Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 10

ALTON EVENING ton ct Afton State Hospital Ay, to 11 (to tttil nunv mm turn operating as maHm In the drog to central part of the builnew trtet in Upper Alton. lee cream stem contributed to the decline of the drug More fountain but played their part, too. one store operator said. "Kids now Jump Into their cars and go out to places where they run be served while parked." he The removal of the fountain at Campbell, which took over the Williamson Pharmacy, breaks a more than 60-yenr string. Ed McPhlllips said today thnt the first soda fountain in Upper Alton was In tho long- Kone W.

D. Bernard store ji, rc which wns then in the quarters opened housed mostly elderly male the Mayer Meat Market and female patients. Walnut Cot- Dr. Atarristta Simon, hospital tiwttrtendetst, offldftlly unlocked Hickory, Pane and Walnut Cottages during a brief ceremony Tuesday morning. "It's becoming a custom to have open doors in state hospitals." Dr.

Simon told a small gathering of hospital statf members. "It gives me ireat pleasure to announce that Alton State Hospital ts now operating with fifty-nine per cent of its wards open." Aree wards which were athteen Byrnes, JoAnn Conrad, Patricia Ray, Tommy enken, Jerry Sims. Shirley ticht, and Sandra Widenhoefer. The public Is welcome to the Midweek services will be held the church tonight. 7:30.

During Holy Week, a communion service ext Thursday, tage comprised some 60 female patients, many of which are diabetic. All patients were reviewed prior to the opening to determine their feasibility of remaining on these units. A special activity therapies program has been developed for each of the wards, including activities sponsored by the Volunteer Service. 3 UPPER ALTON AREA BUN-AWAY8 NABBED now is on College avenue. Laler il wns moved to the store where Ihe Campbell Pharmacy is.

This all took place shortly before the turn of the century, McPhillips added. LIST EVENTS AT BROWN BAPTIST The Rev. Arthur Woolsey will speak on, "Workers With God' at the 7-30 service tonight at the Brown Street Baptist Church. Sunday morning his subject will be. "This Man Receiveth 'HOWLER COMVLAINT BREAKS UP GAME A woman in the 500 block of avenue who called po- ce Tuesday, 8:15 p.m., when he thought prowlers were in er garage, managed to break a game of hide-and-seek.

Police arrived at the house collared three boys, aged 6. 13, and eight years old. They aid they had been in the ga- age but only to hide while )laying the game of hide-and Three Upper Alton area youths Tithes." Sunday evening the were taken into custody in Dyers- pastor's subject will be, "How burg, Tuesday night and held as run-aways, police reported today. All of the boys are 16 years old. They had used the family auto Men Feel When They Mee God." In other news: Dearons will hold a meeting Saturday.

7:30 p.m., at the mobile of one of the youths who church. A prayer meeting also resides on Main street. The be held at thnt time, was found abandoned about 15j A Week of Prayer will be ob miles south of St. Louis. served starting Monday night The mother of one of the boys I It will continue to Good Friday said that two other Alton (he prayer meeting wil' were believed to have left Alton i be held all night.

with the trio. The message from the Dyersburg police listed only three. ANOTHER SODA JWJNTAIN GOES Remodeling of the interior is under way at the Campbell Pharmacy at College and Washington avenues and one of the first things to be pitched was the soda fountain. Soda fountains, modern drug store operators are saying, are a thing of the past in their stores. Not too many years ago it was almost unheard of for a drug store to open without such The Sunday School teachers and officers are completing plans for a Sunday School con test that will begin Easter Brown Street Baptist will be one of 11 churches in the GARB taking in the contest.

MESSIAH TO HAVE CONFIRMATION Annual confirmation service will be held Sunday morning 10:30, at Messiah Lutheran Church. The Rev. Carl Hilgendorf pastor, said the following will be received into communican membership of the church during the solemn rite: Claudia Boomershine, Ralph Boyd 9 A. M. to 10:00 P.

M. Daily 9 A. M. to 1:00 P. M.

Sundays and 4 P. M. to 10:00 P. M. Holidays FREE DELIVERY! STCKF wSrd 24 9 210Regi8tcredVoters In Wood River Township will 7:30 be held p.m.

A ood Friday Ren-Ice will be held 7:30. An Easter be held reakfast to sunrise at 6:30 follow. service with a Regular service will be at 10:30 eek. Another from a 700 block of prowler complaint resident in the College avenue Tuesday. 10:30 p.m., who said (he Saw the man but not close- enough to describe him.

MINOR AUTO MISHAP OCCURS ON HILLCRE8T A minor mishap between two EDWARDSVILLE More than one-fifth of Madison Coun- 119,346 registered voters In Wood River Township, which the highest reglstra- total of the 24 townships, 'Igtires released today by Coun- Clerk Eulalia Holz show. Wood River Township's current voter registration figure Is 24,210, in contrast to the scant 307 total for rural Leef township. Granite City Township ranks second in the county in voter registrations, with 20,981, while Alton holds third place with 17,700. The 119,346 registration figure for next Tuesday's primary election in the county marks a net increase of about 3,700 permanently registered voters over the county pre-prlmary total in 1958. Deaths, removal of residence from the county and new registrations constantly affect the total.

