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ooleiburg Register-Moil, Golesburg, in. Monday, June 1 1959 11 DEATHS AND FUNERALS United Press International DR. f. R. I'OrXARD GAINESVILLE.

Fla. Dr. C. B. Pollard, 59, noted scientific crime detection expert, died Sunday, I'ollarcl was an authority on toxicology and snake venom and had written four books on scientific crime detection.

EDE ZATHirilECZKY BLOOM1NGTON, Ind. Ede Zathu'eezky, 56, Hungarian concert, violinist and former director of the Liszt Academy of Music in Rudapest, died Sunday of a cerebral hemorrhage. mt. MORTON C. KAIIN NEW YORK Dr.

Morton C. Kahn, explorer, bacteriologist and public health specialist, died Saturday. Trailer Camp, who died Friday at 9:45 p. m. in Cottage Hospital, where he had been a patient since Wednesday.

The Rev. John H. Clarke of Knoxville officiated and organ music was by Mrs. Roy Pearson Jr. Burial was in ISast Linwood Cemetery.

The infant, who was born Feb. 18, 1959, in Galesburg, is survived by the parents; a brother, Danny Gene, and two sisters, Deborah Joan and Jacquelyn Jane, all at (faufnter, Mrs. Hutfc Shoop, Billings, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. MRS. CLARENCE O.

EVANS Clarence G. Evans, 76, died Saturday eve ning here at her home, 888 Wash- she was born Dec. 3, 1882, in Howard, Pa. Funeral rites will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m.

here In the Presbyterian Church. The Rev. William Rowe will officiate. Entombment will be in the Bush- home; the maternal grandparents, ne Mausoleum. Friends may ington St.

The formei Caroline B. Bowes, i preceded her in death in 1942 ton, Vernon Monk, Harry Anderson, Henry Watson, Clark Nelson and Maurice Sherman. Mrs. Welin was born Feb. 18, 1878, at Oneida, and at the age of three moved to Victoria, where she since resided.

She was married in Victoria to John Welin, who for several years was a Victoria funeral director. He Mr. tind Mrs. Jack Klinck of Rapids City; the paternal great- gralidmother, Mrs. W.

H. Moore of Galesburg, and the maternal great-grandfather, K. G. Klinck of Knoxville. O.

V. PIERCE BIGGSVILLE Funeral serv ices for 0. V. Pierce, Rozetta Township, who died at his home Wednesday, were held Friday aft crnoon in the Sederwall Funeral Home in Biggsville with the Rev. Kenneth R.

Douglas, Methodist Church minister, officiating. Mrs. Robert, Glenn was soloist, and Mrs. Marshall Gibb was pianist. Pallbearers were Robert Alecock, James B.

Alecock, James C. Alecock, Carl Carlson, Milan Watson and Charles Zielke. Burial was in Rozetta Cemetery. MRS. EDWARD HUTSON Funeral rites for Mrs.

Edward Huston, 59, of Wataga, who died Wednesday, were held Saturday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Glenn Anderson officiated. Arvid Crlandson was vocalist, accompanied by. Mrs.

Harry Ncave, organist. Burial was in the Wataga Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Coe. P. J.

Fuller, Bernard Bolon, Earl Lowe and Gerald and Dwight Cornick. CHARLES E. CUNNINGHAM Funeral rites for Charles E. Cunningham, 78, of 786 E. Brooks who died Wednesday, were held today at 10:30 a.m.

in the First and Puckett Funeral Home. Elders LaVerne Benson and Dale Bethel officiated. Miss Vivian Johnson-was violinist, accompanied by Mrs. Clifford Pearson, organist. Burial was in East Linwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Cassell, Robert and Jerry Cunningham. Joe Baker, Don Nodeen and William Powell. MRS. ELIZABETH A. RUTTGEN Funeral services for Mrs.

Elizabeth A. Ruttgen, 84, of 975 S. Chambers who died unexpectedly Saturday at 6 p. m. in her home, will be conducted Tuesday at 10 a.

m. in Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Friends may call this evening at the Foley Mortuary, where prayers will be recited at 7 o'clock. Mrs.

