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MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1971 THE NEWS PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, inCH. PAGE SIXTEEN DEATHS AND FUNERALS Coloma Plans To Seek Ruling held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the First Christian church, Dowagiac' Dr. Charles M. Lewis, pastor of the Federated church, will officiate.

The McLauchlin funeral Dowagiac is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. DeFord Rites Held admitted Aug. 3. Mr.

Pierce was born in Lyle Churchill, Sr. On Ordinance ticket Aug. 22 by Coloma police charging him with violating the section of the-control measure which makes it illegal to use a private parking lot as a turn-around. The section is part of an ordinance to control impeding of traffic on public streets. The ordinance was adopted two years ago and is similar to one adopted in St Joseph in 1966 to control blocking of traffic.

Unruh said the ordinance was passed in hopes of eliminating the continuous merry-go-round traffic off Paw Paw street onto a private parking lot and then back onto Paw Paw. Motorists, mostly younger drivers, had been blamed for driving from the street and through the lot COLOMA City officials here have called for a ruling on the legality of a city traffic control measure after a case filed under provisions of the measure was tossed out of district court. Coloma city commissioners authorized City Clerk Mrs. Patricia Johnson to send a copy of the measure to state Atty. Gen.

Frank J. Kelley Jr and request the ruling. Action on the request came after Police Chief Kenneth L'nruh reported that a traffic violation case filed against Jimmie Albright, 21, of 371 Park street, Coloma, had been dismissed by District Court Judge Paul Pollard Friday. Legality of the regulation was questioned, city officials indicated. Albright had been issued a Kickoff Today For South Haven Fund Campaign By TOM RENNER South Haven Bureau SOUTH HAVEN The.

South Haven United 'Fund kicks off its 1971 campaign today with the hopes of an. early and successful con: elusion, according to general drive chairman, Tom Mellon. The goal has been set at $35,000, $2,000 more than the goals of each of the last two. years. Unlike previous campaigns, this year's drive, according Mellon, will be concluded in three weeks.

For the past several years drives have been conducted in four week campaigns. Last year, because of poor economic conditions, the campaign fell short of its $33,0000 goal, but this year Mellon said the United Fund Board felt "The time is right for a renewed effort on the part of South Haven residents to show their support for the many worthwhile United Fund organizations." Helping Mellon and his drive vice-chairman, Robert Reeder, officiate. Burial will follow in Plum Grove cemetery, Union. Grand Junction Public Official Dies At 50 SOUTH HAVEN Frederick A. Ninke, 50, route 1, Grand Junction, former Geneva township clerk and manager of the North Lake Blue Plantation, died Saturday evening in Blodgett hospital, Grand Rapids.

Mr. Ninke had served for many years as township clerk and at the time of his death was a trustee of the township. He was an active member of the First English Lutheran church where he had served-on. the church council, was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the Ushers Club and the LOYALS. He was born in South Haven, April 15, 1921.

On Aug. 20, 1944, in South Haven, he was married to the former Virginia Beckwith. In addition to his widow, survivors include a son, Duane Frederick at home; a daughter, Mrs. David (Barbara) Prediger of Benton Harbor; his mother, Mrs. Bertha Ninke of Sumner, three brothers, Ervin of Indianapolis, Albert of Sumner and Harley of West Bend, Wis sisters, Mrs.

Florence Tonant of Otympia, Mrs. Laura Wiggins of Crystal Falls, Mrs. Marie Gos-ett of Paw Paw, Mrs. Martha Redley of South Haven, Mrs. Bertha Alfieri of Holland and Mrs.

Beatrice Marcucci of Chicago; and two grandchiK dren. One son preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First English Lutheran church, South Haven, with the Rev. Raymond Bartels officii a ting.

Assisting will' be the Rev. Dean H. Beckwith. Burial will follow in Arlington Hill cemetery, Bangor. The family will receive friends at the Frost funeral home, South Haven, from 7 to 9 p.m.

today and Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the memorial fund of the First English Lutheran church. Alden H. Fritz BRIDGMAN Alden Fritz, 64, route 2, Three Oaks, died Saturday at 2:45 p.m. ir Memorial hospital, St Joseph.

He had been ill for 10 years and was hospitalized a week ago. He was bora Nov. 28, 1906. in Chicago. He married Ruth Koche, July 14, 1940, and they moved to this area in 1964.

