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•f T" & * ^ ^ ^ |s^- y. ' ••. t"T ^ '*:% v^>; !-^.* ^ l r •:' ... •'•'< .:^'-v;^ ; v-V- *y u ^lv-- . Sfe %, * » * - 1 » * •**» r i • - • - 0' V-w* r ."•.><* ^ W» *; A "ft# J. K'-i' ^ ' v« WW& ^ - f #r> ,-y>r. "2MT * * * ' *' ^9 • ' « '5 ,Tl,> V * , * Yohime 68 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 1944 No. 34 FIRST CALL OF NEW YEAR IS RELEASED ELIZABETH BUSS, 77, PASSES AFTER LONG * PERIOD ILL HEALTH " Death, when it comes to one who has suffered much and has been deprived of many of the t>le^sijres i which others enjoy, is often not altogether sad. However, this week GEORGE KUHN, 87. ONE OF OUR OLDEST RESIDENTS, PASSES iliillT FROM COMMUNITY dents who seemed deprived of all Shortly before the New Year was LISTED , . ! earthly pleasures and yet one who ushered in the Bridfee Ballroom was. • 'V. 1 enjoyed life as much as most others,. ,.f reatly damaged when Stanley Brown The first January call was released For this reason her passing was :°f McHenry, driving his milk truck, ' '• W' Board One on Monday of this mourned not only by her family but crashed into the front of the buildweek calling, five men from McHenry V h^st of friends in this vicinity, • jTi\e accident followed an auto and three from Ringwefci the list • Elizabeth Wirfs Buss, 77, died 1 ®f f *'S8!nS*r follows: " at her home in West McHenryon tru*k "fa &»• •m Selectee*; : . ' ' ' Wednesday night, Dec. 26, 1943, after Slashed ^^ires *®re the Harvard ; « \ an illness of several weeks. She j^"se . m m , :: -Oil#: of McHenrv's oldest and most highly respected residents, George! Kuhn, 87, died at his home on Rich- ) • ^,mond R oad early on Tuesday morn- j • . . .J ing, Jan: 4, 1944. He . had teen in-1 pbout March 8. She enlisted in1 seas the week of May 16, thus be-(failing health for some time. ) the army nurse corps on Jan. 23. coming the first" flyer from Mcflenty ' Mr. Kuhn led not only a long but j About 5:1ft p.m. on the afternoon to serve, outside of the United States. an active life and Was one of" the ! of March 3, the GrisWold Lake school Three local students from here be- few people who remained young in] burned to the ground. The Cause came college graduates and one McV 1spirit even as the years spad along. * of the fire was Unknown. Repairs Henry girl was niafo, a registered Until the last three or four years and improvements amounting to . nurse. . Ttie, four graduates werev the sight of Mr. Kuhn taking his.* $1,400 were made the previous fall. Bruce Klont.z, Hiftiold Taxman, Alta daily Walk through town was a Three candidates filed for town- Mae ,Denman; and Mary Jane Laures. 'familiarone. "Through |iis daily ship offices previous to the deadline, An elaborate baccalaureate and contacts" with young and old in the March 2. They, were Math N. Schmitt Memorial Day program was held at cjty he became popular with his BILLY PHALIN IN U.S. AFTER TARAWA BATTLE RECEIVED DEEP WOUNII ; DURING ATTACK l i Kv ' j •••/-'i •iv'" LEONARD BEESTIM^ J ..""HERMAN R. OOSf ,, JOSEPH M. SMITH/ ' . ...... J[AMES H. 'HARTWm„ •f .ALBERT J. JUSTEtf , - • • FRED H. SHARP :. iARLING K. RYGlt :I«LOYD A. HOOKSTADT .BOBERT EUGENE CHILSON McHenry RALPH G. CARLSON WALTER M. SMITH DELPHIN P. FREUND WILLIAM MARTIN GREEN THOMAS L. DIEDRICH - Marengo r GEORGE L. WARD JOSEPH C. WELCH? Ringwood WILLIAM ,T. LUCE NORVAL G. JARRETT ORV1LLE H. TRONSEN Chemung CHARLES W. CROUT Woodstock ALFRED C. NELSON am ui »c> ci ui wccro. | - • • ... .. had been an ainvaiid, for more, that* About^ three o-clock on fne itiprnmg ^^•yeitrs:-,-/;: V'" ; of Jan. 17, a colddr.nkt^ck dnven * -".bv.