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Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • 41

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I ,5 I rienty of Room for Business, Industry BZkgscssE Zji ffLzawilesti WiW Monrnm Climb Master Zone Plan Allows Expansion Springfield business and industry have plenty of room to expand within the existing roaster zoning plan, it's indicated by a land use survey recently completed by Planning Director Henry DeNoble and his staff. The survey was the basis of De- major areas lying at the northeast Noble's recent estimate that the edge of the city, to-the east -of city now has a- population bf Avenue, and to the south-621. The director is now breaking; west. Of Springfield's total area. down information gathered into a number of interesting studies, including that of use of land as it relates to zoning.

He finds that Springfield has 2780 acres of land zoned for business use, with only 268 acres of it used for that purpose. Of 4043 acres zoned for industry, just 388 acres are actually in industrial Within the business area's, 813 acres are nned.for neighborhood business, 1088 for general business, 879 for commercial use. Industrial areas are divided into twqT classi fications light wlth-147? acres, -anhmy iarry industrial zones1 areised by facturing, with 2566 acres. In lineal front footage, 419,415 feet of property is zoned for business, 152,867 feet used; 391,315 feet zoned for industry feet used. Another recent addition to the varied activities at the Boys', Club many of which are financed through various projects of the Sertoraa CluV Mch is sponsoring Thursday night's annual "Musical Extra--vaganza" for the boys' benefit indoor archery.

The Boys Club recently received some top quality bows, arrows and targets and set, sp its Indoor only one of its kind la Springfield, Club Director Bill Henderson believes. Showa here, poised to plunk their arrows into the targets, are (from left) Richard Harper, 14, 1236 North Robbersonj Mike Cunningham, 15, 21 North National; Marvin Vaughan, 13, 522 East Atlantic; Clyde Glenn, 14, 7J0 West Scott; Pat Barnet, 13, 1000 North Main; Jerry One of the Thanksgiving holiday activities at the Springfield Boys' Club sponsored by the Knights of Columbus has been a checker and chess tournament which wound op yesterday, with i prizes. In the fornix of merchandise certificates going to winners. Shown during the tournament are (seated) Gary Brunner, Leroy Barlow and Don WoodaU. Standing (from left) are Jack Logue, Boys' Club program Guy Rogers, chairman of the KC Rifle Club committee aMhe Boys' Club'; Bob Romach, KC member who directed the checker-chess tournament, with Boys' Clubber.BHIy Eubanks standing in front of him; Harry McClcrnon, Grand Knight et the Knights of Columbus, and George Donegan, KC council activities r' chairman.

Not all of thisTproperty Is "Stand-'TieldT tolaP territory "or ing vacant, of course acres. Is ioned for one-family re- Business is occupying 41,430 feet aydetHial use, but only 6064 acres of property, or 131 acres, in in-are so used. Two-family zoning dustrlally toned areaj. areas jneasuce 2750 acres, with But there are a number of large, oniy 184 in actual two-Jfamily use. 287 acres, 44.7 percent is "vacant' Including 12.4 percent in agricultural use, and 32.3 percent standing idle.

And, of course, industry and business have a some instances encroached on residentially zoned areas, usually firms already In existence when their sites were la eluded, within the city limits. Prop eny in non-comorming Dusiness use measures 164 acres. Fifty-six acres are occupied by light industry, not in conformance with tie zoning-plan, while. 7f acres-tu light industry. Heavy Industry has non-jponforming use of 39 acres.

In residential zones, business us4 es 36,277 lineal front feet. Industry 23,051 Jineal feet. Fifty two percent of Spnng- Multi-family zoning-is provided in 1053 acres, with used for that purpose. Thus, 69.21 percent of the total city is zoned for residential use, with 27.50 percent so Population by zoned areas: One-family residential, two-family residential, 26.654; multi-family SDeaneighborbood. business, 942; general business, 2067; commercial, 7870; Ik'ht manufacturing, 3617; heavy" manufacturing, 6435.

