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Volume 68 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 10,1943 BEL°LoIF.« Wi9h Graduates of |943, FIVE SENIORS ARE HONOR STUDENTS % Jf.CEISTY, W. BOLOKE QMS V LEGION AWARDS - • . _ ' . ! After days and weeks of almost continuous rain and cold, the weather man found that even he could not resist the prayers of fifty-five seniors who were planning commencement exercises on the high school grounds. As a result, last Friday evening, June 4, was perfect in all respects, the program starting as a beautiful sun was setting and proceeding as the stars appeared. I The program began with a concert by the mixed a cappella chorus of the school, under the direction of Miss- Lucia Rausch. The chorus made an attractive sight as the members took their places on the improvised stage, the girls lovely in the' pastel floor length gowns. Their singing was no less lovely than their appearance and both the chorus and Miss Betty Mc- Kean, soloist, received the plaudits of the large crowd assembled. Following the choral concert, the senior class of 1943 took its p'aeeron the stage and Commander Harold P. Owen of the American Legion presented the Legion awards to the boy and girl selected by the school faculty as best displaying the following character traits: honor, courage, scholarship, leaership and service. This year's winners were Patricia Cristy and William Bogler, better known to their j r (Photo fcy Worwiek) many friends as just "Pat" and "Bill." Above we present a picture of the j Wrubiewski ajid Thomas Sutton. Third row: Wayne Smith, Esther j Simon, Anna Guzzardo, Esther Jean Blake, Dorothy Heilman, June Patzke, This year the voting was very close, | 1943 graduating claAs of the commun- > Fourth rowr George Nett, Robert I Althoff, Betty Wagner, Nadine Schae- Orr, Patricia Cristy, Doris Thomas Eleanor Young. Charlene Krohn, Jessie Lindsay and John Shadle being ; ity high school. jWetle, Herbert Harrison, Charles , fer, Rose marie Kunx, Rita Tonjian,; Shirley Neal, Bernice Norton and Esther Smith and Jessie Lindsay, rimers up for the awards. All four j Back row: David Boyle, Gordon Brocken, Robert Anderson, Charles j Lillian Unti, Maureen Miller, Betty Joan Reihansperger. i William Brda, a member of the of these young people have been rep- j Schmitt, Robert Schaefer, Roman | Adams, 'Boyd Do well, Richard Rot- j Thompson and William Gerlach. j Bottom row: Bertha Freund. Marv graduating class, was not resented in almost every extra curri-j Schmitt, Glenn Peterson, Henry Buch, ing, William Bolger, Clarence Freund, | Second row: Grace Kunr, Lorraine ; Gibbons, Claire Freund, Betty Mc- when the picture "was taken. cular activity offered, as well »s rank- Gordon Scholle, John Shadle, Marston j Raymond. Tonyan. j Schmitt, Mary Lott Stoffel, MaryKean, Edyth Harrison, Berniece ing high scholastically. The applause BOTH COUNTY DRAFT BOARDS RESEASE LISTS •E SEVERAL FROM McHENEY m of the crowd as the winners were an- j nounced was proof enough that .their; •election was popular with the crowd, j Next to make its appearance on the ; program was the senior band, com-1 posed almost entirely of members of ; the graduating class. Nadine Schaefer , directed the group in two very well; played selections. j Guest speaker for commencement J this year was Miss Maurie Taylor of j -file high school faculty, who gave an DIPLOMAS GIVEN TO FORTY-THREE 1 eitftBE SCHOOLS CHARLES R. PETERSON RECEIVEa HIS WINGS IN TEXAS ON MAY 24 Out of the sunbaked Southwest on May 24 rose another sky-darkening | swarm of fighting pilots to supple- ; ment America's burgeoning air forces ; j as the AAF Gulf Coast Training Cen-; j ter's ten advanced flying schools SAY "GOOD LOCK" TO SERVICEMAN Of YOUR CHOICE MISS GENEVIEVE KNOX UfnilllCD I AVE IS NOW ENGAGED IN TVURULIi LAIVL IMPORTANT WAR WORK, • Miss Genevieve Knox, of the publiep ! grade school faculty, has joined the j j growing throng who are making their j valuable contribution to the war ef- h I fort in the new business in which she ' is employed. Miss Knox has recently YOUTH LISTED AS MISSING «,„]lent talk, basil* her remark, on