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20 Partinph. WflBmington, 1U, funday, July 1981 1 Central Illinois 0 Katherine Kohl, Findley. Ohio Herman Roetker UNCOLN (PNS) Herman Mrs. Lena Brown, Peoria; Miss Nora Blaum. Mrs.

Flora Mer Roetker, 85, Lincoln, died at 6:40 p.m. Saturday in Abraham ry, New Holland, and Mrs. Fern Lincoln; eight grand ft i Lincoln Memorial Hospital. children and eight great-grandchildren. A sister and brother He was taken to the Holland preceded her in death.

and Barry Funeral Home. He was born in Germany May 12. 1881. son of Dietrich and She was a member of Grace Methodist Church and the Anna Miller Roetker. He mar- U'SCS.

Golden Age Club, Wom Cariln- IwJir' r-rc Anne Michaelii in en Relief Corps and Home Class of Union Mission. life: two XTTZr- ---li-S3 Surviving are his as-sc daughters. Mrs. Anna Maaks, Emma Lowell Campbell PAXTON (PNS) Lowe! sisters, Campbell. 87.

died at 2 anrf Mr. Marl. Si-hauh. Un. i Saturday in Ford tounty Nurs Lincoln (PNS) Cecil R.

Baueh of Spencer, ua Injured when hU semitrailer truck, shown here, upset after a collision with an oil tanker near Em den, Saturday. coin; seven grandchildren and Home where he had been a nine great-grandchildren. PlKm monuw. He was a member of Em his runerai win it m. Prizes Total $50,000 manuel Lutheran Church.

Monday in the Brown Miller Funeral Home, the Rev. J. Al bert Steele officiating. Burial Mrs. Beulah Henard PEKIN (PNS) Mrs.

Beu For Fairbury Fair will be in Glen Cemetery. Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. Sunday. lah L. Henard, 40, died at 11:40 Two Truckers Hurt in Crash Near Emden LINCOLN (PNS) Two truck drivers were injured, one Ht was born in 1879 In Pax- a m.

Saturday Pekm Memo FAIRBURY (PNS) The The final Item In the prize ton, son of Obadiah and Eliza 90th Fairburv Fair, set for Aug. rial Hospital. She had been hospitalized five weeks. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. 23 through 27, will offer premi More than 300 boats will rip over Lake I Pue'i classy surface competing for th National Outboard Championship th first weekend in August.

TOURING ILLINOIS Lake De Pue To Host Championship Boat Races beth Irwin Campbell. He attended Rice College In Paxton. ums totaling more than 800.000, category Is an estimate since It is based on attendance at three night of auto racing. Racing director Eli (Spud) Schlipf will have drivers with midget cars Monday in the Kuecks Funeral Surviving are a niece, Mrs. according to the catalog that Home, the Rev.

M. J. schwag- Katherine Senesac, Manteno, has been mailed to prospective seriously, In the collision of a and two nephews, Charles exhibitors. ler officiating. Burial will be In Glen Dale Cemetery.

Visitation on the track Aug. 24, followed by super-modifiedj and stocks The Fair directors announced Campbell, Albuquerque. N.M., and Carl Campbell, Wilmette. Two sisters and a brother pre begins at 3 p.m. Sunday.

She was born Sept. 15. 1925 thev dedicating the 1966 on the nights of Aug. 26 and 27. semi-trailer transport and an empty oil tanker at 8:15 a m.

Saturday just south of the junction of U.S. 136 and RL 121 on Route 121 near Emden. Cecil R. Baugh. II, Spencer, driver of the semi-trailer in Harnsbure.

oaugnier oi catalog "to the memory of Jim 'A total of well over W.OOO can Mowery, who was a faithful and be expected for prize money in ceded him in death. Cressie and Ida Pyles Ewell. He was a member of the these three final events cooperative helper in the opera With well over 300 entries assured, free admission and plenty of parking space, the national regatta is well deserving of the She married Dale Henard Sept Federated Church. Father Marquette discovered longer enjoyable for swimming. Lake De Pue near the La Salle- Here has been a gradual "fill-Peru-Ottawa complex in 1673.

ing in" of silt. The Lake De Pue The big question among the Preservation Association which residents of De Pue, Illinois, sponsors the championship re-probably is how he ever brought atta was formed to make Lake tion of the Fairbury Fair dur The total for all premiums 6. 1946. at Glasford. ing the many years that it has Surviving are her husband; Mrs.

