Freeport Journal-Standard from Freeport, Illinois • Page 4

Freeport (III.) Journal-Standard nnoc 0 Pg. 4 Friday, Dec. 6, 1963 VV llllKSMlieiV I CMS Cooky, Candy Orders Special orders for holiday cookies and candies were completed at the Tuesday evening meeting of Beta Sigma Phi at the home of Mrs. Richard Dildine, 1443 LaCresta Drive. The women decided to have a hayride on Dec.

28. Sandwiches and coffee were served at the end of the meeting. Mrs. Earl Winters was co-hostess. Yule Get-Together A holiday get-together is planned by the Reserve Officers Association, Chapter 41, and their guests on Sunday.

The group is comprised of members living in Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Winnebago, Whiteside. Ogle, Lee and Carroll counties. Prime rib dinners will be served at 6:30 at Germania. A social evening will follow. There will be an election of officers and directors during the short business meeting.

Women's Club A Christmas theme will be carried out at the dinner meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club Tuesday evening at the YWCA. The meal will be served at 6 p.m. Reservations are requested by 10 a.m. Monday. For the program, Mrs.

Earle L. Zimmerman will tell about her trip to Europe and illustrate it with color slides. The social committee will be in charge of the party, which will follow. Singing of carols is planned. Christmas Party About 25 women from Dixon State School who work at St.

Vincent's Home and St. Joseph's Home were guests Thursday evening at a Christmas party given for them by the Freeport Community College Dames at Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gravenstein of Shannon announce the engagement of their daughter, Sandra Jean, to Jerry L. Foltz of Chadwick.

A Jan. 4 wedding is being planned. The bride-to-be is a 1961 graduate of Forreston High School and the Sterling School of Beauty Culture. She owns and operates the Swirl Curl Beauty Salon in Lanark. Her fiance is a 1960 graduate) of Chadwick High School and is I engaged in farming with his father.

the YWCA. Entertainment was social dancing, bowling, games with prizes, and caroling. Coffee and cookies were served. The co-chairmen for the party were Mrs. Richard Devecchio and Mrs.

Richard Bartlett, assisted by other members of the FCC Dames. Feted At Shower A blue and white theme was carried out at the kitchen shower which was given in honor of Miss Barbara D. Mayfield by Mrs. William L. Kubie S.

Liberty on Monday evening. A bride doll and bridesmaid doll with a wedding bell in the center were used in decoration. Blue candles were used on each were invited guests, and newcomers were introduced. Tables were decorated with rows of evergreen boughs, highlighted with red candles. Party arrangements were made by Mmes.

Thomas B. Rieger, Charles M. Luecke, Walter Carroll and William Schirmer. Dance In February A dance on Feb. 7 was announced as the next social event.

The event will be held in the new St. Thomas gymnasium. Cochairmen for the evening will be Mr. and Mrs. Rieger and Mr.

and Mrs. Rolfe Erickson. Next parish improvements, it was announced, will be the paving of the large parking lot and new sidewalks. The Tuesday morning "physical fitness" class has discontinued its meetings until Jan. 7.

Entertainment was provided by Mrs. Richard F. Dudkiewicz, who sang three holiday numbers, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Orlo Bucher. For the program of song, the lights in the hall were dimmed and the only illumination was from the holiday candles.

The singing of familiar Christmas carols followed. Honored On Birthday Since Very Rev. Msgr. Arthur J. O'Neill was marking his birthday, the group presented him with a large lighted cake.

The group gift was given to him by Santa Glaus. In Santa's bag there were also gifts for each woman in attendance. Cards concluded the evening. MISS SANDRA GRAVENSTEtt Patricia Morris, Kathleen Ram sey, Elizabeth Ramsey, Jud Bookman, Linda Dykstra an Lorry Fossett. After the reception, the cou pie left on a honeymoon tri through the western states.

The; will make their home with th bridegroom's parents until Janu ary when Mr. Miller will con tinue his studies at Nebrask Wesleyan University, Lincoln Neb. Moore-Keech Miss Gloria Jean Keech daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyl Keech of Rock City, became th bride of Terrence LaVern Moore, son of Mr.

and Mrs Marlow Martin of Lena, on Sat urday afternoon, Nov. 23, at o'clock. Rev. Lynn Longenbaugh Rock Grove performed th double-ring ceremony in Evan gelical United Brethren Church Davis. The altar was decoratec with pink and white chrysanthe mums.

