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If Worn At All Times Sunday, June 23, 1968 KOKOMO (Ind.) TRIBUNE 3 Safety Lap Belts Could Save Thousands of Lives Annually DEATHS By MIKE CLIFTON Vacation season is here, and many Hoosiers are already on the highways on their way to 1968 rest and relaxation. will join the parade in increasing numbers from now to Labor Day. A few families will never get there, others will never return. Some of those who do will return, will be crippled for life. Forty per cent of the Hoosiers who died on the highways this summer will die needlessly in otherwise survivable automobile crashes, all because they failed to make use of a readly available safety device.

What is this wonderful life saver? It's a safety lap belt, preferably used in connection with a shoulder harness. Statistics gathered by the National Safety Council, show that if" lap belts were used by all car occupants at all times, 8,000 to 10,000 lives would be saved annually in the U.S. The experts say that a lap belt wearer will INCREASE his safety factor from 33 and 50 per cent by simply donning a shoulder belt, and, importantly, it will prevent or minimize painful and often permanent injuries to the head skull fractures and cosmetic injuries to the eyes, nose, cheekbone and forehead. But Kokomoans do not wear lap belts all the time, and those with shoulder harnesses seldom use them. This was disclosed in a Kokomo Tribune survey of 13 service station operators and two new car dealers.

Survey results show that only about 8 per cent of the drivers of 1968 automobiles (required by law to have both lap and shoulder belts if the car was built after Jan. 1, 1968) have their shoulder straps in use when they pull into the stations. And some 60 per cent are using their lap belts, the survey indicates. Answers from the service station operators varied according to location in the city. Along the U.

S. 31 bypass, a higher percentage of drivers is using lap belts, but only four or five drivers a day had their shoulder belts in place. Closer in to the city, the figures dropped sharply, with four stations reporting that they had never seen a driver using his shoulder belt. They see only one or two drivers a day using the lap belt, they added. New car dealers that perhaps 10 per cent of the new ear owners i into their service facilities were using shoulder belts, with as many as 75 per cent using the lap belts.

One service manager at a new car dealership said, "They usually wear them after they get the car back from the body shop." Is this what it takes to make people realize the value of the belts an accident? The survey makes one wonder. Motorists traveling this summer, and all year around, could profit by remembering these figures. In recent studies of 139 fatal traffic accidents, officials say (hat -JO per cent of the 177 persons killed would have been saved if they had been wearing lap belts. Another 13 per cent would have been saved if shoulder belts had also been used. These figures were brought out at the National Safety Council's Driving Tests in Michigan.

The earliest seat belt slogan still fits: "Don't be caught dead, sitting on your seat belts." 43 AFS Students Will Be In Kokomo Area Four Days By PAT ROCCHIO Beginning Thursday, the. Kokomo area will have an opportunity to extend greetings and i i to 43 ambassadors of goodwill. Northwestern High School will be the meeting spot for 43 American Field Service students as they assemble to begin a three-week tour of the United States and then return to their homelands. During the past school year these students, i 28 i have been living with families in Kentucky and Indiana. The AFS students will spend four days in the Kokomo area.

Forty-one families have volunteered to host the students during their stay here. On Friday and Saturday, each student will be interviewed by a representative of the international office AFS. These interviews, normally conducted in New York, are bing held here for the first time this year. Interviews will mainly consist of general i about student a i to American living and impressions formed during the past year. A variety of social activities has been carefully planned.

Mrs. Richard E. Young, with the assistance of Mrs. Roy Crume and Mrs. Wayne Wilson, has been busily preparing plans for a swim party, dance, picnic, and talent show.

Following their stay here, the 43 students, a a i by their chaperones, Miss Carol Zika and Paul Henrick, will board a cahrtered bus for a three-week tour. This end-of-year bus tour gives the stuends a broader look at the United States. Students leaving here will travel through Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, and conclude the tour at Washington. D.C.. Two students one from Northwestern.

