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jf * rv*! £s - ^ VW'> • ^ 1 &&&*•> .'V.;:. IV •,'•'• i ••A'i4»i; i'-; ** • ,\ *sW * fcta-c INTO HISTORY Volume 68 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 4. 1945 FIRST CALLS FOR 1945 ARE ISSUED BY DRAFT BOARDS Two From Here T#»? Be Inducted; Two . Take Exaqjinaitont Hot adding to the joy of the Ntt* Year was the call far fifteen men from Board One who will report for infection in a very shjQtfkllfflSv Tfe? Kstfollows: * / Selectee* 1 • McHenry-- Morris C. Crouch Marshall Buchert ; , Woodstock-- , /• Donald Madsejt Julius Velmont Henry Coming#!* Xieon Dodge ; % • *• Howard Nicholas Donald Dermcmt Crystal Lake-- Harry MichaelSl > : Donald ThuroW Marengo--- 1 Otto Thorsen Paul Neubauer Algonquin-- Robert Engelhardt Hantley-- George Willis ^ Chicago-- Jergen Johnson About tlie same time that the above announcement was made, a call for twenty-seven men to appear ier pre-induction physical examination daring January was made. These •ten are. also from Board On#. Take Examination McHenry-- Rudolph Johnson Harold W. Smith . Woodstock-- Howard Ritzeart Schuyler Case Harvard-- Arthur J. Greece \ Adrian E. Dewey taVeme R. Krieg John L. Dixon > Gordon Spencer (V) Soger Hucksteadt Hagwood-- Earl F. MorrotT 8fring Grove-- ^ • David P. Liningegr, Jr. Kidunond-- Thomas Stewart James J. Born# Marengo-- John Isaacson - 1 Earl Van Andrews MISSING IN GERMANY News of An old story started, the New Year when the names of seven McHeni-y men to help fill the January quota, j;*M the hearts of the large audienc and the entire program* „yas one the most, successful ever presented here. Before February came to an end, lay, three were released. They were Ralph ninety-eight were called up by Board Carlson, Walter Smith, Wm. Green,, Two for examination, includin i Delphin Freund, Thomas DiedjOicK, from McHenry. William Bolger and Charles KnaaclcT^ Fire which was caused by a short in an electric clock damaged the upper apartment occupied by Mrs. March As" senator, and Richard 3. Lyohs senator. In the big contest of , locally, Geralc^Newman de- Earl Gorman for precinct itteeman. •• cHenry's third dentist of this ar, Paul Justen graduated from yola University's School of Dentry and was inducted into the army the same day. . . . . . . . ; « . •• A n efarly draft call summoned . . . . . . t r A d d r e s s e s o f c i v i l i a n * . a r o u n d Mc- Henry L. Kamholz, Stephen H. Hus- George Weber and family on Green Henry changed almost as rapidly as ka, Richard E. Steinsdoerfer and street. the addresses of its servicemen as Henry J. Smith for service. After ten years of faithful service ^rst March rolled around. Math<Niesen ended a long period to McHenry residents as iti^il carrier, McHenry got its start as a manu- of public service when he resigned William "Bill" Hay retired at the age facturing center when Joseph Nath- as superintendent of waterworks of 77. ^ anson & Co., opened a dress factory here. He had been employed for The Raymond Colby farm, operated in the Buch building on Riverside over thirty years by the city. by the Arnold Davis family, was the ! Drive. At the April meeting of the high scene of tragedy on the morning of As the closing date for the April school board of education, two teach- The old year went out unhappily !Jan" 7' when the barn was comPletely 11 primaries arrived, it was disclosed l'rs- Miss Lucia Rausch and Mrs. Far mnnv fnlbo throiio.v,n.it ® destroyed by flames, twelve animals that of the four contests in the covm* Kai'l Tischlef, announced their resigtion and in McHe^ry counW 1944 ' Pushing in the fire. ty for precinct committeeman^ titrations. was made particularly sad for Mrs By Jan" 9 1)0111 selective service were in the McFTenry vicinity. Another long list ef names were re- Lillian Taylor of Woodstock, who re-1 b®ards in'the *ounty had released Due to illness among the players, .'.leased by Board 2, with only one ! their second quotas. j the annual orchestra concert was In reviewing the wartime casual- + postponed indefinitely. ties in the county since Pearl Harbor, As the second McHenry boy to win BACK FROM OVERSEAS McHenry Residents Gree| Year of 194§ With Renewed Hope GEORGE W. TAYLOR ceived a telegram from the war department on December 29, advising her that her son, George W. Taylor, is missing in action in Germany as of December 11. The 23-year old serviceman, a native of Woodstock, was employed at Marengo when he entered service on July 6, 1942. He left for overseas duty in May of last year. local man, Herbert F. White, being named. On April 15, four boys from this it was discovered that there were his navy wings of gold, LeRoy Het- community received their silver wings I oak