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inrTm^rrwrr. •V '.~ r ' - .'M &/; ; •- J Volume 68 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1944 No. 43 SPECIAL DEEDS OF LOCAL BOYS INTEREST MANY POSTMASTER OF RICHMOND DIES AT HOME THERE Earl Bower, Richmond . postmaster for many years, died at. his home there pji Sunday, March 12, 1944, Sfter an illness of several weeks. He was one of the county's best known ! citizens, having been associated wrth LeROY HETTERMANN OUR •the old Donavan bank in Woodstock : N E W E S T E N S I G N . 1 " '$b. COUNTY MEETING OF LEGION TO BE HELD IN M'HENRY McHENRY MEN ARE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT TUESDAY WOODSTOCK BOYS ARE LISTED AS DEAD, MISSING COMMENDED FOR WORK " - ?the proud possessor of his nivy'f wings of gold is Le~Roy Hettermann, t son of Henry Hettermann of Johnsburg, who enjoyed a few days visit- j ing friends and relatives here last I week following his graduation as a7 flyer and his commission as ensign. ; Although it is impossible to keep an 1 accurate check on our more than 500 servicemen, to our knowledge Le'-; Roy is "the second local boy to receive his navy wings. On March 8 he was graduated from the advanced flying school at, Corpus Christi, Texas, with a class of seventy-two. LeRoy entered service on a historic date, Nov. 11, although the memorable year for him L/R. BENSTON SPEAKER t OF EVENING . Two McHenry men were injured Mfriously on Tuesday evening of this week when th? autd in which they were riding was struck by another car driven by Joe Denbar of Fox River Grove. The accident occurred on a curve between Cary and Crystal MARINE WAS KILLED AT pLake about 6:10 p. m., the two -Mc* •". »,.•§:<$tARAWAv i';'.;-;-:- j Henry men being enroute from Cary • „ - ;/' the honor ' A Woodstock marine and a Wood* hosts to^the County Legion meeting JJJ-"dl"n (SiowS ^ stock army'man. are the latest castfme all and 'M>vC.- Schniidt of this :dty -was \n the county. On March 9 also discharged m<in of this war are^ drivin£ his car, accompanied by Rob- |^lv «nd-.Mw. Harlfey C. Barker pf invited to attend. Paul Yanda. Com-ert K™x, when he was struck by ihe mander of. American T e&ion Post east bound car. Denbar, traveling eminent that their son, Corp. 491 McHenry-' announces that I- M" a fast rate of speed., was; unable Barker, 23, pf the murines, ,» t j-' r to make the curve without driving was killed ni action on. Nov. 20 at R-. Benston, department service off.- theS^ when he Tarawa. He had beep reported miss, I cer of the American Legion from ^/°"a ,n<? •-acK ,""e' an<* wnen. ne int. _inr„ jminarv - • i Chicago will be the guest speaker at .^e local men they were said, to .SUTCe : the County Council meeting here oh driving on the shoulder of the , the night of March 23. v- TTie meeting is to be held in the . , „ 4 ou . K. C. hall, Green and Elm streets takei\to Sherman hosp.ta , where it at 8 p.m; William R. Cairns, county wai d,sclosed that the^ latter was service officer of McHenry county, suffenng with a brpken leg, broken has asked all Post service officers in ?05\e' ^ ®. a.OUj ac^ a"d ln" juries to his hand. Mr. Schmidt was brought to his home here, where he 'is-confined to his bed, suffering from ; road. Both Denbar and Knox w'e r e Corporal Barker made his. home in Woodstock for several .years prior COMMUNITY HIGH TO LOSE ANOTHER TEACHER TO ARMY MALCOLM McINTYRE TO •V BE INDUCTED SOON >'V yj i-Not- only students and faculty / ; j ifte/hbers .of,the local high school but ^ . i the great many people who hkve be- ' come acquainted with Majcolm 51c- Intyre durinir the past two 'yertra -iWere sorry to . leani- .this ,week".that"' ;' %iH be leaving our city soon to • " • • CURTIS G. NETVMAN KARL B O \ \ ; : R facial cuts for inany years. Some time ago he was named postmaster of Richmond, •i position he held with great efficiency for a long period of time. Mr. Bower is survived by his wi low. he former ^Gladys Thome of Woodstock, and a son, Thomas, He was '4 years of age. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p. ni., from the Ehorn funeral home i n Richmond and at 2:30 from the Community church there. NEWS ABOUT OUR SERVICEMEN McHenry county to bring their problems to this meeting, because this ' will be an opportunity to present ... ... . • . , various types of problems to the artd "b fractures and department service officer. The American Lesion is now busily engaged in handling claims Pf veterans of ^Vorld Wa^ II. '" Already some fifty thousand disabled men have been - discharged to the State of Illinois, and eighteen thousand claims have been filed for these boys with the aid of various post sei'vidt* the American Legicn. Served in 1917 1 Mr. Benston served with the frst Wisconsin Guard on the Mexican Bbrder in 1916. He returned to service in the spring of 1917 with his regimental division, becoming .a; part of the famous 32nd DivisicihV: SIX FROM HERE' ARE INCLUDED IN LATE S THIRTY SEVEN ACCEPTED BY BOARD ONE SKi * ! join Uncle Sam's vast army. " Th)^;; ' ] tirhe local schopls have not onlvv Idst •-.T^ne teacher but two, for Mrs. Mcr Intyre had taught in. the Harrison ] school at Woridtr Lake since last fall, | resigning March a v hen it became '{evident that her husband would socn With all the grim hews that war leave. ' ° ' ; brings, it is with genuine pleasure; The Mclntyres catr.e to McHehry • that we take note of the advance- !n the fa„ 0f 1942 from Galena, Ilfc ments of our boys ami girls in ser- where he had ,a ht tor tw, ye^. vice. This week f it is Sgt. Curtis He was here dn]y a short tlme^en , Newman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W bwame known by one ani ui| ^ Newman. •: of-.. \Ves.t-_ McHenry,, that jugt „ this same, friendly per.;; takes the» spotlight for a recent com, sonality which him fnena^ in niendation. At the recent quni tei ly 4uch a ghort time ha^ made'hiM oha inspection Barracks. of the mt>st 0 ular teachefs i;i cur it was displosed'"that Sgt. C urtis G- school todav. i Newman, a'member of the headquai - ;c Mr. Mclntvre nitive of Perters snua.lrqn and assistant inspector i wyn an.j attended Mort6n of funds of the air inspectorsde-^j^ the University of. Iili^, nartment." v\ as deserving of cominen- graduating from Northern I'l'm^is I.' ROY 11 KIT! "KM A XX will always be 1942. , •After taking civilian pilot training at Kenosha arid Madison, Wis., he went to Iowa City. Ia.. where,he took his pre-fliifht. training in the school there. Last summer he spent at Glenview, where he took his primary training and since September has been . in Corpus Christi, Texas, •which is an intermediate and "advanced training base. Following graduation ceremonies on Wednesday" of last week, LeRoy flew north and arrived in McHenry on Thursday. HQ_ left Monday for Atlanta, Ga., where he will take further training for an indefinite period of time. Hie expects to fly twin engine planes. The first local navy flyer was Ensign Tom Harrison, son of the Pink Harrisons of Pistakee Bay, who also received his wings and commission at Corpus Christi several months ago. I Lieut. George E. Johnson, son" of: ['Mr. and' Mis. George H. Johnson of 1406 Mai" Street, W. McHenry', has b e e n p r o m o t e d from the rank of second lieutenant t o t h a t p f f i r s t . lieutenant at South Plains army air field at Lubbpck, > ^ Texas. Lieut. John- ^ son is a tow pilot- .at SPAAF and pilots one of the big planes which tows Uncle Sam's giant cargo and troop carrying gliders. He is a graduate of Mcltenry Community High School and w^is a student at the University of Illinois. In civilian life he was associated with an electric company. L. R. BENSTON The names of thirty-seven^ selectees, twenty-four for army duty and thirteen for service with the nayy, were released ^this week and include the following: •Navy Call Wo< :kt'»ck iLELV|Nt;6i-.^EET.- .;'••• Marengo -FELIX A; MACK JOHN R. LONDON RAI.ril M. LOCKHART . Hebron Jt)SEPH A. HOREHLED .> ltingw od WALTER L. LARSEN Harvard ROBERT' J. STRALEY . LAWRENCE F. BAUMAN RICHARD L. STEKN JUNIOR DICKINSON W. McHenry ROBERT L. KAMHOLTZ ' - ; Other Places • ELL WOOD GOODSIJt^ toiStville. 111. : HARVEY H. WATTS, Racine, WIB. 'Army Call ^ KAV;,iOXP I'AKKKi; dation for his efficient and thorough state Teachers college at DeK-lb ia inspection of unit and similuir funds. 1940 Fonovving this he acc-med a which is reflected, in the drastic im-, . • provement of the condition of all unit and similar funds of this stntion." The above letter, by Lieut V Colonel Carl J.'