programs The National PTA, long concerned with the effects of television on children, begins its 85th year as the country's largest child advocacy association by announcing a new positive focus of the PTA TV project. Efforts during the past six years of the project have met with great success, and now the PTA is channelling those efforts in new directions. A national press con­ ference held Thursday, Jan. 28, highlighted the major new thrust of the continuing TV project: a national TV Review Panel which will recommend programs for family viewing, and a TV viewing skills plan designed to train today's children to be prepared for the video- media information explosion of the future. "The National PTA project Is- looking' to ihp future." said Mrs. Mary Ariri L e v e r i d g e , n a t i o n a l president, "and our thrust is twofold. With the TV Review Panel, we hope to help producers bring quality programming to American television by supporting those efforts with a PTA recommendation for family viewing. We are also working to prepare children to be discerning, aware viewers ot all they see - on broadcast TV, cable, satellite or videocassette." The Los Angeles-based TV Review Panel is composed of a prescreening committee of PTA members appointed by the national president, and a f i n a l r e c o m m e n d a t i o n committee comprised of seven community members: a parent, teacher, student, p e d i a t r i c i a n , p r o g r a m c o n t e n t c u r r i c u l u m specialist, media educator and psychologist approved by the National PTA Executive committee. The prescreening committee will refer program videotaffes submitted by * television producers to the larger panel for review and possible recommendation. The National PTA TV program recommendation, based on a program's total posit ive contribution to family viewing takes the following forms: National PTA recommended for family viewing or National PTA recommended for viewing by families with mature teens. Programs earning a PTA recommendation may use I he PTA logo in ac­ companiment with the recommendation on video credits or in advert ising. The National PTA is recom­ mending only progi amming and not program sponsors or advert isers^ The second major effort of the National PTA's TV project is a comprehensive plan for training children and families in discriminating, cri t ical viewing of television and related media. The National PTA, with a membei ship of s ix mill ion, is the largest child advocacy > o lunteer organization in the I mted States. National headquarters is located in Chicago. Definition Hula-Hula: Wild-waist show. -Tradewinds, Honolulu Power Not Size Sizes are often de­ ceiving. Sometimes a woman's thumb has a man under i t . -Beacon, Philadelphia. Short cropped jackets and boxy cardigans will replace the blazer cut of the past year. Mid-length hip cuts arc not in fashion this season. Cotton will be number one in fabrics this spring. Silk, esepcial ly raw si lk, wil l run a close second. Baseball fever is now spreading fast . [XXX INCOME TAX RETURNS Filo Now For: •Faster Refunds/Time to budget for tax owed •Enough time to determine every possible deduction ED HOULIHAN Office: Phone for Appointment 1212 N. Green St. No. 4 Office 344-0290 McHenry, II. fcOOtifr "' tiome 344-0581- DARLENE STABLA COOLS, ACSW CSW COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY Individual, Couple, Family And Group Therapy (815)728-1039 )? DAYS, EVENINGS AND SATURDAY HOURS BY APPT. In 1975, Mark L. Justen and Krista Justen, Robert's children, joinecithe business. Both graduated from Worsham College in 1975/76 respectively, making the fourth generation to serve the community. In 1978, all were delt a blow with the loss of Robert's wife. Krista left the business and Robert left the operations and management to Mark. Mark L. Justen Staff members, from left, seated: Robert A. Justen and Mark L. Justen, licensed funeral directors. Standing: James Fitzgerald, John Rice and Kenneth McKenna, unlicensed assistants. George made the most of life, surviving the day-to-day struggles and his business grew stronger. George, Robert and their friend and employee, Kenneth K. Hamsher, saw the need for a funeral home in the Fox Lake area and in 1950 George and Kenneth opened the Justen-Hamsher Funeral Home. In 1956 George sold his interest to Kenneth and that funeral home still serves the Fox Lake community as the K.K. Hamsher Funeral Home. George left his mark on the McHenry area with easy credit methods for anyone who needed his services. He had a big heart and a great love for the community and will be remembered with affection by citizens of McHenry. The business expanded along with the town and in 1956 ground was broken for additional space. A new chapel, casket selection room, smoking room, and general storage space was added. George died in 1960 at which time Robert A. Justen was left with the furniture store and funeral home. During those stressful years, the leadership of the McHenry County Funeral Directors Association was always there. Mem­ bers from the industry, as well as the state, lent me assistance when needed and for that i express my sincere thanks. AS WE MARK OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY, we of the George R. Justen & Son Funeral Home, P.C. pledge to those we serve, continued confidential business and professional rela­ tionships, co-operation*'with the customs of all religions and creeds, observance of the respect due the deceased, with standards of competence and dignity in the conduct of all services and truthful representation of all services and merchandise. 1980s. Robert quickly made many changes. He sold the ambulance service to the private sector, and the furniture store to Robert's brother, Dennis Justen. The furniture store, a landmark in the community, was destroyed by fire in April 1969 and never reopened.