Ruttgen was born Nov. 28, 1874, in Quincy, was educated there and was married in that city, May 4, 1898, to William Ruttgen. He died 23, 1933. She had resided in Galesburg since 1911, and was a member of Corpus Christi Church, the Altar and Rosary Society of the church, St. Mary's Hospital Assn.

and the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, Surviving are a daugther, Mrs. Elgin (Mildred) Griffith of Galesburg; two sons, Walter at home and Earl in California; a sister, Mrs. Strand of Quincy, five grandchildren and nine grandchildren. A son, Leo Ruttgen, preceded her in death Surviving are two sons, Vincent of DeWitt, Iowa, and Harris Welin of Victoria; a sister, Mrs. Grace Wiren of Sacramento, and two brothers, Will Nelson of Macomb and Carl Nelson of Waterville, Iowa.

RAY H. MYERS Ray H. Myers, 62, of 47S E. Fremont died unexpectedly from a heart attack Sunday at 2 p. m.

in Cottage Hospital, where he was a patient 20 minutes prior to his death. Funeral rites will be held Wednesday at 2 m. in the First and Puckett Funeral Home, where friends may call Tuesday evening. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens. Mr.

Myers was employed as a city driver for the Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. He was born Sept. 3, 1806, in MISS MYRTA HAAS Persife Township of Knox Coun- services an most of life neral Home. The casket will not be opened at the church. Mrs.

Evans was married Aug. 20, 1908, in Howard to Mr. Evans, who survives. She also leaves two daughters, Mrs. John G.

Dutton, Baton Rouge, and Mrs. Robert J. Miller Birmingham, a son, Brig. Gen. Thomas B.

Evans, Chicago; seven grandchildren, and a brother, Lester M. Bowes, Chester, Pa. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. MONMOUTH OfflMI IU ft. I If til Ik IN FOR MISSED COPIES PHONE 532 OR 434 for Miss Myrta J.

Haas, 81, of 603 N. Fearing who died Thursday, were held Saturday at 1 p. m. in the Wiggins Funeral Home. The Rev.

Ralphe A. Harris officiated. Mrs. Dunlap was organist. Burial was in the Abingdon Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Everett, John and Richard Sholl in Galesburg. He was married to Helen Nelson in Galesburg Feb. 1, 1923. Mr. Myers was a member of the First Methodist Church.

Suryivors are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. William J. (Gcr- aldine) Collins, Galesburg; four brothers, Roy and Lee Myers, of Knoxville, Charles Myers, Laura, Robert and Billy Anderson and I Earl yers, Galesburg; three Gene Nelsqn. sisters, Mrs. Harold (Cecile) Stevens, Gilson, and Mrs.

Hazel Spencer and Miss Suzy Myers of Knoxville, and a FRANK N. SMITH Funeral rites for Frank N. Smith, 66, of 343 Pine who died Thursday, were held today at 1:30 p.m. in the First and Puckett Funeral Home. The Rev.

Charles Dinwiddie officiated. Mrs. Piolla Fritz was vocalist, accompanied by Mrs. Clifford Pearson, organist. Burial was in East Linwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were George Clevenger, Walter Anderson, Milton Malone and Clyde Whitlock. MISS KATE M. OCKERT ROSEVILLE Funeral rites for Miss Kate H. 88, who died Friday, were held Sunday at 2 p. m.

in the Corman Memorial Home, Roseville. The Rev. Ralph Glose of 'the Methodist Church officiated, and Henran Steele was organist. Burial was in the Roseville Cemetery. Pallbearers were Lecfnard and John Ockert, Glenn and Carl Brent and Harold and Wilbur Patch.

MOORE INFANT Funeral services were conducted today at 2 p. m. in the Hinchliff and Pearson Funeral Chapel for James Robert Moore, old son of Mr. and Mrs. James E.

Moore of West Lake Storey Hendricks FUNERAL HOME Oneida. I1L Mr. Dwight Metcalf Oneida, 111. Services: 2 P.M. TUESDAY at the HENDRICKS FUNERAL HOME Friends may call this evening.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Oneida cemetery fund. MRS. MALINDA H. MILLER ABINGDON Mrs. Malinda Hasten Miller, 76, died at Memorial Hospital, Carthage, Friday evening.

She was born May 16, 1883, at Webster, where she was a member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, John, eight brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. She is survived by a son, Leo Miller, RFD 3. Carthage, with whom she made her home; a daughter, Mrs. Rex Gray, Abingdon; three grandchildren; four brothers, Joe Hasten of Newport, Frank and Hugh Hastens, of Webster, and Carl Hcsten of Blandinsville, and a sister, Mrs.

