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Vrv- * = a >a '?:' ;V' w - • - * / * $1*%* "SO I HEAR" I "'Y/; V by : "•£*/! ' "EARL WALSH It has been nice to hear from sev- •*1 local boys now in the service of OUT country. Richard Justen writes a happy-go-lucky note. George Frisby •ends word from Camp Polk, La., » shewing- a fine spirit- in his nerw life. George sees army life as a developer j both physically and mentally. Larry I Stack has been out to tea, bat remem DUNDEE BEATS MCHS IN REGIONAL TOURNEY £? CLOSE OUR SEASON \ ^ by Ton Bolger, Jr. Dundee closed McHenry's basketball season last Thursday night by trouncing the Reedmen by a score of 59 - 39. It was Dundee's game all the way as Sophomore Bob Simonini showed the way with nineteen points. The regional champs displayed a powerful offense as they rolled up the highest score of the year made against Mc- Henry. Joe Jackson climaxed a great scoring season with, seveif baskets and bered to send a card when he hit port. ®ine throws- The Dundee game closed the season with a record of Vale Adams covers a large scope and tasks us to express his appreci- FUupdegler*,... Here's • --« • (Soodflettow Field, San Angelo, Texas. March 1, 1942. twenty-three wins and five defeats. The McHenry squad included seven Seniors--Joe Jackson, Dick Conway, Bob Stilling, Ed Lay, Roy Stackhouse, Lc Roy Meyers and George Freund. Dumb* -- Si Simonini, f Zarndt, f... rc Schukit, C, g ~5 ELj - 2 ..0 --.0 0 * FT 1 0 1 0 %* 1 PV t AND IT WORKED -- Palace TWndav Ladiea ... ** *•*" " "Tink" Meyers, 176 (144). "Sis" Weber started with a 174 game, but tired in the stretch. CKy... Mike Bodler, 60S. W. SchHtt, S21 (574). Ed Smih, 682. W. Green, 2S6 (558). R. Kralowits, 213 (56S). H. Kreutzer, 541. M I have been reading The Plaindesler i|BlroedeW"*f regularly since I have been in the ser- j c ' " vice and, needless U> say, I have en- j Sehuivtg, c ..., joyed it tremendously. Every week i Grotemeyer, g" I happily anticipate hearing what j Stewart, g goes on in the home town. I think j jaco^B „ **"~ its high time I expressed my appreci- j Dehmlaw,g~* ation to the people of McHenry for •ending me the paper. This, Earl, 111 leave up to you. I am happy to hear that Coach Reed is having such a successful basketball season. 1 can appreciate his success because I know how hard he works with his boys. I hope the team gets a few breaks in the state tournament. This season's record should give Mc- j Jackson, C, c ..................7 Henry a good chance against any op-[Stilling, g ponent. • Stackhouse, g ........ „.0 • TTve second purpose of this letter, Conway, g Earl, is to inform the mailing depart- j Rosing, g ment of the change in my address, j Because the Air Corps says I have j completed satisfactorily the primary flight training course I have been transferred to the basic training' - _____ school where my address is that found j . • . March 12 in the heading of this letter. ! Lady Foresters -- Election of Officers. Here in West Texas the fllying j Five Hundred Club -- Mrs. Alma ' weather is the best in the United { Freund. States. That easily accounts for the I Evening Bridge -- Mrs.'Gertrude • Vdocfc Ladiea ... Gert Barbian, 518. MinGreen, 476. R. Marshall, 498. M. Budil, 495. Viols Bids came through with 172 and 185 games after a 116 start. Kay Brefeld, fresh from the sunny south, came up with 170 in the second game. Totals ... McHenry -- » - Bolger, f 2 Lay, i ..