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1MI. Cedar Falls News Malayans Claim Demon Chasing Bomohs Are Miracle Workers Fairs in Both Berlins East Berlin's Is Drab pnd Lacking By GEORGE BOULTWOOD Design Firm Opened at Cedar Falls (COURIER NEWS SERVICKt YT 1 They Can Turn Rain On or Off CEDAR FALLS DAY TO DAY Sartorl Memorial Hospital HENRY, Robin Ann, SU CUr St, uii'-l A.V, Brut, Rt. mifl. ctl. RASMUSSrV, Jack, 104 mfdiel.

LATT1N, Dr, Itiehwd, Mat Tr Mn. WillUm, til tin CEDAR FALLS Two resi BERLIN Of) -The Christmas I.I dents of Cedar Falls, Gerald N. Shirley and Robert D. Garrison, lights were burning bright; The East German border guard took have announced the opening of Cf7in ni, careful aim at the moving fig a new Iirm to be known as short. Mn.

on, 122a rrnklia ure and squeezed the rifle's St. Adfa Studios, at 1910 State JOHNSON. Aithur. Rt. I.

RUPPELT, Rnbrt. SimhMt Riwii. St. trigger. "A hit," shouted his unl EANK.

Emm, Ktillivilla, By KARSTEN PRAGER KUALA LUMPUR The wiry old.lrsan walked slowly around th empty football (sx jeer) field waving an at the sky and chanting Incantations to Allah. He fan praying for good weather. The next day, with the giant Independence) sta-dium filled to capacity for an international wx-cer match, It Jrained throughout the reit of Kuala Lumpur, Wll. ROSKAMP, John, 1331 Mtlmn St. formed companion, I a ing The name "Adfa" stands for Art and Design for Architecture.

fr Alarm him on the shoulder. It was not another border in rrMiv, 4A p. minry unit r-. Lum Mi SHIRLEY IS the president of cident. the new firm and Garrison is Kimb.ii, n.

tmubi hrrttn'ms. uktit the secretary-treasurer. The! M.mon.i hoPitii w. firm is cauitalized in the: nmiv. in n.

m. fir ea THE TARGET was a card board cut-out moving jerkily along a wire. The soldier was amount of S30.000 and at present time has three em-; wshmiton rrii; no inH. ployes. Shirley says the firm is work trying his skill in a shooting gallery at East Berlin's Christmas fair.

One Service At College Hill Lutheran Church ing on a number of projects for firms throughout the state, and; nK' Soldiers who guard the Red wall dividing Berlin flock to the is also working on a project for a Minnesota firm. Among these are the build fair when off duty. (Courier News Bureau) CEDAR FALLS There Such fairs are an old German 1 ing of four 26 foot canopies for, will be only one morning service at College tradition. They are like U. S.

the new drive-in facilities for, worship county fairs with Christmas the Waterloo Savings BankjHill Lutheran Church, Seer-along the Cedar River and the; ley and Walnut today Berliners used to have only and next Sunday. Marshalltown Fidelity and Sav ings Bank where 32 panels are one in the three weeks before Christmas. It was set up in the The service will be at 8:30 a. m. followed by Sunday being prepared which will de pict the services which the bank School at 9:45 a.

m. Lustgarten, an open space before the old Royal Palace, renders to the community and; The children of the Sunday agriculture. School will participate in a Shirley recently collaborated Christmas Eve worship serv SINCE THE war the division BUT THE STADIUM re- mained dry 7 And it stayed that way for the following 11 days of the soccer tournament, A monUi later, as the annua rainy, season pushed its forerunners Into the Kuala Lumpur valley, the sme man mumbled the same chants at a nearby cricket field, waving the tame handkerchief at gray For three days the duration of an international cricket match the grounds stayed dry while sheets of rain drenched other parts of the city and came with-jn 500 yards of the stadium. Black magic? Supernatural powers? Or just coincidences? Foreigners here are puzzled Including those who shrug it all Olf with a BUT TO MANY Malays there are Jncidonts that prove the special powers of bomohs (pronounced bow' mow), Malaya's pwn miracle men who deal in business predictions, healing the sick and making good weather in this country where annual rainfall averages 100 inches. Superstitious by nature a-parently the remnant of a distant past where religious belief centered on demons and evil spirits Malays are easily THIS BOMB was found near the river here and turned over to police last week.

