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nV * * r* ' riVT'*' :• *k41 I f*J *"*' ' •• «"* '* JK * », . . t •- .-•* v rX,-4»: 'K'%v $r. • V*V** -&W /; *gr» •'*'•'V'S.^'V: •*l V* •' , '^'^4p *-{?<*•• «S Am-; . '-V it /. -• ib '-.i&*z s' .:,« -tf . , A '4 4.i 'V*.- t ^ V Volume 67 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1942 r LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES FOR ; LENT BEGIN |&$f*";: ' p? - S T ^ j,V« * ^ MUCH NEED FOR PRAYER THIS YEAR MESSAGES FROM -f..? fcOCAL MEN IN - THE U. 8. SERVICE ' •-%/} \ Moody Field. Valdoata, Ga. February 9, 1942. Citizens of McHenry: I have just received the cigarettes and stamps sent by the people Of Me* Henry. Cigarettes and stamps arc two items that a soldier really welcomes. Hianks a lot,' people of McHenry! It's really a nice feeling: te y . . . i know I'm not forgotten even though ftimheir Lenten season has WHWti jtee# m]r over a year and am WINTER SCENES IN AND ABOUT McHENRY *"'Vf> around and for the next forty days special services will be held in most $||$jS|of the local churches, \jntil Easter if-S yBBorniRc, when joyous music will re- I'tt^ iSisoun<2 throughout all churches the world over, the succeeding forty days wf?"5 be one of self-denial and peni- " r tence, Yesterday, Ash Wednesday, •ir • -^iwas the first day of Lent and originv . a ted from an ancient custom of strewv ^ ^ - ing n.«hes over the head as a sign more than a thousand miles from home. I am also grateful to receive The McHenry Plaind»aler. My cony last week was the first newsnaper I've had the opportunity of reading in over fc month. igncerely. ; JTEDDY WINKEL, 4l0th School Souadron, Moodv Field, Valdosta, Georgia, - fm penitence. This year, probably more than^anj ?;* " in rayent times, almost the entire v population of the world has become ; . * considerably more serious with the '«*«l'*»tion of the manv handicaoa *,.t must be endured during a cu- ' ,cial wartimn. Mo^-e th»^ ever. the it-*' A thrones of faithful will fi'l the "^churches, with two added causes for .which to prav this year--world peace K ? and safetv for the brave men and •i[a'I women who are p«deavoring to the 'A, w • '"best of their ability to make that *> peace possible. It is not enough that wait until to tr.ro the W' rtnMcMet, ^ fr„zi „ of thf day. Let us all begin now b}- i, . ,' _ „ - W . ' INTERESTING NEARBY NEWS A letter received from James M. Lomasney of Crystal Lake, Dec. 29 explained a visit to roller rink at a place called Boston. He travels through England on a motorcycle. A list of oddities he noted were: Women padding our prayers to those of thousands of others *nd putting completf faith in a God who never fails to answer those prayers. Special Serviced At St. Mary's church, in addition to regular Sundav services, there will be a sermon and Benediction starting at 7:30 on Wednesday m'ehts «nd Stations of the Cros<« and Benediction at the same hour on Friday evenings. Special services at St. Patrick's -church will be,held on Tuesday and Friday evenings. At 7:30 on Tuesday evenings the rosary will be said, fol- , lowed by a sermon and Benediction. Rev. Flynn, Vincentian Father from DePaul university, will be the speaker. On Friday at the same hour there will be Stations of the Cross and Benediction. Daily masses at both St. Mary ^ and St. Patrick's churches will be as asual.y 7| Zion\j£vangelcial Lutheran church ^services 1 will occur every Sunday ^morning at eight o'clock when Rev. ,?H. P. Meyer of Woodstock will give special Lenten sermons in addition to the regular services. For those desiring to attend evening worship, the 5> Woodstock church will have special devotions at 7:80 every Wednesday evening. The sermons which are to <vie used at the local Evangelical Lutheraa church will be saying* from the \ Passion of our Lord according to tx John's gospel, and are as'follows: March 1, '"I am not He;" March 8, ,?I find no fault in Him;" March 15, "By XJaw He ought to die;" March 22, "Crued so many degrees of frost; green grass on Christmas; national greeting, "gotta match!" (few matches); driving on the left; dignified old gals on bicycles; beans tor breakfast. Barringon high school will be re* sponsible for 150 model airplanes in a national program to supply models for use in Army, Navy and civilian defense