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V. > Volume 68 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1944 \* <, •• SPECIAL ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY FOR ROADS r. • *' IMPROVEMENTS SEEN AS NEED MARINE IN PACIFIC dontemplated Roads •* Cover Network In All Parte of Township WEEK'S CASUALTY LIST IN COUNTY HITS HIGH MARK TUBER6ULIN %ESTS WILL BE GltffeN TO i SENIORS, TRESHMEt Woodstock Lost* Four, Harvard Drie In Overseas Action Bcsidents of McHenry Township are showing favorable interest in the special election to be held next, Tuesday, October 17, for the purpose of deciding on a $90,000 bond issue for the improvement of roads in the township. ^-v Events leading up to the present^ election have been previously reported. However,1 it might be well j tn look over the proposed roads to j , '1 w todUrfto thi» bond issue. While! ERNEST F. KAMHOLZ . township officials would be only too j pfc. Ernest F. Kamhols, Jr., so# happy to include all roads in the j of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kamholz black-topping program, they will not j of Chicago, and the grandson of Mr. j have sufficient funds at the present and Mrs. Fred Kamholz, of this city, time. Certain roads have been taken left for marine training at San Diego,! into consideration with the idea of Calif., on July 28, 1943. His parents spreading the network as fairly as ; received word last April that he had possible over the entire township, arrived in the Pacific and was ready In designating the roads for black- for combat duty. There he has been topping, it is also of prime import- engaged in keeping the telephone j ance to select those over which the lines in order so that there is proper greatest amount of traffic is found. | communication between artillery out- While the following roads are con- fits. templated, it must be remembered, At present Pfc. Kamholz is* in that the findings of engineers will! Gaum and he writes home that the play a part in guiding the final ap- r people there are overjoyed that the proval. ! Japs have been driven out. He re- One of the roads of great import-! ports that the people there speak ance to businessmen is the extension fairly intelligible English and that «f the improved road from McCullom they are easy to get along with. Lake to Wonder Lake. The present! His last letter told of being ill with road north from Wonder Lake to Bar-; dengue fever for some time but is During the past week, cards have been sent out *to parents of all high school seniors and freshmen, explaining the value of the tuberculin test and asking parents to give consent to it. The test will be offered on j.' j Oct. It .at* the local school to _a.ll of * ' . these students and to the faculty and. other school personnel, who wish it. ; Local doctors will administer the j tests and read them forty-eight hours county later. Those who have positive skin LATE XMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUTHS OVERSEAS ON MERCHANT SHIP Packages Must placed In the Mail Before Next Sunday It may seem early but it's true that, there are only two more shop- Few communities in the have been so hard hit by war casual- reactions will have chest X-rays. ties as Woodstock. Last week, four Tuberculin testing of high school ing and mailing days before the young men from that vicinity lost students is part of the case finding deadline for Christmas gifts to be their lives in their fight for victory program of the McHenry County , sent to servicemen overseas, and peace. Tuberculosis association and is fi-| According to the preferences of Not long after won! came that nanced by sale of Christmas seals, soldiers who have returned from Clarence H. Guhrke had been killed Our local school had a splendid re- j foreign duty, our boys "over there" in action on Sept. 21 in Germany, sponse when the test was given last1 would rather untie the Christmas ' and it is hoped the students will take ribbon to find photographs of those full advantage of the program. this they left behind and fruit cake than year. Mrs. Joanne Rulien, school any other item. Contrary to comnurse, and Miss Mabel Hobbs, county nion belief, the photographs that our TWO CASTS ARE SELECTED FOR JUNIOR PLAY Present Programs " > ^ In Auditorium On • ' Nights of Nov. 16-17 , \V 'Tv';- Photo by A. Worwtck, McHenry JOSEPH JUSTEN Changes are being made continually at the local high school to keep up with the ever expanding site of the school. Among the most important of these is the plan to present many* of the programs during the year on J two evenings so that all who are i interested may witness the enterj tainment. j During the past two years there j have been occasions when the site of the auditorium has hardly been , adequate for the very large crowds. nurse, will assist the doctors. i GI Joes