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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1963 THE NEWS-PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICH. PAGE THIRTEEN Record Tax DEA THS AND FUNERALS President Emphasizes Peace Aims Also surviving are 36 grand-children; 10 great grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Neodia Venable of St. Louis, Mo. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.

m. in the Second Baptist church. The Rev. T. J.

Johnson, pastor, will officiate. Burial "will be in Riverside cemetery. 1 Friends may call at the Lyon Son funeral home until, noon Tuesday. Odessa Carter of Tutwiler, Miss, Mrs. Plesola Merriman of Springfield, Ohio, Mrs.

Ernestine Grays and Mrs. Pauline Murray of Dowagiac, Mrs. Almetia Moore of East Chicago, Mrs. Ros-etta Arnold of Dowagiac, Mrs. Cora Mae Lancaster of Flint, and Queen Ester and Leona Doyle at home; five sons, Thomas, and John of Memphis, Roosevelt of Flint, Sidney of Ionia, and Rayford of Dowagiac.

day afternoon in Lee Memorial hospital. Besides her, parents, survivors include three sisters, Theresa, Trudy and Tena; three brothers, Thomas, Timothy and Theodore, all at home; her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Peter Janssen of Dowagiac, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Drake of Wayne township.

Mrs. Hedwig Brohan DOWAGIAC Mrs. Hedwig Anna Brohan, 76, of 219 Lester avenue, died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday in Lee Memorial hospital. Mrs.

Brohaft- was" born Feb. 4, 1888, in Germany, the daughter of Andrew and Anna Braune El-sholz. She married John Peter Brohan, March 26. 1910 in Germany. He died May 8, 1958.

Survivors include a brother, Willie Elsholz of Germany. Mrs. Brohan was a member of St. John's Lutheran Evangelical church, where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. The Rev.

Ernst Klaszus, pastor, will ofiiciate. NEED BEST DEFENSE day at Memorial St. Joseph. Burdick Rites Held Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Radtke Burdick were held at 11 am.

Saturday at Trinity Lutheran church, St. Joseph. The "Rev. Robert A. Dorow officiated.

The organist was Robert Dehrig. The congregation sang "Kock Of Ages" and "Jesus, Savior Pilot Me." Casket bearers were George Mahler, Elwyn Gillette, Robert Koebel, Robert Kubsch, Leroy Hacker and Edward Klug. Burial was in the family lot at Spring Run cemetery, Scottdale. Arrangements were handled by Dey Brothers funeral home, St. Joseph.

Mrs. Burdick died Wednesday in Memorial hospitalj St. Joseph. Military Spending Cut Urged By Kennedy Amount Set At $13.5 Billion (Continued Prom Page One) year. Neither did he indicate the first-year Impact on the federal budget.

i BUDGET DUE THURSDAY Kennedy's new budget, for the 1964 fiscal year starting July 1. will go to Congress Thursday. It Is expected to call for spending approaching $99- billion. In one of his few references to the budget, the President said it will allow for "needed rises in defense, space and fixed interest charges." But he said it will hold "total expenditures for all other purposes below this year's level." To do this, Kennedy said, he Will call for "the reduction or postponement of many desirable programs," plus payroll and, other economies. These were among other high- lights of the message: The state of the Union is good; "the recession is behind Us." The state of the world is improving; "steady progress has been made in building a world Of order." "ONLY "But we cannot be satisfied to-rest here, This is the side of the hill, not the top.

The mere absence of war is not peace. The mere, absence of recession is not growth. We have made a beginningbut we have only begun." At home, Kennedy wants aid to education; help for unemployed youths; an expanded health program; strengthened guarantees of voting rights; increased competi-, i tion and decreased regulation in transportation local mass transit program; a new farm program; more parks and recreation area. i Abroad, Kennedy seeks a lowering of trade curbs; an expanded Peace "an increasingly intimate North Atlati-tic Treaty Organization" with its own nuclear force and stronger conventional arms; a vigorous Alliance for Progress in Latin America; and a continuing, foreign aid program which he said has "contributed to the fact that not a single one of the nearly 50 U.N. members to gain independence since the second World War has succumbed to Communist control." SPECIAL EMPHASIS Kennedy devoted a special section of his address to "increasing strains and tensions within the Communist- bloc." Emphasizing that "here hope must be tempered with caution," he said of Sino-Soviet differences: "A dispute over how best to bury the free world is no grounds for Western rejoicing." While professing to foresee "no spectacular reversal in Communist methods or goals," Kennedy said that if "the winds of persuade the Soviets to walk the1 path of peace, then let her know that all free nations will journey t.

