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Thursday, June 24, 1954 2 ThejDally Register-Mail, Galesburg, 111, Board Offers Compromise on School Janitors' Salaries The Board of Education of to buy a site for a proposed new Community Unit School Dis- 1 HI SCHO trict No. 205, meeting Wednesday night in a recessed session, authorized the finance committee to offer the janitors And members of (he custodial staff a maximum salary increase of $200 a year. The increase, It was stipulated in the motion, will be proportionate for the employes working on less than a 12-month schedule. Erlckson Votes No The vote was 6 to 1, with Director Curtis Erickson casting the dissenting vote as he argued for more consideration for these ployes of the district. Last night's action marked the first move by the board as a whole to bring about a settlement of the issue which previously has been discussed only by the finance committee and a committee representing the janitors.

The two committees conferred Monday afternoon, at which time the janitors lowered (heir increase demand from $300 to $250 per year. The finance committee had proffered a hike of $150 annually. Equivalent to Other Raises During the discussion, preceding board action last night, the directors pointed out that percentage-wise, the $200 boost would be equivalent to the $300 across-the-board increase given the teachers. The finance committee will now arrange a meeting with the committee in an effort to bring nn end to the stalemate. Robert Schurtz, chairman of the janitors' salary committee this morning said he was reserving comment on the board's action until he had conferred with other members of his committee.

lie added that this meeting was to be held this afternoon and that he would then issue a statement. First item of business for the board last night was the official canvass of votes in last Saturday's special election on the proposition Small Change In Vole A change of five votes was made in the official canvass as the "yes" vote was reduced by that number in the Silas Willard precinct. Final tabulation listed 1,980, instead of the unofficial 1,985 votes for the proposition and the same 3.BOO votes against the purchase of a site. There were B.1 spoiled ballots, making the total vnte Saturday 5,863. The directors accepted the bid of the McGrew and McGrew Agency Jnc.

for furnishing the treasurer's bond for three-year period. The base amount of the bond is $300,000, with the provision that It may be decreased or increased, during the period It Is in effect, as the funds on hand are lower or higher than the base amount. A specified reduction per month on each $100,000 Involved in the change was listed in the bid. It was pointed out that the is- Rule Victoria Death Suicide Group Readies Safety Tests Those who will operate the test panels for the driver lest clinic to be held Friday and Saturday at Steele Gym were briefed this afternoon on the -testing apparatus. The 30 boys and girls and Eagle Scouts who will help with the testing program had lunch at Fallings this noon and then went to the high school gym for instructions.

The test clinic, sponsored by the Galesburg Safety Council, will be open Friday from 2 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 0 p.m. Sponsors emphasized that the clinic is free. Free theater tickets will be given to best qualified drivers.

coroner's jury Wednesday ruled that William Elliott, 65, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds about 11:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at his Victoria home. Testimony revealed that Elliott had been despondent. He shot himself In the chest while in the basement of his home. His wife found him about 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The inquest was conducted at the family home by Knox County Coroner Dr.

C. G. flower. Rites will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Victoria Methodist Church. Friends may call Friday night a I the Johnson and Gill Funeral Home in Galva.

Mr. Elliott was born April 29, 1802, at Center Prairie. He was graduated from Williamsficld High School and attended Brown's Business College in Galesburg. He also attended agriculture short courses at the University of Illinois. He was married to Lulu Ilea- ton at Gardner Dec.

20, 1922. They lived for a time on a farm near Center Prairie and then moved to Victoria. He worked for Standard Oil for a while and then formed a partnership with A. L. Ilcnton in the harwarc business.

Mr. Elliott was a member of the Victoria Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, Farm Bureau, Victoria Town Board, and the board of the Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife; a son, Willis B. of Indianapolis, and two brothers, Robert of Mnquon and .1. Kenneth of Kowance.

