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PageS EOWARDSVtLLE (ID INTELLIGENCER Frkfey, April 1,1977 Ernest Tosovsky Sr. civic leader, dies Ernest E. Tosovsky 79, of 1230 Gloucester died at 10:45 a.m. Thursday, March 81, 1977, at his home, after suffering an apparent heart attack. Mr.

Tosovsky came to the U.S. from Austria-Hungary in 1903 and founded Home Nursery Greenhouses, one of the country's largest wholesale nursery firms. He led a dis-, tinguished life of philanthropic and civic service. He was born Nov. 20, 1897, In what is now Czechoslavakia, a son of the late John and Emilie Tosovsky.

His father was a colonel in the Czech army and an escaped political prisoner. He was smuggled into the United States by Czech sympathizers. He came to Edwardsville, but died three days later in a mining accident. At the age of six, Ernest Tosovsky and his mother reached Edwardsville without knowing about the mine tragedy. With the help of Czech friends, he entered Center Grove John Gerard dead at 78 John Gerard, 78, of Creve Coeur, formerly of Edwardsville, died on Thursday afternoon, March 31, 1977, in St.

Elizabeth's hospital in Belleville. He was born on April 7, 1898, In St. Louis, a son of the late John and Jenny Eilers Gerard. On Jan. 17, 1927, he was married to Vera Clinton, who died on July 9,1969.

He is survived by sons, Jules Gerard of St. Louis arid Jack Gerard of Huntington Beach, and daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Georgia) Horan of Creve Cocur, and Mrs. Wayne (Andrea) Mundorff of Fla. Also surviving are nine grandchildren and a brother Victor Gerard of Louisville, Ky.

Mr. Gerard was a member of St. Boniface Church, Knights Columbus Lodge 143 of Edwardsville, American Legion Post 199 of Edwardsville and of the Operating Engineers union. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Sunday in the Fletcher Funeral Home.

A Scripture Service will be held in the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday. A funeral mass will be held In St. Boniface Church at 9:30 a.m. Monday, with the Rev.

William Maul officiating. Burial will be in St. Boniface Cemetery. menus Ernest E. Tosovsky Sr.

school, graduating from the eighth grade. He became an American citizen in 1923, and that year started a small local nursery. He was married to Mary Meek on Nov. 5, 1919, in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Edwardsville.

She survives. Also surviving are sons, Ernest Tosovsky Jr. and Charles Tosovsky, and a daughter, Mrs. Gene L. (Dorothy) Donner, all of Edwardsville.

Twelve grandchildren also survive. One son preceded him in death. For 18 years, Mr. Tosovsky was president and secretary of the Center Grove School District. He was president of the Edwardsville YMCA in 1966-67, during which time a successful fund drive was made to erect a new building, dedicated in 1969.

Mr. Tosovsky was a 50-year member of the Illinois Florists Association, and past president of the Greater St. Louis Flower Growers Association. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Slavic and East European Friends of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 1971. He was also a recipient of the YMCA Special Service Award.

He was appointed to Rotary Volunteer Abroad for Rotary International in 1967. In that position, he established an experimental tract of land in Honduras and helped students from foreign countries to study in the U.S.. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Edwardsville. Funeral services for Mr.

Tosovsky will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Church, with the Rev. Roger Simpson officiating. Burial will be at Valley View Cemetery.

Friends may call after 11 a.m. Sunday at the Weber Funeral Home. A scripture service will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Livingston Public Schools Monday: Wiener on bun, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, applesauce, milk Tuesday: Chili and crackers, cheese slice, sweet pickles, pudding, milk Wednesday: Spaghetti and meat sau sauce, carrot sticks, lettuce salad, bread, butter, peanut butter, pears, milk Thursday: Ham slice, sweet potatoes, buttered corn, bread, butter, peanut butter, cherry cake, milk Friday: Good Friday; no school Marine Garde School Monday: Chicken salad, chips, green beans, brownie, bread, butter, milk, orange juice Tuesday: Pizza, baked beans, butter carrots, peaches, milk Wednesday: Sloppy Joe on french fries, buttered corn, fruit tart, milk Thursday: Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttered peas, cranberry sauce, bread, butter, milk Triad High School Monday: Barbecued beef, french fries, corn, orange juice, milk Tuesday: Hamburger, pickles, cheese, three-bean salad, pudding, milk Wednesday: Ravioli, hot rolls and butter, green beans, peach polka-dot dessert, milk Thursday: Wafer thin ham on bun, chips, pickles, cheese, cake, milk Schools not shown will be on Easter vacation.

