Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 3

Decatur, Illinois, Saturday, September 18, 1965. DECATUR HERALD Civil Defense Numerous Projects Affected (Rain Hinders Road Construction Groups Volunteer To Move Hospital ter main installations have taken dent engineer, believes the Franklin Street Viaduct will be mmmSt- He said he believes this is an indication of public belief in the importance of the hospital to the community should an emergency develop. Men and tractor-trailer trucks to move the hospital are being donated by the Decatur Motor Carriers whose president, Robert Dalton, attended Friday night's meeting of the Civil Defense committee of the County Board of Supervisors. Fork lift trucks have been offered by the G. S.

Chastain Construction Co. and the Decatur Park District, and skids and lumber by the Caterpillar Tractor Co. The hospital, which has an inventory of about $40,000 in cots, blankets. X-ray equipment, electrical generators, bandages and drugs, is being moved because state officials have said storage at the airport is inadequate. The city refused to provide other storage and the county Civil Defense unit agreed to take custody of the hospital to prevent its being assigned to another community.

No date has yet been set for the move. place this summer. Road work in those areas was given a set back by the rams. Major street and highway projects still command the cen ter of attention because several of them have restricted traffic inside or on the fringe of the business district. The Franklin Street Viaduct, the South Broadway improve ment and the widening of South Franklin Street between Cleve land Avenue and Macon Street have all caused traffic conges boh or detours.

Before this week's rains, state Division of Highway officials were hopeful that those projects might be finished this construc tion year. However, the con tractors all have until sometime in 1966 to finish if necessary. William B. Hays, state resi- Hampers Buses ings from last year, he said. Some 2,800 students use the buses daily.

Each bus makes three runs both in the morning and afternoon Kohr said, with a few making a lunch run for kindergarten children. Robert Binns, bus foreman, is working with Kohr to balance the loads. State law requires each child to have a seat, but the State Office of Public Instruction gives each, ditrict time to iron out problems. Traffic can also be a problem for buses trying to make a schedule. Kohr said that the intersection of U.S.

51 and Illi nois 121 is particularly difficult. It's a "nightmare" he said. but the courtesy of other driv ers helps the buses to get through on schedule. The heaviest concentration of children riding buses this year is again in the South Shores, Northland Heights and Mound areas. Central Park Staff photo by Dick Torgerson Art Fair Work These Boy Scouts from Troop 15 help erect booths for the Barn Colony Downtown United Fund Drive Gilbert Ayers of 2851 N.

22nd St. and Dave Mifflin of 1514 Home Park Ave. Experimental Bus Service Gets Delayed For lack of a bus driver, the house-to-work bus service to be inauguarted on an experimental basis here has been set back to Sept. 27. 1 Michael project director, made the announcement Friday.

The service is to be for office workers of the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. who live in the South Shores area.

RECEIVES APPOINTMENT Harold G. Hubbard, president of Northtown Bank, has been appointed general vice chairman of the Association of Commerce roads and streets com-mitte. Kenneth E. Evans is chairman of th committee. Art Fair Opens Today Downtown Council By Norman J.

Puhek Of the Herald Staff Road contractors lost two working days this week due to four inches of rain that fell Wednesday and Thursday. The city's far northeast district, which has been plagued by the discomforts that go with- construction of roads and the installation of sewers, was particularly hard hit. As late as Friday, some of the 1900 Block N. 35th St. was impassable, and a sewer contractor parked a piece of heavy equipment at one end to keep motorists out.

Road rehabilitation there is expected to be started next week. The city has ordered a stop to sewer work until torn up streets are repaired. Water Main Work In several other locations wa Scioo District Construction Routing of Decatur School District buses is being hampered by street construction, according to Samuel Kohr, district business manager. Kohr said east-west streets are particularly difficult to route. However, there will be no major changes in the rout- Enrollment At Millikin Reaches 1,346 Millikin University enrollment reached 1,346 at the close of registration Thursday.

