Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, Shipman Bureau Has Yule Party SH1P.MAN. Dec. Shipman Home Bureau unit had an all- day session ana Christmas home oJ tr.e chairrran. Mr? Wiibur A pot-Juck dinner was served at noon. were pre-enied by Mrs Bertha SchuJiz.

Mrs. Roy Archer A. G. Schoeneman. Gifts'' exchanged and during a program several nurr.fc«?r~ by Joseph Mrs.

D. A. Thomas ar-d Schultz. Mii. S'boc-ncman as i Roy Archer be a', Jaftuary meeting.

Pnirie Oub SHIPMAN The Prairie Deli Sunshine Club had an aii-day i meeting Wednesday at the home of! Mrs. Clarence Voylw. Dinner was served a', noun. Games were played I and honors were awarded Mrs. Shanks.

Mrs. Wiil Bimna, Mrs. Ambra-e Watson and Mrs. H. A gift exchange a fea- i ture of the mee'Jng.

Eunme Home SHIPMAN Mr. ami Eugerve Weiis arrived here to visit Weiss' father. G. B. WeUs.

end Mrs. Weiss" parents. Mr. and Mrs. J.

C. Archer. Weiss recent- ly discharged from the Bees, having been in sen-ice jnonthA, 22 of which were spent overseas. Schaefer Discharged SHIPMAN Sgt. Gene Schaefer was recently discharged from the army and arrived home Monday, He was in service 37 months end spent 18 months overseas.

Shipman Notes Richard Flynn of St, Louis arrived Wednesday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. i H. Brueggeman.

The Rev. Ignatius H. D. Preston returned to Springfield Tuesday after a visit with his aunts, the Misses Abble, Eva and Bertha Dodson. MARS PASSES SATURN Planets in Constellation of Twins During January i 1945 Ladies 5 Aid Meets At Chesterfield CHESTERFIELD, Dec 2' Joe Hall, assisted by Bond, E.

B. Wright old Kccle and Mrs. son, entertained the Aid Society nual Christmas A. FUND RAISED FOR MAIMED forrrvjr c- officer bown 1 is en Pang'e's bc- cc'-'Tnbuted more than S3" 4 WEST By JAMES STOKLEY Science Service Astronomj- Writer Although the Second World War now happily over, the planet Mars, identified by ancient superstitions with the God of War, makes a visit to earth this month. It is not a particularly close one.

but on Jan. in this planet will be a mere 59.460,000 miles away, and will shine brilliantly, as it does through the month, in the constellation of Gemini, the twins, high Jin the eastern evening sky. Then Mars will be just south of two planets are 'much farther opart than they can come under) the most favorable positions. In 1924, for instance, Mars was only about 35.000,000 miles away. These differences arise from the fact that the orbits of Mars and earth are not concentric circles.

South SYMBOLS FOR STARS IN ORDER OF BRIGHTNESS but ellipses. Just entire now the plan- ever, on March 18, Mars will pass Saturn for the third time. There Is still another body that is close this for on Jan. 2 the earth will be at perihelion, when it is.nearest the sun for the ets are in widely separated parts of their paths. Close to Mars in the sky is the planet Saturn, which also is making an approach to the earth.

George Field, nea- although it is far beyond Mars. the bright star Pollux, one of theiOn Jan. 13 Saturn is closest, at a twins, and south of Mars will ap-j distance of 750.477,000 miles. year. The distance then 91.455,000 miles, or about i Saturn.

At the beginning of tlie FA Illinois Terminal Grew With Alton Industrial Area Wood River Files FergusonPetition WithStateBody WOOD RIVER, Dec. of Wood River has filed a formal complaint with Illinois State Commerce Commission for removal of the West Ferguson railroad tower, and for paving improvements to Ferguson and Evans avenues, City Attorney F. 3. Manning announced this morning. Manning was authorized recently by Mayor Lavier Humphrey and the city council to file a complaint with the state body in an attempt to clear tpe street of obstructions, and improve the right-of-way over the route which will lead to the main entrance of the new International Harvester Co.

plant, under construction near Wood River. Manning said that petition to the commission will result in a series of meetings between city, highway department, and railroads in an attempt to reach a I satisfactory agreement concerning' improvements. Lutheran Church News WOOD RIVER Sunday at 9 a. m. Sunday School will start at St.

