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sr. ?r ^frfi» 7~f Volume 67 McHENBY, ILLINOIS, THUBSDAY, HAY 22, 1941 Ho. 1 JUNIT OF U. S. 0. ,wni BE FQIIMED FRIDAY EVENING TO BE AT CITY HALL i A PROCLAMATION! :$j>' "V.: Whereas, the Secretary of War antJ , f JShe Secretary of the Navy, with the Afpproval of the President of the United States, have advised the nation that . • fhe morale of our armed forces and ;|i|tefense workers is dependent upon ' :|"^ur providing for them the best influences of their former homes and Communities. I, The Defense Program has called a * i^iillion young men into service cen- 'Jr ters. More will be called. The towns Ijind villages adjacent to these centers . ^#re unprepared artd unable to provide ,-|he recreational, spiritual, and social brograms to which our boys are justr entitled. Our Federal Governkient will pro- |%ide over 300 service club building ^utside of camps, naval stations, and fense production centers. At the request of President Roose- |%elt, Secretary Stirrjson, Secretary Knox, and Federal Security Admin- ®fetrat or McNutt, six great national tiHgencies have united in a single co- , Imperative body, the United Service Organization for National Defense, Inc., ,fo undertake the important responsibility of operating these clubs and reir programs. Approximately eleven million dol- «Hars will be required for this work. The raising of these funds is not duty but rather the privilege of citizens of this and every other immunity. We, of McHenry, welcome this first Opportunity to show these fine young ^en and women that we, back home, e thinking in terms of their wel- •re. I, therefore' urge upon all citisens f McHenry to set aside ?very nonessential duty to unite tn placing out |ity ^mong the first to express our onfidence in and appreciation of those rho have been and who will be called the Defense Program of these Jnited States. Given under my hand and the seaj the City of McHen**, *his 8*tdday May, A.I>. 1941. jr £- R. L OVERTON, Mayofv - • » Meeting Friday Evening Mayor Overton has set Friday jfevening of this week for a meeting if the citizens of McHenry, to be held jt the city hall, 8 o'clock, DST, to form a local unit of the United Serice Organizations for work in conaction with the U.S.O. program, le asks the co-operation of the peole of our city, both men and women, lease remember the date, Friday rvening, May 23, 8 p.m., at the eit* ill, and be present. The mayor conferred this week with : local leaders regarding McHenry's iarticipation in the United Service McHENRY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BAND MRS. N. FREUND SUFFERS FATAL HEART ATTACK BITES SATURDAY J. IMMEKUS FOB l-faoto bjr Worwick Firft row: Patricia Cristy, Bob Peterson, Jay Cristy, Catherine flchwerman, Esther Althoff, Joan Reihansperger, Bernice Justen, Betty McKean, Laura Sherman. Bonnie Page, Dick Baum, Dick Heuser, Bm+ erley jtehwerman, Bobette Cristy. ® Third row: Amy Harrison, John Doherty, Raymond Smith, Gordon SchoUe, Earl Pomrening, George Whiting, Agatha Schmitt, James Freund. Second row: Director Paul R. Yanda, Nadine Schaefer, Adolph Weideman, Donald Schaefer, Lorraine Erber, Charles Page, Dean Mc- Cracken, Robert Marovec, Elaine Landgren, George Freund, Vivian Peterson, Robert Weideman, Martin Baum, Betty Thompson, Charlene Krohn, Hazel Sanders. Fourth row: Esther Smith, John Rogers, John Shadle, Glen Peterson, Robert Stilling;, Roman Schmitt, Rosalie Whiting, Betty Lou Weber. Mrs. Nick F. Freund, who spent her entire lifetime in the vicinity of Johnsburg and McHanry, passed away t, )rgan:zations Program for National} . ! >efense. A local campaign will be [CITY COUNCIL IN Hay 24 is Proclaimed "Poppy Day" in County Next Saturday, May 24, will be recognized throughout McHenry County as "Poppy Day." On that day the Boy Scouts in this city will be selling Poppies in honor of the soldiers who srave their lives for our own United States of America. The sale of these Poppies will be under the auspices of the American Legion. I am sure you can think* of no better way to pay tribute to these men than by buying a Poppy! 