This is the highest enrollment since the late 1940s when World War II veterans returned to school. The previous high after the post war boom was 1962 when 1,262 students enrolled. This year's registration is about 10 percent higher than last year. More students are expected to register however, Walter B. Gray, university registrar, said.

Evening school registration is still open, according to Clyde Browning, director of the school. The evening school office in the Liberal Art Hall will be open Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, late registration will be held for night school between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Many parents have expressed interest in the "New Math for Parents," a non-credit course Browning said. There is still room in the class, he said. Scratch Pad Tavern Set As Shelter One of the Civil Defense fal-out shelters in the city is a downtown tavern, it was learn ed at Friday night's meeting of the Civil Defense committee of the County Board of Suerrvi-sors. Although many of the city Civil Defense shelters are not stocked with food or otherwise equipped, an observer noted that the tavern would probably be well stocked for an emer gency. The Decatur Park District ap parently hopes to avoid the trouble the Decatur Board of Education encountered in naming six schools.

In response to a letter asking when two acres owned by the district at the foot of Fitzgerald Road are to be named, no one objected Thursday night when Commissioner Royce H. Huss said, "I'd rather wait until the naming of the schools blows over." That cool September warmed up quickly Friday, with the thermometer reaching a high of 90. This was 21 degrees higher than Thursday. This was the warmest day of the month since the ninth, when the high also was 90. CHARGES DISMISSED Intoxicated driving charges filed April 4 against Billy Roy Sims, 33, of 2311 E.

Locust have been dismissed by the state's attorney's office. Sims was convicted by a jury Aug. 4 on charges of rape, armed robbery and aggravated kidnaping. in use this year. However, the project was not started until July 29, according to J.

G. Keller, district engin eer of the Pans office, and it is contemplated the job will run until next March. Keller said the South Frank lin Street work between Cleve land Avenue and Macon Street will not be finished this year, Joseph M. Grady, president of the Macon County Asphalt which has the job, said the street probably will be opened to traf fic. The iob carries 125 working days and extends into 1966 on that basis.

'Out of the Woods' We're out of the woods on the Garfield Avenue job," Keller said. That project is expec ted to be finished this year. Another project almost finish ed is the Fairview Avenue-King street intersection. The U.S. 51 north-south couple work between Kenwood Avenue and Spring Creek is not being built on a working day basis.

A definite completion date, July 9, 1966, is specified in the contract. During the winter, work prob ably will be started on a. bridge to replace the one that spans the creek now. Traffic soon will be shifted to another new bridge and a new portion of road. Broadway Work The city does not expect to finish South Broadway this year but plans are to asphalt the widened part, the two outer lanes and finish the surfacing of the inner lanes next year.

The four lanes of concrete be tween Marion Street and Lake Shore Drive have been poured, but the intersection with the drive is not finished. The Macon County Asphalt Co. also is building a new Mound Road, between Illinois 47-48 and Neeley Avenue. Grady said the project will not be finished tl)is year, but that the road will be opened for use if average fall weather prevails. Gerald Fromberg sor of art at Bradley Univer sity, Peoria.

The exhibit will be open until 5 p.m. In the event of rain, the fair will be postponed until Sunday. for distribution to Decatur businesses. They are, from left, Homer K. and Alice D.

By. John R. Harpster Of the Herald Staff Volunteer help and equipment has been offered to move a 200-bed Civil Defense "packaged hospital" from its storage at the Decatur Municipal Airport to the County Building. Sheriff Charles D. Peters said Friday.

Sheriff Peters said the volun teer aid was offered when it became known the city had turned down the county's re quest for assistance in moving the hospital. il Gets Dilapidated Housing List A third list of dilapidated houses has been prepared for the City Council. If the council approves, the city will proceed aginst the owners of the 11 properties on the new list. In the past, the council has directed action against 22 houses. According to the letter going to the council, which was written July 30, a total of 11 houses has been taken down, two have been rehabilitated and the staff had contacted the own ers of the remaining nine.

