Janesville Daily Gazette from Janesville, Wisconsin • Page 2

Daily Gazette Monday, December 9,1968 Eight Take Tests for Captaincies Phase one of a three-part testing program newly established at the Janesville police department began today to fill two new captaincies and two sergeantcies next January. Taking the two-hour written examinations were eight men eligible for the rank of captain. Seventeen who are eligible for the rank of sergeant will begin their tests Wednesday. Police Chief Murray 0 Cochran said the examinations consist of a written test, an oral examination and a performance evaluation by staff officers. The written examinations were compiled by training officer Lt.

Robert Toler, There are now five captains on the force and through the reorganization policies established by Cochran recently, another captaincy has been opened. The second opening for rank of captain comes from the retirement of Capt. Laurei Kapke, formerly in the detective division. Oral examinations, to be conducted by three police officials from outside the department, will be held Dec. 17.

Taking today's examination for captain were detectives Gerald McDonnell, Howard Deyer, and Wesley Story and sergeants Donald Kline, James Ward, Kenneth Kingsley, Donald Guse and Richard O'Leary. School Board To Get Study on Boundaries The Janesville. Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow to hear a report of the boundary line study and progress being made on new school construction. Commissioner Philip Selgren, who heads the special problems committee, will report to commissioners on his meetings with a group of interested parents who have protested the constant shifting of children in the elementary grades.

Commissioner William Ryan, who leads the buildings grounds committee, will ask for approval of construction account bills, and detail progress being made on the Happy Hollow addition and preliminary planning for a third junior high school. Mrs. J. Richard Schroder, commissioner on the curriculum committee, will lead a discussion on an outdoor nature laboratory. Commissioners will also approve the statement of expenditures and receipts for the Board of Education and the Department of Recreation.

The meeting in the administration building is open to the public. Police Probe $500 Burglary at McNall Co. Janesville detectives were busy this morning investigating weekend burglaries, one of which netted thieves some $500 in cash taken from a floor safe at the McNall Equipment 2600 Milton Ave. Detectives said burglars jimmied a side door entrance to the building sometime after the 5 p.m. closing Saturday.

The thieves knocked the safe dial off with a heavy object and took only cash, leaving behind company checks, police said. Two vending machines in the same room also were ignored by the burglars. In another break-in reported to police, vandals ransacked several rooms and offices at the Adams Street School, authorities said. Entry into the building was gained by breaking a window leading to the kindergarten room. Some $175 damage was done inside the building, police said.

Karleski Named Agent Thomas J. Karleski, has been named agent for All American Life Casualty Company in Janesville, and surrounding area. Karleski was formerly associated with Catholic Order of Foresters and Metropolitan Life. Karleski is a member of the Janesville Chamber of Commerce; served as past vice president of the Holy Name Society, St. Williams Church; and for the sixth year a Cub- master of Pack 539, St.

Williams Church, The Karleskis reside at 811 N. Washington, Janesville Southern Wisconsin Obituaries Mrs. Merlis H. Booth Mrs. Merlis H.

Booth, 49, of 1015 Ruger died early today enroute to Mercy Hospital. She had suffered a stroke in 1965 and had been in ill health the past three years. Mrs. Booth was the former operator of Mode-O-Day Dress Shop at Creston Park, from 1958 until selling the business in 1965. A former resident of Williams Bay from 1940 to 1951, she was a member of Belfry Players and active in the Belfry Theater.

She was the first president of the Williams Bay VFW Marian C. Hill was born Dec. 19, 1918, in Urbana, 111., and first married to Joseph A. Sundberg Oct. 4, 1940, in Union, Mo.

He died in 1959. She was married to Merlis H. Booth June 17, 1961, in Janes-' ville. She was a member of First Congregational Church. Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Mrs.

David Hettinger, Janesville; a granddaughter; two brothers, Elmo E. Hill, Lake Geneva, and Edwin Hill, Fort Atkinson; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Clark and Mrs. Joan Finfrock, both of Urbana. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in the church with burial in East Delavan Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Overton Funeral Home. Clarence Johnson Clarence M. Johnson, 70, Rt.

4, died last night in Mercy Hospital after having been in failing health for several years. He was born July 14, 1898, Eureka Township, Polk County, the son of Hans and Bertha Rolsted Johnson, and was married to Agnes Schultz Jan. 6, 1922. She died in 1944. He had been a Janesville area resident for 16 years and was employed at Fisher Body until retiring in 1960.

He was a member of United Auto Workers Local 95, and of North Valley Lutheran Church, Eureka Township. Survivors are a son, Earl, with whom he lived, a daughter, Mrs. Robert Wood' Rt. 1, Grantsburg; four grandchildren; two grandchildren; a brother, Oscar, Rt. 3, Luck, Wis.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Edling Funeral Home, Luck, with burial in North Valley CemeteryT Whitcomb Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. Mrs. William Schroeder FORT ATKINSON-Mrs. William Schroeder, 51, of 703 Jackson died in her home yesterday after a long illness.