Clopton been sponsored by the American her mother, R.R. 2, Pekin: two outfit, was brought to Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. He sustained injuries to his chest attention of those who would like to enjoy Illinois. Hundreds Legion." Mr. Mowery attended WASHINGTON (PNS) Mrs.

Mildred Clopton. 57, died at daughters, Linda and Terry of thousands of dollars worth of himself to leave this beautifx!) De Pue into a "recreation spot situated mecca for boating en- for all" and the funds raised by thusiasts. the Association are spent for IS Stunt Start Shew A new program added this year is the Hollywood Stunt Stars, offering a new and unusual form of entertainment Tuesday night, Aug. 23, at the grandstand. and possible internal injuries.

Jack Humphrey, 34, Spring nearly every years production of the Fairbury Fair, the dedication concluded 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Floy's Nursing Home. Pekin. where Lynn and a son, Kenny, all at home; four brothers, John, Glasford; Amer, South Pekin boats, motors, and trailers equipped with veritable machine The National Championship 'the betterment of the lake. Outdoor Races ill be held on Racing Lured Bck field, sustained a bump on the head.

Mr. Mowery. who died this and Isaac. R.R. 2, Pekin; Alvie, she had resided three years.

The funeral will be at 2 shops will line the shores of Crane. three sisters, Mrs this lake on Aug. 5. 6 and 7.i It was during De Pue's cen- State Troopers F. A.

Kneed- spring at age 84, had a continuous record of attendance at Lake De Pue on August 5, 6 and 7. Boats are identified by state, Monday at the Habecker Mor Stella Tucker, South Pekin, and This will be the third time the tenniai celebration in 1961 that The fair will open with the tuary, the Rev. jack Fyie otti- the fair throughout his life as rules and score sheets are avail national championship has been the national championship was judging of exhibits starting at able and the atmosphere his parents brought him in a' 8 a.m. Aug. 23.

ciating. Burial will be in Glen Dale Cemetery. There will be scheduled in the midwest since lured back once again to the Mrs. Norma Lee. R.R.

2. Pekin, and Mrs. Gladys Pyles. Harrisburg, a half brother and half sister. Her father preced basket when he was a baby.

whether you re a competitor, an Again this year the Marvel novisitation. 1933 when the World's Fair was midwest. This tiny town with held in Chicago. In these 33 less than 2,000 population outbid nu- A.tt A official, a member of a pit me uuicicih ucudi uiii-ms, ler and Gene Martin said the southbound semi-trailer outfit of the Spectre Freight Lines ran off the highway and out of control. As the semi swung back.

It overturned on its side, cross-ways on the road and in front of the north bound oil tanker. The She was born Aug. 23, 1908. crew, or a spectator will be ed her in death. ears only one mid-western site larger groups.

Because of their superintendents and premium a offerings are as follows: hlgh, scho01 mus1' in Washington, aaugnier oi electric in excitement, activity She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and lived here has been designated for mis iaeai natural facilities ana important event and it's a trib-1 proved hospitality, a recent poll and anticipation. Beef cattle John Goold. Ulfers and Vernon Ste- petition among various acts, is phens, $8,956. Dairy Cattle- lated f(r the first afternoon A well rounded program of racing of national outboard racing of national outboard ute to the excellent racers 16 years. Arthur J.

Kelly course of Lake De Pue and the showed that the majority were entertainment for everyone is Charles and Elizabeth Brenner LaConte. She married Lee Clopton in 1931 in Peoria. Surviving are a son, James, Washington; two daughters, Mrs. Shirley Spitznagle, Peoria, crash tied up traffic and re- John Harms, George Myers. iraaor puuing comesi ano hospitality and cooperation of, in favor of having their nation- being planned and will include a K-Annof Riwi'narw to 475 shwn tractor rodeo will be the final quired several hours to clear up ODELL (PNS)-Arthur John the townspeople of tiny De Pue al championship regatta at Lake grand finale of fireworks on the afternoon.

