Battle Creek Enquirer from Battle Creek, Michigan • Page 7

7A LOCALSTATE WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3, 19S8 BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER obituaries Jacweir "Jack" Breslin Battle Creek native known as "Mr. MSU" ponoe and fire Many have fond memories of Breslin. 1A the MSU presidency in 1970 and in 1984, but lost to Clifton Wharton and John DiBaggio. After retirement, he received an honorary doctor of laws degree from MSU.

He also was senior consultant to the MSU president for state and public affairs during retirement. Lakeview School District honored him in 1985 with the Distinguished Alumnus Award. In 1986, it was decided that MSLPs new $35 million all-events arena, scheduled for completion in 1989, would be named after Breslin. In 1 987, he received the Ingham Medical Center's Health Leadership Award and announcement was made that a new cancer treatment center would be erected in his honor: The Jack and Rene Breslin Cancer Treatment Center. He was director of the MSU Foundation, Ingham Medical Center board chairman and chairman of the university's Liaison Committee.

Surviving are his wife, the former Rene Scott; sons, Jacweir "Jay" Breslin Jr. of Austin, Texas, Brian S. Breslin of Ada and John T. Breslin ITI of Lansing; six grandchildren; his mother, Ruth Fox of Battle Creek; a brother, Robert J. Breslin of Battle Creek and a sister, Jean Elaine Newkirk of Hickory Corners.

Services will be at 1 p.m. at the Peoples Church. Memorial donations may go to the Breslin Cancer Treatment Center, Ingham Medical Center or Jack Breslin Distinguished Chair in Clinical Oncology, Michigan State University Developement office. Arrangements are by Gorsline-Runciman East Chapel, East Lansing. James H.

Humphrey James H. Humphrey, 76, of 326 Algonquin died Monday, Aug. 1 in Provincial House of Marshall, where he had lived three days. He had been ill since February. He was born in Chattanooga, and came to Battle Creek in 1927.

He at- tended the Battle Creek Public Schools. He was employed by the Battle Creek Police Department as a maintenance engineer for 30 years until re -i tut James H. Humphrey tiring in 1972. In 1973, he received the department's Meritorious Achievement Award. It was the first time the award was given to anyone other than a sworn police officer.

He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police and the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church. Surviving are a son, James K. Humphrey of Battle Creek; daughters, Jacqueline Latham of Battle Creek and Katherine Walker of Battle Creek; 1 2 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. His wife, the former Thelma Dyer, died in 1984. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Thursday at Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Chruch. Arrangements area by Perry Funeral Home. Calvin T. "Tony" Diggs Calvin T. "Tony" Diggs, 62, of 147 (J Neal died Tuesday, Aug.

2, at home after a long illness. He was born in Harewood, W. and came to Battle Creek in the 1940s from Delaware, Ohio. He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict He was employed by the Calhoun County Humane Society for six years.

Surviving are stepsons, David Dalton and Randall Dalton, both of Willard, Ohio, James Dalton of Marshall, John Davis of Katy, Texas, and Billie Dalton, Kevin Davis, and Randy McCue, all of Battle Creek; stepdaughters, Esther Trushel of Willard, Ohio, Beverly Taber of Pretty Prairy, Fran-kie Burns of New Haven, Ohio, and Jan Tuttle, Sheila Dalton and Doreen Kilbourn, all of Battle Creek; 30 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ethel Jackson of Montgomery, W. and Esther McGee of Eagle, W. and a brother, Marion Diggs of Long Acre, W. Va. His marriage to the former, LaVenia Burns, ended in divorce in 1974.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Royal Funeral Home. Memorial donations may go to the Good Samaritan Hospice. Carolyn L. Conrad QUINCY Carolyn L.

Conrad, 61, formerly of Quincy, died Friday, July 29, in Rochester, N.Y. She was born and raised in Quincy. She was employed as a manager for a computer software company in Martinez, Calif. Surviving are daughters, Lyn Wiseman of Rochester, N.Y., and Sandra Rowland of Boca Raton, a son, Thomas Price of Los Angeles, Calif; four grandchildren; a brother, Richard Conrad of Coldwater, and a sister, Barbara Fidlcr of Bradenton, Fla. Memorial services will be 11 a.m.

Saturday at Diedrich-White Funeral Home in Quincy. Memorial donations may go to Hospice of Contra Costa, Pleasant Hill, Calif. One E. Rabbitt Orie E. Rabbitt, 94, 22135 M-66, died Tuesday in Community Hospital after a long illness.

He was born and raised in Wabash, Ind. He came to Battle Creek in 1921 from Warsaw, and had lived here ever since. He was a machine operator for Post Division of General Motors, and retired in 1958 after 37 years' service. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War serving in the U.S.

