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DEATHS ND FUNERALS 24 Galesburg Register-Moil, Golesburg, Hi. Friday, Dec. 20, 1963 tlon, and six sisters, Mrs. Mae Neidel of St. Joseph, Mrs.

Forrest Howard of Ravenwood, Mrs. Leland Thurman of Calhan, and Mrs. John McCullough, Mrs. Dan Draper and Mrs. Tom Draper, of Abingdon.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Price Funeral Home in Maryville. Burial will be in Miriam Cemetery in Maryville. Visitation will be Sunday in the funeral home. MRS.

BERTHA POSNER NEW YORK (UPI) Mrs. Bertha Posner, 75, founder of the Lister Medical Center in St. Louis, died Thursday at her home. G. F.

AHLBRANDT MIDDLETOWN. Ohio (UPT)- G. F. Ahlbrandt, 81, retired vice president of Armco Steel Corp. died Wednesday in Pittsburgh, it was announced here Thursday.

Ahlbrandt was an active member of several organizations dedicated to the advancement of management. A graduate of the first engineering class at the University of Cincinnati, he joined Armco in 1904 and was named vice president in 1946. sumption Catholic Church here. Count Bolognesi died Wednesday at his home after a long illness. FLORENCE B.

SHAW NEW YORK (UPI) Mrs. Florence B. Shaw, 65, president and first woman chairman of the National Travelers Aid Association, died Thursday in Mount Sinai Hospital. Mrs. Shaw, widow of George Hamlin Shaw, vice president and director of the Cities Service also was a board member of the New York Philharmonic, which will dedicate this afternoon's matinee to her as it did the performance Thursday night.

MISS AUGUSTA KOBLE services for Miss Augusta Koble, 94, of 802 W. Boston who died Monday at Monmouth Hospital were held at 10 o'clock this morning at Holliday Hoover Memorial Chapel. Rev. Gary Reif of the First Baptist Church officiated and Mrs. Jennie Swanson played organ selections.

Pallbearers were Earl Carwile, Andrew Frymire, Max Fryrear, Harry Gibb, Don Kesinger and Clyde Lawson Jr. Burial was in Berwick Cemetery. GIULIO BOLOGNESI CHICAGO (UPI) Mass for Giulio Bolognesi, 84, consul of Italy in Chicago and number of foreign cities until 1922, was to be celebrated today in the As- KLINCK Mortuary Knoxville, Illinois Mr. Harry Walberg Tucson, Ariz, (formerly of Knoxville) Graveside services: 10 A.M. SATURDAY LINWOOD CEMETERY.

Friends may call at the Klinck Chapel this evening. Mr. Floyd A. Walters Gilson, 111. Rural Route Funeral services: 1:30 P.M.

SATURDAY at the KLINCK CHAPEL where friends may call this evening. Interment in the Gilson Cemetery. Mrs. Madge I. Maxey Gilson, 111.

Rural Route Funeral services: 2 P.M. SUNDAY at the KLINCK CHAPEL where friends may call Saturday evening. Interment in the Gilson Cemetery. Mr. Paul E.

Wilson Knoxville Rural Route Funeral services: 2 P.M. MONDAY in the KLINCK CHAPEL. There will be no visitation. Interment Knoxville Cemetery. GEORGE RAY DOUGLAS LAURA George Ray Douglar, 77, of Laura, died Thursday at 3 p.m.

in St. Mary's Hospital in Galesburg, where he had been a patient two days. Mr. Douglas was born Feb. 6, 1886, in Sac City, Iowa.

He was married to the former Ethel Hart June 23, 1913. He was a rural mail carrier most of his life, retiring 18 years ago. He was a member of the Rural Mail Carriers Association. Surviving are his widow and a sister, Mrs. Florence Blust of Knoxville.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in the Patterson Funeral Home in Elmwood. There will be no visitation. Burial will be in the Princeville Cemetery. MISS EUNICE V.

STEVENSON Funeral services for Miss Eunice V. Stevenson, 86, of 1026 E. Berrien who died Wednesday, were held today at 2 p.m. in the Kimber and West Chapel, Dr. Kermit Petersen officiating.

