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' .V . -r ' '\ •. ' i;-,. .. ^ . •: . ... • ' *.+,***»** «vi**r~v* «**, •'. . ^ ^ -.. - ~'y .., » Bv '. " " .' !"v. • m' * i t - ' • • r v * r - ' * " » ' - V '4 < * • ' • • .* : 1 ,' • ". 'At * 4? ^ » > ' > V ^ 1 ^ ^ m •:: • •""', x -\.. ••• -^.rv:; V. ^ volume 68 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1944 -No. 37 SERVES IN AIR CORPS SUDDEN PASSING OF RUTH CONWAY IS SHOCK TO CITY HIES FEW HOURS AFTER - BEING STRICKEN RATION POINTS ON MOST MEATS SOARED AS JANUARY ENDED of the Milk Bottle fund, whereby contributions of any amdunt j of money drcped into the various milk bottles placed in stores and used ! by the Legion to buy cigarettes for , servicemen overseas, have been announced this week by the Legion. In' the comparatively short time -this1 fund has been in existence, $150.00 has been collected, which means that . 60,000 cigarettes have been sent : overseas through the efforts .of our |. A merican Legion post V • • * 1 GRANDMA BASSETT ACROSS BY LEGION - __ LAIU IU IlLiUl UN February 1944 will no doubt go ^• • >| m •> a m >| ^ down in the history of rationing as \IINIIA Y .IAN *11 one of the important 'hionths, for OUnilH I f UHUl yII , beginning the first of the^week the office of price administration ordered _ . ____ . „T . -r •! . __ . increases of one -to two ration points PASSES AWAY lAT AOS for tr.osfc cuts of beef, lamb and veal. OF 93 vThe order .was made anticipating a _. " 200,OCO.OOO pound reduction in retail .• Mfs. Mary June Earl Bassett, who m^at supplies. . -- - , v. « , is Relieved to be Mclletiry's^oldest^ Increases effective through March resident, was laid to rest last Sun- checs»s, lard and dried beef . ,.•••. dav afternoon in'Woodland cemetery. ^ere a's° made, with butter remain - From the headquarters of the Com- jjeath ctahned' the aged about m?,' u^han.eed at 16 points. Most "nAa-nt ~;3o on Friday afternoon.. Jan. 28,•Vl£rk' fho\ *W.n$<l. unchanged vitli WITH MILITARY POLICE ' McHenry was shocked last Sunday. ; Morning to leam of the sudden death • of one of its young residents, Mrs. Leo Conway, the former Ruth Kent. Mrs. Conway was apparently in good ; health early on Saturday evening when she was seen by many of her friends walking on the street. About 9 o'clock she became suddenly ill and fu taken to St. Therese hospital, niiere she.died before midnight of ja -:v^Mbcebral hemorrhages. Ruth M. Kent was born on August 23, 1900, in Chicago, the daugh- Sht°f Shedattended O^ur Udy of 1^,1^ "complimente' of American"Legion ^ont' 0n ^ay.l0>'^hen b«t «»}» and- canned meat categories. | overseas6 is"' Alfred MUler'^soirr "of tlle Past few weeks ior the inevitable Lourdes grade school and graduated h-'L /hi !•{?! -°H Char f leS ,Herd"' Post No. 491, McHenry, Illinois. 5 years of age moved with her. fam- With the exception of oysters, which Mr. and Mrs. Pet' r F. Miller, who snow storm which £as past due. As m t _i-- v.-- i-• --i--i mio s entered ser- "These cigarettes will be presented ^ Canada, where they lived until lema.n the same, canned fish were will, have st?en thr«?p vears of ser- weekend rolled around, however, .» .. M. . . . ahp was ll>_ At tnsit tiniA tno Pivil fA»r nAinfs . > » . ... i' CHARLES HERDRICH mandant of the Third Naval district 9- ^ [fnie the following letter to loc*l, following *tW Peeks'^\n ^she-i"?e '•^cePt,ion.' ^ork, Ioi« ^uts and , Legionnaires this week, proving th^ wa8 confined to her bed; . v . j Canadian bacon •; these efforts have bcen much appre^] v * n ••t.i i >1 - The average housewife will be able Ciated. ,V V • *' • ' ' M„ary, Jane BaSSettl ft0? u 93 to buy half a pound less meat with .