wprk, according to word received by Erman S. Smith, superintendent of schools. Barrington pupils and teachers will make fifty of each of three different models. The models will be used in training ground crews in recognition of planes and in figur< ing their elevation, and also will be used in training civilian "spotters." Current events, war, and Boy Scout week, were among the topics capably handle by four youngsters from the Libertyville grade schools over a Blue network broadcast, "Ask Young America," held Saturday morning, Feb. 7, in Chicago. Participating in the quiz broadcast through the invitation of Harriet Hester, education director of radio station WLS, were Ed ward Wyatt and Tommy May of Central school, and Ruth Adair Huffman and Stanley Black of Rockland school Eighty-five stations carried the.program in a nation-wide hook-up. Jean Lovendahl has been chosen by her Senior classmates at Barrington's entry in the annual D. A. R. pilgrimage to Washington, D. C. One girl is sent from each state, and Jean's name will be entered among those from DRAFTEES LEAVE FEBRUARY 13 FOR ARMY INDUCTION No light had yet shown in the Eastern sky last Friday morning when a large group of draftees, including one from McHenry, Vernon Freund boarded busses in Woodstock for Camp Grant, Rockf<jrd, where the;, were inducted into the army. A new feature was added to the farewell party this last month as Uie Woodstock chapter of the Red Cross, through a number of its represents thres, were on hand to serva coffee and doughnuts to the boys before leaving. Members of the Lions club were also present to present cigarettes to the draftees-to-be. A large crowd of relatives and friends were also on hand to give last farewells and wish the best of luck to these departing men who left to join the thousands of others serving Uncle COURT HOUSE FBOMM GIVEN PROBATION Thomas Fronim, 14 yean old of Harvard, was given another chance I south wh"e they hved for ov« thirty LOCAL COUPLE * MARRIED FIFTY s ' YEARS FEB. 24 GEO. KUHNS ALSO HAVE : CELEBRATION 3 7 •• Although the day outside was the spirit of spring was in evidence inshde old St. Patrick's church just, fifty years ago next Tuesday. Feb. 24, when Miss Julia Powers, daughter - of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Powers, became the radiant bride of Mr. John Phalin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Phalin. Rev. Patrick 0 Neill officiated; • at the caremony. Miss Etta Powers, who today resides on Waukegan street in this city, was the lovely bridesmaid for Mrs. i- Phalin. Walter Keefe of Chicago, deceased, was the best man. Following the ceremony of 1892, the 'bridal party and immediate families enjoyed a wedding breakfast at the home of the bride's parents. For the first two years of their m»r«: "gae, the newlyweds resided on th^ old Phalin homestead. From thertf. they moved onto a farm several mite* on life last Saturday noon when Judge Ralph J. Dady of Waukegan placed him on probation for two years after he pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent robbery. Provisions of the probation order are such that the boy may enter a military school in California, where years. Seventeen years ago they moved to their new home on Richmond road "Where they have since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Phalin are the parent* of eight children: Mrs. A. D. Foley, Mrs. Robert Knox and Thomas Phalin, all of McHenry; Howard of Wilmettef Mrs. James Mahoney of Chicago] hav« his parents reside. Fromm and Archie j Harold of Lake Villa and Mrs. Harry Sanford, 20, were indicted recently by a grand jury on a charge that they beat and attempted to rob Herbert Orr, Harvard service station attendant. & Gone was the bravo- of the youth who prior to his arrest used to gayly Anderson of Chicago. They twenty-four grandchildren. On Saturday morning at nine o'clock at St. Patrick's church. Rev. Win. O'Rourke will sing a high mass is honor of this fiftieth anniversary.; Members of the Phalin family and These pictures were taken by The Plaindealer camera Sunday afternoon. Feb. 15, 1942, showing how a summer resort section looks in the good old winter time. (1) East side of Fox River at the State Bridge; (2) West end of State Bridge, picture taken from old bridge; (3) Looking south from State Bridge, view of Fox River; (4) View from State Bridge (McHenry Country Club can be seen through trees); (5) Boone Creek, looking east toward river; (6) Scene at City Hall, Grade school in background; (7) Wild ducks in river betweeti McHenry bridires; (8) Looking north from old bridge, view of Fox River; (9) East side of river, showing Hunter Boat Co. dock. SHORT COURSES TO HELP IN PRESENT EMERGENCY GIVEN whom the girl will be chosen. Twentyetfy/ cnicify Him*;" Ma^h"29>Jesus !