Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 12

PAGE TWELVE ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Visits Brother's Crave on Leyte Woodrow Evans Writes East Alton Relatives 2 New Business Firms or Medora EAST ALTON. Woodrow Evans, M.M. on duty In the Southwest Pacific, has written his father, George Evans, and sister, Mrs. William Duncan of 33 West Drive, that he visited the grave of his brother, Pfc. Raldon Evans, in a small cemetery near the village of Carogla on Leyte Island.

Pfc. Evans was killed in action Nov. 30, 1944, In the battle for Leyte while nerving with an infantry division. He had been In the Pacific six months. His widow, Mrs.

Esther Evans and son, Donald Eugene, 4, are now residing with relatives In Greenfield. Mr. Evans has two other sons In service. Pfc. Ernest Evans, who recently returned from Germany, left last week for Camp Grant after spending a furlough with relatives.

Cpl. P. H. Evans of the engineers now stationed at Ft. Lewis, spent 17 months In the Aleutians.

U8O Schedule EAST ALTON. Miss Marguerite Birmingham of the USD has announced the following schedule for the local center. Monday evening the Western Pac meet at the center for a dinner party. Wednesday at 7:30, the Wags will hold business meeting, and on Friday at 7:30 p. the VIctorettes will hold a business meeting.

The In- terclub Council will meet next Monday at 6 p. m. at the center to meet the new staff. Sunday, the Vlctorette Club entertained 15 service men from Scott Field with a chicken dinner served at the center. Family Dinner EAST Alice Teu- quay, 110 West Maine, entertained 25 members of her family at dinner Sunday In honor of her grandson, Pfc.

Lester Teuquay, who will leave Aug. 25 for Camp Grant, 111., after a visit with relatives. Pfc. Teuquay returned to the Slates July 20 after nine months In Europe. He served with the 44th Dl- a vision of Gen.

Patch's 7th Army and was given the Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, E.T.O. ribbon and two battle stars for the battles in Germany and opening an el Austria. At the time of his indue- Ore building, tlon on June 4, 1944, Pvt. T.euquay was employed at Western Cartridge Co. His wife, Mrs.

Iris Teu- quay, and two sons, who have been residing in Elderado, are here with him. His brother, Pvt. Lewis Teu- quay, also a former Western Cartridge employe, was killed action on Okinawa, May 3. The brothers are sons of Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Teuquay, former residents of East Alton, who recently moved to Sev- lerville, Tenn. Mrs. Bollhont Burled EAST ALTON. Funeral rites absence, for Mrs. Cynthia Bollhorst, wife of Baby is Named August Bollhorst, 116 Belle street, were held Monday at Iff a.

m. at the Streeper funeral home in Wood River. Herschel Ottwell, evangelist of the Church of Christ in Hartford, officiated. Burial was In Vandalla, 111. Pallbearers were Frank Dike, Jack Cox, Jack Hawk, Berkley Meyer, Joseph Wlckenhauser and Lester Talklngton.

The choir from the church sang three selections. Eut Alton Notes EAST ALTON. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parker of Washington avenue, were called to Princeton, Sunday, by the death of her brother, Otis Hulette.

Vernon Newnom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newnom, 233 Gouldlng, entered Alton Memorial Hospital, Monday, where he expected to undergo surgery today. Newnom was recently discharged from the army, after being in service five years, four of which were spent overseas. Mr.

and Mrs, Floyd Stevens of Gouldlng avenue, had as guests Friday evening Mr. Stevens' sister, Mrs. Arvis Fields, of New York City, Mrs. Lillian Flynn of Carlin- vllle, Mrs. Roy Johnson and their daughter-in-law, Mrs.

Floyd Stevens, of Roxana. Mrs. Fields and husband are attending the Baptist Bible Seminary of New York. Her husband will join her here next week, A daughter was born to Mr. and 1 Mrs.

