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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1991 WES ST. PETERSBURG TIMES GAUNT, WILLIAM EDWARD, 79, of Largo, died Wednesday Gan. 16, 1991) at Largo Medical Center Hospi- OBITUARIES HERTEL, WALTER "WALT" 91, of St. died Friday (Jan. 18, 1991) at home.

Born in New York SOUTH PINELLAS tal. He was born in leanecK, mu came here in 1957 from North Bergen, N.J. He was owner of Bill's Dairy, Union City, N.J., and he was a head custodian at Dixie Hollins High School, St. He was a master Mason. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lou; a son, John William, Clearwater; a daughter, Janice DeMeza, I army two sisters.

Marearet City, he came here in 1948 from Brooklyn, N.Y., where he retired in 1942 as a sergeant for the New York City Police Department and was a member of the New York Veterans Police Association. Locally, he was a member of the St. Petersburg Bowling Association and was honored in 1973 when he was elected to the Hall of Fame bv the St. Petersburg Men's Bowl As ing Association. During World War II, he served as an Army captain in the Military Police.

He was a Catholic. Survivors RENWICK, RUTH, 88, of Sunshine Village Nursing Home, Pinellas Park, died Friday (Jan. 18, 1991). She came here in 1925 from Boston, Mass. Locally, she was an employee of the St.

Petersburg Times, where she was one of the first female typesetters. Survivors include a sister, Jean Ott, St. Petersburg; and seven grandchildren. Mathews-Palms Memorial Funeral Directors, St. Petersburg.

RINGER, THOMAS 40, of Madeira Beach, died Thursday (Jan. 17, 1991) at home. He was born in Chicago, and came here in 1989 from Portage, where he was a journeyman pipe fitter. During the Vietnam War, he served in the Marine Corps. He was a member of American Legion Post 158, Madeira Beach, and Vietnam Veterans of Portage.

He was a Catholic. Survivors include a son, Thomas, Florida; two daughters, Jennifer Ann Ringer and Katee Marie Ringer, Plainfield, his parents, Harold and Mary Ringer, Portage; and a sister, Margaret M. Berrell, California. Gulfport Memorial Funeral Home, Gulfport. SANTA-ROMANA, IDA 76, of 10606 Poplar Street NE, St.

Petersburg, died Friday Gan. 18, 1991) at Sun Bay Medical Center. She came here in 1964 from her native Pittsburgh. In Tampa, she retired as a clerk for the Probation Parole Division of the state of Florida. She was a North American Baptist.

Survivors include a son, Carlos, St. Petersburg; a daughter, Sonita Brown, Stafford, and four grandchildren. Vaccaro Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. ANDERSEN, JUNE 56, of Gulfport, died Thursday (Jan.

17, 1991) at home. She came here in 1968 from her native Chicago. Survivors include her husband, Raleigh; a daughter, Cherise Tedder, St. Petersburg; her mother, Libbie Brochmann, St. Petersburg; and a grandson, Dion Hopkins, Air Force.

National Cremation Society, St. Petersburg. CIIAISON, RICHARD WILSON, 77, of St. Petersburg, died Thursday (Jan. 17, 1991) at Humana Hospital-Northside.

He was born in Avon, and came here in 1976 from Ventura, Calif. During World War II, he served in the Army. He was a Protestant. Survivors include his wife, Louise; a daughter, Betty Lou Bouchard, Ventura; two brothers, Kenneth, Brockton, and Robert, Irving, Texas; and two grandchildren. National Cremation Society, St.

Petersburg. COONEY, ANNA, 93, of St. Petersburg Beach, died Saturday (Jan. 19, 1991) at Palms of Pasadena Hospital. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and came here in 1963 from Long Island, N.Y.

She was a Catholic. Survivors include two sons, Joseph, New York City, and John, St. Petersburg Beach; a daughter, Ruth Girardin, Long Island; three grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. David C. Gross Funeral Home, St.

Petersburg. DIEFEL, MYRTLE 67, of 2150 76th St. St. Petersburg, died Friday (Jan. 18, 1991) at Humana Hospital- and Elizabeth Villante, Lakewood, N.J.; four and two great-grandchildren.

National Cremation Society, Clearwater. -HIRSCH, MADELEINE 89, of Largo, died Thurs- day Gan. 17, 1991) at Morton Plant Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Clearwater. She was born in New York, City, and came here in 1960 from Flushing, N.Y. She was a schoolteacher for the New York school system, and she was a volunteer at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater.