^ni<>r girls received votes in the •f NasaretJ, the King of the Jews." j beHofnj, the cho.ce be,ng made on a flanday until Easter by school year. and special music will be rendered by the church orchestra and the chetr. .JM,JU^red Miller Rfwmm-- Amy Duty Private Alfred B. Miller, who wa* injured early in January when his gur accidentally discharged, has returned to Texas to resume his duties in the army. Following the accident, which %r necessitated the amputaton of a Anger, he was taken to the Woodstock H hospital for two days. From there he »%";T~*ae sent to a hospital at Ft. Sheridan p.' I wheit he has remained ever since. ^ REQUEST FARMERS TO PLANT WITHIK ^ CORN ALLOTMENT nfrh*s judgment on a bureau of ii' . ^'4 agricultural economics estimate of a & ; * carry-over of 600 million bushels of Pfv corn aext October 1, Bert Bridges, | McHenry county AAA chairman, is advising farmers to plant within corn allotments this spring. I' He says the report shows that supfe; ; plies of feed grains, hay and high ff ; protein feeds are the largest in more ||v " than tw^hty years. Stocks of com on Jan. 1 /Totalled 2 billion. 177 miPio'i pt bushel^ 145 million bushels more than .. on th* skjn^ date a year ago. * * '*( "Corn allotments under our AAA • program have been boosted ten pei pi ^ > cent as an additional guarantee of adequate feedstuffs a^,a reasonable price for the next two years," Mr. witv-' ®r'd#es said, "but in some areas and .. «n .•<,™>e fin"" th-* extra ten per cent . won't be needed. In such cases farm- ,,^/ers could do their country more good ' by raising additional acres of i»ym^ beans." ' "* rh»-u» War** w»n of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Harris of Wanconda. is now an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy. Followlnr the footsteps of his father, Charles chose the Navy to do his part i« the *im«»d forces of the country. The elder Mr. H^rrin retired several venn ago from the If. 8, Navv. after serving 4a long and illustrious career in the service. Irex Hansen and Warren Stanek are a | +he ice skating chamnlons of Crystal Lake and vicinHv. These titles were won Sundav afternoon, Feb. 8. at Wallcup nark when the second annual Lions chib ice skating championshins **ere held. Winners in the various rac*>s were as follows: Class IV, men. Ed Herri^k. G®o. 8<*hanhl®. Jr.. Robt M^son; Wrwen. M»*s. Walter Reimer, Dorothy Colbv. Chamnionshin. men, Wsreen Stanek. Or-orpe Sohsub'e. Jr., Ed Herrick. Ch^mpionshio woman. Inez Hansen. Rita Ohrwall, IRith Gumprecht. Several of the winners are well known in this community. i¥: AMERICANISM WEEK Tlie period between Lincoln's and Washington's birthdav anniversaries. Feb. 12 to 22nd. has been proclaimed "Americanism Week." The period is > dedicated the appreciation of the privileges enjoyed as American citizens, Schools, churches, civic oreanizations, American Leeion Boy Stfouts. Girl Scouts a«d other bodies of local and statewide influence are conducting prqggMns fittng to the week. Kenneth Boley Takes Bride in Washington Friends here will be interested to learn of the marriage of Miss lone Gates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar E. Gates of River Grove 111., and Mr. Kenneth Boley, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Boley, of this city. iThe ceremony occurred Feb. 8 in Washington, D. C. Before her marriage the bride was employed by Montgomey Ward and Co. in Chicago, where the groom was also employed until la«t October. In the fall, he wr»nt to Washington as a technician in the Naval Ordnance Laboratory. Mrs. Bolev i« * of T«ydei Vioh school in Fr*>nk'in Park, 111., and ^H^nded Austin Junior college. Mr. Boley i« a e*»du»t» of the loesl high and of thf University of Illinois ;n 1985. .Our McHenry county rural schools have been assigned and have