Mrs. Schroeder served with the WAVES during World War II and until her illness was an industrial nurse at Thomas Industries. Born July 29, 1917, in Fort Atkinson, the daughter of John and Minnie Stackle, the former Harriet Stackle was married to William Schroeder Oct. 12,1946. She was a member of.

St. Joseph Catholic Church and the American Legion. Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Vickie, at home; three sisters, Mrs. William Dehnert and Miss Jean Stackle, both of Fort Atkinson, and Mrs. Anna Lesniak, Milwaukee; two brothers, Vincent and John Stackle, both of Fort Atkinson.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Nitardy Funeral Home and at 10:30 in the church with burial in Evergreen Cemetery where graveside military services will be conducted by the American Legion Post. Friends may call from 4 to 9 tomorrow night at the funeral home where the Rosary vigil will be at 8 p.m. Victor Magnussen LAKE MJLLS-Victor Magnussen, 59, died of an apparent heart attack Friday in his farm home on County Trunk Rt. 1, Johnson Crreek.

A resident here since 1946,. he and his brother Norman were partners inNorvic Farms for several years and lie had continued to farm in the area. He previously had been employed with' Carnation Farms at Seattle, and with Valhalla Farms, Rexford, N.J., until moving here. He was born in Eau Claire County Jan. 3, 1909, and was married to Arlene Chrisler Sept.

20, 1952. He was a graduate of Augusta High School and a member of United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Ruth, Rachel and Mary, and a son, Paul, all at home; a sister, Mrs. Oliver Sieg, Waterloo; four brothers, R. G.

and Norman, both of Lake Mills, Harold, Shelburne, and Ivar; Osseo. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in the church with burial in Rock Lake Cemetery. Friends may call at the Bouslough Funeral Home after 3 p.m. today.

Mrs. Mary Owen Mrs. Alpha (Mary) Owen, 88, of Bradford, mother of several Janesville residents, died last night in Bradford after a long illness. Surviving are three sons, William, Robert and Hollis. Hedgecock, and a daughter, Mrs.

Fred Randolph, all of Janesville; 14 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren. Her husband died several years ago. Local relatives will.attend services later this week in Bradford. Miss Martha Nobs Miss Martha Nobs, 70, of 370 Wilson died Saturday in University Hospitals, Madison, after an illness. Born here Dec.

21, 1897, the daughter of Fredrick and Gertrude Heise Nobs, she was a lifelong resident and member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Freida Butzin, and two nephews; all of Milwaukee. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.

tomorrow in the church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends, may call at the Wolfgram Funeral Home from 7 to 9 tonight and at the church from 12:30 p.m. until time of service tomorrow. Ernest H. Clauer LAKE GENEVA Ernest H.

Clauer, 62, of Rt. 2, Lake Geneva, died early yesterday in Lakeland Hospital. He had been ill the past five years. Mr. Clauer was a career lawman and deputy sheriff of Walworth County 29 years and chief of police of Geneva Township five years prior to illness.

He was born Feb. 4, 1906, in Geneva Township and was married Dec. 27, 1959, to Berniece DeBaere in Elkhorn. He was a life member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church and a member of Walworth County Fish and Game Club. He was the first school bus driver for Como Community School.

Surviving are his wife; a stepson, Donald DeBaere, Lake Como; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Thomas Knapp, Elkhorn, and Mrs. Lorraine Hay, Chicago; two grandchildren; four brothers, Edgar, George and Raymond, all of Elkhorn, and Herbert, Lake Geneva. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church with burial in North Geneva Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m! tomorrow at Derksen-Fredrickson- Funeral Home. Memorials to Mr. Clauer may be made to the church. Mrs. William Johnson Mrs.

William Johnson, the former Emma Reid of Avalon, died yesterday in a St. Paul, Minni, hospital. She had lived near St. Paul for many years. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.

Ruth Palmer, three grandchildren and 12 grandchildren, all of St. Paul; a sister, Mrs. Walter Kemmerer Clinton; two nephews, David Reid, Janesville, and Archie W. Reid, LaPrai- rie. Burial will be at New Richmond on Wednesday.

Mrs. Homer Cobb LAKE MILLS-Mrs. Homer A. Cobb, 78, died Saturday in her home at 808 N. Main St after a brief illness.

Olga Strasburg was born Nov. 3, 1890, in the Town of Milford and was a lifelong area resident. Her husband died in 1951. She was a member of United Methodist Church and Ladies Aid Society. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.

Dean Sayre, Jefferson, and Miss Evelyn Cobb, Lake Mills; a son, Roger, grandchildren; a great- grardson. Services will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Bouslough Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 this afternoon. Burial will be in Rock Lake Cemetery. Mrs.

Benjamin Bates WALWORTH-Mrs. Benjamin H. Bates, 65, former area resident, died unexpectedly Friday of an apparent heart attack in her home at St. Petersburg, Fla. Gladys Simonson was born here Aug.

