The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

* 5 * 1 w* » t #*•» . * «,•>"»6 * v r«&» «a&-^•>•>i*u^«i^wg3foyif* -*^\mi*^-*M"<?<*?**x^e**#f»& v ***.**•. * ***„->. ^ > -#"_•' *VT : " *'.. '^>. •' • J^'>" J *"'^V' ,, «>'|.5% s-,#<^»> w'1 «•-'-*-* *. » - • ( ' V\># >\" -J:* * s ' , . "\' ' *•••: ,r-^ ?--->'~., , j Volume .68 McHEXRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1944 €HM§ PUBLIC SCHOOL GIVES DIPLOMAS, AWARDS^MAY 31 PAROCHIAL GRADUATION NEXT SUNDAY UNTI BROTHERS SERVE OVERSEAS \ Or. Wednesday morning;, May 81, Ml Award Day program was held in Che public grade school gymnasium before an assembly of the school children and teachers. The program opened with the Presentation of Colors by a Color Guard of Boy Scouts followed by Miss Mary Kinney's presentation of awards to the members of the G. A. A. The boys who had won letters in athletics, the Patrol boys and children who had * done special school service received their awards from Mrs. Jennie Mae Richardson. Several children received certificates for scholastic merit and Carol Olsen for perfect attendance. Paul Yanda, commander of the local American Legion post, presented the Legion awards to Mary Ann Stoffel and Richard Peterson. This honor is given annually to a girl and boy of the eighth grade who kave possessed courage, shown bility and good citizenship, scholarship and a fine school attitude. This interesting program was concluded by the singing of patriotic songs by the whole assembly. Following is a list pf this year's eighth grade graduates of the public jgrade school: Receive Diplomas ItARY LOU BOKGEN CLARICE BUCHEKT JAY COUNIHAN |(ETTY LOU FISHER ROBERT FRENCH KATHLEEN GREEN VIRGINIA GROTTHUSS LAWRENCE HAUG V.:'/'.:|iORETTA HUNTER GALE KENNEBECR - KENNETH LAWRENCE HARRIET LOCK MARY LEE McCARROLL DAVID PAGE ROBERT PEISERT XJAROL PETERSON RICHARD PETERSON ' MARY ANN STOFFEL JOSEPHINE CARVER The graduation exercises of the eighth grade pupils of St. Mary's- St. Patrick's school will take place in St. Mary's church next Sunday, June 4, at the 8:30 high mass. Rev. Msgr. Charles S. Nix will address the gradaates and distribute the diplomas and the high mass will be sung by the St. Mary's adult choir. The follow- « ing will receive their diplomas on this occasion. / Graduates STANLEY FRANKj|h'" ROBERT FREUND EUGENE FREUND ' WALTER FREUND KEVIN HANLEY , RICHARD HEUSER ;RC>3ERT MILLER JAMES WEGENER GEORGE WORTS " MARGARET BOLAER MARION GRACE CONWAY MARY JEAN DOHERTY , JOANNE FREUND ; VIRGINIA FREUND PATRICIA HENN JOANNE KNOX IAORRAINE MICH ELS V : IK>ROTHY PFANNENSTILL " |JLAR1ANNE ROGKRS L1LA MAE ROSING • DOLORES VALES JOYCE WEBER , ^ ' FOUR LOCAL g DEATHS OCCUR DURING WEEK JU>MZS SADDENED OVE& HOLIDAY WEEKEND' Even after* many long and useful \ years, it is never easy to see old' friends depart from this life. The accompanying lonliness, however, canvot be compared with that which comes with the untimely passing of yeyith. Such a sorrow was experienced in MeHenry this past week in the death of Cletus AlthofT, 25, who passed away unexpectedly while "vis-j iting at his home here. Cletus was born on August 10,, 1919, at Pistakee Bay, and with the j exception of the past two and onehalf years, had always made his home in MeHenry. He attended St. IN BtlUTARY BAND SUPERVISED SUMMER 4 PLAYGROUND PROGRAM STARTS NEXT MONDAY GEORGE C. MITCHELL Although only living in MeHenry for a very short time, Corp. George •> / Photo by A.. Worwick, MeHenry EUGENE UNTI /,HARRY UNTI Justly proud of two fighting soris ! Camp Wheeler, Ga. "Geno" is a are Mr. and Mrs. John Unti, whose graduate of the MeHenry Community Mary's school and graduated from *?Uee"e and ,Harry- are serving high school with the class of i940. the Community high school in 1937. liai^- it. , . f ,, -- -r- -- -- with the army and navy respectively. Harry Unti. AM 3/C, entered the phe next year he enrolled at DeKalb* u *ocal /° as many good turnout next Monday night. Corp Eugene, better known to his service of Uncle Sam's navy on! Stat* Teacher's collwe and finished Z 6 fre r many y!ars* L^The summer playground program, j under the direction of "Mac," will) again be . 