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Deaths Arid Funerals Willie Edward Fanning i Gordon Shaidhagle Hollinger Willie Edward Fanning; 53, ofifurieral home with the Rev. James 149 Charles ave SE, died suddenly this morning 'in his residence. Fanning.was born in Alabama; and had resided in Massillon for the past 50 years. He is survived by a brother, R. C.

Arrington of Massillon. The body has been taken to the Brooks funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been Dillon completed and will be announc-'Corp, Millar, 'rector of St, Timothy's Episcopal church; officiating. Interment will be made in Rose Bill Memorial park-. Mr.

Daerr died suddenly. Tuesday evening in Long. Beach residence, where he had lived for 5 years. He was retired general storekeeper for the Canton-Mas- plants of Republic Steel ed later. Paul G.

Plant Paul George Plant, 56, of 14210 Canwood st, North Lawrence, died suddenly in'his residence at 10:40 a. m. today. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 7 to 9 p. m.

Pr oci Mrs. Bruce Whitmire 1:30 p. Bientz-Myers fu- The body is at the Paquelet home, Navarre. Interment, neral home pending completion of funeral arrangements. Edward J.

Biery Edward J. Biery, 78, of 2381 Perry dr SW, Canton, died Friday evening at 10:20 in the Country Lawn Nursing Homg in Harmon. Mr. Biery was born in Sebring, and had been a life resident of Stark county. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Stark County Milk Producers association's sales committee for over 30 years.

He was a member of the Richville United Church of Christ. Mr. Biery and his wife celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary June 30, 1963. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lena Biery; 2 daughters, Mrs.

Ralph (Ruth) Smith of Richville and Mrs. (T helm a) Gassier of Massillon; 3 sisters, Mrs. Ellen Lautzenheiser of St. Cloud, Mrs. John Street of Alliance and Miss Rose, Biery of Youngs 2 brothers, Monroe Biery of and Norman Biery of Louisville, Ohio; 7 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchil dren.

The' funeral will be held day at 1:30 p. m. at the Gordon- Shaidriagie Hollinger home with the Rev. Neil pastor of the Richville United Church of Christ, officiating. Interment will be made in Union Lawn cemetery, Navarre.

Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. Union Lawn cemetery, Navarre. Mercury To Take A Drop Over Weekend It was nice while it lasted. But cooler weather is on the way for Massillon and western Stark county.

The downturn in the thermpm- ster isn't expected to be felt reatly -until -tonight when ja sluggish but potent cold front will have completed its journey southward through Ohio, leaving oehind it temperatures nearly 18 degrees below those of last night. FORECASTERS look for a low of 40'-45 degrees "tonight compared with an overnight low of 58 recorded at 8 Most of Friday night and this morning saw readings in the 60s for the warmest night of the spring. Friday was also the warmest Alvln R. Rhein Alvin R. Rhein, 70, of 2808 12th st SW, Canton, died early this morning in the Brecksville veter ans hospital near Cleveland fol lowing an extended illness.

Mr. Rhein had been life of Canton and was a retired employe of the Bearing Co. He served overseas with the IT. S. Army during World War I and was a member of St Joseph's Catholic church in Ca'n ton.

his widow Mrs. Mary A. Rhein; a daughter Mrs. Wilma Lousoff of Perry Heights; a son, Donald J. Rhein at home; 2 sisters, Irene Jones, and Mrs.

Catherine Schwite gabel, both of Canton; and 'a brother, Arthur Rhein of Florida The body is at the fu neral home in Canton where the funeral is being planned for Tues day morning. Friends may call at the funera home Monday from 2 to 4. and 7 to 9 p. m. John 'E.

Daerr Funeral The funeral of John E. Daerr 77, of Long Beach, a former resident of Massillon, will be helc Tuesday at 10:30 a. m. at the THE EVENING INDEPENpENT. MASSILLON; OHIO; The present school year has notiDiane Swaney, next year's busi- yet been completed, but the Wash--ness manager.

