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Cassopolis Hoffman Faints In Auto; Unhurt Teacher Is Mennonite I $J'P-' iiiiiiiiii Hospitalized For Checkup After Mishap ALLEGAN Cong. Clare Hoff Prefers To Keep Personal Control Over His Actions CASSOPOLIS "I could not PIP JIM AT THE HELM: As Whirlpool Corp, celebrates the 50th year of its founding, Elisha Gray JI continues at the helm of the twin cities' industrial giant as board chairman and chief executive officer. This photo was taken by The News-Palladium's chief photographer, Charles Zindler, yesterday in Gray's office at the Whirlpool administration center, North Shore drive, Benton Harbor. Gray is the "architect" who designed and completed the mergers that' shaped Whirlpool into the colossus it is today. v' sign any oath which would commit me to obey the law in situations where the law might deny a more godly man was described by his wife as "feeling a little better" today in the- Allegan Health Center where he was follow I- So explained a Cassopolis high school teacher today who was sus ing a fainting spell while he was pended Nov.

1 for refusing to sign driving his car on M-40, five miles north of Allegan. 4, The 87-year-old congressman was enroute to the Ottawa marsh at 6:30 in the morning to go mmm UlMJ hunting when he apparently- a loyalty oath required of Michigan teachers. STARTED SCHOOL YEAR Eldon Bargen, 30, hired in September to teach ninth grade, and consumer's mathematics, is a Mennonite. While' of a more liberal branch of that fundamentalist group, Bargen a clean CONGRESSMAN HOFFMAN Whirlpool Size f1 i 4 fit shaven Kansan still subscribes to -JL the pacifist view and to a stoic defense of individual rights. He said he taught here about seven weeks before the question of certification came up for ac- Niles Dad Gets Help Oii Debts blacked out.

His car, moving slowly, left the road, went through a ditch, and bumped into a house. Hoffman was not injured in the accident -and -the house-was not damaged: Mrs. Hoffman said lately the congressman has been actively pursuing one of his favorite sports, duck hunting. "He just overdid the matter," she said. Hoffman was taken to the home of his son Leo, prominent Allegan lawyer and then Jater admitted -to-the-Heath Center for observation.

His physcian, Dr. A. P. Brahcman, ordered Hoffman hos-pitaized for observation. Atty.

Hoffman will substitute for hls-ather as-the principal speaker at dedication ceremonies tomorrow for the new Allegan county courthouse. Had Sighs Too Battled Way To Leadership Despite Severe Trials Bills For School Books Are Paid BUCHANAN (AP) Outsiders HOUSING PROJECT BURNED: Benton township firemen set fire to this building Friday, morning less than 30 minutes before the photograph Jeas-iaken. Nine buildings at Highland iVista housing project, Highland avenue, near Fair Avenue, Benton-Harborwill- be-destroyed by fire to make way for aTiew low-cost housing "project under a Federal aid program. To tear down the units by a private contractor. would cost the township about $3,000.

The project was constructed during the early part of World War II. Former occupants moved out during June and plumbing fixtures and other salvagable materials erelakehnouT rest will be burned Monday at 3 p. m. (News-Palladium photo) have come to the aid of a rural now one ofthe Tsiggest Tiome ap- Niles father who has pleaded guilty of failure to provide school Dliance manufacturers in the world. Saturday will bring to a cldse the observance of its 50th anniversary.

the 50th the 50th Tomorrow is anni more than one occasion. Back in 1908, the late Louis C. Iniured lw Upton saw the possibility of City Will Honor versary of the day on which the late Louis C. Upton incorporated the firmunder the name of Upton Machine Co. An order for 100 washing machines had put the budding St.

Joseph industrialist "in business" and required that he establish a legal trading a weekly salary at the Commonwealth Edison Go. of Chicago, for a business of his INDEX TO Inside Pages SECTION ONE Editorials Page 2 St. Joseph News Page 3 Women's Section Pages 4, 5, 6 Ann Landers Page 6 own. Veterans Saturday Weeks Ago, DicTodav" books for his children. Justice of the Peace Jerry Lau-ver said checks from two persons have covered school debts against Alfred Quick, 44, who now may be eligible for a suspended sentence.

The sentence date is Nov. 27. Quick was arrested on complaint of James W. Walton, ad-ministratlve assistant to the Berrien county superintendent of schools. The complaint cited a charge of $13.25 against Quick from Dutch Corners school southwest of Niles.

Also outstanding is a $25 charge from Brandywine School which four Quick children attended last year. A part time worker, Quick A number of machines already physical organization ca; put on mechanize the household chore of clothes washing. ELDON BARGEN 'I could not sign' His first effort, attempted at ceremony honoring those who South Bend, in 1908, failed. Obituaries Page 18 Three years later, he induced SECTION TWO Annual Parade Set In Morning Twin cities military veterans his Uncle Emory, who hed a little machine shop in Benton Harbor, to fabricate some of the parts able of handling it. Washing machines then and now are a chief product of the firm, but the output from its vast production lines today covers the full field of home appliances.