.Stumpf,was sent te S. W. Fitzeerald, Brigadier General who in a return statement commcnd ; ed, Sgt. Newman on this indication of efficiency and ability mi re to entering the service in 1942. He 'qupstfed that the original ef th'» let has a brother. Elbridge,who has ente1' °f commendation be sent to 'Hip listed in the merchant marines and and a copy filed as; part of his lier is waiting his.call. : " manent record, James E. Jones . The McHenry soldie#, prior : ie On konday of this week came the entering service, was an accounting news that Corporal James; E. Jones, student at the University of Illinois '27'-ye»r-cld nephew' of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis graduated from the local, high Charles Waldo of Woodstock, is listed school in 1937, where he Was pop^ ;<s niM'ng in action. Corp. Jones had with faculty and students ali^. made his home in that city for sever- -- al v«ars. having teen employed at the Alemite before enlisting in' the army. .. ' It is thought that the young mar was reported missing while 1n one j.of the battles in Italy. He' was a MESSAGES [ROM MEN IN SERVICE MALCOLM McINTYRE New on our list pf servicemen is Howard Shepard, who is at the naval station at Sampson, " New York. Recent transfers include Clarence Freund from Nashville, Tenn., to Moultrie, Ga.; Norman E. Blomgren from Tonapah, Nev., to New York; and W. H. Zerby from Nashville, Tenn., to Fort Jackson, S. Carolina. Enjoying leaves at their homes last week were LeRoy Hettermann, who recently received his wings at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Robert Newkirk of Olathe, Kansas. We have received word that Pfc. Lyle Franzen^bf the signal corps is now an instructor at Camp Murphy, Fla. • R. J. Sutton of Santa Maria, Calif., is enjoying a furlough at Ms home here. . (Photo by Worwick) THOMAS HARRISON • Ensign Harrison enjoyed a fcave at his home here a few weeks ago. This week his family received word that Tom is in northwest Africa. After being home in January, he reported to Norfolk, Va., and after being there three weeks left for overseas. He has been in .service since September 8, 1942. Camouflage Specialist v Servicemen from our community U« now Engaged in almost every kind of work. We have Edward Murphy serving in Australia doing secret service; Frank Martin in New Jersey servicing blimps; "<Billy" Phalin and Martin Cooney studying radar; and numerous others, each in his' own interesting field. However, this week we have word of the first local boy-to act as a :amouflage specialist. Staff Sergeant Henry B. Tonyan, 22. a lecturer and guide with the school, is the* son of Mrs. Elizabeth Tonyan of McHenry. He has been in the army a year and a half. A graduate of McHenry high school, in 1938. he worked in civilian life with the Tonyan Constructon company. • • The course . of instruction is carefully balanced. Lectupes are alternated with class-participating demonstrations. v Groups move from booth to Wpth in carnival fashion, and guides conduct classes On a tour of exhibits. Individual concealment and the maximum use of natural cover are stressed. The employment oft arti- .(Continued on last page} ] Vandalena Diedrich, a McHenry WAC stationed at Norfolk, Va., is enjoying a ten-day furlough at the home of her parents, the Jacob Diedrichs. Also visiting at *his home here is James FVisby of Fdrt Bragg. N. Carolina. ' ' ' and served for twenty-two months in France. He entered the service i Woodstock as a private and was discharged as HAROLD F WILLE a second lieutenant. Marengo ' His service with the American Le- RICHIE R. SPEARS gion dates from April 1922. Since CLARENCE F. BUESING that date, he has been responsible! -EDMUND R. GOETZ ' for the handling of many thousands GILBERT G. CROCKER of claims of Illinois veterans who Alden were disabled as the result of ser- HARRY A. LlNDOW vice in World War 1 and is now McHenry busily engaged in extending the same THOMAS L. DIEDRICH type of service to Veterans pf World FREDERICK L. HUEMANN - War II and their families. ' t J HAROLD B. SMITH The American Legion of Illinois GORDON J. SCHMITT operates the largest service depart- itarvard ment of any state in the union, and JOHN W. MUMFORD the American Legion of Illinois has, RALPH Q. WENDLING " on many occasions, been awarded the &USSELL J. SCHULTZ National Service Trophy symbolic of DEAN M. SWENSON the best type of service rendered Hebron during any given year to the disabled KEITH M. RANKINS veterans and their dependents. Hart land ' The Service Department of "the JOHN K. TORNOW • American Legion has been in exist- Richmond ence since 1919 and is financed" main- ROLAND E, WILSON ly by the annual Poppy Sale conduct- Other Places ed by the Americaij. Legion and the JAMES M. WOLF, Chicago. American Legion Auxiliary through- ALFRED E. ALLMAN, JR., Chiout the state. The service program cago. of the American Legion costs ap- LEO J. HEINZ, JR., DesPlaines. proximately *40,000X0 a_ year and GLENN L CARI^N^aukegan. [time ^ but relativcs have been un. maintains headquarters in Chicago ROBERT W. ANDERSQ^, Chicago. bie to ascertain whether he was in and the elaims offic Hines. l.li- ALBERT W. BELL. Uk« Geneva, i ^ position as deisigning engineer in Chicago, but three months later went to Galena for his first teaching job. V.:V• 'i. in,-;; There he remained for two years, D^r It* Moshe*: coming to McHenry to take over the Ju.