The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 2

il 4 'W f1 1 5.4 Mills Monday Wat tee third time in about light mantes, the Kmmbi Am Board of Education Mon. day wfU taka a millage proposal to voters of tha school die- Itiet Hie ballot ada an iocnue Of 1.4 mills for tha naxt two years to provids additional ftmdi to maat operating pansss si the district BKHoo on tha now proposal was caUad by tha Board of Bducstton sftsr tha defeat last Aug. 10 of a proposal to levy five mills and the defeat Feb. SO of proposal to levy seven nflk Since the seven mill proposal was rejected, revenue and aeat oaHmatae have been re- Ore Tonnage Is Over Last Year Tha North Railway Is shipping more Iron aro feom Escenebe so far felt season than last year to tefe data, la repollad by tha American Iron Ore Association. lb April 1 toe total tonnage was 706,466 a gain of 171,187 tens orar last 584,279 tons for tha sama psriod.

month of April was a very good one In the volume of Im ora moved to Isoanaba by flw North Western and loaded bools for lower take smelt- on. The total for Aprfl was tons oompared to Sit for tea asno month a year opened earlier i last two Iron oro loading docks opened still later ten Bsoansbe, and the total for teat port is 871,178 tons to April 1, oompsred to 880,110 to teat date I 1867. This Is the last year the North Wastsm wiS uoe the 1 present dock. It wttl be placad with a conveyor typo 2 dock, part of a new ore i nal fedlltar, that is scheduled to bo In operation by tea spring vised, allowing the reduction in the millage figure. Svante Detailed Specifically, here is what happened.

In advance of the Feb. 20 election, the school administration prepared a preliminary budget indicating expenses of about $2,533,000 and revenues of $2,211,000, showing that a deficit of some $322,000 would exist for 1968-69 operations unless additional financing was obtained or cutbacks made in school program. Coupled with a carryover debt of some $90,000 from the current year, the February figures indicated a $412,000 shortage. This figure, however, did not include salary and fringe benefit proposals by teacher or non professional employe groups for 1968-69 contracts. Eettmatee Revised Those figures have subsequently been obtained, increasing the tentative operating budget for 1968-69 to aome No Size I Um Conservation Department aays teat northern pika may be taken wtteout etas ttmK in the WhwOij waters: Delta County, Bocanaba River tram Boney Mis down to Dam Mackinac Boot Lake; Schoolcraft County, McDonald Algor HOT WANTED Yes Voters Area VTA Cenarti (Ml tat ast .) Electric Firm Opens Office An Appleton, electrical contracting firm Hewitt Electric Inc.

has opened a branch office in Eecanaba at 211 N. 9th St. William Hewitt of Appleton, president, said Paul Stock of Gladstone is the division manager. Jack Klug, Appleton, Is vice president Hewitt, a former reeident of Gladstone and Rapid River and at one time a music instructor in Eecanaba, aaid Hewitt Electric Co. wee organized In 1958 and servee tha entire Fox Valley area with industrial, commercial and residential electrical contracting.

be bidding on all major projects in this ha said. Hewitt, who has been a resident of Appleton for tha past 18 years, said the firm presently has the electrical contract for the Harnischfeger Corp. pens ton in Escanaba and also will do electrical work on the new St Stephen's Episcopal Church. He said tea mSin office In Appleton has 14 employee and that ha eventually hopes to hove between eight and 10 man working out of tee Eecanaba di- Hospital John Sheedlo, 848 Sheridan Road, Is a medical patient at Beilin Memorial Hoopital In Green Bay In room 818. 1 our.

TOR. Shew At 8:89 F. M. 1 TONIGHT O' SUNDAY NIGHT IMMflM MARGRET kmlmalden SIS MAIff Starts Sunday Shows 7 P. M.

-1 P. M. not who vou if jftggm rfg HI, A UNIVERSAL PICTURE 647,000, a gain of about $114,000 over the February eeti- mstes. Along with the increased costs, revenue estimates from state and local sources have been revised upward. First, the tax base of the school trict gained about $4.3 million.

Secondly, the state aid formula was Improved, and finally, the school district expects an increase of 1.5 mills from the County Tax Allocation Board over last sllocation. The net in revenue is about $197,000 from $2,211,000 to $2,409,000. The gain of revenue over the increased costs from teacher and non-professional ploye contract proposals is about $74,000, allowing the requested millage to be reduced from the seven mills in February to the 5.4 mills which will be considered by voters Monday. To Apply On Debt Projected expenses and anticipated income for 1968-69 shows a deficit of The 5.4 mill tax if levied on the $56.4 million tax base of the district would net about $304,000. Excess revenues derived from the millage would be used by the school district to retire pert of the $90,000 debt incurred in current operations.

Polls will be open from 7 s.m. to 8 p.m. Any registered voter of the district is eligible to ballot on the question. Voting places are the regular seven precincts in Escanaba and the Cornell, Ford River and Wells schools. Funeral Services Set Tuesday For PFC Bruce Craig Funeral arrangements for Pfc.

Bruce Keith Craig have been completed as follows: friends may call at the Alio Funeral Home from 3 to 9:30 pjn. Monday and parish prayers will be recited at 8 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St Church with Rev. Stephen Mayrend officiating.

