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PAGES TODAY. THE DECATUR REVIEW Wednesday, November 23, 1949. Programs In City Churches Give Thanks Twenty-five fourth grade children of the week-day religious education classes opened the Thanksgiving season with a program for residents of the Macon county home yesterday afternoon. Union church services in the First Presbyterian church at 7:30 p. m.

today will observe Thanksgiving eve. Many churches will have Thanksgiving services tomorrow morning and at least one has a concert scheduled for tomorrow night. Local Thanksgiving observances will be extended into Friday when a Thanksgiving dinner will be served at the Salvation Army citadel to the Over Sixty club. THE 25 CHILDREN accompanied by mothers and teachers distributed apples and candy to the county home residents yesterday afternoon and presented a religious program and projected still pictures at the home. The program included prayers, songs, a psalm, a poem and the film "America The Beautiful." The entire group of children and home residents sang the song to accompany the film.

REV. JAMES ORGAN, pastor of the Cleveland Avenue Methodist church, will speak on "Gratitude for These Sacred Hours," at the union service at 7:30 p. m. today in the First Presbyterian church. The services are sponsored by the interdenominational Decatur Church council.

Rabbi Leo Turitz of Temple B'nai Abraham will give the prayer at the union service. Rev. W. Franklin Pitman, pastor the Prairie Avenue Christian church, will preside. Keith Frame will be soloist singing the selection "The Good Shepherd." Mrs.

Zelna Lucas Lowe will be organist. The offering from tonight's union service will be used for foreign relief. OTHER Thanksgiving services include: East Park Baptist Special Thanksgiving and praise, service, 7:30 p. m. today.

Edward L. Larson, pastor, will give an illustrated message on the 100th psalm, There will be special music by the choir and a solo by Dallas Wallace. First English Lutheran--The traditional Thanksgiving church service will be at 8 a. m. tomorrow with Rev.

Roland G. Riechmann, pastor, speaking, on the psalm, "Sing Lord." The junior choir will lead the singing of congregation and will also sing the anthem "For Thy gifts Untold" under the direction of Mrs. H. C. Hess.

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran -Members will observe, Thanksgiving in penitence prayer. Rev. George Beiderwieden, pastor, will speak at 9 a. m.

on "Nineveh Repenteth." Norma Morris will play a violin offertory solo. Rev. E. F. Mueller will conduct second service at 10:30 a.

m. The altar of the church will be surrounded with food stuffs which will be donated by the congregation for ministerial students at Concordia Theological seminary at Springfield. TOMORROW night at St. John's Lutheran church the Baganz trio consisting of a harpist, marimba player, vibraharp and chimes will give a concert of sacred music. The concert is at 7:30 p.

m. The group has played more than 3,000 concerts in 21 states. Otto, Reuben and Rhoda Baganz make up the trio. St. Paul's Lutheran--A special service of prayer and praise will be at 10 a.

m. The choir will sing Heavens are Telling." by Haydn. Donations of food products from members of the congregation will be displayed at the altar and will later be given to Concordia seminary in Springfield for young Lutheran ministerial students there. Rev. Alvin W.

Mueller, pastor, will be in charge of the service. ST. JOHN'S Episcopal -A choral Eucharist will be celebrated at 10 a. m. with The Venerable Rev.

E. M. Ringland, rector, in charge. First Church of Christ, Scientist -Thanksgiving day services will at 10:30 a. m.

Thursday. Salvation Army--The Thanksgiving service with music will be at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, with Major Fred Brewer, commander, speaking briefly. Approximately 125 members of the Over Sixty club will have a chicken dinner Friday afternoon beginning at 2 p.

m. Mrs. Pearl Hinkle is president. One of the, Over Sixty members is 90 years old. Bethlehem Presbyterian Dr.

Frank McLaughn, pastor of the Petersburg Presbyterian church, will preside at 11 a. m. services Thursday. The 99-year-old church is on route four, the old Springfield road. Rev.

