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The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 12

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Decatur, Illinois, Saturday, Julv 17, 1954. THE DECATUR REVIEW TWELVE PACES TODAY. xM I i 'VfL '1 it. Xi'tyjFl b.Vt Jl jjitiiiiHtiW. Police Seek Man Wounded In Holduo A statewide search is now in progress for Clarence P.

Plvler of Rural Route 4, Decatur, who was njured in a gun battle with state police troopers about 3:30 a. m. to day in Fillmore. State police report that Plylcr was caught trying to rob a rillmore hard ware store. Several shots were lired, and he was reported cornered in a nearby field bv police.

A escaped. Plvler was- reported driving a 19d0 Prazcr which he owned in partnership with Harold V. Broughton of 2239 L. Geddes St. Plvler was convicted of burglary, and was paroled from state, prison in June, 1951.

Council Gives VanPraagJob On Water Main The Citv Council picked Warren Van Praag, Inc. yesterday to pre pare plans for an S80.000 water main project in the South Shores area. The Council's action, in an ecutive session, followed earli-r op- nncitirm nf tKrpp mpmr-wrc tr nit-inn the pb to Chasta.n-Francs Asso- ciates' Mayor Robert E. Willis, an nouncing the decision, declined City Delays Decision On Lake Survey Final decision on the type of contour mapping of Lake Decatur will be deferred until Monday meeting of the City Council. The Council met today with Lin-dell D.

Hale, chief engineer of the Abrams Aerial Survey Company, the firm originally contacted to make the contour maps on a 540,000 contract. A formal contract with the Abrams firm was held up on request of Finance Commissioner Don F. Davis, who wanted the Council to srudv possible use of similar maps of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survev.

Davis pointed out the immediate need for contour maps was the acquisition of land in the Big Creel area for a future reservoir. The Abrams engineer agreed that less ac curate and less detailed maps would be adequate for this purpose. I lale told the council that for any-future use, however, the maps pre pared bv his firm are more accurate and convenient, and "would prove more economical in the long run. "There is little doubt in my mind." Davis said, "that we can use the coast and geodetic survey maps." I lale explained to the Council the mechanics of map making used by his firm, and compared the Abrams maps with the others. The Abrams I firm makes their contour maps fromj aerial photographs wherever possible.

I lale said his firm had completed about a third of the ground control work on maps of the lake. Thev were to be finished bv November 1. SCHOOL CLAIMS Reimbursement of $81,038 Asked for Transportation Claims totalling SSI. 038.20 for state reimbursement on transportation costs were submitted yesterday bv Macon County Schools. Macon Countv Supt.

of Schools Rnhprl- R. Frnpst Liirl siv nf" thf v.y. ft iiiitiTMir'rti'litfiiiltniiilrii Boxes Is Hand Carved nival swings, both powered bv small steam engine, were caned by Homer Cripe of Cerro Goido, jment the S3, 500 they are now re-a retired Wabash Railroad em- plove. comment on tne reason tor selecting 1 conditioner. Warren Van Praao.

I ,1 Blush Pink? It was believed, however, that A coffee salcsman at the Countl the argument against the Chastain- unth counter had an i rrancs proposa, was tne same as be ore-one partner in the firm is a brother 01 Water Commissioner T1 llomer L. Chastain. Asked if the vote were unanimous Mayor Willis said he stopped a can-! vass ot the Council hen a majority favored Warren Van Praao. This was seen as an indication county's nine school districts Vf Macn continued 4 1 4, jf Battered Bargain Ballot J. Fred Richter, who has charge of the Macon County vot- ers registration office, inspects one of the 100 battered ballot boxes the Countv bought from a salvage company in Kansas Citv, at Permits For Rural Homes Drop Sharply Although estimated costs of new construction in rural and suburban high during the first hall ot July.

there was a sharp crop in permits' tor new resiliences. Onlv 12 residence permits were issued. In June there were 56 residence permits. The 17 permits issued under countv zoning during the first half of July call lor S274.600 in con-i struction, including S89.000 for General Electric Company warc-j house addition and S76.000 for an addition to the Boodv Grade School. I Tn June, there weie 67 permits for a 0f S500.100 in con struction.