Burial will be In Gardens of Rest Cemetery. Regular Marine pereonnel from Menominee will be in aU tendance with a firing aquad and pallbearers and tee local military organization will provide tea color guard and chop- lain. Man from the local military are to meet at tha Alio Funeral Home at 8:80 a.m. Tueeday. A single bloom of the giant rafflesia, a flower found in tropical Arsia, often has a diameter of three feet ected By Library Group Bsrl LeBrssseur, Manistique, was elected chairman of the board of the Mid-Peninsula Library Federation at tha annual meeting of the federation held at tee Stste Library branch In Escanaba Friday evening.

He succeeds Victor BICYCLE SAFETY DAY at Ludington Park, sponsored by tee Escanaba Jaycees and tea Optimist Club, had its reward for Kathy Carlson, 1108 S. 19th St She wae winner of a new bike at the event promoting eafe driving among bike riders. Pictured (from left) ace Officer Gary LaPlant'of the Escanaba police department, who visited schools to promote safety; Kathy and her new bike; and Dr. Donald Fitch, representing tha Jayceee. Photo) Ruppe Appoints 13 To Academies WASHINGTON Congressman Phil Ruppe announced today that 13 young men from 11th Congressional District have received appointments under his sponsorship to the U.S.

service academies for the 1968 classes. Ruppe said the unusually high number of appointments was the result of the he uses to make the nominations. Six young men are nominated from each congressional vacancy. Ruppe makes the nominations on the basis of results from a special Civil Service examination. Ruppe then asks the academies to ra-avalufta his nominees, and the 4bial appointments are mads on tee basis of merit.

Ruppe is accepting applications for nomination to the academy classes beginning in 1969. 11th Congressional District will hove vacancies at the Military and Merchant Marine academies. Appointments: Air Force Academy: Andrew Michael Eggan, Alpena; Charles Martin Kolesar, Ironwood; David James Morrison, Pickford. Merchant Marine Academy: Several Anglers, 1 Hunter Fined Fiah and firearms and oven ana deer hunter from last season wars mixed up in violations of tea conservation laws that ended In convictions In Justice courts at Gladstone and Munis- Ing recently, the Conservation Department reports. Jamoe H.

Pauleon, 22, of Garden, paid a fine of $10 and costs of $710 In Justice Ross Davis' court at Gladstone on Friday for unlawfully transporting a loaded firearm In an automobile. Roy J. SteUwagen, 21, also of Garden, paid $10 and $7.30 after pleading guilty In Justice Roes Davis' court to possession of loaded rifle In on sutomo- bile. Hie arrest was made in Fairbsnks Township. William Fisher of Bloomington, 37 years old, by mail paid a fine of $50 and $7.30 coats for procuring Michigan dear Veenee by making a false ICHIGA Ends Tonight Matter Of Innocence" Tha Big Ont Is Back Sunday 1 0 0 000 DANCE TONIGHT IMntai Tha im Legends ARCADIA Jeffrey A.

Hicks, Iron Mountain; Barry H. Jenkins, Menominee. Military Academy: Blake P. Gendron, Iron River; Donald P. Zwyghuizen, Houghton.

Naval Academy: Steven D. Christensen, Menominee; Randall L. Rice, Kingsford; Charles L. Howlett, Alpena; Walter M. Soha, Crystal Falls; Thomas A.

Tellefsen, Drummond Harold J. Wetterlin, Seney. statement as to his place of rssidanoe. Theodora C. Johnson, 19, of Aurora, WI Stephen C.

SchuJrmsnn, 18, Florence, Wis and Michael Freeman, 18, of Iron Mountain Rte. 1, ware arrested In Brampton Township in Delta County on April 18 and charged with taking fish without a license. They paid fines and coats of $17.30 eoch in Justice Davis' court. Fred P. Ksssow, 25, of Escanaba Rte.

1, pleaded guilty to fishing without a license on the Escanaba River and paid a fine of $10 and coats of $7.30 in Justice Davis' court. Jack W. Graf, 35, of the K. I. Sawyer Air Base, arrested on April 18 for fishing without a license, paid $5 fine and $710 costs when arraigned before Justice Davis.

Oliver E. Rehn, 42. of Msn- istique, charged with taking rainbow trout by use of a landing nets, was arrested in Alger County on April 30 and pleed- ed guilty in Justice William Dore's court in Munising. He paid a fine of $25 and coats of $7.30. COler N.

Stafford, 45, of Kalamasoo, and his companion, Mark E. Mundwiler, 38, masoo, plsaftad guilty to taking northern pike In cloeed season and paid fines of $25 and costs of $7.30 each in Justice Dora's oourt at Munising. William Kropp Taken By Death MANISTIQUE William J. Kropp, 73, of Gouk! City died shortly after admittance to Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital on Friday evening. He was bom May 8, 1895 in Grayling and had lived in Gould City for 20 years.