Wedding music wa played by Mrs. Edna Zimmer man of Davis at the organ, whc accompanied Mrs. Betty Mey ers, also of Davis, the soloist. end. The guest of honor received a recipe box from those in attendance.

It was filled with "advice for a happy marriage." The social evening was followed by refreshments of fruit salad and nutbread. Miss Mayfield will marry Todd Moore on Dec. 21 at First Methodist Church in Freeport. Commandery Dinner The annual Christmas dinner of Freeport Commandery, Knights Templar and the ladies auxiliary was held Thursday evening at 6:15 in the Masonic Temple dining room. One hundred persons attended.

Decorations on the table, from which the turkey dinner was served, were red Santa Glaus and reindeer and sleigh, encircled with evergreens. These were arranged by Mrs. Samuel R. Dickey and Mrs. Frank H.

Redmer. The invocation was given by Fred J. Propp, and Orville K. Trester gave the address of welcome. Dinner was prepared and served under the direction of Mrs.

Orville K. Trester, assisted by Mmes. Louis S. LeRol Clarence Scheider, Ralph W. Mall, Homer H.

Kuhlemeyer and Samuel L. Wernicke. Mrs. Marvin R. Fairchild and Mrs.

Richard Stafford were in charge of the card party that followed. Favors in bridge went to Mrs. Fairchild and Clyde D. Featherling. Mrs Webb-Gley At St.

John's Lutheran Church in Pearl City Monday afternoon, Rev. Milton L. Whitney officiated at the marriage of Millard Webb of Wheaton and Mrs. Hazel Gley of Wayne. St.

Wendelin's Catholic Church in Shannon set the scene for the ceremony which united in marriage Miss Paulette Sheridan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheridan of Lanark, and Darrold Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Miller, also of Lanark, on Saturday morning, Nov.

16. Rev. Peter Watgen, parish pastor, performed the double- ring ceremony at 10 o'clock before an altar adorned with baskets of white chrysanthemums and ivy. Mrs. Richard Stevens was organist and Miss Ceclia Stevens was soloist.

Double Crown Of Pearls The bride selected a satin peau de soie gown for her wedding. The detachable overskirt was caught at the back with a hugh bow at the waistline. A double crown trimmed with pearls and Aurora Borealis crystals held her bouffant veil of silk illusion. She carried a cascade bouquet of white mums and ivy, accented with white satin bells. Attending the bride were her sisters, Miss Cindy Sheridan, maid of honor, and Mrs.

Carl Drehmer of Lanark, bridesmaid. They wore emerald green velveteen dresses. Their crowns of matching velvet and seed pearls were centered with a rose. They carried cascade bouquets, which were replicas of the bride's bouquet, accented with gold satin. Flower Girl In Gold Lori Stees, flower girl, wore a gold satin dress touched with a brown velvet sash, tied with a large bow at the back.

Wayne Miller served his brother as best man. Grooms- Given in marriage by he uncle, Stanley Brubaker, bride was attired in a ballerina length gown of lace, styled with an oval neckline and long fit ted sleeves. Wears Pink Gown Miss Linda Roach, maid honor, wore a pink ballerina length gown. She carried a bouquet of pink and white cama tions. Jerry Holland attended the )ridegroom as best man.

Pfc. 3ary Keech and Harry Keech, mothers of the bride, ushered. The bride's colors were car- ied out in decoration at the re ception, which was held in the church parlors after the ceremony. A white cloth, trimmed with pink roses, covered the serving tables. Assist At Reception Reception assistants were Mmes.

Lester Roach, Edith Howe, Ascas Brubaker, Otto Loe and Miss Shirley Havens. The bride attended Dakota and Freeport schools, while the bridegroom received his schooling in Lena and Freeporl schools. Mr. Moore is employed by Western Newell Manufacturing Co. The couple will make their new home in Lena.

Announcement has been re ceived in Galena of the engagement and the Saturday wedding of a former resident of Galena Wiss Sedona M. Sturgess of St. Petersburg, who is the fiancee of Harry D. Bastian of Waukegan. The couple will exchange nuptial vows on Saturday.

The bride-elect is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George M. Sturgess, while Mr. Bastian's Darents were the late Mr.

and Mrs. Harry A. Bastian of Ga ena. The wedding is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at St.