with her." But until that happens, he said, "the free peoples have no choice but to keep their arms Kennedy concluded by saying that "We have every reason to believe that our tide is running strong." And he added this -prayerful reference tothe recent Cuban crisis: "With thanks to Almighty God for us through a perilous passage, we ask His help anew In guiding the 'good ship Rate Boost Invites Russia To Cooperate (Continued From Page One) is over means, not ends. A dispute over how best to bury the free world is no grounds for western rejoicing. "Nevertheless, while a strain is not a fracture it is clear that the forces of diversity are at work inside the Communist camp The recent Cuban crisis and Red China's attack on India, contrasting with western policies KJ where, have helped nations, Kennedy said, to real- ize more clearly that the igsue jn the world struggle is not Com- munism versus capitalism, but coercion versus free choice." NEW PHASE BEGINS Kennedy said that western Europe "is entering into a jaew phase of its long and brilliant -history." He said the Polaris rocket agreemerit which he and Prime Minister Harold MacMillan worked out at Nassau last month "recognizes that the security of the West is and so must be our defense." Under the agreement the United States will supply Polaris missilues to Britain. It has of fered to do the same for France on the same terms. The subS marine-born missiles, with a matching force from the United: States will be offered for NATO control, to form a multi-nation NATO nuclear force.

Of the newly independent nations of Africa and Asia and the non-aligned, Kennedy said "they are beginning to realize that the longing for independence is the same the world over, whether it is the independence of West Berlin or Viet Nam. In Latin America, he said, the Alliance for Progress is beginning to grow into 'a living reality." He declared it is stimulating self-help and reform and "bringing new housing and hope, new and dignity, to millions who were previously forgotten." WILL TAKE TIME He said the process of growth with U.S. assistance will be slow, "bearing fruit in a decade and not in a day." Kennedy reported the Peace-Corps, which totaled under 900 volunteers a year ago, will number more than 9,000 year from now. Headed: "There are in fact, nearly a million Americans serving their country and the cause of freedom in overseas posts, a record no other people can match." The President pledged anew his government's full support for the United Nations and reaffirmed his policy of negotiating for disarmament. arrant Issued A warrant charging Wayne Clark, of Detroit, with disorderly non-support was issued Friday by Associate Judge1 Harry A.

Laity in St. Joseph Municipal Court. The warrant was sought by City police on behalf of a complaint by Mrs. Hose Clark, 716 Water street, St. Joseph.

INDIANA GUESTS GRAND JUNCTION Mr. and Mrs. Paynter Rhedd of Chesterton, were recent guests for several days of the Vernon Will -family: Going Up, WASHINGTON" (AP) Congress today the military to ensure the United States to the sixties." There is no choice, the President said in his State of the Union message, "The mere absence of war is not peace" and America continues to require the best defense in the world. While Kennedy did not indi cate the size of the increase he. will seek this will be spelled out Thursday when the Budget is sent to Capitol Hill A $2-billion hike is Pentagon spending in this fiscal year, which ends June 30, is estimated at $48.3 billion.

As an example of the high, cost of modern arms, Kennedy said the United States this year is spending more than $15 billion on nuclear weapons systems alone. EQUALS ALLIES' TOTAL The figure also shows the share of the Western defense load being borne by the United States. For the sum, Kennedy said, "is about equal to the combined defense budgets of our European allies." In sketching the nature of the military program for next year the President emphasized forces able to fight non-atomic war. He said that a defense suited to the 1960s means: Improved air and missile defense, improved civil defense, a strengthened antiguerrilla capacity and, of prime importance, more powerful and flexible non-nuclear forces. For threats of massive retaliation may not deter piecemeal aggression and a line of destroyers in a quarantine, or a division of well-equipped men on a border, may be more useful to our real security than the multiplication of awesome weapons beyond all rational need." FROMU.S.

man Gets Checks For $67,200 BRIDGMAN Receipt of a check for $67,200 from the federal government for its share of the $250,000 Bridgman sewer was announced today by Mrs. Ester Liskey, city clerk. The check is for partial payment, with the federal government due to pay approximately $70,000 as its share of the new sewer system. Most of the work on the new system is completed. Lines have been laid and hookups to Bridgman homes are underway.

