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To update county voter lists Arnold Natzke, Livingston County clerk, said today his office has started to update the county's voter registration lists. Natzke said that any voter who has not voted since 1972 will 1 be sent stating that, under Illinois law, the name will be removed from the voting lists unless voter's the card is returned in 30 days. The county updates its voting list after every presidential election, Natzke said. persons who received cards, Natzke said, "All For do is them and they can on the they have to list." stay voting He said a person's registration will be cancelled if the card isn't returned to the county clerk's office after within 30 days it is received by the voter. There are 24,559 registered voters in the county, Natzke said.

He said he will not know how many persons have not voted since 1972 until after his staff completes its check of the voting lists. Memorial observance to include talk EEW $289 0 Laurel Ping Laurel Ping, Gibson' City, past deputy chief of staff for the Department of Illinois Veterans of Foreign Wars, will speak at Pontiac's Memorial Day observance Monday, May 30. The observance will be held in front of the Mausoleum at the South Side Cemetery following a parade, scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Ping has held many offices in the 7th district of the VFW and Hospital Notes St. James ADMITTED John Olson, 1110 N.

surgical. Mrs. Beatrice Williford, Odell, surgical. Julius Diemer, Pontiac route 1, medical. Oswald Swearingen, Cullom, medical.

Ralph Duffy, Dwight, medical. Miss Gail Hurt, 103 N. Division medical. DISMISSED Mrs. Gertrude Marsh, Saunemin.

Bernard Ifft, 1120 N. Locust St. Mrs. Richard Weakman and daughter, Mandi Lynn, Chatsworth. Mrs.

Robert Shepherd and son, Robert Marshall, Cornell, Mrs. Florence Sancken, Humiston Haven. Mrs. Leo Henry, 1320 S. Mill St.

Master William Bellamy, 601 S. Chicago St. Fairbury ADMITTED Mrs. Edith Deputy, Fairbury, medical. Roger Lindenbaurn, Forrest, medical.

Edward Lang, Chatsworth, medical. Adam Panek, Addison, medical. Miss Michelle Horine, Forrest, accident. Miss Mary Spray, Fairbury, medical. DISMISSED Miss Jillene Mowery, Forrest.

Charles Wells, Fairbury. Mrs. Gerald Freadhoff and daughter, Shari Kay, Fairbury. Mrs. Joyce Fever, Lexington.

Miss Michele Horine, Forrest. Roy Robinson, Thawville. Miss Michelle Houser, Chatsworth, transferred to St. Francis Hospital, Peoria. St.

Mary's Streator ADMITTED Mrs. Jan Peters, Minonk. Mrs. Harvey Brucker, Flanagan. DISMISSED Mrs.

Thomas Case, Blackstone. Daily Leader, Supper Michael J. Casey, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Trainor, 420 W.

South received an associate degree in law enforcement from Parkland Jr. College on May 22. Breakfast Special: 2 eggs, hash browns, homemade sausage Shirley's Krazy Korner, 1302 N. Main. Serving 7 a a.m.

Cyndi 10 Dodson, daughter Advertisement. of Mr. and Mrs. Rondell Dodson, 1 Manor received a certificate in stenography from Lakeland College, Mattoon, on May 22. Her parents, sister and brother-in-law, and Mrs.

Gary King, attended the ceremony. Shop the Pontiac Seedhouse Flower Shop, 423 W. Madison, for your Memorial Day Decorations. Advertisement. Accompanying Mr.

and Mrs. Quentin Diemer, Tom and Tina, Pontiac route 1, on a trip to Chicago in their motor home on Sunday were Steve Popp, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ruff, Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tronc and Ed Hadden.

They went to the Field Museum where they saw the King Tut Exhibit; later they had a potluck supper in the motor home. Pork Tenderloin, Slaw-Fries, Coffee $1.50. No carry outs. Wednesday night. Moose Home.

-Advertisement. Mrs. Leona DeMoss returned home May 16 from Omaha, where she had attended the funeral of her daughter-inlaw, Mrs. James (Mary) DeMoss on Saturday, May Bill DeMoss, Bloomington, and Mrs. Beth Rogers, Concord, children of Leona DeMoss, also attended the Pontiac, III.

Page 5 Table funeral. Beth remained in Pontiac with her mother for two days, then returned to Concord. Mrs. a Marcia Owens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John Perkins, 9 Meadow Lane, graduated with an associate degree in nursing from Parkland College, Urbana in ceremonies held at Wesley Foundation Methodist Church Sunday, May 22. Following the ceremony, the Owens hosted a dinner party at their horne in Thomasboro for family and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Allison 609 E. Livingston have returned home after spending the past months with their son Richard H.

