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cv Jt WINNER ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION DISTINGUISHED MERIT AWARD 1937 Pictures Every Week of people you know 5 An Independent Newspaper First In Washington County Circulation Newa Advertising Jos Campbell Editor VOLUME LXXVI NASHVILLE ILLINOIS THUREDAY SEPTEMBER 1 193S No 33 Married Today This Cow Had Triplets Rose Pero Is Among Brides Of The Week Local Girl Is Wed to Dr White Who Formerly Practiced Here I New Test Will Start West Of Here Phelps Moving In Riff On Williamson Land 5 Miles West The Main Street View SOCIALIZED MEDICINE The announced intention of the Department of Justice to bring suit against the American Medical Association under the anti-trust laws raises some interesting questions The department according to Assistant Attorney General Arnold thinks that the anti-trust laws apply to the offering of services as weU as to the production of goods We believe this is a new interpretation of the law The line between offering ones services and offering one labor is hard to draw If Mr Anrold can make this new Interpretation stick will there not be a conflict between the Wagner Act which favors collective bargaining in the offering of labor and the anti-trust laws which might then be twisted into a weapon against trade unionism? This however is all pretty much theory and something for the lawyers to argue about Lets get down to earth and see what all the shouting about socialized medicine is about Specifically the federal government charges that the American Medical Association is conspiring to make group health plans (Socialized Medicine) impossible by expelling from the association doctors who join in such plans and by forbidding its members to aid patients who subscribe to such plans This may or may not be true We dont know the facts in the charge because very little evidence has been submitted to date but it has been intimated that if the Medical Association will change its policy so as to encourage health plans in the future the government may drop the suit If so does this mean that the government is bent upon socialized medicine and if it is thereby raises the most Interesting question of all The problem of medical and surgical treatment for the masses which is eventually what socialized medicine would amount to is cluttered up with unreserved pity for people who have convinced themselves that they cant pay the doctor for easing their pains or saving their lives but could do so If they tried The doctors of this country give away more free goods off of their shelves than the members of any other profession including musicians actors and newspaper publishers echo come next in the order named They have their incompetents their publicity-crazy hams etc like any other profession but they do more good for suffering humanity and in critical moments than the members of any other calling Of course it will be argued that they should do this because they are in a position to That it is their job But the fact is nevertheless that they do give this service and it is a further fact that society doesnt appreciate the good they do People over emphasize their mistakes of judgment or negligence forgetting that a doctors mistake is more likely to have a fatal or anyway dreadful consequence than a mistake by a plumber grocer or journalist If the work of the plumber springs a leak if the grocer sends Snookies instead of Snackies or if the reporter names Jones as co-respondent in the divorce story when it should have been Jones that means very little paint off any ones fenders But let a doctor make a comparable mistake and there is the devil to pay on top of the fact that maybe he stood to be swindled out of his pay or most of It anyway even if he had done a bang-up job There are any number of phases to this socialized medicine business but the one I am thinking of now is that raised by the various advocates of the idea which has to do with cheaper medical care I am thinking of those who think that a couple of hundred dollars is an outrageous price to pay for the removal of an appendix which has developed the menacing nature of a bomb in the patients inwards The surgeon gets the victim into a hospital as quickly as possible gives him a Jab of some-thng to relax him and in a very short time is poking around in his giblets without 50 cents on the line to pay for laundering his smock So the patient gets well and when the bad news comes often times several months later forgets that feeling as of a litter of porcupines frisking about in his abdomen forgets how scared he was and his alarm for the security of his dependents and calls the doctor a burglar Why he makes only $25 a week and so instead of paving the doctoi a dollar a week as he would pay the installment man for the new radio his policy is to skip it entirely He forgets also that if the surgeon hadn't done his stuff promptly and well specialized stuff that nobody but a surgeon could have done that the family which he thought about would probably be on the township right now If a patient can pay small amounts to a co-operative over a spell of years for treatment which he may need in the future