The Daily Herald from Chicago, Illinois • Page 18

NIMAPC Gives Aid Agencies Combine to Forecast 'New Floods Chicago area residents have had a better opportunity to assess flood threats and take action against flood losses this Spring--due to a new flood forecasting system in which the U.S. Weather Bureau and a half-dozen local, state and federal agencies are cooperating. Since March 14, the Weather Bureau--an agency of the Department of Commerce--has been issuing general forecasts of flood potential in the metropolitan area, based on data col- le-ted by the Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission and cooperating agencies--the Illinois Division of Waterways, the highway departments of Cook, DuPage and Lake Counties, and the U.S Geological Survey. Included in the data is anticipated snow melt, ba.sed on a new measurement of the moisture equivalent of the snow cover in the metropolitan area Melting snow is a heavy contributor to the area's annual Spring flood hazard. AS PART of the new service, the Weather Bureau has been issuing special forecasts as needed for the upper Des Plaines River, including expected flood crests and flood levels in comparison with the rcord flood of Spring, 1960.

A forecast issued at 1 50 p.m., March 20, went as follows "The Des Plaines River will continue to rise slowly and will approach record stages of April, 1960, in the upper reaches. Crest will probably occur early on the 23rd at Gurnee, late on the 23rd at Libertyville, and late on the 24th at Des Plaines. THE ABOVE forecast was widely disseminated, and on the basis of it some residents were 1962 Crusade Name Wright Cancer Head Alan Wright of DCS Plaines named chairman of the Arm-man Cancer Society's 1962 Cancer Crusade in the northwest suburban area, Charles Kveton, board president of the local chapter, announced i week The chairman said that h.ul been designated as Cancer Progress Year by the American Cancer Society and the National Ciincer Institute in recognition of the "remarkable progress m.idc in the last 25 cancer in the lab- a the hospital, the doctor office and in the public's i attitude I The a a educational and fund-raising drive will begin on April 1 The Northwest Suburban goal has been set at an unprecedented all-time high of WIllUIT EXPLAINED that "while the Cancer Society cannot offer anything as spectacular as the man in space science has given us. they can show, in human terms, dramatic and remarkable results "The curcd-cancer patient number i.s increasing each day and has climbed from one out of seven in the late IMO's to one out of three in the late "Today, according to the Society, it could be one out of two if all cancers were diagnosed a and treated promptly AMONG THE goals of Cancer Progress Year are. "to intensify the efforts being made to per- Organ Group Will Meet On Tuesday suade the public to act for its own protection, to improve the care of the cancer patient, and to step up all programs to speed the final victory over cancer." Final victory will come from the laboratory, and while today we are in the midst of the most massive research attack ever launched against a disease, there is still great need for expanding the cancer research effort.

A resident of Des Plaines for 20 years, Wright resides with his wife and daughter Judy and sons Dave and Larry at 981 Oakton St. He owns the firm of Highlander Company in that suburb. Wright is a director of the Northwest Suburban Chapter of Uje American Cancer Society and is also active in the Trinity Lutheran Church, Elks and Moose clubs. (B8 evacuated at North Libertyville Estates and other countermeasures were taken. For the specific forecast on the Des Plaines River in relation to the record 1960 flood, additional data was needed, and two agencies have been cooper, ating to provide it: the Illinois Division of Waterways and the Lake County Highway Department.

The U.S. Weather Bureau installed a rain gage Lib' ertyville and the Division of I Waterways installed staff gages at seven bridge crossings in Lake County over the Des Plaines River and its major tributary, Mill Creek. The Highway Department has been reading the gages and during the mid-March flood threat was furnishing water level readings on a four-times- a-day basis THE MAIN role of the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission has been to help get the forecasting project under way This first season of operation, however, it has also served, along with the Weather Bureau's Chicago office, as an improvised "message center" for the project. John R. Sheaffer, the Com- mib.sion's hydrologic specialist, has been receiving data from the collecting agencies and i transmitting it to the Weather Bureau's Chicago office, which teletypes it to St.

Louis Hours later, a teletype flood forecast is issued to all Chicago area news agencies. (B8 ALAN WRIGHT Along the Camp Fire Trail Edith Lewis Ruth Platt CLearbrook 3-6952 CLearbrook 5-2089 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS i OTHERS participating in the The annual Grand Council Fire marked the culmination of The Northwest Hammond Organ Society will hold its next meeting on April 10 at the Lyon Healy store. 708 E. North-; Wawakis, To-He-Cums, Wicaka west Hwy Arlington Heights, i a nd Okato. at Guest artist will be Mrs Birthday Week Blue Birds shed their red vests, and with the help of their Camp Fire sisters donned their new red ties Fly- ups are members of the following groups- North Starlets, Frisky Fawns, Redwing, Petite Fleurs, Merry Blue Birds, Ton- Turn, Poww-Wow, and Leprechauns Trail Seeker Rank was attained by girls belonging to the program were the Ta-Cin-Ca Camp Fire Girls, who presented the colors and members of the Ida Koberstme of Fox Lake.

A graduate of the American Conservatory of Music, an accomplished pianist at 58 years of age, she began studying organ Now at over 70 years of age she will surprise everyone with her bright and youthful approach to both the popular and it was reported B8 Girls who passed Wood Gatherer's Rank belonged to the Ni- Sa-Tami and Wicaka groups Five girls passed Fire Maker's Rank. They were: Linda McDougall, Lynda Norris, and Diane Oldenburg of the T-Cincas: and Shirley Allen and Monty Lou Jenson of the Okici- yapi group. National Awards were presented to Patricia Eisentraut and Kim Lacker for outstanding memory books BIX FURNITURE STRIPPING AFTER WE'RE DONE YOU HAVE THE FUN Removal of Old Paint or Varnish Ready for You to Reffnish Quickly, Easily and Beautifully BIX FURNITURE STRIPPING MO E. Rand Mt. Prospect Phone: 392-1055 Okiciyapi group, who took part in the lighting of the candles and roll call.

Lois Hodges was responsible for painting the symbolgrams on the teepee Ni-Sa-Tami Camp Fire group held its "parents' party for their rank requirement last Friday at Mrs Thompson's house, where the girls cooked a dinner to which all parents were invited. Most of the preparations were done after school and because there are only five girls left in this group, their leader didn't mind having this affair in her home. After the buffet meal, they played several games that the girls had planned, one of which was Charades. The girls are Mary Lynn Elliott, Virginia Rogers, Barbara Terhune, Nancy Thompson and Marks. MOUNT PROSPECT Three Camp Fire groups took part in the program at the St.

Paul Parent-Teacher" League meeting held Thursday, March 15. Nahwee Pa Watani girls, Valerie Bodenstab, Jane Denne, Lynn Hedke, Carol Kaske, Martha McCormick, Debbie Robey, Jean Schroeder, Ellyn Seeman and Kathy Weight, presented the colors and then with the help of illustrated posters, explained the Camp Fire ranks and honors Next, a play entitled, "Lonely Little Girl in Mount Prospect," was presented by Ta- CmCas. It was written by their leader, Mrs. Marion Hinze and enacted by Eileen Hinze, Darlene Hochleutner, Jaacks, Nancy Johnson, Margaret Luce, Janis Niebuhr, Patti Schramm, Lynn Stephens and Debbie Young. Linda Busse of the NaWee- Cha group led the closing with a recitation of the Camp Fire Credo and finally all girls joined in singing the Law of the Camp Fire and the Camp Fire Goodnight songs.

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