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' • ? • " , ' • " ' ' \- r-"" ?£-. t.v ••--•- .'/"'• 4 '" - ' ' - '-1 -*:m k w * ':i "ifc Wotame 68 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944 No. 3 FACULTY HAS VARIED PLANS FOR SUMMERS COMMUNITY HIGH GRADUATES OF 1944 * <F ' - •fe IN ALL TYPES OF WORKL C •;- *-*w-...-: ,£< , * „•- I ' ' 7 .;, •: With school days over for another ; ^iree months, faculty members and; •?&> V Ifeodents alike are planning their; "*l / Activities for the next* twelve weeks, /'There was a time when our teachers Were expected to either attend sumjl^ v'.lBier school or remain at home for a .rest. The influence of a' nation at 1 ' jyar has changed all this, however, >V %nd now we find each one engaging |n what they believe to be most important at this time. First let us review the plans of our high school faculty. Miss May Justen plans to continue her usual summer program of superi ;. Vision in homemaking. Later she 'in 11 t^feit the homes of in-coming . • *Y£ shrtsen with the put-pose of inter- .; isting thenr in the importance otf| "Hhat course. The homemaking club |s also planning to meet regularlyduring the next few weeks." . ; I At least three of the teachers will spend their summers at home but . will no doubt be as busy as those Who are working elsewhere. They tre Mrs. Clarence Angelse, who has ^een substituting since last January |ind will not return to teaching; Mrs. ' fohn Bolger, who will instruct in "» "fcngish next year; and Mrs. Earl f'ischler (Janet Dolan), a recent " $ride, who will forego her teaching Career for homemaking, 1 Miss Helen Stevens expects to TWO M'HENRY GIRLS Spend part of the summer visiting ' relatives in Connecticut an<^ mdy possibly attend Northwestern University. Miss Maurie Taylor plans' 4>n continuing her Studies toward THREE MORE CASUALTIES < DURING WEEK $TEVE HARVEY INJURED '-AT WAKDE t / iv• " New* that S^e^e Harvey,'"25,'-son' Of Steve Harvey of Lily Lake waa * v'seriously injured in action on May |f 18 "en Wakde island" wa.< . receive*! ?&• |n a telegram from the ;war depart- :tnent on Saturday. > Stevet a tech- ' Ilician fifth grade, has been serving " oi\rerseas for. the past twenty -seven , ihonths in Australia and New Guinea, 4uid it the time of the accident on • • fYont row: Betty Edstrom, Elaine Landgren, Lorraine Ert>er, Elaine Fredrick sen, Evelyn Socllner, Ruth Lindsay, Marilyn May, Bonnie Page, Betty Lou Weber and Marilyn Schaeier. Second Row: Grace Bolger, Mary Lee Greene, Marian Hawley, Helen Ruth Butler, Steve Huska, Edith Sherman,^Barbara Miller, Betty Kilday and Marie Nickels. '• Photo by A. Worwiok. MoHenry • j . Third Row: John Rofeers. Arthur Jackson, Donald Schaefer, ,Robert Smith, Marshall Buchert, Robert Knox, LeRoy Scholtz and James Hettermann. Fourth Row: Darold Thomas, Robert Frett, Robert Justen, Bob Sales, James Freund, Richani Wheelock, Harold Michels and Carl Betts. Fifth Row: Harold Freund, Robert Blake, William Adams, Ray Smith and Norman Neiss. STEVE HARVEY ARE GRADUATED AS LEGION AWARDS * REGISTERED NURSES Two McHenry girls have this week >er doctor's degree at the Univer- completed their counses in nursing sity of Colorado. I Miss Lucia Raufch, who is leaving, the teaching profession, expects to do personnel work with United Airline in the near future. Mrs. Joann Rulien will stay in McHenry and ^ continue her work as a public health nurse. As varied as are the plans of the' women faculty members are those I of the men. Clarence Angelse has already gone to work and will be employed at the Krause News Agency for the next three months. Ardin Frisbie will be engaged in the carpenter and contracting business and Donald Blount will spend the next few months with the Johnson Motor company in Waukegan. The supervised summer playground 5 Urogram will keep Leonard McCracken occupied until the opening of school next fall. Paul \anda has already started rehearsals for concerts by the city band; George Egbert, toe,-has a busysummer ahead. Following a month's from Chicago hospitals and will now TO