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PAGE FOUR THE FREEPORT JOURNAL-STANDARD PHONE 3100 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940 WS OF THE DAY IN ILLINOIS HIT UNCUT WTO ACTION TO ACQUIRE EQUIPMENT IS TAKEN AT REGULAR MEETING Galena, 111., Sepi 5 The Galena tity council voted at its regular meeting this week to purchase a snow plow from the Memllat Road Supply company of Monmouth for $450 The council tabled until its next meeting an ordinance regulating theatie construction in Galena. The ordinance, modeled after one passed by Mt Morris in July, 1939. regulates the licensing of theatres, and imposes strict lequlrements for fireproof corstiuction. sanitation and safety It requires each person proposing to open a theatre in Galena to fcubmit io the council full plans for his theatie. with a fee of S150 to cover investigating expense, and provides thai no proposed theatre shall cost less than 540,000.

It was read at the request of Stanley Leay, manager and owner of the Stanlev theatie Nonal Auman appealed before the council on a healing for the mocation of his pool hall license on tne grounds tnat mmois nad frequented Ins establishment The council voted uranimouih to give him a second chance Tne council granted tne usual two weeks vacation to eacn of the three members of the police force and empowered Mayor I. L. Gamber to hire a substitute policeman foi the vacation penod The council accepted S52 collected in fines by the justices of tne peace during the past month Admitted to Probation Harrv Inman. 45. of Stockton was admitted to probation by Judge Harry Wheat, of Freeport, the Jo Daviess county circuit court, on the condition that he make full restitution within a iear of the S671 he is charged with embezzling from the Chicago Great Western while he was their station agent in Stockton.

Inman has made restitution of approximately half the amount He was indicted more than six months ago by the grand jury. After he had entered a plea of to charges of embezzlement, he made application for probation, and released on bond. Rachael Holmoo of Hanover, giantea a divorce from John Holmbo on grounds of desertion, and was guer i.he custodv of then oauehter. Sne v.as represented by Attorney A Nack, of Galena Edward Jaeger, of Dubuque, was lined S100 ana costs in the county court Tuesday when he entered a plea of guilty to drunken driving charges Judge Melvjn Gun dry revoked his right to drive a car in the state Illinois for one jear Jaecer was arrested Sundav by Slate Highway Officer C. A.

Evert Dorothy Krum entered upon a nurses' couise at a hospital in Rockford on Monday. Mrs. I. M. Western and the Misses Peaiie and Vera Joiner accompanied by their sister.

Mrs. Nelta J. Vaughan, of Amboy, spent from Saturday until Monday in the H. P. Harnden and Dr F.

Kirk Smith homes in Harrington. Miss Margaret Shaver, instructor of home economics on the high school faculty at Capron, spent the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shaver. I Mrs.

Hazel Overtoil, formerly of Los Angeles, Calif, who had spent the past two weeks with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. B. Donaldson, left for Ann Arbor. Sunday where she will be in charge of a fraternity house of the state university during the coming year.

FARMER LIVING NEAR LENA ACCIDENTALLY GASHES HAN WHILE CUTTING CORN IN FIEL Lena. Ill, Sept 5--Kay Meyer, lives nouheasc of Lena, cut a long gash his left hand Tuesday I morning while cutting off corn with a corn knife. The cut extended from the thumb down toward the iwiist He was brought to the office I of Dr M. Thompson, where four snitches were taken to close the wound. The following persons visited re- FRESHMEN START HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES; NEW TEACHER ON STAFF Mt Morris.

111., Sept 5 Mt. Morris high school got started on its 1940-41 school term Tuesday with an enrollment of 186 pupils. Of this number 48 sophomores, 47 aie freshmen, 49 juniors, and 39 seniors, with 3 post graduates Tins year's senior class is one of the smallest in recent years In a completely lenovated building and with a faculty that has Chaffee, and Ruth Crocker are associate members. Teachers Leave For Dulles The opening of school at various points throughout the country finds a number of local students and teachers leaving town to start the fall terms elsewhere. Among the students already gone are Miss Mary Bea Edson and Miss Ruth Meeker, Carthage college; Ronald and Eddie Miller, University of Illinois, and Donald Miller, Chillicothe Business college at Chilhcothe, Mo.