Survivors include his widow; a son, William of Three Oaks, and a sister, Miss Alethea Fritz of Niles. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Boyd funeral home, Bridgman. Dr. Herbert Webber of the Olivet Congregational church will officiate.

Burial will be in New Troy cemetery. Friends may call" at. the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. Ackerman Rites Held THREE OAKS Funera.

services for Roy Gilberl Ackerman, 62, route "1. Sawyer, were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Connelly-Noble funeral home, Three Oaks. Casket bearers were Roberl Johannes, Felix Paul, Ronald Gallo, Al Randon and Rodney and Robert Littlejohn. Honorary casket bearers were James, Daniel and Patrick Branson and Bernie, Laurence, James and Robin Chirstopher, all grandsons.

Burial was in Riverside cemetery, Three Oaks. Mr. Ackerman was a member of Three Oaks Masonic Lodge No. 239 Martin F. Pierce DOWAGIAC Martin F.

Pierce, 83, M-62 West, route 4, Dowagiac, died at 5 p.m. Saturday in the Stephen nursing home, Niles, where he was p.m. Saturday in'the Hutchins funeral home, Watervliet for Howard H. Schaus, 70, Territorial road, Watervliet Casket bearers were Roy Tousely, Edgar Kesterke, Chet Weber, Ben Scherer, Maurice JJmphrey and Art Rutz. Burial and rites, conducted-by the Odd Fellow Lodge No, 363, followed in Byers ceme tery, Bainbridge township.

John H. Kingsley EAU CLAIRE John Henry Kingsley, 73, of 118 North Mill street, Do wagiac, and formerly of Eau Claire, died Sunday in Niles Pawating hospital. Mr. Kingsley was born June 2, 1898, in Pipestone "township, the son of Mr. and Mrs.

William Kingsley. He was a veteran of World War a member of the Dowagiac VFW. Post No. 1055 and the Western Star Masonic Lodge of Berrien Springs. He was a retired employe of the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority.

Surving are his widow, the former Betty Palmer, whom he married in 1936, in Angola, a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Virginia) Schram of Wolf Lake, Ind. three sons, Rob- -ert, Donald and Thomas, of Dowagiac; 10 grandchildren and' seven great-grandchildren. Private funeral services will be held alio a.m. Wednesday in the Bowerman funeral home, Eau Claire.

Burial will be in Shanghai cemetery. The casket will remain closed. Russell Rites Held BRIDGMAN Funeral services for Milford Russell, 64, 8766 Stevensville-Baroda road, were held at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Boyd funeral home, Bridgman. Casket bearers were Robert Russell, Sam Sommers, Vern Button, Frank Kelly, Ernest Stehlin and Walter Raas.

Burial was in Ruggles cemetery, Baroda, where military rites were conducted by Baroda American Legion post 345. Mrs. Nora L. Jeivell EAU CLAIRE Mrs. Nora Lora Jewell, 95, Harner road, Route 2, Eau Claire, died iSaturday evening in the Watervliet Community hospital, -where she had been a patient since Friday.

Mrs. Jewell was born Oct 11, 1876, in Story County, Iowa, the daughter of George and Angeline Hadley Peters. She came to this area in 1888, and on June 8, 1900, was married to Edward P. He preceded her in death on Nov. 19, 1945..

Mrs. Jewell was a member of the former Moore's Corner Evangelical United Brethern church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Harry (Norma). Bodtke, with whom she made her home, Mrs.

Regina Vetter of Laurel, and Mrs. Merl (Lila) Baske of Delton, a son R. D. Jewell of Laurel; 15 grandchildren; 22 greatgrandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren; anc" a sister, Mrs. Guy (Verna', Churchill of Spinks Corners.

A daughter and two sons preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Bowerman funeral home, Eau Claire. Rev. Wayne Goldsmith, pastor of the Sister Lakes Community church, will officiate.

Burial will be in Shanghai cemetery. Delia Wagner CASSOPOLIS Mrs. Delia' Wagner, 57, Teasdale route 1, Jones, died at 8 a.m. Saturday in Burgess hospital, Kalamazoo, following a long illness. Mrs.

Wagner was born in Elkhart, June 27, 1914. Survivors include four Charles E. of Jones and Roger Larry and Jerry Lee at home; a daughter, Mary Jane of Cassopolis; one grandson; and three sisters, Mrs. Edna May, Mrs. Harold Bailey and' Mrs.