SPECIALLY HONOR FOUR , awarded silver flying wings to its fifth CONTEST REPORTS WILL! accepted a position with the Red Crpss BOMBARDIER IN LONDON an old line of poetry by Lytton, "The pen is mightier than the sword in the land of the truly great." Miss Taylor, in comparing our United States with Lytton's "land of the truly great," STUDENTS 194# class of graduating flyers. I Behind the youths who became army pilots today lay 36 weeks of rigorous The high school was not the only j one APPEAR NEXT WEEK in Chicago. The Red CrosR finds teachers especially valuable in its work because of the type of training which they AREA IkicHenry is once more in receipt of Stressed the importance of our belief! for the pubiic grade Mhool and St. torJ ™arc 1 h thJouSh **i8"he,d Europe annual McHenry Carnival on July 2, unquestionably prove an extremely Wher casualty in the county, in the "pen"--art, science, literature, Mary's school both had quite a number I ?nd tho Jap-dom.nated Europe. Be- 3, 4 and 5, the local post of the Amer- capable addition to the staff. time it is a Y\ onder etc., in our country. She also at- receiving diplomas. Twenty-two comtenlpted to impress upon the minds, pleted their first eight years of schoolespecially of the students, the im- jng. at the public school and twenty-one portance of remembering the great at gt Mary's. value of scholarship when so many , At the former, short graduation excountries are stressing only the ercjses were held on Friday morning, "sword." - j with the following receiving diplomas: Before concluding her address, the , Public School *'• ,p«.k.r introduced the seven •»»» . .pXtWCIA BRICGS - students of the graduating class. They were Eleanor Young, Mary Gib- ! bons, Roman Schmitt, Betty Thompson, John Shadle and Patricia Cristy., All of these students maintained 0 t high average throughout their four j years of high school. -,t. Concluding the evening's program , was the presentation of diplomas by Supt. C. H. Duker and Miss Helen < Stevens. Before presenting them Mr-' Duker spoke briefly of the extra work done by the 1943 class to aid the war effort. A great percentage of the students carried five subjects during the last year, according to Mr. Duker, He also told of the large number who , were enrolled in what *at present, are considered essential studies. Some of these are Home Hygiene, Stenography, Military Mathematics, International Morse Code, Pre-fiight and Physics courses. Miss Stevens presented the diplomas as the seniors. JOAN DAVIS HELEN DUNCAN THOMAS DOUGLAS ELEANOR EDSTROM ^ CAROL GARDENER HERMAN HUNT' LEONARD JOHNSON GWENDOLWN KNAACK LORETTA KUN2 LORETTA LARSON ', JERRY LAWSON LA VERNE LOCK WOOD ROBERT MILLER HARRY MUELLER CARL NEISS GERRIE NIMITZ SUSAN OLSEN VIRGINIA PASSFIELD WALTER RICHARDSOjf ELEANOR SCHAEFE LEO SMITH service about one year ago and spent Instead of a Queen of Funland dontnnf^ ri^nlteTl^r J^k of blastin? the for America'8 vic- te8t this year in connection ^th its haev received," and" Miss Knoxwill bad news "as we heard this week of ® _ f Al*tr fKrruiirVt A VIa.KoM ITiii>Af\a AMnilAl MPHPT11*V Carniviil nn .Illlw 9 i: LI i AQcnolttr in tll6 COUIlty. TIllS Lake youth, Robfore assignment to active service they ; >can Legion has engaged to arouse a The Military and Naval Welfare de- ert Vanderstraten, 30, who is rewill receive post-graduate specialized mass impulse of "best of luck" wishes partment of the Red Cross is, bv con- ported missing. training. Then some will pilot sleek, for our boys and girls uniformed in ; sessional charter, the means of com- On Saturday, June 5, his wife, ---------- the U. S. military services of this , municiation between the armed'forces - Pauline, of Chicago, received a telewaf" of the U. S. government and the com- gram from Washington to that effect Although the two service men, or munity. Any immediate member" of and immediately sent word to his parwomen, receiving most and next most a serviceman's family may come in to ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Vander- "luck wishes" will be named as Luck- apply for service of various types, gtraten of Wonder Lake. . Vil .receiv*" ^".;The case situations are handled by gtaff Sgt. Vanderstraten entered spectiveJy, $100 and $50 m cash, the T£ase workers who hav£ had profescommittee chairman emphasises 'that sional training in social work, the this is not to be considered a voting majority of whom-have masters decontest on the fcasiif of heroism or gre#s. • popularity. Because of the expanding program Every one now in the uniform of and increasing responsibilities, the the United States armed services and Red Cross is at the present employtheir auxiliaries is a hero, is beloved ing case aides who will handle some by all of us, and our post wishes each of tbe types of situations. The duties and all the best of luck in his military of a case aide are many and varied. job," said Jimmi.e Lennon, origwatoor, including assisting with the emerchairman and supercharger of the goncy telegrams, interviewing clients, Best of Luck movement. visiting their home, contacting other He went on to explain, end he is a agencies Jfor reports, the writing of veteran of course, that saying "Good sports, obtaining affidavits from in- Luck" to a fightinif man is to him dividuals for the filinjg of claims and hardly less important than a prayer, many other duties which call for con- In fact, it is the warrior's usual Way siderable judgement, maturity and of asking for a comrade's victQrious flexibility on the part of the indiand safe return, even though it be vidual. «. phrased: "Happy landing," "Get, it, The training which Miss Knox will done and hurry back," or "Make a receive will, no doubt, be of definite As in the high school ,two stydents,;'ethial fighter planes and others will port, afloat." (Value to _her in the future. Mr Dukcr^ called forth a boy and a girl are selected by the be at the controls of giant, multi-mo- The "Best of Luck" wishing tickets CHARLES R. PETERSON PLANS IN PROGRESS FOR A BIGGER AND faculty to receive the Legion awards tored bombers. „ are now available at nearly all places MAR^ JANE LAURES in both grade schools. This year The hundreds of ney pilots com- of business in McHenry and in Mc- ] Elteanor Schaefer and Harry Mueller pleted their advanced training at ten Henry township and those townships •j-jlfon these awards at tha public school, advanced flying schools, nine located adjoining. It is expected that the sale HAS GRADUATED A* REGISTERED NURSE with Loretta Larson and Robert Miller in Texas and one in Oklahomo, Altus. this year at 10 cents per wish will BETTER CARNIVAL as runners up. Texas fields graduating pilots included far exceed that of last year. The net Graduation exercises at St. Mary's Aloe, Foster, Brooks, Moore and El- proceeds, together with those of the and the flying schools at carnival concessions, are always de-» we printed #te McHenry called in the first Jfone call than we re*reK-ed another Jist of Selectees-to-be, Both boards One arid lVo released lists during last week. Six are either ^ McHenry boys or formerly from this. ' vicinity * • ^ i \ BOARD ONE' . • McHenry IRA A. DOW ELL NICHOLAS J. ADAMS - ROBERT T. SCHAEFER iAMES H. RII.EY : ' . ROLLIN C. JUSTF^F Marenfis HOWARD O. ISAACSON . THOR D. VAIL 1 DONALD I. MARSHALL ROGER C. BERTRAM DONALD O. FISCHER Harvard ROBERT 13. BURNEY RICHARD D. HAMMERSTEADT WILLIAM J., FRENK ^CLIFFORD D. LUTH JEAN WV HOPKINS Hebron RICHARD C. BAKKOM DONALD H. GARRETT Woodstock ARTHUR H. SCHARMJI Chemuftt ; WILUAM B DEWEY A Men ROGER M. PETERSON - 5 Richmond GEORGE C. MARZAHL • Crystal Lake RAYMOND T FERWERBA Union MARTIN F. TORNOW The last list, released by Board Tflf# is as follows; » BOARD TWO _ Woodstock FRED N. HEIN CLARENCE C. SHERMAN DONALD F. WILKERSON DUWAYNE FOX LESTER C. WHAPUE8 DALE W. GATES t PAUL H. SCHMIDT HOWARD G. FISH WILLIAM B. STAMETS DUANE R. KYLE , v HAROLD G. HUFFMAN MERLIN A. HARTLETT CARROLL W. SHERBURNE Crystal Lake WILBERT C. SCHLINT3 FRANCIS J. SCHEPERS CARL B. PETERSON KENNETH J. FREUND BRUCE P. Mac LAUGGHLIN HERMAN L. BLANK. JR., JOHN W. FLOTOW HARLAN S. WALKUP fvol.) ROBERT F. DONOGHUE Algonquin WILLIAM D. STEPHEN^ CLIFFORD E. ROGMAH JOHN D. STERNBERG (vol.) Fox River Grove * MILTON A.