(The total of 101,991 is raised to 104,621 by the tddition of 2630 residents of institutions, hotels, motels, etc) DeNoble emphasized that the population figures represent residence within the respectively zoned areas, while the zoning designation is taken from the master plan, including areas zoned for manufacturing and business, but not actually given over to It as yet. Greek General To Visit Fort FORT LEONARD (Special) MaJ. Gen Demetrios Springfield Sertoma. Club will present a "musical extravaganza" at the Boys' Club building at 7:30 o'clock on Thursday evening for ganization, which has grown Luce, 12, 1113 North Robberson. AS expanded its activities largely througn tne interest oi civic, crouns." 1 V'.

Gerogiannapoulis, Greek engineer" 4 Tuesday: 1st, as guest soloist Kell's appearance will be his second with i the "Springfield Symphony. At his previous performance, he was well-received ly the symphony audience, and was called back for a number of encores. He is a native of England, where he began, his musical career as a violinist, but Switched to the clarinet tiecauseTlie said, he found the violin an "uncomfortable in strument. Since then, he has played with many of the world great orchestras and conductors and has become a popular figure in the nation's concert He has applied for American citizenship. At Tuesday night's concert, Kell will play Norman Dello Joio's "Concertante for Clarinet and -Orchestra" as his principal selection.

With piano accompaniment by Dr. Ernest Tarrasch, he will also play "Siciljana and Giga," music by Corelll which'- Kell has transcribed for clarinet; Saint-Saens' "The Swan" and "Six Folk Song Studies' by Vaughan Williams, The orchestra will open the program with Richard Wagner'a introduction to Act III of the opera "Lohengrin." In addition to Its accompaniment of Kell tn the Dello Joio music, It was also play the Alexander Clazounov ballet suite "The Seasons." Ntw n4 tcadw Stall Pbslx Archery Instructor Glea Erwin gives some pointers to Boys' Club members Stanley Lace, 11, 1112 North Robberson, and Robert Peacock, 12, 1131 West Locubt. director, Is scheduled to visit vorJ Wood on a three-day training tour next General Gerogiannapoulis, whose title is equivalent to the U. S. Army ChieL of JEngiheersJs.

sche- duled to arrive Tuesday evening. He will tour Fort Wood on Wednesday and and leave on Friday. He will be accompanied on his trip here by Lt. Col. Mar- shall A.

Kalz, of Fort Belvolr, Va. A veteran of over 30 years ser vice in the Army, General Gerogi- Kcl! YPIays The Springfield SymphonyLBcginald Kell, topflight elnrinet tracts, vacant or in agricultural use, for Industry with New Bakery Pact Signed Small Firms Give Employes a Raise tan Trotter, business repre sentative of Bakers Local number 325, said yesterday that a two year contract has been signed with the small bakeries, on 'je- half. of the bakery workers, giv ing them an $8 a week raise. Trotter' said theUwo-year con tract will run until Nov. 1, 1959 and will give bakery foremen iq many cases, the only worker in small bakeries an increase in pay from $83.60 to $91.60, in four steps, 'v.

The business representative of the union said the first step is a $4 raise in the first six months, now already in effect; the second step is for a $4,03 raise in the second six months. Third step Is $2 at the beginning of the third six months and the fourth step is another $2 at the beginning of the last half of the second year Helpers, said Trotter will get an Increase of $4 a week, and gills working in the bakeries will get a $4 increase. Fringe benefits also include five cents an hour for insurance for men and their families, and work ers who are on the Job between 1 6 and 8 a.m. will get seven cents an hour. Shops who signed the contract are all memhrr th pta.i Bakers Association, Trotters said, and Include Beck's Pastry Shon.

flie Cherry Street Grocery North Side Bakery, Rudolph's, Spring field Pie Company, the Euoreme Donut Shon, the Plaza Paltry Shop and Thomas Food Market. Others may be Included later, Trotter said Area Schools Will Sec SMS Play, 'Huck Finn' Four appearances in the area are scheduled during the coming week for, "Huckleberry Finn." the annual children's play produced by the English and speech de partment -at Southwest Missouri State College. Director Dan S. McCarter, In structor of speech, reports that the play will be presenfed at Roe- ersville school on Tuesday at 2 p.m.; at Eldorado Springs high schoo on Thursday at 2 p.m.; at Dixon high school Friday morning at and at Camdcnton high school Friday afternoon at 2. The play will also be presented be fore the Greenwood student body in the SMS auditorium on Dec.