He was retired employe of the Michigan State Conservation Department. He was married to Nora Wheeler Jan. 27, 1928. He is survived by his widow; one son, Raymond McCarrick of Garden City, eight grandchildren and two brothers, John of Newberry and Alex of Grand Marais. Friends may call at the Kefauver-Jackson Funeral Home from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Sunday and funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. William Kelsey officiating. Burial will be in the Curtis Cemetery. Garden Peninsula Baked Gaads Mrs.

Leo (Betty) Neavas has announced teat in Fridays of every week she win offer for sale, home baked goods, baked by area women at her newly opened material and sewing needs shop. Mr. snd Mrs. Thomas Ousterhout and son, Ward, have returned to their home in Ithica, after visiting at her parent's home, Mr. and Mrs.

William A. Ward of Vans Harbor. Mr. and Mrs. Alpha Thibault have returned to their home Kates Bay, after a three week visit with their daughter and husband, Mr.

and Mrs. Michael Hally, of Omaha, Neb. Mr. Hally is an FBI agent While there they also visited in Lincoln, Boystown snd tea Naval Airbase in Omaha. Attending the wedding of Percy Cameron and Alice LaBelle In Flint last week were Mrs.

Bernard Bodette, daughter, Susanne, son Leo and Bonnie LpVigne, Mrs. Evelyn Tatrow, Robert Leuson and Mrs. Gladys Lester. Mr. and Mm.

William A. Ward doubters, Linda and Norma, traveled to Green Bay last weekend with Mr. and Thomas Ousterhout to visit with their son and family, Mr. and Accidents Send Two To Hospital Two persons were taken to St Francis Hospital Friday after being injured in separate one-car traffic accidents, State Police reported. Richard L.

Cronick, 24, Her- mansvUle, was reported in good condition today and Edward Thsrrisn, 48, of 833 N. 20th Escanaba, was listed In feir oondltion. State Police said oar left U.S. 2 snd 41 shout ons mile east of Wilson Crssk, ran down an embankment and rolled end-over-end. Cronick was ticketed for carelaas driving.

Ttoorrian waa injured about 6:80 pm. when his cor hit a power pole on County Rd. 426 In Cornell Township about a half mile south of County Rd. E-5. Therrian told officers he pulled on tha shoulder of the road to avoid an oncoming cor snd coudn't get back on the road.

State Police also rsported that Francis 25, Rte. 1, Gladstone, suffered minor injuries whan his car rolled over off curve on County Rd. 426 just east of County 414 in Wells Township. He was ticketed for violation of tea baaic speed law. Two other minor accidents, neither involving injury also were kxveetlgated by State Police Friday.

As a result of the accidents, Lewrsnce WUs, Rte. 1, Rapid River, was ticketed for violation of the basic speed law and Louis Pastore, South Range, received a summons for failure to yield the right of way. Robert Stebbins, Perronv ill struck a deer with his oar on County Rd. 569 about 4ft miles west of LaBrsnch, officers reported. THE HUB A-GO-GO nltely! Now Festering KIM KELLY! Shaw Tfcne 8:86 p.

m. Downtown Msatstlpao COMEDY DRAMA tamr cocona NOTICE To Begin Their 50th Aiuiivtmrjr Year Clovsrlend Post No. 82 of His Amsricoit Lsgion FREE SOCIAL Par Tha Members Monday, May Ith 7:30 P. M. Legion Chibrooms at tee Louis Farley home in Kates Bay.

Mrs. Barnard Barney and son, Pam Keith. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lambert of Grand Rapids were weekend Powers of Escanaba.

Other officers elected ate Robert St. Louis, Kingsford, vice chairman; and Mrs. D. A. Jondrow, Gladstone, secretary.

Representatives of the member librariee in the federation elected the following to the board: Mrs. Franoee Lombard, Hermaneville; Paul Trione, Norway; Robert St Louis Kingsford; Bari LaBiaaeeur, Manistique; Mrs. D. A. Jondrow, Gladstone; Mrs.

Richard Nebel, Munising; Victor ere, Escanaba; and Mm. J. Davidson, Crystal Falls. Mrs. Fannie Noonan, Lansing, state library consultant, conducted tha elections.

Visitors at the meeting ware Henry Van Oss, White Cloud, chairman of tea tnistoaK section of the Michigan Library Association and Robert McCarthy, Lansing, of the Ingham County Library Board. n. Noonan suggested teat county library boards In tea federation cooperate area wide action to promote cet in the gathering of local history material. She said tes federation facflltlss could be ussd to reproduce the material and make it available to the school and public libraries In tea federation area. Myrtle L.

North Dies On Friday At Hospital Miec Myrtle L. Norte, 68, of 944 Sheridan Road, died at St Francis Hospital at 18 noon on Friday. She was born Itob. 10, 1901 In Esosnaba and had resided here aU of her life. She Is survived by several mnialns Friends may call at the Anderson Funeral Home Stan 6 to 8 pm.

Sunday and complete funeral services will be conducted at 11 ajn. Monday at the funeral home chapel with Rev. John Alford officiating. Burial will be in Cemetery. DAHCE TONIGHT Foe taring "Harlan And Hie Ham SWALLOW MU UMHiv HERE IT CoL Tim McCoy'i COUNTRY CARAVAN Spoiwowd Sy AM VETS POST 123 I.

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