Billy Kittle of Hlllsboro, who formerly resided on Petrce avenue in East Alton. The baby, their first chIM, weighed 7 pounds and has been named Judy Ann. Mrs. HHtle's parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Fischer of 339 Bowman avenue, went to Hlllsboro Monday afternoon. TUESDAY, AUQUSt 2i I4l i iim. Begin Drafting Uir Preliminary steps lowii the budget for th fiscal year, which were outlined by the The committee has schedule of conference ty officials and dei beginning Friday, to their estimated needs for th. fiscal year before beginning work of drafting the bS bers of the Madison Coun Commission and Countv Bo, Paul Taylor are to an the committee Friday. UDOn pletion of the conferences Mn the committee will hold dally slons until the be submitted to HERE COME THE "girls entering the new training class at Alton Memorial pital yesterday were photographed on the steps of their new home which was opened for service at the same time.

At left, Nola Hunter Fieldon; center, Margaret Gurdanus, Pungo, N. and right, Belty Thompson, photo. MEDORA Two new businesses are opening In Medora. George P. St.

Cln of Alton Is opening a Red While store and meat market in the C. W. Klllam building on South Main street. St. Cln operates two stores In Alton, one on Broadway and one on State street.

His brother, Lawrence St. Cln, of Alton, will manage the Meclora store which will open Thursday for business. St. Cln expects to move his family here as soon as a house i available. The Klllam building Is undergoing Interior decorating.

Walter Brown, who recently moved here from Louis, Is opening an electrical shop in the ire building. He will handle electrical supplies and do electrical wiring. He was engaged in the business before coming to Medora. Leave on Western Trip Mr. and Mrs.

J. H. French left Saturday for a three- weeks' vacation trip in California. They are accompanying Mr. and Mrs.

Lloyd Sunderland and daughter of Jerseyville. They will be joined at. Smyth- vllle, by the women's sister, Mrs. E. O.

Brooks. The French store will be closed during their and Mrs. L. V. Kinser received word that their new grandson, born Wednesday to Petty Officer and Mrs.

Dyal L. Klnser at Westerly, R. has been named Dennis Lee. Attend Wilson Funeral and Mrs. James Ryan, Mr.

und Mrs. H. E. Challacombe, Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Rich, Mr. and Mrs. William Moore, Mrs. Ida Dodge and Mrs. Mamie Rice attended the funeral of J.

D. Wilson at Morrlsonvllle Friday after- tor, Mrs. Lewi? Gorman, spent Friday in St. Louis with Mrs. Deborah Loper and daughter, Miss Georgia Loper.

Mrs. Mary Sawyer left Thursday evening for California to visit her husband, Claude Sawyer, Cook, of the U. S. Navy. Mr.

and Mrs. J. K. Skinner ar- Saturday from Chicago for a visit with Mr. and Mrs.

D. W. Voorhees. Patty Sawyer is visiting in East Alton with her grandmother, Mrs. Clarence Noe.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Moffitt and children of Springfield' arrived Thursday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Freab Wise.

Moffitt became ill Friday night and was removed to Macoupin hospital, at Carlin- vllle Mrs. Russell Jones and daughter, Imo Jean, and Mrs. Jean Peek spent Friday in Godfrey at the home of MJC. and Mrs. A.

R. Herman. Mr. and Mrs. John Chism and daughter, Miss Inez, were in St.

Louis Friday. Miss Stella Bringhurst accompanied them back as far as Brighton to spend the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Mabel Chism, at the John Kirsch home. Mrs. F.

J. Hunt and daughter, Mrs. George Freshwater, visited in Draft Exams for 20 at Wood River A NEW IDEA IN STUDYINGr-The library of the new nurses' home at Alton Memorial Hospital is catering to the newest ideas in education. Instead of gathering around a large table and trying concentrate, the girls will find individual tables with shelves for their reference photo. noon.

Talks to Husband MEDORA Mrs. Ruth Sargln- son received a long distance telephone call Friday evening from her husband, Pfc. Vernon Sargtn- son, who had arrived in Boston, from overseas. He expects to be home on furlough within the next five days. Attend Closing Exercises Rev.

and Mrs. R. C. Varble and family attended the closing exercises and picnic of the Vacation Bible school at Benld Friday. A wiener roast was held in the woods nearby.

