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SEVEN THE DAILY PANTAGRAPH, BLOOMINGTON, ILL. WEDNESDAY, JULY 0, 1011. PHONE WANTED! 4500 1 -rpv'rw? FARM FAMILY CONTEST Central Illinois Deaths Mrs. Etta Wikle Family sf a Keep in First Place TYPICAL ILLINOIS FARM FAMILY CONTEST STANDINGS do J. F.

Dlckersons Threaten to Pass Leader BY THE FARM FAMILY CONTEST EDITOR. Even though 40,000 votes hav been received by The Pantagraph Ince last Saturday, the Millard Thomas family of Farmer City I till leading the Typical Illinola Farm Family contest ai voting swings Into the final week. Lead Threatened. The Thomas family holds a lead of leu than 1,000 votes (100 ballots) over the climbing- second place Dlckersons from Leroy. The Dick- rson family rose from a low fourth place in the last three days.

Oliver Troyer'i family and the Leslie Suiters dropped back one nlflp. each. Close' behind Is the Wendell Beeler family from Bloom. Ington that has maintained a steady Mr ww CLINTON (PNS) Carl Bowers, Illinois Central conductor, was on the Clinton croquet court late Monday. Gold Piece Started Livestock Farming position.

Standings Dally, Rev. George Gundy of Mad will officiate, aaaltd by the Itav. Orville Nelson of lirulley. Burial will be In GrldUy camatery. He was burn Jan.

at rian ak'an, the sol of Waller and Km ma Stahly Zehr. He came to UrwlW-r, In 19i5. The only survivors are bis par ents. He attended the Grid. schools and graduated In 1934.

He was a member of the Mennonlte church. Louis Runeberg PAXTON. (PNS) Louis Rune berg. 83. died Tuesday morning at his home four miles west of Pa-ton following a long Illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. (standard) Thursday at home and at 2:30 at the First Lutheran church with the Rev, Oscar Pem officiating. Burial will be In Glen cemetery. He was born In Sweden July 23.

1837, the son of Anders and El Runeberg. At the age of 13 he cam to the United States and has resided In the Paxton community since that time. He married Miss Betsy Rasmus of Paxton March, 26, 1884. She died In 1930. He Is survived by two daughter and two sons, Ester and Alice, both at hone; Elmer at home and Arthur, Laurens, la.

Bowers Rites CLINTON. (PNS) Funeral services for Carl B. Bowers, who died at 9:13 p. m. Monday In John Warner hospital of Injuries received when a tractor he was drlv.

Ing toppled over backward, crush lng him beneath It, are to be held at 3:15 p. m. (standard) Wednesday In the Clinton Methodist church. The Rev. L.

D. Hopper, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be 'in Woodlawn cemetery. William Warren LINCOLN. (PNS) William Warren, 70, of Mt.

Pulaski died Tuesday evening In Deaconess hospital. The body was taken to the Sheets funeral home, pending funeral arrangements. He ia survived by one son, Jauea. THEY'RE IN THE NOW EL PASO. (PNS) Pvt.

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ATLANTA. (PNS) Mrs. Etta Wikle, 70, died at her home Tues day morning after a nine months Illness. The body was removed to the Tuttle funeral home where services will be held at 10 a. m.

(standard) Thursday with the Rev. R. W. Seath officiating. Burial will be In Atlanta cemetery.

She was the daughter of Harvard and Martha Ellen Gordon Bar- ham and was born Nov. 25, 1870, In Covell. She was married to William T. S. Wikle April 15, 1890, In Atlanta.

He preceded her in death Her entire life was spent in Atlanta. She is survived by her daughter. Mrs. Maude Sutton and two grand children of Royal Oak, and a brother. Benjamin, St.

Louis, Mo. She was a metrber of the Christian church. Hodqe Rites LEXINGTON. (PNS) Funeral services for Gafness Hodges, who died Monday, will be held at 2 p. m.

(standard) Wednesday at the Pleasant Hill chapel with the Rev Fred Foster officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill cemetery. He was born Jan. 21, 1901. He married Ruby Ellis Nov.

6, 1921. He is survived by his widow and seven children, Louise, Dorothy, Dean, Lyle, Gordon, Caroline and Kenneth, all at home. Two children preceded him in death. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. James Hodge, Waynetown, Ave brothers, Ingram, Waynetown, John, Summerahade, Carl, Danville; Chris, Forrest, and Cecil, Lexington, and three sisters, Mrs.