'maintained this summer, J f>TTie City Council, the Public Grad*" School board and the High School board ant sponsoring the activity. The supervised play program will be held at the city park starting 9 o'clock" - each morning. "Mac" will also be at the park each afternoon until 3:30,- : after which he will supervise tennli play on the high school tennis courts, All children and young people of th<r community who are not working aril urged to take part in the play program. If any groups are interested, twilight or night soft ball leagues will be organized. - This program a(U1 start next Mon* day morning, June 5. One of the i activities on this first day will be a ; softball game between the East side ! and the West' side. Adults interested in tennis,, croquet or similar sports will find their rec- i COMMENCEMENT ON HIGH SCHOOL teli SPECIAL AWARDS-TO BE PRESENTED C - C. Mitchell by his friendly personal- reatjon hourg from r>:3() p ni j i;ntU ity, probably became as well ac- dark lt i{( hoped that there ig a j ^ "j . . , --- ---.State college , • . ... .. , fnends as ;Ge„o." and the .Her aon, Mareh 11, 1943 and ,-eceived hi, oot hi5 »tudi« ther. in 1989. For some ' f fTT'.tT u"" u has- ln serv,f,e ®ince ^ - 2'--3- training at G- re• at -L ak- es. H-- e served time he was employed at Johns Man- Wisconsin and lived in Woodstock 1942. He received five m&nths of in Louisiana for a short period and , ville in Waukegan, and in The wi training at Camp Stewart, Ga., and left the States ten months ago. His Qf 1942 made his home nnter for several years, where he was employed. He was inducted into the later » M overseas. After com-' address is now New York. in"c,re oi ;4e'r"e"he" wmk^ toTt* HlbSS: ghZZ 'pSii'ln "he ^Itory ftl"5 °".e y"l ^"rVj™..in.N,,^h-!he.P?stmast';r- . He «>• Spencer company. Sine the spring Sii'Ce""batUHor"uter.l'at employed as tjmeSi he was stationed in Chicago * « • , A i t « . -- ojwnvci tvmipaii). oiii1 Afnca, he was sent back to the local high school, graduating with 0f 1943 he had been foreman of the linoleum department at £• of Sears Roebuck & company in Bos- States to serve as an instructor at the class of 1941. !SELECTIVE SERVICE UCCOAPCO TDMl BOAKD ONE RELEASES MtOOAbtO TnUM ARMY ANDNAVY CALL OCDUipC The following registrants have nlELll •" UtllwIUt h f^i 5n.duC"°n fi in.to th^i --- - ' Plete ™thout mentioning a few fam-. and "promoting" the .sale'oiTwar'"b^ids. £'ll for t 1 tK SUCl ' Dear Mr. Mosher: iliar characteristics which so many ^ tour however. came to an beat ZJrt ™ T* through j tll()u-ht it just about time I ^ without success to achieve. In abrupt end when the Illinois rive. Many relatives and friends of the 1944 graduates of the local high school were in attendance last Sunday eveni.ng at Baccalaureate service, one of the last of the programs honoring the senior class. The address of the evening was very ably presented by Rev. Prank Miller of Warren. 111., who spoke on the in- 'ongress hotel, at Greenville,- Two.