- Richard Milled, skidded on the Mrs at^ the intersection of Rt^20 ^ Oct. 14, 1866 but had l»ved. Most Pistakee Bay black top rild, . of her^hfe in McHenry. ^ near Nell's White House. :Thv car i band, John Bernard Bus§ had been • - into telephone pole>. whiqh J station agent and telegraph operator ^ ^ car and cnlshed the | for the Northwestern railroad in Mc- chegt Qf yenion petersoni 18> one pf '?eT' - ;o,oany h-ithe occupants, causing death. death in 1912. 1 As, the war progresses and Victory comes hearer, it is Only natural th^t more and more of our McHeniy* servicemen are seeing service on thte. front lines. Oh£ of the latest e^:. ample? is that of William "Btllyf and A. P. Freund for Supervisor and the high ..school; on May 30. Father^ hiattv acqUaintHnces. aild when he; or ^is ^cit^^vv^'5 r>^ob«^' Jos, J, Freund for higlway^ cora«i|sr ; Paul :Tuchlinsky was baccalaureate was ' no longer ablf to ^ RN^T his ! APPRE<N^t^d^f Christmas r Day moi -- . • V",* ^ Although, confined to her bed over such a long period of time, Mrs. One of the first cases of extreme bravery at the front to reach our - . 'y*e' OTJ?' ears concerning a local boy came Buss found enjoyment in her radio shQrtl gfter 1943 hftd begun Ac. Und consolation in her prayers. She cordJ rep0rters on large Chi- |was a Christian in J;he -ti*ue sense ^ newspapers, Communications I Of the word and her faith was some- paul gon of the Nick g ! thing which might well be emulated p.tiens pistakee BaV( the ): bjr others. Pitiens of Pistakee Bay, was the i first to bring wires to the advanced Survivors include four children, ! post following" the Buna battle. Mrs. Michael LaVellf* (Margafet) of Qn gund f jan. i0, it was an- Streator Mrg, George Kane^ (Vera nounceA at St. Mary's church that Mayme Buss and Edward. Buss all assigtant pastori Rev. Paui Tuchof McHenry; and seven grandchild- w to be transferred 'to tim. Two children Lily and Ben Rockford and Junction. Were drowned in the mill pond in , D -j ~ , , 1fia7 Twenty-five men from Board One Even before the old year had 1897. . . were naniec| as delinquent. kowed out the fijst call from Board The body-was at rest at the Peter A three.hour inquest was held Two was issued. A quota of forty-, M. Justen funeral home until Satur- followj the death of Vernon Pcter- •ne is being filled from that Board, day morning at 10:30 when a solemn ^ Aftgr 4& minutes 0f delibera- ' requiem mass was sung at St. Mary's ^oh the ju decided that death was church. Burial wa» in the ^urch Jue ^ a crushed chegt and hemorcemetery. rhages. They also recommended that the driver's license of Richard Miller Board Two Woodstock i DONALD P. LEONARD EVERETT C. ANDERSON FRED KOBERMUS MATT TANZER CHARLES H. NEWMAN Wli. L. GREENSTREET LAWRENCE L. INGHAM ROBERT H. REESE BKNRY J. COMINGORE " EDWARDS L. BROOKE F«* River Groves, CHARLES E. DEDINA - - Altoaqiiin MAURICE A. ABSHER Crystal Lake ALVIN F. CALBOW v - , HALPH G. SCHNEIDER B1ERBERT P. BURTON WALTER D. BOWERS ALFRED D. SCHIMPF - CARL B. ZEYLOTH ALBERT W. FANTER LOUIS P. BROWN THOMAS G. NELSON LEOR C. WARNER COY FOX KELVIN C. GEHRE Harvard KRDELL C. NIEIBUSH •' ROBERT It NABOWETS Marengo BURNICE C. MACKEY, JR. McHenry WILLI BOLGER CHARI^^^. KNAACK Other FlSces NORMAN J. BUCHER, Wheeling. LESTER G. EHRKE, Wauconda. 'KEEP MOVING" TO BE . rpv . PRESENTED NEXT TUESDAY be revokea. ^ •- The first January call from Board Due to sickmss among the mem- ^ took forty men, included among |ers of the cast the J B. Rotnour m<^ard Miller and PhiUp flayers were obliged ocancelthe wheelock from McHenry. 