Rev. Varble has been supplying the church there for some time. Modem Notes and Mrs. Paul Ralph Martini Commissioned as Ensign Ralph C. Martini, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence 0, Martini of Belle- i vllle, formerly of Alton, recently was commissioned an ensign at the naval aviation training center, Peiuacola, and has reported to Miami, for operational training In flying torpedo bombers. Ensign Martini, a graduate Township High School, Belleville in 1041, wai employed at Alton Box Board for a year before entering service Aug. 12, 1943. His brother, Rex, a Secbee, is stationed in Rhode Island.

Knight of Alton spent Sunday with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Barnes. Mrs. Maymc McCnmmon of El Paso, is with her uncle and tiunl, Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Freab Wise were In Springfield Thursday and their daughter, Miss Helen, returned home with them nfter a two weeks' visit with relatives. Charles Wade of Hartford and Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Chism and daughters of Carllnvllle visited Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burns. Mrs.

Edith Goodwin und daugh- Bunker Hill Friday with Mrs. Bessie Forwood. The Rev. and Mrs. R.

C. Varble and family were guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs. Francis" Varble near Lane. Lois, Hazel, and Robert Varble remained for a visit until Tuesday.

Mrs. Harold Tucker of St. Louis was a weekend guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.

F. Shields. Mrs. M. F.

Dodge and son, Jerry, spent the past week at Ft. Wayne, with Mrs. Roberta Erwin. L. V.

Kinser was in White Hall Saturday making arrangements to move his mother, Mrs. Naomi Kinser, from her farm into her property in White Hall. The Rev. and Mrs. J.

F. Glotfelly and Mr. and Mrs. L. V.

Kinser and son, Charles, were in Greenville Friday. Awaits New Assignment WOOD Robert K. McFarland, 20, who was wounded in action and later was captured and helrt prisoner by the Germans for almost 18 months, has arrived at the army ground and service forces redistribution station, Miami Bench, for his next assignment. He recently spent a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Keith McFarland, 204 Twelfth. Formerly a rifleman with the Rangers, Cpl. McFarland was captured Jan. 30, 1944, at Cisterna, Italy. He has the Purple Heart Medal and the European campaign ribbon with two battle stars.

He entered service March 27, 1943. WOOD RIVER, Aug. Selective Service Board has called the following 20 men for preinduc- lion physical examination: James Richard Main, Fred Lawrence Bugg, Clarence Walther Harmon, Theodore Bernard Porter. William Burke Blackburn, Lloyd Lenlel. Donald' Wayne Retzer, William Leslie Bryant, Robert Alan Dale, William Vernon Brooks, Clarence Dean Pyle, Carl Gene Pyle, Willard S.

Barger, Joseph Lee Kirkpatrick, Charles Ward Moore, Ernest Lester Kochersperger, Homer Gene Schuetz, Louis Charles Vidakovich, Marvin Esco Littleton, Thomas Matthew Stimac. School Year Schedule Drawn Up for Dist. 104 WOOD RIVER, Aug. 21 The Board of Education, School District 104, has, adopted the -following schedule for the school year 19451946: Teachers meet, Sept. enrollment of pupils, Sept.

county institute, Oct. 18-19; Thanksgiving The news, came in a telephone call to his parents, and he said that he was writing a letter giving details of the accident. He said that he was getting along all right, but that the injury was painful. Attends PC tain Trial WOOD RIVER Mrs. Edna Barton, 965 Whilelnw, received a lengthy letter from her husband, Cpl.

Carrol B. Barton, who is stationed at Layon, France, telling her of his trip to Paris. While there he was the guest of a Frenchman who formerly lived in St. Louis. They visited many interesting places, and his friend arranged for them to attend Marshal Petain's trial.

Among the places they visited was Napoleon's Tomb, House of Parliament, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Arc-de-Triomph, the site where Louis XVI and Marie Antonette were guillotined, and a French opera. Cpl. Barton, who is with the 559th Ordnance Tank Repairmen in the Army, has been overseas 19 months, and has five Battle Stars. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Clay Barton, 975 Whitelaw. End Playground Season WOOD Wood Riv- Knauss and Mrs. Katie Peebles. Mr. and Mrs.

John Rumley of St. Louis were Sunday guests at the Knauss home. Mrs. Dan Rhea and sister, Mrs. Donald Harrod, have returned after a week's visit With Major and Mrs.