--0 Peterson, f ..........................2 Smith, ( FT 0 1 0 0 » 1 0 2 0 7 o'clock Ladies ... Agnes Freund's 449 was pace-set* ter. Pat Knaack and Betty Regner bowled against each other as anchors, each hitting 413. Hffcals .18 1* i* COMING EVENTS Schaefer. Mothers Club. March IS great number , of aviation training schools in Texas. My enly regret is that I can't take advantage of this sunny weather for golf. It's too bad March 17 Harry Frye. Tom Bolder, Lou Smith, j Pot-Luck Supper -- St. Pfctf teVg Hall Nick Freund, Frank Schriener and the i -- 6:30 -- Sponsored by Altar & Match ... The Big Pragers beat the Little Pragers three straight Sunday night. Total pins--2649 - 2538. Grimmelli's 573 and Schlitt's 556 were high. Match ... Gert Barbian's 202 (528) led the McHenry All-Stars in winning two games from Crystal Lake. M. Kraus? anchored with i78. Match Williams led off with 516-and Reid anchored with 601 as Stilling's 66 beat McGee's. "Can you spare me a moment? I am not an insurance canvasser," said the man on the doorstep. "I do not want to sell you soap, toilet preparations, books, or anything of that sort." The door had been closing, but paused in the movement. The householder was reassured. "I do not represent a sewing machine firm, nor any who sell wireless sets, gramophones, electric cleaners, or motor-cars." The door opened a bit wider. V *Tm not a collector, either of rates, information, or accounts--I find it hard enough to collect a living myself." The reassurances had their effect; no longer was there a sign of the door closing. "I'm not a canvasser for any political party, and I don't want details for a directory." SPRING GROVE MESSAGES r&OM LOCAL HEN m ; ' TBS V. S. 8KB VICE Private Norman M. Lodtz, son ofj A nice crowd attended the card **.„.», m w ,, <• , , , . M, .„d Mr, J*. D. LrfU. rfC-U. jp.rty held ,t «h. home Mrs. 2- XS £ day with Yvr parents, Mr. and MMW Joseph Brown. A card party for the benefit of the Red Cross will be held at St. Peter's | hall in Spring Grove on Monday night, street, Crystal Lake, who left last | Winn by the Lotus Country Women's ^"f T ^ -ii, v ikV' month for army service and who was ' club on Wednesday afternoon n eight o clock. \ aluable pm J will be given, all of which will be MARRIAGE LICENSES p , Maury Swidler, Chicago, to Maurefg- Baty, Ringwood. * G»ThJ°r»ot *££ W„e s"™d7 jCeS: "tw ho™™'! ^ "* Camp Tyson, near Paris. Tenn., where ; Main street this week. iresnments win De served. he is with the Coast Artillery Barrage j . . Balloon Battalion. * In a letter received : t « ' . u n„ 8 ^ ™ by his parents recenUy Norm writes: w HlZi ? "My basic training will take about and l Mns" John four weeks and this includes military ! Ka""er are the P">ud grandparents. courtesy, marching, rifle drill, gas i JIrs- ®€rtha is spending several mask drill and first aid. After that,!*1®*8 week in Chicago with Mr. I will go to school for six weeks' train- Mrs. Andy Straub and family. ing but definite arrangements for that Misses Virginia Rasmussen and are not as yet known. The purpose of Florence Werdell and Clarence Lund the Coast Artillery Barrage Balloon ! °f Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Battalion is to protect vital industries i Freund Sunday. from air attack by putting up balloons Mr. and Mrs. George W. May enterwith nets and wires between each j tained at their honie on Sunday in h&l<OOn. XhlB fka oi*t\1iina4 i W_M aL. t .' ii | .a n i « THAT STOMACH AC AIM The householder stared at him. , "For heaven's sake, what are you, j high then?" she asked. objectives "Ah," he said, "I see I have you Ivery interesting, and there is a lot of interested! I represent a firm which ! electrical work connected with it." deals in photographic enlarge meuts." >n. This keeps the airplanes i honor of the birthday of their daugh* enough so they can't bomb theii ter, Donna, tfnd Betty Schaefer, uvea. I think this work Will be daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph yWMK UDD1N* "How about spending die winter iB Florida, dear?" ' "Nothing doing. They don't have any wfriter there." rest of the twilight eight-some aren't here to play. They could easily make on three hundred sixty-five days a y«^r. It seems that my ground school instructors have a bad habit of making long assignments that require much time and attention. I had better get my nose in the books now. Yours sincerely, Aviation Cadet Vale Adams. Glad to receive a note from Frank Johnson, from Champaign, with a dip- • ping showing that our boy, Joe Jackson, is recognized in oth^r cities foi splendid scoring record the past season. Averaging