Ray Vanover of Goshen, Ind. Her husband, Adelbert, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Connelly funeral home, Cassopolis. The Rev.

H. L. Matte-son, pastor of the Chapel Hill Missionary church, will Ann Arbor. Burial will be in St Thomas cemetery, Ann Arbor. McCloud Rites Set Funeral services fpr Le-mona McCloud, five-month-old daughter of Jimmie and Beverly Norman, 687 Ogden.

avenue, Benton Harbor, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hopewell Baptist church. Rev. John Simmons will officiate. Burial will be in Crystal Springs cemetery.

Friends may call at the Robbins funeral home. McTye Rites Held Graveside services for Mrs. Neomia McTye, 55, of route 1, Eau Claire, were held at 11 a.m. in Shanghai cemetery. Casket bearers were John Robinson, J.

R. Lewis, William Fowler and Chester Smith. The Robbins funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Ollie Anktoms- Mrs.

Ollie 67, of 866 Columbus avenue, Benton Harbor, died at 3 p.m. Sunday in Berrien General hospital, Berrien Center, where she had been a patient eighl weeks. t- Mrs. Anktoms was born Oct 12, 1904, in Walls, the daughter of John and Laura McCloud. She.

had resided in this area 26 years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ollie Robinson and Mrs. Omega Jackson of Benton Harbor; two sons, James Hill of Benton Harbor and William Hooks of Hollywood, 14 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Leona Kimball of Muskegon, Mich.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete today at the Robbins funeral home. Tutton Rites Set Graveside services for Harry Victor Tutton, 79, of 604 West John Beers road, Lincoln township, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Crystal Springs cemetery. Rev. Eldon C.

Watterworth, pastor of the First Baptist church will officiate. The Florin funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Tutton died Wednesday in Mercy hospital, as the result of a three-car accident on Oct 7. Area Deaths CeorSe Konrath NILES George William Konrath, 35o251 Bond street Niles, was found dead in his home, Friday at 10:30 p.m.

Dr. "John Berrien county deputy medical examiner, said he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the head and estimated the time of death at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Mr. Konrath was last seen Monday night at Simplicity, Pattern Company, where he was employed.

He was born in South Haven, Feb. 2, 1936, and moved to Edwardsburg in 1952. He was a graduate of Edwardsburg high school and had served in the Army from 1957 to 1960. In 1960, he was married to the Shirley Arlene Shireman in Elkhart In addition to wife, survivors include two daughters, Georgia and Linda, all of Bertrand road, his mother, Mrs. Ella Konrath of Edwardsburg; five brothers, Ambrose with the U.S.

Navy at Norfolk, Donald, Michael and Robert of Edwardsburg and Albert of Elkhart; a sister, Deanna Konrath of Elkhart; and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Rose Kon-. rath of South Haven. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in.

the Paul Mayhew. funeral home, Edwardsburg. The Rev. Charles Gushwa, former pastor of the Granger United Missionary church, will officiate. Burial will be in Adamsville cemetery.

Schaus Rites Held WATERVLIET Funeral, services were held at 3:30 )WTftBWl FUNERAL HOME ,132506 NILES AYENUECZ3 PHONE 983-1514 Mmbw, TMiMMtormicotMNMiu Bennie Moritz 1:30 p.m. Tuesday In the Chapel 1W 42 Dowagiac, July 2, 1888, the son of Oliver and Emeline Means Pierce. He. was a farmer until retiring a year Survivors include two-sons, Glenn and Lyle of Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Roger Bough' tori of Cassopolis; six grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

His wife, the former Mildred Mendenhall, whom he married 21, in Chicago, preceded him in death. Mr. Pierce was a member of fee Cass County Farm Bureau; served as director of the board of the Dowagiac Cooperative Association, for several years; and was treasurer of California School District No. 4 Pokagon township, from 1918 to 1935. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m.

in the Groner-Lyon funeral home, Dowagiac. Dr. Charles Lewis, pastor of the Federated church, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Malcolm D. Grant COLOMA Malcolm D.Grant, 86, 530 Jackson court, Coloma, died at 8:05 a.m.

yesterday in Mercy hospital. Mr. Grant was born in Van Buren county, Aug. 18, 1885, and has been associated with Michigan Shore Lumber Company, Coloma. jtor several years.