Army Battery of the 1 37th Field Artillery in France. He was a member of the Post 25-Year Club, and Baseline United Methodist Church, was a 50-member of the former Pennfield Grange and a life member of Fre-donia Grange. He enjoyed hunting, gardening and fishing. Surviving are his wife, Orpah I. (Lowman) Rabbitt; a daughter, R.

Eileen Clemens of Weslaco, Texas; a son, John E. Rabbitt of Bellevue; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, Carl D. Rabbitt of Battle Creek; and a sister, Esther Louden of Battle Creek. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Farley-Estes Funeral Home.

Memorial donations may go to Baseline United Methodsit Church. Nelle R. Flanders Nelle R. (Ray) Flanders, 96, of Battle Creek, died Monday, Aug. 1, in Provincial House of Battle Creek after a long illness.

She was born in Missouri, where she was raised. She graduated from Graceland College of Music in La-mona, Iowa, in 1912. She came to Battle Creek in 1923 from Fort Wayne, Ind. In Iowa, she taught music in homes, traveling by horseback. She was employed by the Post Division of General Foods Corp.

for 32 years, retiring as a supervisor in 1957. She was a member of the Post 25 Year Club, Bryant Chapter of Order of Eastern Star and enjoyed crocheting. Surviving are a daughter, Wanda L. McConville of 113 Leland Drive; seven grandchildren and 1 1 great-grandchildren. Her husband, Lloyd L.

Flanders, died in 1973. A son, Lloyd E. Flanders, died in 1986. A daughter, Juanita E. Campbell, died in 1 975.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Farley-Estes Funeral Home. Memorial donations may go to the Charitable Union. Bernice M. Engel NASHVILLE Bernice M.

(Reip) Engel, 92, of 417 Queen died Monday, Aug. 1, at Hastings Thornapple Manor, where she had been a patient since 1983. She was born and raised in Bay City, and lived most of her life in Kalamazoo, coming to Nashville in 1980. Her husband, William Engel, died in 1972. Surviving are sons, Richard Engel of Nashville and Warren Engel of Indianapolis, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

No services are scheduled. Memorial donations may be made to Hastings Thornapple Manor. Arrangements are by Vogt Chapel-Wren Funeral Homes, Nashville. Martin R. Thurston MARSHALL Martin R.

Thurston, 76, of 1150 Arms died Tuesday, Aug. 2, in Oaklawn Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Craig K. Kempf Funeral Home. Hilda R.

Beach Hilda R. (Cooper) Beach, 76, of 143 Feld died Tuesday, Aug. 2, at Mercy Pavillion. Arrangements are pending at Farley-Estes Funeral Home. Thefts: Amoco Service Station, 2594 S.W.

Capital Gasoline West Jackson Street, first block: Bicycle ($60) from a sidewalk. Davis Oil 1520 W. Michigan Gasoline Magner Drive, first block: Bicycle 1 40) from a house. Blair Street, first block: Bicycle ($75) from a house. Beckley Road, 5000 block: Radar detector and stereo cassette player ($570) from a car and damage to a dashboard Calhoun Street, 200 block: Bicycle ($289) from an apartment "On-eita Street, first block: License plate ($2) from a car.

"Shellen-berger Avenue, first block: Bicycle ($110) from a house. East Michigan Avenue, 200 block: $2,300 from a house. Southwest Capital Avenue, first block: Jewelrv ($1,500) from a car. Break-ins: (values in parentheses) Davis Oil Co, 321 E. Emmett St: $620.

West Goguac Street, 100 block: Miscellaneous items ($1,280) from a house. "Bo Jan-gels, 191 Nagel Toilet, pool ta- Charlotte teen dies in crash CHARLOTTE An 18-year-old Charlotte woman was killed in a one-car accident early today, according to city police. Melissa Lee Bosworth died after her car hit a tree in the 300 block of Horatio Street, police said. Her passenger, Karen K. Tappen, 16, also of Charlotte, was taken to Hayes-Green-Beach Hospital and later transferred to Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, where she is in critical condition.

Police had no other details of the accident, which is under investigation. Pilot caused crash, NTSB investigators say Pilot error was cited as the cause of a March 1987 commuter plane crash at Detroit and federal investigators say the nine killed may have survived if their seat cushions were treated with fire retardant. The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday faulted David Sherer, the pilot of the Northwest AirLink commuter plane, for the crash. Investigators said he was unable to control his aircraft after he deliberately put its propellers in "reverse" pitch to hasten his descent. The technique, which the pilot had used at least three times previously, was contrary to the airline's procedures and "against common sense and proper pilot techniques," board Vice Chairman James Kolstad told reporters.

