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' '& '-* A <4* • t ?«hmi 73 McHBfRY, nJ,TWOIB, THUX8DAY, JUNK 5, 1947 fiESEiuan Flnt Promm af SMSOII Tto Be OiVen In Park On Jime 8 *'•'[ * The McHenry rfty Band held it* int pnctiee ol the hihb lwt wit, aX which timfe it w«a d«- ciiad to present the weddy, concert* «• Sunday (Ttninfi. Hh Brat *W Ha |iv«n in the city park on Jam 8, befinnin^ at 8 o'clodk. -The proposal of Sunday night proby the band was made sevyearn ago, with promoters of plan of t»e opinion that more oar summer residents and our rlaaal daily commuters would he able ta be present. They argued that with the Chicago to McHenry train •at arriving until ahnoet 6:80 p.m.. many who would otherwiae have enjayad hearing the concerts found them• fives too tired and with too little time to meet the 8 o'clock hear. Sunday being a dr.y of rest, it Is expected that many more people «fll avail themselves of i the opportanftv of hearing theoband In their |weekly programs. Because many of the band memwere unaMe to be preaent on ay when titer'proposal waa first plans "Mere dropped temporarily. Brought^up again for discussion last week, the majority were in favor of the new concert hour. Jvt what the schedule will km in years will no doubt tW^end the general response to the time. /- Pregraai ^ I The first program aelected by Pad K. Tanda and his band , members for next Sunday evening will be aa M.C.H.S. OF 1947 DIPLOMAS GIVE*" T0EI6NTYHonor Awards Wen Presented To Many At Public Schools ' fl ' * ijt • **• ' . • e 1 r, ' I ' v:: :•£ For the third consecutive year, commencement exercises at the loeal aehool were forced inside by weather. With rows of relaand friends standing inside auditorium and in the adjoining halls, sixty-six ^seniors last Thursday illWMlia were awarded their diplomas, signifying the satisfactory completion of four years of study. This was the largest class ever to graduate at M. C. H. S. It was a very impressive program in which students whs prcred themselves outstanding in various respects were presented with awards for their accomplishments. Harry Lock, commander of Aa (local I^prion post, opened the pro- 1 gram with the presentation of the Legion awards .to the senior boy and girl voted by the faculty as the outatandtyng members at their class in scholarship, ieaderaklp, honor and i 'M, i v Hf& •Hie Star Spangled Banner.** March, "McGehee," Richards. . Waltz, "The Band Played On.1 Ward and Palmer. Overture, "Narrator," Buchtel. Vpiection, uHbm* on the Range," Am by IfcNii March, "Juinr - Senior FroHc," Bfchardg. ' Gaprice, "Princess Tip Toe," Le- *^5verture, "Bronse Eagle," Qraham. March, "Connecticut," Nassann. TVombone nevelty4 "Trombone Tor <«• KL»>. A- FATHER WM. A. OKOURKE , Photo by a. Worwck, M< McC tdla* JjMlie Kxieger, Arthur Bpert, UVenM Lacfcww>d, Ca|l Neisa, Daniel Weber : Garrie Nimts, Eleanor Edstrom, Patricia Briggs, Albina -Samec, Katharine Gerasch, Loretta Kans, Prances Barber, Doris 9kaMh, Roeemarie •*? Front Bow: Lois Weideman, William Herdrich, Walter Sid Harry IB Saeoad f«d Dolores » TWrd Roar: Loia Brans, Beverly Houck, Margaret Crukkahank, Hden Duncan, Marian Shnith, Dolorea Weund and Marian Freund. ' Fourth Soar: Margaret Herdrich, Sue Williams, Marie Tonyan, Winifred Paluch, Joan May and Suaan Olsen. *1 Fifth <Row: Jeyw Huska, Gwen Knaack, Baibara Freund, Shirley Weber, Marianne Giauser, Susan Muaay. Loretta Larson and Carol Martkke. iwJ 8ixth RjUVi Gene Wagner, Bernard Doherty, Hugh Murphy, Robert Felae, Thomha Matthews, Robert Svdboda, ^r^-gr MIIU*. •James 0%Mn uid Walter Miller. ' .