he can just as well pay a doctor a stated amount eath week over a long term for treatment which he has already received But in too many cases he just dont And the doctor is accused of bearing down on a man who rant afford to pay for the saving of his life but can manage somehow to come up with the price of many non-essentials Many doctors nowadays serve patients in the public clinics who are able to pay reasonable professional rates for their treatment In this way the doctor Is compelled to rob his own family of the just reward of his work so that other men'a frmlllcs (Continued on page 4) Mr and Mrs George Zapp of Beau-coup with their five-day old triplet calves Jerry Jane and Jen They average 80 pounds a piece and are different colors one brown one Sei vices Held For Founder Of Beaucoup Mrs Martha Patterson 93 Lived Here For Many Years Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist church of Beaucoup for Mrs Martha Jane Patterson 93 former Nashville resident who died at the home of her daughter Mrs Bertie Rountree in St Louis on Thursday morning at 12:15 oclock after Illness of seven weeks Mrs Martha Patterson Jack daughter of John and Sally Whitten-burg Jack was bom In Beaucoup on September 28 1845 She was united in marriage to Edwin Patterson on November 1 1866 in Richview and four sons and four daughters were born to this union the sons all having died In infancy Mrs Patterson and her husband were the founders of Beaucoup and there spent the first 23 years of their married lifeThey lived in Nashville for four years in Lebanon for three and then moved back to Nashville where they resided for 24 years They again returned to Beaucoup where Mr Patterson died in 1921 after which she made her home with her daughter in St Louis While in Nashville they were the proprietors of the Buckeye hotel She became a member of the Beaucoup Methodist church at the age of 13 and later transferred her membership to the First Methodist church here Last summer Mrs Patterson made a 2000-mile trip to Georgia and traveled the same road as that of her husband when he was a soldier in the Civil war In spite of her advanced age she had a keen and alert mind and was one of the oldest subscribers of The Journal which kept her In touch with happenings at her old home She is survived by four daughters: Lula Mrs Herbert Nelson of Lake Villa 111 Lena- Mrs Frank Taylor of Little Rock Ark Lnura Mrs Walter Hassler of Chattanooga Tenn and Mrs Bertie Rountree of St Louis also six idchildren and three great-grandchildien The pallbearers were: Philip Ben and Spencer Jacg Curraln Jack Spear and Milbum Hassler Among those who attended the services were Mr and Mrs Taylor of Little Rock Ark Charles black and the third white The mother who is named Topsy is 10 years old and she has had 11 calves including these in 8 years As far as we can find out this is the first time i Lightning Hit Barn Monday Paul Lilienkamp Suffers Loss Of Wheat and Equipment In Fire A large bam and its contents including farm machinery and 300 bushels of wheat belonging to Paul Lilienkamp Nashville Township assessor were destroyed at about 2:30 o'clock last Monday morning when lightning struck the structure on the Henry Benlng place about 3 miles northwest of Nashville which is ten-1 ated by Lilienkamp A severe rain and electrical storm which was general in this vicinity was at its heighth at the time and Mr Lilienkamp told a reporter that they heard a dull explosion at about 2:30 and that when the family looked out of the window they saw that their bam was completely ablaze They managed to get the family automobile out of the barn but could save none of the wheat or the machinery which included a binder grinder com planter two cultivators and a new wagon bed The loss of the wheat together with the machinery and the barn itself was estimated at several thousand dollars The bam according to Mr Llliankamp was all that was covered by insurance The GUters who live about a mile northwest of Lillenkamps were the first to arrive on the scene and they with other neighbors who arrived later helped concentrate the fire lighting to save the other buildings Several were scorched but the blaze itself was confined to the large bam The bam itself went so quickly that there was no chance to do anything about it The rain which was one of the heaviest of the year was accompanied by heavy lightning which stopped power service for a while later in the morning at about 5:30 and struck a number of the power company's transformers in addition to one telephone pole TOWNSEND MEETING There will be a Townsend meeting in the court house on Friday evening at 7:30 The session will be taken up with a program and also a business meeting Christ Seldensplnner Sec Rountree and Mr and Mrs Curraln of St Louis Mr and Mrs Mllburn Hassler and Mrs Nelson of Lake Villa Mrs Walter Hassler of Chattanooga Texas The wedding of Miss Rose Ann Pero daughter of Mr and Mrs Steve Pero of this city and Dr Noland Winford White of Centralia took place this morning at 10 o'clock at the beautiful Blessed Sacrament church in St Louis Green ferns and palms grouped on the white marble altar provided the setting before which they were married