Nettie Cummlngs, Mrs. Vln-cle Ranklns and Mrs. Vic Under wood, all of Crawfordsville, Ind. Emery Turner WENONA. (PNS) Emery Turner died Monday afternoon at his home In Springfield.

The funeral will be held in Wenona Thursday afternoon but further arrangements have not been made. He was born In Wenona Aug. 21, 1887, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner.

He was married to Miss Marie Grant. They moved to Indiana where she died. He was later married to Mlas Addie Stankie. Surviving are the widow, the following children: Charles In Camp Alexandria, Mrs. Marian Baldwin, Mise Hortense and Mrs.

Mary McConnell of Springfield; the father, Charles Turner, former representative from Illinois of Wenona. Gilbert Zehr GRIDLEY. (PNS) Gilbert La- verne Zehr, 25, died Tuesday at his home after a year's illness. The body was taken to the Froe- lich funeral home and win be re turned to the home Wednesday aft ernoon. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.

m. (standard) Thurs-dav at the Methodist church. The and in the central market as the only dependable method of selling. Also important is the efficient, economical movement of livestock. These standings are by no means a final indication of who will be the winner.

As the totals readily show, any family can still walk off with the prize If they draw enough votes during these last seven aays Standings, keeping the voters posted on their favorite family, will be published daily beginning today. Watch your contestants and keep Fighting 12,490 21.5.10 19 sm 18.200 11,520 7.020 5,510 6,160 4.8.10 4,360 4.2X0 4,180 3.770 3.6, 3.030 2,610 1.710 1.M0 U0 U90 1.300 8211 5U0 440 390 320 Four Emderi Church Groups to Meet EMDEN. (PNS) The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet in the social roorr.s of the Methodist church Thursday after noon. Mrs. Nells ZImmer and Mrs.

Hiram Sampen will be host esses. The Christian Women's council will meet at the church Thursday The devotions will be led by Miss Mae Ireland and the lesson topic "Peace" will be in charge of Mrs Herman Conrady. Hostesses will be Mrs. Harry Whittaker and Mrs Nelson Jeckel. Members of the Tadnus class of the Methodist church will meet Thursday night at the horre of their teacher, Mrs.

Edward S. Combs. The Friendly Circle class of the Methodist church will meet Friday night at the home of Mrs. Henry Hildebrands. Mrs.

George Miller will be assistant hostess. Auxiliary to Meet In Lexington (PNS) The woman's auxiliary to the American Legion will meet Wednesday eve ning at the horr of Mrs. Anton Wlnterland. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. Ed Leach and Mrs.

William Luster. Meeting Place Changed ARROWSMITH. (PNS) The meeting of the McLean County Council of the American Legion, scheduled for Monday, at 8 p. m. (standard) at Anchor, will be held in the Arrowsmith Community high school gymnasium because of repair work being done at the Anchor high school.

them on top. Final deadline for all votes la A MIDNIGHT, July 15. All letters must bear a postmark not later than that time and dat to be accepted. Votes In letters after that date will be thrown out Remember, the district winner leaders will receive one oi crushed under this upset tractor brand) cows that cost around $38 per head. A few of the older cows were sold and the younger ones kept to raise calves a crop of 21 from 21 cows.

Now he wishes he had more of them Again in 1940 he bought cows, these of mixed brands, and at present there are more than 50 calves on the Will-son farm. "Looks like the right thing to do now is raise calves," he Keeps Up With Changes. He used to keep a fair sized cow herd and raise part of his feeder needs, but a few years ago when calves could be bought more cheaply than they could be raised he disposed of the cows. Now the cycle seems to be changing and Mr. Willson has changed with it.

Despite his 84 years, P. K. Will-son still looks to the future. There seems to be something about livestock farming that does this to a man, he believes. Not that he does not like to recall the old days of the Industry.

But he thinks that he still has an interesting future, as well as an interesting and profitable past. Faster Shipping. He likes to tell of his family moving to DeWitt county In 1873, and how he helped drive the cattle through Springfield and across what Is now the Illinois State fair grounds. The trip with the farm equipment and stock took two days. "Now a fellow could move the same distance with a motor truck in as many hours," he points out.