^ntlemen? • v 1y^ of age, was never called by her the 11.2 points she normally Spent 1l 20 thousands *CchkensotWerif!ide*ldf cwigeiavrine«tt'eSse !_yIasm«tjenUnie"OT Bas- Januarr^hen "th^ ^t* ^ ptt trt _ ho t ^ ^' e T16®1 rat.Ion was from Liggett & Myers Tobacco com- . \ the^ highest since rationing started. ALFRED MILLER Rirk"",n'1' V» donated .with m «!* ™ «.V"!"* ™ Serving _ with _ the , p.iiM PRESENT WINTER SEASON TOPS OLD TIMERS' STORIES SUN AND MILD BREEZES t THROUGH JANUARY Even, with^ snow drift# well ovec * out- hea'ds r-and: consislierit sub. Veiro ; V weather sujcft :a& last, y W.. there many an'old rimer who couR recall • that winter vback in the eighties tivheii ; tlie drifts were' a little higher and \ • he wind a :bit sharper. This' yeaj-, however, the weatherman has even the old timers stumped, fpr few are ' bold enough to even, suggest that there was ever a year when the « weather was so truly of the ."June in January" variety. \\ ith bated breath everyone waited from Lake View high school in 1918. on She came to McHenry with her fam fly in 1921 and was employed with _ Kent and Co., from 1924 to 1936. On ha;„; in w»shincrtrtn Sinn- Anrii vice on March 30 1942 and ra thli ^ the commanding officers of ships she was 10. At that time the Civil feduced four points and luncheon vice next June. Alfred was inducted ith nV* ** ^ V?uS' eV" departing from the Third Naval dis- '« its ear y stages m the meat, beef tongue, pork sausage, at Camp Grant and was later stamythe, Calif., and the Ephrata air trict, with instructions to'disribute States f h?r family. m<\ved to nh" Vienna sausage and meat loaf were tioned at Camp Welters. Texas and hasp in WAShincrr/in Sinn» A nnl af . .. . . . . nnu vhoro tnov rnrhnnort fraci/ia nnf aho fn 4 r* . .. . the stin shone as beautifully as eyer and ifur coats could hardly fce con- ,Tnt,- ,IIU sidered a necessity. Not a vestige of nois, where they continued to reside, cut one to two points. at Fort skm Houston in the same sn*:)w could be found anywhere and on In general the February revision state. Just one year ago he was Sunday'.y^mili breezes and bright named showed that beef steak was up two sent overseas and for several months sUnshin< prove irresistible for those «• her mother Mrs Laura Kent* and -- in presentine.' this cift and reouest ; there, points a pound, most other cuts up has been stationed in Italy. Last many People .vho now have only one - ibTroLth er, Roo y. Aa n in*fa n*t son, C<nlyitd!Se er to b„e uty PH,ncamlr,y> aonHf the London th, atp teh anks be the'xst ensd'end - atnod alrle qthuoesset fuo„r um..a_ny years before „moving into one point; yeal lamb and mutton up word from him told that he Wa« leisure dav a week. f 1Q„ [ ... , . ,, H 1,UI» nim loia mat ne was u ^ j--i i-- anety' coW* "amP wd foggy. wj,0 niake this cift nossible ' « ^ points w;th veal shoulder guarding a mail train. Sign of Spring . -- " i *t\i * i i Sept. 20, 1869, she was married chops, round steak and shoulder- * -- n„ t " , . • •PAAa am .nA.a r pU vrTT^'irn jto Wilbur F. Bassett, in Lake Geneva, boneless roasts up three; cheddar ami „:rt ,.~ , •T^P 1 P.i!>aCn nf MESSAGES FROM i«w8tri«wttuTna"VuoffR'»«dkri™isn NEWS ABOUT mkvvnvw I liwm j D . s t n c t W e i t . r e - R e c r e . t i o n O f f i c e " . ^ She w .s t h e f i f t h of e i g h t up f o u r p o i n t s . - -Prmg and f a l l , h u n i r e , ! , o f ^ t h lATAI IM OCDI/IOC^Ti-r iitft rt ---children born of parents who mfgrat- The one point rise in pork loin AllII OPnillfli' AJP^I a. .an. ,cag° s ermen- isre- ITILII 111 oCnVIIIL PLANS TO INSTALL ed here from England in the early roasts, cefiter'- and end chops, and Patrick Conway, preceded her in death, also her father and one. brother, Merlvin