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Volume 68 if: V1 •••• . . - •: „ McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1942 Na g SCHOOL BOARD HONORS OLD MEMBER . W.FREUND SEES SCHOOL PAY LAST "OTlNDEBTEDNESS On last Tuesday evening, July 14, a Six o'clock banquet was held at Eva's restaurant on Riverside I>riye in honor «f onp who has been foremost in local educational eirclea for almost a quarter of a century. The event was plan ned by fellow members of the high school board who were present with their wives* to pay respect to Jos. W. Freund, 'Whq has served continuously INTEREST* ^ ^ NEARBY NEWS While>male fishermen were fussing- ^around with expensive equipment andfancy baits Sunday. July 5, a woman; with a simpLe line and with a lowljjr. an pie worm for bait, hooked a north-! ern pike at Indian Point. The fish weighed 11V pounds. The lucky angler who perhaps has scored the 1942 record is Mrs.'F. H. Somm<er,a resident of Indian Point. Blood donations at the Masonic Temple, Burlington, were 98" pirtjtS on June 30 and 91 pints on July 2 More than this number registered to give blood, but some were eliminated particularly tyeeauSe of low blood pressure; and others failed to appear.. Lured by the full tills of Antioch merchants following the July 4th holiday, a number of young hoodlum* bent on robbery visited the community Sunday night. The ice automats of the Jefferson-"CompaHy^were said to have been looted and a number of stores were broken - into. Three of the vandals later identified as young "hoods" from Highwood vicinity, were apprehended by civilians and were given such a sound beating that they will steer clear of Antioch in the fu ture--that is",* if they're smart boys. AT-9 TWIN BOMBER IN ACTION JOS. W. FREUND (p, •n the board for the past twenty-three years. During; that time he served as secretary except for about nine years and no one was happier than Mr. Freund when at the last meeting of the board in June of this year they paid the last $9,000 bond, making the school absolutely free of indebted Because Mr. Freund was, thrqugb- •ut the years, a faithful member and was much responsible for this final accomplishment, it was the desire of his co-workers to pay tribute to him at this time. After serving through ill the diffi colt year's whdn the school was built, threugh the. depression of 1929, until the present time, this pioneet •f our city's educational advancement deserves probably more credit than any other one^ man for the excellent school we have today. It is only by the patient understanding of such an individual, combined with business ability, which could have made such progress possible. Began in 1919 Mr. Freund began serving oti the board after the first election following the enlargement of the school district on Dec. 20, 1919. Five hundred ahd two votes were cast, resulting in the election of Thomas A. Bolger, Jos. W. Freund, John M. Schmitt, Charles W. Harrison and Eh-. D. G. Wells. O. G. Treadway, who was superintendent at the time, acted as secretary until April when Mr. Freund was elected to the office- He is the only member , vho has served continuously since that time. Present at Tuesday's banquet were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cnsty, Mr. arid Mrs. C J. Reihansperger, Dr. and Mrs. A. I. Frqehlicb., Mr. and Mrs. Ben Justen, Supt. and Mrs. C. H. Duker, JOST W. Freund and sister, Mrs Catherine Barman. Co-workers of Mr. Freund are proud <tf his record of accomplishment and it is hoped that they may in yearS^to come emulate his successes if possible. SEVEN HARDSHIPS OF INFLATION FACED BY MANY LOCAL FARMERS - According to Farm Adviaor J. H. Brock and Home Advisor Clara G. Sweeney, inflation hurts because it means seven different hardships on iarm families of McHenry county. The seven hardships are: (1) high^. er cost of living, everyone paying more for what he buys; (2) higher War costs because the government has to pay more for war materials and so has to borrow more; (3) higher taxes because of great^F government expense; (4) higher marketing costs due U> The gap between farmers and consumers. When the prices go down, this ga tends to stay -wide. (5) Higher operating cosjts. These farm costs will decline after the war, but n o t s o f a s t a s , t h e f a r m p r i c e s . ( 6 ) Higher land values, but these are only temporary. Many who buy farms will kwen them when valuei decline. ^7) A lo^r period of low farm prices and low incomes after the comparatively short period ox high prices and high incomes. The • hangover is painful and the brief period of false prosperity isn't worth* it. * The county coiurn'ttee, through its township chairmen and school district leaders, is trying to reach every farm in the county with this information to-^elp them do their part to prevent inflation, the ^visors explained: Private First Class Robert Uttley, of Chicago, who was home on his first furlough since enlisting in the Army two years ago, drowned Satur* day afternoon, July 4th, while swim: ming in Beverly Lake, in the souths west corner of Barrington township Uttley had gone to the lake for a Fourth of July picnic and was swimming about 2Q0 feet from shore when he went down. He is believed to have suffered an attack of cramps, sin*.