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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1957 ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Obituaries Frazier Infant Frnzior 18-month- olcl son of Mr. and Mrs. James of 429 Church East Allon, died nt 12:30 a.m. today in Alton Memorial Hospital. The child had boon a patient there six days.

Born July 22, at the base hospital, Fort Sill, he is survived hy his parents; a brother, Edward; paternal grandfather. William Frazier, and ma- li'i-nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Elmore. The body is at Gent Clmpel, where friends may call after 2:30 p.m.

Sunday. Rites at the chapel will ho at 10 a.m. Monday. Interment will be in Upper Alton Cemetery. Mrs.

S. Emerson CAUROLLTON A well known Carrollton resident, Mrs. Stella Robley Emerson, 62, died Friday at Albuquerque, N.M. Her death occurred in a hospital following surgery. She was the wife of M.

P. Emerson. Mrs. Emerson was born in Carrollton and was owner of property here. Her parents were the late Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Robloy. Surviving in addition to her husband is a brother, Charles Robley, of Colorado Springs, Colo. The body has been taken to Colorado Springs for funeral services Tuesday. Jacob Chambers Rites Scheduled Monday The names of three sons of Jacob Chambers, 84, who died in St.

Joseph's Hospital, were omitted as survivors in an- of the death. They are Raymond and Harry of Godfrey, and James of Alton; eight great-grandchildren and seven grandchildren. The body is at Gent Chapel where friends may rail after 7 p.m. Sunday. Funeral rites will be conducted in the chapel at 2 p.m.

Monday by the Rev. Frank MeDuffee. pastor of Godfrey Congregational Church. Mrs. G.

Marks In'failing health and hospitalized one day at Alton Memorial Hospital, Mrs. Gertrude Marks. 2124 Seminary died in the For Polio Fund Hartford Civic League To Stage Card Party Tonight HARTFORD Members of the Civic League and Auxiliary will sponsor a card party at the League building tonight at 7:30 with all proceeds to go to the March of Dimes. Tickets will be sold at the door and refresh will be served. The public is invited to participate in the benefit.

Elbert Gilliland is president of the Civic League and his wife, Mrs, Irene Gilliiaml is president of the Auxiliary. Church Notes HARTFORD Sunday School will begin at the Assembly of God Church Sunday at 9:43 a.m. Morning devitional services will be held at a.m. and the evening service at with Rev. Roy E.

Warner in charge. General Baptist Sunday School convenes at 9:45 a.m. Rev. Robert Carter will be in charge of the morning worship service at 10:45 and Ihe evening service at 7:30. First Baptist Sunday School convenes at 9:45 a.m.

Rev. J. E. Humerickhouse will conduct the morning service at 10:45 a.m. and the evening service at 7:30.

Sunday services convene at the Church of Christ at 10 o'clock. The morning service will begin at 11 o'clock and the evening service at 7:30. Sunday School convenes at the Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m. Rev. Joe Gibbons will be in charge of the morning service at 10:30 and the evening service at 7:30.

Wood River Junior Women To Hear Mrs. Northivay Our Service! Reasonably Priced. We Invite Comparison. WOOD RICHER. Mrs.

Arthuri Northway will speak on "Youth) Conservation" at the meeting of the Junior Woman's Club to bcj held Monday evening at Woodj River School, it was today by Mrs. Jerry Trattler, president. Norman Ballard, Wood River polio drive chairman, will present the film, At Me," and explain the Salk Vaccine' program. Mrs. Marshall Smith is program chairman and hostesses are Mrs.

George Nauyok, Mrs. Ray Hover, Mrs. Harold Hudson and Mrs. Leo Spiller. Old Cathedral To Invest 42 Altar Boys An investiture ceremony for Knights of the Altar will be held Sunday at 3 p.m.

at Old Cathedral. To be invested into the order are altar boys. The society for altar boys was founded in 1938. The ceremony will be conducted by the rector, Msgr. W.

T. Sloan. The sermon will be pleached by the Rev. Roger Simpson, assistant rector. PAGE THREE SUCCESSOR TO ROBERT H.STREEPH hospital at 1:50 p.

m. Friday. Born in Ffaminglon, Feb. 24, 1893, Mrs. Marks had been a resident of Alton for 35 years.

She was married to Robert E. Marks. Nov. 21, 1917. at Farmington, and after moving to Alton became affiliated with the Main Street Baptist Church, where she was a charter member.