J. " 'Mrs. Conway was a faithful member of St. Patrick's church, the Altar •ad Rosary sodality and the Parent- Ifeachers association. Her cheerful disposition will be •orely missed by all who knew her, i ^ ------ especially her neighbors on River- Dear Sir: side Drive, where she had lived for Will write a few lines to let yon the past sixteen years. For several - know I have a cl«Rnge of address. I years she had assisted in the care ( nineteenth century. Also to pass be- tenderloin was explained by the fact srarded the thin coat of ice on the water and did their fishing through holes. Viewing the various parts of Several new servicemen have been the bay from a distance, the scene NEW LOCKER PLANT , L ON OREFN ^TRFFT e were t vo children» Flora that the choicest pork cuts are be- ^ A .and Eber. . ( coming relatively scarce in some add^To gro^g'ust"oi ^ closely ^'r«7m'bW a swarm of bees, Willi- Pries, owner of the Gen- ch^„"LwTSSfJtt «?MchS^;P ' * ^ ^ ' b°» "h0 """ the Pki"'lMl" » ^ »• ef her mother who, because of this gpreat dependence on her only daughter, will feel her loss most keenly. $he was a special friend of the young folks in her neighborhood and her ever willing attitude to help others wms evidenced by the myriad of floral offerings, spiritual bouquets, and by the countless friends who called to pay last respects. Hie body rested at the Peter M. .Jasten funeral home until Tuesday Births Mr. and Mrs. John Weingart are Drning when a requiem high mass was sung by Rev. William O'Rourke, stand but you soon get used to them am now s 0 m e - tral Market' Iocated on Green Street- Mrs. Florabelle Vogel. Woodstock; where in England. McHenry> Plftns to build an addition Mrs. Elsie Keithe, Miami. Fla.; and I enjoyed my trip ^ the rear of h«s place of business Eber Jeffrey. Washington. D. C., also over here but can- and insta11 a new.locker system. five great grandchildren. Ruth Bow, not say anything The P'an calls for 400 lockers, of' ersox, Three Rivers, Mich.; Ilene and a^m ^ ^ uin„, about it now. The which 250 will t*e installed when the Homer Bassett, McHenry; C^rol L*»_j the "parents of° a "baby ^rV'born on money here is sure Place is opened for business. Mr. and Eugene Vogel, Woodstock. - Monday morning Jan 31 at the hard to get used Pries is required to secure a num. Fine Seamstress 'W-oodstock hospital. to. They have her of applications for lcckers in Mrs. Bassett was loved not only Atty. and Mrs. Vernon Knox of pounds, shillings . er ^ *et a priority for the build-. by her famjiy but by all who knew Crystal Lake are the proud parents and also a quarter and lockers. He is contracting her for one could not help but note of an 8 lb. baby boy, born Wednes-, - -- . .» o... yards l00King very mi cent called a farth- prospects at the present time and re-> th fine quaijt,es which made her <iay morning, Feb. 2, at the Wood- Francisco, in care of the postmaster.' might be suffering from ing. The people P^fs that his proposition is being nQt ^ « of ^ ^ aJ f 8tock hcapitaL They have two other 1 'mignt ^ sunerin» Iro™ u i 4. hv n Inrrro maiAritv . " . " . < « •> i , . , in all parts of the enjoying, a bit previously, this sport, world. The new in driving through the various enes include Chas. residential sections in the vicinty of N. Freund of Fort McHenry, known as the summer re- Sill, Oklahoma; sort area, there were even more signs Fred Herdrich of of the approaching vacation months. Camp Wolters, Where normally in January all homes lexas; Steve Ko- are closed and present a very vacant nig of Camp Bland- and cheerless aspect, even though ingr, Fla.; and D. only for a few hours. Many of the R. Swanson, whose owners were taking walks in their address is San yards, looking very much like they spring fever. are hard to under- welcomed by a large majoritj. character. In her younger days she i children, both gi^8- -- „ „ ,, ~,.Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anoeragn i . . . . „ ""VTWomK«^ i aii with Msgr. C. S. Nix and Rev. Wal- Well, there is not much I can say choice lockers may leave their names in later years this prodded a wel-|the parents of a baby girl, born at it" _ ®en.ja,mm L Anyone interested in Pvt. A. L. Kosinski has finished a "0f course it can't last," is what securing, was an accomplished seamstress and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson are 1 courae Bt the Finance «eplacemenPI™ the optomists have been saying Conway also present on the alter, about this country now as I have at the West McHenry State Bank and j J.® J^divereion. ^ Pr°V*ded & | the Woodstock hospital ^on' W^dne"-' garrison, Ind., and spent_a few days J*!® J???}? ^th Burial was in the family lot in St. not been here long so will write a representative will call and give: Since the death of her son, Eber, i day evening, Feb. 3. Besides her Wlt^ h.,s t wlfe' .Eunice Mar" B t th * n!J. *. ' SLIJ®1!?; lack's cemetery, with Rev. Con-a more about it later. full particulars. . few years ago, M«. Basset had Parents, the little lady has a sister,, shaU Kos,nskl' last But the^^un ^shme^".^ember begun to fail and in the last four Marilyn, 4, to welcome her. j HoweV(?r grim ^ war news > w years she was unable to enjoy read- TO TRUCK OWNERS in®' or ^er ra^'0 ^or hoth her sight and hearing were failing. However. her mind remained keen until early •way reading the prayers at inter-"} •rent. Pall bearers included Albert Barbian, Ray McGee, Peter Gies, Carl Ross, Walter Gutte and Kenneth Chktte. Among those from out of town who attended the funeral wen* Mrs. Well, say hello to all my friends around McHenry and please keep the IMPORTANT NOTICE paper coming. Thanks a lot. Yours trulv, CORP. GEORGE PATE, j Recent transfers include Sgt. John v WOODSTOCK MARENGO i L- Noble from Salinas, Calif., to New have been, the weatherman has done AT\n O a qtt'a t ttvc «pa York; Corp. George Mitchell from his best to co-operate in brightening- AUU 1U < port Brady. Mich., to Fort Sheridan, the *43-*44 winter. What snow and Dear Editor: Julia M. Kent, Mrs. Jane Kiptrot, As I haven't written you and thank-.™" whkhe^r'come; T ^ Woodstock received word that' their Mrs. Mary Buckie, Mr. and Mrs. Carl ed you for the Plaindealer I • wish to fi ^ ^ "10 ^ Justen funeral home until Sunday t. Ross. Mr. and Mrs. William Von exPr^s my thanks for sending ,t It k y 80 d'?e^1 th^ afternoon when last ntes were con- Plachcki, Albert Weiss, George "sua»y cached me on Sunday when P ^ d 1 ^ ducted at 2 o clock. , MV and Mrs Clarence 1 can have time to enjoy reading it. f^ . p ® ' ,n , , . Conway and daughter, all of Chicago; 1 also want to thank all the people; o^nSln8*8 Ures;SGT DANIEL JUSTEN Mr. and Mrs. John Conway of Flint, who sent me Christmas cards. I en- p j ON BROADCAST FROM Mich- Mrs loseDh Gutte George J°yed receiving each and every one - Old truck tire inspection stations OftUHUUHOi x xvum SSe' and Mr. and M^ TaS of of them. I see by the Plaindealer not be permitted to make any wo**; «»« IT;«• 1 1 • morp tmrk in«n^tmn< nnH • th»v arm Woodstock; MV. and Mrs. Fred Gutte According to a new ruling of the last fall when she was taken iU for OPA, effective on and after Jan. 24. severa, weeks #n u,ness from all truck owners nnust have their she never fu„ recovered. tires inspected every 5.000 miles or The ^ nsted at the peter M EVER GROWING LIST It was the middle of last week that Mr! and Mrs. William J. Meyer