Mrs. Harry Neave was organist. Cremation followed in Davenport. MISS EDNA W. SWANSTROM Funeral services for Miss Edna W.

Swanstrom, 77, of 679 E. Main will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the Kimber and West Chapel. Burial will be in the Wataga Cemetery. No visitation is planned.

Miss Swanstrom died Thursday at 12:05 p.m. in St. Mary's Hospital. Miss Swanstrom was born Dec. 18, 1886, at Wataga, where she was a member of the Lutheran Church.

She is survived by a brother, Edward Swanstrom of Galesburg. FIVE name is Elke Sommer, a German sex kitten along the lines of Marilyn a bit more robust. Elke is the busiest actress on two continents. The reason why lies not alone in these photographic studies of her but also in that she's a fine actress who can bring realism to any role through the five languages sha speaks fluently. Her latest picture is "The Prize." Currently, Elke is costarring with Peter Sellers in "A Shot in the Dark," on location in don.

She can truly lay claim to the status of international star. MRS. HAROLD ANDREWS ABINGDON Mrs. Harold Andrews, 63, a former resident of Abingdon, died at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

following a 3-year illness. The former Pearl McGinniss was born Oct. 28, 1900, in Abingdon, where she lived until moving to Phoenix, seven years ago. She moved from Phoenix to Maryville about a month ago. Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Mrs.

Raymond Heflin of Santa Ana, four brothers, Dale and Leroy McGinniss of Maryville; James McGinniss of Pickering, and Roland McGinniss of Burlington June- Monuments and Mausoleums McFAlL MONUMENTS Wisconsin Ruby Red Phone 342-6512 1801 W. Main St Galesburg, 111. PAUL E. WILSON KNOXVILLE Funeral services for Paul E. Wilson, 70, of near Knoxville, will be held Monday at 2 p.m.

in the Klinck Chapel at Knoxville. Burial will be in the Wataga Cemetery. No visitation is planned. Mr. Wilson, a farmer, was born in Knox Township of Knox County Nov.

17, 1893, and had resided in this area all his lifetime, except for a few years in Browns Valley, Minn. He was married to Nora Blixt Feb. 18, 1926, in Galesburg. Survivors are the widow; two sons, Donald of Oquawka and Thomas of Knoxville; twin daughters, the Misses Marilyn and Caroline Wilson, at home; two sisters, Miss Miriam Wilson of Knoxville and Mrs. Mary Schersten of Rock Island, and a grandchild.

A daughter and a sister preceded him in death. KIMBER 36 PUBLIC SQUARE PHONE 343-5210 FUNERAL DIRECTORS For Over 60 Years Mrs. Edward F. Fones 251 N. Seminary St.

Funeral: 10 A.M. SATURDAY at KIMBER WEST CHAPEL. Friends may call at the chapel this evening. Mr. Ivan A.

Frakes 1448 N. Cedar St. Funeral: 1:30 P.M. SATURDAY KIMBER WEST CHAPEL. Friends may call at the chapel this evening.

Masonic rights will be conducted at 7:30 P.M. by Alpha Lodge No. 155. Miss Edna W. Swanstrom 679 E.

Main St. Funeral: 10 A.M. MONDAY at KIMBER WEST CHAPEL. MRS. RHUIA ALLAMAN MONMOUTH Mrs.

Rhuia Catherine Allaman, 84, died Thursday at 12:45 p.m. at Warren County Convalescent Home, where she had been a patient 22 months. The former Rhuia Brcchbill was born Aug. 11, 1879, at Chambersburg, where she received her schooling. She came to Illinois as a young woman and was married to Joseph V.

Allaman in 1911 at Oquawka. Following their marriage, the couple lived on a farm north of Rozetta until the husband's death. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Melvin Marie Shen- barger of Oquawka; two grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Guy Seavers of Newville, and Mrs.

Jesse Myers and Mrs. Elmert Barnhart, and two brothers, John Brechbill and Jacob Brechbill, all of Chambersburg. Besides the husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Turnbull Chapel.

