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I- ..7 If** tt» <*** .-.^;-yT,:« .. -i «.>******-* aSL,« • A < ; • . -- - - -- • - -- -- * -- -- -- r , « « - ^ •* »;•„; - * •» «• " ': r-^^-yr'tt>n , • :l ^ y . * ~i ' ' • * " ' **' : *4^ ;***T ;%5j ifWJ1 j." -,'"! .'--^T '---• r"ft-"f' --• rv * ^ M'HRNRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, MAT 3, 1945 STEVEN KOSTI, 62 LTD SIMEK HE IN XDROTE MARCH 24 *•V; ' r f * ** ' ... . N |p: Local Youth Was Struck Down By Machine Gun Fire ^ though the war in lhffBlfc in its final stages, tragic neprs of J (tasualties which occurred before DM ^..coQaqpse of strong enemy resistance I. F. A. HOLDS ITS THIRD FATHER-8011 BANQUET APRIL 25 The F. F. A. held its thiif Father and Son banquet on Wednesday, Apr. 25. Hie program was opened with the regular -JT. F. A. ceremonies, followed by a short talk by Earl Walsh. It was announced at the banquet that the chapter hid collected $945 from the scrap paper drive. It was also made known that members had earned $60 in premiums at the fair held last summer. Entertainment at the banquet was furnished by the Adams Brothers, after which George Egbert, agriculture instructor, awarded emblems to Robert Brennan, Danny Writer, Bill Young and George Felts. The F. F. A. boys wish to thank the homemaldng class for - the fine dinner which they prepared. e- RUDOLPH SIMEK are being reported here. The latest MESSAGES FROM MEN IN SERVICE OF FORMER RESIDENTS HERE HEM WI10N William Karla, Jr., Of Air Corps Killed 5 In Pacific April 18 While waiting around for orders as to what «ar next situation will be, I thought you would know The many friends of William finis, of Chicago, a former McHenry resident, will be sorry to lean of the death of his son, William Kfcrls, Jr. A member of the navjal air corps, flying on bombers, the young man, 24 years old, was killed in action in the south Pacific on April 18. Mr. Karls, Sr., a carpenter, was born in McHenry but moved to Chicago many years ago, where his son was born. William, Jr., leaves besides his parents and relatives in this community, many friends with whom he had become acquainted on DUD AT VOULLOW LAKE HOME HATS Friends of Steven Kosti, 62, 'were shocked to hear of his death, which occurred at 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning, May 2, 1945, at his home at McCullom Lake. He had been ill for the past two months. Mr. Kosti and his family moved to McCullom Lake from Chicago in 19S7, and had acquired many friend* here. A year ago» on April 1, Mr. and Mrs. Kosti opened a shoe repair shop in the former Popp building hi West McHenry. They had just built up a thriving business early las* summer when an accident caused Mr. Koeti's hospitalisation for many With customary cheerful- HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL GIVE Climax of Program To Be Presentation: ; Of Biset's "Carmen" On Sunday evening, May 6, at 8:15 p. m., various groups at the local high school will present ' a musical concert in the school auditorium. No tickets will be sold in nets, however, the couple carried on advance, but a eharge of twenty until March, when ill fortune again j cents will be made at the door, overtook them in the form of ill-! As a climax to the evening's proness. * | gram, sixty members of the mixed The deceased is survived by his!6*0™8 wjn sin* • concerned vereion wife, Sophia, and a son, George. The|°* Biz|,t s 1. *««rmen," with body was taken to Chicago and is at *™hn appearing as the gypsy rest lit the funeral home at 2629 herome of the exciting story of w**t T^arrMnM svphii. : Spain. Included in the numbers from . .' j Song." NEW QKAND JURY " j ^ --"-MSF «-> ^SMCTKDBY SUPERVISOR ROARD "Sweethearts" Herbert " ^ "Come To The Fair" ...