BONNIE PAGE, HAROLD MICHELS ALM™BE^OF°state MOTHER OF FOUR roue* . nKA, BOMBER MECHANIC Albert Pearson, better known as "Pep," a veteran of the first world war and for the past year a mem- ; ber of the state highway police PRESENTATIONS TO SIX STUDENTS If their .graduation night was any j indication of the future of forty-four hich school seniors, there is little doubt but that each has very shining ; prospects. For in addition to pre-; senting the most elaborate commence-; nvent program ever given here, the weather man co-operated to the fullest extent in providing summer breezes# which encouraged one of the ; largest crowds ever to gather for i a school program. Even a full moon j shone down to make the evening per-1 feet for these young men and women,: their families and friends. j The program opened with several very popular and patriotic selections : by the band and mixed chonu, fol-; I lowed by the pageant, "United We i LENGTHY ILLNESS OTHERS CALLED DURING PAST WEEK l^r' The community this week mourns ! the untimely passing of a young • mother/Mrs. Joseph M. Schmitt, 38. who died in St, Anthony's hospital, Chicago, last Friday morning, .Tune 2, 1944, after a long illness. Mrs. i Schmitt had been confined to the hospital for several weeks last winter, : vut upon improving was able to return home for a few weeks. Although durin? the week preceding | her death her condition was critical, j the deep sorrow of her passing remained for her family and -host of ' friends. I Elsie Smith was born in Johnsburg i on January 20, 1906, the daughter of i for the most efficient carrying out (Phot« kr Warwick) WALTER NICKELS Another of the key men who are j Wakde. - a small n island off New | Guinea. Not long ago word was {.'received that he was a postal clerk in Australia and had evidently been sent on very recently. Local residents,- since hearing of Steve's misfortune, recall radio broadcasts of a few weeks ago which told of allied troops entering Wakde island when it was thought that the Japs had evacuated. However, it was soon discovered that many snipers armed with machine guns still remained for there were casualties reported among our men. Steve and Gene Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Adams, entered ser- ; vice at the same time and have served together during these many months. Lately they have been join-; ed in Australia by Kenneth Franzen. i another local boy. Knowing that he is not alone, but is with McHenry tx>ys, no doubt is some satisfaction j to relatives and friends who await! ' more encouraging news of Steve. ? i He entered service in October, j. j 1941, and was stationed for a short time at Camp Roberts. Calif. In; . ATer 4 ine *cy i February of 1942 he wa« transferred keeping machinery in t,p-top shape! *-hens he was appointed fAi» tha AYMvat <»tprvmo' nut • Mr. and M". John Smith, and lived of t^e present European invasion isti J® ASou^ the her entire lifetiAie in this community, t Walter Nickels, son of Mr. and M*S. v.» u k - *w_» _rtrri I She had few hobbies, for her first! Fred Nickels of West McHenry. Pvt. i middle « T®™ 'thought in life was her duty to her Nickels entered service on April 20, wa*. ' he ! family and U> bring pleasure to those 1943, and at various times was sta-; tr**'a- , " . c . ~ . . ! about her. The fine results obtain- tioped at Champaign, 111., where he Steve one .TO w_' in SU Joseph's hospital m; ^ in hoth endeavors are evidenced j was in the A. S. T. P. until the! Harvey, semng m Waycross. Oa., ALBERT "PBP" PEARSON \ MISS MARIE NIX with his folks in Beardstown/ n ^, which daily U filing! As the musical organizations ! 111., and one week at the University f more hd to satiaf lhe needs on ; «»ted in Marching Along Together/ ; »f Illinois, he will return to Mc thc war and home fronts. , .nd the^narrator, Miss Marian Haw-, di^ ^ in ^ „uiwors U1 _ Hetny to begin his farm visits. Supt. these ^ to graduate ^. toW °f th! | Elgin last Saturday. He had under- j ^ the d affection of her family discontinuation of that program, and ; ™d three sisters. Mary of Lake For- €. H. Duker wiU spend the mornings, M- Marie Nix daughter of 2fVons' * Z ^ 1 IF ^P Ct' eOPe * 8<knous °JH'n,t,0n there " and the many people who were proud later served at Salt Lake City. Utah, i est. Patricia of Chicago and Mrsth. UtkttfcMl <«» art '« "J-jE. Siti. K«» •< «to dw ^n^. r - '*>• k !