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_ . ( -f ^ ' r t r t ^ r > ' sf" ' ««• : - ; . v I i ' T 7 . - " ^ *.'t ' - ' ^ '*••> 'J • hh£4fa&'<^!Lb\\'4& • • *?£C&?•*•& : '•• •• * . * • *: C " *' '& ' r'* t\ • ; . \ . ' >^'V- \* 'K* •"* «-: "** ^ vy* /;' --'v .-•""' >.v: -*a Vf<. *V ->•#** 2 >*-., i - c~» •> > • b js*-j ,- , . « vpui.-•••: • S»M .AS^s '4iM. «*. •»;•* *1 1 ' Volume 68 McHENRY ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 4, 1943 .;*. ?! ^TMEN GALLED PAST WEEK MESSAGES FROM M'HENRY QUOTA MEN IN SERVICE SET AT $1,000 ~H IN WAR DRIVE DEATHS OF THREE . . , COUNTY RESDENTS J , ; ARE MOURNED HlfttE . • ) • • " * -- , , . . „ • ',[• ". Mrs. i*lay Colcord • PIONEER OF TOKTY - JTOUK INCLUDED FROM BOARD ONE Dear Mr. Mosher: :;• ; Just a few lines i^/apprfeciation 'to lyou for your sending me.:The Plain- >-• d e a l e r . It sure helps keep one in Ust Thtirsday morning forty-fow young men from McHenry county, twenty-two from each W>ard, stepped j on a train at Woodstock bound for • Uncle Sam's army. Among them were several popular youths from this city. Tftiey are all back home again to enjoy a few days furlough before leaving for parts unknown ] The deaths of three;' county .'jriejii-'.}. ! dents, who have freinds or relatives t in McHenry, are mourned this week, < a^*. A* former McHenry resident. Mrs. * ' ^ ' : -- , ___ Clay Colcord, 54, passed away Satur-1 : * - n" : -f -- GOAL OF WHOLE COUNTY day afternoon, Jan. 20, 1943, in a Wau- , _ _ _ ____ kegan hospital, where she had been JOB VASEY confined for a. week before her death. ; She had been in poor health, however, k • for many months, and had been in f the hospital for a long period of time. The Colcord family made their home DIES AT 72 NEWS ABOUT HOPE VANISHES OUR SERVICEMEN FOR SAFETY OFf MARENGO YOUTH IS $15,000 (touch with things ft home. Would A $1,000 goal has been set this past a v e written to week for the people of McHgnjy to yoAi sooner, but be- reach when the Red- Cross wpr drive ing a C. B. in the begins March 1., Ray McGee has been , ll,c ^ .. , na»y b quite a job .ppointea local chai™.* for the drive **« one T' ""1 'j*?1 m ^ an/ has to be and Reihansperyer has been local stock for "<<">* J™" brf»" taken as one^ for Rpd (Voss chairman since his election ten hours each day. several months ago. Even Sundays*- In the past, residents of this comof training in all munity have always fulfilled their ob- CALLED TO ETERNAL REWARQ to Johnsburg a "few months ago. The deceased is survived by husband, two daughters, Mary her and McHenry lost one of its most respected -pioneers when Job Vasey passed away at ;1 o'clock in the morning on Friday, Jan. 29, 1943. He was 72 years old. \ * " Mr. Vasey was, .bora May z2, 18 on the Vasey homestead near Volo, where hf liv^d his early life. On Nov We were glad to hear this week (kf the fine opportunity given Sgt. Curtis Newman. Qartll, who has been stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., has been temporarily transferred to Fort Lo g ajUi , Colo., where he is under- '* -?> - *, > -» V" -;V ^ : - - . , >• , i there is plenty -- „ -- -- It is hard to, believe that over -25 yn^g 0f weather, through swamp and ligations in regard to these drives and from this community have left sinew mu(jf jn trim for the job ahead, those in charge are sure the same tte inception of the Selectivi^Senrice.: gomewhere on island X. That is all!^ sp'endid .co-^peratjon wjlU^^ be...