She was member of St. Cecelia Catholic Church, Ladies of the Elks, and Fellowship Club, all in Clearwater. Survivors include -several nieces and nephews. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes, Fort Harrison Chapel, Clearwater. PARKER, KENNETH 86, of Indian Shores, died Wednesday Gan.

16, 1991) at Sun Coast Hospital, Largo. He. 'J came here in 1973 from his native Chicago. He was a'r. packaging engineer at Armour Co.

He was a Mason. Survi- vors include his wife, Florence; three sons, Robert, Oregon, Donald, Ohio, and James, Wisconsin; a brother, Illinois; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Na-" tional Cremation Society, Clearwater. SPIVEY, JOHN EDWARD, 33, of St. Petersburg; died Thursday Gan.

17, 1991). He was born in Thomasville, N.C., and came here in 1987 from Wilmington, N.C. He was an electrician. Survivors include his father, Henry Dowe Spivey, Wilmington. Holloway Funeral Home, Oldsmar.

THORNTON, JACK 66, of St. Petersburg, died Thursday Gan. 17, 1991) at the VA Medical Center at Bay Pines. He was born in Indianapolis, and came here from Bradenton, where he was an estimator for USA Steel Fence Co. During World War II, he served in the Army.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Bradenton. He was a Methodist. Survivors include his wife, Joanne a son, Paul Anderson, a stepson, Dan, Bradenton; a brother, Paul, Oregon; a sister, Edna Ottilie, Indianapolis; and two grandchildren. Richard E. Sorensen, Gee Sorensen Funeral Home, St.

Petersburg. UNDERHILL, ARTHUR JOHN 87, of St. Petersburg, died Friday Gan. 18, 1991) at home. He was born in Hoboken, N.J., and came here in 1970 from Bridgewater, N.J.

He was a retired longshoreman. Locally, he was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Rita a daughter, Virginia Morneault, St. Petersburg.

She came here in 1948 from her native Baltimore. Locally, she was a member of the Garden of Peace Lutheran Church. Survivors include her husband of 48 years, Wilbur "Will;" a son, Bill, St. Petersburg; a daughter, Carole Witherspoon, St. Petersburg; her mother, Madeline R.

Scheper, Gulfport; a brother, Edward Scheper, Gulfport; a sister, Mada- include two grandsons, Walter Philie, bt. Petersburg, and Eugene V. Smith, Hubert, N.C.; and two great-grandchildren. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home, St. Petersburg.

LANGSNER, ABBEY, 78, of St. Petersburg Beach, died Friday (Jan. 18, 1991). He was a seasonal resident from his native Montreal, and owned a dry-cleaning business. Survivors include his wife, Bess; a son, Stephen, Montreal; two daughters, Rhona Rothman and Greeta Langsner, Montreal; two brothers, Harry and Lawrence, Montreal; two sisters, Lillian Sherman and Sylvia Phillips, Montreal; and four grandchildren.

Beth David Chapel, Jewish Funeral Directors, St. Petersburg. LEVINE, REIVA 94, of St. Petersburg, died Friday (Jan. 18, 1991) at Menorah Manor.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she came here in 1989 from Miami Beach, where she was a member of Neir Talmid Synagogue and its Sisterhood. She also was a member of ORT, Hadassah and the Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary. She was a retired bookkeeper for a wholesale fruit and produce company. Survivors include a son, Ted Ayes, St. Petersburg; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

David C. Gross Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. LEWIS, LORENA WHIDDEN, 88, of St. Petersburg, died Friday (Jan.

18, 1991). She was born in Nocatee, and came here in 1984 from Cape Canaveral, where she was for many years a school bus driver in Brevard County. In Chestnut Hill, she was a schoolteacher. She was a Seventh Day Adventist. Survivors include a daughter, Jane L.

Veltman, St. Petersburg; a son, Benjamin St. Petersburg; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home, Bobbitt Chapel, St. Petersburg.

OFFNER, HANNAH 86, of Treasure Island, died Saturday Gan. 19, 1991) at Palms of Pasadena Hospital. She came here in 1963 from her native New York City. Locally, she was a member of Congregation B'nai Israel, Hadassah and Jewish Community Center. Survivors include a granddaughter, Holly Offner, Treasure Island.

Beth David Chapel, Jewish Funeral Directors, St. Petersburg. PEARSON, LILA 83, formerly of South Pasadena, died Wednesday (Jan. 16, 1991) at her daughter's home in San Diego, where she recently moved. She was born in Massachusetts and lived here 20 years before moving to San Diego.

Survivors include two daughters, Beverly Wolf, San Diego, and Marie Grimm, Michigan; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Merkley-Mitchell Morturary, San Diego. RAHMEL, RICHARD, of 3555 93rd Ave. Pinellas Park, died Saturday (Jan. 19, 1991) at home.