- HANSMAN GEORGE E. VETESNIK Carv GEORGE E. WIKA , Union HAREY W. KEPUN Marengo CHARLES C. EVANS n: -I PUBLIC LIBRARY ORDINANCE PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL •ROBERT VANDERSTRATEN school were held Sunday morning, in lington Commencement exercises of the 'last Easter with his family here. Soon graduating class of the St. afterward he was sent across and had Already folks are becoming excited conjunction""with"the S massV' Msgr" Pampa, Lubbock, Blackland and Eagle voted, as is very well known, to com- Su!XV\fte^^ been in the Lorfdon area for only the prospects of a bigger earn- Njx J and Rev Wm A Q'Rourke were Pass. munity welfare, and latterly, to that month before h,s unfortunate ac Among America's new fighting bird- of our servipe men and women. • "osP,tal cnapel. dent. He was a bombardier on one After careful consideration in past months, the City Council voted on Monday evening of this week to pass an ordinance establishing a public" library in the City of McHenry and authorizing the levy of a tax for the maintenance of the library. Information ascertaining the cost of operation has been secured which will give the council a basis on which to make a levy at the time the tSx levy ordinance is prepared. ' The ordinance provides that the Mayor, wijtfh the approval of the City Council, shall appoint a board of nine directors for the library with terms ival than ever before, this year to be present at the mass, the former deheld four days and four nights. One of the main attractions this' year is the soldier contest, which is replacing the queen contest of last year. In addition to this, there will be the merry go round, the ferris wheel and the tilt-a whirl for those seeking thrills, the corn game, the merchandise booths and a number of simPar attractions which go toward making a carnival the most attractive event in McHenry during "the ' summer. » | Bur prizes of War Bonds will J>e given away free the last night and these should also be an attraction fear all. The Legion, sponsor of the carnival, after much discussion, feels that a carnival, even in this war year, will not be an unpatriotio gesture. No fireworks will be shown and the Legion does not ask you to waste gas by driving to the carnival each day. If you live a short distance, they suggest that you walk, for the exercise livering a fine sermon to the graduates and presenting dip'omas to: St. Mary's EDWARD BUSS BARBARA FREUND MARIAN FREUND DOLORES FREUND CATHERINE GERASCH V ' WILLIAM HERDRICH JOHN HERDRICH MARGARET HERDRICH JOYCE HUSKA ELVERA KENNEBECK WALTER MILLER HUGH MURPHY DOLORES SCHLITT • ' MARIAN SMITH DORIS SMITH GEORGE "STEINSDOERFER MARIE TONYAN DANIEL WEBER SHIRLEY ANN WEBER , , LOIS WEIDEMAN; » • RAY WILLIAMS " At St. Mary's the Leffion .Awards acci"' of office on a divisional plan of one, 'aimci vii one and three years men is Charles R. Peterson of Pista- Posters bearing full details of the1 As the graduates approached the of Uncle Sam's flying fortresses and kee Bay. Charles is now at Randolph Best-of-Luck Wishing campaign are chapel entrance, the St. Joseph's was Jisted as missing since May 29. ye^St^2^ Field, Texas, as is Kenwood Jones, now on the Plaindealer press and Nurses' chorus sang "The American It was at that same time that thirty- jjrarv established by the** Mother's who also graduated with our local should be placed in all business houses Nurses' Pledge," followed by a ser- eight Allied bombers were listed as cju^ while excellent nroera^s has flyer. Kenwood is a nephew of Miss by Saturday, according to Paul Yanda, by the Rev. Fr. William F. Bo- missing following a raid over Ger- ^ reiK>rted in the usp H a*d prowth Ethel Jones. Vaughn Jones and Mrs. general chairman of the Carnival corii- assistant pastor to the graduates many and it is thought that Robert of the 7pSent jibrary a definite need mittee. He says this newspaper will by the Sister Superior. might be a member of "One of those be able to publish comparative prog- The seven members of the ^radua- crews. ress reports of the wishing eotutt in ting class were the following: Norma The last word received from the following editions. j