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District No. 16 School Board Has Open Meeting NEW BERLIN-The Boarding. of Education held an open meeting on Thursday, January 11 in the community room of the New Berlin High School. This meeting was planned by the Community Unit District No. 16, which includes the Berlin.

Curran, Loami, and New Berlin communities. The meeting was led by board member Robert Summers with the discussion centered around the State Safety Code. The Berlin and New Berlin schools are reported to be far from functional, and not structurally sound. Ivan Garrison of Jacksonville, representing the Special Education Committee of the Four Rivers, spoke to the group. Another problem discussed was the steadily increasing enrollment and the problem of where to place all these students.

Summers urged group to consider rail of thee problems discussed, and stated that another open meeting would be planned for the near future. Refreshments of punch, coffee, cookies, and donuts were served at the close of the meet- New Berlin News A card party, open to the public, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 17, at the Sangamon County Fairbuilding by St. Mary's church in New Berlin. A donation of 75c is requested.

General chairmen of the project are Mrs. Charles Coker, Mrs. Harold Steele, and Miss Elizabeth Brehm. Refreshments will be served. The Altar Society of St.

Mary's church has elected the following officers to serve for 1968: president, Miss Catherine Stapleton; vice president, Mrs. Bernard Charlene Stenemeyer; secretary, Mrs. Coker: and treasurer, Mrs. Ralph Frank, Kansas, organized as a territory on May 30, 1854, was admitted to the Union on Jan. 29, 1861.

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DAYS THRU SAT. LADIES' PLAIN DRESSES OR MEN'S OR LADIES' LONG COATS $119 Reg. 1.40 NE HOUR Next to City the most in DRY Parking Lot 208 West Court IC Team Debates In The Illinois College two top debate teams, under the coaching of Prof. Raymond A. Ford, are participating this weekend in the fifth Spartan Invitational Debate Tournament at Michigan State University.

It is considered one of the major national Tournaments of the 1967-68 forensics season, acFord. Northwestern University, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and more than forty other colleges and universities are participating. The two Illinois College teams are composed of Roger Farrington (junior from Pittsfield, Ill.) and Barbara Wall (sophomore from Cahokia, Ill.) second and third from left in picture above; and Russell Dolce (freshman from Elmwood Park, Ill.) and Robert Zeigler (sophomore from Jacksonville, far left and far right in picture with Prof. Ford. Both teams are debating in the Championship division, which is the accelerated group.

They were scheduled for each team four rounds of switch side debate. The national intercollegiate debate topic this year is: "Resolved: That the federal government should guarantee a minimum annual cash income to all citizens." Illinois Heritage Center At Monticello Has State Art, History And Legend MONTICELLO neer Heritage program with which we displayed our first had a treasury of $10 and a in a dream which we shared," Pioneer Heritage Center. He was addressing the members of the Illinois Pioneer Heritage Center which held its annual meeting Sunday January 7 a at Monticello, beginnnig with a luncheon at the Allerton Mansion. After the luncheon, the members reassembled at the Illinois Building and the business session convened at 2:30 p.m. After introducing members of the Center's staff who were present, Gordon gave a progress report to the group.

"During the first year," he continued, "membership grew to 37 and our year end net worth was $21,127. 1966 ended with a membership numbering 112 and a net worth was 689. 9. In 1965 almost 52,000 people visited our museums and 111,450 toured our exhibits in Look To 1968 Comparing the figures for 1967 we find that our membership now includes some 1,200 people who live in 123 towns throughout Illinois. Our net worth in 1967 has tripled itself, more than 200,000 persons visited this year, and we have a program of growth planned for 1968 which will expand our facilities even more and offer to the area and of the state the finest collection of heritage exhibits to be found in the entire state.