Mr. Willson is a strong believer in the livestock way of farming, Gift of a Dollar P. K. Willson in To Mark 84th Birthday Wednesday CLINTON. (PNS) A dollar gold piece, gift of a grandfather to a 7 year old boy In 1864, started P.

K. Willson of DeWitt county on a career as one 'of the outstanding livestock farmers of Illinois. Wednesday, Mr. Willson, who lives north and east of Clinton in Harp township, will celebrate bis 84th birthday anniversary, and his S2nd year as a livestock shipper to the Chicago markets. Shipping Since 1889.

According to bis records, Mr. Willson has been shipping cattle to Chicago since June 22, 1889, but he's really been in the livestock business for 77 years. His grandfather from Pennsylvania was in Illinois visiting the Willson family, and on leaving gave the youthful farmer a dollar gold piece. The boy used the dollar to buy a pig, and the return from the sale of the sow and her litter was used to buy a white steer calf. As a 1,600 pounder, it brought close to $80, and this sum was spent for a colt, which later sold for $125.

So, before he was very old, Mr. Willson found that livestock has an Interesting way of Increasing in weight and value. And for three quarters of a century he has been following his lesson he learned as a small boy. In his more than 60 years of cattle feeding Mr. Willson has marketed nearly 400 cars of stock in Chicago.

The number of head Is just under 7,000, but he has a carload about ready to go to market now, which will put the mark well above that figure. To the Illinois Central railroad he has paid out over $14,000 in freight charges. Including feeder cattle purchases, Mr. Willson in his lifetime has handled well over 500 cars of stock, or about 25,000 head. This figure does not include 9,000 head of cattle which he has purchased in his home community.

His feeder cattle purchases on the market have totaled around prizes: PANTAGRAPH DISTRICT. First prize $50 In cash given by the State fair management for traveling and other expenses while guests for a day at the fair. Also a beautiful radio-' phonograph combination, courtesy of Sears Roebuck and Company, which normally retails for $100. Second prize A Defense Bond, series E. with a maturity value of $50.

courtesy the National Bank of Bloomington. Third prize Funk's hybrid seed corn for up to 100 acres. Courtesy Funk Brothers feed company. STATE OF ILLINOIS. Grand prize Super DeLuxe Fordor eedan plus a full week, all expense visit, to the Illinois State fair.

Second prize Big farm de- signed, eight cubic foot General Electric refrigerator. In addition, the 10 leading fami 000 and his total freight billion feeders and fat stuff Is close to the $20,000 mark, his records show. Naturally IMr. Willson has seen a lot of changes In cattle feeding practices over the span, of years he has been In the business. The biggest difference between present methods and those of the 1880's is the class of cattle fed.

Times Change. "We used to think we had to start out with 3 and 4 year old steers. Now of course they want fat yearlings. This taking of calves right from the cow and starting them on feed certainly would have created a sensation back in the early days," be commented. Mr.

Willson has seen many ups and downs; times when a drove of cattle looked like they should make a profit and didn't; other times when conditions didn't look good at the time the cattle were bought, but then good profits were made a marketing time. One of the disappointing years for him was in 1933 when he bought 300 good heifers at what looked like a decent price. To top it off corn was worth about 32 cents. However later In the season corn brought 70 cents, or much more than It made marketed through the heifers. "You have to be smart to do the right thing at the right times," says and all evidence points to Mr.

Willson being a "smart" farmer. What with the lean years and all th other losses a Central Illinois farmer can expect, he can say with few others, "I've never signed a mortgage in my life, and I'm too old to start now." He owns more than 1,100 acres of farm land, all of it in Harp township. One 40 acre lot of bluegrass pasture, across the road south of his home, has never been broken, according to his knowledge, being in grass when he moved on the place In 1882f It has been left in pasture ever since. One of his best cattle invest ments was made in 1939, he says on a carload or tain sms uexas lies will receive an air photo of their farm with the compliments oi Puntaeraoh airplane. nnn't hold back vour votes.

Get them In now because every second counts. Millard Thomas, Farmer City J. K. Dlrkenton, Leroy Oliver Trover, Uinvrri tnlle Suiter, Towaiwla Wendell Heeler, HloomJngton Walter A. Jlles, Arrow-smith Harry Flenhold.