National advertising and a nationwide sales network now put Whirlpool products in many homes in all states of the union these 50 years later. GROWING PAINS -Like most of today's industrial giants, Whirlpool had an uncertain beginning and its growing pains were harassing on which refused to function prop Area Highlights Page 1 Sports Pages 2 to 6 Farm News Page 11 Comics, TV, Radio Page 12 Markets Page 13 Classified Ads Pages 14 to 17 claimed he couldn't pay the costs will parade in Benton Harbor tomorrow, which has been designated by Got. Swainson as Vet erly in the South Bend experi because of unemployment. Chicagoan Is 39th Car Victim Berrien county's highway death toll for the year climbed to 3ft early today with the death of an elderly Chicago man injured in an auto accident on J-94 two weeks ago. The victim was Plorlan Krupo-wicz, 70 a passenger in a car served the nation in uniform.

The Mothers of World War organization will sell poinsettias today and Saturday on the streets of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. AID PATIENTS The flowers were made by, and the money is used to help, hospitalized military veterans. Banks and financial institutions will be closed the entire day. Fostof flees, too, will he closed (See back page, see.

1, eol.C) ment. iV tion. Papers he was to sign included an oath of allegiance to the United States and Michigan Constitutions. Bargen balked, then told Cassopolis School Supt. Paul Wollam he could not sign in good faith.

"CLOSING MY MIND" "The oath implies obedience if one is asked to respond militarily," Bargen said, "and also (See back page, see. col. 4) Between them they came up Lauver indicated he likely would suspend sentence in view of a $25 check received from Grand Rapids hotel- owner John J. Sims with a workable model and an Eyeglass service. Musser op order for 100 of the machines erans Day.

1 The paraders wUl begin at the American Legion-post-atr 10:30 ajn, march down Territorial to Water street, then to Five Cor ticians, 171 E. Main, 2nd fir. Adv. and a $13.25 check from Mrs. O.C from a Chicago company which passed from the scene later on.

TO LARGER PLANT Rum'ge 801 Mich. St. Joe 10 11 Hillis of Morley to cover the in sen and the city hall for a brief debtedness. furn, toys, drapes, clothing. Adv This order looked enough to Justify incorporation of the "Upton Machine Co.

on Nov. 11, 1911, and moving into a larg er plant in Edgewater. Chicago Firm Gets Courthouse Designing Job Every one of. the machines ibat went out of control and rolled over in the superhigh-w a median near Glenlord road Oct. 26.

Kru powicz died at 12:40 a. m. today at Memorial hospital from crash injuries, came back because of defective materials. The struggling little Company Auto Deaths in Berrien County in 1961 managed to survive this blow. During this period of growing pains, Frederick S.

Upton Joined his brother in the venture. Washing machines were still such an uncertain quantity that Special Committee Selects Shaw Metz Associates the sheriff's office said. Krupowicz and his wife, Mary, 63, were on their way to Grand Rapids with Rev. Frank P. Lap-inski, 49, of Winnetka, to at when, in 1914, Louis Upton found a chance to buy up the financially American Tool Works across the street, he took this gamble.

tend a funeral when the right rear American Tool made air rifles. The Upton brothers put this i iMM IMIIHM.IIIIIl I I i i 1 Shaw Metz Associates, of Chicago, was selected by the county special building committee Thursday to design the new Berrien county courthouse, I 7 cm operation on its feet so success tire of the minister's car blew out. Rev. Lapinski lost control of the auto as he attempted to brake it gently and the car rolled over in the median. Krupowicz had broken ribs on both side of his mittee will be selected later.

fully that until the early 1920s their air rifles and other gadgets such as cap pistols, model cars. Boy Scout camp kits and. automobile fender luggage holders A' I. body, a crushed vertabrae and The bid, while about standard for this type of a building, was higher, than percentages quoted oy cwq oiner iirms in uie run' CITE BACKGROUND showed a better sales performance than their washing machines w. The financial panic following (See page 9, Sec 1.

CoL 4) cuts and bruises. Mrs. Krupowicz suffered a broken shoulder and body bruises; Rev. Lapinski had head and leg cuts. The body Is being taken to Chicago for burial.

Frank Poorman. committee The choice was made following interviews with four top architectural firms under consideration for the project. -Contract negotiations will be made following final approval of the committee's recommendation Nov. 20 by the full board of supervisors. Alfred Shaw and Carl A.

Metz, senior partners of the firm, agreed to do the job for 6 per cent of the construction cost. It included full time supervision of construction of the building and employment of a local associate architect to work with the Chi-cago firm. A local architect suitable to both Shaw Meti and the com (See back page, see. eoL 5) Rum'ge. Sale space for rent, WA Rumge 1621 Forres.

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Rum'ge 44 Shoreham, 10,11, Adv. i 'Good Rum'ge Sat, 116 Terr'. Adv, Rum'ge Bat, 722 Pearl J. Adv. Men'a te Boys winter Jackets 86 A) SCAN COURTHOUSE PORTFOLIO: Architects Alfred Shaw and Carl Metz, chosen yesterday to design Berrien county's new courthouse, scan their portfolio with members of the special building committee.

From left are Shaw, Committee Chairman Frank Poorman, Metz, Board Chairman. William Gnodtke, and William Wright, board -vice (News-Palladium photo) M-139, across from Plaza, Adv. Kum'ge 430 EUord. Sat. Adv.

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