-- Martin WOUNDED ON OKINAWA home is at 1626 Carmen avenue, Chicago. * John Conway Mr. and Mrs. John Conway of Flint, Mich., have been informed like toithpt their son, Lieut. John "Bud" something Conway, 20, 'was killed in action , Mixed Chorus A tiew grand ju*y has been select- j "The Wedding of the ed as follows: Regular Panel 'Riley--Fred Mayers. Marengo--Earl Swain and Kath' ing of the territory"! I over Germany on April 15. He was am in. It js softie- serving in the air force. The young where iif France, serviceman was the nephew of Ed. the exact location Conway of this city. His father reof which I am not, sided in McHenry many years ago. allowed to -rdis-[ Lynn Gumprecht close. But it i3 a I While the Woodstock community i erine Sheahan. rural farm district j **s rejoicing over the fact that its , Dunham--Robert Schutt. and the contrast sons, Clarence Westphal and Dean Chemung--Fred Waller and E. L. between American Mishler, had been released from a Bost. and French farms German prison camp, Crystal Lakej Alden--Emmet Killoy.; is like night and was saddened by two more casualties.; day. Two or three families run a j The Henry Gumprechts received word; of^these6is'^Rud^olph '^i^ek!*28,1Cy^o > fnrm, liv5n« together. The buildings , last week that their son, Pvt. Lynnj was killed in France on March 24.! ?f a number of farms are grouped j Gumprecht, was killed on May 12,. He had .p reviousl*y been re_ pr orted a' s ii 'fnA °4 ,hnAet.w P 1'ace and the farmers go out; 'n .^®. '1,<' previously missing in action on that datet i ^eir 'aMnMd 4t-oA work 1iAt. . Tf»hLi:s _ is At.o _ nAOTt rnnAt*ron miosinff in a<if«An am Serviceman Simek saw a great save space as land is very scarce. deal of service in the European They just don't have modern farm theatre before his became another machinery or m6dem equipment like name on the ever growing casualty cement stalls for cattle, tractors, hay! t . . .. , fiat. IF» nnrf ininateH in tVia inn. 1 rakes, milkinir mnphinM ato Tlio Placed On the miSSing USt almost a Hartland--Eileen Calahan. Seneca--P. W. Andrews. Coral--Emil Guse. Grafton-r-John Bauer.: Dorr--C. C. Hopkins and OF AGED RESIDENTS DOING SADNESS TO CITY A. G. entered service In < 1943 and landed in Sicily on April 2, 1944. Since hearing that he was1 r*>. been reported missing in action on Wicks the same date. | Greenwood---Lloyd McCaniv^iL • The deceased In' Hebron--Fred N. Turner. - ~ Richmond--A. R. Anderson; | ' Burton--Antone Meyers. list. He participated "the invn- milking machines, etc. ' The placed on ll?® missing list | McHenry--Matt Blake and Julia u. . _ , s fion of France, where his company aid of the good old horse, a plow ,?5°' Is Parents had hoped Ju6ten. j _ , AIK/' o °rUJr o, 1 received the presidential citation. land hand back-breaking work is the! might some day recejye Nunda Emil Pearson and Ina Solois ?. Albina Samec, Joann Strev- A paratvooper, he landed in Ger-! power and machinery. Their only|news 4 e was a',ve and a pns-i Wingate. ; er< Nancy Rudin. ___ many in March and was given orders j reward is bare existence. One thing oner* 4 ; Algonquin -- Maurice Wade and i Acc°mpanists: Marion Freund, Cathto run across an open field. Details that immediately caught my atten-[ w ., ^ , , . ,, | Rose Nelson. : eriQe _chwerman, Carol Harrison. tion, besides the pretty girls, is the! Mrs* Alvin S: during the Included in tHte supplemental panel! • v extreme neatness of the land. fivery!past w*®k' received definite word in jg Henry M. Schaefer of this clty.i NOTICE FOR BIDS inch of land is used, the same as ^ connection with^ the death of her : : 1 Painted Doll" Brown The Bride, Sharbn Fitzgerald. The Groom, Guy Chamberlin. The Bridesmaids, Joann May, Joan Collins. Preacher, Henry Lowe. Girls Sextet fantiyman badge. Presentation of Honor Award to out- - standing senior. ;,My Hero" ....Strauss "The Gypsy's Song" Wilson Freshman Chorus "Like the Mighty Eagle" Spohr '^Shortnin' Bread" -Arr. by Gibb "T|ie Noisy Three" .: Lutin-Vitello Boys' Octet | i_ Assisted^ by Jack Thies, Robert | Raymond William Guzzardo, 18, ..J*reundj,^ Paul Schmtit,. Laon of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Guzzardo, "Carmten." Concertized Version ..Biset ~ Adaption and Score by Zamecnik ' Of Mrs. , Owqr Rods v. r..