-MeHenry men are receiving dividual aims of each of the grad- NEWS ABOUT OUR SERVICEMEN f M , HI-. a°d in January of 1943 was sent their initial naval indoctrination at uates in life following the close of on, ass. e a ive om® to Mount Vernon, 111., where he the 13. S. naval draining center. Great school. He especially urged each to from there on May 13 UK spend underwent intensive' training and' wa, : ' Mothers Day and a week s vacation on ecia, detail work ,n the gprinjf; with his parents, Mr. and pfe. Louis of that year his battalion the . YV central and southern part of-Illinois A life s resume would not be com- for purpose 0f building up morale local board no. 'Sarrard ' " ROBERT C. SCHROEDER feichfmind WILLIS IVAN STANIPI,: Crystal Lake HAROLD O'DONNELL Rockford ROBERT j. MCCARTHY Capron RONALD E. MORRIS Champaign HANS J. BIERMANN. Marengo EARL S. ISHINO ATSUSA SAKUMA The following registrants have been ordered for induction into the U. S. navy through local board no 1. This is the first call for the Navy. N*vy • *• Harvard FLOYD E. KRETCHMBB FREDERICK W. NOTHNAGpt Woodstock • DONALD R. HAZLETT HAROLD A. POLNOW Alden WALTER W- VIERCK Klgin RAYMOND H. DRALLE WALTER W. PLOTE JAY F. SLOCUM Sawye^ Wis. WILLIAM E. OSBORN V * dropped you a line to let you know *ddition to possessing a keen mind, overflowed its banks and the entire that I'm still get- "u,'n£ ^is school days he was popu- wa8 st.nt to aid in holdinK ting the Plaindeal- ^or t.^ie &dditional qualities of a bacj- flCO(] waters and to help all right. I co"°Perat:ive attitude, dependability, evacuate Jhe people from their homes. Lakes, 111. Their remember that whatever their seboot training con- condary aim might be. their primary sists of instruction aim should be serving God. Followin seamanship, mil- ing his talk, the mixed chorus, under Itary drill and gen- the direction of Miss Lucia Rauseh, eral naval proce- entertained with several well renderdure. During this ed numbers, including a patriotic period a series of cTioral fantasie. aptitude tests «will On Friday night, June 2, combe taken by the' mencement exercises will be held oa recruits to deter-, the high school grounds, beginning mine whether they at 8:15 o'clock. Two members of really enjoy every cheerfulness and a certain dogged de- jn jaimary of 1944 he was sent to will be iu>signed to a naval service; the senior class will be the speakers copy of it and will termma on to d0 tlle be^t of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., but only for school or to immediate active duty at' of the evening, the two chosen by take this oppor- "j? he set out to accom- a short time. In a few weeks a Their recruit training com- their classmates this year being tunity to see my ^ , w u > large number, of the battalion re- pleted, those men will spend a period Grace Bolger and Harold Miehels. cousins, Ray and At leas^ on® of MeHenry s success- turned to Fort Sheridan to be re- of leave at home. Thfy are George Other features of the evening will Alvin Blake. They *.ul orKamzat,ons,-the loung People s ciassified. George among them. This Roeske, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray- the announcement of the two stocame to the island Athletic association, owes much to tjmc be wtus piaceti in an ennineer mond Biesecker, Route 2, and Law-1 dents of the senior class, one boy just before we hiiri as one of its founders and as outfit and five weeks later was on rence J. LaMeire, 23, husband of and one girl, who have been chosen Mrs. Goldie LaMeire, Route 2. by vote of the student body and fae- I ulty as most deserving of the Legion shoved off. It's a '*s ^rst president. He was also a ^jg way overseas. small world they tennis enthusiast and for many years According to a recent letter to his | say anti that's an "P^eld the honor of the city and wjfCi the former Sylvia Snyder, at Robert M. Buckles, 22, son of Mr. j awards; also the presentations example. school teams