The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 40

Decatur, Illinois, Thursday, May 31, 1962. FORTY PAGES TODAY THE DECATUR REVIEW Nearly 500 To Attend MU Dinner More than 425 reservations have $516,001 Set As Drive Goal Of United Fund Jj ELIGIBILITY EXAMS FOR PATROLMAN TODAY iiiiiiinr Lakeview Students Named for School Achievements Virginia Lamb, Larry Gentry Senior High School students hon- arship winners and top students and Ronald Beals, right, were ored today during the annual in various scholastic areas are among Lakeview Junior and Awards Day ceremonies. Schol- listed on page 31. been made for the annual Millikin University dinner Saturday honoring six retiring faculty members and seven alumni. Retiring faculty members will be guests of honor at a 5:45 p.

m. reception prior to the 6:45 p. m. dinner in the University Center. J.

Ira Young will speak during the program on behalf of the Board of Trustees, and Mrs. William Meis will represent the alumni. Jack Billington, Springfield senior, will speak for the gradu ates. Honored guests will include Dean and Mrs. C.

L. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Ploenees, Dr.

and Mrs. Daniel J. Gage, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond R.

Brewer, Miss Wilna Moffett and Mrs. L. C. McNabb. Alumni merit awards will go to three Millikin graduates, Dr.

John A. Leight, Indianapolis, Clarence Pygman, Maywood, and Dr. Maryhelen Vannier, Dallas, and loyalty awards will go to George Byrne and Paul Montgomery, both of New York City, who will be retiring from the Board of Trustees. Young alumnus-of-the-year is the Rev. Jack S.

Hart of Tulsa, Okla. The 1962 alumnus-of-the-year re cipient will be announced at the dinner. Fish Rodeo Is Saturday Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. is the time for the annual fish rodeo of the Izaak Walton League for youngsters, Blaine Bilyeu, league president, announced to day.

The rodeo will be held at the southeast corner of Rea's Bridge. Refreshments will be served. The rodeo is open to all children through 14 years of age. Participants must bring their own fishing equipment, Bilyeu reminded. $140 for Stark Fund About $140 was raised for Pat-i rick E.

Stark, Eisenhower High School junior, during a dance last night sponsored by the Local 89 of the American Federation of Musicians. Stark raised $300 of the $1,000 necessary for him to defray expenses on a tour of Eu rope with the School Band of America this summer. Herald and Review Photo War Dead Offer Memorials special note of ceremonies at Pearl Harbor where the U.S.S. Arizona was being dedicated as a Memorial Day symbol. James Leo Conklin and Bernard Conklin, sons of Mrs.

Elton Marler of 516 E. Grand were aboard the Arizona when it was sunk Dec. 7, 1941. The young men were among more than 1,100 soldiers and marines entombed in the ship. RAYMOND FICKES INFANT DIES; RITES FRIDAY Pamela Kay Fickes, one-day-old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Ray mond E. Fickes, 1140 W. Cerro Gordo died at 6:30 p. m.

Wed nesday in Su John's Hospital, Springfield. She was born Tuesday in Deca tur and Macon County Hospital. Survivors include a sister, Crys tal Ann; grandparents, Mrs. Eleanor Cotner, Decatur; Mr. and Mrs.

H. R. Fickes, Decatur; great-grandparents, Mrs. George Anderson, Decatur, and Mrs. Laura Morey, Argenta.

Graveside services will be 10:30 a. m. Friday in Graceland Cemetery with the J. J. Moran Sons Funeral Home in charge.

Bandstand Starts Up and If 11 Come Down Again Soon "What goes up must- come down" was being put to the test today in Central Park. Despite instructions to the contrary from the City Council, the old green bandstand was being installed on the new concrete slab in the park late this morning. City Manager John E. Dever said the council instructed the city staff that the new slab replaced what some council members thought was an unsightly bandstand. He checked with City Clerk David R.

Kirk and reported that the band management had been so notified in writing. Dever further forecast the stand would be on its way down this afternoon. Teachers Are Honored Retiring Decatur Public School teachers were to be honored at a 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. tea today in the Decatur Education Association room in Stephen Decatur High School.

Marie Cohron, association social chairman, was to be in charge of the event, during which, gift cer tificates would be given the re tirees. They are: Mida McPhail, Washington School, fourth grade teacher Halene Street, South Shores School, grade three Mrs. Grace Middlesworth, Brush College, grade three Kathryn Y. Rice, MacArthur High School, social studies and art Olive I. Taylor, Washington! School, intermediate educabls mentally handicapped J.