APPELL FOUND INNOCENT ON LARCENY CHARGE Carl B. Appell, 25, of 455 W. St vrff.r,l;iv i Sl. 50 each. The boxes will be used for Blue Ballots cast in the Nov.

2 election. These ballots carrv proposals for amendments to the Illinois Constitution. (Herald and Review Photo) Glen T.White Former Deputy! Dies in Crash itc, ormer oe Glen T. putv sherilf and custodian of the Macon Countv Home in 1945 and 1946. died early today at Dunn.

-V C. ol miuncs received in an dtnt "hue. a captain ot Field Ar tillerv in World War II. had op- "r-AtrA til1 R.iLprv nt 1 I A. iuu me same, mice commissioners, 1 1 21 t- in 1 polo shirt, with coupon, 31 cents Don F.

Davis, Codv R. Holmes n- i (limit two to a customer), and Lyle Kirbv, continued their op-; position to Chastain-Francis. Well? But Davis said he considered the indwf tor Monty's Review-vote unanimous "bv tacit amusements on page 7, where ment readers found a seven-column beer Unbalanced County Pay Under Study Three Macon County officials, the circuit clerk, the recorder and the auditor, will be working for far less than others starting next year, unless the Countv' Board provides a remedv. Under new salary limits fixed by statute, the county clerk, county treasurer and sheriff to be elected Nov. 2 will receive at least S6.000, which would be a raise of $2,500 a year.

But, salaries for Circuit Clerk Harry Pi. Butt, County Auditor Henrv M. Novak and Countv Re corder William Maddox were fixed at 53,500 before they were elected in 1952 and their salaries cannot be increased during their four-year terms of office. The same situation exists in other counties and supervisors in many of them are attempting to find a way to make adjustments legally. The Macon County Board can fix die salaries for the county clerk, sheriff and treasurer at any point between S6.000 and S9.000 a vear.

The general belief is that the $6,000 figure will be approved. One suggestion is that the pay of the circuit clerk, auditor and recorder could be increased by estab-lishin" additional job tides for them for the next two years and pay each ot them 52.300 a year to supple- Under this plan, it is suggested that Circuit Clerk Butt might be given the extra assignment of librarian for the County Building law library, that Recorder Maddox could be designated supervisor of the photostat room, and that Auditor Novak could be made su pervisor of the employes retirement fund, with an appropriation ot $2,500 made in each of the next two years for each of the three jobs. The fees and salary committee and the finance committee ot the Countv Board ure expected to consider the question and be ready to make recommendations when the new salaries are set in the September meeting of the Countv Board. IKE DIAL, 73. MACON, ILL TWO WEEKS, DIES Ike Dial.

73, of Rural Route 2, Macon, died at 2:10 a. m. today in Decatur and Macon County Hospital. He had been seriously ill about two weeks, in failing health for several years. The son of the late illiam and Lizzie Dial, he was born July 15, 1SS1, at Mainville.

His wife, the former Martha Elhora Miller, preceded him in death. Mr. Dial, a retired farmer, had lived in Macon 14 years. He previously lived in the Kenney area. I le leaves die following children: I Ienrv and Kenneth, Decatur: Willis M.

ana Carl Chicago; Swanie. Braidwood: and Mrs. Georgia Mills, Rome, O. He also leaves two brodiers, John, of Michi- San and Bil1- LaFollette, and a sister, Jane, also of La Follette. Serv ices will be a 3 p.

m. Monday in the J. J. Moran Sons Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasant alley Cemeterv near Ken-ncv.

Friends mav call after I p. m. 3unuav. GIRL, 3, SEVERELY BURNED IN TRASH FIRE Karen Sue Stull, 3, of 1212 E. Leaf land Ave.

as severely burned at 11:45 a. m. yesterday when she 1 r- .1 1 got too Close to a trasn tire at. tier home. The child, a daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Stull. remains in St. Man 's Hospital for treatment of chest, face and hand burns. She was reported resting well today.

