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C9 William L. "Bill" Mueller in uniform for the Chicago White Sox in the 1940s. Mr. Mueller played with the American League team from 1942 until he joined the Navy in 1943 and then for another year after the-war. Glennon Bishop St Charles businessman homebuilder and later owned several businesses in St Charles, including St.

Charles County Electric, Olde Town Lighting and the Glass Workbench, a stained-glass replica of the keelboat that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark used on their journey to the Pacific. When that boat was destroyed in a warehouse fire, Mr. Bishop and several volunteers built another keelboat and two pirogues, or river boats. He and his "crew" then set out to use the replicas for re-enactments, including a Missouri River trip from Yankton, S.D., to St Charles in 1998. All three boats continue to be displayed at Lewis and Clark celebrations across the Midwest Mr.

Bishop's crew, the Discovery Expedition of St Charles, Missouri, will re-enact the voyage of those boats from Pennsylvania to Great Falls, Mont, from 2003 through 2006. They will travel on the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Baue Funeral Home, 620 Jefferson Street, St Charles. A funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Monday at St Charles Presbyterian Church, 113 Gamble Street St Charles. Interment will be in St Charles Memorial Gardens. In addition to his wife of 52 years, his survivors include a son, David Bishop of Stavanger, Nor- way; three daughters, Barbara Glennon E. Bishop, a longtime business owner in St. Charles, was widely known for building replicas of the boats used by the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Mr. Bishop died Wednesday (Oct 24, 2001) of complications from cancer at his home in St Charles. He was 76. A native of St Charles, Mr. Bishop served three years in the Navy in World War II.

He then attended Washington University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Beginning in 1956, Mr. Bishop worked as a general contract Bishop Served in Navy in World retail shop. He later sold the electrical and lighting fixture businesses but continued to operate the Glass Workbench with his wife, Joanne Johnson Bishop, until he retired in the mid-1990s. Their daughters now run the shop.

Mr. Bishop, who restored four historic buildings in the St Charles area, hand-built a 55-foot Bishop, Jean Bishop and Julie -Bishop Day, all of St. Charles; a brother, Gordon Bishop of St Charles; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Memorial contributions may be made to the Discovery Expedition of St Charles, Missouri, Boat- 3 house and Nature Center, co 3 Baue Funeral Home, 620 Jeffer- son Street, St Charles, Mo. 63301.

JJDI SHI UC blUMD ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH METRO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2001 i 4 -A L. ft. 1 LJ David Sokolik Was slaughterhouse executive David Sokolik, a retired executive of the former Royal Packing died Thursday (Oct 25, 2001) at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital in Creve Coeur. He was 89 and lived in Chesterfield.

A native of St. Louis, Mr. Sokolik went to work for his father's business, Royal Packing in 1928. Sokolik was a member of the National Independent Meat Packers Association. He was a member of B'nai B'rith for more than 50 years and a 60-year member of Congregation B'nai Amoona in Creve Coeur.

His first wife, Betty Rovak Sokolik, died in 1988. He later married Clara Kornblum Sokolik. She died in 1991. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m Sunday at Ches-ed Shel Emeth Cemetery, 7500 Olive Boulevard, University City. A memorial gathering will be held after the service at his son's-home in Creve Coeur.

In addition to his brother, his survivors include a Sandra Sokolik of Olivette; two sons, Gerald Sokolik of Chesterfield and Richard Sokolik of Creve Coeur; a sister, Regina Smith of Creve Coeur; eight grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Associa-. tion, St. Louis Chapter, 9374 Olive Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo.

63132. 6 Mr. Sokolik and his brother, Joe Sokolik of Creve Coeur, assisted their father in operating the slaughterhouse in St Louis. The brothers eventually took over running the company. Under their leadership, the company opened a second slaughterhouse in National City in 1958.

Mr. Sokolik's sons and grandsons eventually worked with Royal Packing which the Sokolik family operated until it was closed in 1981. While he was in business, Mr. William Mueller Retired jewelry store owner once played for the White Sox William L. "Bill" Mueller, founder and owner of the former Bill Mueller Jewelers in St.