He was a member of Coloma Masonic Lodge No. 162 and recently has received his 60 year pin. His "wife, Bessie, whom he married in Coloma in December of 1912, preceded him in death April 27, 1967. A Vern of Safety Harbor, survives. A sister preceded him in death.

Funeral -services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Davidson funeral Coloma. The Rev. John R. Lepke, pastor of the Coloma Congregational United Church of Christ, will officiate.

Burial and -Masonic rites will follow in Coloma Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. Neil W.Peters HARTFORD Neil William Peters, 76, route 1, Hartford, died at his home Saturday. Mr. Peters was born in Kalamazoo, Aug.

28, 1895, the son of Jacob and Johanna Peters. Survivors include his widow, the former Rose Deno, whom he married Sept 10, 1949, in Hartford; two daughters, Mrs. Willis (Virginia) VanOoy and Mrs. Richard (Maxine) Olvitt of Kalamazoo; three sons, Donald and John of Kalamazoo and Neil Jr. of Coloma; a stepson, Fred Ward of Hartford; 29 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Requiem Mass will be celebrated Tuesday at 11 a.m. in-the Immaculate Conception Ca tholic church, Hartford, with the Rev. Donald Weiber as celebrant. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery, Kalamazoo.

Liturgical prayers will be recited at 8 p.m. today in the Calvin funeral home, Hart--ford. Memorials may be made to the Midwest Oncology department of Borgess hospital, -Kalamazoo. Mrs. Lidd Murphy DOWAGIAC Mrs.

Lida May Murphy, 70, Sister Lakes, route 6, Dowagiac, was dead on arrival at Lee Memorial hospital Sunday at 12:45 a.m. following a long illness. Mrs. Murphy was born in Dowagiac, July 23, 1901, the daughter of Asa and Effie Gordon Lyon. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.

Darwin (Ann) Evans of Sister Lakes; Vive grand-c i ldren; one great-grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs, Marie Gwilt and Mrs. Mack Moon of Dowagiac. -According to Mrs. 'Murphy's wishes, her body has beec donated to the Uniyersitv hospital at Ann Arbor. Memorial services win De Come to this Christian Science Lecture THURSDAY, OCT.

21ft 8:15 p.m. in the lecture Room of Lake Michigan College, Napier Campus. it Lyle Mark Churchill, Sr.yfitr 1988 Ogden avenue, Benton Harbor, died Saturday in Memorial hospital. Mr. Churchill, a retiree pharmacist was born in Do-wagiac, Jan.

10, 1905, anc moved to this area in 195J from Battle Creek. Survivors include his widow the former Doris Dean, whom he married Oct 11, 1952, in Lansing; two sons, Lyle Mark Jr. at home and William of Oregon; a daughter, Lynn at home; two brothers, Paul of Shelby, Ohio and Clark of Dowagiac; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Myrkle and Mrs. Gladys Cox of Dowagiac; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Kerley and Starks funeral home. Burial will follow in Riverside cemetery, Dowagiac. Mrs. Fay Dunnington Mrs.

Fay L. Dunnington, 87, Box 69, North Shore Drive, Benton Harbor, widow of the late Dr. R. N. Dunnington, died Sunday morning in her home.

Mrs. Dunnington was born March 15, 1884. She was a member of the Algonquin Chapter, A. the Berrier County Antiquarian Society arid the St Joseph Congregational church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.

Donald (Dare) Schoon-maker of Benton Harbor; two grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Thomas (Leah) Smith of Chelsea, Mich. Funeral arrangements were imcomplete today at the Florin funeral home. Mrs. J.

Scheldknecht. Josephine 1 k-necht 66, of 1114 Circle drive, Benton Harbor, died Saturday at 3:15 p.m. in Mercy hospital. She was born June 20, 1905, in Indiana. Her husband, Ed-mond, preceded her in death in Aug.

1970. Mrs. Scheldknecht was a member of the VFW Auxiliary, Barracks No. 582. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs.

June Cozart of Venice, 111. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Frost funeral home. Rev. Ellis Marshburn, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate.