Peter W. Fischer, pastor, is also pastor of the North Fork Presbyterian church near the Decatur airport. North Fork will have special services at 7:30 p. m. Sunday when Rev.

Elmer E. Freed of the First Presbyterian church of Decatur will preside. Restaurants Ready For Heavy Holiday Clear skies and warmer weather today had Decatur restaurant operators planning for a heavy holiday rush tomorrow. A check of Decatur dining spots today showed that reservations were heavy in those maintaining reservation lists. Most restaurant men expected a busy day.

The traditional turkey dinner was to be the main offering on menus SCHOOL PUPILS VISIT MACON COUNTY HOME Bernard McKean of Lincoln noon. The children gave treats treat from Daunt. Bernard is a school and Daunt Chapman of to the home residents and pre- son of Mrs. Mildred Diveley, Dennis school were among 25 sented a brief religious pro- 1365 North Church street, and fourth grade religious edu- gram. Mrs.

Annie Sisco, left, Daunt's parents are Mr. cation pupils who made a receives an apple candy Mrs. Roy Chapman, 1451 West Thanksgiving visit to the Macon bar from Bernard and Miss Wood street. Olivia Likes Weddings So She Helps Her Husband Have One Olivia Espenshade liked to attend weddings. Almost anybody's wedwould do.

The buildup to the most thrilling wedding Mrs. Espenshade's life and her satisfaction with the situation make the story acted by the Little Theater Guild players yesterday in the Masonic temple. She had no idea when she first heard of her husband's infidelity of anything so drastic as divorce, but as soon as she realized the romantic possibilities of the situation she made the most of them. She did not become too single-minded, however, to be momentarily overcome when Mr. Espenshade, with poetry, recalled his feelings on the day they were married.

MRS. LYSLE SRINER has difficult, wordy role of the romantic Olivia. She talks almost incessantly through the entire two hours with frequent changes mood. Always slightly numb but always ready for the next romance. whether her part is attending the wedding of two strangers whose picture she saw in the 'Sunday paper or engineering her own divorce so her husband can marry the female osteopath he is having an affair with.

With of a friend. Mrs. Wentz, "puckish divorcee played by Mildred Brion, and a friend of Mrs. Wentz who seems to be entirely too busy minding other people's business to ever appear on the stage, she easily gets the necessary evidence against Mr. Espenshade, played by David P.

Langlois. Olivia finds herself beginning to accept the "modern" ideas of her daughter, whom she never had been able to understand before. She continues. however. to batter away at her daughter's "personal integrity." which is more important to Penny, the daughter, than her marriage, and the last scene finds the positions of mother and shade claiming has "outgrown" daughter reversed Mrs.

Espenher husband and preparing to attend, in white veil and with mon- throughout town. Many were offering chicken and ham. Most places are maintaining usual hours, and prices will be about the same as last year, restaurant men reported this morning. The Surrey, 134 East Prairie avenue, will be closed all day, Harry Stamets, manager, said, and Butterfield's, Springfield road, reported it will offer its usual menu, but opening at 3:30 p. m.

Most other restaurants in town plan to follow regular hours or their Sunday or holiday schedules. In addition, the Forsyth Methodist church will serve a Thanksgiving dinner from 11 to 2, a practise it has followed for 50 years, with the exception of two years during World War II. Church Group Gives Thanksgiving Baskets The St. Francis guild of St. John's Episcopal church delivered Thanksgiving baskets to 10 families this afternoon.

One of the families has 14 children in. it. Food -products and money were donated by members and children of the parish last Sunday. Canned goods. breakfast food, flour, sugar and other staples were donated and fresh meat and produce were purchased from the funds collected for the project.

Each basket contains much more than necessary for one Thanksgiving day meal, according to The Venerable Rev. E. M. Ringland, rector. The 10 families are from the St.