The Rev John Marren performed the ceremony The bride who was given in marriage by her father was preceded to the altar by her sister Miss Esther Mildred Pero as maid of honor and Miss Virginia Ann Nunn A Air Hostess of Kansas City Kansas as bridesmaid The bride wore a gown of white satin with a draped bodice and leg-of mutton sleeves The very full skirt was flared from the waist falling into a train at the back Her white tulle veil was held in place with a coronet of tulle entwined with seed pearls which matched the pearl clip she wore on her dress She carried white orchids and gladioli Miss Esther Pero was gowned In dusty rose satin and Miss Nunn In aqua satm Both wore draped tulle face veils falling from a crown of flowers and they carried Talisman roses Attending the groom as best man was Conley Purcell of Sikeston Mo and Mr Kemper Bruton of Farming-ton Mo as groomsman A wedding breakfast was served following $he ceremony in the Blue Room of the Forest Park hotel Guests were limited to the immediate family and friends of the bride and groom After the breakfast the newly-wedded couple left on a short honeymoon trip after which they will reside in Centralia Dr White is the son of Mr and Mrs White of Bertrand Mo and received his A and degrees at Missouri university and his at Washington university in St Louis Miss Pero is a graduate of the local schools and of De Paul Hospital School of Nursing in St Louis YOUNG EWEIIS At 12 o'clock noon Saturday Aug 27 Miss Rachel Ewers of Fenton 111 became the bride of Loren Young of Richview The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev Young father of the groom in the living room of the bride's home which was beautifully decorated with pink and white and fall garden flowers Preceding the ceremony "Ah Sweet Mystery of Life and "I Love You Truly were sung by a friend of the bride Mrs Young is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Ewers of Fenton and the groom is the youngest son of Rev and Mrs Young of Richview The bride who was given in marriage by her father wore a formal gown of white embroidered organdy and carried a bouquet of pink rosebuds Miss Margaret Paul a college classmate attended the bride She wore a white gown similar to that of the brides and carried a bouquet of pink and white asters The groom was attended by his brother Hugh Young Betty and Marilyn Young nieces of the groom were ring bearer and flower girl respectively Mrs Young was graduated from high school and received her degree from Cornell university Mt Vernon Iowa She also did graduate work in Colorado and for the past four years has been employed as Home Economics instructor in the Erie high school Erie Illinois Mr Young is a graduate of Cen-tralia high school and received a degree from McKendree college Lebanon He has done graduate work at the University of Illinois and has taught in the school of Washington county For the past three years he has been employed as mathematies instructor in the Erie school where he met his bride Following the ceremony a three course dinner was served to sixty guests They will make their home in Erie where Mr Young has been re-employed in the high school Among those who attended the wedding were: Rev and Mrs Young and MIbs Killeen Schnake of Richview Mr and Mrs Hugh Young and children of Centralia and Mr and Mrs Ralph Richards and daughter Miss Iola of Nashville REVES IIEGGEMEIER Miss Ema Heggemeler of Nashville and Howard Reves also of this city were married Saturday afternoon at I o'clock in Friedens Evangelical parsonage near St Charles Mo Rev George Orlowsky officiated at the ceremony The only attendants were Mr and Mrs Glen Snead The biide Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Heggemeler of near Nashivlle and the groom Is the son of Mrs Lockie Roves of Batesvllle Arkansas They are making their home In Nashville Mrs Reeves was formerly manager of the Nashville Flower shop coo Fred Reuter has purchased the Hy Harbke property on East Main street Mr and Mrs Russell Carter visited the former's parents in Marlon the first part of th week Also Bolo Test Two new oil tests were officially announced in different parts of the county this week while little new was to be learned from the several others whose operations have been shrouded In secrecy for the past several weeks As has been rumored for several days here the Nashville area is to have a Benoist test in the immediate future The test which is to be on the Billy Williamson land 5 nnes west of town was officially confirmed for The Journal Wednesday morning by Mr Phelps of Centralia who arranged for the lease block for the well The exact location of the test is the SW SE SE of Section 7 Township 2 Range 3 Nashville Township Mr Phelps stated that the order had already been given for the construction of the slush pit which was started Wednesday and we are advised that the rig will be moved in this week-end and actual spudding in will take place early next week The drilling contractor is A Pruitt who has a Diesel-powered rotary outfit which has been used on a number of wells in Centralia The block includes acreage in both Nashville and Plum Hill Townships and we are reliably Informed that Mr