11 at 2 p.m., and for the general public that night at 7 o'clock, also in the. SMS auditorium. McCarter reports that the play will also be given at other area schools, ith dates' to be announced later. 7 Drury Hosts Florida Man English Professor Will Speak Here The first In a series of campus Visitors hosted by the sciences. social sciences, ancNfine arts and humanities divisions at Drury Col lege is Dr.

Harry R. Warfel, professor of English at the Univer sity of Florida and president of the College English Association. Dr. J. Clark Graham, chairman of the humanities division at Drury, announced that Dr.

Warfel's three-day visit will begin Tuesday. An authority on the English language. Dr. Warfel holds degrees from Bucknell, Columbia and Yale Universities. While at Yale in 1934-35, he was a Sterling Research Fellow.

From 1943 to 1946 he served in the Department of State as assistant chief of the Division of International Exchange of Persons. He was a Fulbright lecturer in Marburg, Germany, in 1953-54. Professor Warfel is author, coauthor, and editor of numerous books Including "Noah Webster," "Charles Brockden Brown," "American College English," Who Killed "American Novelists of Today," "Letters of Noah Webster," "The American Mind." Local Color Stories," and "American English in Its Cultural Arriving on the Drury campus Tuesday, he will meet with several regular classes and then address a general faculty meeting that afternoon on "RelatingLan-guageto the Curriculum." Wednesday afternoon the humanities division will hear him speak on the topic Structural Approach to Grammar, Reading, and Writing." During the regular Thursday convocation period at 11 a. m. tn Clara Thompson Hall, the student body and faculty will hear Dr.

Warfel discuss "Your Language Is Your Life," a talk on the central position of language and literature in a person's well-being. No More Coffee Dreaks For Uniformed Police Coffee breaks for police department uniformed officers have been "arrested" by Police Chief Warren Norman, Unofficial police department sources said the chief issued a memo barring coffee breaks for uniformed men on patrol after a citizen spotted two policemen drinking coffee together at a Commercial Street cafe, the morning Rathbone Hardware Company was burglarized of $1500 worth of guns. yf'' 1 t' v' k-' i 4- 'i 5 isr example, the Knights of Co lumbus recently volunteered their services to the Boys' CI, with resultant supervision of interest and a Thanksgiving chess and checkers tournament, just concluded. Sertoma Club sponsorsa variety of projects, of which the Boys' Club is a major one and Thurs day's show, featuring local talent and costing less than $25 to pro duce, is its principal fund-raising effort. The club sponsorship fund" has annually made It possible for -100 boys to attend camp who couldn't otherwise have gone.

m.ast year, the club aided in 4he laying of the Boys Club gym floor. held Halloween and Christmas par ties there, sponsored a basketball tournament in which 500 boys'play- ed, sponsored a boxing program and provided a new boxing ring. Jim Kendrick is director and master of ceremonies for the show, which will feature' these acts: An acrobatic dance by danc ers from the Walker Studios; Ma gician Bill Burtonr Hollls Warren guitar and vocal soloist; Singers Ruth Palmer and Cliff Patterson; Mrs. Lillian Delo, pianist; Dancer Jeanne Morton; Jerry Hoover's dance band, the Melotones: Paul Mitchell, pianist; Gerald Hutton soloist; the Buccaneers, men quartet; Dancer Chyrel Love of the, Fischer Studios; the Versa- Belles Chapter of Sweet Adelines; the Shrine chanters; several guest stars from radio and television. Tickets may be obtained from Sertomans or at the door on the night of the performance, for 50 cents.

Meantime, Knights of Columbus yesterday announced winners of their Thanksgiving tournaments at the club. In chess, Gary Brunner and Don Dancey placed first and second in the winners bracket for boys over the age of 12, while Leroy Barlow and Stanley Luce were winners among younger boys. In the losers bracket, Donald WoodaU and John Eubanks placed first among older boys, Billy Eu banks and Wilford Perusse In the younger boys division. Checker1 winners were Harry King and Don Woodall in the older boys'-group, Leroy Barlow and Wayne Perusse for the younger boys. Losers' bracket was won by John Eubanks and Pat Barnett, Pat Williams and Leland Ruble.