«c:l°P JP11 Alfnd Young, Herbert Roeska, Leo Smith and Tliomas Douglas. / ^lg|Wiakilinr At Left: Gilbert Rogers, John Ziolkowski, George Crosa, William Yung and Howard Perth. Boys Standing At Right: Edward Buss, Richard Marsh, Albert Adaass and Robert Prannan. - inieKi. * m*" PaaJUa. PWhatfl WMUhIL ^"£R^\L">% 0BSERW ANNIVERSARY Yeder. ! Finale, "Gob Bless America," Bar- , -- _ - , -- 4 June 1, was for the moat part, an on Wedneaday morning when word Monday evening, June 2, 1M7, {•uneventful " J * ~ L" * *""J J ' ' ~ KEOOVEK OHBVKOLET StoAN STOLKlf LAST WEDNK8DAY MO&NINO LONG ILLNESS OF GEORGE TEALL ENDED nr„.f IN DEATH ON MONDAY WILL PRESENT RECITAL VI0LM9 PIANO STUDENTS aaddened JAMES E. FOl RKTISKD EAILkOAB DEPOT AGENT, DIES Excitement reigned in McHenry The community was to Residents of McHenry who are tn- Sunday in McHenry spread that a burglary had occurred learn of the death of George Thall. terested in the musical education of ith leaden skies and heavy rains, during the night at Clarke's Chevro- He paased away at the age of 62 at the young folks of the community Inside St. Patrick's church, however, let Service, with a new, grey sedan his home at 104 South Riverside are eagerly awaiting the annual fSfc".Jfthe day was full of pleasant being stolen from the tasement of Drive, after an illness of more than recital of the pupils of Sister An- * {memories for the pastor, Rev. the garage. The car, however was B year's duration. dreella. The prgoram will be pre- Father William A. OTtourke, who recovered near the Johnsburg bridge, Although a resident of McHenry sented in the high school auditorium V Vmiilr* 7K . V® thirty-fifth anniversary a few hours after the burglary was for lees than ten years, Mr. Thail on Wednesday evening, June 11, at 5' Sr^w* r.LJTSr fnW^ °f V* ordiiuition to the priesthood detected ^ proved himself so capable and active 8 o.m. n* Father J. A. Vanderpool, assisUnt John J. McCarthy, on police duty Both in his work and in civic under- The evening's music will be divid- 9 1Q17 pastor, read the 8 oclock mass in during the night, noticed a dim takinga that his untimely paaaing is H into several parts, highlights be-; 2J,i9t7_ in fai|-, honor of the beloved pastor, who light in the garage as he made his moUrned by the entire community. ir>* a. Allows: ! rounds between 2 and 2:30 a. m. George Thall was born in Alpena, 1--"March Militaire," bv Scheu- Returning from West McHenry a Mich., on Dec. 5, 1884. He gradu- b#rt. bv the advanced violin group. f«w minutes later he found the light ated from the University o( Michi- At the pisno will he Mary Heuser. had been turned off. 1 gan as a civil engineer, but in later M«ry Ann Bulger. Nancy Siemon and I _ Upon investigating, Officer Mc- years his interest turned to news- M°ry Key Freund. I | Cartnv concluded that burglars had paper work, being employed in an 2--"In Elfland." a musical fairy gained entrance through a base- executive capacity from coast to tale bv Mar:e Seuel-Holst, a minis-' I ment door, had driven the car to coast. Among leading newspapers on t'»re "fan" program concerto in strict the rear of the building, and then, in which he worked were included the classics! form for piano duo. The .unable to make their way upstairs, Los Angeles Evening Herald, San thrpe narts of the fairy tale are ! broke the front and side> doors to Francisco Call-Post, Milwaukee "Flfin Prince and Princess," allegro; lag health for many months. < The deceased was a telegraph operator and depot agent for the Giicsgo. Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad for forty-nine years. Survivors include the widow, Emily; tvto son< Dr. Lawrence Poolke of Wauconda and Dr. Robert Vaalke of Chicago; two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. (Fred Labey, Mrs. Evan Jones Arthur and Fred Foulke. all of Bristol, Wis. Services were held on Wedneaday afternoon at (the lEJhprn (funeral home in Richmond, with Rev. Fred A. Graham of the Spring Grove Methodist church officiating. Bwria) .was at Paris Comers, Wis. Cbicego Man Injured When Struck By Aulo Harry O. Diedrichs of 7S8 Brier Place. Chicago, an engineer, suffered injuries and shock about 5 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon when he struck by a car driven by Mrs. Walter Smith of Rt. 3, McHenry, at 802 Elm street. ANTHONY KOZIE Recently discharged from courage. This year's winners Miss Joan May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. State May of Johnsburg, and Hugh Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Murphy of McHenry. Runrten- flp fd* the honor were Misa Marian Smith, daughter of the Arthur Smiths, and Harry Mueller, son of the Otto Muellers. Those students who had maintained an excellent scholaatk atanding were then fiven special honor pina in recognition of this ad}ievment. This year there were six students whoae averagee were between an A and B for their four yean. They were Barbara Freund, Marian 8mith, Doris Smith, Joan May. Alfred Tovng and William Herdrich. Four other --bir» of the ctaaa who maintai:.ea this high avefiqflf but who did not meet the N#waoBt of hfig attended the low echool for all four Mara were Can mention aleo. They ware rgaret Cruickahank, Johnxielkowsld, Edward Parfrey and Gilbert Rogers. Following theee presentations, stadenta aelected by the stialent body cata vary intereting and in- I formative talk on various phasea «t rr'itf' r ?ii1fvSiTi'lii *****•*«» ..... lUBWIilllill i The program was conduded by a i short1 talk by Supt C. H. Duker ;and the presentation of diplomas by Miss Helen Stevens, principal. Public School At the public grade aehool, left very informal graduation servicee were conducted last Thursday morning, when twenty-two pupils were given their diplomas. They were Diane Bacon, Carol Conway* Richard Duncao, James Green, Barbara Hirt, Bernice Koehler, William Malsch, Andrew J. McCarroll, Robert McCulla, Nancy Nelson, George Nickels, Marvin Oiaon.II, Celia Page, Jack and Richard Patake, Kehneth Peterson, Donald Phalin, Eugene Raven, Elaine Scholts. Paul Smith, Patsy Watson and John Weber. M. L. Shoenholts, principal, addressed the class briefly, stressing the need for the pupils to regard this graduation as merely the first phase of their formal education and the necessity of continuing their studies. Ray McGee, representing the Legion, also gave a short talk preceding the presentation of Legion the awards to Barbara Hirt of Island ' %• y* ^ ' r - ? M * K- K v. • t v f I ^ , f [X i > •' • i - •Vf| ;w ¥• ' , .. enter the office. He was of the Sentinel, Detroit Free Press and the "Elfin Barcarolle," andantino: and opinion that they must have made Chicago Herald and Examiner. With "Flfin Festivsl." allegretto vivace. a hurried exit for the crowbar which at least three of these papers he Mary Ann Bolger and Mary Kay army was Anthony Koxie, who is Lake and P»n W^ej. son of the they had used, and change which acted as classified advertising Pr°und will preside at the piano. _ I well known in the Johnsburg com- Robert Weoers of McHenry. they took from the cash register, manager. 