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Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 5

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Alton, Illinois
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TUESDAY. Swim Jeam Needs Funds; Dancing And Party Wood River Group Plans Event for Expenses To Chicago WOOD RIVER, Aug. 11 (Special (-Friday night a dance and mid-night swimming party will be eld at the Wood River Swimming nool to raise funds to send the Wood River Business Men's Swim team to the regional swimming meet Chicago, Aug. 30. With, little more titan half their members present the newly-organized Wood mver team placed fourth In the Central States meet at Peorta several weeks ago and members are out for bigger game at the regional meet "Mike" Mikola, manager of the Wood River pool, said today.

The dance at the Community Park floor will get under way at 9 n'rlock with Larry Noble's orchestra producing the rhythm. Swimming will start at midnight. The Wood River team has parti- floated in four meets this year and came out several yards In front In three of them. Twice they put the ol to the highly-touted Bellvue team from Belleville and once to the Hillsboro Lake team from Hllls- borc 29 members on the ALTON- Sailing. the Majestic Mismt TELEGRAPH PAGE FIVE There are squad which consists of a senior team, junior team, intermediate team and a woman's team.

The junior and senior teams are scheduled to meet teams from the Downtown 'Y 1 at St. Louis Saturday, Aug. 15; Aug. 17 the teams will play a water polo contest with the Downtown 'Y', who placed fourth In the national Olympic Trvouts at New York this summer. 21 the Wood River squad will meet the junior and senior teams from Granite City.

Missionary Garden Party WOOD RIVER. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 1 there will be a missionary garden party under the trees on the Evangelical Church lawn. The program will open with a pot-luck luncheon. Letters from India and Japan will be opened, The Missionary bank will be emptied and the money sent away.

Each one in attendance is expected to bring and receive In return a "white elephant" package. Thursday at 7:45 p. the Brotherhood will meet with Chairman O. M. Kruse to transact business and hear eports on the church decorating project.

It is expected that thfe Rev. Orville Brummer will give some "High-lights on the Northwest" as a prelude to a discussion. Thursday, Aug. 27, at 6 p. a pot-luck, fellowship supper will be held under the leadership of the August committee of the Women's Union.

The committee will furnish coffee and cold drinks. Shakespeare Club Exercises WOOD Junior Shakespeare Club is sending out limitations to parents for the clos- Sailboats built by William Miessner and Ralph Bigham, metnbers of Alton Stilling Club, of which Bigham is the commodore, in Alton harborj vftih the dam and bridgesfas a Staff Photo. son accompanied Miss Lulu Barton to St. Louis Sunday afternoon, where she will visit relatives for several days. Miss Verla Marks left yesterday morning for Greenfield, where she will spend this week with Miss Marcella Jennings.

Scouts of Troop No. 27 left this morning for Camp Warren Levis. Mrs, Rose Waggoner will bahost- ess to members of the Past oracle Club of the Royal Neighbors, Wednesday afternoon at her home on First street. Mrs. Kieth Day and her mother, Mrs.

Norma Wlllingham, both of Alton, were Sunday dinner guests of Miss Leona Elliott. Nurse Examines Children At Hartford School HARTFORD, Aug. preparation of the coming school term all children entering either in the September or the January classes of the first year were examined thoroughly by the school nurse and Instructions given the parents as to how to attend to the children's ailments before the school term begins. Letters were sent to parents of children making arrangements for them to bring their children to the Woodrow Wilson building on either of the two days selected last week for the examination. A thorough physical examination including the, eyes, -ears, throat and body was given by the school ing exercises, which are to be held nurse and any defects or ailments at the Girl Scout Little House on Lorena avenue Friday morning at 10 o'clock.

Simplified form of Shakespeare's "Mid-Summer Night's Dream" will be a feature on rthe program. Loan Association Elects Officers WOOD Bacheldor was elected president of the Standard Building Loan Association at the annual business meet- Ing, held last night in the O. F. Nagel office on South Wood River avenue. William Groves was elected vice president; Robert Parks, treasurer; O.

F. Nagel, secretary, and Francis Manning, attorney. Rotariaas Meet WOOD Carter was In charge of the program at the meeting of the Rotary club yesterday. He introduced E. Bar-ham of St.

Louis, who made a talk on Industry, In Relation to Agrlcwl- tUT6. Wood River Notes WOOD Eleanor Gamer, daughter of and Mrs. Normal University. Mr. and Mrs.

J. Rogers have returned to their home in Indira after a week-end visit with Mr 1 MaS gCrS Etehth Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bell and Mr. and Mrs.

Paul Shortal of Alton week in Peoria. Mrs. her "usband, student at the Polytechnic Institute. and Morgan of Tit organ Litchfield spent the day with Mrs. H.

