The Oshkosh Northwestern from Oshkosh, Wisconsin • Page 2

Serve 110 Days Or Pay Two Fines A possible 110-day stay in the Winnebago County jail faced Harold Sheppard, 36, of after he pleaded guilty in Sister nicipal Court today to two traffic charges. He was fined $100 and costs or 60 days for drunken driving and $50 and costs or 30 days for driving while his license was revoked. Judge S. J. Luchsinger imposed a mandatory 20-day jail term, and ordered the terms to be served consecutively if the fines are not paid.

Sheppard did not have the fine money on his person and was still in custody up to late this morning. Oshkosh police arrested him at 7:17 Tuesday evening on Jackson Drive. Phillip J. Magnuson, 21, of Winneconne, was fined $50 and costs or 30 days in the county jail when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while his license was suspended. Judge Luchsinger also ordered a mandatory 20-day jail term and said the 30 days and 20 days must be served consecutively if the fine is not paid.

Sheriff's officers arrested Magnuson Tuesday in Winneconne. In court Saturday, Edward Briggs, 73, of 585 Jefferson pleaded guilty to a charge of hitand-run driving where property damage occurred and was fined $25 and costs. Police ordered his court appearance after an accident Dec. 1, involving his car and an auto driven by Atty. James Sitter, 35, of 198 E.

Irving St. Chess Club Members to Plan City Tournament Members of the Oshkosh Chess Club will meet this evening at City Hall at 7:30 p.m., with all interested chess players invited to attend. Duane Brasch, secretary of the club, stated he would like to have all members, express their opinion as to what type of city chess tournament should be used. At last week's meeting, possibilities of using the Swiss system in aired. the The annual tournament, tournament usually were beginning in February, is held throughout the spring, with games generally played at regular club meetings.

It is open to all Oshkosh chess players. Some members favored a roundrobin system, as been used several times in past years, but no formal decision was made pending hearing of opinions of the entire club membership. In off-hand games played dur- JANUARY and FEBRUARY STORE HOURS DAILY MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 9:00 A. M. to 12 Noon 1:30 P.

M. to 5:00 P. M. FRIDAY NIGHT 7:00 P. M.

to 9:00 P. M. GEHRKE'S WALLPAPER PAINTS 803 OREGON STREET (ing the evening, Joseph emerged with a spotless record, taking two games from Richard Wuethrich. Paul Murphy, winner of three of four from Alexander Olszewski, also came up with a good record, as did John Hastings, who won one and drew one with Duane Brasch. Milwaukee Infant First Of New Year By UNITED PRESS Mary Ann Rondeau is Wisconsin's "New Year's Baby, 1957." Mary Ann, the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Rondeau, of Milwaukee, was born at two seconds after midnight in St. Joseph's Hospital here. She weighed seven pounds 10 and one half ounces. Robert Showers was not the first baby born in Madison the first day of 1957, but he has another distinction.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Showers, rural Oregon, have two other children born on holidays.

Edward Leroy, 10, was born on Easter Day in 1946 and Linda Rae, 8, came into the world on ChristImas Day, 1948. The Showers have three other children with ordinary birthdates. But Mrs. Showers claims to have successfully predicted the sex and birth date of each child. Nation's First Baby YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio Elizabeth Hospital officials clocked the arrival of a 7-pound 3-ounce boy at one second after midnight Tuesday to back their claim of the nation's first baby of 1957.

The infant was the second child for James Jeswald, a steelworker, and his 25-year-old wife, Gloria. Dr. D.H. Levy, the attending physician, said a stop watch was started shortly before midnight. "The watch was stopped with the infant's first cry," Levy said.

"When we looked at the time it was exactly one second after midnight." Levy said he was "quite happy" to be the doctor to deliver the first 1957 baby. Two Cats Killed In Gruesome Prank A gruesome prank which killed two cats marred the New Year's holiday for members of the Winnebago County and Appleton Humane Societies. Answering a call from the Appleton organization Monday afternoon, sheriff's officers found the two animals wired to the top of the Appleton Structural Steel Company in Menasha Township. Officer Wilbur G. Fuller said they apparently had been killed by head blows before being hung.

