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I WANT ADS 4500 THE DAILY PANTAGRAPH, BLOOMINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1930. THREE RUNAWAY GIRLS STILL MISSING Helen Graham and Maud Moss Are Believed 1 to Be on Way West. Helen Graham and Maud Moss, two Normal school girls who disappeared from the Moss home, 807 West Apple street, Sunday afternoon, remained missing Friday as all efforts to find them continued fruitless. Parents of the girls were hopeful Friday following reports that Helen had talked generally to school friends about "going away" soon. of reports was that she had said she was going to New Mexico, according to her father, J.

P. Graham, 309 West Ash street, Normal. Mr. Graham has a living in Quemado, N. and at both Dallas and Corpus Christi.

Mrs. Graham has a sister at Elsinore, and one at Los Angeles. If the girls started for the west, it is expected word will be received from the relatives soon. Grades Good. Relatives of the Moss family live chiefly in Kentucky, and it was thought that the two might have started there, but because they have been gone so long, this hope is almost abandoned.

A report from Monroe Melton, superintendent of the Normal public schools, is that both girls had been orderly at school, and had maintained good grades in their work. Stations Broadcast. Helen Graham is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.

P. Graham, 309 West Ash street. Maud Moss is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.

H. Moss, 807 West Apple street, Normal. They disappeared from 'the Moss home at about 2 p. m. Sunday, after they had supposedly left for Bloomington.

Police have been notified, both the Peoria radio station and station WLS, Chicago, are broadcasting for the girls. 2 From Here to Be Graduated in Indiana Two Bloomington students and one from Anchor will be graduated from Indiana Central college, Indianapolis, in exercises to be held June 2, according to announcement by the college. Emil Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.

N. Cooper, 806 North East street, and Arthur Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.

Jones, 805 South Bunn street, are Bloomington boys who will be graduated and J. Louls Martens is the graduate from Anchor. The largest class in the history of the college receive degrees this year. Seventy candidates will receive degrees. Dr.

I. J. Good, president of the school, will present the diplomas. Rubbish Fire Extinguished A rubbish fire at 401 West Washington street, was extinguished Thursday afternoon by the fire department. and Mrs.

J. H. Riley, of Alhambra, former residents of Normal, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. LaFayette Funk of Shirley.

They made the trip by automobile. THE BULLETIN BOARD EMERGENCE CALLS. Police 31 Mennonite hospital 296 Brokaw hospital 3290 St. Joseph's hospital 160 Sheriff 603 County jail 188 Fire department- -Tell operator. Normal city hall and police Dept.

5517 BIRTHS. Mr. and Mrs. George Gambrel, formerly of Bloomington and now of West Palm Beach. are the parents of boy born May 4, It is announced by friends hEre.

The child has been named George Fred. Mrs. Gambrel is the daughter of Mr. and Ira. Fred Bates, of West Palm Beach, who formerly lived at 605 East Mulberry street.

MARRIAGE LICENSES. Kenneth Vondon, Peoria; Warrine Prather, Peoria; Friday, May 23. REMOVALS ABOUT CITY. (Arrivals in city, removals about eity, and removals from city, are furnished by the Bloomington Credit Men's association, 117 East Monroe street.) Ed Kannapel, 1405 North Roosevelt avenue to North Morris avenue. Edward Lockenvitz, 1304 South Main street to 720 West Washington street.

Mrs. Oscar Swanson, 611 West Jefferson street to 207 West Market street. REMOVALS FROM CITY. A. Currue, 803 West Oakland avenue to Danville, ARRIVALS IN CITY.

C. H. Allwart, Decatur to 1304 South Main street. Call the Pantagraph Personal Service department to learn whether the date for your party or social engagement conflicts with other engagements. Funeral Notices, Cards of Thanks, In Memoriam and Speeini Notices, 10-line minimum, $1.50 per Insertion: additional lines 15e each.

Copy for fall day's day run will before be accepted publication up and 1S to noon for final edition. IN MEMORIAM. memory of our dear father, In loving Capt. ago today, May 23, 1929: Patrick Fitzgerald, who passed away one year since that sad day we laid It is one year you right without you, whom in your grave; Things don't seem we tried so hard to save. memory lingers, our hearts your ly, tender, kind and true; There is not day, dear father, that do not think of you; one knows the silent heartaches, only those who have lost can tell Or the grief that in borne in silence for our father we loved so well.

