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MUELLER HUBERT J. MARTINE EMERSON J. WILSON ; • RALPH L. GROENDYKE DELBERT H. KNIEBUSCB ROBERT C. VOKAC CARL E. SCHULTZ ,i---^ LEONARD G. BUREgg v EDWIN C. JURS v ARTHUR H. WHITE CHARLES J. RADLOFP, J*. " ARTHUR A. KOCH LOREN S. ROTHERMEL - HENRY LOHMULLER GUSTAV J. GUSTAVSON JOHN SERVIN FAY W. REVELS ^ • DONALD C. SCHROEDER EARL PALMER ; WILLIAM P. SALZMAN JOHN K. KROP - CLARENCE W. RADDATZ " LAVERNE M. JURS JAMES F. CASEY ROBERT H. BIRDSONG GILBERT SMITH. The second group includes the following: LESLIE A. KRUGER CLARENCE A. EHRK8 ^ i RAYMOND F. BIRKEND^I FELIX M. PEARSON JOHN J. WALINSKI - PAUL B. HANSON •- LEONARD D. OT-EAitT ROBERT C. KREIER GRANT J. NOLAN ^ . GERNARPT VARDERVAl* Although it was at first believed that board one would fill oaly one - .:«• VM>ta, on Saturday the names of sJP fourteen more from that board were stfi. released. They were as follows: GUSTAVE DOBERSTEIN LEO M. OSMUN ELMER W. JENSEN " - • ;• LEO LAY DAN J. IVERSON FRANCIS C. HOEY ( HASKELL M. GARR|B«f •* MICHAEL F. GAVIN,-' v-:v•,<>*. GLEN C. PONITZ " GEORGE GEIRTZ v j CLAYTON E. WHITS GLENN W.BEN SON FRANK KOPSELL ROBERT J. FLETCHEJL AROUND THE COURT HOUSE Louie Pasdera was granted NEWS ABOUT OUR SERMIEN Kow a member «t America's fitting sea forces, William A. Fowles,- 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Fovrtes, RFD1, McHenry, HI., reported to the U./ S. Naval Training Station at, Great Lakes last week for a period of recruit training. " Instruction for recruits--known as "feoot" training -- includes drilling, vigorous physical Conditioning, seamanship and Naval customs and procedure. Recruits are given a series of aptitude tests through which they may V ^ -•. 4A. ,t:v. - v',^5 KT06ERWAR BOND QUOTA IS EXCEEDED HERE $239,000 SALE ASKED m MT: iffie sCfe of war boncls in THtcTteriry county during the last two months. September and October, indicates no let down in the determined effort of the citizens of the county to support the nation's war effort. During October residents purchased bonds in the amount of $246,254.50. Sales were divided as follows: "E" bonds, $186,825; "F" and "G" bonds, $59,429.50. The quota for this county for the month was the sum of $227,600 and STAFF SERGEANT r " LEROY CONWAY qualify for .d™n«d training at one ILT'It'h c°™«utive oofi tthnee NwNaaavvwyy "sss mmaannyv sseerrvviiccee sscchhoooollss , tith§a tq uMoUcH enTryhe cNouonvteym bhe«r» quexoctae edheads with an opportunity of obtaining a petty officer rating. Some, also, are selected for immediate active duty at sea or some other shore station. Upon completion of the training period a nine-day leave is granted. MESSAGES FROM MEN IN SERVICE Dear Sims \/- , I just want you to know how much I appreciate your sending me The Plaindealer. It, not only gives me a chance to know what is goring on at home FIRE DEATHS OF TWO CHILDREN -- i': r an ^aul Kohout, Agecf 2 and k, Perish . - V'f Blaze Here Early This Morning--i r Other Accidents Reported }--$h it- " • In spite of the alertness of two! Pvt. Joseph N. Schmitt is now attending Signal Corps school in Ashland, Wis. Corp. Edwin E. Reid has been transferred from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, to Fort Mcintosh, Texas. B. N. Bourelle, who has been stationed at Great Lakes sihce his enlistment a few months ago1, is now in1 Miami, Fla. Corp. Vernon J. Reinboldt left last week for Camp Pickett, Va., after spending a ten day furlough at his home here. He had been stationed at Rice, Calif. , The Plaindealer hH WCeiVed the address of Pvt. Norbert Smith, who is located at Camp Pork, La. Lieut. V-ale Adapts has been transferred from Nashville, Tenn., to Blythe,' Calif. William Kinsala, a selectee of a few Weeks ago, has been sent from Camp