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FARM YOUTHS iHoward Knox Entry Is Declared Grand Champion August 1! 1 There wis gnat rejoicing til ttie ranks of the Future Farmer? of America last Wednesday, August 16, as local boys won top honors at the Waacohda fair their livestock entries. • Illinois F. F. A. districts are divided into twenty sections, with the MeHenry school and' about fifteen others being placed in Section Three. Each section is given f1,000 for prize money to be distributed at the annual livestock fairs, this money being given by the State Department of Vocational Education. A total SCHOOL FACULTY LISTS UNDERGO VARIOUS CHANCES - All Vacancies Are * V Reported Filled For . ! w !*ear of 1944 and 1945 BOARD TWO CALLS TWENTY-SIX MORE MEN IN PAST WEEK ; With cris|>ness creeping into the air these late August mornings, one cannot help but feel that fall is just around the corner, and that , particular corner is not far aWay. With fall, the thoughts of all turn i to school, whether we -are just turning 5 years old and thrilled with the j thought of entering the huge insti- ; tution for the first time; whether ; we are entering with customary zeal and confidence into our senior year; It was announced at 15th air force; or whether, past our youthful aays, headquarters overseas last week that j we are merely recalling the golden Chester L. Colby, 25; son of Mr. and' days of the past. CHESTER COLBY and grain fair to be held in the fall. Most successful of last week's entries from MeHenry was Howard of $600 is given for each poultry i Mrs. Raymond Colby of Woodstock, As we mentioned - last week, pubforrner MeHenry residents, had been ; lie schools in MeHenry will open on promoted to the rank of first lieu-; Sept. 5, with registration at the high tenant. Lieut. Colby received his j school occurring on August 28 and Knox, who entered spotted Poland j pilot's wings seven months ago and 29. Seniors will register in the mom- China hogs. His gilt boar and litter j js now stationed in Italy with a vet- ing of the 28th and Juniors in the entries were placed in the A class j eran AAF Liberator bombardment afternoon of that day. Sophomores and received blue ribbons. Out of j gr0up, which has made regular mis-1 will register in the forenoon of the thirty-six competing gilts of all kinds, sjons jnto Germany, Austria, France 29th and Freshmen in the afternoon his was rated grand champion, and j an(j the Balkans, with more than on that date. out of thirty-three boars, Howard's j eighty-five long range aerial as- Teachers in the 1 Community high entry was chosen grand champion.! saults on strategic targets. Chester; school this year and their courses Both George Egbert, his agriculture js a graduate of the local high school are as follows: Twenty-six men from Selective Service Board Two were called for induction into the armed forces last week. They were the following: Woodstock HERMAN E. BESSER (voU , ROY F. STOGSDILL (vol.) ALBERT W. SCHNEIDER (vol.) JOHN H. WELBON (vol.) ;"i FRED C. LANGDON (vol.) JAMES ,$V\ ABBOTT (vol.) JOHN C. FISH (vol.) '% SALVATORE J. AMICO (v^iy' HERBERT OTTO ' < , - ROBERT J. STOCKTON 1 REGINALD A; MadLAUGHtUf; : Algonquin - JOHN B. Cary /' V v.'. ARNOLD C. SUrttY JAMES W. FRISCH CHARLES J. DVORAK LOUIS G. WEINDORF Marengo FRANCES M. PARKINSON **&) Crystal Lake LLOYD J. PIERCE ROBERT C. BEHRENS BRUCE E. HOPPER JERRY H. (FREEMAN DWIGHT C. ORNSBY Union ' DONALD T. HEMMINGSEN (tel.) Other Places EUGENE T. KEEGAN, Gen#; JAMES W. WHITE, Glencoa. LAST BAND CONCERT OF • YEAR TONIGHT , Some Agitation For ,• , Programs On Sunday Nights During 1945 'The last band "concert of the season will be played on the high school grounds tonight (Thursday) instead of Friday as in the past. The pro-! gram will include such favorites as "The Army, Air Corps", '-The Mai Tines' Hymn" , and "Marching Along | Together", played by Miss Elaine {Landgi-en. The many friends of | Elaine who have enjoyed her public performances in the past will