The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 22

ERROR: Should be PAGES TODAY 28.381 THE DECATUR REVIEW Decatur, Illinois, Monday, March 6, 1961: Chicago Ruling Clears Way for Start on Bridge By Tom Mahoney Of the Review Staff The way was apparently cleared today for the Lost Bridge project to be turned over to a bonding company for completion. Cook County Circuit Judge Cornelius J. Harrington today dismissed a motion by the bridge contractor that a temporary injunction be kept in force while the company appeals its dismissal to the Supreme Court. Judge Harrington had dismissed the injunction last Monday but agreed to hear a motion today on keeping the injunction in force during the appeal of last week's action. The temporary injunction was granted Sept.

30, stopping the state Department of Public Works and Buildings from turning the job over to Globe Indemnity State's Improvement bond holders. The state wants to turn the much-stalled bridge over to a bonding company because apparently State's Improvement will not work on it anymore. The firm contends it cannot follow the specifications of the state's contract with it in driving the 20 pilings for the $528,000 bridge. Only four of the pilings have been driven into the ground to any length and none 1 has been driven to its proper depth. If Judge Harrington had allowed the injunction to stay in force during the appeal to the high.

court, there probably would have been no bridge work done this year. The Supreme Court does not meet during the summer and a decision probably would not be announced until September, too late for work this year. Now the state can go ahead, in the opinion of an assistant attorney-general. Whether the state will go ahead and turn the job over to the bonding firm or how soon the action would be taken, could not be learned. today.

GO- KART STUDY City Believes Operators Should Be Given New Chance City Council members feel that a local go-kart track operator ought to be given a chance to prove he can operate without creating a nuisance. But the operator has not indicated he cares to. The subject came up at last week's informal Council session. Councilman W. Ross Lloyd, who lives in the area where residents complained about the track noise, termed go-karting a good, harmless sport if operated for recreation.

It gets to be a nuisance when it gets into racing, the Council agreed. In another go-kart matter, J. Leach of Maroa has asked the county Zoning Boad of Appeals for a special permit to allow operation of a track at 3585 E. Division St. Leach says he would lease 1 the land for a track.

This area is zoned heavy industrial. CAP Locks Hangar The Decatur Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol said yesterday a combination lock will be placed on the door of its hangar at Municipal Airport to prevent any tampering with the squadron's L16. Recently gas was drained from the plane's tank. Only pilots will be given the combination. Held In Jail Howard Galen Binns, of 409 S.

Main was held in county jail today on a charge of driving without a driver's license. He was arrested at 5:40 p.m. yesterday in the 200 Block South Main Street. Scholarship Tests More than 200 junior students are expected to take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test tomorrow in the five Decatur high schools. This is the first step in national competition for college scholarships.

Gore Speaker Norman J. Gore, Decatur Public Schools assistant superintendent, will discuss the use of teaching machines and aids, to Argenta teachers Wednesday. He will devote most of his talk to the use of overhead projectors in a meeting in the Argenta Grade School. MU Budget Hike Carries Pay Boosts Millikin University's faculty salaries will be increased next year. The salary increase is the major item in a $1,396,825 operating approved for 1961-62 by the Committee on Management.

The budget is almost $120,000 higher than this year's. University officials did not announce the amount of the salary increase but noted salaries total $593,000 of the new budget compared to $382,500 in 1958. Also, they said Millikin faculty members will receive an of $6,561 for nine months of teaching next year. This compares with an average of $6,050 for the same amount of teaching this year in liberal arts colleges in the North Central Region. Dr.

Paul L. McKay, university president, said the increases have been made possible through support of Decatur industry. He commended the work of Donald Nordlund and his firms and corporations committee of the Millikin Development Council. "Faculty salaries have improved steadily since the university's development program was launched in 1958," Dr. McKay said.

"The Board of Trustees is aware that a competent faculty is the heart of an educational institution," he said. "We are pleased with the progress we have made in improving faculty salaries at Millikin. This is an accomplishment for which we are grateful." The committee on management is made up of members of the Board of Trustees who live in this area. 2,300 LEARN FIRST AID IN RED CROSS WORK Nearly 2,300 persons learned first aid, swimming, life saving and small craft safety from the Macon County Red Cross chapter last year. The Illinois Red Cross chapters taught 186,073 persons, 2,294 of them here.

The local chapter said first aid training for industrial workers, police and firemen, youth groups and community groups was emphasized in the past year. Locally 812 persons received swimming class certificates and 224 completed the life saving course. Small boat and safety certificates went to about 200 persons here, the local chapter said. DRIVER HELD AFTER FAILURE TO PAY FINE Arlen Ray Skinner, 18, of 1731 Sandy Place, pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of illegal transportation of liquor. He was held in county jail today after failing to pay a fine of $70.