1 performance at the McHenry high ^ annual stockholder's meeting school auditorium Tuesday evening. ^ Wegt McHenry State bank was The same play, "Keep Moving," ^ejd on jan 12 with the same board will be presented next Tuesday even- Qf directors being elected and the Itig, Jan. 11, following which the following officers: William Carroll, players will not appear again in chairman 0f board; Gerald Carey, McHenry until some date next spring. president; C. J. Reihansperger, vice- Announcement will appear in this presi<jent; Robert Weber, cashier; ;^aptfr prior to the spring date. Lillian Larsen, assistant cashier. On Jan. 15 a terrific blizzard • • nmiT * struck our city, continuing for seVlltWv ARflllT i eral days and followed by temperanLYVO HDUUI tures of 15 to 25 degrees below **•••« i *ei*° and 8 w'nd which piled drifts mm xtRi/IPPUril'sixto t e n f e e t h i 8 : h- S c h°°ia w e , ;e UUn ULn •lULlflLll closed for two days while all availa able means were employed to open •/."|^':'G«rlachf 21, son of Dr. L. McHenry's first woman to enter Gerlach of McHenry, was recently: emp]0y Gf the navy department appointed a naval aviation cadet and was Mjsg *Marje Ropp, who resigned was transferred to ag kindergarten teacher at the pub- |he naval training j Uc de school after thirteen years iSenter^ Pensacola. | of teaching here. |*la., for intermed- p ,od. ioi sioner.. . : ' ' ; : ;,ipeaker.and Rev. GebVge'• Keepin;ifrifc j'fHehds daily he was Igteatly' missed• Onr March-11 ahother six McHenry > the Memorial -Diay -speaker/ : by his fviends. " ^>uths left: for service, including V Memorial Day opened the "summer; ; ^ Kuhn<_s parents came from Harold Phannen^tiU, Elmer J. Glos- season in McHenry. Throngs of, Gevniaiiv anS settled in Salt Creek* son. Ralph Smith. Donald W eingart. Chicagoahs milled through McHenry where Eimhurst now stands. It Har^ Unti and Lloyd Franzen. , streets and local residents wondered here that he was born on Nov Dr. R. G. Chamberlin received « what had happened to gas rationing. 9< " 1856t Lf^er the family moved letter from the captain of the ship t T^'.O wal' casualties not from Me- to Missouri, and although only a on which his son. Rollo, served before" Henry but affecting lopal families oc- small boy at time, he remembered being listed as missing oh Nov. 30, cun-ed^ during .the. last i" throughout his life the many times 1942. The letter state<l that the ship 1 Alex Antosiak, brother of Mrs. Peter during the Ciwil War when their had been shelled by a Jap cruiser Kammski of MeCullom Lake died southern horae was raided somewhete near Guadalcanal and was after D a anfjJP E PriSQc nwtter Qf On Oct. 22, 1891 Mr. Kuhn married (in drydock, undergoing repairs. One >eai- and Daniel E. Schuette of Hannah and in 194i th hundred twentv-five were listed as -Elgin, brother of Miss Lucette of nis > «e, Mannan, and in l»4i tn hundred twent> nve *ert nstea as ^ ; Pacific war couple celebrated their golden wed mussing after the incident. ,n the • rac»*c _ ding anniversary. Wlien 16 yeat> A new plan, consisting of Satur- ' of age Mr. Kuhn had become a day night parties at the local high . ' . butcher and afttr hii marriage he school, helped the social problem Fiffy-five \ seniors graduated fi*m' continued the business until 19H'. which confronts all. small schools .the local high school on June 4. 'operating a store on the northwest in wartime. ; Receiving the Legion awards were of Chicago. . , When Nels Pearson moved *•f rom, Pat,r icia Cr.i sty and. jW- i.l liam Bolger .In I9Q1 a t,h e vK u•.h nes . moved to -the 'h is. farm south of this citv on March and seven honor students veie pre- . . , . 1, it was noyte,d that. somvet.h,.i ng oft a sent, ed, spec.i al, award,s as follows. house so.u th.e.a st ..o.f • .M cHenrv now v. . . -.. record. ,h ad, ,b een est.a b. .li.s h. e d, on t,h. at. Eleanor I\o. une.-MMa ry. Gibbons. pKa. occu.vp ied b/y the ,A lbe-r t Vales. fam, ilv• . . . . >>. 