Burial will be in Crystal Springs cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 this afternoon. Mrs: Hoxcard Seeley Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Howard (Emma) Seeley, 49, of Lake City, mother of Howard of St Joseph. She died at 10:30 Saturday in the Kent Community hospital, Grand Rapids, following a long illness.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m.. today in the orristown. church, Morris-town, Micji. Christoph Schneider Christoph Ludwig Schneider, 73, of 805 Lake boulevard, St Joseph, died at 5:57 p.m. Sunday in Mercy hospital.

Mr. Schneider had been ill three He was born Aug. 20, 1898, in Ann Arbor, the son of Christoph and Mary Schneider. He 'was a retired self employed plumber. Surviving are his widow, the former Pauline Pulsipher, whom he married on Dec.

24, 1924, in Ann Arbor; two sons, David Roy Schneider of Portage and Peter. Paul Schneider of Jackson; a daughter, Mrs. Roy (Barbara) Kruggel of St. Joseph; 14 grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Paul (I 1 1 Kuebler of Toledo, Ohio.A son, Christoph Ludwig Schneider IU, preceded him in death.

Mr. Schneider' was a life member of the Optimist Club International and the Dad's of the VFW. The body was taken from the Florin funeral home to tht Muehlig 'funeral home, Anr. Arbor, where the Rosary will be recited Tuesday evenings Requiem Mass will be celebrated Wednesday morning in St. Thomas Catholic church, R0S3IHS C20S.

FUJJIRAl I1C.7.E MS N. Fair Av Bntn Harfcr PHONI 927-311 Lemona McCloud 2 p.m. Tuesday Hopewell Baptist church Mrs. Ollie Anktoms. To be arranged HARTFORD" Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m.

un tne caivin tunerat home, Hartford, for William Arthur DeFord, 34, 409 East Linden street, Hartford. Casket bearers were Wil liam barters, Saul Joseph, James Swanson. Albert -Vin- ney, Donald Harris and -Bob Berry. Burial was in Maple Hill cemetery. Mrs.

Rena M. Pease BLOOMINGDALE Mrs. Rena M. Pease, 81, route 1, Bloomingdale, wife of the Rev. Charles Pease, retired ninister of the Bloomingdale Christian church, died Saturday in Paw Paw Lake View Community hospital.

Mrs. Pease was born in Aitffiicta nhin Jan. 3. 1890. the daughter of Mr.

and Al Iden. In addition to her husband survivors include two sons, LeRoy of Clair of Paw Paw; a daughter, Mrs. Roberta Hoyt of Allegan; -a sister, Mrs. Harry Fry of Alliance, Ohio; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. oMirinAn Uiilt unci ai ott nvva held at 2 p.m.

today in the Bloomingdale Christian church with the Rev. Clarence Olson officiating. Burial will be in Spring Grov cemetery, Bloomingdale. Memorials may be made tc the Bloomingdale Christian, church. The Bloomingdale chapel of the Robbins funeral home is in charge of arrangements Charles juergensen EAU CLAIRE Charles 'Juergensen, 87, of 5775 Naomi road, route 1, Eau Claire, was dead on arrival at 3:23 p.m.

Sunday in Mercy hospital, after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home. Mr. Juereensen was borr Oct 7 1884, in Chicago, tht son of Christian and Amelia Reimer Juergensen. He was a retired farmer. Surviving are his widow, the' former Anna whom he married on Dec, in Benton Harbor; a daughter, Mrs.

Albert (Elaine) Bordon of Eau Claire; three Charles F. of Eau Claire, Edwin of Sodus and Dale Of Benton Harbor; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A son Jack and two brothers, Walter and Edwin, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Bowerman funeral home, Eau Claire.

Pastor James B. Varner, of the Chapel Hill United Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in North Shore Memory Gardens. Mabrey Rites Held BRIDGMAN Funeral services for Lloyd Edward Mabrey, 48, Center street, Baroda, were held at 2 Saturday in the Boyd funeral home, Bridgman. Casket bearers were Emil Ott, Ted Holt, Richard Splitzer, Peter Rosenthal, Burton Winfield, and Gregg Stanton.

Burial was in Ruggles cemetery, Baroda, where military rites were conducted by Baroda American Legion post 345. SINGING IN A CAVE STANTON, Mo. (AP) A country Western staging festival will be held at Mer-amac Caverns here Nov. 12. lm i i A TRUSTED NAME IN FUNERAL SERVICE Mrs.

