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-PAGE SIX THE FREEPORT, ILLINOIS 4000 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1949 News of Society and Clubs Iteeport Cactus Club Freeport Cactus club meets afternoon at 2 o'clock with J4rs. Roy Bowers, 1145 West Staver fttteet, with Mrs. Edward Luettig and $tn. Henry Koppeln as assisting Members are asked to come pre- v'pared with lists of their cacti for the sale to be held in October. of Unit 1 C.

Freeport Garden club, unit No. 1, rheld its first meeting of the fall I Monday at the home of Mrs. R. E. los, West Lincoln boulevard.

Mrs, Elmer A. McCool, in her talk lion "Pointers for Gardeners," said I that the fall is the best time to plant jj roses; to renovate the perennial bed; to replenish the sotf and to Iplant bulbs like narcissi, scillas, I crocuses and snowdrops. i A review of Lewis Gannett's Ihumorous book, "Cream Hill," was I given by Miss Mabel Goddard and Swas thoroughly enjoyed by the fmembers. 'i Entertain for June Haas i Miss June Haas, whose marriage Jto John Mellinger will be an event 5 of Sunday, Sept. 25, was guest of I honor at a linen shower given last IFriday evening by Mrs.

Charles Hill Pearl City and Miss Evelyn Stearns, East Wayne street, at whose the party was held. Court whist was played, favors go- ling to Miss Haas, Mrs. Hill and Miss lLoretta Pelper. Refreshments were 'served from a candle-lighted table a miniature sprinkling can, in pastel colors, from poured a shower of gifts. with Mrs.

Pat MacDonald and Mrs. Victor B. Lamm assisting. It Is the third troop organized by the Lincoln P.T.A. A meeting of the Stephenson county chapter of the Illinois division of the American Cancer Society, will be held tomorrow evening at junior high school.

Miss Evelyn Street of the state organization, will be present and election of officers will take place. Announcements Walter G. Meyer of Rockford, agent for the General American Life Insurance company of St. Louis, will be the speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Freeport Life Underwriters to be held Thursday noon at Hotel Freeport. His subject will be "The Education and Training of a Life Underwriter." Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic are holding a picnic at the home of Mrs.

John Trepus, 758 West Moseley street, Wednesday, with dinner at noon. Members are asked to bring table service and a dish to pass. Cards and bunco will follow the dinner, which Is for members and friends. Program Announced For Rubinoff Concert The program of Rubinoff, the violinist who will appear with his accompanist, Hans Sommer, Friday evening in Consistory auditorium under the sponsorship of the Jaycees, Is as follows: Fire Muatc from "The Valkyrie" Wagner "Anniversary Song" Hans Sommer "Dance of the Russian Peasant" Rubinoff Intermezzo from motion picture "Intermezzo" Provost "Hora Staccato" Dlnlcu-Helfetz "Warsaw Concerto" Addlnsell "Clalr de Lune" Debussy "Don't Fence Me In" Cole Porter (Variations In manner of nations and composers) Rubinoff and His Violin Ten Minute Intermission Excerpts from "Der Rosenkavaller" Richard Strauss "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Von Tllzer Hans SoMiner "Rhapsody In Blue" Gershwin 'When Day Is Done" Katscher "Flddlln' the Fiddle" RublnofI Polonaise (Opus 53) Chopin "Souvenir" Drdla "Dance Russe" Rubinoff Rublnoff and His Violin (Program subject to change) Notes of the Day The regular drill period of the i Freeport national guard will be tonight from 7:30 to 9:30 at sthe armory in St. Vincent's or- jphanage gymnasium.

The Hi-Twelve club will meet on evening at 6:30 in small dining room of Masonic temple for a chop suey supper. Election of officers will take place. Members are privileged to bring a guest. Freeport lodge No. 30, I.O.O.FI will be host to members from district No.