Paul's Lutheran Church. Confessional service will be at 10 o'clock. "Why Christmas?" will be the topic of the 10:30 service and the Lord's Supper will be observed. There will be no vesper service, Dec. 23.

At 2 p. m. Sunday, children will meet at the church to rehearse lor the Christmas Eve service. The Christmas Eve service will be at 7:30 p. m.

in the auditorium of the Wood River school. The sermon topic will be "On Earth, Christ Party WOOD Paul Page of 418 Jennings avenue entertained her bridge club Thursday. There- was a gift exchange and the hostess served refreshments. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Carl Kayser, Mrs.

G. V. Roberson and Mrs. Claude Ward. P.

T. A. Christmas Party WOOD RIVER The Parent Teacher Association of St. Bernard's School gave a party for the entire student body Friday. Santa Claug presented about 250 children with gifus of candy and fruit.

The children presented the sisters who teach at the school with gifts of canned goods. On WOOD RIVER Pvt. Jacque Hauversburk, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.

of East Jennings avenue, is visiting his parents on a 12-day furlough. He hu.s been stationed at Kort Knox, since last August. He will leave Wood River Dec. 25 lor Camp Pickett, and from there he expects to be sent to Europe. Visitors WOOD RIVER Lt.

and Mrs. Max Wood of Little Rock, will arrive today to spend the holidays with Mrs. Wood's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Duhncke of 308 Acton avenue. Retired WOOD RIVER Addison Skin- ner, a former resident of Wood i River, has been retired by the So-1 cony Vacuum Oil Co.

He arrived here yesterday from Tremon. and Is visiting his son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Paul Page, 418 Jennings avenue. United Brethern Church WOOD RIVER The Evange- i Untie meetings being conducted ai the evening service Sunday. The Rev.

Locke will be in the pulpit lit the Sunday morning services, i The Christmas program planned Christmas eve will Jt'ven because of illness in the Christmas "treat" will be giv- JST) children at Sunday school. American Legion Auxiliary RJVBR The Past MRS. ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS Eleanor Roosevelt, widcw of the bte President, as she told New York City reporters that she would accept President Truman's appointment as a U. S. delegate to the United Nations Council.

Mrs. Roosevelt has been confirmed by the Telephoto. Louis R. Rice Home After years service overseas the quartermaster corps of the army, Louis R. Rice of 202 Henry was discharged early this week, at Grant, with rank of private, liest He would have completed three years in the army next March, and now is home for the first time since entering service.

After being sent overseas he first was stationed in England, then in Prance, and finally in Germany, starting his home trip from Munich. En route home, Rice lost a traveling bag in which lie was carrying number of souvenirs as well as clothing. He is a son of Mrs. Edith Rice and a former em- ploye of Stanarn'-Tilton mill. Fifty years ago the Illinois Terminal was barely beginning its existence.

It was the offspring of the planning mind of Harry H. Ferguson who had seen the bility of good profits from an industrial railroad serving the then- promising industrial district in Al- 1 ton and Wood River townships. The industrial district had not ex- i tended over into Wood River town- I ship at that time, but Mr. Fergu- son confidently believed that something could be done with an Industrial railroad to develop a great industrial district. William Eliot Smith and the Levis family i who were operating the then Illinois Glass Co.

shared the optimism of Ms. Ferguson and they joined with him in the enterprise. The Illinois Terminal started at Alton, and gradually grew until today it owns 466 miles of main line track also operates under lease 3 miles, and under trackage rights 7 miles. To show how the I. T.

has grown since it was started, it paid in 1944, in all forms of taxes, a total of 53.314,466. It had last year 1696 employes. The capitalization of the corporations which are being merged under the agreement to purchase has grown to 527,114,300 and indebtedness in all forms is 519,514.361. It is proposed now to sell 500,000 shares of common stock at S10 a share. Over 85 percent of the business of the railroad originates or terminates on the line, less than 15 percent representing overhead traffic.

Remarkable Reports show a remarkable rec- Prcsidents Club of the American Legion Auxiliary met. Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Arthur Northway. There was a gift exchange anrt' a social hour was en- joycd. Mrs.

Northway and Mrs. Donald Waggoner were hostesses. Photographs Christmas Special ord of the importance of industries located on the I. own line. A tonnage of 1,150,603 was both originated and terminated on the company's linos, or 14.8 percent A tonnage of 2,453,338 or 31.4 percent originated on the line and was delivered to other lines.