She is survived by her hus- band, a son, Harold of Shipman; her mother. Mrs. Thomas Smith, Rockford; two sisters Mrs. Ida Shaw, Rockford and Mrs. Lilla Rector.

Torre Haute, and two grandchildren. The body is at Gent Chapel where friends may call after 7:30 p. m. today, and until noon Monday when it will be taken to Main Street Baptist Church. Rites i in the church at 2:30 p.m.

Mon- jday, will be conducted by the Rev. Truman TSvait. pastor. Burial will he in Upper Alton. Pastors List Sunday Rites For Roxana ROXA.VA The Rev.

L. E. Mustain. pastor of the First Baptist church will use as his theme at the 9:43 a.m. unified service Sunday, "Beware of the Dogs" and at the 7:30 p.m.

service "Will the Church Pass Through Great Tribulation?" In the absence of the Rev George Psaute, pastor of the Church of the who with his and family are vacationing and visiting in California and Arizona, the Rev. C. I. DeBoard of East St. Louis, a retired minister, will bring the 10:45 a.m.

and 7:30 p.m. messages at the church this Sunday. The Rev. E. E.

DeLong. pastor of the First Presbyterian church announces the youth of the church will conduct the services this Sunday at 10:40 a.m. Dale Carroll will preside; Jane Kay Arterberry will give the invocation and prayer; Katy Norvell will read the scripture; John Donham will give the responsive reading; Bruce Kunz will play a piano solo; Larry Hobson. Dale Dickerson and Janet Jacoby will give the three messages on "Consider Your Call." White Hall OES Past Matrons, Patrons To Meet WHITE HALL Past Matrons and Past Patrons Night will be observed Tuesday evening. Feb.

VI. at 8 o'clock at the Masonic hall by members of the Guiding Star Chapter, O.E.S. All chairs will be occupied by past matrons and past patrons of Guiding Star Chapter. Refreshments will be served at the close of the meeting. Services For South Roxana Announced SOUTH ROXANA The Rev.

W. O. Rclnhardt, pastor of the South Roxana and Wanda Methodist churches, will use the theme "The Gospel Call" at the 9:30 a.m. service Sunday at Wanda and 10:45 a.m. at South Roxana.

During the morning service Raymond Smith of the Wanda church will visit the South Roxana church and present them with $2,000 from the Wanda church toward the building fund. The evening service will be at the South Roxana church at p.m. Prayer meeting will be at South Roxana Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Cottage prayer service will be Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs Lester Opel in South Roxana at 9:45 a.m.

and at the home of Mrs. Harold Baxter in Wanda Thursday at 9:45 a.m. At a special session of the quarterly conference held at the South Roxana church, the group voted to accept the plans presented for a new sanctuary. The sanctuary will be built on a plot of ground north of the present basement church and the present building will be used for an oduca- tionaJ building. The two will be connecting.

The Rev. Cyril Adams, pastor of the First Southern Baptist church announces the regular sen-ices for Sunday and states the study course on the book "Your Life and Your Church" will begin Monday at 7 p.m. and continue ail week. Instructors will be the Rev Adams for the young people and adults on the subject "Christ in the Modern Luther Shel by for the intermediates on "Blue Print for Tomorrow" and Mrs Ray Pruett for the Juniors on "BJ ble Heroes." Bctlialto Bowling Srores BETHALTO. In the Thurs day Men's League Bethalto Bowl Nelson Weger won both the individual high series and high game for the evening with respective scores of 583 and 258.

The team high series and high game were both won by the same team. Eddie's Cabinet Shop, with 2,488 and 946, respectively. Results of team play were: Town Tavern won 2 from Stag, Falstaffwon 3 from'Bi-Rite Market, Eddies Cabinet Shop won 2 frfom Peezils and Hopcroft Electric won 2 from the 140 Club. Other 200 bowlers for the evening were Armand Orlandini. 20S: John Bast.

207; Roy Roberts, 203 and Harold Albers. 209. The first Boy Scout frogmen are being trained in Britain. Graf ton Class Plans Food Sale At Clmulauqiia GRAFTON Seventeen members of the Fidel is Class were present at the politick supper at the annex Thursday evening. Following the supper a brief business session was conducted hy the newly elected president.

Mrs. Ora Brainord. The group voted to hold a food sale at Chautauqua this summer. Mrs. Robert Miller, chairman of the Year Book Committee, distributed the new books.

