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The drive was scheduled to extend from March 1 to April 1, but the greater portion was collected by the evening of March 1. [owever, so as to make a complete report, the Committee in charge felt ft best to make no report until the end e£ the month. * Sixty per cent of the proceeds of $3*S47.60 will go to the National Red Cross and the remaining forty per cent to the local chapter. Seveny-two workers took part in the drive, which included all of McHenry township. Following1 is the financial report of the drive: Received from R. I. Overton, balance ef 1942 drive, $423.68. Special gifts received from special letters sent oat by executive committee, $250.00. Ring weed TWm 1--H. M. Stephenson end K. Cristy, captains, $862.00. Jehnaburg Team 2--Fred Smith tiid JFm, J. Freund, captains, $363.57. Lily Lake Tsam 8--Eleanor Wirfs and flattie Tlasjpar, captains, $58.00. McCalloia Lake Team 4--Mrs. E. McKim, captain, m**- McHenry VwR 5--J>r. ChamberHn and l^hn Anderson, captains, $820.00. Team 6--Dr. J. E. Saylor and Earl Walsh, captains, $844.00. Team 7--F. Coleman and George Aa!!, captains, $218.50. Team 8--Pearl Schmitt, captain, $148.75. . Team 9--Ben J. Diets and Ed Skittea, captains, $78JO. Ttoam 10--Mrs. Grace 8tilllng, captain, $12.00. Team 11--Albert Blake, captain. Team 12--John Murtaugh, captain, Team 18--Mrs. Nettie Fleming, captain, $260.55. Team 14--Mrs. E. Gorman, captain, $189.20. Team 16--Miss Maurie Taylor, captain, $18.00. ftam 16--Mrs. Jennie Mae Richardson, captain, $10.00. Team 17--Nick Weingart and; John Dreymiller, captains, $42.00. Team 18--M. W. Crouch end Nels Pearson, captains, $56.06. T»*m 19 -- Ed Conway and Ben Bauer, captains, $26.00. Team 20--Paul Doherty and Jos. Draper, captains, $106.75. Tbam 21--Mrs. A1 Wilbrandt and Mrs. Thomas Kane, captains, $55.50. FMlowing is the letter received by G. J. Reihansperger, chairman of the local branch of the Red Cross, from Don A. Wicks, chairman ef the emmty chapter: Dear Mr. Reihansperger: At the last meeting of the executive board of the McHenry County Chapter ef the American Red Cross which followed the first week of the War Fund Drive, it was found from the reports of the thirteen branches that Mc- TWENTY-EIGHT ARE ACCEfTEV SENT rant nt LAST QUOTA CORP. EDWIN F. REID This week we present Corp. Edwin F. Reid, whose interesting letter of army life in England was printed within the last few weeks. Corp. Reid entered service in May, 1942, and left for overseas duty in August of last year. His wife, the former Miss Eleanor Rankin, and a little son, Edwin, Jr., whom he has never seen, reside in McHenry. We can be gure that Corp. Reid will do his best to help shorten this war s» that he can return to his family. LACK OF DOCTORS SERIOUS PROBLEM - The office of war information has, within the last few days, disclosed the probability of a "slow deterioration" in the nation's health because of an acute lack of doctors in many communities. • ' Approximately onerthfa) of the doctors in the United States, between 40,- 000 and 50,000, have joined the armed forces, the OWI said, and aa the sise of the army and navy increases more will be allied. "The men in uniform have been and will continuf to be the best eared for medkflly in the whW* he aiMed. Ait the problem efjefarflian health is. incfbaqjig Mfg^'ltetal war the health i I* WPm of the civilian ia as important as heal neurtinm hie tie line. To offset lack of medics'! attention, attempts are being aande to apportion the available supply of doetors as equitably as possible. The OWI recently surveyed soma sixty communities and twenty states where shortages of doctors have been reported. These conclusions reached: 1. So far the health of the nation as a whole, has not been seriously impaired by the doctor shortage. Doctors these daxs are not only working overtime, they are, motft of them, working practically all the time and in total disregard of their own health. 2. The number of communities critically in need of doctors is not great compared with the total number, but those in need are among those most vital to the war effort. ~~ 8. In too many cases doctors were recruited for the armed services without sufficient regard for the welfare of the civilian population; enough to remain in private practice to give adequate civilian cere "provided they can be properly distributed numerically and according to special abilities." 