Our lips cannot speak how we loved you, Our hearts cannot tell what to say; God only knows how we've missed you Rince that day you were called away: We think of you as one who sleeps, All free from grief and pain, Happy daya we know will come When we shall meet you again; You are gone but not forgotten, Nor will you ever be, Father, long life and memory lasta We will always think of thee. JOHN FITZGERALD. CATHERINE F. HARTMAN. State Headquarters Orders 1,210,000 Poppies for Sale A total of 1,210,000 veteran-made poppies for sale on Poppy day, SatAmerican the Legion majority posts of Illinois, 692 been ordered Legion under their, supervision, have headquarters here, it was announced Friday by Robert Haffey, department clerk in charge of poppy distribution.

this time in 1929, he said, 1,139,564 had been ordered by the various posts. END OF SITE ACTION SEEN Postoffice Property Hearing to Be Held Saturday. Conclusion of the long process by which the government comes into possession of the property on North East street selected as a site for the new postoffice is expected to take place in federal court 1 in Springfield Saturday morning. Bloomington owners of the half block- opposite the city hall have been notified to be present at a hearing at which Judge Louis FitzHenry is expected to make an order confirming purchase of the land by the government, confirming of title and paying money to the owners. lat The Peoria hearing last is week on a requesting petition filled an order of confirmation in the purhas already approved a plan wherechase of a site.

The by it pays approximately $99,000 of the purchase price for the site and local residents pays about $10,000. Store and Auto Thefts Charged to Prisoner George Hartzel, giving his address at 1502 South Mason street, was arrested Thursday morning by Motorcycle Patrolman Roy Crawford on suspicion later had charges of robbery store and and, larceny of an automobile placed against him. Crawford found him with the automobile. The car was stolen from Louis F. Brumer of Pekin.

Inside the cat were found food products identified as the same stock which was taken from the James Ramage grocery store, 1009 West Chestnut street, sometime Wednesday night. The sheriff of Tazewell county to Bloomington Friday morning for Hartzell and he will be tried at Pekin. Hartzel has 8 police record in this city, having been arrested last June on a charge of larceny and fined $1,000. Former Resident Dies Long Illness Fatal to Nicholas Stalter, Decatur. Nicholas Stalter, 77, formerly of Bloomington, died at 12:30 A.

m. Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ben Garton, Decatur. He had been in poor health for some time. He is survived by a sister, Mrs.

Anna Mohr, 306 South Main street, Normal: his daughter at Decatur, and two sons, Albert, 15 Harwood place, and Lester, Los Angeles, Calif. The body will be brought to Bloomington Saturday, and the funeral will probably be held Monday. Arrangements are pending the arrival of the son from Los Angeles. JOHN A. BECK CO.

FUNERAL SERVICE Phone 268 Ambulance HIGGINS-JUNG-KLEINAU CO. MONUMENTS. ESTABLISHED 1878. FUNERAL FLOWERS Our Specialty OTTO J. HEMBREIKER The Florist Phone 236 Phone 8009 505 N.

Main 103 W. Front SERVICE MEASURED NOT BY GOLD BUT BY THE GOLDEN RULE LADY AMBULANCE ATTENDANT THE CALL for service is instantly answered. We serve all time and any place. SUMNER GOODFELLOW FUNERAL WASHINGTON SERVICE ST Phone 442 Over 36 Years JOHN A. COMPANY ECK Funeral Directors Packard Motor Equipment Ambulance Lady Assistant Chapel Services Phone 268 Louis E.

Mrs. John A. WOLLRAB BECK Clarence K. JACOBSSEN Exterior This picture was taken to show was erected about 25 rears ago. Milne's 'Belinda' Presented by 2 Dramatic Groups 1111 The English comedy, "Belinda." by A.

A. Milne, the English dramatist, was presented by Theta Alpha Phi and Masquers in Presser hall, Illinois Wesleyan university, Friday night, to an audience that, judgin gby the applause, was delighted. The play is produced in an English setting. Belinda Tremayme, played by Theresa Stephenson, is the mother of Delia Tremayne, played by Hilda Ragan, and is much infatuated with two men at the time of the play. Her hushand has left her soon after the birth of her daughter.

Two men, Harold Baxter, played by Edward Veitch, and Claude Devenish are in love with her, and think she is much younger than she is. When her daughter the mother introduces her as her niece, whose father has deserted the family. Soon afterward the father appears to complicate matters. In the end Baxter is left out, and Devenish transfers his affections to the daughter, Delia, The part of the father was played by Dale Lobesinger, and the part of Betty, the maid, by Madeleine Anderson. Music was furnished by the Delta Omicron ensemble, Miss Marvel Miller directed the play, which is the last of her career at Wesleyan.