Mary Hobart, Carthage. Mrs. Miller was il just a short time. Services will be held at the Methodist Church at Majorville Cemetery, near Fountain Green in Hancock County Tuesday at 2 p. m.

MRS. OLIVE H. DOUGLASS Olive H. prca 't- I Douglass. 83 Henderson County native, died Sunday at 2:20 p.

m. in the Campbell Nursing Home, Galesburg, where she had been a patient four years. Prior to entering the home, she had resided with a daughter, Mrs. Verne McNaught, Galesburg. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.

m. in the Biggsville United Presbyterian Church and burial will be in Biggsville Cemetery. The family will be at the Sederwall Funeral Home, Biggsville, this evening. Mrs. Douglass, the former Olive H.

Milligan, was born April 19, 1878, in Henderson County. She was married May 28, 1895, to Thomas Douglass of Biggsville. He died in February 1950. Before going to Galesburg, she had resided in Henderson County and the Biggsville community. Surviving, besides the daughter in Galesburg, are another daughter, Mrs.

Martha Warth of New London, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Fritts of Mitchell, and Mrs. Almeda Rust of San Mateo, two brothers, William Milligan of Bloomfield, Iowa, and'Robert Milligan of Champaign, 22 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. MRS. BESS CROWELL Funeral rites for Mrs.

Bess (Louise) Crowell, 41, of 288 Pennsylvania who died Wednesday, were held today at 2 p. m. in the Second Baptist Church. The Rev. C.

L. Coleman officiated. Selections were offered by the church choir, accompanied by Mrs. Irene Carter, pianist. Burial was in Linwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Gilmore Brooks, Robert Nickels, William J. and Dave Harris, James Churn and Tony Ruby. RECEIVES Krohn, manager of Benner'i receives the Round Up Club's President's Trophy from Chamber of Commerce president Clarence Vickroy. The trophy will travel monthly club member-who had contributed most to the club and community. Monmouth Youth Gets 5 Years Probation for Grand Larceny 18-year-old Monmouth youth was placed on five year probation on charges of grand larceny in Warren County Circuit Court.

Judge Gale Mathers also ordered that William E. Ishmacl, of 1021 W. Sixth should make 1-3 of the money and property restitution, and ordered SAMUEL F. BECKNER AVON Samuel Franklin Beckner, of Canton, formerly of Avon, died today at 2:30 a. m.

in the Graham Hospital, Canton, where he was a patient several days. Mr. Beckner was born March 27, 1872, and was married to Cora E. Kellough, who preceded him in death in 1935. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Murphy Memorial Home at Canton.

Burial will be in Macomb. Survivors are four sons, Harold of Avon, Carl of Canton, Warren of Santa Barbara, and Howard of Macomb; a Mrs. Elizabeth Ruttgen 975 S. Chambers Street Services: 10.00 A.M.—-TUESDAY CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH Friends may call at the Foley Mortuary Monday, whore prayers will be said at 7 P.M. Burial in St.

Joseph's Cemetery. Foley MORTUARY N. Bread St. Dl 2 1913 KIMBER WEST PHONE Dl 3-5210 FUNERAL DIRECTORS 36 PUBLIC SQUARE for Over 40 Yean Reuben F. Ellsworth N.

Elm Galesburg Funeral: 2 P.M. TUESDAY KIMBER WEST CHAPEL Additional services 2 P.M. Thursday, Powers Funeral Home, Oskaloosa, Iowa. Friends may call at Kiniber West this evening. DWIGHT METCALF ONEIDA Dwight Metcalf, 71, former Oneida hardware merchant, died unexpectedly Sunday at 5:45 a.m.

in his home. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Hendricks Funeral Home, Oneida, where friends may call this evening. Burial will be in Oneida Cemetery. Friends may send memorials to the 1 Oneida Cemetery Fund.

Mr. Metcalf was born June 18, 1887, at Oneida, and was a lifelong resident of the community. He attended Oneida schools and Brown's Business College, Galesburg, He entered the hardware business with his father and uncle and later took over the business as the Oneida Hardware with stores in Oneida, Maquon, Galesburg, Galva and Toulon. The firm later was changed to Farmers Hardware, with one store in Oneida. He retired Jan.