John's welfare room lists and distribution of the baskets was made regardless of the families' church affiliations. Webber Borchers Talks On Conditions in Europe Webber Borchers -spoke on conditions in Europe at a dinner meeting of the Central Illinois chapter Ralph G. Long credit unions in the First English Lutheran church last night. This was the annual Thanksgiving dinner of the group. Mr.

Borchers, a local Boy Scout leader. headed a group of local scouts on a tour of eight European countries last summer. Movies of the Scouts' trip also were shown. Police Chief Warns Traffic For Holiday Citing Decatur's 1949 increase in traffic fatalities, number of persons injured and total accidents today, Police Chief Glenn Kerwin today warned, "don't let death take your holiday!" With use of the highways stepped up by Thanksgiving travel, Chief Kerwin said, "too many either do not, or will not, associate holidays with anything so grim as death. "Last year, with 632 accidents up to and including November, not a single person was killed in Decatur.

"This year, there have been 655 accidents with seven deaths. This year, 163 been injured on Decatur contrasted to streetsays 156 for the first 11 months of 1948." Usually, he said, November and December are the most dangerous months for travel. Longer nights, ice-covered streets and windshields, snow, sleet, fog and rain all add to hazards both for pedestrians and occupants of cars. "Rain, fog or snow is a factor in one out of every seven fatal traffic accidents." he said. "In the holiday season when we should all be alert there is a tendency to relax and be less cautious." Truckers, Cartage Firms Still Deadlocked Representatives of the Teamsters Chauffeurs union local here and cartage companies still were without an agreement on a new contract after their meeting here yesterday.

Ralph B. Lorenz, chairman of the management negotiating committee, said another meeting would not be held until Mack Ray, business agent for local 279, has had an opportunity to discuss new proposals with union members. Mr. Lorenz said new proposals have been made. Mr.

Ray said last night that the union and management are "still deadlocked." Ralph Heger Heads Bill Posters Union Ralph Heger recently was named president of the Bill Posters and Billers union, local No. 63, 4 A. F. of L. The union now has 32 members from several Central Illinois communities and applications of five additional members are now on file.

Curt Dial was named vice president, William L. Oliver, secretary and treasurer, R. C. McGuire, business agent, and Everett Tooker. sergeant-at-arms.

Russell Cloyd and Eddie Williams are on the executive committee and trustees are Frank Sprinkle, Dale Seral and Clifton Hopkins. The next meeting of the union will be Dec. 11. Trial of $25,000 Damage Suit Heard Further testimony was heard today in circuit court in a $25,000 damage suit brought by Everett D. Phillips, 818 North Jasper street, against the Decatur Checker Cab Co.

The claim is for alleged injuries received on Oct. 16, 1948. when he was struck by a cab near his home. Mr. Phillips testified that he placed a call for a cab a few minutes before he was hit by one driven by Harry Price.

HOUSUM FUNERAL Funeral services for Miss Clara Housum, 86, former Decatur resident who died in Ferguson. Monday, will be at 3 p. m. Friday in the J. J.

Moran Sons funeral home chapel with burial in Greenwood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. JOINS POLICE Lewis F. Madia, 29, Wabash machinist apprentice and World War II army air corps veteran, was appointed to the Decatur police department last night by the board of fire and police commissioners. The appointment will be effective Dec.

1, under a probation period of one year. Mr. Madia lives at 2635 East William street. 5-Cent Java Is a Loss Restaurant Owners Claim Costs Drop Profits Can a man get rich selling a cup of coffee for a nickel? No. A few restaurant men still feel they can come elose to breaking even at a nickel a cup, but most of them agree they're losing money.

The estimates of loss range from one to four cents a cup. The margin has always been small, restaurant men say, but the big pinch has developed as the result of coffee price boosts of more than 30 per cent since October. For proof, here's a breakdown provided by two Decatur restaurant men: WALTER AUER, co owner of The Colonial restaurant, says coffee costs them 72 cents a pound now and they get a maximum of 25 cups per pound. That's a cost of 2.8 cents a cup for coffee. Cream costs to two cents a cup, and sugar cent or less, he said.

