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Till: INDIANAPOLIS ST A II no Ol I I KS INS I'M I ID OBITUARIES tssocialion Honors Boivens i ed li. Shipley Services for Fred K. Shi-ploy, 51, Draper Street, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Hum! Funeral Home at Nashville, with burial in Duncan Cemetery near there. Mr.

Shipley died Thursday in Marion County General Hospital, A native of Brown County, he had been a resident of Indianapolis 2G years. Mr. Shipley was a retired glazier. He was a Navy veteran of World War 11. Survivors include his willow, Mrs.

Bertha Shipley; two daughters, Mrs. Connie Short of Beech Grove and Mrs. Pamela Lime of In I may Sleelworkers Union Vol1, Seen Sunday Mrinbiis nf Local of United Sleelworkers of America are expected to vole (Sunday on whelher to continue- a strike against the caimitry and can manufacturing plants of Stokely-Van Camp Inc. The strike began Wednesday morning after union members failed to ratify contracts drawn up by their negotiating committees to replace contracts which expired A company spokesman said the effects of the strike are minimal and local produutiou deficiencies are leing countered by increased output at other plants. AYr.

aim A. Vlahitho Dies', Rites Saturday Services for the Rev. John A. (Mack) Plahitko, (ill, Fin-ley Avenue, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the J.

C. Wilson Chapel of Chimes with burial in Pleasant Cemetery in Greenwood. The Rev. Mr. Plahitko, died Wednesday in Methodist Hospital.

A native of Duquesne, he had lived in Indianapolis 29 years. He owned the Indianapolis Mop Company 19 years until his retirement three years ago. He was a member of the Wesleyan Tabernacle Association and Good Sam's Camping Association. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Margaret; two daughters, Mrs.

Dorothy E. Kindred and Mrs. Eleanor M. Calvert; and two sons, James W. and Robert E.

Plahitko, all of Indianapolis. Mrs. Sophia Menke C. Villmore Sr. Sen ices for Charles Frederick Fillmore 6424 Meridian Woods Boulevard, will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday in Calvary a Church, with burial in Concordia Cemetery. He died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospital. A native of Logansport, Mr. Fillmore had been a resident of Indianapolis 24 years.

For the last eight years he had been a security guard for Dow Chemical Company. He previously had been employed by the former Pennsylvania Railroad for 48 years before retiring in 1963. He was a member of Calvary Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post at Logansprot. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Juanita fillmorc, daughter Miss Jeanie Fillmore, a sophomore at Indiana Central College, and two sons, Charles Frederick Jr.

of Miami, and Douglas Fillmore of Boston, Mass. Friends may call from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the lifer! lr 9 1 regular Thursday schedule while other city workers began clearing refuse from temporary "minidumps" in city parks. Members of the Teamsters local voted by a 3-1 margin Wednesday night to approve a wage package and return to work.

II. McShay Dies; Worked At IV, ilCO Services for r.ernard F. McShay, 72, 7225 Madison Village Drive, will be held at 8:31) a.m. Saturday at the Daniel V. ()' Riley a 1 Home and at 9 a.m.

at the St. Barnabas Catholic Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. McShay, a lifelong resident of Indianapolis, died yesterday in St.

Francis Hospital. Mr. McShay retired from Indianapolis Power and Light Company (IPALCO) in 19C6 as shift supervisor of the Terry Plant after 25 years of service. He was a member of the church's Men's Club, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the IPALCO Club. He was a former Democratic precinct committeeman.

He was a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Beatrice L. McShay; two daughters, Mrs. Fred D.

(Bridget) Staggs and Miss Mary Lee McShay, both of Indianapolis, and two sons, Bernard F. McShay Las Vegas, and James R. McShay of Indianapolis. Jessie Bee Services for Jessie Bee, 54, 2134 Gent Street, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Good Samaritan Baptist Church, of which he was a member.

