The Rhinelander Daily News from Rhinelander, Wisconsin • Page 2

MOM me nmmAVDER (Wis.) DAILY NEWS Community Club To Put More Cribs Into Lake George You have to hand it to them! That gong from the Luke George Community Club is at it again. In cooperation with the Wisconsin Conservation Department, the club this winter has its sights set 30 brush shelters, seven more than it constructed and sank Into Lake George last winter. This number of shelters will be placed in selected areas along the wes't jind north shores and on bars whore it is felt good results can expected. Fishermen report, that fishing about these brush shelters was good during fact, better than it had been tot- quite vsoine time. This was not only the case with panfish but walleyes as well.

(There is an advantage to the sporting goods dealer also, because the brush shelters claim a lot of lures and other forms of fishing tackle.l Even though much tackle is lost, the increased fishing success keeps the fishermen happy. The brush shelters are really log crib shelters and are made of hard wood, preferably oak. It takes 10 12-foot logs for the sides and eight logs for the ends. These are laid up in crib form similar to the construction of a log house. Brush is piled in the crib, covered on top with poles and wired tight 1 on the ends to hold the entire structure together.

Holes are then cut in the ice where previous investigation has found suitable areas and the brush shelter is shoved into the water to i sink to the bottom. Markers are attached to the tops to show their location and to enable the fishermen to find them at a later date. The exact location is properly marked on a lake survey map for an accurate record. Today, the men from the Lake George club will be down in the Enterprise country cutting hardwood, loading it on to Conservation Department trucks and helping in the hauling of this material out on the ice at Lake George. Next Sunday they will wire the shelters together and, with department equipment, will drop them through th-3 ice.

The volunteers must do this work on the weekend as this is the only time they have available and free time from the task of making a living. The club Is constantly on the lookout for projects that will benefit community. At the same time. It plans meetings along with I the work projects and occasionally a party so that accomplishments are not just extra work but a lot of fun, members report. Lakeland Residents Attend Inaugural MINOCQUA (By News Cor' respondent) Several Lakeland area residents were among 12 del- 1 egatcs chosen by the Oneida county Democratic party to rep, resent the organization at the in- 1 augural ceremonies for Gov.

Nelson in Madison Monday. were Dan Jossart of ocqua, county chairman, Mrs. Ellen Hoy, also of Minocqua, and Mrs. Nan Steinberger, Harvey Jossart and Max Krueger, all of Because of lack of cooperation shown by students, the teenage held at the community building will be discontinued until further The Minocqua home demonstration group will meet Tuesday, Jan. 13, in the community building at 1 p.m.

The January project is "Care of Today's Fabrics." The Minocqua Study club will hold its meeting at 1 p.m. Jan. 17, at the home of Mrs. Martin Borman on Lake Towanda. Mrs.

R. Morrison will speak. The regular meeting of the Minocqua Woman's Club will be held Monday, Jan. 12, at the community building. Following the pot luck luncheon, to which each member may bring a prospective member guest, Mrs.

Floyd H. Peterson, kindergarten teacher at Lac du Flambeau, will speak on "My Kindergarten and It's The luncheon committee will prepare the main hot dish and members are requested to bring either a salad, dessert or rolls. Mrs. I. C.

Rheaume will be the luncheon chairman. air. and Mrs. Gale Trapp and tons drove to Cudahy to spend the New Years holiday with Mrs. Trapp's mother, Mrs.

Selma Bird. Members of the Schieb family, enjoyed a family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schieb during the holidays. Mr.

and Mrs. Everett Marsolek and children, Rosemary, Scott, Diana and Connie, from Milwaukee were among those present. Mrs. Marsolek is former Marjorie Schieb. Miss Schieb, a first grade teacher in Manitowoc, also was home as was Miss Mary Lou Schieb, a col- 'lege student at Stevens Point.

Mr. Mrs. Charles du 'Flambeau, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schieb, Antigo, plus their son iirry of Rochester, completed the group.