High School, and one from Kokomo High School, will be in the group. They are Ekkehard K. L. Vollmer from Germany, who has been living with the William Campbell family, and Miss Bronwyn Jones-of Australia, who has been a member of the Robert J. Watson household.

AFS is a private a i a organization, with no religious or political a i i a i whose main interest is the i of understanding people. It pursues this objective through an international scholarhsip a whereby carefully selected students, 16 to 18 years of age, are given personal a i a involvement in the community life of another country. During the 1967-68 school year, 3,080 students from 60 countries attended seconary schools in more than 2,800 American communities for a school year of study and first-hand experience. While in the Kokomo area, the students will be staying with the following families: Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Black, Mr. and Mrs. William a 1 11, Mr and Mrs.

William Campbell Mr. and Mrs. John Cherry, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.

Coan, Also Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Cook, Mr.

and Mrs. H. F. Corbett, Mr. and Mrs.

John Crawford, Dr. and Mrs. Reuben Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Crume, Mr.

and Airs. George Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo DiSalvo, Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Francis, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Garner, Mr.

and Mrs. Sidney Golightly Jr. And, Mr. and Mrs. W.

C. Groome, Mr. and Mrs. Harrold Hemstreet, Mr. and Mrs.

Merrill Hoban, Mr. and Mrs: James P. Hope, Dr. and Mrs. Harrold Hutto, Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Kearney, Mr. and Mrs. tamar Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs.

John P. Lehman, Mr. and Mrs. James Marner, Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond Mehlig, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Michael, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moulder, Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert Neiderhaus, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Ortman. Also, Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Ortman, Mr. and. Mrs. Milton Pickett, Mr.

and Mrs. Maurice Robison, Mr. and Mrs. T. R.

Rucker, Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Stunkard, Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Watosn, Mr.

and Mrs. Wayne Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Young. I.U.

MAN REFLECTED BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP)Norman T. Pratt professor and chairman of the Indiana University Department of Classical Languages and Literatures, was president of the American Classical League at the group's 49th annual meeting which ended Saturday at Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio. FUNERALS MRS. ROXIE McLELAND -S i 2 p.m.

today, Leatherman-Morris Funeral Home, Tipton. REV. NORMAN E. YOUNG -Memorial service 3:30 p.m. today, Marshall Federated Church, Marshall.

TOO Electric Portable Typewriter compact office electric-with widt paper capacity and writing electric "power touch" tabulator and back repeat keys--, XXX, xxx, Beckley Typewriter Inc. 114 W. Mulberry I Phone 457-1175 St. Joseph Hospital DISMISSALS Cockrell. Mrs: Emma 822 S.

Home Ave. Collins. Mrs. Linda Russiaville. Fletcher.

Mstr. James 1718 N. Courtland Ave. Ford. Jeffrey 2200 N.

Plate St. Fuller, Raymond 5003 Algonquin Tr. Gilliam, Miss Mary Kokomo R.R. 2. Hartman, Glenn Kokomo R.R.

2. Hobbs. Mrs. Helen 1801 Gordon Dr. Hunter, Mrs.

M. Irene. 1404 W. Jackson St. Huth.

James 1104 W. Sycamore St. Johnson, Mstr. Jeffrey 2304 N. Waugh St.

Junker, Mrs. Clarene L. 190! S. Washington St. King, Mrs.

Alice 715 W. Taylor St. Kugley, Ronald Kokomo R. 2 Lambert. Mrs.

Naomi. Russiaville R. R. 1. Lucky.

Mrs. Sandra 1523 Courtland Ave. Newton, Mstr. Matthew Peru R. R.5.

O'Reair, Mrs. Opal 1104 W. Superior St. Pritts. Owen 814 W.

Foster St. Rudd. Mrs. Treva 5500 Arrowhead Blvd. Ryan, Miss Shirley Kokomo R.R.