Joseph's Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. Miss Lynette Elaine Lang- lolf is the fiancee of H. Edmund Schisler. Their betrothal is announced by Miss Langholf's parents, Mr and Mrs.

Dale Langholf of Pecatonica. Mr. Schisler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold W.

Ichisler of Galesburg. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Winnebago High School and is a senior at the University of Illinois, where she will graduate in February with a B.A. degree in history. a cornucopica from which A graduate of Galesburg High at-1 cascaded gold mums. Columns School, Mr.

Schisler is a senior at the University of Illi- receptioninois. He will receive a B.S de- church were Mmes. Thomas Dif fender-jgree in mechanical engineering. fer, David Sloan, Douglas Me-i No wedding date has been set Husbands of the Samual Miller, the couple. -n was'Som.

WS were received by Mmes. Fred G. Smith, Charles A. Strohacker, Clarence Scheider, Martha E. Grob and John A.

Johnson. of Milledgeville. Ralph Rugland and Carl Drehmer seated the guests. v-iiuu aim ouilll JUimslMl. I -j Canasta winners were: Mmes.

lde colors reen Lawrence G. Grebner, Herstey R. Stees, Raymond E. Brinkmeier and Samuel R. Dickey.

A silver Christmas tree, with revolving colored lights shining upon it, centered the table for the gifts. Four new auxiliary members were introduced. Share-A-Dish nd were med out ln decoration at the reception which followed the ceremony in the church dining room. Cornucopias Spill Mums A white cloth covered the reception table, which held a tiered wedding cake topped with a bride and groom figurine. Each corner of the bottom tier Sturgess-Bastian Northwest Group Times For 'Christmas Carol' Rlghts Day Program MI Rockford Collece will obsei Plans Ball; Has Christmas Party A combined Christmas ball and New Year's party is planned by the Youth Council of the Northwest Community Service Association, to be held at the Westview Community Building on Friday evening, Dec.

27. Music will be by the Scripts. A Christmas gift exchange, carol singing and a skit formed the program of the adult and youth meeting of the association on Thursday evening, after Les Graham, part-time local representative of the Illinois Youth Commission, installed officers of both groups. Porfi Picchi, Rockford, regional Youth Commission director, was made "King for a Day" in a skit prepared by Susan Johnson, Robert Myers, Michael Mansheim, Pamela Becker, Graham and Arthur Gonzales, Rockford, Youth Commission worker assigned part-time to Freeport. Picchi announced that Mrs.

Margaret Bean and Judge Wesley Eberle are now on the state advisory board of the Illinois Youth Commission, representing Stephenson County. A relay game was played after the carol singing. The building has been decorated for Christmas. Punch, cookies and candy canes were served from a table also decorated in Christmas theme. Mrs.

Andrew Johnson was general chairman. Hostesses were Mrs. Clifford Johnson and Mrs. Emma Crawford. Local Senior Hi-Y Elects Officers; Plans Chicago Trip The following officers were elected by the Senior Hi-Y club this week: John Holm, president; Mike Fryer, secretary; and Doug DeVidal, treasurer.

Also serving are: Bob Keith, chaplain; Wayne Smith, special events chairman; Steve Steenrod, membership chairman; and Dave Bast, program chairman. The group is presently work ing on plans for a combined pro jram with Hyde Park Hi-Y groups of Chicago. A spe cial trip to Chicago to see th sights and a Chicago Stadium basketball doubleheader is als planned. Associate Degree rogram In Nursing Topic Of Speaker Northern Illinois League fo Cursing announces a program Monday at 2 p.m. at Rockforc Memorial Hospital open to any one interested.

The speaker, Miss Wilma Hi att, director of the nursing edu cation program of the Chicag City Junior College, will discus the associate degree program in nursing. Rockford College will observe "The Christmas Carol" by Scrooge as we first know him. Universal Human Rights Day Charles Dickens, to be present on onav a snpra nrn ed by Winneshiek Players, opens Cratchit, Miss Betty Burton is JJ its run of four performances- Cratchit's wife, Stephen Schmel- al ine lalcott two in the evening; two week- zle is Tiny Tim, and Cindy Chapel. end matinees on Thursday Jones, Lisa LeBaron and Peter Aylward are the other Cratchit of next week. Robert P.

Eckert is directing. Sen. Everett E. Laughlin, originally announced for the part of Old Marley, had to withdraw and is replaced by Glenn Schwendiman. Narrator; Cast Robert J.