* he was a strong Swimmer. Friends dove for his body for Several hours and grappling hooks we're called in before it was recovered. In their efforts to control the local traffic situation. Libertyville police made a total of 22 arrests during the month of June and the police arid justice courts collected $591 mfines from the various offenders. The first graduate of Libertyville township high school to accept a government position as a stenographer in Washington, D. C., j*---Mary Ann Mohrbacher, valedictorian of the class of '42, who left two weeks ago Saturday for the national capital. Miss Mohrbacher answered the call from government officials for thousands of stenographers to brealt the bottleneck existing in the offices of War Production through the shortage of this class of worker.^ FARMERS MAY" EXPECT QUICKER SERVICE ON BUILDING PERMITS Much quicker service on farmers applications for building permits is promised by Bert Bridges, chairman of the McHenry County Agricultural War Board, as the result, of a new procedure for submitting applications for approval by the War Production Board. Farmers are restricted to $1,000 on the amount they may spend In any twelve-month period for iarm construction. For construction costing in excess of this amount they must get the approval of the War Production Board. Farmers' applications for approval are handled by state and county agricultural war boards. The procedure took several weeks in the past. A farmer's application ha to be approved by the county agricultural war board, the state agriculural war board, and WPB, in turn. Now, in cases requiring approval for the construction of silos and farm storage, and reconstruction of buildings destroyed by fire, flood or act of God; farmers may expect to get ac- /iion on their requests within a few days. The following procedure will be followed: The farmer, as in the past, will apply to his county agricultural war board for permission to undertake construction. The local board will wire its recommendation, based on whether the proposal is essential to wartime agricultural production, to the state agricultural war board,', headed by Lee M. Gentry, at Decatur. If it concurs-in the recommendation, the state board will wire the county board its assurance that WPB will approve the application. Then, the farmer will be notified that he may ougin construction immediately. V; CHERRY VALLEY SCHOOL"' The Cherry Valley school, district 41, held its first meeting in connection with tKe~wartime educational program for agriculture on July 7. Helen Harrer and ^Gordon Lowell were in charge ot'.tne meeting. An interesting discussion ,.t,90k place on the prevention of inflation, fire prevention, food preservation and soy bean harvesting and storage. WiVtVriftT A wicked-lookinir ATtwin motored advanced training plane roar*- over Ellington ,Field, Texas, where new pilots.^®*receiving their .wing* in the At my An Force. These sharpnosed, hump-backed craft Rave ap ffying characteristics of the giant bombers the graduating class at the TJ?xas airdrome soon will be piloting. ONE HUNDRED SIGN UNDER PERMANENT REGISTRATION ACT ACCIDENT CAUSES DEATH OF FORMER On being interviewed last week, County Clerk Raymond D. Woods stressed the importance of permanent registration for the privilege of voting as the responsibility of each and every individual citizen. About' 100 voters have taken advantage of the opportunity to visit the clerk's office and register up to this time. -Plans are being made by Mr. Wood to send authorized deputy clerks tb Friends and ,relatives here were several cities to spend at least two shocked this week to hear of the sud- FRED THURLWELL, PASSES AWAY 57, days a week from now until Sept. 19, the ,first day for registration in the various precincts . in the county. Voters may now register in the clerk'soffice daily if they so desire. The native-born citizen must provide the registrar with his name as he usually signs it, his address, and the state in which he was born. He must declare that he has lived in the state a year, the county more than 90 days and the precinct more than 30 days. Foreign-born citizens must provide the registrar with satisfactory proof of their naturalization either by court action or by the naturalization of their parents or by marriage. As the signatpie of each voter is compared with that on an application to vote to be signed by each voter at the polls on election day, it is necessary that the applicant for registration sign the blank with his usual signature. It is believed that honest voting at the polls will be tremendously helped by the permanent registration act which went into effect June 8, 1942. This act vitally concerns every voter in the county, and by registering a voter nee- d never register again, unless he leaves the county, Legally qualified voters are those men and women who have reached the