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PAGE 2 THE ftfllNELANDGR (WIS.) OAltT NEWS JUNE 12, IMS Centennial Train Drew Thousands Here Yesterday KhinHnmior and vicinity gave the Chicago nnd North Western llnilv iiv's Contcrminl Train a rous- inn' wept ion hrrr yoslerday. nnd officials of Hie rnilroiid who have the train on its tour li the midfilcwrsl said the staged in city wns niic of (he largest and most en- lluisiastic they had witnessed. Vhousnnds of persons lined Bnnvn Street from Harvey SI root lo ihe North Western depot to 'catch the afternoon parad-. 1 which featured the appearance of ve- of tlie railroad's "Pioneer" and a "400" streamliner. The Veterans of Foreign Wars givb drum corps led the marching groups, which included a large turnout oC Girl Scouts and Brownies, em- ployes of railroads in this area and sonic school children.

Throughout the day a fairly steady stream of visitors filed through the Centennial Train museum, which was spotted near the North Western depot. Many persons also inspected the original "Pioneer" and one of the road's early-day passenger coaches, which were mounted on flatcars spotted in the yards near the depot. 'station' Filled. More than 500 people railroaders, their families and friends the "Grand Union Station" set up in the Memorial Build- ing yesterday afternoon and last i night. Old time locations in Rhinelander ere established once again in the basement of the Memorial Building, and these saloons, hotels and dining rooms were well patronized.

No formal entertainment was provided, but the railroaders and others who recalled the early days of Rhinelander's logging history enjoyed the chance to reminisce and meet old friends. Free lunch served during the day. Firms and individuals who made contributions of merchandise for the party included the Rhinelander Brewing Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Rhinelandcr Ire Company and George Smith. Some of the original operators of such places as the Alpine Hotel, the Soo House, the City Hotel, Arlington Cafe and Mike Mahoney's were on the job to greet former customers and old friends. Registration of visitors took place in the War's Sacrilege at the "ticket window" "Grand Union Station." 85 Attend Luncheon.

'Officials of both the North Western and the Soo Line were honored at a luncheon held in the Indian Room of the Oneida Hotel Bain Funeral Here Sunday Afternoon; Burial in DePere Funeral services for Raymond Bnin. 52, 912 Arbutus who died suddenly late yesterday morning while working as line -foreman with a Wisconsin Public Service Corporation crew near Lake Mildred, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Congregational Church. The Rev. Cecil V. Dawson, new pastor of Methodist Church, will officiate in the absence of the Congregational pastor, the Rev.

Ralph V. Austin. The body will be at the Carlson Funeral Home from 7 o'clock this evening until 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Following the services tomorrow the body will be taken to DePere, where burial will take place Monday in Cody's Cemetery. Mr.

Bain, an -employe of 'the public service firm, for 24 years, came to Rhinelander in June, 192G, after working two years in Wausau for the company. He wns a member of the Congregational Church here. He was born Nov. 6, 1895, in the town of Lawrence, Brown County, the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Bain. He served in the Army during World War I from May 28, 1917, to April 21, was wounded in the Argonne campaign. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post here. Survivors include his wife, Ethel; one son, Roger, of Green Bay; one daughter, Mrs. James (June) Lauding, of Green Bay; his mother, Mrs.

Elsie Bain, of DePere; and brothers, Bill of Shoboygan and Harold of Kaukauna. Skeleton-white against a livid sky, the ruins of St. George's Greek Orthodox Churcli in Jerusalem symbolize the destruction wroueht, on sacred monuments bv the Jewish-Arab war. Normandy Towns Hope for Invasion-Tourists, This Time By MAX WINTER NEA Staff Correspondent ON THE NORMANDY BEACHES. France Nicole Pignet, six, stood on the quay of Port en Bessin with brother Jacques, five, and stared over the rusting hull of Company Men To Meet Monday All members of Rhinelander's World War I unit of the Wisconsin National Guard, Company have been requested to meet in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Clubrooms at 7:30 p.

m. Monday for the'last meeting of the group before the reunion which is planned here June 19-20. pre- City Manager T. M. Wardwell made an address of welcome and Ed Lillrose, president of the Chamber of Commerce, extended greetings to the visiting railroad executives.

C. E. Estabrook, chairman of the reception committee, sided as toastmaster. Brief talks were made by Quentin M. Lambert, Chicago, publicity manager of the North Western, and Jim Lydon, Minneapolis, assistant general passenger agent of the Soo Line.