The ystem-iS-XBected to be operat-ing by spring. Bridp Emerson Rites Held Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in the Frost funeral home for Mrs. Laura Ann Emerson, 86, formerly of 769 Pipestone street. The Rev. H.

Gardner Anderson, pastor of the First Congregational church, officiated. Casket bearers were Fred O. Tuttle. Edward Scott, E. M.

Phares, Derwin Myers, George Bogart and Valorus Kerry. Burial was in Crystal Springs cemetery. Mrs. Emerson died Wednesday In' the St-. Joseph County Home, South Bend, where she had been a patient for seven months.

Infant's Rites Held Graveside services were held this morning in the gardea of The Last Supper in North Shore Memory Gardens for Christine Peters, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Peters, route 2, Box 202. Kerlikowske road, Hagar township'. Howard Nagle of the Twelve Corners Community church officiated.

The Florin funeral home was to charge of arrangements. The 4nfant died Friday morning in Watervliet Community hospital shortly after birth. Geddes Rites Held Funeral services for Mrs. Harvey "((Minnie) Geddes, who with her husband formerly owned jwd operated Geddes' China Nook at 210 State street, St. Joseph, were held at 11 a.

m. Saturday in the Kerlikowske, Starks Beatty funeral home chapel, St. Joseph. The Rev. E.

A. Irion, pastor 'of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, officiated. Mrs. Mildred Johnson was organist. Members of the Order of Eastern Star, of which she was a life member, attended the services in a group.

Casket bearers, allelatives, were Charles Shearer, Andrew DeVries, Max Petzke, Gerald Wentland, Kenneth and Roger Styburskl. Burial was in the Riverview cemetery, St. Joseph. Mrs. Geddes, 82, of 606 Main street, died at 7:30 a.

m. Wednesday in Memorial hospital, St. Joseph, shortly after she was admitted. Former Resident Dies Word has been received here of the death of a former St. Joseph resident, Mrs Viola Baldwin, 62, Sunday in Custer, Mich.

The former Viola Hatfield, she was born Aug. 31, 1900, in St. Joseph. She was married to Clarence Baldwin' Nov. 11, 1919 In Benton Harbor.

Besides her husband she is survived by four daughter, Mrs. Laurance Morman of La Crescent, Mrs. Kenneth Lester of Custer, Mrs. Veryl Sanders of Scottville, and Mrs. Ed Hosford of Miami, two sons, Clarence of Kalamazoo and Richard of St.

Joseph; two sisters, Mrs. Etta McCluskey of St. Joseph and Mrs. Jerry Pheisen of Detroit; and 23 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at'-2.

p. m. Wednesday in Custer. Burial will in Waihalla. Mrs.

Freda, Parker Mrs. Freda Parker, 78, of 329 Pipestone street, died at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Berrien county hospital, Berrien Center, where she had been a patient for two days7 Mrs. Parker was born Dec. 20, 1884, in Sweetser, where she married John Cowan In 1901.

They moved to Three Rivers where, Mr. Cowan died in 1939. In 1951, she married Alfred Parker in Three Rivers. They moved to Athens, Mich, where Mr. Parker dledin 1960 after which Mrs.

Parker came here to reside. Survivors include a son, Lester Cowan of Zelienople, two sisters In law, Mrs. Kathleen Sirk and Melville Sirk- of Benton Harbor, and several nieces and nephews. One son preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.

in the Frost funeral home. The Rev. D. G. Foote, pastor of the First Assembly of God church, will officiate, Burial will be in North Shore Memory Gardens.

iGlassman Rites Held Largely attended funeral services for John Glassman, father of well-known auctioneer, John M. Glassman of Dowagiac, were held at 2 p. m. Saturday in the First Church of God, St. Joseph.

The Rev. Marvin Hartman, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Ernest Kersten, pastor of the St. Joseph German Church of God, officiated. Paul Yerden was organist.

Mrs. Mary Ann Siegert sang "Slcher In Jesu Armen." Mrs. Siegert and Mrs. Alma Wey-land sang "Not A Shadowland." Casket bearers were George Buller, Bill Wesner, Adolph Buc-holtz, Ernest Schraeder, Chris Suckert and Gustave Wollin. Burial was in Eau Claire cemetery.