He came here in 1971 from his native Chicago, where he was a Teletype operator for American Telephone Telegraph Co. for 34 years and a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. During World War II, he served in the Navy and was a member of the American Legion, St. Petersburg. Survivors include his wife, Marion; and a brother, Herbert, Chicago.

International Chapels Funeral Home, Pinellas Park. lyn Blades, St. Petersburg; and three grandchildren. Gulfport Memorial Funeral Home, Gulfport. Bridgewater; two sons, Arthur Seminole, and Harold, Bridgewater; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. GILBERT, RUTH COLE, 92, of 5870 99th Ave. Pinellas Park, died Friday (Jan. 18, 1991).

She came to Florida in 1933 from her native Waukegan, 111. She retired as chief telephone operator for St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, where she worked for more than 25 years. She was past president of the PBX Club of Tampa. Locally, she was a member of Central Christian Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Jane Vail, Kenneth City; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. C. E. Prevatt Funeral Home, Tyrone Chapel. SAUL, VIOLA GENIE, 84, of Clearwater, Wednesday Gan.

16, 1991) at Country Oaks, Palm She came here in 1971 from her native St. Louis. She was a member of Unity Church, Clearwater, and its ladies auxilia-J-ry. Survivors include her husband, John; a son, Cincinnati; and three grandchildren. National Cremation Society, Clearwater.

SPEARS, ROBERT of Seminole, died Saturday, Gan. 19, 1991) at home. He was born in Wilkinsburg, and came here in 1 974 from Pittsburgh. He was a firefighter for the city of Pittsburgh. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church, Seminole, August Ruser American Le- gion Post 273, Madeira Beach, Bath Club, Redington and Elks Lodge 2313, Norwin Heights, Pa.

Survivors include" his wife, Anna and a sister, Frances Sparrow, Pittsburgh. Raymond M. Hook Son Funeral Home, Seminole. VAN DOMELEN, CARL 64, of Seminole, died Saturday Gan. 19, 1991) at Humana Hospital-Northside, St.

Petersburg. He was born in Menominee, and came here in 1970 from Ohio. He was a schoolteacher at Clearwa-. ter High School and Pinellas Vocational Technical Institute," Clearwater. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and member of Blessed Sacrament Church, Seminole.

Survivors include his wife, Candace; four sons, Eric Van Domelen, Seminole, Carl Van Domelen, Brighton, and Jon Weber and Jason D. Weber, both of Seminole; a brother, John 1 Van Domlen, Cleveland; two sisters, Dorothy Fahlstrom, Green Bay, and Helene and four grandchildren. E. James Reese Funeral Home, Seminole. WIDELL, JOHN 70, of Tarpon Springs, died Thursday Gan.

17, 1991) at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital, Tarpon Springs. He was born in Stoneham, and came here in 1990 from Lynn, Mass. He was a driller at Lynn Sand and Stone Swampscott, Mass. He was an Army veteran; of World War II and a Protestant. Survivors include his wife, Marion; a son, John, Boulder Creek, a daughter, Judith Mary, Boulder Creek; two brothers, Elmer, Lynn, and Albert, Nashua, N.H.; a sister, Emily Milley, Bradenton; and two grandchildren.

Curlew Hills Crematory, Palm Harbor. NORTH PINELLAS GRAY, ANNA LEE, 84, of 1532 13th St. St. Petersburg, died Friday (Jan. 18, 1991) at home.

She came here in 1915 from her native bcreven, ua. Locally, she was a presser for the Soft Water Laundry for more than 25 years, and was a member of the Open Door Interdenominational Prayer Band 2 and ni BROWN, ALICE 97, of Clearwater, died Friday Gan. 18, 1991) at Belleair East Health Center, Largo. She came here in 1931 from her native Minnewaukan, N.D. Survivors include several nieces and nephews.

National Cremation Society, Clearwater. FRANKLIN, ROY 73, of Clay City, 111., and Clearwater, died Friday Gan. 18, 1991) at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater. He was born in Clay City and has been a winter resident here since 1975. He was an oil producer.

Survivors include his wife, Doris; four sons, Mark, Floyd and Gary, Clay City, and R. San Antonio, Texas; two daughters, Dallas Hemphill, Flora, 111., and Barbara Cunningham, Olney, four brothers; two sisters; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes, Belcher Road Chapel, Clearwater. A. X'1! rlcHsaiu uiuvc Hiissiuiidi uayiioi.