Figures compiled by the county clerk as of March 15 showed 10,170 voters registered In Col- llnsville Township, which rankei fourth in the county. Next in order were Edwardsville Town ship, fifth, with Venice Township, in sixth place with Nameoki Tosvnship, sev 4,809 Godtrej ranking eighth with automobiles occurred in the 3201 block of Hillcrest avenue Tuesday at 3:45 p.m., police reported. Drivers were listed as George Chumplln. 3824 Oscar and James Lively, 600 Forest Ave. Champlin was traveling west on Hillcrest and Lively was going in the opposite direction when the mmper on the Champlin car side- iwiped the side oMhe Lively machine, police saidr FOUR ARRESTED AFTER JACK-U-WASH ENTRY Four SL Louis area youths verc rounded up by police today ifter two of them were trapped an automatic laundry at 1642 Vashington avenue.

The pair was caught by Night Merchant Watchman John Ellis of Upper Alton after he saw hem run across the street and into the Jack-U-Wash after eaving an automobile. Ellis held the youths, aged 22 18, until police arrived. They attempted to make a break away but "the merchant watchman fired a shot over their heads and they came back meekly. Alton police checked the park ed car which was on the eas side of Washington and found a boy, 17, apparently asleep in the back seat. The driver of the car had fled.

About -an hour later the fourth youth, 19, was apprehended by a policeman at College avenue and Seminary, street. State's Attorney Dick Mudge said that burglary charges would be filed against all of the youths. Ellis said that he saw one the young men in the laundry using a tire tool apparently to remove the coin machine on the wall. The driver said that the trouble started'-when they ran out of cigarettes. He stopped the car and two of the quartet ran across the street to the laundry, When he heard shots he got out of the car and fled.

Police said all of the youths had police records. In addition to the St. Louis Voters OK Budget at Edwardsville EDWARDSVILLE Voters in attendance unanimously approved a $104,616.21 budget for Kdwardsville township for the 1960-61 fiscal year, and passed a tax levy for the same amount, at the annual Edwardsville meeting here Tuesday at city hall. Employes of Edwardsville Township, beginning next Jan. 1 will be entitled to benefits under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund as a result of action taken at thp town meeting in providing as tho township's contribution to tho fund, At a special election conduct ed during levy of a the town meeting special tax not to Thursday Last Day to Apply for Absentee Ballot EDWARDSV1LLE the day for abwnt elvll- ian and military or naval service voters to apply for a mary election ballot by mall af her bfflce, County Clerk Eulalla Hotx reminded today.

Deadline, for voters to apply in person at the county clerk'8 office Is the noon closing time Snturday. To date official primary ballots have been supplied to 210 applicants qualified to vote by the absentee method. Voted absentee ballots returned numbered 111 this morning. Those applying for an absentee ballot in person may vole in the special booth provided at the clerk's office until Saturday's noon deadline for absentee voting. Chesterfield CHESTERFIELD Buddy Ramel, son ol Mr.

and Mrs. Jim Ramel, who has been taking his basic training at Great Lakes is spending a leave here. He will wi spending a leave nere. ne wu exceed 16.7 cents per $100 valua be sent to Rnode Island for spe enth with Township. 4,609.

Totals for other townships are: Chouteau, Helvetia, Ft. Russell, Jarvis, Saline, 1.083; Omphghent, Foster, 926; St. Jacob, Marine, 705; Hamel 677; Moro, 653; Alhambra, 516; Pin Oak, 481; New Douglas, 368, and Leef, 307. Hospital Notes EDWARDSVILLE Three Edwardsville patients were discharged Tuesday from St. Joseph's Hospital, Highland.

Discharged were: Miss Theresa Bratten, 831 Wilson Drive; Mrs. Minnie Keltner, 722 Hillsboro; Elmer Brown, 906 North Main. Traffic fatalities of the U.S. totaled 2,870 in January, 1960, as compared with 2,760 a year earlier. tion of property in the township for road repairs and improvements was approved, 88 to 6.

There were two spoiled ballots. The special election was conducted on petition of township citizens. The budget adopted during the 45-minute town board meeting ontains appropriations of $27.07.50 in township funds, $74,050 general assistance funds, and 2,858.71 as the township's con- ribution to tho Illinois Mu- licipal Retirement Fund. ing up the $104,616.21 total of The tax levy measure adopted i appropriations for the fiscal contained the same figures mak-! year ending next March 31. Send This faster Greeting Card! quartet arrested early today, police during the night picked up four Alton boys, 15 to 19, who were booked for loitering and investigation.

Two of the boys, 15 and 17 were taken into custody late last evening at Pearl and Union streets. The two others, 18 and 19, were taken into custody a Broadway and Ridge stree about 2:40 a.m. The younges of the boys was released to his step-father after initial quizzing The father of the next younges was not immediately located. REPORTS THEFT OF HUBCAPS ON HUMBERT George Rowland, of Union School road, reported the theft of two hubcaps from his auto mobile, police reported today. The theft occurred in a park ing lot on Humbert road Fri day night.

He valued the hub caps at $16 each. Rowland re-i ported that two hubcaps were stolen from his ear only three; weeks ago. cial training and from there to ship yards at Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mrs.

James Wheeler and son of Peoria were guests during the weekend of his mother, Mrs. Olive Wheeler. Mrs. Ada VoJek of Springfield and Mr. and Mrs.

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