Burial will be in Rozetta Cemetery. Visitation is at the chapel until the time of service. Could Be Link Between Thefts At Two Farms Authorities today theorized that there could be some connection between thefts at two Knox County farms, both reported Thursday to the office of Sheriff Max E. Jones. One report listed the theft of 10 Spotted Poland China pigs, weighing approximately 25 pounds each and having total value of $100, from the Earl Folger farm in the vicinity of Dahinda.

The pigs have been missing for two weeks, the report stated. The second report covered the theft, Dec. 15, of 400 pounds of ground feed and a scoop shovel from the Duane Gibbs farm, also in the Dahinda area and about three miles from the Folger farm. The sheriff's office today received a report of a theft Thursday between 8:45 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

of some articles in a car parked at the Galesburg Bowl on Grand Avenue. Taken from the car which was parked by Nancy Day, 231 W. Tompkins were a camera, a bumper jack, spare tire and wheel, and a pair of women's gloves. Easy-see Diagram PRINTED PATTERN 4828 SIZES 2-10 Senator Asks Change WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. Philip A.

Hart, proposed Thursday that Cuban refugees in the United States be given permanent residence. The refugees, mostly in Florida, now have the status of temporary visitors. LACKY SONS jvro isr XJ avr EIST TS 150 WtST MAIN ilktt I GALfc SBUkG. 1 I i I Phono J4 i Birth Record Born at Cottage Hospital to: Mr. and Mrs.

Everett L. Lewis, Abingdon, a boy today at 9:31 a. m. Mr. and Mrs.

Tim Cordell, great-grandparents, of 248 S. Seminary have received word of the birth of a son, Jeffrey Scott to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McKay of Moline Wednesday night at a hospital there. The couple also have a daughter Lori Lyn, 2.

Paternal grandparents are Rev. and Mrs. Adrian L. McKay of Des Moines, Iowa. The Rev.

Mr. McKay was formerly minister to Knoxville Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Anderson of Moline are the parents of a girl, Paula Marie, born Tuesday at Moline Public Hospital.

Mrs. Anderson is the former Lucille Daniels, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S.

Daniels, 697 Lawrence Ave. Paula has a brother Greg and her father is associated with DuPont Brokerage in Moline. Tentative Date Is Scheduled For Union Vote John Richards, representative of Office Employes International Union, reported today that Jan. 13 is the tentative date for an election by office, clerical and technical employes at Midwest Manufacturing Corp. on the question of affiliation with Local 221.

Richards said the date was agreeable to the affected ployes and the company, and needed only confirmation by Sam Jacobson, field examiner for National Labor Relations Board. It is planned to hold the election from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the display room at the Midwest offices. If a union is approved, Richards said it would become a unit of Local 221, now representing Gale Products employes.

No amended petition to include professional employes was filed, Richards said, due to an inadequate number indicating they desired representation. Extension Beef School Planned In Galeshurg Knox County has been designated as one of the first sites ii. the state for an extension beef school, Knox County Farm Adviser Don Teel announced today. The school will be conducted in three sessions, Jan. 7 at 1 p.

Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 21 and 28 at 1 p.m. All sessions are slated here in the Farm Bureau auditorium.

Enrollment will be limited to 60 persons. Persons desiring to enroll may contact the farm adviser's office in the Farm Bureau Building. A registration fee of $3 will be charged to cover costs of a reference information binder and other materials used in the school. The school is designed to cover all phases of modern-day ing, selection, buildings, equip- beef production, including feed- ment, health costs and returns. University of Illinois extension specialists in livestock, farm management, agricultural engineering and veterinary medicine will serve as instructors.

They will provide the latest information in each phase of the beef enterprise. BUSHNELL 620 W. Hurst Bushnell. Correspondent Mrs. Bernard Brillhart Phone Bushnell 519 Bushnell Groups Hold Sessions INCH FF PEARSON FUNERAL HOMEWCHAPa 287 N.