accepted as an obligation during the present crisis the responsibility for developing an informed public opinion in our neighborhoods. To help the schools in this work, the Northern Illinois State Teachers college at DeKalb is giving short courses in setting up techniques by means of which the rural school may function as a discussion center during the period of emergency. The members of the faculty of the college are giving their time and the college is providing their transportation cost for this purpose. There will be no cost to $|jiss members. The course will consist of three twohour sessions which concern the following: first session, "How To Organize a Discussion Grvsup and How To Conduct It;" second sec si on, "Topics for Discussion;" third session, "How to Organise Material and Get Material." At the local high school the time and date of the sessions are as follows: first session, March 2; second session, March 8; third session, March 16. All classes begin at 8 p. m. The above information was received from Mrs. Ethel Coe, county superintendent of schools, who wishes to emphasize that there is no expense in. volved for those taking the course and no preparation is needed. The only obligation is that anyone taking the course be present at the three, two. hour sessions. The course is not open to the general public, but teachers and members of the school boards are invited to attend. Anyone else Interested in the course may inquire at the local high school as to the possibility of attending. DEATH GOMES UNEXPECTEDLY TO LOCAL MAN EDWARD KELTtt, AGED 72, DIES The lets of a bit of humor te a fellow comrade, a note of encouragement to a discouraged friend and a certain kindness and generosity to passing children, all so sorely needed in these troubled times, cannot fail to-be felt by a great many friends of Edward Kelter. In fact, mo$t of the little things fchich hdp to make life a little sunnier will be missed by local residents, both old and young, who were fortunate enough to be in contact with him and receive the benefits j of his cheerful personality. For death, which has no respect for the wishes of even the mightiest, took him from our midst, unexpectedly, last Monday morning, following a heart attack. The deceased was born on Dec. 6, 1866, on a farm near McHenry, the son of the lata Michael and Ellen Kelter. At the age of nine, he moved to Chicago with his parents and lived there for many years, being associated with his brother, the late J. B. Kelter, in the Druggist Boxes and Bottles FOX LAKE SCHOOL HAS BEGUN A TIME SAVING CAMPAIGN Miss Miekey Hall returned to hf>r home in Chicago Sunday evening after spending several days with friends here. , Grant Community High school in Fox Lake began a time saving campaign last Thursday, Lincoln's birthday, by holding school on that holiday and remaining open until four o'clock , instead of the usual 8:10. School f P" Loos. one of the first Ch^agoans to authorities said that by cutting the I "PPreciate the possibilities - Supply Co. Twenty years ago he returned to McHenry where he has since resided. For the past few years, Mr. Kelter has spent the summers at Lake Defiance where he spent much time at his favorite aport, -fishing. He was a grat lover of the out-of-doors and during his summers at the lake he made many friends who will be saddened to learn of his passing. Survivors include his wife, Lillian Brooks Kelter, whom he married in 1900; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Burke ol McHenry and Mrs. Ettie Cooney of Cleveland, Ohio. Funeral services were held this (Thursday) morning at St. Patrick's church and burial was in the church cemetery. John P. Loee Word was--just received here l««t week of the death on Feb. 1 of John LARGE AUDIENCE ^ GREETS SENATOR BROOKS TUESDAY United States Senator C. Wayland Brooks made a plea Tuesday evening for a country united to prosecute the war successfully and keep alive the freedoms founded by Washington and preserved by Lincoln. His address was delivered at the Woodstock high school auditorium, before an audience of McHenry county people numbering more than a thousand. The occasion ' was the fourteenth annual Washing- | ton • Lincoln banquet sponsored bv J th® Woodstock Civic club. About 200 attended the dinner prior to the speech by the senator. j The distin.ruished guest left immediately after his address, explaining that Tie had to be on the senate floor in Washington Wednesday morning. He boarded a plane in Chicago at mid* night for the capital. He stated that he desired to be in his s-n**.