Louis County, wrote in his high school yearbook back in 1938 that he wanted to be a big-league baseball player. Long before his career in the jewelry business began, his dream came true when he played baseball: for the Chicago White Sox in the 1940s. died Wednesday (Oct. 24, 2001) at Glenbrook Hospital- in Glenview, 111., of complications from injuries he suffered in a poql accident in 1989. He was 80 and had lived in St.

Louis County. A native of Bay City, Mr. Mueller attended Bay City Central High School, where he played varsity baseball, basketball and football. After high school, Mr. Mueller, whose nickname was "Hawk," played minor league baseball in New York, Arkansas and Iowa.

Then in 1942, when a right fielder for the Chicago White Sox was drafted for the war, Mr. Mueller was called up to fill the opetUhgnHe played 26 games for the Sox, primarily in center field, until heenlisted in the Navy in 1943. While in the service, Mr. Mueller played with a team of major leaguerslin exhibition games to sell war bonds. Mr.

Mueller met Ruth Ann Lueker at Lambert Field while in the Navy, and they married in 1944. In 1945, Mr. Mueller returned to the Chicago White Sox and played for one more year, until knee and arm injuries ended his baseball career. Mr. Mueller then began working for a jewelry supply company in St.

Louis. He worked as a traveling salesman for the company until he opened his own jewelry store in Ferguson in the late 1950s. Mr. Mueller operated Bill Mueller Jeweler Inc. for more than 20 years, selling jewelry and designing rings in Ferguson and later in Florissant He later retired and sold the store.

In 1987, Mr. Mueller and his wife moved to Wheeling, 111., to be near their grandchildren. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, 111. A second visitation will be from 10 a.m.

Monday until the time of the funeral at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 7870 Niles Center Road, Skokie. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Mausoleum in Skokie. In addition to his wife, survivors include two sons, Roger Mueller of Evanston, 111., and Stephen Mueller of Nashville, a brother, Fred C.

Mueller of Bay City, and four grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. Alexander Christie Was executive at St Louis Review Alexander R. "Bob" Christie, a retired longtime advertising manager at the St. Louis Review, died Thursday (Oct.

25, 2001) of complications from heart disease and diabetes at Mari de Villa Retirement Center in Town and Country. He was 83 and lived in Webster Groves. A native of St. Louis, Mr. Christie began working as a credit reporter for Dun Bradstreet Inc.

in St Louis in the late 1930s. He served in the Army in World War II in the 1940s and then re University City University City High shows strain of new demands Continued from CI Although the percentage of students who score in the bottom categories on state tests has declined in the last year, most still fail to meet state standards in language arts, math, science and social studies. Research shows that poor students have a more difficult time in school than children from affluent homes. And in many school districts, even though black students are found at the highest levels of achievement, black students on average tend to perform worse on standardized tests than other students. The gap narrows for higher-income students and for children in schools that serve U.S.

military personnel which often have stricter codes of conduct. Experts offer various explanations: that the tests are biased; that expectations are too Votes in Congress Key House votes Votes for the week ending Oct. 26 TERRORISM BILL (HR 3090) ECONOMIC STIMULUS (HR 3090) PAY-AS-YOU-GO DEMOCRATIC PLAN standing achievements in advertising sales. He retired in 1983. Mr.

Christie was a former longtime member of the Catholic Press Association, the Missouri Press Association, Daily World Missionaries and the Catholic Business Leaders. He also was active in the Sixth Armored Division Association, McBride Alumni Club and the Advertising Club of St. Louis. He is a former member of Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church and Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, both in Webster Groves. His wife of 15 years, Mary Margaret "Peggy" O'Meara Christie, died in 1958.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 Focus on school Fifty years ago Klein walked or paid a nickel to ride the bus to school. He knew only one student with a car and few with jobs. The focus for students was clear. "Our lives centered around school," said Klein, who taught German at the school from 1954 to 1983 and continues to volunteer there. In Klein's day, the school was very much college-prep.

