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Volume 68 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12,1942 Ho. 26 $£•4. 5 fESISTER AT t BADE SCHOOL ON NOV.19-20 UE SUPPLEMENTARY BLANKS THERE Incor CITY LOSES NEWS ABOUT l-ACT COMEDY OUR XICKXTS RESERVED Every registered owner of a p^B-i ;¥HHJH SCHOOL •eager automobile or motorcycle mast r . i y\ji get an application from a tire in-; In spite of the superstitious belief spector in his locality prior to regis- j that Friday, the thirteenth, is a bad tration and must fill cut the > luck omen, the Junior class play will blank as per instructions. A separate j.go on to prove otherwise. ' Fixit Inform for each passenger car or motor- j corporated" promises to be one of the ( -cycle must be filled out. j funniest plays the school has had the j The registered swner must sign the i opportunity of giving. I application and present it with his ; Tickets may be reserved at the high j license registration card to the nearest j school office any time after 12:30! registration place designated for his j this (Thursday) afternoon.. The play j community as shown below. • 2 SEND XMAS - BY DECEMBEB 5 DEDICATED ARMISTICE NIGHT T' , UMS to Ephrata "A i r -- A ,wl11 be?in at 8:15 Friday evening, Base, Ephratei Washington. Wie above is very important as the t Nov. 13, at the high school audi- i signature on the license registration , j Anthony Noonan, formerly of Col- , « * • » cards and your signatures on the gas application blanks are checked. The hours fcr this registration at the schools will be from 9:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m., November 19 and 30. • Woodstock--Central school • Marengo--Grade schcoL Alden--Schol building^ •/ : Hebron--High school. : i Richmond--School building. McHenry--Grade school. v "Crystal Lake--Junior high school. Huntley--High school. Algonquin--School gymnasium. Gary--Grade school building. Fo* River Grove--Grade schM. Harvard--Central school. 4 \ Teachers In Charge- •- E«a;c. Jr., left Monday, November 2, for i Alexandria, Minn., ' EXPECT RECORD where** is taking! - : OF MAIL * pre-fiight training" under the jurisdic- - tion of C. P. T. I The postoffice department now |fc .starting the most gigantic task in its Pvt. Charles Her- history--the movement of a deluge of Christmas parcels, cards and letters while maintaining the tegular flow of millions of pieces of mail daily to and from our armed forces over the world. Indications are that the volume of Christmas mail will be the largest on record. Already in September, latest drich has been t r a n s f e r r e d from March Field, Cal., This year's hilarious comedy has to j lege Statioi}, Texas, is now scrying at raont^ f°r which figures are available, do with two idealistic college beys I Norfolk, Va. retail sales had reached a level secwho take it upon themselves to set up' /•"" ond only to the reernd month of De a business wherein they plan to fix tile ills of the nation. ."Umstances seem to lead them into a aeries of comical situations. Of course there is a romantic angle that works itself in to help make, things a bit More complicated. You will also be entertained between acts by a numbr of selections playd by the high school orchestra. Cast of Characters Dave Thompson............Harold Michels Torry Edwards... ...Rudolph Johnson The PlaindeaVr his iWs;- wifertf ' cember, 1941. according to the Deceived the new address of Pvt. Gerald Wtment ©t-Commerce Sm-li heavy * They reafly work hard at it but clr-~ H. Freund. It is San Francisco, Calif., purchases always presage heavy in care of the postmaster. mailings. e A If thousands of soldiers, sailors; m marine and civilian friends are not David Bowers, who reside between disappointed at Christmas time, McHeniy and Crystal Lake, has been the Pub,ic m"st co-operate by mailing sent from Camp Croft. S. Carolina, to earlier than ever before and by ad- Camp Thalia, Va. j dressing letters and paivels properly. ... '• „ v- ;V The best efforts of the postoffice de- William Kinsala, eeco®^ the Henry Kinsalas to enter the service, is at Camp Grant. • Alice Gray Betty Kilday There will be no school for the j Helen Duval.....