1 *>*TTT » YANDA, Chairman. the ^dalAg nod should continue to do. fie emphasised the fact that the need for such work is not purely a local question but a national problem that affects nearly every family in the United States. In asking for $10,766,000100 for the first year's program, the United Service Organizations has baaed its figures on a careful budget study by a committee consisting of members of the participating agencies who have had long experience in this direction, working in close co-operation with the government. By combining forces, the six agencies eliminate duplication of effort and decrease expense as well as promoting national unity and interfafth fellowship. N :onducted in June simultaneously with i nation-wide drive for $10,766,000.00 n equip and operate more than threei tundred service clubs in coroipunitiea idjacent to military camps, naval 7 rnses §pd defense centers throughout .he United States and our overseas "is*' SPECIAL MEETING [JfONDAY EVENING - At ft special meeting Monday night the city council purchased road oil, from the Lennartz Oil company, a firm that has oiled McHenry streets in most of the past twenty years. It is the plan of the street committee to patch the various bad spots with a special mixture since they do not deem it necessary to tear up the streets this year. The subject of widening the Green street bridge also came up for discussion with a decision to hire Engineer Kasser to submit preliminary plans and estimates. Concern over the safety of the old bridge and the narrow street at that point has long been-on the minds of the council members. It is hoped that possibly all or a substantial part of the cost can be covered through the use of Motor Fuel Tax funds paid to the city by the state. The subject of ridding the city of the danger of stray dogs brought forth a decision to have the police see that every dog has a license. At least one child was bitten recently and it may follow that die ordinance requiring leashes and muzzles, may have to be enforced. * The United Service Organizations Is comprised of six national agencies, the YMCA, the Catholic Community Service, the Salvation Army, the CA, the Jewish Welfare Board and National Travelers Aid Association. Acting upon the request of the !»resident, the Secretary of War, the (Secretary of the Navy and the Federal Security Administrator, the U. Ji O. will strive to meet the problem ;'3bf morale building among soldiers, Bailors and defense workers. Although the Army and Navy are doiiy? excellent work within the camps, by discipline, recreation, education and a well-balanced system of chaplain ministration, Mayor Overton pointed out that a serious condition exists outaide the camps. "Many of the new defense- centers gre adjacent to communities that are """ill-prepared to meet the ^influx of thousands of wrong men," he said. "Without prop# recreational faculties, without friends and with little to do but to stand on street corners, they are easy victims for those who seek to exploit them commercially or viciously." The U. S. O. will equip the governvnent- buil£ service clubs to provide comfortable lounges, reading and writing, entertainments, and other 15roup activities, Mayor Overton ex- ^"The*program of the U.S.O. units will be adjuster to meet the demands of the local communities and will be iplanned in close co-operation with community leadership," he stated. "It will include counsel and guidance for personal problems of soldiers, sailors and defense workers, social events and entertainments, hospitality in local homes, group activities, hospital visiting, general information services, aid to transient service men and workers, contacts between soldiers and their homes when necessary and co-operation with educational and re- Jligious programs in camps." Mayor Overton pointed out that in communities where similar work is Mrs. M. J. Walsh, daughter, Dorbeing done, the U.S.O. will supple- othy, Mrs. Jack Walsh and Mrs.JSeo. snent such activity wherever the need ' Bohr were callers in the Michael Knox " Is greatest, but will not replace what shome at Terra Cotta Sunday. MARTIN BAUM AWABDED 1st DIV HONOBS IN MUSIC CONTEST IN FLINT, MICH. A week ago yesterday, Wednesday, three soloists of the high school band and orchestra played in the regional COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS ^ ' TO GRADUATE 387 A decided decline in high