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8B Minneapolis Tribune Dec. 23,1972 i Frugal maid wills $36,500 to five charities verv difficult time preparing her meals. She indicated to But a great niece living near Winnipeg, Canada Mrs. Donna Kolochuk has different memories. "I met, her in Winnipeg when I was a high school student 40 years ago," she recalled, "and I thought the world of her.

I admired her for her broadmindedness and optimism. She treated each day of her life as something precious a gift to be made into something more than the idle passage of time. "She left me a tea towel with a Norwegian inscription embroidered on it: "Morgenstund har guld i mund." It means "Morning is like gold in the mouth." "But she was frugal. Everything she owned was worn to the last thread." A month after she entered the home, she had a lawyer draw up her will. She gave $500 each to three nieces and two nephews and more than $7,300 each the balance of the estate to the Ebenezer Home, the Lutheran Bible Institute, the American Lutheran Church, the Shri-ners Hospital for Crippled Children and Northwestern College.

me" that she had about $20,000, and she asked me for help in settling her fiscal affairs. "But she didn't talk much with the other residents. She wasn't warm and friendly." Her application at the nursing home on Portland Av. said that her husband, Clarence Tippey, had died in 1946, that they were childless and that she retired in 1954, when she was 71. This would suggest that she must have received some of the $35,000 through her husband.

But he was a day laborer for the city of Minneapolis, and Thayer said she told him that she and her husband were always poor. "She indicated to me how hard she and her husband worked in life, and she regretted that she had to give him a meager funeral," Thayer said. A possible explanation was provided by another relative a niece who received a $500 gift in her aunt's will. "She was very stingy," the niece said. By Bob Lundcgaard St'aff Writer A Norwegian immigrant who worked most of her life as a maid and cook in Minneapolis left more than $36,500 in savings to her five favorite charities when she died last year; "She worked.

She saved. And then she gave," said a great niece of the woman, Ragnhild Tippey, who was 87 years old when she died. "She said she earned most of the money working very hard," said William R. Thayer, director of operations for the Ebenezer Nursing Home, where Mrs. Tippey spent her last years.

But just how she accumulated that much money and why she made the bequests she did are mysteries, Thayer admitted. He said he probably knew her as well as anyone in her late years, and she talked very little about her early years. "When she came to us in December 1969," said Thaver, "she was living in an apartment by herself and having a Whitney: Businesses should pay for stadium Wheelock Whitney, part owner of the Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota North Stars, Friday suggested his own plan for a proposed downtown Minneapolis football stadium. In a letter to city aldermen, Whitney urged that Minneapolis business firms not the city ensure the financing of the stadium by buying revenue bonds to cover the estimated cost of the stadium. He recommended that the city sell general obligation bonds to finance the parking-ramp portion of the project because the ramp's main function would be to alleviate parking problems in the downtown areas.

Whitney told the aldermen that "I don't think the downtown stadium is a good idea. I think it's a giant step backwards for the metropolitan concept many of us have fought for. the Vikings, after all, are the Minnesota Vikings and a statewide asset." The business community, which would benefit economically from a down- Panel favors legalizing use of marijuana a .1 jij i. i i i 1 1. i in: ii.

ii ii i. i-- Staff Photo by Powell Krueger Winter wheat crop record is forecast Model railroad Paul United Press International The Minnesota Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Friday recommended legalizing marijuana for adults. The council said that "the private use and possession of a small amount of marijuana by an adult should no longer be a crime or prohibited offense." It said persons serving prison terms for such violations should be released. The council was appointed in September by Gov. Wendell Anderson.

The governor personally, however, does not support the council recommendation for legalizing marijuana. He has opposed similar reports in the past. The council recommended easing the penalties for in state latest MPIRG report by yesterday. "If they'll give us the information, we'll follow up on these (banned toys) too," Goers said. Goers said the FDA had followed up on the earlier MPIRG report and took action "where things were out of line." He added that policing dangerous toys is difficult because "it would be hard for us to have someone stationed in every store every day." E.

4th St. in downtown St. Paul. No admission is charged to view the 40- by 50-foot layout, which includes working hand-made scale models of steam and diesel Robert Daniel, 9, of 891 Conway St. Paul, and David Norman, of the.