5. Shrader, Mrs. Julia 1812 E. Firmin St. Smith, Gene 812 W.

Jackson St. Thomison, Mrs. Sherry Kokomo R.R. 6. Unger, Mrs.

Sharon Young America. Walters, Mrs. Eileen Logansport. Weaver, Mstr. a W.

Logansport. Woodard, Larry 622 E. Monroe St. i a William 1326 E. Mulberry St.

Community Hospital DISMISSALS Burt, lona, 531 S. McCann St. DeWitt, Veronica, Peru. Dickson, Alexander R. R.

5, Kokomo. Dyar, J. Howard, Kokomo R. R. 6.

Dyke, Joseph, 5331 Flint Ct. Eriekson, Mrs. Larrimee (Hazel), Peru. Greg, Mrs. James a Russiaville.

Henson, Eula Fay. 830 W. Virginia Ave. Huffman, Joe, 1206 S. Courtland Ave.

McPhearson, Miss Penny, Elwood. O'Neal, Betty, Russiaville. Patton, Otis, 1952 W. Madison St. Reynolds, Gerald, 919 N.

Indiana Ave. Schave, Gerald, Oakford. Walker, Thomas, 2316 N. Purdum St. Wines, Miss Rhenda, 904 E.

Sycamore St. BIRTHS At Howard Community Hospital AKERS Mr. and Mrs. Guy Akers, 1411 W. Broadway, a girl, Kimberly Ann, 6 pounds, 9'A ounces, at 11:38 p.m.

Friday. LAY Mr. and Mrs. Johnny R. Lay, Galveston, a boy, Michael Allen, 6 pounds, 6 ounces at 1:40 p.m.

Friday. Kessler Services Funeral services for Clarence A. Kessler. 63,1129 N. Morrison will be at 2 p.m.

Monday in the fillers Funeral Chapel, with Kenneth a officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Sunday. Mr. Kessler died at 5:15 p.m. Friday at his home, after a six-monthsillness.

Born in Louisville. Ky. on June 2. 1905. he was ihe son of Henry and Mary Ann (Cray Kessler.

In 1927 he was married to Gladys Rayl, who survives. A resident of Kokomo most of his life, he was the proprietor of Kessler's Tavern and Restaurant. Formerly he had operated the Palm Gardens night club, managed the Social Club of Local 1054 (AFL-CIO), and been anemploye of Continental Steel Corporation. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Eagles Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police and United Commercial Travelers. Surviving with the wife are one a Mrs.

Richard (Sharon) Hartzell. I i a a i four grandchildren: and one brother, Ray Kessler; and two sisters. Mrs. Ann Summers and Mrs. Rosaline Name, all of Kokomo.

Two brothers are deceased. Mrs. Dilver Hoover TIPTON Mrs. Dilver Hoover, 69, Tipton R. R.

2, died at 7 a.m. Saturday in the Americanna Nursing Home, Kokomo. Born June 4, 1899, in Ohio, she was the daughter of Charles and Irene Young. On Feb. 1, 1919, she was a i to Dilver Hoover who preceeded her in death in 1962.

She was a member of the West Street Christian Church, Plum Grove Home Economics Club and past worthy matron of Eastern Star of Tipton. Survivors include five daughters. Miss Judith Hoover and Miss Norma Hoover, both of Tipton; Mrs. Berl (Marjorie) Day, Tipon; Mrs. Wilbur (Joanne) Cole, of Florida, and Mrs.

Russell (Beverly) Brook, Marion; three sons, Phillip, Don and Keith, all of Tipton; one sister, Mrs. Glen Paul of Tipton and one brother, Clyde Young, St. Joe, Mo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Young-Nichol Funeral Home with the Rev.

Barton Johnson officiating. Burial will following in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Sunday in the Funeral Home. Mrs.