Officials of the Appleton Humane Society said they had been notified of the animals by an anonymous phone caller. They brought the dead animals to the Winnebago County Humane Society, 595 Bowen for disposal. Change Name To Oshkosh Printers One of the oldest firm names in Oshkosh was changed on Jan. 1, when Duggan Printing Company, was renamed Oshkosh Printers, Inc. The original Duggan Printing Company was founded by the late Michael Duggan in 1902.

It moved into the present quarters at 76 State in 1908. In 1947 the business was purchased by Bartel Borchers, 930 Algoma who continued to the present to operate it under the Duggan name. LAST FEW DAYS DRESSES Cash Carry and $129 The Same Wonderful Quality $1.35 to $2 That's Regularly CHILDREN'S GARMENTS Per Piece Through 49c 10-Year Size ANNUAL HOLIDAY DRY CLEANING SALE! Launderers and SUNSHINE Dry Cleaners 710 South Main Street Open Daily 7 A. M. to 9 P.

Saturday Until 5 P. M. SWIFT TOWNE Cleaners and Cleaners and Launders Launders Oregon Between Ohio at 11th 7th and 8th Co-Publisher Of Newspaper At Antigo Dies ANTIGO Henry Berner, 54, co publisher of The Antigo Daily Journal, died today at Sacramento, Calif. He underwent surgery three months ago and went to the west coast two weeks ago on a convalescent trip. With his brother, Artemas he was joint owner of the Berner Brothers Publishing and held stock ownership in Radio Station WATK, Antigo, and WSAU-TV at Wausau.

The Berner brothers became copublishers of The Journal in 1943 upon the retirement of their fa. ther, Henry Berner Sr. Berner was active in several Antigo organizations and was a past president of the Antigo Kiwanis Club. The survivors are his one daughter, Mrs. Sally Pierson, Modesto, three sons, Henry L.

and Michael, both of Antigo; and James, serving with armed forces; one grandson, Mark; his parents, his brother, and two sisters, Mrs. Earl Doersch, Sacramento, and Mrs. Forrest Rusch, Cleveland, O. Short Notes A regular meeting of Nelson A. Miles Camp 1, United Spanish War Veterans, will be held Thursday telephone billing for more than customers throughout most of the state.

The center will be known as the state division revenue accounting office of the Wisconsin Telephone Company. The company's accounting center at Milwaukee will continue to handle billing for customers at Milwaukee and surrounding communities in southeastern Wisconsin. About Same Time Setting up of the accounting equipment and a staff at Oshkosh is expected to be completed about the time that dial service is introduced here. The new Oshkosh building also will contain quarters for the company's public business office, switchboards for handling long distance calls in the Oshkosh area, general office needs, and dial switching equipment. Installation of the dial units, another major change-over project, will be started as soon as the building is substantially completed.

Other dial preparations will include the rearranging and expanding of present underground and aerial cable facilities, installation of dial-type telephones in the homes and business places of all customers, and replacement of present telephone numbers with a new numbering plan. New telephone numbers will be necessary with dial service, Mr. Metz pointed out. He assured customers that they will receive ample advance notice of their new telephone numbers to permit changes in stationery and other supplies bearing telephone numbers. Semi SHOE CLEARANCE You will find real savings in exceptional quality footwear--all from our regular stock in such famous makes as Pennmoor, DeRoose, Queen Quality, Delmanette, Rice O'Neill, Customcraft.

499 to 1095 VALUES 9.95 TO 15.95 SUEDES CALFSKINS BLACK PATENTS BROWN BLUE PUMPS GREEN SANDALS HIGH MEDIUM FLAT HEELS CUSTOMCRAFT SHENANIGANS High Fashion Shoes Peach and Black Alligator 20.95 Values 18.95 Values 1295 1495 1495 Shoe Second Salon Floor newmano at 2 o'clock at B. Mrs. Adeline Schmidt, 1507 Ohio has gone to Mercy Hospital for treatment. It is expected she will be confined there for about a month. Price of Newsprint Boosted by Abitibi TORONTO Abitibi Power and Paper Company Ltd.

today announced a general increase of $4 a ton in the price of newsprint effective March 1. A company spokesman said a letter dated Dec. 31, has been sent to all Abitibi publisher-customers advising them of the increase. The price rise, he said, is due to increased costs, including higher freight costs. Man Is Injured In Scuffle in Tavern Everett Lamers, 43, of Racine suffered a gash on his head during a scuffle at a lower Main Street tavern Tuesday night, Oshkosh police reported today.