The battered and rusted hulk towers over a 15-inch automobile hubcap. Harmless Bomb Stirs Memories of the city has given Berlin two of almost everything, one in on the windows and the designjice at 7 p. m. entitled, "Th of the bell tower for the Naza-1 Advent of Our King." the Communist-ruled part and the other in the West. Foreigners and West Germans "who can visit both sectors find reth Lutheran Church in Cedar The public is invited td Falls.

(these services. Garrison said: "Our go to all who helped in the; formation of our studio, but mainlv to the Waterloo and Ce-j SVf9 dar Falls Industrial Develop-1 rJlAf ltllHllTO. i the fairs illustrate the differ rr- ences between the two parts of the city. (Courier News Bureau) patrolman early in the war, The West fair Is in eight well- kijak rauj mm a rusiea patrol officers were given in-1 willing assistance and Hi bomb found near the, (ructioni t0 Watch for the Garrison also emphasized that! QjUCLaMlWJlA. heated halls of exposition buildings, The first thing you see in the entrance is a large manger.

Figures show the adoration of mm river here last week apparent bombs. new studio is concerned! he infant Jesus by the three ly may have spilled over from a junkyard. The bombs were ineffective, 'mainly with the fine arts ap- jproach to the realm of architec- Immer said, and few of them wise men. (At Nrwifuturt Photo) of (he Koran have been sewn, he circles the area he wants to keep dry, chanting prayers while he waves his handkerchief at the sky. Other sidelines Include demon rhaslng and business predictions.

I Til ra Th hnmh roeomhlArl IHacaI RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY Foreigners In Malaya are puzzled by the apparent ability of "Bomohs" such as this to bring on good weather. Wearing a gray nongknk (Malaya's national rap) In which verses The East fair is outdoors, on chilly, windswept Karl Marx -j eXpioded when they finally Japan attached to balloonsj early in World War II and to He recalled adrift on prevailing winds that a farmer in western Iowa Allee. CEDAR FALLS DEATHS THE MATERIALISTIC themeiblowing toward the United found one of the bombs in a swayed by soothsayers to buy ran and wavina the cloudsithis period, a rule for which heitivities that take him all over rH fi rIl- rnmnai lril aialPS. iitiu. a nt: itti irnri tut 1 1 ir uai awav with my handkerchief.

Ihas no explanation, except that Malaya. But a brand new.is set by a giant model of protective charms and fp have faith in the pronouncements Innn linAC anH rtrapfpn fh nrTrrnrr in rnrlr niln ha caJH )MRS. KATHERINC WALTER. wooden house, set on atilts in jt pace rocket. Two dummy Malay Stile, is ample testi-spacemen invite figures from "And you know, it works," he.

"this is the way it's done. adds with a erin. I and acts of a bomoh. the bomb still failed to1 Services will be in California mer said when he examined bomt stU1 Iallea to f0r Mrs. Katherine Walter.

94, For bomohs it means a wide IN THE PROCESS, he dons mony that reimbursement is German fairy tales to take A open field of practice. ABDULLAH IS SAID to have a Erey sonckok (Malaya's na- generous. trip to the moon the rusted hulk last week "the; 5 of Burbank. a former "Afh tVlAV tirnwi cm 110 ffina I that came to my! mmer saia ne cuuia remcm-ircsident here, who died Fri- And there are hundreds In this country, many of them thing made good weather for several important sports festivals his AOUl 1IWWI a lie kcw me iituuiis jjul mcjr wuu i V' it 1 III 11 were those Japanese. at me racnic nome i'jr on the west coast.

Three chil recent "success" at an appear less money but more satisfac-i" oss me sireei 10 wesi er-jbombs the Aged. She was born In Louisville, dren on a picnic in Washing ance of the Commonwealth 1111, Kruwicu iiuuaie-aKca lion from a less publicized side Immer, who Vas a highway devout Muslims who use the Koran to drive out demons, give advice to the lovelorn and make sports fans happy by conjuring up dry weather. ton were killed when they cricket team moved his villag Oct. 18, J868, the daughter tional cap that resembles a streamlined Turkish fez) in which verses from the Koran ate sewn. He then slowly circles the area he wants to keep dry, chanting all the while and waving his kerchief.