He was arrested at 1:15 a.m. yesterday in the 1400 Block E. Eldorado Street. Robert L. Henderson DECATUR TEACHER NAMED OFFICER OF ASSOCIATION Robert Lee Henderson of Decatur was elected secretary of the Illinois Association of Classroom Teachers at a meeting in Springfield Saturday.

He is a business education instructor at MacArthur High School. Henderson also represents the South Central Division. which includes this area, on the association's board of directors. City Orders Zone Study The area south and east of Greenwood urban renewal project, known since the early 1900s Oklahoma, is due for a zoning restudy, at the request of the City Plan Commission. The restudy was proposed commission chairman, Charles Hughes Jr.

The area, bounded on the east by Mueller Park, the south by the lake, the west by the waterworks and the north by the Greenwood area, is due for tremendous changes in the future, Hughes said. This area was once included with Greenwood in a proposed urban renewal area but the two were later separated to meet federal requirements. Sixty properties in the area will be taken in interchange work the north side of the lake in connection with construction of the north-south couple. This will influence the character of the area which is now mainly residential but with a mixture most other types of zoning, too. The zoning restudy, to be by Plan Director Charles B.

Ford and his staff, is being asked so the commission can prepare for the rezoning requests it expects as the interchange work progresses. Gun Blows Up Anthony Hill, 23, of Rural Route 7 was treated for an injured finger (yesterday at Decatur and Macon County Hospital after a shotgun blew up when he fired it. Sheriff's deputies said Hill was attempting to shoot at a dog which was bothering pigs on his farm when the gun blew up. Teacher Saves Woman Duane H. Garver Enters Burning House Duane H.

Garver, education instructor at Johns Hill Junior High School, was credited yesterday with saving the life of Mrs. Ruby Johnson, 46, of 1019 E. Clay St. Garver of 1015 W. View St.

rescued Mrs. Johnson yesterday by pulling her from her burning home. She was in serious condition in St. Mary's Hospital today suffering from burns to the arm and chest and smoke inhalation. The fire at 11 a.m.

yesterday caused $7,000 damage to her home and apparently started in the davenport in the living room of the house. Exact cause of the blaze was not known. The events leading to the rescue of the woman by Garver are as follows: Garver was driving past the Johnson home at 11:21 a.m. and noticed smoke pouring from the rear of the house. He said he stopped the car and asked two passengers to call the fire department.

Alone In House At the rear of the house, Garver opened a window but smoke poured from the window making it impossible to see. He entered the kitchen of the home and called: "Is there anyone in here?" After hearing groans in the smoked filled living room, he found Mrs. Johnson lying on the floor unconscious. Garver pulled her from the house into the back yard and started back inside thinking there was another person trapped. I Roving Dogs Bite Pupils At School Four Prices On Phone Call Between Decatur and Boody A resident of Boody reported there are four separate costs for telephone calls between Decatur and Boody, depending on -the way you do it.

If he is in Decatur and wants to call his wife, he goes to a pay telephone and deposits a dime and talks to his wife. If a Decatur friend calls him at his Boody home, the Decatur friend is billed a dime, plus 1 cent tax. If the Boody man can't find a pay telephone in Decatur and calls his wife collect the cost is 30 cents. But if the Boody man is home and wants to call his office, he just dials the Decatur number and that's all there is to it. City Budget 'In Balance' The city's general fund appropriation for the year beginning May 1 will be slightly under 1 two million dollars, according to City Manager John E.

Dever. This compares with a general fund appropriation of $2,042,000 this year. The anticipated expenditures are in balance with anticipated revenue, Dever added. This fiscal year will end April 30 with a general fund surplus. The surplus will be lower, however, than the $47,000 left over last year after an $82,000 deficit from the previous year had been wiped out.

The budget is due to go to the City Council April 17. Grant Knox Speaker Lester J. Grant, Decatur Public Schools superintendent, will discuss secondary school teaching at the Knox College Career Conference Thursday. C. V.

Collins 4-Way Park Race Seen The four-way Park Board race may get two more candidates before the filing deadline at 4:30 p.m. today. One. Mrs. R.

F. Daily, 366 S. Glencoe is seeking to be the first woman to hold this Her husband is secretary of the A. E. Staley Mfg.

Co. Petitions on her behalf were taken out Saturday. This morning P. D. Bradley, 2952 Wasson Way, took out petitions.

The latest candidate to file was C. V. Collins, president of the Decatur Trades Building Assembly. He returned his signed to the Park District office Friday afternoon. Two incumbents, Ralph B.