Grant, Rockford, to,Camp Carson, Colorado. » been increased to $239,000. | (Photo ky w«rwltk) Under a new plan for reporting ; LeRoy Conway, a soldier of about War Bond sales, which was inaugu- i seven months, was promoted a few rated September 1. All county chair- weeks ago, to the rank of Staff Sermen are able to obtain city and county i geant at Fort Bragg, No .Car. He totals on sales which are authorita-1 was recently transferred from Camp ti*e. i Claiborne, La., where he had been sta- McHenry county figures now in- tioned since his induction. His many elude all purchases of "E" bonds i friends here are proud of his advancemade by McHenry county residents, i ment. regardless of the agency from which j --_ the purchase is made. | This means that McHenry county now gets full credit for purchases of "E" bends made by residents, who purchase ' E" bonds on a payroll sav- j ing plan, regardless of where the j bonds are purchased by the employed, t This new plan resulted in an increased volume of "E" bonds sales during September. McHenry county citizens have a right to be proud of their record for purchasing War Bonds. The fact that the October quota was achieved should not, however, lessen the effort to attain a still more creditable showing. The war is not over and vnt Di._ tv.--.,_u -- -- -- -- v„Vi Another near tragedy occurred just It I knnw degs, tragedy visited our little last spring in this same house when 1 city in the early morning hours to- j Mary Lynn, the two-year-old dauarhday when fire of unknown origin al- j ter cf the L. B. Mttrphys, was dismost completely destroyed a home covered by her mother lying near the and caused suffocation of two small shore of the Fox river tftef children. from her play pen. The victims of the unfortunate ac- Othi i •>.. j.|. cident were Peter and Paul Kohout, _ . ... , , aged two and four respectively, who .. r, a .}01}z, ^ 5, . j .. were sleeping in a north, downstairs I^ ^ Fnday, the thirbedroom with their mother, Mrs. Dor- tf.enth' had ^UIet,y l come and woaM othy Kohout. The family resides in ; shP™*y much the same manner, the Lasch house on the south end of : f'^out any of the customary bad Orchard Beach, formerly occupied by I associated with the day. the L. B. Murphy family. Mr. Kohout | Just as everyone was becoming was in Chicago at the time. Mrs. Kohout is the daughter of Max Eitel, owner of ' Old Heidelberg" and sev soW of my friends in service ate and what they are . doing. I enjoy reading it very much. ' .Wishing you the best of luck, I remain,. Sincerely yours, CORP. ALBERT VALES, - Fort Sheridan, 111. LARGE CUSS HAD A FINAL HEARING FOR CITIZENSHIP THEM IMOLUDSD ntOM HcHEHXT I suppose you've heard of my transfer from Oklahoma to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Arrived here Oct. 27 and being one of the largest camps in the country, I haven't seen all of it as yet. There are quite a few men here from McHenry: LeRoy Conway, Al Weingart, Ted Pitien and the west side druggist, Glenn Wattles. I appreciate you sending me The Plaindealer every week. Thank you very much. It's like a weekly letter from home. Sincerely yours, STF. SGT. H&KMAN J. STEFFES. ai, „v,v Lest Monday, Nov. 16, in the court McHenry county "soldiers" and' sailors °J fud*e WilJ;i i a™ ]*klfi.erc®' a ®Ia88 Pvt. Vincent Tonyan has been transferred from Camp Callan, San Diego, Calif., to Seattle, Wash. Of comedy, was presented at the high school auditorium last Friday evening. The fact was that the mystery and the comedy occurred in many of Richard Toleson, who enlisted in the »«me lines and chiefly in the perthe navy, left Monday for active i 8.on „ Rudolph Johnson, who mtenaervice. itionally or unintentionally, developed j a peculiar break in his voice each time he deviated from a medium key. The result, quite