around twenty-two points per game, Joe has attracted consider* attention in athletic circles. In case you haven't followed the fortunes of Coach Reed and his team this year, we'd like to point out that the boys won 23 out of 28 games. Hebron was a thorn in our side again. St. Mary's surprised us 20 to 19. --I-- Some teank* offered easy competition, but any team that can roll up that kind it a record hM 'something on the ball. --s Our team was one of the scoringest bunch of basketball players you ever saw. Sometimes they were found wanting on ueitnse . . . and that doesnt mean the guards. We mean the entire squad. However, we have always leaned toward a good offense aa being the best defense, so we can't say much about the way- the boys played the game. Their record tells ' the story. . ° < --*-• ft -will be tough to see (he strength «f the team taken by that old reaper known as graduation. Next year's team will have to be rebuilt or rebuilded or something. --»- - Congratulations, fellows! The game, has given you more than a nice string of victories. Later yeaza will baar out that statement. If anybody thinks McHenry isn't awake in this time of war, they can think again. : --I-- l^rangements have been made with the McHenry rifle club to help young felloes learn to handle guna. Now, that may not be music to our ears, but the facts sre that we are at war whether we like it or not. -- • Oar young men and some not so young are being called upon to carry Rosary Sodality -- Cards. Fox River Valley Camp *»-,Bcgular Meeting. 4 March 18 v Contract Bridge--Mrs. Alice Serbian March 19 Card Party Tournament -- Sponsored by C. D. of A. W. S. C. S. -- Regular Meeting -- Book Review -- Mrs. Zion Baker. Neighborhod Club--Mrs. Mabel Johnson. East River Road Pinochle -- Mrs. Ed. Sutton. Five Hundred Club--Mrs. Henry Still* ing. March 24 Afternoon Bridge--Mrs. Mary Freund March 28 Bakery and Apron Sale--Central Market-- Sponsored by Circle IV-- W.S.C.S. March 29 Second Annual Concert -- McHenry Choral Club--High School. April S Circle I--W. S. C. S.--Mrs. E. Ffumn April 7 Johnsburg Community Clfjfck . R. N. A. Birthday Party. Public Qasd Party--Sponsored by JU* erview Camp, R. N. A. April 8 P.-T. A. -- Reguliu* Meetiafe.'S' Book Clnb. « -Aavfl 12 « i Supper and Bingo Party -- St Mary- | St. Patrick School Hall -- Sponsor ed by Christian Mothers. April 1« Annual Birthday Party -- W. S. C. S -- Grade School Gymnasium. ' C. O. F. ... Ed Thennes was only three pins short of the coveted 600 mark, rolling a 223 game. Ed Smith was smack on the 200 mark in his second game in a 557 series. Winkel (who rolls around 700 st times) turned in a mere 215 (550). Old Timers... The "old boys" do all rigid! Nick Freund, 532. Adams, 527. Jim Perkins (never mind). Rogers, 522. Les Bacon, 511. Jim Sayler had a 208 game. City (last week) ... Evidently these scores were not turned in last week. They look too good to pass up. Ed Smith, 587. W. Schlitt, 575. Jim Carlson, 221 (546). Matt King, 520/ I . -Schaefers* -- Hait Tuesday evening, twenty boys the Junior and Senior classes at the high school will visit the club, nnder the direction of Mr. Primm, for instrnetioas. --I-- We sincerely hope that these beys will never be called upon to shoulder guns. If they are ... it seems better to have them trained in the propel manner rather than in a careless way. -» Word comes in that the Forester team will meet Woodstock's Alemite crew here next Sunday. On the same •card Anderson's Service wDl tangle with a group of former stars on Hebron's great basketball teams. That's a real card and should draw a trawd. Remember -- next Sunday night. - M&arga" Karia pot an a rare exhi&iiton of bowling Tuesday night as he opened with four strikes, went in the gutter on both tries in the fifth frame, then came up with a double. Says he threw those two in the gutter just to keep down his average m4 wceucage . . . a RECEIVE WORD FROM : McHENRY SOLDIER IN TRAGIC TRAIN CRASH * Co, D - 82nd Battalion, *, Mm . Camp Crowder, Ma McHenry Plaindealer: Among the boys from McHenry who Were on the train that crashed head-on at Granby Station, Missouri, were Privates William Hay, Charles Sutton, Harvey Freund, Alfred Hergott, and Eddie Waspi of Richmond. Fred Monday Commercial ... Bennett rolled an even 500 to anchor Althoff's Hardware in two out of three from Mejster Brau. Johnny Herdrich hit 554. McHenry Beer continued to »parkle in three straight from Weber's Plumbers. Faltum was chief brew man with 512. Reed rolled 217 (536j tat the numbers. * K. of CL. . . -'v' (' • • Herman Schaefer rolled a 532 series with Art Krause just one pin behind. George Barbian, 622. Daa O'Sfeea, ^ recount is demanded). ^ Match ... / , Meister Hrau lost a high scoring match to Kinsbury of Waukegan, 2817 to 2786. Herb Simon, 222 (601). Les Adams, 224 (W6-). Herman Schaefer, 209 ( 593). Glassy! Matter of Choice The Prospective Tenant (viewing Before entering the service, Norm was a lineman with the Public Service company so this will be to his liking. His address is Battery A-306, Co. A, Bar. Bal. Batn., Camp Tyson, raris, Tenn. Private Lodtx is well known in Me- Charlotte^ Henry where his father and brother I t™- operate a dry cleaning establishment.! known ^ vicinity passed away WamI W*. .i.n i 4.W i. • week. Our deepest sympathy is ^m he^qua^rTT^eTw ' * th* *""Uy of Mrs. Cath- Joseph Schaefer, whose fourth birthday also fell on that dfty. A delicious supper was served with two birthday cakes decorating the tabte. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. William May and family of Johnsburg, Mr. snd Mrs. Joseph Schaefer and children and Mrs. Chas. Freund, son, Tommy, and daughter, • UvteyaaMMtaU Wa Were too haagry. Win>«l dfehtly Kid. tat Mi cat tainted, can caaac -- . ] Tkbkta contain BaMth aad Curb ORJICK nUat A*k dranitt tor N Thouaa P. Bolger, Draggiat >1 Field, Texas, and from 0 G1^r eat Lakes" hI „ ?aiea. ^acriys &runs- McHenry serv,c. m«. M.ry's church in McHenr, WedMs. Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Tex., ' JL- n Having completed the fiTst step o ife "gSf1 °f the death of his training as a pilot in the fighting , v Skldsmo'e " • Army Air Corps, AviaUon Cadet 1 Sht>Ck to the COmmun,ty- She passed Iseral V. Adams of West McHenry, away at the home of her son, John, in Ringwood on Monday. Funeral to begin the intermediate phase of his s T e™ceV*ere ,h«ld fro» g»e ***' *• flight instruction. Justen funeral home, McHenry, Wedhas arrived at this basic flying school At Goodfellow Field, typical of the Air Corps newest, war - expanded, c , ^t 0 training centers, he wiU graduatelo iter' Sandra' of ^Henry spent Sun nesday afternoon- Mr. and Mrs. Alfons Wirt*, daugh- ' ABDOMINAL SUPfOITHB , Serqieal VaKt > HnwilJl ol people era daily iMiataf kow to obtain rilM and comfort by »oaHa« corracttv fitted Abdomiaaf Sitpporton. A social typo of wtportw ,»m ta had for t»«nr abdomiiul aHmaat fa*: obesity maternity. faR< pwt-operative, iacro lilac, ale. mpporten uiiit aatoro ia •natomkai corrocHoaa. Our experienced (Htort wiH oUAr demonstrate tfco varioat typo* of Abdominal Sapeortart, foatariaa Mm patented NON-SKID ttays: alto BmMc W liery, NON-SKID Spot Pad TnNaaa. Shoulder tracat. Quelity, Mta bact -- Price. Mm lawaat. Bolger's Drug Store Green Street McHeary the cockpit of a speedy, 350 horse- j power, BT-13A trainer, learning to | Blaster aerobatics, formation, cross j eountry, instrument and night flying. .h ouse).-- ,I thin.k afat.e r al„l, a f«la ,t wo,.u | ldGr,ound school instruction vuh in- n„r.« LJ suit iiq hpttpr i e courses in radio code, weather, The Caretaker--Well, „r, to me- 1m.'!;tary self, I feel a flat so much like a!