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ly 23-Aug. •PRICORN >UAR1US MY ̂ -- DAD'S THE GREATEST ENTER THE PLAINDEALER'S "MY DAD'S THE GREATEST!" CONTEST. Just tell why your dad is the Greatest in fifty (50) words or less. Contest open to children Ten (10) years of age and under. P.S. Please Mom, No Help! GRAND PRIZE "e'iefs T° Marriotts GREAT AMERICA! " 1 . 1 V i All letters will be printed in our Father's Day newspaper supplement. June 15 NAME AGE ADDRESS ENTRIES MUST BE RETURNED TO THE PIAINDEALER OFFICE, 3S12 W. ELM ST. BY NOON, THUR­ SDAY, JUNE 9th. NUMBER OF BROTHERS 0 SISTERS If AGE 16 - Pl.AIMtKW.KK. FRIDAY. JUNE 3,1983 A Man Destined For Survival "I kept very quiet," he continues. "Soon an argument developed. It became so violent that one of the men pulled out a straight razor and cut the throat of a companion. A ship's officer and the shore police arrived. ...I don't know if later he was charged with aggravated assault or murder. Following the disturbance I didn't sleep very well." / Jones, like his father, entered the insurance business. He worked for several firms before landing a job in 1934 as an assistant claims superin­ tendent with Insurance Co. of North America in New Jersey. He worked long hours, but he loved his job. Jones is a man who follows his heart. "On May 10, 1940, the so-called 'phony' war came to an end," Jones writes. "The Germans inVaded Belgium and Holland. I handed my boss a copy of the Newark Evening News. 'Hitler Invades the Low Countries,' read the headline. 'I will be leaving at the end of the month,' I said. 'Ken and I are going to New Zealand to enlist.' "• .. A month later Jones and his brother enlisted in Divisional Cavalry, a reconnaissance regiment. After training they boarded a transport ship in December in Wellington to take them to the Middle East. As part of the New Zealand Division, Jones linked up with the British 8th Army in the desert. In June 1942, he got his first taste of real combat. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's forces were advancing through Egypt. The British line retreated to encampment called El Alamein. "For the first time I came under heavy fire--shelling, usually in the early morning and late afternoon, machine-gun fire from fighter planes and aerial bombing at night. Life became purgatory for friend and foe alike "During the day the heat was in­ tense, and an ever-present light wind deposited a crust of sandy dust on everyone. Water was extremely scarce + supposedly a gallon, per man per day.... We joked that we had a choice of shaving with tea or making tea out of shaving water." In the absence of wood, water was heated on sand saturated with "petrol". The stove was half an ammunition box. "Most of our water ration went for the making of tea, five or six times a day," Jones writes. The flies were worse than the Jerries. "They came in such numbers they defied control. ... In a desperate attempt to steal saliva, they would try to fly into your mouth when you were eating. They would try to get into your eyes to steal moisture from your tear ducts." Only at dusk did they disappear, and Jones fondly remembers cool nights and starlit sky. aw>fv>jWWwereaslliHlflu.ilttpwa*^ In.,January 1943, Jones was ta^ail riext morning. I decided to turn wounded in a push for Tripoli, Libya, by Kurt Begalka SHAW MEDIA KWS SERVICE • Bruce Jones, 76, probably still would be working if it weren't for a heart attack. He's had to ease up the last two years, and it's caused him to reflect on life. After 30 years, Jones is writing his memoirs. "It's for the kids," he says. "Sometime-maybe • 10, 20, 30 years from now- my kids will say to their children, 'Your grandfather served in World War II.' " Jones has lived in the United States 50 years, the last seven in Wonder Lake. He was born in Australia and has opted not to become a citizen. To do so, he would have to renounce his homeland; Jones would rather go down under. ,' His mother died shortly after birth, and his father, Richard, came to the United States because of his insurance career. j Jones and his two brothers, Alan and Ken, were raised by their grand­ mother in New Zealand. Jones writes in his memoirs: ; " 'War Fever' was at a high pitch. Young men in uniform were leaving for overseas on crowded troop ships singing "It's a Long Way to Tip- perary." I was 8 years old. 