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750 At Meckelfeld Stelte Concert Sheboygan Press, Saturday, August 10, 1974 For Property Owners Germans Say It With Music 143 Meetings Slated Individual notices will be sent to the affected property owners and maps and plans will be available for inspection. Engineers and real estate agents will be present to explain the project. The meetings will be conducted in an informal manner and all discussions will be on an individual basis. Although the meet ins are primarily intended to discuss the project with affected r- 'Tl. If A Cedar Grove Overhead Project Set By State UNUSUAL BUGLES were featured in one of the numbers by the band from Meckelfeld Friday at Fountain Park.

The program of marches, polkas and tzes was played by the 35-member unit that left this morning for Kenosha after a three-day stay in Sheboygan under a People To People project. The full group of 86 visitors was housed in local homes. A series of seven meetings has been scheduled to begin later this month for property owners affected by the acquisition of right-pf-way for the proposed Interstate Highway 43 north of Sheboygan, it was announced today. The State Department of Transportation's Highways Division will conduct the session beginning Aug. 19, in the New Denmark Town Hall.

The sessions will then move southward, and will be held on the following dates in the hall of the respective townships: Aug. 20, Copperstown; Aug. 21, Kossuth; Aug. 26, Manitowoc Rapids; Aug. 27, Newton; Aug.

28, Centerville, and Sept. 4, Mose. The sessions will all be conducted from 2 to 9 p.m. Union Passes Strike Vote At Tecumseh NEW HOLSTEIN Employes of the Lauson Engine Division of Tecumseh Products members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1259, rejected a company settlement offer Thursday afternoon, by a vote of 1,628 to 62. According to William Mad-son, business representative of the local, a strike vote was then taken by those attending the membership meeting at the high school auditorium, passing by a vote of 1,592 to 104.

There were a handful of void votes Madson 1 The vote empowers the bargaining committee and Mad-son to call a strike anytime they deem it necessary. Presently, Madson pointed out, there are no meetings scheduled between management and labor. "It might be necessary to request the assistance of federal mediation for this matter," he concluded. The present three-year contract was to have expired on July 1, but several extensions were granted which have since terminated. A company spokesman indicated today that negotiations on the contract "are Drinking Drivers Are Fined Three motorists, each charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, were fined by County Judge John Bolgert.

Alvin F. Prange, 59, of R. 3, Sheboygan, was fined $200 on his second offense and had his license revoked for one year. A Huber law sentence to the county jail was stayed due to medical reasons. Two drivers were each fined $175, had their licenses revoked for six months and were ordered to attend the county's group dynamics program.

They are William F. Dodge 33, of 1413 Maryland and James Wey-ker, 28, of 918 Union Ave. In addition, Weyker was fined $50 on a charge of eluding. Michael Cunningham, 20, of 633 N. 6th Manitowoc, and Rodney Klobuchar, 32, of 1603 S.

13th were fined on charges of driving after their licenses were revoked. Cunningham was fined $150 and remanded to the county jail for 10 days, under Huber law privileges, while Klobuchar was fined $100. Fined for speeding were Harold C. Hanff, 414 E. Mill Plymouth, $80, and Carl F.

Sonneman of 522 S. 14th $60. Both men had their licenses suspended for 15 days and were ordered to attend the county's school for drivers. Geralyn S. Sanders, 18, of Milwaukee was fined $100 on a reckless driving charge, while Roger J.

Whipple, 17, of 6205 Playbird charged with driving without a valid license, and Mose Robbins, 36, of Milwaukee, charged with hit-and-run, were both fined $50. Dean P. Erickson, 20, of 926 Indiana was fined $60 on a charge of driving too fast for conditions. Tax Expert Speaker For Rotarians Members of the Sheboygan Rotary Club will hear a talk on Wisconsin's budget and taxes at their noon meeting next Monday by Donald T. Ripple of the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance.