We anticipate 300,000 visitors through 1968," Gordon said. Museum activities are slowed in mid-winter, according to Gordon, but that is the opportune time for the staff to dig in and get a lot of work done in time for the new season. Ground work is laid for the new year's program and reports of the past year's activities are compiled studied. suffer during of the Housekeeping chores, which tourist season can be completed 1 and exhibits reorganized for better presentation during the next season. Center Gordon stressed the fact that the Center can, must and will succeed on its own merit, without any form of government tax support, either local, state or federal.

"We have the finest educational, historical and recreational center in the mid- WESSELMAN RITES HELD FRIDAY IN ASHLAND ASHLAND Funeral serv. ices for Leo Wesselman, 59, of Dorchester, were held at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon at the Gainer Funeral Home with Brother James Cook, pastor -of the Church of Christ, officiating. Interment was made in the Greenwood cemetery at Tallula. CHANDLERVILLE LOCAL ITEMS CHANDLERVILLE Airman First Class and Mrs.

Thomas Harper left Friday for their home in Abilene, Tex. after a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Harper and Mr. and Mrs.

Royal Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Lynn visited her father, Robert Keefer, in Bath Wednesday. Mrs.

Elmer Jurgens of Ashland was a Thursday visitor Mr. and Mrs. G. Jurgens. Fall and Winter Dresses Price.

EMPORIUM Michigan "Two years and a half ago we opened the Illinois Piofive members, a showcase with two broken windows in exhibits and a rofit corporation charter. We card table for a desk. We also had a tremendous faith said Dean Gordon, Executive Director of the Illinois west," he said, "and we will cently been written by Mrs. succeed on the strength of the Dorotha M. Russell who is a support of those who use our staff member.

The book relates Center and convince their the story of Nels Larson and friends and neighbors of that his estate at Voorhies, Illinois, fact. It can only be maintain- which drew visitors by the ed by people, business and in- thousands during the past sumdustry working together as a mer when then property was he insisted. given to Heritage Center Doll Tableaux by the grandchildren of Nels Members toured the newest Larson to be dedicated as a facility of the Center, the Illi- Swedish American National nois Building which houses, to- Shrine. In response to many gether with other displays, the requests the book became a dioramas which feature the 1967 project and copies are most beguiling doll people being mailed this week and tableaux from the Fourth of next to those who responded to July through the Night Before the announcement that a book Christmas, from the Black- would be written by sending smith Shop to the White House their reservations for copies. lawn with the Presidents and their ladies.

Voorhies Castle Book The first distribution was made of the book "The Squire of Vorhies" which has re- Student Panel Gives Program At Local BPW The Jacksonville Business and Professional Woman's club met Thursday evening, Jan. 4th at the Beef and Bird. Mrs. June Cantrell, vice presided in the absence of the president, Alvahlee McCarthy. Wilma Simmons read minutes and Kay Ray gave the treasurer's report in absence Navallee Eyre.

Mildred Davidson, youth affairs committee chairman, and her committee Mary Clampit, Lelia Drury and Esther Barker were in charge of the program. A panel students MacMurray College, Karcon Allen, Nancy Clapp, Michelle Bernard told of experiences during the summer in rehabilitation work, and tutoring. Ruth Farrell accompanied for group singing. Paula Hudson reported members collected $175.01 on the work shift for the Salvation Army Tree of Lights before the holidays. Dorothy Brooks, membership chairman, introduced these new members, Kay Silvers, Connie Spencer, Joyce Mansfield and also a guest, Mrs.

Thomas Geer. Colored balloons and favors carried out the New Year theme. A beautiful arrangement of red and white carnations, January flower, provided by Esther Barker, was the centerpiece at the main table. Estaleen Worrall, chairman of the world affairs committee, is in charge of the February program, along with members of her committee. Serving on the January supper committee were Lelia Drury, Lillian Phillips and Katherine Ray.