<. Lengthy UlneM^ 'hiree elderly MeHerii7 wo each of whom in her own way hav lived through* the years always aASM ministering some service, snail OP/;:;' large, for their fellow man, died thii week, creating an emptiness in the community which will long be felt. < Mrs. Mary Carey One of these women was Mrs, Mary Carey, of whom only stories of kindness and patience are told bjfr" those who knew her. Mrs. Carey* 8"? years of age/ had lived her tire lifetime here, having been in the Phalin homestead on Irish Prairie on April 1, 1858. She lived for a tim» in Ringwi Sgt. Robert E. Doherty, had been and except for that period resi_ woun4ed on April 6 on Okinawa in McHenry. For several years si Shima. He was hit in "the left arm | taught in country schools in th_ and shoulder, according to the letter, i vicinity and each new place broughi but his' wounds were not serious, j her new friends because of hew Robert wrote as follows: "I was! charming manner. She not only per* standing up in the fox hole and a [formed her assigned duties but quiet* machine gun cut loose. It felt likejly and efficiently helped others where* I I was hit with a club." Sgt. Doherty: ev" s^e happened to be. „ / was tal^en to a field hospital and a J The deceased "had been in poor , . ^ few days later Was sent by plane a j health for many years, but evea long distance from that island. Only { fhou£h confined to her bed remained the week before he wrote home that in good spfrits. She was an avid he had been awarded the expert in- j reader and kept informed on worl CPhoto by Worwtck) ROBERT E. DOHERTY . A V-mail letter arriving at the William F. Doherty, Jr., home last week informed them that their son, NEWS ABOUT OUR every chip of wood is saved. Due toi??"' . occurred °n f«|T%# #%f%|||| All 111 COUNCIL N »n.« j. ,! was seriously wounded by shell frag- • wiHi- «. l ^ i Z nif i7°WTn.a ments while advancing in Hurtsren winding, also, the lan(i is hilly. T^iere, Forest> Germany, when the platoon n f n ™ i ^ o ^ I a s ' n w h i c h h e w a s s e r v i n g a s r i f l e m a n . ^ *1? .no^ many was caUght in a heavy mortar and KJ* ?», I t > ^ "ifnlack of tu?>: artillery barrage. He died the day the majority of the/ones we do following injuries, after being re- ®| a c°m- moved to a hospital in France. mon sight to see one come down the! Vincent Purvey ™VLr*th -It600?1 conversion®1- Word was received by Mr! and tachment. They also use horse %nd Mrs. frank Purvey of Woodstock cart and bicycle. It is nothing for !that (heir son> Vincent Purvey, was ^ People to pedal 100 miles a! wounded in- action in Germany reday on their bicycles. They are. centlv. No details concerning the great travelers and get around sur- injuries were given. He was serving prisingly well for the lack of trans- with an engineer unit. • portation facilities. Jamee Sullivaa The people are very, very friendly In a serious condition 1 Sealed bids will be accepted for 'painting seven large rooms at the. events so that her interesting con>» vers;; tion made her popular wit|| M neighbors and friends as well al ~ V her family. ...... i "J •, She is survived by six child Mrs. Thomas Doherty of Ringwi. Florence and Evelyn Carey at. hoi . Gerald and Walter Carey, McHenryv and Mrs. J» Albert Woll, Winnetkaf en grandchildren; a brother, Joha Phalin, McHenry, and a sister, Mrfl, Nellie Bolger of Woodstock. Be^ sides her husband, she was preceded ~ ho diei M receiving his in- ... . ^ . Itial' navaT indoc-'Jn dea.th by a son, Donald, who ANNUAL MEETING LAST THURSDAY I McHenry Grade School building. Bids . I to be in by May 7. Work to Ins done cedure. f during June or July and completed by 18 completed, the seaman will receive ! August 1. The board reserves the j a period of leave. f right