Lorenz and Dr. R. Zink Sanders, have filed for a third six- year term. Lorenz is president and Dr. Sanders is vice president of the preslent board.

Robert A. Sablotny has also filed for one of the two posts. Mrs. Daily and Bradley will be on the ballot if legal petitions bearing the signatures of 281 district residents are returned by 4:30 p.m. today.

Mrs. Daily is vice president of the Dennis School Parent-Teacher Association. She is active in Cub Scout work and the Decatur and Macon County Hospital Auxiliary. Bradley operates a concession stand at the Decatur Post Office. Neither Bradley nor Mrs.

Daily had filed by 12:30 p.m. I City police this morning received calls that packs of dogs attacked children on school grounds. Three Roach School students were bitten at 9 a.m. near the school by two of a pack of dogs. Carl Ray, 6, of 1659 E.

Eldorado St. and Jeff Cooley, 6, and Jerry Cooley, 7, of 195 S. 24th St. The two dogs were captured and taken to the city dog pound. The children did not require hospitalization but were sent to the school nurse for treatment.

Calls were also received from St. Thomas Grade School and Torrence Park where packs of 10 to 15 dogs were running loose. Police Sgt. Dale J. Schawitsch said the police are powerless to break up the packs.

A police officer cannot shoot a dog unless he is attacked and it is almost impossible to break them up unless force is used, he said. He said the dogs are forming in groups largely because children bring their pets to school with them. Once at the school grounds, the dogs form into packs, Schawitsch said. Police Officer Elwood W. Brown was attacked by two dogs this morning in the 1600 Block N.

Broadway. He did not require treatment. Schawitsch said city officials are considering a new ordinance that will allow better control of the dogs. He said the dogs can be dangerous to adults as well as children. City ordinance states that it is unlawful for an owner of a dog to let the dog run free from March 15 to October 15.

The fine, if a person is found guilty of allowing a dog to run loose in any public place, is not less than $5 or more than $200 for each occurrence. The ordinance states that if a dog is found running loose it shall be impounded. Herald and Review Photo That Time Again-Kathy Fitzpatrick Examines Crocuses Library IBM Use Backed Dean E. Madden, Decatur Board president, said the purchase of International Business Machines equipment has been justified. He referred to a survey conducted by three local accountants which discloses 433 hours of monthly clerical time have been eliminated.

This was done by transferring book ordering, payment and accounting functions to the data processing. The survey was made by L. D. Ater, Donald E. Lydy and Joe Shockey to determine if the equipment was economically justified on the basis of rental and operating costs compared to labor cost reductions.

In the survey, it was found the combined data processing and clerical office groups now require 20 hours per week less than the clerical office alone prior to conversion to machine processing. The accountants did not study future applications or present procedures not fully in force. However, they pointed out the statistical facts which must be presented yearly to local, state and federal governments. Installation of the equipment is justifiable on current applications, the accountants said. The survey was made after the library was adversely criticized for adding the equipment.

JAMES E. SLAUGHTER RITES IN SPRINGFIELD Funeral services for James E. Slaughter, 52, of 2712 Lakeshore Drive, Springfield, former Decatur man, will be Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Friends may call today. Other arrangements are incomplete.

Mr. Slaughter died Saturday in Springfield. He was born in Wharton, on Oct. 12, 1908, a son of B. L.

and Emma Groves Slaughter. Mr. Slaughter lived in Decatur for many years, moving to Springfield 14 years ago. He worked here at the Leader Iron Works. Mr.

Slaughter was a member of St. Paul's Lodge No. 500, Springfield Consistory, Ansar Shrine, Elwood Commandery and Royal Order of Jesters, all in Springfield. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Springfield. Mr.

Slaughter leaves his wife, Betty two sons, James R. and Thomas both of Springfield; a daughter, Jerilee Slaughter, at home: his mother, Mrs. B. L. Slaughter of Decatur: and a sister, Mrs.

Frank Steed, Decatur. CHIEF DAVIS TO CHECK FIRE TRUCK PROGRESS Fire Chief Byrd Davis Jr. said today he hopes to go to Anderson, this week to inspect progress on Decatur's new fire truck. The truck is now on the assembly line at the Howe Fire Apparatus Co. The $20,990 truck, ordered last October, will be the first piece of Howe equipment used by the local department.

City Could Gain Fund Herald and Review Photo George N. Boelens, left, of 926 Drive, as part of the listing W. William is interviewed phase of the Senior Citizen's by Dale Wacaser of 53 Valley survey. Senior Citizens Counted Completion of Survey Expected This Week Completion of the listing on the senior citizen's survey is expected this week. That phase is the first part of the survey being conducted in Decatur.