Schmelzle is the Spirit of Christmas and the reader who continues the Dickens text between scenes. Richard Speicher is Ebenezer of the (Day Friends of Airman l.C. am VIrs. Arthur Leverington hav earned that they have arrive! in Anchorage, Alaska. The Lev eringtons and their children Toni 6, Tina Marie and Alan 3, made the trip auto in 12 days.

They will make home in Anchorage for tw years, while Mr. Leverington i serving in the Air Force. Freeport Memorial Hospita uild will sew at the hospita Monday afternoon at 1:15. Speakers at the Monday meet ng of Freeport Rotary Club wil )e Freeport High School ex change students, Evelyn Bone and Visay Thakur. Miss Bone from the Republic of the Phillipines and Thakur is a for eign student from India.

rh the Christmas share-a- supported the cake. THE ENGAGEMENT of Miss Diane Carol Dietz to Marvin Glenn Appel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Appel of Thomson, is announced by Miss Dielz' parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Victor Dietz of Mount Carroll. No wedding date has been set by the couple. GED Examination Starts Saturday For Diploma About 45 persons expect to take the two-day examination for a high school equivalency diploma under state auspices al Freeport High School this Saturday and on Saturday, Dec. 14. The examination will be given in Room 205 on the third floor, starting at 8 a.m.

Freeport is the examination center for five counties: Stephenson, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Whiteside and Lee. The examination is usually given twice a year. Since 1961, this program has been under the sponsorship of the state superintendent of public instruction. Students are tested to determine whether their education is equivalent to that of a high school graduate. If so, they are granted an equivalent high school diploma by the state superintendent.

Since 1961, 120 persons have qualified on the General Educational Development test for equivalent diplomas. Hospital News Births At Memorial Mr. and Mrs. James Pettinger, Lanark, are parents of a daughter born this morning in Freeport Memorial Hospital. Patients At St.

Francis Brian Murray, 220V 2 W. Main was admitted to pediatrics in St. Francis Hospital. Lester Dommel, 1536 S. Burchard is a surgical patient.

Admitted as medical patients were: Mrs. Keith Houlihan, Apple River; and Miss Leona Baker, Winslow. Patients At Memorial Admitted as surgical patients in Freeport Memorial Hospital were: Mrs. Paul DeVidal, 1218 S. Seeley Mrs.

Max Harnish, Freeport Route Mrs. Henry Klosa, Freeport Route and Mrs. George Viel, Stockton. Tonsillectomy patients are: Miss Constance Taylor, 57 S. Hooker Stephen and Shawn Hunter, 641 W.

Douglas Michael Johnson, Lincoln Mobile Park; and Debra Martin, 339 W. Garfield St. Medical patients are: Leonard Dexter, W. Main Mrs. Edom Heidenreich, 22iy 2 W.

Exchange Mrs. Mary Perry 103 W. Clark Eugene Sellman, 515 S. Benton Mary Froning, 733 E. Wyandotte Mrs.

Ronald Ballard, Mount Morris; and Mrs. Sammie Larsen, Nora. Carl Milligan plays Bob children. Allan Hoganson is Scrooge's nephew Fred; John Resh plays a collector; Miss Nancy Vor- lander plays the girl and Arthur Myers Young Scrooge; James Allen is the Ghost of Christmas Past, Dale LeBaron the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Gene Cheeseman the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Box Office Hours The box office will open Monday, to reserve seats for the evening performances at 8:30 on Thursday and Friday, and the matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.

Seats may be reserved by members in person or by phone from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and on days of the performances after 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday or after 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Nonmembers may reserve seats during the same hours beginning Wednesday evening Dec.

11. World War I Vets To Install Officers At Tuesday Meeting Freeport Barracks Veterans of World War I will install newly elected officers at its regular meeting, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., at Veterans Memorial Home. Officers to be installed include: Maurice F. Scanlon, commander; Earl Toelle, senior vice commander; Harry Scott, junior vice commander; Fred Niemeier, quartermaster; John Christen, chaplin; Russell Fogel, judge advocate; and Charles Janicke, trustee. A free lunch will be served after the meeting.

AH World War I veterans are invited to attend both the installation and the lunch. Jack Paar Quits NBC 'In A Huff NEW YORK (AP)-Jack Paar has quit National Broadcasting Co. television in a huff, with six months notice. Paar announced Thursday he'll quit NBC at the end of this season. Walter Werner, NBC vice president, said he was confident he could settle the disagreement.