She is to study at Columbia university New York city next fall. HAMMOND, May 23. -479 -The Momence and Yellowhead township drainage district No. 1 of Kankakee, Thursday filed in United States district court here a suit asking $250,000 damages from several scores of property owners of Lake, Porter and Jasper counties, Indiana. The suits charged that diversion of water from the Singleton ditch has caused inundation of the lands of more than a thousand farmers, has destroyed crops and submerged highways.

In addition to the suit, the plaintiffs ask restraining order to prevent the defendants from using the West creek dam about five miles north of the Singleton ditch. All the defendants own land along the ditch or along its laterals and its tributaries. The plaintiffs include Martin I. M. Johnson, who own land in and Momence, and Clarence Hayden, highway commissioner of Momence.

Suit Filed on Ditch Water Flood Charges PERTH AMBOY, N. May 23. -Fire that started on a gasoline-loaded lighter in a dock of the Shell Ether Products company at Sewaren three miles from here Thursday was quickly brought under control. Prompt action prevented the spread of flames to a nearby tanker and to gasoline storage tanks. The lighter, Riley and was destroyed by the fire, which followed an explosion.

First reports said the fire was threatening the entire plant, and officials of the company, recalling the recent fire which did three million dollars damage at the Gulf Oil company refinery in Bayonne, summoned apparatus from Sewaren, Woodbridge and Perth Amboy. Gasoline Lighter Fire at Perth Amboy Halted NEW YORK, May With roar heard for blocks the four story steel skeleton of a bakery under construction at Fifty-first street and Eleventh avenue, collapsed Thuraday and carried workmen to their death, Nine were injured. The dead were Otto Helves, 30 and Albert Schwanke, 30, carpentera and roommates. They fell together, clinging to a steel girder. The cause of the collapse was not Immediately determined, although unconfirmed reports that the crash of a derrick had preiceded it.

Steel Frame Falls; Two Die, Nine Hurt of Edwards School, 25 Years Old, Is 1111 11 the attractive exterior appearance of Edwards school, located on Market Playground at Edwards School Small Considering Enrollment Boys Bale Waste Paper Which Given Tribute Is Sold to Make Money for Library Books. Editor's Note: This article is one of a series to be written by Pantagraph staff members on conditions and needs of Bloomington public schools. Edwards school is one of the buildings in Bloomington which more nearly meets the need of the 560 pupils attending there, it is noted by observation. There are 16 teachers including the principal and 14 class rooms, a recitation room for the principal, manual training room and domestic science room, both fully equipped. The room formerly used for kindergarten is now given for music work and the meetings of the ParentTeacher association.

Boys of Edwards school bale all the waste paper from the school and this is sold to make money for the purchase of new books for the library. There is a first aid room and teachers' rest room combined. Departmental work is given the children in the seventh and eighth grades, class, enrollment being large. are 31 boys and girls in the graduating class this semester. The playground for Edwards school children is small considering the large enrollment of the school.

There are swings, slides and basketball courts provided. The building stands on a terrace which gives it an attractive appearance to visitors. A drinking fountain is placed on each floor. The need which is evident in this building is for new plumbing. Another of this series will follow.

Police Arrest Youth for Theft--Find Sum A few minutes after W. T. Skinner, attendant of the McLean counservice station, Division and Mason streets, had reported $20 taken from the cash register at 5:40 p. m. Thursday, Harold Day, 14, of 1312 North Mason street, was arrested by police on a charge of robbery.

The boy showed police where the money had been hid. All was recovered. Patrolmen Leslie Larison, Ralph Ray and Archie Walton made the arrest after Mr. Skinner had told of Day's loitering about the vicinity and his disappearance after the money had been stolen. His case was turned over to the county probation officer.

The Pantagraph Offers Its Readers a Booklet on Paint How to paint anything from your automobile to the shingles on your roof, how to mix paints on the job, and how to prepare surfaces, are detailed in an official government booklet now available to readers of The Dally Pantagraph. Also if yon want to tackle big job such as whitewashing an elephant, full directions for making and applying several kinds of whitewash are included. Send for a copy today before you start your spring clean-up operations. Use the coupon. Frederie J.

Haskin, 1 Director, The Daily Pantagraph Information Bureau, Washington, C. enclose herewith four cents in coin or stamps for a copy of the PAINT BOOKLET. Shown and Mason streets. This building Photo by United. W.