age of 21 years-by the next election, are native born or naturalized citizens, and who have , lived in the State of Illinois one year, in the county ninety days, and in the precinct thirty days. den death of Fred Thurlwell, 57, farmer of Half Day. He died Monday morning while being administered an anesthetic at Condell Memorial hosr pital in Libertyville where he had been taken following an accident in which he Had severted a numbet^of tendons in his arm while cutting graBs with a scythe. He was cutting weeds near his home when the blade cut a deep gash in his arm. SOLDIER MAKES PLEA WITH HOME FOLKS TO HELP RUBBER DRIVE This letter is a reminder to the people of McHenry county. We soldiers of this fort are sending these remihders to all of our home towns. To the people of McHenry county: Do you know that this nation is now at war and that we are not as invincible as most Americans think? Do you realize, that boys are getting killed and more will be killed before we win? Yes. that's right, killed! You're probably thinking right now, "I've got a son in the army," or maybe your husband oi nephew, or sweetheart. Let's face the truth and not just use our imagination. We have the toughest fight in the world to win and we, the soldiers, need "you." That little bathing cap or that old inner tube that you're* too lazy to find, ifl»y bury « Jap. And, on the ether hand, if you don't give and just leave it lay there, it may- Fire department was summoned and resuscitation methods were employed for more tharfcan hour, but to no avail- Hold Inqueat A coroner's inquest was held at the Ray Burnett funeral home in Libertyville Tuesday morning at whiteh time the jury rendered a verdict of death due to he^rt failure. . Funeral srvices were held Wednesday from a funerakchapel in Libertyville with interment in Diamond Lake cemetery. Survivors include his wife, two sons and three brothers, Frank Thurlwell of McHeriry, and Edward and John of Rockford. The-deceased was born in McHenry in 1885 and spent the early part of his life here. He has many friends in this vicinity who mourn his untimely passing. State Spends $24,857,064 During Month Just Past Cash disbursements for 'state expenses in the month of June were $24,857,084.53 and required the writing of 258,267 warrants, final compilations in the office of Arthur C. Leuder, state auditor of .public accounts, showed this week. All expenditure^ for state purposes are made only by warrants drawn by the auditor of public accounts. Seventy-two thousand warrants 5were required for the payrolls of the code departments, elective offices, for supplies, office expenses, travel, postage, etc. These warrants, issued to jtover the regular operating expenses 06 the state government total- >4419^4,563.42. Gas tax refunds, to those who purchased gasoline for other than highway transportation purposes, amounted to $368,333.11 and required 13,090 warrants. , Mounting again this month, the old age assistance payments were $3,978,- 750.00 to 150,464 recipients. Every month since the old age assistance nayments were inaugurated in March of 1936 has seen an increase in the naml:>er of recipients and thl? total disbursed. '* A local doctor was attending him , at the hospital when he lapsed into I ^ one u.s' ^ over once unconsciousness. The Libertyville'^ twlCe **n<^ JQU" probably know what we're getting at. There isn't one house in McHenry that hasn i something to give and 1 know that if you're reminded of .pur need for rubber, that everyone of you will give until it hurts. Do you, the people, realize that you're as dangerous to our enemies as we, the army, are. Without you we can't do very much, can we? We have a Junior Army of school children down here and foi1 so many pounds of scrap they are advanced. One small lad, nine years old, collected 1,100 pounds of rubber by himself, in one day, by going from door to door. He is now a colonel in the Junior Army. You know you don't have to be of draft age to help win this war. So, come on, McHenry, give till it hurts. Give us soldiers the stuff and the chance to really avenge Pearl Harbor. Thank you! A SOLDIER FROM McHENRY, - whose father was a soldier from McHenry. P. S.--To The Plaindealer . . the greatest little paper.in the country. Thinks for sending me your paper. It makes a fellow feel closer to home. SATURDAY NIGHT SPRING CHICKEN SERVED SONDAYOnce again the year has rolled around to the time'when St. Peter's Catholic church at Spring Grove- will have its annual chicken _ dinner and carnival. Always one of the popular events of the season, this year's carnival promises to equal or excel those of past years. , Plans ate almost completed for the carnival which begins Saturday, Jvily 18, and the spring chicken dinner which will be served by the ladies of the parish Sunday afternoon. July 19. Serving will begin at 11:30 a. m. and will continue until 3 p. m. Supper will begin at. 5 p. m. In charge of the dinner and supper will be Mrs. Mathias Nimsgerp, Mrs. Arthur Kattner, Mrs. John J^ung Mrs; Fortis Hanlord. Booths wjlj be open on the carnival