Paar said NBC wouldn't provide a better time for his Friday night variety show, and failed to fulfill a two-year-old ahead of his. Rockford College To Have Universal with a snprial nrn Speakers will be Dr. John A. Howard, president of the college; Dr. George M.

Stabler, chairman of the department of sociology; and Stanley Parsons, assistant professor of history. Universal Human Rights Day was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1947. The Rockford College program was organized by a committee headed by Abudi Kobai of Kenya and Hoang Van Ngoan of Laos. A discussion period and coffee hour on the' faculty porch will follow the program. The public is invited.

FHS Student Wins National English Achievement Award Margaret McAvin of Freeport High School is a winner in a national competition in English achievement, conducted by the National Council of Teachers of English. She is the daughter Mr. and Mrs. John McAvin, 1268 W. Lincoln Blvd.

The FHS student is one of 2 winners in Illinois and 870 in the United States considered out standing among 6,800 students nominated by their high schools The NCTE reports that the win ners are recommended for col lege scholarships. The honor flag was flown at the high school today in honor of the award. The College Board examina tion for college entrance will be given at the high school Saturday in Study Hall 17 on the first floor at 8:30 a.m. Goodwill Plans Christmas Party; Truck Coming Goodwill Industries will have its annual Christmas party at Wagon Wheel Lodge, Rockton. Rollie Sponberg will perform magic acts and Cindy Morris, Guilford High School student, will sing folk songs.

Andrew Moore will be emcee. There will be a gift exchange. Disabled workers on Goodwill Industries staff at Beloit, Belvidere, Dixon, Freeport, Loves Park and Rockford will attend. The Goodwill truck will be in Freeport on Tuesday and Thursday of next week to pick up clothing and housewares or small appliances which can be rehabilitated for sale. Anyone wishing the truck to call may notify Mrs.

Rowena Moore, Mrs. Mary Hoy Mary Hoy, Lena Route 2, died at 11:42 a.m. today in a Freeport hospital where she was admitted earlier as a surgical patient. Mrs. Hoy was 82.

Funeral arrangements are being completed by Hermann Funeral Home in Stockton. Deaths, Funerals Mrs. Ray Bashaw MOUNT CARROLL-Mrs. Ray (Hattie) Bashaw, a former Mount Carroll resident, died this morning at a Shannon nursing home. She was born Sept.

17, 1878, in Mount Carroll, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Boyd Williamson. She married Ray Bashaw on Dec. 10, 1916, in Mount Carroll. He preceded her in death. Feb.

12, 1913, in North Grove. She had lived in Egan the past SO years. She was a member of United Brethren Church of Christ and of the Egan Missionary Society. Also a member of the Myrtle Aid Society, Mrs. Hagemann was active in the Home Extension Unit in Egan.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Earl of Phoenix, and Raymond of Mount Morris; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Stover and Mrs. Minnie Tholen, both of Mount Morris; three brothers, Henry, Charles, and Sam, all of Mount Morris; fivt grandchildren; and seven great- grandchildren. Funeral service will be Monday at 2 p.m. in United Brethren Church of Christ.

Rev. Earl Gaskill, pastor, assisted by Rev. rvillj KTJ Several nieces and nephews willis Thomas will officiate. Burial will be in Adeline Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening in Fitch Funeral Home, Mount Morris.

survive. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sun day at Frank Funeral Home with Rev. Donald Thomas Mount Carroll Methodist Churcl officiating. Burial will be Oal Hill Cemetery.

Friends may cal from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at th funeral home. promise to put a popular show Goodwill representative, at 2321390. Republicans List Proposed Reapportionment Districts In Armed Forces Army Pvt. Boyd S.

Coleman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Coleman, Elizabeth, recently completed training as a pay specialist at the Army Adjutant General School, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind.

Coleman is a 1963 graduate of Elizabeth High School. Leo N. Schuller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold L.

Schuller, 821 S. Maple was recently promoted to Airman 3.C. in the United States Air Force. Schuller is presently a student at the Keesler Technical Training Center, Keesler AFB, Miss. Staff Sgt.

William E. Leavens, Savanna, has graduated from the Noncommissioned Officer Preparatory AFB, Ariz. School at Luke St. Francis Group Plans Holiday Sale Of Cookies A two-day Christmas cooky sale is planned by members of St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary.