That runs the cost to nearly a nickel. Virgil Trummel, owner of the Standard Office Luncheonette, says the pays 62 cents a pound for coffee, and he gets 40 cups from a pound. That's a cost of approximately cents a cup for coffee. He pays 41 cents a quart for AIMED AT THANKSGIVING Chefs all over town were lando, slips a 17-pound turkey busy with turkeys today, pre- into the oven. The Orlando's paring for the Thanksgiving first baking for Thanksgiving rush.

Here Maurice Beals, ex- included 18 ducks and 12 turecutive chef at the Hotel Or- keys. (Staff photo) State Group To Meet Here A district meeting of the Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Safety will be held at Millikin university Dec. 3, according to an announcement by Ralph Allan, Millikin director of athletics. The association, which has a membership of about 1,200 physical education teachers, is a member of the American Association for Health, Education, Recreation and Safety. The meeting here will consist of talks and demonstrations by wellknown physical education tors.

The morning section of the meeting will begin with registration at 8:30 It will include sessions for elementary and secondary school teachers. RAY DUNCAN of Springfield, executive secretary of the state association, and Annette Van Dyke, dancing instructor of the Millikin Conservatory of Music, will conduct the elementary session. The secondary school session will include talks by J. Harold Henry, Neil Ewing and Duane Garver, physical education directors in Decatur public schools; Dr. Gwenn Smith and Gene Hill of Illinois State Normal university, and Joe Florio of the University of nois.

The afternoon schedule will begin with the showing of the motion picture "Playtown, U. S. which was filmed in Decatur. Russell Foval, director of the city recreation department, will speak following the movie. Other speakers will be Freda Combs and Lerton Krushas of the recreation department staff.

THE MEETING will end with elementary and secondary school sessions. Dr. Cliff Harton of Illinois State Normal university will give classroom for the elementary group and John Sheeahan of Mattoon will lead basketball clinic for secondary teachers. Admission to the meeting for physical education teachers will be by membership cards. There will be guest tickets for other teachers who wish to attend.

Dirksen Is Speaker For Shrine Club Everett M. Dirksen of Pekin, who has announced as a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States senator, will speak on 'The American Inheritance" in a Decatur Shrine club meeting tonight in the Masonic temple. Mr. Dirksen, who was a contender for a nomination on the Republican national ticket last year, was a representative in Congress from the Peoria district for 16 years. His talk will be non-political, according to I.

R. Lewis, local Shrine club president. Mr. Dirksen was originally scheduled to speak before the local club in August but the talk was postponed. Mr.

Dirksen is also a Shrine club member. Mary Christmas To Arrive Here Ahead of Santa Mary Christmas will arrive here ahead of Santa Claus to make sure that all is in readiness for him when he drops in for his pre-Christmas visit Friday. The recreation department has received word from Santa that his sister has been anxious to make the trip here with him because she had heard so much about Decatur's children. Santa will fly in Friday morning in a helicopter, landing in front of his Christmas village quarters at 10 a. m.

New Plan May Relieve Gas Shortage Here strous white corsage, his other wedding, while delighting in the telegram stating that her daughter has rejoined her husband. THE PLAY, "The Fatal Weakness." by George Kelly, is the first put on by the Little Theater without a professional director. Mrs. Richard Sunkel, a member, in her direction, paced the racy comedy with a skill that made the absence unnoticeable to the audience of about 700 yesterday. Mrs.

Sriner plays Olivia Espenshade with professional sympathy. Mr. Langlois is natural and likable as the husband. Mrs. Brion makes the most of many clever lines as the lively Mrs.

