Marshfield News-Herald from Marshfield, Wisconsin • 9

MARSHFIELD NEW S-II CRALD Sept. 12, IMS Faff CHICAGO PROF WIFiS FATHER. SOFJ HEARD Clark County NewS M. KeiHsvirio CLARK FARMS HAVE jury was the Rev. A.

Ray Cart-lidge. Presbyterian minister and first president of the Champaign School Council for Religious Education. He testified the classes had helped improve Juvenile delinquency conditions in Champaign, had brought about Increased tolerance, and improved the ethics of children attending them. He also said that the program taught only those fundamental tenets common to almost all religions. He said representatives of the Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faiths supervised the program, which called for half-hour classes once a week.

violations of the Constitution. Counsel for those opposing the classes contend, that the religious instruction on public school property constitutes a union of church and state in violation of state and! federal constitutions. Defense attorneys have asserted that the constitutional provisions alleged to have been violated "were drawn to protect religious beliefs. Mrs. McCollum.

in her charged a violation of the Con-sUtution and also said that the: courses discriminated in favor of some sects, that time for regular class work was lost through conducting the classes, and that her son was embarrassed because he was the only one in his room not taking the religious education course. Cromwell, in answers to questions by attorneys for Mrs. McCollum. said that "We (Freethinkers) deny the existence of God." In reply to a question. "Do you believe religion is born of fear, ignorance, and -superstition?" he said.

"I most emphatically do I certainly do." Boy Testifies Under questioning, the McCollum boy. whose mother described herself in her petition as an "atheist or said that he went alone to the music room or library when his class studied religious education. Once, he related, he was sent to a corridor and some pupils who passed by "teased" him. He related that he wanted to Stratford Pvt. Roland Landwehr left Friday after spending a 16-day furlough at the John Landwehr home.

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Peterson visited at the O. A. Peterson home on Granton Sunday.

Kir. and Mrs. Nick Merkes and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Kaiser and children.

Alice and Monica, were at LaCrosse Sunday. Miss Alice Kaiser entered the convent at LaCrosse. Kermit C. Peterson, seaman, first class, and his wife of Bain-bridge. are spending his 16-day leave at the Floyd Venne home.

The Drake School opened Tuesday with an enrollment of 17 pupils. Miss Lita Polster, Stratford, is the teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Franz Lehman and son, James.

Beaver Dam. were week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wiesman. Clarence Venne.

machinist's mate, first class, has arrived in San Francisco and is awaiting his discharge there. Phone 276 STORE mm co in umist: thl Complainant's Attorney Charges Constitutional Violation Urban. I1L UP) The father and the 10-year-old son of Mrs. Vashti McCollum were two of the principal 'witnesses in Circuit Court yesterday in the trial of a suit by Mrs. McCollum to ban religious education classes from Champaign public schools.

Mrs. McCollum 's son. James Terry, in whose behalf she brought the mandamus suit against the Champaign Board of Education, testified he was interested in the religion courses, that he wanted to take them but his mother declined to give her consent, as is required of parents before children may receive the instruction Arthur G. Cromwell, the father of Mrs. McCollum.

who is the wife of a University of Illinois professor, preceded James on the wit ness stand. He sal a he was "very proud" to call himself an atheist and he announced his dis belief in the Biblical accounts of Adam and Eve. the flood and Noah's Ark, miracles, and resurrection of human bodies. Constitutional Violation The Rochester, N. architect.

who said he was president of the Rochester Society of Freethinkers, asserted presidential proclamations of a "day of prayer" were ft) We ft AC''. net IT. take the course because he didn't like to stay alone and that he liked religious education more than arithmetic or spelling, which he was required to study. Another witness at yesterday's second day trial before the three judge court presiding without a ctoh Deliver DRUG time Help gains these ready slock" "Back Trlepaoae CHEESEMAKER FINED fob line TEST William Sandmire of Sand- mire Arrested on Tuesday Neilisville William Sandmire. operating cheese factories as the Sandmire Inc.

and operating at least two such factories in this county, one located at Shortville. was arrested on Tuesday on the complaint of E. P. Michels, of Greenwood, state dairy inspector, on the charge of "manipulating or underreading. or making false determination by the Bab-cock test or otherwise, of the quality and value of a quantity of milk delivered and sold." Sandmire pleaded guilty to the charge when taken before Judge Glenn Haven on Tuesday afternoon.

He was assessed a fine of $100. and costs of S15, with the alternative of spending 90 days In the County Jail. Fine and costs were paid. A complaint from a patron of the Shortville cheese factory led 8tate Dairy Inspectors Michels and Hoesly to check the tests of 11 of the patrons of that factory with what each individual had been paid short-changed, as a matter of fact and the inspectors found that each Individual of the 11 checked had been shorted and that the total amounted to $64.66 for the time period of two weeks. One of the inspectors stated on Tuesday that the tests run by the eheesemaker at the Shortville factory were what they should have been but that they were manipulated laUr, after the test was made.