Hours on Saturday will be rom 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The group is specializing in Christmas cookies, baked goods ind candies. A table of Christmas gifts will displayed. Many of the items vere made for this by the uxiliary members.

Members are asked to bring leir cookies, baked goods and andies to the hospital by 9 'clock Saturday morning. SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP) Here are downstate House districts proposed by Republican members of the Illinois Reapportionment Commission: 31st: Townships of Antioch, Grant, Wauconda, Lake Villa, Avon, Newport, Warren, Benton, Zion and Waukegan, except that part of the city of North Chicago lying within Waukegan Township in Lake County. Population 144,550. 32nd; Boone, DeKalb and McHenry counties.

156,250. 33rd: Winnebago. 209,765. 34th: Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson and Whiteside. 147,422.

(This is the same area covered by the present district and does not represent a change.) 35th: Kane. 208,246. 36th: Townships of Winfield, Milton, Naperville, Lisle and Downers Grove in DuPage County. 37th: Will. 191,617.

38th: Grundy, Kendall and LaSalle. 150,690. 39th: Mercer and Rock Island. 168,140. 40th: Bureau, Henry, Lee and Ogle.

163,766. 41st: Ford, Kankakee and Livingston. 149,010. 42nd: DeWitt, Marshall, McLean, Woodford, Stark and Putnam. 151,765.

43rd: Peoria. 189,044. 44th: Champaign, trie and Piatt. 161,031. 45th: Edgar, Iroquois Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and Wabash.

177,508. 52nd: Christian, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Shelby and Effingham. 175,509. 53rd: Madison. 224,689.

54th: St. Clair. 262,509. 55th: Bond, Fayette, Clinton, Marion, Clay, Washington, Wayne and White. 167,149.

56th: Townships of Cuba, Fremont, Ela, Libertyville, Vernon, West Deerfield, Deerfield, Shields, and that part of the city of North Chicago lying within Waukegan Township in Lake County. 149,106. 57th: Monroe, Randolph, Perry, Jackson, Jeffeson and Franklin. 178,426. 58th: Townships of Wayne, Bloomingdale, Addison and York in DuPage County.

149,797. 59th: Hamilton, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac. 165,397. Thomas Pieper MOUNT MORRIS Thorna; Pieper, a resident of Pine Cres Manor about seven months, died early Thursday evening. He was born Dec.

19, 1885, in Mount Morris, son of Anton and Caroline (Schnulle) Pieper. He farmed in this area all his life and was a member of Moun Morris Trinity Lutheran Church Survivors include a brother Henry of Mount Morris; and one sister, Miss Julia Pieper a resi dent of Eventide Nursing Home in Oregon. Funeral service will be Satur day at 2 p.m. in Fitch Funera Home. Rev.

Ralph Ryberg, pas tor of Mount Morris Trinity Lutheran Church, will officiate Burial will be in Oakwooc Cemetery, Mount Morris Friends may call in the funera home this evening. Mrs. Jonas Hagemann Jonas Hagemann of Egan died at 12:35 p.m Thursday in a Freeport hospita following an extended illness. The former Annette Martto Frey was born in Mount Morris Jan. 8, 1890, daughter of Joos and Anna Louise (King) Frey She married Jonas Hagemann Past Commanders Honored Thursday By Knights Templar Past eminent commanders ol Freeport Commandery, Knights Templar held their annual Past Commanders Night ceremonies on Thursday evening at 7:30 in the Masonic Temple, under the direction of Orville K.

Trester. Heading the officers serving for the occasion was Clifford C. Werle. Freeport Commandery was organized in Freeport in 1857 and received its charter on Oct. 26, 1859.

There are 29 liv ing past eminent commanders. George F. Wachlin will be honored with the presentation of a 50-year card from the Grand Commandery. Arrangements are now being made for the annual inspection ceremonies, set for Feb. 8.

UAW Ordered To Pay Judgment Of $1,325,000 KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) A federal district court jury Thursday ended an 11-year court battle by ordering the Jnited Auto Workers to pay the argest judgment ever rendered against the union $1,325,000. The jury awarded the damages to Malleable Industries, of Benton Habor. The udgment came in two parts: 51,210,000 against the UAW in- ernational, and $115,000 against he now defunct Local 880, of Benton Harbor. Moul- President Johnson Presents Freedom Medal To 28 WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson presents the presidential Medal of Freedom today to 27 Americans and selected by John F.