No reason was given for wait ing until now to present this list to the council, which apparently was ready six weeks ago. In the first demolition listing, 10 houses were razed and two repaired. The houses on the new list are: 802 N. Calhoun St. 819 E.

Clay St. 821 E. Clay St. 2032 E. Dickerson St.

1944 N. Gulick Ave. 2897 E. Hickory St. 1320 S.

Hilton St. 1040 S. Jasper St. 1026 N. Monroe St.

1502 N. Morgan St. 565 S. 20th St. The estimated cost of demolition of the 11 structures is according to the report the council will act on Monday.

Takes Post a number of downtown development and financing groups, as well as the Boy Scouts, mental health agencies and the Westminster Presbytrian Church. He is president on the Decatur Club. He was one of the key people in the fund raising and site acquisition activities which brought the Adolf Meyer Zone Center to Decatur. Chapman expressed regret over Reuler's forthcoming departure and noted that Reuler's friends are invited to a party for him from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Hotel Orlando.

He said Reuler has been working "on a real good program" for the downtown area and hopes some of it can be evi dent soon. Herald and Review Photo cil. Chapman fills a vacancy left by Richard A. Reuler, who is moving from Decatur. The third annual Barn Colony- Downtown Art Fair opens at 10 a.m.

today in Central Park with the works of more than 120 artists from 28 cities. An estimated 50 Decatur artists are entered in the show. Prizes total $1,000. Seven artists will also be dis playing various techniques they employ in their work. Six of the seven are from Decatur.

They are: Helen Gill, graphics Beverly Sipos, portraiture in oil Peggy Dineen, landscape in oil Gail Olsen, water colors Larry Calhoun, assisted by William Sigfried, potters wheel. Tony vestuto, of the Illinois Wesleyan University faculty, will demonstrate welded metal sculpture. Judge for the art fair is Gerald Fromberg, associate profes- Art Fair scheduled today. The youths are, from left, Dave Penny of 1321 E. Logan Offer Aid man of the volunteer program, said that the campaign help is only part of the volunteer program.

Other volunteers work at St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur and Macon County Hospital and with the bloodmobile program, she said. City Receives Bids on Tires For the third year in succes sion, the Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. has submitted the low bid on a year's supply of tires for city vehicles. Purchasing agent Frank C.

Lambrick said Friday the price is the lowest the city has ever received. The Decatur Firestone Tire Rubber Co. plant and sales facility were solicited directly, Lambrick said, but the only bid received on Firestone tires was through one of its dealers. The bid was the highest, $2,434, of seven presented. A member of the City Council had expressed hope a year ago that the city could buy Firestone tires.

The Cooper bid, on 156 tires of various sizes was $1,602. Of the Cooper product, Lambrick said in a report to the council, "we have used Cooper tires for the last three years with very good results." The council is expected act on the bids Monday. to Area Drivers Lose Permits For Violations Eleven eCntral Illinois drivers, five of them from Macon County, have had their driver licenses revoked or suspended for violatons. Revoked for driving while intoxicated are the licenses of: Jerry L. Glosser, 430 N.

35th St. Robert L. Henne, 1403 N. Railroad Ave. Emmett Luttrell, Warrens-burg John E.

Rhind, 1004 North St. The license of William R. Schmidt, 1130 W. Decatur has been revoked on grounds he committed three violations one year, and tne license of Larry D. Elliott, Windsor, has been revoked on grounds he permitted its fradulent use.

Suspended on grounds they committed three moving taffic violations in a one-year period are the licenses of: Joseph Blessent, Stonington David L. Wells, Mattoon Terry R. Huffman, Lincoln Gary T. Holsapple, Villa Grove Bohle H. Janssen Lin coln.

Probationary driving permits have been issued to Holsapple, Janssen and Larry M. Cobb, Mattoon, whose license was sus pended earlier. MEETING SCHEDULED A meeting of the Disabled American Veterans is schedul ed at the chapter home at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Construction On Schedule Construction of new natural gas transmission and storage facilities to provide an added supply of gas this winter is on schedule, according to the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co.