Mrs. Elvira Klausmeier, field supervisor of the study, said the listing phase should be completed sometime this week. She said 28 interviewers were used in the study that I began about two weeks ago. The listing work is to find a random sampling of 400 persons to be interviewed in the interviewing phase of the study which is to be conducted later this month. Jasper Site Up for Sale The 22.45 acre North Jasper Homes Project site was to go on the block at 2 p.m.

today in Chicago. The Federal National Mortgage which recently foreclosed the mortgage on the World War II housing development was conducting the sale on a sealed bid basis. Razing of the 45 structures on the site has been in progress since Dec. 25. and the property is sold as "unimproved, cleared zoned for multi-family residences.

Shot in Knee Raymond Alexander, 26, of 315 E. Sheridan was wounded at 10 p.m. yesterday when a gun discharged and a bullet hit him in the right knee. I He was in fair condition today in Decatur and Macon County Hospital. Police said Alexander was cleaning a .22 caliber rifle and it discharged when he accidently dropped it on the floor.

Dr. Bernard S. Phillips, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Illinois, is director of the study being financed by the city, the University of Illinois and the Decatur Housing Authority. The aim of the study is to provide a scientific basis for long-! range and comprehensive ning to help meet the needs of senior citizens of Decatur. Dr.

Phillips urges all persons questioned to cooperate in the study so that a perfect report can be made. He emphasized that all information obtained in the survey will be kept completely confidential. HOME BURGLARIZED AT BLUE MOUND An undetermined amount of merchandise and $20 in cash was taken sometime last night at the home of Howard Hill in Blue Mound. Sheriff's deputies said the home was entered by breaking the glass in the back door. A camera, radio, record player and various items of clothing were taken from the house.

SEWER HEARING The final hearing on the Knolls Special Assessment Sewer District will be held in County Court March 22. The assessment roll for the $35,325 project was filed last Friday. Charge Denied Vernon Otis Knisley, 80, of 200 W. Macon pleaded innocent Saturday to a charge of petit larceny and posted $200 bond pending a hearing March 15 before Police Magistrate Maurice Leonard. He is accused of taking a pair of shoes and two pairs of overalls from a car owned by G.

H. Lendig, Niantic. The bill that would allow the city to use $54,000 now accumulatin the City Public Hospital fund will be up for committee hearing Wednesday. City Manager John E. Dever said he would check with State Rep.

Hilmer C. Landholt. R-Decatur, before deciding whether to send a spokesman to the hearing Or not. Landholt is a member of the municipalities committee which will hear the bill. He also cosponsored the bill, along with State Reps.

John W. Alsup, D- Decatur, and Herman L. Dammerman, D-Lincoln. Last Wednesday another bill, on sewers, was set for hearing at 3:30 p.m., the same time this week's hearing is set. But after several local spokesmen arrived in Springfield they found the bill had been heard earlier and voted on unanimously favorable.

The bill to be considered this week is House Bill 66. If passed it would allow the city to use the $54.000 left over in the hospital fund for capital improvements and not general expenses. The money was left over or has accumulated since the city hospiItal was leased to Decatur and Macon County Hospital in 1959. ROY C. LUCAS, 61, ILL FOUR MONTHS, DIES Garver was turned back by the raging fire and returned to check on Mrs.

Johnson. Regaining partial consciousness she told Garver that her husband, George, was in Chicago and there was no one in the house. Firemen arrived on the scene and Mrs. Johnson was then taken to St. Mary's Hospital.

Battalion Chief A. V. Hamm, of the Decatur Fire Department, praised Garver for the rescue. Fire and police officials said Mrs. Johnson undoubtedly would either have burned to death or suffocated had not Garver dragged her out.

With Garver were his son, Jerry, 16; Joe Grimm, 15, of 1565 W. Forest and Ray L. Robison, vice president of the Hubbard Electric Co. The four were returning home from playing tennis. I Duane H.

Garver Roy Chester Lucas, 61, of Rural Route 1, died at 9:30 a.m. today in St. Mary's Hospital. He had been ill four month. Mr.

Lucas was born Oct. 10, 1899 in Maroa, a son of Isom and Sarah Six Lucas and was married Dec. 6. 1924 to Esther Walters. He leaves his wife, a son Ronald Springfield, a brother Raymond L.

of Decatur and one grandchild. Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery, other arrangements are incomplete. DRIVER HELD William Robert Davis, 28, of 1823 E. Johns was held in county jail today charged with driving while intoxicated. He was arrested by city police in the 900 Block East Eldorado Street at 1:40 a.m.

Driver Charged Robert W. Whitten, 41, of Blue Mound, was held in county jail today charged with driving while intoxicated. He was arrested at 1:25 a.m. today on Lincoln Square..