He repeats this throughout the two days, topping it all off of his bomoh business help The street used to be called ers to dub him "Commonwealth played with a bomb they had of Charles and Mary 'lhier ing the sick. Many of the Kam- Stalin Alice, but was renamed; nobody suggests they are for found in the woods, man. She came to the Cedar Vf7 bomoh." He has performed his rites anything but fun, Falls area in 1871 and lived a year ago. The model rocket stands on what once was the site of Stalin's statue. THE BOMB now' in the po her early yean on a farm pong people come to him with complaints.

"By touching their hand I can tell whether the disease Is You don't see military uniforms in the West fair. There III! south of here. lice departments possession of Crmon (nUiori tn Wct at government sponsored occasions and he still recalls with pride meeting Malayan Prime Minister Tunku (Prince) Ab In the West, exhibits show She was married in 1887 to John Walter, also of Cedir Berlin and the Western allied here is obviously harmless. Its OTHERS, LESS reputable characters, deal in shadier matters, Malays say. They can be hired to put the hex on one's enemies.

Among Malaya's best known "bomohs is a 60-year-old head is celebrated brought about by natural orihow Christmas explosive contents are gone, world. There are troops wear civilian clothes off Falls, and moved to Dysart. In unnatural causes, he says. "Ifiaround the with a final prayer walk just before the event gets underway. After that, he says, there should be no rain.

Abdullah's only acknowl- dul Rahman when the Bomoh prayed for sunshine during it's something natural I bless mouin-waiering displays oi tra- duty. ana me casing is rusiea ngoe the couple moved to can- water mixed with lime and of- dilional Christ mas dinners. In the West the kids ride car- through in spots, fornia. fer it to the patient to drink ornaments and toysusels with seats made up to The Weissman junkyard Is Mrs. Walter is survived by -man (local administrator) who; cornerstone laying ceremonies for a new Parliament building.

guides the affairs of tiny kam- easea lanuie as a weainrr- ij- this lacunar to the oilierent.counsimulale street cars, buses, near the point where the bomb fster, Mrs. w. hock, oi 'wiiiivTAijiav. A.crn.a 1 i I 1. I But he kDona (villace) Padans in lush cure is usually effective.

'nes are displayed amid Chnst-sailboals, helicopters and even WBS found by two boys. Police lne Western Home; a crotner, t. u. greetings and lines from 'old-fashioned horses. Ithinlr ft mav hav n'Charles Thierman, of 1109 Clay country some 100 miles achievements, when his prayer lor sunny II me uiscase is wumj.c 7 'let .11 skies brought a drizzle.

invume vaiuis. ln lne casi 'urn in Ihe tunk varn alnnffi01, cc vimiu.ch, south of here. "I don't like publicity be- His name Is Lebal (holy. "use Jt would make me proud. California.

"What happened was that YARDLEY 1 I in 1 I rounds have numerous rockets wjth other scrap metal, then THE PLACE swarms with the kids pretend to be steering nmed out. That's something Allah would man) Abdullah Bin Omar, another bomoh was nearby .1. not like," the Lebai says, his calling for rain," Abdullah ex sania uiauses. iney laugn anaio ine moon. leatljery face serious under a plains seriously.

"He was fight hand out gifts to children. unnatural, Abdullah chants himself into a trance, then is told by "the spirit" how long the patient's cure should last. Water and lime, prayers and nightly baths are then again used to chase out "the demon." Abdullah does not frown on villagers who consult Western Plan New Plant At Belle Plaine ing me. In that case what you have to do is counterattack by Charge Allison Man With OMVI (Courier News Bureau) CEDAR FALLS An Allison man was charged Friday Te East fair is plastered with propaganda signs. An electric sign proclaims: "The future belongs to peace and socialism." His claim to fame: Weather-Jmaker par excellence, His credentials: a single admitted failure it drizzled In J17 years of bomohing.

i "I don't have the power to It from raining all by my- There are" fewer Kris Krin-gles in the East. For several years the Bed regime tried to popularize the Russian substi- fancy, stitched white skull cap that indicates he considers himself a good Muslim. Abdullah begins his preparations for a rain control operation two days before the sport chanting stronger and louder and concentrating your powers on the elimination of the other The reality of the Communist iraiJftlER NITWS SEBVirEl VINTON The Fronlng Grain and Lumber Co. will start construction of a grind and mix night by police with operat ture, Father Frost, but that present is seen in the poorly didn't catch on. supplied stalls.