Av-Jf' 1 Church, where she was a member of Home Missionary Society. Survivors include a son, Jacob St. Petersburg; two daugh ters, Juanita Alexander, St. Petersburg, and Queen Ester Gray, Kansas City, 12 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren. McRae Funeral Home, St.

Petersburg. Rights from Page 1 only statement that yielded a 50-50 response. That statement said when a government agency has few black employees partly due to past discrimination, affirmative action preference should be given to a black applicant if he is up against a white job applicant with equal qualifications. "I thought there would be much more support for affirmative action," Arsenault said. The students will take the same survey near the end of the semester when, after weeks of discussing the Bill of Rights, they may give some different responses, Arsenault said.

"The Bill of Rights probably affects all of us every day of our lives," he said. "It's not the dull dead bones of the past." A newspaper editor should not be able to publish the names of children allegedly molested by an elementary school teacher. Just 4.3 percent thought an editor should be able to print the names. Arsenault said both are allowed under the First Amendment, which guarantees, among other things, the right to peaceable assembly and free speech. But Arsenault said he was heartened by the majority that said a convicted felon accused of robbery should not have to forfeit his right to bail, that homosexuals should not be barred from being classroom teachers and that burning the American flag should be considered protected free expression.

One big surprise was the response to the final statement, the revolt. "The Board of Regents cannot dismiss someone for advocating. It has to be incitement or action," he said. And the majority of students were wrong when they said someone accused but not convicted of rape should be required to undergo a test for AIDS with the results then released to the victim and media, he said. Two emotional issues understandably prompted some answers that he said are wrong under the law.

Most of the students said: The American Nazi Party should not be able to shout anti-Semitic slogans and carry anti-Semitic signs while parading on a public sidewalk outside a Jewish synagogue that is host of a convention of Holocaust survivors. should have is the right to conduct mandatory random drug tests of its employees. USF student David McCally responded with the minority when he said that should not change. "I lost a job last Christmas because I wouldn't take the (drug) test," McCally said. He had worked for a private company, which under the law can conduct mandatory random drug tests.

Most of the students said prostitution should be legal between consenting adults, as it is in some states. But the majority of students cast their votes on the wrong side of the law, Arsenault said, when they said the state Board of Regents that oversees the university system should be able to fire a professor who advocates violent The Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, came into effect Dec. 15, 1791, when the Constitution was about three years old. Some states had refused to ratify the Constitution without a specific bill of personal guarantees.

Actually, Arsenault said, the name is a misnomer. "We refer to the Bill of Rights, but it's a bill of restraints," he said. "It's a way of restraining the government. It doesn't enumerate the rights people have. It tells you the rights the government does not have." One right the government does not have but a majority of the students surveyed said that it Questions diverse on civil liberties Funeral notices ANDERSEN June 56, of Gulf- port, died Thursday, January 17.

Memorial Service: Monday, January 21, at 6 PM, at First Unity Church, 469-45 Avenue St. Petersburg. Flowers are acceptable. NATIONAL CREMATION SOCIETY BLACK Mary, of 2595 Irving Avenue So. Services: Monday 1 PM at Mt.

Zion AME Church with Rev. Alan B. Stockton officiating. Visitation: today 3-8 PM where the fami- ly will greet friends 6-7 PM, and Monday at the Church after 11 AM. Lily White SBA and Order of Eastern Star Fraternal Rites beginning at 7 PM today.

Cortege will assemble at 2546-6 Avenue So. SERVICE BY CREAL DeLODDER Frederick died January 17, 1991. Friends may call at John S. Rhodes, West Chapel, 900-49 Street today from 4-6 PM where a Rosary will be held at 5 PM. Funeral Mass: 1:30 PM Mon- day at St.

John's Catholic Church. Interment: Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to your favorite charity. DIEFEL Myrtle died January 18. Friends will be received Mon- day evening from 6-9 PM at the C.

E. Prevatt Funeral Home, 801 Tyrone where Funeral Services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:30 AM. Interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. GULFPORT MEMORIAL Robert D. Easter, Funeral Director 5601 Gulfport Blvd So347-5521 HERTEL Walter 91, of St.

Petersburg. Graveside Services will be 1 PM Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 4 PM until Rosary Service Time at 7:30 PM af Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home, 2201-9 Street No. IN MEMORIAM AUGUSTA BARATH We love and miss you dearly. We hope you and Terry found each other in Heaven.

Missed by Dad, Sandy, Bertie and Ronnie. LECTURES The First Amendment and academic freedom: The Johns Committee and the University of South Florida, 1960-1965. March 11 Speaker Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general. Topic: With liberty and justice for all: Crime, punishment and the Bill of Rights.