17 tomorrow evening. There will be work in the first degree. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. The regular monthly meeting of Mater Christ! circle, Daughters of Isabella, will be held Thursday evening, Sept. 15, at 8 o'clock in Knights of Columbus hall.

A social hour and refreshments will follow the meeting. A new Brownie Girl Scout troup is being started under the co- sponsorship of the Girl Scouts and the Lincoln P.T.A. All mothers and girls Interested are invited to attend the first meeting Thursday afternoon at 3:30 at the Lincoln school. The trocp will be under the leadership of Mrs. Homer Griffith TONIGHT Social activities Also meeting night for the singing group Wednesday Regular meeting Playing Nightly Bob Brenner at the Hammond GERMANIA The Perfect 1 Husband! the who provides a home for hit family.

We can help you become that perfect lee us about a monthly payment loan to buy or build that home. UNION LOAN AND SAVINGS ASS'N. 223 W. Stephenson St. State 276 Sgt.

Paul M. Muench, who had been home on a 30-day furlough visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs George Muench, 716 South McKinley avenue, has returned to Fairfield, Calif. Mr. and Mrs.

Harry H. Stahl, West Lincoln boulevard, have returned from their annual stay in the north. They spent most of the month in northern Minnesota where Mr. Stahl escaped hay fever. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert E. Davis of Park were week-end guests at homes of Mr. and Mrs. Carl H.

Davis at Brown's Mill and of Mr. nd Fred Alder, East Illinois treet. Kenneth Freerksen, 407 West Moseley street, who has been home a visit for the past six weeks, eturns tomorrow to resume his tudies at Pasadena City college, Pasadena, where he has been enrolled for 22 months. Miss Ann Lawrence, daughter of r. and Mrs.

Frank B. Lawrence, 415 West Douglas street, left yesterday or Detroit, where she has accepted an engineering position with Bryant Detweller, building ontractors. Miss Lawrence is a graduate engineer of the University Michigan. Mr. and Mrs.

Ezra Burke have re- to their home in Waterloo, after spending a week with relatives and friends In Freeport and at Pearl City. Mrs. Burke is a cousin of Adam Krahmer, 1434 South Chicago avenue, Freeport, and a niece of Mrs. Charles Pentl- coff and George Schoch, 1002 South Locust avenue. Business Women's Group Holds First Meeting; Plans Fair In November The business and professional women's league of the Y.W.C.A.

held its first meeting of the season last evening. A picnic-style supper was served to old and new members. A short business meeting was conducted by Miss Mary Daacon, new president. She introduced the other officers and committee chairmen, who gave reports. Plans were discussed for a fair to replace the annual fall card party.

It will be held Monday, Nov. 14, and will feature booths and various entertainments. Colored slides taken on her vacation in the western states were shown by Miss Marian Deily. Miss Jeanne Hull described her vacation trip to California. Announcement was made of the area conference of the business and professional women's leagues of the to be held in Milwaukee, Oct.

roll, Jo Davless, Ogle, Whiteslde, and Winnebago, $19,488.02. Cook county received $259,55351. Ministerial Group Endorses Deaconess Hospital Fund Drive Freeport District Ministerial association "unanimously and wholeheartedly" endorsed the $385,000 Deaconess hospital building fund campaign during its September meeting, held Monday morning at the Y.M.C.A., said Rev. George F. Shepherd, president of the association.

"This campaign is not considered just another job," said Rev. Mr. Shepherd. "All of us who are acquainted with the needs of the hospital know it is a Job that must be done. We plan to support the drive to the fullest extent." Pastors of 53 churches are members of the association, which not only represents churches in Freeport but those in surrounding communities.

Preliminary plans for observing a Hospital Sunday some time during the campaign were discussed yesterday. The $385,000 building fund will be combined with $150,000 still on hand from the 1942 drive to finpnce expansion and modernization of Deaconess hospital. Corporate and big gi ff will be solicited late in September, with the public phase coming in October. Safety Testing Lane Open Special Hours Tomorrow Evening The state public safety department motor vehicle safety lane In operation in the 600 block of West Stephenson street between Green and Grove avenues reported brisk business yesterday despite unpleasant weather. Tomorrow evening the testing lane will be open from 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock to accomodate motorists unable to have their vehicles checked during the regular hours, 9 a.

m. to noon and 1 p. m. to 5 p. m.