U. YEAR BOOK IS OUT 1930 Wesleyana Dedicated to Dean Frances E. Napier. The 1930 Wesleyana, year book at Illinois Wesleyan university, was released for sale following chapel exercises, at which the book was publicly dedicated to Dean of WomFrances E. Napier Friday morning.

Dean Napier has been at Wesleyan for several Miss Mary Frances Murray, editor-in-chief of the book, made the announcement. The dedication on the fronticepiece of the book reads as follows: "The class of 1931 dedicates this Wesleyana with love and admiration to Dean Frances Ermina Napier, counsellor, scholar, friend." In Modern Manner. Outstanding in the publication is its simplicity. The cover is done in contrasting dull and shiny leather, and is treated with modernistic lines and angles. Modernistic lines are carried out in the inner pages, and the only colors used are black and white.

Picture panels have a modernistic background. Pictures on the insert leaves bear a art work of immitation wood cuts, picturing old English scenes, in keeping with the Shakespearian theme of the publication. A' new section of this year's book is the literature section, which is made up of poetry written by Wesleyan students and alumni. One of these is written by William A. Jones, Fairoaks, of the class of '82, and another by William Love, Redlands, of the class of '92.

Decker Adviser. Others on the staff of the book, besides Miss Murray, are: Assistant editor, Elinor Forsyth; business manager, Raymond Fiellin; art editor, Geraldine Rhodes; organizations, Brian Shorney; athletics, Fletcher Barbee and George Burow; Photographs, Chrystal Krueger; dramatics, Mary Arnold; women's athletics, Marion Schimenz; music, Rachel and humor and poetry, Willis Brown. Dr. C. R.

Decker, head of the English department, wAs faculty adviser for the publication. Geo. W. Marton, president of the McLean County Zoological society, reports that enough money has been obtained from the sale of membership tickets to purchase one or two animals for Miller park 200. The park board, including Ben F.

Hiltabrandt. Oscar Muhl and Miss Harriet Hallam, will decide within A short time what animals may best be cared for at this time. Society Gets Money to Buy New Animals Raboin Funeral Is Held The funeral of Joseph Raboin, who died Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Ensenberger, 302 West Wood street, was at 7 p. m.

Wednesday charge of held at the P. W. Coleman, chapel the Rev. Van Mouvie. Services were held at the St.

John the Baptist church of L'Erable at 10:30 m. Thursday. Fr. La Plante celebrated requiem high mane. Rev.

Fr. Cleary, Watseka, deacon; Rev. Fr. Vien, Mortinton, subdeacon: Rev, Fr. Hazen, Beaverville, and Rev.

Fr. Darsch, Bradley, in sanctuary, took part in services. Burial was in St. John's cemetery, Everhart Funeral Held The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Louise Everhart, 86, of 814 West Grove street, who died at 1 p.

m. Wednesday of complications, wan held at the Lexington Methodist Episcopal church at 2:30 p. Friday, The Rev. H. H.

McFall of East Peoria was in charge and was assisted by the Rev. W. G. Anderson, pastor of the Lexington church. Pallbearers were Charles Hoover, Charles Peck, H.

C. Ellis, Tildon Patton, Phillip Steiner and Leonard Burlingmeir. Burial was in the Lexington cemetery. Rev. Raymond Brock Given Three Honors at Church Meeting The Rev.

Raymond E. Brock, rector at St. Mathew's Episcopal church, was given three honors the diocesan convention which has just been concluded at St. John's church, Centralla. Rev.

Mr. Brock was appointed dean of Bloomington, the deanery including the counties of McLean, Ford, DeWitt, Tazewell, Logan, Champaign, Vermilion and Moultrie. He was also named member of the board of examining chaplains and chosen delegate to the provincial senate which comprises the dioceses of the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. ROAD MAP CUT CONTEMPLATED Proposal to Reduce to 200 Miles to Be Presented. The proposal to reduce the state aid road map of the county from its present quota of 329 miles to 200 miles, and the four year program for the graveling of secondary roads, involving an expenditure of approximately one million dollars, will be presented to Frank T.

Sheets, chief highway engineer of the state highway department at a conference to be held in Springfield next Wednesday. A committee composed of W. E. Rayburn, Bloomington, chairman of the state aid road committee of the board of supervisors; Mercer Davis, Bloomington, representing the association of commerce, and Frank Moberly, McLean, representing the farm bureau, will confer with Mr. Sheets relative to the projects which are to be presented before the county board in June.