March 25 Speaker Lili Levi, former CBS broadcast counsel. Topic: Obscenity and the First Amendment: Broadcasting, entertainment and the arts. April 1 Speaker Stanford M. Lyman of Florida Atlantic University. Topic: Affirmative action, equal protection and the constitutional rights of minorities.

April 8 Speakers Richard John Neuhaus of the Institute on Religion and Public Life and Jon Butler of Yale University. Point-counterpoint topic: In God we trust? The First Amendment and separation of church and state. April 15 Speakers Peter Bensinger, former head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and Lewis Maltby of the American Civil Liberties Union. Point-counterpoint topic: Drug testing, search and seizure and the right of privacy.

should have the right to shout anti-Semitic slogans and carry anti-Semitic signs while parading on a public sidewalk outside a Jewish synagogue that is hosting a convention of Holocaust survivors. Yes: 41.7 percent. No: 58.3 percent. 13. A criminal defendant charged with armed robbery, who already has served time in prison for committing a violent crime, should forfeit his right to bail and should remain in jail while awaiting trial.

Yes: 46.1 percent. No: 53.9 percent. 14. A newspaper editor who wants to publish the names of children allegedly molested by an elementary school teacher should be allowed to do so, without interference from the courts or other government agencies. Yes: 4.3 percent.

No: 95.7 percent. 1 5. If two job applicants, one black and one white, have equal qualifications for a position as a government clerk, and the government agency in question has relatively few black employees (a situation which can be attributed, in part, to past discrimination), "affirmative action" preference should be given to the black applicant. Yes: 50 percent. No: 50 With the 200th anniversary of the U.S.

Bill of Rights approaching, several University of South Florida classes took the following civil liberties survey. Between 112 and 117 students answered any one question. 1. Government agencies should have the right to conduct mandatory random drug tests of their employees. Yes: 58.6 percent.

No: 41.4 percent. 2. Public school boards should give teachers the opportunity to lead their students in a moment of Christian prayer at the beginning of the school day. Yes: 24.8 percent. No: 75.2 percent.

3. Public school boards should require biology teachers to include the biblical theory of creation in their discussions of human evolution. Yes: 35 percent. No: 65 percent. 4.

Public school boards should have the right to bar homosexual teachers from the classroom. Yes: 17.1 percent. No: 82.9 percent. 5. The state Board of Regents should have the right to dismiss any state university professor who publicly advocates the violent overthrow of the U.S.

government. Yes: 59 percent. No: 41 percent. 6. A criminal defendant charged with rape should be required to undergo a test for AIDS, and the results of the test should be made available to the victim and the media.

Yes: 56 percent. No: 44 percent. 7. Because of the constitutional right of privacy, there should be no criminal penalties for prostitution involving two consenting adults. Yes: 64.1 percent.

No: 35.9 percent. 8. The right of free expression should include the right to burn the American flag. Yes: 51.7 percent. No: 48.3 percent.

9. Cable television networks should be permitted to broadcast pornographic movies to individuals who are willing to pay for such programing. Yes: 72.4 percent. No: 27.6 percent. 10.

Citizens who have not been convicted of a felony should have unrestricted access to the purchase of firearms, including automatic weapons. Yes: 24.8 percent. No: 75.2 percent. 11. Local governments should have the right to ban nightclub entertainment that involves nudity or obscene language.

Yes: 37.6 percent. No: 62.4 percent. 12. The American Nazi Party The University of South Florida's St. Petersburg campus is offering a series of public lectures called "Crucible of Liberty: 200 Years of the Bill of Rights." All the lectures are from 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday in the Campus Activities Center of the campus, 140 Seventh Ave. S. Jan. 28 Speaker John Hope Franklin, Duke University. Topic: American democracy, the Bill of Rights and the rights of minorities in the 19th century.

Feb. 4 Speaker Samuel Walker, University of Nebraska. Topic: The emergence of constitutional protection and civil liberties, 1890-1945. Feb. 11 Speaker Stephen J.

Whitfield, Brandeis University. Topic: The Bill of Rights and the culture of the Cold War, 1945-1965. Feb. 18 Speaker Paul L. Murphy, University of Minnesota.

Topic: The Bill of Rights, 1965-1991. Feb. 25 Speaker James W. Carey, University of Illinois. Topic: The First Amendment and freedom of the press.

March 4 Speaker John Egerton, formerly of USF. Topic: How to place a birth announcement Birth Announcements: The Times also publishes birth announcements at no charge as soon as can be obtained from local hospitals. For information, please call 893-8360 before 6 p.m. on weekdays or before 5 p.m. on weekends.

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