1, 1955, and the business is now operated by his son, Sam Metcalf. Mr. Metcalf was married Nov. 10, 1908, in Galesburg, to Miss Blanche DeForest. He was a member of the former Oneida Congregational Church.

Surviving are the wife and the son. A brother and a sister preceded him in death. REUBEN F. ELLSWORTH Reuben F. Ellsworth, 74, of 59 N.

Elm died at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in Cottage Hospital. He was a retired painter. Born June 6, 1884, in Rose Hill, Iowa, Mr. Ellsworth was graduated from public schools in Kirkville, Iowa, and had lived in Galesburg the past 35 years.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Essie Ranney of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and Mrs. Lulu Jenkins of Raytown, Mo. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Kimber and West Chapel where friends may call tonight.

Additional services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Powers Funeral Home in Oskaloosa with burial in Forest Cemetery there. GEORGE B. WHEELER MONMOUTH Funeral services for George B. Wheeler, 79, of Monmouth, who died Thursday, were conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

at the Turnbull Funeral Home. The Rev. Ellis Beeman, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiated and Mrs. Marie Gabby was at the organ. Pallbearers were George, Russell, John and Earl Lewis.

Burial was in Roseville Cemetery. that Ishmacl spend the first 30 days of his probationary period in Warren County jail. Ishmael earlier had pleaded guilty to charges of grand larceny stemming from a March 27 break- in at Bowen's Sinclair Service, 634 S. Main St. About $129 was taken, records show.

Frank Queen, 22, of 312 E. Ninth charged with grand larceny in the same breakin. was granted a continuance. A third youth, a minor, previously was handled by the court as a Check Case Continued Judge Mathers also continued the case of Stanley Oak, 30, of rural Reynolds until June 15. Oak, charged with forgery, previously had entered a plea of not guilty.

Oak is charged with using the name of Bufford Hottle the Warren County state's attorney, on checks earlier this year at Alexis service station. If Oak's plea stands, Hottle will be the prosecuting attorney when and if the case goes to trial. Draws Heavy Fine In Warren County Court today, Judge Scott Klukos assessed a fine of $250 and court costs of $30.30 against Albert E. McCartney 55, of Rock Island on a charge of drunk driving. McCartney was arrested Sunday afternoon by Warren County Deputy Sheriff Boy Hartley three miles south of Monmouth on U.S.

67. Hartley said McCartney had run his car oil the road. No Holiday Wrecks for Warren Co. MONMOUTH Warren County came through the Memorial Day weekend with flying colors. No serious auto wrecks and no injuries or fatalities were reported, the sheriff's office said.

Deputy Roy Hartley said the sheriff's officials were graetful for cooperation of drivers on county highways. The city marked Memorial Day Saturday with a parade at 10 a.m. through the business district and a program on the south lawn of the Warren County Courthouse. Baccalaureate services for Monmouth High School and Warren High School seniors were held Sunday evening. Monmouth High School graduation will be Thursday night, and for Warren High School, Friday night.

Monmouth College Commencement will be Monday, June 8. Translation Poses Problem MONMOUTH Translation what confronted Police Magistrate Dale DeVore over the weekend. Sabino C. Martinez, 45, of 322 W. Fifth Monmouth, was picked up by police Friday night after his car struck a parked auto owned by Roscoe Merry of RFD 1, Monmouth, on South Main street.

When Martinez was called before DeVore, DeVore couldn't understand Martinez, and vice versa. So Mrs. Harry Smith was called in to translate Spanish into English and vice versa. Still there was little success. Judge DeVore has called for a new hearing this afternoon.

Martinez is charged with driving without an operators license. John D. Upton, 22, of 127 S. Eleventh was fined $10 by DeVore after he was arrested for speeding on East Euclid avenue. The case of John A Maxwell, 32, of 2300 Grand Galesburg, arrested Saturday at 11:43 a.

m. by police for illegal transportation of liquor, was continued until Friday. Charles R. Jones, 19, of RFD 1, Little York, will appear in police magistrate court tonight on charges of passing in a reckless manner. He was picked up Saturday at 9:15 p.

m. by police on East Broadway. Norman W. Granger, of Monmouth, was fined $10 for a stop- sign violation this morning. Richard Lee Bellis, 19, of Monmouth was granted a continuance until Friday on a muffler violation charge.