The NTSB said the nine crash victims probably would have survived had the plane not been engulfed in flames. Kolstad said all nine died of smoke inhalation and bums rather than injuries suffered from the impact of the crash. The board urged the Federal Aviation Administration to expand its requirements for materials blocking fire and toxic smoke in smaller commuter aircraft such as the 22-seat CASA 212 plane that crashed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The FAA requires such protection in large jet aircraft. The NTSB also suggested that Sherer, 45, of Crestline, Ohio, might have been concerned about the presence of a Northwest Airlines DC-9 which was on the runway preparing to depart CANDYLAND Cake, Candy Wedding Supplies 20 off Invitations CAKE TOPS 20144 East Ave.

North Pennfieid-Battle Creek 963-1010 MON. THRU FRI. NOON 9:00 P.M. briefsstate ble and cash Olan Mills, 66 S. 20th St: Cash and checks-, Vandalism: Irving Park Drive, first block: Window and door of a house Springview first hlnrlr: Par windshield Sm I Corwin Street, first block: windshield "Star Appli-: ance, 6 Main St: Window Springlake Lanes, 245 E.

Roose-; velt Are: Window Haft Hotel, 31 N. Washington Door Compiled by Staff Writer Jane Parikh births BATTUE CREEK COMMUNITY Lori Gauthier, 1 85 Cherry a son Aug. 2. Ronald and Karyn Glasser, 26 Oxford a daughter Aug. 2.

Gregory and Lisa Kilboum, 612; N.E. Capital a daughter Aun. -i 2. 'A Svend and Patricia Kloster, 1 2672 S. Minges, a daughter Aug.

2. Michael and McGeorge, 213 Beachfield. a son; Aug. 2. Brant Rewa and Reta Black, 465V2 Upton a son Aug.

2. I PENNOCK, HASTINGS James and Kimberiy Lake Odessa, a daughter Aug. 1. Charles and Edith Farrcll, Lake I Odessa, a daughter Aug. 2.

HEALTH CENTER, COLDWATER Loren and Johanna Frantom, Coldwater, a daughter Aug. 2. Patrick and Lori Goodband, Camden, a daughter Aug. 2. i Valerie Shadow, Quincy, a daughter Aug.

2. Thomas and Jamie Waltke, Coldwater, a son Aug. 2. BORGESS, KALAMAZOO Steven and Kalii Inman, land, a daughter July 30. Si "1 Services are scheduled Thursday in East Lansing for Jacweir "Jack" Breslin, a Battle Creek native known to many as "Mr.

MSU." Breslin, 68, a former MSU executive vice president who had been an athletic standout, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, at Ingham Medical Center in Lansing after a long illness. Born in Battle Creek, he graduated in 1939 from Lakeview High School, where he won three football letters and was on the Associated Press 1939 All-State Scholastic Team. He attended Michigan State College, now MSU, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1946. While there, he won six letters in football, baseball and basketball in 1 944-45.

In 1944, he won the Govern-nor's Award as most valuable football player. In 1945, he captained the football and baseball squads and participated in the 1945-46 Shrine All-Star Games. That same year, he was voted honorary team captain by his teammates, recognizing him as the best ground gainer in the 1944-45 season. Though best known as a football player, Breslin also won letters in baseball and basketball. In baseball he won the team batting championship.

In 1946, he was president of the senior class and vice president of the varsity club. He was given much credit for making coach Charly Bachman's "flying football formation a success. After graduating in 1946, Breslin signed a contract to play profes-sional football with the Los Angeles Dons in the then-newly formed All America Professional Football League. He was employed by Chrysler Corp. as Dodge district manager in Allentown, for four years un-tilo 1950, when he was named MSU assistant director of alumni relations.

He was appointed director of the MSU placement bureau in 1 953 and the named assistant to the vice president in 1 958. Though he retained many of the same duties, he became executive vice president in 1969, a position he held until retiring in 1985. He was seriously considered for Program 'boosts Calhoun' Calhoun County will be a pilot site for the new Neighborhood Corps program included in the 1989 state budget finalized Thursday by the Legislature, according to Sen. John J.H. Schwarz, R-Bat-tle Creek.

Under the Neighborhood Corps, 18- to 20-year-old General Assistance recipients can apply for jobs doing housing rehabilitation. Most jobs will pay minimum wage, while supervisor jobs may pay up to 50 cents an hour more. Participants can learn basic job skills meant to help them enter the work force on a permanent basis, according to information released by Schwarz. In addition, local neighborhoods will benefit from the rehabilitation program. "Our neighborhoods and our youth should get a real boost from the new programs," Schwarz said.

"I'm hopeful Albion and Battle Creek can make this work to their advantage." Mike Dougherty, executive director of Neighborhoods Inc. of Battle Creek, called this funding "a dynamite opportunity for Battle Creek. I am particularly excited about pursuing two of this community's top priorities, crime displacement and expansion of senior home repair initiatives." The new budget also contains 8 million that will be used for neigh-borhood improvements, safe streets and abandoned-home grants. Additionally, $3 million has been allocated for arson control and prevention. The money will be awarded to local governments on a competitive basis according to need.

