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Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 7

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AUGUST 4, Church Class at Roxana Meets Fnbnlons ftOXANA, theft Bible CM 61 tritS first Bap- list Church fnSt, ftfeSdafr evening, at the churefi ttf 'BtttP ness and social meeting. DevoltoHttls were 1 read by Susie Snedeker, Entertainment was conducted by Norman F. West and Mfs, Ross hardway and refreshments were serVM by Mrs. Roy Johnson and Mrs. ArVtl Plck- eHng.

Members attending were Mrs, Marshall Mrs, Harrell Dlnwtddle, Mrs. Homer Hamilton, Mrs. Daniel Eubanks, Mrs. Ben Schwarm, Albert Bean, Mrs, Harold Shepp'ard, Mrs. Ross way, Mrs.

Arvll Pickering, Mrs. N. Shedeker, -Mrs. Mrs. Merrill HarmOn and Mrs.

Earl Klrby, The meeting In September will constitute the annual picnic; Receive bt Birth and Lester Kramer of Thomas' street Have received word of the birth of daughter July 27, to Ms and sister-in-law, jMr. ahd Mrs. Joseph R. Kramer of JeVseyvllle. The baby was born In Boyd Memorial Hospital, Carrollton, and weighed eight pounds and 14 ounces.

She has been given the name Diana. Mr. and Mrs. Kramer have two other Joseph 6, and Donna, 16 months. Mrs.

Kramer, is the former Miss Mildred Blackhurst of Coreapoiis, Penn. Men's Bible Class ROXANA. The, Men's Bible Class of the First Baptist Church "jet, Monday evening, at the home of Harrell Dlnwiddie on Elm Si ree Devotionals were read by Merrill Harmon and Mrs. Dinwiddie served 'refreshments at the close of the evening. Those present were Robert Me- Alsier, Harmon, Darrelt Williams, Walter Thompson, Homer'Hamilton and H.

Dlmvlddfe. Return from Canada and Mrs. -Denyer Harbke arid children of West Third street and Mr. and Mrs Jean Pile: and children of East Third street have returned after spending two weeks in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada. Brother Theatre Should Remove Its Stuffed Shirt, Gi sick tnlng herl won't tile and won't itet well.

Manv people love it and sotite tear ii, And a lot of folks pay money te go and see It. This sick thing is the theater, fa mlous invalid. fhe theater has had more doc tors tian any hypochondriac, fludin( th renowned vegetarian, Georgs Bernard Shaw, who has lived K) long that h'e is beginning to be mistaken for a redwooM sapling 1th premature gray hair. There are a lot of things wrong with theater. It suffers from diseases that range from low blood pressure In somews'easons to high t.h« club with A denwnstrftlton on "Mixing DouRh fof Sweet and placed -lh class C.

the gtotip ttfft attend tne ty tetf at Palmytft, prices MAY SUCCEED William Boyle, (above), executive vice chairman of the Democratic national committee', who may succeed Sen. Howard McCrath (D-RI) as national chairman. The Rhode Island senator accepted the appointment of attorney Wirephoto, and Oscar Kleinert of Central avenue have received word of the sudden death Klelnert's. brother, Elmer of wtrtnl 0 Tho deatn occurred Wednesday morning. The body may be viewed at the mont, Louis.

Funeral rites w'm be conducted from-the St. Charles Church at 2 Rovnua and my timls pure i mei In any season, And 1 am one- cf those who admire the pa lient but would sure like to see the old girl cured. I dsn't expect this to happen In me, as 1 am a restrained op- 4 Part of this is probably personal pique. Fop example a fellow the other night who he had been to see "South Pacific" twice, whereas a citizen of the average moral cunning and two jumps ahead of section still yet Toivn Hall to Be Discussed AtFasterburg of the bankruptcy act, am orelgn to this production ex- via musical recordings of Plna's, enchanting evening Mary Martin. Isn't as if 1 can't get 'a couple of icats to this particular musical because I can.

I have been den. i i aiiu ivirs. n.ugene Robinson and sons of Reller avenue had as their guests, Wednesday, her brother-in-law and twin sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Matthews and children Richard and Donna of Griffith, Ind.