TINSLEY RITES HELD THURSDAY IN ASHLAND ASHLAND Funeral services for Samuel Tinsley, 58, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the First Baptist church, with Rev. Audy Burklow, pastor, officiating. Pallbearers were: Lee Brown, Lyle Eskew, John Wright Flinn, Bert Fowler, Walter John Creed and Roy Smith. Interment was made in the Ashland cemetery, Set Registration For Pittsfield Adult Classes PITTSFIELD Adult education courses will be offered at the Pittsfield high school starting Monday evening, January 22.

Courses to be offered are beginning typing, beginning bookkeeping, conversational Spanish, beginning sewing, welding, and women's physical recreation. The courses are scheduled to run from 10 to 15 weeks on Monday nights, and there is an enrollment fee of $5 to $13, depending on the course. Registration and payment of fees will be on January 17-18 between 6 and 8 p.m. at the high school. Enrollment fees will automatically be returned if the required number of ten persons fails to register for a course.

Students currently enrolled in high school are not eligible to register in the adult credit education program. Most of courses carry a half-credit toward a high school diploma. Further information on this program may be obtained by calling the Pittsfield high school office. There is still time to enroll children in the Nursery school's second term which started January 9. Classes are held three mornings a week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 to 11.

Mrs. Olive Fischer is the teacher and is assisted by Mrs. Frances Roberts. Call Mrs. David Giger, 285-2682, for information on the nursery school.

White Hall Hospital Notes WHITE HALL-Mrs. Mary M. Elliott of Manchester was admitted Jan. 3rd, as a medical patient. Mrs.

Lora V. Pence, of Hillview, was admitted Jan. 3, as a medical patient. Frank Campbell of White Hall, was admitted Jan. 5th, as a medical patient.

Miss Rose Lyman of White Hall, was admitted Jan. 5th, as a medical patient. A daughter was born Jan. 6th, to Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Powell, Jr. weight 7 pounds, ounces, named Elizabeth Ann. A daughter was born Jan. 7th, to Mr. and Mrs.

David Horney, weight 7 pounds, ounces, named Janet Marie. Mrs. Elma Shenkel of White Hall, was admitted Jan. 6th, as a medical patient. Mrs.

Cecile Nash of White Hall was admitted Jan. 7th, as a medical patient. Leonard Ray Northcutt of Roodhouse, was admitted 7th, as a medical patient. Dismissals during the past week were David Cooper, Tom Young, and Mrs. Albert Powell Jr.

and infant daughter. Mrs. Anderson Of Pike County Dies Thursday PITTSFIELD Mrs. Laura Anderson, 93, of Pittsfield, formerly of Summer Hill, died at 1:55 p.m. Thursday at Blessing Hospital in Quincy.

Mrs. Anderson was born in Summer Hill on January 1, 1875 the daughter of Henry J. and Lucy Ellis Burnham. She was married to W. B.

Cahey, and he preceded her in death in 1936. She was then married to Edgar T. Anderson, who preceded her in death in 1948. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Geeda) Christie of Quincy; and one grandson, Sgt.

Charles Christie, who is serving in Mrs. Anderson was a member of the first graduating class from Blessing Hospital's School of Nursing in Quincy. She also wrote and painted and sold many of her paintings in this area. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Congregational church in Summer Hill.

Rev. Joe Maynard will officiate and burial will be in the Summer Hill cemetery. The family will friends from 12 noon until time of services today at the Congregational church. The remains are at the Haugh and Son Funeral Home in Quincy, PORA GROUP HEARS DIRECTOR DISCUSS SURVEY The regular weekly meeting of P.O.R.A. was held Thursday January 11.