Mon mouth High School Seniors Return From Trip MONMOUTH Monmouth High School senior class of 1959 left after school Thursday for Rockton for an overnight trip. were 101 of the students of the class of 104 graduating, two faculty advisers, eight parent chaperones and three bus drivers of the three Cavanaugh buses who made i Realty Transfers Prince Rainier Plays Drums to Celebrate Birth MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) Rainier III played the drums far into Sunday night to celebrate his 36th birthday. His wife, Princess Grace, looked on indulgently. Accompanying him at the guitar was Aristotle Onassis, the owner who owns part of Banner's tiny principality. The session was held in the select cabaret under the casino.

The doors were closed to all but Rainer's party of 40. MRS. ALMA WELIN services were conducted Sunday at 3 p. m. in the Victoria Methodist, Church for Mrs.

Alma Welin, 1 01, of Victoria, who died Friday afternoon in Galesburg Cottage Hospital, where she had a pa- tient Que month. Services were under the direction of the Hendricks Funeral II Oneida. The Rev. A. C.

A. Lee, pastor of Victoria Methodist Church! officiated and songs were by Mrs. William Bice, with Mrs. Wilma King as organist. Burial was in Victoria Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Earl Eric- Presley Is 4th Class Soldier, Army Reports FRANKFURT, Germany (APi Presley has had a promotion and a raise. The Armored Division announced today the siimer was promoted from private first class to specialist fourth class, a rank equal to corporal. Elvis, who drives a jeep in Scout Platoon of the 32nd Armored Battalion, received a golden eagle arm patch and a considerable raise. For 1'lc. Presley if was $99.37 a month.

Now is $122.30. Girl Hurls Fool; In Bike Accident LITTLE YORK Mary Margaret Rratton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bratton, sustained a badly injured foot when it was caught in a bicycle wheel. She wa.s taken to a hospital where pictures of the injured foot were taken.

Retail Division MONMOUTH retail division of the Mpnmouth Chamber of Commerce will hold its month- 1 ly session Thursday at 9:15 a. m. at Hedrick's Cafe, it was announced today. Charlyss L. Hinds and Helen Hinds to Frederick Joe Welch and Marilyn Lois Welch, part four, block seven of Little York.

Hazel B. Brown and Dan G. Brown to Joe M. Hollingsworth and Bonnie Jean Hollingsworth, lot 12, block five of Sunset Addition to Monmouth. Mary Chewning and Spencer Chewning" to Raymond A.

Chewning and Chewning, lots 10, 11 and part of 12 in block four, South Park Addition to Monmouth. Cora Rezncr and Smith A. Rezner to Martin J. Mecalf and Georgia Metcalf, west one half of lot two and east half of lot three, block 29, Kirkwood. Elmer E.

Youngquist and Lois Youngquist to James E. Leatli and Edna M. Loath, lots 12 and 13 in block 12, Waste's Third Addition to Cameron. Charles Wallace, City Employe, Dies at Age 71 L. Wallace, 71, of 315 North Monmouth, died Sunday at 11:55 p.

m. at Monmouth Hospital after a short illness. For eight years Mr. Wallace had been employed by the Monmouth street department. Previously he had been employed 16 years with the St.

L. Railroad at the roundhouse. Born Sept. 6, 1887, at Smith Grove, he spent his early life there. He was first married to Ada Ford, who died April 26, 1918.

On Oct. 10, 1943, he was married to Mary Floy Johnson at Kahoka, Mo. Mr. Wallace was a senior deacon of the Calvary Baptist Church, where he served as treasurer for many years. One of 10 children, he was also a member of Golden Square Masonic Lodge.

Surviving are his wife, a son Leslie Wallace, Monmouth, a daughter, Miss Anna Wallace, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; a niece reared in his home, Mrs. Hallie Taylor, Indianapolis, three brothers, Preston Wallace, Galesburg, Sandy Wallace, Louisville, and Ifarry Wallace, Smith Grove, and four sisters, Mrs. Sally -Anderson and Mrs. Lucille Lee of Louisville, and Georgia Board and Mrs. Nancy Board of Smith Grove.

