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I**'- •: S^"; v ' . • • McHENHY PLAINDEALEH Thursday, May 20 llf., I W*I mm Willi. >v The Story Of The Poppy Every year just prior to Memorial Day millions of Afiri^ri- . cans wear little red poppies on their coats. Women of the American Legion and V.F.W. Auxiliaries are on the streets all day with baskets of poppies, pinning the little flowers on all passersby. Of course you icnow that the poppies are worn in memory of the men who lost their live^ in World Wars I andU or Korea, but I wonder if you all know how th£ poppy Came to be the nation's memorial flower. / Take the map .of Europe and draw a wavy line from the Swiss border, through France and Belgium, to the North Sea. Imagine this line "to be a double line of trenches, and picture vast armies on both sides of it locked in a four-year battle. That is the way Europe looketf^from 1914 to the fall of 1918. The line waved first one way<*nd then the other as the contending armies pushed forward or were driven back. For miles on both sides of it the ground was trampled by the heavy shoes of millions of fighting men. It was churned and rechurned by the shells of thousands of cannon, blown full of ugly craters by the explosion of mines, and bleached by clouds of poison gas. Into this area of death and destruction hundreds of thousands of American boys advanced in 1917 and 1918, determined tc put an end to the horrible war: , r , You all know now they did end the war,, restoring peace to a war-torn world and bringing liberty to subjected peoples. But many months amid the desolation of the battle-front, many weeks of continuous fighting and many thousands of fine young lives were required to complete the task. As the American soldiers struggled forward through the shattered villages, across the shell-torn fields and over the blasted hillsides, they saw only one touch of life and beauty in all that region where death and destruction reigned. This was the little wild poppies. Along the very edges of the trenches, about the ragged shell holes and in the fields raked by machine gun fire, the brave little poppies grew and bloomed. When comrades were left beneath the bare dirt of hastily dug battle graves, the poppies sprang up and clothed the graves with flowers. It seemed if the gallant spirit of the dead had passed into the bloodred blossoms and that through the little fiowers they were sending a message of courage and hope to those who still lived. Another'World War has been fought over that same territory. Thousands of our young men have made the supreme sacrifice of their lives for their country and their ideals in this second great war and that little scarlet poppy, now as then, covers the earth where our young Americans now lie. The poppy has become the symbol of the dead--their memorial flower. It has become the sign that the high ideals for which these brave young men gave their lives still live and are honored. That is why We pin on the poppy when we pay tribute to our dead of the two World Wars. The poppy covers the soil in France beneath which they lie, and on Poppjf Day we place the flower over our hearts, where the memory of th.e great sacrifice they made for our country is forever enshrined. RESIDENTS OF McHENRY MOURN FOUR DEATHS Continued From Page 1 M. C. H. s. NEWS The homemaking III class left for Chicago on the 7 o'clock t-ain Thursday, May 13. When they arrived in Chicago, they went first on a- tour of Maxwell street, then had lunch and saw a style show at Carson's. After that, they went on a tour of the Wrigley building and the Tribune Tower. Mrs. Bolger and Mrs. Wlnkel accompanied the girls. Members of the Future Teachers group took over Mrs. Bolger's classes for her during her absence. This gives them training as teachers. Those helping were Penny Fike, Richard Olson, Cliff Todd and Marita Thomson. Walla, Wash., and Mrs. Viola Brown of 'Minneapolis, Minn.; also five grandchildren. The body rested at the Peter M. Justen funeral home until 10 o'clock % Saturday morning, when rites were conducted from St. Patrick's church, with interment in the church cemetery. Bertha Staaohe Mrs. Bertha Staache, 71, of Emerald Park, mother of Mrs. Ernest Useman of McHenry,. died at her home last Saturday evening, afigev 15. She was a native of Carltoik Minn., where" she Was born Jan. 3ir-^1883. - . M:s. Staache was a member of the local Community Methodist church, was active in the j LoUi8e McHenry and Downers Grove circles of the church and was a member of the Woman's club. Survivdrs include the daughter, three brothers, August and Herbert Schumacher of Montasano, Wash., and Roy of Beverly Hills, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Martha Hansen, of