Pound shortens holding time for stray dogs Starting today, the holding time for stray dogs at the Madison County Rabies Control Center will be five days instead of seven because of overcrowding at the center. The action has been approved by the Animal Control Committee of the Madison County Board. According to Dr. Carl H. Rogers, administrator of the county's Animal Control Department, the number of stray dogs being held at the pound has been increasing steadily during the past few months, and "in order to have enough room, action was taken to reduce the number being held at any one time." Strays which are not claimed by their owners, or adopted, are usually put.

to death on Thursday mornings at the pound on Marine Road five miles east of Edwardsville. Apparently now the strays will be put to death more frequently. Rogers said any dog not wearing a tag or other identification is considered a stray. When a dog is wearing a tag with the owner's name and address, the owner is notified as soon as possible. Anyone who has lost a dog should contact the pound, Rogers emphasized.

The phone number is 692-4429. Dead Russian emigre Eccentric or link in JFK assassination? Fishing for profit Carp breeders hear Nurem- a major industry in the Fran- burg, West Germany, harvest conia area, their product. Carp fishing is (NBA Photo) Sheriff's Department denies gunshot link Madison Countp Sheriff's Department officials reacted to a news story published in Thursday's Intelligencer by saying that gunshots fired at a rural Edwardsville home have not been linked to guns carried by the county deputies. Sgt. Conrad "Pete" Baetz said there is "no evidence whatsoever that a weapon issued to.

a deputy was the one that fired gunshots" at the car and home of Jeff Brown of Route 3, Edwardsville, on Wednesday morning. A bullet hole found in the front porch of the Brown home was compared with a .357 magnum bullet issued to the deputy who was called to the for investigation. Observations by the deputy and an Edwardsville Police Officer showed that the bullet and the hole were of the same size, leading police to believe that the weapon used was a .357 magnum. Baetz said that making such an observation was "wholly inaccurate and inappropriate," because he said it is virtually Impossible to distinguish between bullets merely on the basis of observation. Ballistics or laboratory studies would be required, he said.

No arrests have been made in connection with the gunshots fired at Brown's house. The matter is under investigation by the Madison County Sheriff's Department and the Edwardsville Police Department. City police reported they believed the gunshots were related to a racial incident Sunday evening in Edwardsville which involved Brown and several other participants. said today that no deputies are under investigation for possible involvement with the shooting incident, despite the supposed match-up between the bullet hole and the bullets used by deputies. He said a .357 magnum is a common handgun which is used by most Illinois police agencies and readily available to the public.

He said conduct- ing investigation on the basis of a visual observation of a bullet hole and an unspent bullet would be "ridiculous." The .357 magnum is second In power only to a .44 magnum among handguns. -The .357 is capable of firing either .38 caliber bullets, .38 "specials" or .357 magnum loads. The diameter of the three bullets, when unspent, is identical. The ,357 differs from the others in its velocity power and ability to "mushroom" upon impact. Judging the bullet size by its point, of entry is therefore nearly impossible, Baetz said.

hospitals ST. JOSEPH'S Alton Admission Pamela S. Gardner, Edwardsville COMMUNITY MEMORIAL Staunton Admissions Joyce Lovejoy, Staunton Gregory Reinhardt, Marine James Meunier, Staunton Dismissals Michelle Bononi, Staunton Loretta Hall, Staunton ST. JOSEPH'S Highland Admissions Larry Ronat, Highland Elizabeth Winter, Highland Jorene Kohlmiller, Edwardsville Cheryl Middleton, Marine Edward Kaufman, St. Jacob Dismissals Josephine Kreup, Highland William Lafferty, Highland Mrs.

