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Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 15

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WEDNESDAY, APRfL ffft Report Only 12 Arrests Made in East Alton During March RoxanaFHAGroup To Fete Mothers ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH EAST ALTON Careless drlv Ing accounted for 10 of the 12 ftr resls made In the village by the police department during the month of March according to the regular monthly police report Is sued by Chief Ed Abernathy. totnl of $59 was assessed in fines for the 12 arrests by Police Magistrate Ed Kirk. There were 26 arrests made dur. ing the month of March and $184 was collected through fines. During the.

previous month of February, 41 arrests were made and $169 was collected In fines. Chief Abernathy expressed satisfaction, concerning the low number of arrests made during the last month and pointed out he hoped it was the beginning of a period careful driving with village traffic laws being observed. Of the 10 arrests made for careless driving, four of these were for failure to observe school stops. The other two arrests made last month were for disturbing the peace and one held for investigation for the Wood River police department Eighteen accidents were investigated. Thirty-five cars were involved in the accidents and six persons were sent to the hospital with injuries.

Over-night lodging was furnished two persons and 68 miscellaneous calls were investigated. Twenty-three business houses were found to be unlocked by the merchant policeman and 12 places were found to be without a night light burning. Two persons reported they were bitten by dogs. East Alton Church Election Tonight EAST ALTON The annual election of officers of the First Baptist Church will fake place this evening during the prayer meeting and business session called for 7 p.m. Myron Dilliard, chairman of the nominating committee, assisted by others has prepared a slate of officers to be presented to the church members this evening.

The youth choir will meet at 6 p.m. and the adult choir will practice at 8 p.m. Both choirs are under the direction of Mrs. Clare Pettengill. Infant 111 EAST ALTON Michael, 15- month-old son of the Rev.

and Mrs. C. E. Murray McCasland avenue, is ill at his home suffering from the effects of a virus infection. Telegraph Want Ads 'Click" East Alton BYF Group Attends Unity Tuesday PAGE FIFTEEN HighCost of Living Bother Yon? Snuff 9 Chewing Gum Still Cheap local high school chapter of the Future Homemaker of America will stage their annual mother-daughter banquet Thursday evening in the band room of the high school.

Committee chairmen are Cnrol Darner, program; Virginia Steffon, invitation, and Jo Buck, decorating. Olrl Scout Council ROXANA The Hoxnim Arm Girl Scout Council will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Little House for their monthly business ing. Presbyterian Aid ROXANA The Ladies Aid So ciety of the First Presbyterian Church will meet Wednesday ftft ernoon at the home of Mrs. Gilber Wade on West Fourth street.

As sistant hostesses are Mrs. Fay Nessl and Mrs, S. IT. McGill. The group will make cancer dressings and each woman is to bring white thread, a needle am white material.

Legion Auxiliary ROXANA The American Lr gion Auxiliary will meet at: xni. Thursday in the council room of the Community building. Scouts Plan Dunce ROXANA Senior Girl Scout Troop 79 will sponsor a square dance Saturday night 8 o'clock at the Roxana Community Build- ng. Tickets may be obtained from any member of the troop. The girls will sell candy at the door.

KAST ALTON-Lota Jane Fife Nancy Trent, Cnrol Hull, Mnrilvn just Seheibo. Thelmn Jean Eflgnr, Le- vomla Clem. Shirley Bohn, Lnura Loo Jones, Leon Neese, Donald Baum, Billy Wolehener and Lanny Smith, all members of the Baptist Youth Fellowship of the First Baptist Churrh. nltended the Baptist Assoeinlional BYF rally Tuesday evening at the Community Bnptist Church, Cottage Hills. The Hov.

Herman Johnson, newly licensed minister sponsored by the Ml. Oideon General Baptist Church, Kast Allon, was the speaker of the evening. New officers of the association were installed. The Rev. Paul Siindin, Shurtieff College minis- YORK (NKA) cost of living? Nonsense! nnsfy propaganda Ilighjod against our Increased Income.

That's! Ibey've remained virtually the same, Looking down I ho Bureau of spronrl j' up delightful, menu from those Achievement exhibit at Roosevelt School. Henry Sodgwick served MS program and inlro- ld I 1 indues of Relali higher, But for the rest of people who sniff snuff iind chow gum and spend their time in penny arcades these are the good times. There are a lot of essentials which cost no more, or not much more, than they ever did. The slot in the Iron Clnw machine nt the penny arcade still accepts pennies only. Official price statistics reveal sad story of soaring prices, hut they don't include the things thul really mntler.