A tonnage of 3,207,793 or 41.2 percent was received from other lines and terminated on the I. Only 125 percent was received from other and delivered to other lines. The 1914 total tonnage handled tonnage Ultl handled by was month Mars will be to the east of Saturn but on Jan. 22 will pass his sluggish brother, as both planets are now moving in a westerly direction. These planets are shown on the accompanying maps, along with the January evening stars, as they will be seen about 10:00 p.

m. at the beginning of the month and at 8:00 p. m. on Jan. 31.

Just below and to the right of the triple group formed by Pollux, Saturn and Mars is the first magnitude star Porcyon, in Canis Minor, the lesser dog. Still lower and farther to the right is Canis Major, the greater dog, with Sirius, the brightest star of the nighttime sky. Of course Sirius is exceeded in brilliance by some of the planets, but they shine by reflected sunlight, not by their own luminosity as do the stars. Above and to the right of Sirius is Orion, the warrior, one of the most conspicuous of all constellations, with the three stars in a row which form the belt. Above the belt is Betelgeuse and below is Rigel, both stars classed in the first magnitude.

Continuing still farther to the right and upwards, we come to Taurus, the bull, with brilliant, ruddy Aldebaran to mark his eye. And when we continue northwards from Taurus we come next to Auriga, the charioteer, with another first magnitude star, Capella. Thus Pollux, Procyon, Sirius, Rigel, Aldebaran and Capella form a brilliant ring of stars, with Betelgeuse near the center and, at 'present, their grandeur augmented by the presence of Mars and Saturn. Though there are other first- magnitude stars in the sky, they are not in a position to be seen at their best. There is Regulus, in Leo, the lion, low in the east; and Deneb, in Cygnus, the swan, how in the northwest.

This rises higher later in the evening, and then another planet appears, for Jupiter, near Spica, in Virgo, the virgin, rises around midnight. Last year, even when the planet Mars was in the evening sky, ill was hard to see because of its great distance as it stood on the farther side of the sun. But now earth and Mars are both in the same direction, and we make a close approach to each other, on Jan. 10. This approach occurs when Mars is almost at its great-' est distance from the sun, and the earth nearly at its closest, so the 3,000,000 miles closer than it will be in July.

This Is often a surprise to people who think we should be warmer when the sun is nearest. Actually, of course, it is the height of sun in our sky that determines how much heat we get- from it. Now, even at noon, it is so low that its rays are spread thinly over the ground. In July, by way of contrast, the noon-day sun comes well overhead, and its rays of light and heat, falling more nearly verti- $10,000 Loss in Bunker Hill Fire Thus, like its brother, it is somewhat brighter than usual, and the two planets can now be watched in the midst of an interesting dance step. The general motion of the planets through the sky from day to day is west to east, the same as for the sun and moon.

However, at certain times of year, as the earth overtakes its brethren moving in larger orbits, they seem to retrograde, or to move from east to west. The effect is exactly the same as that observed when you are in an express train, and go by a freight. Even though the latter is going the same direction as you, it seems to be traveling the other way, because you are observing it from a moving platform. Last Nov. 6 the earth and Saturn reached such a position that Saturn seemed to stand still in the sky, and then turn aroupd for its retrograde movement.

Mars did the same thing on Dee. 5. Thus, although Mars had passed Saturn, while both were moving easterly, on Oct. 26, they are now coming together again, and Mars will pass Saturn on Jan. 22.

On Feb. 22 Mars turns around" 1 and resumes its easterly movement, while Saturn does the same on March 20. Just before that, how- hindered Mansholt and neighbors cally. are trated. much more concen- CELESTIAL TIME TABLE January, 1946 Jan EST.

2 Sun nearest, distance 91.453.000 miles 3 7:30 a. m. New moon Partial eclipse ot sun. i 11 I from South Pacific Ocean and Antarctica. 10 2:00 a.

m. Man nearest, dls tance 50.463.000 miles Moon In first quarter 13 Saturn opposite sun 13 8:00 p. Man opposite sun 14 7:00,8. m. Moon nearest, 227, 540 miles 16 11:17 p.m.

Moon passes Saturn 17 2:02 m. Moon passes Man 9:46 a. m. Full moon 22 12.00 noon Moon passes Saturn 24 1:47 a. m.