4. The voluntary relocation of doc. Recent selectees who passed final physical examinations in Chicago last week left Wednesday of this week for active service. The fourteen accepted and leaving from board one wah following: Selectees • -- WILLIAM C. FOLEY, Rfcfaraofid, marines. VERNON CL PETERSON, Richmond, navy. J. WARREN JONES, W. McHenry, army. ROBERT B. PERSINGER, Marengo, army. RICHARD J. WILLIAMS, Mo- Henry, army. WILLIAM 8. ENGLE, Marengo, army. BILL W. CASEY, McCullom Lake, army. JOHN R. DUFF, Harvard, army. RAYMOND C. SCHULTZ, Woodstock, army. WILLIAM W. REDLEN, Hebron, army. VERNON C. ROUSEY, Marenge, army. JOHN EDWARD DUCEY, Richmond, army. CHARLES S, WYNN, Marengo, army. RICHARD J. USBORNE, Marengo, army. Of the group, Foley and Williams were volunteers. With the departure of each group, of late, we note that several of those included are eighteenyear- olds. Again we extend best wishes to each of the departing boji and hope that their return will not be too far in the future. Early this week fourteen more names were released of young men who were accepted from board two. They were the following: Beard Two ELWOOD E. DAVIS, Woodstock, army. - BERNARD PARKER, Woodstock, army. WILLIAM F. WISWEDEL, Wood- *t«KAM!& R OB BAT WHITING, Woodstock, army. GLEN I. RHOADES, Algonquin, army. JOSEPH J. FRANEK, Algonquin, army. HAROLD G. ZIMMERMAN, Dondee, army. (Vol.) EDGAR W. STAAB, Chicago, army. HUBERT H. RASMUSSEN, Huntley, navy. HANS R. HANSON, Crystal Lake, army. (Vol). WILLIAM J. BOYLE, Crystal Lake, marines. ROBERT A. JAMISON, Crystal Lake, marines. GLEN O. HUMPHREY, Crystal Lake, marines. Under a new ruling the names of those rejected are not available for publication. No names can be published until the men have passed their final physical examination. r 83 JOHXTSBTOG RESIDENT, DIED TUESDAY NIGHT Friends in McHenry and Johnsburg will be sorry to leaTn of the death on Tuesday evening, April 6, 1943, of Joseph Thelen, for many years a resident of Johnsburg. Mr. Thelen died at St. Joseph's home in Freeport, 111., where he had been confined for the past eleven months. He was 83 years old. - 9 The deceased was Dorn in Germany and came to this country at the age of nine. For some time he made his home in Chicago and had been a resident of Johnsburg for forty years until illness made it necessary for him ! to be taken to Freeport. For twenty- j six years he was employed as care- : taker of tjhfc Sayer estate at Pistakee. Bay. •" f Only immediate survivor is his wife, Mrs. ^Elisabeth Thelen. ' Last rites: will be held Friday '^morning at 9! o'clock at St. John's church, Johns-1 burg, when solemn high mass will be 1 sung. Until that time the body is at rest at the Peter M. Justen funeral I home. on mat TO MEET TWICE EVERY MONTH mijtCATE SAFE DH1VIM0 TO BE ENTOKCXD INTERESTING NEARBY NEWS A large barn on tfee Van Duser farm, about one mile north of Antioch on highway 83, was badly damaged by a fire which broke out Tuesday March 27, around noon. A wing of the structure was destroyed, but the combined efforts of the Salem and Antioch fire departments were successful in saving the rest of the building. Damages to the barn and contents would reach several thousand dollars, it was estimated. NEWS ABOUT:: MATH SCHMITT OUR The annual summer festival, ^sponsored for fifteen consecutive years by the American Legion ov®r the July 4th holidays, and which has come to be an institution in Crystal Lake and northern Illinois, is not on the calendar for 1948. The war, of course, is the reason. However, plans are going forward for Harvard's annual fall horse show, which will take the place of the McHenry County Fair, formerly held at Woodstock, and also for the Fourth of July festival. 8ix Barrington bagrt," pepils in the public school, will work by-the month on farms in the Barrington aree during the summer months, under a program drawn up by Willard M. Watson, junior high school principal. Three of the boys received their initiation Tuesday, Msrch 27, in a backward manner, when they were called out to husk corn on the farm of Frank R. Mitchell ,chairman of the Barrington rationing board. Mr. Mitchell was unable to get his com husked last fall, and* called on the boys for help. Beginning with the new fiscal year in May, the city council of McHenry will meet twice each month. An ordinance, designating the first and third Monday of each month as meeting nights, was passed at the council meeting on Friday of this week. T^e change from one meeting each month to two meetings has been considered for some time. Many questions arise throughout the month that members feel should not be tabled for too long a period of time. It has also been noted that other cities of comparative size have followed the practice of holding two meetings each month. It is believed that bills against the city will be presented for approval at the first meeting^of each month. The question of providing funds for the continuation and upkeep of the public library was given further thought at the April meeting. While it is thought that public sentiment favors support