ground* Saturday evening and Sunday "and will contain beautiful and useful articles which are sure to appeal to young and old. • < • Special Feature - Special feature on Sunday e'vening will be a concert on the parish grounds by the Richmond Community band. Come and hear music popular with all. A real treat is in stort for all who attend. The Rev. John I* Dadeiden. pastor of St. Peter^ and the parishioner* extend a cordial welcome for--everyone to/command meet old friends! They will all be ther«. REQUEST QUIET OF PUBLIC BAND CONCERTS PLAYERS, AUDIENCE ASK ^COOPERATION ;; might be said of a complimentary nature regarding hfcst week's band concert at the city park. We ! might^mention the very fine choictj numbers which included among others popular selections from "The Fire- ~ fly" ar.d the 'beautiful "Pretziosa" overture;" VVV might speak very enthusiastically, too, of the Excellence " of the band's rendition of the nam-' • * bers; That is, \Ve might have spoken. of all this had* it been- possible to : - compdutely*^h^ar the concert without" the competition of a Variety pf an-{. noying sounds, which for years have * • ? been the ban£ qf music lovers' existence. Thoughtlessness has always been ^ one of etiquette's most neglected rules, * and it in all probability is just that : which causes parents to allow, their children to run and shoutt unrestricted,' through the park during con- ; w cert time. , It certainly must be U thoughtlessness, too, which accounts . u for so many cars circling the block time Sthu again between eight and nine o'clock on Friday evenings, for : | it is unbelievable that our own towns- ; men would deliberately endeavor to* * spoil an evening's entertainment for. listeners or display an evident lack of respect for the musicians them- ' < -selves. , ' - - • ilj • .. w 2 - - mxi Noise Must Stop ' - It is believed that a few remarks -=-»--? those responsible for these RUBBER SUPPLY TO . BE DETERMINED BY PRESENT INVENTORY ISSUE MANY TIRE, TUBE PERMITS SINGE BEGINNING OF JULY Mrs. J. Albert Woll and children of Winnetka visited her mother, Mrs. Mary Carey, the first of the week. Mrs.. James Burke and Miss Mary Coffey of Wilmette called on friends here Sunday, v \ i Since July 1st the McHenry county rationing board has been a busy place as the nermits issued to purchase tires and tubes issued by the board will disclose. Many local folks are among those receiving permits. They are: John E. Nett, McHenry, two truck tires. Lawrence Rudolph, Spring Gfove, two passenger tires and tubes. Samuel C. Pirie. Spring Grove, twotruck tires and tubes.. Albert jSchmidt, McHenry, two jtruck tires and tubes. Edwin Vogel, Solon Mills, One truck tire and tube. •'/-= Thomas Thonnesor., McHenry, four retread passenger tires. Vic Miller, McHenry, two "truck tires andftubes. - ; " - A. W. Schmeltzer, Spring Greve. two truck tins and tubes. ^rthur Fleming, McHenry, one trt"»k tire and tube. "• These, are only the ones from' this vicinity who received many more than 100 permits to recieve tires and tubes. Permits to purchase six new cars were issued since July 1, as follows: Earl Wilson, Woodstock. „ < F. A. Foster. Huntley. H. E. Van der Veen, Marengo. I. Benecke, Union. « - 'v Earl J. Kleps, Cary. ^ : John H. Brock. Woodstock. L Mr. and Mrs. Dwight if arris and Charles Going of Evanston called on friends here Sunday. ' Rubber Stamps at The Plaindealar State Pension Plan Has Little Chance for Passage A plan to enable some 20,000 Itlr=" nois state employes to receive pensions faces a black future in the next session of the state legislature, Rodney H. Brandon, director of the state department of public welfare, said this week.' - Brandon, a veteran of twelve years fight for the plan, said: '*1 do not think there is much of a chance for the passage o# such a bill, in next year's legislature. r» "It is not in accord with the governor's present program to economize in governmental Expenditures I do not think that such a plan will stand a chance of getting though the general assembly antil after the war is over." Whil# t]ie pension plan has been a political "' jfoot1>aH" for many years in Illinois, a ^ill authorizing such a j-etirement fund, preserfted in the lastlegislature proved the most feasible -of any proposal so far, Brandon said. According to (his recent bill, the iplan would deduct from each st^te employe's pay a, prescribed^ sum to pension the employe when he was retired. In the case of~state personnel, subject to changing administraitiogis. this sum would probably te S per cent, he said. C l'.icgo, July 15 -- Carter Jenkins, acting state director of the Illinois office of price administration, today clarified several of the misunderstandings which have arisen regarding the nation-wide tire inventory, now being conducted tb aid in determining the exact status of the nation's rubber supply. The inventory, now in progress throughout the Illinois OPA area, which includes all of the state except Cook county and jjarts.ojF DuPage and Lake counties, requires data from all dealers in tires of all kinds, in addition