D. M. Lyon of Sliver Springs, Md. Mrs. Harrod has received word of the safe arrival of Harrod in Okinawa.

Moro Ray Spahr and children, went to Indiana Saturday for a visit with Mrs. Spahr's family. Mr and Mrs. George H. Hendricks and daughters visited in Litchfield Saturday, Mr.

and Mrs. George Aljets anc daughter, Mrs. Ralph Corder, and holidays, Nov. 29-30; Christmas holidays, Dec. 24-Jan.

1 Lincoln's birthday, Feb. 12; S. W. division meeting, March 29; Good Friday holiday, April 19; Memorial Day holiday, May 30; last day of school, May 31. Any child reaching six years of age by Dec.

1 will be admitted at the start of the school year. A State law provides that all pupils upon their entrance into the first grade shall have a physical examination. The blanks for this examination may be procured from Miss Myrtle Fischer, school nurse. All pupils enrolling in the first grade should present a birth certificate when they enroll. Jacksonville Monument Co.

C. A. YANCEY DISTRICT MANAGER Brighton, 111. Phone 17 Breaks Leg in Pool WOOD RIVER Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Northway, 112 East Jennings, have received word from son, Arthur Northway at Naval Air Station, Coronada Heights, that he suffered a broken leg when divint; in the swimming pool last Thursday. er playgrounds will close their summer program tonight. Children and their parents are invited to see Merrill, the mystic, who will entertain at 7 p. m. at the Wood River School auditorium.

There will be a small admittance charge. Rotary Club WOOD Wood River Rotary Club met at the Postlewaite Hostess House Monday noon. B. M. Harrod took charge of the meeting in the absence of the president, Charles Lutz, who is vacationing in Wisconsin.

Six guests were present, including Lt. Lloyd Brave of the Air Corps, who gave a talk on his experiences while a prisoner of war in Germany. Lt. Brave praised the Red Cross, whose packages came through until near the end, just before the liberation of the prisoners. Two of the guests were from Granite City one from Bethalto, one from Alton and one from Trenton, Mich.

Wood River Notes Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Gimmeson, 108 East Jennings, have returned after a few days visit at Crocker, spent with Mr. and Mrs.

Clyde Payne. Mrs. Lillie James is here from Los Angeles, visiting at the hoime of Mr. and Mrs. Goeble AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR GENUINE ROCK OF AGES MONUMENTS AND MARKERS GRANITE on of East Alton, were guests of dr.

and Mrs. Elmer E. Helm- amp Friday evening. Mrs. Laura Balster and family nd Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Aljets isited relatives in the Springfield rea over the week-end. Blind snakes, found in tropical America, Africa, and Asia, never row more than a few Inches in ength. for at Its Sept fi ing, Is completed. E.

St. Louis Hospital's Nurses Home Cancelled I EAST ST. LOUIS, 111 A Plans for the construction It I $81,940 nurses home an nurses nome iki Christian Welfare Hospital ha been abandoned, Dr. George Van Dusen, superintendent nounced. He said the Lanham act, ui, which the hospital was riven $40,000 construction grant, was wartime measure and no Ions applies.

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You share equally in the privileges and profits of this mutual organization. You become one of us and not merely an account number. Forty years of experience in our members to acquire a home. We invite you to acquaint yourself with our plan of definite home ownership. Ample funds available on long or short term lo.ans.

New low interest rate. ALTON BUILDING LOAN ASS'N. Broadway and Third Street Over One-Half Million Dollars In Reiervej for Our Membm, It's up to you, Mrs. Homemaker, to serve delicious, healthful meals next winter. You're seeing to that right now by canning fresh fruits and vegetables at home.

But a word of caution accurate methods in canning pay. You be too careful about timing the processing of food for canning, measuring ingredients and sterilizing jars and tops these are the musts of canning your insurance against spoilage. Attend our Demonstration, see how our Home Economists handle the canning job. You'll get some time-saving ideas. DON'T MISS IT! A Demonstration on Canning of Chili Sauce, Tomatoes and Tomato hints on sugar substitutes and sugar-saving methods will be conducted at the UNION ELECTRIC KITCHEN WEDNESDAY, AUG.

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