of the library, the council plans to secure up to date information on the operations before the tax levy is made for the coming fiscal year. Should a levy be made, the council will want to review past operating costs in order that a fair estimate can be made. The street committee reported that many property owners are anxious to put in new sidewalks during the summer months. In cases where the construction is approved by the committee, the city will pay the usual portion toward the improvement. It was indicated that more attention will be given to driving and parking regulations in the future. While the police were urged to enforce the laws, it was recommended that courtesy be shown visitors who are first offenders in minor violations. The practice of parking on the wrong side of the street will be watched carefully and measures taken to correct the practice. Th annual meeting will be held on Thursday, April 29. Tavern license applications will be acted upon at a special meeting immediately following the adjournment of the annual meeting. A special meeting of the council was held March 30th for the purpose of determining action necessary in making emergency repairs on the John street sewer main. Approximately three hundred feet of pipe, from Elgin Road west, will be replaced as soon as new pipe can be secured Leo Gerlach, Route 1, McHenry, is included in the group of naval aviation cadets who are taking eight weeks of secondary pre-flight and flight training at Marquette university in Milwaukee, Wis., preparatory to more advanced work at a navy air field. Aviation Cadet "Gerlach was ••v :7. v'SVJA,<.:2 IS RE-ELECTED AS SUPERVISOR J. f. I^EEtTipx, HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER Well, it's all over, even the sheafc- . ing, and now we settle down "to check- : • ^ ing the exact results from each pre- ' J c i n C t . " H i e w i n n e r s , y o u h a v e p r o b - i ? , y f ably, heard, were Math iSf. Schmitt, " - graduated f rom!who, wo" over A- p- P"imd to be McHenry Common- i re-elected supervisor of the township, ity high school and I Jt>S\ 1fI^urJd- unopposed, who attended North-! was re"e,ect«<i highway commissioner. western university for two years before enlisting last September. He received his elementary flight training at Waukesha, Wis. Pvt. Albert F. Rodig, a recent selectee, has been transferred from Scott Field, 111., to Reams, Utah, for basic training. Pvt. Robert G. Haplce, 28, of McHenry, has arrived at Middle Tennessee State college for a course of instruction lasting approximately five months prior to his appointment as an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air ; Freund 179 and jos. J. Ferund. 277, of Flying Training Command. \ 482 votes cast. George Steilen In the first precinct, which takes in the Ringwood territory, 148 vqtes were cast, with 70 for Schmitt and 73 for A. P. Freund, Jos. J. Freund had 97. In the second precinct, where voters from the west side of McHenry voted at th City hall, there were 380 votes cast. Schmitt received 180, A. P. Freund, 187, and Jos. J. Freund. 227. Also receiving votes in this precinct were Wm. J. Meyers, Math Glosson and Math Blake, who each received one for highway commissioner. 5 In the third precinct, Riverside Drive, Schmitt received 283, A. P. Forces During this period he will take numerous academic courses, as well as elementary flying training. Upon completion of the course, he will be classfied as a navigator, pilot or bombadier and go on to schools on the Flying Training Command for training in these specialties. William Kreutser returned the first of .the week after spending a furlough from hit mr duties at Fort Custer, Mich. Pvt. Louis Diedrich returned to Indian Town Crap, Pa., Sunday after spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Diedrich. YI0TIM OF 1940 AUTO ACCIDENT DIED LAST WEEK Henry has exceeded its quota of $15,-, tors has not resulted in a solution of 000, and that this county was he fourth in the state of Illinois to accomplish this result. I am writing you at this time on behalf of the members ef the executive board to extend to yen, your officers and your workers and the people of your community the deep appreciation of the McHenry County Chapter. The results in your the problem. In some communities local medical groups have resisted attempts to relocate outside doctors in their locality. 5. TTie situation as a whole is not now out of control, but unless remedial steps are taken soon it will grow progressively worse. 