Chewing gum hasn't gone up, neither has chewing 1o- Roxana Baptist Men in Meeting Mens 1 Brother- iood of the First Baptist Church met Monday evening at the church vith Merrill Harmon presiding. A ilm "Arms nnd Ammunition" donated by the Olin Industries was hown by Travis Streeper. Those attending were the Rev. E. Mustain, Darrell Williams, lomer Hamilton, Francis Waltilp, Ibert Bean, Arvil Pickering and larmon.

Refreshments were ser- ed. Roana Notes and Mrs. Merrill Harmon and family of Seventh treet, had as guests Sunday Mrs. larmon's brother and sister-in-law, dr. and Mrs.

Charles Yearwood nd family, of Mt. Vernon. Iowa produces 15 percent of the U. S.tjjpats production. East Alton Jr.

Women Hear State Hospital Therapist EAST Fisher, occupational therapist at the Alton State Hospital, was the speaker at the Tuesday evening meeting of the East Alton Junior Woman's Club. Fisher explained to the club members and their guests, members of the Wood River Junior Woman's Club, therapeutic methods used at the hospital as part of a rehabilitation program carried on among the patients. Ginger Walmsley, first; Bill Mathis, second, and Sandra Jam- crson, third, winners in the recent amateur contest sponsored by the junior club were present and provided the musical part of the program. Mrs. Bruce Hazen, president, conducted the business during which the club voted to send the Incoming president to the state convention in Chicago May 6-8.

Mrs. Haxcn was elected to be the allernale to the convention. Mrs. Hazen welcomed members of the visiting club and Mrs. Francis Manning, newly elected president of the Wood River club, made the response.

Mrs. William Elli- oll of East Alton, was also guest. I Mrs. Charles Towey gave a report on the junior district meeting Monday evening at East St. Louis.

Mrs. William Roe and Mrs. Don- aid Ott, members of the local club, were the retiring 22nd junior district, president and treasurer, respectively. Mrs. Lorell Hicks reported on the Madison county unit meeting held last week in East Alton.

Table decorations during the refreshment hour were in the Easier motif. Mrs. llazen presided al the silver service. Hostesses included Mrs. Hicks, Mrs.

Ray Blazicr, Mrs. Cecil Crosnoe, Mrs. Carl Hanner, Mrs. John Howden and Mrs. Hazen, shirls, mackinaws, knit shorts and jeans; girls' dresses, coals, panties nnd nnklets; nnd the inclusive categories of boys' nnd girls' appnrel.

In housefurnishings, there are i i only three items on the bright side. as they did in pro- nflnlion dins 111 loo. That mighty important ferial student, is the new president You can still keep your jaws and Lanny Smith, a member jT inexpensively. the local church, is the retiring I Snoo a cs C0 st about the same president. Robert Ricks, a member of local church, is the new treasure! He wan unable to attend Die meet ing last evening because of illness Se.liool to Meet KAST ALTON The Schoo Mothers Club will meet Thursdnj at 1:30 p.m.

at. the Blair School fo little upward since September. 19-17. Five of slips, d'n- pers, nylon hose, women's nightgowns and men's leather jackets nclunlly show lower prices than they had four and a half years ago. Others Illse The others, which have risen, but.

not much, are; women's suits and rayon blouses; boys' lonfc sleeve shirts, long sleeve polo prices are. layer rake, frankfurters, Ice cream, hnby foods, cola and grape jelly. The same holds true of canned peas when I measured against the Vmso years, A cautious housewife can make of frankfurters, canned peas layer' r(l HnmPI Adams, president of cake with ice cream nnd a side dish 1lluni01 Achievement. Adams of grape jelly. the Kiwanians briefly about Of late, fresh oranges from Florida have flooded the market after a good crop year, dropping (lie price of that product.

Salt is another stable item, together with such odds and ends as candy bars, wrist watches and borscht. Utilities, like! electricity nnd gas, have dropped) In price. I One point. Dog licenses In Klwnnla Visit Junior Arhlrvemcnt foffmrto fffta Kshiwt DACCA, East Pakistan, Apffl f. weekend tornado left Alton Kivvanis Club after moet- lpnfh of destruction In SetAjgUrtj mg at Mineral Springs Hotel Tues-i and adjoining districts Of Etst day night visited the Junior I Pakistan.