Her father John, 24, was released .1,. -f. mi uiuuuu ui hand burns received when he smothered the' fire in the child's clothing. Ward Estate William P. Ward, who died July 5 in Decatur, left an estate of his will filed yesterday in Countv Court showed.

St. Patricks Catholic Church is bequeathed $1,000, St. James Catholic Church S500, and the Ursuline Sisters of St. Teresa $500 under terms of the will. Mrs.

Anna Schoenle, a sister, was bequeathed Mr. Ward's home at 1536 E. Main as well as the remainder of the estate. Pension Club Meets The American Golden Age Pension Club Xo. 7 will have an aU-day meeting beginning at 11 a.m.

Sunday in the Modem Woodmen Hall, H5Vi X. Main St. With the Sick David Ellis, 1514 E. Marietta is a patient in St. Mary's Hospital.

He may have visitors. higher claims this vcar, indicating increased enrollments among pupils living one and a half miles or more from their schools. The total claims last year were S73.994.S0. Claims from Decatur and Mount, Zion school districts were up about each this 'ear as compared to 1953. Maroa, Macon.

Blue Mound and Warrensburg Austin Latham-Ken-1 ncv community unit districts claimed smaller increases and Ar-; genta, Lakeview and Niantic claims were slightly under those of 1953. Transportation reimbursement claims from each district are: Argents, Maroa, S5, 584.40 Mount Zion, $11,040. Lakeview. $8,502.20 Macon, $5,684.40 Niantic, S8. 383.60 Blue Mound, $5,253.20 W-A-L-K.

$12,413.20 Decatur. $64,698.80. EXPECTANT MOTHER HURT WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS Weather Anxiety Many a weather- worn and wor- uring the he it iried face paused Wave to oeer throuph The Herald anJ Review office window at the recording thermometer. Stray Scraps Far-Flung Empire Insurancerr.an William E. Wie-land, who invested in a two-square-inch Texas "ranch" with Review Sports Writer Glen R.

Cooper several weeks ago, has expanded his. empire with one square inch of the Santa Claus North Pole Subdivision. North Pole, Alaska, sold under the slogan, "A toehold in the Big Window Size Mrs. M. J.

Dills, 652 W. Macon was passing a store-window display of a big. 42-inch attic fan when she overheard a small boy ask his 'mother if the big fan was for over- sized picture indow s. Low Blood Pressure? 1 A cuimortable-lookino matron a clerU in a downtown jstorc to complain that, "Just when gets hot enough for me to realK it, vou people turn on die ai'i answw for conlments about his pink st)0rts slirt: -t- 1 ilV VVIIC UOUiIU 11, 11c c.lil.nii- i i. tU, lllLil juuv lb sue lias utiic 1 taste in -men than she does in shirts.

Throw This Coupon Away A "thrifty coupon'' in a news ad offered 25-cent children's One More SlIJl A vacationing Decatur resident vno doesn't deserve to remain nameless was walking uuwn a vxjhi rado mountaii with his wife. The "xs started breaking away beneath jher feet. She screamed. He hurried to her: "What's the "I was falling." "Humph. Don't scream unless vou really lall!" again Apropos letter from the public relations department ot Seagram Uistillers 1 Corporation was signed ineyard.

bv Karl LONG SWIM Wallv Reid. 20. of Jersev Citv. X. I.

tried a 7-mile swim in Lake L' Decatur yesterday afternoon. He 1 1 tv 1 -7 p. -l 3 on the way to Fanes Park, but gave up the trip when evening 1 -nino came on and he got cold. 1 Ie is visiting Ronald Wilson, 1240 S. Silai who accompanied him in the row-boat with Howard Ogden of 1156 S.

Silas St. The Review-sponsored bridge-to-bridge swims in 1926, 27 and 28. Byron Dpren swam from the William Street Bridge to Lost Bridge, 3Vi miles in two hours, sLx minutes in 192S. Freda Combs swam from Faries Park to Lost Bridge, 4V4 miles, in four hours. Reid and Wilson were discharged from the Xavv Mondav.