Marcedas Dranke and daughter, Marine David Keller, Marine Betty Menchak, Marine births miiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiuiuiiiiiHiini ELECT i HILDA C. KLOPMEIER ASSESSOR i FT. RUSSELL TOWNSHIP i TUESDAY, APRIL 5,1977 Paid for by Hilda C. Klopmeier UlUUHHIUHHIUIIUIIUHIUIHIUUIIIIillUlllliniUIIHIIUHIIIIIIIli FLETCHER Puneral Home JOHN GERARD In state Sunday after 5 p.m. Scripture service 8 p.m.

Sunday in funeral home Funeral mass Monday 9:30 a.m. in St. Boniface Church Rev. William Maul officiating Burial in St. Boniface Cemetery Mr.

and Mrs. Stephen Pate of Louisville, are the parents of a son, Derek Stephen, born at 6:21 p.m. Wednesday and weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces at birth. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.

Murrell C. Klenke of Edwardsville, and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Pate of Murphysboro. By Jeremiah O'Leary (c) Washington Star Mohrenschildt disappeared in Brussels last March 7, he could have been tabbed either as just another eccentric or someone out to profit by his acquaintance with Lee and Marina Oswald.

Or, just possibly, he could have been the man responsible for Oswald's behavior when President John F. Kennedy was shot to death in 1963 as he reportedly acknowledged in the manuscript of a book he had written. But today, this much is certain about the 65-year-old Russian-born emigre: He is now in a Palm Beach, morgue, dead'of an apparently self-inflicted shotgun wound. He was of sufficient interest to the House Committee on Assassinations that one of its investigators was in Palm Beach on Tuesday seeking to interview him when the ostensible suicide occurred. --He is once again of considerable interest to the a a Investigation, which devoted a major portion of Book 9 of the Warren Commission Report to de Mohrenschildt.

If de Mohrenschildt had a motive for committing suicide in his daughter's house, it is not known. Nor is it known why he was negotiating with Dutch publishers to sell his book about the Kennedy case when he disappeared in the Belgian capital shortly after meeting a Soviet diplomat. He has been categorized as either an opportunist or as a man with a history of mental illness who was subject to wild changes of mood. But he cannot be ignored so long as the House investigative panel and the FBI are genuinely interested in finding out what role, if any, de Mohrenschildt played in the killing of President Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22,1963.

Close to Oswalds It has long been known that de Mohrenschildt, as part of the Dallas Russian-speaking community, was close to Lee Harvey Oswald and his Russian wife, Marina. The FBI says it checked him out every way possible in the days and weeks after the i i a assassination. He was a witness before the Warren Commission, and what he said then can be found in 114 pages of that bulky report. What is not known is what his motive was for writing the manuscript of a book entitled "I'm a Patsy, I'm a Patsy" and claiming it was the story of how he was responsible for Oswald's assassination of Kennedy. The mysterious history of de Mohrensehildt is largely attributable to a Dutch journalist named Willem Oltmans, who -was interviewed by the Washington Star March 18.

Oltmans, who had cultivating de Mohrenschildt as a news source and a friend tor the past 10 years, is the man who told the Assassinations i earlier this month about de Mohrenschildt's decision to tell his version of the Kennedy murder. It was this appearance before committee staffers by Oltmans on March 11 that prompted the Correction Edwardsville Township auditor candidate Roy D. Wolfe has lived in Edwardsville for 40 years, not 31, as reported in Thursday's Intelligencer. He has lived at his present address for 31 years. Madison County Sheriff's Posse SPRING DANCE V.F.W., Marine Road Edwardsville SATURDAY, APRIL 2,1977 9:00 P.M.

to 1:00 A.M. Featuring: THE ALL OCCASIONS Donation $2.00 panel to send investigator Gaetan Fronzi to Palm BeTach Monday to try to kuestion de Mohrenschildt. According to Oltmans, this is the erratic story of the White Russian college professor's last weeks of life: a Mohrenschildt to be an emigre Russian count, a petroleum engineer, a teacher of French at Bishop College and as a close friend of the Oswalds. Oltmans fell into the habit of visiting George and Jeanne de Mohrenschildt two or three times a year since 1963. In January 1976, de Mohrenschildt wrote Oltmans that he was preparing a book and sent several pages to the Dutch reporter for consideration.