Kennedy as being "dedicated to the highest standards of human Vermilion. 152,288. and achievement." 46th: Cass, Fulton, Mason and Tazewell. 171,475. 47th: Logan and Macon.

151,913 48th: Sangamon and Menard. 155,787. 49th: Greene, Scott. 155,360. Adams, Morgan, Calhoun, Pike and 50th: Brown, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Schuyler and Warren.

159,562. 51st: Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edwards, All have distinguished themselves in public affairs, education, science, health, letters and the creative and performing arts. The medal, a five-pointed star ringed by gold eagles and hanging from a blue and white ribbon, is the highest civilian award a chief executive may bestow in peacetime. In presenting the awards today Johnson finishes a task begun by his assassinated predecessor. It was on July 4 that Kennedy announced the list, saying: "The varied and distinguished careers of those demonstrate freedom's rich resource of men and women endowed with creative capacity and dedicated to the highest standards of human achievement.

It is such as they, and those who march with them, whose talent enlarges the public vision of the dignity with which life can be graced and the fullness with which it can be lived." One of those named to receive the medal, but who will not be on hand, was Herbert H. Lehman, a New Deal architect and former U.S. senator and governor of New York. Lehman, 85, died of a heart attack Thursday as he was preparing to leave for Washington to receive the honor. Roy R.

Rosenstiel MARION Funeral service was held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in Marion, Iowa, for Roy Russell Rosenstiel of Marion, a former Freeport resident, who died in a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hospital Dec. 2 following a heart attack. Burial was in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Mr.

Rosenstiel was born Oct. 13,1901, in Freeport, son of John and Mabel (Heitter) Rosenstiel. He married the former Ethel Mae French in Wyoming, Iowa, June 13, 1920. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. John Meyer of Anamosa, Iowa, Mrs.

James Bender and Mrs. Keith Hotle, both of Marion; two brothers, Waldo of German Valley, and Clifford of Freeport; one sister, Mrs. Marian Pohl of Freeport; and seven grandchildren. William Bissikumer MOUNT CARROLL William Bissikumer, a lifelong resident and farmer in Freedom Township, died Thursday evening in a Savanna hospital after a short illness. He was born Feb.

11, 1877, a son of Ulrich and Catherine Rauser Bissikumer. He married Carrie Zillhart on Nov. 4, 1923. He was a member of the Cherry Grove Church of the Brethren. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs.

Mary Virginia Fry, Mount Carroll; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Kenneth Whitmer, Lanark; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Service will be a 2 p.m. Sunday in the Christian Funeral Home with Rev. Edwin Rodebaugh of Cherry Grove Church of the Brethren officiating.

Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Robert M. Messinger ORANGEVILLE Robert M.

Messinger of Orangeville died Thursday at 11 a.m. in a Monroe, hospital following an extended illness. Born in Watsontown, Oct. 26, 1883, Mr. Messinger was the son of Horace and Susan (Mo See) Messinger.

His marriage to the former Lola Folgate took place in Cedarville, July 7, 1906. Mr. Messinger had farmed in area for many years, re- Jring to Orangeville 10 yean ago. Survivors include one son, 3 aul of Freeport; three daughters, Mrs. Ray (Bertha) Askey and Mrs.

George (Edna) Obert, )oth of Orangeville, and Mrs. lalph Harnish of Winslow; a Ethan of Pennsylvania; 13 grandchildren; and 11 great- grandchildren. He was preceded death by his wife; four sisters; and six brothers. Funeral service will be Sunday in Afolkey Evangelical Congregational Church at 1:30 p.m. ley.

Paul Dunn, pastor, will of- iciate. Burial will be in- AM- cey Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Saturday until 11:30 a.m. Sun- lay in Cramer Funeral Home, Orangeville. FUNERAL DIRECTORY BURKE-TUBBS FUNERAL HOME Cor.

N. Walnut and W. Galena Phone 232-0613 SCHWARZ FUNERAL HOME 816 South Galena Avenue Phone 232-9017 SATURDAY HARTL1EB, Wilson 9 a.m. at Funeral Home; 9:30 a.m. at St.

Joseph's Catholic Church. Rosary 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Funerrt Home. WALKER MORTUARY 321 West Main Street Phone 232-9514.