«t a few lines to thank you for trades department. The . many fine inserting in the Plaindealer my re- accomplishments of his classes are cent letteh It. was P1"0^ of his ability as .a teacher and sincerely apprecia- b°ys' respect and genuine feeling ted. Since vou have friendship for him makes his* dechanged to my parture even more to be regretted, i cc»rrect A. P. O.,! Co-operative Spirit the paper has! One of the chief reasons for the reached me very I Mclntyres* popularity during their frequently. Receiv- short residence here*has been their ing such a homey spirit of sociability and co-operation, paper takes away Mrs. Mclntyre has worked untiringly some of the home- in Red Cross work and with the sick feeling which Girl Scouts and he has been generous a fellow has when with his time in helping the Boy so far away from Scouts. In addition, both have taught 411 Mis loved ones. ' aid classes. , ; I wish to send to you and your When Mr. Mclntyre leaves for in- ! staff a very happy Easter greeting. duction March 22, he will be replaced ! Sorry to be so brief but feel quite for the next few months by Arden • tired tonight so off to bed I am going. Frisbie of Greenwood, a t r a d e.s * 1 Please keep your fine paper coming teacher with peveral years of experas it sure helps to endure the mess; ience. The position at the Harrison of this war. Be seeing you, VJIMMY" SHEEHAN, P. M. New York, N. Y. JAMES E. JONES j school formerly held by Mrs. Mci Intyre has now been taken over by | Mrs. Donald Blount. j Several gatherings, including a pot-luck supper by the faculty, have be^n given this wieek by their friends Local Dear Mose: - ^ I enjoyed gettin^back to McHenry in honor of their departure, and seeing all my friends artd I residentgjhvill be eagerly awaiting the still enjoy reading about them in the day whin the Mclntyres return to I hope you notice the McHenry, "Mac"-to resume his teach member of the Rangers, one of Uncle Sam's toughest outfits, and had been in service since February plaindealer. 10, 1941. He was cVne of the first address on the envelope. It will get ing duties. volunteers from ..cHenry county. me paper jn mUch less time. Th'e He .was wounded in action some base I'm at now is sort ©f a recupera- Mary Endres Is Appointed ttiinonn Hbanesoe*; ftVhiaatt >Aiss , iift"cs sciumpnpAoissoeHd fton .:; a • , , m 1 Everyone here has been overseas. Assistant Superintendent My idea of recuperation is lots ef : ,. „ , Purpje Heart award is now in the sack duty (lying in bed) and liberty. Mrs" Mary ^nd^s. , "r-1 j -- '»-• 1 -- * ^ ° don't believe ifn past four years has -been an m- Roy Groom of McHenry was called by the Lake County draft board last week. . . Walter Nichels, who has! been transferred from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Salt Lake City, Utah, hag been visiting relatives here. nois. This service also includes the Wis. child welfare program; ./ALBERT. P- FRANZ Chicago. |possession of the Waldo8. As long They apparently employment service. ^ u proof that the v^r department te as there is still a possibility that either oJe All local Legionnaires, as well as attempting to co-operate to the ut-jCorp. Jones has been taken prisoner, ! ffiijeerely men discharged from service in this most in aiding military officials in a his many friends are not giving up! " /> BILL BifCON war, are cordially invited to attend successful invasion is evidenced by hope of his eventual gafe return. and bring their problems to the the great number of men who are; meeting. being called by local draft boards in . -- ' . • • ' / • r e c e n t w e e l c s . T w o w e e k s a g o B o a r d R e c e n t R e d C r O S S D M V ® THANK YOU! TVo called up for army and navy ^ Greatly Exceeds Quota ••\|j|e Plaindealer is most sincerely service ninety-eight men, last week 1 V I they asked for eighteen and this week who for the Camp