as well as bringing to onc time a teacher in the local high and Rfrs. R. M. Buckles, Rt. 1, Ingle- awards to the five honor students. We arrived up here in these islands! himself personal triumphs by his; gchool, he had arrived safely in Eng- side. 111., is receiving his initial naval | Grand finale of the program will in time to see the entire show of * playing. | land and in addition to being an indoctrination at the U. S. naval j be the United Nations concert, dar~ invasion. When we landed there • . rea' faith in God mtist surely engineer has been placed in a mili- training center. Great Lakes, 111. His 1 ing which thirty flags will be diswere still snipers on the loose and "e 'n our. ardent belief in His will, tary and dance orchestra. He also recruit training completed, the sea- played while the band and mixed also plenty of dead Nins. j Such, a iaith, realized by so few, was entertained on the trip over in his man will spend a fjeriod. of leave at chorus unite in patriotic melodies. There was plenty of fcork at first; a tPrjze possession of the deceased, own inimitable drumming style, and home. i This portion of the program will be but now that we are well situated • an^ |n ^at knowledge there is con- be an(j bjs troupe have now become . .<'; •. • , under the direction of Miss Locia things aren't so bad. We get fSd so'at»on for his family and host of to the service officer as Topeka Army Air Field, Topeka, Rausch and Paul Yanda. • * " a ^ . /wtAMila ' I . •• - - --- " • v 'M YOUNG GIRL DIES HT FIRST DROWNING AT V - WONDER LAKE, 1944 are doing {hese days. It's also one very good compared to what it used friendsto be. ! X^e . body rested at the Peter M. There's not much else in the line Justen funeral home until Monday of news so I'll have to say good morning at 10 o'clock, when a sol- > emn requiem mass was sung at St. j Mary's church. Rev. Riegelsperger, j MSC, was Celebrant, Rev. Paul Tuchlinsky, deacon, Rev. Frank Miller,' sub deacon, and Rev. Clarence Then- f nes, Master of Ceremonies. Msgr. j C. S. Nix was present in the sanctuary. Burial; Was in the church cemetery. . Survival's, besides his parents, are four sisters: Mrs. Charles Vycital (Mary, McHenny; Mrs. Robert Beck- "Mitchell and his Wind Jammers." ON DUTY AT SEA night for now. Yours truly, LEONARD BLAKE, P. M. S-aja Francisco. Dear Mr. Mosher: I have just received my first issue of the Plaindealer since being here at CarHsle. It certainly does makfe a person feel good to know what the people of MeHenry and thereabouts of the best ways that I can think of e"baU^. <Dor°th>'>- Crystal Lake; AiW, stepping in a deep hole ,t p^ .s to th. «he?.b„uts Pacific Grove, Calif.; ^ Althoff at home. Thontaa E, Knox Old friends in MeHenry were shock fcOCAL MARINE FLIER KILLED IN CAROLINA PLANE CRASH MAY 24 -r On Monday, May 29, 1944 funeral services were held for Lieut. Walter i. Porten, whose address is Route the north end of Wonder Lake on F„A11 fellows in servjee. I never Saturday afternoon, Lillian Ross, . * aPPrec,t,ted how much it meant 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ross those away from home to receive 4193 Mason avenue, Chicago, sank ^OUT. PAPER until after I had finished tf> her death despite the heroic efforts read,T,g that first issue. You and ed to learn of the sudden passing of of her companion, Barbara Engval- your staff give a well roundedv blow Thomas E. Knox, who died lafft j'/ten. 14, of Wonder Lake. She was ^ b,ow '*«Solint. of everything of Thursday morning, May 25, 1944, at }<^nly a short distance from shore h°me in Chicago. Mr Knox had | when she sank. Barbara, an expert This camp is really a 'very pretty quite ill a few vears ago* but ! swimmer, seized