0 , .... r, rru t RPt'r nc from farm work in 1920. particular farm In almost fifty man Schm.U Set^ Thon .o^ Join ^ purchased the Harrv Fav house years .there had <been only two ten- Shadle Patncfia .Cr^tj and Be. tha on Rhhmond Road( where they hav anA new ibl^f^^ point values for! ^"the public grad^ school there resi^ed for the Past twenty-three m e a t . f a t s , f i s h a n d c h e e s e was r e - [ w e r e t W e n t y - t w o g r a d u a t e s a n d a t J e ^ l s- . . . T 1 , leased on March 24 for the rationing St. Mary's there were twenty-oner UIM\ ors, EJ>U es is WI e. a"na of these articles which began April At the former Eleanor Schaefer and a1^ ®,s els' ls' JfneS ,aum 1. It was estimated that the new Harry Mueller were given the Legion Mrs. Anna Dressen; three n.eces rationing program would allow each awards and at St. Mary's Barbara an_. . , » person about two* pounds of meat, Freund and Hugh Murphy received The body rested at the Ja^ob Jusone quarter pound of butter, seven them. e" So"f,. fu"era h(!me "J1" 9:15 ounces cheese, three ounces shorten- At their June meeting, the city todaV (Thursday) when short seeing. one quarter lard and twelve council voted to pass an ordinance v'ces we»« |^ld- It was then taken ounces margarine a week. establishing a public library and au- £ the Sheldon funeral home. 580, George Johnson was third Mc- thorized the levy of a tax for the ^duon^it^t._ Chicago, where last fully than any, other local resitit For "Billy", had just returned- to the.' United States after taking. pa?j^„ >h the Tarawa struggle and. though' riot able to return to McHenry fofc the , holidays, spent Christmas with his sister. Mrs. Loren McCannon. in San Diego. While en route there he wrote a letter to the Plaindealer, one in BILLY" PHALIN Henry youth to win his silver wings maintenance of the library. rites will be conducted Friday ai and commission as second lieutena.it. The names of Ira Dowell, Nicholas1 • v P-m. una wi in mwooi He was a m o n g t h e f i r s t g r a d u a t e s A d a m s . R o b e r t S c h a e f e r , J a m e s R i l e y c e « n e t e r y , R i v e r G r o v e , I I . -- from the Altus, Oklahoma, advanced i and Rollin Justen were among those flying school. April Howard S. Fike and his family were the newest residents in our city. Dr. Fike began a practice as a veterinarian here on April 1. Albin Anderson, Jr., brought attention tqjl our city when he became the mayor of Springfield, Mass., a MESSAGES FROM MEN IN SERVICE from Board One to be called in the first June call. A head-on collision occurring at 5:15 a.m. on June 13 just east of McHenry caused injuries to seven occupants of the cars, including. Harold Miller of McHenry. ( Burglars lurked in McHenry early ! the morning of June 17 and at 4:10 Dear Mr. Mosher: a.m. broke into the lobby of the I want to thank you for sending flight training. Upon eomnletion of the intensive course at "Annapolis of Morse code joined the growing list of wartime subjects taught a* the high school- ; V February Alderman Ferwerda became the Z ™c.d« I ' " of McH«nry wh.» Gerlach will re-. Mayor Overton vacationed in * lorida. -- -- ceive his navv He was chosen by the council- to "Wings of Gold" with the designa- fill the important post in the majors y caught up with me on one of the islands in the South Pacific. I never got as much enjoyment out of the papers as I do now. Maybe it's because I've been away from home for quite some time. I'm* not up on everything that happens MARTIN J. DEISSLER, Lansing, Mkh. u y> ings 01 vruiu wiui -- HADDON iHL McLEAN, Barrington. tion of navai aviator, and will be absence. i,s- «hadow on WILLARD T. ALLEN, Janesville. commisSioned an ensign in the navai "Hie .ground]us according BOY A. NASH, Beloit 1 reserve or a second Lieutenant to Feb. 2, thus ass ^ F1DEL1S W. STAAB, Chicago. . ty,e marine corps reserve. to legend, of six m -RAYMOND