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* ;v< ^ % ••* v>l<»- • ' '" ;'V-v3 •'#T~ -rr**™ _ ..... «*..•«•• . .^. •,. . .. .,..*. r, * ^ «fv ',*'- , >- ,«;? X%f\--:&M m v '*'>% "* - y3f\ ' •'%-•- :n' - fs ,V , - „ ^ ?»§}* •$-- •&$& ^V. #«?,». .,V\ McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2,1942 Wo. 46 IITYSMAS HAL PASS TO RIAL REWARD T. BUW nan UMXFKOTKSLT _.•>-* Death came to William T. Blum, a ^ilbnBiner resident of Emerald Fvi for ~^e years, Utst Satufedafr at his home, tie was eight y-twv old. Mr, Blum had att*h«fed twice on Friday and had apy been well until he suffered • that evening,. The decerned was retired from Hibliard * Spencer hardware company in Chicago about twenty years ago and tfnce that time had spent five months *ach year at his summer home near KcHenry. During his long residence ftere he had made many friends who were sorfy to hear, of his passing last t Survivors include his wife, Mar. •fcsret; three daughters, Gertrude yletchc-r, Jeanette Armstrong, and Dorothy Whitfield; one son, Harry; Aref brothers, George Blum of Chicago and Emerald Park, Fred and Prank of Chicago; and one sister Mrs. John Armstrong of Chicago and Emi(|| rald Park. ' One son, Walter, pre- |Khkd his father in death. Funeral services were held Monday ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WILL X OCCUR ON APRIL 11 . the . various elections to be held in April *is the one which will elect members to the boards of the local high and grade schools on April 11. Ik* last day for filing for the grade school board members was last week. Dr. ft. G„ CHamberlin is up for redaction for president to servo for a one year term, while George Johnson and EL G. Buch will strive for re-election for thrte yoar terms. The tet da> jfor ftUpg for candidates for, fhe&feh wmibl board was last evCsint. &J-. ttMBianapafa** and i~. -- J. Cristy are seeking re-election there [Risen, for a three year term. As no one filed to run except those already holding office, no contest is expected on either board. Polls will be open for voting from twelve to five at the grade school for candidates for that board. Those wishing to vote for high school candidates will vote at the city hall between the hours of twelve and seven. AROUND THE BOBETTE CRI8TY JtyW MEMBER OF / DELTA OMICRON The Sunday of Joy" -- Easter-- almost at hand, when the fragrance of white lilies permeate the churches and the falters echo the joyous music, loud in its proclaiming of "Hosanna In the Highest." Hearts are throbbing with a new hope as the Resurrection Day of Christ dawns. The forty days of Lent, a time of penitence and self-denial are over; the Cross and a sermon. Rev. Joseph Corcoran, C. S. C., Nore Dame tm» versity, will preach. On Holy Saturday a High Mass will be sung at seven-thirty. Confessions will be heard in the afternoon between the hours of two and five-thirty and in the evenirv? from seven to nine. Father Q'Rourke will be assisted in . hearing confessions by Father Cor- Good Friday with its sad memories of , conn. *he crucifixion ia past; tijd the thrill At 7:25 on Easter morning, precedw the a«-old message, mrfLord Is ing the 7:80 High Mass.a quartette of fius every heart with Seeding' j mixed - voices will render *Palm of gladness, • j Branches." The maw which the mixed The name Easter is derived from , choir has selected this year is Marzo'a that of the ancient Anglo-Saxon god- mass, for many years a favorite with dess of spring, Eastre, in whoue honor , choirs everywhere. The choir's offera festival of spring wa3 held in the : ing at the Offertory will be the "Haec month of April. It Is from these old j Dies" by J. WVegnnd. Benediction pagan festivals that many of our j will follow the mass. Low masses Easter customs come. This day of wjtt be said at nine and ten joyful celebration also contains survivals of the Passover feast of the Jews, observed in memory of the coming out of Egypt. Easter has been celebrated as a church festival since the very early days of the Christian church. In 325 A. p., the church council at Nicae tn Asia Minor decided thdt Easter should be celebrated the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox (March 21). This movable INSANITY HEARING feast is so very complicated to calcu April 4 has been set as the date for ! late, however, that it'is usually left"to &P. St. Mary's Mass this (Thursday) morning was fu0m„the/e8idencect' ^lnlaHitlIlea[ingJ0r Ham 1 ilt.