to reject any or all bids. Tavern Applications Approved At Special Meeting Same Night 50fp. SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 18. EINSPAR BROTHERS trination at the| 'n, infancy, and a daughter, Anna^ U. S. naval train- h" Pa^ed away in 1912. , Mrs. Carey was a member of th# Altar and Rosary sodality and off - St. Patrick's church where service# were held on Wednesdy morning aft l'V o'clock. Interment was in the/ , church cemetery. ' ^ Mrs. Barbara fciag -4 Another resident of McHenry tot many > years, Mrs. Barbara passed from this life on Saturdap "? afternoon, April 28, 1945. She was - 82 years of age last December 12. The deceased was born in Riching center, Great Lakes, Illinois. His recruit trairing. consists of instruction in seamanship, military drill and general Naval pro- When Ws recruit training The annual meeting of the city council was held at the city hall last 8ft. Thursday evening closing out the and co-operate very well" with us. James Sullivan of Harvard, who un- business of the old They show and feel the effects of the derwent a major operation in France I paring for the start of a new term, war. It will be a long time before recently. He was wounded in Ger- A comnrehensive renort of rethey will again get settled down to many on March 8 and was removed cejDtll and disbursements of citv an ordinary life. -Jlie kids have a to a military hospital later. ^ favorite saying-Cigarette for pap*," Willard WWeebbsstteeri'^ ' JT* JJhTS^ ^tv'^Ter1 and if you don't watch out you Willard Webster of Woodstock has Sd J Caw f«Sl SteTn would become short yourself. These been wounded in Italy, it was learned thc eene^i for tke year were people, at least a good number of early this week. Both legs are i" <24 260 76 of which 10 703 03 wa> them, seem to be able to speak and casts, one, having been broken and ^m tL ^u^v TreLunr 5njured. He is be-|rG StelSiT. Ae^^of $6^72 22 been wounded on j wa8 received from the City Collector I from the waterworks division. Next JAMES SIMEK understand some English. We start the other badly injured. He is be-'j q Stevens lout by asking them a question in lieved to jjave L-- • • 1 • • as to the reasons for the order have j French and get a beautiful answer April 15. not been received. , Pvt. Simek, in1 in English. Boy, does that get otie: crossing the field, was hit by ma- i I have been to a few of the large tt « flVATTT T\ VV chine gun fire and died a short time [cities here about these parts, like OIIUUIJW BA later. | Rauen and LeHavre. Le Havre, be- OBSERVED AS HOLT Before entering service, Rudolph j ing a seaport city, caught some of I T| A V VAT UTIT m A V worked on the Frank Kaiser farm In j the fury of the allied bombardment ' , West McHenry for some time. H^ | before the. invasion of France. Here is survived by a sister, Mrs. Jose- x ^ my firgt ^ K\imnw of ^ | largest amount was 15,540.00 tavern ; license fees received through the • City Clerk's office. The balance of income was spread over various types of licenses, including $984.00 through the issuance of vehicle licenses, j Total expenditure* for the year . • TT _nH _ U-RTTI, !» r"v ",J "'"v. Selective service personnel in Illi- were |23,170.83 exclusive of bills ap- Simek not se£rin» of waJ" "c lts fury" Rauen' rois have received It request from! proved at the annual meeting, er, Pfc. James Simek, being on the Seme river, was a State Director Paul G. Armstrong to sent overseas. In informing us of her husband's *"? where nntil^Sl new address, Mrs. Kenneth Krueger I TiiL 22 also stated that he is now in the I 51 Sir corps motor pool in Khartum in j ifiSl JS? m°T*< the Egyptian Sudan. He left Great! to 3^L*T- » Falls, Montana, on March 7 and.had ^^"*1 h MfTYl.,. • .TTlt ^ ' host of friends. Always ready t» lend a helping hand to thoee in need, her passing is mourned not onljr by her relatives but everyone to , whom she was a fliead. Surviving *re seven