PAGE 8 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1982 Here And There In Business Model Train Show Returns [Leah Kreutzer On Camera] 5.6 Percent Increase In Revenues Sought By Bell LEAH KREUTZER |A few weeks ago Leah Kreutzer of 2815 N. Chapel Hill road, McHenry, wfcts a working woman with no thought of attaining recognition before the camera. | All that is changed today since she was selected as one of three midwest vfomen to make a commercial for the International Ladies Garment forkers Union. Ms. Kreutzer calls it a fluke" that she was chosen. I Since 'a&t August she has been r_iployed by McHenry Manufac- [iring, a firm that makes blouses and slacks. She had only been a union member for a few weeks when the opportunity came. When she was asked, as the third choice of another employee, to go to Chicago for the company she thought it was concerned with hearing commercials and in their selection. Instead, she soon found a script in her hand and was asked, along with 25 others, to read. Some time later she was informed of her selection, with two others, to go to New York city to make a commercial. It took her just 12 "takes" in filming, and she knew the third and fourth were the best. The experts agreed, and it will be one of those that thousands will see when the com mercial is aired on the Today show on Channel 5 Dec. 14. Her 12 "takes" compare with 95 for one of the other contestants. ATTENDS SEMINAR A Ringwood area resident was in Ft. Worth, Texas, recently to attend the November managers' orientation seminar sponsored by United Fidelity Life Insurance company for its field sales associates. Patrick James Letizia of 6809 Barnard Mill road in Ringwood attended the two-day meeting to acquaint the company's newest agents with innovative techniques in the sale and service of its products. Illin^s Bell asked the Illinois Commerce Commission Monday for a 5.6 percent increase in total company revenues. "We wish we did not have to make this request, but we have no reasonable alternative," said William H. Springer, Illinois Bell senior executive vice-president. "We must make sure we have the financial resources to provide the reliable telephone service our customers expect. The company is asking to increase revenues by $184 million, a 5.6 percent increase in total company revenues. More than 70 percent of the requested increase would come from local service rates that have increased just twice since41974. "Historically, basic local service rates have been priced at less than cost." Springer said. "This has been possible because local rates have been supported by revenues from long distance services and premium telephone equipment, like Trimline phones. Today, other companies are offering these products and services in competition with us This forces us to relate our prices more closely to actual cost." Other requests, include a 25-cent coin charge, revisions in the directory assistance charging plan, service connection charges based on time and material costs and increases in some operator-handled calls. Pricing Structure Changes Discussed At FS Meeting AUTO RATES NEW CARS 12.9% A.P.R. UP TO 48 MONTHS USED CARS 14.00% A.P.R. UP TO 36 MONTHS MARENGO FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN Significant changes in pricing structure with services offered to supplement what farmers prefer to do themselves were discussed during the McHenry FS annual meeting at The Abbey in Fontana, Wis., last week by General Manager Stanely Steagall. Speaking to nearly 600 farmers and their wives from Walworth county and McHenry county, Steagall explained the formation of a Services division MANAGEMENT GRADUATE Robert B. Schneider, vice-president and trust officer of the McHenry State bank, was graduated from the Trust Management school. The school is an intensive one-week program which is designed specifically for Trust executives. It is conducted by the American Bankers association at Northwestern university's Graduate School of Management, Evanston. Mr. Schneider was one of the 46 bankers selected from all parts of the country to make up the class of 1982. Philip Kent Registered CPA Philip John Kent, son of Mrs. Jan Walker of McHenry, has been honored at an award dinner held at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Chicago after passing examinations to become a certified public accountant. Kent is a May graduate^of in Accounting. He has just started hii employment with Fleming & Co., McHenry. The certified public ac countant status required recom mendation by the board of examiners and was granted by authority of the board of trustees of the University of Illinois. and Cropatrol to trim burgeoning costs, improve pricing efficiency and enable farmers to reduce costs fur ther by knowing the costs for such things as delivery of products, spreading fertilizer, use of FS-owned equipment and extended