°n H°y.the makers of calendars to designate' «t eight o'clock and Holy hour will 1622 NorA RockwelL street to St. charged with burglary and larceny, (the date. . be held tonight at 7:30. On Friday John Bt-rchmans churdiand All Saints Holy Week Services f morning the Mass of the Presanctified tifemetery Willard Darreil At the age of. seventy-thre^, Willard Barrel), one of the most prominent citizens of the Volo vicinity, passed away last Thursday mernng, March 26, 1942, at the Woodstock hospital, Where he had undergone an operation »cently. After his retirement from farm jpwk several years agp Mr. Darreil Judge Ralph J. Dady set the date Saturday morning following a conference between Hoy's counsel, F. B. Bennett, and Assistant State's Attorney Dos A. Wicks. A jury will be summoned to hear the case. ASK $5,950 DAMAGES Lsriaine Sisson and Mary De Vries j ment is exposed throughout the day of Grand Rapids, Mich., filed suit last f°r public adoration. Through the Several days during this last week, will be read and Stations of the Cross which is known as Holy or Passion j will be said at 2:30 in the afternoon week, are devoted to special devotions ' and 7:00 in the evening. On Holy in many churches. Today, Holy Thurs- j Saturday services will begin about day, is observed in commemoration of • seven, although the mass will not be supper of Christ, and in until eight. Confessions will be heard Catholic churches the Blessed Sacra- at 3:00 in the afternoon and 7:00 in the evening. On Easter the masses week in the circuit court against Albert Coon, said to be a well known ltd devoted much 'JZ time to his | orchestra leader of Marengo, asking duties as an officer of the Farm damages for personal injuries receiv- "Kyrie" of the mass this morning the organ played in accompaniment to the voices staging the high mass, but at the "Gloria" the bells Were rurtif snd Bureau. Most of the remainder of ed in an accident one mile east of j *be organ stopped and will remain in his time was spent in caring for his Marengo on Oct. 5, 1941& In the com-1 silence until the "Gloria" on Holy insurance business, in which he had plaint L<jrraine Sisson asks $2,600 j Saturday, thus denoting grief. After heen very successful. jfor personal injuries and $450 for j ^e mass this morning, the altars were In addition to his business interests, j damage to her ear. The other plaintiff! stripped of all linens and decorations, Mr- Dan-ell had made an outstanding j 3eeks $2,900 damages for personal in- representing the similar humiliation atcord in his affiliations in social and juries. The suit was filed by Attorney ledge circles. For a number of years j peter A. Hartesvelt of Grand Rapids •f was • faithful worker for the j through the law firm of Williams and Masonic lodge and the Eastern Star. Dunn 0f Rockford. ^ Through his connections with both of ttese organizations he had won the LAST DRAFT CAIX lsve and respect of a great number of i. ____ friends who will long miss his valu-! ^'* »AKH FORTY-ONE able service to the organisations. FROM,THE COUNTY Born in 1869 near Lakes Cornets,," Ike deceased moved when a small boy j Another group of young men left to the Darreil homestead west of foP .erviee early Monday which the Lord endured to atone for our sins. On Good Friday, which commemorates the Crucifixion, the Mass of the Presanctified is read because on the day previous the Sacred Host was consecrated. From twelve to three in the afternoon, the heads of the faithful are bowed ijn prayer in memory of r... the agony Christ endured on theCross.