Portland, Ore., and two grandchildren. fjer husband, Howard, preceded her in death in 1951. Services were, held from the Peter M. Justen funeral home at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with Rev. J. Elliott Corbett officiating. Interment was in Clarendon Hills cemetery, Hinsdale. Dafcntar Oiklmeister Mrs. Dagmar Gildmeister, 64, of Rt. 1. Ringwood, died'Tuesday afternoon, May 18, at the Woodstock hospital, after an illness of three weeks. The deceased was born Jan^ 29, 1890, a daughter of Axel and Amelia Evans Olsen. She had resided with her sister and family, the Harvey Joneses, at Wonder Lake fo- the past ten years. Survivors include three daughters, two brothers and three sisters. The sisters are Mrs. Jones, Mary Hart and Therese Stusse, the latter of Chicago, and the brothers are Clarence am, also of that city. The body will rest at the Peter M. Justen funeral home until 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, when Rev. J. Elliott Corbett will officiate at last rites. Burial will be in Ringwood cemetery. William Mooney William R. Mooney, 'jjfc-.-. of Chicago, formerly of McHenry and Crystal Lake, was buried last week in Memorial Park cemetery on Ridgefield Road. He died in Chicago after a long period of failing health. The deceased was born June 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Surviving are his father, of Chicago, six brothers and sisters. News About Our Servicemen Choral Club To Present Spring Program Continued From Page 1 Miller, Ctharlene Dowe, Ferol Tomlinson, \Lorean Jones, Diprothy Behnke, Ltorraine Haug, Georjge Dehler, Henry Tomlinson, Wilbert and William Hecht, Norbert Mauch, Alfred Oeffling, Dawson Trifle, Jerry Cristy, IX Corps, Korea ---Prank R. Ebner, 23, whose wife, Pat, lives at 3117 N. Normandy, Chicago, was recently promoted to sergeant while serving with the 86th Field Artillery searchlight battery in Korea. Ebner is searchlight commander in the battery which is fur-, nishlng night-time illumination for engineer construction projects. The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Erber, Route 8, McHenry, Sgt. Ebner is a veteran of tweatyrone months Army service. SAFETY DRIVE State highway patrolmen started Monday to take safedriving pledges from motorists, who will receive gold star stickers for their vehicles. In the The diamond is the birthstone for the month of April. Groundhog Day, Feb. 2j is also known as Candlemas Day. Ben Franklin On Green Street McHenry, 1U. Harry Mueller, Art Fenske, Otto presence of an officer, drivers Mueller, A. K. Lakeberg and sign the reverse side of the star, Clifford JCiehl. bearing the inscription, "Pledge Ida Ann Quinlan is the able to Illinois state police to drive club accompanist. with courtesy and safety." Purchase Agreements For | Hold Annual Ban&V Corn Available To May 28 Orchestra Dinner Bert Bridges, chairman of the McHenry county ASC committee, wishes to remind all farmers who intend to seal their 1953 corn that the county office will no longer take applications but The annual band and orchestra dinner was held in the school cafeteria last week Wednesday night, with 135 • students and guests present. Gold pins were presented to FreAtebfe Milk Buying large quantities o4L daiff feed pays only when milk pricei are extra good. And a good feel production program is beneficial only when it is based on feeding eows prope** amounts according to weight, milk production, and physical condition. ' " that purchase agreements for P16 followjn& seniors who haW?* been members of the band or orchestra for four years: Jean and Joan Weber, Adele Schmitt, „ „ Dorothy Hiller, Arnold Freund, sealing corn was necessary so Bob Webei.f Donald Aeverman corn will be available through May 28. The early closing date for that samples may be sent to the state office laboratory for testing and the results received in the county office before the last working day in May. Corn moisture in a six-foot crib must be down to 15.5 per cent now. The Seven Wonders of .the World were all created by man. Read The Want Ads and JUa Jean Buss. CARS COLLIDE Cars driven by Louis Althoff and Viola Glosson collided at the intersection of Main and Third streets last Sunday morning. Only property damage was reported. • The Tammany Society in New ifork was founded by Aaron Burr. 1 1 cot* =^.ll;M!lltl>ril^llll:t'|.j'llirillir|)|;i!l!|lll|iM!lltiri!ll1!ill!ril!lil1il!l!lil!ll!til!lll!lll|:|il!ll)4flllUIIllIiltlll:lil!lill!1>l!l!lililtlU HITCH-HIKE LAW8 Illinois motorists who pick up yonnsr hitch-hikers may be laying themselves liable to prosecute for contributing to the dependency or delinquency of a minor. This wa:ning comes from Phil M. 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