Burial will be in Floral Park Cemetery. Mr. Bee died Tuesday at home. Born at Leland, he had been a resident of Indianapolis for the last 24 years. He was a machine operator at American Art and Clay Company for the last Seven years.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Martha Bee; his daughter Mrs. Johnny Mae Singleton of Chicago, 111., and his stepmother, Mrs. Mary Bee of Leland. Friends may call from 10 a.m.

to 10 p.m. Sunday at the Jacobs Brothers Westside Chapel. (PAID POLITICAL (Star Pholo) MRS. OTIS R. BOWEN ACCEPTS MEMBERSHIP PLAQUE Given By Adolf M.

Hansen, President of Group Clean-Up Starts At Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio (AP)-Work crews began yesterday to remove garbage and trash that piled up during a 17-day strike by the 800-member Teamsters Local 244. A service department spokesman said the pickups by waste collectors were resumed on the dianapolis, and three sons, Frederick, Aaron and Estle Shipley, all of Indianapolis. Catherine Mullen Services for Miss Catherine Mullen will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, with burial Calvary Cemetery Friends may call from 2 p.m.

to 4 p.m. today at. the Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary. Miss Mullen died yesterday in a local nursing home. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she had been a resident of Indianapolis most of her life.

She was a member of the church and a graduate of St. Mary-of-the-W College. Survivors include her sister, Mrs. James H. Kcnney.

Mrs. Laura Springer Services for Mrs. Laura A. Springer, 86, 6131 Linda Lane, will be held at 10 a.m. today in Farley West Morns Street Funeral Home, with burial in Floral Park Cemetery.

Mrs Springer died Tuesday in a local nursing home. Born at Thorntown, she had been a resident of Indianapolis 70 years. She was the widow of Arthur Ray Springer. Survivors include a son, James Springer of Indianapolis. Indiana Deaths Brownstown Onis Brana-man, 67.

Crawfordsville Mrs. Jen nie Davis, 83, widow of Alda Davis. Greencastle Mrs. Kelsey Phillips. Lafayette Mrs.

Karl (Lucretia) Bartenbach. New Castle Jesse C. Doyle, 81. Sharpsvillc Dennie L. Strunk, 29.

Shelby villc Carolyn A. Stewart, 87, widow of Clifford H. Stewart; Mrs. Noreert C. Dean, 80, widow of Robert C.

Dean. Deaths Around orld GEORGE BACKER, 71, a former resident and editor of the New York Post, and a key adviser to Former New York Governor Averett Harriman and Former New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Wednesday nioht of cancer in Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center's Harkness Pavilion. EBBE MUNCK, 69, veteran Arctic ex-olorer, journalist and diplomat who became Nazi-occupied Denmarx'5 chief spokesman during World War II, yesterday at Copenhagen after a brief illness. BARONESS MARGARET VON hOOS-TEN, 79, a social and cultural leader of Santa Barbara and La Jolla, who married Edward Schweitzer, th heir to $40 million Baver aspirin fortune, Wednesday in Scripps Memorial Hospital at La Jolla.

mm LmwiMTit c-- Satisfaction Guaranteed Replacement Are YOU FOR the NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL and AGAINST FORCED BUSING? VOTE for DAM BURTON for STATE SENATOR Hs's Fighting For You (and not just at Election time) BALLOT 19A-REPUBLICAN DISTRICT 31 May 7 Primary Services for Mrs. Sophia Menke, 94, 4020 East 11th Street, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Mill er Funeral Home at Cincinnati, Ohio, with burial in Spring Grove Cemetery there. Mrs. Menke died at home yesterday.

A native of Cincinnati, she had been a resident of Indianapolis since 1902. Memorial contribu tions may be made to the First United Church of Christ at Cincinnati. She was the widow of Henry Menke. Survivors in clude her daughter, Miss Alma L. Menke, and son, Albert VV.

Menke, both of Indianapoils. Clarence E. Pottage Services for Clarence Eugene Pottage, 71, 125 West Kansas Street, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Tolin-Herr and Singleton Memorial Chapel, with burial in Washington Park East Cemetery. Mr.