children, J09- eph, George and Mrs. William Meyeift # of Johnsburg; Mra. Jack Thiee, Mra. Jacob Steffes and Jefeg King, Me» ' v Henry; and Mrs. John Bohnen, V1V mette; also twenty-one gr*ndchildre«i and fourteen great grmndehildreii. Three sons, Steven, Louis and AiV thur preceded her in death. Since the death of her husband eight years ago, Mrs. King and her. son, John, resitted together on Court street. The deep devotion which existed- 1 Elmer Jensen, who recently returni ed to California after a leave spent here, was called to Chicago last week by the death of his mother. New servicemen on our list !nf. clur'e Willard Einspar .of Corpus ^hristi. Texas, and John Doherty of Memphis. Tenn.. t . Herman Schmitt Jias been. tr*nsferred from Fort Meyers, Fla., to Clovis,--New Mexico; Clarence Anderson from Casper, I WVoming, to ' Lincoln, Nebraska;. and Howard Heidemaii from Firesno, Calif., to New »York. ROBERT EINSPAR Lily Lake is proud to be home town to these two fine servicemen. LeRoy Conway, who has been confined to various hospitals overseas and of late in the States, following injuries sustained D-Day, has receiv- ... - hi. nudical di.eh.rg. from -« St. ^ between them undoubtedly made lmr last years especially happy ones. The body rested at the Jacob Jna» ten Sons funeral home until 1§ o'clock on Tuesday morning, when a army. Reginald Rix, who has been serv- As evidence of a busy year in "the They are the Einspar "boys. Staff ga^ address. ' His brother, I °' Mi? ^°.res^r^ ofi of *NewWYorkr*now"has**a cemetery The deceased waa a member in England. The latter Was wounded h Zin: ~T manufacturinW center ™ in vr ^ evidence of a busy year in the "ey are «.« San Francisco address. His brother, eariier in the war. y ^ their jobs on V-EiCity Collectors department, a com-. Sgt. Robert Einspar was bom in Alfred, has been promoted to signal- Friend, her. h.v. reeled word; tfJSgSZ $ uS'SETXfuS' JS, SI ""'l Chicgo in June of 1926 H. attend- , ™.„ H„, diM. asLSr TTUSSS iscS,-.nd>K, TK&rsu.: Holland. A memorial mass will *>®j0f history, Rauen is the place where boards. Colonel Armstrong wrote,, . . . . „ . fl Mai7s Joan of Arc was burned at the stake "We of selective service in Hlinois j ^ ? >U tCam' ™ J< ** the I ^ Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Wilhelm j A^, ^ 1946 at 6;30 c.cIock Mayor Overton appointed a can- where he was a member of the foot- Ronald Charles Wilhelas, 1?, son Mrs. Augaafta Wolf A resident of MlHenry for s'xtyw four years, Mrs. Augusta Wolf die4 of a heart attack at her home Front street onSunday chun;h here on Sunday, May 6. -TO PRESENT CONCERT The Woodstock Symphonic -Choir, under the direction of Carl Hendrickson, will present - annual concert on May 6, at the Woodstock and here also is the famous cathedral have been responsible for sending °'ty. election held April; crew 0f the marine air corps of Notre Dame. To tell,..of th® his- hundreds of thousands of Illinois men' :7' Confirming election reports, with woriced at Len's Service Station in | naval he j Ringwood, is receiving his initial, was g6 years of _ nar ms- men! V* "V" forked Lens service station i navai iinndaoocctmrinnaaitiioonn a»it, tmhee Uw.. So.. tu. " hnm in n*m»ni tort of these places would takefquite into battle, some of whom will never following received the y ]o and for the Bertman Electrie4flaval training center. Great Cakes, ^ foBowii^h^ a time. ^ i retu?. . We know, better than most J^^e offkes 'FO? Mayof R 7 company in the airplane testing de^ "Imota °n ^ !