of HAMMOND HOSPITAL and Kenneth Gutte of Genoa City; that 'Bill" Kreutzer is in England' more truck inspections and; they are _ _ somewhere. I'd sure like to run into td refer the truck operators to one- Word has come to us of a recent Sister ^MiTry Sr^Hiida of Omaha, him- It is pretty hard to find some- the only appointed inspections, broadcast given at Hammond General Nebr • Sister Mary Celine of Council one over here butS^aybe somehow which are Walter J. Freund and hospital in California which should Bluffs' Iowa- Mrs Ross Schenning we., could manage that. I read his John Stilling, in th^McHenry com- , be of interest to many since it con- ' and Mrs. Ben Nett and daughter of !ftter and I see he's having troubles munity. ^ v mhnot; Mr. and Mrs. John Whalen *ut the shillings and pences. . / .. ^ . ,, - and daughter, and Mrs. Mary Wfcal- ^ had the trouble but it final- Sugar Stamp Nd. 40 Mfty " EUin. «• ^ ™ " Now Be Used For Canning: son, William Meyer, Jr., was missing in action in the South Pacific. He was a private first class in the marines, having enlisted on August 4, 1942. He had been overseas for about a year. Friends and relatives of the missing youth believe that he was in the big battle of Bougainville island. He (Continued on last page) ice we get now we should be to take with a smile. LET YOUR HELP BE ENOUGH TO HELP HIM 1 terns a local boy stationed there. I The broadcast was one of several 1 £iven to acquaint the public with Mrs. Ge'Tgia Schiller short now so I'll sign off, thanking i you again for the paper. A resident of McHenry for many. CORP. VERNON REINBOLDf, yetrs where she had made many lasting friendships, Mrs. Georgia Meine Schiller's death last Thursday after- Depr Friend Mose: noon, Jan. 27, is mourned by many personnel at pital and to give a brief resume of Somewhere in England- Homemakers who wish to can the functioning of the hospital conearly fruit may now obtain five Voys of sick and wounded solder? pounds of sugar by using Sungar evacuated from overseas and brought Stamp No. 40 in War Ration Book there for immediate medical and sur- WILLLAM J. MEYER Just a few lines '•to thank yoii and said J. D. HcHa3.T, c:cr;tr.i7 gjcai attention. Later these men are j in McHenry. She was 72 years^old» the people of McHenry for the Plain- ? „ county War Price and Ration- sent to hospitals nearer their homes 1 having been born on Dec. 4, 1871. dealer. The paper is delivered to me ing Board. The stamp will be good where they continue their convales- : Mrs. Schiller made her home on at the Monday noon mail call and it S™Lfc eb™.Bry 1 th^ugh Februaiy cenw. Waukegan street m this city until certainly is a welcome sight. Need- 28' 1945' thirteen months, and will b- On this particular broadcast to j about a year ago when she gave up less to say jt is read from front to the only sugar stamp used for buy- wi,jch we refer, Sgt. Daniel A. Jus- i housekeeping in her large house. She back and back to front. mg canning sugar. Additional teni technician third grade, one of died in the Old Peoples Rest Home j j.ead with much -interest the let- a,*,ounts will be made available later the enlisted men assigned to surgery, in Woodstock,; following a short l"" ter from Lieut. Krieger, somewhere on aPP^ca^'on Local Boards. Last wag orie cf those chosen to talk. ness- in England, and believe that he cov- year two five-pound sugar stamps -'Dun" is the son of Mr. and Mrs. She is survived by one daughter, ered the thought of all the boys in va"dated for home canning. Peter M. Justen of \\"est McHenry. Mrs. Magdalena Hogler of Chicago. serving overseas are going through *his action is a preliminary one to jjjs talk, as it appeared on a pro- Funeral