to reports from all persons selling or holding motor vehicles for sale, as Well as from every person ^xtenaing credit to another person upon the security of a motor vehicle under an agreement which would permit" the lender to take possession of the motar vehicle. This inventory shall include all used tires as well as' all new. n papped and retreaded tires on owner's shelves as of June 30, 1942. person, on the other hand, n'eed report tires or tubes which are already mounted on motor vehicles. A number of Illinois OPA field men are assisting in the preparation of the inventory in various sections of the state, but Director Jenkins warned persons ,requred to file the inventory that they must not wait for field men, as there are\so few now available that it is unfikely^very many tire dealers will have the benefit of their assistance. Chamber of Commerce secretaries and auto club personnel are being requested to assist in this work whenever possible, as all inventories must b£filed promptly with- War Price and Rat ioning boards. ' annoyances to refrain from such practices will be sufficient, for the people " of McHenry have always been ai^t . Co-operative, If asking courteously is , not effective, however, more drasticmeans will be taken. Parents are asked to remember that v the city, high school and grade school • boards have been generous each summer in providing a summer play-:! ground program for their children, J including an instructor and all forms fl of athletic equipment. -They are al- ** lowed complete reign over the city ; park every day and each evening ex- ^ cept Friday, when it is the duty of parents to see that their youngsters "% have other headqjuarters for their / playground: Not only the small children, but also high schoyi boys anil girls, are '. responsible for unnecessary noise and a similar plea is made to theai far co-operation. - Plea T» Driver* Drivers are asked to please refrain from taking their Friday evening r rides on that street unless they intefid to stop and listen. Also, out of regard for your neighbor, it would be appre-~-- ciated dL those desiring to leave at - any time during the concert would ^ wait until the conclusion of the number if possible. After all, few of us are so' important, that five minutes more or less will greatly interfere with our plans except to satisfy our dwn immediate desires. It is not the wish of the band or the great majority who form the attentive audience to make the concerts solemn or dull by asking for this cooperation. Neither is it expected that anyone, especially the children, sit entirely quiet throughout the concert. It is merely one of the basie rules of etiquette, consideration for the rights of others, that tinny, expect everyone to follow. Program This week's program will cons'-st of these fourteen numbers to be played this Friday evening starting ac eight {o'clock: March,'"The New Corn Palace" • ' ., *>•* j Idyl, "The Glow Worm" Lincke Overture, "Panorama" ...... Rarnhouse $ •:4 FAMILY GIVES ^ BEAUTIFUL FLAG TO / WOODSTOCK LEGWN 1 , ( "• ^ i~, -- S<mfan] <&*- beau*tfttf American'!'Romantiq^e, "^IpimrSunser flag, once the prize possession of the' late Dr. Windmueller of Woodstock ! Selections^trom- -Tte Meny ^nd Los-Angeles, was presented tJo the Widow ....^... Lehar Legion Post in Woodstpck Mondayright by States Attorney William M. C arroll. In presenting the flag, Mr. Carroll explained that it had been in the posession of Mrs. Windmueller, (Betty Ivarls of McHeni-y) until her death md since that time had been k?pt by ler mother, Mrs. Anna Karls, wh6 iied recently. Suriviors of Mrs. Karls decided the most fitting and proper place f6r the lag would be in the possession of the Woo<istock Legion, hall and stf presented it to them. Dr. Windmueller was a member of the Legion post in that city during his residence thfcre and'even after moving to California# chose to call Woodstock his home. ENLISTS IN NAVY Harold M. Nelson, 'son of Mf. and Mrs. Mairnus Nelson, enlisted in the United States navy last Monday and will be stationed at Great Lakes. He will commence his duties there next Monday. Harold has been employed by the Edwal Laboratories and the Ringwood Chemical Corporation tjr the past year and * half. March, "Them'Basses" Hulfme Overture, "THe Bridal Rose" Lavalke ."Missouri Waltz," arr. by Yoder'-- Logmm Selection, "The -Sfcnny Sewtb'V - ............7^ Lampe (a) ' The Old Army Game," arr. by Yoder. Dedicated to American Legion Post. 491. McHenry. (b) A Rural Medley. "The Ha»'^ Down" ... •• *rt. Iq March, "lnvictus" •--- Kl«f Finale .... . .. 4 Star Spangied Bannw Foarteen Add Names to & Red Cross Motor Coqpo , During the past week, fourteen women have completed advanced Motor Corps training and wiH add their names to the county Red Cross Motor thorps. They , are Eleanor Wirfs and Mary Kiabough. Lily Tbelma Covalt. Shirley Covalt, Gertrude Barbian. Virginia Bentley. Ruth Fehrman Snow. Harriet St»kes. M^tie Vales. Marjorie D'Vors. McHsnry- Catherine Lord Johnson, Euge-na rk Sond, Dorothy 'Mayer, Hilda X. Henderson, C-ystai Lake."