Ripple, a former West Bend alderman, was chairman of-the city's finance committee for six years and was also a member of the governor's staff in 1957-58. He serves as WTA educa wi 4 is WWWSS 1 -8 A If The State Division of Highways will open bids Tuesday, Aug. 20, on 25 highway im-' provement projects in 16 counties, including Sheboygan and Calumet. The Sheboygan County project will involve a half-mile of grading, base course and bituminous surfacing, and a 161-foot three span haunched steel girder overhead oyer the North Western railroad tracks at Cedar Grove. The project is to include removal of the old structure.

In Calumet and Outagamie Counties six-tenths of a mile of grading, base course and concrete paving is to.be applied on Calumet Street in Ap-pleton. Major projects in the bid 9 Inches Of Portions Of By The Associated Press Thunderstorms lingered over half the nation today after dumping almost 9 inches of rain on parts of sunbaked Oklahoma. Garber, in north-central Oklahoma, had an unofficial count of 10.63 inches of rain; Pawnee reported 8.7 inches and Hominy 7.5. Flash-flood warnings were issued for 13 counties and some roads and highways were closed. But there were no reports of injuries or major property damage from the downpours Friday.

The Western and Northern Plains to the middle Mis- Willard Beuchel of N. 40th Sheboygan. Firefighters returned to the station at 8: 15. Wunsch indicated that the Fire Department had a permit to burn down the house for fire practice. He said the blaze was apparently started by vandals.

By SHIRLEY JARVIS Press Staff Writer Strauss waltzes in Fountain Park on a Friday afternoon? Motorists on nearby streets slowed up and shifted into three-quarter gear as the infectious rhythms floated out into the hot August afternoon. Moments later, a rollicking polka rolled out from the band shell, complete with those exciting shouts associated with whirling skirts and lederhosen on our Schuhplatt-lers. It was all part of the band concert played by the 35-member Meckelfeld-Stelte Community Band of Germany, in Sheboygan the past three days as part of their three-week stay in Wisconsin and Illinois. Part of a contingent of 86 Meckelfelders who were guests in local homes, the bandsmen played a 90-minute concert for a crowd estimated at 750 at its height. The park event was hastily arranged at midday Wednesday when the Meckelfelders arrived from Green Bay, leaving little time to publicize the event.

Green Bay Listeners Among those gathered in the park Friday were Green Bay residents who had been hosts to the Meckelfelders before their arrival in Sheboygan. Ten carloads came from Green Bay and they recorded the concert. The bandsmen only three girls were on the roster were neat in blue blazers and grey skirts and slacks. Colorful banner's hung from their music stands. With the German and American flags flanking the stage, Uhl Alsguth, director of the band saluted the United States by opening with our National Anthem, followed by the German anthem with the crowd at attention for both.

After telling the crowd that his sports club-sponsored band played "just for fun," Alsguth led his troops into a program dominated by marches. The band had a virile, warm sound and Alsguth got good response on the dynamics, but we were struck with the sameness of the tempos, a bit slower than we're used to. Hughes Given Baton William Hughes, UWS music instructor, told us later that Germans like this sameness. He also noted that bands like the Meckelfeld unit are important in Germany since Germans do not have our school bands. Hughes has taken the UWS Chamber Singers to Germany on European tours.

In a good will gesture, Hughes was invited to direct a number in yesterday's concert. Hughes didn't get a polka, however; he led a crisp version of "Military Escort" march. Alsguth's band was well-disciplined musically and physically and the director's friendliness came through his announcements as he occasionally groped for an English word. Once he gave up and said, "this one doesn't translate." Included in the program was the very-American "Under the Double Eagle," and later they presented Harold Walters' "Hot Time in the Brasses," stepping out smartly in the contemporary material. Strauss Relished But the favorites of the crowd were the Strauss waltzes and the polkas, one of the latter bearing the title, "Wunschen Stadt ein Hoff-brau Haus," as it was relayed to us.

Those who have wondered where the melody went found it in Fountain Park Friday with Papa Strauss' gems. Alsguth and company laid it on for us, showcasing all of the melodic richness of the music. The instrumentation of the visiting band produced a particularly warm, resonant sound and the individual musicians obviously had been well-prepared in bringing out the unique qualities of their instruments. Mayor Richard Suscha told the director and band at the end of the concert, "Now we're one big happy family." Alsguth was impressed with the band shell, but said "DANKESCHOEN," Mayor Richard Suscha says to Uhl Alsguth, director of the band from Meckelfeld, Germany after the concert Friday afternoon at Fountain Park Band Shell. Approximately 750 heard the visitors who arrived Wednesday for a three-day stay included on their three-week tour of Wisconsin and Illinois.