Miss Prances Schaar has resigned her position at Lanark high school where she taught biology, chemistry and girls' physical education for the past five years to go to the Mary Hardin-Baylor university at Helton, Texas, where she will serve as acting head of the girls' physical education class while the former head will be given a year's leave of absence. Miss Schaar has been teaching in this department for the past two summer sessions. Richard Hudson, who received his degree law from the state ARE SCHEDULED IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS NAME OFFICERS TO DIRECT YEAR'S PROGRAM cemlv in the Mrs Amelia Derr and Arthur Distelmeier home, enjoy- oinner at the noon mg a picnic hour Mrs Hannah Derr, Mrs. just one new member the students last faU wno has taught in the or university and the vocational field courses in home economics, agriculture, commercial and nursing are available. If the students decide now what they want to do when they graduate from high school they can get a good start on their training they will need.

Leonard, Kathleen The of the faculty is will soon be readjusted to their I school of commerce at the Um- daily routines to work towards their versity of Illinois since his gradu- high school degrees There are now a ti 0n from the college of law there five basic courses offered at Mt years a nas started his duties Morris high school There is the as m'tructor business law at Ohio college preparatory- course for those university in Athens, planning to enter a state college MISS Margie Hill, registered nurse Me Carroll, 111, Sept 5 --On Wednesday. Sept 11. at 7 30 p. the Carroll county agricultural conservation association will hold elections at a series of community meetings to choose community committees and a delegate to the county convention. Each of the communities listed will choose three committeemen and two alternates as well as a delegate and a alternate to the county convention which will be held Sept 12 at the association office in Mt.

Carroll At the convention the county Cumnuttee which will super- who graduated from the University of Iowa, has accepted a position as nurse at Stephens college, Columbia. following several years of experience in Chicago hospitals. Helen Thomas, a vise the administration of the AAA program in Carroll county for 1941 will be. chosen. Community meetings will be held as follows' Cherrv Grove and Shannon townships, Shannon high school gymnasium; Freedom, town hall: Woodland, town hall; Washington and Savanna, Savanna city of Mt Moms concha; en an- TM- TM Carrol, court house; Sa, 1pm tmvn i PnrV CrppU- ann and Dora Jean Noan, rs i Yeager Mrs Blanche Folgate and of Carthage college, wno succeeds Johnny and Mrs.

Milton Kuhlman Miss Iva Mae Bowman as home pointed as home adviser for Whiteside county. She has taught home Mt. Carroll. Yeager and Man- Lou Yeager. Mrs Mr.

and Mrs Herman TJhe. George Holmes Mr. and Mrs Oliver Mr and Hannah Folgate and son Johnny motored to Dickevville Wis. Sunday to see Grotto Dr. and Mrs.

Joseph M. Raimond and Mr and Mrs. Clarence Yeager spent; Monday in Chicago, sight seeing. Postmaster and Mrs George A Boeke gave a family dinner at their u11 home. Monday in honor of then: son Woodrow, of Midland.

Mich, who has been spending his vacation at the home of his parents. The guests were Mrs. Berdena Boeke. of Freeport Mr. and Mrs.

Gassman and family, of Pecatonica W. Boeke and Mrs. Viscenta Boeke. Mrs. Woodrow Boeke and daughter Karen Louise, are visiting Mrs.

Boeke parents for a few days at economics instructor Miss Bowman Mr. and Mrs Joseph Huist will soon move to Nora where Mr Hurst has been hired to work in the elavaior Their small daughter, lem town hail, Rock Creek and Lima, Lanark city hall; Wysox and Elkhoin Groie, Milledgpville town Dora Jean Nolan, Mrs D. Martha Murphy, a graduate economics at Modesto high school and has taken graduate work in the University of Wisconsin and at A cui Mel Lewellyn Rvdei, oO, negio traii- the resigned to get married this summer and her successor comes to the local school as one well qualified for the post. The returning members of the faculty include H. A Hoff, super- impendent and mathematics; R.