While the West type physicians about their ills. self," says Abdullah. "I leave bomoh." that to Allah. But I pray by or social event is scheduled. He Abdullah charges no set "I go to one myself," he says.

AND HIS awareness of oth- verses from the Ko-ltakes one bath a day during price for his rain-chasing ac Just a few barkers on stands stalls are loaded with good pant Belle Plaine Jan. 2, or put on red cloaks to look likejthings to buy and delicacies tosoon afteri announcec Merle Santa, eat, the goods in the East manaeer ing a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his arrest about 7:51 p. m. in the 1100 block on First St. He is Vern Frank Dralle, 43.

Officers investigating a re- er, non-bomon meinoas oir Tlnfragranct ofromanct! YARDLEY RED ROSES COLOGNE SOAP- inifi own lovtly jM 50 pink box iuM The oung Pioneers, the: shoddy. The nrw nlant will m. shipments are sent. healing is reflected in the. Communist Youth 'bineH iih .1.

pride with which he Countries in which Hawk Bilt has distributors are Great Brit making of IN THE EAST you can buy anH have firind and mix and visiiurs luuunii nresenfi at hnm iunannetijintf hlnnrl taiisaoe. no- 11. j-i: nnrt turnit In a pany Introduced a smaller model of its side spreader, and now the company is producing two models of spreaders and an oiler. HAWK BILT employs 60 full ain, Including England, Scot land, Ireland and Wales, France, mai ne assisica in They are working on models of ato puffs or taffy apples. will do the construction Work'motorist apparently observed ment drive wipe out yaws, Soviet tanks, guns and rockets.

There are no oranges, dates, themselves and plan to far weaving all over a crippling SKin disease. Qne model shows a Soviet bananas or fics. Ith niant in road and marfa th arrt West Germany, Iceland, Den mark, Sweden, Holland, Bel- ati hat I 111 rnnfidem u. time workers, some of whom gium, Australia. Japan, Israel, 7.

"ispacesnip on me moon. ineir nea ruiers say me spring. The plant will feature the medical activities OI 8f Over tha nutmrnii thnntinu r.nrmim mutt ani-k harrier anH i Vinton Firm's I Sales Go Over Million Mark tCOV'fllEB NEWS SERVICEI VINTON Keith Flwick, exec ntive vice president of Hawk Bilt Manufacturing and jits wholely owned subsidiary, Bill International announced that Vinton's newest Industrial venture has exceed-: '4 the million dollar mark In gross Sales for the first five; A uipirion of (uaar U'uallv pmnti up th ltvnr of ctnnrd ara nn on nioht Canada, Barbados and Puerto famous South Malayan bomoh gallerieg ig the exhortation: -export more goods if they Rico. The payroll for November was wno reponeaiy usra mn oiu Be prtpnr.d defend the to import such luxuries, rusty knife to "operate and i a West German visitor to the In excess of $27,000, which tab patients who are conscious ulated on a yearly basis would Many of the marksmen are fair commented: "The Commu- during the performance. amount to more than $.124,000.

THE 1962 HOOVER soldiers tn uniform. nisls boast about their space flights, but they can't even That does not include executive "I only believe in prayer. Charge Youths After Fracas at Independence he says. or administrative personnel. THERE ARE shooting galler-'give the Berliners a bag of Abdullah also uses prayer to.u.

in the West fair. too. but nuts for Christmas. The three-year-old Vinton firm drive out evil spirits Malays! CONVERTIBLE CLEANER and believe live in bushes in 1 1 icotmiEit Nirwa srnvic'i INDEPENDENCE Two In- of the current fiscal has distributors in all but a year. few states, and in more than 14 Hawk Bilt is entering its thirdoreign countries.