surprising for both Rudolph and the cast was gales of laughter which seeme dto diminish litt'e. even in the third act. Most of auaieqee was under the impres- Pvt. Charles Sutton, son of Mr.; gion that this was part of the act but and Mrs. Ed Sutton, is now stationed; reliable inforrtatkn tells us that it of twenty-eight had their final hearing f< r citizenship. The Thursday night previous, they all took a course of instruction at the Elks club in Woodstock, under the supervision of the Americanism committee of the lodge. All seemed well qualified at ^ 1 | that time to pass the final test after A unique class, play, which included ; going through a most interesting considerable mystery in its three acts course. are still on the firing line. COMEDY AND MYSTERY MAKE JUNIOR CLASS PLAY INTERESTING Charles, son of the Edward Thompsons, was recently transferred from Camp Custer, Mich., to Keesler Field. Miss. rhe ccllaa«s s is compesed of the follow- :: V at Fort Ord, Calif., having boon transferred from Carrabelle, Fla. Was merely a change of voice. Whatever the cause, however. Mr. Johnson did a fine job throughout, voice and Norman Lodtz, son of Mr. and Mrs. all. Lodtz of Crystal Lake, formerly i Other comedy rcles, well enacted, residents of McHenry, arrived home ^ were by Marion Hawley, a spinsterlast Thursday afternoon from Haw- poet. John Rogers, a hen-pecked husthorne, Calif., where h» has been sta- ; band, Helen Ruth Butler, his domitioned for some time with a barrage neei ing wife, Betty Lou Weber, who balloon battalion. Upon the com pie- v»s looking for a man (any man), tion of his five day furlough, Norman and James Hettermann, who was the left for Camp Davis. North Carolina, I final object of Miss Weber's affecwhere he is a candidate for officers' tions. Dramatic parts were taken by training school. Harold Michels, Rudolph Johnson, Betty Kilday, Mitzi Durland and Arthur Jackson. This year the play had two coaches, LeRoy Hettermann.. who has been a •?lerk in the office of Atty. V. J. Knox , ... for the past several years, left last ^,ss Stevens and Miss Maurie Wednesday for Kenosha, Wis., where i Taylor. Between acts Bob Carver, a Mnt~< . Ai he has started training as a navy air member of the Junior class, presented , „ pfXr 1 in rt,e pi,ot- He en,isted 9°me time ago and ^ w,^h as, « token of appre- ^ from H^^ Pwderam the ; ^ ^ awaitjng a caU Friends cmt.on from the class Miss Stevens cirnntcourt were glad to see LeRoy home for a expressedthanks in behalf of she and litm L. Pierce. The charge was de-, fpw hours Saturda the npoH Miss Taylor and also her appreciaaertion. jthat he thinks the training great. He U n for such a fine crowd which as" _ T T T , j reported that the first day he was up 18e">bled »*> spite of the tire situation. Dorothy L. Lorimer was granted a the p,ane made one dive of qqo feet' Sta^ and ProP«rty managers were dworce from Daniel Unimer by and fche sudden desf.ent g9Ve him a, Grace Bolger, Betty Edstrom, Ray Jodge Pierce. „ The charge was de- vgry uncomfortabIe feeiin(r for a few Smith. Robert Abel, James Regnett Tli ing: McHenry " Julia Zeillinski, France. • Anna W. Anderson, Sweden. Florence G. Svoboda, Canada. Ringwood Gustaf A. Carlson, Sweden. Spring Grove Slgne C. Myers, Sweden. Woodstock Walfrid A. Erickson. Sweden. Erwm Sheller, Brazil. <» Dorothea Schelter, Brazil. Anna J. Perrson, Sweden. Tamara Belogradsky, Russia, Carl Homer, Sweden. Reimer Wiersma, Holland. Crystal Lake. Sarah Sesrel. Russia. Margrethe B. Boyer. Denmark. Aina V. Hanson, Sweden. Cary Marie Skogen, Norway. EdwSrd Shoeninsr, P land. , Harvard Daniel' Cul'en, Ireland. Andrew Kvarme. Norway. . David L. Axelson, Swgjlen^ Fox River Grove Kirsten A. Miller, Denmark, James Riha, Czechoslovakia. - Ellen A. Waugen. Norway. AlHen . Murl Bosma, H"l'and. • Henry B^sma, Holland. Gilbert Bosma. Holland. Algonquin Phyllis C. Nystuen, Canada. Svea E. Gustaf son. Sweden* sertion. ~ moments, never having been on a ! and Robert Carver. t j w *11 * t it _,„v roller coaster. After three days, how- 1 Sseevvferraall finn"e e sseelleeccttiioonnss were well Judge William L. Pierce la^ w«fk ever. it is merely routine and very en-! P1®^ by the hl«h sch°o1 orchestra t>AS REGISTRATION NOW IN PROGRESS ~ AT GRADE SCHOOL Dear Sirs'. Just a note to thank yo® #»r sending me The Plaindealer. It surely was a surprise to get it and I was glad to receive it. Through it I got in touch with a couple of friends Who left for service after I did. I belong to the Military Police hare on the field, which have formed part of the guard squadron. They surely treat us swell here in the Air Corps, and the food is the best. Well, thanks again for the paper and your kindness in sending it. It is greatly appreciated. PVT. HARRY R. DAHMS, March Field, Calif. Dear Folk*: Well, we've made our move and residents thoroughly convinced that old man superstition should be done away ^ Hh word came of a serious accident which eral other well known, restaurants in occurred on the east side of the river, Chicago, ^ I .a»4L If^tl -- About 4:80 this morning James south of McHenry. Two Chicago girls, who' had been Perkins, who resides next door to the j hunting in that vicinity during the family, was aroused by the uneasi- day, Were driving on the road n-jar ness and barking of his two dogs, who the dam between 3 and 4 o'clock in had been sleeping in the house. Fear-: the afternron when the driver effing something was wrong, Mr. Per- dently lost control of the car and it kins walked to the side of his house \ crashed into a nearby tree. ** facing the river where he first • Victims of the accident were Alena glimpsed the raging flames which jfattingly and Virginia Radell. A arose from the east part of the Ko hout house. Mother Badly Cut" ^ He immediately called the local stock hospital fire deparement, of which he is a mem-' ber. Just as he was preparing to leave the house to help, Mrs. Kohout McHenry ambulance was called immediately following the crash and tho two young women taken to the Wood* "* "" >• i Mi«s Ridell suffered a fractured iaw. Miss Mattingly a fractured ankle stumbled up th« »tep«'of hi. house;""1 both .ust.ined cute .»d braiMO. seeking aid. She was badly cut as j the result of an attempt to break a kitchen window to get out of the house in a Hurry. The mother had been sleeping in Hunting Accident The first serious accident of tli& season in this community involved Albert Berg, 23 years old, a gunman in the U. S'. Navy, stationed at Navy Mrs. Kohout to Woodstock. Although he seriously wounded he was the upper part of a bunk bed, one of pjer He was taken to the Woodthe children in the lower part, and jng accidentally shot in the left leg another on a cot. When she discov- jn^ accidentally sho tin the left log ered the fire Mrs. Kohout immediately a companion while his party was ran to her neighbor for help but upon preparing for a pheasant hunt near Mr. Perkins' arritftl the fire had Sullivan lake, several miles east gained so much headway and the room McHenry. was so full of smoke that it was im- j ^ was emergency treatnowwe're stationedw.y out in Sunny dej^,ent *hl^ * p^y ex- b? a local ph^ician and later California. We left Carrabelle Sat- .. i»__ a *#_ taken urday evening and went north through Montgomery and Birmingham, Ala., on through Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, | V"" Colorado, Utah, Nevada and finally ! n California. We crossed the Mississippi river at St. Louis and then to Kansas City, where we stopped for an hour, but weren't able to get off the train.! ^^^/iheTause of 'the~fire. Tuesday afterno n we went through •1 Denver and on into the mountains. When we got up Wednesday morning we were still in the mountains and was it cold. Wednesday morning we got a good look at the mountains and the scenery was beautiful. I never saw anything like it. The rock fortinguished the flames .