The Daily Leader from Pontiac, Illinois • Page 2

Editorial Food sales hit Daily Leader, Pontiac, ffl. Page2 July 15,75 jg, mf mr wmr Food stamps costly $2Q milUon locally first aid Much the same thing is happening to the food stamp program as has happened to the Social Security system. Bora in the Great Depression, Social Security was intended to provide a minimum incame'f or those no longer working or unable to work. Its purpose was to stave off dire poverty among the elderly, the widowed or orphaned. Since then, of course, for millions of Americans Social Security has become their sole retirement income rather than merely a supplement to other income or savings.

As every working person knows, payroll deductions needed to pay for steadily increasing Social Security benefits have soared to the point where many Americans are paying more in Social Security taxes than in income taxes. Likewise, food stamps were originally conceived as a food-purchase subsidy provided by the federal government for families or Individuals below a certain level of income. Since 1971, enrollment in the program has risen from about 9.4 million people to nearly 20 million and its cost is expected to reach $6.5 billion in the fiscal year that began July 1. How far we have departed from the original concept of the program is shown by the recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington invalidating the formula upon which food stamp payments are based.

The action was taken in response to a class-action suit brought by nine low-income families, the city of New York, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Welfare Rights Organiration. "For afamily that needs a loaf of bread, the offer of a slice is poor comfort," said a three- judge panel, ordering the Agriculture Department to come up with a new formula that allows food stamp recipients to purchase "a nutritionally adequate diet." Most people "will probably go along with this, just as they have gone along with the idea that Social Security should provide every American with an adequate standard of living assuming that we can agree on what is "adequate" in either case. But while the Agriculture Department is liberalizing its eligibility requirements for those who really need food stamps, it is long past time for it to tighten up its procedures to exclude those who don't need them. Congress has passed a temporary law banning stamps for students claimed as dependents by well-off families. Just the other day, however, the Senate Agriculture Committee was told that the department's complicated schedule of deductions is allowing many middle-income families to qualify for government help in paying their grocery bills.

Expenses that can be subtracted from gross income include such things as federal, state and local taxes, Social Security taxes, medical costs over $10 a care payments, tuition fees, rent or mortgages payments and union dues and alimony payments. Urging its members not to be "too proud" to apply for food stamps, the National Education Assn. reports that one Minnesota teacher, with six children, qualified for stamps despite an income of $14,900. Twenty million is a lot of people. It's nearly one out of every 10 American.

In that large a number of food stamp recipients there are bound to be abuses, as well as instances where truly needy families are not receiving as much as they need. No doubt there are also many Americans who could qualify for the stamps but cling to the rather old-fashioned idea that they are responsible for then- own support and that of then- children. The trouble is that the food stamp program is merely a kind of Band-Aid remedy applied to one symptom of the underlying sickness in the economy. As noted, its enrollment has more than doubled in four years. Unless the fundamental problems of inflation -and unemployment are solved, it could grow even more prodigiously in coming years.

ByDONOAKLEY Special to The Leader) NEW YORK Retail business in Livingston County was at a higher level in the past year than was expected, the final tabulations show. The sales volume compiled by local stores indicates that local residents have been coping with the recession more successfully than have people in many parts of the country. However, although a sizeable amount was spent locally for food, clothing, home furnishings and other goods and services, buying was at a more restrained pace than it would have been if economic conditions had been normal. As in other communities, people cut back temporarily on some of then- discretionary spending. Most severely hit, as TO APPEAR IN GRIDLEY The Mixed Nuts, an improvisational theatre troupe from ISU, will appear Saturday, July 19, in Gridley during Arts Saturation Day.

From left are: Mary Lee Fredrikson, Homewood; Jay Clark, Cheyenne, John McAdams, Jacksonville, and Brenda Morris, Bement. Arts Saturation Day in Gridley Saturday Mayor urges Seek volunteers to get 4-H park ready erties Help is needed to get the 4-H have been scheduled for July 24 Park ready for the coming fair and 25, the Thursday and July 29, 30 and 31. Friday before the 4-H Fair, and Jerry R. Hicks. Livingston for Aug.