Allison of St. Petersburg, Fla. They were met at the airport by their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Allison Joe and Judy, 808 S.

Walnut St. Salad Luncheon, Pontiac OES Masonic Temple, Thursday, May 26, 11 to 1:30. $2.00 donation. Advertisement. Among those attending the wedding of Vicki Doughan andMichael Schmitt here Saturday were: Mrs.

Marie Doughan, Britt, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Doughan, Dexter, Mrs. Robert Doughan and Miss Vicki Kelley, Quincy; Mr. and Mrs.

Steve McDonald, Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Clara Rice, DeKalb; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rice, Sycamore; Dr. and Mrs.

Dean Wry, Clifton, N. Mr. and Mrs. Werner Schmitt, Spokane, Mr. and Mrs.

Glenn Merz, Amy, Robert and Margaret, Naperville; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wicke, Rochelle; Miss Sharon Schmitt, Spokane, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Curalli, Davenport, Iowa; and Charge Forrest men with burglary, theft The Livingston County state's attorney's office has filed charges of burglary and against Randy Beal and Kenneth Hines, both of Forrest.

Beal was charged with a Jan. 2 burglary and theft at Sharon's Two hurt in crash at Chenoa Two persons were injured in a car-semitrailer truck accident at 4:17 p.m. on temporary Interstate 55 near the U.S. 24 intersection at Chenoa Monday. Helen L.

Stevens, 57, Wood River, was in satisfactory conditiontoday at St. James Hospital. John W. Perkins, 51, Mendota, who was driving an Aurora Metals Co. 1975 Ford tractor-truck, was treated and released from the hospital.

According to state police, Perkins was northbound on I-55, driving through the intersection when the light was green; he did not see the 1965 Dodge driven by Mrs. Stevens before the collision. A witness who saw the truck did not see where the Stevens' car had come from. According to State Trooper Richard Baldwin, Mrs. Stevens could not recall what had happened.

Damage to the truck was estimated at $3,000. The Stevens' car had $600 damage. No tickets were issued. "A Livingston County a Scrapbook" will be the subject of talk by Mrs. Lucile Goodrich of Saunemin at a meeting Thursday night of the Livingston County Historical Society.

The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Pontiac Public Library. It is open to anyone interested, Reid Tombaugh, president, announced. Mrs. Goodrich, who served a number of years as Livingston County Superintendent- of Schools, will speak on the history of schools in the county.

Dismiss suit st. A BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S OFFICERS New officers of the Pontiac Business and Professional Women were installed recently. From left are: Edna Hawbaker, Betty Runyon, Margaret Tinges, Sharon Spangler, Marilee Williams and Aldine Nussbaum. Business, Professional al Women install new officers Pontiac Business and Professional Women's Club installed the new officers for the year 1977-1978 at a meeting Wednesday evening, May 18, in the Cove Room of the Palamar. Carol Jo Carroll, acted as the installing officer, during the candlelight ceremony.

Each one of the new officers was presented with a carnation in the color representing her. office. The following were installed; president, Aldine Nussbaum; first vice-president, Sharon in the Gibson City post. At present he is working with the Illinois Heart Association, In case of rain on Monday the memorial program will be held at the Central School gym. The parade is scheduled to assemble at Central School at 9:30 a.m.

Monday. Those in charge of arrangements for the observance are: Dorothy Fitzpatrick, and James Myers, wreaths; Richard Alderman and Robert Beebe, music; Miss Elizabeth Harris, publicity, and Edward Hamilton, traffic. The parade will halt on the Mill St. bridge, which will have an Avenue of Remembrance display of flags, for a ceremony, then proceed to the cemetery for the program, Spangler; second vicepresident, Margaret Tinges; recording secretary, Marilee Williams; corresponding secretary, Edna Hawbaker, and treasurer, Betty Runyon, A social hour at the 1 home of Helen Chamberlian, 520 W. South preceded the dinner and meeting.

During the meeting a report on the state convention held in April at the O'Hare-Kennedy Holiday Inn, was given by Rita Kohlman, Aldine Nussbaum and Norma Lindquist, who had Two weeklies to compete for Chenoa readers By JOHN FADDOUL Leader Staff Reporter Chenoa and Lexington will have two weekly papers beginning June 1 as the newlyformed Chenoa Banner takes on the established and under-newownership Clipper Times-Unit Journal. Mose R. Mowery, editor of the Clipper Times the past nine years, will begin publishing the tabloid-format, probably 20- page Banner beginning next week, with his wife Vicki serving as editor. Beginning this week the be published the Cornbelt Clipper Unit Journal will Press, Inc. of Fairbury, which publishes seven other weekly papers, including those in Fairbury, Forrest, Chatsworth, Cullom and Gridley, and which is head by James Roberts.