Postelwaite. a nd ron Tanner re- week ft visit wo 1 1 Iatlves in Tennessee. This are visiting relatives In Louis, nd Mm. i-rank Anthony and found reported to the parent so that they could be attended to before the school year begins. Usually the examination is given the first year of the child's attendance at school but this frequently causes the child to be delayed in a proper start or necessitates his remaining out of school for some time In order that he may have some defect righted.

Former Pastor Visits Rev. Sidney Rayborn and wife of Grafton will be guests at the Tuesday evening services of the Pentecostal church next week. The Rev. Rayborn will be in charge of the evening address while the Rev. Pope will take charge of the services.

The Rev. Rayborn is a former pastor of the church here and was in charge of the congregation at the time the church building was erected. The Rev. Francis Pope, pastor here, will spend several days this week In Sorento with his parents and his wife's parents. Mrs.

Pope and their two children are spending the earlier part of the week there. Letter from Governor HARTFORD. Julius Kuehnel, precinct committeeman for the Democratic party, received a letter from the governor Inviting he and his family and friends to attend, the Democratic day at the Illinois State Fair. The letter was accompanied by 12 tickets to the grounds good only for Aug. 20, which is the day set aside for the Democratic rally.

Hartford Notes and Mrs. Phillip Hendricks of East Hawthorne street have as their house guests their two nieces, Ruth and Alice, daughters of and Mrs. Howard Hubert of Ferguson, Mo. Mr. 1 and.Mrs.

Crabtree family and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore and family spent a day. at Marquette State Park. Mr.

and Mrs. Hugh Pettit and family and Miss Jenny Clutts, nurse at Et. Elizabeth's Hospital in East St. Louis, had a picnic dinner In Rock Spring Park, Alton, Sunday. The Willing Workers class of the First Baptist Church will hold its regular meeting' tonight and will leave at for Rock Spring Park where they will serVe a picnic supper.

Mr. and Mrs. John Luggins and and Mrs. Kenneth Calden of Jacksonville were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.

T. L. Crabtree of East Watkins street. Mrs. Jennie Bullar, Mr.

and Mrs. Orval McBride and Miss Neoml Reder and Bruce Berger of Murphysboro 'departed Monday after a three-day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keppler of Community Park. Miss Geraldine Mc- who has been Vlsitlhg with since July 28 returned with her parents.

H. Arnold of Community. Park will be a member of a fishing; party Starting Tuesday for an extended in Tennessee. Falls OutWindow During Dream of Long Knives CHICAGO, Aug. 11, Park police, responding to a hurry call, found 50ryear-old Albert Zawol nursing two bruised elbows and contemplating the open window Of his bedroom two stories above.

"I dreamed two men armed with long, sharp knives were chasing irle," he explained, gathering his night garments about him to ward off air. "I was running to get away from them and I guess I got out of bed and fell through the-window." Aristotle thought the brain, was a great sponge, through which the blood passed.to be cooled. Cowboys of Wood River Homecoming Youngsters taking the first lesson in singing those prairie plaints and lariat laments. Baby Contest Winners at Westetn Cartridge Picnic Dolores Yvonne, daughter of'Mr. and Mrs.

Ray Heck, first prize, held by father Wayne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert For cade, second prize; Ronald Coffler, son of'Mr. and Mrs. Henry prize, held by Art Township Board Hears Statute on Relief Program Ellison Opines No Ban to Board Member Holding Job Under Overseer Bills to a total of $5698.67 for relief expenditures during the last half of the month of July, plus an additional $237.50 for administrative costs, were approved and ordered paid on presentation before the town board at its regular semimonthly session Monday evening, at which Mayor Hoffmann presided.

The bond of the town supervisor, Frank Olrard, covering his position as town poormaster was submitted, together with his oath of office, taken before the town clerk, and was approved. The bond in sum of $10,000 is signed by 10 sureties. Acting on a request made at the previous meeting of the town board, C. C. Ellison, town attorney, submitted an opinion- on the question of whether a member of the town board might hold a position of employment under the overseer of the poor.

He told the board that he had found no specific provision In the statutes that would prohibit such a situation. Ellison pointed out that there is a statutory provision that no alderman shall be eligible to any office, the salary of which Is payable out of the city treasury. Technically, tie said, this provision does not apply to a town board member, but the situation It covers is analagous to the one that had been referred to him In which a' town board member would be taking another office under a salary paid out of Thus it leaves a complex question. The question had been raised originally by Alderman V. E.

Mulen, who told the board of his desire to take a place offered him by the overseer of the poor, and asked that a ruling be secured as to his right so to do when a member of the board. Final action last night was to ask the town counsellor to go further into.the question and make supplementary report. In Connecticut, where deer are under protection of the state game aws, a tight and high garden fence often Is required to keep out unwanted foliage feasters. In the night. One sure way to tell the real thing from an the stick in his hand and give him a job to do I and one sure way to tell a real cigarette is to smoke fi- SLUOOISH CNOINIS ky Spwk Hug ta AC Machine map vp your Win.

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