most appreciate are not the ^ The n*w will War and tuberculosis always have pin-up pictures. According to one This fine looking member of the w . " some folk* m»v have tn been partners. United States soldiers soldier returning to his native New: merchant marines is Joseph ^Justen, furnPfi n„»„v nt th j ' who broke down with it in the last York, the prize possession of thejson Nick M. Justens of Green . war have alreadv cost this govern- squad in England was "a picture of; street. J°e entered the marines on j One of the first such programs t» ment well over $1,000,000,000. That New York's Times Square all lit up." | M*y 22' 1942- and took his basic, be presented m this manner w-ll be men and women are X-raved now, be- Another soldier told of receiving an training at Staten Island, N Y. Fol-; the Junior class phy wMrh will be fore they are excepted for service, album of pictures taken throughout lowinK th« he was sent to Panama, i jriven on Thursday and Friday eveis a clear indication that Uncle Sam the year and Ae reported as follows: ™hich served as his home base for mngs, November 16 and 17. In the thinks prevention does pay. r' I got a bigger kick out of that: thlrteen month^ lAst Number he, case^ of ^«ie play, there^ is another Remember, protecting health in peace time is just plaijn common -- . sense; in war, it becomes a patriotic said were most appreicated were McHenry. In less than a years duty. i those that they could not obtain at time since then he has made three Only freshmen and seniors will be their stations. They advised send-. ^ur°P® a"d at present is in NEWS ABOUT. OUR SERVICEMEN »rd's Mill is also contemplated. | again in good health ang Starting from Illinois Highway '• hard with his comrades. Ko. 120 at the foot of Sherman's hill. continuing north through RingwooH Is another stretch mapped out. This would continue north to Justen's Cor- •ers an4 cross east to connect with what is known as North Avenue Boad, which leads from Johnsburg to the Richmond Township line. Several short strips of road that prove costly in the present maintenance program are to be included. It is known that time and cost of moving machinery to these short stretches has been a matter of concern for some time. In this groun can be found a strip leading south from the Lilv Lake school house to tfie Nunda Township line. Another short stretch that has been found to be used extensivelv as a cut-off both for passenger cars and trucks i« Wolf street, east of the new McHenry Bridge, connecting Route 120 with the present black-top road known as walking CLARENCE GUHRKB WAC RECRUITING I Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ostrander re- TO BE HELD than any gift I received." ! was fortunate in being able to spend! factor which made the two presents- Other items that these soldiers' some time with relatives and friends | tlons advisable. The class is much ---- r_ i--- -- - ---Inrger than in the past and Misa Helen Stevens, director, felt that Hecause of the avai'ablf talent among given the opportunity to take the ing clothing only if it was requested. tr'P acr°fs- .test at this time but this year's ju-1 They also said that the majority al- "ls ?"l"st tr,P °" a freighter took hvm j niors and the incoming freshmen next ready have wrist watches, and iden- j to Italy and the last three times he •' fall will be given their opportunity tification bracelets usually can be |^as been sent to England. At present j at that time. It is hoped that the! purchased in the post exchanges. I he is serving aboard a merchant ship. I sophomores may be included in the' Fruit cake was named high on the Joseph » t lieutenant, (j.g.) | expensive program at that time also, list of gifts by men who had served • in Italy, England, Iceland, Panama, Alaska and the Aleutians, the southwest Pacific, northern India and North Africa. Cookies and cakes are usually damaged in transit, while fruit cake, they reported, usually arceived word that their son, Lawson HERB NEXT MONDAY Ostrander, turret-gunner on a liberator, had been killed in action over Announcement was made today by rives in good condition in the trop- England. the Chicago Office WAC Procurement ics as well as in the frigid north. Th« young soldier entered service that a recruiting office will be estab- One soldier, returning from Eng- MESSAGES FROM <MEN 11 SERVICE Ip's members, it would be advisable to have t*vo complete casts, performing on different nights., ; C; Two Casts. • One of the casts will incfode the following Juniors: Joan Durland, Marion Freund, Marie Jackson. Agnes Miller, Alida Page. Dolores Murnhy, Catherine Sehwerman, Grace Thompson, James Althoff, George Goranson. Alvin Schaefer and Richard Marsh. Miss Stevens ha« selected as assistant coach Nancy Carey of the Junior class. The other cast includes Ann Bd» Another interesting