Prizes valued at $62 were sup plied by Sears-Roebuck and the ti 3 I MONDAY Meat Loaf Masffcd potatoes Lettuce salad Bread and butter sandwich Uncooked chocolate cookie pint milk TUESDAY Dried beans Cooked carrots Celer sticks Cornbread and butter Jello with fruit V4 pint milk WEDNESDAY Roast pork and dressing Cheese stick Green salad Hot biscuit and butter Cookie pint milk THURSDAY Mashed potatoes with hamburger gravy Green beans Cheese sandwich Cherry pudding No. 2 pint milk v. FRIDAY Baked macaroni with cheese Meat stick Buttered spinach Bread and butter sandwich Ice Cream 4iint-jnUk Educators Plan Earl Yule Fete An early Christmas party has been scheduled "by the Springfield Public Schools branch of the As sociation for Childhood Education for Monday night, Dec. 2, at Dent's Dinner House, according to Mrs. Mildred Heinlein, SPS branch president for ACE.

Theme for the' social will be "The Littlest and the event will feature Christmas music and fellowship primarily, Committee for the Christmas party is headed by Mrs. Kath-erine. Place, first grade teacher at Bailey School, Other committee members are: Mrs. Lois Bass, Pershing first grade teacher; Mrs. Dale Fisher, sixth grade teacher at Study; Miss Martha Sue Adams, fourth and fifth grade teacher at Mark Twain; Miss Hope Elsie Harris, Weaver second grade teacher; and Miss Margaret Waespe, Weaver principal.

vs. the benefit or the boys' or in membership and steadily Knights or totumonsr K.mgnts' con ducting, the tournament were Bob Romack, Frank Wagen, Don Had wiger, Will Schultejans and George Donegan. Table tennis and indoor arch ery tournaments will be sponsored by the Knights during the Christ mas holidays. When the Knights recently offer ed their help to Boys' Club Director Bill Henderson and Pro gram Director Jack Logue, they learned that the club budget and the membership to be -served -re sult in a shortage of activities for small groups of boys having spe cial interests. Necessity of serving 2200 boys, aged 6 to 18 years, with a small staff limits the club's program to swimming, basketball and similar activities in which large groups may participate.

Henderson and Logue felt that smaller groups, organized on a basis of vocational and avocation- al Interests, should be provided with special attention of sponsors available to each young partici pant. A rifle club was organized, un der supervision of Knights Guy Rogers, John Termule and Bob Zucchini. Forty-eight boys have participated, learning the purpose and use of various firearms, in eluding full instruction in safety rules of the American Rifle As sociation. Tomorrow, Knights will present trophies to the club's best marksmen. YiSf? YY tMSM An industry club has met each Wednesday evening for 10 weeks, with its 12' members discussing with different Knights the possi bilities of numerous vocations.

Fol lowing each discussion, the boys have visited the specific industry or business under consideration. Participating were Harry McCler- non, Ramey's Supermarket; Charles iVienhage, Acme Foundry and Machine, Company; Eugene Ever ett, Union National Bank; Bob Botts and Bill Gudenkauf, Cloud Fixtures Company; Bob Qulnn Patton Bob Tinkler and Fred Borneman, Springfield Newspapers, Jerry Nixon, Travelers Insurance. Company; Richard Horton, MFA Packing Company; Will Schultejans, City Utilities. Grand Knight Harry Mcdernon stressed, that the Knights have enjoyed the work with the boys and expressed the nope that other civic and fraternal organi zations will undertake similar pro grams in the future, i WAF. Recruiter Will Be Herat, On Thursday Staff Sergeant Ann Pinson, WAF Recruiter at the U.S.

Air Force recruiting station, jwisas City, will visit Springfield siiursday to interview all women who are in-tested in serving with the United Stales Air Force. Sgt. Pinsun will be available for interviews from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the U.S.

Air Force recruiting office located in the Main Post Office building here, according to M-Sgt. John R. Craig, local Air Force recruiter. of today's young women are taking advantage of the excellent training opportunities offered by the U.S. Air Force-'and are proudly Inking their place among the finest of the nation's young men, SKt.

Craig said. Other advantages being realized by young women are travel opportunities, smartly styled. Uniforms, excellent living quarters, well bal anced diets, a well-rounded social and religious program. The requirements for enlistment of women are that they have graduated from high sihool or have completed at least 2 years of high school and passed the general education development test Tor the hkh school equivalent, be 18 to 34 years of age, have no dependents under the age of 18 years and meet the high moral requirements for women of the Air Force. Sgt.