The positions for ington high school yearbook staff the rest of the staff also have of 1965 has already been organ-been filled. ized. Leadership of the staff has been THE OTHER SENIOR staff transferred from Leni Stoner, d-' members include Susie Ross, itor-in-chief, and Linda Young, business manager, to Paula Everett, next year's editor-in-chief, and Amano thanks to- the day of the spring with the high 81 degrees, just 4 short of the all-time record of 85 set in 1896. The mean temperature was 65 degrees, 15 above normal. The mercury was to reach'75 this afternoon before the drop starts.

But there were also scat tered showers and thunder storms in the offing for this afternoon as well as tonight. Sunday will see cloudy skies with a few widely scattered'show- ers. The weather may be 20 de grees cooler than today a high of only 55-60 forecast. OTHER PARTS of the country were also hit' by rain: today. And Oklahoma City had three-quarters of an inch of hail and Kansas City a quarter.

of an inch. Unseasonably mild readings in the 60s and 70s were recorded, th hip gunnery, PICTURED ABOVE ARE members of the Washington high school annual board. Seated, left to I tf rl Tft JO 4- MM I A A 1. right, are Paula Everett, next year's editor-in-chief; Leni Stoner, 1964 editor-in-chief; Linda Young, 1964 business manager; Diane Swaney, next year's business manager, and Martha Cicchinelli. Standing are Dick GotschaU, Shara Hall, James S.

Himes, adviser; Susie Ross and Dennis Houmard. (Independent Staff Photo) 1965 Yearbook Staff Organized ard, photographer. The, students from 'the 3 junior high schools who will be the sophomore members of the staff also classes editor; Shara'Hall, senior class editor; Martha' Cfcchinelli, sports Dick Gotschall, photographer, and Dennis Houm- The News In Brief (compiled from Associated Press dispatches) W. L. Connelly, who- promoted million-dollar deals during oil's bobm-or-bust era'and lived to become a solid industry died Friday in a hospital.

Connelly helped found the giant Sinclair Oil holdings. was 90. Connelly drilled his first well at age 22 in Wood county, Ohio, in 1895 and- 8 years later joined the.Kansas oil boom. Japanese gr.o Tamki the The coroner's office in Medina of a-Brunswick mother of in the bathtub in her residence. has sent his destroyer Mugf ord whose crew plucked him and another Japanese flier; out of the ocean more than.

20 years ago. The Mugf ord no longer is a commissioned ship. Her captain at the time of the rescue, W. Young, later 'an admiral, in The Senior surviving off icer 'is Capt. A.

Johnson of Alexandria, then lieutenant" arid 1 rt Dy" an electrical shock after a radio fell into' the tub of water Friday. She Was a substitute grade school teacher. Arthur George: Post, .25, who has been 3 occasions, was.in.-jail today; in Houston, charged with'threaten- ing the life of President Johnson: He was arrested in the: county jail Thursday where he was.await- ing trial on 6. counts of arson. Four persons are to, have'heard-Post make the threats.

slayer of Negro integration ead er Evers, was back "in his home.town of Greenwood, for first time in 10 months xroin and rescue of the: homa Ohio, valley and western New York state. air-land battle of Guadalcanal NPR Orders 38 60 Foot Box Gars CLEVELAND Nickel Plate Road ihas placed an order with American Car Foundry, division, ACF Industries, for 38 60-foot box cars of 100-ton ca-" pacity, equipped with cushion- Underframes, President M. B. Phipps announced today. The cars are to be equipped with special racks for ha'ndling automobile transmissions.

'The cars will be built at St. Louis, and delivery is scheduled to begin in September, 1964. Heart Attack Ends Ben Hechfs Career 'If' NEW YORK (AP) Author lies, and were friends and neigh Ben Hecht, a one-man fiction factory, died in his Manhattan apartment today, an open book reading glasses at his and his side. The 70-year-old writer of novels, plays and motion picture bors until MacArthur's death 4 years ago on April 21.. and his second wife, the former Rose Caylor, a newspaper-? woman, and MacArthur and his wife, actress Helen Hayes, had homes at Nyack, oh the west side the Weather MASSILLON AND VICINITY Mostly-cloudy, cool, with showers and a few thundershowers early tonight: Low 4045.