Scouts Meet GRAFTON The Boy Scouts met Tuesday evening at the city hall and made plans for a hike this afternoon. After the business session games played. A meeting of the committecmen will be held after the Scout meeting on Jan. 29 at the City Hall. Members are: Romie Womaek.

Darrell Wildt, John Surgeon, Charles McKinney, Wayne Ridenour and Hubert Pressley. 1-H Club Organized GRAFTON Nine members were present at the organization meeting of the 4-H Club Thursday evening in the Methodist Church. Lynn Surgeon was named leader. Officers will be elected at the February meeting. Graf ton Notes GRAFTON Everett Fry returned Wednesday from Florida where he spent two weeks on a business and pleasure trip.

The Crusaders Class of the Methodist Church will meet Monday night at the Annex. Mrs. Mary Pohlman was moved Wednesday afternoon in the Jacoby Ambulance to St. Joseph's Hospital, Alton, for medical treatment. Mr.

and Mrs. Clark Legate returned Thursday from a two week's visit with the formers brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mason Legate at St. Petersburg, Fia.

The Grafton 7 EC met Wednesday evening at the City Hall with 18 members of the advance first aid training class present. Rev. Crayne Speaking At East Alton Church EAST ALTON. The Rev. Richard Crayne.

pastor of the Pentecostal Church of Morristown, is serving as guest evangelist at a series of revival meetings being held each evening at 7:30 p.m. at the East Alton Pentecostal Church, St. Louis avenue and Kingshighway. The Rev. Harold Carter, pastor of the church, announced the meetings will continue for 10 days, and each will be featured by a program of special singing and music.

KAY IIUSSONG of Alton, crowned in St. Louis as "Miss Achiever" lor 1957 by J. R. Peterson, Southwestern Bell general manager and president of Junior Achievement. She is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. R. Hussong of 116 E. Sixth St. North Alton News AUTOS COMJDB AT STATK MAT1IKH STRKETS One automobile was disabled, nnolher incurred lesser damage as the result nf collision on State Street at Mather at 1:15 a.m.

today. The vehicles in the crash were a hardtop driven by Marion F. Holman. 28. of 107 Seventh employe of a local industry, and a sedan driven by Leeman Evans, a carpenter, of 214 E.

Carpenter Jrrseyville. Both had been proceeding south on State. According to the police report. Holman said that ho stopped in preparation for a left turn into Mather, and that impact from the following automobile of Evans turned his sedan almost completely around. His car suffered damage to its left rear fender and trunk.

Ev- nn's r.ni- had front-end damage, and was moved by Haper Towing Service. WKST JR. "(iOOI) -VHI-IK Students of West. Junior High School will observe "Good Citi-- zenship beginning Jan. 28 sponsored by Student Council, who have been making a poster display, and a brief assembly at 1:15 p.m.

Monday, will feature a play "Your Citixen- I ship Is authored by Miss Carol Pierson, a senior n't Allon High School, and president of the National Future Home- of America. There also will be a speech by Tommy Dickson and Principal Robert Harlow. Tuesday the students will analyze themselves on a self-inventory quiz; Wednesday, "broadcasts" from the station WEST, the school's public address system; Thursday, discussions and evaluation in home rooms; Friday "The Door a full one- act play in assembly at 1:15 p.rn. Parents and patrons are invited to attend the citizenship activ- tio ATTEND RELATIVES FUNERAL AT TAVLORVI.LLE Alton relatives, including Mrs. Joseph Schaller of Gerson a niece, returned Friday from Tny- lorville, where they attended funeral rites for Miss Battle Chaplin, T2.

Miss Chaplin died Wednesday in a nursing home in Pana, Others from here who were at funeral rites were Mrs. Schaller's mother. Mrs. Mary Curvey, a sister of Miss Chaplin. Mrs.

William Fink, and Mrs. Charles Hacke, nieces; Homer Curvey, nephew and Mrs. Curvey. SPECIAL ONIONS 3 Rexroaf Qualify Produce Market 2(115 E. Rdwy.

Free Parking Open Evenings Till 10 P. M. and Sunday Kay Hussong Crowned 1957 'Miss Achiever 9 Kay Hussong of Alton was crowned "Miss Achiever" for 1957 at the Junior Achievement Seventh Annual Coronation Ball in St. Friday Miss Hussong was crowneu -by J. R.