20, 1903, and was married to Benjamin H. Bates June 21, 1924. The couple lived at Oregon, and Delavan Lake prior to moving to Florida last year. Surviving are three sons, Edwin, St. Petersburg, Gerald, Spokane, and Clifford, Washington, D.C.; six grandchildren; two brothers, Adolph and Albert Simonson, both of Pickerel, Wis.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Walworth Funeral Home where friends may call after 2 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Walworth Cemetery. Mrs.

Gerton Tracy CHICAGO Mrs. Gerton Tracy, 70, of 3311 N. Ozanam died yesterday in Oak. Park Hospital after a short illness. The former Lucille Bradly was born April 7, 1898, in Janesville and was married to Gerton Tracy.

They had been Chicago residents many years. Survivors are her husband; a son, Richard, Chicago; three grandchildren. Services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday from the Mortt Clair Funeral Home, 6902 W. Belmont and at 9:30 in St.

Celestine Catholic Church, Elmwood Park, with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Janesville, at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Elmore L. Jones LAKE for Elmore L.

Jones, 64, of Rosemead, a former resident here, were held this afternoon in Clinton. He died Dec. 2 of a heart attack. Mr. Jones was a 1924 graduate of Lake Geneva High School and a nine-year veteran of service with the U.S.

For the past 20 years he had been employed in the Los Angeles Post Office. Surviving are two sons, Vernon, Yorba Linda, Major Stanley Gulfport, four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Harold Park, Lake Geneva. Bloodstains Lead Police to Suspect A trail of blood leading from the scene of an accident yesterday led police to a Beloit Avenue address where they arrested a 19-year-old Milton youth and charged him with taking a car without the owner's consent. Charged is Caryl G.

Jessup, 17 S. First Milton, who was found by police in an apartment at 1320 Beloit Ave. after they followed blood stains leading from W. Delavan Drive and S. Jackson Street, where a car had been abandoned after hitting a utility pole.

Authorities charged the youth with taking the car, owned by Richard Wambold, 810 Delavan Drive, without Wambold's permission. County Judge John Boyle today released Jessup on $500 personal recognizance bond and continued his case until' next Monday. Beloit Corp. Enters Marketing Agreement Beloit Passavant Corp. of Janesville has agreed to market Skinner multiple hearth furnaces for city and industrial wa3te disposal systems in this country and Canada.

The furnaces, made by Mine Smelter Supply Co. of Denver, will be part of the total Beloit Passavant system. The Janesville corporation. designs and manufactures sludge dewatering and wastewater treatment equipment. John R.

Walsh is president. Two Janesville Youths Charged With Burglary Gazette photo by Mary Gericks QUITE A FOLLOWING Nothing attracts a crowd at this time of the year like Santa Claus, who arrived in Janesville by helicopter Saturday. The gentleman from the North Pole is apt to turn.up almost anywhere during the next few weeks, but on Christmas Eve he'll confine himself to chimneys. Two Janesville youths appeared in County Court today on charges of burglary and theft. Authorities said more warrants are forthcoming from other counties.

Appearing before County Judge John Boyle were. Michael Campbell, 18, of 429 N. Parker Drive, and Timothy Spangler, 18, of 112 Valley Drive. They are charged with a Spring Valley Township house burglary last March in which some television sets, a shotgun and a radio were taken, authorities said. A third man, Terry Lee Day's Log AMBULANCE CALLS Saturday 11:55 a.m.—Mrs.

Anna Korban, 85, of 268 Riverside, fell at home, to hospital. 10:32 p.m.—B.obert Hiller, 38, of 309 St. Mary's ill, to hospital. Sunday 1:02 p.m.—Steven Brooks, 5, Rt. 3, cut hand on window pane, to hospital.

7:19 p.m.—Gerald Huber, 32, of 12 N. Washington St, injured hip in fall from car near home, to hospital. Johnson, 25, of 615 Eisenhower, has a warrant outstanding against him also, charging him the house burglary, authorities said. Both Campbell and Johnson were charged last week with burglary and theft at the Fox Sales on Afton Road. Spangler was not charged with that offense.

Warrants charging the three with burglary and theft are also forthcoming from Walworth, Jefferson, Dane and Green counties, authorities added. Hearing Requested in Marijuana Case Allen Leroy Hanewold, 20, of 1909 S. Osborne charged with illegal possession of marijuana, appeared before County Judge. John Boyle today and requested a preliminary hearing. No date for the hearing has been set.

Hanewold was arrested by Janesville police Nov. 22 in a downtown tavern and charged with- the narcotics violation. Police said they found a small quantity of marijuana in his possession. He is free on $500 personal recognizance bond. dmtnt BE ON RIGHT TRAIL THIS CHRISTMAS This favorite, from the west, will light up any little Buckaroo's eyes on Christmas morn.

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