The school still offers many of the same stiff courses, and almost two-thirds of its graduates go on to some form of college. Students still get accepted to top colleges such as Harvard and Yale, just as they always have. But the school has struggled to keep students until graduation, one of the reasons it made the state's list. The graduating classes of 1998 and 1999 were missing about a third of the students who started with them. For the last two years, a quarter didn't graduate.

Some clearly dropped out Others may have simply moved to other schools without notifying anyone. Nearly a third of all students in University City don't attend the public schools. Observers have talked for years about white flight. More recently, they have said that the flight includes middle-class black students as well. Carrie Costantin, who graduated from the high school in 1979 and later from Harvard, said, "A couple of years ago people told me the better years of University City are past "I don't believe that," said Costantin, who served six years on the school board and who now volunteers at the high school.

"You can get a good education there. There are good teachers there." When Beth Bender became principal at University City High School three years ago, she urged FUNERAL 70 -Crematories 70 -Crematories CREMATION ASSOCIATION MIDWEST No Membership Fee Required Immediate Burials 533-1093 p.m. Sunday at Bopp Chapel 10610 Manchester Road, Kirk-wood. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St Gerard Majella Catholic Church, 1969 Dougherty Ferry Road, Kirkwood.

Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Among his survivors are three sons, Thomas Christie of Austin, Texas, Kevin Christie of St. Louis and Robert Christie of Clayton; two daughters, Mary Sinnett of Kirkwood and Kathy Mendoza pf Austin, Texas; a sister, Florence Travers of St. Louis County; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

school officials to put programs in place to help raise achievement The school started reading pro-; grams, a writing lab and a program to mentor new teachers. Teachers volunteered to tutor stu-, dents who need extra help outside class. They met frequently with students about how to im-, prove their grades and test scores. ci- Hugh Price, president of the National Urban League, said in; St. Louis last week that black! children succeed academically: when the community gets behind; them.

Residents of University1 City have gotten behind their schools more than residents of some other districts. Last summer, on the school district's second try, they narrowly passed a school tax increase. At a recent community forum, some said the key to improving achievement is involving more parents, especially black parents, as well as businesses and the community. Many involved with the district believe that when teams of educators visit the high school as part of the "schools of concern" requirements, they, too will ask what some at the school are asking why is it on the list? The state limited the list to no more than five schools per district, which some say is not a fair assessment of all schools. Bender, the school's sixth principal in 13 years and who is often seen in a gold-and-black school letter jacket, knows the challenge, before her.

She spends a lot of time outside of her office talking with students. She welcomes parents and other visitors to the school and is happy to show them around. Sandra Marsh, a parent, is sold on Bender. "With Beth, things are improving," she said. "This has been one of the best starts of a year.

People are focused." Reporter Carolyn Bower: E-mail: Phone: 314-209-1246 This Week: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw; Dr. David Franz, former commander, U.S. Army Medical Re-; search Institute of Infectious Dis- eases; Dr. Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infect I tious Diseases. 11a.m., Channel 30 Late Edition: Defense Secretary Don-u aid Rumsfeld; Richard Holbrooke, former U.S.

ambassador to the United Nations; Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and lnfec: tious Diseases; Michael Osterholm, '( director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy; Dr. Kenneth AI-, I ibek, biological warfare expert. 11 a.m., CNN turned to Dun Bradstreet as a salesman. In 1954, Mr.

Christie was hired in the advertising department at the St. Louis Register newspaper, which became the St Louis Review in 1957. The paper is a publication of the St. Louis Archdiocese. Mr.

Christie managed the department for 29 years, adding secular advertising, which created a substantial increase in advertising revenue. Under his direction, the advertising department won many awards for special supplements, artwork and the classified page. In 1979, Mr. Christie won a Catholic Major Markets award for out low for minority students; that children are not prepared for school, especially reading; and that teachers need better training. Ashley Crawford, a senior honors student at University City High School and editor of the high school newspaper, said: "Students have changed because the world has changed.

We live in a society now that's about survival. You have to be strong as a teen-ager in today's world." Where former students such as Sabol worked a couple of hours three times a week, some University City High School students now work 40 hours a week. School administrators say one student's grades dropped recently after he took a job working 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Crawford estimates that at least one in three University City High School students holds a job.

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