Mr. and Mrs. Matthews and' children have just returned from a trip to Colorado. The 'Robinsons and Matthews enjoyed a picnic-, in the afternoon at Greenville Lake. My Warner of 138 East Third street entered Wood River Town- "shlp Hospital, Tuesday, for medical treatment, Mr.

and -Mrs, William Herrert have moved from the home of Mrs, Pearl Lohrman to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Becker on the Ernest Be'cker property on Thomas street. Mrs. Lester Kramer of Thomas street visited Monday in Vandalia with her niece.

Miss.Louise Younce. Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLain of Chaffer avenue had as weekend guest McLaln's sister, Mrs. Zcla Simpson of Terra Haute, Ind.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Thornburg of Thomas street spent the past weeknnd in Piedmont, visiting Mrs. Thornburg's relatives.

Mrs. Haiph Darner and daughter Carol of West Sixth street are spending several days in Kankakee visiting her mother, Mrs. E. Langevin. Mrs.

Ray Salsman and children, Anita, Linda and Randy of Reller avenue are visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. Simmons at Richland, Mo. Marion McGill, son of Mrs, Ethel McGill of West Second is enjoying a vacation from his duties as a printer and is visiting relatives in Chicagp and Detroit.

He plans to return Sunday. Mr. arid Mrs. Herscel Sparling and children Ronnie and Mary Louise returned Tuesday from Flora where they visited Mrs. Sparling's Mr.

and Mrs. Aden Richardson and Mr. and. Mrs. E.

J. Gaddy. Mr. and Mrs. R.

Hughlns of Central avenue had as dinner guests, Tuesday evening, Mr. find Mrs. Henry Frankc and family of Holly street, St. Louis. Franke is an engineer for Monsanto Chem.

leal Co. Sunday a picnic was enjoyed at Monks Mound by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hill 'and' family of Reller avenue, Mrs. Bert Hill, and Mrs.

William Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walter and son, Don, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hill and Mr.

and Mrs. Glfford Roux and daughter Debby of Wood Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas'of Alton and Miss Louise Younce.of Vandalia visited Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs.

Lester Kramer and family of Thomas street, Mrs, Joseph HUI arid Mrs. DeweyK' ReUer a today in St. I Mrs. Harv Hobson and Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Hobson of Valley City were dinner Wednesday, at the home of Mr, and Eldon Hobson and.

sons Larry and Bobby of Doerr avanue. Women Meet At South Roxana SOUTH ROXA.NA The Pad's -Club Aunlliary met Tuesday eve. nlng et'the schop) with'tjie president, Mrs. BID, presiding, It was a business meeting and 15 members attended. Articles were turned in for the homecoming Booth, The auxll'ary will Tuesday evening, at the (ichQol, to make FOSTERBURG, Aug.

4. A meeting to discuss plans concern- Ing the erection of town hall will be held Saturday at 8 p. in the Quonset hut. Supervisor Joe Miller has called several previous meetings concerning the town hall. He expressed hope that more persons will turn out for this meeting, as they would like to receive ideas from a larger! group.

Fostertmrg has been without a town hall since March 19, 1948, at which time the building was destroyed by a Charivari tor Newlywedn FOSTERBURG. Tuesday evening a group of young people gathered at home of Mr. and Mrs. Renus'Baker on burg' road, where a charivari was given, for Mr. 'and Mrs.

mond of Following the usual noise making, the group was invited into the Baker home for refreshments, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond reside at 2700 Salu, Alton. Their marriage occurred June 5. Mrs.

Raymond is the former Miss Vera Gabriel daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles' Gabriel of Fosterburg. Fosterburg FOSTERBURG. Miss Lavona Daudernlan, daughter, of Mr.

and Mrs. Lindley Dauderman, returned home recently after a. week's visit, with her grandparents, Mr! and Mrs. Ralph Wohlert of-Wor- i With it offlc promised the usual box ATTRIBUTES CANCER CURE TO "ATOMIC COCKTAIL" I. S.