C. CISCO, ChicagOE^p ±r~i:;ter. • . „ CHARLES D. BENSON Dundee. R€cent transfers include Leland J. Hopes ^ ^ for°the safety BOBERT WILBRANDT, Chicago. f c Sutton, N. Andrews pf Marengo SHELDON S. LEVY, Kankakee. ^ „ Mi.mi Be>ch, n,, Alb.rt ^ ^ Tey r««ived Sodig from Sioux P.U., S D.koU, chapla,n on Feb. 2. to Tampa, Fla.; and R"dolPh R- j that he had been killed. The Simek from Alliance, Nebr., to New war Jepgrtment had previously sent word to the McAndrews that they had been unable to confirm the re- FRANK M. GESKE. Chicago. HEART ATTACK IS FATAL TO McHENEY BAKERY OWNER, 58 Yoik, in care of the postmaster. Friends have received word that t^e youth's death ..Harold Reemer has been sent out of One-hundred-eighteen men were H™rhB.k.T;'5f«^0'tht W..W U„.t.d SUt^o, duty. 1 called in the first week of February ZZ. *n Nt* Vnlr t E*r Although cabl-gr.m tat Sunday night bringfrLfag well .f late, Mr. Konig ing her the g~d -nr. 0» her wag up and about that day and work- hXk^nd, LeRoj Melsek, had * in the store. <***»•• . The deceased was born 58 yeprs , , n^h-rtv re- \go, on Oct. 2, 1885, in Rumania ^orP- Richard Wm. Doherty re- Shortly after his marriage to Mtss gently by Boards One and Two. They included many from here. Vandalena Diedrich became Mc- • he^ Henry's first WAAC. On Feb. 11 r she reported at the recruiting station in Chicago and the next day ar- ^ L rived at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., for Doherty re- basic trainin(f. she is the daughcertificate of ter of |he Jacob M Diedrichs. T^ie entire community heard with 4* Hiwi^th^Wetzef, The couple cross- award for having successfully com- commumt, .»«=«« 2 the ocean and settled in Canada, P^ted the instructors course regret cf the departure on March 1 Siere they nesided for twenty-four physical training leadership at the of Reed coa h and teacher in --gj. from there they moved to non-commissioned officers^ physical the local high school for almost eight IT Paul. Minn., later to Antioch, training school-held at WJaodward, year? resigned to join the Cor- 111. for four years until moving to Oklahoma. nell college faculty, in Iowa, where McHenry in October, 1941. _ , _ V . " , he was engaged to teach in t e Mr Konig set up his bakery busi- Sg*- Ja*"es Do^er^. °P«nk ^aVy Pre-Flight school. „Jc on Green street, where he, his Kas., has been promoted to the rank Registration was the big news of _j|e and one of his sons have served °* staff sergeant. the jagt 0f the n10ntH. Housewives the public faithfully during their ... . . ~ . t_ 1 by the hundreds flocked to the high S^rt residence here. The family AWred J. May, who ha. been sta- school ^ declare the amount of Same fond of our city and local turned at Glenview canned goods on hand and get their rSdents welcomed ' them into the seventeen months, has been made a second War Ration book. , Community 8eCOnd cla8s p€tty offlccn Rev. John J. Boylan. newly elected ^^Tour chikiren' Jo^n tf'Camp Thxs vreek w-e received a most^in- ^MofnetTowa.""on CaM, Helene of ^Chicago; ^ ^ i-tal.ed in Rockford S^V,ndfn"gX ; £ one £nd- ^ ut A' Wal of 4.516 township register- gy^F!.- mSsSES The body rested at the Jacob Jwten • recdvi a membership card from t,re county* „ . funeral home until Wednesday morn- ^ American Legion post and March ihg at 10 oclock, when senaces_were ^ # letter from Commander; On the first day of the month conducted at St. Mar>- s cnu • Yanda. Hie asked his mother to ex- fourteen county men and women be- Burial was 'n the church eeme ry.'