Twin City Model Railroad Club, admired an electric trolley that is part of the model railroad layout the club is displaying in the St. Paul Union Depot, on Group says dangerous toys "small amount" violations but it urged stronger penalties for pushers for anyone selling illegal drugs for a profit. The council did not consider the political impact of the marijuana question in making its recommendations. Sam S. Grais, St.

Paul, the' chairman, said in an accompanying letter, "The council made no attempt to look at its recommendations from the perspective of political realities." The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, of which An-derson is a member, adopted a platform plank calling for legalization of marijuana at its state convention in Rochester in June. But most party leaders and many candidates for the Legislature later voiced opposition to the plank. However, the issue was used against DFL candidates in many races. The report said members "agreed unanimously that Minnesota should discourage the indiscriminate use of marijuana, which like alcohol and many other chemicals, is subject to abuse, but they all felt that the measures used to discourage such use should not be more damaging to the individual than the drug itself." The council said, "Thus reduced penalties for marijuana which can be uniformly enforced were felt to be a stronger deterrent than more severe penalties which are sporadically "This principle is already recognized by our courts as evidenced by the disposition process in actual cases." Three of the nine council members issued a minority report opposing legalizing the possession and use of small amounts of on display in St. released Dec.

2, the Minnesota Public Interest Re-search Group (MPIRG) said that A-b a toys found in state stores in the earlier study have been removed from the shelves. However, MPIRG reported, three other banned still sold "The only way to insure that unsafe toys are not being sold is to require pre-clearance of toys before they are allowed onto the market," Ms. Kline said. She added that MPIRG "demands" that the FDA "take strong measures to insure that all banned toys stay off the shelves of Minnesota stores." George Goers, chief inspector for the Minneapolis FDA office, said that his office had not seen the ,3 Wheelock Whitney town stadium, should pick up the cost, he said. That is "the only way I know of to fully protect city taxpayers." However, City Coordinator Thomas A.

Thompson has said that to move financing of the stadium from the public sector to private financing would cause economic problems' and cost about $2'million more a year in bond payments. Thompson said the stadium could not generate enough money to pay the interest of about 7 percent on revenue bonds, but could pay the 5-pe; cent interest on general obligation bonds. Whitney is the former chief executive officer of Dain, Kalman Quail, a Minneapolis investment firm. $1.97 per bushel last)' month, have soared this) year as the result of ex-. port sales which one of more than 400 mil lion bushels to the Soviet; Union.

The November price was; the highest in nearly 10 years and was up one-; third from the average of $1.32 per bushel last July before the size of the Sov viet sales became widely' known in the market. In projecting the 1973 winter wheat output, the, Crop Reporting Board said farmers planted acres this fall, up 1.3 cent from plantings a year; ago for the 1972 crop. St. Paul rules 4 on snowmobiling go into effect i A new snowmobile St. Paul is in effect to- day, permitting snowmo-'; biting only in parts of-Phalen Park.

Under the policy, snow- mobiling is permitted; from dawn to 11 p.m. by. persons age 14 and older. Persons between 14 and 18 must have a snowmo-J bile safety certificate is- sued by the state. The vehicles may not be operated within 50 yards of a fisherman, pedestrian, skating rink or sliding area.

Phalen Park also has areas set aside for crosscountry skiing. Scottsdale. He moved there in October. Memorial service arrangfnents have not been completed. Mr.

Bank was an Edina councilman and village clerk in the 1950s and was Minneapolis Aquatennial commodore in 1931. Me also was president of the Minnesota Rotary Club in 1954-55, district governor in 1957-58, and a member of the Rotary International Board in 1961-1 9G3. Mr. Bank had been president' of Minneapolis Wrought) Washer Co. until he moved to Arizona.

He is survived by his wife, Pat; a son, Kent, Edina; and a daughter, Mrs. Patrici Dow, Arlington, III. Elsewhere James S. Wellington, who was the radio announ-t cer for programs by Eddie Cantor, Fred Allen and Low-" ell Thomas and for some of! President Franklin D. Roos-, evelt's broadcasts, died ir( Fairfax, Va.

Mrs. Ella J. I.ucey, 83, moth-, cr of Wisconsin Gov. Patrick J. Lucey, died In a hospital i tin Associated Press Washington, D.C.