the girl as she came place, with plenty of brick buildings, 'ate ^ad apparently been very i to the surface and tried-to swim her green grass, trees and shrubs. It w®Ht until his sudden illness which to shore. However, Lillian, becoming a permanent camp and when the caused his death. j j excited, "struggled to save herself . war started was at first transformed deceased was bom on Nov. 1§> 1 and in so doing took her chum be-; i*;to an officers' candidate school and ^ years ago, in MeHenry .where he . neath the surface with her. Barbara more recently" into a medical field spent many years 6f his life. He managed to break the hold but lost service school. It is located on the was employed at the Borden s plant s She immediately swam to shore and outskirts of Carlisle. Pa., home of here for-some time and in'later years sight of her friend in the struggle, the famous Carlisle Indians. , was an engineer tor the Chicago,: summoned help. I will only be here until the first | Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad An inhalator squad was brought (>f June for it is only a six weeks' > company. to the scene of the tragedy, but even course. From here I think I'll take Survivors include his wife, Martha1 f _ „ . two hours of work failed to revive a little jaunt into the deep south. Schlosser Knox; one brother, John, will be news of Hay Powers, son 01 her* Coroner Ehorn of Richmond I should be able to catch up on my MeHenry; and two sisters, Mrs. Anna p- and, Mrs. Ray Powers.^ :5r ' J>1 Kansas, May 24--Promotipn of James' This will be the last opportunity J. Doherty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.! to see these young men and women F. Doherty, West MeHenry, 111., to1 in caps and gowns as members of , the rank of technical sergeant wag. the Community high gchool. After announced at Topeka, Kas., last week. Friday night each will go his own Before entering the army, he was way in striving for a particular elevator operator at the Webster goal. The program promises to be hotel, Chicago. of unusual interest and the depact- | . ing seniors invite the public to si- Spending furle ighs at jheir homes *en<J here are Corp. h. J. Meyer of Camp ' The graduating clasa - includes Jkt Davis, No. Carolina, Jerome Buch of'^°^^w'n*: Oklahoma City, Okla., and Gordon' Scholle of Scott Field, 111. Gordon has spent much of the last several months ip the arrtiy hospital and his friends are happy to see him home and feeling bettrf. George | Freund returned to Greensboro, No. Carolina, last week after spending, a fifteen-day furlough with relatives.' Harold M. Nelson has been trans- ' ferred from Boston, Mass., to New- ' port, R. I. '" 'Mrs.' A- Kosinski has received • word that her husband, Corp. Kosinski, has arrived safely in England. j Robert Stilling, has been transferr- , ed from J'acksonville, Fla., to Cherry ! Point, No. Carolina. CourtMr H«rald, CrrcuU ENSIGN RAY POWERS Of interest to MeHenry* residents Janies Steinsdoerfer was recently ; transferred from Fort John Custis,- Cape Charles, Va.. to Camp Pickett,, Va. Glad to hear that James Djoherty ( has been promoted to a technical; conducted an inquest Saturday even- vitamin D down there. I'll bet you Winkelmann, Oak Park, and Mrs. Crystal Lake. The family formerly Ser?eant at Topeka. Kansas, ing, with the jury'g verdict being know my address as soon as I_ find JVera Laures, MeHenry. 