'It was all very exciting. "Grandma decided that I, too, had to do my bit. She taught me to knit, two of my schoolmasters left for f ranee treasuring, I hope, a knitted "Balaklava" cap. We raised money for Belgian Relief selling eggs and doing odd jobs. On my ninth birthday I received five shillings which I per- $onally presented to the Belgian Consulate." ; In 1923 his grandmother died and Jones' brothers looked forward to joining their father in New York. But because of immigration quotas, Jones was told he'd have to wait seven years for an entry permit. He went to sea, hoping to earn his passage to America. He got a job as a deck boy on the steamer S.S. Daphne, sailing from Auckland, New Zealand, carrying passengers and freight to small ports alfcfig the coast. fjj had to live with seven seamen aid stokers in the ship's forecastle," Jwes writes. "It was very cramped-- 01 room enough for eight berths and *|ble. It was dimly lit by a kerosene' \p. The air was bad and the bunks re infested with bedbugs. ... When ibbing the deck ... a sickening stffell came up through the floor bb|rds from putrid bilge water beneath." v$t 21, Jones traveled to England on tti "The Port Bowen" from Auckland. :?I was assigned one of eight iron biftks in the section of the forecastle jpjed by . firemen.jtnd trimmers, bedded .down next to our tank and gave me the tragic news. ... In the morning I knelt Wide his grave. I cried. I was grief stricken, b*U I was a soldier. I knew what I had to do. I stood up and said, 'Padre, I have to carry on.' He put his hand on my shoulder. 'Good boy,' he said." The sides often blurred. One night in 1944, Jones and several soldiers "rounded up two soldiers in American uniforms who had been roaming through our lines. ...We suspected that they were actually German spies identifying likely targets by firing tracer bullets at night. I was able to question them about life in the United States, and, when I received un­ satisfactory answers, we turned them in to regimental headquarters. They turned out to be Germans masquerading as Americans. I un­ derstand they were shot." In 1944 Jones was discharged. He had been in the Army four years, 196 days. "I was destined to survive," Jones writes. He had been involved in three major battles and a half dozen skir­ mishes. Richard believes his father's effort is great. The facts are accurate, but a "little underplayed," he savs with .a chuckle. Daughter, Helen, believes' the writings have drawn her closer to her roots. Jones has another 35-plus years to go on his memoirs. It took him several months last year to compile the 167 handwritten pages, between reading, gardening and sailing with his wife, Lorna. "I haven't done any of it in 1983," he says, "but I'm going to." POLICE TICKETS The City of McHenry Police Department has issued the following citations. Elmer M. Fritz, 4109 W. Crystal Lake, improper passing. Brian M. Francke, 118 Cedardell, speeding, 51 mph in a 30 zone. Bruce A. Olsen, 208 Broadway, avoiding a traffic control device. Debra A. Glen, 1205 Qutocy, speeding, 45 taph in a 30 zone. Jacqueline E. Price, 7810 Wooded Shore, Wonder Lake, speeding, 43 mph in a 30 zone. Margaret A. Thompson, 3613-D James St., speeding, 44 mph in a 30 zone. Angela M. Kollenkark, 3435 Bull Valley Road, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. John G. Bleile, 1811 W. May, speeding, 50 mph in a 35 zone, violation of restriction and failure to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle. Frank S. Accetta, 405 Lincoln Road, driving with a suspended license. David M. Byrne, 103 Augusta, speeding, 43 mph in a 30 zone. Romilda L. Franklin, 4104 Sunset, speeding, 45 mph in a 30 zone. Kurt A. Konstant, 1418 Arabian Spur, no valid registration. Dennis R. Rockenbach, 5005 Westwood, 60 mph in a 45 zone. Vincent F. Sallustio, 4112 E. Lake Shore Drive, Wonder Lake, speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Christopher E. Stilling, 1203 Oakleaf, no valid registration. Mark J. Cotteleer, 2727 Justen Montini Catholic schools graduated 56 students from eighth grade at its annual baccalaurate Mass /and commencement exercises on May 27. John Coughlin, president of Montini Catholic schools board of education, presented diplomas to the graduates after the graduation liturgy, which was concelebrated by the Reverends James G. Gaynor, Edmund P. Petit, John J. Stringini, and Walter Johnson, M M. . L On awards night, members of the class received achievement, service and attendance awards for the year. Todd Trocki and Kari Huinker received the Montini Parents association award; Gregory Schoen and Heather Conway received the American Legion award; Michael Freund and Wendy Turner received the Catholic Order of Foresters award; and Todd Trocki and Susan Sharp received the Kiwanis Merit award. The members of the graduating class are; Paul William Wisniewski, Kathleen Louise Mauer, Gregory Charles Schoen, Mary Eva Sieverin, Robert William Diedrich, Colleen Marie Huff, Raymond Scott Stojonic, Tracey Jo Marie Vivian Jane Jensen, Paul Tyler Fischer, Heather Lynn Conway, James Joseph Garrelts, Kathleen Ann Road, speeding, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Robert F. Kunz, 4307 Crestwood, speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. John V. Wrublewski, 7814 Balsum, Wonder Lake, driving under the in­ fluence, transportation of open liquor and disobeying a police officer. Mass, Eric Lloyd Nordenson, Jr., Patricia Ann Coughlin, James Robert Tague, Giovanna Maria Tonyan, Philip Leon Krepel, Susan Michelle Bassi, Mark C.