Nashville Journal from Nashville, Illinois • 1

fv rMl i- C3ar EsZaiilt A-U-es ri rt H3 I nnnn lyLAbvJi'TlL Pi ir j'U r'J i The County Paper I- UXJL'uJ Ll Firsi In Readership First In Community Service An Independent Newspaper "Nashville Illinois Wednesday March 19 19oJ Get Acquainted" Day Quests Number Twelve Volume XCVI Steto a ra mi Grcrd And Petit J-rcrs For April Term 1 Idio inSy saa Nf ww Heart Attack Fatal To Charles Dahncke diaries Dahncke G5 of Ashley died suddenly of a heart attack Monday night at Saint Marys Hospital Centralia after entering the hospital Sunday with a heart condition Dahncke retired Feb 17 after over 37 years as a Standard Oil dealer He was a member of the Masonic Lodge Ashley IOOF Eastern Star and White Shrine of Centralia and the Consistory at East St Louis Born at Elkton he was the eon of Thomas and Florence Rountree Dahncke Survivors are his wife Stella of Ashley a daughter Mr Mildred Borden of Honolulu a son Charles who attends the University of Dll-hols his mother Mrs Florence Dahncke Oakdale four brothers Clyde of Harvey Cecil of Wood River Calvin of Effingham end Thomas of Oakdale and a grandson Funeral arrangements are incomplete Charles Jones Bill White and Wilman Brockmeier Second row Don Clapp (ag teacher Nashville) B01 Luetnar Don Whrrtsing Robert Tiemann Robert Sella Eugene Jones Bdl Tutor (ag teacher Ashley) Allen Daum and Russell Weger (ag teacher Okawville) studied office procedures at the Farm Bureau Building toured area farms and inspected affiliated companies Following the evening banquet the boys and their instructors posed for the above photograph They are (left front): Robert Kozuszek Marvin Schaeffer Waldo Klingenberg Jerry Hartley Everett Huege Sixteen senior agriculture students and their intruders from the three Washington Co high schools took part in the FFA-Farm Bureau "Get Acquainted" program on March 13 The program was sponaored by the Farm Bureau to acquaint the students with the organization and its activities They Members of the regular grand jury panel for jthe April term of Circuit court and the petit Jurors for the some term were announced this week The 23 grand Jurors are: Henry Weber Edward Cope Irvington I Oohlmeyer Rich view Harry Peeck Henry Schubach Ashley George Me Hail VirdeO Deering DuBods Clarence Hasten Arthur Duek-er Hoyleton France lehde Beaucoup Theodore Kitowskl Jr Bolo Theodore Pries Covington Venice Brink Nashville Kenneth Markwardt Bertha Book Nashville Jaimes Gill Pilot Knob Orlle Ostendorf Walter Oltmann Okawville Wilmer Steinkamp Plum Hill John Brammeier Oakdale William Kramper Venedy Fred if anting Johanndsburg Kenneth Coulter lively Grwe -The 30 petit Jurors are: Ollie Auld Pilot Knob Silas Beadlft Irvington Clarence Behrman Okawville Lawrence Behrmann Johannisburg William Bierman Irvington Roland Bluinhorst Okawville Laveme Bohbrink Okawville Elroy El Brammeier Oakdale Charles Briesacber Ashley Alfred Cramer Hoyleton Francis Dawkins Ashley DuBois Ashley Theodore Eater Nashville Andres Ca-jewaki Richview Cecil Kab-be Nashville William Hem mlnghous Okaiwville Hulda Horatman Hoyleton Bruno Kinzel lively Grove John Krahen Ashley Robert Me Cauley Lively Grove Lavema Middendoif Okawville Donald El Mitchell Irvington Paul Moeller Okawville Bertha Muenter Hoyeton Andrew Runzi Ashley Otto Leroy Nashville Carl Struckmey-er Hoyleton Kathryn A Thompson Nashville Minnie Towell Nashville Ruth Vogelpohl Nashville Dog Catcher Appointed -Head For The Darn Test boring made on the aitai of the dam for the proposed Washington County Lake have been proved favorable and th state has begun initial steps to taka options on farmland in the area the Journal learned this week The test borings were made last fall at the dam site by engineers for the State Department of Conservation The sit is located at a point about four miles south by east of Nashville tn Bolo Township The dam would impound the watershed of the so-called Watering Branch of Locust creek and would create a lake of about S20 acre in a state park of approximately 1860 acres Original plans called for the state to acquire some 2390 acres for use as a recreation area but the plans were recently revised to buy up only th 1803 acres the Journal was Informed Under the revised plans all of the lake would be in Bolo Township with only the extreme northern portion of the park extending into Beaucoup Township Unofficial sources told the Journal an agent of the state has already acquired options on several plots of land Th lake would be operated by the conservation department strictly as