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Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 20

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PAGE ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1968 VvUI II 1- Cy Says Grains in DEAR CY: until the fell part fo- My husband and I have homeowners continuallyj bitten by the antique furniture bug and think it is making us money. The antique bug first bit when my mother passed away and we got fo-ir antique chairs she owned. Since then we have been enjoying the hobby of antiquing. To prove ourselves worthy of this hobby. we refinished a cupboard we purchased for 140.

An antique dealer was glad to pay us $130 for it. That's better than triple redecorate may start their homes. They; with purely utility furniture, hut they begin mixing for pleasing: effects. Thu Mrs Lillie Corn Leads Doubts on Election, New Peace Talks Spur Stock Decline NEW YORK (AP) Pre-elec-jthe loss in later dealings. lion caution and doubt over the Also very heavily traded.

Gulf Good Rise CHICAGO (AP) Torn fu- 1 Mures ahead more than Little says. "There is a second; or third hand market for fine furniture Many pas-er down to us are as serviceable a bushel triay the cago Roarrl of Trade and in- significance of the expanded 'jfluencHl generally higher talks accompanied a slow jjfor other yams and soybeans, stock market decline early this Some trade sources noted that jafterroon The margin and beautiful as when anr rs appeared to be holding! of losses over Sure a lot of homeowners stretch ot the number our money! The beauty of an-lof a certain sofa ha 1 been tique furniture is that, when aicm thi- earth. Bui. as hobbyist one an- child nicks it. the va! up instead of rlnwn With pint ing the background of antique furniture "ur contents arr worth (imp gops YJHS SANTOS DF.AR MRS Newest estimates infl cate i slack that Americans are household furniturr ratrs as onr oi more joy- of antiquing.

CY HKAR CY: Maybe I will never br happv business. When things are gains expanded to more than back corn at country 35n jsslies on tne New York despite some good weekend re-j str)Ck Exchange. ceipts at Chicago. A strong out Tno Associated Press average movement of corn also took 6n tocks at noon was down place Crn receipts totaled 1.7.1, million bushels and out ship-1 men! totaled 1 -470 million hush-. in want sales hen I long for MISLEV over $250 million annually inL nin (o ca ni Mn Ever hear the pursuit of antiques.

Wej a jko meV have over 1,500 antique shows a year and a choice ot 500 bonks on the subject for collectors. Mrs. Lillie Little. a man for al seas in ing and house furnishing specia- wjntcr you summer and A rtrt nrtViy nf 'Cm t-t i oners on the opening. trended Inur; Oats and rve trade was slow i 1 al 349.9.

with industrials off fi, rails off .2. and utilities off After a mixed opening, the market headed lower and gradually widened its losses as the sossinn wore on. Western. Youngstown Sheet and Twentieth-Century Fox rl-opped a point or so each while Sinclair lost 2. Prices were generally lower on the 'American Stock Exchange.

12 Selected Stocks Following are today's 1 p.m notations of New York Stock and prices jusl a shade higher. Brokers said that uncertainty PEAR MISl.EY: Soybean meal trended lower but oil prices held a slight advance. Wheat was unchanged to cent a bushel higher, December 11.29; corn was to higher, December 1.123-i: oats were un- uecemuer 1.1^^4. oais were un- Yes. You arr what hjgher December CY list, says.

"Age enhances 'h? you likp wintcr 0 th- beauty and value of antiques. jn reaU foo crs you much Thus, these pieces arc in in-j because you are alw a ys UI1 hap- vestment that will continue to- increase in value with the years." One well-known financial analyst estimates that an-i tique furniture is a better eaniSter vestment than real estate or; common stocks. Of course, inj at 3 his presence, you would ably hear him muttering. "You have to be selective." Mike and Marilyn Ferguson, authors, of -Champagne Living On The contract between Team Beer Budget," say. ond-hander quickly cents, rye was unchanged December and soybeans were unchanged to higher.

November 2.51%. Prices At East St. Louie NATIONAL STOCKYARDS. 111. (AP) Estimates for Hogs 7.500; cattle 3.000' An-a Refineries 25 to lower; 1-2 205-215 Ibs tver the outcome of the election kept many puential buyers on the sidelines Meanwhile, with the new series of peace talks not starting until the day after elec- Hon.

Wall Street had new unknowns to wigh in that connection The stock exchanges will be closed Tuesday for election. The Dow Jones industrial av erage at noon was down 5.04 al 94337. Chrysler zoomed to the top the most-active list when it was traded on a block of 99,901 shares, down 2 at trimmed nearly a point from Home Builders To Meet The November meeting of the Home Builders Association of Madison County will be held at Rusty's Restaurant in Edwardsville Thursday. The program for the meeting will be Roy Russell of F. W.