Henricks, assistant principal and mathematics; Paul J. Yoe, science; Miss Marj McColl, English and Latin; Miss Edna Coulson, commercial, Wendall Schrader, coach. social science and bovs' ph.vsical education; Arnold Thomas. English and vocal music; Milton R. the University of Illinois.

LANARK AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY INSTALLATION and charged with stealing a sullcuse from a railroad depot In Savanna. He was bound over to the grand jury at a hearing Wednesday before Justice ol the Peace Kusbcll Ward in Savanna and brought to the county Jail when unable to furnish bond. Mi. Carroll News Brief Fred Kampineler, 52, of Lanark, pleaded guilty Wednesday in county court to a charge of vagrancy and was placed on probation for one year. Postmaster Keith Wilkerson reports only one alien has registered at the local postoffioe to date.

Several dead trees in the court yard have been felled and the loof of the mam court house building has been tarred. Keith Wilkerson and Robert Edwards, both of this city, have enlisted In the United States army at Salt Lake City, Utah, according to word received by relatives. The boys started recently to hitch hike to California but evidently decided to join the aimy. HANOVER GROCER NAMED COMMERCE CLUB PRESIDENT phone number of one attractive I Pueblo waitress don't have to ask I for It. She weais it neatly In the polish on her finger nailb.

sient, has been bound over to 1 grand jury on a larceny charge and I is held in the county jail in lieu of bond of S250 Ryder is charged 1 with the theft of watermelons from I TO BE HELD MONDAY NIGHT a patch near Thomson. Ryder is the fifth person this summer to be charged with the Lanark. Ill. Sept 5 --Installation of officers will be held at the regular meeting of the American Legion auxiliary Monday eienmg in the Legion hall. A social hour will follow Joyce Beck has returned from a visit with her sister.

Mrs. Paul Nese- Dunk, vocational agriculture; Miss meier and family at Mt. Morris. Dorothy Savage, English and Recent guests at the Clarence speech; Mrs. Ann Schrader.

girls'j Lotz home were Mrs Alice Kleck- physicai training: and Miss Beth i ler and Miss Mary Waters of Chad- Hower, community school band. wick. The student council organization Mr. and Mrs Zack Kinkade, Mr which was formed last year elected I and Mrs. C.

Ditsworth and Linda its student bocK representative Kay were Sunday guests at the from each class ac the close of last Guy Beck home, semester so that the group could Mrs Sylvia Deets. who has been start to function immediately upon Living at the home of her daugh- the opening of school From the I ter, Mrs. Grace Greenawalt, is a senior class James Coffman Is president; Mary Rose vice presi- guest at the home of her niece, Mrs. Clarence Schole at Valparaiso, Ind. Charlene.

fell out of a swing and ruptured a blood vessel in her one leg She has to be kept off her foot until that blood absorbs. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Uhe, dent and Tom Leonard and Helen Nancy Lee Lotz observed her sec- Baker are the other two repre-! ond birthday anniversary Saturday sentatives. Other class representa- i at a party at the home of her par- tives are: Jamor--Warren Shoemaker and Bette Koontz; sophomore--Bill Coffman, and another will haie to be selected to take the George Holmes, Mrs, Blanche Folgate and Johnny, Mrs E.

Yeager. place of Dons Cratty who moved spent a I to California last The fresh- Roripf-'men will choose rwo from their POLO THIMBLE CLUB MEMBERS ENTERTAINED Polo HI. Sept of the Rural Thimble club were entertained at dinner Wednesday at the home of Mrs Jesse Qsbaugn Mr and Mrs. Francis Shencfelt and farmr. will return to Chicago inis week, where the former will icsmne his studies at The Bethanv Bioiical seminary.

Miss Vincent, of Twin has accepted the on Polo Community hig'i school facu'tv n--ace vacant by the recent resignation of Miss Margaret Kam- Lager talent commercial Mrs Ka.i^ Fa.i-aian who nad ihe p.v weeks witn r.er TJ- Mr and Mrs. C. E. 3am- her Hirvtcale 0:1 llor.ri?i- Moore, of -pent at Ihe home of Ddrcnls Mr ars-d Mrs Frank Moon: Xr. 1 returned from a "ao weeks" in Inojaiia arid Paul ic neck-cud Mr Mr- Powcl.