Check Charge Mrs. Yerna Robinson, 19, of 2283 E.Eldorado St. vesterdav pleaded guilty in Countv Court to an information charging her with obtaining money under false pretenses. Countv Judge Gus Greanias scheduled a hearing for A-ig. on Mrs.

Robinson's application for probation. In the information Mrs. Robinson was charged with cashing a worthless $60 check at the Stewart Dry Goods Company on March 5. titfATS Tl 1 fTJ, Cerro Gordo Ferris Wheel A hand-carved miniature ferris wheel, on exhibition at the Cerro Gordo Junior Fair toda-, draws the attention of Laurel Schniepp, 5, of Cerro Gordo. The ferris wheel and a set of miniature car Mullein A passerby was intrigued with this tall plant growing in a front vard at 327 S.

Franklin which le identihed as "mullein weed," istt.J as an herb ith a confusino number of American and European i varieties. It has course-, woolly leaves. I he common variety is called mullein dock. I he European anctv has pink blooms and is sometimes cultivated as the rose campion. 1 he American mullein loxglovp has yel- tunuiar now ers.

Hair Snake 1 1. il 1 mrs. waiter vampoen 01 ivurai 1 Route 1 found this "hair-snake" in a watering pan. where her cnicks were trying mightily to pull it out of the water. Mr.

Campbell brought it in to Stray Scraps: 'I don know what they live on, whither its got eves, nose, mouth or Sometimes found in livestock water- iny tanks, the dictionary lists it as the hair worm, any of several tvpes verv sieiiuer wuiius, uiien caiieu hair snakes. Moose Give S500 to Park i he Moose Lodge presented a $500 check tp Monroe Park last night for playground equipment. Left to right are Jack Walker of the Recreation Board, Robert Gross, president of the Monroe Bp fl I' If ni, llll I innocent of a 'charge 'of grand lar-1 auto accident near there yesterday, cenv alter trial before Justice Ernest according to information received Booker. h's mother, Mrs. Bertha White David M.

Coleman, of the De- i ''Vacatur Television House had accused' "lncrc uere no Jctails of acc' Cool Dunn for the past six JudSe Grov" atson aft aj had been attending classes at nearbv college since the first of the' Thrcc flrms fllLcJ the injunction: Mrs. Patrick McMahon, 18, of! In tne triaI yesterday, which was 1911 N. Graceland received cn on a change of venue from minor injuries about 3 a. m. today court of Police Magistrate E.

A. when the car in which she was Schroeder, Appell testified that he riding turned over on West Lake was buying the set and denied tak-Shore Drive. She and her husband ll- were riding with another couple, i Justice Booker ruled that the evi-The driver of the car. Jack Hardv, ence in the case was insufficient. he was headed south when another) car passed him and forced him off the road.

In trying to turn the car back onto the road, he lost control i Green Streets at 1 :28 p. m. yester-and the auto turned over. dav. vear.

and was reportedly enroute to or from the colleoe. apparently ffrivino alnnp nt tl1(- tim at accident. 1 11 Born June II, 1913. in Argenta, l-. .1 t.

1 3 White was the son of Bertha and the late George White. He married Alice Draughn of Dunn in 1944. Thev had two children, Barbara 7, and Martha, 3. Also surviving are six brothers and sisters, Mrs. Florence Mansfield, Mrs.

Mabel Goken, Howard and George of Argenta, Mrs. Helen McTaggart, Austin, and Alva, Bloomfield, Iowa. Funeral services will be held in Dunn Monday. 1,500 CELEBRATE i Niantic Centennial Observance Ends Tonight Some Xiantic Centennial celebrants, some from as far as Xew the neigh amount of engineering fees 3 in the two proposals, in borhood of S5.000 to reportedly was not a major consideration in the decision. Commissioner Chastain AA nnt take part in the discussion, though )le was present 0 Court Studies Picketing Ban rcaucst tor an anti-nu-ketino 1 injunction against members of the.

Building and Trades Council wasj taken under advisement bv Circuit i elucst uinesday alter a picket Im.e was UP at Snutnland Heights Addition bv the AtL council Mon- union members are protesting ltne use non-union personnel 1. 1 1 r- bv the I. I. bwartz Company con tractors. The other firms arc the Tri-State Developers, which owns lots in the addition and the Traders Real Estate Company which is also constructing homes in the area.