^Gunnar Gunnarson. On Holy Saturday, Catholics observe a strict fast Snd abstinence will be as on every Sunday, 7:00, 8:30 and a high mass at 1JD:30. Special music at the last mass will be offered Uy the sdult choir. Preceding the mass the "Vidi Aquam" by Singenberger will be sung and the mass chosen by the choir is the "Salve Regina" mass by Rossini. There will also be the "Regina Coeli" by Witt and "O Glorious Easter Vision" by Tappert at the Offertory. Community Methodist Holy Communion will be served ah the church this Thursday evening, April 2, at 8 o'clock. New adult members will be received into the membership of the church at that time. Friday evening, April 3. at the church, Rev. Miller wQi give the story "The Good Shaphntf^ written by don Scholle. Next the choir will sing "Hail, The Easter Morn" by Wm. J. Kirkpatrick. As guest at their services Curtiss Phillips of Chicago will offer "The Holy City "as a cornet solo. Warren Jones will render a vocal selection, W. H. Neidlinger's beautiful "Easter Morn" and the orchestra selection at the Offertory will be "•Susjusanimam" from Rossini's "Stabat Mater." At the Postlude they will play "Hosanna" by Grainer. Ziwt Evangelical Lutheran On Thuioteft njallfc »t f :4flf at St. John's Lutheran church in Woodstock there will be services snd also Good Friday services on that evening. At 8 o'clock Sunday morning, Re;. H. P. Meyers will conduct Easter services at the McHenry church and communion will also be given. St. John's On Holy Thursday mass was at 8:00 in the morning snd hoars of prayer were observed all day. In the evening at 7:30 there will be a sermon and Adoration to the Blesses Sacrament. On Good Friday the mass in the Miss Bobette Cristy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kamleth E. Cristy*of Ringwood, was recently initiated -info Delta Omicron, national music sorority at Illinois Wesleyan university, Bloomington. Delta Omicron was founded in 1909 at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and rtow\has thirty-five chapters. Hie chapter at Illinois Wesleyan was founded in IMC. Miss Cristy was gradual**? from McHenry high school in 1941 where she was a member ef the band, orchestra, chorus and girls* athletic association. At Wesleyan Miss Cristy is a freshman in the School of Music where she is jnajoring in piano and minoring in voice. INTERESTING NEARBY NEWS TWO HUNDRED ; 4 AT ? LEMON MEET CONVENTION PLANB ASS INDEFINITE K-- 1 "'ia. Two hundred Legionnaires frees all parts of McHenry county met in Woodstock last Thursday evening at the monthly meeting of the council All twelve posts were represented, with Commander Ben Macmusen of Gary presiding. The two scheduled speakers of the Chicago police post, Sergeant F. Poesehl and H. F. Trieger, were present and gave very interesting talks on first aid and other phases of the safety program of the Qucs^o police ment. The membership report of the county as revested at the meeting shows 7«6 j members signed to date, which is just seventy-four short of the memj bership for 1941. Several of the posts, 1IIT T T_ When his car became unmanageable 'ncludmS McHenry, have already morning will be at 8 o'clock and at M he •tten»Pt*d to back away from a j ^e'r membership of last year 7:30 in the evening there will be Sta- curb Saturday evening, March 21, in l*n rmcV McHenry has aaded two memtions of the Cross. j Genoa, Albert Horlacher's auto sud- j b*rs ,uice 'he beginning of the ye«u. On Holf Saturday special services, jdenly dashed forward and crashed into Membership • including the starting of the Easter the R°yal Blue 8tore front, breaking The Woodstock post tops the county Fire, begins about 6:30, with Mass fol-i®'1 the Plate completely ruining with 216 members. Memberships of lowing. Confessions on Saturday will tthe door and window casing. There the various other posts follow: begin at two o'clock in the afternoon ' c*n ^ no reP«>ra, the damage is such Algonquin, 29; Cary, 23; Crystal and seven-thirty in the evening. !that * conTP,ete new *ro*»t