school graduates in McHenry county is revealed in the figures released by the (Phot* fcjr Worwick) MARTIN BAUM contest held at Flint, Mich.' Martin Baum took a first division rating with his baritone solo, thus making him the first student in the history of the school to take a first division at a nation contest. He had some sixteen competitors, but still came out on top. Gordon Scholle took a third division ratitig with his violin solo. He too had sixteen competitors. Earl Pomrening also took fi third division with his baritone saxophone solo. He had five competitors. This was the first experience at a regional contest for Gordon, and it was a first and last foe Earl, since he? is a Senior this year. The three soloists, their two accompanists, Mrs. Elmer Baum and Mrs. Charles Goodell, and Director Paul R. Yanda left for Flint at 7:00 a. m. the day before the contest and after stopping for dinner in Battle Creek, arrived in Flint about 3:30 p. m. the same day. They stayed in Flint that night. *n>e boys were finished playing the next day at 2:00 p. m. and so the little group started for home, about four hundred miles away, and arrived there late that evening or rather early the next morning, quite fatigued but not sorry they had made the trip. While in Flint, the three soloists had their picture taken by a reporter of the "Detroit Times" and saw it in the paper the next day. -- Earl Pomrening. McHENBY CO. BED CBOSS CHAPTER TO OBGANIZE WOMEN'S MOTOB COBPS various schools this week. Nine schools ! will graduate some 387 students. Hits is a decrease of thirty-oqe from the p£st year when 418 graduated. The three year total by schools for 1941, 1940 and 1989 follows: 1941 1949 1989 Marengo n.mi ......59 89 40 Huntley 18 16 22 McHenry ...... 49 d» 32 Harvard .89 » 60 Hebron ^ .21 10 St. Mary's .... • 15 Richmond ...... rr 1* * 19 Crystal Lake .88 sr 73 WoodalMl. 7T"*4 88 79 'I •' /*•- \ 887 ~418 880 Recruits are being acc.*©t»d fo»- a Motor Corps to be organized fey McHenry county Red Cross chapter as another special volunteer service id which county women may participate. The corps will render service for regular chapter activities, including at present the collection and distribution of clothing and suoplies for the war relief garment proiect, and such other official transportation as may be required. Women who drive their own '•ars may volunteer, and an effort will be made to have the recruits take a short. course in ftwt aid. stretcher drill, and simple motor repairing at Fort Sheridan. At church services throughout the county Sunday priests and ministers endorsed the Red Cross program of garment production for civilian war refugees and urged church women to aid with the work. Gifts for Men Graduates at McGee's! Before bidding a final adieu to their h!gh school alma mater, the fortynine Seniors of the McHenry Community High school will spend the coming week in a round of programs and entertainments. The first of these,will take {dace Saturday evening at which time the Juniors make their last offering to the Seniors in the form of a banquet, which is to be held in the Karcher hotel in Waukegan. The Junior- Senior formal banquet is one of the outstanding yrents of the year and much time and labor is put forth by the Juniors in planning the affair. The banquet begins at 7:30 p.m., at which time John Doherty, Jr., president of the Junior class, Will propose a toast to the Seniors. Donald Weingart, the Senior class president, will respond with ji similar toast to the Juniors. A short program will follow the banquet, the duration of the entire doings not to exceed two or two and One-half hours. Miss Sylvia Snyder and Leonard McCancken have been placed in charge, and they are being assisted by a number of committees. Taking charge of the entertainment •re Frances Stratton, Ethel Kunz, George Freund and Joe Jackson- The task of decorating the hotel room is W »*». vwuiu 8:45 a. m. at her home on Park street, i h*J!dl«d . bZ ^chmitt> fplt **"y rFKRlIUHAAXY HNITOOHlTTr , Mu.cnHmfnnry, , tt «• ap of ..waty-M| . E leanor Burm^eis ter, Violet Pea^rson, ^ ^ j . .« ^ !