Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 3

SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, ma ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH PAGE THREE Wood River Band Boosters to Meet WOOD RIVER. Aug. of the Band Boosters Club will meet Monday evening at. the high school library following the high school summer band concert. Young Tropic's Meeting WOOD Assembly of God Church will have Christ Ambassador service Tuesday nt 7:30 p.

m. Speaker will be the Rev. Paul Jnmes and party from St. Louis who will present a program. This musical party has travelled extensively in the United States nnd foreign countries.

Bnptist Youth Meeting WOOD members of the Baptist Youth Fellowship of the Baptist church were entertained at Shurtleff College Thursday evening with a pot-luck supper on the lawn. At the Sep- tembcr meeting which is the first Tuesday of the month, the B.Y.F. of Wood River will entertain all associate Baptist, church organizations. W.C.T.U. WOOD The Women's Christian Temperance Union went in a body to the funeral home Wednesday to view the body of Mrs.

D. R. of Alton who was the Madison County president of W.C.T.U. The group attended the funeral services today. Wood River Notes WOOD RIVER.

Mr. and Mrs. Duffield of East Alton entertained at their home Thursday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice and family of street and Sgt.

and Mrs. Fifield of Lincoln avenue. Mrs. Outfield's parents are missionaries in India. Mrs.

Elmer Elliott spent. Thursday visiting her sister, Mrs. G. Y. Henry, of 836 Whitelaw avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Colclasure nnd baby of 23 West. Beach left today to spend the weekend at. the Springfield fair.

Bruce Wheeler of Pearl has been visiting this week with his sister, Mrs. Harry Garrison, of 1-18 Victory Drive. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Talking)on of 301 Broadway have returned from a week's visit, in Pike County, where they visited relatives.

They also spent three weeks visiting in South Dakota, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. George Bennblos- som of 152 Pence avenue. Mrs. D.

C. Burroughs has returned to her home at 227 Whitelaw after spending several weeks with her son, Clare, and family in New York. Miss Corrine Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.

C. Smith of 708 Rice" street has returned to her home after spending two weeks in Morrislovvn, and vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kirby of Whitelaw avenue are visiting his family in Elliott, In.

Mrs. Tennie Adams of Oakton, mother of Mrs. Lindsay Cole of 513 Acton and Lynn Woodrow of Akron, brother of Mrs. Cole, recently spent a few days at the Cole residence. Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Henry, son and daughter-in-law of Mrs. G. Y. Henry of Whitelaw avenue, nnd Miss Jane Henry of Alton are vacationing in northern Michigan for two weeks.

Mrs. Henry is the former Mrs. Ruth Cawthon, who was employed by the Jones Motor Co. as bookkeeper. Mr.

and Mrs. A. E. Peters returned Friday morning from a three-week vacation spent visiting his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs.

A. E. Guycrs of his niece, Mrs. Elton Ranft of Boyer's Lake iirfthe Norlhwoods of northern Michigan, Mr. and Mrs.

James Peters of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Minters, formerly of Wood River, in Hillsboro, and with friends and relatives in Servilles, 111., where Peters was born. James Cawthon, son of Mrs. Ruth Cawthon Henry, has enlisted in the Air Corps and is stationed at Jefferson Barracks at St.

Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Garner Dahlson of Arizona recently visited with Mr. and Mrs.

Bert Hill of Second street. Mrs. Lyman Price of Alton is a guest of Mrs. G. Y.

Henry of Whitelaw avenue. Mrs. Edwin N. Cobb and children have returned from a week's visit, in Carlinville with her mother, Mrs. William P.

Dunn. Mrs. Margaret P. Colclnsuro of 23 West Beach and Mr. and Mrs.

William Wiegand of Roxomi have returned from a vacation in Louisville, 111. Mrs. Helen Matko and daughters, Katie and Mary, and Mr. Angle Pelligrino of Wood River spent the day recently visiting at, the St. Louis Highlands and in Forest Park.

Mrs. Bertha P. Edwards, mother of Mrs. Maurice Colclasure of Wood River, and Mrs. Mabel Ell edge of East.

Alton, visited recently with relatives in southern Illinois. Mrs. Esther Hendricks Rites at Wood River Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Hendricks, 79, widow of Henry Hendricks, who died last Tuesday ai her home, 226 Grand, East Alton, were conducted Friday at 2 p. in Evangelical Reformed Church, Wood River, by tin- pastor, the Rev.