a recreation area Under present plans there would be no provision to permit the City of Nazhvill from using the lake as new source of water except posJlbly la an emergency Funeral Friday For Harry Hughes Funeral service will be held Friday at 2 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church In Nashville for Harry Hughes 77 of Central ia who died in St Marya Hospital shortly after II am Tuesday Burial will be in the Trinity Cemetery Robert Smith Is tn charge He is survived by his wife the former Laura ftice of boro Landowners in southern Illinois looking for a good investment should plant pine on land that is not used for agrcultural purposes actording to Lie researchers at the Univen1 of Illinois Dixon Spring Station Grade School Tourney Starts Monday Principal Chester Moss of the Nashville grade school has ah-noumeed that the annual Intramural basketball tournament will be held In the schools gym on March 24 25 and 27 The tourney Is sponsored by the schools Pep Club and the boys of the athletic department Following the final gam a grade school queen will be chosen from among six candidate They are Cheryl Poirot Sarah Small Carmalee Spencer Connie Meyer Sara Reinhardt and Marolyn Swain Six teams captained by Jim Hake Robert Voelkel Joseph Middleton Sammy Jones Sylvester Stiegman and Richard Finke will play in the tourney The opening game starts Monday at 6:45 pm Games on the ether two days will start at 6 pm Parking Crackdown On Main Street Nashville city police Tuesday began cracking down on parking violators on the business streets Mayor Williamson said the Crackdown was aimed chiefly at motorists who double park while shopping or transacting business Viol atom of the two-hour parking rule were also being arrested Mace than sqvn violator wer arrested the first day The fin 1s 1106 Du Bois Man Dies In St Louis Edward Kroeger of Du Bois who had been living with hi son In St Louis iked there Friday March 14 Funeral services were held Monday at St Charles Borro-meo Church and Interment wah In Chapel Hill Cemetery In DuBois Survtvoni Include two sons Ernest and John Kroeger Hi wife the former Belle McNail preceded him In death John Newborn of Tamoroa was a business visitor here on Monday Stroke Fatal To Henry Ankerslieil Heart Attack Fatal To Mrs Lela Cohlmeyei Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Mann Funeral Home for Mrs Lela Oohlmeyer 8ft of Nashville widow of Frank Oohlmeyer who died of a heart attack on Thursday night In the Pinek-neyville Hospital: She had entered the hospital about two weeks ago after fracturing her hip In a fall The Rev Homer Young officiated and interment was In the Masonic Cemetery Mrs Oohlmeyer was the former Lela Mae Lyons and was bom at Naahville on September 20 1877 the daughter of Rosa Lyons and Beretta Hogshead Lyons She married Frank Cohlmey-er July 13 1961 and they had one eon Ralph who survives Her husband preceded her in death Also surviving are two grand children a daughter in law four sister Mrs FYank Cosbey and Mrs Ruth Allen of Belleville Mrs Alice Oohlmeyer of Tulsa Okia and Mrs Jess Rosenberg Reinbeck la one broUiee Homer Lyonsi Port-1 and Texas Mrs Oohlmeyer spent all her life in Nashville and Beaucoup townships She Was a member of Grace Methodist Church Casket bearer wer Alvin Randoll Ray Morrison Albert Oexeman Charles and Leslie Hogshead and Warren Petth-man Smokestack of No 5 Comes Down The 126-foot smokestack of The countys two-year search for a dog catcher ended last week when the Board of Supervisors appointed Martin of Beaucoup as a deputy rabies inspector The office is a requirement of the state rabies control law Martins Job while listed as a rabies Inspector will be to pick up strays and unvaccinated dogs over the county If the dogs have been vaccinated they are returned to the owner If not the owner is warned to comply with the state law requiring rabie vaccination of canines and the dogs retained until compliance The Job pays $AS a day for each day worked plus fl for each unvaccinated pet picked up The appointment came at the regular quarterly meeting of the supervisors at which the board voted to dose courthouse offices on Saturday following a trend in other Illinois counties Ray Church Lively Grove head of the Road and Bridge committee reported maintenance crews were using every means available to get the county's roads which suffered damage from the severe winter back in shape Mrs Magffie Povolish Dies At Her Home In Nashville Council Move Starts Cleanup Campaign The Nashville City Council at its regular meeting last