Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • 4

id AAETRO Ftbruary 6, 1974 Electricians eye energy situation I 'f pil A Villi! 1 1 Flu still declining Flu-related absences continued to abate Wednesday in the Mason City school system, with 1,656 students reported not in classes. Pat Murphy, secretary to the superintendent, said Wednesday's absences represent about 25 per cent of the total enrollment. The percentage was 29 per cent Monday and 27 per cent Tuesday. Absences in other schools in Mason City and Clear Lake were reported as declining or near normal. An Iowa State Department of Health announcement received Wednesday said that since Jan.

23 school absenteeism exceeding 10 per cent daily had been reported in Winneshiek, Worth, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Winnebago, Montgomery, Cass, Ringgold, Muscatine, Johnson. Jasper and Polk counties, bringing the number of officially affected counties to 17. "Essentially all" parts of the state have been affected. The department said that the Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory recovered influenza virus type from testing of ill high school students in Iowa City. Although national Center for Disease Control test results are pending, there is evidence that the widespread ailment is epidemic influenza, the department said.

Drifting snow closes schools ST. ANSGAR Schools in St. Ansgar, Riceville and Cresco were shut down Wednesday due to snow drifts clogging many rural roads, according to a spokesman at St. Ansgar Community High School. The schools are expected to reopen Thursday.

Ji ft Two break-ins are reported A break-in was reported at the Mason City Foundry 638 8th SE, Tuesday, police said. Entrance was gained by walking through an open rear door and prying open the office door. A loss estimate was not available. A flute has been reported taken from Monroe Junior High School during the weekend. The flute belongs to a daughter of James R.

Heiny, 36 Lakeview Court. Locations and persons involved in collisions are: At 19th and S. Monroe, the Rev. Byron C. Churchill, 710 6th Place SE.

and Donald L. Garrard, 503 7th SE. Near 14th on N. Pennsylvania, William R. Martinson 645 Uth NE, and Richard A.

Ewers, 219 13th Place NE. Near the bridge on S. Pennsylvania, Bobby G. Ruehlow, 228 23rd SW, a hit-and-run car, parked car belonging to Edward Pals, Clear Lake, and car registered to Jay Howie, Garner. Ringo's flashing just at night HOLLYWOOD (AP) Ringo Starr's flashing billboard has had a power cut.

The billboard is located so that it is com-pellingly noticeable to drivers on both the Sunset Strip and La Cienega Blvd. It spells out the letters in Ringo, one by one, in brilliant lightbulbs. Apple and Capitol Records started on Nov. 20 to operate the sign only from 4:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

each day. A sign planned to advertise Paul McCartney and Wings's new album, "Band on the Run," has been changed from electricity to phosphorescent paint which glows in the dark. Don't wait up To send a radio message traveling at the speed of light and get an answer back from the opposite side of the Milky Way galaxy in which the earth lies would require 160,000 years, the National Geographic Society says. Mason City area representatives of the electrical contractors and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) said the electrical industry has geared for the technical aspects of electrical heating. The Mason City Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, sponsors of the annual "industrial dinner," cooperate in the training of both apprentice and journeymen electricians.

There are now six apprentices in the second year of the training program. A. W. Moen of Dewey Electric, Ventura, and Clair Thomas, Thomas Electric Mason City, represent the contractors and Roger Hunt, Rock Falls; Jim DeVary, Nora Springs, and Gary Satern, Mason City, represent the IBEW on the joint committee. Hunt, chairman of the committee, said Mason City Mayor Ken Kew and Clear Lake Mayor Floyd (Nibs) Nesbit are to receive the electrical construction industry's "Big Ring" award during National Electrical Week, Feb.

10-16. Both mayors were at the meeting, along with David Billings, Des Moines, secretary of the Iowa unit and assistant director of training. ,3 mj The energy crisis was a focal point of the annual meeting of the Mason City electrical apprenticeship committee Tuesday night at the Sheraton Motor Inn. About 50 representatives of area banks, businesses and industries, along with electrical contractors and union officials were informed of trends in the electrical industry in light of the shortages of petroleum, natural gas and other fossil fuels. It was noted there is a trend jo electrical heating in the Mason City area, including several new commercial structures.