Arleen DeGaris, West Chicago; Mary missing youth was on Mother's Day, in the COmi Jane Laures, West McHenry; Patricia when his mother received a cable munity ^ a^sured continuanc^ of the Louise Ryan, Chicago; Rosamunda E. granl for roses from London. That; u *i C. W. Goodell of McHenrj'. ~ Births for regular source of income has been evident for some time. The council has recognized the value of providing On May 30, at St. Therese hospital, INJURED IN FALL Suhr, Hampshire; Kathryn Jane ^-as the first word they had received Jack Weber, 9-year-old son of Mr. Maury, I^ong Beach, Calif; Muriel from his since'his departure overseas. a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. arid Mr. Robert L. W eber, barely es- Jane Kirkpatrick, and Edith Victoria Besides his parents and wife, Sgt. Walter Smith "of Johnsburg. caped serious injuries when he fell, Carlson, Elgin. v j Vanderstraten has two brothers, John Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Freund of from a box car near the Northwestern Crystal Lake, former McHenry resl- depot last Saturday afternoon. dents, are the parents of a daughter, Jatk and a companion had gone to' born at St. Josephs hospital, Elgin, sjore when^they saw several tof Wednesday, June 2. their pilaymates on top of a box car on one them in | and August, of Chicago. While he is being added to the growing casualty list in McHenry project through the passage of the ordinance. An agreement was reached between the council and R. W. Devore in which Mr. Devbre will pay the sum of one hundred dollars and install a fence around the property known as the Clay Hole, with the privilege of using Will probably do you good. If you were given to Barbara Freund and ^Motor Sales. Phone 1. live out of town, the* suggest that Hugh Murphy runners up being ^ you come on Friday night and stay Weber, Ray Wilhams and Via, TIRES! We now have a Grade 3 recap tires for de livry. Bring your certificate. Buss fej]t cutting deep gashes in his «P head. u»r dadys Larson, Elgin, 111 of the side tracks and joined W AI™ play. Rain earlier in the day de the car slippery and when Jack attempted to climb to the ground liHian Wright Harvard, 111, ' • mem piay. Kain earner tne uay £r Ui i, n^w supply -ot had made the car slippery and when Do^othy ^u 1 blar5,^^S sr immediate de- ..i :i..j ^ i:„». *i j George John Koltz, Hai\ard, Marriage Licenses ARTH„R A. MIS^. MCHEN'Y, IB., | ST ^ ^ Ss^sr«nEXon"L, "•/ **"' "ni now )roth, y VKu bula n1k . AAli go^ft qui• n, ITIiIl . be a pr risoner of the enem'y. Georg m. 111., to NOTICE James L. Kiley, W. D. C., to Patricia i E. Stange, W. D. C. SURGICAL DRESSING CLASS The surgical dressing classes are now meeting in the Homemaking room John Milton Eich.lb.nr.r, N.p«- antil Monday night. j Weideman. years. While some discussion arose regarding the above mentioned .agreement, minor details were ironed out satisfactorily. Some neighboring residents have been accustomed to fishing'in the Clay Hole and will not be denied this privilege underDthe agreement. Ice skating will also be continued. Pfcr- ! '-i5 -- i ! : ^ *day) evening, June 10, for the purpose Sgt. and Mrs. Bud Thompson of; Math Laures returned to Long Lake, j of electing officers for the ensuing Woodstock visited in the home of Wis., the first of the week after spend-, year. »WM. M. GREEN, G. K. Mn.2ea» Bacon Wednesday evening, j j^ » few days with his family- he«.j # 4 . , 4-^ .y - . J--f f McHenrv Council, No. 1288, Knights hospital. Waukegan, by ambulance, vifie jn. Avis Mae Reid, Capron, ^ontin^es *<> ** of Columbus will meet this (Thurs) where it was found that he was suf- nj becoming fewer. It is necessary that u with sman children, have -report- - - • » » * .. _ , niAra Til yn itnr tai» rKaca . . . a edly expressed favor in the action or ; fencing this body of water since sotBM I appi-ehension for their safety has been fering only from shock, no bones being broken. Frank Anthony Kempfer, McHenry, HI., to Marie B. Vales, McHenry, HI. Carl N. Hiatt, Waukegan, 111., to ArlMB Bacon, W. IU. more turn out for these classes. MRS. C. J. REIHANSPERGER. . ' | : Read th* Waat Ada! Sfi#"...