Dodge Corporation Division of McGraw-Hill. Russel will speak on services of F. W. Dodge including the "Dodge" reports and various trends, forecasts an other statistics pertaining to construction. both commercial Exchange issues research has and residential He wjll also of ndicated are widely held in the Mton area as supplied to the Alton Telegraph by Newhard Jook from its Alton branch office.

The New York Exchange closes daily at 2:30 p.m. (Alton time), so these are not the closing quotations: 5314 Clark Oil General Motors Granite City Steel Mobil Oil Olin Mathieon Owens-Illinois Sears Shell Oil Co Sinclair Oil 100 Squibb Beechnut Standard Oil (Ind.) Standard Oil (N.J.) U. S. Steel "The sec-lsters Local 618, St. Louis, and becomes (the refineries in the Wood Riv- spoiled.

He has become accus- er area expired Thursday and tomed to owning the bet without hocking his soul. Compromising on vintage is less painful and far better bargain than compromising on quality." It used to be that: furni- negotiations are underway to avert a strike. The teamsters serve all three major oil companies, Shell, American Oil and Clark. Teamsters have been told to 19.00: 1-3 200-230 Ibs 18.25-18.75; sows 1-3 300400 Ibs 16.00-16.50; U.S. 2-3 400-600 Ibs 15.50-16.00; boars 12.50-15.90.

Cattle calves 100; about steady: steers mixed'choice and prime 28.40-28.75; good to choice 26.50-28.00: heifers average and high choice 26.50: good and ny. usea 10 oe inai. choice 25.00-26.00: cows utility ture was purchased new when on the job while negotia- 1750- bulls 1800 a house was acquired. It stayed jtions are continuing, a union in service until the owner died i spokesman said. Modern World Has Place for Tinkerer 'er their outlook into 1969 pros- based on surveys and Tends as well as the economic and population forecasts for the coming year.

The Home Builders Association invites all those with an interest in the construction business to attend. Hemphill Firm Lists Recent Realty Sales The Harry F. Hemphill Agency today announced last week's real estate sales. For Mr. and Mrs.

Goah Sauls, their five-room brick home at 358 Hillview, Wood River, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Wooldridge. For Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph H. Ferryman, the four-room brick home at 700 Division Alton, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Mar- VILLAGE BUILDING RISING spring.

Steel girders for the two-story East Alton's new Vital Services Build- municipal complex are almost all Ing is beginning to take shape. The erected now to form the framework of structure will house the fire and police the all-electric building, which will cost departments when it is completed next about $500,000. Suspected Check Forger Is Captured at Bethalto Home OUR ALTON OFFICE MAINTAINS: TRANSLUX (VIEWER! MOW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TICKER CURRENT NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. SALJiS AND AVERAGES EVERY HAIJ" HOUR STATISTICAL. MATERIAL EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL DOW-JONES NEWS TICKER PRIVATE DIRECT TELEPHONES TO OUR ST.

LOUIS BOARD ROOM Serving Alton Investors for Over 36 Years NEWHARD? COOK Co. 115.: J22.00; vealers 24.00-34.00; calves Sheep 400: lambs choice and prime 25.00-27.00; ewes 4.00-6.00. Produce Prices At St. Louis ST. LOUIS (AP) Eggs, consumer grades: A large 33-37, A medium 30-33, A small 21-24, large 30-33.

Eggs, wholesale grades standards 29-30, unclassified 18-19 me dium 25-26. Hens, heavy 13; light, over 514 Ibs 9, under Ibs broilers and fryers MEW KXCMANCI KB NuwMl feak EUGENE B. SHULTZ JOHN E. GREENWOOD Resident Manager Registered Representative Our Office Is Open Saturday Mornings By JOHN CUNNIFF AP Business Analyst NEW YORK (AP) A few days before his death last month at the age of 62, Chester Carlson, an inventor who struggled for decades before meeting success, affirmed his faith in he creative individual in a corporate world. Carlson, whose fortune reached nearly $50 million, was asked his opinion of the com- slaint often heard that the individual inventor, the creative tinkerer in the spirit of Edison In vest In Tux-Frrc MUNICIPAL BOND CORP.

sl N.itinrml and stand a chance of success competing against corporate inven tors. The only place for such a man. the theory states, is to join a large organization and make use of its money and laboratory equipment. Otherwise, frustration and failure awaits. 'I don't think it is true." Carlson replied.