not want to miss her solo tonight. There has been some agitation in the last few years for the weekly summer band concerts to be held on Sunday nights as in some summer resort towns. It has been the opin- "" 00 0VE,SEis ARMY CAREER OF LIEUT. GLADSTONE ENDED BY DEATH •Bombardier Killed In Action In M&ijfeP : Oyer France June 20 The rejoicing and the happy heart that will be the' lot of most nf when peace is declared has been nied another of McHenry's brave heroes. For at 11:30 Wednesday morning. August 23. Mr. and Mrs* Maurice Gladstone received word that their son, Melvin. had been declared killed in action. The telegram read as follows: "Report mm received from the German government through the International Red Cross states that v . (Photo by Worwtck) RICHARD OVERTON After enjoying a furlough visiting your son. Second Lieutenant Melvi his wife, the former Clara Barbian, Gladstone, who was previously reand his parents, Mayor and Mrs. R. ported missing in action, was killed jionof some folks that Sunday, being ?• °^^°n: ^ Ric*ard Overton jrr action on June 20 over France. I a day of rest and relaxation for both! I \ J°" P" ^creter>.of *'! local residents and visitors. would! where he is stationed. "D,ck" enter- deepest sympathy. A letter follows." ed service on March 16,, 1943, and received his wings and commission on Jan. 7, 1944. NEWS ABOUT " OUR SERVICEMEN instructor at the MeHenry high j the class of 1937 and attended 1 school, and his many friends are j the University of Illinois. He enter- j proud of his fine showing against schools much larger in size. Instead of determining the one best entry in each group for prize money, the animals were placed in A, B, C, or D classes, depending on the quality of the animals. A certain num ber of the best entries of all kinds were called back for a second judging and out of this final group the grand; champions were selected. Alvin Schaefer, also entering spotted Poland China hogs, received blue ribbons for his gilt, boar and sow, all being placed in the A classification. Howard Harrison received three white ribbons and C classifications for his Chester White* gilt, boar and litter, and his Chester Vfhite sow received a blue ribbon and was placed in the A class. George Feltz received two blue ribbons for his Hampshire boar and barron and two red ribbons and B classification for his Hampshire gilt and Hampshire litter. Ray Horenberger, entering a Hilstein Sr. Heifer calf, received a white ribbon and a C classification. Two days after the fair," the F. Instructors Helen Stevens, English. L. J. McCracken, History-Coach. Clarence Angelse, Science. May Jcistea. Domestic Science. Maurie Taylor, Language, Girls' P. E. Paul Yanda, Instrumental Music. George Egbert, Agriculture, Biology. Donald Blount, Science. Ardin Frisbie, Trades. * t ; Lillian Bolger. English. Jennie Mae Richardson, Commerce. Harold Michels, one of last year's Kathc-rine Reuland, Mathematics, graduates at M. C. H. S. and winner j Social Science. of the Legion: Adele Froehlich, Vocal Music, award as outstanding boy student of the 1944 class; is W stationed at Cany) Stewart, Ga. He is one of the many young lads just turned 18 who has left thoughts of a future career in the background j Grades. and is concentrating his efforts on j Genevieve winning this war. Our blessing goes I Graded with ench of them as they leave to BATTLE ENDS AS CLUB BUYS LAKE ZURICH Lions Club To Make Land Public . At a Future Bate •! bring even more people to the conerts. Commuters aften times week day evenings all too short to ; make their attendance as regular as many would like, it is claimed. | Now that the summer season is lending it would seem to be the time j ed service on May 29, 1943, and took! A short residence in MeHenry will find his basic trainin* at CamP Haan- i not alter the fact that Lieut. Melvin Calif., where he remained for a> :-i\ year, serving with an anti aircraft unit. However, on June 1, 1944, his entire battalion was transferred to Camp Carson