••-.,j:.'jresg thanks, through the Plain- came citizens of the United States, NOTICE dealer, to Mr. Yanda and the entire having been given final hearing at City vehicle lfeenses are now due Legion post for their thoughtfulness. the circuit court in Woodstock, -nd am be secured at this office. . ! Mrs. Doran said that Bob seemed Eleanor Althoff, daughter of the " u EARL R WrALSH, j to have cheered up considerably upon j William Althoffs, received notice ' - Clerk. Che receipt of their mew^ge. expect km active call to d*ty on or city of about 150 000 population He po offi Riverside Drive. Noth- me the MoHtnry paper. It has fin 'LZ TS'Jt yet":? :'g.MI; ^ ^ robber. «-1 ^ aI.y c.u.ht one of Springfield's youngest mayors. caPed- No words could describe the pride Among those from here to be listwhich Red Cross workers felt when ed in Board One's first June call were, it was announced that *3,347.60 was Steven F. Koenig. Herbert Re^ncollected in McHenry township in | tperger, David Boyle. Lester Smith, f the March Red Cross and War Fund' Allan McKim, Stanley Geier \ ini drive. The quoU was $1,000. cent Adams, Alfred Smith, bowell. ; Two more McHenry men left for Norin and Henry Conway. service on April 7. They were War-; On June 17 Bishop John J. Boylan ren Jones and Richard Williams. i confirmed thirty at St. Patrick s Math N. Schmitt was re-elected: church and sixty-six at St. Mary s township supervisor on April 6 by church in his first official visit/to ' dpfeatin'ir- 'A; P Freund. Jos. J.1 McHenry since his elevation. . _ aeieaiing a. . , ; a„ vinnj„v l-me 21 the first but thanks to the news it really Freund was re-elected highway com- On Monday, Jjne i\, ine nrii mis*inner i group of children arrived at Villa keeps me postea. BiL p ans were made locally for Maria on Pistakee Bay for a two Looking over your column with .esJond'war U,an »-„ich -- £ ^r S* S? ^ for . record number --of ^'ty*'our gaining p^S^ f havei?t seen a movie for^ ages!| "sad news ... again in the air ity ,oo„ after its institution. , iJrS'S! 1 LriPio^at ^"soTTg't Mar Th. July 4 c.rn v.l again proved about every half-hour, it isn't an,! C seriously a huge Loess. Winner of the use to try to show it I've been s«;j wounded in action in the north Afri- "Lucky Warrior" contest was Lieut, tioned at quite a few Peaces Ike can area on March «8. Eleanor Althoff of the army nurse, the Fiji Islands, New Hebrides, New, Near tradegy came to our city on corps and George Freund, Jr., was Caledonia, Guadalcanal and here. Holv Thursda? noon, April 22, when awarded second place. Lieut. Al- Sorry I ^n t name this island for ^h-- Hol>' we^Twas a busy time for the! man, Vern Russell, Bob Peterson,; get some of our sleep ." the day Jhfil in McHenry, /nd « faster Ma, D^nng and Herman K^er^m. ^ we don t >k;ow ^ taj, Sunday, despite »ar time shortages,, all^of McH enty. ^ We keep plan„ ",t . !afe di8u„e« ! mi-lady appeared, oo ing i e fortieth anniversary of by firing as soon as the motors are PThe t™e%p"ht'°ofm«*rT;,rican to 'ltti'ft t'he" pSooS. h^ b^t stil, one or two get elosej people was questioned in at least1 Twenty-two of those years were ttle"e„2Il,?' one community. Marengo, when Jap- spent m McHenry^ as pa8t°r. of ®t' but the most bothersome are the anese-American farmers were banned M!ary's Catholic church and in 1935 but the most bothersome from the ci!y k. tad conferred upon him the *g-1 mwqmtoM and Jiggers. 1 never which he told little of h-s o-ti. heroic fighting. «f wr.ich yl> something only by contacting mnn- . bers of his family. . Following were the contents of the letter: '---7--r-- "Dear Mr. Mosher: "Well, I guess its the same old line, I'm another of those guys that wants to thank you for the home town paper. I received mail for the first time in over two months the other day and the ole Plaindealer really hit the spot. I only received three copies and am looking forward to receiving more. I guess the postman doesn't have time enough to catch up with us. "Since leaving the States I've had many