Ho was preceded In death by brother and a sister. suing firm retains only 20 per cent of the $2,612.25, to be paid for the three years. The remainder goes into a pool, shared by some 17 other insurance firms operating in Galesburg. At the end of the year, it was stated, the money in the pool is pro-rated among all the firms on the basis of the amount of personal taxes paid on the respective businesses. It was estimated that the terms of the bid, accepted last night, will net the district a siving o' $1,800 over the three years.

It was also stated that the minimum amount in the treasurer's custody at any time during the year Is approximately $175,000, while the maximum sum approximates $550,000. Tuckpointing Scheduled Tuckpointing of Hitchcock Junior High School, Mary Allen West School and Farnham School is to be done immediately with the job going, on a time and material basis, to either Ostrom and Maguire or the Galesburg Construction Co. Russell W. Fox, general contractor, was previously awarded this job but advised the board this week that he would be un- nble to start it for three or four weeks. With a new roof to be installed on the Hitchcock building, the directors deemed it advisable to dispose of the work on the walls first.

The stack on the Hitchcock building was struck by lightning a few days ago and will be repaired at the same time the tuckpointing job Is in progress. New Floor for Gym Fox was low bidder, with a figure of $1,285, for installing a concrete floor and asphalt tile in the old gymnasium at Silas Willard School. The gym Is being converted Into two classrooms by regular personnel employed by the district. Director William II. Moon, chairman of the building committee, reported that some work which is designed to provide more space in the senior high school and the Central building is planned.

Definite action on these alterations, he said, must await approval of the fire marshal. Before adjourning their recessed session at 0:10 o'clock, the board members extended "bon voyage" to Miss Florence LInclberg, secretary to Supt. Wesley T. Wooley, who left this morning by piano for a vacation trip to California. Boys State 'City' Picks Galesburger A Galesburg youth enrolled in the 1954 Premier Boys State current on the fairgrounds at Springfield was among the successful candidates in the election Wednesday of mayors of the camp'8 "cities." He is Roger Harry Garst, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry M. Garst, 712 Maple and a member of next year's senior class at Galesburg High School. Young Garst is among 11 G.H.S. and Corpus Christi High School lads attending the week's program on the functional aspects of citizenship.

Garst was sponsored to state by Alpha Lodge No. 155. Sponsors Program Citizens of the camp today nominated candidates for their state officers. The 1,280 youths attending the session were organized Into rriock "Nationalist" and "Federalist" parties for the voting, with nominees to run in the final election Friday. Sponsor of the program is the Illinois Department of the American Legion.

Among other mayors of Boys State "cities" elected Wednesday were William Meyer, Canton; Dwaine Moon, Kewance, and Larry Dcrks, Plymouth. Royal Neighbors Elect Officers At Convention BUFFALO. N.Y. Royal Neighbors of America Wednesday night re-elected Mrs. Frances L.

Torkelson of Davenport, Iowa, as supreme oracle, an office she has held for the past four years. At its 23rd nnlional convention, the fraternal benefit society also re-elected Miss Margaret Walker, Rock Island, as suprume recorder. Reds Could Have Named High Court Justice SPRINGFIELD (UP) thousand Communists could have elected their own Illinois Supreme Courl justice this month. It's hardly likely that such thing would over official results of the 5th District's Supreme Court election June 7 showed today it was within the realm of possibility. Justice Joseph E.

Daily, Peoria Republican, was unopposed for reelection to a nine-year term. He was nominated on both the GOP and Democratic tickets in the 10- north-ccntrn! Illinois dis- A county trict. The official canvass of the vote, certified here shows grand total of 085 votes was cast, all for Daily. The latest registration figures available, prepared for the April 13 primary election, listed 280,000 qualified voters in the 10 counties. Write-In Rarely Done It is rare for a write-in candidate to win office in only way Daily could have lost June 7.

And if word had got around that 8 BOUTS 8 BOUTS BOXING SHOW Tuesday, June 29 8:15 (CST) East Main Arena, Galesburg SPONSORED BY GALESBURG JAYCEES MAIN EVENT GENE COURTWRIGHT VS. ELMER SHIPPE Galesburg 147 Lbs. Peoria SEMI WINDUP ART WIlBURN VS. HARRY DRAPER Galesburg 135 Lbs. Springfield BOUT NO.