6. Luxury medicine is out for the community was a major factor in this j duration. "We can no longer afford to snecess. It should be heartening indeed, to you and your entire organisation, to know that your people have so greatly approved the work of the American Red Cross. When I consider the many hours that have been given by the men and call doctors for imaginary ailments.' The survey emphasized that medical shortages are not due in all cases to the war. For example, many rural areas have never had a sufficient number of doctors. In other regions, where the population has in many women of your community to Red > cases doubled and trebled due to war Cross work, and then in addition to so tar exceed your quota, it is truly an. accomplishment to which you can | point with a great deal of pride. ] The' American Red Cross is proud of your branch, and while your confi- j dence is justified by the work of this organization in the past, still you will get much greater satisfaction from industry, conditions have not improved. The OWI found sections where there was only one doctor to 5,000 or 6,000 persons, with the people frankly worried over what might happen if any number of them became ill at the same time. In a county on the west coast, near a navy yard, the survey reports an its accomplishments in the future j increase in population from 44,000 to which will be made possible by the j j io,000, and during 1943 it is expected present response of the people of this that 25,000 more persons will move nation. • Again thanking you for myself and for each member of the executive board, I remain Yours very truly, >N A. WICKS, Chairman, McHenry County Chapter. ELECTED COMMANDER into this area. The present ration is one doctor to 4,000 persons, and the hospital situation is described as "taf? rible." » Second War Loan to Start on April 12 The second U. 8. War Loan will £arl (Marty) Conway was elected^start on April 12, 1948. The allied mamander of the Crystal Lake Drum nations have entered the second phase and Bugle corps of the V. F. W. at! of the war. We are now on the ofan annual election meeting held last fensive on almost every front. We're Sunday afternoon in Crystal Lake.! closer to Victory, but there is still a Bi connection with the meeting there long hard road to travel before our was s pot luck supper for the corps j armies march victoriously through the and their wives, who also have an or- streets of Berlin and Rome and Tokio. ganixation known as the Booster club. J This second War loan is an all-out Abe* thirty-five were present, in-,drive to help finance the staggering cMtag Mr and Mrs. Earl Conway coats of total war. Read more about, Ernest Henry Myer, 29, of Volo, who had been-at Lake County General hospital since August 16, 1940, when he suffered severe injuries as his car : left the road, died last week. | Mr. Myer leaves his father, John .J. Myer, of Diamond Lake; four sisiters, Ag^es Myer of Round Lake; Mrs. Alice McBride of South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. Mabel Rossduetcher of Grayslake, and Mrs. Ethel Messer- , smith-of 8pringfield; three brothers, John C. of Round Lake Beach; William L., United States army, and Lewis L., United States navy. His mother died in 1926. Services were held Saturday, April 1, at the Strang funeral home in Grayslake and later at the Ivanhoe Congregational chruch. Rev. C, Artfeur Jevne officiating. Hetterm&n'g Service Station Is Purchased by Otto Adams Last Monday morning Hettermann's Service Station at Johnsburg took on a new name as well as a new proprietor. Formerly operated by J. B. Hettermann, the station has been sold to Otto Adams, who took possession April 5. The place will be known hereafter as the Johnsburg Garage and Repair Shop. Mr. Adams was formerly a partner in the Adams A Freund Implement shop in McHenry and has been living in Florida for the past three years. He and his family returned to this vicinity recegtlf* MEETING NOTICE The Knights of Columbus will liold j a business meeting to-night (Thursday), April 8. WM. M. GREEN, Grand Knight. •; - - SPRING FIRES Two spring grass fires called out the local fire department on different occasions during the past week. One started in the vacant lot east of the McHenry Flour Mill and the other was at Lilymoor. Order your Rubber Plaiafenler. . at The Dogs were blamed for the killing of eighteen chickens at the home of Luther Barber on Route 59, a short distsnce of Signal Hill road near Grass Lake, early Sunday, March 25. Most of the chickens were found lying where they had been killed. Mrs. Barber, who made a report to the sheriff's office, estimates the value of the chickens in excess of $30. Another page was written last week. in the life history of Lois Estelle Smith, 14, who prefers to live with her gister, Mrs. Carolyn S. Welle of Crystal Lake, rather than with her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. A. Smith. Judge Henry L. Cowlin granted the sister's petition for guardianship following