<i>'en", morning"^* 10 o'clock at St. Margaret, and three spns. Robert^and ,12; .1396, he was united m marriage Dean, both in the service, and VW ll- ' liam, soon to be called. Funeral services were held Tuesday GRANDMOTHER LIVES IN McHENRY ~ There is no doubt that we have missed them, even those of us who have no member of our family "gone; yet life seems to go on pretty much as always and we find it easier if we try to live in the present rather than the past. - •. tiftfij Sad news to many families is that peflfy officers and gold braid. lean t e l l /ouas to the spot we may [this til«^ , " ' church, Jchnsbur?. be gomg to. This C. B. is known as I . ; ^ , »t5,Q00 tioal^^ V ' Clarence Grabfce*"';- construction batallion and it means 'ft is hot' surprising thkt tile cotftl'ty The community'"•was "saddened to just that. You fight for what you w^nt goal is set at $15,000 this year, for . hear pf the (k>ath on Xuesdav evening, to get and you nght to keeip what you there are many demands being made 2, 1943. oi Clarence William, build. We have plenty of men in the upon the Red Cross. Besides sending firahh<»'"whn ^witb hiW fnmi'lv C.JB.'?1 from seamen 3rd class ,to food parcels to prisoners and internees n^r Crystal Lrkr He was 44 year! throughout the world, aiding in times 0ij x Mr. Grabbe the February quotas from board one Had three weeks of detention at of disaster, helping to clothe not only health*for almost'a y and two are expected to be one of the Camp Allen in Norfolk, Va., and now the soldiers, but also the freezing peo- vvas Entirely unexpected. had ben in ear and his largest so far. Close to 150 men will j we are at Camp Peary in Virginia, pie of all nations, they also aid anxi- deceased was born in Wauleave from the county this tnotoh,1 where we will leave Sunday at 0800, *ous fami'ies. in verifying reports as tO""c^ja on Nov 2 1898 and spent his many of them in the 18-year-old navy time, for Hueneme, Galif., and the condition and location of their, entjre lifetime in the! Waucond* and' bracket. some advanve training. Will be home servicemen> i&ftnr.'off^Wmds in tiiwe of crv^tal Lake comniunitv11. In late On Wednesday of this week the on leave in a few weeks and will see necessity. This takes money, sq do y^'ars he had been aperatirtg a farm names of forty-four men were re- you al' then. Will have to close for now .your part when the drive starts next t just nt>rth of the latter city, but ill leased by board one. Together with as it's almost chow time so I'll be see- month. # health forced him to give up > this I the seventy-four listed the last of the ing you and want to thank you again Woodstock has the largest amount work last month. week by board two, the ,total so far this mOnth reaches 118 men. Whethfer •r not board one will have another call call in February is' .not- known, -but it was said the last of the week that the county quota will include almost ISO county men. If that is* so, it will be necessary for one of the boards to iasue another call. Board One ^HARRY LEWIS ROEBUCK (Vol.) LEROY WILLIAM MELSEK CLIFFORD WILLIAM BUROW EDWARD GEORGE SAMEN JOHN ROBERT PENCE ALEX RAYMOND LARGO DONALD ALWARD HARRISON DARREL FRANCIS TILTON GARLAND RICHARD PRICE MARK EARL SWEET FAY J. REPP ELMER GEORGE MEYERS CHARLES NICHOLAS KARLS - JEROME MATT MILLER, SCOTT J. MARSHALL, JR. OSCAR JOHN SOMMER < HARRY NELSON * , LAUREL GENE DOWELL BERNARD HAROLD BERG EDWARD PAUL HOEPPNER EVERETT PATRICK VERMETT RUSSELL FELBECK GRIFFITH LLOYD CHARLES HARMS FRED WILLIAM PEYER WILLIAM VOGEL BRENNAN ROBERT LEE GRIFFIN LON HUGH JOE SMITH FRANK EDWIN STEVENS DALE FREDERICK ZICKUR ; JOSEPH JOACHIN JACKSON J JAMES HERBERT ROTHER RUSSELL EUGENE LAWRENCE RALPH HERBERT FREUND KENNETH W. ECHTERNACH RICHARD ROBERT MALSCH ^ ROY LEWIS CHAPMAN LESLIE F. SCHULTZ, JR. JOSEPH MICHIAL STREIT ' ROBERT FELIX IEXHORN ELMER GEORGF SMITH ' LEROY EDWARD MEYERS . STANLEY JOHN FREUND EUGENE JAMES MILLER CLARENCE ROBERT FRANZEN. Board two was the' first to release for the paper. ! Sincerely, ELMER W. JENSEN, C.M. 1/C. to raise, their quota being $4,350. Other quotas announced this week are as follows: Crystal Lake Dear Mr. Mosher: Harvard Just a few lines to ask you to Marengo change my address in tending The McHenry Piaindealer. Cary ......... I am back in the infantry again and pox River Grove ".!!!... rather glad of it. It is a bit colder' Huntley ^ I here than it ever was at Fort Bragg. Hebron | However, this post is a very scenic Richmond one and much better located for me. Algonquin I want to thank you for my paper ur jon and all those other papers that the Alden so'diers from McHenry are getting. Best of luck to you and Mrs. Mosher and also to Mr. Walsh. ^ ^ v Signing off, KENNETH FRANZEN. Gosh, I almost forgot to seqd the address. It is Fort Mead, Md. <2,900 2,175 1,475 . 1,000 ,. 450 450 „ 450 460 450 450 225 150 Dear Mose: 4 Just received On June 24, 1925, he was united in i marriage with Miss Florence Colby of McHenry, who survives with two sons, Donald and Harold. Other' survivors ! are his mother, •* Mrs. Margaret 1 Grabbe, and a sister, Mrs. Walter; Vasey, both of Volo. ' " ! Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday at the Gi'bert funeral i home in Crystal Lake, with burial in j Union cemetery. , Cyrus Sanford [ Cyrus Sanford, better known to « host of friends in McHenry county a? "Cy," died at Hines hospital last Sunday, aged 56. He had been sheriff of this county for four years, between 1926 and 1930. * •Hopes aroused last Saturday for the safety of their son, Donald, fi^htgoing a month s jng in Australia, vanished for Mr. and special training, Mrs. Ray McAndrews of Marengo attending th^^Ad- early this week. m i n i stratbre In- Late last month two letters writ-: spector s school, ten by them to Donald on Nov. 15 and There he ik doing Nov. 19, 1942, were returned to the accounting in the parents with the notation "killed in post inspector's of- action" written in red ink in the corfiee; for which h# prepared at college. ner and signed by William E. Doeller, 7-- C-apt. A. C. The message did iwt The new training station for Cadet prove conclusively, however, that he LeRoy • Hettermann is Madison, Wis. had met a tragic fate for they had He is in CPT naval reserve training received a letter from their son dated there and £is »ddress is 740 Langdon Dec. 25. thanking .them-for Christmas remembrances. An appeal to the war department through the Red Cross followed. The answering reply from the war department was that it had been unable to confirm the report of the youth's, death. Chaplain Writes • t ' | Tuesday morning of this week, how- William Sutton returned Saturday eVer, Mr. and Mrs, McAndrews received a letter written by Chaplain William H. Beeby of the 90th bomb group saying that Donald, 22. had --; - • ' b?&n k:llcd "in ?'*ion ••v.® Sgt. Albert Pearson fs known to .^cific. There was also » report that be in North Africa, according to word another Marengo boy haa written y street. . . Pfc. Leo Thurlw^fl has been transferred from Camp Stewart, Ga., to Camp Pickett, Va., and Pvt. John Cooney from Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, to Miami, Fla., in care of the postmaster. , to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, after spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sutton. received by his (parents. Pvt Thomas A. Bolger, who recently erlisfed in the army, is stationed :n North Carolina. JOB VASEY ith m S3 Mary Dolbeer of Lily Lake and the couple settled on a farm ibout three miles southwest of this city. It was there that their seven children were born, the two oldest of whom died in infancy. „ Cadet Tom Harrison, who has been attending pre-flight school at Ic?wa City, Iowa, is spending a ten day furlough at the home of his parents, the Pirk Harrisons. Upon his return j munity high school in 1939 to service he will be transferred. home • aski"<r hc-.v the