*re working dCQgently in hopes that CGUNS, MASKS, MAGIC SURROUND SB. CLAS8 \ SENIORS TO MB ADIEU TO ALMA MATH MAY 29 HOLD BACOALAUBEATB SERVICE SUNDAY S. NICK F. FREUND Monday morning, May 19, 1941, ati Babies wailed and grown-ups jumped with fright last Friday evening at the mystery play entitled, "Danger in the Desert," which the Seniors of the McHenry Community High school presented before a full house. This was one of the finest entertainments of this sort the students have presented for quite some time. Esyears. Mrs. Freund had been 111 only r^«.. ^ ^ ; few days. Returning to her home' be a very nice auelast Friday morning after hearing Mass at St. Mary's church, where she had been accustomed to going every! morning, she suffered a heart attack. The second attack, which occurred Monday morning, proved fatal'. The deceased was born Helen Klap-! COM. Baccalaureate ServMe The Baccalaureate Services will take place on the following evening, Sunday evening, May 25, at 8:15 p. m. in the high school auditorium. In cap and gown, the Class qf 1941 will march onto the stage to the Greek cook, who, when the mystery was solved, was neither Greek nor a cook; Elinor Pries, who interpreted the role of a adctoty mt*pfa, >nd Annabelle Nett, who supplied several laughs as a Swedish maid. The other members of this talented cast were Donald Weingart, Peggy Schaefer. Loren McCannon, Robert Adams, Betty Engeln, Amy Harrison, Jay Cristy, Jr., Bernice Justen and Donald Meyer. Miss Helen Stevens, who directed the play, was presented with a small gift as a token of appreciation by Helen Knox, a representative of the Senior class. Miss Stevens and the cast were also supported by a capable production staff, under the supervision of Miss Maurie Taylor. Before the play and between the acts, the school orchestra, under the direction of Paul Yanda, offered a number of musical selections including "Repass Band," "Century of Progress March." "Hungarian Dance No. 5," and "American Soldier March." that vicinity. On Thanksgiving Day in 1886 she became the bride of Nick F. Freund at St. John's church, Johnsburg. Mr. Freund reealls that Father Mehring. pastor of the church, married three other couples on the same day. Thus they would have celebrated their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary had she lived until this fall. Mr. This will be followed by four selection by the High School Chorus- They * "1 wiU j Hounor ^ -v 1st. VIOLENT DEATH FATE Of 3 IN GO. THIS WEEK DIE IJT HARVARD HOSPITAL Two people lost their lives this past weekend in McHenry county due to accidents. Mrs. Jennie Tanner Pfcfener, 52, wife of former supervisor ChlMi. M. Palmer ot Dubham township, died of burns wetwwf Wfttn she iVffttfulJUd flames which would have destroyed the family residence near Capron last Friday afternoon. It is believed the fire was caused by an explosion of oil which Mrs. Palmer is t&ought to have used in kindling a fire in the stove. Nothing definite is known because Mrs. Palmer was alone at the time, Mr. Palmer having been away on business. The woman's clothing caught fire in the explosion. She ran outside and rolled in the wet grass until she extinguished the fire in her clothing and then managed to stagger back into the kitchen and put out the blaze. Her cry for help was heard by a neighbor, William Darmon, who rushed her to the Harvard hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Palmer were held at the Harvard Presbyterian church at 2 p. m. Tuesday. Car Takes to Ditch Arthur Dawson, the 23-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Clyde Dawson who reside south of Capron, died id the Harvard hospital Saturday night of injuries received when his car plunged into a ditch early Saturday morning on route 173 near Harvard. About 3 a. m. Dawson was found in a semi-conscious condition in the wreckage of his car by LeRoy Larson and Leslie Lloyd, both of Harvard. He was suffering from head injuries and almost drowned in the shallow water of the City Line creek which was flowing through the overturned car. Larson and Lloyd happened to notice the automobile as they drove along the highway and they stopped to investigate. Dawson collapsed and lapsed into unconsciousness shortly after being extricated froas the machine. .WJ. Authorities were unaMe to deter-1 in the four different classes of otilisa- VJctor ^ McHenry and Charles of ihip . . . mine when the accident