Ross Hildreth, Martin Spence, Kelly, 72, R.R. 2, Pontiac, died that it has been so honored aliue me permanently. Hake. Officers and directors of the at 6:30 a.m. Saturday in St James Hospital, Pontiac.

and Mrs. Jacqueline Lucas, Hanna City; a brother, Frank LaConte, Cissna Park; five sisters, Mrs. Bertha Wissel, fair include John Wade, presi dent; Dean Williams, vice president; Elmer G. Hallock, trea His funeral will be at 9:30 Phil Thompson. $5,019.

Swine Gayle Wright, Bill Fugate, Junior Livestock Junior Livestock William a.m. Tuesday m. Mary Driver, 15, Charged In Car-Bicycle Mishap three times. Lake De Pue. located Just seven miles southwest from Interstate 80 Ladd exit, is approximately five miles long and three quarters of a mile wide.

It has no tides or current and the glass-smooth surface lends iAir 4a tit. surer; tverett trews, secre- Catholic Church in Loretto, 1 A a a Glasford. and Mrs. Louella Cornelius, Mrs. Esther Davis, Mrs.

Vivian Roehrig and Mrs. Mar near Odell, with burial in St. Freed. Milton Harms. $4.935.

11: napp, trnesi Agriculture Wavne Newnam Uarence Simpson. Royce Car- Paul's Cemetery, Odell. Vis since me isptvire ioaa miscellaneous merchandise had to be transferred to another truck. Both tractors were heavily damaged. Emden firemen stood by as fuel oil from the tractor tanks spilled on the pavement.

Film Sfar Cliff, 45, Found Dead NEW YORK (UPI) -Actor tom FWirtiih.rp Mr ter, Arthur Walter. William tha Clark, Peoria. itation will begin at 3 p.m. before two witnesses to the ac- Bloomington police Saturday ces Lindsav. Mrs.

i Dawson, Moyne Humphrey, Du- Monday at the Watson Funeral Home. Odell. The Rosary will be jiscu iu uic iiiKii ayecu i avium evenjn- sjoned nf tho Hnlipafa anrl I everun8 Signed two charges cident had obtained a descrip ane Morris, Bob Wharton and Gregg, Mrs. Lois Jensen, Mrs. Tina Birlcy MORTON PNS) Mrs.

Tina against a 15-year-old Normal $202.25. Textiles-Mrs. Everett vuiuuai uj. recited at 3 p.m. by the Altar and Rosary Society with the church Rosary at 8 p.m.

Aiida Birky, 71, formerly of 309 tion of the car and its license number. A motorist told police he was unable to catch the fleeing automobile. boy whom they identified as the driver of an automobile involved in a hit-and-run accident Crews, Mrs. Hartzell Cox, Mrs. Betty Callaby, $282.25.

Fine Arts Mrs. Louis Bruck- Richard Attebcrry, directors. Pontiac Man Draws Ticket After Crash PONTIAC (PNS)-A Pontiac N. Main, died at 2:50 p.m. Saturday at the Tazewell County He was born Oct.

8, 1893, in at Lincoln and McGregor just Investigating officers said the the Cullom area, son of Ber Porter boy suffered cuts and er, $97.25. Dairy, Apiary and Culinary Mrs. Charles Scherr, Interest Not New Interest in outboards Is not new. In the late 1800s a few boats were putt-putting around in the waters of Long Island Sound. The owners became interested in seeing whose boat! could travel fastest over a given before 7:30 p.m.

Lonnie Butler of 802 S. Cot Nursing Home. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Groveland bruises on the head and knee, nard and Mary E. Grennan Kelly.