McArvi" s far. iiy had taken the news about Donald. Although the young serviceman was •.ot a native of McHenry, he was well cnown here, where his father was a .resident for many years and where he had many other re'atives. Donald was born May 15, 1920, and. graduated from the Marengo Com- He was employed in: his father's restaurant in Marengo until his enlistment. Jerome Buch, who has been sta- Some time ago he qualified as a radio ALDERMAN FERWERDA NOW ACTING MAYOR OF CITY OF McHENRY <he joined the IHinois National Guard and later followed four years of sold the farm and moved to Raymond, S. Dakota, with the intention of mak- Previous to this time, in July, 1915, ing that their permanent home. Due to the ill health of Mrs. Vasey in that region, however, their residence there was short lived and in Oetcb^r of 19.19 tA t DTmber A{ fami!; i tioned at Hamilton Field, Calif., is operator on a Flying Fo. tress in the , spending a furlough with his parents, Hawaiian Islands. Besides his par- Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Buch. Upon his^^ ents, he is survived by a sister, Jayne, return to active duty he will be trans- 0f McHenry. His grandmother, Mrs. ferred to Santa Rosa, Calif. Andrew Miller, and an ur.cle. Earl Mc- The Piaindealer to- The City Council met on Monday service to his CQtintry, which took him evening with Alderman Ferwerda in to the Mexican border in 1916 and to they moved" back to McHenry the role of presiding officer. Alder- France in 1,918. \ Upon returning thte family , And:ews, bqth live here. McHenry residents will be interested to hear that Miss Frances Garland ATTEND CONCERT man Ferwerda has been chosen by Mr. Sanford had beeiiin \. " j l PTu Of Woodstock, one»of the first county Am poor health chased the He.bes house just south...women to jo/n-the WAACS, is now! It got here just i <J°uncl1 a® ^tmg dur,!« f°r some-^ime -and critically ill lor or the Community high school, se on-f n ^ Her mother: g J the absence of Mayor Overton, who,, the past few weeks. Surviving him : * here the childr n attended the local ^ word from lier in fiV-fc' . is his wife, Mary. .Services were held"schools ard reached' maturity. Mr. and gQ when neW8 came ^gt! I've been transferred to a different outfit and it sounds like the old banana boat whistle isn't very far off. I don't know how long we will be here, but we're getting some real foreign warfare training and it's all pretty tough too. The weather is BY BAND AT HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT From the kindergarten tots in the night after it,chased me around the ^ Council as acting mayor during for some time and critically ill for of i*|uth for a week. It rot here lust .. , . .. ^ , ^ ^ v tile same. g row enjoying a vacation in Florida, _ , Approving of bills egainst the city Wednesday afternoon at the Merwin Vasey was a carpent r by trade and1 and reports of various r": -- ' * ---- --*- 1----1 nf stituted the greater part eecdinjjs ,of ,h, n.ee.in,, ' ™ ^ ^• - • .rfc. She is the Ant U,e ^ high schi<4 but also in times of adversity As aee Hazel better *•">«"> her have rehearsed diligently on the prow, 1 ^ i t' friends as "Boots," took her oath as gram- Working just as hard and cer- S known t6 th^ yolnge^glnera- a ™mber o{ the WAACS last Satur- tainly with as much enthusiasm is the unsi ine cay weanesaay Wternoon at ine merw.n »»«y » f TwI , J'i tuZ uZZ she was no longer at Daytona Beach, Rhythm band to the high school muofficers con- funeral home m Woodstpck, his home | dui^ng^°f Fla., she was not surprised. It is be- Lians, to the local Red Cross, they're of e pro- town. , • .v f^. * ^ " . 