leaf clusters and the Purple substitutes and it is doubtful whether thirty-five on the dead, missing, in- termann of Johnsburg graduated and commissions. They were Jay " Heart. Sgt. Woodward's home is in any of us suffered from our lack jured or prisoner list. Corpus Cristy, Jr., Roy A. Lancaster, Char- j Silver Spring, Md., and he and Mrs. \ during 1944. les May, Jr., and Howard j , Jttsrt one of thousands of commuV* ities in our nation, McHenry restdents awoke on Monday morning ; filled with hope as the New Yea* ! dawned. j In recalling 1944, we note that, life* most other places, thoughts, of sor- J row which came with the year over* j shadowed the joys of occasional .bright days. During the year there were at least twenty war casualties JOHN WOODWARD which deeply affected local families* Technical Sergeant John Woodward While, fortunately, all <of these did of the army air corps recently spent n°t ®nd tragically, nevertheless, all a twenty-three day furlough with his caused great concern for days and wife and son in Ringwood. Sgt. weeks until our boys were pronounced Woodward had previously been over- out of ^danger. seas for ten months and completed 1° general, McHenry folks and fifty missions over Northern Italy, i those throughout the nation, enjoyed Germany, Southern France, Jugo- 1 as many of the luxuries of life as slavia, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Po- possible in war time and more than land, Austria, Hungary and Albania, many countries enjoy even in peace He is the holder of the Distinguished .time. While many foods were ration- Flying Cross, Air Medal with four ed. it was always pc^pible to obtain MESSAGES FROM MEN IN SERVICE i from the flying school at Two McHenry boys, Frank John-! Christi, Texas. son and Chester Colby, received j, Another high school teacher was their silver wings as army flyers j lost to Uncle Sam when Malcom* and commissions as second lieuten- Mclntyre was called from his work ants. as Trades instructor. Mrs* Mcln- Income tax returns were received i tyre resigned her position, at tl^e by an estimated 2,500,000 federal in- Harrison school also and left come taxpayers in the first district , her home in Elgin. Heide- j mnnn. -< j Ten from here, including many1 fathers, were listed in the second April draft call by the army and navy. Called were Alfred Theleri, for; Ralph Justen, Hugh Kirk, Charles Brda, Homer Fitzgerald and Hi- Clark C. Hager City- Glen Markee John Kilroy Harold Lemraerhirt (Y) Robert Morris (V) William Sebo MsHayville, Indv-- Walter Gapintk® ••riington. Wis*-- Dan Moeller Walworth, Wisj-- Wendell Kundert Herbert Thurow Ladi, Wis.-- Kermit Steinmet* M'HENRY SAILOR INJURED IN NEW YEAR'S ACCIDENT of Illinois and headaches commenced ' McHenry was host to the county Toshi Caaazani. immediately. j Legionnaires on March 23, with a Both major parties selected chair- ! A new poultry course began with j large crowd in attendance to hear men of the county central commit- | the meeting of~the first class in the j L. R. Benston, state department serv- tees The Republicans re-elected H. I high school on Jan. 26. ice officer, guest speaker of the L. Cowlin of Crystal Lake and the j Capt. Mary Owen of the motor evening. Democrats Donald PalnMMr .Of ;Har» It's about time I write and tell you | ™rps led the county women in the how much 1 appreciate getting the ; number of hours compiled by^a mem- Plaindealer every • *>er of that group. Her total was Week. It certainly ; 989 hours. means a lot to the > F°r meritorious service with the (J. I.s who are' army air corps in raids over Geraway from home town. A Johnsburg youth, Elmer M. i vard. Freund, received special commenda- j tion for work as a searchlight oper- l * ator and on motor maintenance in t their home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hawley. NEWS ABOUT OUR SERVICEMEN May Please notice my' change of address. I'm now taking a Course in B-29 gunnety down here at * Buckingham Field. We fly i n L i b e r a t o r s equipped with B-29 turrets -and sighting stations. The training down here ig very interesting and I'm enjoying it very much.1 Hawaii. ! A Chicago boy who was born Mid As March 22 rolled around, mid- raised in McHenry. Harold Turner, the 1 many, Lieut. Eugene Nielson received west motorists saw their "A" gaso- son of the Russell Turners, wa% list- A Citation from the Eighth Air Force. | line coupons be reduced in value by i ed mining in action in the Mediter- • v extending the period during which rnrean area. February they could be used. > Howard Voelt* received the Pur- ! The last March draft call included tile Heart award for injuries sus- A drastic revision of induction pro- the names of Frederich L. Huemann, i