6 CURLY JOHNSON VS. DICK JONES Galesburg 175 Lbs. Peoria 5 Other Bouts MARVIN PECK vs. MARVIN FRANKLIN Galesburg 160 Lbs. Springfield MAURICE MILLER vs.

FRANKIE HARRIS Galesburg 125 Lbs. Springfield ED SCOTT vs. BILL SHINNICK Galesburg 150 Lbs. Springfield PAUL TAYLOR vs. GARY HAMILTON Galesburg 128 Lbs.

Peoria Contestants Undecided For One Match. Admission (Tax Incl.) TICKETS ON SALE AT ci nn Hawthorne Drug, Alcazar. General aud Hanks iu Gales Ringside 1.50 burg 1 9S The Corner, Monmouth Reserved IM Hatchery, Abingdon Children -50 Curfnianns, Bushnell FOR INFORMATION PHONE 1973-3 write-in campaign svas to be waged against him, undoubtedly the GOP and Democratic organizations would have turned out a big enough voto to assure his victory. But the fncl remains that if a group had got together 1,000 write- in voters for someone else, and kept it a careful secret until the last minute election day, Daily could have lost. Daily's vote ranged from a low of 20 ballots in Stark County, which had 5,450 registered voters last April, to 280 in LaSalle County, where 63,000 persons registered for the primary.

Exact cost of the Juno 7 vole isn't known, but it ranges somewhere well above $31 per ballot cast. How Expenses Mount Knox County had 11 polling places open June 7, Peoria County 2, and the other counties one apiece. Knch polling place had to have three clerks and two judges. Their pay is fixed by law as $5 to $10. Beside this salary expense, the election costs included rental of polling places, the printing of the ballots, and the election advertisements required by law.

Daily first was elected to the Supreme Court in 1948, to serve the unexpired term of the late Justice Clyde Stone, Peoria. Daily was unopposed in the 1948 special election, as this year. He drew 6,573 votes in 1918, with 30 write-ins for other persons. E. Galesburg Man Jailed in Cafe Shooting Edward C.

Haag, 51, East Galesburg restaurant operator, was in Knox County Jail today as the result of a shooting fray in his establishment Wednesday afternoon NO one was injured. Haag pleaded guilty in Knox County Court this morning to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and is awaiting the result of his application for probation. Leon E. Barnhill, 33. of East Galesburg said he and Edwin Marquith, 17, also of East Galesburg, were seated at a counter in the restaurant when Haag came in and fired at a nearby pop cooler with target pistol.

Hit by Fragments The bullet hit the cooler and riccocheted, Barnhill said, adding that Marquith was hit on the back of the head either by the spent bullet or by fragments of enamel from the cooler. He was not injured. The bullet was recovered by authorities. Barnhill said he did not know what prompted Haag to shoot. Haag was arrested by Max Jones and Oria Wiles, sheriff's deputies, at 9:45 p.m.

on complaint of Frank Barnhill, father of Leon. The doputics said Haag denied owning a gun. Wiles said investigation will be continued into reports of other shooting yesterday at East Gales burg. Also in county coin" this morn ing Homer Goodman, 3fi, of 663 Main was sentenced to a year at the state penal farm at Vandalia for alleged violation of probation granted him Feb. 15 on conviction of drunk driving.

Authorities said he was arrested Wednesday for in toxication. Leo Jordan, 38, of 379 S. Cherry pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining money by false writing and was released on probation. He allegedly wrote a bad check for $215 to Dinsmorc Finance Co. He was ordered to make restitution for the check as a condition of pro bation.