Squiffer, of H.i;r.n:u:--. -pent the TVCE'S- -i hoin'c of the former's Mr-- 5ta.u"cr. lias a -I. i Io rT.acc.- of in- Clarence a with Mr and Mrs Ira Rodef ac Mt Moms Mrs. Clarence I Yeager remaining for a few days visit While Mt.

Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Uhe and Mr. Holmes called on Bravton. whom Mr.

Holmes had not seen for forty years. Mrs. spent part of her girlhood days on what is now the Francis Holmes farmstead WOODBINE men will choose two from their ranks Just as soon as they get sufficiently organized A Hoff is adviser and Jeanne Smith, William ents. Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence Lotz Mr. and Mrs. George Pierce observed their 57th wedding annner- sary ai a dinner Tuesday at tne theft of melons all of whom have been captured bv alert melon grow- ers who hav been guarding their patches County authoiities a mised full co-operation to melon I growers in an effort to stop the i practice of melon stealing 1 Case Goes To Jury The case of James McCue and Herbert Sigafus. both of Savanna, on trial in circuit court here on an assault with a deadly weapon charge is expected to go to jury by noon today. The trial was i started Wednesday before Judge Harry Wheat, of FTeeport Closing arguments will be given today by Defense Attorney Lawrence A Smith, of Savanna, and State's Attorney John L.

Brearton, of Savanna, and after instructions are read by Judge Wheat the jury will receive the case. The defendants are alleged to have attacked Robert Sack, of Savanna, on April 6, north of Savanna, and to have hit him with home of their daughter, Mrs. Pear a metal automobile crank. Lotzbaugh. Mr.

and Mrs. Royal Po- quet, of Moline, were also present. Mr. and Mrs. John E.

Wolf and daughter will movt to Rockford by Charged With Theft Chester Strong. 17, local CCC-en- rollee, is held in the county jail on a larceny charge. Strong was ar- Oct. 1, where he has a position. rested Tuesday night in Savanna I Hanover, 111., Sept.

Graham, well known Hanover grocer was elected president of the Hanover commercial club at the annual meeting. George Unangst, Jr. has been chosen vice president, and Charles Therrien will be the secretary and treasurer for the coming year. The executive committee consists of R. E.

Sandman and H. W. Hollandsworth. Larger Enrollment In Schools An increased enrollment of pupils both in the grade and community high school here was reported today by Superintendent G. C.

Stutzman. In the high school there are 67 students, or eight more than last year, and in the grade school pupils total 147, or 13 more than a yeai ago This makes a total increase of 21, or approximately ten per cent Rural schools have opened the Hanover -vicinity with the following instructors in charge: Lost Mound school taught by Miss Edith Chapman, of Hanover; Pleasant Hill. Mrs. Harold Hermg. of Hanover: Black school.

Miss Margaret Crawford, of Hanover; Miller school. Mrs. Libble Rupple, of Thomson; Edgerton. Miss Amanda May, of Hanover and Oak Ridge: Miss Elizabeth Crawford, of Hanover. Reserve Decision of Light Plant The Hanover city council continues to withhold a decision on the matter of a municipal light plant in this city At the regular September meeting here Tuesday evening the proposition was discussed thoroughly but no vote was tak.cn Nonce has been served on the Interstate Light Power company, of Galena, that the present contract is to be discontinued November 1 but it is not known as jet if the city will enter a new contract for service from the Galena utility or if ic will construct its own municipally operated plant here.

Engi- ne'ers'have submitted an estimate of a cost of about $45,000 to erect and equip the size plant needed for this city. Pueblo. Colo. --(JP)-- Customers who would like to have the tele- and then And these are the styles for every campus! Coats that are trim, suits that are slim, sportswear casual for play but individual enough for date wear. We're the fashions that answer the college call.

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Edward Biume and son LeRoy. Miss Caroline Blume and Miss Lvdia Blume. returned to their nome at Chicago on Mondav. after spending the week-end with Rev. and Mrs.

Edgar Ayre Mr. and Mrs. Clvde have relumed home from Long Beach, a i wnere they visited Mrs. Haigni's uncle, Reuben Miller, and vnie. I Mr and Mr? Lester Stadcl.

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