* Mitzi Durland public grade school children on i Henry Oglevie........... Art Jackson ! army at Camp Adair, Oregon" Thursday or Friday^ next week be- j Phoebe Homblow..... ..Marion Hawley _ Lester Wittt is with Uncle Sam's partment alone cannot-be enough, in view of wartime difficulties faced by the postal system. The public must "<"-:St. Formerly many reserve mail cars could be added to the service to meet the Christmas rush but this year, due •cause teachers from this school willjj. Wiggenthal Hart Jchn Rogers, Louis Diedrich, a selectee of last to tbe movement of troops, these cars; be in charge of registration. Al-1 Mrs. J. Wiggenthal Hart springs has been transferred from are already in service. though national registration will be; Helen Ruth Butler j RjCe, Calif., to Camp Pickett, Va. Mailing Suggestion* heid on Wednesday, Thursday and Rosemary Lawrence..Betty Lou Weber Artis L. Thorpe James Hetterman DO YQIJ REMEMBER THIS OLD-TIMER? Fipt Crj partment. Sgt. Harvey N. Freund is now stationed at Drew Field, Florida.. Friday, November 18, 19, and 2fr of next week, the local registration will be only on the 19th and 20th. There will be no registration at any rural schools. Applications may be obtained in McHenry at the Paul Schwerman Chevrolet garage, the John Stilling Service station, the R. I. Overton garage or the Walter Freund Tire shop. These must be filled out and brought' to the school. Registrants will receive a tire inspection blank, windshield sticker and ration bode. Registration hours will be as fol- ' Thursday^ • 9:00-11:00--A-B. 11:30- 2:00--C-D. ? 3:00- 4:00--E-F. ^ - J S O O - 6 : 0 0 -- G - H . * , - j Friday ^ ' #J00-11N.00--L-M. lltOO- 1:00--N-O-P. v. fcOO- 4:00--Q-R-S. v ' 4:00- 6:00--T-U-V. " ! - >0 6:00- 8)00--W-X-Y-E. ' ; - Only two groups, A and D, representing passenger cars and motoreye les, will receive ration books. However, local authorities state that all passenger car owners should apply for ¥A" books now, even though they plan to apply for .B or C books later. It will be some time before the board at Woodstock can issue the B •r C books. During this time it will be necessary for passenger cars to, Bfentg, janitor at our public school f 01Li7f ^«^°Awill receive f°r J many/ear8;uJ^nnie e".u* The citizens of McHenry and The D will receive six gallons. To assure prompt and safe delivery Lieutenant John C. Purvey I Chicago postmaster Ernest J. Kruetrystal Lake was called back to Ken bas recommended all packages be mp Livingston from maneuvers re- Pa°ked and wiapped securely and adj cently to be made batallion surgeon dressed carefully with ink or typein fu'l charge cf the infirmary. writer. He urged that valuable, , packages be insured. Those contain-! ' Apprentice Seaman Gerald Miller in'? liquids should be cushioned and has successfully passed the examina-; nature of their contents plainly tion at the U. S. Nawl Training! marked on the outside. Complete adschool in San Diego and has been! dresses of botlv sender and receiver transferred to Norman, Oklahoma, j should be legibly written in ink. where he is an aircraft metalsmith in i About 25,000 experienced postal the naval air corps maintenance de- workers already have been taken by the war services. Arrangements are' under way to add thousands of tem-1 porary personnel to postal staffs, but i this man power is hard to find and is inexperienced. Gordon Granger has recently fin-!. tre* "iailin^ Privilege granted ished training in B ston. Mass.. and the members of the armed forces j received the rating of machinist's < ,a,8e<? t.heir mailm«a s°me thirt^ mate, second class. He has been sent: ^.J8 est!matf<1- t to Dearborn, Michigan, for further The deadline is already past for training. * •{ ^ j' v ;v RESIDENT ItKS. AttEBTINA RLTZ DIES AT 90 '."Vav t Mrs. Albertjna FeHs, who> too^i • h4ve been 91 years (Id in just a few months, passed away at her home .oa Waukegan street last Friday manning, November 6. 