Ky. the school trip Each bus had student proctors and a parent on each bus. The following individuals served in this capacity: David Turnbull, Gary Bales, Gary Morefield and David Long, chief proctor; Carter Stanton, Bob Bradley and Tom Miliar; Desmond Long, Steve McCutcheon and Howard Oaks. The following parent chaperones and faculty advisers drove their cars and carried the baggage that couldn't be put on the buses: Miss Mae Anderson, Galin Barrier, Mrs. David Turnbull, Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Beard, Mrs. Carter Stanton and Mrs. Desmond Long. Arrive at Wagon Wheel The group arrived at the Wagon Wheel at 9:30 p.m.

and had dinner, dancing and entertainment by the bands. Janet Patterson was a guest vocalist. The men were housed, three to a room, in one wing; and, the women in another wing, two and three to a room, under the supervision of advisers qnd chaperones. The group had the exclusive use of the dining rooms for their meals, selected beforehand by the students. Friday was spent at the option of each individual in the various facilities for recreation.

Greeted At Home After an evening meal the group returned to Monmouth at 10:30 p.m. and were met by friends and parents. Linda Cavanaugh became ill with flu and was brought home ahead of the buses in Beard's station wagon, with Karen Bowman assisting Linda. The trip was completely financed by projects, dues and activities of the class during their four years in high school. Each student paid $1.50 additional to make the trip possible.

The faculty advisers were granted leave by the school officials to assist. The chaperones took time off from their respective businesses and home activities and paid their own entire food, transportation and lodging expenses. The Rockton hotel management commended the Monmouth delegation for its neat appearance and fine conduct. Council to Ponder Fire Station Issue future of ft proposed new Monmouth fire station may hinge on action at tonight's City Council meeting. City officails and aldermen are hoping that there will be bids to open on the present fire station, 90 years old and located on East First avenue.

If the present structure Is sold city officials will apply the money on the construction of a new fire station on city property on the west side of South Main street. City officials previously indicated that selling the present station will be a prerequisite to constructing the new building. Meeting will get under way at 7 :30 o'clock in the council cham- bennrt -eity Hall. Excluding farm ponds, Arkansas has 453,868 acres of fishable and private lakes. BEAUTIFUL DIGNIFIED CONVENIENT FUNERAL HOME, INC.

Dl 2 4101 Servl view MR RAY H. MYERS 745 E. Fremont St. FUNERAL P.M. WEDNESDAY At FIRST PUCKETT REV.

DON JONES officiating. BURIAL MEMORIAL GARDENS Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening Oneida ONEIDA Miss Freda McNeil, in company of a friend, is on a two-week vacation trip to the. (izarks. Kansas and Oklahoma City. They will spend a few days in Oklahoma before returning home.

In tho SoUmn 'Flowers Say It Best' LEONARD ANDERSON FLORIST 128 N. Broad St. We Hire Flowers Anywhere Through F.T.Ii. Little York News Notes LITTLE YORK Pfc. Roland Best of Fort.

Leonard Wood, has been spending several days on furlough with his mother, Mrs. Anna Best. Several friends joined in a surprise visit with Mrs. Fred Welch at her home Tuesday evening in recognition of her birthday. They brought supper for the occasion and remained for a social hour in the evening.

Miss Janice Bevard of Ellisville is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Harold Mackey. Dwight Campbell, who had been very ill at his home, is reported to be steadily improving. Members of the Bridge Club joined in a luncheon Tuesday in the Baroque room of Hotel Burlington at Burlington, la. Shirley Barr, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Blaine Barr entered the Monmouth Hospital for tonsil surgery Tuesday. Dean Talbott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Talbott, who wa.s in a ear accident recently, was able to return home Wednesday from Monmouth Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Blackmail have moved to Monmouth. Altonan Wins Diploma at Gallaudet ALTON Joanne Lee Whiting, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Morse Whiting of Altona, received her bachelor of arts degree in English this morning at Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C. The ceremony was the 95th commencement at Gallaudet, the world's only college devoted to the education of the deaf. Speaker at the service was the Rt. Rev. Angus Dun, Episcopal bishop of Washington.

Miss Whiting is a member of the college's Delta Epsilon sorority and served as its secretary in her junior year and as its president in her senior year. She was literary editor of "Buff and Blue" for 1958-59. One of Three Elected She is one of three seniors who were elected to Phi Alpha Pi, the college's scholastic honor society in May 1959, She plans to work in the correspondence division of the National Geographic Society in Washington. The diplomas of Gallaudet College are personally signed by the President of the United States, who has traditionally served as patron of the college since the administiation of Abraham Lincoln. Slale Rites for J.