3--Group of twenty-six violin munlty» where he spends the summer The ^parochial^ school will hold were spread across the office floor. Mr. Thall was an active member slavers presenting a group of num-, months with his parents, who have graduation exercises the end of Officer McCarthy summoned Earl 0f the loeal Legion post, having bers. a home pn the Fox river. week. Marshall, an employee at the garage, served as a captain with the 108th 4--"Dsncla Air" and "Fairy Trum- "Tony" was inducted into the -- who remembered that the new car engineers during the first World pet," violin solos by Beverly Schwer- army on Feb. 22, 1945, at Fort T.AST RITES HELD ON had very little gasoline. On the War. As a member of General Per- man. Sheridan and took his infantry train- ununaV tttwv 1 pad hope that the driver might be able thing's staff, he wrote the history 5--"Lullaby." by Brahms, violin jng at Camp Fannin, Texas. Fol- UnuA x, J' '"B 1. to travel only a short distance, they 0f engineering operations, an solo by JaHc Wirtx. lowing a furlough that J^ly, he was MRR. LOUISA ^T.HfM made their way several different official document, during the war. Oth»»r violin and piano numbers transferred to Camp Maxey and in d rections out of town, finding the During his service in France he was will also be included in the pro- August was sent to Fort Ord, Calif. mv_ t nll;-« Kl»in nf 'fltt far near Johnsburg a short time cited for meritorious service. He gram. , From there he went to the P. O. E., T:,,^ ^ K]l:„ ' ,JIvTr narrowly escaped death on his voy- Sister Andreella, who is doing such and left for overseas from Los h ' hom„ t' t Saturadv morninv Fingerprints^ were taken In the age overseas when the Tuscania, a remarkable work in making the Angeles on Sept. 8, 1945. ^? 1947 She h^d beon in iwoi garage and both state -Appeal troop ship on "which he was riding, youne people of McHenry music- ••Tony" was stationed on Cebu u ith ok. « niAHrir>,. ^rV(lH ^ A p°l«* »re investigating. ..- v ./ <; w./ torpedoed off the coast of conscious, is especially enthused over with the -- ' * 4 L- health for some time. She was T1 Mr- Diedrichs had^ parked his car h 8pent more than twenty-one -- an the north side of the atoeet and yejmj that tiyne serving St. PILOT SE&IOUSLT Dairy when he stepped into the path ^p^her SSfft appointed to INJURED IN PLAN* rf the Smith car, winch was travel- St'r patrick'8 church by £. Rev. P. CRASH ON SUNDAY • j"*, J. Muldoon folloaning the death of 9. I .. Following hospitalization in S V ^ ^ R«v ****" J- McE£>¥> $}* Harnnft?n' !6 Winter of 1946, he returned to work the back of the he«l, on fint here on Feb. 28, 19M. He of Chicago was taken to the Wood- untU laRt januaryi when illness pretbe right elbow and slight shock. c#me to McHenry from Rockford, stwk hospiUl last Sunday rught, vented him leaving his home. Police officer William Lundy hi- where he served as athletie director suffering from injuries 'suffered in Survivors include the widow, Jean; • V..j her home last Saturady Mew St. 1947. She hid beor in poor torpedoed off the coast of conscious, is especially enthused over with the 746th AAA gun battalion, vears 0i,j . Ireland. . the piano dups which are to be part the 209th military police company y M, Ki»in res:dad with a son kMr. and M«. Thall came to Mc- of the program. She thinks the and the 671st medium port com- Knvniond, in the Country Club sub-' 'Henry from Chicago in March of following poem describes very aptly pany. From there he was shipped fjivi^ioii. The only other survivor jl$38, after which time he was aasoci- such playing: s- -- 'ated with the Kent Real Estate Co. the stigated. Give me music, more and more. Give me concerts by the score; Give me solos and duets, Give me trios and quartettes; Give me organs, harps and lutes, . violins and flutes; WM. LUNDY, RETIRED to Leyte in June of 1946, where he hAgidcs the son is a daughter, Mrs. joined the 746th engineers. He left jfatx j^iedle ^te in September for Manila and The body rested at the Jacob ?P !