Mr. Glassman, 73, of 125 West May street, was pronounced dead on arrival at 10:30 a. m. Wednes- For Flowers of Quality Distinction Call Cry stal Springs Florists WA 5-M67 former SJ. Parks Chief Dead At 60 J.

BERNARD SCHWERDT J. Bernard (Barney) Schwerdt, former superintendent of parks for the city of St. Joseph, died Saturday at 11 a. m. in Mercy hospital at Grayling, Mich.

Mr. Schwerdt, 60, of 202 Central avenue, was stricken while driving to his cabin near Grayling. Mr. Schwerdt was born Nov. 19, 1902, in St.

Joseph and graduated from St. Joseph high school in 1921. In 1927, he graduated from the University of Illinois, where he received a bachelor of science degree in landscape architecture. He then went to Detroit, where he worked for Penner and Wilcox Landscape Architecture Co. In 1933, he began working for the National Park Service.

He worked for the National Parks System until 1942 and in that time he was in charge of the building of Wilderness State Park at Mackinaw City; the Pigeon River Tract Park at Vanderbuilt; the Grayling Winter Sports Park at Grayling; the Ludington State Park and the rebuilding of Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island. He then moved back to Detroit and in 1946, he moved to Gaylord, where he owned and operated a resort until 1948, when he moved back to St. Joseph to become superintendent of parks. During his tenure as parks superintendent he developed most of the city parks including River-view park and Lions Beach. In 1959, Mr.

Schwerdt retired from the city and started working full-time as the owner and president of Schwerdt Landscape and Supply which he started in 1957. Mr. Schwerdt was a member of Elks Lodge 541 and a charter member of the Michigan Association of Landscape Architects. Surviving besides his wife, the former Doris St. Clair, whom he married in St.

Joseph on Sept. 21, 1929, are two sons, Dale and Craig, both of St. Joseph and a brother, Harold of St. Joseph. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.

m. Wednesday in the Starks Beatty funeral home chapel. The Rev. Ernest St. John's, curate of St.

Paul's Episcopal church, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. Death Takes T. J.

Gehlert At Age Of 77 THOMAS GEHLERT Thomas J. Gehlert, 77, of 732 Colfax avenue, Benton Harbor, died at 2:30 p. m. Saturday in Mercy Hospital herel He had been a patient there since Dec. 31, and in poor health for the past year.

Mr. Gehlert was born March 11, 1885, in Bloomington, HI. He came to this area in 1900 from Chicago. Mr. Gehlert married the former Zora Thayer Nov.

23, 1913. She died in 1956. He had been in business with his father, Gustav Gehlert, in the Benton Harbor Fruit Products Co. Mr. Gehlert was a Hie member of the Lakeshore Masonic Lodge No.

298 F. A.M. and of the Benton Harbor Elks Lodge 'No. 544. He also was a member of the Knights Templar.

He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Louise G. McConnell of Benton Harbor; a niece, Mrs. Edwin Ray of Benton Harbor; and a nephew, Col. B.

F. McConnell of Tennessee. A daughter, Katherine, died in 1929. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m.

Wednesday at Dey Brothers funeral home chapel. The Rev. Ellis Marshburn of the First Presbyterian church, Benton Harbor, will officiate. Burial will be in the family mausoleum at Crystal Springs cemetery, Benton Harbor. Friends may contribute memorials to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.

i 1 JFK Says President Kennedy told budget- must go up agairrp. "a defense which is suited Meeting In Galien Set School Board May Discuss Fund Case GALIEN The first meeting of fVtA falian sittrtsvl KaoiH ctnrta tVia disclosure of a state auditor gen- I eral's report of mishandling of funds will be held Tuesday School board officials announced that the public part of the meeting. will start at 9 p.m Board Secretary Clark Glover received reports and findings from the auditor general's office. No indication of what will be on the agenda was included in the announcement of the meeting. High School Burglarized A break-in and rifling of coin-operated sanitary napkin machines at Benton Harbor high school was under investigation Saturday by city police.

Patrolman Cyril Fuller said entry was gained by breaking glass in a door into the. footbalL locker room: The burglar went to three girls' rest rooms and pried machines, then broke his jack knife blade on a machine in the fourth room. That machine was removed and found broken open outdoors. It was estimated the burglar got $2 to $3 in change and caused $100 damage to the machines. Divorces Granted Three divorces have been granted in Berrien County Circuit court.