Henry Wichman. Burial was in Wanda cemetery. Fred Ilamcl of East Alton sang two selections. Pallbearers were Art Park, Byron Hale, Fred Eckhart, George Balster, Fred Berry, and Benjamin Alberts. The name of a sister, Mrs.

Ruby Zumwalt of Edwardsville, was incorrectly listed as Mrs. Louise Zumwalt, in an account of the death Wednesday. AFTER RUSSIAN TEACHER LEAPED FROM Sk, movna OKana Kcscnkina (upper left), Russian teacher, l.cs on the ground of a court in the of the Russian Consulate in New York Thursday after leaping from a third floor window of the building. A woman attempts to move he in order to open a barred door of the Consulate. (Upper nj'jit The worn in enters Inc court two men prepare to follow her.

(Lower left) They stcirt io carry Kosonkiivi into the house as (lower right) a policeman joins them as they enter. (AP W.rephoto from Paramount News' East Alton Church Pastor Returns EAST ALTON, Aug. Rev. L. B.

Wnlkinglon of the Methodist Church returned today from Lebanon, where lit- has ierved as an instructor at the McKendree Youth Institute at. Mc- Ivendrec College, which has been session since Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Irvin sponsors of the East Alton group, also attended.

Young people from East Alton ivho attended were Charles and Lindell Walkington, Robert, and Ralph Irvin, Marieta Haycraft, Lucille Pritchard and Ella Mae Jennings. Reports of the intstit.ue will be made at the evening service Lhe Methodist church Sunday evening. The Walkington will be in charge of the regular vices at. the church on Sunday. Members to Take Charge- EAST Rev.

Raymond White and Mrs. White, who spent, this week in Chicago, returned. They left this morning for Springerton to join their daughters, who are visiting their grandparents where the Rev. and Mrs. While will spend next week.

The Rev. White, pastor of the Ml. Gideon General Baptist church, is taking his annual vacation. Lloyd Cruse of the church membership will speak at. the evening services today and other laymen will be in charge of the regular Sunday service.

East Alton Notes EAST ALTON George Woodmansee and daughters, Miss Mary Ellen Woodmansee and Mrs. Don Schcnkel, and sons, Richard and Donald, of Bloomington, went to Webster City, Friday, where they will be weekend guests of relatives and attend a family reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Hillery Barker and daughter, Miss Helen, of Job street went to Warrcnton, where they left.

Miss Helen for a week's visit' with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Juel Patterson and son, Dickie, of Church street and their guests, Mrs. Mary Briddick and son, David, of Eldorado, spent today in Springfield attending the state fair.

Patterson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Patterson of Shipman, also accompanied them.

Henry Oglesby of Broadway is erecting new house on Lincoln avenue which he plans to sell upon completion. Mr. and'Mrs. Arch Edwards of Dry street have received word that their son, Pvt. Thomas Edwards, has been stationed at Ft.

Knox, Ky. Mrs. Fred Domun of Hartford, a former East Alton resident, who has been receiving medical treatment at Alton Memorial Hospital, was able to return home a few days ago. She is a sister of Mrs. Roy Akers and Mrs.

Essie Williams. Miss Shirley Harrison of East Alton has returned alter a vacation trip to Washington an.l Oregon. She accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crawford and con, and his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Crawford, of Milton Heights. Miss Margaret Musgrave, sister of Mrs. Walter Crawford, was also a member of the party. Monroe Barker, who has been residing with his son-in-law aivl daughter, Mr.

and Mrs. T. 13. Richardson, on Monroe street, hns gone to the homo of his son, Roe i Barker, at Louisiana, for a week's visit. Mrs.

Stella Hooper of Ohio nv- nue is still a patient at St. Jos- oph's Hospital whore she has been I a medical patient several weeks. Mrs. Herman McCormick and i daughter, Lorene, of Glenn Allen, will come here Sunday for a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs.

Lee McCormiek of Pence r.venue. Roy Cown of 323 Broadway, who WAY TO RUSSIAN TEACHER night stick stretched across doorway bars way of Zol Chcpurnykh (right), Soviet vice counsul, as latter makes third attempt to see Mrs. Oksana Kos- cnkma at Roosevelt Hospital in New York Thursday night. Chep- urnykh. failing io receive permission to see the severely injured Russian school teacher who plunged from upper floor of consulate, triec to have not delivered to her.

(AP Wircphoto). Lutherans to Lay Cornerstone At Cottage Hills COTTAGE HILLS, Aug. Sunday at, 2:30 p. m. special services will be hold at the new Lutheran church on Circle Drive, to lay the cornerstone of the build- 102 Janitors Attend School EDWARDSVILLE, Aug.