Cornbelt bought the Clipper Times from Kramer Publishing Co. of Gibson City. Both papers will circulate in both Chenoa and Lexington. "We're looking forward to it and I think it will help the community," Mowery said of his new paper and the competition it will face. Roberts said the ClipperTimes will be printed on the Cornbelt press at Fairbury, but preferred not to discuss other aspects of the paper's future.

Those plans were the Cornbelt's "personal business," he told The Leader. The Mowerys were more talkative about their new Banner, which will be made up in Chenoa and printed by The Daily Leader. The first several editions will be given away at stores, by paperboys and perhaps by mail. Once subscriptions and sales are built Banner will cost 10 cents: and subscriptions about half the price of those for the Clipper Times. That paper, founded in 1864 in Lexington and in 1898 in Chenoa, costs 25 cents per copy and normally has six to eight full-sized pages per issue.

It says it has' "a larger circulation than other -newspaper in (McLean County) outside of Bloomington-Normal." 11 The new Banner will be unusual, too: Along with the Carlock Chronicle and Heyworth Star it will be the only independently published newspaper in the Mowery, 38, will publish the Banner from his new office at 100 Veto west of Boles Hardware in downtown Chenoa. He will continue to operate his photography business that on work such as concentrates weddings, anniversaries and engagements. The Mowerys said they hope to establish an office in Lexington, but did not know when. As editor of the Clipper Times, Mowery tended to keep a and balance between Chenoa and Lexington news. The Banner will be available Wednesday afternoons for street sales and should arrive in Virgean Tibbs, Charles Cromer wed An oak tree beside the lagoon at Miller Park in Bloomington was the setting for the wedding of Miss Virgean Elaine Tibbs, Bloomington, formerly of Pontiac, and Charles F.

Cromer, Bloomington, on Saturday, May 21, at 1 p.m. Guitar music during the ceremony was provided by Jeff Rhodes of Hudson. The Rev. James Cronenberg, United Church of Christ, Bloomington, officiated at the ceremony, Parents of the bride are Mr. and Mrs.

Raleigh A. Carlin, 811 E. McKinley and the late Virgil E. Tibbs. The bridegroom is the son of Henry Cromer, Akron, Ohio, and Ms.

Marion M. Byers, Deland, Fla. The bride wore a middylength linen peasant dress and a halo of spring flowers. She carried a waltz-length yellow rose. The bride's dress and the bridegroom's matching linen peasant shirt were made by the bride.

The bride's attendant, Miss Laura Gertonson, Bloomington, For those who Love to Sew DISCOUNT on Any Special Order Fabrics SELECTION INCLUDES THOUSANDS! Inters Just a Little Nicer May 24, '77 Talk Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schmitt, Spokane, Wash. Michael P. Mullen, son of and Mrs.

Eugene P. Mullen, Pontiac route 4, graduated from 14 Illinois State University on May with a bachelor's degree in. business administration. He has accepted a position with Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company in Springfield. Joe Duffy has completed his freshman year.

at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, where he is a pre engineering student. He received academic recognition for a grade point average of 3.81 on a four point scale. He is at home for the summer. Salad Luncheon, Pontiac OES Masonic Temple, Thursday, May 26, 11 to 1:30. $2.00 donation.

Advertisement. The Rev. and Mrs. Leon B. G.

Adams, 410 E. Torrence spent May 2-16 visiting their son and daughter-in-law, 2nd Lt. and Mrs. Anthony J. L.

Adams in Waialua, Oahu, Hawaii. Their son, a 1975 graduate of Purdue, where he was the colonel of the Army.R.O.T.C., is stationed at Schofield Barracks, Oahu. On May 8 Father Adams celebrated the 8 a.m. mass in the Cannoneer. Field Chapel for the Episcopalians posted at Schofield, and on May 15 the four Adamses attended the 10 a.m.

sung mass at St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, Honolulu. Wed. Special Chicken plus Spaghetti Raviola Family Style $3.25. Plus our complete new menu.

Wednesday 5-9 p.m. Shirley's Krazy Korner, 1302 N. Main. Advertisement. attended as delegates of the club.