«0«11 her M friend. .nd Nrtr. At hy Roy Miller. McHenrr. H,j, . »r^- taxation intends to put some finish- ^ Ms_ c ^ >jjx_ Marie, along i . , , . state, marched The deceased wss a naljve of Wc^>d- Survivors' include her husband; is an apprentice mechanic, repairing | uate of the McHenry Com inanity ing touches on his golf game. j wilh seventv-one other graduates. »c- plstform, where all flags were stock for a. time was a mem- ;four children; Richard, Dolores, Msr-1 bombers in New Mexico. Walter high whrol m 1937 Public School 'ceDted her' diploma at graduation ^we,e^ except our own SUrs and; 0f the police department there.' nyn and Joan; her parents. Mr. and I graduated from the McHenry Com- William J. Maraa At the public grade school plans j ceremt>nies |ieU at 11 o'clock on Mon- he audience was the son of Mr. and Mrs.! Mrs. John Smith of Johnsburg; six ! munity high school in 1942 ^nd was Tragic news came to Mr. and . rs. are just as varied. Miss Margaret .. mornuyj june 5 jn the auditor- in "The St*t Spangled Ban Ardrew' Pearson, who survive as do {brothers: Fred and Clarence of; employed by the Miller Products ]• William Marum of Edison n»rk on l^arkin has started work at the | him ^ the n irae's home at Cook ner " Flags of the various states; his wife. Helen, and a daughter, j Johnsburg. Bernard N. and Leo of hecmpany until entering service. I Sunday, June 4. when a telegram Woodstock Typewriter company " County hospital.. were madt by the homemaking stu- j Betty. He was 44 years of age. j McHenry; Ray of Chicago and Wal- ; i last year. Three others, Miss Car-. Fol]owin<? n greeting by the presi- l,ents of M,ss May Justen. I gix members of the sUte police! ter in the service of the army in DIAGNOSTIC SPEECH olyn Bauer, Mrs. Floyd Cooley and - pi the board of directors, a: To-band accompaniment, the <een- acted as r»all bearers at funeral per-! Oregon; three sisters: Mrs. Wil- j PT.TNTf! TO BE HELD Mrs. Charles Vycital, will remain a^;m|^ical program was presenter), fol- iors then took their places on the! vices held on Tuesday afternoon; liam Althoff, Mrs. Carl Freund of ihome. during the summer months. |owe<j by the commencement address, platform and James Lennon, award; from the Grace Lutheran church. Johnsburg; and Leona, Johnsburg Miss Nelliet Doherty will attend Comradeship That Sees It chairman, presented the Legion The Legion furnished the firing, The body rested at the Peter M. isummer school at Woodstock, where Through," by Dr. Sameul Harkness awards to the two seniors who had squad. Justen funeral home until Monday an extension course will be given,, Qf the Winnetka Congregational received the most votes for scholar- morning at 10 a. m., when last rites sponsored by DeKalb State Teachers; . ship, leadership, Americanism, etc., HERE NEXT TUESDAY Mrs. Joann Rulien, school nurse, , has announced that a one-day diagwere conducted from St. Mary ^ n^tic spccch clinic will be conducted -- * 1. in inA <*niii*oh . _ ' . _ . college. Miss Gentvieve Knox is prfor to entering into the jiursing This yeai's award winners were Miss AntOItff thf Sick church, wnth burial inthe u^ in McHenry on Tuesday, June 13. still uncertain a* 'to her work, but __ £ jon Marie was for two years 1 Bonnie Page, daughter of Mr. and ,- . • cemetery. Throngs att aed p ,y Miss Shober of Rockford, associated ma» the same course. prolession. ^ ^ ni .;„ i Mrs Mi.K-i. last Aspects to one of McHenry's with the Division of Service For Handicapped Children of the State of Illinois, will be in charge. This may choose the saline course. employed by the McHenry Plain-] Mrs. Ray Page, and Harold Michels. .«*•», Mrs. Jennie Mae Richardson has where she made many friends son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Michels. j Miss Beverly Stranger of West ; "e8 n10,.