Aledoan Dies Of June 12 Crash Injuries Grimm, 23, of Aledo, who was injured June 12 in a two-car crash near Viola, died this morning at the VA pital in Iowa City. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Sherrard Funeral Home in Aledo. Grimm incurred fractures to both legs, broken ribs, head injuries and a broken arm about midnight Saturday night, June 12, when his car and one driven by Donald Dodson of Keithsburg hit headon about a mile north of Viola on 67. The Aledoan was in the Mercer County Hospital for a while; then transferred to Moline Public and later to Iowa City where surgery was performed Sunday morning, Still patients at Iowa City are Dodson and Donald Ullrich of Clinton, Iowa, owner of the car driven by Dodson. Not badly hurt were Mrs.

Dodson and Miss Marilyn Kensinger, fiancee of Ullrich, both riding in the Ullrich car. Horn at East Moline Donald Grimm was born July 19, 1930, at East Moline, a son of Harry and Rhoda Prouty Grimm. They moved to Aledo when the boy was 2. He received his education in Aledo schools. He served in the Air Force and had been a car salesman for Bud Henderson.

Grimm was a mem be of the Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his parents at Aledo; three brothers, Harry of California, Bill of Sandwich and Jack of Aledo, and a sister, Miss Mary, at home. 'OPINIONS Of CITIZENS WCKED At RANDOM BY THf BtGISTER-MAH PHOfO REPORTER Threatened to Knock Her Out, CM, 14, Says at Bybee Trial to Principal Examines Aim of Education At Lions Club Meet Since education is essential living in a democracy, public education seeks to train people from earliest childhood to live in democratic regime and fully ap prcciate the heritage which is theirs. This sentiment was expressed by Arnold Salisbury, principal of the Galesburg Senior High School, in a talk to the Galesburg Lions Club at the noon session Wednesday at the Galesburg Club. Salisbury asserted that democracy is no mere matter of mind but also of the heart.

Thus education seeks to foster democratic ideals to apply in all phases of life, advancing the freedom of the individual. A man who does things under compulsion is a slave while a man who does more than expected of him is free, the speaker declared. The Rev. Donald Heermans, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, served as program chairman. President Harry Richardson conducted the club's business meeting.

A guest was the Rev. Ordell Peterson, new pastor of First Lutheran Church. (Asked In Galesburg business district) QUESTION Whate determines your choice of a retail store when you go shopping? ANSWERS Mrs. Robert Higgins, 877 W. Losey formerly of England: "In England the baker, the butcher, the grocer all have separate stores.

Here I like the way you can go into one store and buy almost everything. I also like the way you can take it off the shelves and look at it." Mrs. Higgins Mrs. Holmes Mrs. Paul Holmes, 1171 E.

North "It depends on the type of merchandise and the service they offer." Mrs. David Wiebenga, Henderson: "Promptness of service by clerks and their courtesy." Mrs. Wiebenga Mrs. Stevens Mrs. V.

A. Stevens, 1009 E. Losey "Courteous salespersons and promptness of service and help." Fort Maclison to Remain on CST The Fort Madison, Iowa, City Council by a 5-2 vote Tuesday evening, decided that Fort Madison will continue on Central Standard Time. This was the second lime the council voted against the time change by the same vote. It was asserted that the council has no legal jurisdiction over time but the action, in effec 1 urges Fort Madison people to observe standard time.

A 14-year-old Galesburg girl in a faint voice today gave her ac count of the alleged attack on her as the rape trial of Samuel Bybee 26, Galesburg, opened in cir cuit court. The girl said her assailant shook her to stop her screams, put a hand on her throat threatening to choke her and finally declared he would knock her out if she did not submit. From the witness she pointed out Bybee as her attacker, known only to her as "Bob Baker" of Knoxville. Two of nine state witnesses testified today before the recess at noon. Resuming at 1:30 p.m.

State's Attorney William H. Small said he did not expect to complete the state's case until Friday morning. Juror Arrives Late Opening of the trial was delayed for 15 9:15 a.m. and the arrival of one juror, Leo F. Hager of near Victoria.

The young girl was the first witness, remaining on the stand for two hours with only a 15-mlnute Her voice was faint and several times Judge Riley E. Stevens instructed her to speak louder so the jury could hear. Wife Present Less than twenty spectators were on hand for the trial, among them Bybee's wife and sister. Attorney Small limited direct examination of the girl to 20 minutes. She stated that "Bob Baker" met her in a car as she got off a bus Nov.

