Servicemen Return 

 To Jobs They 

 Left For War 



FINISHED with war and soldiering 

 — for the rest of their lives, they 

 hope — members of the Chicago office 

 staff of the Illinois AgrJfuItural Asso- 

 ciation are coming back to take over 

 the jobs they left a few years ago. 



Ray Ely is back on the job as Coun- 

 try Life actuary, a position he had held 

 since 1941. Ely en- 

 tered the army as a 

 captain in 1942 and 

 was scheduled to 

 finish his terminal 

 leave Feb. 21. He 

 served on the fac- 

 ulty of the officers 

 training school at 

 Fort Benning, Ga., 

 and spent the last 

 six months of 194S 

 in the Philippines. 

 During his army 

 career, Ely rose to the rank of lieuten- 

 ant colonel. 



Ray Ely 



Robert Garry, Country Life auditor, 

 started work with the company in 1938 

 and went into the 

 service in 1942. He 

 trained at Camp 

 Crowder, Mo., and 

 Fort Monmouth, N. 

 J., before being 

 sent overseas. He 

 spent 22 months in 

 Hawaii and Saipan. 

 Garry was a signal 

 corps technical ser- 

 geant and received 

 one battle star. He 

 was discharged in 

 December. 



Robert Gairy 



Robert E. Gresley, who is in charge 

 of the policyholders service department 

 of Country (Life, 

 has been with the 

 company since 

 1935. He went in- 

 to the service in 

 1943 and trained 

 mainly in Texas. 

 Gresley was over- 

 seas 15 months, 

 serving in England 

 and France. He was 

 discharged in Oc- 



H. E. Gresley ^°^' " f ^^^PO^^' 



with one battle star. 



Urban Henderson of Country Life 



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U. Henderson 



G. W. Dirreen 



records department has been with the 

 company since 

 1937. He joined 

 the signal corp in 

 1941 and received 

 most of his training 

 at Camp Roberts, 

 Calif. He was over- 

 seas 14 months, 

 serving in England, 

 France, Belgium, 

 Holland and Ger- 

 many. He was dis- 

 charged in Octo- 

 ber as a master ser- 

 geant with three battle stars. 



George Dirreen of Country Fire's un- 

 derwriting department came to the Chi- 

 cago office in 1943 

 after three years of 

 field work down- 

 state. The same year 

 he went into the 

 navy and received 

 his boot training at 

 Farragut, Ida., and 

 saW' 22 months serv- 

 ice at sea as a radar 

 operator third class 

 aboard a destroyer 

 which was damaged 

 in a kamikaze at- 

 tack. He saw service in New Guinea 

 and the Philippines and was dicharged 

 in September with six battle stars. 



Henry H. Belfield of Country Fire's 

 accounting department has been in the 

 employ of the com- 

 pany since 1938. 

 He joined the serv- 

 ice in 1942 and re- 

 ceived most of his 

 training in Florida 

 with the army air 

 forces. He spent a 

 year overseas in 

 Italy as a radar 

 technician and was 

 discharged as a ser- 

 geant with four 

 battle stars in No- 

 vember. 



Lyman Peaks, chief underwriter with 

 Country Fire entered the employ of 

 the company in 

 1937. He went in- 

 to the navy in 1943 

 and received his 

 training at Purdue 

 university and a 

 school in Washing- 

 ton, D. C. He spent 

 .^"^HH^^L^ 14 months in the 

 ^^k ^HB^^B south Pacific 

 ^^^.^^^^^^H ^^^ Guinea and 

 ^^^* ^■^^^B the Admiralty Is- 

 lands and was dis- 

 charged in Novem- 

 ber with the rating of electrician's 

 mate, third class. 



H. H. Belfield 



Lyman Peaks 



G. E. Chill veil 



George K. Charvat of Country Cas- 

 ualty's claims mail department started 

 work with the com- 

 pany in 1940 and 

 entered the service 

 in 1941. He re- 

 ceived most of his 

 training at Camp 

 Forrest, Tenn., and 

 at Camp Young, 

 Calif., after which 

 he was sent to the 

 British Isles. He 

 served 22 months 

 overseas with the 

 quartermaster corps 

 and was discharged in October. 



Joseph Heissler of Country Casualty's 

 accounting department joined the com- 

 pany in 1941 and 

 went into the army 

 in 1942 receiving 

 most of his training 

 at Fort Monroe, 

 Va., in coast artil- 

 lery. He spent 18 

 months in the Aleu- 

 tians and was dis- 

 charged as a tech- 

 loe Heissler nician, fifth grade. 



William H. Quinn, claims examiner 

 with Country Casualty, entered the em 

 ploy of the com- 

 pany in 1941 and 

 joined the army air 

 forces the follow- 

 ing year. He re- 

 ceived most of his 

 training in Denver, 

 Savannah and At- 

 lantic City and 

 spent 27 months 

 overseas in Eng- 

 land, France, Ger- 

 many, Belgium. 

 Holland and Lux- 

 embourg. Quinn was discharged as a 

 sergeant in October with five battle 

 stars. He is a farm bureau member in 

 McLean county. 



George W. Krogman of Country 

 Casualty's accounting department has 

 been employed by 

 the company since 

 1930. He joined the 

 army signal corps 

 in 1942 and re- 

 ceived most of his 

 training in Cali- 

 ^— f o r n i a. He was 



^1 w^^^^ overseas for 22 

 ^^ 4fc ^^^1 months in England. 

 ^^L^^^^^^H France, Holland, 

 ^^^^^^^^* Germany and Bel- 

 gium. He devoted 

 much of his time to 

 radio repair and was discharged last 



L A. A. RECORD 



W. H. Quinn 



G. W. Erogman 



November 

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came to th( 



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and entere 



army air foi 



lieutenant i 



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gence at 



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at Camp 



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months, hi 



given additi 



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many, Belgi 



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the rank of c 



has five battl 



Richard I. 



with Country 



R. I. Dodsot 



radioman, firs 

 stars. 



Lawrence C 



Supply's cost 



started doing 



keeping for 



Ford County 



ice Company 



in high schoo 



about two 



after gradu 



from college 



1933, he caiT 



the Chicago 



of the Illinois 



Suppjy Com] 



He entered 



armed service 



1942 and becai 



spector general 



the budget an 



the army air f 



discharged wit! 



University of I 



on performance i 

 eties in Illinois 

 available from tl 

 by writing to tf 

 Urbana. 



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