Cities such as Albion, with populations less than 50,000, also will be eligible to apply for $5 million in Community Development Block Grant funds. setting it straight Daniel Goldman's name was omitted from the Lakeview High School honor roll of seniors published Monday. Martin Beard died in 1982 and not 1986 as was reported in some editions of Tuesday's paper. Incorrect information was provided to the paper by the family. It is the intention of the Battle Creek Enquirer that its news reports be fair and accurate in every aspect If yon have a question or comment about news coverage, write to David M.

Smith, managing editor, 155 W. Van Buren St, Bat-tie Creek, MI 49016, or call 964-7161 between 8 ajn. and 4 pjn. 1 State to check several wells in seven counties Michigan state health officials will begin checking for pesticide contamination of community and private wells in Oakland, Grand Traverse and Presque Isle counties this summer. Wells in Allegan, Cass, Kalamazoo and Washtenaw counties will be tested in 1 989.

The sampling to determine if any pesticides used by farmers have seeped into drinking water is part of a nationwide survey that eventually will test about 600 of the country's 51,000 community wells and several thousand of the estimated 13 million private wells. The sample wells are being computer picked at random. Labs will test for 100 or so chemicals. The EPA will pay the laboratory bill. School superintendent seeks public-fund loan MT.

CLEMENS The superintendent of the Macomb Intermediate School District has asked the countywide agency to lend him about 1 00,000 in public money to buy a house. The idea apparently has the blessing of the head of the district's five-member board, but a taxpayer group says it probably will go to court to stop the deal. Supt. Joseph Nicita said he plans to pay the district interest at a rate comparable to what it earns on its other investments now about 7.8 percent but more than 2 percentage points below current rates on conventional mortgages. The board has authorized Nicita only to research the legality of such a loan.

Some local school districts, including Grosse Pointe, provide their chief executive officers with homes. In addition, school boards often pay home-sale closing costs and other costs associated with relocating their superintendents, Nicita said. Captain ex JSgL Oil Change 10 MINUTE OIL CHANGE NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED OUR SERVICE INCLUDES: 1. Oil change 6. Chock f.8 (up to 5 qts.l brake fluid 2.

New Oil filter 7. Check fill 3. Check fill wind- rransmrsSJOO fluid shield washer 8. Grease rear-end solution 9. Wosh 4.

Check the windshield pressure heoeffights 5. Check fiH 10. Check fill power steering fluid battery 0.KfxteM HHr fAlllPII 1 I in of har business The B.C. City Commission: couponci a lr ac OF 0 OIL'UJMH fILTfR With this coupon thru Aug. 0 7th.

Cannot be combined with other discounts. fJ CAPTAIN OIL CHANGE 58 W. Columbia Avenue Hours: 8 to 6 Fti.pmm 9 to 3 Sat ifj fen Ql -i I -I- '-I I ment for Phillip Meisterhiem on the WestlakePrairieview Neighborhood Planning Council. His term ends March 15, 1989. Created a special fund account and budget and accepted a grant to operate the Battle Creek Junior Olympic Volleyball Program through the recreation department.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant will be 14,500 in 1988 and 1989. Accepted a $3,880 grant from the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging for equipment at the Valentine Center. Agreed to issue a used-car-lot license to Reed's Used Cars, 237 Upton Ave. Accepted a low bid for a material testing contract from Soil and Material Engineers Inc.

Estimated annual cost is $71,438. Will allow Allen C. Hill Entertainment Corp. to hold a circus on Aug. 9 on airport property south of Territorial Road.

The event was scheduled for another location but was changed because a local group was unable to sponsor it At-Large Commissioner Shirley McFee was absent In other business, the Battle Creek City Commission: Voted 7-1 to adopt an ordinance revising the penalties for parking meter violations. The new law increases meter fines from $2 to $5 for a ticket paid within 10 days, from $4 to $10 for payment between 1 1 and 20 days and from $9 to 1 5 thereafter. A second ticket issued the same day would cost 1 0. 1 5 and $20 respectively, and a third ticket would be $15, $20 and $25. The changes include a waiver for infrequent parking meter violators who have not been ticketed in the previous six months.

The ordinance is aimed at stopping motorists who abuse short-time metered parking downtown. Second Ward Commissioner William Boards said he supported the changes but wanted the city to first monitor downtown parking before revising the ordinance. Approved a request from James E. Yore to hold a family reunion at the Valentine Center from 6 to 10 p.m. on Saturday.

Appointed David Lawrence, of 444 McAlister Road, as a replace I til 4-1 mi 111 I I I I I.