- seat to aid in the fight to revoke the measure providing pensions for congressmen. Senator Brooks was absent^ when the pension bill was voted. * "We have no right to let our gov begged to be given another chance to go free and make good. Fromm was released when his grandparents signed a $1,000 bond. The case of Sanford was continued. He also is seeking probation. Orr Who was slugged orer t^le ^ Fromm with a gas pipe and shot through the chest by Sanford, still is unable to continue hi* work although it is said lie ia recovering from hif injuries. BUSINISS UK MIGHT pRorrr by apparent itrABTIHE HAHDI0AP8 In spite of the handicaps that war rationing is heaping uoon us. there are, ironically, many who will profit by the same thing that will prove a hardship on their neighbor. The local business men operating Nothing, food, gift stores, etc.. would do well at this time to endeavor in every way possible 19 bring their merchandise bnfore the- public. While the owners of garages and tire shops are handicapped in not being able to disnose of their tir»« and cars, other merchants will profit by the necessity of McHenry people shopping at home, For. in iroite of a certain depression cast upon the general public by the war, there are many things which even a war will not change. Mi-lady will tak* the same delight in a 1942 soring suit that she did a year ago and will ernment send a single boy to foreign i*0 h*r to J^Uin ^ar ,?T shores until we have let him know that no wmr- th* breadwinner of the fam>lv dress in cowboy attire and act much friends will attend and give thank? : older in age than he really was. He j to God for the privileg-e which has. cried during moat of the hearing and, I be*,1 i granted to this highly respected Officers of Farm eleclell Offices of tile Farm Bnr^an were re- »1e"t-d at a meeting of the Board of Directors "ne d<sy 1w«t The* -follow^: r'-oa'^ent. Russell Pr^rd of H»bro" •ownshnv vi-»«>-~resi- . Arthnr of McHenry secretary E. A. Behrents «f R'chmond township: treasurer John Paulson of Hartland township, -jer • ,«* /•- •* -- • '%i-V; -4. length of lunch and study periods and moving the dailv closing time to four o'clock they will add eighty minutes daily to class periods. This will permit the school to close for the year at the end of the first week in May rather than at the end of the month, thus freeing the two hundred thirtyseven pupils for work on farms and in scores and factories, where a labor shortage is thought proalh a We. . ENLISTS IN NNAA Vlh Vernon Kramer, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kramer. lr>ft Monday for the Great Lakes where he has enlisted in the sviati-""* mechanics department, of the Naval Reserve. Those who aecomnante# Vernon Freund to Woodstock last week when he left for Cami G*-»nt to be inducted ?nto the armv were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Boyk, Laey. .T«ne McAndrews, Peggy OefTling and Mickey Hall. • •. - i f • ' •» 'i of Mc Henry and vicinity as a summer honve colony. For more than thirty-five years Mr. Loos and his family had made Sunnyside Beach their residence in the summer. The many friends which he had acquired during this time will be sorry to hear of his passing. J Survivors include two children, William F. Loos and Mrs. Eleanor Boelte: four s'sfrs and one brother. His wife nr^~ him in death. ^ deceased wt>* a member of Kenwood lodge. No. 800, A.F. A A.M.: Oriental consistorv. and Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. JFuneral services were held at Salem Evangelical church and burial was in Oakwoods cemetery. Vernon Freund. who left for the army Sunday night after spending the weekend here, was accomoanied to Crystal Lake by Mickey Hall. Jane McAndrews. Doris Zerby, Steve Karowsky and Peggy Oe.Tling. we are united behind him" Brooks ssid. "We must orodure as fast as wa can the best machinery and the finest ammunition to place in his hands before he sets off for a foreign battlefield, perhaps never to return." Brooks told his listeners that he did not believe