He farmed all his life in the Pontiac and Emington areas. Mrs. Ross Hildreth, Mrs. Thorn-! motorist, Donald E. Craddock, tage, Normal, was brought to Montgomery Clift, three times nominated for Academy Awards, one of them for his role in "From Here to The rescue squad was called but the boy's parents declined Evangelical Mennonite Church, as Milne, Mrs.

Robert 24, was charged with improper $252.50. Junior, other than live- lane usage following an acci- the police station later in the Surviving are a sister, Mrs. sending him to a hospital, po with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating. Burial will be in the Aenes Foley.

Emington, and stock, $194.50. Tractor contest dent at 12:10 a.m. Saturday on Eternity." died earlv Saturday distance with a given handicap lice said. five nephews and six nieces in short, people wanted to church cemetery. Friends may call at the Ludwig Mortuary evening after his parents were informed of the mishap.

Police said Bobby Porter, 9, of 1011 S. McGregor was riding his bicycle west on Lincoln when he was struck from the Five sisters and a brother pre Young Butler was charged with leaving the scene of an race their boats. Father Marquette recorded in ceded him in death. accident involving personal in He was a member of St. crnesi Mies, oa.

oidt-Mup iuaa mree miies 0f a neart attack in his plush In addition, the harness horse south and Vi miles west of East Side townhouse. He was races, of which Dean Williams Pontiac. 45. is superintendent and Harold! Craddock's car and that ofj clift also was nominated for Albee is presiding judge, offers Donald L. Kemp, 27, Pontiac, awards in 1948, for "The $5,100 in prizes for 10 events in headed in opposite directions on and in 1951, for "A the three-day horse racing.

'the blacktop, sideswiped. ac-lpta in th Sun his journal that his party had jury and driving without a discovered the beautiful lake Mary's Church, Knights of Columbus and the Altar and Ro driver's license. He posted $125 from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and at the church from 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday until time of funeral. Mrs. Birky was born Feb. 17, 1895, at Pyrmont, a daugh rear by a westbound car. The driver fled north on McGregor, which they named De Pue (sup bond for a later court appear sary Society.

then east on Oakland, but not ance posedly naming it for an Indian trader) and "many Indians Aug. 24, 25 and 26. cording to the state police re Mrs. Amanda Cretjo PONTIAC (PNS) Mrs. port.

Trooper James Kennedy were camped nearby." The entire area is steeped in Indian ter of Daniel and Mary Mel-linger Shanbeck. She was mar Lincoln Saturday in Abraham investigated. Firemen Answer Three Calls Memorial Hospital. Amanda M. Crego, 81, of R.R.

2. Pontiac, died at 5:10 a.m. ried to Arron A. Birky July 31, Over 1,500 Attend Youth Night Crusade GIBSON CITY (PNS) More than 1,500 persons attended the She was taken to the Holland 1918. He died in March, 1959.

Cliffs lawyer, Jack Clare-man, said Clift was discovered apparently near death by his personal secretary, Lorenzo James, about 6 a.m. (EDT). James said the actor had gone to bed "in good spirits" Friday night. Clift had returned to the United States last month from Saturday in St. James Hospital.

and Barry Funeral Home. She is survived by a daugh She had been ill six months, Hold Lincoln Man LINCOLN (PNS) Emil G. Wagner, 63, of R.R. 3, Lincoln, is being held in the Logan Coun City firemen answered three calls of a minor nature Saturday East Central Illinois Crusade lore and boaters and spectators from all over the country often schedule short side tours to Starved Rock, Buffalo Rock and historic Indian Mounds. Many Indian relics have been found right at De Pue along Mecum Hill Road which was formerly but in failing health four years.

She was born in Nebraska Feb. 5, 1881, daughter of John and Rebecca Shephard Hartley. ter, Mrs. Thelma Hertenstein; a brother, Eldon Shanbeck, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Schnur, evening.

Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Harris Funeral Home, the Rev. Orville Kalk- At 8:15 p.m. a truck was ty jail, on charges of deceptive practices. She married Adam Anderson in Lincoln March 31, 1902.