0 l^eved that Frances. is in North Af- ^ aH expecting, you to be on hand tonight very disagreeable here just no.w but rted that a break.down in equip- ! better days are coming I hope. j mpnt used in snow removal had put' I'm feeling fine and hope you con- r cHm jn thig work Ho . ever it is tihue sending The Piaindealer wher- believed that al streets are now Qpen ever I go I know you wen t fail this There .g considerafcle activity in the good deed, so keep up e goo wo . pUrchase of vehicle licenses at this I know how others appreciate it and Since of fif ce J do too. Thanks a mil'ion. My new The street committee, having 'gone McHENRY YOUTH ;hrough a rather trying time in an CPWPC WTT»n Tf,#i S i effort to C,e.f „o„ ^ the street*., . This week the Piaindealer received a letter from Corp. Arnold M. Blake, who has bet n in service for more than a year. For some time he was stationed at Fort Francis E. Warren, H0n as "old timer® " men who'were day®nd is She rt- Rhythm band of the public grade »adin4 citizens of'McHenrv -m-lts.^nfly. passed the. instr^tor s.couree schwl, whieh will open the pro(tr»m. infancy. Tl^ hi. hone,,, .tid •» i integrity then he was regarded with The concert will begin at 8:15 sharp* with entire proceeds to go to the local address is Camp Pickett, Va. PFC. LEO THURLWEll^ per month takes effect March first, it is hoped that all car owners will get 'heir stickers eaily this month. Just a few lines to let you know tifcat I am receiving The Piaindealer every Tuesday and it is good to read about what is going on back home and to read the letters of the other boys that are in the army. Groundhog Saw His Shadow; Six Weeks More of Winter Wyomin?, but now has an aiddress.of Respect by his' contemporaries. San Francisco, Calif., in care of the Through' righteous living he mainpostmaster. Amol 1 is the son of Mr. tailed that respect until " death. 1 and Mrs. John Blake. • - ; _- Sim-e" the death of Ijis beloved wife iii N'oveir.ber. 1939. the deceased spent Will there be more winter, or will there be an early spring? According As you may know by this time, I ^ ^he accepted legend, ..Tuesday,- Feb* am a cook here in one of our large 2f settled the question, for the groundmess hal's. 1 started to go to cook- hog, who had been quietly sleeping its new list last weekend. Although ing school about two l-nonths ago and through the cold waves'and blizzard^, McHenry is included in board one, was helping as a cooks helper, work- poked his head out of h's burrow and there are many®hames in the following ing about six days a week from 4 saw his shadow. Of course this Dear Sir: * How is good old McHenry con along ? I thought I had better drop you a line and let you know that I'm Both Sliss Garland and Miss Gates Red Cross. are well known in McHenry, especial- ! ,»»+»«»»»+• »••••••»»•<> »»» ly among the athletic portion of the f - p. . city's residents. Miss Gates has:. oUTulS long been known for her excellent swimming and both have often paid McHenry visits as members of the Woodstock tennis teatn. • C WJ • group of- seventy-four that will be familiar to local residents. The time of departure of these men is not known. Board Two WILLIAM OTTO NUHN ELMER J. McFARLAND HAROLD A. ZIMMERMAN - STEWART KASER RICHARD MERRICK MOONEY WILLIAM EMIL SCHOSSOW FRANK MARTIN -KNUTTER * JERRY JAMES NOV'OTNY, EARL CARL EHRKE LEON CLARENCE RAHN WILLIAJI WALTER DIBB COLIN ARTHUR GRANTHAM , EDWARD CHARLES HAMMAN HENRY ARTHUR KESTER CHARLES feOBERT'NUHM GEORGE WM. SCHUKNEQHT JOHN SKALA GEORGE FINNEY GEORGE THOMAS PREUfW WALTER JOSEPH ROBINSON MILTON CHARLES STADlftG RICHARD C. HEIDINGER J JAMES OTTO WACIN ' WILLIAM H. VOGEL. JR. DONALD LYLE PIERCE LEONARD EDWARD ZALABACK ROBERT EDWARD FOSTER, JR. HAROLD DEAN CRIST CARL RAYMOND EKSTR^H' " WELLING JUNIOR COSS DONALD LESTER WILCOX HORACE VICTOR SCHWALGER EARL FRANCIS MANN JOHN HARVEY HILL ROBERT FRED HARTUNGk a. m. to 6 or 6:30 p. m., which makes should