Mr. Volney Ames spent with their daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Leahy, Cochrane They brought their iddtufhtgr, Mary, back with for the remainder of her holiday. Mr.

and P. Titus aod sou. Kevin, their parents, Iff. DuBois and fir. tm Mrs.

D. A. Titus, during Clyde Curtis, 71 Former Resident Of Monico, Dies News Correspondent Word has been received hrre by relatives and friends of the death 'of Clyde Curtis in Florida Dec. 27. The Curtis family lived In Monico for many years before moving to Milwaukee and later to Letter Box Florida.

Mr. Curtis was 71 years old. His wife, one son, daughter, Mrs. Wilder, and one Sidney Hayes of BAILEY to aviation mnchinest's mate second class, USN, Arthur O. Bailey (left) receives congratulations from his crmmanding officer, Cdr.

E. F. Galla-gher, while serving with Guided Mlssillc Group One at the Barber's Point U.S. Naval Air Oahu. T.

H. Bailey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Olen F. Bailey, 1403 N.

Stevens and husband of the former Miss Dolores M. Jewell, Rle. 3. Before entering, the Navy in March. 1950, he attended Rhinelondcr High School.

Milwaukee, survive. Burial was in Sam Cllnc left for Milwaukee Thursday to visit Viola Wesolowski visited relatives uid friends here before returning her home at Gladstone, with her son. Douglas, on Sunday. School Administrator's Notes: Senior Class Play Builds Suspense for Tuesday Night Next Week in Our Schools. board meets at 7:30 p.m.

in RUHS Library. Class play, 8 p. in High School auditorium. JHS, Antigo here, 3:30 p.m. at Antigo varsity.

Saturday Art classes; Junior Ski Club trip, 10 a.m.; hockey, Madison East there. By C. A. VIG Superintendent of Schools You will want to go to the Senior High Tuesday night and watch Miss Young's Senior cast present their play, "Ten Little Indians." The cast arrives in this order: Rogers, the butler, Don Blaisdell; Mrs. Rogers, the housekeeper, Jan Forbes; Fran Narracott, who runs the boat, Gloria Schneider; Vera Claythorne, a secretary, Gay Butterfield; Phillip Lombard, a captain, Rog Boettcher; Jane Marston, a wealthy society girl, Carolyn Fredrich; William Blore, a cop, T.

J. Gilley; General Mackenzie, a soldierly and kindly gentleman, Tom Ginzl; Emily Brent, a spinster, Sandi Lawrence Wargrave, a judge, Jerry Biwer; and Judith Armstrong, a doctor, Leila Hurlbutt. The "Ten Little Indians" refers to the cluster of statues on the mantlepiece of a weird country house on an island off the coast of Devon. While the guests are assembled in the living room before dinner, a voice comes out of the air, accusing everyone present of murder. The guests are murdered one by one.

Suspense mounts and never diminishes until the final curtain. The ushers for the play are Jann Baer, Carolyn Clure, Nancie Danfield and Judie Lader. Superintendent's Chatter. Three of our teachers took extended trips this vacation. Irene Anderson went to Florida and Marguerite Wagner and Kathryn Stankevich visited in New York.

We took two busloads of skiers to Squirrel! Hill last Saturday, despite the fact that the temperature was 10 belosv. Some of our young people are becoming very skilled in this sport. We are planning to start a new enrichment class in mathematics for our 8th grade students. The purpose of the class is to introduce them to some of the fundamental principles of geometry. We have a new secretary at our office.

Her name is Louise Rosselli. Mr. Brooke's photography club has a display of the pictures that were given prizes in the National High School Photography contest last year. A number of students from Rhinelander entered pictures in the contest but were not successful in obtaining a prize. When you parents purchase a set of encyclopedias or reference books for your home, do you call your librarian or a teacher to find out their reaction to the books? These people know the encyclopedias that are the best for your We have seen many shelves filled with reference books that were seldom used because they did not fit the need that they were purchased for.

A good member of the safety patrol will under no condition jaywalk around his school. He always takes the cross walks provided for that purpose. It's interesting to watch us adults. We all jaywalk in front of the room in which the safety patrol is located. We adults do a great deal of jaywalking.