They went to: Alberta R. White, Coloma, from Jack Joie White for non-support. They were married Jan. 25, 1962. Shirley Rukes, Benton township, from Fred Rukes for cruelty.

They were married March 26, 1959. Custody of one child to the mother. J. C. Fox, Benton Harbor, from Essie Lee Fox for desertion.

They were married April 15, 1956. Custody of one child was reserved, due to lack of jurisdiction of 11 man!" Trust Department I 4 Burial will be in Riverside cemetery. Friends may call at the Lyon Son funeral home until noon Wednesday. George Hastings EAU CLAIRE George B. Hastings.

82, of Eau Claire, died at 5:30 Sunday afternoon in the Berrien county hospital, Berrien Center. Before entering the hospital he resided at the Drew rest home north of here. Mr. Hastings was born in Beaver Dam, the son of Abner and Emma Scott Hastings. He was formerly employed by the Berrien County Packaging company here.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Minnie Hastings Olson of Stockton, a niece, Mrs. Russell (Arlene) Calbutzer of Paw Paw and three nephews, Elmer Hastings Of Battle Creek, Winfield Hastings of and Henry Hastings of Chicago. Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. Watervliet cemetery.

The Rev. Lloyd A. Zoschke, pastor of the Eau Claire Community Congregational church, will officiate. Friends may call at the Bow-erman funeral home. Mrs.

Charles Ross NEW BUFFALO Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at the Carlisle funeral home, Michigan City, Ind. for Mrs. Charles (Ann Marie) Ross, 40, 911 Kentucky street, Michigan City.

Mrs. Ross owner and operator of Ann and Chuck's restaurant. New Buffalo, died Thursday in St. Anthony hospital after an illness of three days. Rev.

Donald C. Ford officiated. Burial -was in Greenwood ceme tery, Michigan City Mrs. Ross was born May 7, 1922, in Wisconsin, the daughter of Samuel and Mary Zajac Human. She was married to Charles Ross on March 15, 1941.

Surviving besides her husband is a son, Charles, 19, at home; her- mother, of Michigan City; three sisters, William Hildebrand, LaCrosse, Mrs. Gordon Riley and Mrs. George Sydow, both of Michigan City and two brothers, Samuel and Carl Human, also of Michigan City. Mrs. Bessie Miller BANGOR Funeral services were scheduled to be held at 2 p.

m. today in the Stafford funeral home for Mrs. Bessie M. Miller, 80, of 616 Joy street, who died Saturday in South Haven Community hospital. The Rev.

John Willis, pastor of the First Congregational church, was to officiate. Burial was to take place in "wHdeyemeteryrPaw-Paw, Mrs. Miller was born Jan. 19, 1882, in Dowagiac. Her husband, Henry, preceded her in death three years ago.

She was a member of First Congregational church of Bangor. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Thomas Doyle DOWAGIAC Mrs. Thomas (Roberta) Doyle, 58, of 330 Pokagon street, died Friday night in Lee Memorial hospital where she had been a patient since Dec.

26. She had been in ill health for six months. Mrs. Doyle was born Oct. 4, 1904, in Lee county, the daughter of William and Mae Ella Dickson.

She married Thomas Doyle, May 5, 1929, in Hughes, Ark. They moved here from Memphis, in 1951. Besides her husband, survivors include nine daughters, Mrs. BDSOI OfmlmLuic Servic The prices shown in the Frost selection room are for the complete service without hidden extras or added charges. Frost WAlnot 6-6147 I- sua Area Deaths Mrs.

A. E. Vollrath COLOMA Mrs. A. E.

(Grace Marie) Vollrath, 67, of route 4, Coloma, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday In Mercy hospital, Benton Harbor, where she had been a patient for 17 days. Mrs. Vollrath was born Sept. 27, 1895, in Coloma, and had spent her entire here.

Her first husband, Siddal! Cottier, died Feb. 24, 1948. Besides her husband, whom she married March 11, 1952, survivors include four sons, Richard Cottier of Louisville, Neil, Robert and James Cottier of Coloma; a daughter, Mrs. Edward Vollrath of Coloma; a stepson, Harley Vollrath of Watervliet; 13 grandchildren; two great grandchildren; three brothers, Rex Kelly of Benton Harbor, Max Kelly of St. Joseph and Calvin Kelly of Mishawaka, and two sisters, Mrs.