Fay L. Dunnington To Be arranged Harry Victor Tutton 11 a.m. Thursday Crystal Springs cemetery. Christoph Ludwig Schneider Wednesday St Thomas Catholic church, Ann Arbor Rosary Tuesday evening Muehlig funeral home, Ann. Arbor Malcolm D.

Grant 2 p.m. Wednesday Davidson Chapel Coloma FLORIN FUNERAL HOME 9251103 PIPESTONE AT BROADWAY EDITCN HARBOR. MICH. Pittsburgh Scene Of Wild Orgy will be three division in charge of soliciting from various segments of the community. Heading the largest of.

the divisions, the industrial division, is Donald Lykins, 42, of 522 Edgell street. Lykins is vice president of Lovejoy Manufacturing Co. In charge of the retail division will be "John Geier, 24, of 1267 Monroe boulevard, who is assisatnat secretary of Van Buren Savings and Loan. Handling contributions and the campaign in South Haven Township will be Bud Ott 54, co-owner of Sunny brook Farm, route 4. This year, as last, local contributions to the United Fund will go to eight local agencies as well as to the state and national agencies represented by United Fund.

The Theme of this year's drive is, "If you don't do it it won't get done." "We hope everyone feels this way about a really worthwile project," commented Mellon. waist up was seen dancing atop cars. Nearby, a crowd had broken into a bar and was passing liquor to people standing outside. Looters broke in to the Surrey Shop, a fashionable woman's clothing store, shattering three large stained glass display windows valued at $1,300 each. The looters stole boots, dresses and other items displayed in the windows.

Just across the street the Coach House, an exclusive men's doming store, also was ransacked. Vandals took suits, sweaters, trousers and a variety of other apparel. Of the injured, most were treated in hospital emergency rooms, then released. A shooting victim, a middle-aged man wounded when someone began blasting away with a. shotgun, was reported in fair condition.

Police reported the situation under control at 2 a.m.. Those arrested and held originally numbered about 75, police said, but the number held decreased steadily through the early morning hours with the release of some of those taken into custody. They were charged with a variety of complaints ranging from indecent exposure and breach of peace to breaking and entering, burglary and resisting arrest. Vandalized DOWAGIAC About 30 gravestones were, overturned in Riverside cemetery Friday night in the worst case of vandalism at the cemetery in memory. Though none of the stones were broken, city police said several were chipped when they fell.

A carving on one. appears to have been deliber. a tely "mutilated, police said. IRREGULAR DUE TO LACK OF FOOD BULK IN YOUR DIET TRY (Continued From Page One) escaped unhurt Elsewhere, a crowd tried to overturn two city buses, but settled for breaking their windows. Seven taxis.

were destroyed. At least three telephone booths and a corner newsstand were ripped from their foundations and thrown in the streets. And streetlight poles were toppled like goal post uprights after a championship football game. So wild was the rampage that the Pirates canceled a planned midtown victory parade. But some of the players, apparently unaware of the got downtown anyway' and were mobbed.

One of those taken to a Hospital was Mrs. Joseph Walton, daughter of Pirates Manager Danny Murtaugh. Mrs. Walton, about four months pregnant was overcome as officials were trying to organize the victory parade. Hospital officials described her condition as good, but said she was being kept overnight for observation.

HYDRANTS BROKEN In addition to setting cars afire, the crowd ignited bonfires in the middle of confetti-strewn Liberty Avenue, one of the city's main downtown thoroughfares. Most were extinguished quickly by water gushing from broken fire hydrants. Flying bottles arid rocks shot through a rain of confetti. One of the apparent assaults occurred in the middle of Fifth Avenue when a gang of youths pulled a dark-haired young woman from a car and threw her to the street Onlookers cheered and clapped. No one made any move to prevent the assault Another occurred near the Hilton Hotel.

At nearby Point State Park, a newsman said many couples were in various stages of love-making, some partially-dressed, others with no clothes on at all. Back on Liberty; young blonde nude from the ful'iral 926-6147 420 Pipestone, B.H. Mrs. Josephine Scheldknecht 2 p.m. Tuesday In the chapel Frederick A.

Ninke 2 p.m. Wednesday First English Lutheran. Church Frost Funeral Home J-South. Haven KERLEY fit STARKS Lyle Mark Churchill, Sr. 2 p.m.

Tuesday In the chapel.

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