1942, as a result of an accident several weeks a-o. On October 7 Mrs. Feltz fell and broke her arm and hip. She was confined to the Woodstock hospital for twelve days after which she returned to ft* r home in remarkably good physical condition considering her advanced age. She rested comfortably, under the loving care of her daughters and s m, *V; "-8i ' /s . - i - f\ "S.4 (Photo h» WtrwfcU MRS. ALBERTINA FELTZ The above picture shows Johnnie We have this week received the address of Pvt. Wilbert H. Schaefer. He is serving at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Charles Thompson has been trans, ferred from Camp Custer, Mich., to Keesler Field, Miss. , The new address of Pvt. Francis iGrasser, formerly cf Panama, City, I Fku, is in care of the postmaster, : San Francisco, Calif. EXCELLENT PROGRAM WEDNESDAY FEATURES U. S. NAVY SPEAKER j mailing gifts to army and navy per- | soi\nel overseas with assurance that : the parcels will arrive by Christmas. The New York post ffice reports that , in late October, 350,000 such parcels j were handled dai'y in that office alone. . I The postoffice department is mak-1 Tbe high scthool auditorium was inft strenuous efforts to avoid such a r-Jsd a.most to capacity Wednesday i_terrific' jam as it faced in 1918 undei eveI ing at the fi st Armistice night ! similar conditions, during the first prcgianv ever to be presented in Mc- ! World War. It can succeed in those Henry. . *• j efforts---and avoid many heartaches j Speakers and guests were seated in j for its patrons--if the public will co-1 'emi-circle fashion on the stage and j '>perate by mailing early. ! 'n the center was a h-uge hcnor roll Remt mbei to get your Christmas pil*3t< r with the rames of all the: inaiMng donetn or before December 5. McHen y 0 township boys now in j (Civil war. Each coupon book contains forty- j Old-timert tell that he came north eight coupons, eight of_ which are at the end of the war with another paper being sent each week to servicemen fiom McHenry and the immediate vicinity. j vaM every two months. Each coupon Is fbod for four gallcns. It is estimated that between 1200 and 1600 cars will be registered in McHenry by the end of the three days. Union soldier, Richard (' Dick") 1 Thompson, and made McHenry his home. FIRST NOVEMBER QUOTA FROM BOARD, ~ ONE HAS DEPARTED service. DR. D. S. HILLIS, PROMINENT BAY --RESIDENT, DIES FAMED NATIONALLY AS . rHYSICIAJt !NT6t onty one of Pistakee Bay's, but (Until shortly before her ieath. wh?i her hip cordition became wore % eaus* ing much suffering. The deceased was born on January 22, 1852, in Germany, the daughter 'rf Ferdinand and Carolyn Geske. When she was still a young girl, tha family moved to the United State* and settled in McHenry, where Mil. Feltr continued to make her home. Almost seventy years ago she was united in marriage with August Felts ho preceded her in death twenty- ?ight years a;o. Since that time tihe ' 'ias lived with a son, Emil. . Mis. Feltz was possessed of a | >unny disposition and her thoughts !vert< always on bringing happiness to others. During her illness her one egret was that she would be a care to her family. --' > | Besides her husband, Mrs. Fettl ] was preceded in death by the eldest j daughter, Minnie, who passed away I many years ago. Surviving are four sons, Herman ! Feltz of Pittsburg, Pa., Charles ot Trenton, New Jersey, William and 'Emil of McHenry; two daughters* 'Mrs. William (Louise) Foote and Mrs. ; Charles (Bertha) Gaulke of Woodstock; three grandchildren, three j great grandchildren and two sisten, Mrs; Augusta Wolff of McHenry and j Mrs. Bertha Schneider of Chicagow Card Of Thanks In this manner we wish to thank Donald Meyers, son of Mr. and Mnt, Frank Meyers, has enlisted in thlf . „ ... : navy and will leave Monday of next1 Many will remember the aged, iwee^ ; -ounty last Friday morning filled its white-haired gentleman, who sat on 1 ! Irst November quota when eight PFC. Gecrge Mitchell, formerly | 1 • ™;.i«Knr sn ! , VI u" ,„,o ^ stationed at Fort Sheridan, has been place of r^istrabon. These ap- Uf November 11, 1918, marched past locnted at Camp Greenville, I1L, tor ons should be filled out com-!his home. That aged gentleman, anLk. ___» * w JLu- . Alter the seating of the speakers j also one of the nation's most promthe American Legion members filed j inent phyicians, Dr. David S, Hillis, kind neighbors and friends for io»l iii and took seats in the front of the | was taken by death on Monday of this offerin»s» donations of cars