another hearing of the case1 in McHenry county circuit court and the girl will reside with Mrs. Welle unless and until her father takes further aetie* fc» ebUin her custody. f " iy \/ Earl Chope, a farmer residing on Route 21, near Lake Villa, was taken into custody by deputy sheriffs last Monday on a charge of cruelty to animals growing out of his lack of care of horses and cattle on his farm. Complaint was made to the sheriff's office by Miss Mildred Fitzhugh of the Orphans of the Storm xeiuge for dogs' near Deerfield. Elmer Tetts, an empteji# ofi the C. C. Buehler estate on Ridge road, Barrington, received a wound in the left leg Tuesday morning, March 27, when he was struck by a stray .22 caliber while walking on the Buehler property. The shot evidently had been fired by a neighbor boy who was shooting at crows. Tetts was taken to Sherman hospital in Elgin, where he is reported to be recovering satisfactorily. ,< Marjorie Lord, a niece of Miss Elfrieda Wollenberg, Crystal Lake, is coming to be a well known star for Universal pictures. Her next film will be "Hi Buddy," after which she'll have a role in the fourth episode of the Charles Boyer production, 'For All We Know," which has been baily. hooed considerably under the title of "Flesh and Fantasy." INSTRUCTOR FOR GOVERNMENT Friends will be interested to hear that Floyd Covalt, Jr., who recently finished a winter's course at the Universiy of St. Louis, is now an instructor at a technical training radio school for the army air corps at the Stevens hotel, Chicago. Order your coiored chicks fot Saater at tha ' ' 1:. MESSAGES FROM MEN IN SERVICE Dear Editor and Staff: The purpose of writing this letter is to inform you of a slight change of address that Will bring your paper to me just a little sooner. After seven weeks here I found oiu that I w a s u s i n g t h e w r o n g a d d r e s s . But, as we say in the army, "We're getting on the ball _ _ now." One of the fellows had a new version of the general orders. I think they are quite cute and I think the 'rest of the fellows in the service getting the Plaindealer will enjoy them also: The General Orders (1) To take charge of the meat and all spuds in View. (2) To watch my plate in a military manner, keeping always on. the alert for any dessert that comes within sight or smell. (3) To report any bread sliced too thin to the mess sergeant. [ (4) To repeat all calls for seconds. (5) To quit the table only when satisfied that there is nothing left to eat. (6) To receive but not pass on to the next person any unusual delicacies or that last or largest piece of pie. (7) To talk to no one when I am busy eating. (8) To allow no one to steal anything in the line of chow. > (9) To call the mess sergeant in any case not covered by instructions. (10) To salute all chicken, steak, pork chops, ham and eggs. (11) To be especially watchful at the table and during the time, of eating and to challenge anyone who seems to be getting more thaa myself. • •* . M: Thanks again for the paper. ". Yours truly, PVT. E. T. LAURES, Camp Hood, Texas. Dear Sir: I am receiving the McHenry Plaindealer every week just as the weeks come around. I dont know how to th*"fc you for the paper. I think it givea the boys in service a lot of comfort to read the home town paper. I heye yen will keep on sending it. Yours truly, JAME8 A. SMITH, fort flam Harold Phannenstill, one of our new servicemen, is stationed at Camp Robinson, Ark. Before Charles Thompson was transferred to Oakland, Calif., recently, he called on the Frank Jus tens, whose h6me1s near Hammer Field, Calif. John H. Downs of the navy has been visiting relatives in McHenry. His address is Miami, Flsu, to care of the postmaster. Kearns, Utah is the of army man Elmer Glosson. George Barbian each claimed one vote for highway commissioner. In the fourth" precinct, which takes in the Johnsburg community, Schmitt received 207, A. P. Freund, 68, and Jos. J. Freund, 226. There weee * total of 29$ votes cast. School Election With the township election completed and fading into memory, thoughts turn to the two school board elections which take place on Saturday, April 10. On the high school board only one, George Hiller, is seeking election. Mr. Hiller is a newcomer in the field of politics and has no competition unless names are written in. He is seeking to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Jos. J. Freund at the expiration of his term. Mr. Freund is the oldest member of the board in years of service, having seen many changes and been responsible for many improvements since he first took an active interest in the affairs of the school more than a quarter of a century ago. His resignation is met with regret by fellow townsmen who hsve appreciated his interest