Unofficial reports tdday a business meeting. Mrs. Charles Bolin, newly in stalled president, will preside. Hill BUNKER HILL Mrs. Cai Lucking and Amy Kay attended i district band meeting in Gillespi' Saturday.

Charles 0 1 a i nephew of Mrs. Lucking, was i member of the Roxanu band whicl placed first and the clarinet en scmble which placed third. He i a former Bunker Hill resident. Mr and Mrs. Lucking and children spent the 'weekend in Roscwoor Heights with Mrs.

Lucking's sister; and families. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wisch anc daughter spent the weekend will Wich's mother, Mrs. Martha Wisch Chicago.

Roland accompanied them lo LaOrangc where he visited his pai-onts. Bruce Bort, son ot Mr. and Mrs Fred S. Bort, underwent majoi surgery at Deaconess Hospital, St Louis, Tuesday morning. Mr.

and Mrs. Russell Hosenfeld St. Louis, were supper guests Mon day evening of Mr. and Mrs. 'red Rensing and family.

The Hosenfelds have cabins at the en- rance to Rocky Mountains Na- ional Park, where the Rensing; vacation each year. Two hundred men attended the Lutheran Seminar at the loca Lutheran Church Friday evening Ed Bruckert is chairman of the ocal Men's Club. Mrs. Minnie Oerke, Moro, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lillic Wolff, this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Oldenettc entertained Mr. and Mrs. H.

Wise, Mr. and Mrs, Guy Baker Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morrison jr. Vtr.

and Mrs. Gilbert Fahrenkrog Mr. and Mrs. Charles Behrens nembers of the Red Bird Class of he Congregational Church, Frilay evening. The Rov.

and Mrs Sdgar Shaw were guests. Prizes verc won by Mrs. Fahrenkrog, VIr. and Mrs. Behrens, Wise, Baker, and the Rev.

Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ford re- urned home Monday evening from he Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, where Ford went; for a check jp. Ford, was injured in a ruck-train accident, four years ago July, will have to undergo sur- ery on his leg at.

a later dale. The Parent-Teacher Association vill sponsor a "Show of Shows" hursday evening at. 8 p. m. at Suffocating "Hot Flashes" stopped or strikingly relieved in of cases in doctors' tests! Are you going through "change of life" suffering the "hot flashes," nervous tension, irritability, weakness and other types of functionally-caused distress of this difficult time? Then here's hope for you! tests by doctors, Lydla Pinkham's Compound and Tablets gave relief from such you know what it has done for others! But do you know what It Will do for you? Not If you haven't experienced the relief of tension, "Hashes" and Irritability It so often brings at such times I Before another day has passed, try Lydla the Vegetable Compound, or new, improved Tablets with added Iron nnci dls- ln 63 and (respec- cover how much your lively) of the cases tested "change of life" may bei Complete or striking relief I Surely you know that Lydia Pinkham's la scientifically modern in action! Surely Younger women unit sufferlnK from functional palna and distress Plnkham's wonderful tool It contains no pain-deadening drugil Pinkham't action through xyinjmthetic ner- i on.i system relines of NOMINATE Joseph M.

DeLaurenti EXPERIENCED TRIAL LAWYER EWORLD WAR VETERAN (Only Veteran for State's Office) YiARS OF AGE FIRST ATTEMPT TO GAIN ELECTIVE OFFICE STATE'S ATTORNEY PRIMARY TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1952 CAPABLE COMPETENT HONEST CANDIDATE THAT WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER MEMBER OF: Masonic Order Rotary American, Illinois Madison County Bar Assns. Chamber of Commerce American Legion Reserve Officers Assn. St John's Methodist Church, Edwardsville Republican Ticket factor in our economy. What would (his country be without shoe laces? A nation of shufflers! Juke ttox Only Nlokol You can still play the juke box for a nickel. You can still get a package of zinnia seeds for a dime.