*»*>** »* It is nice to look at the beautiful people in civilian life, that the men I n fn, rilv rLv rIri R Dartment -- scenery and exciting adventure but we sent into _service will find little ' iSSt t T mt its twelfth ^mrZgtad! ^'for hHari^s ^cefebraVion ^hen ^ t SundayMeve.dng ,y ^ ^ home after it is all £vei. V-E Day is proclaimed, and we ^eber; . for ^Aldermen, Joseph M , ' , ' , O f | * dstoMck Methodi,s t ^wree aarree IluUCcKkVy TtoO Wbe,. hnouuusseedu IinIL. aN ccoumm-- should set a«n» CeAxAaImN^pIleC Wto tUhIeC IreWsIt oUfX . n - • pp church at 8 o clock. There will be: fortable place the French call a the civilian world by continuing j no admission charge, but a silver <*; | chateau; which is claimed to be sev- loyally in our grave and important! In listing the votes on^the proppsfenng will be taken. The choir will eral centuries old. It has a couple du ies on V-E Day and thereafter, i ition of purchasing the Weber propbe assisted by the Todd school choir: { h fi j you can stand in "Let our slogan be: 'V-E Day--1 erty for park purposes, it was dis and a guest soprano. r- r j ^ i J --) Births \he hfppy grandparents of a daugh . ter, Patricia Lynn, born to Service- man and Mrs. M.url Blowers at -he and lots of small ones in the rooms Make It a Holy Day--Not a, 'Holi-1 covered that the election in Ward so we are keeping warm during the day.'" _ 2Te ^ .n<? ^ V10 n chillv nights. Although spring is; -- . u,- -- ! They had been instructed that all 1 votes not marked "YES" wourd •"ltomatically count as a vote against the proposal. While the election board was correct in their reasoning:, ^he carvassinsr committee made a thorough check of the count. The *-ell on its way here, the nights are • A minim A Often inn- Of very damp and cold. I am very for- QI Mr. and Mrs. Nick B. Freund are tunat; to have with me, attached to Gain's Radio Store the battery, a fellow from Woodstock by the name of Pfc. John Schoen-1 __ berger. 857 Wass hiiini gton sotvrieeeevt. We Another veteran of World War 2 U, S. Naval Ho~p;tal at Bremerton, j talk^ of the 's establishing a business in Mc- majority favoring the proposition Wash., on April 18 The couple have j olaces Vk home. Sure is a com- HonJ7; "e is Samuel Schmunk, who was so large that no question could anoihtr child, a little girl. Mrs. ! ">,-* j,av,. chmebndv vou can .talk nn * announced the opening of j arise on the proceedure. The coun- Blower is the former Miss Sylv4 to who knows the place you are talk- Sam'® 5?d,'° M S^re at 510 Main, cil theji went on record to proceed Freund/ „ „ , J mg about. Of course, we four, Alex st^ ™?st McHenry. • with the purchase of the property. Serviceman and Mrs. Richard Justent Phil Doherty, James Larkin .J^r- M«Henry( Foliowjng the adjournment of the Smith are the parents of a little and myselfi who started our basic from. Saginaw,_Mich., in 1941 and | amillai meeting, the City Clerk was giri. born at the Woodstock hospital, fotrether, got split up, but at least 'as ! Hst Thursday. Mrs Smith is the three of us have laJlded on the same former Miss Loqise. Kilday. The new I fi(>n j have had three papers since father is stationed in the Eutopeah , have here but mail is 8iow war theatm 'vet. This is all for now as my bed is calling. Goodnight for now. Yours truly, as in army service for a short time, receiving a medical discharge, oil. I have had th^_pape« since he came ba<*k to our city to make is marri€d and ^ one child. The family residence 1* at 305 Elm street. CORP. FRANCIS COX, France. SHORTAGE OF POTS Maurice Crouch of the McHenry Floral company informs the Plaindealer th«t a serious shortage in pots, both small and large, exisrs , . and there may not be enough avail- Mr. _and Mrs. Leonard AntOnson able this spring to take care of the \ epent Sunday m Chicago. plants that must be potted. If you; Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Reihansperger folks want to help out, gather up, returned last Thursday from Fort the pots that are not being used and I Lewis, Wash., where they had been take them to the floral company on j called ten days previous by the Route 31. a mile south of McHenry.' serious illness of their son, Herb. They will serve a good purpose and He is reported to be improving SCRAP PAPER DRIVE The McHenry F. F. A- ^chapter nill conduct a scrap paper drive during the