•as taken to McHenry f.or. Thought well 'enough"on Monday" to be *nd then to the home of her father, ambulanCe to a Nava! hoowho resides west of town. The chd- ^ His home is at Morton Grove. PhicaJ ^ Even animals were victims of tho An inquest is being held at the footing tragedies so to Peter M. Justen funeral home this hunting. On Sunday a dog w«. rj; (Thursday) afternoon to determine, if ported "hot and fatally wounded > - - an unfortunate accident. •TM ILLINOIS WILL BE DRAFTING MARRIED HEN BY DECEMBER 15 Paul G. Armstrong, state director mations are almost unbelievable and j of selective service, said in Chicago I don't have enough adjectives to de- j early this week that drafting of marscribe them. You ailmost have to see ried men without children will start them to believe it. We didn't get to j in Illinois by December 15. see the Colorado river because we j Armstrong who said that the pool crossed it during the night but we „f i_a men was about exhausted, indid see the Great Salt Lake in Utah- INTERESTING NEARBY NEWS A young steer was killed and tho tractor of a large truck badly damaged Monday, Nov. 9, when the truck hit the animal on Route 63 at the intersection of Casey road, just north dicteted'tbitTXmTn with 7oilate«l i o' LihertyviUe. The steer, the prop- S|j mi '><l4 I as a matter of fact, we passed right dependents would be called up this j ®rty of A- M. Casey owner of a near- *-.ross the river. j month. He said, however, that there ! by farm, was being driven across the Wednesday night we passed through were not enough men in this group *™th th« re8t , t Sacramento, Oakland and on to Fort to fill requirements beyond mid-De- Albert Schlosser, an employee on_ Ord. The trip took about six days, cember. Casey farm, when the truck struck ^ V ! but was really worth all of it. We were a bit tired when we got here but that's natural after such a long trip. This camp is like Heaven com pared to Carrabelle here are new and have the latest and Armstrong, outlining regulations to be followed by draft boards in re- Casey Alan K. Karcher, 23, Route 3, Burlington, was instantly killed at 2:S6 classifying 3-A married men without Wednesday morning, November 4th. neaven «om- £h,ldren' said some factors af- when the truck he was driving overbarracks ^ dependents and the occupa- turned at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. tlon of the draftee would be taken Mr Karcher had evidently lost conrere are new ana nave ine latest ana | into consideration. If engaged in one • j :f his truck at the Attorn cf most modern equipment- They have of th_ np(.p,sarv war industries the « i i irucK ai me wuom u oil heat and nlentv of hot water-- i necessary war inaustnes, ine 2 ^ foot grade, where the hiahwfc, 1 _ ^ prospective draftee may receive fur- turned He leaped from the before the play and between acts Frid y at the following hours: That f Ua ».. " __ , Thursday 9:00-11:00--A-B. d«i•s missed. .fo r want of- prose.cution; the c. »ri. It II* merely ruuyne »nu Very QyMe routjne at ^ appeal case of Robert Ucemy, Frank, , __ (That the attentive portion of the au- Hdma, Jr., and James Kos, Jr., who j _ _ _ ^ , dience heard little of this pleasant were fined $1 and costs on a charged Herman A. bcnmitt. who ,re- muSic was not a complete surprise of disorderly conduct by Justice E. L. turned home a few weeks ago from most Gf them for they have learned LeGros of Fox River Grove several Akron, Ohio, where he was employed