Sunday considerable cloudiness, cool, a few showers. Yesterday's high temperature, 81 at 3:30 p. today's low, 58 at'8 a. m. Yesterday's precipi tation, none.

Yesterday's high humidity, 73; this' morning's low humidity, 40. Yesterday's mean temperature of 60 was 15 degrees above normal. HOURLT TEMPERATURE REPORT (Furnished by the Akron-Canton airport weather 8 P. M. 7 P.

M. 8 P. M. 9 P. M.

10 P. M. 11 P. M. 12 A.

M. 1 A. M. 3 A. M.

3 M. 75 73 69 69 67 67 67 66 66 4 A. M. 5 6 A. M.

7 A. M. 8 A. M. 9 A.

M. 10 A. M. 11 NOON 63 65 64 60 53 60 64 68 70 1 scripts-was found by. his.

wife of of the'Hudson river.some 25 miles 39 years. She tried to revive him above Manhattan There Hecht indulged in one of adminSered oxvleT his favorite hobbies, sailing, old friend recalled that Hecht met his second wife when THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE By The Associated Press; High 71 77 58 74 81 83 81 84 Albany, cloudy Atlanta, cloudy Boston, cloudy Buffalo, cloudy Chicago, cloudy Cincinnati," rain Cleveland, 'cloudy Detroit, cloudy Los Angeles, cloudy Miami, clear New Orleans, cloudy New York, clear Philadelphia, cloudy Pittsburgh, cloudy St. Louis, clear San Francisco, cloudy Tampa, clear Washington, cloudy 68 81 68 81 83 81 S3 86 89 Low '47 S3 44 50 40 60 58 43 54 73 69 51 54 59 56 48 66 55 SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1964 THREE Rally To Honor 11 NPR Groups Eleven Nickel Plate groups, who worked throughout 1963 without a serious injury, will be honored at the railroad's 15th annual family safety rally next Friday night at Fairless junior high school auditorium in Brewster. The program, which will begin at 8 p. will- include presentations to the "no accident" groups, awards to poster contest winners, musical entertainment, prize drawings and refreshments.

THE GROUPS to receive safety plaques and the representative who will receive them are: Wheeling Lake Erie District No. 1 enginemen, R. E. Stoner; W. L.

E. District Nos. 3 and 4 enginemen, H. E. Yoder; Brewster diesel shop force, Robert E.

Reed; Brewster engine 'house force, Paul A. Wood; Gambrinus engine house force, Roscoe I. Landes; W. L. E.

District No. 4 trackmen, Kenneth Lcvengood; W. L. E. District signalmen, J.

M. Sigler; Brewster store house force, George Kamph; Canton i'freight house force, J. L. Hunt; have been are ti Za nesville yardmen, R. W.

Morris; Deegan assistant junior editor and Gambrinus carmen, R. A. Susie Hrivnak, co-editor of the Williams. h0 aS Cti Urel rei W. R.

Brown, superintendent Paul St Lc? 'f 1 dlt of safetv for the NLckel plate Sr SSVJ M' Sp will make the presentations. Many Sf den a SI offidals of the railroad, including p. Th i nnes vice president and Lucia Sampsel.i general mana er pf an to attend ness manager. These 'freshmen were selected from number qualified stu- Interviewed by the excellent groups. C.

E. Shetler, store house fore man, is general chairman of the rally and will serve as master ceremonies. Charles Geis, diese next foreman, is assistant genera nes S. Himes, the 'chairman, applets, for annual CommUtee chairmen are: En tertainment Prize: recommemla- and Give Macbeth Northivest LYNN PENCHALK Lady Macbeth The speech department of Northwest high school will pre-' ent Shakespeare's Macbeth Su.i- day at 4 p. m.

in school. Kenneth Cook will portray Mac- jeth -and Lynn Penchalk, Lady Macbeth. Others in the cast are KENNETH COOK Macbeth Crawford will be stage and lighting technician and Cindy Ross, script mistress in charge of sound. Next Friday, Miss Fenchalk, who won a superior rating in po- Deriny. Roach, Banquo; Tommy i etr interpretation in the county, Remark, messenger and soldier; will compete in the state finals Denny Stephen, the doctor; De-at Ohio State university in Colum- nise Bordenkircher, gentle lady bus.