Randall, advertising and sales executive, holds cup containing radioactive iodine which he says apparently has c'ured him of hopeless thyroid cancer, at New York. Randall, writing in the American Magazine, says' he had gone to a hospital to die when the iodine drink, or "atomic cocktail," was tried. It cured his back pain quickly, and in a few months the thyroid cancers disappeared. Now he says he is feeling younger and more jaunty than for years. The iodine drink ordinary water containing a very small amount of radioactive iodine produced at atomic energy Wirephoto.

price. Tlie only catch Is that I have a lease. By time the come through .1 may be living in Bangkok, Slam. This is what I think Is the big trouble with the theater today, have to plan your whole fu- to be sure of getting a seat. They are driving the customers uway by.

making your attendance mo a test of your Dun Bradstreet rating than your cultural awi.reness. Only the graduate of a correspondence course in muscle bui ding" can work his way through the throng to but his seats-at. the oftice for a hit play. And if yov purchase them by mail, they are things you leave in your will for your children to enjoy. How car a man be sure he will live, long enough to use them himself? today there are only a bak- i dozen of theatrical productions on Broadway, and.

thousands of and able and talented actors, yoang and old, walk the streets unemployed. There has arisen among tlie de- voiees of the theater the" cult of UTS new. There are a hundred, perhaps a thousand, grand old plays that teli the sad and splendid and terrible story of plays, yet the stages are re, the theaters darkened. Who nts to see old King Lear die when for a sawbuck arid a slow wait you ca'n watch tne death of a modern salesman Mr and Mrs. Glen Miller and family of Fosterburg have written relatives stating they are enjoying a two weeks vacation In Tucson, where they are visiting Mrs.

Miller's parents. Terry Schaefer, son of Mr. and Henry Schaefer, had his tonsils removed at Alton Memorial Hospital today. Bavaria's booming tourist contributed $1,500,000 Ger" many's economy in 1948. for the Aug.

South Itnviiitii South Kovuna Notes SOUTH ROXANA Mrs. Fern Reeder and infant son have returned -from Alton Memorial Hospital where the infant was born. Homecoming at Shipman Church SHIPMAN, Aug. 4, (Special) The annual homecoming and basket dinner of the Plainview Methodist Church'- will be held Sunday. O.

L. Wadsworth is president the association and Mrs. Frank Simmermaker is secretary-treasurer. Sunday school will be held at 9:30 a. and will be followed by worship service.

A program will be presented in the afternoon Shipmnn Notes Gertrude Denby of Alton visited Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. Charles Challacombe. Marvin Powers of Detroit, is a guest of his aunt, Mrs. Seaman Schaefer. Mr.

and Mrs. Clifford Ringering of Alton were guests Sunday of Ringering's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rlngering. Mr.

and Mrs. Lloyd Wilson and daughter of Alton visited Friday with Wilson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.

Wilson. Mr, and Mrs: Ambrose Watson and children of Brighton spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.

Meredith. Mrs. Charlotte Meyers was a guest, Sunday, of Leta Meyers at Chesterfield. Votdh SH11PMAN Ytfalh meeting of Christ's Companions will be held Saturday at 8 ft, fh. at the Mt.

Zlon Baptist Church, Plasa. All young people bt the surrounding Are Invited. Il6me Biifcan Plcrfte Hllyard Home Bureau Unit family picnic, Sunday, At HUlsbbro Lake. Those attending were Mr, and Mrs. Wll- Weidner and daughter, Mr, and Mrs.

John Welch ftnd daugh- ten Mr. ahd Mrs. Arnold Bohlmeyer and. daughters, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles and son, Mr, and. Mrs. Trumaft P6ckllng- toh and children, Mr, and Mrs, William Winson, Cecil Wlnson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Llbro nnd children, Mr.

and Mrs. Rolland Scott and children, Mrs. Sarah Madden and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Enrl Dey and Mr.

and Mrs. Austin Jayncs and daughters. Ptilnlt Russell Slratlon of Carlinyllle occupied the pulpit at the Harmony Captist Church Sunday. Grove Picnic Hill Grove neigh boi-hood held a picnic dinner Sunday at Rock Spring park, Alton. Included in the group were Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Straube, Mr, and Mrs. Louis Burgdoff, Mr. and Mrs Chester Darr and family, Miss Doris Burch, Mr. and Mrs.

Dwight Darr, Mr. and, Mrs. Myron Darr Mr. and Mrs. W.

S. Reno and sort Mr. and Mrs. Fred Howerton sr. Mr.

nnd Mrs. Charles Champion and sons, Mr Mrs. Walter Egelhoff and son, Mr. and Mrs Ronald Brcltwiser and son, Mr and Mrs. Orvllle Cameron children and Mr.

and Mrs, Alward and sons. am Jaj 6 lost his family empire? Well, I think there are some millions -of us who 'Would gladly fork out $1.10 or $2.20 and climb to watch the ing -king cry over his dead ughter. Never until the theater climbs oat of the sickbed it got itself ii takes off its stuffed starts entertaining people by putting more actors back to work. The play's the thing. And the plays are there.