tained enrlier in the year during the cedure began on Feb. 1, whereby Harold B. Smith and Gordon J. occupation of the Marshall Islands, post-induction furloughs were abol- ! Schmitt. ished and pre-induction examinations substituted. As February 1 rolled around, everyone offered a prayer for the "June in January" weather of the The most enjoyable I past month and wondered when the April Woodward visited there and in Wash-! Sports fnnthUM ington a C„ before hereported to | ^ 5Dorts projrrams trnmtvoM Miami, F a on December 4. Mrs.; much as in although on » \\ oodward, the former Shirley Haw- sraaller scale. bask^baB. baseball and skating, among other, sports, continued to draw many enthusiasts, and crowds at inter-school matches topped any previous year. Throughout the past twelve months, McHenry ladies proved themselves faithful in working for the Red Cross and turned out, on time, large quotas of surgical dressings. . Public programs continued much as ! they had during any other year, with As the new year of 1945 gets off one exception. In customary patriots a good start, we think it is time- j tic fashion, the proceeds cf these ly to offer our own \ entertainments were given in many Happy New Year cases to some fund which would beneto our boys and At the sen-ice men and women from girls in the armed this community. Where this was forces who are not not done, at least there was some only fighting for a manner of tribute to these folks dttfbetter world after ing the programs. V p e a c e b u t a l s o E a s t e r a n d C h r i s t m a s saw c h u r c h e s find time to drop; crowded to capacity, but here again us a line now and; there were some changes. Here aid then and tell us of there among the parishioners was a their interesting service man or woman home on f«t>- Realizing how busy ! lough, and somehow it seemed that With April 1, a new tax op small luxuries became a reality. The in- Jack Smith was appointed superintendent of waterworks to fill the vHcancv caused by the retirement of Math Niesen experiences On Tuesday, May. 2, the Johns- tJie?r wf 5a,nnot h.elp, admire their prayers and those of us at home the good work and Year's Day, 1946, see 1 life anew as civilians. New starting burg Community club sponsored one; Jhfjr thoughtfulness in keeping the -- , . , • • . ,l „ , , * «.u „„„„ folks on the home front informed creases affected admissions to thea- of the largest gatherings ever held weifare and nrorress KeeD part of our training is the -skeet ; inevitable snow storm would arrive, ters, ball games and telephone bills, in that vicinity. Qver 250 attended ^ d wQrk may p shooting. Back home it's almost im- 1 Ration points on most meats soared j among other things. , the Mothers' night celebration and if® possible to get ammunition but down I «« the new month began. 4 A negro octet was the popular at- j pictures taken of parents of servicehere we fire 12-guage shells at skeet ! The fi^t big snowstorm of the win- [traction at the annual orchestra con-; men appeared in Plaindealers which to our heart's content. The weather ter season hit McHenry on Thursday, cert, presented on the evening of ; were sent to all fighting men from down here is ideal as far as I'm con- Feb. 10, making diving hazardous April 2. | this community. . eerned. Thanking you again for the tor a day. j Joseph Gausden returned home A Chicago child, Bobbie Bleck, 2H best newspaper in the country. * One February day a Belgian police from Texas, the first McHenry ma- years old, narrowly escaped drown- 4 GORDON SCHOLLBS, dog arrived in McHepry, having rine officer in this war. Fort Myers, Fla. made the long trip from Greenland. Called up in the first April call _____ The dog was the mascot^ of an air were Charles Adams, Arthur Harris. crew there and was sent here by Alphonse Wirtz and George J. Kauss. Lieut. Melvin Gladstone when the McHenry folks heard with pleasure bor and was revived. crew moved to new lands. of the advancement of Rev. Paul Will:am R. Comes became the new The army and navy issued their Tuchlinsky, former locaV priest, who proprietor of the McHenry Town first calls under the new induction was transferred from Rockford to club and held the grand opening on 13. Earl L. Smith has been transferred from Camp Crowder, Mo., to New York; Gerald Miller from Port Hueneme, Calif;, to San Francisco; Ur- It is true that this letter must not neciessarily be an uneventful Chronicle but a short note of appretiation for receiving the one and only ine in the r ox river on ounday alter- i • ' ' noon. Mav 7. when he fell in the b«" Comes from CampJ3w.ft, Texas, water unnoticed. He was found to New York, and Pete J. Dowell floating down the river by 4 neighmust have been more serious