Craig invited all Interested young women to call his office collect for an appointment with Sgt. rinon. The number to call In Springfield Is 52755. i Orchestra will; present its second concert of the season Tues day night at 8 o'clock in the Central High School auditorium, with Trip at Drury Plans Recitals Formal recitals by the Drury College Faculty rtrio "have been scheduleTbn four college campus es during the early part of Decem ber, according to Professor T. V.

Ritchie, head of Drury's School of Music. A trio composed of Robert A. Steinbauer, assistant professor of piano, Lowell P. Adams, assistant professor of violin, and D. Wayne Johnson, instructor of woodwinds, will leave today for Bloomington, Indiana, where they will present a recital on Monday evening at the University of Indiana.

Programs byihe trio will also be presented at Southwest Baptist College at Bolivar, and at Cottey College, Nevada, on December 6. They will be heard in an evening program at The School of The Ozarks at Point Lookout on De cember 9. The programs are part of an ex- "vlcjiang series set-up between Southwest Baptist College, Cottey, College, and The School of the Ozarks, and Drury, i 3 v-' jut aimapuulis was iiiiissiuni'il was iniuinisslum'tl the engineers in 1925. He- participated in the Greek-Italian war and World War II as a major, serv ing as division Intelligenceas com mander of division engineers and as a resistance leader during the German occupation. During the guerilla war of 1947- 49, he was a brigade chief of staff.

After the Communist bandit threat had subsided, he served two years as second in command and direc tor of training at the Greek Staff College in Salonika. Promoted to brigadier general in June, 1953, General Gerogianna poulis war appointed to the Greek National defense staff as Intelli gence officer. He was accredited to the4 Department of Army as military attache. Embassy of Greece in Washington in 1956. Janis Keele Employed By Harrison Chain her HARRISON.

(Special i -J. Mrs. Janis Keele Is the new e-cretary of the Harrison Chamber of Commerce. The of C's board of directors selected Mrs. Keele to succeed Kathlene Harris, who resigned to accept another, position.

The chairman of the chamber's Industrial committee, Claude Tur ney, reported that progress is being made on construction of a new building for Ouerman Co. V. TVF'W TTimFTTTNT Bll 'or Springfield's new Art Museum, pictured la llLiW, 11 lJk3LUlll the arcntprfg drawing above, will be epenrd at t'rlcMk the evening ef Jan, Museum Director Krnncth Shuek announced yesterday. The Mnncum Board, chair-manned by Colin Bunitall, has given final approval to the along as prrpared by Architect Harold Cairy for th ftructiirr, to be built In the sunkm pool area of Thrlps Grova Park, bounded by B'nnrtt and BrooUlde Drive, Kings and Nalloaal. The building's square fret will provide foor clawrMitii, Dttirtt, library, art and historical gallrrtri, storage room, and workihnp.

Available for the project Is $110,040 la funds ef the Museum Board and Southwrai Mlxftourl Mmrurn Acaorlate. "Not a square foot" of spare can be spared In the building, Shock Said, and If bids excerd funds available, lacriflre must be made In Interior finishing- which raa be done latrr, perhaps' by Muaeum employes. The meeting of Jan. to be held la present Muwura quarters at City Hall. UI be opra te the public.

SHORT i. COURSE 'Z. ear nine-bole courts now under construction at Grandvlew looks Ilk this. Park board officials hope to have the new course, which will lighted for night play, open by June IS, 1958. Pipes for the watering yirm have been Installed, and lighting plan are being deve'oprd, Grandvl-w Pro T-en Tnl'xil pt'-yed the arw rourie recently, on a day lira a strong wind was blowing, lie nsrd Nw.

mm U.Jff Stall rh.W seven different clubs oa the nine holes, he reported, ranting from a I Iron on three and alne to a 4 wood with the wind oa the 205 yard Ns. I which Is the Inhgett hole on the 1175-yard course. Yardage on other holes, as measured by city englneeri, No. 1. 130; No.

2. 110; No. 2. 105; No. 177; No.

IIS; No. 7. 140; No. I. IIS, and No IS.

Gram wilt be planted or the coarse la late February or early March. -4 fc ft. ft. A A. A ft.

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