credit. Cropatrol is an intensive coun- sulting service available to those who want it completely separate from the supplies division. He said the service already has 14,000 acres under con tract though it was formed just this fall. GT Approves Some Depreciation Changes Since Dec. 1, General Telephone has offered telephone instruments on a deregulated "purchase-rental-- basis to all single-line one-party customers, and continue the familiar "lease" agreement only with single-line one- s. Dartv customers who established telephone service prior to Dec. 1 and remain at their present locations. Also Dec. 1, an increase in rates for telephone instruments to offset ad ditional depreciation expenses became effective. The increase amounts to ten cents per phone, per month, with the ex ception of key system or PABX ^ business phones. "This increase will not effect the ompaoy's net income," said Larry Henry, state vice president-general manager ."What the ten-cent increase does, is acknowledge the changing life span of current telephone equipment, which is shortened by technological advances. That monthly dime per phone will allow us to recoup at a faster rate our investment in existing equipment." Saber Quick • i I Bag of Three EXTENSION •CORDS! <3 CAROL 1-6 Brown, 1-6' White, 1-9' Brown. 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RT. 12, FOX LAKE 312/587-2555 This is a portion of the model train show now in progress at McHenry Savings & Loan association on Green street. It will remain at that location througl) Saturday, Dec. 18. Exhibitors are from the Train Collectors association. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The big railroad trains may be disappearing in McHenry, but their little replicas are as popular as ever. And judging from the interest shown by visitors to the model railroad show now in progress at McHenry Savings and Loan association, it's a lasting love affair. The eighth annual edition sponsored by McHenry Savings opened Satur day, Dec. 4, and runs through Saturday, Dec. 18. The free show can be seen anytime during business hours. Most of the railroad equipment being shown is Lionel in origin, although American Flyer and the West German Lehmann L.G.B. are represented. Finely crafted copies by Williams and McCoy recall an earlier era. The veteran exhibitors are mem bers of the Train Collectors association, a prestigious organization with 14,000 members principally dedicated to preserving Lionel products. They are Joseph Bak Jr., Kenneth Dowell, Gary Mills and Gilbert Tosch, all of the Northwest suburbs. Besides the two operating displays, special commemorative cars created for the TCA's annual convention are featured. Of unusual interest -are identical Southern Pacific passenger trains in four gauges: O, S, H-0 and N. A rare presentation trolley car, complete with Mickey Mouse, honors the "Tencennial" (1971-1981) an niversary of Florida's Disney World. RAE Promotion For Kuhar WILLIAM F. KUHAR RAE Corporation of McHenry has recently announced the appointment of William F. Kiihar to the position of senior vice-president. In this newly created position Kuhar will assume overall responsibility for day-to-day operations, including engineering, manufacturing, equality control, materials and data processing. Kuhar joined RAE corporation in March, 1973, as an Electrical Design engineer and has held the positions of vice-president of Product Marketing, assistant to the president and vice- president of Materials and Management Information Systems. He holds a BSEE from the University of Missouri - Rolla, and is currently president of the Small Motor Manufacturer's association, as well as a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He resides in McHenry with his wife, Kathy, and their two children. PUBLIC NOTICE The following information relates to McHenry Community High School District No. 156, McHenry County, Illinois: 1. The amount of property taxes, exclusive of election costs and debt service levies for payment of principal and interest on bonds or notes, extended on behalf of McHenry Community High School district No. 156 for the year 1981 is $3,474,485.30. 2. The amount of the proposed levy, ex clusive of the election costs and debt service levies for payment of principal and interest on bonds or notes, for McHenry Community High School District No. 156 for the year 1982 is $3,769,000.00. 3. The percentage increase of item (2) over item (1) is 8.47 percent. 4. On December 21, 1982, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. at the Board of Education Office, 3926 W. Main Street, McHenry, Illinois, a public hearing concerning the proposed levy increase for the year 1982 will be held. DATED: November 16,1982 James Tonyan Secretary, Board of Education, McHenry Community High School District No. 156, McHenry County, Illinois (Published December 10. 1982) * No. 820517