I'ontiar Charles lioai, Arrow-smith Lester Keeser, Arrow-smith Raymond Herd, Towanda O. II. Elder, Islington Albert Bray. Wanrlla Gordon Worthlngton. rontlae Kirl O.

Freed, Lexington Joe Vogel. I'aso Anton Hlledltrandt, McLean J. C. Bess, Danvers Hugh L. Klrkton, El I 'a so Krneat Sanders, Bloomington James Lawless, Strawn Frank L.

Keenetli, Odell Fred Oilman, Chenoa George E. Armstrong. Clinton Lyle Fonger, Dewilt John Nrhroeder, Fairlmry Merle E. Miller, Leroy Henry Fralun, Stanford Rudolph Flenlje, Liiiroln Walter Bielfeldt. Anchor Howard llleronjmiis, Atlanta John L.

Finnell, llienoa Clifford Hoyt, Deer Creek Orville Stinde, Saybrook Lincoln Man Charged With Assault Injures Mother In Law, Claim LINCOLN. (PNS) Warrants charging assault with intent 10 kill and assault and battery and a peace warrant were Issued for Herman Bree Tuesday following a riiittirhnnra at the home Of hlS mother in law, Mrs. Icy Mapes, 618 Oklahoma avenue, about 9 p. m. Monday.

Bree was arrested ty Officers A. Leinineer and Floyd Ken nedy and placed in the county Jail, He is alleged to have gone to the Mapes home in bad temper to, get his wife and was ordered away from the place. He is said to have shoved open the door and grabbed hold of Mrs. Mapes and twinteH her srht une ooor window was smashed also. Mrs.

MaDes was taken to the Deaconess hospital for X-ray ex amination and medical care, was found the muscles in her right arm and shoulder were badly sprained. She was able to return to her home Tuesday morning. A peace warrant was first issued for Bree and Tuesday aiternoon Mrs. Matilda Huneke, a sister in law, signed assault complaints. He will be Riven a hearing Derore Justice of Peace Vincent Jones.

Hopedale Band To Give Concerts HOPEDALE. The Hopedale Community high school band under the direction of Homer F. Ely, will climax the third sumir.er music school sponsored by the board of education with two public concerts in the village park at 8 p. m. (Stan dard) July 11 and July 25.

Several members of the grade school orchestra as well as a few alumni make up the personnel of the group for the summer. The band will also appear at the Illinois state fair. Wenona to Accept Postmaster Applications MINONK. (PNS) John C. Rvan.

secretary of the civil serv ice board, announced Monday that the United States civil service com mission will hold an open competi tive examination to fill the position of postmaster at Wenona, where a vacancy exists or is aDout to occur. The salary is $2,000. Applications must be properly executed and on file at Washington, D. C. prior to the hour of closing business July 11, 1941.

This examination will be held at Minonk. The date of examination will be announced after the close of receipt of applications. Applications for the examination may be secured from the postmaster at Wenona. County. will appear tn tbls newspaper.

"Illinois Typical Farm Family I Lv I I 1 1 I I Chenoa Methodist Women to Meet CHENOA. (PNS) The Wom an's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church will meet -day afternoon at 1:30 (standard) at the home or cen wuuo, nnrthpaflt of town. Mesdames A. C. LeDuc, Alva Schlckedanz, Christian Zimmerman, John Harkrlder, Wesley Barringer, Armstrong, Koch and Raymond Koerner will be as csraHB otj3t we oamn mm I SI ws-jsifS" -sN -J0JSf -v 4 A II II I IskrJJ 'lit, iil mmmsmmimiV').

v. sistant hostesses. a m. Rbv Kramer will have haree of the devotional service. The Rev.

Charles L. Coleman will review the book "Administering to the Shifting Population." Miss Mary Elizabeth Cox will discuss the chapter for the month thesecowicarburetor into action; steps up not only fuel supply but the air supply as well. IOIOMETIMliS in your auiuuiuunc yuu 3 want zip and ginger, sometimes thrift. from "Investing Our Heritage. San Jose Church Women to Meet SAN JOSE.

(PNS) The an's Society of Christian Service of the Salem church will meet at the home of Mrs. Sam Brady at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. Assiating hostesses will be Mrs.

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