I don't know if the teaching and example set by the safety patrol members will offset the bad example that we adults display in front of our schools and downtown Rhinelander. We have a number of wooden kindergarten chairs that we are disposing of at the McCord school. The custodian will sell you any number for 25 cents a piece. We have four teacher's desks that we would like to get ten dollars for. They can be refinished and will be a very worthwhile piece of furniture in your borne.

We are disposing of all unused materials in our school so that we will lessen the fire hazards which stored materials create. During the holidays, our custodians completely cleaned the schools. Everything was cleaned and waxed. The buildings looked like new when we returned. Last year the average daily attendance of the schools that we competed with in athletics was as follows: Antigo.

083; Ashland, 534; Eau Claire, Hurley, 460; Marsbfield, 671 Merrill; 828; Park Falls, 303; Phillips, 345; Rhinelander, 860; Stevens Point, 945; Tomahawk, 360; Wausau. and Wisconsin Rapids. 1,008. Homework. I am neither old nor stuffy I was tutored past McGuffey And I cut my second dentals On the good old fundamentals, But dear teacher, have care, You are giving me gray hair.

Please ease off this nightly dome- work I must do on Johnny's homework I tell you it must stop, Or I'm bound to blow my top. (N. E. We hope that all parents had an opportunity to attend their elementary PTA this past week. The PTA is one of the fine organizations that we find in any progressive community.

Dale Baughman has this to say about the PTA: "The PTA is a 12 year course with homesvork, but no classes; study programs, but no examinations It's elective, but not required. It': but it's fun. One of the smart things that you, as a parent can do, is to sign up for the course when Tommy or Susie is ready for kindergarten and stay with it from dolls to dates, from marbles to auto driving. High school PATers know its satisfactions. They are what bring on that reminiscent wistful tone when they say: "Yes.

I'll be graduating in June!" "The patter of those tiny feet Has changed to teen-age chatter; Our phone bill mounts, reminind- ing us Now we must foot the Jan Jensen Am. Legion Mgr Gordon Zich and Hermina Schmute attended a guidance clin ic at the Stout Institute, Thursday This is recognized as one of the finest professional meetings that we have each year. Robert Stoll local choir director, will attend music clinic at Madison next week John Rutkowski is confined to the local hospital. Mrs. Oscai Nelson is taking his place in the library.

We are concluding our hatter thLs week with a little verse written a parent who must have gone through the period from marbles to automobiles with his children. Baby Talk. "Every now and then you mee a four or a five-year-old who says fwoo for through or booful foi beautiful. Usually these children are perfectly normal. They could speak distinctly if given encour agement.

"Children are marvelously imi tative. When the parents speak clearly, the child is apt to do the same. On the other hand many youngsters hang onto baby talk because the parents cling to it too. The remedy is obvious. "Most children outgrow baby talk as a matter of course.

When errors persist, parents can help provided they avoid nagging or drilling that makes for tenseness. "Suppose a five-year-old keeps saying fwoo for through. As a kind of a game, show him where you place your tongue to make the TH sound and how you use your lips and teeth for F. Then he can make a try and feel the difference. If this demonstration is made before a mirror, the child can see how well he is imitating your lip movements." Nancy Larrick in "A Parent's Guide to Children's Reading." Notes from Guidance Pirector.

Applicants for admission to many of Wisconsin's private colleges are required to write the Scholastic Aptitude Test. This test, three hours in length, is given in a number of testing centers throughout the State, five times during the year. Some of the private schools also require achievement tests, two or three, depending on the school, each of which are an hour in duration. Achievement tests are written in such subjects as physics, mathematics, foreign languages, and English. The purpose of the tests is not necessarily to admit or reject the student on the basis of has performance, but rather, to assist the college in the planning of each student's course of study.

The various tests indicate a student's strengths or weaknesses, and have proven to be a very accurate predictor of a student's chances for succeeding in eojiege, of making the deaa'9 Ust of scholarship, or Session. Editor, The News: This year's session of the state Legislature promises to be one of the most important in the state's I history. All of the action to be taken will, of course, be of vital interest to Northern Wisconsin. But several mcasxives will directly concern this area. Without question, a broad lakes access and will be approved.