third week in May. Please watch the Plaindealer for further information. When you do your spring cleaning, please save all of your paper because it is especially needed at tlys time. Order your Bbbbtfr stamps at the in bv Citv Attorney, Vernon J. Knox. The clerk then administered the oaths to the mayor, treasurer and aldermen elected to serve a four-year term. A special meeting was, called - folloving the administering of oathsf. Harold Reemer has been promoted marriage to Albert Wbtt, the coupl. to the rank of sergeant and was also tc this country and settled i» awarded the Good Conduct medal. McHenry. Mrs. Wo.f was k.nJ of He is still serving in Guadalcanal, thspo^tion and quiet of manner, he^-- where he is doing aecountin*. .profound .nterest ir aome and fan*._ 1 - ^ j uy occupying much of her time. ! i®* «. .. , .1 Surviving are two sons, Emil and 'Thfe 'mstnyf McHenry relatives and! pred 0f McHenry; two daughter% friends of Mrs. Glenn Barker of i Mrs. Charles Rasmussen. McHenry^ , . Woodstock will pe interested to learn and Mrs Carl Nelson."" Elgin; si* < that she and Mr. Barker have re®®1*- grandchildren, Ruth Schuhmeier, Alp • V | ed word that the Navy Cross, next tothea, Joan and Carol Jean Nels<ft%'-fe""'a the highest award for outstanding Marilyn and Charlene Mertes; tw# . •. performance of duty, has been award- grandchildren, Sally and Su# ed to their son, Robert, who lost his ^ Sohurmeier; one sister, Mrs. Berth^ , life in the invasion of Guam. Toe i Schneider of Chicago. Her husband I posthumous award is being made > and daughters, Mrs. Martha Mcfc ! to .the parents: Pfc. Robert, who Arthur and Mrs. Bertha Mertes, preserved with the marines, is believed ceded her in death award. ^ Spring Grove Kan Was Badly Borned Wednesday on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clockat the Peter M. Justen funeral homejN. Burial was in Woodland cemetery, WILLARD EINSPARS 2/c Willard Einspar is an aerial at which time the only new mem-1 gunner stationed at Corpus Christ!, Her, William H. Althoff. took his Texas. He was born in Chicago in . ^ . . up. . j * nla-p at the council table ' %M v. # iai. „„fi1 in:nAa ne store March of 1916, where until he j . jos^. consciousness. Defective wiring before moving to Thirteen tavern license annlica- the service he made his home witn . August Herrlia A resident of McHenry for th# past ten years, August Herrlin, ' passed away at his home in tl The *many friends of John Pank- Country Club subdivision on Friday^ nih will be sorry to learn that he April 27. 1945. While he had bee* was badly burned on the face and; in failing health for several year% ?|j hands on Wednesday morning at his j his death was unexpected. home in Spring Grove. Mr. Pank-! Mr. Herrlin was bom in Malmo% nin discovered a fire in his chicken Sweden, and after coming to thlp house about 11 o'clock, but as heiCvuntry in 1884 operated a grocer^ ** was about to leave the building he'store and meat market in 'ChteaM Wisconsin and later on the electric brooder stove was, t0 McHenry. lhavinIg beler licSenseeSs durJing twhe pa"st • w . " f i « ; d t o t a w M ~ 3 . t t . f b j . H e « . ) S u r v i T o r s ' t o d j i , t m t k n k • year. Mayor Overton outlined plans for the coming year urging continued co-operation on the part of the com-, ~ m mittees in the administration of ^ren join him in Corpus Christi th Lily Lake claims him as a sort of • taken from the building by his fam- children Mrs. Afcert Zipp (Alke), ef f«o st. er' so'n as hl i•s parents 1h- a-- v-- e-- lived hA MQ DMHA •• M here for the past seven yefcrs. He was happy to have, his wife and ehfl | beginning oi this ily, but only after he burned to some extent. Maywood. Mrs. Harry (Ethel), of Barriagton, and Albia ' Bell wood; also four graadebfldrep Order your rubber itaapi at tha, and one great grandchild. A ao% Plaindealer* <-• i Edwin, ^reced»d w iwt> .' . v>" .I1' rmrmitfw'.in ', I I •^3--