*'"s' . p r already started studies at Greig wj,0 will be happy to hear of her Popular Choices McFenrv was a medical patient at _v, ' , 70 vears, Business colUge i9 Chicago ™ • graduation. that the choices were popular Was Woodstock hospital last week. ^ ^ dj^ sudde'nly at' her farm is the first »uch clinic' to be held ration for her new position with the The gecond girl to graduate is evi(,enced by th€ bijf hand given Miss Virginia Stratton of Wood- hom/gOUth of Woodstock last Sat- in the county and local residents may high school faculty next year. She Miss pauHne Bode, daughter of thkse two seniors, as .their names «tock underwent. surgery at the urdav mornimr June 3. 1944. She feel Privi1^ to have this opport a graduate in cAotmkmercial work Mr and Mrs. John Bode, former An. r»Ki« t u , . a were announced. Both have been Wrodstock hospital on Friday. had ^een in poor health for the past tunityfrom the collete.n Athens, Ohio.and johnsburg residents who completed yery active jn schoo, affairs durinjr Mrs. Delia Caverly of West Mc- year hut her condition was not, Mrs. Rulien has already notified will teach that course here next her training on Wednesday, June 1, • thpir fonr nj;H in .Hditinn h»v«. HeniA' entered the Woodstock hos- fkKn Tims h«»r Da rents of children in this communyear. from Miss Mary Kinney is planning the Nursing ^ .very actjve in scnooi an airs during mrs. L/eua v-avtriv »i nc»i ™*.- year hut her condition was nor, inrs. »uutn 1 --.ng on Wednesday, June their lour years arid in addition have Her^n,- entered the Woodstock^ hos- thought to be critical. Thus her parents of children ii St.^*«nces ospi a c,°° ° proved themselves popular in - their pital last week Thursday as a medi- passing came "as a shock to her fam- ity with speech del ftg m Evartston. lg mass |eadersih$p. Bonnie's manv activities "col patient. ilv and relatives and friends in Mc- pointments have been iaI<i m fhA hAcmfqI rhunp At _ ' _ __ ^ • * • _ ^.. • 1 defects, and apmade for each next few weeks in McHenry and^-as held in the hospital chapel at haVe inciuded band, or-hestra, mixed Mrs. H. Floyd Cannon of WTauke- Henry. Only immediate survivors fifteen minutes during the day* bespend aowe^ ® * "y; ^ Tf *c horus. G. A. A., and secretary-treas- gan, a former local resident, is re- include her-son,' his wife, and their ginning -at_9:15 • o'clock. _ If thei-e Mankato, Minn. are anv dthers in addition to the TWELVE LISTED IN FIRST JUNE CALL FROM BOARD ONE campus^of Loyola University at 6 urer Qf ^ej. cjass fi>r thTee years, enperating in St. Therese hospital three 'children. «»»^ -- - " -a j' w\f T M4RITM o clock in the evening. Miss Bo< e, jjer excellent piano accompaniments after undergoing major surgery on The body rested at the farm home, twenty-five who have been notified /_ ' 1 well known here; where she for .fellow. soloists will be greatly June 2. • • with services being held on Tues- who are interested, parents are asked #rrived teHmg of the death at about lifc# following list of registrants from Boaid No. 1 have been order-! ed for pre-induction physical exam-i .nations in Chicago: 1 McHenry JAMES W HETTERMANN HANS M. HILLSDALE Marengo JAMES J. FLEMING KENIEHI SAITO " SAMUEL T. HIMOTO Harvard JOSEPH W. MEYER VERNON A. RATZLOFF # RUSSELL L. CHESTS* Woodstock « * THOMAS Q. OASHIN. RICHARD L. KOEHt^E Milwaukee RICHARD N. SCOTT " i'M CYRAN M. ZAMX too, is graduated from the Community high migRed nej(t year Bonnie's ambition Mrs. Ludwi«» Kaeuffl has been "on- day at St. Thomas church, Crys- to call Mrs. Rulien to see if a time' "m.."1 tha* dav in an air fall of is to become a nurse and she ex- fined to St, Therese hosrital suffer- U1 Lake, at 10 a. m. j may be arranged. In connection with their son William Justin Marum. 