is the only 'Lake, lu8; Fox River Grove, 21; Preceding the High mass at ten | so*u*'on' | ^,aiHebron, 42; Huntley, o'clock on Easter Sunday, the organist • Charles Larson, caretaker at the C. I McHenry, 64; Marengo, 54; Richand adult choir will render the "ViuJ Pflager estate at Channel Lake, |n,ond' and Union, 19. Aquam" by Singenberger. Other music Iwas. found dead in the cottage he ocwill be as follows: "Introit" by Toxer, 'cupied, shortly before two o'clock last , "Gradual" by Toier, "Vktimae Pas* ! Thursday afternoon. Larson, who was 'and stat* conventions, it is too soon to chali," Gregorian Chant, "Terr® 1 believed to be about eighty-five years know definitely whether or not the "HP! Although dates and places have been selected for the annual national Legion will go through with the meetings. It was the opinion of many that the national convention scheduled for Tremuit" by Singerberger at the Of- °'d> ^ad been ill for some time and fertory, and the "Communio" bj 'was known to have been suffering Torer. The mass which the choir has fr°m cancer. Because of his illness, chosen is St. Thomas' mass by Tap-1 neighbors and school children had New Orleans womu not oe neld, but pert and following the mass they will! keping particular watch over the ,that a meeting of delgates from versing "Regina Coeli" by Singenberger.! Plac"- and turned in the alarm from |ious states would be held in lndian- At the eight o'clock low mass the It,!® schoolhoust when they, found the* j the national headquarters. £ | children's choii1 will sing hymns. jwere unable to get into the cottage. *• I Following the uusiness meeting^ tfefe - St. Peter'» | The golden wedding anniversary of veterans ot 1917 and 1918 were ent«r- On Holy Thursday the Mun of the Mr- and Mrs. Walter Davis of Crys- (tsined by an exhibition arm put Institution was celebrated at 8 o'clock 1 Lake was of more than ordinary j ^ "nits of the reserve militia comand the Blessed Sacrament was car- • interest to A. H. Henderson as their l"*ny. Lieut. Lynu Merwin acted as ried to the side sltar which was dec- wedding was the first he ever attend- ; drilimaster and was aided by other orated for the occasion. In the even- ^d. When he went to their home Fri- officers of the company. Captain A»- f ^ ing at 8 o'clock there will be Holy day. March 20, it marked his first visit v,n Cooke of Harvard was in earn- J| Hour. The ceremonies on Good FIT. | w'th them jt their home in the fifty mend. ^ - J day will begin at 8:30 in the morning y«ar8 they have resided here, although ! Among the Legionnaires who *t- ft when the Mass of the Presanctified they have clo*« friends through- tended were Ray Page, John Drey- ;i will be observed with Veneration of out this time. I milter, Harold awen, Andrew Wur- | the Cross. Services in the evening! John Meyer,"*who made his home;'red Schoewer, kred Km, 1 will begin at eight o'clock. j with Mr. and Mrs. George Meyer of (Herman Schaeier and lhomaa P. On the morning of Holy Saturday, Patatin, and who attended Palatine **o*K«r, all of McHenry. Wduconda. There he Uved his entire 'from M*eHenry county. The forty-tw^ I UI*til noon, wher Lent is over. During t | men who left had previously passed ' 7*e maas that morning, the large and Survivors j include four .daughters, their final physical examinations an^ dec,°^t,ve Paschal cand,e " bles»ed Mrs. Mudred Bailey of Amboy, Mrs. : went directly to their those] fnd five grains of incense are inserted Mable Matthews, who Uvee on the who ,eft from Boards One and Two Darren farm, Mrs. Marion Matthews M follow*: mi Oak Park and Mrs. Myrtle Eaping 1 Stark's Station; one son, W9|iapi Darreil of Wauconda, and four granu- . iAildren. Funeral services were held Sunday tftemoott from the home to the Federated church, where Rev. R. C. Halleck officiated. Burial was in th« .Wauconda cemetery, with rites at the Igrave m charge of the Masons. The pallbearers were A. D. Sflbith •I Libertyville, Eb Harris of Grayslake, Arthur Mauwe of Tinley Park, H. T. Cook, Arthur Powers and Dr jsk, A. Ross of Wauconda. Mrs. Mary Schm.tt % ; Mrs. Mary Schmitt, who spent moet 'ef hex life in the Jolmsburg vicinity, died unexpectedly at Beloit, Wis., last Thursday, March 26, 1942. She was seventy-seven years old. Many friends who had made her acquaintance during the time she lived here mourn her tasting. She is survived by a granddaughter, Marie Pitsen, who lived with her; a . aister in California and a brother, ^hn, at Pell Lake, Wis. Fuj^riri servjjegs were .held at Beloit, with Burial in St. John's eettn^ l»r, in Johnaburg. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ' FOE LEGION CAENIVAL SELECTED THI8 WESE Nasiber One Beard • Harvey A. ^Itwies ; ^ CSifforu Tohn Andcnrson Donald H. Boehmke ^ Edward Lyman Buchert George H. Butts Frank J. Carbonetti ;• John S. Carson . Donald G. Chamberlain George H. Clark - Arthur Edward Coloord Albert C. Dahle *' t•; Francis D. Dalsiel Otto Frank EicksteaA - Gordon M. Engeln Merlin W. Engles James M. Flanagan Morris E. Hall William Waiter HentH Charles F, Herdrich, Jr. Albert E. Hildreth Harold A. HoweU Donald A. Huff Richard W. Kelley Albert E. Phetteplac# Howard J. Pie per Raymond F. Pierce Ijeo John SbMefer ^ R. 8M#% John P. Simpson Edwin Gaylord Smith Russell H. Stewart William J. Tornow James M. Walsh into the side of the candle in the form of a cross. Prophcies are read, the Baptismal water is blessed, and at the "Gloria" the organ once again re- A Sunrise Service will be held at 6:30 a. m. ip the church Easter Sunday morning. This beautiful service will be lead, by the Intermediate and High School League groups. All are welcome to attend this service. Young people will be received into membership. The regular Blaster morning worship service will be at 11 o'clock and sounds throughout the church with I the theme for worship will be TU its joyous strains and bells ring out, indicating th^ beginning of the Easter season. St. Patrick's At St. Patrick's chureh a high mass this morning was read at seven o'clock and at iieven-thirty in the eveoing there will be devotions. At seven-thirty on Good Friday morning will be the Mass of the Presanctified, and at the same time in the Triumph of. Fftiur^." Infants gr»- sented will be baptised at this service. The services this far have been well attended. It is hoped that the congregations continue to grow through the remaining portion of the Lenten season. Some very special and beyutiful music will highlight the 11 o'clock Easter service at' the church. For the Prelude there will be Gounod's "Ave MARIMBA PLAYER IS 1JSATUK1UJ ON BANDK . ^ CONCERT APRIL 14 • * -- * The McHenry high school there will be a High mass with cere- 8C^°°'» was killed March 24, 1941, in monials preceding the mass. Confes- an explosion at sea, according to word sions will be heard on Saturday after* r#ce'ved by the Palatine people. Mr. noon and evening. Masses on Easter ,nd Mrs. Meyer had endeavored to I Sunday will be at 8:00 and 10:00 a. m. «>«*«»<* John for some time, but it was i Ringwood Methodist °™y last week that thpy learned OS I On Friday evening, April 3, at 7:30 ^isjdeath of a year ago. I p. m., Union Sacramental services * * The body oi a woman discovered ft composed of lorty-tour members, will will be held at the church and on Cross Lake Sunday afternoon,-March present their annual concert earTues- Easter morning special services will was identified last Wednesday uay evening, April 14, at 8:16 in the be conducted at 9:30 at which tinu.! even,*ng «s that of Mrs. Setta Kokor- high school auditorium. Music lovers there will be BaDtism and retention 'an> the Kenosha county sheriff's de- are extremely fortunate for the ticket Ifne.LmJ.'rv.S jT.M° Mr.. Ko|.ori.„, i «», purely f« thi, Kelvey will give a? his sermon "Th« J*ho waa ^eved to be a|H»ut !«rty , *10/ «lso enUUe them to hear the Easter Story " "jyears of age, had been a patient at orchestra concert. «*«»ng, At 10:30, Sunday school will be held «ie lllinois mental hospital (Dunning) f M»y 3. Tickets"for the pr«fraw »*e with Paul Walkinyton as superinteu-. 