The greatest season in selling oilers, and its market for Hawk Bilt products second season for spreaderlis Great where more trees that screen most of the fragile Kampong houses from Tl htfamoit charges after a fracas behind, ealh To the simple villagers the 5 sales. In November, the com-, than 65 per cent of overseas a downtown building Friday CARNIVAL jungle is alive with demons. ft and spirits who play tricks on a humans, frighten them and 0 Sometimes occupy their bodies, Having a bomoh at hand in YES --Let's Go to llicbcr's Variety of Gifts 50c to YAROLEY SOAP lu-in atiorttd fragranett) Gift paeked- $025 aW sin crises is salvation to these night, police here said. Gary Strong, 19, was charged with Intoxication, illegal assembly and resisting a law officer, police said. Ron Mallory, also 19, was charged with illegal assembly.

Police said Strong is in the Armed Service and was home on furlough. Three other youths, all juveniles, were charged with Exclusive "triple action" cleaning gets dirt out of carpet quickly and easily. Only the Hoover lifts the carpet off the floor and holds it on a cushion of air. Smooth agitator bars tap the carpet gently. Deeply imbedded grit is brought quickly and eas-ily to the surfoce.

folk. Payment for these home services is voluntary and Ab-jj dullah says he doesn't turn js anyone away for lack of mon- Jol alt tlifL Jamilip I CARTON CIGARETTES BOX CIGARS I MANICURING SETS i Jm illegal assembly, and turned tn titi'fnit rniirt. I 8 BILLFOLDS SHAVING NEEDS COLOGNES SOAPS The police arrested the boys! 114 in nf on aooui p. wnue GIFT WRAPS TREE DECORATIONS Slashed Prices were gathered in an alley behind Security State Bank. Dane Yule Tree Party at Dike Fit.

i rouin ao it, ne says. mn- ing at the question. "But I won't. Allah gave this pow er to do good, not to make for suffering. "I still remember when I 3 dreamed many years ago that ONLY $E50 i 2 I 2 (CenTTlKR KtWS BERVtre GIBSON CARDS 10X10 INDIVIDUAL A ftleomtd gift anyf mm itptcially tkU YAROLEY ENGLISH LAVENDER A 50AP DIKE The annual Dane could cecome a Domon and ft Christmas tree partv will be heal people.

There was nothing i held Friday, Dec. 28 at thejm the dream that said any- Dike Legion hall, beginning thing about making them tin- 5 at 8 p. tn. mil (pruiqLwuiL BOX CHOCOLATES OPtN tklDAY NIGHTS The social evening will in-j To keep up the bomofi tra- i i r-mr i mm i mmfw tv i. tr-m i rlude a Christmas story byi'ion.

Abdullah, also hn Vil- 6 $150 Rev. Harald Sorensen. group lage religious adviser, trams 69c to 5.00 and Pecan Brittle Too! 2 "My that Jtliclout thttt did you get it?" iMrT-; ftttt fr 0 singing, dancing around iheix younn apprentices in ine ChriMmas tree, dancing and a secrets of the profession. pot-luck lunch. The training, concentrating 8 The committee planning on the teachings of the Koran, 8 this year's program are Mr.

will take years. It took Abdul- Jj and Mrs. Finest Jens 'Ian mn years to become a chairmen, Mr. and Mr. Byron bomoh.

i 2 'Johnson ftf Dike. Mr. and Only then wiU they hp ready I I I i I Wf CVf GOLD BOND STAMPS HIEBER DRUG GO. DOWNTOWN CIDAR fAUS FURNITURE Mrs. Ott Jf -'tt nf Waterloo for major J'vbs.

like drivirg nut 6th ano) MairtiStt. Cedar Fells land Mr. and Mrs. Erjest lifrtani and he'ping the lick. iretersen ef Rembetk.

I Not ta fsrget ehajir.g mtrmrnm iA HMOs ImwI.1 in I hat Bo ld' happed in the tearart, Mnthe rl Hi yea aeea my diary?" iwwwwMatWMnBuiniHitatftWiiti4i.