"Some of the biggest advances still will come rom the independent man. The corporate employe tends to in channels, making minor mprovements in an established field. "If you work for an employer," said Carlson, "you feel duty bound to show progress. This usually means that you think less far out than the independent inventor. "The independent makes the sky the limit.

And he's using nobody's time but his own," he said. Such a man may attend to his corporate job days and his inventions nights and weekends which is the way Carlson did it Carlson related how his own ce" M. McFerrin. For Mrs. Anna Hoehn, the five-room brick home at 252 Madison Avenue, Alton, was sold to Mr.

and Mrs. James E. Reams. Police character Joe Spar- rowk, wanted in connection with a bogus payroll check scheme in Wood River, was captured Sunday at the home of a girl friend near Bethalto. Wood River police charged Sparrowk.

30. with forgery. Sparrowk appeared in Wood River magistrate court this morning and pleaded not guilty and bond was set at $15.000. He is expected to be transferred to the county jail today. Sheriff's deputies and Bethalto police moved in on Sparrowk at Beth-More Trailer Court.

4751 Sheridan Bethalto. about Hardin and written on the bank of Kampsville. A check- writer also stolen in the break- i in was used to stamp amounts on the checks. A Hartford man. Roy Overton, was charged with forgery for passing one Of the checks.

The biggest loser was Grandstand Tavern, where checks for $233; $142; and $154 were cashed. Chico's Lounge, 6th and Ten nyson, and the downtown P. N. Hirsch Store were the other victims. Overton was charged with passing at check at Chico's, police said.

SpaiTowk was on bond in connection with a shooting incident at the Hi-Hat Tavern when the checks were circulated. Sparrowk was also involved in a shooting in Alton in recent weeks. For Mr. and Mrs. Willis E.J 5:25 pm Sunday Gushing, the vacant lot located! He was taken Woof Ri Owens Lily Tulip Cup Now Merged TOLEDO, OHIO The merger of Owens-Illinois, and Lily-Tulip Cup Corp.

became ef fective last week with the filing of the signed agreement of mer ger with the secretaries of state of Ohio and Delaware. Under the terms of the mer- life and work personified this ger agreement, Lily-Tulip be- belief. at 2 North Pointe Place, Godfrey, was sold to J. C. Smith Construction Co.

For Mr. and Mrs. Everett McNail of Brandenton, the five-room home on Rte. 2, Godfrey, Jersey County, was sold to Mr. and Mrs.

Lyndell L. Fitch. For Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Pelt, the four-room home at 229 Ohio East Alton, was sold to Mr.

and Mrs. Lloyd E. Martin. er jail and held. A preliminary hearing has been set for 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday. Sparrowk was charged with a phoney check at the Grandstand Tavern on Oct. 4. The check was one of five totaling $757 passed in Wood River that day. Sparrowk was charged with writing only one of the checks.

He was identified by patrons at the bar, police said. IAM Postpones Strike At McDonnell Douglas C5 ST. LOUIS (AP) Members itrict 837's bargaining certificate. of the International Association! The IAM won a final repre- of Machinists District 837 voted sentation runoff Friday, defeat- Sunday to put off a possible strike at the McDonnell Doug- last Corp. aerospace plant until at least Dec.

8. The vote, 4,215 to 656, is binding on some 22,000 McDonnell Douglas employes. It extends the present agreement, which expired Sunday at midnight. Contract negotiations between Will the next President be elected by default? It happened ui 1920.1924.1928.1932.1936.1940.1944,1948. N52.1956 and r960i The vunniivj candiduie he choice of the second largest group eligible I he l.uueM gKuip didn'i vote.

Moie people didn'i ilian lor the winner. And. in 1964. more than a ihtrd ol the people still didn't vote More than 41 million Americans iust didn't bother-relumed to be imoived. i)ii Novtmrvci Mh? PIASA FIRSI FEOERAl 4 i A A 1 came the Lily-Tulip division of Owens Illinois, with division headquarters in New York City.

Walter J. Bergman, of York City, chairman of Lily- Tulip's board of directors, and Arthur S. Bowes, of Chicago, a director of Lily-Tulip, were add- As yout.Ii in San Bernardino, he was tragically poor. His father was an invalid. His mother became fatally ill when he was in high school.