Grace Hoag BURLINGTON Mrs. Grace Mable Hoag, formerly of Burlington, died at 2:25 a.m. Saturday in the Masonic Home in Franklin. Born in Greentown on May 26, 1877, she was the daughter of John S. and Ida (Bennet) Croddy.

On Dee. 1, 1932 she was married to Earl Hoag, who died in 1966. She was a member of the Burlington United Methodist Church, and at one time she operated a nursing home in Kokomo. Four children survive. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday in the Neptune Funeral Home, Burlington, with the Rev. Louis D. Balsley officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Kokomo. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m.

Monday. Clark H. Davis GALVESTON Clark H. Davis, 87, a died early Saturday afternoon in the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Kokomo, where he had been a patient since Tuesday.

Born May 8, 1881 in Piqua, Ohio, he was the son of George W. and Sarah (Haunscher) Davis. He was employed by railroad and interurban lines for several years and then became a farmer until retiring, three years ago. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. May NEW SOUND DIMENSIONS FOR YOUR SPINET ORGAN Warmth I Color! All the soaring true-pipe richness traditional with Leslie! Now in a speaker designed for your spinet organ) You must hear the magnificent new Leslie ModelJ20l Incredibly priced at J199.95.

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(Jay) Davis: two daughters, Mrs. Thelma Richeson and Mrs. Virginia Hyman: and one sister. Mrs. Maude Whitesides.

all of Kokomo: seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildron. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the a -G i Funeral Home. Galveston. with buriul in the Galveston Cemetery.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, where a twilight Masonic service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday. George A. Smee LEXINGTON, Ky.

Geroge A. Smee, 72. formerly of Kokomo. died in his home here Saturday afternoon, after an cight-montlis illness. Born in Three Oaks.

lie was the son of John and Catherine (Frame) Smee. Before moving to Lexington in 1'JSS he was comptroller (or the Iloosier Iron Works in Kokomo and was a member of the Highland Park Church. In 1967 he retired from the Blue Grass Army Depot. Surviving are his wife. Mrs.

Pauline (Bayley) Smee; one son. Kenneth H. Smee, "Lexington: and one daughter. Mrs. Nina Hampton.

Benton Harbor, Mich. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. a in the W. R. Milward Mortuary-Broadway, in Lexington, with burial in the Lexington Cemetery.

Mrs. Aletha Evans Mrs. Althea Evans, 74. 1808 W. Jefferson died at 10:10 p.m.

Friday in the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, after a one-week illness. Born March 2, 1894 in Maynartlville. she was the daughter of Samuel and Louisa (Lovell) Evans. On Sept.

27, 1910 she was married to Elmer Evans, who died on March 23, 1963. For many years she and her husband operated the Evans Greenhouse on West Jefferson Street. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Abram B.

(Anna Marvin) Simmons. Kokomo and Mrs. Arthur D. (Lillian) Main, Peru; four sons. John, Abraham.

Glascoe and James Evans, all of Kokomo; 12 a i 12 great-grandchildren; and two sisters. Mrs. Cecil Langley, Kokomo and Mrs. A (Minnie) Butcher. MaynardviUe, Tenn.

One son and three brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church, with the Rev. John M. Newsom officiating.

Burial will be in the Crown Point Cemetery. Friends may call at the fillers Funeral Chapel after 5 p.m. Sunday and at the church for one hour preceding the services. Wiliiam J. Bryant Word has been received here of the death of Wiliiam Joseph Bryant, Vancouver.

a former Kokomo resident. He died at 1 a.m. Saturday in the Good a a i a Hospital in Portland. Ore. Born in Kokomo on April 10.

1910 he tlu- son of David and Ida Bryant. In 1933 he moved from Kokomo ti Vancouver- On Sept. 15. 1934 he was married In Rose Keleta. who survives with onr sister.

Mrs. Eizara Simpson. Vancouver and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 9 a.m Wednesday in St. Jean's Catholic Church.