They took Lamers, who is a former Oshkosh man, to Mercy Hospital in the city ambulance where physicians used four stitches to close the cut. Officers said Lamers had been Oshkosh Northwestern 2 Jan. 2, 1957 Awarded Scout Honor Stephen Duex, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J.

Duex, 866 N. Main has received his Ad-Altare-Dei Boy Scout ut award from Bishop John B. Grellinger, it was announced today. A member of Troop 19, Duex was presented with the award at the home the bishop. pushed by another man, who left the tavern immediately afterward, and his head struck the edge of a game machine.

ICE FISHING SPECIALS Tip-ups 89c up Ice Chisels $3.50 up Scoops Creepers 89c Lukas Bros. BARRY-IRWIN 162 Main St. Bik. 64 Across From Oshkosh Theatre PLOW TACKLES Snowplow clears Wellesley College roads in Wellesley, after an intense storm dumped up to 10 inches of snow in many sec- 10-INCH SNOWFALL transportation and power. Highway traffic was almost at a standstill and power failures were widespread when the heavy clinging snow tions of the New England states, crippling piled up during the night.

Weather Continued From Page 1 The readings for Cedarburg, Eau Claire, Green Bay and Mequon were their lowest so far this season. Entire State Cold Temperatures Tuesday were cold over the entire state. The maximums. 13 to 22 below normal, ranged above at degrees, Eau Claire and Wausau to 14 at was the fifth coldest New Beloit Year's Day on record in Milwaukee, which had a high of 11 above. Some light snow, not enough to mol measure, was reported in the Hurley-Ironwood area Tuesday.

The weather was sunny and cold at 9:30 today. Expected highs were 10 to 20. Gripped by Cold Wave A cold wave gripped northern' sections of the nation from the Rockies to New England today and pushed southeastward toward the Gulf Coast and northern Florida. Snow squalls hit most of Michigan, the northern sections of IndiJana and Ohio and reached near blizzard proportions during the night in western portions of New York state. Brisk winds caused some drifting and made driving hazardous.

Below zero readings were common in much of Minnesota, Wisconsin and parts of New England, with temperatures plunging to 15 degrees below zero at both International Falls, and Lebana, N.H. Cold In South Carolina Overnight readings in the low 30s were reported as far South as South Carolina and westward into the northern sections of the Gulf states. Temperatures in the teens occurred from mid-Mississippi Valley through the mid Atlantic coastal states. However, a warming trend edged into the Great Basin and western portions of the Dakotas and Nebraska. Weathermen said the warming trend will move into the Great Lakes area during the day.

Weathermen said snow flurries will continue during the day from the northern Rockies eastward along the Canadian border to the Plains and in areas just south of the Great Lakes. Ruling Continued From Page 1 some absentee voters and shutins who were unable to go to the polls were invalid because they were postmarked before Nov. 6. In doing so, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a constitutional amendment adopted by the legislature in 1953 giving absentee voters permission to cast notarized ballots or before" Election Day. Roberts had enjoyed a 721-vote plurality until the absentee ballots were counted.

Del Sesto said he would not challenge the court's ruling and his campaign manager called him "a good loser." But he showed some bitterness in his comment on the court's decision. "Democracy received another setback in Rhode Island Del Sesto, a 49-year-old son of Italian immigrants, said. State Highways Clean MADISON (P) All Wisconsin roads are in good winter driving condition. WEATHER Jan. 2 7:38 4:29 8:51 ZONE 5 Increasing and warmer tonight.

Thursday mostly cloudy and warmer. Low tonight 10-15. High Thursday 25-30. Winds- -light variable this afternoon, becoming south-southeasterly 15-25 m.p.h. west portion tonight and southern two-thirds of state Thursday.