Dogs are not the only animals that contract rabies. This disease lias been discovered in cats, cattle, horses, and swine. County Progress Day SHIPMAN Busy Bee Girls 4-H club and leaders, Mrs. May Odell and Mrs. Donald Gwillim, attended County Progress Day at Carllnville, Friday after- Wodicker represented noon.

Frances Prairietolni and Mr! Harry Eilert of St. Louis visile here Sunday morning. Mr Mrs. Henry Werner Edwardsville visited Werner's sis ter, Mrs. Frieda Knoche, Frida evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Knoch were at Bunker Hill, Monday. Mr. and Mrs.

Kenneth Coatne and son, Maurice, and Mr. an Mrs. Richard Coatney of Bunfc'e Hiil, visited Mrs. Coatney's par ents, Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Knoch Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stiegemeyo of St. Louis visited Mr.

and Mr Edward Ulsmann, Sunday. Vcrnon Schaefei 1 and 0 Duslmann were at Edwardsvill Tuesday. Roosevelt Knoche and Arthu Schaefer spent Mnday evening Blinker Hill. Mr. and Mrs.

Louis Pape and daughter visited their daughter-in- law at St. Francis Hospital, Lltch- field, Monday evening. Ice-cold cocoa Is delicious on a hot day. For a party, top the cocoa with a little Cocoa Whipped Cream. To make the cream put two tablespoons of cocoa in a bowl with two tablespoons of sugar and mix them together well.

Add cup of heavy, cream and beat until i It begins to get stiff, are about 10 total eclipses of the sun in every 18 years, Morocco is getting so telephone- minded that 2000 more may be needed in 1950. 949 May Be Good Prof it Year omc Rails, Oil Firms Report Declines Mini period oi 1948. tt.r SAM ISfEW Forty-nlne iay ft pretty good year fbt Rrnmgg in many Industries, after 11. Income statements for the first alf-yfear show many 6f the lafg- st corporations ma'klhg more than hey did in the touted 1948 of hftpi profit memory. Many of these statements are ouplerl with warnings that Income urned down In the last couple of wnths, and even with predictions some cases thftt the scond half nay be much lower than 1948's losing months.

But the profit, momentum built by many companies In the first nlf of this with the first uarter pulling most of the income should average out. for the ntlrc year at a pleasant anc cspectably high figure. Automobiles lead this category, apparently. But almost without exception the steel companies are eportlng their first six months earnings well above those in the 6ft Ifis aide its trt twt not all, fetid most the oil itot the ihauStrtaniSUs ditrlded, tort mong the nnr8 are tf over last fig Ihart are Look at the Ste61 companies re- )orllng all with earnings above year; S. Steel, Jones Inland, National, Repub- If, Wheeling, Portsmouth, Youngs- iwn Sheet General Motots reported Us second quarter sales and earnings set p.

new high record. Its first half earnings Wefe $303 million, compared with $206 million last year In period. That doesn't sound much like a recession in Detroit. Other large Industrial, chemical and food companies reporting this week that they have bested last year's first half marks include: National Biscuit, Dow Chemical, Industrial Business Machines, Pittsburgh, Plate Glass, Colgate- Palmolive Feet, Wesllnghouse Corn Products Refining, Foster Wheeler, Minneapolis Honeywel Regulator, Air Reduction. Most of the railroads reporl earnings running behind this time last year.

But going against this trend are the New Haven and the Banter On one sf tti lew pstroletim to fyert eftrfiings ahead tfoft year. Most utilities, But not ill, are dblrtg, this tos. Amort! those tntrdundftg the news are: town Publlfi Pennsylvania Light, $uBHe vice of Indiana, texAs Eastern transmission, Brooklyn Union Oil, feiectric PtWef, Jersey Central Power Light. Companies not doing so well his. year as last, in addition to most of the oils and the rails, include some of Ae textiles, carpet, umber, office equipment and A lew of the chemical corporations.

All of these, however, show profit! this year, not losses. The airlines, of course, are standing examples which just now are profits in comparison with last year's deficits. VfinewieU Hogs DfcS Sixty-four head of purebred Berkshire hogs are enroute to Venezuela. The purchase followed a visit to central Iowa about a month ago by zuelah authorities. They said at that time that they preferred the Berkshire breed because of large percentage of lean meat at compared to lard.

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