letter comes j*** Louann Howarka, Kathryn Nye, in March of 1943~and went oversea*, lished in McHenry, beginning Mon-Uand, promised to tell the folks back f ' Bill" Bacon who; Nancy Rudin. Phyllis Smith, Joann iinn JTuilll ytr oA^f ft hKi I sO WyAeQaI>r aftaewr sapt%eAnnd/4in<ng/ « drl anyl », OctaoUbeari i 11 6A, annn<dJ contimnui i ing th ome wth aat ta h1. e_ men oJff ^th1 . e_ e„ i• g1h.4th W air ' f O - f - ^ 1% 1 T) A former Crystal Lake boy, Ralph i a furlough with home folks. He was ! through Friday, October 20. Head- force in England most watited. The Berkley, 28, has been listed by the! sent into action immediately after; quarters for the campaign will be es- list included writing paper, toothwar department as arriving overseas, with his home tabtished in the American Legion- paste, handkerehiefs, socks and white seriously wounded base being England. i club room and office hours will be underwear, the latter because the fc action in France : The 20-year-old gunner moved to from 10:00 a. m. until 6:00 p. m. boys just don't like khaki. Cigaret <»i Sept. 12, 1944. | Woodstock from DeKalb about three For the prospective recruits who are lighters were also mentioned, and He graduated from years ago. His father is connected "nable to stop at the office during sheet music, records, playing card* the Crystal Lake j with the National Farm Loan as- ; the day, a plan has been arranged and small games. high school in 1935 sociation and is well known in this; *or a11 eligible young women to Additional Requests and was employed community. . j contact the recruiters by mail and. From Italy have come requests for at the Alemite Melvin H 'they will make a personal call in stationery, (air mail, preferable) when he entered; writes of life in the south Pacific. It reads as follows: One letter I read in your newspaper mentioned unsung heroes of the war. I believe the natives of these islands are the unsung heroes. They suffer a great deal because of a shortage of food 8up- Shortly after word catne to Wood- ^L*evening. i canned foods, except Vienna sausage ock last week that Russell Byroq The Personnel assigned to McHenry and Spam, cheese, salami, sardines, , „ a . ~ m- h* YWlcWr* -d ***" killed in action, similar ^"complete the mission" will be canned soup beer portable stoves, ^ ^ time'th^y can wife, Mrs. Arietta Mmdt Berkley re-. spread concerning the fate of Sfrts- Gw*n Perry and John H. Swan, prepared powder for mixing choco- ° .... , , . . .ide, in Elgin. The telegn.m statri H JohHfn of Mr .nd:b«th ^ """V «ir forw.. Th.. l.te^^ drink., ci*.™, «np«pp«i pop- mort My .uppli«i m thrown Ann Street. Lake Street, covering, that he had taken to a hospital Mrg William H. John The young main obiective will be to interest the corn, films and cameras for taking; 'tores. Australia furnishes most of «ne block, would also be covered. in Engrian(j and that relatives would, soldier ]ost his life in France on iwomen of McH«nry assignment pictures, harmonicas, dice and cards, *"pp. '*8 ^ »» more than re- The extension of Elgin Road (Green ^ k t i•n f-o rmed• as *t•o- his progress -,l " ... ... radio tubes, current! P *. minerals sne obtains. Street) south from the rity limit* of McHenry to the Nunda Townshin line fa also included in the proposed plans A short strip of nublic roadway lead- Visiting home folks during the past week were Lieut. Vale Adams of Waycross, Ga., Stanley Geier of to the Orchard Beach road is • Qamp Claiborne, La., Ray Smith of being designated. j Hondo, Texas, and Fred Herdrich A rough strtech from the Johns-10f Fort Benning, Ga. burg bridge ot Huemann's Garage, then extending to the church and aehoe' with a seal coat has been mapped out in the tentative plans. The River Road, north to the Burton Township line, is known to carry heavy traffic. A portion of this has Gordon Scholle has been transferred from Sheppard Field* Texas, to Fort Meyers, Fla. Sept. 18, 1944, according to the com- ra?irt.V fohrcee sm. edicaI ^P" *nd th® «rmy fmoaugnataziinn esp, efnlass.h light batteries, cir- C^°oPnPne«rr «is ttnhee nnaattiivvees ' mm.aJinn rr--eso urce. Strever, Rosalie Williams, Paul Borislet t, Joan Weber, John Fleming, Fred Svaboda and Roger Wilbrandt- Student coaches for this cast are M«ry Douglas and Dorothy Bochman. It would seem that Miss Stevena* idea is an excellent one since it gives so many of the class members a chance to display their talents. Each cast will no doubt have its followers and there will probably be many who will be anxious to witness the play twice and romjare the two groups. RESIDENCE CHANGES munication. He enlisted on Dec. 18, 1942, and went overseas in July of this year, shortly after visiting home folks on New on our list of servicemen are Robert L. Sales, of Brooklyn, N. Y., previously been covered and it is now j and Earl Betts of Nerw York, with hoped that the remaining portion eari | an address in care of the postmaster, be completed. • ' . _ „ , The North Avenue road out of! Second Lieutenant Jacob E. Bylsma Johnsburg has also been partially J of . Woodstock, former McHenry 7o"„ld^"coF;'^ ! resident h.. been pron^oto. «» the Jo the Richmond Ton»ShiP line. j »' St t There has been considerable disJword rece.ved by h Wy. He is cussion on the road extending north!