Wentz. Darrell Latch is excellent as Penny's husband Vernon, a rather stuffy young man thoroughly fed up with Penny's ideas on marriage vows, the rearing of their son Punchy, and the progressive school Punchy attends. The precocious Punchy fortunately never appears on the stage. Joan Odor puts over Penny's sarcasm and underlying confusion convincingly. Sarah Taylor plays the part of the Espenshade maid with dry humor.

The set, designed by Mary Miller and Mrs. Sam Loeb, received a spontaneous round of applause when the curtain went up for the first act. R.E.B. Little Theater Play Is Repeated Tonight "'The Fatal Weakness," the talkative George Kelly comedy presented yesterday by the Decatur Little Theater Guild to an audience of 700, will be repeated at 8:15 p. m.

today in the Masonic temple. Reservations are available from Mrs. T. L. Marshall at her home during the day and at the theater door tonight.

Individual tickets are $1.20. for the threeplay $2.50. About 600 Memberships, reservations have been made for tonight, Mrs. Marshall said. Plumber Rule Under Study Master plumbers in Decatur today pondered possible effects of County Judge Gus Greanias' ruling the state's plumbing license law unI constitutional.

The ruling also gained attention in Springfield, where Noble J. Puffer, director of the state registration and education department, said he would withhold comment until he receives full information about the court's decision. Judge Greanias held the act invalid on the ground that it gives state examining boards blanket authority to determine whether an applicant may have a license. Both Men Win Suits; It's Nearly a Standoff John Hamrock and James A. Thomas ended yesterday about where they started in their two damage suits, which were tried jointly in circuit court.

The jury found in favor of Mr. Hamrock in his suit against Mr. Thomas, then found in favor of Mr. Thomas in his suit against Mr. Hamrock.

One suit was on a claim for $650, the other for $600. Both grew out of an automobile collision at Eldorado and Twenty-second streets on Sept. 8, 1948. Barbara Jean Loses Live Alarm Clock, Lassie Goes Away Seven-year-old Barbara Jean Mathias has lost her live alarm clock. Her 10-months-old toy collie, Lassie, always woke her each morning with a lick on the arm or a playful growl.

Barbara Jean, Lassie and Barbara's parents, Mr. and Leslie Mathias, moved to 304 Kellar Lane last week from their former home across Lake Decatur. Monday night Lassie escaped from her new back yard. Lassie is blond with white marks. She has no collar or identification.

Thanksgiving May Again Set Record For Year's Brides If Thanksgiving this year holds true to the past, there will be a bunch of holiday brides in Decatur. County Clerk Laurence Tangney, looking back over the years, said Thanksgiving often sets a three-day record for the year. Last year, three days of the Thanksgiving week, Wednesday through Friday, saw 27 couples apply for licenses. Mr. Tangney expects approximately as many this year.

Mayor James A. Hedrick said today the city council probably would get Warren Van Praag's restudy-figures on the proposed city water system improvement program sometime next week. When the new estimates come in, the council then can decide what it's going to do with the construction bids it has on hand, and when it should issue: a call for a set of bids on water revenue bonds. Bids on a $1,800,000 bond issue were rejected when the council found the apparent best price on the project would be about I I 000, and decided that estimates by Warren Van Praag in project specifications were responsible for the upsetting disparity of figures. City to Get Water Restudy PARKS RITES Requiem high mass for Mrs.

Hallie Parks, 46, of 1028 West Macon street, will be at 9 a. m. Friday in St. James Catholic church with burial in Harristown cemetery. Friends may call at the J.

J. Moran Sons funeral home after 7 p. m. today. The family requests that no flowers be sent.

Members of St. James parish will recite the rosary in the funeral home at 8 p. m. Thursday. Mrs.

Parks died Tuesday. VAN PRAAG TALKS dent of the National Society of Professional Engineers, last night addressed the Lafayette, chapter of the national society. He talked on the "Objectives and Accomplishments of the National Society of Professional Engineers." Alex Van Praag, past presi- ASSAULT CHARGE James Smith, 28, of 2504 East Division street, arrested on complaint of Willard J. Ray on an assault charge, pleaded innocent and gave $300 bond pending trial before Justice W. L.