These daily hours will apply Thursday and Friday except that the lane will close Friday at 3 p. m. No Penalties Hospital News 15-16. Leando league will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 at the Y. W.

Klectlon of officers will be held and plans for the coming year will be discussed. Justices To Serve As Honor Pallbearers For Wiley Rutledge Washington, Sept. 13. OJ.R) Justices of the supreme court will serve as honorary pallbearers tomorrow at the funeral of their former colleague, Wiley B. Rutledge.

The services will be held at All Souls' Unitarian church here with the Rev. A. Powell Davis officiating. Rutledge died of a cerebral hemorrhage Saturday night at York, Me. Sirths at Deaconess Mr.

and Mr. Melvin Dixon, 910 East Shawnee street, are the parents of a boy born yesterday at Deaconess lospital. Patients at St. Francis Admitted to St. Francis hospital yesterday for surgery today: Miss tynthia Blair, 52 South Hooker avenue; Simon A.

Heilemeler, 30 South Sherman avenue. Admitted as medical patients: William L. Turner, Freeport route Mrs. Willa Mae Johnson, 350 South Hancock avenue. Admitted following accident: Albert Schubert, 503 East Madison street.

Admitted Ronald Pfeiffer, 1742 South High- is $1,497,891, from which amount is deducted $125,299 for the emergency relief bond issue. Family Reunions to the polio ward: land avenue; and Barbara Jean Gates, Hanover route 1. Patients at Deaconess Admitted to Deaconess hospital yesterday for surgery today: Mrs. Gus Phillips, 526 East Madison street; Roger Blnger, Davis; Mrs. Lawrence Eipper, Chadwick.

Admitted as medical patients: Edgar Carpenter, Forreston; Mrs. Owen MacDonald, 520 East Crocker street; Forest Heidenreich, Stockton; and Mrs. Floyd Skeel, 416 South Van Buren avenue. Polio patient transferred from St. Francis hospital: Morey Lee Allen, Elizabeth.

The court's newest member, Tom C. Clark, will fly to Washington for the funeral from California where he has been vacationing. Justice Felix Frankfurter will come here from Maine. Only Justices Stanley F. Reed and William O.

Douglas have Indicated they will be unable to attend the services. State Sends Checks For School Buses Springfield, 111., Sept. State Auditor Benjamin O. Cooper said today his office is sending checks to county school authorities this week to pay for the state's share in transporting pupils during the year which ended last June. State law requires that the state contribute to the cost of operating school buses.

Cooper said the checks this year total $2,553,273. Cooper announced the following payments for northwestern Illinois counties: Stephenson, Car- Negro Charged With Murder To Be Tried By All-Negro Jury Frankfort, Sept. The fate of George Adams, Negro charged with murder of a white man, will be decided by an all- Negro jury. Circuit Judge W. B.

Ardery yesterday granted the request of his attorney-son, Philip P. Ardery, that Negroes be included on the panel from which the 12 trial jurors were chosen. Attorneys Ardery and Charles L. Hobson, counsel for the defendant, protested to the judge that Negroes have been excluded from state court grand and trial juries here. Judge Ardery ruled Adams' civil rights were not prejudiced by his all-white jury, demand that Negroes be included on the Jury panel.

Nine Negro men and three women then were chosen for jury duty. Adams pleaded innocent. He is accused of the shooting and killing of Ransom Maddox and the wounding of Mitchell Maddox, a brother, Actress foye Emerson To Divorce Roosevelt At Finish Of Picture New York, Sept. Faye Emerson plans to bring divorce proceedings against Elliott Roosevelt as soon as she finishes work on a motion picture now In production. The John Paul Johnson, Jacksonville, 111., state public safety department representative who is in charge of the lane, reminded Freeporters this morning that the safety lane is voluntary with no fear of penalties on cars not passing the tests.