Keith Crawford will also at- or nurse; Frank Cic, Macduff and tend the finals, competing in ra- Dan Youngblood. soldier; Keith dio announcing. Y.M.CA. To Have Courses In Reading Again this summer the. Massillon YMCA will offer classes in for stu- lin Ben at the University of Gin- the 30 hours will be $15.

Miss Marie Potter, who has conducted these for the YMCA for the past 3 years, will be the instructor again. Further information is available at the LOCAL GIRL IN REpITAL A free public voice.recital by students from the class of Frank- dents in the high schools junior and senior and in. improved reading for students in the fifth their of the positions -open on 1 the staff. Those are expected 'to serve -throughout their '3 years at-Washington high; but they will be.dropped; from'the staff if their work satisfactory; Next year's': junior, staff' members -are Car.qlyn Butts, junior class Ginny-Eirons, co-editor of Mike Huffman, photographer; Shirley Lemrfton, sports editor; Barb'ara McNeal; co-editor of the activities section; Pat 'Montgomery, faculty and Dave twitter, 'assistant, business manager. B'eckwith, was 'freed $10,000 'bond Friday 2 ho'urs'af tier an- all-white deadlocked bis second murder "trial at Jack- Judge Leon Heridrick son.

Circuit ordered.a mistrial when, the jury said it couldn't agree, on a verdict after 10 Hendrick had a mistrial in Beckwith's first trial last Feb. 7. 2 Die As Car Flips Over Embankment i SANDUSKY CAP) car bearing a veteran Cleveland fireman and his wife missed a curve, jumped a guard rail and flipped over going down a 30-foot embankment, killing the couple. Dead after, the smashup Friday night were Daniel J. Kennedy, 66, and his wife, Elizabeth, 70.

POLICE SAID Kennedy, driving, apparently did not see a construction warning sign on Ohio 6 in Sandusky's west end. which read: "End of the Road and Five to 8 new members are.se- and the nature E. P. Bbwen; Foster Contest and-sixth grades starting in June; iD. W.

Morris; Reception and improved reading course H. E. Yoder, Rich- ard Easter and Richard Huntsinger; 'Publicity B. B. Jones; and Refreshments Mr.

Geis. THE SENIOR MEMBERS of this 'year's staff who will graduate in June- are rLehi Stoner, editor- in-chief; Young, business manager; Ann 'Emery, classes editor; Pat; senior class editor, and L'ihdk' Haley, activities editors They extend their best wishes to. the 1965 "Massillonian" staff and: its -new members. All deadlines for the 1964 "Mas- sillpnian" were 'met' on March 15. This year is.the;5Qth anniversary of- Washington high school, and this is carried out in the theme of yearbook.

Colored pictures are again being -us'e-V in the, year book, which' the staff feels be the; best ever'- produced. The 1964 "Massillonian" will be dedicated on June 2, during Honor Chapel the last week of school. The banquet for the 'annual board staff will be held May 17 at the Town and Country restaurant in, Reedurban. The annual board would like'to take this opportunity to express their thanks to all the many people who have helped in the production of the 1964 "Massillon- ian." Optimists Will Hear AUslioiise Walter "Bill" Allshouse, president of the Massillon Supersonic Car will be the giyjst speaker at a regular meeting of the Massillon Noon Day Optimist the Massillon YWCA. Allshouse will talk on the bene- fits.of a small industry to a community.