The Illinois Power Co. will receive an increase of 20 million cubic feet daily from November through March, a 13 per cent boost in supply. The $40 million Panhandle program will increase peak day deliveries by 72 million cubic feet to seven utilities in Illinois, serving 145 communities. The cost in Illinois for the pipeline, compressor station and storage facilities is $12 million. Completion date is Nov.

1. Panhandle is constructing 92 miles of pipeline in Illinois and installing two compressor enginesa 3,400 horsepower unit at Tuscola and a 2,700 horse power unit in the Waverly storage field. The field itself is being enlarged to deliver 150 million cubic feet of gas. Among Illinois cities where additional gas will be available are Decatur, Mattoon and Lincoln. Young Couple May Be Linked' To Thefts He re' Detectives believe a young couple who have admitted to Champaign County authorities that they committed 70 to 80 burglaries in 21 Illinois cities may have committed four or more here.

Police questioned the pair in Champaign earlier this week and have turned their evidence over to State's Atty. Basil G. Greanias for a decision on whether charges should be filed here. The pair are Vicki Ginger, 20, of Galesburg, and Robert Hibbs, 18, of Champaign. Both are charged with forgery in Champaign.

Authorities there said told of seeking personal checks and identification cards in the burglaries they committed. In Pekin, Miss Ginger is charged along with James Singleton, 27, of Peoria, with the theft of 12 American Express money orders. Sheriff Everett Hedrick of Champaign County said Miss Ginger and Hibbs admitted forging many checks, but said they could not estimate how much money was involved. Decatur Sends Disaster Help Marie Rund, Macon CounQ? director of disaster relief, has been assigned to New Orleans to assist the Red Cross case work project there for eight; weeks. She left today for New Or-! leans to work in St.

Bernard, Plaquemines Parish, one of the areas hit hardest by Hurricane; Betsy last week. C. Eugene Keltner, executive director of the Macon County; Red Cross Chapter, said he was originally scheduled to go but United Fund commitments forced him to cancel the Volunteers Although the United Fund drive does not officially begin until Sept. 30, American Red Cross volunteers have been preparing materials for over a month. About 50 volunteers have de voted about 400 hours to date.

They have been filling shopping bags with campaign materials in the basement of the Red Cross Building on Lake Shore Drive. The Red Cross, a United Fund agency, provides the campaign help each year. The shopping bags are filled with subscription cards, receipts, campaign folders, posters and report forms which are sent to over 400 Decatur business firms. The Red Cross volunteers count out the amount of material that goes to each com pany. The material is delivered to the companies or campaign chairmen by the Red Cross motor corps.

Mrs. C. M. Newberry, chair HIGH SPEED CHASE ENDS IN ACCIDENT One and possibly more per sons were reportedly injured late Friday night in a high speed chase by sheriff's deputies and city police. Details of the incident were not available, but early reports indicated authorities had pur sued a man at high speeds be fore he crashed into a utility pole in the north part of the city, cutting power service in the area.

One report said the man being chased attempted to wreck the squad cars. Herald and Review Pooto Garver of Route 4, Decatur, and Gladys Pollard of 18 East Drive. 1 pMS Chapman Energetic Roy W. Chapman took on a new job Friday when he became president of the Downtown Decatur Council. Chapman, who was first vice president, fills the vacancy left by Richard A.

Reuler, who resigned because he is leaving the city. Chapman is vice president of the National Bank of Decatur, but he finds time to become in volved in a number of other activities. Most recently, he became the Downtown Council's representa tive on the Macon County High way Coordinating committee, which is coordinating efforts to get Decatur connected to the Interstate highway system. Chapman has been active ji On the Job Roy W. Chapman assumed duties Friday as president of the Downtown Decatur Coun- Shopping Bag Stuffers These volunteers help stuff United Fund campaign drive material into shopping bags.