1, for tent take-down and clean up. County assistant adviser, said that Extension work days Letters to the US.IWL IT The answer Editor, The Leader: I I think I have the answer to Monical's coon problem. Having been raised in Coon Country, everyone knows coons love eggs above anything else. I think, if Mr. Monical would hide by the river in the brush and make a noise like an egg the coons would never go to his sweet corn patch again.

Ed Randolph R.R.3 Pontiac, Dl. PONTIAC LEADER PUBLISHING CO. 318 N. Main St. Pontiac.

Illinois 61764 Phone 842-1153 LIVINGSTON COUNTY'S MOST WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER Jerome Pearre, Publisher John Plesko. General Manager Elizabeth Harris. Managing Editor Jim Caviezd. Sports Editor David Hett, Wire Editor Greeneberg. Circnlation Mgr.

Ken Bond. Business Manager Donald Jobst, Production Mgr. waHam Alvey. Display Ad Mgr. Mary Copeland.

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Fairbury residents phone 692-3571. Help is needed on July 24 to erect tents and on July 23 to get buildings, tents and grounds ready for the fair. Lunch will be served by the Fair Association all three days. In order to secure an adequate supply of help, work days have been scheduled by township. Amity, Avoca, Broughton, Dwight, Forrest, Indian Grove, Long Point, Nevada, Pontiac and Waldo will work July 24 and Belle Prairie, Charlotte, Chatsworth, Esmen, Germ jiville, Fayette, Eppards Pleasant Ridge, Reading and Rooks Creek will work July 25.

Nebraska, Newtown, Odell, Owego, Pike, Round Grove, Saunemin, Sullivan, Sunbury and Union are scheduled for clean-up on Aug. 1. In view of the recent good weather in the Pontiac area, Mayor Joseph Trainor noted this week now is the time for community residents to make sure their properties are maintained in as clean and neat an appearance as possible. Yards should be kept mowed, bushes and trees trimmed, and all rubbish, trash and refuse removed, the mayor said. Garbage cans should be kept off the berm, front yards and back, yards, except when placed 1 outside on garbage pickup The mayor added that owners- of vacant lots, who do not live in Pontiac, have been the biggest violators in the past "Property cleanup," he said, "must be a continual 12 month process, on the part of everyone of us, if we are to guarantee ourselves of a clean Pontiac and an entire city that we can inspect at any time and be able to convince ourselves that it is truly a community that we can have pride in." The Mixed Nuts, improvisational theatre troupe from Illinois State University, will participate Saturday, July 19 in Arts Saturation Day in Gridley.

It is one of several ISU student and faculty groups which will participate. Demonstrations in several art areas as well as opportunities for area residents to participate in art activities, an exhibition of Gridley Art, musical en- 130 attend tertainment and a pofluck lunch at noon in the park are also planned for the day, which lasts from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free fofall ages, and art supplies as well as table service will be provided by cosponsors, the McLean County Arts Council, the ISU College of Fine Arts and the ISU Friends of the Arts, funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council. a result, were the markets for automobiles and new homes.

The facts and figures on the local spending picture are brought out in the annual survey of markets, conducted by the Standard Rate and Data Service. It shows how consumers in each area of the nation spent their money, and for what. In Livingston County, a large. portion of it went for food. Approximately 19 cents out of every dollar spent hi retail stores was for such purchases.

What it produced, for supermarkets, grocery stores, meat markets, bakeries and other food outlets was a sales volume of $20,300,000. This compares with the previous year's $18,064,000. Not included is the amount spent for food consumed hi restaurants and in other eating and drinking places. If the expenditure for take- home food were uniformly divided among the local population it would be equivalent to $1,554 per household. The volume of business done by other retail establishments shows that most of them stood up quite well, despite the recession.

Sales of cars and other automotive equipment and supplies amounted to $16,254,000, compared with the prior year's $18,199,000 General merchandise stores recorded a total of $7,867,000 in the year. In 1973 it was $6,933,000. Those selling shoes, hats, clothing and other wearing apparel grossed $4,205,000, as against the previous $4,214,000. Furniture home furnishings stores accounted for $3,655,000. Their former total was $3,417,000.