occurred or 4'on» these prices for April deliveries y0j0. ^iree nieces and three nephews, blown the Legionnaires will take thetw how long Dawson was imprisoned in I having been $2,078 in class 1. $1,778 brother, Edward J. Miller, pre-! places on the stage. "Praise Ye the Father" "Where'er You Walk" Handel "Listen to the Lambs" -- Delt "Kecessional" De Koven The annual Baccalaureate address Freund, . Mind crpenter, .nd hi. ^ i«liver*d b". R««r.»d I.W wife moved to McHen^ in 191J Cl.rence Thenne., PMt»r of where they have resided since. Surviving besides her beloved husband are three sons, John of Johnsburg and Peter and Math of McHenry. Another son, Henry, preceded her in death. A sister, Mrs. Stephen H. Freund, and a brother, Henry Klap* perich, are also left to mourn her passing. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning. May 21, at ten o'clock Joseph's church in Aurora, who was born and raised in McHenry. I After his words of wisdom and inspiration have ceased, the orchestra will L sound the opening bars of the reces- v sionai, the March from "Aid*" by \ , Verdi and the graduates will file out * of the auditorium, thus ending this I evening s activities. I Class Day I At 1:80 next Wednesday afternoon, at St. Mary's church, with burial in May^the public is invited to come St Marv's cemeterv *° tJle hl*h 8ch001 auditorium to at- Mrs. Frances Miller tend the Class Day program,^which Frances Miller, 40 years old,'1* *n entertainment put on by MILK PBODUCEBS PAID BLENDED PBICE 07 $1.84 FOB APpiL DEUVEBIE8 A blended price of $1.84 per hundredweight, 3.5 per cent hutterfat test, will be paid milk producers in the Chicago federal milk marketing area for all milk delivered April 1 to 30, 1941, both dates inclusive, according to A. W. Colebank, acting federal milk market administrator. This is ten cents per hundredweight higher than the blended price for March 1941 deliveries and twentyfour cents per hundredweight hurher than the blended price for April 1940 deliveries. The computation of the blended | price is based on the prices which 1 "W j Mrs. Who had undergone an otK*-«vinn at St. Therese's hospital, Waukevn three weeks ago and was apparently recovering, suffered a relapse early last Friday, May 16, 1941, and died shortly afterward. Frances Miller was born February 7, 1901, to Peter and Catherine Miller at Johnsburg and later moved with her parents to a farm at Lily Lake. She was married to William Miller on November 17, 1920. at St. Mary's church, McHenry and the couHe made their home on a farm at Ringwood. Four children were born of this union, all of whom survive, Eugene, Virginia, May and Patricia. Besides her husband and children, she leaves to mourn her passing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Miller of McHenry: two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Laurent of Waukegan and Mrs. Lillian Hettermann of McHenry; Alfred the Seniors. This is a day of fun and among the other numbers on the pro- / the class prophecy and frill ja to be read. GMameacemeat To climax all* these activities, the final and most elaborate ceremony will be the Commencement Exercises next Thursday evening, May 29. The Class of '41, providing the weather is in their favor, will establish a new precedent this year by holding its graduation services on the school athletic field. This fete was impossible in previous years, since this is the first season the field has been adequately lighted. The Commencement will begin at 8:30 p. m. at which time there wffl be a band concert. When this is completed, several -members of the Mc- Henry post, American Legion, will flv* ' present the Colors and then officiate and *t the awarding of the Legion citizenawards. After taps have been the partly submerged auto befon he ! c'ass $1,574 in class III and waa rescued. $1,367 in class IV. These class prices Kane County Man Dies | ere based on the Chicago wholesale Peter Ordan, 44, a farmer of Hampshire, Kane county, died in St. Joseph's hospital, Elgin, of injuries suffered Saturday night when his auto was involved in a collision at route 47 and U. S. highway 20, ten miles weat of Elgin. The other driver, Nathan Hunt of Lake Geneva, Wis., was also injured. Killed at Crystal Lake Arthur A. Anderson, about 