Dexheimer. VAIL IS NAMED Robert P. Vail, Decatur lawyer, has been appointed by the State Supreme court to the committee for the third appellate court district that passes on character and fitness of persons applying for admission to the Illinois bar. A plan has been laid before the Federal Power commission which may bring major relief for the natural gas shortage in this section of the country, Allen Van Wyck, Illinois Power Co. president, said today.

The Trunkline Gas Supply Co. and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. are proposing that Trunkline be permitted to construct a 470- mile gas line from Louisiana to Illinois to deliver gas to Panhandle. The new line would connect with the existing Panhandle system at a point near the Indiana-Illinois state line, south of Danville and east of Tuscola. The line, to have a capacity of 250 million cubic feet of gas a day, would cost an estimated 85 million dollars, according to the application to the commission.

THE COMMISSION has not yet acted on the application. The relief seen for utilities which distribute Panhandle gas west of the Indiana line is based on assumption that the new the, would take much of the load off the west section of the present Panhandle line, which now serves territory extending up into Michigan, Mr. Van Wyck said. More of the capacity of the present line, west of the new connection, could be available for the western section. Should the commission grant Trunkline a certificate to go ahead with the new line, it probably would take about two years to carry out the project he said.

THE TRUNKLINE Panhandle proposal was made after Trunkline's previous plan to construct its line on further north to connect with Northern Natural Gas Co. facilities was dropped when Northern Natural changed its mind. Trunkline already had received F. P. C.

approval on that project. The plan apparently would replace new. Panhandle's previous plans for development of what have been called facilities in applications approved some time ago by the federal commission. Under the new arrangement, Panhandle would buy from Trunkline rather than invest in additional facilities of its own. But that relief is about two years away, and decisions still have not been made on the allocation of Panhandle's short gas supply this winter, Mr.

Van Wyck said. THE HEARING by the F.P.C. on allocation proposals is scheduled to be resumed early next month. Illinois utilities, Mr. Van Wyck said, are about ready to file a brief supporting an allocation plan offered the federal commission by the Michigan state commission.

Other allocation proposals have been filed by Panhandle and the federal commission's own staff. Big Holiday Paper May Make Delivery Late Thanksgiving An unusually large Thanksgiving holiday Herald and Review on Thursday morning may make delivery to some subscribers as late as 8:30 a.m. The Thursday morning paper will be a combined edition, and will be delivered to subscribers of both The Herald and The Review. There will be no Review Thursday afternoon. The newspaper business office will be closed all day Thursday, but the classified advertising department will be open to take ads by telephone between 4 p.

m. and 6 p. m. Retail stores, banks and public offices will be closed tomorrow. There will be no regular mail delivery and postoffice windows will be closed.

Mrs. Tincher Dies at 67 Mrs. Betty Blanche Tincher, 67, 1685 North Edward street, died at 10:45 a. m. today illness in St.

Mary's hospital after an of nine months. A native of Jasper county, where she' was born July 10, 1882. the ers, she had lived in Decatur for daughter of Gus and Sarah a Brothyears. She was married to the late William H. Tincher.

For four years, previous to her illness, she served on the staff of the Girls Welfare home. She was a member of the Methodist church. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Lucille Burton and Mrs. Georganna Anderson, Decatur, Mrs.

Tressie Oberholtzer, Pontiac, and Eula Mae Finefield; Odell: three sons. Ray, Decatur, and Herman and Mark, both of Gary, brother, Umphrey, Boose, three sistrs, Mrs. John Trainor, Decatur and Mrs. Maggie Sample and Mrs. Nina Sutton, both of Newton; 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

The body is at the Brintlinger funeral home. Arrangements are incomplete. Burial will be in Dundas, Ill. Dennis Pupils Give Traffic Safety Panel Eight pupils from Dennis school gave a panel discussion on how they have handled safety problems at their school before 800 Decatur area school traffic patrol boys yesterday. The patrol boys' safety program in Decatur high school was sored by the Chicago Motor club.