< Widhalm, Janet LeAnn Sena, Lawrence Arthur Nelson, Susan Marie Sharp, Michael Allen Freund, Kathryn Denise Byr­ nes, Stephen Arnold Erickson, Sean Patrick Gahgan, Paul Barry Seavey, Matthew Nelson Roy, Julie Elizabeth Major, Keith Edward Schultz, Denise Elizabeth Wiles, Anthony Phillip Melone, Sheila Marie Schmitt, Eric Christian Heinz, Tamara Lynn Verush, Matthew John Martin, Tricia Ann Pariso, John Daniel Wember, Mary Jennifer Wills, Thomas Andrew Grant, Paula Marie Wray, Kirk Kenneth Klapperich, Colleen Marie Conway, Michael Joseph Lang, Barbara Denise Berent, Peter Mark Stumpf, Wendy Ann Turner, Russell A. Hopp, Kari Marie Huinker, Roberto Betancourt, Monica Ann Hafferkamp, Tinmothy Daniel Toussaint, Amy Therese Coughlin, Brian Joseph Hoffman, David Joseph Niedospial, and Todd Andrew Trocki Healthcare Q. What is "turtle headache?" A. "Turtle headaches" are early morning headaches which plague "sleepyheads" who bury themselves beneath the blankets to catch a few more winks. Although they may sound humorous, the consequences could be serious. The headaches are probably due to lack of oxygen and a buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood, which can result when the sleeper pulls the bedcovers over his head or retracts his head under them in order to avoid daylight and go back to sleep. ii£Around 11 p.m., I was awakened by a-^runken group of men cursing and shearing." Jones was in one man's bunk, and h£*lidn't take kindly to it. .J catching shrapnel in the leg--a "souvenir" he still carries. It was also the day his brother, Ken, was killed. "Later that night the padre, Capt. Harry Taylor, came to where we were MCC Offerings For Youth Postage Stamps Two postage stamps may appear to be alike and yet, to the practiced eye of the philatelist, entirely different. That difference could spell dollars in value. It's all in the perforations. Identical appearing stamps can vary from as few as seven 'perfs' to as many as 17. Some with unusual per­ forations have become valuable collector's items. Most of today's postage stamps (and those of yester-year as well) are either square or rectangular shape. Some postage stamps have been issued only to add 'philatelic charm' and colorful variety but experienced collectors dismiss them as postage stamp* Watermark dif­ ferences in stamps can add to their value. Watermarks can be detected by and ex­ perienced eye and watermark detector. ^Duing the summer session, MCC og^ns its doors to students who are yfcanger than the usual college age, an# invites them to take classes especially designed for them. Vi addition to all the courses printed i£the summer schedule these courses fqt young people will be offered. rapid reading class for junior high afjd high school students will be of­ fered Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m from June 21 to July 14. a i»This class is not designed to correct arierious reading deficiency, but to enhance a student's reading at grade l^el. Content will include study skills, iil^reasing reading rate, com- ;hension improvement, time inagement and reading habits and ways to approach leisure and study reading. A class for cheerleading for junior high school students will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 20 to July 14 from 2 to 4 p.m Fun­ damentals and routines will be taught outdoors on campus. A beginning typing class for junior high and high school students will be held Mondays from June 13 to Aug. 8 from l to 4 p.m Fundamentals and techniques will be taught. Registration for these and all classes and seminars at MCC can be made from 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m and 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8:30 a.m. to 4 Fridays. Registration can be com­ pleted in person only. Cataract Re-lmbursement CHILD VISION Or. Milton Ross Q. A fter cataract surgery, I will be interested in glasses. However, my funds are lim­ ited. Any information you supply would be appreciated. A. If you have a diagnosis of cataract, you may qualify to receive partial payment from a Federal Agency. An item­ ized paid bill from your sup­ plier must be attached to your insurance claim. Your eye specialist will assist you in completing your claim form. II you have a question for Child Vision, write to P.O. Box f}39. Frankfort. Ken tuekv40602 « r Your Week Ahead Horoscope p Forecast Period: 6/5-6/11/83 2/ $R1ES An invitation to share in a happy e- fiar. 21-Apr. 19 vent with a dear one comes to you. Make travel plans. 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