14. Alt tendance certificates were presented Thursday afternoon to 102 school janitors as the closing feature of a two-day instruction course for school custodians, held ing in which the appropriate docu- Edwardsville High School undet ments will be placed. 'sponsorship of Southern Illinois Speaker will be the Rev. N. L.

University at Carbondalc. Wolff, pastor of St. Paul's Lulh-, The or were presentee eran church in Wood River. Also taking part in Ihc son-ice will be the student pastor of the mission, E. J.

Kolb, and Rev. W. G. Bruegmann, pastor of Zion Lutheran church of Belhallo, the congregation which is sponsoring the mission and its building. Arthur Wilkening of Moro will perform the duties of builder.

Most of the exterior of the building, a frame, 30 by 48, has been completed with donated labor, by members and friends of the mission of Cottage Hills and members of the mother church In Belhallo. Stale's July Coal Output Down 340.000 SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 11, Ninety-three Illinois shipping mines produced 4,40. tons of coal last month, or tons under tho June total, the State Minos and Minerals Department reported today. Most minors were on vacation the first week of July.

July production by counties: Macoupin, Madison, St. Clair, 52,278. by County Supt. of Schools George T. Wilkins, who cooperated in singing the course, first of its kinc held in the county.

Those attend ing the two-day course, held Wed nesclay and Thursday, received in st ruction in proper floor mainten ance, heating and ventilation health promotion, fire and acciden prevention. School janitors fron Staunton and Bunker Hill district in Macoupin County also attendee tho two-day course, at conclusioi 01 which the 102 custodians pros out voted unanimously in favor holding another instruction schoo next year. Statistics show that air linos employ five men on th ground for every pilot flying. ire Damages Greenfield Shop GREENFIELD, Aug. 14.

The ire company was called Friday morning to extinguish ft blaze nt he Clampitt Bnrbcr shop. The fire vns caused when water heater vlth ft gasoline burner was over- urnod. The blaze was soon under control and was prevented from spreading to a group of store on the east, side of the square. Klunk to 1NJURED MAN REMOVED FROM WRECKED TRAIN Leo Bernard 1 '13, of Chicago, who was seriously injured in ,1 hcJil on collision of two electric internrban trains of the Illinois Termiml Ro'lroarl near Lincoln, Wednesday, is removed from the wreckage. Iwcnly persons were injured in jhe accident involving ,3 single passenger car and a freight train of ihc Illinois Wire- photo.

COMMITTEE PLANS EXPOSITION Legion group discussing Sept. 15-18 event at Riverside park. From left, standing Thomas W. Butler, industrial relations; Lloyd Tnbble, general manager; Herman secretary-treasurer; Fred Tickner, electrical. Seated, Carl Kosanke, publicity; 0.

A. Meyer, general chairman Charles Horn, food and drinks; Rudy Fischer, food preparation. Photo by jack Folmer. 5000 Acres Given Spray by Plane EDWARDSVILLE, Aug. 14.

Farm Adviser T. W. May estimated today that from 4000 to 5000 acres of crops in the eastern section of Madison County have ROW been sprayed by airplane to reduce damage from grasshoppers in what has been described as the worst plague of the Insects in that area since 193G, Airplane spraying of ehlordane, a new insecticide, has proved highly effective where the infestations are heaviest, May said. It aerial spraying had not been resorted to there would have been tremendous loss-of crops to the -insects in the eastern portion of the county, May reported. One estimate, May said, placed the saving to farmers in the Highland area alone nt $250,000 from spraying of fields.

There hns been some spraying of fields In the Prairiotown 'Voice Stresses Koscnldna Story NEW YORK, Aug. 14, W-The Voice of America is telling the people of the world the full story of Mrs, Oksana Stop- anova Kosenklna's leap from the Soviet consulate whore she says she was held captive. "This is what we have been waiting for in our war of words," a Slate Department spokesman sold. "This Is something that, can be easily understood by people all over the world." entered Veterans Hospital at Jefferson Barracks a few days ago, is at home for the weekend. The operation planned has boon postponed until after the use of special brace has been tried, tie will return to the hospital Sunday evo-j ning rind plans arc to fit.

the bnico i next week, lie will remain at the! hospital indefinitely. Mr. and Mrs. Cy Sawyer of Ohio avenue are homo after visit in Arkansas and other soul hern states, i Second Blast Victim Dies ST. CHARLES, Aug.