Downstate citizens will it as a distinct victory. But while the southern part of the state may gloat, the legislation can be made doubly profitable for Northern Wisconsin. Not only would a sound development program prove a real tourist attrac" ion, the idea itself could be used as a bargaining item to force more suitable state aids system. Sfft. and Mrs.

Gordon Nehls and son left for Ft. Leonard Wood, Wednesday, where the serviceman will be and Mrs. A. T. Leith attended the funeral of Mrs.

Irvin Durkee nl Antigo Seppa left for Mil wmikee Sunday to return to schopl. -Mrs. John Devetski has returned to her home in Kenosha after visiting relatives here for a few days. Mr. and Mrs.

John Lambie and son left Sunday for Platteville, Where he attends Huber left for the Veterans Hospital at Iron Mountain. on Wednesday. Donald Leith left Sunday for Madison, where he is a student at the University of Wisconsin. Officers Installed At Minocqua News installation of officers' of Minocqua Chapter 271, Order of the Eastern Star, and Minocqua Lodge No. 330, and AM, was held Saturday evening, Jan.

3, at the Masonic Temple. All of the ladaies were gowned in new mint green formats. The installing officers for the O.E.S. were Dorothy Lang, installing matron; William Wurst, installing patron; Marie Wurst, installing marshall; Gertrude Jossart, chaplain; Idell Bradley, organist, and Melia Gary, acting 'conductress. The new officers for 1959, who were formerly installed, are: Marion Bassett, worthy 'matron; Dale Waller, worthy patron; Edith Miller, associate matron William Winsauer, associate patron; Eldora Herrick, secretary; Lorrtine In- g-erson.

treasurer; Altha Mahs, conductress; Audrey Winsaucr, associate conductress; Dorothea No- vakofski, chaplain; Kathryn Waller, marshall; Dorothy Stewart, organist- Kay Ward, Adah; Julia Keister, Ruth; Lolita Gravelle. Esther; Olive Gronow, Martha; Winifred Peterson, Electra; Elfreda Hendrickson, warder, and John Gronow, sentinel. Roland B. Gary acted as installing master in place of Frank Miller, the first master of Lodge No. 330 who was unable to attend.

Gen aid Grundy took the place of Thorn as Johnson as installing marshall Johnson was confined to his home clue to illness. The Rev. John Hubner acted as installing chaplain. The newly installed lodge officers ars Clarence Larson, worshipful master; Victor Hendrickson, senior warden; Mark Linville, junior warden; Carl Bruns 1 treasurer; Vclney Ames, secretary; Joseph Linarys, chaplain; Robert Lee, senior deacon; Gordon Nix, junior deacon; Ray Keister, senior steward; Donald Keister, junior steward; William Seibel, tiler, and John Walker, organist. Light Snow for Weekend, State Residents Told A light snow was forecast for Wisconsin tonight and Sunday In the wake of a receding cloud cover that helped keep the mercury at a respectable level.

The forecast calls for light snow beginning in the extreme northwest and spreading slowly south and east by Sunday afternoon. There was Very little change, in conditions Friday from thb day before. Maximum temperatures once again were in the 20s, ranging from a state high of 24 at Wau- snu, Grnntsburg and Eau Claire to a low of 20 In the Milwaukee News Paragraphs conversely, of Cfaaoces are good that our state institutions of higher learning will eventually The state traffic patrol this morning reported all Wisconsin roads in good winter driving condition. adopt the Scholastic Aptitude Test, in an effort to obtain more information concerning the youth that make up their student body. The realistic planning that follows the knowledge of test results can help many students in preventing them from pursuing unrealistic courses of study, not commensurate with their indicated abilities or interests.