1 made their home here, w ere ® "death due to accidental drowning." out what it is as I don't want to miss Services were conducted Saturday young ensign attended the local The bqdy was taken to Chicago for any issues of your paper. funeral services. < Yours truly, - •' . -j PAUL JUSTEN, ' llie body was shipped to Chicago fairt Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Thursday. Porten was killed in a plane crash pear Cherry Point, No. Carolina, ,vl fa Mrs. W. J. Porten he had lived in daughter^born at the Woodstock hos-' this community for twenty years, pital May 25. - MEMORIAL SERVICES Memorial services weie held .at' Courtnr Herald. CrrMal Lake. I.mJT. WALTER J. PORTEN 1, MeHenry. Services were held in St. Sylvester's church, Chicago, and banal was in St. Bonifjtce cemetery. ^ _ His family has received notice that i afternoon at 2:30 o'clock jfrom the »cho°l. Ray i-eceived his commission Harry Anderson has arrived safely ; funeral home at 2118 Lawrwnc? ave.,,on May 10 at Navy Pier after ^om- Guinea. j Chicago, with burial in Rosehill ceme-! pleting studies at Northwestern Umtery. vers ity. a After spending nine days ' Mrs Vera Ann Fisher with his parents, he left last week Ri*»ft\a * ' 'Mrs. Vera Ann Fisher, yho was for San Francisco, where a ship was OirtlVS J born and lived hei 84 vears near waiting to take him to sea for duty 2:30 p. m., on May 30 at McCullom, t ^ , Volo, died at he, home last Thursday, ^ the Pacific. He has been in the La e in honor of James BaHey, who: where he was stationed as a marine Mr. and Mrs. George Peterson of 25 1944 after an illness of a navy since July 3, 1943, having re- lost his life recently while serving • ^yer. With his parents, Mr. «nd|West MeHenry are the parents of a' few ' ceived his boot training at Great with the navy. Taps were blown by | "I She was'born on tfov. 8, 1860, the Lakes, where he received a rating Elaine Landgren and the flag raided idaughter of the Enoch Smiths earlv of storekeeper third class. He grad- by Steven Huska and Bob Struck,! He attended the Courtney grade Mn and Mrs. Francis Immekus.' settiers in the Wauconda area' Sur- aated from the Crystal Com-; both hon\e on leave at that time, school in Lake county and graduated who reside in^a Main street apart- , ' jnciurfe three daughters Mrs • munity high school in 1939 and from j Edwin Horn sang "God Bless Ameffrom the Wauconda high school. He ment near the high school, are the Peari j>oWeii \Irs Leslie Davis Miami University,, Oxford. Ohio," in ica," and a wreath was placed om was 21 years old. parente of a son, bom on Wednesday, of VVliUConda; and Edna Fish -r of - | Surviving besides his parents are May 24, at the Woodstock hospital.: Waukefran; one son> Lloyd> Volo: two i , three^ sisters Catherme. Margaret Mr and Mrs. L^o Young are the brothers# Albert and Fred Sm. _h of and Eileen and three brothers, Earl ; parents of a daughter, born 01. Mem- Raymond and Pfc. Peter Porten, Jr. j ©rial Day at the Woodstock hospital. \ (Continued oa la«t pag«-) Mrs. C. Rasmuasen ipnt Friday !and Saturday visiting relathrea in Chicago. the Honor Roll as a silent tribute to one who made the supreme sacrifice for his country. A gold star will be added to Ike Honor Bell te near future. Seniors WILLIAM ADAMS CARL BETTS ROBERT BLAKE GRACE BOLGER MARSHALL BUCHBRT HELEN RUTH BUTLER ROBERT CARVER BETTY EDSTROM LORRAINE ERBER ELAINE FRFDRICKSON ROBERT FRETT BERNIECE FREUND HAROLD FREUND JAMES FREUND MARY LEE GREENE MARIAN HAWLEY JAMES HETTFRMANN 'STEVE HUSKA ARTHUR JACKSON ' RUDOLPH JOHNSON ROBERT JUSTEN BETTY HILDAY ROBERT KNOX -=2$*^ EL\INE LANDGR®! RUTH IJNDSAY ALLAN McKIM MARILYN MAY HAROLD MICHELS BARBARA MILLER NORMAN NE1SS MARIE NICKELS BONNIE PAGE JOHN ROGERS ROBERT SALES DONALD SCHAEFER MARILYN SCHAEFER LeROY SCHOLTZ EDITH SHERMAN RAY SMITH ROBERT SMITH EVEI.Y N SOELLNMt 0 DAROLD THOMAS BETTY LOU WT-BER JUOiAiD WHEELOCK . h NOTICE The Claire Beauty Shoppe to announce that it will be all day Wednesday. June 7. -Read the Wast Ads