services were held on Mon- many more times the hardship and Pro,vide su^r in the South, where gnm concerning the broadcast, was I day afternoon, Jan. 31, at 1:00 p.m., hear'taches than we, who are serving early fruit is ready for canning. las follows: - . I at the Mcrwin funeral home, with here in tjlp ^cod old U. S. A. How- "Last year at this time surgery hatl seen a great deal of action and Rev. George Kline of the tree Metn- ^veTi tj,e thoughts of home are th6 here. However, they are rather dan- consisted of one operating room. We; had not been heard from in several odist church reading the service. satt,e to all of us. I don't know of gerous to climb, especially when there had one table, one set of sterilizers months. burial was ii| Elm l<awn _cemet«yy»;.anything that can take you home for is ice or snow. There were three fel- and enough equipment to do one sur- pfc Meyer is th« third casualty of Chicago. ^ ^ ; d. ; j i short time any more than to sit lows riding along unconcerned when gicai case at a time. But, like other the graduating class of 1940 of the • |Mii Haak ; clown and read in your hometown their jeep left the side of the road departments, we have expanded and i Woodstock Community high school, Louis Hauk, 78, died at his home paper what is going on back there, and plunged over one of the highest today we have six operating depart-! the other two being Thomas Lounsin Chicago on Jan. 26, 1944. He The weather down here has been points and so they were all killed (in- ments, we have expanded and today bury and James Merwin. made his home on the Fox river ideal the past two weeks. The days cidehtally, one of them was a mess we have six operating roofns and ^ telegram received by Mr. and near McHenry for many years during have been quite warm and the even- sergeant also), which reminds me, sometimes perform as many as fif- Mrs. John Hoehn of Marengo last the summertime. He was a retired ings have been rather cooh But be- the last week I was in Drew Field I teen surgical operations in a day. week stated that their son, Second streetcar conductor : lieve me I will take good old McHen- was in charge of one of the large The. majority of operations are on Lieutenant George C. Hoehn, a bom- Sun- Edmund If. S. Trtasnry b* itrit fooling either when he tensive,. We on the home front will .ivors include three t children, ry with its snow and zero weather, consolidated mess halls there and wo the limbs of patients, especially the; ber pilot, has been missing in the j says ' Let Vm have it." And neither not be doing our part unless we in* nd, Arthur and Lily. His wife Well Mose, the time is getting won the "Best Kitchen Flag of Drew" legs, but we also perform some very European area since .January 11. He should we be when we reach in our vest far more in this drive than in preceded him in death about four short before it's "lights out," so I and we know we could have held it if delicate operations. Wbnderful strides was wounded in the neck by a bullet pockets to buy War Bands. Good previous ones. On the whole oar years ago. Mr. Hauk was an uncle will close for this time; thanking it weren't that we had to take that have been made in surgical technique jn a rajj Nov. 30 and was in a hos- news reached us this week when we people have Jhe money. Even after of Mrs. Harry Lindsay of this city, .vou and the McHenry people for the train ride up here and then close it and today in army hospitals through- pital twenty-thrfce1] days, after which learned that McHenry county had paying increased taxes, the public as Funeral services were held Saturday Plaindealer. up. » out the United States miracles are he rejoined his crew. , , been credited with $75,000 