Friday night authorized the purchase of two trabh containers for Main Street and voted to double the rebate to property owners for installation of street cubing The action represented initial move of city officials to cooperate in a five month program to improve the appearance of the community At its meeting last month Mayor Williamson was appointed coordinator of the program In raising the rebate from 40 to 80 cents per lineal foot for curbing the council hoped to interest property owners to build curbing where needed The city will furnish a free survey for all curbing and sidewalks where needed However the 40 cents per foot rebate for sidewalks was left standing by the counoll Williamson asked Nashville residents to write letters suggesting how the "Keep Nash ville Clean campaign can be carried out The letters should be addressed to the Mayor City Hall Nashville Highway 50 Group Continues Fight For Federal Route The Joint Interstate Highway Committee an organization of cities along Highway 50 reported this week It will carry its fight for the federal superhighway to Washington despite the threatened withdrawal of the groups eastern anchor point Vincennes Ind The committee Is seeking retention of the original plan to route the proposed east-west federal highway along the present HighwajP 66 instead of the revised plan to route It through Washington and Jefferson Counties to Evansville Ind The Vincennes group was reported swinging in favor an offer to substitute a new bridge across the Wabash River and a four lane highway to Shoals Inft in place of the federal highway Hinkley Promoted To Colonel The Army has announced the promotion of Paul Hinkley son of Mr and Mr George Hinkley of Ashley to th rani of Colonel effective March 1958 Colonel Hinkley is now Chief of the Pan-American Branch in the Office of the Del ty Chief of Staff for Mill -ry Operations He also serves as the Army advisor on the Inter-American Defense Board the Joint Brazil-United State Crfew Commission and th Joint Mexican-United State Defense Commission Colonel Hinkley entered the military service bi June 1940 upon graduation from th University of Illinois with a Reserve Commission as 2nd Lieutenant He now Uvea in Washington with Ms wife and two children Concert Tickets On Sale Tickets for the April 11 concert by the University of Illinois "Singing Dlinl at th high school In Nashville wen on sal this week Th concert I sponsored by th Nashville Rotary Club The tickets may bo obtained from members of the ri' To Organize New Boy Scout Troup A new Boy Scout troop sponsored by the Nashville Lions Chib wfll be organized at a 'Get Acquainted With Scouting meeting the night of Monday March 31 The meeting will be held at the scout in the Community park starting at 730 pm District Scout Counselor Jim Wilson will preside at the meeting John Barr Nashville insurance agent will be scoutmaster of the new troop assisted by a committee made up of Charles Ford Edgar Jones Eddie Kemper Don Maine rt Bob Eade and Vic Harre Former Judge In Circuit Dies FlineraJ services were held Wednesday afternoon at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Edwardsville for formfer Circuit Judge John Gillham 88 of EdwaidsvHle who died from cancer Monday March 10 in St Josephs Hospital Alton Gillham a Republican served 12 years on the bench in the Third Judicial Circuit of which Washington was one of the seven counties The late Louis Bemreuter of Nashville was cne of his colleagues He is survived by his wife and three sons Henry Ankershedl 9ft retired merchant died at the borne of his daughter Mrs George Green at 307 Went Lebanon Street Nashville at 8:36 pm Thursday having suffered a stroke two weeks earlier He retired from the general merchandise business in 1918 He was school treasurer of the Nashville township for about 40 years and treasurer of the First Methodist Church where he was a member for 37 years He was a member of the Odd Fellow Lodge for over 65 yeara The son of Henry Ankeraheil and Catherine GarHch Mr An-kersheil was born in Nashville Nov 19 1867 and lived here all his life He married Lydia Meyer on January 1895 and they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1945 Mrs Anker-shell died a year later on the 9th of March Surviving are two daughters May Mrs George Green with whom he Uved for the past 12 years and Ruth Mrs Eirethauer both of Nashville a brother Waiter Ankeraheil of Salem and a son -in-law Brethauer Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Mann Funeral Home and interment was In the Greenwood Cemetery The Rev A