and the hall fo lowed by members of the vari- • week. For thirty-five years he had' m*ny other kindnesses ^extended to Application blanks for supplemental i his front porch with tears in his eyes mileage ration books will bejivailable : as McHenry's Armistice Day parade at the plications pletely and mluled (not brou«rht in i American patriot through and personally) to the local rationing j thr "ugh, was Johnnie Brents. beard at Woodstock. Defense work- j We are indebted to Gib Howard ers must have the approval of their j f or this old-time picture. plant transportation committee before : * . v , mailing their applications to the local VANDAL REMOVES , ious, patriotic women's organizations all in uniform. The rest of the hali was occupi *d by good McHenry patrii ts who came to hear a fine program Besides the regular talks given by the speakers named last week, sevresided during the summer in his beautiful home on Cedar Island at the entrance to Meyers Bay. A lighthouse stood in fron^ of the house. Dr. Hillis died in Passavant Memorbecome soldiers of Uncle Sam and ial hospital November 9, 1942, a_f^t>evri *_ hree othei-s were transferred to other er«] guests were presented, including ! years' illness. He was chainnan of the board* in the state. Under a new R»y Page, district commander, Mrs us in our recent bereavement. . „ . THE CHILDBED >1 ' • ' - . . w Residence Changes OOLD STAR (# WOODSTOCK HERO parture. Those who left last week included Dick Webei\ who enlisted in the marines about six weeks ago, has been sent overseas according to a tel- _ pg<ram received by his parents last T upvin? ^Sunday. Dick's father served over- 'RED J. MbYtK Seas with the army in World War 1 Pvt. Rcbert E. Doherty, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Doherty, is stationed at Camp Adair, Oregon. •* ; rationing board. The supplemental applications will be acted upon and applicants will be notified of the board's decision by mail within thirty days. j . q f me-nest tvnes of van. Application blanks for gasoline to; ^ eyer ^ ^ ap. be used or non- ig way pun>o« , peare(j weekend, removing the This week we received the address may be obtaine a ® ,on i gold star of Thomas L-unsbury on the of Pvt. Marvin AlbertPragmann, husplaces ard must be filled out in dup- honor rol, in ^ dty pjuk A screw band of the foimer Haze, Maynard . i ° ^ ®°P,es. are. , driver was used. Not stopping at this of McHenry. The address is in care ° ,.c f0* k n *1 4 van<Jals a?so mutilated the stars of the postmaster, San Francisco,' apphcant wiH be notified by m**! <* in front ^f two cther names by taking Calif. Pvt. Pragmann was inducted the boards decision within thirty^ sharp instrumeot ^ ^ng the on Octobers o'f this year and was' points off stars. I transferred from F«.it Custer to San Lounsbury was one of the county ' Francisco on October 26. lie was a ' men who made the supreme sacrifice former employee of one of the Pine for his country by giving up his life Tree farms. at Pearl Harbrr on December 7. HAROLD Jt FERWERDA Woodstock . RAY E. ROSE ERNEST H. PECK Harvard <• JOHN D. SULLIVAN Richmond JOHN H. PADGETT Marengo NICHOLAS BERWAl|$Eft Ringwood ANDREW HAWLEY ' I obstetrical division Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes, rtci- . - . , dents of McHenry for many years, ™liW th. names of the .electee. Jack W.Uh, Bed Cn». member f.r p^T, "heli o'i th^' otetetr^r Lp.n'- ^ #e« not relwod before their d«-j'»™'Hive ye»n> ^ ment of P....v.nt ho,plt^, ,nd pro. %y/"L S* 'Owen, chairman of the McHenry fessor of obstetrics at Nnrthwp«tom . , „Mrs" t*uprene Sayler and county Motor Corps. I nnivaraitt 1 , , u daughtert Susan, have moved from the Highlights of the evening were the vi™ ^d W*S 69 borne of her father, J. W. Freund. on dedication of the beautiful pilaster by rw_ . . .Riverside drive to their new home on Earl Walsh and a most interesting • r, tune asso- Center street. Mr. and Mi-s. Herman and forceful talk by Yeoman Shelbey ? , . , Joseph B. De- Nye of Aurora.are now making their Pitts of the U. S. navy. i Lee. founder of Chicago Lying-in hos- home with Mr. Freund. Mrs. Nye was • Throughout his half hour speech, f *n,d Chicago Maternity cen- the former Cornelia