The tests, Johnson pointed out, are merelj to show vehicle owners any weak safety spots in the vehicles' operations. The Freeport police department is co-operating with the state police on safety lane tests. Patrolman Charles Entmeler is assisting in checking vehicles through the lane. Orangeville Auxiliary Elects Yearly Officers At Thursday Meeting Orangeville, 111., Sept. officers of the American Legion auxiliary were elected here at the Thursday meeting.

Officers are Mrs. E. C. Prlewe. president; Mrs.

I. O. Shaffer, vice president; Mrs. Fred White, second vice president; Mrs. Marjorie Sheets, secretary; and Mrs.

Elwyn Mains, treasurer. Other officers are Mrs. Miles Barr, Mrs. Merle Scheider and Mrs. Delia Rusk.

Committee members for the year were also appointed. The Orangeville W.C.T.U. will meet Friday, Sept. 23, at 2 p. m.

at the home of Mrs. Fred Anderson. This is the first meeting of the year. Mrs. Vea Heck and Mrs.

Elmer Rinehart will be leaders. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Smith and family of Whittler, are visiting Mrs. Smith's parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Matre, and other relatives here. Egyptian Club A revival of the annual Egyptian club picnic and reunion for all former residents of southern Illinois now living in this area has been announced for Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Sinissippi park area No.

1, Rockford. A family basket picnic lunch will be served at 12:30. Stelneke The Steineke family reunion was held last Sunday at Krape park community house with 54 In attendance. Officers elected were: Archie Schwarze, president; Frederick H. Witte, vice president; and Mrs.

Robert Staderman. secretary-treasurer. The 1950 reunion will be held in Krape park on the second Sunday in September. Krum The annual reunion of the Krum family was held Sunday at the Walter Schmidt home, near Polo. The picnic dinner was attended by 35.

Henry Krum of Forreston was the oldest member present, and David Shaulis of Franklin Grove the youngest. Officers elected for the coming year were: president, Fred Krum of Polo; vice president, Ed Lang of Polo; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Effie Kielman of Forreston. Next year's reunion will be held the second Sunday in July at the Pines State park. Tito Urges Russia To Settle Issues Without Bayonets BY EDWARD M.

KORRY Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Sept. 13, Marshal Tito, declaring his country is an invincible fortress, has urged Russia to "clear things up" with Yugoslavia without use of bayonets, it was disclosed today. His remarks, were made to a group of five miners Sunday and released by the government press office. "Every working class Is capable of fighting and winning a new social order," Tito said. "Progressive Ideas were never correctly disseminated, nor was a social transformation ever brought about, by bayonets, which can only enslave." repeatedly payed tribute to the Soviet Union as the "first country of socialism" but he warned the Kremlin that "our conditions today are, as they sat at the front, 'an Invincible "Build Socialism" "Therefore we must clear up one thing for we are building socialism in this country and we say, just as Lenin once said In fighting Trotsky, that it is possible to create socialism in one country," Tito said.

Tito pointed to Communist party, the Yugoslav with 8,000,000 members, and warned that his regime could not be toppled by outside intervention. Tito Kremlin charges that he sold out to the capitalistic west. a patient at Memorial hospital in Chicago for a number weekste returned to his home here week. Mr. and Mrs.

Walter and two daughters ratou-tuttf r.XftTH from a vacation with wisconsM relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Brlce Cook, whd have been farming the Dan Koj farm near Shannon for a numbe of years, will move to Lanark! They have purchased the Eddj Rabuck property. Here From East Loren Rowland trf Plttsville) Is a guest of his mother! Mrs.