„ ™ 2 ,, I*."1" pruo"; bu. tt.en, of cour«, U .11! Es-^pS^" depends on what you're accustomed servation flying, and win the coveted to. Cured We know a guy who stuttered so His talk could hardly be endured Although he spent a lot of dough His habit wasn't cured. A widow dame secured him; She won his favor in a walk; Of stuttering she cured him: He never gets a chance to tall|/ wings and bars of a flying lieutenant In the Army Air Corps. Cadet Adams is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester V. Adams of 513 Waukegan Road, West McHenry. He attended Lake Forest college, where he played on the varsity basketball team. He received his primary flight training at Ballinger, Texas. Optimistic Dr. Quack--I had a great many more patients last year than I have this. I wonder where they have all gone to? i Mrs. Wrink--Well, all we can do. Doctor, is to hope for the best. • TRY Marilyn 8chaefer, 17» (48»V ^ledine Schsefer, 464. B. Weber, 178 (411). Fanny Freund, 471. M. Lemeron, 184 (432). Helen Immekus, 418. D. Hapke, 189 ( 427). Thattfelves you an idea of how the girls are doth'. Fanny Freund led a group of ladies to the Chicago American Women's Bowling Classic where they are making a grand showing. Fanny rolled a 527 series. The girls (Hazel Johnson, Adelia Hapke, Dorothy Schaefer Snm ith ,fr om Jto h, nsb, urg was on^e luc,k y | and Nadine Schaefer) are in piace at point person that went to another destination and avoided such a horrible scene as we boys saw at about 4:30 when the terrific impact came, throwing all of the boys from their seats. So, follus, here's hoping some of you readers will write us in camp as w« will be quarantined for two week*.« Yours truly. PRIVATE WM. HAY. P. 8.--The four of us boys are in the iame barracks. YABBY GERTIE V* II ri.!.. # Saaday League ... The Pit gang averaged M7 pfaa per man in winning two from Meister Brau. The Meister Braus were right close with an average of 515. Hank Britz (522) led McHenry Beef" as they took two out of three from McHenry Plumbers. Worth* of note: Perkins, ^ Janiom . . . Tommy Sutton rolled a 210 game in 523. That's good! Eddie Lay hit 200 in 517. Donald Kennebeck was nekt with a 512 series. Put the top-notchera together and those Juniors could match a pretty fair team. Art Krause rolled a 544 series with the K. C.'s last week. Listen my childUM And you shall hear < *0f I two great bowlers - , „ Who bought the beeff It happened last Sunday. Art Kleia and Johnny Nett teamea up against Mrs. Klein ("Tippy") and Leo Mich* els in a match to see who would buy the drinks. Seems like Art was destined to lose either way, but the match went on. The combined score in one game for "Tippy" and Leo was 188 pins. Now, well believe anything! Frank (timidly) -- Wish I knew what you'd do if I should steal a kiss? Ruth--Wouldn't take leaf to find out. ^ Not Interested Bie--Doctor, you told me to show ypu my tongue, but you haven't even looked at it I Doctor--No ... it was only to keep you quiet while I wrote out the prescription. . Great Lakes, 111., March 4--Vernon John Kramer, 24, former marine mechanic for the Kramer Boat Co., of McHenry, 111., is at the U. S. Naval Training station at Great Lakes, undergoing recruit training. Kramer enlisted in the Navy as an aviation machinist's mate, third class. Upon completion of his recruit training, he will be assigned to duty aboard ship in the U. S. fleet or at a short; station. Aa Easy One The class was being questioiped on H)e cardinal points of the compass. "If I turn to the east and look at the rising sun, what is left behind me?" -- Boy--Xer shadow. "Yon're generally left yts've » Bead the W«t A#! Census in (5 Volumes The 1940 census of the United States, with its maze of geographical, industrial and commercial in* formation, will make 65 volumes. Lhjnor Leaks In bonded warehouses in America, rum, gin and brandy leak out, or evaporate at a rate of one gallop mry^ime one minute races hy. * f . f H A , ' •_ Warning Flossy--Let's play housekeeping. You be the papa and I'll be the mama. / Franky--No, mom said we mustn't fight any more. Skip It King--How does the report begin? Secretary--It is greatly to be regretted-- King---Never mind the rest of it, we were licked. "DoctdT, what shall 1 sprained ankle?" " Yea Bet! "The man who jumps at conclusions is liable td land in some queer places." 