Vancouver, with burial in the Si. James Cemetery. The Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Hamilton Funeral Home there. Pamela A.

McCauley INDIANAPOLIS Funeral services for Pamela A. McCauley, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. McCauley.

formerly of Kokomo. will be at 1 p.m. in St. Gabriel's Catholic Church'. The Rosary will be said at 8 p.m.

Monday in the Farley Funeral Home. Indianapolis. The body will be removed to the Fenn Funeral Home in Kokomo. where friends may call from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday.

At 9 a.m. Tuesday prayers will be said at the funeral home, with committal to follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Msgr. Maurice Foley will be in charge. Surviving with the parents are two brothers.

Stephen and Mark McCauley. at home, and two grandmothers, Mrs. Vivian McCauley. Arcadia and Mrs. Pauline Leffert.

Kokomo. Walter O. Eaton a 0. Eaton. B8, 2409 E.

Sycamore died unexpectedly at 3 p.m. Saturday at his home. Born in Ma'rshall, III. on Aug. 2fi, 1899 he was the son of Frank and Margaret (Morgan) Eaton.

He was married in Kokomo on July 31. 1920 to Ruth Stewart, who survives. A member of the Faith United Methodist Church, he had formerly operated Eaton's Garage. In 1967 he retired from Mason Motors, where he had been employed as a mechanic for 20 years. Surviving with the wife are one son, Charles Eaton.

Indian Springs, one sister, Mrs. H. L. Stevenson, Terre Haute; and four grandchildren, Mark, Scott, David and Patrick Eaton, all of Indian Springs. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in the Peacock Funeral Home, with the Rev. John a officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

Mrs. Ella DeLong Is Dead; Had Attained Age of 103 Mrs. Ella Margaret DeLong, who observed her 103rd birthday last March 12, died Friday at 11 p.m. at the Howard Community Hospital. Mrs.

DeLong, who had lived in Howard County for 68 and in Kokomo for 23 years, was taken to the hospital Friday morning after receiving a broken hip in a fall. Up to that time she had been alert despite her advanced age and was able to watch and hear television programs. Her age was no impediment to helping her daughter, Fern, with the cooking in their home. She enjoyed trips back to DeLong, and recalling her life in that community in the late 1800's. She was born March 12, 1865 in Van Wert, Ohio, the daughter of Adam and Hanna Jane (Beeler) Flager.

On Sept. 14, 1884 she was married to J. W. DeLong, who died in 1942. The couple started housekeeping in the town of DeLong, in Fulton County, which was named after Mr.

DeLong. They moved in 1900 to Greentown where Mr. DeLong was the railroad station agent. In 1945, Mrs. DeLong moved to Kokomo and made her home with her daughter, at 400 S.

Main St. She was a member of the Greentown United Methodist Church and was active in the Queen Esther class. Surviving are a son, Glen, 2301 S. Wabash the daughter Fern; a grandson, John F. DeLong of Kokomo; and two great-grandsons, David G.

and Marvin F. The body is at the Long Funeral Home where friends may call after 11 a.m. Sunday. Funeral services will be held at the Mortuary at 10 a.m. Monday, with the Rev.

E. 0. Kegerreis of Greentown officiating. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.

TM 5 1 Shown above ii Mrs. H. F. Howard, 2311 S. Courtland, receiving her first place prize, a portable television set from Tom Nix of Robbins Homes Inc.

President of Home Builders Association of Howard County. Mrs. Howard was awarded her prize when her name was the first one drawn from all those who registered during the 1968Parade of Homes Open House promotion sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Howard County. Also pictured, left, are Jim Bagley of Bagley Construction, co-chairman of the 1968 Parade of Homes and, right, Al Bontrager, Kokomo Land Second place prize; a room air conditioner was awarded Mr. Madock, 509 W.

Jackson, Kokomo, and Anita Sweeny, 4200 Mayfield, Kokomo, was presented the third place award, an Radio. ADV..