the people of the United States realised the gigantic program to which the country is dedicated. He pointed put that we are fighting three nations and are committed to continue fighting until the dictators are conquered. ' This means," h? warned "that we must dominate the Atlantic and the i sky above it for 3.000 miles before we can land one single soldier on hostile land. It means that we must dominate the Mediterranean and the skies above it; the Pacific--which we do not tonight or we would send help to General Mac Arthur--and the skies above it for 11,000 miles before we can start the conquering process." He asserted that the United States would need an army of aeven to ten million men under arms, and twenty million men in war production work before the goal can be attained. "This year we have the largest tax bill in history--and I am not|one to measure liberty in dollars and' cents. We have appropriated twenty-seven billions in one day for the navy--and that is only the beginning. "This is not a matter of defense, but an offensive war. Our sons will fight on all the seas and all the battlefields of the world under the program to which we are committed." I In carrying out this gigantic task. Brooks told his audience, the people of the United States must guard their form of government. They must, he said, keep alive minority opinion, the spark of freedom. Senator Brooks has always been popular in McHenry county. Although a Candidate for re-election in the primaries he never once brought politics into his speech Tuesday night. His message brought home to McHenry county people the seriousness of the war situation. must eat three "sauare" meals a day to continue doing efficient work. The only change these days will b." the 'place the merchandise is purchas ed. The age old adage ab"ut "the "ras* being greener on the other side of the fsnce" will necessarily <ro out of existence for some time, so merchants take advantage of it a«d show the local public that your stock emials that to be obtained anywhere. Once proven, the adage, at least in this respect, will probably be diseard.-xi per manently. NEW HOME T9m foundation has been laid for a new home to be built for the William Ensweiler family near the Golf course. couple. Although the actual anniversary does not occur until next Tuesday, th* Phalins will observe the occasion on ' Sunday when more of their friends are able to be with them. At noon on that day Mr. and Mr* Ftialin and their family will enjoy f dinner at Niesen's Cafe. Open housf will be held from two until five from seven until nine at their ow» , home. It is hoped that their man| friends will call during this time. Mr. and Mrs. George Kuhn A belated golden wedding celebm*. tion was held by a local couple, Mil and Mrs. George Kuhn, when a group of friends and neighbors surprise# them at their home on Richmond road" last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. were to bave cek'brateg^Jn^Ctfatg* last Oct. 22, the day of their ntfri^t; fifty years ago, but due to the serioni injuries suffered by her brother in af automobile accident a few days vious, all plans for celebra$qj|: postponed. One of the inf phases in both the-Phalin celebrations this wteek is that the twit couples have been next-door ooighboat for many years. At the Kuhn home last Thuradag cards furnished entertainment, wftjr prizes being awarded Mrs. GeorgS Kuhn, Mrs. Albert Vales, Mrs. FranH Hughes,.Mrs. Ed Sutton and Mrs. E| Thompson. Following the cards, a dw . licious pot-luck supper waa sorted si" six o'clock, with a beautiful cake a^f tractively decorated for the oecasioji as the center of attraction. ^ Those present besides the ones a|>: ready mentioned were Mrs. Johj| Phalin, Mrs. Herb Simon, Mrs. Mikj| Freund, Mrs. M. A. gotten, and Mar*, and Dolores Vales. GILBERT KLOECKNER MADE SERGEANT AT FORT BUS# Gilbert Klo«ckner, son of Mr. anf) Mrs. Joseph Kloeckner «f West N«>, Henry, recently returned to Fort Blis^' Texas, following a fifteen day fut* lough at his home here. Uoon hts return Private Kloeckner found a pleasant surprise awaiting him. Hit learned that during his absence I* had been made a sergeant. His fan* ily and friends are proud of his adtr, vancement. , TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY MR. AND MRS. JOHN PHALIN