not to expect too much courtesy on months ago. The defendants appealed j at th^ Goodyear Aircraft corpora-, the part Df the majority of the audiftom the decision of the justipp;' ^on' Si nt'• ence 'n this respect. This has always been and probably always will be the Registration is taking place at the grade school today (Thursday and ine at the Un'versitv of Illinois. He NOTICE Due to the fact that the quota for : Day, the Surgical Dressing classes has j --• * been doubled, it is imperative that | Sund«v*a Tribune contained aa ar< ^or ^Tn'vers-ty rn Armistice -tjme set aside to catch up on the conversation before the big show begins. All in all, however, the evening's, program was a big success and one there be more workers in these Wed- j ticle which named Sgt^ Merle C. Davis of the best Junior plays presented nesday classes. Anyone who has be- j as one of ei^ht men from the Chicago here in many years. tween one and four hours to give, is | nrea to be raised to the rank of warasked to call 73-R. The Red Cross is j rant officer in the marine --orps. His making ,over ninety per cent of all wife, the former Maxine Bacon, and daughter, Maxine Merle, are making their home with her mother, Mrs. Nellie Bacon, for the duration. """\>ieut. and Mrs. John D. Norman : will be assigned to a PC boat and will were weekend guests in the Harold i then be promoted to 2nd class yeo- P. Ofaen home. Mr. Norman, who man. 11:30- 2:00--C-D. 2:00- 4:00--E-F. *:00- 6:00--G-H. 6:00- 8:00--I-J-K. Friday 9:00-11:00--L-M. j 11:00- 1:00--N-O-P. 1:00- 4:00--Q-R-S. . 4:00- 6:00--T-U-V. 6:00- 8:00--W-X-Y-Z. surgical dressings. »oooo»oon i Among the Sick >»*«< »»•»< OI I '*»»•'» I Beautiful Gray Fox Is Mrs. Reginald Rix returned home Shot Noar, City Limits Monday from Indianapolis, Ind., • where she spent a delightful weekend TSRstaken in the belief that every with her bluejacket son, Alfred. ^eets ^nT* sldewal^eiall&over * the th<?r deferment' he sa,d- the truck, which overturned, crushing place, not to mention a theater in Armstrong said boards we™ not to i him beneath it. He was the twenfcalmost every block. Like Edwards TT-? and Carrabelle, it's right on the ocean, du« ha 1Td8^p K WOuld result to ^Pfnd" only this time its the Pacific and is i ents Boards however, were not g^ven located near Monterey. | a. ^"ition of "undue hardships." I don't know how long we're going "In applying these rules," Armto be here, but it won't make me mad ; strong said, "local boards will conninth man to be killed at the grade turn in 1942. William R. Puckett, 6T, Chicago painting contractor, being held at _ Lafayette. Ind., on a charge of if we stay here for the duration, but sider reasonable sacrifice swhich the murdering his bride, Mrs. Ella May that is a little too much to hope for.: war effort demands of all people liv- Puckett, 67, told police that the ing in the United States." j romance was culminated through the He did not believe that drafting of ; Grayslake Marriage bureau. This Well, I guess I'd better get busy and do some work. I'll write again later* CHARLES SUTTON. The above letter was received this 18 and 19 year olds would prevent induction of married men next month. These youths, he explained, will not week by Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sutton be available to the army for at least and gave such an interesting account 45 days as they must be assigned of their son's trip that The Plain bureau years. hM been In operation fetr Milton H. Myers, Barrin Eton's Civil War veteran who celebrated dealer is glad to print it for the enjoyment of its readers. bA ON HONOR ROLL order numbers, given preliminary! his 101st birthday Saturday, died physical examination, sent 10-day no- j early Tuesday morning. Nov. 10. at tices of classification and 10-day no- j the Barrington Rest Home. Mi", tices of induction before reporting to , Myers was the center of attention the the army. previous Saturday afternon at the Drafting of married men without Rest Home, when an open house was Hfl children may even continue after teen- held in his honor. Barringon Lions, aged youths are called. Armtsrong Legionnaires and Boy Scouts ***!