™ the quartermaster corps. from Riverside Drive McHenry. I«; M1C Dayi husband of the " ?°U* rP " o former Maxine B^con of this city, road over the small bndge crossing b inni the last three months of the creek at the north end of the « ^ ^ Pensacola, Fla. road. The cost of a new bridcre would ms ® he prohibitive with the funds ava Edward Gitzke of Louisville, Ky., ;lable. Further, it is anticipated that ... . , • wif_ State Waterways Dep,rtme„t - en= « ^ may see fit to make changes through loe thfs low spot as they have at other son* . . '• r « points in the river and lake region. TTie idea has been advanced and thought sound that the road could be magazines If the applicant is able to meet garet lighters, chocolate candy bars the reauirements of the medical as-. jack knives, pens, air mattresses and signment she desires, as well as the pillows. general requirements of the women's From Alaska come requests for j army corns, she will, before receiv- leather gloves, socks, reading main? her medical Assignment, be re- terial, records, fishing tackle, hot j sea and many a lost or ship wrecked quired to complete six weeks of; plates, cigaret lighters, scissors, steel j serviceman owes his life to them, basic training. In msny instances razors, writing equipment, after-shave | Because they know every reef in wh'f thf specific requirements can- lotion and cotton underwear. j these waters, they are often taken not be me*, the earnest desire of the From the southwest Pacific comes i on searching parties to guide our Mr. and Mrs. Paul Karls have moved from their residence near Bast's variety store on Riverside These natives have accounted for: Drive to an apartment above the several Japs personally as well as; Floyd Coleman tavern, recently vabeing guides, scouts and acting as a1 cated by the Bowman family. Hie very valuable information bureau. | place which the Karls family left They are at home in the jungle or at is now occupied by Petefr Gies, who operates his shoe repair shop there. eight years, working as a longshoreman. -- - , .. „ .. . , - , The next six years he travel*! wnnlicant tn«rethpr with other quali- the following warning: "No candy snips, livery native is born a natual! through the entire nation and *•- ^cations, will make it possible for by all means, for it arrives a melted navigator. | turned to the Solomons in 1920. He her t* undergo training thnt will lump." Instead, a serviceman just' Thor Pratt is one of the most in- .served in the last war as a first ser- MELVIN H. JOHN NOTICE _ furlough.. On June 10 year, the last timp he was seen alive Legion club room. . T^eet these requirement. After her returned, suggests that one of the j teresting and well read natives I (basic training. «he will, defending most welcome items would be cigaret have ever met. He deserves consider- ! utv>n her qualifications, either be, lighters. I able credit for the efforts he has j ass:gned dirpctl" to the iob she: There you are, folks, all the de- i made in our behalf. Thor was born want", or sh* 'vill b*» «ent to army • sires of the boys in all parts of the (in 1880 at Robiana lagoon, Humba for further tr^ning bv the world. If you have not yet done Humba island, one of the British Solm »dical department. Fer training your shopping for youi*' boy, select j onions. He has been around the world, Will v*rv vith medi'al assign-; your gift from the above list and, travelling on merchant sailing vesment. d««;:r«d a*d at the nreseht send before October 15. '"Wrap the-j sels. He landed in Gulfport in 1901, •'-•p « r«nv m»do from r-? packages well if you want the man where he resided for the following of the p'^Steen Hffffer»»r»t no«sitions to get them", was the advice of those offer®". At t h « » s e * * r e s u c h i o h s men who h a v e r e t u r n e d a n d who r e - is de«M technician. X-ray tecbn*- call boxes that were so badly crushed ; c'an. 