Pottage died Wednesday in Marion County General Hospital. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, he had been employed as a security guard at Crown Hill Cemetery for 10 years before retiring six years ago. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include his stepson, Steven Brandt of Indianapolis. Hubert 0.

Grannis Services for Hubert O. (Bud) Grannis, 61, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel, with burial in Washington Park East Ceme tery. Mr. Grannis died yesterday at home.

He was a life long resident of Indianaoolis. He worked as an electrician 33 years with International Harvester until his retirement in 1971. He was a member of United Auto Workers Local 226. Survivors include his wid ow, Mrs. Josephine E.

Gran nis, and two sons, Thomas and Michael, both of Indianapolis. am mm Governor and Mrs. Otis Bovven were named special members of the Meridiau-Kessler Neighborhood Association last night during the group's annual meeting in Northwood Christian Church. David Mernitz, 4119 North Park Avenue, a former assistant United States attorney for the South District of Indiana, was elected president of the association. JAMES BROWNING, a member of the Browning Day Pollak landscaping firm, announced that Lilly Endowment Inc.

had granted the Governor's Mansion Committee $125,000 to landscape the grounds around the new mansion at 4750 North Meridian Street. Browning said the grant will enable work to begin soon and to be completed this fall. In an unprecedented move, the organization granted the Bowens special membership although their new mansion is located within the boundaries of Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association. MRS. BOVVEN, who accepted the membership, was among 50 persons chosen by the association to receive copies of an etching by Steve Kress illustrating stability and tranquility, qualities which the association strives to maintain in its area.

The meeting also featured election of other officers and zone delegates. The other new officers: David F. Rets, S324 North Delaware Street, vice-president tor tnvironment; John Wood, 4811 Nortk Park Avenue, vice-president for Internal affairs; Pan Stay-son, 5303 North Pennsylvania Street, vice-president for human resources; Lit Crevel-iru, 4502 Central Avenue, secretary; Sua Kreider, 4U2 Central Avenue, treasurer. and Choice Edwards, 4378 Central Avenue, deleqale-at-large. Zone delegates: Harold Romlnser, 4517 North Pennsylvania Street; Joyce Robinson, 3'H Washington Boulevard; Willie J.

Brown, 4159 Broadway; Marlys Pedtke, 4335 Broadway; Don B. Perry, 4614 North Pennsylvania Street; Becky Craw, 4920 North Park Avenue; Sherrit Payne, S159 Guilford Avenue; Nancy Foley, 5770 North Pennsylvania Street; Andrw Davey, 5502 North Delaware street, Gladys Boyer, S702 Car-rollton Avenue, and Sydney L. Steele, 409 East 58lh Street. Slale Gels U.S. Grant For Parks And Recreation Indiana has received a Fed eral grant of $204,546, which must be matched with local funds, for equipment for state parks, forests and recreation areas.

Joseph D. Cloud, director of the State Department of Natu ral Resources, said the money will be used to purchase picnic tables, grills, trash cans and playground equip ment and build shelters. About $11 million has been invested in similar projects since 1965, Cloud added. ihri- Mtivni tlerry America i Master Gardener TERRE HAUTI Bunrn Nurseries, inc. JJOO Hulman Street WANAMAKER Wanamalier Seed I.

Feed N. F. Chance Funeral Home Vernon Holt Services for Vernon Holt, 7fi, 1908 Churchman Avenue Beech Grove, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Little and Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove. Burial will be in New Crown Cemetery.

Mr. Holt died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospital. Born at Somerset, he had been an Indianap olis area resident for 55 years. Mr.

Holt was an employe of the freight department of the old New York Central Beech Grove Shops for 37 years, retiring in 1963. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ida May Holt; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Her-ron and Mrs. Virginia Nichols, both of Indianapolis, and Mrs: Norma Bramkamp of Fort Wayne, and two sons, Harold Holt of Brownsburg and Charles Holt of Fairland.

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