'H Ch'csgo, for trestment as a nar-; wow on by Members of the band •KM evening there will be the SUtions of j Maria," with violin obbligato by Gor PQMMUNITY CLUB TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT, JOHNSBURU The Johnsburg Community club is scheduled to hold its next meeting Tuesday evening, April 7, at 8 o'clock. This will be one of the most important .meetings of the year. All the committees are on the job, and the membership committee anti- Cipstes a l*qre attendance. There will GRAND OPENING OF NEW FARMERS MILL SATURDAY, APRIL 11 The new Farmers Mill has beeti completed and will soon be ready for the inspection of the public. The large modern structure was erected following the disastious fire which occurred last August almost completely wiping out the old buildings. John A. Bolger, the manager, now jbe «n abundance of sandwiches Alid announce* the date for the grand j pleny of amber fluid for all. j opening, which will be held Saturday j At the last meeting the business afternoon, April 11, beginning at 1:30 directory was adopted unanimously, o'clock. All grownups who so desire j Business is off to a good start and are cordially invited to visit the mill ! cotic addict, but had wandered away. and orchestra and xare thirty-livf Wiwder 1 Lutheran | Her body was discovered in the yara oentaf tax included. Good Friday service will be conduct-, one °* th* fummer homes by peopi* The kindergarten and first grade ed at the Wonder Lutheran w"° w#re 'oo^mg at some ef the cot- Rhythm Band will open the program church at 8 p. m. I tf*es- There were no apparent indica- with several selections. Also en the Service on Esster Sunday at 10:45 tion* ** *° how woman arrived program will be two ensemble groups " " ~ - there. I which took a first division in the dta- A rare opportunity for Crystal 1*1" I trict contest a few weeks ago. Theae townspeople to hear one of the best j two are the brass quartette and the known and best loved sacred cantatas cornet trio, both of whom will render ever written was offered on Sunday j the contest selections. night when the Crystal Lake Civic j Guest artist this year will be Jamed Cuoral club presented "The Seven Dutton, a Marimba player from _tfi | Last Words of Christ" by Theodore Northwestern university. Miss Hary ve new Farm Bureatf mem- | DuBois. This Palm Sunday concert, | riet French will be his accompanit, dent. o'clock. L. M. Hieber is the pastor, j CONTEST INCREASES I MEMBERSHIP GREATLY I IN 00. FARM BUREAU Carl F. Brookman--to be trans- ' every man, woman and child is busy, during the afternoon hours and in- The various committee chairmen far the July 4th Legion carnival have been selected and are as follows: General chairman--John Drey miller. Advertising--Thomas P. Bolger. Finance--Charles Reihsnsperger. Property--Clarence Douglas. v Police--Fred Ferwerda. ^ Arrangements--John DreymiUer. PkrkiTip--Fred Kuns. . (Stuck-A-Luck No. 1--Ellsworth Shoemaker. '« Ckuck-A-Luck No. 2 -- Andrew Worwick. jFenny Pitch--Ed Conway. --"7 Up and 7 Under--George Johnson- Arrow Game--Clarence Martin. Pan Game--Albert Purvey. Merry-Go-Round--Mildred Kinsala. Ferris Wheel--Clara Stoffet. Tilt-A-Whirl -- Jennie Mae Richard- • ' . son. Choir-O-Plane--Genevieve Knox. . Siootir.p Gallery--Arthur Myers. . Refreshment Tent--Floyd Cooley. Sandwich Tent--Ray Page. Bingo Game--William Althoff. p Milk Bottle Game--Elmer Baum.g* Doll Game--Fred Schoewer. ^ Sdft^rinks--Jack Thies. Dart Game--C. H. Duker. * Merchandise--Ray McGee. Hooligan No. 1--Mrs. Ray Conway. Hooligan No. 2--Mrs. Ray McGee. Bf^eball Jar Game--Mrs. Celia Knox. New attractions which are sure to he popular with the crowds are the •hooting gallery, the Pan game tad Baseball Jar gam% ' .v/ At the coming meeting the round spect the new plant. Mr. Bolger also table discussions will be hybrid seeds announces that prizes wiR be awarded | of all kinds for higher production, at two, three and four o'clock. Punch, which