mean six weeks more of winter, long and tired hours every day. Most peopie didn't really care so Today I got through going to school nn^h, however, for they seem to fig* sO now I will be working every day, ure ^hat after you haev had too muc)| I from noon one day to noon the next Qf anything a little more can't hurt 'with my day o f f . you. ' r Since my last letteivto you I have -- --: {been made PFC., whi£h happened ~ Tabout six weeks ago. ' and surely hope it goes through. Will i We are having some bad weather c'ose for now, thanking you for The) J out here in Oregon, raining two days Piaindealer again. r* l and then it started to snow, which it JAMES LAWRENCE, has done twice since I have been out Long Island, N. Y. here. . : •• • •• Wei', I'll close for now and hope Dear Mr, Mosher to get a furlough in the next few months and that this letter finds you To many of us far from home, the 1 home town newspaper brings • all well and that the weather is not breath of things that have becomfe too cold back home. So, thanking you again for sendjust memories. Every line stirs almost into reality all these memories AAF Advanced Flying School, Al- MMMMMM tut* I * MU >•# ]iis remaining days with his daughters and son. enjoying «the companionship r«~ld frif nls an-i his grand-children. - Suvv ving are four daughters and »*ne Stin, Lanva, (.Mrs. Donald Hunter), 01 ve, (Mrs. Joseph May). Cal'a, tus, Okla.--On America's last froil- (Mrs. Haro'd Freund). all of Mc-, tier, where Comache roamed not too . Henry; Mildrtd, (Mrs. Edward Brix- long ago, army air forces instructo*^: i-on), Anf;rch. and Howard of Grays- are transforming flying students intqi lake; thirteen grandchildren, Elvira, mjlitary pilots at the army air force* "ame's, Everett,. Loretta and Marie new advanced flying school here. ! Hunter, Joan and Lois May, Howard An aviation cadet from West Mc- j Vasey. *Jr. Geraldine, Jeanette and Henry is George E. Johnson. Johnson, Gene Freund, Patricia and Eugene 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Lee Brixon; two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Johnson, 406 Main St., West Mc^ | streett jjcHenry, is the proud grand- Dowell, Wauconda, and Mrs. Frank Henry, was employed by a Chicago mother of a gon ^ to Mr and Wi'son, Volo; two brothers, Abel electric concern before his appoint- Charles Freund of Spring Grove, oil ••dto^n Vasey and Jay Vasey of Volo. ment as an aviation cadet. He at- Thursday, Jan 28" Besides his'Swife and two sons, a sis- tended the University of Illinois, ma- Bernadette Grace was born to Mr., ter, Mrs. Anna Passfield, three joring in marketing and playing on j r panknin «t their Rinc-*' brothers, Amos, Bert and Tom Vasey, the varsity golf team for two years. woJ *home Saturday. Jan. 30. ^ ahd a granddaughter. Rosemary Brix-; In 1939 Johnson was president of the *t sherman hosDital on Jan ' Oil, preceded him in death. McHenry County Mini club. John- a dausrhtw was ^ to'Mr. and 'm^\ Services were held Sunday after- sen's brother, Frank K., 21, is now joseph Paume. lioon at 2:30 at the Peter M. Justen awaiting his ca1! as aviation cadet in" ^ IIe girl was born at Dr. Byer*s funeral home where the body had been the army air forces. hospital in Elgin last Saturday to Mr* at rest. Rev. Roger C. Kaufman of , and Mrs. Charles Freund, who Reside . Woodstock officiated. Burial was in Mrs. Helen Schillo, Wcodlawn cemetery." Mrs. Catherine JFreund ^of Pearl CORP. ARNOLD M. BLAKE ing me the paper and hoping that it which at one time were accepted and , stm receivirvg The McHenry Plain- Iceeps on coming to me, I remain Sincerelv yours, SYLVESTER \ SKIPPERj WIRFS. taken for granted but now are im- dealer and do appreciate it very much. portant. They serve to remind us There is nothing like receiving