Parks, Calif. structor in the >Griswold Lake rural school, has been named by Superin- I tendent McCannon to take the place of Mrs. Ada Manning as assistant superintendent. Mrs. Manning was forced to resign because of illness, i Mrs. Endres, whose husband is iff ,, , service, is a graduate of WrestOTH You 11 never know gtate Teachers college and from Macomb. Dear Mr; Mo«heir I finally receivecf my first copy of; * the Plaindealer Recent transfers include George M. Freund- fi*>m Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to Fort Myer, Fla.; Richard Williams from New Wilmington, Pa., to Indiantown Gap, Pa.; Gerald M. Bauer from Normal}, Oklahoma, to Camp Howze. Texas; and Eugene F. Geary j from Hunter Field, Ga., to New Yo(rk,! in care of the postmaster, t. --• Eugene Unti. who has been enjoying a lengthy furlough following action in North Africa, left Tuesday for Georgia, where he wiU be stationr | 'ed. ^ R : Supt- G- H- Duker' Chairman' off ?e°I«e^'tufa'BR.rnSt fn.n,' McH?nry sented to uk by Paul Yanda and_his w_e,.hav.e. „ „ the cRed Cross drive in McHenry mother and dad. but of course theyj school musical organizations. This only one of these being from Mc- township, has announced that al- can't|give me all the current news; jfjss DONATE BLOOD. Laura Weber, Mrs. Helen band concert, the entire proceeds be ing given for sending more papers to servicemen and women. money was the result of the recent ready the drive has exceeded the: in aiid around McHenry. so I want a^~ daughter. Dorothy, quota by more than 50 per cent. A . to give you my sincerest thanks for Chicago callers last Saturday, where they made their first donation to the The copy I received was the Sep- blood' bank there. i.v . .. . ",,-a w o-n i tember 16 issue. I have had quite a; --"--*----- % a s y e 3 °S : H % u r e W g o f e w c h a n g e s o f a d d r e s s s i n c e y o u W A R B O N D S w i l l b r i n g o u r f i g h t ' even ig er. ^ mailed this copy. I would appreciate ing men back home sooner. it very much if you senAthd Plaindealer new aTOess NOTICE V Don't, forget to show your Irish spirit this- Friday evening by attend-' ingi the public card party at 'St., Patrick's church. ! A mong the Sick George Nett of Camp Crant, 111.,' spent the weekend with his parents here. ^ ; ficial materials is also demonstrated but detailed information is given for the substitution of field expedients for each item exhibited. Effective camouflage, simply constructed, with, few tools and materials, constitutes the theme of instruction. j Floyd Covalt has been a medical patient at St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, since last Friday morning When he was taken suddenly ill. Harold Stilling underwent surgery at .St. Therese hospital last week. Phillip Doherty has been promoted j to thfe rank of corporal at Camp Chaffee, Ark.1 ' . names from nearby communities that will be familiar to local residents The complete list follows;. Woodstock PHILIP N. PARKS ROBERT L. HENDERSON FRANCIS J. HALEY CLARENCE W. LIMBAUOH CORDON H. ROGMAN EDWARD R. STANGER DONALD J. BLODGETT / .FREDERIC R. IRVINE V ARTHUR C. EVANS R WILLIAM E. LEHMAN . / LELAND B. KORTEMEIER » - MELVIN G. OLSEN „ • RUSSELL N. MITCHELL » WILBERT H. GAYLORD ROLAND B. McCANNOM ' ARTHUR L. EISENMENGfeg WILLIAM E. GAULKE BOGER H. RUPPERT GEORGE H. SEIBEL total of $2,800 has been collected, j placing me on your mailing' list. With the original quota set at $ 1,800. j All returns have not been turned (Continued on last page.) Jlep. Boiger Announces I dealer to me at the newlftWeessv-^If Candidacy For Re-election you would do this I would get the ia i paper much faster. State Representative Thos. A. Bol- j Here in New Guinea I have met |ger ha* announced his candidacy for j fellows from all, corners of the re-election. He was first elected to States, but so far I haven't been this office in tKe year 1930 and is lucky enough to run. into any of now completing his seventh term. . the fellows from^ McHenry. Rep. Bolger's opponent at the, I have been over here two years primary is Theodore Ruesch, of Zion, now, and I'm, waiting very eagerly who was the Democratic candidate for that day when I can come home Ibr state senator in 1940. < Guy Bacon, who htts' been serving in the Hawaiian Islands, is now stationed at Farragut, Idaho.' again and meet my friends of old. It has been so long since I've been back to McHenry, I'm afraid I will hardly (Continued on Fhr«)