Other railroad officials introduced were: North H. Jones, general passenger agent; C. A. Potter, traveling freight and passenger agent; H. A.

Westberg, superintendent of the Ashland division; and F. B. Martin, district freight and passenger agent. Soo C. Johnson, claim agent, A.

C. Peterson, division superintendent, and George Peoples, captain of police, Mich. all of Gladstone, Eagle River Gets Okeh to Increase Its Water Rates MADISON, June 12 of two utilities to withdraw applications to construct power dams on the Flambeau River near Ladysmith were granted by the state public service commission today. The Lake Superior District Power Co. and the Dairyland Power Cooperative had petitioned the commission for authority to construct, operate and maintain dams to serve as sources of hydro-electric In other action, the 1 Granted permission to the city of Burlington, as a water public utility to construct a pumphouse and install equipment at a cost of $16,000.

Gave the city of Eagle River, as a water public utility, authority to j- incrgssp I'titcs A new American invasion of tour- u-nder $200 bail pending the trial.) Authorized the Solon Spriir's ists with ample pocketbooks would Sgt. Miller said Furtak's car col-. Telephone Co Do uglas County, to quicken the pulse of all hded headon with another auto-1 boost rates Motorist Denies Charge, Faces Trial a landing barg at the fishing boats putting to sea. Four years ago this month, the landing barge had been covered with camouflage paint instead of rust, and boatloads of American at noon yesterday. Eighty-five Engineers had poured through the Gust Furtak, 42, 213 Messer Street, business and' professional persons breakwater with supplies for the arrested at 9 p.

m. Thursday on nd ed the Staged by the liberation of Normandy. Rhinelander Chamber of Commerce as part of the Centennial Train program. Pinos Street, will stand trial in If the Pignet children could see county court Tuesday afternoon on Americans on the horizon a drunken driving charge, they would be as happy as Norman-I Arraigned before Judge H. F.

dy was on 6. 1944. A i Steele yesterday, Furtak pleaded new invasion, this time of sightseers, not guilty to the charge, which was might quicken the music of the casli filed by Police Sgt. Jake Miller, register in Papa Pignet's cafe. who made the arrest.

He was held too. They have hospitality to offer mobile, but reported no damage re- just as they did four years ago. But! suited because the other car was the bombs and artillery that freed halted at the time and Furtak's Normandy from occupation also ex- vehicle was moving slowly, acted a payment in homes and churches and lives. Rebuilding takes Reserves to Meet Monday Evening u.icj. A meeting of the Oneida County Mme.

Marie Geigault, who lives Charged with being drunk and sub roup of the organized Reserve money. DRUNKEN FIGHT BRINGS FINE in the big chateau at Colleville sur Mer, a few hundred yards in back I 9 loc1 las disorderly after his arrest at 10 corps will be held at 7:30 p. m. rear of June in the Legion of the beach where the 29lh Division immjet 5 Bar 55 bout 0 wn Clubrooms of the Memorial Build- stormed ashore, hid in a stall in her i Street, Harvey Spencer, 46, of Har- it was announced todaVi barns when D-Day exploded. And haw was tfmed $5 and uc osis io Maj.

Raymond H. Jackson, on the edge of Utah beach where the Fourth Division hit the sand, Mme. Marie Lemoinier, 82, ran away and hid in the woods for 10 Steele. As part of the brief program at the luncheon, Jonathan H. McMurray, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post here, presented state centennial flags to Harris Lewis, president of the city council, and William E.

Henry, can Lake, as a representative of the Oneida County board of supervisors. Air Show Slated At Menominee J. -Lit Qfl county court when he plead-, inee) in the state highw de guilty before Judge H. F. pai tment division office here, will be the instructor.

His subject will be "Engineer Operations in World War II." Although the bill authorizing for reservists attending the davs Patrolman Penny Drivas, who made the arrest and signed the that the court without food. Four years later, Mme. Geigault complaint, told walked serenely past her crumbling Spencer was fighting with Harold barns with a milk can, and Mme. i Hackett ot Khmeiander. Hack-; meetings has been passed and has Lemoinier dug for clams on the ett also, was arrested on a drunk becpme law, no funds are as yet Utah beach sands, a solitary figura! and dlsorderl conduct charge, but available, Maj.