in bonds a whole has 50 pe„r cent more inin Chicago and burial was in St. t ' Regards to all, I was in full charge twice of a being/performed. The enlisted men j by the Chicago and North Western come now than in 1941. These ddl- Patrick's cemetery, McHenry. • PVT. R. J. CONWAY, mess hall and always made it .the working with me in surgery come ANNUAL FORESTER FEAST [Railway company. The announce- lars, every one not absolutely essett* V John F. O'Leary ° Camp Wolters, Texas "best." Of course, with the co-op- from all walks of life. W6 have rep- St Mary's Court. No. 594, C. O. F., men^ was "^ade on Tuesday and tial for living, should be put to work John F. O'Leary, 81 years old, died . ; " -- eration of the cooks, mess officers resentatives who were formerly truck wjll hold "its annual Forester Feast, should be an inspiration to each in- to . help win the war. We have but Sunday evening, Jan. 30, at his home ' M*1- llosher and Friends: and the other mess .sergeants' under ' drivers, college students and even Wednesday. Feb. 9, in St. Mary's-St. dividual to do his or her part too. two choices in paying for the winning, ' in Harvard. Besides his widow. Brid- Maybe I am kind of slow in writ- me. 'some social workers. Hie majority patrick School Hall, at 8 p.m Mem- ! In. doin^ our duty in the forth- 0f this war. in a very 'painful way or gett, he i§ survived by two dughters,. ,ing but I have been very busy on O. Could you change the address on of the enlisted men in our depart- . j0hn's Court, Nc. 96, ai*' coming invasion hp cru^h our enemies, a less painful manner. The form** Mrs. Gordon Stafford of Woodstock T. (operation training) for the past the Plaindealer so that I may fret it ment have attended technical schools jnvjt^ to attend. we are first b^lng loyal.to our coun- consists of reckless spending and Mrs. C. ,E. Boodel of San Fran- six months. Now we have moved up regularly^ now that I have moved sponsored by the army and several _ cisco: six sons, John J. of Rockford, a little closer to Chicago and of again, I sure look forward to that were pre-medical students in college ' CHOSEN FLAGBEARER Dr. E. B. of Milwaukee, Wis.; *E. F. course a great change in the weather home paper of ours. before the war. During an operation pearl. "Peterson has be$n - of Chicago; D. F. of Harvard; Paul also. I think we yankees like the Well,' friends, I guess I will have w$ assist the surgeons in the hand-; cj,ogen' flggbearer at Fox River V4R-"j money* Bonds are savings. They this war is sprfiljed Jxsr our indifferling of instruments, sterilization of ^ R N A " i are real social security, real old age ence, let(us beware of our future, equipment and other assistance nec- j --: ^ ! insurance. They are our safest and ' try. Hpwever, we must not lose sight eventual inflation, the latter of car*- of the fact that buying bonds and ful saving. If the high hopes of our keeping them is actually saving fighting men for a bettft-world after «f Volo and Cpt. L. F. ^O'Leary of northern part better. • p to ring off for this time and thanks Washington, D. C, A daughter, and i We are right in the maneuvering «|^aiii;;||^.;|^e Plaindealer each week. BOO preceded him in death. * grounds of Tennessee, which covers Yours truly, , twenty-one counties. Wie are right in "BILL" HAY, Kead the Want Ads! the mountains and it ion is sweUnapj Naahvilie, Tmul essary. Durng the past year at Hammond we performed 750 operations." Mrs. Ida Mix W Chicago has been best investment against a rainy day. Special Saturday night at * 9ft spending some tiihe visiting Mrs. j Our armed forces are doing their Place restaurant, Italian spaghetti Rose MMier. • I part everywhere wf are m. tiw of-1 plate.