An only child, he was his parents' main support. He worked his way through ed to the Owens-Illinois board college, sent out 82 letters of ap- of directors under terms of the plication and got one interview, agreement approved by share- He took a job with Bell Labora- For the estate of Mary J. Ball, the four-room home on Rte. 109, Godfrey, was sold to Mr. and Mrs.

Roger R. Carlson. Morgan Realty Company Lists October Sales John J. Glynn owner of Morgan Realty of Jrseyville has announced his firms' property sales for the month of October. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Talley property at Nutwood, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Surratt formerly of Jerseyville.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Suhling property at Kampsville to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Talley for- Police pressed the search for the union and McDonnell Doug Sparrowk after the rash of last were deadlocked while a phoney checks hit the area.

union, Technical Em The checks were among SOOJployes of Aerospace Manufac- stolen from Dun Equipment (TEAM), contested Dis- ing TEAM by a slim margin. Humphrey to Vote Rustic MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. (AP) Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will cast his paper ballot Tuesday in a small rural building heated by an old-fashioned wood-burning stove.

a Mra rt holders of both companies onjtories in New York and then Sept. 27. i as laid oil in the depression. I me ly of Nutwood. F.

Norman Hartmann. presi-! After six weeks he landed an-! Mr and Mrs Walter Suhlin dent of LUy-Tulip, became a i other job and continued studv-i property at Kam svllle lo Mr group vice president of Owens-jjng for a law degree at night, i and Elza Whlsman IllinoLs and general manager of even though severe spinal ar-1 ly of Kani svllle the Lily-Tulip Division. jthntis was developing. In his I. a Mrs All other top Lily-Tulip offi- spa re time he worked in his lab 1 Can ut Mr.

and Mrs. i cers became officers of the new to find a machine that would re-! er Rei a of Carrollton. 0-1 division except that Lily-; produce wriUen and printed! Mr an." Mrs. Pete Perry Tulip's treasurer. F.

Lee Foster ma tier in Green Pond, 111. to! and its secretary. Henry ook fundamental view of! Mr and rs Marsna Clark of Fleischman, became an assist- a he said. "My first! Jacksonville ant treasurer an assistant (conclusion was that it must i secretary respectively of Owens- i photographic in nature. Almost Illinois.

a photography then was chem- DON'T LET INTEREST STOP YOU FROM BUYING A HOME! Citizens Savings Loan iuu Hi t. Alton icallv based and I recognised that comp-anies in the field must i have explored it." "I decided. 'Why compete with them''' I decided to look at the field fundamentally, to find how light fleets matter. I found photoelectricity It was purely physical, not chemical." That was 1938. "At the time I was very excited," he said.

"From then oil I felt it was only design BE A REAL AMERICAN GODWIN OFFICE SUPPLY Business Briefs Training Plan Carl R. Becker. 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon C.

Heck er. of Rte 1. Moro, has enter- i ed the new Seven Phase Man a matter ol sufficient design Development program terhnological develop- iof ne Standard Oll But I'D frustrating years, American oa 0 betorc lull trillion A 30 course, it is the program operated by an oil to train n-, luture iiiai- kctiny Becker began the first pha.se in July by dunning a service station al teiidant's uniform and working at a training station in Chicago- Each of the seven phases will add to Beckers knowledge ofj the compan). hroad line ol; products and its phi lusoph). I'pon conclusion ot the cuui Mu inarki'tiiit; candidate is a Hi- Is Becker.

is a con- -iiiufc-i trainee be selLmg io rui ai ei Jersey-Greene-Calhoun County Voters Let's Be Loyal To Our Area We need representation in Springfield. We can have it by electing JERRY CORBETT, FARMER AND BUSINESS MAN, who lives here and knows our problems. JERRY GORBETT is the only candidate from the Southern end of District 50. The other three live in the Northern, most populated area. Therefore, we must give JERRY CORBETT all 3 VOTES, if we are to have representation.

We ask, after voting for your party, to come down to MEMBERS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATE REPRESENTATIVE and put an in front of JERRY CORBETT ONLY. It will count as three votes. This is the only race where there is a multiple count. I We in the Tri-Co. area can elect JERRY GORBETT and, thereby have a voice in the General Assembly if everyone gives him 3 VOTES.

The above wording is virtually identical to the wording used in a letter to the Adams Co. Voters, relative to their incumbent representative, asking for three votes for him, to retain representation for their area, which appears to be sufficient support for re-election of the incumbent. WE must be equally concerned about representation for our area: Adams Seat Quincy) has times the number ef voters as our Tri-Co. area. Elect JERRY CORBETT, a local man..

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