Gloria Lauth and Carol Jo Carroll, co-chairmen of the dinner-theatre committee, announced plans for the club and guests to attend Chaunce Conklin's Dinner-Theatre at Goodfield on Thursday evening, June 16. Reservations should be sent to them by June 1. Mrs. Roberta Doran, Fairbury; Mrs. Mary Kirkton, Mrs.

Margaret Turner, Pontiac, and Gladys Nosalik, Streator, were welcomed as new members of the club. Mrs. Marge Bressner, and Miss Bev Bressner were guests at the meeting. the mail Thursday, the Mowerys said. While Roberts would not describe any changes in the Clipper Times, his other papers feature a full-sized, six-column format, large photographs, columns by the editors, and a supplement, "The Cornbelt Today." Roberts recently bought the Colfax Press.

Kramer Publishing is selling or has sold several of its McLean County weeklies to concentrate on an expansion project in Monticello, where it owns a large weekly. It also owns a weekly in Gibson City, where the company is headquartered. Helen Sparks to attend Girls State Helen Sparks Helen Sparks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Farley Sparks, 415 W.

Moulton has been chosen by the Pontiac American Legion Auxiliary Post to be the Illini Girls State representative from Pontiac. Illini Girls State will be at MacMurray College, Jacksonville, June 12-19. The girls campaign and run for offices in a mock government. Miss Sparks is a junior at PTHS. She has received biology and chemistry awards, is a member of the National Honor Society and is vice-president of Tri-M.

She is also active in the French Club, Quill and Scroll, band, chorus, Court Singers and is on the staff of the Chief. She is also a member of the United 'Need a Vacation? TAKE THE MACKINAC EXPRESS and See the Beauties of Mich. Wisc. IN JUNE For information reservations call Mrs. John W.

Schaeter Graymont, 11. (815) 743-5716 'County Scrapbook' is topic A Livingston County circuit court, judge recently dismissed a law suit filed nearly two years ago against a Pontiac. policernan. Judge William T. Caisley ordered the suit dismissed on a motion by Doris Harris, who filed the suit in June 1975.

The suit alleged that officer Jack Oberholtzer beat her over the head with a pistol in June 1973. Judge Caisley dismissed the case with prejudice to the plaintiff, meaning she cannot file a new suit stemming from the same incident. East Place, Forrest, and a March 27 burglary and theft at Vaughan's Garage, Forrest. Hines was charged with the burglary and theft at Sharon's East Place. The charges filed allege that Beal and Hines took 16 one-half pint bottles of whiskey and two six packs of beer from Sharon's East Place.

Charges 1 against Beal charge him with taking $88.89 in coins from Vaughan's Garage. Beal also will face a of criminal damage to property. The charge alleges damaged a pop machine at the garage. The circuit clerk's office has summoned the two men to appear in court June 2 to face the charges against them. Thank You I would like to thank my friends and relatives for all the flowers, gifts and cards sent to me while I was in Brokaw Hospital, and since returning home.

Your thoughtfulness will never be forgotten. Thank you. MARAJEAN BOULWARE Have your car serviced AL before not during! So. See Ruby Oldsmobile for service you can trust The Trusted Men call themselves The Trusted Men of Olds. In all of America only 8 dealers can Ruby Oldsmobile is one! fOlds Among the guests at the Vicki Doughan-Michael Schmitt wedding here Saturday were Miss Peggy Alms, Jim Cornwell, Mrs.

Albert Alms, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Alms, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Alms, Nancy Eddie, Mrs.

Darrel Alms, Darrell Jr. and Michelle, Mrs. Evelyn Alms and Donna, Mr. and Mrs. John Spatara, Mr.

and Mrs. David Ulrick, and Michael Stuker, all of Rockford. Before you tour the open cycle over and see us, the Pekin Insurance professionals in Motorcycle Insurance. Then have a Happy Day! CIRCA INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. 110 W.

WATER ST. PONTIAC, IL, 41764 844-7183 wore a floor-length, spring floral cotton dress and carried a nosegay of spring flowers. The bridegroom's brother, James Cromer, Akron, Ohio, was best man. A dinner at the Elks Club in Bloomington followed a reception at the couple's new apartment in Bloomington. Parked car hit Agnes A.

Sutton, 1026 N. Mill reported a hit-and-run accident Tuesday to Pontiac police. Police said her 1973 Plymouth was parked on the west side of North Court Street about 100 feet north of Cleary Street when it was hit by an unidentified vehicle. Damage to her car was estimated at $400..

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