'labor-torv technician, medical that their cont^pts were ruined. and s'ireicnl technician, lin reading 4 : -- technician "«d ocrurmtional thcranist. FIRE PREVENTION | Women desiring additional informa-' In these troubled times, it is es-;I ; tion .are' um-ed . to contact the re-; pecially important that we are extra-j*' of this cruitine office at. the. American cautious in the prevention of fires. !. geant and leceived the Croix De Guerre medal. He is now waiting for an answer from his request to the war department and hopes to return to the United Sta'ves and receive all benefits due a veteran ot World War 2, As ever. '1BILL" BACON South Pacific. H-S-H-i Buildings can be repaired and in tv his relatives, he celebrated his, some cases replaced, but each replace- On and after Oct. 5, my office will t^.entv.second birthday anniversary.! FATALLY INJURED ment takes its toll on supplies of covered^ "wit'h IhV exception of "the be dosed every Thursday afternoon Bes-des his parents, Melvin is sur-' Chicago^ Mrs. materials vital to the war effort. approaches to the bridge This would DR.*C. W. KLONTZ. avoid excessive expenditures at this ^ time and prevent doubling up on im- -- ---- : -- provement co^t. : l^ithout improved roads, they refuse vived by a brother, Elmer, and a Weber. 44. of 2140 McLean avenue, Your carefulness can go a long way ^ ^ sister Mrs. Robert Colcord, both of w«s fatallv injured on Sunday when jn bringing about a successful con- •• -• follows • whom reside at home. ^ feel from/he second rune of a ciusion to this #crld-wide conflict. \% h It is little wonder that the entire le^er on which she was standing Your continued efforts in cooperacommunity of Woodstock is saddened while paintin? the Weber summer tion with our fire district and the and this week. With such tragic news cottage at Indian Point on Grass fire department is asked at this time j When our nation is observing Fire Prevention Week. COMMISSIONERS OF THE Mc- The county has agreed- to imorove to consider such service the east apron to the old McHenry 1 Experienced road builders -•-- una >»«»• . , / bridge. those familiar with the financial coming to the little city four times L*Ke> . • •, : Benefit To Greatest Number (structure of the township have ad- jn seven days, the sympathy of the ^ The above description is intended vanced the idea that the few remain-; tire county is extended to the fam- discharge from service, and Cheater* W give the voters the best possible ing roads not included can be grad- ilies and friends in their bereavement, living at home. 1 picture of the survey made by our ually improved by completing cer- Robert Marvin 4 Fred O. Drenwaa road commissioner, township and tain stretches^ch year out of funds Close on the footsteps of Wood-; Mr. and Mrs. Phil Drennan, who county officials, engineers and others received througll the regular and ap- stock's four casualties came word re<*He we«t of Woodstock, received acting in an advisory capacity. It proved tax levy. from Harvard that one of its fine: word SatnH«v noon that their son, esn readily be seen that a sincere HENRY TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. . LEGION SUBSCRIBES - - At the regular meeting of McHenry TVin« it can he seen that McHenry vmmir lads. Marine Sergeant Robert Cnr>t«in Fred Drennan. 27. command- Post, No. 491, American Legion, held understood that this money is to be used entirely as D-Day was given a battlefield pro- the home-town paper to servicemen X a contribution toward the COst and expense of Sending motion to the ranmk ofm ca ptai• n, w•h >i<l e on and« women i• n itLhae ar' medJ s•e •r --v1ic «eees , * * * dtitv in France. He was the sixth Thanks! School buses" covering the area and and general advancement in the town- Sgt. Marvin had lived his entire the increasing number of families ship depends largely on improved lifetime in Harvard, having been osing this service will (benefit greatly travel conditions. The action of born there on March 22, 1920. Bewider the proposed plan It is also .voters in the election next Tuesday sides his father, he is survived by . McHenry county man to be reported --- ----- known that bus lines will consider will no doubt have a definite bearing a brother, Harold, who is serving wounded in the last week, one of Beautiful baby gifts, popularly extending their service to areas which on the advancement ef our township in the navy at Dearborn, Mich; a the six being Jay L. Smith Of Mc- priced. The Toddler Shop, Ureen and, ± MB be reached •••r improved roada.[--the beet township• brother, I^rle, who haa.-Mi honorable 1 Henry.. . jElm Sta^ McHenry. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FUND I hereby contribute to the McHenry Plaindealer's Soldiers and Sailors Fund to help pay the expense of sending this newspaper to men and women in all branches of the armed forces of the IT. S., no matter where they may be located. Please enter my eontribu- (- ) Monthly or part payment ( ) 1 Subscription " •. - ( ) 2 Subscriptions ( >) 3 Subscriptioni ( ) 4 Subscriptions $ 1.00 ; 2.50 5.00 7.50 10.00 Please acknowledge receipt. Name ...... r Street or Rural Route - ;; the McHenry Plaindealer to men and women from the ;; McHenry community in the U. S. military service all ;; over the world. m 4 i 1 1111111> m t»M>n> 1 i i i i m i i i i i i i H i H i i n n n i > / •