Sybil Rowland, and Lanark relatives. Mrs. Bruce Shank spent last weekfe with her friend, Miss Alma Covington, Mich. Lloyd Peters of Lanark and Elmer Zugschwerdt of Chadwlck? left Tuesday for Yellowstone na-i tional park. KOdd Improvements Are invite them to come and Under Way On Route To Apple River Park indictment by an but granted the see, to come here and attempt to find any confirmation of what they are saying," he said.

"We are opening the doors wide to everyone who wants to come and honestly Stockton, 111., Sept. to see what Is being done and ments of the south road into the built." Apple River Canyon state park from I route 20 is now in progress. According to Carneal Kish, high- i way supervisor for Rush township, 12 miles of country highway in that township are being surfaced Lanark the six miles from highway 20 west i of Stockton to the south entrance to the park. An all-weather surfaced highway enters the park from the northeast from state highway No. 78 near Harlan Downs attended a television clinic at Davenport, which lasted three days last week.

Ralph Clifford and family will Circle No. Ill of the W.S.C.SJ of the Methodist church will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs.i Donald Olson. Three Freeport Men Escape Serious Injury As Car Leaves Road Three Freeport men escaped serious injury yesterday about 2:45 p. m. when the car driven by Henry Littleson, 62, 1730 South West avenue, went out of control four miles east of Freeport on route 20 and'- went into a ditch.

Littleson was driving west to Freeport from Rockford when his auto hit a soft shoulder on the right side of the road. The car careened across the highway and smashed; into an embankment. A Alber'. Schubert, 72, 503 East Madi-; son street, was hurled from the car' as It struck the embankment and is in St. Francis hospital with chest Injuries.

The car continued across the highway to the right side of the road, where it ended up against a wire fence. The other passenger, Manno Von Berger, 72, 512 East Winneshlek street, and Littleson were uninjured In the accident. The car's right rear fender was damaged. State Police Officers Harold Vore and Delbert Wohlford investigated the accident. Warren.

Rush township is obliged! move to one of the Earl Derrer tc take care of the south road, and apartments. Carson Derrer will oc- also maintains the old iron bridge at the park. mnvcs Jicic. i 1C Miss Katie Baumgardner of Erie, OOyS and Mrs. Leslie Moore and i kAon Applications for Marriage Licenses 31-year-old blonde actress, confirming yesterday that she and the late president's second son have separated, said "Elliott and I parted on friendly terms." Roosevelt said the breakup of the marriage "is a have no comment." Roosevelt, 38, was marVied twice' before, and Miss Emerson once before.

They were wed In December, 1944, and separated in August. daughter of Durand are guests today of Mrs. James Chilton. Mr. and Mrs.

George Magnuson, Mrs. Edgar Crowell and son of Clearfleld, spent the past week with Mrs. Minnie Reuber, mother of Mrs. Magnuson and Mrs. Crowell, and three sisters, Mrs.

Willie Reuber of Freeport, Mrs. Harry Mains and Mrs. James Reeser. Mr. and Mrs.

H. M. Noble of Pulton and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stocker accompanied John Stocker to Chicago Sunday, where he resumed his studies at Northwestern university law school.

While in the city, the group attended the Railroad Fair. The State Brotherhood of the E. U. B. church is planning a retreat for Saturday at 10 a.

m. (D.S.T.) at Elgin. Mrs. Minnie Reuber and Mr. and Mrs.

James Reeser accompanied Robert Reeser to DeKalb Sunday, where he has enrolled in the state teachers college. Freeport Will Receive $5,000 As Share Of August Fuel Tax jTreeport will receive $5,000 as Its share of motor fuel tax for August. Rockford will receive $16,909, Savanna, $1,090, and Galena, $883. The gross allocation for the state Home Bureau News The Rural Youth swimming classes will be resumed Thursday evening at 8:30 at the Y.M.C.A. A large attendance is required it the classes are to continue.

Handouts, Economy Rockford, Sept. Senator Douglas fD-Ill.) says some business men who "shriek in anguish" for federal spendjng cuts are Just as loud in demands for local "pork barrel" handouts from Uncle Sam. cupy the other apartment there. The Lanark Woman's club will meet with Mrs. Charles Hower Monday evening, Sept.

19, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Don Fierheller of Polo will be guest speaker. The Modern Marys Sunday school class of the First Brethren church will meet Wednesday at 2 p. m.

with Mrs. Henry Paul. There will be a election of officers. Assistant hostesses will be Mesdames Earl Grimes, Elmer Gaul, Charles Gaul and Miss Freda Michael. Jimmy Gillogy, son of Mr.

and mi. i i Mrs. Merle Gillogy, fractured his Douglas made the remark to busl- rm recently when he fell from a ness men at a civic dinner sponsored I tre ln hevSC by the Rockford Chamber of Com- Rev. E. Y.

Knapp. who has been merce last night. He moved to Rock Island today for the second day of his current trip around the state. He said business men who demand large amounts of federal money for local improvements and at the same time call for federal budget cute are inconsistent and are to blame for difficulties he said he had in trying to cut $300,000,000 from a rivers'and harbors bill. Annual Shrine Circus Scheduled For October Clyde Brothers circus will play its fourth annual engagement at Consistory auditorium Oct.

17-19. The shows will again be sponsored by the Freeport Shrine club and the net proceeds go to thp Mystic Shrine's fund for maintenance of its 17 hospitals for crippled children. WESTINGHOUSE Waffle Bakers FREEPOftT HDWE. CO. 105 Main St Appliance Cor Main Galena Delicious BREAKFAST BREAKS Flavor Fresh Roll 6 for 25c Donuts Ralserd Fried Cakes doz.

45e Long Johns 6 for Z5e Pecan Rolls each 6c THE CAKE BOX 219 West Stephenson SHIRT SPECIALISTS In washing and Ironing ihirti. Bring yours to and carry tavct MODERN SHIRT LAUNDRY 12 S. Adams St. Main 402 FOR THAT SCHOOL GIRL GLAMOUR TRY AN END CURL $4.50 Hair Cut Included KAY BOB $6.00 and Up Open Evenings by Appointment KAY BEAUTICIANS 4 E. Clark St.

Main 2510 Blocks North of the Post Office At Freeport Eugene Goethe, Lena ..18 Barbara Stabenow, same 17 DOES YOUR WATCH TO HIDE ITS FACE? Maybe it's only a broken crystal more serious "Internal iniuries." Whatever the trouble, our expert repairmen can make your watch Me. new again. Bring it today! HtADQUARtWS FOR. GRUEN P.CCI1ION WMCM Free Inspection Guaranteed Satisfaction Service-low Rales CHAS. RINGER GO.

Reliable Jewelers Since 7913 113 West Stephenson St. Opp. Court House BOYS! GIRLS! HAVE JOIN YOUR SCHOOL BAND ASK ABOUT OUR RENTAL PLAN For Beginning Band Sfudenfs "Try Before You Buy" Bring your boy or girl to our store today. We will help you select the instrument of their choice, rent it to you for a trial period and then apply the rental paid on the purchase later on. All new standard line instruments are used for they will be proud to take to school.

Bring your band instruments to us for repair. We are equipped to give complete repair service on all make band instruments. Service prompt and guaranteed. RADIOS COLLIER'S PIANOS 207 West Stephenson Street Main 1200 Incuts dishwashing time In half! Dkhes, glassware gleam without Dread dirty dishes Let Vel do the job! Vel saves up to half your dishwashing time; cleans dishes cleaner than soap yet is easy on your hands! With this great, new soapless suds made by Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, all you do is wash and rinse! Vel leaves no soap scum no streaky film to polish away! Dishes even glassware dry sparkling clear without wiping! TO than made -far washing dishes' and-fine -fabrics! Yes, actual skin tests made by an independent on that Vel is milder to hands than any other leading product made for washing dishes and fine fabrics. fbts and pans get ean scouring Elbow grease is old-fash.

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