Alcohol Treatment Here Gets $28,048 2 Fires In Haven Area property owners, other persons with a specific interest in the project are welcome to attend. Design approval fpr the 52.1 miles of I-Road between Sheboygan and Green Bay was received from the Federal Highway Administration on July 18. Also approved was the rebuilding of 4.1 miles of U.S. Highway 10 in Manitowoc opening include two safety improvement projects on Milwaukee County freeways; concrete decking, and the east approaches to the Allouez-Ashwaubenon bridge in Brown County; concrete surfacing on relocated U.S. 51 at Merrill; and the Dell Creek bridge and approaches on U.S.

12 in Lake Delton. The bid opening also includes three traffic signaliza-tion projects; landscaping of the Zoo Freeway in Milwaukee, the approaches to the Allouez-Ashwaubenon bridge, and a portion of U.S. 41 in Green Bay; two railroad overheads; and miscellaneous grading and surfacing projects. Rain Soak Oklahoma sissippi Valley, the Middle Atlantic States and parts of the South also were wet. Salisbury, was soaked in 2 inches in six hours.

In Colorado, marble-size hail pounded Cheyenne Wells and snow dusted some northern mountain passes. Winds of 60 miles per hour hit Pueblo, and blew through Amarillo, at gusts of 66 miles per hour. But the skies were generally fair over the Southeast, northern Pacific states, the Great Lakes and New England. temperatures before dawn ranged from 90 at Needles, to 39 at Rock Springs, Wyo. Some other reports: Anchorage 53 partly cloudy, Atlanta 71 clear, Boston 59 clear, Buffalo 60 clear, Chicago 73 haze, Cincinnati 68 clear.

VFW Meeting Wolf-Olson VFW Post 1230 will meet at 8 p.m. next Tuesday, following a 7 p.m. meeting of the post council. DQ OOP mm La Membof FDlC later, "It was hot under there," Senior citizens in the crowd had tucked themselves under the trees and others freely moved benches to shaded spots as late afternoon temperatures and humidity soared. But the warmth of the day matched the mood of the crowd that applauded enthusiastically and zealously took pictures throughout the concert, including in their targets the sign, "Wilkommen, Meckelfelders" at the entrance of the park.

It was learned yesterday that Mayor Suscha's guest, Hans Jurgen Wilken, caught a 12-pound trout on a fishing excursion with his host. "He was really tickled," the mayor reported. Wilken, one of the tour directors, and his daughter both caught fish on the lake trip. Picnic Finale The day ended with a picnic at Hickory Glen, the Random Lake home of Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence J. Weber where about 300 persons assembled. Mrs. Weber, state president of People to People and local coordinator of the visit, told The Press that the band members entertained the crowd which included local hosts as well as the visitors and other guets. On an ideal evening, the younger visitors enjoyed games and swimming and the crowd did away with a barrel of beer, 12 gallons of lemonade and 165 cups of coffee along with the picnic fare.

Mayor Suscha contributed smoked fish to the menu, a delicacy greatly appreciated by the visitors, Mrs. Weber reported. Commenting on the warmth of Sheboygan's hospitality, Mrs. Schoen, wife of one of the band members, summed up the Meckelfelders reaction with the words, "You talk with your hearts. We do wish we could stay longer." The group was off at 9 this morning for Kenosha, the last stop on their tour before departing from Chicago on Aug.

16. One of the objectives of the visit was to find a sister city, and the Meckelfelders found theirs earlier in Decatur, III. Their musical tempos may be a little slower than ours, but they make friends fast, these friendly folk from Meckelfeld-Stelte near Hamburg in Germany. They proved again Friday that one of the best policies is to "Say it With Music." Bandshell Dance In Park Tuesday The Recreation Department sponsored Bandshell dance will be held next Tuesday, Aug. 13 from 7-10 p.m.

at Fountain Park with Aurora providing the music. The final dances of the season will be held Aug. 20 and 27. Send Best Wishes Members of the staff of Radio Station WKTS said today that 350 calls were received Friday from 'persons who wished to have their names attached to a telegram expressing best wishes and full support to President Gerald Ford. The telegram was sent to the White House at 6 p.m.