$" . year embarked for j,,8ten Sons funeral home until the States. Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock, when funeral services were held there. Eurial was in Montrose cemetery, Chicago. TERRA 30TTA SCHOOL OBSERVES CENTENNIAL NEXT SUNDAY, JUNE 8 - _ _ _ fj . _ w-- Give me horns, at St Thomas aehool and chaplain a'plane crash in a fieldInear Route one daughter, Mrs. Patricia Me- But the music of my dreams, CHICAGO POLICEMAN at Poor Clare's convent in that city. SI, south of McHenry. The accident Caughna, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Is played by two-piano teams. *vl«' Hia appointment to the athletic de- wot not reported to state police. aM] a brother, Fred Thall, of De- Certificates and diplomas will be JOINS LOCAL FORCE partment was only natural, for ha Harrington's ship crashed on the troit, Mich. awarded as follows to members of had been a baseball star during his L®« Miller farm about dusk and the The body rested at the Jacob Sister Andreella's class:- McHenry resident are proud college days at ^Niagara University, pilot was unconscious ^wnen removed Jag ten Sons funeral honfc yntil ^Preptritory 1 j~ the ncv member of its police depart- QRQVE, DIED JUNE 3 TOR^PH KATTNER, 7S, of ^^IDENT OF SPRING Niagara Falls, N. Y. from the wreckage.- He was taken Wednesday afternoon, when private. Piano: Dianne Tonya®, ment, William Lundiy, who assumed The one hundreth anniversary of Following the comoleiton of his to the hospital where an X-ray s«rvieea were held there.' Violin: Lois Brefeld, Patricia Jus- his position on Monday of this the organization of the Terra Cotta 8ti«ifc9 for the priesthood at Lady examination revealed he was sufJeea* n° ° 8, at an all-day program. Ali farmer teachers, directors, pupils and drai in "Buffalo on June i. 1912. He ?P,ne- "H1iSs. ggeenn.ee.rr*aJl ,-ccoonnddlfi1t®ion l n HOLD FIRST PUBLIC ^ other interested in the school are came to Illinois as assisUnt pastor of £7^™! thLT\* will ^vrr oip in ovrAOT aTTNTIAV ' invited to attend. St. John's Parish in Belvidere and that he will recover sataa- TRAP SHOOT SUNDAY „„„ --„ There will be a picnic at noon, in August of 1918 was appointed to factonly. , , I Violin: Ella Jean Buss, Richard his time oh 'East Chicago avenue, in e wr>? * retired farmer. with the afternoon being devoted to take charge of St. Mary's at Polo, ANNOUNCE OPENING ' . The newly organized McHenry Wohlert, Richard Kisael and Jay the thirty-fifth district. , "I7.,vlnsr six^children. AugTm games and visiting. Invitations are where he remained until1 1921, when AnnoUncing the new management Sportmen's Club will hold its first Adama. s > The new local officer was awarded oiilia * ftllier of being sent to all. former teachers he was sent to Rockford. cf th Rjve>side Hotel Dinir.e Room PuMic trap shoot next Sunday at Preparatory a _ ten creditable mentions for mentor- «ic*r»rnorm. «rs. , n*uY « whose addresses are known. j Both spiritually snd materially n<yw beinir operated bv the former their location just south of the Mc-' Sh^ley ious work during his long police „ nsrwood. Alfred of Richmond and Mabel Knox W>man is the pre- St. Patrick's church