Mabel Smith of Coloma and Mrs. Beatrice Hart-man of Hartford. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Davidson funeral home. The Rev.

Leon Andrews, pastor of the Coloma Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Coloma cemetery. Earl Peterson LAWTON Earl Peterson, 65, of "502 First street, died Sunday morning in Lake View Community hospital, Paw Paw, following an illness of several months. Mr. Peterson was born May 8, 1897, in Benton township, the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Archie Peterson. He was a farmer in the Bangor township area until about 20 years ago when he came to this area and was employed by the Welch Grape Juice Company, from which he was retired. Survivors Include his widow, Ruth; two sons, Archie of Fay-etteville. and Gerold of Kalamazoo; three daughters, Mrs.

Virginia Bowlby of Lawton, Mrs. Velma Davis of Niles and Mrs. Zora Florek of Watervliet; 16 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren; three brothers, Max of Battle Oliver of Alto, and Lloyd of Bangor. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Prindle funeral home.

The Rev. Robert Hewitt, pastor of the Lawton Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Breedsville cemetery, Breedsville. Mrs. Warren Field BANGOR Mrs.

Warren (Bertha Viola) Field, 80, of 518 Morrison avenue, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Miss Mildred Field of Plymouth, Mich. Mrs. Field was born March 13, 1882, in Walworth county, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Phelps.

She married Warren Field June 26, 1904 in Bangor. Besides her husband" and daughter, Mildred, survivors include two other daughters, Mrs. Alva Hodgman and Mrs. Donnu Quakenbush of Bangor; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mrs.

Field was a member of the Church of Christ of Bangor and the Women's Relief Corps. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the McKane funeral home. The Rev.

Austin P. Benjamin, pastor of the Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial will be in Arlington Hill cemetery. Janssen Infant Dies DOWAGIAC Funeral services were scheduled to be held at 11 a. m.

today in the McLauchlin funeral home for Tammy Katherine Janssen, infant daughter of Raymond and Eleanor Drake Janssen, route 2, Decatur. The Rev. Fr. Gilbert Rahrig, pastor of the Holy Family Catholic church of Decatur, was to officiate. Burial was to take place in Riverside cemetery.

The infant was stillborn Sun- Miss Adala Podjan 2 P. M. Tuesday, Grace Lutheran Church. Baby Christne Peters To Be Arranged. Phon HA 1103 212 Pipitteni, Biatoi Harkir Why, "I'm still a young ft Is Asked (Continued From Page One) tier, executive director of Blue Shield, said the health insurance plans need new income 1n the face of rising operating costs.

Spokesmen said both plans i rently are operating in the red and that the proposed rate increases are calculated to keep the plans on a firm financial basis through of 1965. McNary said current benefit payments are exceeding revenue at an accelerating rate. DRAW ON RESERVES "We had to draw almost $5 million from reserves in 1962 and without an adequate increase they will be exhausted in a matter of months," McNary said. Blue Cross wants a rate Increase yielding 29.3 per cent of its Income and Blue Shield 23.9 per cent. Both McNary and Whittier blamed the money needs on rising hospital costs, Increased useage of the health care plans and vances in science which have resulted in additional personnel re- quirements.

They said the two plans are continuing to seek ways A fatal accident or illness can occur at any age; and the man who does not leave a Will often does leave his family an inheritance of hardship. Too, the absence of a Will where there are minor children may mean endless legal tangles and delays, placing unnecessary obstacles in the way of the best use of the estate for the greatest welfare of your family. Our experienced trust officers will be glad to discuss with you the provisions you would like to make for the future of your family. There is no obligation, and you will be most welcome. of reducing operating costs.

(Blue Cross-Blue shield rates In recent years have become one of Michigan's most important economic-political issues, directly affecting hundreds of thousands of people covered by the lnsur-1 ance program. In the local area, for example, there are 43,000 Blue Cross-Blue Shield subscribers within Berrien, Van Buren, Cass and Allegan counties.) Asks Executor Role Dr. Paul O. Rague, 1287 Seneca Road, Benton Harbor, has filed a petition in Berrien County Probate court asking that he be ap- pointed executor of the estate of his father, Henry Samuel V. Rague, St.

Joseph, who died Dec. 13, 1962. The estate is estimated at $10,000 in personal property. For experienced service. FARMERS nd MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK Benton Hirboi SttvntviNt Bndgman First Mtmbtr FDIC.