Aspirin is still and a good thing! Actually, there are many things that have resisted inflation. Some have gone down in price; others have gone so little that, balanc- Soulh Roxana Dad's Auxiliary lo Meet SOUTH The Dad's Club Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p. m. Thursday for their monthly business meeting to be conducted by Mrs. Eileen Ernst.

the high school gymnasium. All acts will be home talent. The confirmation class of the Zion Lutheran Church, consisting of Florence Rolf, Eillen Marlh, Adrienne Altcvogt, Janet Helmkamp, Donna Duclm, Donald Daley, James Bunte, Ivan Bruckert, Ronald Schall, Orlin Duelrn, Gene Brune, Hardld Knoche, and Eugene Weidner, will be received into communicant, membership Palm Sunday at; 10:30 a. m. have jumped very Ijitle since tlv base month of September, Television sets have declined noticeably since they cnme on the market.

And what more do you need in a home but a TV set, a dinette set and some nice cotton curtains? Tincture of iodine and milk of magnesia have gone up only a shade. The Bureau has a category called "Selected Services and Miscellaneous (Joods" which show some selected nnd miscellaneous steady prices. Razor blades, for one, cout not much more than In 1939, so it doesn't add to the Inflationary spiral lo slit your throat. The cost of a chassis lubrication or repairs on the front end suspension of your car are two other items that haven't zoomed. Neither have auto operators' licenses and fees.

And, since they came on the market in 1950, homo permanent wave refills have stayed on an even keel. Some, Food lloldoutn Even foods, which as a group have soared to record heights, have some holdouts. There are 1.1 food items with little or no change. Rice has gone down since 1947, and frozen strawberries, orange juice concentrate and peas have declinccd since 1950. Up but a trifle against.

1950 over the exhibits. Telegraph Want Arls 'Click" said the casualties reached deeds. Forty percent of the of the world arc in the United Stales. most communities have gone up, hut marriage licenses are generally still the same price, Draw your own conclusion. Austria Socks to Knil Occiipnllnii V'iKNNA, April 2, The Austrian government torliiy launched nation-wide effort to end Ihr- seven- year-old Allied occupation of the country NOTTOLI VARIETY nn el DRY GOODS MOfl Milton Alton Din I Store lloafii Mon.

thru Than. 8:30 to AIM Frl. nfld 8:30 to 0100 FREE PARKING WHY SHOP THE OLD FASHIONED WAY? For Easter, More Convenient Easter Shopping Open a Dixie Shop CHARGE ACCOUNT Buy your new Easter Outfit now and pay later! You'll find shopping so easy and so much faster by opening a Dixie Shop Charge Account. YES, I WANT TO OPEN A DIXIE SHOP CHARCE ACCOUNT Phono by iltank with 28 EAST FERGUSON, WOOD RIVER, ILL. Charge "(Vou will bo advlncd soon as account ready! to use.) If'hiU itJiuiall lint al ixira nil nailabllt Ahead-the Nicest Miles in the World I Well, the day has come! You have your beautiful Cioldcn Anniversary and are off on that cross-country journey you've so eagerly awaited.

You're full of hope and hut almost afraid it's too good to he true. Can any car perform and handle the way people say this one does? You come to the end of the street that opens into the crosstown the big, easy-acting brakes settle you down to the softest, stop you ever experienced in all your life. You touch the throttle, and the great engine starts you out like the Hight of an and swiftly and quietly. Almost before 'you know it, a light turns red and, once again, that easy, velvety stop. And then the yccn and again that swift, eager move into action.

Stop and and green and' pretty soon it dawns upon you that you never dreamed of driving a car that handled and performed like this. Wonderful about it! in city no doubt And then the cars thin out about you the traffic lights stretch farther and farther you find yourself on the open road. Instinctively, your foot goes down on rhe throttle; hut, quickly, it eases up again. I-'or you find yourself really rolling in a couple of hundred feet! So you do a little experimenting until you find the spot where it belongs for sane and sensible then you settle hack and relax. You scarcely seem to he moving at ajl.

You handle (he wheel with the weight of your hand. You're at peace with the highway! The sun rises higher and the road beckons on. "Where did we plan on stopping tonight? "Uettcr take a look at the map and see what's on duwn the line. We're going to get a lot farther than I ever dreamed we could!" Yes, it's true what they say about Cadillac. Hctter come in and see drive it while you're in the mood! THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY BROADWAY CADILLAC CO.

1608 East Broadway Alton, Ilk.

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