Peterson, president of Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley and general manager of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Each Junior Achievement center had a maid of honor. Junior Achievement, a national non-profit-making organization, has 1-18 Junior Achievement companies in this area. The companies operate for the purpose of giving teen-agers an opportunity to learn business, by actually owning and operating their own miniature corporation. Mark Birthday SOUTH ROXANA The kindergarten children in Mrs.

Genevieve Copcland's room v-)io are observing their birthday this month, were guests of honor at a party Friday. Children observing their anniversaries were Judy Arnold, Cindy Hanfelder. Chuckle Mellon. Henrietta Sanders, Phillip Tiller and Philip Watson. Mrs.

Arthur Hanfeider and Mrs. Charles Mellor also atended. Parents of the children furnished refreshments. nest Abbott was in charge of devotionals. F.

T. Hawk, Alton, visited Friday with his brothers, W. E. and C. L.

Hawk aiid families. Kane PTA to Meet Tuesday At North Junior High School Corner Broadway and Main Plenty of Free Parking OPEN SUNDAY, ALL DAY Large Size Eating JUICE Florida APPLES loroatoes 1C 3 Doz. 49 Thin Skin, SWMt Carton Golden Ripe BANANAS BROADWAY MAIN DRIVE-IN PRODUCE MARKET GODFREY A re-scheduled meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association will he held at North Junior High School, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Dr. J.

B. Johnson, superintendent of district schools, will speak on building? needs for Alton district, the proposed bond issue and discuss school prob- i lems. A local dentist will speak on A business meeting will he followed by refreshments and a social hour. Meeting was originally scheduled for the past Tuesday but was postponed because of the bad weather. KANE The Lydai Guild Missionary Circle of the Baptist Church met Thursday nisht at the home of Mrs.

Ed Co-hostesses were: Mrs. Brul Crafrod and Mrs. Kenneth Barringer. Program chairman was Mrs. William Harmon.

Mrs. Er- i LUNCH MEATS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS Rexroat Quality Produce Market 2615 E. Bdwy. Free Parking Open evenings till 10 P. M.

and Sunday DRESSEL-YOUNG DAIRY GRADE A HOMOGENIZED MILK 5 PC. Barber Set Clippers, Shears, Comb! 7. 14.95 money with this low-priced 'home barber set. High carbon alt-el (blade. Illustrated instructions m- I eluded.

STEEL COAL BUCKETS Heavy galvanized steel coal buckets, won't rust. Only a lew If ft at lliis low price. Save now. GERTRUDE MARKS Services 2:30 P. M.

Monday at the Main St. Baptist Church. Rev. Truman Twait officiating. Burial in Upper Alton Cemetery.

In state at the Chapel after 7:30 P. M'. Saturday. JACOB CHAMBERS Services 2:00 P. M.

Monday at the Chapel Rev. Frank MeDuffee officiating. Burial in Godfrey Cemetery In state at the Chapel after 7:00 Sunday. JAMES FRAZIER, JR. Services 10:00 A.

M. Monday at the Chapel. Burial in Upper Alton Cemetery In state at the Chapel after 2:30 P. Sunday. OF POLIO "LUNG" PATIENTS OLDER THAN 20 AGE GROUP CM! AMD OVER PERCENT OF TOTAL CASES THE MARCH OF DIMES Homart Flashlight Complete with 2 Batteries Value 59C Homart adjustable focus light.

Has locking switch and ring carrier. Batteries are leak proof. Cocoa Fiber Mat Cleans Shoes Like a Brush Rog. t.oO 99C Keep dirt outside! Practical cocca mat shakes clean easily. Durable construction with strong braided edges.

Blue Work Shirts Full Cul for Action Keg. 1.39 99 Thrifty Sanforized cotton chambray Won't shrink more than Bartacked, double stitched at points of strain. Underwear Sale Save 77c When You Buy 3 for I Buy now during this January Spec, tacular price slash and stock up on year 'round assortment of fine Just Suy "Charge It" Use Sears Revolving Churge Account. tf money STOKE IIOL'KS: Fri. 9 to 9.

Other 9 to 5. AVOID RUSH and TENSION EXTRA GOLDEN SHOPPING HOURS TO MAKE IT A FAMILY NIGHT! EASIER TO PARK NEAR YOUR DESTINATION.

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