to serve with an in- W W lilt' LWUC • M . , M to get the views of the weekly ^"try unit as part of a converston patrons. We are sure Paul Yanda, Soon after getting back | Joanne Rulien, Nurse. Grade school teachers for the ensuing year will be as follows: Grade School Helen Mauch, Eighth Grade. Mary Kinney, Seventh Grade. Katherine Conway, Sixth Grade; Carolyn Bauer, Fifth Grade. Nellie Doherty, Fourth Grade. Margaret Larkin, Second, "Third Knox, FtNt,... Second, Many MeHenry residents Svill remember the long battle which has been waged during the past fifteen years over the waters of Lake Zurich. That battle ended last Thursday with | Cornet Solo, the sale of 200 acre lake bottom in! pau, Elaine I.andgren. Lake county. j March, ."I'm in the Army Now* The first payment on the $10,000 j Luther. sale price was made at that time by. Serenade. "La Paloma"--Yracier, the Lion's club of Lake Zurich to , "The Marines' Hymn". i director, and the City Council will be ; glad to hear both from MeHenry i resident? and from visitors who are1 (music lovers. ' This week's program toll be as; follows: ! 'Program ' j "(Rie Star Spangled Banner"." . : j March, "The Army Air Corps*'-- < Crawford. j Hawaiian Waltz/"Songs of the Is-: lands"--King. | March, "Anchors Aweiglv"--Zimmer-\ man. " "Home on tlje Range"--arr. by Briegel. * . "What Do You Do In The Infantry" --Loesser. "O Sole Mio"--Di Cacamp, Pvt. Overton sent overseas. expects to i MESSAGES FROM MEN IN SERVICE "American Patrol"--Me*ch»m, arf, by Yoder. Spanish March, "El CaballeroM-- Olivadoti. March, "(Marching Along Together" Photo bv A. Worwtck. McHtonr LT. MELVIN GLADSTONE Lenore Cooley, Kindergarten, Aft. Joanne Rulien. Nurse. Paul Yanda,wllusic. join Uncle Sam's forces and also F. A. boys took a day of relaxation j our hope for a safe and speedy reand witnessed a Cubs-Boston base-1 turn. As fall comes around, the -- bafl game in Chicago, which the! thoughts of these boys are no doubt; Crystal Lake Gunner Cubs won 5-3. Later they attendedjon fan:iliar classrooms in which their jg An lffi««ing Riverview Park. i places are being taken by new faces j On Monday of this week 4-H clubs; this yean There is a certain nostal- j g SUn, pakuUa of Cry8tal from this vicinity/entered a fair held J fria which creeps^upon us at certain « listed a8 misgin? in in Woodstock. From the Ringwood^ times during life and P«»baMy .t j W over Hun his ^andpar- 4-H club, Charles Martin received a] no time is it more noticeable than I j B classification with his Holstein cow! upon graduation, when we at once : entry; Ferol Martin received a B: realize that we are men and women '; with her Holstein yearling entry; | and are "on our own." Especially Richard Rinkenberger showed a Guern., when we are forced to leave home aey Sr. heifer; Donald Rinkenberger* for unfamiliar surroundings do we regret leaving childhood behind;, .j -Ber- RAY PAGE Aim JOHN DREYMILLER ACCEPT LEGION POSITIONS ents were informed by a telegram last weekend. He has been in the missing category since July 30. 1944. He was graduated from the Crystal Lake high school in 1942 and received his wings as a gunner in Laiedo, Texas. In May of 1944 he was wounded Dear Sir: ' ; Just a few lines to let you know i that I am now in Italy, just where j I can't say. We; are having swell | weather here and' we get to town -r.ee a week. Other-; »%ise we are' kept; pretty busy. ; v My folks, Mr. i --;-- jmd Mrs. Albert! missed as thoroughly as if Schmidt, wrote me^e had lived his short lifetime here, that they were ^or was one of the most popular having your paper in community. Coming to sent to me once a MeHenry about five years ago, ho week while 1 was was employed in his father's store ' doing my training. I received it here and wa» actively interested in every week and it surely was good sports- In each way which brought to sit down and read about the folks ' him in contact with others he made back home. But now is the time I friends, for his was a personality could use it