It is the plan to use the money derived from the 13-cent county levy and the the county from the in revenue. due, the construction of gravel roads. It is proposed to spend $250,000 a year for four years, Mr. Rayburn and other members of the committee estimate that the gas tax will yield approximately $110,000 a year and that $140,000 per annum will be available from the the county levy. This, they believe, will build 200 miles gravel road.

They propose, if it is agreeable the state highway department, to reduce the state aid road mileage to conform to the later figure and this will enable them to gravel the roads serving the greatest number of persons. Mr. Rayburn said that If the plan meets the approval of the state officials, the committee will then proceed to inspect the highways of the county and make a tentative selection of those to be improved. Hearing on Citizens' Papers to Be Held in McLean Circuit Court Circuit Judge Frank Lindley of Paxton will be in Bloomington Saturday to preside over a hearing for naturalization papers to be held at 9 a. m.

in the circuit court. Judge Edward Barry will be busy with other legal matters and has ranged with Judge Lindley to take care of the citizenship cases. Circuit Clerk J. H. Allen was advised Friday that E.

S. Cole from the St. Louis naturalization office will be here to conduct the examination. Those to take the examination for second papers are Louisa Atkins, 1109 East Jefferson street, native of England; Mary Ann Higgins, 212 Seminary avenue, native of Ireland; Mina Johanna Caroline Schmidt and Carl Frederick August Schmidt, 306 East Stewart street, natives of Germany; Alma Augusta Emma Dielke Michalski, 903 East Front street, of Germany; Pauline Rieder, East native, Jackson street, native of Germany; Emile Audrey Rediger, Lexington, native of France: Gisela Richman, 902 South Allin street, native of Austria; Emil August Martin Plessing. 409 East Front street, native of Germany.

Passenger Flagman Hurt G. A. Davison, 602 West Walnut street, passenger flagman on the Chicago Alton railroad, fell forward while stepping from train No. 11 at 12:30 p. m.

Friday and badly scratched his face and head. He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in the police ambulance. The accident oceurred when he swung off the "blind" side of track at Washington street as the train was pulling into the station. Albee to Attend Meeting Erwin Albee, director of child welfare for the state departme.at, American Legion, will go to Chicago Saturday to attend meeting that afternoon of the veterans' visory board of the state department of public welfare, THREE HELD AFTER THEFT Chicagoans Await Grand Jury Action on Auto Stealing Charge.

the Walter Chudzik, 20; Fred Fredrickson, 21, and Alex Graber, 20, all of Chicago, are being held at the county jail under $1,000 to await the action of the September grand jury on charges of stealing an automobile belonging to Vera Kemp, Bloomington. Approximately an hour after the car was taken here last Wednesday the were arrested at Wilinformation furnished mingtherin Walter Nierstheimer. Mr. Nierstheimer brought the alleged offenders to Bloomington Wednesday. The car was stolen at 1:15 p.

m. Wednesday, and at 2:10 p. m. the arrested at Wilmington with the car in their possession. Raymond Spradling, Lincoln, was brought to Bloomington from Aurora Thursday by Sheriff Nierstheimer to answer to a statutory charge.

Jury Trials Delayed. Because of settlements and contaken in cases scheduled tinuances, the circuit court, there be no jury trials next week. A jury venire will be summoned the week of June 2 when sevcivil suits are scheduled for trial. The Liquid Carbonic company, a Delaware corporation, filed a replevin suit in the circuit court Friagainst Elizabeth Hardway, Bloomington, who operates the Chero Cola Bottling Works. This is gain possession of a machine and motor valued at $1,325, which the aleges is being unlawfully withheld.

Utesch Will Filed. wills were probated Friday Judge Jesse E. Hoffman, one that of Charles L. former North Main street grocer, and the other that of Rachel S. Hall, Bloomington.

The value of the Utesch estate is listed as "unknown." Mr. Utesch leaves his estate to his wife Eda L. Utesch, in fee simple. She has been appointed executrix of the estate by Judge Hoffman, without bond, as stipulated in the will. Property valued at $30,000 is distributed under the Hall will.

To the grandsons, Verne Staten and Earl J. Weaver, and the granddaughters, Rachel S. McCormick and Maude Weaver Riser, is bequeathed 087.50 each. John C. Hall, a son, is willed $12,350 and a residence property in Bloomington valued at about $6,000.