52 years old, a resident of Crystal Lake, was killed instantly at 6:17 last Wednesday evening, May 14, at the Terra Cotta avenue crossing at Crystal Lake when the Chevrolet ear in which he was riding was struck by the Lake Geneva train and demolished. The train was proceeding toward McHenry when Anderson evidentally failed to see it. The car was crumpled and thrown to the north side of the crossing where it rolled down the steep embankment. The train was stopped and the train crew extricated the unfortunate man. The railway physician waa summoned and pronounced him dead. butter and Plymouth, Wis., wholsale cheese markets. The total amount of milk reported by handlers in April computations was 205,171.205 pounds as compared with 202 234,435 pounds in March J 941 and 180,851309 pounds for April ArnoW* Mav ceded her in death, having died on January 19, 1939. The funeral services took place tt St. Joseph's church in Richmond at ten o'clock Monday morniog. Interment was in St. Joseph's cemetery, Richmond. The pallbearers were Anton Williams. Ben Justen, William Justen. Nick Justen, George May and Mrs. Anna Ackman and Mrs. Knapp of Elgin were supper guoits in) the home of J.. Q, Claxton TuesdAy fevening. Mrs. Ackman is a sister of John Dreymiller. Gift* for Men Graduates at McGee's! 1940. The total dollars paid to producers for Aoril deliveries amount to $8,775,- 150.17 for 205,171,205 pounds as compared witfi $3,518,879.17 or 202,284,435 pounds delivered in March 1941 and Frad J. Ianaekas Funeral services will he told Saturday morning at ten o'clock at St Mary's church, McHenry, for Fred J. "Froggy" Immekus, 50 years old, who died at the Pink Harrison residence $2,893,628.94 received for 180351,809 ,t Ba Wednesday morning, pound* delivered w April 1940. Mif I nM> HMMMMfr Among the Sick May 21. 1941, at 4:15 o'clock following a heart attack. Interment will be tn ,St. Boniface cemetery in Chicago. I Mr. Immekus waa bom September 21. 1890. a son the late Anton and Marv Immekus. He was the fond August Wenkel of Ringwood enter- brother of Mrs. Pink Harrison, of Pis ed the Woodstock hospital last Friday takee Bay, George A. Immekus of for medical treatment. Eimwood Park, Frank J, Immekus and Jos.' W. Rothermel returned to his Mrs. Allen E. Noonan of McHenry. home on Riverside Drive this past Another brother, Anthonv P. Immeweekend after spending a few weeks kus, preceded him in death. in Billings Memorial hospital In Chi- j Joseph Kuhn cago. | Funeral services were held Wednes- -- [day afternoon at 2:30 for Joseph BUILDING NEW HOMB . ] Kuhn, 29, of near Richmond, who died Ground has been broken for a aaw Sunday of injuries received when he home being erected for Joe May on a was run over by a tractor which he lot which he purchased from Ann was operating on his father's farm on Frisby on John street recently. , May 5. Kuhn suffered a broken neck. L Services were conducted at the £fcorn, His Graduation Gift at McGee's. funeral home in Richmond. The Legion demonstration will be followed by several short talks given h" m^nbors of the sraduatinir class. The speakers will be Betty Nielsen, Amy Harrison, Beatrice Williams, Loren McCannon, Ervin Laures and ~* Donald Weingart. « Clarence Anglese will have the honor of awarding the diplomas and Miss Helen Stevens will present the four students who rated highest in the class with special awards. These . students are Bitty Nielsen, Karl Pomrening, Amy Harrison and Helen Tnnir Public Grade School The Public Grade school will cloee officially next Wednesday afternoon and the students will be asked to meet at the school on Thursday morning at nine o'doek to receive their report cards. Since the school does not hold any special entertainment for the graduation of its eighth graders, the follow- ^ ing students will receive their diplomas for having successfully com- , j, pleted their grade school studies: y Shirley Bienapfl. Betty Jean Borgen,< ; Faye Borgen. Gre?orv Cairns. Nornan Freund, Jean Huck, Norman tnm-li Betty Lou Kramer. Thomas Lawson. Charles Martin. Dean Mc- Cracken. Patsy McC»uig*an Charles I^lge. Shirley Patzke, Bobby Peterson, Vivian Peterson, Betty Jane Potter, Robert Richardson, Robert Sheraaan, Vivian Straiten, Adqtoh Weidft* mta and Miibuni ~ m -4'