the most but since I have w^ich quickly made friends out of Aeen here I haven't received it. *nere acquainUnces. Thanking you for the troupe of Lieut- Gladstone was a graduate Changing my address I am, of Fenger high school in Chicago and PVT ALBERT SCHMIDT V atten<^ed the University of Illnois Italy. *°r two years before coming here to ' - "/' * live with his family a few years Proud and happy was Melvin i% Pfc. Homer Malsch, who has spent fn action over Austria but recovered the past three years serving in the Sn a short time and rejoined his crew south Pacific, has been enjoying a for combat duty. furlough visiting relatives and friends in MeHenry. ; Subscribe for The Plalndealer! Gasoline, For This "Yellow Cab' r-* - * ^ rated an A with his Angus steer; Bill Schmitt won an A with his Duroc market barrow; Bill Young received a B with his market barrow; Howard Harrison won a C for his purebred Chester White hog and a B for his Chester White- litter entry. With his poultry entry of New Hampshire chickens, Frank Smith j received a B classification. 'AAli k.l ll£* k.1 • Among the giris entered were Mu- McHenry bailor Needed bugar, INot riel Butler, who received an A on1 the workmanship of her .dress and an A in modeling; Carol Harrison, who received a B in modeling and workmanship and an A in canning; Audrey Andrews, who won an A for her ginger bread; Shirley Neal, who won an A for her relish tray; and Mary Ann Wiedrich, who wq* an A for her ginger bread; Chap? lotte Hogan a B for her ginger bread; Lillian Ackerman a C for her workmanship on a dress; Phyllis Bruce a C for workmanship; Louann Bauit a B for her dress workmanship; Dorothy Smith an A in styling and a C in workmanship; Joan Freund a B for her relish tray; Carolyn Freundj a B, also for her relish tray; Marts Justen a C for workmanship and a B for styling; Cheryl May a B in both workmanship and styling; and | Ferol Martin an A in workmanship, f styling and for her relish tray. ./j Cherry Valley ' From the Cherry Valley 4-H club, Ray'Horenberger received a C classification for his purebred Holstein Sr.. calf entry; John Strever a B for bif| purebred Guernsey heifer a»d an A for his Pen of Suffolk sheep; Dick*; Krause showed a single sheep. Among the girls, Joanne Strever won a C for her garden entry; Sue Strever a C for her garden cntrysj ' • , Robert and David Lowell a B for] ..The picture above was taken somesimilar entries; Ruth and Jesse Lind where in Italy on June 23, 1944. The say a B, also for garden entries, driver is Gordon Minor of Cleveland, Ruth. Jesse and Jimmy Lindsay re Ohio, and the youth on the running eeived an A for Victory Service, board is Henry J. Kardys of New which was given for helping others Britain. Conn. However, the young who are in need of help during, these nailfrr in which we are most interest-1 until I get home< to tell it". days of labor sortage. ed is the one in the background. He While the, ride probably was not {is Edward Frett, a*former local resi- the most comfortable the boys ever, FIRE CAUSES DAMAGE ! dent. . ' • • had, one thing was in their favor, A fire which is believed to have Fearing that one "would not realize their minds were at ease concerning started from spark from the chim- j what kind of vehicle was pictured, the gasoline situation. However, they' ney, destroyed 'the roof on the house , "Eddie" hastened to add in his letter probably didn't realize or were un-, oecupied by the William Rothermel; that this i* a yellow cab. The three'able to provide that extra lump of( 'amilv northeast of MeHenry last j sailors were touring a ruined city in j sugar that would have given pep to' Saturday. " [Italy when this pfetouv w»s taken.