Harold Henry, MacArthur, physical education Mrs. Edna Smallwood, Pugh School, grade four Leone B. Ehrhardt, Stephen Decatur High Schol social studies Mrs. Gladys A. Miller, Spencer School fourth and fifth grade Mrs.

Louise T. Brown, Lakeview High School, English and social studies Mrs. Ellis A. Scherer, French School, fifth grade. Louise T.Rice, Lakeview Latin Hurt in Gravel Slide Charles Hartung, 13, of Route 4, was admitted to Decatur and Macon County Hospital at 4:30 p.

m. yesterday for treatment of injuries received when he was partially buried while unloading gravel. Stafl pholo by L. Roger Turner day afternoon's Memorial Day services in Graceland Cemetery. Mrs.

Gullett 2nd to Die In Collision Helen Rose Gullett, 38. of 1345 N. Lake Shore Drive, one of five persons injured May 24 in a car crash in Forsyth, died at 8:57 a. m. today.

She is the second fatality in the accident. James Robert Thomas, 7 months, died at the scene. Mrs. Gullett was the driver of one of three cars and a truck in volved in the accident. Her car crashed into the rear of a car ahead of her and then into the path of a semi-trailer truck.

The crash was touched off when a bale of hay fell from the trunk lid of a car and dropped onto the highway. The cars were attempt ing to avoid the hay when the crash occurred. Two of Mrs. Gullett's children were injured. Gary Nelson, 2, is in critical condition in Decatur and Macon County Hospital.

The other child, Mary 7, was released from the Decatur and Macon County Hospital yesterday. Mrs. Anna Thomas, whose child was killed, is in fair-to-senous condition in St. Mary's Hospital. Ninth Traffic Death Sheriff Emery Thornell said the death of Mrs.

Gullett is the ninth' traffic fatality in the county this year. Helen Rose Gullett was born Sept. 23, 1923, a daughter of Omer and Margie Foshee in Cheyenne, Wyo. She was first married to Warren Moses and later to Henry Gullett Mrs. Gullett moved to Decatur from Bakersfield, last Feb ruary and had been employed as a waitress at the Holiday Inn.

She leaves her mother, Mrs. Margaret Miller of Austin, Texas; sons Warren D. Moses, with the Air Force in Germany, Robert D. Moses of Austin, Donald Gullett and Gary Gullett, both of Decatur and the daughter, Mary. She also leaves four sisters, Mrs.

J. C. (Billie) Cox, Austin, Mrs. Charles (Carrie) Dem-ingquez, Kansas City, Mrs. Dan (Ann) Thomas, Decatur, and Henry (Margie) Adams, Kansas City, Mo.

There also are three brothers, James R. Foshee, Decatur; George D. Foshee, San Francisco, and Donald L. Foshee, Kansas City, Mo. and a half-brother Dewey R.

Miller, Austin, Tex. The body is in the J. J. Moran Sons Funeral Home. Services are incomplete.

WILLIAM E. LANUM DIES; RITES SATURDAY William E. Lanum, 87, of the Wakefield Nursing Home, died at 9:45 a.m. today in Decatur and Macon County Hospital. He was born July 24, 1874.

in Bethany, a son of R. W. and Elizabeth Fortner Lanum, and lived most of his life in Decatur. Mr. Lanum was a member of the Christian Church.

He married Armina Farr in Bethany in 1895. Mr. Lanum leaves two sons, Virgil and Norman, both of Decatur; three daughters, Mrs. Pearl Boulware, Mrs. Earl (Hazel) Huffman and Mrs.

Richard (Opal) Shirk, all of Decatur; a Brother Frank Lanum, Springfield: two sisters, Mrs. Tina Werts, Decatur, and Mrs. Nan Spencer, Ohio: 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Saturday in Dawson Wikoff Funeral Home where friends may call after 4 p.m.

Friday. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. PYRLE MILLER, 81, OF NEAR CISCO DIES Pyrle Miller, 81, of near Cisco, died at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in her home after being ill about 10 days. She was born April 25, 1881.

in Argenta, a daughter of Joseph and Catherine Reed Miller. She had lived in the Cisco area all her life. Miss Miller was a member of the Christian Church. Surviving are three sisters. Miss Dorothy Miller, Cisco: Mrs.

Hortense Hartman, Argenta: Mrs. Rose Kile, of Miami Shores. and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 10.30 a.m. Saturday in the Dawson Wikoff Funeral Home in Argenta.

Burial will be in Friends Creek Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home in Argenta. (2 Taken Gary Chambers of 1119 E.