Friday. members for the Mental Health Center. The board approved the hiring of Miss Mary Francis Kamps as a community liaison worker at a salary of $9,960 a year, and of Beverly Turk Silverglate as a clinical psychologist at a salary of $14,000 a year. Van der Vaart employees, members of Teamsters Local 56, ARE STILL ON STRIKE! One of the main issues is that the company refuses to reinstate all striking employees immediately! An extra $28,048 has been approved for the additional services required this year in Sheboygan County to imple- ment Wisconsin's new Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act. Robert Matzek, program director for the Unified Mental Health Board, reported to board members Thursday afternoon on the approval of the additional appropriation from the state Department of Health and Social Services.

The Unified Board had applied for $35,490 to implement the new act for the remainder of 1974, but the application was cut by $7,442. Eldon Burg, coordinator of the programs for alcoholism and drug abuse in the county, said a contract is being devised for one or both Sheboygan hospitals to provide the emergency and general care services for intoxicated persons. With the passage of the act, intoxicated persons can no longer be arrested simply for having drank too much, but must be offered detoxification treatment. In addition to contracting with the hospitals, an additional alcoholism counselor is to be hired, and there will likely be contract arrangements with several physi-ciains to care for alcoholic patients who have no insurance and not enough money of their own to pay for treatment. Of the $28,048 approved, 60 per cent or $16,829 will come from the state and the rest will have to come from local funds.

There is enough money in this year's Unified Board budget to cover that however, explained Matzek. In other action, board members also confirmed the appointments of two more staff. Man Denies Charges Of Misconduct A 47-year-old Sheboygan man pleaded innocent to two charges Friday when he appeared before County Judge John Bolgert. He is Anton A. Gencius of 1324 Pennsylvania charged with reckless conduct with an air gun, and disorderly conduct.

He was allowed to post a $200 personal signature bond on each count. Accordingto the complaint, Gencius came to the home of his wife, Virginia of R. 1, Sheboygan Falls, at 2:15 a.m. Friday, and threatened her and their children. One of the daughters, upon hearing the conversation, went out of the house and called police, the complaint staled.

Another case was adjourned to 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, when it was heard by Judge Bolgert. Charged with two counts of possession of a controlled drug was Micael Bender, R. 2,, Sheboygan.

Bender pleaded guilty to the charge, and the judge ordered the state department of health and social services to conduct a pre-sentence investigation. Volunteer firefighters from Haven responded to two area fire calls early today, both to abandoned buildings which were believed deliberately set afire. Haven Fire Chief Lloyd Wunsch said firefighters allowed both sturctures to burn to the ground. There were no contents of any values in either structure, firemen indicated. The first fire call was turned in at 3:35 a.m.

Haven firefighters responded to a burning abandoned shed located about one-half mile north of County Trunk MM on Union Road. Wunsch said the fire was apparently started with lighter fluid. The shed was owned by Fred Meisnner of R. 1, Cleveland. Firemen stood by to prevent the fire from spreading.

They returned at 4:15 a.m.. only to be called out again at 6:30 to a fire at a abandoned house, li2 miles south of Haven on County Trunk LS. The structure is owned by it's 12th St. Mi La Lm mmm tional coordinator, lecturing in schools throughout the state and has given nearly 1,600 talks in Wisconsin schools in the past eight years. The WTA is a nonpartisan research organization, dedicating its efforts to improving government through better informed, more responsible citizenship.

Kohler Boy, 6, Hurt In Bike Fall A six-year-old Kohler boy was treated at St. Nicholas Hospital Friday night after he fell off his bike while going downhill on Highway 28 in the villabe. Lee Fintlemann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meuer, was riding his bike down the hill at the 'S' curve on Highway 28 when he lost control and fell, off.

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