F. Brentise, 63, Smithshire Franklin Brentise, 63, of Smithshire, formerly of Monmouth died Sunday at 7:20 p. m. at Monmouth Hospital. He had been ill for five years.

Mr. Brentise had been employed for 33 years as a section laborer for the M. St. L. Railroad.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. at the Turnbull Funeral Home, where friends may call any time Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Burial will be in Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr.

Brentise was born Aug. 22, 1895, at Monmouth. On May 20, 1922, he was married to Mildred Maire Robbins at Monmouth. She died Feb. 26, 1952.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Wilbur Skivers, of Monmouth and Mrs. Harlan Wilson of Smithshire, with whom he had made his home for two years; two grandsons, one great- granddaughter; three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Murphy, Walcott. Iowa; Mrs.

Sadie Foster, Monmouth, and Mrs. Anna Loomis, Kalamazoo, and three brothers, Harry Henry of Monmouth, and Edward of Rock Island. Dynamite Blast Wrecks Mine on Mountainside CLINTON, Tenn. (UPI)-A nonunion coal mine near here was rocked by six heavy charges of dynamite Sunday night. "You could hear the machinery bouncing off the mountains," Paul B.

Ross, owner of the Double Camp Mine, said. He was checking the extent of damage. Anderson County Sheriff Glad Woodward said no Injuries were reported. Ross said the charges were set off "right on top of the mine." The mine was empty at the tims of the explosions. A heavy mist covered the dynamiters' escape.

It was the latest burst of violence apparently aimed at Ross and his mine. Ross has refused to sign a United Mine Workers contract. Ike indicated WASHINGTON (UPD-Sen. Kenneth B. Keating says the "rapid acceleration" of the economy has vindicated the Eisenhower administration's opposition to Democratic demands for anii-recession tax cuts and public works projects.

Keating said Sunday the nations economic recovery showed "the peddlers of panic just don't know what they are talking about or are remarkably cynical about making political capital of human misery." Conservatives In Algeria Win Senate Seats ALGIERS (AP)- Liberals and extreme rightwingers suffered defeat in Sunday's election of 32 members to the French Senate from Algeria. The outcome, decided by about 6,000 appointed voters from conservative circles, was considered favorable for President De Gaulle's attempts to find a representative Algerian group with which to discuss an end to the year-old nationalist rebellion. It wa.s the first time Algerian Moslems outweighed Frenchmen in the group. Food Price Increase Goes To Group Says AT THE MISSILE chick work on gleaming bands of stainless steel iu Sau Miego, factory where the Atlas HTM is manufactured. The thin of the missile's kept iu circular form by collapsible rings until the Atlas is fully assembled and pressurized.

WASHINGTON (HIM) Farmers got none oi' the 20' per cent increase in food prices over the past 10 years, House Agriculture Committee reported today. ''Middlemen" got it all. In fact, the committee said in a study, the prices paid to farmers dropped 8 per cent during the decade. The amount the average family paid for "middlemen's" in a i and processing charges jumped 44 per cent in the I same period. Chairman Harold 1).

C'ooley ())- N.C said that the study "illustrates graphically the deterioration of farm income during recent years while other areas of the nation's economy have experienced unprecedented purchasing power and general prosperity." Declared 'Incumbent' He said "It is incumbent upon our government to develop pub- 'c policies which will enable to participate equitably, along with industry, business and labor, in the rewards of the American tree enterprise system." The study said processors and marketing firms "have been successful in adding greatly increased charges to the farmers' products betore they reach the it said food was 20 per cent more expensive than I'J years ago "and all the increase in retail prices and more goes to the middlemen, none accrues to Remain Cheaper t'ooley added that "iuod continues to be cheaper in 'relation to the wages received by consumers than in any prior period of our history or in any other country in the world" despite the increase. The study said the average city family spent tor iood last year. Of this, $82:) vent tor marketing and processing charges and $411 represented farm value of U.S. food. Between 1947 and the typical city taniily spent an average of $1,050 annually for tood, including $37ii tor processing and marketing and $41!) 1 the U.S.

commodities themselves. The rest ol the money in both periods went for imported food. The committee said a greater demand for pre-prcpai ed. frozen and specially packaged foods accounted tor much of the. increased outlay for processing ami marketing.

It also said the "middlemen" experienced higher uses which they along to consumers..

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