The testing program in the senior high school is designed with the above purpose as one of its paramount features, and the service it can render to students in choosing their own personal course of study, and the many career opportunities available in their chosen area. And state' aids, particularly for schools, must be had If Northern Wisconsin is to see any relief from burdensome property taxes. After all, if we are to recognize statewide- privileges, we must also i state-wide obligations. Unfortunately, legislation affecting schools in the last 20 years has been drawn xip by representatives of small tax payers' groups rather than educators. The result has merely placed a greater share of school costs onto the local a small group ol individuals enjoying tax relief at the expense of the local communities.

William Taege, a member of the Rhinelander school board, has made an impressive fight for a broader program in Wisconsin. As a result, several plans are now being studied by the new one similar to the one proposed by Steve Gwidt, of Rhinelander, during his campaign for the assembly last fall. This plan, however, faces a fight because of assessment problems. A plan will be worked out, though, and Northern Wisconsin was never in a. better bargaining position to force a sound program.

Oddly enough, it is not just Northern Wisconsin which has suffered from the loss of state aids through legislation in the past 20 years. (I realize some one is going to say I am in error with regard to reduced school aids and quote figures. But let that man first reduce his figures to percentages of actual needs and actual expenditures before he insists that aids have increased.) A big majority of the counties in Wisconsin have felt the pinch of the present program and could be brought into line in a drive to force the state to assume its fair share of costs. Just the other day the board of education at Beloit undertook the task of chopping $60.000 off its budget because of its tax situation. Similar moves are being taken in -many areas in the state.

The tax impact study planned by Gov. Gaylord Nelson will reveal seme surprising incongruities in the present tax structure. It will also reveal the inequalities in distribution. We, as citizens, owe to ourselves and our communities to take an active and intelligent interest in legislation this year. Drastic changes are possible.

We must be sure 'that those changes are sound merely legislation proposed and propagandized by special interest groups. Sincerely, HENRY J. BERQUIST Brotherhood Week Chairmen Named Committee chairmen have been appointed to assist in Brotherhood Week, which will be observed nationally and in Oneida county Feb. 15-22, it was announced today by Irving N. Paulson, county Brotherhood Week chairman.

Named to help in organizing the observance here were Harold Bruso. in charge of educational organizations; James Williams, religious groups; Joe Miazga, community organizations, Ron Anzia, publicity, and Miller Leary, finances. Contributions for Brotherhood Week may be mailed to Leary at the Merchants State Bank, Paulson said. Brotherhood Week has been sponsored annually since 1934 by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The Oneida county program, like the national program, will be aimed at reducing group tensions by programming of an educational nature.

Schools, churches, civic, fraternal, veterans' and other organizations will participate in the observance. area. During the night temperatures fell rapidly with some northwest- urn stations dropping below J.ero before a band of clouds spread over that region and produced a warming trend. Rhinelander had an overnight low of 11 degrees below zero early today and at 7 a.m. it was still 7 below.

Friday's temperature range Watiiau Man After Fall PRAtRlB OttfBN (AP)-A Wnusati man died dafly today following a foil down flight of stairs at a fflirlc du Chiefi nightclub. lie was identified as 48-year-old Dale Perkins, described as super- ntendettt of erection for the Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Go. of Vtilwnukee. Police say Perkins apparently collapsed nt the top of the stairs at Kaber's nightclub and surnblerl to the bottom. He had just ished dining with a friend at 1 a.m.

when he walked to the rear of the establishment and plunged down the stairs. Legion Auxiliary At Elcho Meets ELCHO (By News Corrcspon- American Legion Auxiliary met Monday evening at the home of Florence Olseti. Assisting hostesses were Vivian HcsSil, And- With the Colors Rohioff Gordon K. Sohloff, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Melvyn A. Kohloff, file. 2, recently was promoted to corporal while serving with the Marine was from an early morning low of 5 below to an afternoon high of 21 above. It was still 15 above at p.m. The overnight state low was It Was A Long Time Ago notable addition to Rhlnelander's list of hotels is the new Bronx, located on 3rown St.