Phelps has enlisted the firm of Hull Stouffer A Boughton Decatur Illinois oil capitalists to back the test These men have been active In the Centralia area since the boom started and have produced a number of large wells in that field All of tnelr wells have been located and drilled under the supervision of Dr Deaton an Oklahoma geologist who will likewise have charge of the Williamson drilling We understand that the area in which this block of leases is located has been worked exhaustively by several geologists who followed Dr Deaton It seems that the final decision to locate the well on this particular spot was the result of two independent surveys which when checked were found to coincide almost exactly They were made by Dr Deaton and Dean Roland a well-known Centralia geologist who worked independently of each other in selecting the spot The territory was thoroughly tested wlthMagnatomer equipment which gets the soundings as to the formations and is somewhat similar to selsmographlng Benoist Test Mr Phelps stated definitely that this test would be to at least Benoist sand and there would be no fooling or attempt to kid anybody as to whether oil was there or not He eald they were going down for the express purpose of finding out and this was purely a wild cat oil 'test and not a promotion venture Dr Deaton when interviewed was enthusiastic as to the possibility He stated that this entire territory was one of the best areas for wild cat testing that he had ever encounteied Bltterman Test The second test which has been announced is the long awaited Bitter-man and Cunningham test on the Tony Bonk land In Bolo township The location is SE NE SW Section 16 3 2 Bolo township and is about three quarters of a mile southwest of the old Jesss location where these same two drillers had a fair showing of oil last year We understand that the rigging has been moved on the location and that the hole will probably be started this weekend This test has been anticipated for a long time but we have now been Informed that the drilling deal has been completed The Venedy well has been temporarily held up by Sheriff's orders the details of which will be found in another story At DuBols Last week the Journal was the subject of some good natured razzing due to the many wild rumors that were floating about concerning the Musial and Rozenowski tests The paper came out Thursday afternoon Indicating that the boom was on the down grade due to the fact that no decision had yet been made on the Musial well and that Rozenowski was no good in the first sand Friday morning the story came In to town that the biggest well in the county to date had been hit in the second send at the Rozenowski location and that the papers were all wrong On the contrary however after a week's reflection it seems that the papers are still right concerning these two wells or else the company is not putting out ail the information that it knows We were unofficially told this week that the Benoist at Rozenowski was not a producer and the person who gave us our information said that he believed that they would go on down to the McCIoskey However tins is also unofficial as Is piactieally ol the information ronccinlng these two wells beiause the company still says "were not putting out ary information" so your guess Is as good ns ours as to what is going on at these fixations and we (vtainly huve no Intention of misleading our readers by punting everything that one hears concerning this oil bus ness We're not building up oil promotions for anyliody and when we say that a fix ation has been officially announced or any other Infoimution (Continued on page 4) Mrs Noland White who became the bride of Dr Noland White this morning (See story page 1) ALDERMAN ARRESTS BELLIGERENT DRUNK Jamees Cavins a hard road employe was lined $15 and costs Monday by Justice of the Peace Higgs for disturbing the peace on Main street last Saturday night Earlier Saturday evening he paid a fine of $840 on a similar charge before Squire Wilson It seeme that Mr Cavins bad a few aboard Saturday and was in a fighting mood Earlier in the evening he got into a fight with John Schuetz for which he paid the first fine Later on as the drinks added up Cavins became more playful He began raising Ned in general on Main street one of his playful little tricks being that of keeping Redeker out of his own tavern During the course of his antics Elliot Evilsizer a member of the city council came along and warned Cavins that if he didnt behave himself that he was going to run him in Caving got tough and said that nobody could run him in whereby Alderman Evilsizer preceded to first take him apart and then escort him to jail YOUTH SCALDED BY TRACTOR RADIATOR Myrl Schnake 19 son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Schnake of Pleasant Grove was severely scalded by water from the radiator of a tractor about 5 oclock Tuesday evening at his home He was plowing with a tractor in a nearby field when he stopped to put gome water in the radiator When he took off the cap the water shot out scalding the left side of his face his arm and his back His straw hat partially protected his face go it wasnt as severely burned as