Broad Phone 343-2101 MRS. IDA MAE PENROD Formerly of 246 W. Simmons St. Services 1:30 P.M. Saturday at Hinchliff Pearson Funeral Chapel.

Friends may call this evening at the funeral home. NOTE: Send pattern orders direct to New York. Watch addreu below. Orders will NOT be accepted at Galesburg newspaper office. See the a beginner can stitch up this jumper in a day! Scoop neck reveals blouse beneath, back has pleat and half- belt.

Printed Pattern 4828: Children's Sizes 2, 4 .6, 8, 10. Size 6 jumper l'i yards of 54-inch; blouse 1 yard 39-inch. FIFTY CENTS in coins for this 15 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing and special handling. Send to Anne Adams, care of Galesburg Register- Mail. 411, Pattern 243 W.

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Send 50 cents for Catalog. Birth Record BISHOP and Mrs. Berandt Anderson of Woodhull, formerly of Bishop Hill, are the parents of a son, Alreck Anthony, born Dec. 13 in Moline Donations Arc Received by Safety Council Two checks, one for $18 from the Galesburg Fire Department and one for $30 from Post Travelers Protective Association of America, were received by the Knox County Safety Council at its meeting Wednesday night. The fire department check represented the unused portion of funds donated to the department in connection with the staging of the recent fire power show.

The T.P.A. check was given with the suggestion that it be used for preparation of safety talk tapes for radio presentation. The post also reported that Galesburg was in first place in Illinois in the point tabulation for the T.P.A.'s children's safety program. The council commended Fire Chief Wayne Nelson and the city for prompt action in buying a new motor for No. 1 er.

Recommendation was made that other P.T.A. groups join those who have purchased special reflector type bells for students doing school safety patrol. Young GOPers Plan to Attend Mock Convention Two delegations from Galesburg will play roles in a Republican-sponsored mock convention in Davenport, Iowa, next month. The Knox County Young Republicans will represent the State of Virginia, with 30 votes to cast, the same as Virginia will have at the regular national convention in San Francisco, in July. The chairman of the local group, Robert R.

Wolf, 793 N. Prairie has been in contact with the GOP chairman in Virginia to determine the actual feeling in that state. Knox College Young Republicans will represent the State of Oklahoma with 22 votes. Larry Horist, 178 W. Brooks is chairman of this group.

Although the delegations will vote according to the prevailing sentiment in the states they represent on the first ballot, the junior groups will express their own preferences in subsequent voting. BUSHNELL Chapter of PEO met Wednesday with Mrs. Dorothy Wade. Co-hostess was Zoe Sperry. A musical program was presented under the direction of Mrs.

Roberta Naden and Mrs. Eileen Rauschert. Duplicate Bridge Club met Wednesday at the hotel. Winners of the evening were first, a tie between lone Murphy and Francis Kerska, and third, Lurline Doner. During the holidays the club will meet Dec.

29 and Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bushnell Hotel. The Methodist Men were host to a family night Wednesday at the church. Presenting the gram was Miss Judy Camp, telling of her trip to England and Wales.

Carl Doll, Robert Ewan and Oscar Taylor arranged refreshments. Birth Record Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pieper Jr. are parents of a son Tommy Dunn, born Sunday at the Saunders Hospital in Avon.

Mother and son returned home Wednesday. Mahoney Goes A Long Way In Education OAK LAWN, 111. (AP) James H. Mahoney has gone a long way in his education. In fact, once a week for the last three months, Mahoney, of Oak Lawn, 111., has commuted 1,600 miles round trip to further his learning.

A weekly jet flight from O'Hare Airport takes the 24- year-old Mahoney to Rutgers University at New Brunswick, N.J., for a 12-week course in solid waste disposal. Thursday was his final day of classes, and his final day of boarding a jet in Chicago at 11 a.m. and returning 12 hours later. Mahoney, who works for his father's scavenger firm, has been learning about new refuse equipment, new collection and disposal methods and new ways of pest and germ control. Public Hospital.

He is welcomed by a brother Bernie and a sister Allura. Mr. and Mrs. Julius B. Anderson of Woodhull are the paternal grandparents.