Mrs. Esther Berry, presided. Ron Alstadt, P.O.R.A. director, explained the survey of the Jacksonville area now in progress in which all persons over the age of 62 will be contacted. On Thursday, January 18, Robert Thomson Jr.

will address the group. His topic will be "Wills." Many letters have been sent to individuals in Jacksonville over age 62 or now retired. Any one in the age is welcome to attend the weekly P.O.R.A. meetings. Snow-Covered Roads Cause Many Mishaps In Local Area Friday and slick driving conditions.

highways in all directions snow-packed and hazardous and busy warnextra caution. sheriff's deputies and state the Jacksonville area handled a numJacksonville city police, ber troopers of traffic accidents Friday with the basic cause being working in snow-packed roadways Troopers reported from the city were ed motorists to use The steady snow covering was thought to be a contributory cause to all of the mishaps investigated in the city and general area. Woman Hospitalized One person hospitalized following an accident one-half mile east of Exeter on the Exeter-Bluffs blacktop about 8:45 a.m. Friday. Admitted to Passavant hospital was 20-year-old Linda J.

Lovekamp of Bluffs. Her condireported as good Saturday." Miss Lovekamp told investigating state police she was eastbound when she lost control of her auto on the ice-covered road. Her car road and struck an embankment. The auto was towed from the scene. Bluffs Woman Hurt A 50-year-old Bluffs woman was in fair condition at Passavant hospital following an accident shortly before p.m.

Friday one-half mile south of Bluffs on State Route 100. Mrs. Mary Eleanor Engelbrecht, 50, of Bluffs was headed north on Route 100 when her auto skidded off the snow-packed pavement and into a ditch. The left side of her car struck a culvert. She was rushed to the hospital by Bates ambulance and under treatment for head and back injuries.

Investigating state police said the auto had to be towed from the scene. Truck Stalled State troopers directed traffic around a stalled tractor-trailer unit south of Jacksonville on U.S. 67 for about hours late Friday evening. The truck was believed to be stalled due to a frozen fuel line. Troopers maintained one could way traffic until a wrecker the vehicle into Jacksonville.

City Accident Two cars were heavily damaged in a collision at the intersection of Mound Avene and Lockwood Place, shortly before 1 p.m. Friday. City police said 19-year-old Ronnie L. Ranson of 981 North Prairie was the driver of a southbound car when he pulled into the path of an auto headed west on Mound and being driven by Christy Eyre, 347 South Diamond. Neither driver was injured but Ranson was ticketed for failure to yield the right of way.

Driver Escapes Injury A Jacksonville man escaped injury in a one-car accident miles south of Bluffs on State Route 100 about 3 p.m. Friday. Mike Perrine of 324 South Church told investigating state troopers that he was run off the road by an oncoming auto and skidded through a ditch and through a fence. The front end of the Perrine auto was damaged but the car was driven from the scene of the accident under its own power. Three Cars Collide Three cars were damaged and one driver ticketed accident shortly after 3:30 p.m.

Friday at the intersection of North East and Wolcott Streets. Robert M. Hayes of 729 Allen Avenue told city police he was westbound on Wolcott when he applied his brakes, but was unable to stop on the snow-cov: ered street. Hayes said he tried to get across the intersection in front of a southbound auto. The southbound auto, driven by Zelda Mitchell of 136 East Walnut Court, slid into the Hayes auto, which then slid into a third car stopped at a stop sign.

The third auto was driven by Neta B. Birdsell of 636 North East. Hayes was ticketed for failure to yield the right of way. None of the drivers were injured. Cars Damaged Two cars were damaged in an accident in front of 1215 West College about 4:17 p.m.

Friday. A car driven by Joyce L. Woodburn, 25, of 1215 West College was headed west and turning into a driveway. A second auto driven by Gregory T. Neff, 18, of 407 Gladstone was headed east on College and unable to stop in time to avoid the collision.

The Neff auto the right rear of the Woodburn auto, knocking it into a utility pole. Both autos left under their own power. City police investigated at the scene of the accident. Truck Hits Car A truck slid into a car at the intersection of South Clay and Morton Avenue at 5:21 p.m. causing some damage to both vehicles.