Donald R. Parker, egainst a background of 'landnv-' he wa no ta en lnto court be 'j in charge of the Wausau sub-office craft grounded on the horizon They cau sev he alr eady is on probation the Wisconsin organized reserves and his case will be considered by district, said today. He is expected the probation and parole be here Monday to discuss this He faces revocationjof proba-1 bill and other legislation with re- attending the monthly Why we Have TRAGIC LAWS Whenever any driver appears by the records of the Wisconsin motor vehicle department to be an habitually reckless or negligent operator of a motor vehicle, or an habitual violator of any of the state traffic laws or of local ordinances which conform to the state laws, the commissioner of the department may suspend his driver's license. The purpose of this law is to protect the public welfare by removing reckless and irresponsible drivers from the highway. Every Wisconsin driver should Realize that a record of his convictions is maintained in the central file of the state motor vehicle department.

The accumulation of three convictions for minor violations wilhin a year results in a letter of warning from the department. Four or more convictions result in suspension of the violator's driving license. When a driver's license has suspended, the driver may regain his license, after the period of suspension has been terminated, by meeting the following requirements: 1. The filing of proof of financial responsibility. 2.

The filing of application for reinstatement of his license. 3. The demonstration of ability to operate a motor vehicle satisfactorily, or to pass any other tests Which the commissioner may deem necessary. Letters Extolling Fathers Are Virtues of In Now They're starting to come those letters from youngsters telling why they think their Dads are the Tops, But time is getting short, and lot of boys and girls who could make their Dads grin all over with handsome Father's Day gifts are going to miss out. That is, they'll miss out unless they sit down this week-end and get those letters written.

Just in case you've missod the story, Rhinelander merchants in co-operation with The Rhinelander News are offering a whole flock of Father's Day gifts things to please Dads such n.s sport shirts, fishing equipment, socks, ties, bells, tie clasps, hankies. All a youngster of school age has to do is write a letter tell- ing why he thinks his Dad is Tops the very-best sort of Dad a boy or girl could have. The letters will not be published. The sponsors of the contest want you to feel free to say just what is ih your heart about your Dad fear of either you or him being embarrassed. The letters should be brief, and they should be But more than anything else, they should say why you love and respect your Dad.

Father's Day is Sunday, 20, and the deadline for the letter writing contest is Thursday, June 17. So get busy now don't miss this chance to get a free gift for Dad. Address the letter to the, "My Pop's Tops" Editor, care bf The Rhinelander News. Paragraphs Archie Ilirsrh, 26, 13 Gilbert Street, who was pinned under a light tractor when it fell to the ground while he was loading it on a truck at the George Sttimpf filling station, corner of Stevens and Davenport Streets, yesterday afternoon, was released from the hospital today after it was learned he had suffered no serious injuries, A representative of the Wausau field office of the social security administration will be in the state employment service office, 32-A South Brown Street, on Wednesday morning, June 16, between 9:30 and 11:30 a. m.

Employers and employes who wish to contact him may do so at that time. Ten motorists who parked overtime in metered zones during the last week paid fines at the city police station, records show. They were: Mike Erlitz, M. Nelson, G. Kurtz, Everett Dunn, Herman A.

Bostrom, all of Rhinelander; J. Fink, Milwaukee; Sherman Wade, Antigo; Ben H. Meyer, Long Lake; H. H. Klitzion, West Bend; and Peter P.

Annen, Chicago. Minor damage was done lo cars driven by Eddie Robare, 410 Lincoln Street, and George Pecor, 117 Crescent in a collision on Brown Street at 10 p. m. yesterday, city police reported- The mishap occurred when Robare backed away from a parking place in front of the Rhinelander Cafe. The downtown fire company was called out twice yesterday on car fires.

At 2:22 p. m. it went to the intersection of Arbutus and Kemp Streets, where a battery short circuit in a car owned by Arnold Knutson caused alarm but no damage. At 9:30 p. m.

it went to the intersection of Courtney and Young Streets, where a car owned by Bob Steinhart of Camp was damaged by fire in the interior of the body. Raymond Edwin Funeral Tuesday Funeral services for Private First Class Raymond J. Edwin, who died in North Africa on June 27, 1943, as a result of injuries suffered in an accident, will be conducted in the Hildebrand Funeral Home here at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, it was announced today. The body of the Rhinelander soldier, which arrived a month ago in New York aboard a funeral ship, will here early Tuesday morning by train. Members of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will participate in the services, which will be conducted by the Rev.