Winter wheat farmers, encouraged by the highest cash prices in a decade, will produce a record crop next year of 1,277,848,000 bushels, the Agriculture Department forecast Friday. The estimate, based on fall plantings and field conditions as of Dec. 1, would mean a crop 8 percent larger than in 1972 when winter wheat totaled 1.186 billion bushels. The previous high mark was more than 1.2 billion bushels in 19G8. Winter wheat is planted in the fall and harvested the following summer.

It is grown in nearly all states but primarily in the Great Plains. Winter wheat also is the most abundant type, accounting for about three-fourths of the nation's bread grain. There was no estimate for 1973 spring-planted wheat and none will be made by the Agriculture Depart-ment until farmers firm up acreage plans next year. But if farmers harvest no more than the 359 million bushels of spring wheat produced in 1972, the total for all wheat next year could be around 1.6 billion bushels, compared with 1.54 billion bushels this year and the record for all wheat of 1.6 billion bushels in 1971. Wheat prices, reported at a national average of Deaths By Jim Fuller Staff Writer Dangerous toys, including some banned by the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), still are on sale in Minnesota stores, it was reported Friday, In a follow-up of a study catching her under the mistletoe. love Children's calendar Margaret Morris toys were found in Twin Cities stores during the recent follow-up survey. They are the Busy Surprise Box 609, manufactured by Kohner; the I.C.U. Mirror Rattle No. 810 by Stagl-wood Toy Manufacturing and "Pup Squeak" Accordian Squeaker Toys, made by Louis Marx and Co.

The squeaker toys were found in an F. W. Woolworth store and bore a Wool-worth label pasted over the Marx brand name, MPIRG said. A number of other toys which were on a list of items MPIRG considers dangerous still are being sold in stores around the state, the organization said. "While 12 of the 36 stores surveyed (for the Dec.

2 report) have removed all or most of the toys that we indicated were dangerous, and three have removed some of them, 18 did not remove any of them, and many of these toys will probably be found under Christmas trees on Dec. 25," said Sue Kline, MPIRG research associate. She noted that among stores that have not removed the reportedly dangerous toys from their shelves, some have added more such items. She particularly warned against Cox model car fuel, being sold at Holiday Village South, and Cox model airplane fuel, sold at Dayton's in downtown St. Paul.

Both fuels are extremely flammable and lack a "flash-back arrester" that could prevent explosions, she said. Ms. Kline also warned that an exposed lightclub socket with a sharp rim in the Easy Curl Quick Hair-setting Kit No. 900, sold at Montgomery Ward in Apache Plaza, poses a danger to both children and adults. She maintained yesterday that the discovery of more FDA-banned toys in area stores "highlights the failure of the Food and Drug Administration's efforts at enforcement of.

the Child Protection and Toy Safety Act." A daily column of activities for children during the school holidays. Today "Doctor Dolittle," 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Minneapolis Public Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, admission. "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Minneapolis Institute of Arts auditorium, admission and reservations.

Kata Novak Dancers, 2:30 p.m., Pierre Bottineau Library, 1224 NE. 2nd St. "Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates," 2 and 8 p.m., Chimera Theater, 30 E. 10th admission and reservations. Holiday movies and puppet show, "The Shoemaker and His Elves," 2 p.m., North Regional Library, 1315 Low-ry Av.

N. Skate to live music, 2 to 4 p.m., Lake of the Isles skating rink, speed and figure-skating demonstration at 3 p.m. Planetarium show, "The Christmas Sky," 11 a.m., 2 and 3 p.m., Minneapolis Public Library, 300 Nicollet Mall. St. Paul Council of Arts and Sciences, 30 E.

10th St. Paul, white-tailed fawns in the Sculpture Gardens, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Trading Post, 9:30 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 4 p.m.; Room of Discovery, 9:30 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 4 p.m.; film program with "Squeak the Squirrel," "Steadfast Tin Soldier," and "The Friendly Beasts," 10:30 a.m.

and 1:30 p.m., auditorium. Toys and games from throughout the world, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Model railroad display with steam and diesel locomotives and passenger and freight trains, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., St. Paul Union Depot.