Hendrix of Shattuc officiated with the Rev Homer Young Habbe Jewelry Store Sold To Pana Man Paul Habbe announced this week his Jewelry business has been sold to Max Gaffner a jeweler of Pane ID Arrangements for the sale of the business wfere completed over the weekend and Gaffner a 31 year old graduate of Bradley University took over on Monday- Gaffner had been manager of a Pana Jewelry and watch repair store at Pana for the past three years Previously he had worked in the same business at Shelbyville and Decatur Gaffner said he will bring bis wife and three children to live In Nashville as soon as housing arrangements can be made Habbe said his plan for the future are indefinite NEW KCIfELIr cm lit CORN CHAMPS V- i ary wa-1 ta is the IS O-ii i ll i it I -i Funeral services were held Saturday morning in St Anns Catholic Church in Nashville for Mrs Maggie Povolish 89 widow of Frank Povolish Sr who died at her home on East Alton Street Thursday at 1:30 I She had been ill for about i a month Father John OKeefe officiated and interment was in St Anns Cemetery Mann was in charge She was the daughter of Joseph Kobus and Mary McCloeky and was born July 6 1868 at Cheater She was married to Frank Povolish and they lived on a farm near Beaucoup moving to Nashville about 35 years ago Her husband died in 1954 Survivor irvddde two eon and two daughters Frank Povo Hah Beaucoup Jake Povolish Mrs Theodore Grzegorek and Mrs John BeUnakl all of hare a arister Mrs Rom Lstza Nashville 20 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and a great-great grandson Casket bearer were Joseph end William BdlnsJU Jr Teddy Ordogorek A Mu FYank end Edwin Povniish Casket bearers were Robert th Centraia No- 5 mine where ll! miner lost their lives In explosion on March 25 47 came down ahead of time on laM Friday The towering stack in Washington County scheduled to have been demolished on Saturday by a salvage firm Reel-dents of the area felt It was a hazard to children playing in the vicinity and took action of their own to bring it down Two men George Smith and Clarence Hodge were loosening bricks from a critical point at the base when it began to totter unexpectedly The men scamp-ered to safety as the stack crumpled in a cloud of dust No 5 was closed permanently after the 1947 disaster Legion Bonds toUSng i0O0 will be rllred by the John Atchison American Legion post at a drawing the Legion Home Thursday night March 20 The bond to be retired wilt be drawn at the pr4 meeting which blfw at 7 30 pm and Victor Schleifer Ray Morrison Henry Jankowski and Kenneth Frieman Charles was soloist and Mrs Jewell Richard waz the organist Senior Class Play Rehearsals Begrun The cart of the senior class play began rehearsal rids week presentation of "Th Inner Willy a comedy on May 9 10 The cast Include Dave Me Intyre playing the role of Willoughby Adams Harriet fichu-maoher Betty Grzegorek and Dtx as his three spinster aunts Paul Hartman in the role Don Windier as Clark Dean Harmenlng as Mike Cathy Harr as Harytoelle Turner Norma Luebk and Fern Klingenberg as Trudy and Marshall and Charlene Stem as Carol Martin Th three-act fares will be directed jy Arthur BchmitUer head of the nuwlc department th high bool Vila Ver-nor for and Pat title Stanley Jan at iiAop Zurowestc To Dedicate New Scheller Church The new St Barbara church end school at Scheller XU will dedicated ext Tuesday tl 25th of March by the meat Rev Albeit R- Zuroweste bishop of the Catholic dloceas of Boils- villa phe bishop will celebrate th Pontifical Mas dditA' Hon eeremonU aaristed by th Bight Rev Megr Robert De Gperi as rch-pri and other prlti of this area-Th pew church is of oon-temporary Gothic present a departure from the classical cruciform style traditional until recent yearn in the Catholic church architecture glita windows at the nave and the rote above the tnuu-e The urai lr)! churili in 'iitoc' -i it i ccmuinun A tlaasnv iia are cn boards The by or coi-ivll-l a rad at Ion The mv a us end rl la frame Lr tn I- -) The i-i ley jVfiRurt of 5 A baf Hit ional Selected Five Acre De Kalb Cbm Growing Contest Runner-up winner ni Charles Weber also of Venedy who produced a yield of 98 70 bushels per acre Unable to attend the banquet was Elmer El Zmclc Of Mascoutal with a yield of 93 10 bushels pr sore Bernard Weber (left) of Yes edy was recently proclaimed county corn growing champion at a banquet held at Carbon-dal in honor of southern Illinois corn growing champions His yield of 11022 bushel per were was the top yield in Washington County in the 1957 Nat iiw J( pmrji tlon fit I fi i.