Moon passes Jupiter 12:00 mdt. Moon in last quarter 26 2:00 a. m. Moon farthest. 231,320 miles Subtract one hour for CST.

two hours for MST. and three for PST. BUNKER HILL, Dec. destroyed the bari? on the tarm of George Mansholt, located a mile west of Bunker Hill, Friday afternoon. Damage was estimated at $10,000.

The loss was partially covered by insurance. The fire is believed to have started when sparks from a tractor ignited hay as a dead cow was being removed from the barn. Although the blaze spread rapidly, 33 head of milk cows were driven out of the barn safely. The herd was moved last night to the farm of Mansholt's brother, John Mansholt, east of Bunker Hill. Destroyed in the blaze were 300 bushels of ear corn, 250 bushels of oats and 40 tons of hay'; A shortage of water on the farm JUST RECEIVED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS BACK FROM THE WAR FAMOUS "EVANS" CIGARETTE LIGHTERS 100 At Only 100 At Only OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY.

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24th WILL BE DELIVERED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS WE STILL HAVE A NICE SELECTION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS This ARROW leads you to fine Photography at home town prices. Call the East Alton photographer Dial 4-5851 for Modern Art Creations. This holiday have a lam- ily pirturt' inmlr around your ChrUtmai In-c. U'r have the film uid Photo Gift Studio 229 St. Louis EAST ALTON Sewing Cabinets Record Cabinets Table Lamps Floor Lamps End Tables Coffee Tables Occasional Tables Lamp Tables Cellarettes Serv-a-Bars Ironing Boards Bookcases Telephone Sets Hassocks Pictures Mirrors Magazine Racks Sewing Baskets Child's Rockers Bed Lamps Pin-Up Lamp; Records Child's Desk Chair Child's Table Chairs Vanity Lamps Lounge Chairs Ottomans Pull-Up Chairs Pull-Up Rockers Platform Rockers What-Not Shelves Child's Toy Chest Albums Bed Spreads Desks Desk Chairs Desk Sets Desk Lamps Cedar Chests Boudoir Chairs Chaise.

Longue Kitchen Stools. Hampers Throw Rugs OPEN TONIGHT STANDARD HOME FURNISHERS.IMC 5 OPEN TONIGHT Evelyn K. Politi Discharged WASHINGTON, D. (Special) Klngery Politi, formerly of Alton, recently was discharged from service at the S. Naval Personnel Separation Center here at the naval barracks Wife of Joseph S.

Politi of Brooklyn, N. and daughter of Mr and Mrs. E. Kingery. 2338 State, Alton.

Mrs, Politi last was stationed at the naval mine warfare school, Yorktown, Va. in fighting the fire. At 6 p. the Bunker Hill fire department was called and using water from a well, which had been saved for domestic use on the farm, were able to finally extinguish the fire meeting the nual Thanksgiving bers voted to buy seal bond and to for the Christmas Sundav "treat''. distributed to Recreation fcnsisted under the direction changed among he me mbe Hostesses for the Januarv ing will be Mrs.

Ella Loper and Receive Discharnes CHESTERFIELD vvilii Scott, son of Mrs. Mara was discharged at several days ago. Pfc. James R. Brooks home Thursday after charged at Jefferson Barracks in the service since Wesley Jones, son of Mr, and Mrs.

Charles Jones of the Albany community, has arrived in the United States and will he dischare ed at Jefferson Barracks in a few days. Chesterfield Notes CHESTERFIELD Mrs. Fenton' of Chesterfield and Harry Schaffer of Greenfield left Thursday for i motor trip through Tennessee and Texas. Kay Chlsm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Milton Chism, is recovering from pneumonia at their home in the Keller vicinity. Bond Reduced EDWARDSVILLE, Dec. 22 (Spe-i bond of William Grant, held on a charge of burglary and larceny, was reduced from $15,000 to $7500 by Circuit JUdge Griffith, Friday, after hearing on a writ of habeas Grant's attorney, H. B. Eaton, maintained to the court the bond 'was excessive against Grant.

The charges were made after a robbery at a filling station, Nov. 5, and the bond of $15,000 was set by aj justice of the peace. JUST RECEIVED! ON SALE SUNDAY LADIES'FANCY UMBRELLAS SJ.98 Beautiful Handles. Lovely Colors and Patterns. Special THRIFTY DRUG 4 BIG STORES IN GREATER ALTON AREA.

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