The latter was ape pointed executor of the estate without bond. Barrett Wins Judgment. The circuit court jury which received the case of a joint suit brought by George Barrett, Eureka, and L. T. Stevenson, Bloomington, Thursday against the Broderick Trucking company, Chicago, after the overturning of a truck load of mules near Springfield last October, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs at 7:30 p.

m. the same day. Judge Barry heard the case. Barrett, a horse and mule dealer, was awarded $785 while Stevenson, operating a trucking concern, was awarded $272. The plaintiffs contended that one of two Broderick trucks passing the Stevenson mule truck caused a collision which overturned the mule truck, killing one of the animals and injuring five.

Stevenson sought reparations for damages to his truck. Dean Frances E. Napier. Public dedication of the 1930 Wesleyana to Dean Frances E. Napier "with love and admiration to counsellor, scholar and friend" Friday a part of chapel exercises at Illinois Wesleyan university before the annual was distributed.

Local men appointed as American Legion speakers at various Central Illinois towns at Memorial day programs were announced at state Legion headquarters Friday. They include the Rev. Edwin C. Palmer, pastor of the Unitarian church, who will speak at Gridley in the afternoon; the Rev. Raymond E.

Brock, rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal church, at Chenoa in the morning; Col. Joseph B. Jiskra, at Lostant in the afternoon: E. W.

Rolley of the Normal Legion post, at Chenoa in the morning: E. A. Donnelly at Havana in the morning, and J. B. Murphy, commander of the seventeenth district of Illinois, at El plosion the afternoon.

Scott W. Lucas, Havana, national judge advocate for the Legion, will be the speaker at the Taylorville program. American Legion's Speakers Selected for Memorial Day Dr. Kinley Awarded U. S.

Service Medal CHAMPAIGN, May Dr. David Kinley, retiring, presldent of the University Illinois, was Thursday night presented with the war department honor award for distinguished service in war and peace. The presentation was made by Gen. Charles Summer. all at the annual military day ceremonies of the university's reserve training corps.

The 3.500 cadets of the corps staged review. The citation accompanying the award praised Dr. Kinley for his "invaluable suggestions in connection with the national defense act" and for "the fine example" he set in university military training. Under his direction 20,000 men have received basic training in Arms at the university and 1,600 have been made commissioned officers. Returns From Rochester E.

J. Gilmore, Rogers hotel, returned Thursday from Rochester, Minn. Mr. Gilmore with Dr. L.

L. Irwin, 303 East Jefferson street, and Dr. John W. Kasbeer, 701 South Fell avenue, Normal, left Sunday for the Minnesota city for visit to the Mayor Brothers clinic. Drs.

Irwin and Kasbeer are expected to return Sunday. Byrd Aids Arrive BALBOA, CANAL ZONE. May 23. -41) The steamer Eleanor Bolling brought back to America Friday three more of the outstanding figures of the Byrd antarctic adventure. They were Prof.

Lawrence Gould, geologist, and Bernt Balchen and Harold June, aviation I pilots. Cavalcade of Cars Will Visit S. O. H. A cavalcade of 100 automobiles carrying members of the various American Legion posts of McDonough and Hancock counties is expected at the Illinois Soldiers' Orphans home, Normal, Sunday morning.

The Legionnaires are tO be accompanied by the drum corps from and will bring base kets of food to provide the children of the home with a picnic lunch. R. Harris, commander of the post, is in charge of arrangements, assisted by W. R. Jenkins, a post member.

Rocke Funeral Held Aged Meadows Woman Buried in Waldo Cemetery. The funeral of Mrs. Jacob Rocke, 82, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Andrew Mosiman. mile and a half north of Meadows, was held at the residence at 1:30 p.

m. Friday, and at 2 p. m. at the Meadows Mennonite church. The Rev.

George Gundy officiated. Burial was in the Waldo cemetery, Pallbearers, all nephews of Mrs. Rocke, were John, Emmanuel, Jacob and Joseph Rocke, and Simon and Christ Stalter. A male quartet sang. Among those who atended the funeral from Bloomington are the families of John Rocke, 1925 East Oakland avenue, and W.

M. Rocke, 40 White place. Both men are sons of Mrs. Rocke. AWNINGS Have you a porch you do not enjoy? Use awningsthey will give you comfort during the hot summer days, Save those expensive drapes from fading and keep your home cool.

No Job Too Small No Job Too Large Phone 2610 For an Estimate Bloomington Tent Awning Co. 403 N. East St. Saine Street City State.

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