21 near where she was employed at a private home. She said he wanted her to go with him to the Huddle Drive-In Restaurant, 1487 N. Henderson to see a mutual friend. Parks at Lake Baker drove past the Huddle to Lake Storey, the girl said, where he parked, started kissing her and continued over her protests. Two cars drove up, and Baker drove to another spot, she added.

Her description of the alleged rape incident is as follows: She fought him, pushing him away. He shook her. When she screamed, he ordered, "You'd better shut up." The girl jumped out of the car, but Baker forced her back with a hand on her throat. She continued "fighting" and he threatened to knock her out. He said he would keep her in the car and not let her go back to work, if she refused to submit.

Baker later drove her back to the place she worked. Learning that she made $3 each Saturday for housework, he suggested that she meet him each Saturday and he would give her $3, she testified. Quizzes Girl on Time Attorney John Blake, counsel for Bybee, cross-examined the girl for 1 and 20 minutes. In detail he went over the time elements in her story. The girl said she got off thft bus at 8:45 a.m., and left the employer's residence with Baker about 8:50 a.m.

She said that after returning to her employer's residence, she took a cab home, arriving between 9:45 and 10 a.m. Didn't Kick or Scratch Attorney Blake learned from the girl that she had not attempted to scratch, kick or slap Baker at any lime, She did not attempt to call out to people in the two cars which pulled up at their first lake parking place, the girl added. Her employer testified briefly, stating that the girl arrived at her home at 8:45 a. m. and said, (Her friend) "had forgot something and we have to take it to her." The girl added that she would be gone only a few minutes.

The employer stated that she heard a car drive four- door blue model. It apparently was the same car which she later was asked to examine Dec. 1, she said. The girl had testified that the Baker auto was blue, four-door, Plymouth or Dodge. Notes Crying When the girl returned between 9:20 and 9:25 a.m., her face was flushed and she seemed to have been crying, the employer said.

The girl reported what had happened and the employer said she sent the girl home in a taxi, advising her to tell her mother about the incident. Six Hours to Pick Jury Jurors for the Bybee trial, selected after six hours of examination by attorneys Wednesday, are: Charles A. Wood, E. E. Elwert, Mrs.

Marjorie Mudd, Mrs. Theresa Shaw, Floyd D. Tucker, Victor C. Nagel, Theodore E. Grothe and Howard R.

of Galesburg; Mrs. Rachel Brodine, Knoxville; Lewis H. Soleman, Oneida; Clair R. Cooper, Maquon, and Leo Hager of near Victoria. Wood was the 12th juror accepted in a tense moment after examination by Attorney John Blake," counsel for Bybee.

A regular 24-member panel had been exhausted and Wood was the last of a 12-member special panel to be examined. Would Have Been Delay Rejection of Wood probably would have delayed the jury impaneling to this morning in order to summon another panel. Old Baked-on Oven Grease Easily Removed With Jelly-like Cleaner "ITS" is the name of a new oven cleaner that restores oven surfaces to grease-free newness without scraping or scrubbing. The substance is brushed on, allowed to stand, then wiped clean with water. "ITS" oven cleaner is available at Kellogg-Drake wares, for $1 and this includes a plastic brush.

"ITS" is non-inflammable and spectacular in performance. Dredge Eliminated In Second Hound of Slate Golf Tourney (Earlier story on sports page) Bob Dredge of Galesburg was eliminated this morning in the second round of the 24th Illinois State Amateur Golf Tournament. Bob was defeated 2-up by Dave llazelett. Two former champions were also eliminated today as (ins Morelnnd of Peoria, 1940 winner, lost to Jim Frisina of Taylorville and Johnny llobnrt of Moline, who held the title in 1035 and 1050, lost to 19-year old Ken Scntt of Rockford. The Bells Toll NEW YORK (I'Pi The Governor Clinton Hotel expects at least 150 persons to arrive in the big city bells on.

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