• I. W. E. Whiting has been confined to ; his home on the old Crystal Lake j has been a popular McHenry visitor road the past few weeks because of ; for several years and assisted at the 'Alness. Charles Jecks, who resides a few miles west of McHenry, underwent PFC Glenn Anderson, who has American Legion carnivals, has ju«t been attending Ordnance school in completed his training and received Lansing, Mich., has been sent overhis commission as a First Lieutenant i seas. * His address is in care of the surgery at Victory Memorial hospi- j the Army Corps. After a ten-day ! postmaster, New York. His brother, t a l Wednesday morning of t h i s week. - -- -- - - Sgt. Robert Winkel, stationed at • Camp Barkeley, Texas, has been confined to the hospital there with pneu- Reod the Want Ada! furlough Lieut. Norman leaves for overseas duty, destination undisclosed. Berwyon Bourelle is now attending Yeoman school in Miami, Fla., where he is undergoing a six weeks training period. After this special training he Corp. Clarence Anderson, has been transferred from Camp.§wift, Texas, to Fort Benning, Georgia.' The Plaindealer has received the address of Pvt. Paul Huff, who is stationed at Camp Lee. Va. one's heart was filled with thoughts of peace last week Wednesday, Armistice Day, a gray fox came close to invading the city limits of McHenry. He was first spotted by James D. Curran about three miles southwest of the city and shot and killed instantly at quite a distance. The dead fox caused considerable interest among the ladies, whose first thoughts were on what a beautiful the little animal could make., , Henry, has donated her fourth pint of blood at the Red Cross Blood Donor center in Chicago and her name has been added to the community honor roll. HAVE YOU HEARD about the new reduced Auto Liability and Property Damage rates? They will surprise you. Ask us for insurance rates. Tito Kent Co., McHenry. Phone 8. ^27-fp MCHENRY POSTOFFICE SCHEDULE Thanksgiving Day, November 26 Lobby open 7 a. m. to 9. a. m.; 5 p. m. to 6 p. m 6 p. m. No window service or rural delivery on this date. believed, because so many of them already have enlisted. Births among those who called to pay their a t, respects and a birthday case baked for him. " r j John P. Cunningham of Cuba road, ^ | Bartrington, is one of thirteen men m !••»»»•»« » I > 1 »MM the Chicago area who will face Friends- here have received word of charges Tuesday of pipping lottei* the birth on Nov. 2nd of a daughter tickets by railway f Mail distributed at! to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hill of Chi- arranged ast u Walker ifc rural cago. The little girl has been named Commissioner Edwin K. W alRer tt 27-fp - Maryln. The Hills are frequent sum- Chicago on charges of conspiring t* j mer visitors in McHenry. violate federal laws through Jatvf- I Dr. and Mrs. Jerome W. Justen of state shipment of lottery tickets. Momence, 111., are the parents of a ' ; -- son bom Sunday at St. JamoS' „h0^- Mrs. Robert Sutton of Richmond IILUE CROSS PLAN The quarterly dues of t ho Blue Cross hospitalization insurance are Woio-ht* due November 20 and should be paid j P«^ "» Chicago Heights. at that time to Earl Walsh. Anyone wishing to join into this pl*n may do so at this time. Order your Christmas Cuds from The Plaindealer. " •• • "Ji ••'•V visited her sister, Mrs. George Lin<i» say, one day recently. Snhoeribe for Tho Plaindeohrjl