that vear of 1944. For we could not kneel in the House of God without a prayer of faith and hope that He would see us safely through 1945i SOLDIER AND SAILOR^ FUND BENEFITS FROM BULK BOTTLE CAMPAIGN from Camp Haan, Calif. An accident which narrowly missed laing a tragedy of the New Year occurred in the early hours of 1945. Headed north on Richmond Road about two miles out of the city, a car driven by Bill Phalin of the navy was forced by another to slide from the icv pavement into the ditch. A second car, driven by Norman Freund, polled in front of the Phalin car and effered help. As Bill stood between the two cars, putting a chain on the bumpers so that he might be pulled out, a third car, driving south, smashed into the Freund auto, resulting in the bumpers of the parked" cars hitting and Bill's' leg being caught between them. The injured sailor was taken to the Woodstock hospital and from there to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station hospital, where it was found that he was suffering from a compound fracture of one Ieg. Bill returned home about a week ago after serving for many nonths at sea and was to report for dntr following his leave on January 7. Last report on his condition was favorable and his many friends are hoping t.hat he may soon be about again. . ' Funeral Services Held For Brother Of Local Resident Gecrre J. Robinson, brother of Mrs. William F. Doherty and Walter Robinson, who reside between McHenry and Crystal Lake, died in Chicago last Saturday. Besides his . brother and sifter, he is survived by his wife, Catherine, and a son, lieut. George W. Robinson. 4 ' - Funeral services were held* on V^fcesday morning from Our Lady of . jfount Carmel church, Chicago, with tarial in St. Joseph's cemetery. for the Plaindealer overseas but I'll be very happy to et it next week or next month, me doesn't really matter. There are many things I could Write but wouldn't be allowed to, still ihore of them are of vital importance. | know nothing big or significant that you do not know. Indeed, I'm Sure you have a far clearer view of ; the war at your vantage point on : the corners of Green and Elm streets. 11 think we in our corner see the war | less clearly, talk of it less often, land think of it far, far less. We, in jour isolated point, are more interestled in our tasks, hardships and plea-j j sures. , » * Since arriving here I've visited ! Honolulu, Which isn't too much due ] to its crowded condition. I was j deeply impressed at the sHje of J Waikiki Beach and the Rovnl !h- , waiian Hotel, truly a beautiful spot. | | Some of the scenery is very pic- . turesque, such as the pineapple end ; sugar cane fields, the mountains and | the rolling surf to the^ ocean. I I think I'll bring tfiis letter to a ! close and wish everyone the ye~y best of luck in the New Year. Thanks j a million for your fine work in the war effort last year and hope vou'H I all re-double your efforts to bring 1 this sacrifice of key men and vital material to a close for the good of a l l . ' ' Sincerely, DONALD H. TO NY AN. P. M. San Francisco, Calif. good, weekly paper. I haven t re the last week in February, pastor of St. Mary's church, Eliza- May 12 and «.,v.d an «kt»» .inc. Ire !>•»;,£, ^ incln(ie<) Rom,„ k!h, Iu. S. W. Brown n .ppointad portt - + rir n«*r n.miTi Schmitt and Ray Blades and the navy , Among winners in the April. 11 master of the Ringwood post olncte, if rn»lr included Howard Shepard and Joseph primary, in McHenry county wer^ a post which he held continuously for home here several vears time doesnt really matter. . T_ Arnold P. Benson for secretary of forty years. At the same tune of hL beeT enLyL rfew da^ state, Thomas A. Bolger for Demo- his reappointment, the office was i ' J y g y cratic representative, Dwight H. advanced to a third class office. Green for governor, Chauncey W. Eugene B. Freund, Harold G. Reed for congressman, Ray Paddock Michcls, Arthur Jackson and Tadashi Last , weekend members of the American Post No. 491 placed tMrtJ*» Ellis, 111., to Camp six tnilk bottles in various pubUe places in McHenry. in which they -- hope interested folks will place theri Overseas greetings for the holi- contributions to the Soldier and Saitdays continue to arrive, the latest! or Fund which helps send the Plainfrom Co^rp. G. E. Frisby and Captain ; dealers weekly to our boys and girls Young, Jr. On Feb. 20. fifty members of the Great Lakes choir came to McHenry to be guests artists on the annual band program. The "bluejackets" L. B. Murphy. Miss Ruth Pflug of the WACs, who visit with relatives in Wauconda. in service. Formerly the milk bottle fund was used to send cigarettes to those overseas, but the tobacco company which originated the