Sunday Gibbs Farm Museum, 2097 Larpontcur Av. Falcon Heights, farmhouse and rural schoolhouse decorated as they would have been 100 years ago, 2 to 5 p.m. Christmas program and party, 7 p.m., Marie Sandvik Center, 11 12 E.Franklin Av. "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," 2 p.m., Minneapolis Institute of Arts auditorium, admission and reservations. St.

Puul Council of Arts and Sciences, 30 E. 10th Paul, Trading Post, 1 to 4 p.m.; Room of Discovery, 1 to 4 p.m.; toys and games throughout the world, demonstrations and explanations, 2 to 4 p.m.; white-tailed fawns in the Sculpture Gardens, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Film program, 1, 2 and 3 p.m., "Elephants and Hippos of Africa," "Fishing on the Niger" and "Bozo Daily Life," St. Paul Council of Arts and Sciences auditorium, 30 E.

10th St. Paul. Visit the Como Park Conservatory to see a Magnolia tree in bloom and the poinsettia show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. "The Nutcracker and the King of Mice," Christmas sto-' ry, 7 p.m., KS.IN-FM radio.

Hopkins Library, county system to merge officially The Hopkins Library will be merged officially with the Hennepin County library system in ceremonies at 10 a.m. Thursday at the library. County Commissioner Thomas L. Olson will present Hopkins Mayor Henry Pokorny with a check for $388,000 for purchase of the library. County service actually began in August, but the title will not be transferred until Thursday.

The Hopkins Library is the last of the suburban libraries in Hennepin County to be drawn into the county system. Patient killed Donald Hannaford, 57, a mental patient at St. Cloud, Veterans Administration Hospital, died Thursday of injuries he received Tuesday when he fell under a train at the I i on Northern freight yards. He had been out of the hospital on a pass for the day, a hospi-talof ficialsaid. Harold R.

Searles Memorial services for Harold R. Searles, retired University of Minnesota extension dairyman and former superintendent of cattle at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo, Iowa, will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Anthony Park Congregational Church, 2129 Commonwealth with private burial. Mr.

Searles, 81, 2279 Fol well St. Paul, died Thursday at his home. A native of Elgin, he was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1917. He joined the staff as extension dairyman in 1922 and held that job until he retired in 19G0. Early in his career, he helped organize cooperative crea-meries which eventually grew into a federation ond Land O'Lakes Creameries, Inc.

Me also helped organize the Minnesota Purebred Dairy Cattle Association. Surviving are his wife, Maude, and a sister, Helen Weaver, Mason City, Mich. The family asks that memorials be directed to the University of Minnesota. Evald C. Bank A memorial service will be held next week for Evald C.

Hank, f8, a former Eclina village official vjho died Thursday In Scottsd'ale, Ariz. Service were held Friday at Mrs, Iantha LeVander has been named state coordinator of the committee planning the inauguration of President Nixon. J. Willard Marriot is national chairman. Festivities will begin Jan.

18 and end Jan. 20, the day the President takes the oath of office. The inaugural ball will be held at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and at the Smithsonian Institution instead of in Washington hotels. "The theme is 'Spirit of but it is not based on war," Mrs. LeVander said.

"We have not been told of the schedule of functions, but we think they will be related to the ethnic groups who have made the U.S.A. great. The plans are just beginning to take shape." Mrs. LeVander, wife of former Gov. Harold LeVander, is Republican national committee woman for Minnesota.

She has a five-member committee helping with arrangements for the Minnesota delegation, including Mrs. Russell T. (Rhoda) Lund and David Krogseng of Minneapolis; Robert Orr Baker, Herbert Johnson and Earl Seldon of St. Paul. 4 Holiday wedding Patricia Rea and Stephen Bursik are taking advantage of' the Christmas season for their wedding today in St.

Mark's Catholic Church, St. Paul. There will be velvet dresses and old jewels, stroller coats and rtring music. The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs.

Charles E. Rea. "We're taking advantage of the season," said Mrs. Rea. "That's the bonus of a Christmas wedding.

The church will have poinsettias and candelabra. For the reception In Town and Country Club, we don't have to decorate." 1 The groom's father is president of the Federal Savings and Loan Association in Faribault, Minn..