the other parts of his body He was given first aid by a Ashley physician and was taken to the Centralia hospital for further treatment BREAKS HIP IN FALL FROM CHAIR Henry Chitty of this city suffered a broken hip early Sunday evening when he fell from the porch at Homer Jack's farm home a few miles east of Nashville Mr and Mrs Chitty and Mr and Mre Chris Finke were visiting the Jacks and while sitting on the porch Mr Chitty reached over to knock out his pipe his chair overturned and he fell from the porch which was a very short distance from the ground He was taken to Nashville in the Hahne and Hileman ambulance where he was treated by a local physician and it was learned that his hip was broken: he was then removed to the St Elizabeths hospital in Belleville for treatment PANTS CATCH FIRE TRUCK OVERTURNS Bill Klenke and James Wlnfree suffered minor injuries when the Winfree truck overturned on Route 15 east of Nashville at about 12:15 Sunday morning They were coming from the east and on the curve near the Forman farm Wlnfreeg trousers caught fire rom his pipe and when he tried to put the fire out he ran off the road and when he got back on the slab the truck turned over Klenke received several gashes on his forehead and an injured left hand Winfree suffered a cut finger and cuts on the forehead The Chevrolet truck was completel wrecked ATTEND CONVENTION John Klosterhoff of Addieville County Chairman Ed Hurk of Huegelv Albert Greiman Ernst Michael Lawrence Schmale and Gus rUxman of Hoylcton Mr and Mrs Paul Johnson Harry Anderson Mrs Lelie Paul and Miss Gladys Aubel attended the State Republican convention at Peoria Wednesday Judge Bcmreuter of here was on the pre-convention platform committee A more complete story of the convention including details of the platform will appear In next week's Journal this has ever happened in Washington County in fact it is a rarity anywhere especially for triplet calves to live Parade To Be One Of Many Features Mon Committee Hopes To Have Many Local Floats In Line Plans are Just about complete for the Lions Homecoming celebration to be held here on Labor day Mondays celebration will be preceded by a dance on Saturday night on the open air dance floor on the lot just south of the Journal building The music will be furnished by Ken Gore and his popular 11-piecS band and on Monday night Eddie Ehret and His Note-abies the foremost dance band of Southern Illinois' will play Dancing will begin at 9 o'clock A big carnival The Fldler Show will also open on Saturday night and continue to show all week They will have shows concessions and rides The Labor Day celebration will begin at 9 o'clock in the morning with a band concert followed by athletic events The big event will be the baby parade and all entries are to be reported to Jess Small chairman Mothers of children under three years old are requested to co-operate Prizes are $5 first $3 second and $2 third The Amateur Hour committee are busy getting contestants lined up for that event which is to be held at 2 oclock Monday afternoon The committee would like to hear from every amateur in the county who can take part in the program The prizes are: first $3 second $2 and 3rd 4th and 5th $1 At 6 oclock Monday evening the big parade of floats and features will take place AU floats and organizations must be in fine ready to start from Huegely Mill lot at 5:30 o'clock sharp to prevent any delay The Belleville Girls Drum and Bugle corps stats winners will be a big feature Miss Virginia Jaspering this year's Peach Queen and her court will ride on the Lions club float Route: South to Main street west to Presbyterian church South two blork east to Baptist church north to Main street euut to courthouse w'here announcements of awards will be made as parade disbnnds An added feature which was recently booked is "Shucks Austin and his Mount nlneer Musicians KMOX artists the Hoylcton male quartet and Mary Jane Horner of Pinckneyvllle tap dancer At Okauvllle Okawvllle will have their annual Farmers picnic and Community Fair at the Washington Lake park There will be a display of farm produce canned goods fancy work and domestic science items Cash prizes are offered for the best exhibits and any one In the county Is invited to enter Exhibits may be entered from 10 a to 2 on the day of the celebration John Moore of Winchester Illinois District Organization Director for the Illinois Aglcultural Asoiiatlon has been secured as the guest speaker of the day and County Farm Adviser Hertz Is also scheduled to on tty program Other events will include contests bund concert hog and chicken calling and horseshoe pitching ELL TIED UP According to the sheriffs office the oil well at Venody lias been stopped temporarily be ausc of payment of over $1000 alleged to be due mem-beis of the drilling crew The sheriff said that a man named Gardner of Centralia who formerly woiked at the well tied up the opeiation They were down 930 feet and in the Stein Sand when "Doc and Harry Anderson served their papers Lightning Destroys Barn Ruins of the Paul Lilienkamp during a severs electrical storm ear-barn a few miles northwest of Nash- ly Monday morning ville which was struck by lightning.