Hubert Mills, local manager, presided. Participating in the Dennis school panel were: Gretchen Goodall, Judith Ward. Suzanne Schultz, Jim Engleman, Ann Gordon, Jim Armsworth; Ronald Morris, David Barnes. Rev. Roland G.

Riechmann, pastor of the First English Lutheran church, spoke to the group and presented the awards. Warrensburg grade school, Decatur's two Lutheran schools, three Catholic schools and city elementary schools received the awards for perfect safety THEFT CASE DELAYED Preliminary hearing for Jack Shaffer of Decatur on a car theft charge was set yesterday for next Tuesday by Justice Bert Weaver. He was arrested in Hope, accused of the theft of an automobile from the W. C. Starr Co.

lot in Decatur. Charges against two other youths in connection with the theft were dismissed yesterday. Corn Picker Injures Harristown Man, 39 Matthew Stoll, 39, Harristown had four fingers of his left hand badly mangled today when his hand became caught in a corn picker. He was taken to St. Mary's hospital, where it wa sexpected amputation of the fingers would be necessary.

The accident occurred at 10 a. m. on the farm of Koonce, near Harristown, by whom Mr. Stoll is employed. County Blood Bank To Be Open Saturday The Macon county blood bank will be open 1-5 p.

m. Saturdaynot Friday--this week, Mrs. R. H. Mueller, chairman, said today.

News From the Sick Mrs. R. R. Glenn of Olney, formerly of Decatur, underwent an operation in the Decatur and Macon County hospital yesterday. She is not allowed visitors.

Mr. Glenn was for many years a pharmacist at Bell's pharmacy and Mrs. Glenn was a proofreader for the Herald and Review. INJURED IN CRASH Mrs. Jessie A.

Helm of Oreana suffered bruises at 5:30 p. m. yesterday when her car and another driven by Harry E. Baker, rural route 3, Decatur, collided on route near the Decatur Signal depot. She was treated in the Decatur and Macon hospital.

Mrs. Roy Speckelmyer of Oreana, a pasCounty, senger in the Helm car, received forehead bruises. cream, which is enough to fill 28 coffee creamers. or about cents a cup. Sugar adds another half cent, running the cost to at least cents a cup.

THEN THERE'S the important item of overhead-which includes everything else it takes to place a steaming cup of java in front of a customer. It may vary as, much as does the one-arm joint from the Waldorf-Astoria. It includes silverware, napkins, cups and saucers, urns and labor, among other things. Mr. Trummel estimates it costs him from to 3 cents each time a waitress places silverware and a glass of water in front of a custo- mer.

COFFEE MUGS cost him 57 cents each. Mr. Auer estimates it costs The Colonial 8 or 9 cents to serve a cup of coffee. A cup and saucer costs 90 cents, he said. One restaurant man said 25 per cent of each sale goes for wages.

"We've figured the coffee was good advertising," another said. "But it's getting to be pretty expensive advertising now." PAYS $114.20 FINE Mrs. Audrey J. Short-Sidener, 39, of 1242 East Willard avenue, was fined $114.20 yesterday for running a school stop sign at Decatur and Jasper street. Police said the traffic division held 25 traffic tickets which had accumulated against her car, without response to notices.

CHECK CHARGE Freeman, 57, Vandalia was released under $1,000 bail pending preliminary hearing on a check fraud charge. He was arrested on complaint by Nola Headlee. Sheriff deputies said the charge involves a $300 check given in an automobile transaction. DISORDERLY FINES Morris Eugene Bowen and Walter Shinn, both of 921 East North street, were fined $38.20 each today on charges of disorderly conduct. Both remained in county jail.

They were arrested on complaint by Clara Braden, also of 921 East North street..