|th» "yellow «i|r. | Mrs. Marguerite Pearce, Chicago, ! Werner W. Sfchroeder and Atty. A. I F. Beaubicn of Waukegan, the owni era* | Those following the long controversy will remember the legal trou-1 --Pola and Steinger. I ble over the lake which rose in 1929 Finale, "God Bless America1 with the arrest of several persons! lin. ! for trespassing on private property. One hundred cottage owners then , began action on the ground that I the lake, which is 1 Ms miles long and i V4 mile wide, had been dedicated to i the public by use. ] ! I It was contended by the owners of! Last weekend Ray Page, one of the. lake bed at that time, George McHenry's most .active Legionnaire*,; Dear sir: . M . s and Marguerite Pearce And August'was named adjutant for the 1944-4R; ' wish to' thank you for sending' November of 1942 when he enlisted j Froelich, that their families had been year by Commander Paul Yanda. me the home town papers I sure ' 18 *^rv,c5* ^ v * j 8 arm^* • paying taxes for more than 100 years | Mr. Page has served not only his own j g** a °f pleasure out of reading ~a^ ^ °* graduated at ! after purchasing the lake bed from; post but the county an9 district happenings in MeHenry. Though' Deming, New Mexico, receiving his \ the government. Through their at- • faithfully during the past years. jl am not a native of the town, I; *in^s *nd commission as a second ' torneys they also pointed out that j He rs now starting -his fourth year. •• though I can call it home. ' lfuttn*n'". to I the lake had never been surveyed and ! as adjutant of Post 491, having; I have just graduated from radio; y1* bombardier from this city. : a boundary line established. j served in that capacity three years school at Traux Field and am now! After months of service here, , Later developments showed that ' the government surveyors in set- ; ting down on paper the results of | their work, had failed to draw a line showing the area covered by 1 water. Their property lines, the owners argued, extended into the lake as though there was no water there, presumably because the lake was swamp land when it purchased. The injunction plea of the cottage owners was referred to Ralph J. Dady, • then special master in chancery, who decided in favor of the owners. Suit was begun in behalf of the state and in 1931 Judge Shertleff decided in agreement with Dady. However, late in 1931. he reversed his decision and held the lake was public property. Decision Reversed In April of 1932 his decision was reversed when the state Supreme Court ruled the lake was private property. In February, 1934, tht ' high court refused a rehearing. Sinc£ 1 that time a fee fcr boat usage on the lake has been in effect. ^ . Of hitfe the Lion's club began a project to get the land and turn it over for public use. The owners agreed i to the' price suggested bv the club, i resulting in the settlement last week. Now the Lion's club plans to ccn- (Photo by Worwlck) RAY PAGE at Chanute taking a course in elec-!he le,t for owseas in January of tronics and radar equipment. If you i * would please send the paper down Twenty-Five Minim . here I would appreciate it very. His family received their last letmttch. v . ^ter from him in June, it being writ- Sincerely, GLEN R. GLOS Chanute Field, DL ten by him on June 7. In it he told of having completed twenty-five missions over France and Germany and said^-that he was sending his air Dear Mr. Mosher: medals home. He was elated Once again it's time I wrote and, the fact that he was soon to be protold you that the Plaindealer has > moted to s first lieutenant. been finding its way here to Pickett While enroute overseas early thU on schedule every week. I have been year, he sent home from Greenland working with the battalion mail here a beautiful police dog, a mascot of at times, and I can always look for- his crew. With his other dog, "Jerry", ward to seeing that yellow wrapper | "Skipper" still awaits the return of come up through the hundreds of his master, fortunately unaware of small papers, magazines, and all the his tragic fate. other material that habitats a mail Melvin died just one day before sack. At'any rate. I have more than his twenty-third birthday anniverenjoyed every issue, and wish to ex- sary. Difficult as it is to see one press my appreciation ~for all the go ycung