1 Maxim 'The bravest man ia N knows when to be afraid." Who Maw Trae "It would be all right if the man who doesn't mean anything wouldn't say it" -Wen Bat, la BosplMl Lister F. Guthrie, Denver, won a bet, but he will have to collect it in a hospital. He wagered that he could break a beer glass by squeezing it in his hands. He did. It shattered, inflicting severe lacera- , Inftiaa First An Indian, Chief Oratam, wa* America's first prohibition agent, having been appointed in 1082 by the Dutch guveiam at New Nether* BOT SCOUTS Last Monday there were sixteen regular Scouts, two visitors and Scoutmaster Schoenholtz that made up th« meeting. Eagle Scout Don Schaefer took over the opening of the meeting. Scout LaVerne led us in the Scout Oath. Scoutmaster Schoenholts informed us that the swim this Wednesday, the eleventh, would be postponed indefinitely. Again we had our patrol meetings, but this time we worked on Tenderfoot tests for the newly registered Scouts, and Second Class tests ior the Scouts that have already received their Tenderfoot pins. A>so^ First Class tests for Second Class Scouts. All the Scouts that were First Class or above worked on Merit Badges. We had some real fun when the game part of the meeting took place. We played "Circle Ball." The name sounds funny, so I'll describe it. The leader, Tom Lawson, who was assisted by Rudolph Johnson, stood in the middle of the circle that the Scouts made. He had a long rope tied to a football, and he swung this around close to the floor. And as the rope passed by the Scout had to jump crei it. This was almost like jumping rope. After this We had the closing of the meeting. We sang "Taps" because yours truly made such s mess of trying to bugle it Try to think of a good place to go on a bicycle hike, boys! Be Prepared! HARRY MUELLER, Troop Reporter. ADVICE ON RAISING WAR GARDENS GIVEN B/ FUTURE FARMERS viigistw/iraas f BOSS, I'D BE GLAD TO ACCEPT f*RT OF MVSALARV INI DEPEMSB BONDS/ IF ALL "THE WORKING QRLS IN THE NATION DO THIS, IT WILL HELP US OUR FIGHT FOR \VlCTURy/ KAT ABOUT (TSRLSP WAVE VQJ suwrrro the FKVROLLPUN IN YOUR OFFICE? llie following bit of advice wh^eh was written by the McHenry chspter, Future Farmers of America, will certainly be of value lo those who are contemplating starting a garden this year. Uoth farm and town families can make a major contribution to our war effort by growing a good part of the vegetables they will need for fresh use and for canning, freezing, or otherwise preserving for winter use. Furthermore, the produce from a wellplanned and well-tended garden will not only promote the health of the family, but it will conserve some of the family's income for the extra expenses that all families now face. "Gardens should be well planned and these plans whole-heartedly carried out The seed supply for 194* gardens, while not critically limited, is such that we cannot afford to waste any of it. Unless there is reasonable expectation that the garden will be cared for throughout the season will yield at least a moderate harvest it should not be planted." Trips ta PlaMl • Airplane trips to a plane* ar to the moon are out of the question, according to some astronomers, because Mrth CUli LEE* CLOTHES is w WUUIK MUvUVUlV4V| IW | I moat of the way between the .1 and the moon tat is M air, jl It's Important to Look Your Best Spriug is the natural time of the year to spruce up and look your best. And, fortunately, it is not hard to do. Just come in and select one of the new Curlee Suits for Spring we have recently placed m jp| store. i:n ' 'u'r ; .v- ^ Every suit tnjffie Curlee Spring Line is smartly styled in the modern manner, by designers who know what American men like in the clothes they buy. Every «uit i* expertly tailored, from materials of the highest quality, for style, fit and satisfactory wear. ^ ^ L ' | Oome in today and try on one of tlwse Oartco 8pri#f Suits. Because our stock is complete--you are sure to find models vou like that fit you. What is mac^^vei^L one of these Curlee Spring Suits ia priced right, McGEE'S Oimb Strwt -- "Th« Stan for Ite" i V