The complainants asked for a temporary injunction apninsr niekpt- 1 that suppliers would not deliver con struction materials through the picket line. They also alleged that the sole purpose of the pickets was to coerce employes of the three firms to join the union, and was illegal. The Building and Trades Council claimed that the picketing was completely legal, and thev had a right to protest the "unfair practice" Office Entered A break-in at the Mileham Realty Company. 1017 X. Water was removing a rear window of the building.

The contents of the safe which was unlocked, were strewn about the office and the desk drawers had been ransacked. Leader Resigns Elmer Jacobs, night playground leader at Johns Hill has resigned. Harry Carlson will succeed him, and will continue as davrimc leader at Grant School playground. 1 This cool but immodest outfit was modeled in a downtow store window during Wednesday's record heat. jf Lostt A street siyn was oiyen a scare crow look bv this ladies jacket, pos- siblv abandoned in the heat wave, A passerby found the lost (r) iacket and tossed it over the street at vanireu ana Illinois streets.

A prankster put flow ers in the sleeves. Park Adult Club, William Ahl-rich. Moose Lodge governor, and R. Zink Sanders of the Park Board. (Herald and Review Photo) Appell of the thelt of a S200 tele visn set on lune 27.

Cars Collide Occupants escaped injury when two cars crashed at Church and Police reported the southbound car of Miss Barbara J. Kunzman, 1049 X. 35th was struck bv the westbound car of Fred Gordon of 1076 X. Oakdale Ave. With the Sick Stephen E.

McDaniel, 2160 Main is a patient at Decatur and Macon County Flospital. He may not have visitors. Waitress, Locked In Cold Storage Room, Gets Hot About It Mondav the bandages probably will be taken off the hand of Mrs. Agnes Danford, and then perhaps she'll have a respite from explaining to her customers at The Surrey Restaurant just what happened to her. Mrs.

Danford was accidentally locked in the cold storage locker of the restaurant, 134 E. Prairie Tuesday when another employe saw the door open and thought the locker was emptv. She was in the semi-freezing temperature about half an hour before her friend and fellow-waitress. Norma Shelton, suspected trouble and located the prisoner. In the meantime, Mrs.

Danford had injured her right hand pound- ing tor help. lork and California, pined ini0f using non-union labor, opening-dav festivities vesterdav. There were no other injuries. Mrs. McMahon, an expectant moth-er, is in St.

Mary's Hospital. Decatur police are looking for the unknown driver of the other car Hardy could give no description of! the car. Other passengers in the Hardv car were Patrick McMahon, 19, and: Mrs. Hardv, 20. ARGENTA SCHOOLS GET ROBERT F.

CARR GIFT Five acres of land east of Argenta and about $1,200 in cash from the Robert F. Carr estate have been turned over to the Argenta board of education by the now-defunct tow n-ship board of trustees. Willed to the school district in the earlv 1900's, the acreage has provided about $150 per year income for buying books for the Robert F. Can- Memorial Library in the Argenta Grade School. The land and unspent cash was turned over to the board when the township hoards were abolished the first of this month.

NAACP Meeting Monday The tegular meeting of the Decatur branch of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be at 8 p.m. Monday in the Elks Hall, 251 E. Macon St. A total of 1.239 were served in! Ithe fish fry yesterday evening, fol- lowed bv crowning of the Centen- nia royalty-, entertainment, a style reported to Decatur police at 6:35 show and costume contest. ja.

m. today. Xothing was stolen, Horseshoe pitching, a parade, Dut interior of the office was and beard judging were on P'ice report, program. An exhibition square The burglars gained entrance hv dance and other entertainment will close the celebration tonight. Eaton Estate Xorman O.

Eaton, Xiantic farmer who died June 30. left an estate of 543,000, his will filed in Countv7 Court vesterdav showed. Bulk of the estate is bequeathed to a brother, Edsar, also of Xian Itic. Bequests of $100 each ate made to four sisters.

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