Aukes trial jury is being selected FOREST CITY Selection of a jury in the trial of Merle M. Aukes, Lake Mills man charged in connection with the shooting of his wife in November, continued Wednesday in Winnebago County District Court. There were about 80 prospective jurors for the trial which started Tuesday. Edgar Cage with Surgical Associates Edgar S. Gage has become the administrator for Surgical Associates of North Iowa, P.C., the organization announced Wednesday.

Gage, who recently retired from public accounting, was a partner in McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn Co. Benefit show set Tickets are available at Tom's Country Market. Manly; Pioneer Federal Savings Loan and the First National Bank, Mason City; at the Village or after 7 p.m. at the door. The Baldknobbers have appeared in previous benefit shows here.

1 The Baldknobbers, hillbilly group, from Branson, will appear at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Roosevelt fieldhouse, to benefit Clear Lake's Handicap Village. The entire proceeds from the performance will be used to equip cottages to house 64 new residents at the Village. Saff photo by Joseph W.

Jackson Ml Craft creator Sears Easter Seal Center participant Dallas Thoen, Kensett, and ceramics teachers Ardismae Leverone (left) and Margot Yater display the center's new ceramics kiln and some of the items produced in it. Viva la value! French inspired bedroom designs with mar-resistant tons! New kiln in use Jl have ever mastered. Actually, financing is not quite complete. Another $40 is needed to complete payment for the $375 kiln. And an additional $55 would make possible an accessory to allow creation of even larger projects.

The teaching is done on a volunteer basis by Margot Yater and Ardismae Leverone of Ardismae's Ceramics. Contributions toward the new kiln came from Ardismae Ceramics students; the North Iowa Ceramics Club, Cosmopolitan Club and a coffee club. The Cerro Gordo Easter Seal Society has obtained a new ceramics kiln for use at its center at 1513 S. Pennsylvania. The kiln, financed by club and individual contributions, replaces one that was smaller and which was worn out.

The kiln is used in craft work by seven young adults, age 16-23, who are among the handicapped persons making use of the center regularly. According to the teachers, ceramics offers a craft skill for even severely handicapped persons. For some of those involved, it has been the only craft they News of public record Speeding Barry E. Woldt. Marshulltown.

$26 and costs. (Conservation Commission) Expired snowmobile registration Dennis Vestweber. Alexander, $15 and costs. Petitions GAC Finance Mason City, has filed suit for $2,486 20 in District Court against Thomas E. and Sharon Godden.

for payment of a May 8, 1972. promissory note. Fire calls At 11:40 p.m. Monday to Mason City Builders Supply 316 4th NE, blowing snow mistaken for smoke. At 6 p.m.

Tuesday to David Manufacturing Co. 1600 12th NE. smoke from incinerator mistaken for building fire. M.C. Magistrates Fighting, intoxication and assault and battery-John C.

MeCollum. 120 S. York, trials set for Feb. 20. Failure to yield half the roadway Robert A.

Heaford, 323 7th SE. continued to Feb. 11. Lake Magistrate Culligan Soft Water Special AW OFF 7h Af If On Installation Charge LIMITED TIME OFFER (Clear Lake Patrol Striking an unattended vehicle Diane LM Halsne. Clear Lake.

$15 and costs. Failure to control Nada Oltrogge. Clear Lake. $25 and costs, (accident Driving with obstructed windshield Rex M. Clear Lake.

$5 and costs. Allowing unauthorized person to drive Pamela Green. Clear Lake. $25 and costs. Leaving scene of property damage accidentStephen Stover.

Mason City, $58 and costs (November charge). Driving while under safety-responsibility suspension Thomas A. Keekhoff. Kanawha, waived preliminary hearing, bound to District Court, released on own recognizance. Operating motor vehicle while under the influence William S.

Williams. Des Moines, waived preliminary hearing, bound over to District Court, released on own recognizance. Malicious injury to a building Michael Lewis. CI ar Lake, waived preliminary hearing, bound to District Court, bond set at $2,000. remanded to county jail (Jan.

30 charge). Speeding RusseU D. Enabnit. Clear Lake. 38 m.p.h.

in 25 zone! fined a26 and costs: Richard Haaland. Clear Lake (35 in 25) $20 and costs; William H. McClurg. Des Moines. (36 in 25 $22 and costs.

(Iowa Highway Patrol) Failure to yield Telford Knutson. Clear Lake. $25 and costs. Sen. Proxmire to talk at UNI CEDAR FALLS Sen.

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