Freund. the point that Yeoman Pitts kept J ? active m Jflie invention The Clyde Dowell family, vho niovbringing out time and again, .was the *! develoPm®*»t 0* the DeDLee-Hillis ed to Chadwick, 111., several months great need for civilian interest and uOS^pe\ ,• instru,ment enables ago, has returned to McHenry and is co-operation in the war effort. He also ? P ysR'lai} to ll3t^n ^ ,the retal heart living in the Baer house on Richm«»*i cited some thrilling accounts of hero- t0"e and mt^her8 heart tone and road. j wmby Ameiican boys thus far in the18 now unlversally used- -- war. ! The obstetrician also contributed pfc. George Mitchell and Mrs. days. ».•••»•»»»•«••• Among the Sicfc Walter O . , . - Evelyn Feldt, Alden, 111. • - 4 , i n i i f Rolland C. Bricker. Grayslake. l l l . , Vincent Schiavone, Jr., entered the That anyone would stoop to such an NOTICE i to Geneva Miller Grayslake 111 Woodstock hospital 1the middle of last «wt.as removing this star is almost: Beginning Friday, Nev. lt« 'the Alfonse Kolbe,' Elgin, 111./to Jane week, having been shot accidentally. unibe]lievaiWe^. A reward has been of- Karls Cafe on Riverside Drive, will be i D. Brown, Crystal Lake, 111. Mrs. Henry Stoffel of Volo. who has fired by Woodstock's mayor for any ciosed for about eight weeks, as I am Maynard P. Howell, Woodstock, Hi., been under observation at St.Therese's • information leading to the finding of taking. a vacation and going to the to Ida Brink, Woodstock, 111 hospital since last Friday, returned to j **e penon. (jr^^ersons guilty of this - -- -- -- - Boy and girl Scouts were present in j f medical literature, win- Mitchell of Greenville, III., visited uniform to complete the picture and n.'n.^ particular - attention among phy- friends here Wednesday. ! the audience enjoyed stirrine music s'c'ans w»th his work on eclampsia-- „ IK % «"»<" .Everyone <c°»T»l.ion, incident to childbirth). ^ g, . I**-* *«reed that the Pro*""** was the; He is credited with numerous ad- 189g He a member of the V. . ' .t:eDron' u,-» 10 «most successful one of its kind ever I vancements of obstetrical practice ^orti,western faculty in 1908 and Marriage Licenses presented here. Births ^ <s her home Wednesday evening, mueh act. improved. I ' ^ /^ Norman Kraack underwent surgery Mrs. Edna Heimer and Mrs. Clar - at the Woodstock hospital Tuesday, i ence Craig of Chicago visited in Mcwest ccast. I expect to reopen on or Fred W. Krohn, McHenry; 111., to about January 16. EDITH KARLS. ence iraig of Chicago visited in Mc- Plant bulbs no*r for spring flowers. ; J*?1? Thursday. Mrs. Josephine ; Tulip, daffodil an<l£mjuncisaus bulbs at Need Rubber Stamps! Order at Tbe , Heimer, who spent the week in Chi- j Vycital's Hardware Store, ~ Plaindealer. cago, returned with them. {street. Green Xlice L. Nickels, McHenry, 111. George H. Firnbach, Round Lake, 111., to Agnes Vesillus, Round Lake, DL- ^ •! \ • ' «' Need Rubber Stamps! Order at The Plaindealer. » Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coles of Mc- Cullom Lake are the parents of a daughter, bom Monday at tbe Woodstock hospital. which are now apcepted throughout named pn>fessor of obstetric in the world. Inluded are the modern- Dr. Hillis was a member of the Uo|- v „ ization of Caesarian operation tech- yer#ity cJub an<j had served as presj- ^ nique and introduction of several in- dent ^ Chicago Gynect logical s#» • struments to aid the resuscitation of ciety jje Jived at 6939 Jeffery a vet n^w-bom babies and the care of pre- nue ature babies. A son. Dbyid Sutherland Hillia, « Served la FirmJ War naval officer on convoy duty, suf*, Pf, Hillis served with the United vives. States naval reserve as a lieutenant- Funeral services were held $0 rf--i The Lloyd Vanderflughts of Ingle side are the parents of a boy, born , commander in World War 1 and was 2^0 p. m. Thursday from Thomas hall Sunday at the Woodstock hospital. I retired with the rank of captain. He on the Chicago campus of Northwest. Order your Christmas Cards from The Plaindealer. / was born in Chicago, July 19. 1873, the son of David M. Hillis an attorney, and was graduated from North- • • , :••• - • : era university. 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