ADDITIONAL PLANS FOR VFW CONVENTION LAID Nrillsville Approximately 50 members of the organization attended Tuesday night's meeting of the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. After regular business of the meeting was transacted, the following were appointed to act during the district convention of the y. F. W. to be held here on Sunday.

Sept. 23. William Campman will deliver the welcoming address, and will also act as toastmaster during the banquet. Harley Jake was appointed officer of the day for the parade to be held at 1:30 p. m.

Louis Zschernitz and Fred Marty will have charge of the registration of visitors. 'The registering will be done at the City Hall. Kenneth Wagner. Frank Matas. Albert Dahnert, and Henry Sei-delman were named as the banquet committee.

The reception committee is made up of John Swenson. Charles Poole. Dale West. George Pluegel. B.

Struble, Millard Cole, nd Melvin Ure. Refreshment committee: Bluch-er Paulus, Al Keller, L. Struble nd Hans Brandt. Dance committee: Ernest Snyder. Dale West, and Earl Darling TAVERN SOLD Nrillsviile Arthur "Snowball'' Meyers on Tuesday completed the le of his tavern, located at 142 S.

Hewett street, to John Lato of Thorp. The Latos will" reside in the Mat over the tavern and have taken possession. TOWNSEND MEETING Neilisville The regular meeting of the Neilisville Townsend Club will be held at the G. A. R.

Hall at 8:30 p. m. Thursday. Sept. 13.

and uill be followed by the serving of ice cream. Suve More Uwd Fats Get Extra Red Points i I USED III SIZE Size of Average Farm in 1939 Was 107 Acres; Today is 117 NeiUsTille Clark County farms hav (nrrM slH In sizj and de creased in numbers in the last five years-County Agent W. R. Marquart has Just received advance reports from the Bureau of Census of the Department of Commerce showing that the average size of Clark County farms In 1939 was 107 acres. By 1944 this average had grown to 117 acres for the 4.930 farms now listed for the county.

In response to the wartime calls for foods. Clark County farmers added in the past five years more than' 7,000 milking cows and heifers to their herds. In the same period they stepped up milk pro duction from 42.608.000 gallons to 48.362.000 gallons. They increased their sales of whole milk from gallons a year to something over 45.000,000 gallons. Substantial increases in production of poultry and poultry products were made by tht flocks of the county.

In 1939 Clark County hens laid 1.709,000 dozens of eggs and in 1944 they had increased their "lay" to 2.519,000. Indicating the herds and flocks of the county are being fed more liberally, the farmers of the county spent $747,118 for feed in 1939 and $3,486,264 in 1944. These figures. Marquart said, may also indicate the opportunity lor growing at home more of the feed needed by Clark County herds and flocks. Neilisville Personals Mr.

and Mrs. LobLs Seif have returned from several days visit to Chicago. 111. Arthur Baures of Fairchild transacted business at the Court house on Tuesday. Mrs.

Frank Hepburn entertained her contract bridge group at din ner at the Merchants Hotel here on Monday evening. The dinner was followed by bridge and prizes were awarded the following: Mrs R. H. Welsh. Mrs, John Perkins, and Mrs.

M. Cole. Mrs. Francis Welsh entertained three tables of bridge in honor of Lt. Bonnie Beilfuss, at the Welsh residence here on Monday night Lt.

Beilfuss was recently returned from England where she was die tician with a hospital unit. Prizes were awarded Mrs. Milo Mabie, Mrs. Horace Frank, and Mrs. Jake Hoesly.

Lt. Beilfuss was awarded the guest prize. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown re turned Monday night from Min neapolis, where they had entered Miss Joan Brown as a student in Miss Wood's Primary Training School.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Urlaub and Lorraine Urlaub spent the week end at Robbinsdale, where they visited with Mrs. Urlaub brother, Ensign John Mueller, at Robbinsdale on a 6-day leave. While the Urlaub's were at Robbinsdale a memorial service was held for Capt.

"Billy" Mueller, who was killed while flying a mission over Mortain. France, over a year ago. WOLVES BRING BOUNTY Neilisville Wendell McKee. Tioga, brought four wolves to the Courthouse on Monday and is richer by the sum of $80 in boun-, ty money. All of the wolves were 'trapped in the Tioga neighbor-' hood.

Philadelphia (A') In 1894. James C. Mason worked as a hod-carrier in construction of Central High School. Now 74. he is a student at the school, taking night courses in English and your children re'otn ummtrtlin health during the busy months ahead.

Havt basic health needs on hand always lor use when needed. Better "check today, for now during RexoH's to School Month" Celebration, is the to buy AT SAVINGS. 'w Pittsville ir. rr vtv mi. Mai a.

mmiiu v. Abbots! ord. hare moved to I former Walter Rieck home. M.v Voelker is employed at the cream ery. Mr.

and Mrs. Art Irerson hr rented the Albert Bubolz farm, tr -iBubolx family having moved iOshkosh. Oeoxf Parker Jr. left Friday fr California after spending hf-leave here. He recently returne from the Pacific theater.

Sgt. William Leiser. who married an Australian Ctrl. Is In to Pacific theater. He plans to hav his wife sent to the States as sow as arrangements can be made.

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