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Duffy Carol Sancken, David Duffy wed Miss Carol Jean Sancken, of illusion trimmed with lace. daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. She carried a cascade bouquet of Pontiac of white roses, Howard Sancken route 2, became the bride of carnations, pompons David Matthew Duffy, son of baby's breath. Mr and Mrs. Thomas M.Duffy, 501 Indiana at a 2 p.m. miniature and Miss Mary Ann Thomas of W1 Pontiac, the bride's cousin, was nuptial mass Saturday, July 12, maid of honor.

Her sister, Miss at St Paul's Catholic Church in Peggy Sancken, and her aunt Odell Miss Marianne Potter, both of The Rev Robert F. Gilles Pontiac, were bridesmaids and officiated at the double ring-her cousin Brenda Hacker, was ceremony hi the presence of 250 flower girl, guests. Miss Susan Hacker, 910 The bridal attendants -wore Main was organist and white picture hats trimmed Miss Julie Neubauer, 816 E. with ribbon to match their floor Prairie was soloist. length gowns of flowered Given in marriage by her organza over taffeta in pastel father the bride wore a formal shades of lilac, green and blue length gown of white silk They carried TM organza over satin with accents of seed pearls and lace.

It featured a fitted waist and bodice, a high scoop neckline and long, sheer sleeves. Her Camelot headpiece held a best three-tier veil with chapel train Don baby breath and tinted to mate theco -of aeirdresses. John Duffy of ntl brother of the bridegroom, was 178 in county use free cancer screening Duffy brother of the bridegroom, and Larry Meier of Pontiac. The bridegroom's nephew, Greg Duffy, was ringbearer. Jones, all of Pontiac, were Pike Township reunion One "hundred seventy-eight persons have responded to the free cancer screening program offered by the Livingston County Unit of the American Cancer Society.

The response was greater than anticipated by treatment centers is ac- comphshed at the Livingston County level through a i volunteer co-op and a limited payment program. Rehabilitation is ajnedicaUy directed nd a prof essionaUy ceremony, a ttmwas held at the rf Columbus TM 200 attend Van Alstyne open house CULLOM Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Van Alstyne of Cullom observed their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, July 13, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The open house was attended by 200 people. Those at the serving table were: Mrs. Irene Ramien, Mrs. Zeita Scott, Mrs. Venetta Clark, Mrs.

Wendy Somers, Mrs. Sue Carlson, Miss Beulah Schoon. Guests came from Wheaton, Des Moines, Iowa; Danville, Cicero, Aurora, Kankakee, Galesburg, New Orleans, Bloomington. Aledo, Harvey, Danf orth, Bourbonnais, Morton, Baudette, Normal, Peoria, Bloomington and the towns surrounding Cullom. Mrs.

Van Alstyne was Edna Braucht before their marriage. Berry's World "What would happen if the people of New Hampshire decided to get along with no senators in Washington?" Mr. Van Alstyne has been editor of the Cullom Chronicle 60 years. Cullom Mrs. Irene Koerner Correspondent CULLOM The Magee reunion was held in the park at Hoopeston July 13.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Magee were host and hostess. Those attending from Cullom were: Mr. and Mrs.

Neal Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fecht and family, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Turner and family, Mr.

and Mrs. Eugene Morrison. Those attending are descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Magee, pioneer farmers of the Cullom community.

Weekend guests of Mrs. Irene Koerner were her nieces, Mrs. Mabel Pullen of Girard, Mrs. Bonnie McGough, also three children, Christie, Laurie and Michael from Marissa. Approximately 130 attended a Pike Township reunion Sunday-' at 4-H Park.

The event was for residents, formerresidents and their families. Mrs. Woodrow Barrett read a short history of the township. The area was first settled in 1855 and the township formally organized in 1857, Mrs. Barrett said.