Snowlftf at the Stile; "Our Dancing Daughters," Joan Crawford and John The Chevrolet selling for $595 at Quality Chevrolet Co. From the Files of the New North, Jamjtry, The Printing then known New North, was serving this coromHaity with quality Ing then just as they are now. The J-N-J Printing Co. 4cros8 from Now i Rubber Stamps (Q FO Rhinelander's -11. followed by 10 below at Lone Rock, 5 below at Beloit-Rockford, Green Bay, Eau Claire, Grantsburg and Superior- Duluth.

The national temperature extremes Friday were' 78 at Thermal, and 10 below at Fraser, and Lone Rock, the Associated Press said. Mrs. Minnie Craw Three Lakes, Dies Mrs. Minnie Viola Craw, 78, a resident of Three Lakes for 28 years, died at 2:15 a.m. today in the Ford Convalescent Home aftei an extended illness.

Born Jan. 1, 1881, at Cayuga Mrs. Craw lived at Wausau before moving to Three Lakes around 1930. She is survived by three sons, Wayne Paddock of Starks, William Paddock of Deerfield and Virgil Paddock of Hartland; and three daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Pearl) Brenton, Shirland, 111., Mrs.

Herman (Flossie) Luedkc, Three Lakes, and Mrs. Andrew (Julia) Craw, Glendale, 21 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Hik.lebrand Funeral Home, with the Rev. Len Johnson officiating.

Burial will be in the Three Lakes Cemetery- The body will be in the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday. Mrs. Craw was a member of the Community Bible Church of Eagle River. Delmar Wedler's Mother Is Dead Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.

Monday in Glcason for Mrs. George G. (Goldiei Wedler. Rte. 2, Gleason, who died Thursday evening in Riverview Hospital at Tomahawk.

She was the mother of Delmar Wedler of Rhinelander. The former Goldie Halvorson, she was born Dec. 15, 1913, in Irma. She was married in Merrill in 1929 to George Wedler. She had been ill for three years and seriously ill for three months.

Surviving are her husband, her mother, two daughters, two sons, two brothers, three sisters and five grandchildren. The funeral services Monday will be conducted in the Riverside Presbyterian Church at Gleason, with the Rev. T. Arkens officiating. Burial will be in the Gleason cemetery.

The body is in the Schram Funeral Home in Merrill from Sunday noon until Monday morning. rey Tiegs and Susan DeJarlais. Fourteen members were present. Visitors at the Linn Johnson's during the holiday season were Mr. and Mrs.

Gerald Johnson of Minneapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Verno.n Johnson and daughter of Aurora, and Mrs. Dan Haberkorn and children of Green Bay, who were' guests of the E. Maney's, returned to their home Sunday.

Paul Carew is now stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Mrs. Belle Worg, who had been visiting her daughter at Shullsburg, has returned to her home here. Mrs.

Jane Witt of Los Angeles, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lionel Palmer. Miss Mary Ellen Carew has returned to Edgerton to resume her teaching duties. Miss La Noh Hayes of Milwaukee visited her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Hansen. Students returning to GORDON K. ROHLOFF Corps detachment aboard the U. S.S. Midway, it has been announced.

The Midway presently is 1 in the Formosa urea, having left Alamc- da, Aug. 16. The big ship is expected to return to the United States March 8, 1959. During a week in port at Bay, Philippines, the Midway's Marines maneuvered through forests, sea and swamp in warlike exercises in the Bay area. Wading knee-deep through mucky swamps and demolishing buildings isn't exactly the way the Marines dreamed of spending a week In poi after being at sea for 36 days.

But that's what the Midway's Marine department did. Visits Pakistan. Jack W. Gross, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Roy Gross, 1255 Eagle has returned to Key West, aboard the submarine USS Odax, which in November participated in Shows All Day From 1 P. M. Children 25c Students 50c Adults 60c Til 5:30 SUNDAY 2 Technicolor Pictures On One Giant Program! THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV Urring YUL BRYNNER MARIA SCHEU CLAIRE BLOOM LEE J. COBS ALBERT SALMI RICHARD BASEHART WUUAM SHAIKH Sun. At World News HE'S SIHi IHE GLENN FORD SHIRLEY MacLAINE CAUED HM with LESLIE NIELSEN MICKEY SHAUGHNESSY EDGAR BUCHANAN in CINtWSCOK Sua.