East to southeasterly winds 20-30 m.p.h. northern third of state Thursday. -Increasing cloudiness and much warmer this afternoon and tonight with scattered light snow northwest tonight. Low tonight 0-10 northeast, 10-20 southwest. Thursday cloudy with snow mostly north and central.

Warmer south. High Thursday 15- 25 north, 25-35 south. Northwestern Observations Time Temperature, Remarks 7:30 a.m. -2 Partly Cloudy 12 m. 9 Fair USED gauge (Fox River) inches above the crest of Menasha dam; no change since Monday.

From Buckstaff Observatory Monday 8 p.m. to Tuesday 8 p.m., maximum, minimum, -5. One year ago today: Maximum, 31; minimum, 9. Precipitation: None; deficiency for month, deficiency for year, .08. Sun Sun Day's Day Rises Sets Length State Continued From Page 1 Frank Streich, 76, of Milwaukee, was injured fatally at 1:45 a.m.

Tuesday when struck by a car while walking across an East Side street. The driver of the car was Earl Gilberson, 64, Milwaukee, who collapsed while giving details of the accident to police and died at a hospital of a heart attack at 2:20 a.m. Streich died at the same hospital 30 minutes later. Lawrence E. Hobart, 36, of Necedah, was killed Tuesday when his auto and a pickup truck collided on a Nekoosa street.

The last reported victim of 1955 was Donald P. Schuh, 21, of Schofield, who was injured fatally late Monday when his car struck the rear of a wrecking truck that was pushing a stalled auto on Highway 64, four miles east of Antigo. Other weekend victims were: Chester C. Anderson, 25, Waupacobert D. Dahms, 19, Forestville.

Mrs. Ruth Collins, 42, Route 3. Harvard, Ill. Edwin Sharpee, 22, Lodi. Edwin P.

Gross, 63, Green Bay. Bobbie I. Mayo, 26, Milwaukee, and his wife, Joan, 23. And William Schilsky, 21, Milwaukee. Alaska is the largest United States territory, comprising more than 586,000 square miles.

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Doyle Raftis Wico Corporation, 2913 N. Pulaski, Chicago, Illinois Telephone Continued From Page 1 ty, both for our new dial system and for the new accounting ter," Mr. Metz pointed out. the same time." he added, building's pleasing appearance will make it an asset to our community." General construction contract for the new building was awarded to C. R.

Meyer Sons Company, Oshkosh. Contracts for other items of the building's construction will be awarded later, Mr. Metz said. Receipt of the general building contract by the Meyer firm recalled a building construction contract awarded more than 50 years ago. In 1901, construction was started on the Wisconsin Telephone Company's present building, located at 19 Algoma Blvd.

General contractor for that project was the same Oshkosh construction concerns which will build the new structure operated then by the father of the firm's present head. Moved in February, 1902 The telephone company moved its personnel and equipment into the 19 Algoma Blvd. building in February, 1902, from quarters across the street, known as the Hooper Block. Mr. Metz remarked that construction of the new telephone building is one of the major steps in the plans of the Wisconsin Telephone Company to change Oshkosh's telephone system to dial operation.

Dial telephone service will be introduced here about the middle of 1958. Besides housing the city's new dial system, the building will contain the offices of a company accounting center which will process' January Clearance Sale of FOUNDATIONS GIRDLES PANTY GIRDLES BRAS BRASSALIERES Reduced and PRICE NATIONALLY ADVERTISED BRANDS Such famous makers as GOSSARD, FORMFIT, SARONG, GODDESS and MAIDEN FORM. Models for every figure type-Sizes for all but not in every style. Corset Second Salon Floor JANUARY Beauty Sale! UP TO OFF OUR REGULAR PRICES Nationally Advertised PERMANENTS Selling the Country Over from $10 Up $10 Waves Only 667 IMAGINE $15 Waves Only 785 Includes: Cold Preparatory Wave 1750 Waves Only 875 Shampoo Lustre Rinse $20 Waves Only 1000 Styled Hairdress, Finishing Shampoo $25 Waves Only 1250 Appointments Not Always Necessary 2nd Floor Beauty Phone Salon Newmans Stanley 4400.