21^ pects to start training at St. Anne's chest injuries as^a.result ' Mrs. Margaret Rakww the clinic, an audiometer test will • ^ accident occuired at MooH-' hospital, Chicago, next year/ a *«*• Sunday , v . Mrs. Margaret Rakow, 34. died on j be conducted. I Field, Mission, Texas, where Friday morning at the Presbyteriar 1 ynith was 'completing his last ter hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico g0ionlon> a resident of Pistakee Bay 1 weeks as an aviation cadet. Hau school a few years ago. Best wi are extended to l^r upen her completion of the nursine course. Births Harold Michels has been'one of ; the outstanding seniors throughout * It's McGee's for Dad's gift. the nast four years He was prcci She was bonw in Richmond on Au for many years. She died on June would sqpn have been commissioned; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brefeld a^e the . f , j vice-nresident HaroM Michels, who told of "Our 24, 1909, aad had been a re»i- • g |n Chicago. Survivors include onefand was anticipating getting into.; parents of a son, born at the Wood- ofenth°e mixJdX^T^stoTTthlete School Today."' dent of ^nde^ S daughter. LoretU S. Gibney. ; j the thick of the fight as pilot of a.t styck hospital on Sunday. _ *in %baskctball, football and golf. He Miss Helen Stevens, who directed death came ***** " The body rested at the chapel at P-38. • . ^ ^ Ashland avenue until Sun-' Just seven weeks PJ*vious to th.a •clock, when private ser- tragedy, one of Williams held. i chums was Jcilled. and hardl> ^ had 1 a n d ^ ^ M r ^ ^ o r t n a n ^ l e d ^ h l a ^ ^ the n a t u r a l g i f t * of a . t h e . commencement ^ ^^X.ude her h u s b a n d , Ray. ^ of spring Grove. clear antf P,easant f Peking voice, parent ed to the six bono: # da hter< Jan and 8on, Bruce, all *** at 1 0 ; m,_P T u which made him popular as a narra- students o the class: Qrnce Bolger. Mr. and ***** were } Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Connor of """j" "ia"e "»« P°Pul« *R* ou^t e 2n, *M» cuH enry, a„r„e th„e parents of, tor for many school. J.pir ograms. Huis„ <tunenrs tne cass. i-re oo.g,r. Dundee; her parents, and, M--Ivn M«v. Bonnie Page,.Norman Mnj c „ Hanson> McHenry; one Juhn S. Kannagh that accident become dimmed in. a daughter bom on May 31 at St... ambitions will no doubt be Veiss. E^ith Rhorman and Robert • g.^ Glen ^er, Elgin; four John S. Kannagh, 81. - -- • n"f ,n •« Smith. All maintained excellent re- brotterSf • clarence Anderson, Chi-tical firm employee, died in St. Mrs. N. n im iltA notro* TAaonk'o a 1 CTl<vin ah . 11 . , , | the memoi> of /the family where a retire* o^» 1 this new sorrow came. The youth s, Jonenh's hcsniUl Elgin put in the background for a time as Smith, ah brothers, Clarence ..^mother i. Justen Mr. and Mrs Nick B. Freund are Uncle Sam has ah"e,Kly ca,led Harold ? cords during the past four years. ca(ro; Ray Carlson in the navy ; Joseph's hospital, EHgin, on Tuesday Jad just retunied home from a week' the proud grandparents of a daugh- servlce- Runners-up for the Le-, The program close-l with a bnef Rajph Carlson of the army; and of this week. He was a native of yi#it in the Marum home when L ter boin to Pvt and Mrs. Charles i g,on award Tere Miss Grace Bolder talk tp the seniors by. Supt. C. H. Robert,, McHenry. Services were New Yofk and a former employee of niws WJ|5 reived. Freund of Crystal Lake at Dr. Byer- ! ,nd Norman Neiss. i Duker. followed by his presentation held from Immanuel Lutheran church, the Elgin Watch company fifty years. Bmjdeg his parents, he ts hospital. Elgin, on Monday. The The presentation was followed by of diplomas to the class. father is stationed at Hamilton Field, talks by two members of the class) It's McGee's for Dad's gift voted tfc this honor by their fellow j students. TTiey were Grace Bolger,! 7. ho spoke on "True Patriotism." and It's McGee's for Dad's gift. »!U»d the Want Ads! ' Qtondee. -ago. His wife was the former Kath- ^ a brother, Edward, sod a sister, j / Mary Sotoaon *' ; ryn Bolger of McHenry. Burial was jn^am. Services will W held in •Friends here will be sorry to l*arn| this Thursday mornhig at St, Mary's park on Friday morning at : rf the death of'Mrs. Mary Leddy ; church, Elgin, and burial was --7 ! Solomon, wife of the late Mark1 Patrick's cemetery; McHeary. iPT"