15-5; Times Today "Tsrwn" "YHIo" Hansen. aiuuems reiuiiuug iu 6 no schools after the holiday vacation Stratum Baghdad included Lynell Palmer, Erhardt Van Dleser, Tom Rustic, Ronald Sindberg, Carol and Matt Bubon, Bob Kieliesch, Charles and Sue Maney and Jack Berenz. Mr. and Mrs. William Kramer and son of Milwaukee visited at the home of the Bob Miss Elizabeth Zechel of Milwaukee is visiting her mother, Mrs.

A. Royal Neighbors of America met at the home of Mrs. Ed Mikoloyczak Thursday evening. Ton members attended the session, at which officers for the ensuing year were installed. Fireball Sighted by Southwest Residents ALBUQUERQUE, N.

M. (AP) A fireball trailed sparks across West Texas and New Mexico Friday night, startling some satellite- conscious residents but drawing a caustic wisecrack from rancher Marvin Rivers. "I thought it was the latest tax rate," he said in a call from his ranch west of Roswell. Dr. Lincoln Lapaz, meteoriticist at the University of New Mexico, explained: "This is very probably just an Ordinary meteor shower which occurs at' this time of year.

I think we're dealing with a meteoric fireball." Panhandler Had $5,450 in Pockets NEW YORK tog- gars can't always be choosers, but Patrick Creel, 54, apparently was begging by choice. When police arrested Creel fo: panhandling Friday, he was wearing two jackets, two overcoats and carrying $5,450 in his pockets. Th-2 cash was in eight frayed paper bags, wrapped in shoelaces. Fifty dollars were in silver. Creel was ordered to Bellevue Hospital for mental observation.

Pact sponsored exercise the Arabian Sea off Karachi, Pakistan. After the maritime maneuver Gross had an opportunity to see the way of life in the Moslem country of Pakistan, with its camel markets and snake charmers. The men of the Odax also were entertained at parties, dances and receptions and many of them were invited to dinner at the homes of Pakistan residents. Weeks Ends Course. FORT BLISS, Tex.

(AHTNO Pfc. Harry A. Meeks, 25, son of Mis. Ruth M. Meeks, 25 W.

Harvey Rhinelander, recently completed a guided missile electronic materiel maintenance course at the Army Air Defense School here. He was trained to perform maintenance on the Nike-Ajax system and associated equipment. Meeks entered the Army in March 1958 and Completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. A 1952 graduate of Rhinelander High School, he was employed at Rueckert's Super Market before entering the Army. Mortar and Pestle by Jim Caldwell Today I'm writing this column in Riviera Beach, Florida, where the temperature is a balmy 74 degrees.

My Pat, decided that she and I should drive my father back here after his hurried trip home. So, on the spur of the moment, we packed our stuff in the station wagou and started out. We left on Sunday, January 4, and spent the first night in Rockville, Indiana. Believe it or not, it was twelve below in Indiana the next morning. The next night we spent in Huntsville, Alabama, and the weuthsr had warmed up to 35 above by Tuesday morning.

Tuesday night we spent in Perry, Florida, and came on to Riviera Beach When we left Rhinelander, it was 23 a change from that to 74 above. Needless to say, driving all the way down here, we intend to stay for at least a day or two. Actually, staying in Riviera Beach is just about like 'being in Rhinelander. First we saw Mr. and Mrs.

Rudy Mueller, then Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tillman, Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Gress, and so on. According to the stories, the whole crew spent on day just getting ready for us to arrive, and for Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson who should be here in a few days.

Anyway, they certainly a friendly group and made UK feel truly at homo. We have already decided that from now on we iire going to make a trip down here every like Jack does. I just can't get over the hospitality of the whole place! Of course, the nicest part was spending a couple of days with my mother and father. By my next column. I should be back in Rhinelander, but we plan on stopping in West Virginia to see Pat's family before we get home.

All in all, we have had quite a trip and have. a lot yet ahead of us. We'll see you all soon with complete reports on our trip!.