an exciting moment and also one of the navy's free tours of the Pacific, the last big affair being the Gilbert Islands, which I'm sure everyone has read about. We're now on bur way to port for a few days repairs and then \j>'ill go right back , out again for more. Thanka agiitt for the paper. "Best regards, "BILL PHALIN." fBill" has seen a great deal of service considering the short time, a period covering just a few months, which he has been in tlie navy. Shortly after entering service he left this country on an airplane carrier, continuing his study in a specialised field even while aboard ship. . • •' .i;'^ Tarawa Baffle" " On November 20, when the 72,-hour attack on Tarawa began. "Bill," the carrier and the rest of the crew were in the midst of the battle, during which time they spent many tense Seven,y-nine young men left from | nity^ Wjj* Obtain ^ say I have the life of Riley. Sometimes I envy the boys, whi &eventy-nme ««.«. j Board Two during the week of April Holiness, with the title of Very Rev\ ' 25 ' erend Monsignor. A McHenry sergeant, Martin Coon-1 Miss Marguerite .IlriVjufy U ^«™ back home and no doubt itV ey, was honored by having an artice, o h ^ pnlleire New York to likewise with them for they may be "Aii^Tecii'^magazinepnn ln ^ j tr^^ing with Uncl^ Sam s saying "Steiny' is seeing pienty of Teeh magazine. JLn's b(anch of the navy. By thus «*»»• 'lucl!>.'«"»»• 1 f ' • \ . doing she became ilcHenrj-'s li^t . could l» there with him. But hon- 1 Another fiscal year in the records « AvE • estly- its not as easy as it sounds, "of the city of McHenry bowed out of ImDI4ssive dedication services took I do hope' ^his war will end soon j the picture. At the first meeting of D,ace at McCullom Lake on Sunday, for I'd Uke to be back home with you the new year on May 1, all employees_juiv 10 when an honor plaque con- all again. There is one thing I d were returned to their old posts. \ainine the names of seventy-one like to say about the girls out here. The first group to leave in the Lrvicemen and servicewom^n was They are as scarce as rabbits and May quote from McHenry were Er- jLesented. about twice as wild. nest M. Bohr, Frank H. Holmes, Jr., i "Wo drownings in the same num- • I wish I had some good old Mc- James C. Carlson and Lawrence G.fujL f days saddened the community. Henry beer now. Its a rough life Freund. Ioi July 18 Frank Wall, 4-year-old but guess it will be a good exper- Rural school graduation took plae« g / a Chicago physician, who with ience for me. So in closing let me ; on May 14, with forty-two receiving j,js family was spending say, keep 'em printing and keep up diplomas. the day at McCullom Lake, lost his the good work. THOMAS PHALIN The Summer Playground program when he waded too far into the was voted d0"*"*! by the local school watW. On the evening of July 19 board and some plan for recreation jaiXs Kenneth Johnson, 16-months- As ever, Spvfc ALVIN STEINSDOERFER, South Pacific. for the youth of MeHenry was being sought. Lt. Eugene Nielsen left for over- Un of the Stanley O. Johnsons ot . (Coctjaned 00 laat page) Order yoar Rubber Stamps at Tbm Plaindealer. moments for there were between two and three submarine attacks on the carrier each day. While he = was only at Tarawa four days, he remained in the Gilberts for nine days, and during the fighting saw ,a sister carrier, the Liscombe Bay, destroyed. During the attack the personnel of the carrie on which "Bill" served' were especially commended time and again by Admirals Hill and Nimitz. When the fighting ceased. • even : though the attack was successful. : there were casualties on our side^ i One of them was "Billy" Phalin, who some time during the fighting had received a deep gash in the badiu • , (Continued on laat page.)