Wal nut told police that $2 has been taken from a piggy bank at his residence. United Fund workers are aiming $1 higher than last year. A goal of $516,001 was set this noon for the fall campaign during a meeting of the board of direc- tors of the Decatur and Macon County United Fund. Last year's goal was $516,000. The goal actually represents a three and one-half per cent increase over pledges in 1961 of $497,000 by 24,712 individuals, and business firms, Roy Rollins, board president, reported.

Preliminary budget requests from the member agencies totaled more than $580,000 for the coming year. Rollins said the goal is some 12H: per cent short of the budget requests. He said the increase over pledges of last year is essential to meet the minimum needs of the 19 health and welfare and character building programs in the fund." It is also realistic, he said, in terms of the community's econom ic climate. Fewer Pledge "Though individual contribu tions compare favorably with national averages," Rollins said, "about five per cent fewer people make pledges in Decatur and Macon County than in communities of comparable size across the country." "Only through the broadest pos sible participation is the United Fund able to combine the 19 separate programs in one campaign and raise funds needed at a fund raising cost of less than three cents on the dollar. In contrast, some independent drives spend from 30 to 50 cents or more in campaign expenses for each dollar raised." Rollins observed the pledges were a near record total though the campaign was handicapped by unemployment and slack economic conditions locally.

"When the United Fund can muster that kind of support under those conditions," he said, "we are confident it can go a step further in meeting the community's needs this year." J. William Record, campaign chairman, said the $516,001 was recommended by the executive campaign committee after studying preliminary budget requests from the member agencies in the light of economic trends and past campaigns." 'Attainable Goal' Record pledged an all-out effort by the fund raising organization to put the drive over the top for the first time since 1956. "This is an attainable goal," he said, "and we are going to make it. $516,000 plus $1." Nineteen programs included in the United Fund here are: American National Red Cross Boy's Opportunity Home Boy Scouts Catholic Charities Community Clinics Day Nursery Family Service 4-H Home Economics Girl's Welfare Home Macon County Association Mental Health Clinic Salvation Army Shemamo Girl Scouts Visiting Nurse Association United Cerebral Palsy United Service Organization Inc. Young Men's Christian Associa tion Young Women's Christian Asso ciation Council of Community Services.

City Driver Is Suspended Orville Nowlin. 1540 E. Walnut St, today was suspended from his city street division job for 30 days. The action was taken by Charles C. Cassidy, acting head of the di vision during the absence of Supt.

Dyle Kirby. Thirty days is the maximum an employe can be suspended by his supervisors. Nowlin was arrested early yes terday on charges of reckless driving and illegal possession of liquor. PRE SCHOOL TESTS ST. THOMAS GIVING Readiness tests for children entering the first grade at St.

Thom as School next September will be given Friday. Examinations for the police pa trolman eligibility list will be at 7 p. m. today in Stephen Decatur High School. Ernest B.

Bodnar, secretary of the Civil Service Commission, said there have been 45 applicants who have indicated they' wish to take the examination. Bodnar said today was the last day for applicants to sign for the police promotional examination for sergeant. Two new sergeants will be named. One vacancy was caused by the death of Sgt. R.

Virgil Carr. The other opening is a new one, authorized in the budget S.H. Hanks Dies at 74 Shirley H. Hanks, 74, of 4085 W. Main died at 12:20 a.

m. today in Wabash Employes Hospital, where he had been a patient four weeks. He was a retired carpenter for the Wabash Railroad and had been associated with the carrier for 35 years. Mr. Hanks was born in Decatur, July 22, 1887, a son of Seth and Susan Bradshaw Hanks.

Before joining the railroad, he was a dairy farmer for about nine years, a blacksmith in Decatur and Harristown for about eight years, and a farmer for four or five years. He retired from the railroad July 31, 1952, to return to full time farming. He married Harriett Sinn May 5, 1915. She died July 20, 1953. He married Lola F.

Stephenson in Greenfield, Jan. 5, -1955. She survives. Mr. Hanks was a member of the Sharon Methodist Church, Great Light Lodge 1064, AM, of which he was a past mas ter, and Zohak Grotto.

He was a member of Guiding Light 1016, Order of Eastern Star; the Low 12 Club, the Wabash Ash lar Club and the Modern Wood men of America. He was a mem ber of the Railway Carmen and the Wabash Fellowship Club. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two step-sons, Wayne Smith, Greenfield, Howard Smith, Los Angeles, stepdaughter, Mrs. Ernest (Thelma) Babb, Kankakee; sisters, Mrs. Russell (Mabel) Garriott, Oreana; Mrs.