Carl Klein read from a township record book describing the different animals roaming the prairie. Mrs. Lawrence Hepperly read from a letter written by her great great grandfather Fisher telling of the building of the first township schoolhouse. Mr. Fisher came to Pike Township in 1868.

The school was built by Kedwell and Wooding. Of those present, Phil Piercy of Chenoa is a member of the fifth generation to have lived in Pike. His forbearers came to Illinois in 1830. Bill Zimmerman, son of Howard Zimmerman, is a member of the sixth generation to have lived in Pike. Other sixth generation residents are Randy and Diana Bounds, children of Mr.

and Mrs. Larry Bounds. Emmett Bauman has lived hi Pike Township 76 years. Mrs. Barrett said she counted 23 families who farmed in School District 42 during the 1920's.

Today there are six families farming in this same area. Former residents and families attended from Oswego, Springfield, Peoria, Park Forest and Boston, Bertha Shaffer of Oswego, 84, was the oldest former resident present Sunday. Leland Stalter, rural Pontiac, acted as master of ceremonies. Committee members who planned the event were: Mrs. Woodrow Barrett and Mrs.

Lawrence Hepperly of rural Chenoa; Merle Rocke, rural Flanagan, and Myron Otto, rural Gridley and Stalter. Name Scott caseworker Routely Scott is the new staff counselor and caseworker for Catholic Service's branch office in Bloomington. Socttis a graduate of St. Louis University in social service. He has served in the U.S.

Army as a neuro-pyschiatric technician and as a caseworker for the St. Louis County Department of Public Welfare and the Department of Family Services. Catholic Social Service, a not- i organization, provides community services hi adoption, foster homes, child welfare, counseling and problem pregnancies. It also operates the Cabrini Hall Maternity Home and the Guardian Angel Treatment Center in Peoria. the board of directors of the supervised effortto restore the The original-plans in- were to offer the free screening tegrati6n-into -the-family 'and clinic during the summer.

Chairman William Me- Namara has announced that the achieved through the development of restorative, occupational and larger response combined with therapy. This problems in organizing department includes the ostomy Livingston County's first clinic rehabilitation program which will delay the program until coordinates services with the early fall. More information on the clinic will be released when additional arrangements have local Ostomy Association and the Reach for Recovery Program. Livingston County cancer patients are encouraged to contact the Livingston County Unit for the services offered, without cost, to all cancer patients. The Reach for Recovery Program provides psychological and cosmetic assistance to mastectomy patients.

Livingston County residents may contact Mrs. Blanche Kelley, a qualified Reach for Recovery visitor- counselor at 815-844-6442. Livingston County residents also can receive dressings, hospital beds, wheelchairs, and small equipment through the equipment loan service. There is no charge. Delivery and pickup are provided.

Transportation of patients to The bride chose a black and suit for their wed- to St. Louis, is a 1973 graduate" of a 1967 graduate of High School, is erh- by Caterpillar at Jdliet. bridegroom's parents the rehearsal dinner at the Knights of Columbus: Club on July 11 and the bride was honored at a dinner June 24 given by her co-workers and at showers on June 8 and June 13. Singer takes TV post CHICAGO (AP) --William S. Singer, who lost a bid to be- rouws patient' services come mayor of Chicago this chairman for Livingston County year, has accepted a $25,000 a she may be contacted by year job as president of Prune Time School Television.

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1 Robt. E. Schulz Sons Pontiac, III--Ph: 842-1801 Notice of names of persons entitled to AFDC payments In a lawsuit brought against the Illinois Department of Public Aid, a Federal Court judge has ordered that each person whose determination of eligibility for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was delayed beyond the authorized time, is entitled to a $100.00 payment plus interest. Our records show that the persons listed below who are not currently on the Public Aid rolls are entitled to such a payment: GOMEZ, Linda 415 N. Vermilion St.

Pontiac, III. If your name appears above, you may claim your payment by writing to the: Illinois Department of Public Aid P. O. Box 1666 Springfield, Illinois 62705 Be sure to include your correct current mailing address so the payment will reach you. NOTE--If you do not claim this award by writing to the above address by September 19, 1975, your right to the payment will be forfeited.

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