is the wart time spirit of the cookies, candy and cigars will be serv. day, blue ribbon poultry, more eggs, ed to all visitors. pedigree cattle for more milk and but- The business people of McHenry are | terfat, better horses, etc. invited to inspect the mill during the . After the business session the as- forenoon hours of the day, which will i semblage will listen to and discuss the be more convenient for them than in record and merits of our statesmen to the afternoon. jbe elected or rejected at the coming A free admission dance,' given by .. ... .. , ' primary, April 14, all for the best the McHenry County Farmers Co-opti recently only one group of ,nterest of our fighting arnfy and riavy, erative Association will be held at The ferred to another local board Roscoe Conclin Neurotb--transferred from another local board. Number Two Board George H. Gaylord > Floyd G. Hammond Carl J. Kisfer Lester F. Smith George S. Weber , Edward G. Weter v Melvin H. Winklemann year's Lenten season was presented in the Methodist church. draftees left each month, thus sending just enough^ to fill the required quota. Of late/- however, the n^ed of men becoming more urgent, they are sending as many men as possible each month. Monday's men who were drafted were the third group to go from McHenry county in March and it Is expected that another unit of men wall leave in the early part of:4priL ATTENTION! includin. g- t.h e Red Cross. Bridge Saturday .eveninJg,, AApprr^ill 11, to An invitation f is extended to the which everyone ata&^is invited. Or* citizens of McHenry, Spring Grove, and new dances will be played. A etc., to attend this meeting. grand prize of two hundred snd fifty COMMITTEE. baby chicks will be awarded at eleven • o'clock, p.m. Many Jobs Now Open to Further announcement will be made Stenographers, Typists next week'8 pl*indemler; watch for bers were signed last week in the McHenry County Farm Bureau as a result of a contest between organization workers, according to an announcement by Earl Swenson, county organization director. The contest was planned by thf county organisation wi»mittee qf which Gerald Binder of Harvard is chairman., The workers in the west half of the county were under Binder's direction while the east side worker* were in charge of Arthur Hoppe, Farm Bureau vice-president. Th£ high individual teani of workers was composed of Msrtin Perenchio and John Mulvenna both of Dunham township. This team signed nine new members. The high group of town-j "Dear Sir: ship workers were from Chemung who < "Miss Marie Nix, daughter ef Mrs. signed the thirteen new members. ; Tillie Nix, wss one of a group of As a result of the short contest, j students of the Cook County School of McHenry county now has 101 new ! Nursing who were awarded their caps members or twenty-one more than the j st a ceremony held at the Nurses' one of the important events of the' Although a young man, Mr. i>utton has already achieved a certain amount of fame on his popular iiiitiiiawi He is a member of the Northweatarn band and was a National Music contest winner; he has bass a member oi McHENRY GIRLS ' " th® InUrni4tioc*t *«»mbe Symphony „ f OR SjPSOOIiWQ^K Qri&»|tr» and solbist wjth tfee Ne- | birSska t7niversity band. ' He was aUe Hie Plaindealer received word this National champion of Monahan Post, week concerning special honors be- ; American Legion. The band has instowed upon two local girls for their i deed been fortunate in securing the work in their respective schools.' We services of this talented musician, print the following letters from theii | A most inspiring patriotic closing educational institutions: |has been planned for the program. It "March 26, 1942 i includes tne appearance of the Ameri- "Editor McHenry Plaindealer, can Legion, the Giri and Boy "McHenry, Illinois. while the band plays the ftlrinasi Anthem. « year's quota of eighty. BEGIN COMPILING ASSESSMENTS OFr PROPERTY, 1942 Stenographers and typists, you* i gend Questionnaires country needs you. . If you are eigh- I , A representative of a group insur-' teen years of age or over and are I to Draft ance company will speak at the regu- ! willing to go to Washington, there is I far monthly P.