A car driven by Gaston R. Cook of 412 Lake Street was stopped for the stop sign on South Clay, headed south, and was struck by a westbound truck attempting a right driven by Fenton J. Foster of 934 South Clay. Foster said the slick conditions prevented his truck from turning and he struck the left side of the Cook auto. There were no injuries.

City police said both vehicles left the scene under their own power. Bus-Car Collision A 16-year-old Springfield girl was taken to Memorial hospital in Springfield by ambulance following, an New accident Berlin at 6:30 miles p.m. Friday. collision was between a Jacksonville Bus Lines bus enroute from Springfield to Jacksonville and an eastbound auto driven by Deborah Ann Peters, 16, of Springfield who was taken to the hospital by McCullough ambulance and later released. Three passengers in the auto, two boys and another girl, escaped injury.

None of the passengers on the bus was injured and the bus continued to Jacksonville, somewhat late. Both vehicles were moving at a slow rate of speed on U.S. 36- 54 when the accident happened. State troopers investigated at the scene of the accident. Mrs.

Nevins Dies In Pike At Age Of 101 Years PITTSFIELD Mrs. Ada 1 Brown Nevins, 101, formerly of Richfield, died Friday at the Barry Nursing Home in Barry. Mrs. Nevins was born in Richfield on December 2, 1886 the daughter of Henry and Mary Moore Tyler. She was married to James Brown in 1883, and he preceded her in death in 1922.

She then married Robert in 1936, and he also preceded her in death. One daughter, Mrs. S. S. Kennedy of Wenatchee, Washington; and four sons, Willis of Beverly, Eugene of Richfield, and Albert and Walter of Barry; survive.

Also surviving are nine grand. eleven great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Lock Funeral Home in Barry with Reverend A. E.

Womack officiating. Burial will be in the Frank cemetery north of Barry. Alta Gilliland, 76. Dies Friday In Beardstown BEARDSTOWN Mrs. Alta Burrus Gilliland, wife of Hal Gilliland at of Schmitt Beardstown, hospital passed away 6:30 p.m.

Friday after a fouryear illness. She leaves her husband, who is railroad engineer; a daughter, Charlotte Gilliland and son, Robert, both of Canoga Park, two grandchildren and sister, Miss Leah Burrus, also of Canoga Park. The body is at the Cline Funeral Home where the family will meet friends from 7-9 p.m. tonight. Services will be held at the funeral home at 2 p.m.

Monday with Reverend William Browning of the Beardstown First Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Arenzville North cemetery. Relief Corps Has Installation New officers were installed during the January meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps, held at the home of Mrs. Dona Rash. A potluck luncheon was served at noon.

Mrs. Ollie Proffitt, retiring president, conducted the business session. Installed as officers for 1968 were: Ethel Newby, president; Ollie Proffitt, senior vicepresident; Anna B. Smith, junvice-president; Nora Wilder, Dona Rash, treasurer; Florence Hagen, chaplain. Matilda Goolsby, conductor; Nancy Norton, assistant conductor; Dona Rash, press correspondent; Mildred Smith, patriotic instructor; Ethel Day, guard; Lucille Cox, assistant guard.

Appointed to the auditing committee were Anna B. Smith, Matilda Goolsby and Mildred Walker. Ollie Proffitt is chairman of the flower committee and will be assisted by Nora Wilder and Chloe Colclasure. Elise Fisher, Lucille Cox and Florence Hagen were named to the relief committee. Appointed to the social committee were Dona Rash, Matilda Goolsby and Mildred Smith.

Anna B. Smith will serve as musician. I MAN 98 INJURED IN FALL DOWN STAIRS AT HOME JERSEYVILLE -Louis Spatz, who will observe his ninetyeighth birthday anniversary in April, sustained injuries when he fell down the basement stairs at his residence in the Dow vicinity. He was brought to the Jersey Community Hospital in Gubser ambulance where he was admitted as a patient. His injuries listed as laceration of the head, abrasion of right hand, left 'forearm and hand.

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