the postoffice on Thursday, Feb. 18, be why we are goina: through this--that we are fighting for a simple and decent way of life. At this point|| am half way through my basic training to be a medical Dear Sir: • Sorry r-fisven*t written W>oner than this but I've been moved around so mudi I haven't had time to do much soldier, and we will soon know if any Writing. Have been in six different of us shall go on to advanced techfields in seven months which is mov- nicians' school. . / ing around quite a bit. I have been Thank you for the paper. It is one cooking on troop trains and also in the of tfee few things that reminds us mess halls on the fields until I arrived there is still comfort and waitnth in here at Mitchell Field. I'm Working the world. good old home town news even though it does takje a little time to get over here, which can't be helped for this is war time. 1 I've been here in Hawaii for almost a year now anfiPfeave seen quite a bit of it but certainly wouldn't trade it for good old McHenry. t Yours truly, 1 CORP. ARNOLD BLAKE. '• 1-; . » , NOT. ICE . ,t [ IICI gli&IIUOlMI, UIOJ. ^vl,OJU revenue man from the ' Davis was one of the three San Diego Chicago office will be at the McHenry marine fliers credited with blasting fifteen Japanese planes from the skies Helen Schillo, who lived on Waukegan street. at Pistakee Bay for about half a The August Winkels of Ringwood century, was happy to hear recently are the parents of a girl; borii Idt the. that her grandson,' Maj. Leonard K. Woodstock hospital, Friday. Marriage Licenses 'tween, the hours of 10 a. m. and -i QVm. Guadalcanal. in the armament department here which is pretty interesting work. You learn to know the different types oi rifles, pistols, revolvers, sub-machine and machine guns. You also le^ro Yours, BARRY TAXMAN, Camp Robinson, Ark. (Continued on page four) Mrs. Walter Pendergast of Elgin how to strip them down and repair was a Sunday; visitor in .the George ness. ENLARGE CHEMICAL PLANT Dr. Edilnund Lowe of McHenry, head of the Ringwood Chemical Co., has recently purchased the Jqhn Buckland nursery property in Ringwwood and is planning to expand the busi- The transaction was made p. m., to assist taxpayers in properly making out their »income tax blanks. This service is free. them. Am expecting a furlough soon Adams home. [through LeRoy Welter of Ringwood. - NOTICE o. . Louis Smith has purchased the interest of his ipartner, Mrs. Rena Smith, as of Feb. 1, 1943. The store will remain under the same name. We wish to thank you all for for the business you have given us in the past and we hope we can continae to serve you in the future. SMITH BROS., . Louis Smith, Prop. The fliers are part of a band of 10 marine aces who have downed °76 Nipponese planes since the Guad- Thomas Elden Charles, Woodstock, 111., to Mary* E. Weaver, Hastings,; Minn. . ' Alvin C. Beyer. Elgin, 111., to Sylyit Need Rubber Stamps! * Order at The iron who have returned from the com- Plaindealer. [bat tone informed her that Davis' a'canal battle started. Daris heads E. Gieseke, Crystal Lake, III. the squadron. Topping the " Terrible Ralph H. Lineau. Woodstock, 1IL, Ten" is Capt. Joseph J. Foss, whose; to Eileen 1$. Iler, Woodstock, IU. blazing guns have centered on 23 -----^-- : *-* ill-fated Jap planes. l)aviss, LoescK and Bauer have shot down five. a Davis letf last August for the Pacific war zone, according to Mm. Davis. "I'm thrilled that all the boys are doing so well," Mrs. Davis said. She added that members of another squadplane was riddled by Jap bullets and that he was wounded. "But he managed to bring the crip* pled ship back safely, for which tit course I'm thankful." Mrs. Davit added. ^ Raymond H. Adams of Spring Grove is among the draftees left Waukegin last week. , ^