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34, Jnp nnosc attorney general's office to day ordered the Immediate dissolu (ion of eight, right wing anti-Dem ocrntic organizations. The order was based on an al lied headquarters memorandum 19'IC specifically forbidding th formation of ultra-nationalistic militaristic organizations or group which resort to violence and as sasslnations. Miss Mnry Ann Klunk, daughter of Mr. mid Mrs. Valentino Klunk, and Mnrvln Flnnlgan, of Meppen, will ho married at.

St. Michael's church Wed- Munzinger Attends Checker Tournament The world's champion checker plnyer, Asa Long, Is engaged In a match of 40 games with Walter Hellman, challenger, for a purse of $1500 and the title at Cedar Point, O. Rudolph Munztnger, executive secretary of the American Checker Federation, attended the match the first part, of this week and now has left for Brownwood, where a national checker tournament Is being held with 200 entries to decide the next challenger for the world's championship. Munzinger, who was Slate checker champion In 1944, hns been the champion player of Alton for many years. nesday at a.

m. Tho ncv. Father Up until recent years, there Joseph Roll will officiate. John Hayes will be soloist, and Miss Hayes, organist. Miss Klunk attended John's school, CniTollton, and was member of tWo 15)48 class of the local high school.

She is employed In Jerseyvllle, Flnnlgan served! the South Pacific during World War II and Is now engaged In farming. ('lardy Funrrnl GREENFIELD. Funeral services for James Clardy were conducted at. tho Methodist, church Thursday by the Rev. Frank Crouch of Carltnvllle.

Clardy was born on a farm mile west of hero and resided in this vicinity until he moved to Carlinville a few years ago. Ho Is survived by Mrs. Clardy, formerly Miss Ruby Opal, nnd six children, Hugh and Edward Clardy, and Mrs. Virginia Joseph, all of Reedsport, Kathlyn, Norma and Mary Ruth Clardy. Employes of tho Producers Creamery Company, Carllnvlllo, served as pallbearers.

uYircnti Unit Meets GREENFIELD. Mrs. Grant Molvln was hostess at tho August meeting of the Rubicon Home Bureau unit. The major loaders, Mrs. Thomas Ford nnd Mrs.

Charles Flnley, presented tho lesson, "Window Treatment" nnd the minor loaders, Earl Converse and Mrs. James Parks, gave demonstration and the lesson on, "Refreshing Mrs. Walpole was safety leader and Mrs. Walk- Ington was In charge of a recreation hour. I'hllnthoa Clnim GREENFIELD.

Mrs, Kenneth Woodklrk nnd Mrs. Walter Todd entertained members of the Phlla- thea class of the Baptist. Sunday School at a meeting at tho Todd homo Tuesday night. A social hour followed the losson study. I'lcnle.

n(; Cilon Carbon Father Charles Muslins, pastor of St. Cecilia's Church nt. Glen Carbon, hns announced an all-day picnic for Sunday on the church grounds. Father Muskas, who has been pastor at Glen Carbon for eight, years, studied for the priesthood following his graduation from the eighth-grade at Catholic Children's Homo In Alton. were two large checker associations in the United States.

Munzinger, as an official In both organizations, hns consolidated the two Into one largo and official club open to nil amateur players, Munzinger Is a life-long resident of Alton and operates a jewelry store nt 102 East Broadway. Pvt. Fred Edwards Stationed in Japan Pvt. Fred V. Edwards, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Theodore Edwards, 332H Missouri, Alton, is now serving with the occupation forces In Kobe, Japan. Kobe Is located In the southern part of Honshu, Japan's main Island. Pvt, Edwards will have an opportunity to continue his education while in Japan, at the Kobe Army Educatlorinl Center, where courses are offered" In the academic as well as vocational fields, Joining the army In December, 1947, nt St. Louis, Pvt.

Edwards enme to Japan in November, 1948. Upon his nrrlvnl In Japan, he was assigned to 710th JVlllllary Police in Kobe. This unit performs an Important part In the occupa- tlotvof Jnpnn by keeping Kobe patrolled to ensure safe driving conditions. Prior to entering the army, Pvt. Edwards attended Alton Senior High School.

Jnp General 1'Icndi Innocent SHANGHAI, Aug. 14, Former Japanese Lt. Gen. Ynsutu- gu Oknmum pleaded innocent today to war crimes charges before ft Chinese tribunal. Ho was commander of the Japanese forces hi China during the war.

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