idea became unable to supply the great demand and so the plan was then abandoned. Another of*the Legion's plans -te honor the boys and girls in serviee McCULLOM LAKE CHILDREN'S CHOIR A picture and item appeared in a recent issue .of the Chicago Times j concerning Lieut. Henry Schueneman, j is the enlarging of the Honor Roll ia 26, of Chicago, a grandson of Mrs. j the Legion park and the placing of Minnie Schueneman of McHenry, who | small lights and four spotlights on is fighting with General Patton's j it. The sev»n gold stars have been army in Bastogne. It was on Pat- taken from before the names of ton's personal recommendation that those who have given their lives and Schueneman was sent to officers' these seven names will now be placed candidate school at Fort Knox, Ky., [ in one place in gold letters on a after a fractured elbow had prevent- black background. The extension to ed a .scheduled earlier trip overseas, j the Honor Roll was made on the top* | He entered service on January 17, j with space for 160 additional names. 1941, and played football at Senn j The lighted Honor Roll is a thing esf j high school and later at the Uaivejr-, beauty and draws many, an admiring sity of Wisconsin, | glance by passersby in the eveninfa. i _____ , • Mrs. Ann Stratous of Woojfstock sixth Bond Drive ! received word on Monday through « Awr tho Tftt* I the International Red Cross that her UOes UVer ine A0P sonv William J. Padolski, is a prison- ! er of the German government. He was previously listed as missing in action. Gerald Hettermann at Topeka, Kas., has been enjoying a furlough at his home here. As we go to press Mrs, Barbian, chairman of the Sixth War Loan Drive in McHenry township, informs us that we have gone over our quota by purchasing $265,905.75 worth of bonds, with the quota being $250,000. Residents may also be proud that the quota of "FT* bonds was reached. Congratulations to all who helped pot the "drive '.HHk'-' BirtK« ,t r - - * - iV-*- -*• ••-*"*- • A son was born on Monday, January 1, at Sherman hospital, Elgin, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hiller of Johnsburg are the proud parents of a baby boy, weighing 8 lbs., born shortly after 1945 made its appearance on Mr.. M Gend. ! lire the parents of a son, born at Paul Justen spent two days the past week with his parents, the Ben j Justens, after which he reported forj \i irH,\TRY mrRSF duty at Indiantown Gap, Pa. On | FARM MACHINERY iyi KMs. New Year's Day he called home to I A farm machinery repair tell them that he was again being! f°r farmers will l>egin transferred and it is thought that he is leaving for overseas duty. The group pictured above are mem- i Horn, the Woodstock hospital on January 2. The father, serving with the army, has been confined to a hospital in England. Mrs. Gende is the former Miss Betty Thennes. The couple has one other eMpW*;. choir, under the personal direction of Otto Pyritz. Their harmonious voices created a mild sensation at the community's Christmas party held on December 17. The singers are, left to right, the following: Tef Bear: . Joan GrotthttM, Edwin Photo by A. Worwlck, McHenry Betty Krickl, Leuellyn Horn, George Baumbeck. Two other members, Patsy Gorenson and Patty Jensen, missed the birdie because of, illness. The party was sponsored by the McCullom Lake Community club of which F. W. Bailey is president, with Jerry Cer- C^nter Row: Betty Robinson, Arlcne Tbiele, Leonard Jens<n, Yvonne Horn, Robert Kricki. ^ Bottom Row: George Kricki, Bonnie Trigin, Marie Rudin, Kenny Saw- j mak. chairman of the entertainment do, Judy Struck, Chickie Sales and i committee. course on JanuaTjp 17 at 8 p. m.. for three hours at the George P. Freund Case Implement shop in McHenry. The enrollment will absolutely be limited to fifteen members who must sign an enrollment blank which may be obtained from George Egbert or George P» t ; • ] Freund. - ' • Van Diedrich of the WACs, sta- : -- tioned at Norfolk, Va., returned last | son, spent his well-earned furlough weekend after spending a fifteen-day j with his wife and parents. He spent Frank Martin, stationed at Lakehurst, New Jersey, has been spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Martin. furlough visiting her parents.. M. L. Schoenholtr of Tuscon, Arizona, has been spending a leave with his wife and family here. Technical Sergeant Melvin sen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ahrin P*tar-|home. • V ; ' . v ; - ' - ';i. Christmas Day in Chicago and the remainder of the furlough In Mc-- Henry. After being overseas for eighteen months, he is now en route to Virginia, where he will be an Instructor. His wife is aecompanyteg Peter- him to his new station to make kto '*?!• f> . •