Don Smith, membership chairman, will report on a membership drive. will'start June 15 at 10:30 a.m. and will meet 3.times a week for 4 weeks. The cost for-the 16 hours will be $10. THE DEV NT A course is designed for those who! are planning on going to college 1 or nursing school; The controlled reader and tach-X machines will be used in conjuction with the.

instruction: A course, for 10th, llth and 12th-grade students will start' at 8 -m: Junfe session for' eighth and ninth-grade pupils will start at 9 a.m. the. same day. there will bei sessions" each day for 6 weeks. The cost for cinnati college-conservatory of music will be presented Sunday, April 26, at 4 p.

m. in the conservatory concert hall. Among the performers will be Miss Corinne Gise of 408 Ertle ave NE. FUNERAL HOIME A distinguished funeral, service for all faiths. 83.

Canal E. Phone 879-5949 or Navarre Truck Kills Mail PORT CLINTON (AP) stone-laden truck ran over Andrew Milne, 64, Friday and killed him while he was cleaning scales that weigh trucks at the Standard Slag Co. at Marblehead. FOODARAMA SUPER MARKET S135 Lincoln Way, E. Open Evenings 'Til 9 P.

M. I Exospt Sat 9 A. M. to 6 (Political Advertisement) JOHN M. LOW for County Commissioner Qualified by'practical experience and business management Plain Township Trustee since 1935.

Employed with Republic Steel since 1930 Member Slark County Health Board. Member Stark County Regional Planning Commission. Feel free to call me at any time. HY 9-8109 or stop in at my residence at 702 South Main North Canton or nay place of business 3036 Cleveland Canton. YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT AS IN THE PAST GREATLY APPRECIATED Slow." Neighbors in Cleveland said ufd a heart said the writers appeared to be in good condition in a recent checkup.

only a high school education, the New York-born Hecht went to Chicago landed a employed onhe Chi- Brye cago Daily News he in Berlin newspaper on Journal in 1910. the Chicago That the beginning of a writing career that was to bring him fame and fortune. He was best known, perhaps, for the "The Front Page," written in collaboration i Charles; MacArthur' in 1928. The newspapermen they portrayed became stereotypes for characterizing the-profession. writer, as another man might be a professional Hecht once said'.

"Writing- is easy. It's the rewriting that's hard. I write a b'ook 3 times." BY THE TIME he was 65, Hecht had turned out 65 movie scripts, 25 books, 20 plays, 250 short stories and'at least 300 magazine' articles. "I best I can," he 1 said. "I''think, it's better to keep writing than to labor over every, word, trying to make fit a gemi'I had a friend who did that.

He ''Vouldn't write anything was cpnvinced.it was his greatest effort. As a result, his style became cramped, rusty and withered," Hcclit and MacArthur worked together oa many playi and and she in Chicago. THEIR ONLY CHILD, Jenny, a young actress who lives in Greenwich Village, has appeared in theatrical- productions with Helen Hayes. Hecht's first wife was Marie Armstrong, whom he married rih 1915. The marriage ended in They had one Edwina.

Hecht, the son of immigrants from southern Russia, was a child prodigy on the violin and gave a concert in Chicago at the age of 1 10. I Mrs. Hecht said she entered the, apartment dressing room about' 7:30 a. m. and found her husband 1 in a kneeling with his head pressed into a pillow.

The book and glasses were nearby, P. J. BORDNER CO. ALL THREE STORES Amherst Park Center West Side Store South Erie Store Open Mon. thru Sat.

9 a. m. to 9 p. m. the couple -were the way to see their only child, Mrs.

Patricia L'uebcke of Lakeside. Kennedy piloted chartered fishing boats there on his days off. He was a member of the Cleveland fire department and was known as "Cap" Kennedy. ROSE HILL MEMORIAL PARK Rose Hill Memorial Park's Singing Tower and Chapel make it possible to give the most complete burial services any cemetery In this Interment services are held in the chape! or chapel tent if desired. Lots pre-need family protective plan.

TE FRANK A. HOFFMAN DEMOCRAT For COUNTY TREASURER i (Political Advertisement) PEOPLES FEDERAL WELCOME TO JACKSON TOWNSHIP CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Sponsored by First Christian Church of Canton) NOW MEETING IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL MON'MUDBROOK RD.) 9:15 A. M. WORSHIP SERVICE 10:15 A. M.

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