in behalf of their children through the years. The grade school will elect three members this year. Dr. R. G. Champresent home i berlin is seeking re-election as president and Frank Meyer and E. H. Nickels are again running for re-election as members. All are unoppoeed. The president of the grade school board serves for one year and the other members for three years. Hours of voting for high school can. Relatives have their first word from Owen Carlson since he arrived in North Africa. His letter was dated Feb. 9 and was received here on March 31. Although it was impossible for him to say much about the! didates are between 12 p. m. and 7 country, he did state that he espec- P- m- and for grade school candidates 5% • >1 ially missed the sanitary condition of this country. So, whenever we think that conditions along that line might be improved here, we have only to think of the plight of our servicemen in Africa and feel fortunate that we are in the U. S. A. Three McHenry county, Illinois men are being trained for duty with America's sea forces at the U. S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes. They will receive twelve weeks of instruction in the fundmentals of seamanship, naval customs and procedure, and physical hardening upon the completion of which they will be given a nine-day leave. An important feature of their program will be a series of tests and a personal interview to determine the type of work which they will be as- ' signed upon completing "boot" train- ! ing. The McHenry county "recruits are: ! Harry Unti, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. ! John Unti, 517 Center Street, Mc- | Henry; Lloyd W. Franzen, 19, son of Leonard Franzen, Spring Grove; James H. Lane, 20, soft of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Rose, Alden. between 12 p. m. and 5 p.m. Other Elections In District 12, which comprises the Johsnburg community, William J. Meyers is up for election as a member of the school board district. Clayton C. Harrison will run for election for a three year term as township school trustee. Both of these elections are Saturday, April^lO. In Woodstock something of i sur-, prise occurred in the race for sUf£¥- visor when Thomas F. Nolan defeated Roy J. Stewart for the post after Stewart has held the office for many years. Last Bites Held Friday For William Parsley, 86 ;g-••• Funeral services were held last Friday morning from St. Patrick's ehurch for William Parsley, 86, who died on March 27 near Burton's Bridge. He had been ill for several months. Mr. Parsley was born and spent his entire lifetime on the farm known as the old Parsley farm and his parents, the late William and Johanna Parsley, also resided there all their lives, having purchased the farm from the gov- Alfred W. Rix enjoyed a furlough j ernment many years ago. The farm at his home near here before being' is being operated by the Coghlan transferred from Butler university in brothers, nephews of Mr. Parsley. Indiana, to Farragut, Idaho. James McAndrews, who has seen service in the south Pacific the lait year, surprised his folks when he arrived home on furlough last Monday. Survivors include five nephews and three nieces, Mr. Parsley being the last of his immediate familyr------- Dan Cooney, who is attending De- /-, iKalb Normal school, is spending a few He must report at Camp Cook, Calif., (jayS this week at his home here. at the end of his furlough, which will be about April 21. Pvt. W. H. Zerby has been transferred from Camp Polk, La., to Los Angeles, in care of the postmaster. Harry Anderson has been transferred from Fort Devons, Mass., to Ctaop Edwards, Mass.. McHeniy's only WAAC, Anx. Vandalena Diedrich, has been transferred from Fort Ogelthorpe, Ga., to Camp Ruston, La. She is with the motor corps. lough but expects to be transferred soon afterward as he has finished tank school there. This is Norbert's first furlough since his induction in October, 1942. Raymond Albright, husband «f the former Miss Evelyn Schaefer, is now with the college training detachment air crew in Jonesboro, Ark. Corp. Norbert Smith ef Fort Knox, Ky^ is enjoying a furlough with his parents, the IM Smiths, of John*- burg. He will report back to Fort Knea at the lad ef . tim- tyifday. thf e<Mrth Padfic. Corp.'James Doherty has returned to camp after spending a three day furlough from his duties at Topeka, Kas. His brother, Pfc. Robert Doherty, is now enjoying a furlough from Camp Adair, Oregon. Corp. Thomas A. Bolger has 1 ly been transferred from Camp Davie, N. Car., to Fort Fisher, N. Car. Donald M. Freund, formerly of Camp Stewart, Ga., is now serving in Africa, according to word received** his relatives. Fred H. Smith ha§ been promflftai to the rank of corpora] somewhere in sh • .i! m vy'i