-T.A. meeting next}a position waiting for you with the Wednesday, April 8. This company is {United States government, at a start- 6 non-profit organization designed i ing salary of |120 a month. Every man listed in the third draft registration will be sent a detailed occupational questionnaire, it was anfeolely for service to the community, j For full information, get in tonch nounced by selective service head- Rates are extremely low. Anyone in- with the secretary. Board of U. S. quarters last week. terested. whether he or she be a mem- I Civil Service Examiners, at any post ber of the P.-T. A. or not, is invited office of the first or second class, or to attend this meeting in St. Mary - ! any- office of the U. S. employment St. Patrick school hall. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Murray and daughter, Margery, of Geneva visited in the KL Mc Mr. and Mrs. James Bell and Mr. and Mrs. George Young of Ringwood were guests in ^ fepme one recent evening. i < . I ' \ ,# Listing all professions and every occupational employment that can be categorized, the form will enable military officials to line up occupational skills, and then place them where thoy are most needed. This inventory of skills will- mean a more efficient and concentrated placement «f opi are drafted into servile.- , v-fpKk Assessors from the seventeen townships in the county met at the court house in Woodstock the last of the Veek to receive their supplies and instructions as they began compiling assessments of property for 1942. The following were present from the various townships: Riley, Burnice Mackey; Marengo, J. T. Kitchen; Dunham, John T. Kinney; Chemung, Fred Dean; FORMER McHENRY MAKi GETS COMMISSION AS LIEUTENANT IN NAVY Dr. L. L. Thelen, who has practiced Residence, 1900 West Polk Street, Wednesday, March 25th. The awarding of the caps signifies : medicine in Elgin for the past eight that the students have satisfactorily j years, with offices in the Professional cunpleted the first six months* ef a' building, has been commissioned a 'X se-year course m nursing. "Sincerely yours, i "WMA B. GROPPE, "Acting Director." lieutenant senior grade in the U.S. Navy and is reporting this week at the Great Lakes .N'aval Training Station for active duty. Dr. Thelen was born iA Elgin bat Charles Wright; Hartland, David Mc- Honor Roll.' Cauley; Seneca, R. M. Bean; Coral, George R. Mallett. Grafton, John Hawley; Dorr, E. C. "tike Forest, 111.--Mrs. Frederick .spent his childhood in McHenry where C. Wahl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ' he graduated from the Community G. A. Stilling, 56 Orchard Beach, is J High school. He graduated from the listed on the Honor Roll of Lake For- i University of Illinois in 1931 and est College for the first semester of | spent 1933 and 1934 in the Lr. S. reguthe 1941-42 academic year. Mrs. Wahl i lar army as a first lieutenant, being is one of seventeen mstnbers of the | stationed at Ft. Sheridan and at Ft. Alden,1 senior class to win p place on the ! Wayne, Detroit Mich. His comreis- I sion in the army reset ve officers' corps (expired in 1938. V N O T I C E ! ^ Dr. Thelen's wife and their two an# Good Friday, has be^n proclaimed a j one-half year old son. Mark, will Kappler; Greenwood, W. F. Weidner; j state holiday by Gov. Dwight H make their heme in I Hebron, Charles Hawthorne; Rich- i Green, of Illinois. Threfore, the West tinue to while he is in service. mond, Ray J. Bartholf; Burton, B. L» Orvis; McHenry, Joesph N. Schmitt; Nunda, Chas. F. Schroeder. * Rubber Stamps at lite Plaindealer McHeniy State Bank .will be closed all day Friday, April S< 46-fp Mr. and Mrs. Jake Schaefer returned from Jackson, Mich,, last Friday. N O T I C E ! "the Public Librarv wilt mJt Ik j Good Friday afternoon. I? .. «K.. # ' r- •• f - s AV