hn«» prospered owner3 J[ Ann's Grill Fox Lake. Henry city limits on Crystal Lake Brefeld and Margie ff^eund, . career and received special com- £r<*ory ,nd „ sent teacher. having completed during the past twenty-one years w j h to iv j lk nf M Road (Kelter farm on blacktop Violin; Carl W. Weber, Judith pensation four times for extraordi- Mrs- K*ttn«r passed away Seven years in that capacity. The aince* Father O Rourloe became iicnrv the snme ioLi se^viJe and roud.) F. Freund, Donald Dowe, John J. Bol- nary 8ervice. three years ago. and a son. Aloys, directors are Mark McMillan, Ar- pastor. CeKainly there must be in- ch0jce foo^s we svrved for so many *n,e organization of this club is g«r» S^}1 y rL^^e'A Jarr^je® ^*eber» Eva Police Chief Lester Bacon will now v .. T fthur Shales and Frank Kadser. eluded in his many hsppy memories yfc' t jl- We Qffer ajj proving popular among local sports- Unti and Dora Ann Justen. he on dutyTfrom 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. restiw st the ' ^ i 4the day in 1931 on which a beautiful dio.ce "enks chvvt' andseafoods ««en end a large membership roll is ^ T Prep^ry ? r and John J. McCarthy from mid- *?***" Sonsfuneral home until 10 | SELL HOME J... in.t-ll.ii th. ,«r brf6r. tl» »»«« « »• m- Edw«H ~ """" ' •Hie Peter Kaminsiu hmne at Me- cf 1«I7, when St. Maiys-St. t , : ch cken. Ooen at 5 o m. T(rv <»ld. ar~. **tncJ® ^is the extra police officer. Cullom Lake haa been sold to Jaka Patrick's school, long a dream of the ,v; k , *o ; t m daily Sun- Officers of the dub are aa follows:1 Viohn: Georgia Stenger, Ch*r^®«j -- ----r- _ , the tailor, of Weat McEaity. tw» nariahea, became a reality; and „ :? m- y J_ %rt Yanre. Pnaidant: Win Ha»- Dowe^ Eva Unti and Dons Ann Jus- Complete line of Dr. David Roberts church cemetery. ten, Mary Kay Stenger and Arlene wiek.^e'ls" on-duty°be"ween'4 ^d 'A Jon* i,,n?®8 e"ded Ln Svoboda. 12 p, m. Tuesday evening. June 8. 1947 tor Preparatory 2 ! jfr Lundv was recently retired To°eoh Kattner, 73 years old, of Piano: Julaine Tonyan, Patricia from the Chicago police department V"?ve 4t Vicl0ry J%* Long, Margie Freund, Maureen Henn after thirty-one years of excellent hospital. Waukegan where and Shirley Glosson. service. He was stationed much of h® had been confined since Aprd 7. o'clock on Saturday mornihg, when last rites will be conducted from St. Peter's church. Burial will be in the i the day of Sept. «, 1»40, .when the Martin^^- MirJ-T to Haatthuzat, Wia^ n^ ljoat ltav. Bdward F. Hohan, then ----------- --.,r~~~ , J Secretary; pB Meath, Treaai iBnoqua, where thay wffl nmimt <rf Railrf»d. w lahhHmt Bevad of hja reaponsibilitiea whan ^ •pnilwaiii intareated fa » resort. Complete line eT Laa'i •cnediea at Wattles Drug Henry. CtfU 1 After m atHc*«i^-arryir.g out With the latter*s very vahnhle aid, :V maniMd duties of a thrge pariah Father O^ourkeUnow able to «i- Mvar thh laog pariad ef yaara, W the rest which be ao greatly ratktr OMv was partially re- - ^rV ^ "-*1 . * berg, Vice President; Huold Vance, i PialM: Jaaier 1 Mary Kay mwm- (a nartkiaattag imn twhae MVarWy fAax; inJ aBeko lgWeri.r to> and veterinary medicines at' Drug Store. McHenry. Watttaal 4S-tf-f^i . ;«• i 1 "^Va. . ViaUa: - & w ^ v ^ t-? •. r MaCee's. Soger ^ Bamrly ;r ^ . *Jkt* RED CROSS ELECTION . . Annual election of office** far lift i « Watch for toe new Majestic Una Moflhnry chapter of the Red Oees f of radio* st the Wileon Radio Shop, will ha held an Meaday amiMb \ . • « »» Khn St., MeBcnty. at he CHMMn ^ •-v: 7V Dad with a gift -- - • " J Gifta hr Mat McGa^b ^ ^ W& -