Ina Crossman, Harristown; brothers, Claude R. Hanks, Decatur; Virgil M. Hanks, St. Petersburg, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He leaves a foster granddaugh ter, Mrs.

Lynn (Bettie) Edwards, Decatur, who lived in his home for many years. Funeral services will be 1 p. m. Saturday in Brintlinger's Funeral Home, where friends may call after 4 p. m.

Friday. Burial will be in Macon County Memorial Park. Masonic services will be 8:30 p. m. Friday in the funeral home, given by members of Great Light Lodge.

A. J. (Hugo) Heinzelmann as-day night's band concert in Cen- LT" nMuMnajtlUMjUMw Phone Pay Hike Granted About 190 Decatur telephone op erators for the Illinois Bell Tele phone Co. have beai granted wage increases ranging from $1.50 to $2.50 a week. The company said the wage hike averages about 7.5 cents an hour and will lift the average eekly basic rate of recipients to about $76.

Increases were made under a re-opener clause of the current three-year contract, which will expire next summer. Pay mcreass are effective as of May 20. The agreement is subject to ratification by Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, by June 8. The raise affects about 1.500 toll operators and clerks in Chicago, where the hike becomes effective July 29, and about 5,600 employes in areas outside Chicago. 50 Years With Band When the baton drops Monday evening ushering in the band con cert season, A.

H. (Hugo) HeinzeL mann will officially have completed a half century as a mem ber of the Decatur Municipal Band. Heinzelmann, 70 and retired since 1958 from Heinzelmann Shoe Craft, joined the band then the Goodman Band upon graduation in 1912 from Decatur High. Since then he has played drums for the band and has served a total of 15 years as the group's president. His drum playing goes back to 1898 when his father, the late Hen ry Heinzelmann, presented Hugo with a drum for Christmas.

Heinzelmann is perhaps proud est of the fact that this year is the 105th continuous season that De catur has supported a band. Henud and Review Photo sists with preparations for Mon-tral Park. Tributes to Decatur Residents Decatur's living yesterday paid a Memorial Day tribute to tne city's war dead. "We are not here to mourn-only to say a 'thank you' which can never be aptly said Lt. Col.

William F. Berry of the 8574th Air Force Reserve Recovery Group during afternoon ob servances at Graceland Cemetery. "We are here to draw out of the heroic memories of the past a new inspiration of patriotism," said Col. Berry, "and to find new ardor for the preservation of the free institutions that our honored dead returned to us in their baptism of fire and blood." Veterans organizations and about a thousand other persons took part in services and wreath- laying ceremonies in Central Park, Greenwood Cemetery, Cal vary Cemetery, Macon County! Memorial Park and Graceland Cemetery. Many other residents made pri vate visits to cemeteries to honori loved ones killed in the nation's wars.

Rain threatened observances throughout the day but held off un til shortly after 8 p. m. During moming services in Cen tral Park, Fred W. Ziese of Castle Williams Post 105, American Le gion, told a gathering of several hundred persons to be alert to the spread of communism. "No one took Hitler seriously," said Ziese, a past commander of the post.

"We should be alerted at this time to the hammer and sickle philosophy in which human beings are expendable." A salute to the war dead was given by Mayor Robert A. Grohne at morning ceremonies in Macon County Memorial Park, and sev eral hundred persons participated in the Knights of Columbus annual field Mass in Calvary Cemetery. Area communities, too, remem bered their war dead. Peace is more than simply the absence of war, said the Rev. George Harjes yesterday morning at Maroa Cemetery.

we must think of peace as something to be achieved," he said. The Rev. Kenneth Stewart, pas tor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, said at Mount Gilead cemetery that God has put as surances of immortality into the heart of man. "Man is trying to deserve it (immortality)," he said, "and his association with Christ makes it sure." The Rev. James Sandy of Ore- ana Christian Church spoke at Union Cemetery near Oreana.

While the solemn notes of taps echoed among the wreaths and small flags placed at local grave markers, a Decatur resident took TWO FROM EISENHOWER NAMED FOR PROGRAM Grant Canfield and Pat Mc- Loughlin of Eisenhower High School have been nominated for the annual Achievement Awards program sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English. Writing abilities and literary awareness of nominees are to be judged by local and state commit tees. Winners will be announced in December. Their names will be sent to colleges and universities for consideration for scholarship I assistance. jH Pledge From a Young American "I pledge allegiance ter of Mr.

and Mrs. John T. Poised intently under Old Glory, Curry, takes part in honoring young Brenda Curry, 7, daugh- the cation's flag during yester-.