Rock Island to Seek Another Vote on Merger CHICAGO (AP) The Rock Island Railroad is seeking a new stockholders' vote on its proposed merger with the Union Pacific. The railroad filed a memorandum brief Thursday in U.S. District Court asking that Judge Julius J. Hoffman void a Nov. 15 meeting and order a new one.

The vote on the merger at the earlier meeting has not been counted, having been blocked by a suit brought by the Union Pacific. The directorates of both the Rock Island and the Union Pacific favor the proposed merger. But intervention by the Chicago and North Western Railway, which wants control of the Rock Island, caused the UP to block the Nov. 15 vote. The Union Pacific contends that solicitation of proxies by the North Western and a committee of Rock Island stockholders violated Securities and Ex- Police Ground Happy Pilot Of Volkswagen LOS ANGELES (AP)-The giant jet airliner roared down the runway at International Airport Roaring in its wake, like a gnat chasing an elephant, came a Volkswagen sedan, Leo Ambrose O'Hearn at the controls.

Police said they ran the little auto to earth after a long chase. Asked how he got onto the runway without being seen, police said he replied: "I don't know, I'm lost. I guess I took the wrong turn." Police said O'Hearn, 38, was on his way home from a Christmas party. He was booked on a charge of being drunk on airport property, a violation of municipal law. Bushnell Churches Announce Sunday, Week Activities Four churches in Bushnell announce Sunday services and activities for the week.

First Methodist Henry L. Cox, pastor. Church school at 9:30. Worship at 10:30 a.m. Sermon, "The Christmas Message." Senior MYF will go Christmas caroling at 3:30 p.m.

Christmas communion service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, MYF spiritual life retreat at East Bay Camp. First United Presbyterian Ralph W. Adamson, pastor. Church school at 9:45.

Worship at 11 a.m. Sermon, "When the Child Could Not Come In." Church'school Christmas family night at 6:30. Church school Christmas program will follow. Tuesday, junior and senior choirs will present a candlelight Christmas Eve service at 11 p.m. Assembly of God Robert Rutledge, pastor.

Sunday school at 9:45. Worship at 10:45 a.m. Christmas program at 7 p.m. Monday, young adult dinner at 7 p.m. Tuesday, prayer meeting for women at 8:30 a.m.

Prayer meeting for men at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, tree decorating at the church at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Bible study at 7:30 p.m. Conference for workers at 9 p.m. Friday, CA rally at 7:30 p.m.

CA party at 9:30. First Baptist Harry Litzenberg, pastor. Sunday school at 9:45. Worship at 10:45 a.m. Sermon, "Come to Worship." Junior BYF at 6 p.m.

Senior BYF at 6:30 p.m. Sunday school Christmas program at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, prayer meeting at the home of Mr. Oakman at 6 a.m. Prayer meeting and Bible study at 7:30 p.m.

change Commission regulations. faithful. Murderer of Own Children Given Prison Sentence CHICAGO (AP)-A husband who admitted killing his three small children to spite his wife has been sentenced to 50-65 years in prison. Ernest Aguilar, 27, pleaded guilty Thursday before Judge F. Emmett Morissey of Criminal Court.

Aguilar told police he killed his children, Ernest Ames, 2, and April, 17 months, to avenge himself on his wife, Joann, 22. He said the Sept. 15 killings were set off because he thought his wife had been un- Senate Confirms Nomination of Thomas C. Mann WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate Thursday night unanimously confirmed the nomination of Thomas C. Mann to be assistant secretary of state for Inter-American Affairs.

Mann, former ambassador to Mexico, will coordinate all U.S. programs for Latin America. President Johnson has said Mann also would serve as a special assistant to him. LBJ Signs Bill WASHINGTON (UPI)-President Johnson Thursday signed catch-all appropriations bill containing $5.1 billion for the U.S. space agency.

In a statement Johnson voiced concern, however, about a provision banning any joint U.S.-Soviet moon flight without consent of Congress. He said there was no chance of such a project in the current fiscal year and the restriction was undesirable in principle. READ THE WANT ADS!.

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