Cecil V. Dawson. Company Wisconsin National Guard, will furnish a firing squad and bugler for services at the grave in Forest Home Cemetery. Pfc. Edwin, a native of Rhinelander, is survived by his mother, Mrs.

Rose Calvert; sister, Mrs. Lovern (Lorraine) Kriesel; one stepsister, Miss Betty Rose Calvert; and two stepbrothers, Ward A. and Kenneth C. Calvert, all of Rhinelander. Special Brick Red Raspberry Chiffon Vanilla Chocolate Maple Butterscotch Fresh Strawberry Chocolate Chip Butter Pecan Black Raspberry Chiffon Maple Nut Orange Sherhet Pint 25c Quart 49c Fairmont's Ice Cream RFI I ABI I PRMCPIPMOMl FOR SALE at the J-N-J Printing Inc.

Across from the Postoffice COMMERCIAL PRINTING OF ALL TYPES, PRICED RIGHT 'Phone 87 work long, hard hours for the little they have. They stopped hiding lone. ago, but they haven't stopped greeting Americans with a smile. At Langues sur Mer, along the twisted road beyond Omaha beach, Roger Madeleine stood by his 15- litre still and cooked apples for "Bon Calvados." The American boys, he said, would remember the fit-ry beverage. In the valley east of Grandchamp, the gunports on the Nazi which the Second Rangers silenced are boarded up.

Inside live displaced persons who call the pillbox C-K home and hang their washing tion, which would mean a prison servists term. school. is a disarmed mine, around which the youngsters play hide- and seek. A gaudy air show is being arranged for the Fourth of July at the Menominee Coui.ty airport. Sponsored by the Veterans rjf cut to dry on what Nazis "calied Foreign Wars, the first annual MOP- he wall.

In their front yard ominee-Marinetie and Upper Peninsula ail show will feature a of daredevils headed by CapfiiVi i Johnny Vasey, described as the' world's greatest stunt flyer. Other pilots included in the cavt are Lt. Bill Fisher, noted ace' who flies the smallest ship used in stunting; Major Art Davis, veteran of both World Wars who v.on fame with such sky aces as Ji-nrnv Doolittle, Eddie Hitkenbacktr and the immortal Tex Rankin and Carl Ruppert, considered ojie of the finest parachutists in the nation In addition to individual per formances, the U. S. Army has promised to send from Selfridge Field.

a group of jet lighters'. FOR SALE One 54 three-section extension ladder. One electric floor polisher. LaRoy 0. Gregory 1034 Randall Ave.

Ask your friends about me "What sort of a fellow is this Elkon?" Ask your friends about me they'll tell you that I have been able to help them so, if you have a money problem that is bothering you, drop in and let us get together, You'll be delighted to discover that it is really quite simple. SATURDAY AFTERNOON SPECIALS Beg. 1.69 and 1,79 NO MINORS DANCE NO MINORS Every Sorurdoy and Sunday Nights To the Music of our Favorites THE LAKELAND TRIO MUes North On Highway 17 Manager Rhinelander Finance And Insurance Next to Office Phone 159 Infants' SUMMER DRESSES Cottons Percale Prints Sizes 1-6 Inform' Double Thick TRAINING PANTS Sizes 1-3 Reg. 29c pairs J. NEWBERRY CO LAST TIMES TODAY Continuous shows Saturday 17 and Sunday from 1 p.

m. JEAN PORTfR TONY PASTOR with ALLAN LANE "lUd Sea Hound" Chap. (12) SUNDAY MONDAY ONLY! They were madly in i until a million dollart starring ROBERT HUTTON JOYCE REYNOLDS with CECIL KELIAWAY ERNEST TRUEX Sugar and everything nice in a movie all love and a smile wide! Plus These Terrific Miniatures News Columbia River on Rampage Tel Aviv Bombed Air Memorial Day Race. "Battle for Greece" Hottest Spot in "Cold War" "Make Mine Freedom" In Color Mom, Pop, and Junior Will Love This! GARY COOPER in "UNCONQUERED" Last Times Today "Hopalong Rides Again" "The Return of the Whistler" SUNDAY Everyone wants to see "The Jolson Story 1 Twice! The JOLSON STORY is a glorious cavalcade of music and heart entertainment glowing with Technicolor magic! PARKS KEYESj William Densest Bill toodwjn latest World News Eveuts wiwws Sfcovvs Sujwwy from 1 f. M..