taken from our midst, we work that is connected with mailing can be confident of one thing, that the paper to the hundreds of boys who lived so cheerfully and i in service from MeHenry and near- bravely must certainly have died in by communities. the same manner. Pickett life out here is not very . , „ , . , exciting these days. I don't think FREMONT HOY OTBS in the past. He also -was command-, any recruits have been brought in TXr MnTWr,c Aer of the local post for t'vo. years. I gfi;ce we came and every now and ; AX* Ai served one year as. commander of j then an outfit moves Qut. We are j AGE OF 88 YEAKS the county Legion, and is finishing , about to leave for a two weeks' bi-j -- a two-year term as commander of|vouac no-w and we will move out Word was received on Suinday of the eleventh district. 'early in the morning, tomorrow. The this week that Fremont Hoy. 88 Minor was the driver until the horse, a clever animal, got tired and decided to take a rest in the middle of the street. "There is a good story connected with this picture." says 4 Eddie", "but I will have to wait tinue to charge fees and make col Beginning his second as service; sele"ted spot is a place up near Wash- years- of age, had passed away on lectiori- until the $10,OW is gathered ' offieer is John Dreymiller, who has; jnj!rton> D. C., and since we will be Saturday. August 19, 1944, at the and then the lake will be-free, qmetly but efficiently done as much | there about two weekSi we may get home of his son. A. Dwight Hoy, in - ; : ' work for his post as any other Mc-t a chance to go in and "do the town". DesMoines, Iowa. xTOWNSHIP. NOTICE Henry Legionnaire. During the past j have heard several other parties /The deceased was born on June 1. Due to «the fact that some of the >'ear as service officer he has taken gay ^hey have quite a bit of 1856. on a farm in Alden township. Justices cf the Peace and the Town 8Pec'al interest in the compensation | rain up there, and enen though we'll son of the late Marma Duke Hoy, Clerk u re working in d-fense plants °' veterans and has been generous . jn pup tents, it will be good to; who in 1865 was elected county clerk and cannot attend meetings as ad-". °* b's time in helping veterans. His ^ kept cooj by ft August days in1 of MeHenry county. ^Ir. Hoy is dertised on page six of this issue, work during the next year will ; Pickett are the hottest of the year, | well known in MeHenry. having been the hour of meetings have been t,ool>t deal also with problems of • an(j t{,js year ,'t js no exception. connected with the Fox River Valley changed as follows: vocation. Any veteran or relative in-j jn ciosjng, let me say "thanks"; bank here for many years. For the The town auditors' meeting Will, terested in problems of this kind « | ag.ain an(j please keep future issues-past twenty years he had been rebe at 5 p. m. instead of 2 o'clock. The public hearing will be at 4:30 p. m. instead of 1:30 o'clock, on Tuesday, Sept. 5. MATH N. SCHMITT. ^ Supervisor. asked to call 614-J-2. RESIDENCE CHANGES i '. NOTICE . Housewives will be interested to know that No. 33 coupon in Ration Book 4 is to become good for five pounds of sugar on Sept I. . lfr. and Mrs. R. J. Koehr of Chi-; eago have become summer residents of this community, having purchased the John H. Cook residence at Wonder Cake. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dittman have moved to the D'Vore place near Pistakee Bay. coming eastward. Sincerely, PFC. ROBERT W. ANDERSON Camp Pfckwtt. Dim# Mr. ilfeeher Just wanted to drop you a couple of lines to give you my new address Got into Detroit last Friday fttti I Merwin funeral home In WootJ&t^ck, tired. He was married to Miss Hattie Osborn. who preceded him in death as did three sons. The only survivor of his immediate family is his son, Dwight. Funeraf'services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the have been putting it oil until now. /Coaliaaad as last. mclI in charge of Rev. Bruce GilKs*: v;; V; SttWcribe IsriT.*'