By June the book was completed, but Jeanne de Mohrenschildt told Oltmans she was upset when she read it. She told her husband he would go to jail if it was published because it was about the assassination of Kennedy and mentioned names of CIA and FBI agents throughout. Hospitalized Last November, Oltmans went to Dallas and called de Mohrenschildt, only to be told by his wife that he had been in a hospital for several months. Oltmans said he called de Mohrenschildt's lawyer, Pat Russell, and was told de Mohrenschildt was in a mental hospital suffering from a persecution complex and undergoing heavy treatments. According to Oltmans, the" manuscript is in Russell's custody.

Oltmans has not read the manuscript. Oltmans went back to Dallas on Feb. 23,1977, and had lunch with de Mohrenschildt, who was then back at work. Oltmans said his impression then was that de Mohrenschildt "was a guy very cleverly saying 'I knew exactly what Oswald was going to do and I have proof of Oltmans said he asked de Mohrenschildt if he was ready to make a statement. He said the professor replied, never in America.

I am being followed. I find my house all the time searched. So I am scared to death. I first must get out of the country." Oltmans said he called his Dutch television superior and was told to bring de Mohrenschildt to Holland. Oltmans said, "He told me in Europe: 'Look, I'll be discharged at Bishop College in State's attorney reports theft of four bicycles Four bicycles were reported stolen Thursday from the home of Nicholas G.

Byron, Madison County State's Attorney. Mrs. Byron told Edwardsville police that the bicycles were last seen at the home, at 1011 Georgia on. Sunday. The stolen bicycles were two adult and two children's-sized bikes, two of which had flat tires.

The same bicycles were stolen early last summer from the Byron residence, but later recovered. Their value is estimated at $60. Bicycles were also reported stolen from the Robert Nuernberger residence, 111 Herbert Place. Two 10-speed bicycles valued at $125 were taken from the garage at the rear of the house, police reported. They were stolen sometime after 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, police said. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Stephen Foege Jr to First Federal Savings Loan Assn of Edwardsville lot 15 in Deerfield subd in Ft Russell We're Not 6 oz. USDA Graded BONANZA SIRLOIN Choice of potato Texas toast and our FAMOUS salad bar. 1501 Troy Rd. Edwardsville $259! 2813 E.

Broadway Alton June. I'm 65. My wife ran away. (They became divorced.) I'm the end of the And one day he came into my room and said, 'Let's face it. I only made up the story (about Oswald) because everybody makes a million dollars off the Kennedy assassination, and I haven't made anything.

So now it's my time. So now you and I know The FBI says it does not know what to make of de schildt's journey or of his apparent suicide. The Warren Commission concluded that he did not have any connection with Kennedy's dea even though he knew the Oswalds well and probably helped them with financial and family problems. Even so, the House committee wanted to question de Mohrenschildt, and Fronzi just missed him. He went to Die house where de Mohrenschildt was staying at noon Tuesday and was told to return that evening Because the man was not home.

In the afternoon, de Mohrenschildt apparently put a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Cubans and oilmen reportedly implicated (AP) A Dutch journalist today quoted the potential House investigation witness who apparently committed suicide this week as saying a conspiracy of Texas oilmen and anti-Castro Cubans assassinated President John F. Kennedy. The journalist, i 11 Oltmans, quoted George de Mohrenschildt as saying he was middleman between the late multimillionaire oilman H. L.

Hunt representing other oilmen and Lee Harvey Oswald in the conspiracy. The theory of oilman Hunt's involvement has been advanced corroborated. a a statements in press interviews before scheduled testimony to the House on assassinations subcommittee investigating the Kennedy assassination. The pournalist said he believes the story even though he said De Mohrenschildt vacillated between insisting it was true and saying be made it up to sell the book. De Mohrettsehildt apparently shot himself to death Tuesday afternoon in Palm Beach, according to officials, hours after a House Committee on a sassinations investigator tried to contact him for an interview.

The journalist gave only highlights of his story in the press interview, saying he wants to sell tlie fully story. Be Elecl ROY D. WOLFE Township Auditor (Trustee) i Election: Tuesday, April 1977 Democrat Qualified and Experienced I YEARS TOWNSHIP AUDITOR. YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT APPRECIATED This ad paid for by Roy D. Wcttfe come in and see our complete line of John Deere Lawn Garden equipment.

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