He died at the Gibson City Athletic field Saturday night. Seventy-eight persons made "commitments to Christ" at the close of the service. Satur sent to the 1600 block of East all of Morton. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Birky was Germany, where he Empire Street to put out a grass He was arrested Friday by wars officiating.

Burial will be in 1950. an Indian path from the north completed a spy film called preceded in death by a son, two fire, while four minutes later in Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving are three daugh "The Defector." ern bluff to the lake. At one time, 500 Blackfoot Indians were brothers and a sister, another crew went to the 600 Visitation will be 4-9 p.m. Sun day was youth night, with some 500 young persons participating She was a member of the Deputy Sheriff John Denning, who is investigating worthless checks allegedly passed at the A and store in Lincoln and the New Holland State Bank.

day. She was born March 11, 1885, encamped along this bluff. The fact that the lake occu in a brief picnic prior to the Groveland Evangelical Mennonite Church. ters, Mrs. Mark Lyons and Mrs.

Richard Eimer, Lincoln and Mrs. Fred Jordon, San Diego, eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the He was looking forward to co-starring with Elizabeth Taylor in a production of "Reflections in a Golden Eye." James said the actor had planned to leave New York block of West Locust Street where a trash fire had ignited tree limbs. Gasoline spilled on the drive of the Clark Service Station at rite. in Schofield, daughter of pies a depression surrounded by Dr.

Wesley White said Presi dent Johnson has warned of the Reunion Dates Wlte-Enler Sunday, July 31. Noon at tht Community Building In Flanagan. Leo H. Fever EL PASO (PNS) Leo H. Fever, 57, a retired farmer and 806 S.

Main resulted in an 8:55 increasing numbers of aimless Christ and Mary Ostrowski Von Kanel. She married Ernest Crego Jan. 1, 1913, in Pontiac. He died April 30, 1954. Surviving are a daughter, Christian Church.

shortly on a vacation. these bluffs creates a natural amphitheater with a capacity for crowds of up to 30,000 spectators and racers. This, of course, protects the waters from the wind to provide smooth youngsters in this world. He p.m. call for hremen to wash truck driver, died at 2:15 a.m.

Saturday in St. Frances Hospi away the fuel. Schedules Tea Mrs. Jeanette Corrlgan, tal, Peoria, where he had been Dwight; two sons, Norman and Roland, Pontiac; two brothers, a patient since June 28. suggested that if American youth did not begin again to "march in step with the drum beat of the Gospel of Christ, it would lose the future to communism or any other imposter which awaits the overthrow of Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday at the Vincent racing surface but it is also causing some problems in another area. The lake has not been open to heavy traffic for some years and the muddy waters are no CROPSEY (PNS) The Cropsey Jolly Juniors 4-H Club will have an achievement tea Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Crospey Methodist Church. Herman Von Kanel, Schofield, and August Von Kanel, Wausau, and two sisters, Memorial Home, the Rev. Ralph W.

Fitch officiating. Bur I Christianity." Mrs. Emma Schulz, and Mrs. ial will be in Evergreen Ceme Alma Lobbins, Wausau. One brother, a sister and a grandson preceded her in death.

She was a member of the tery. Visitation will be 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. today. Mr. Fever was born April 18, 1909, at El Paso, a son of William and Mary Shelmore Fever.

He married Elenora El- First Lutheran Church. yjj Mrs. Margaret Brumns PEKIN (PNS) Mrs. Mar kin, Jan. 25, 1933, at Watseka.

He is survived by his wife, a son, Leo, Lexington; a daughter, garet Brumns, 79, of Pekin, Mrs. Betty Crump, Racine, died at 8:10 a.m. Saturday in her home. She had been ill four months. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m.

two brothers, Gordon and Clarence, both of El Paso; two sisters, Mrs. Bernice Lampe, 1414 N. Lee Bloomington; Mrs. Myrtle Shaffer, EI Paso, Tuesday in the Grace Methodist Church, Dr. Joseph E.

Mason officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and five grandchildren. Two sisters preceded him in death.

He was a member of the First 0 Monday at the Preston Funeral Methodist Church. Home. The family has asked that memorials be in the form of contributions to the Grace Methodist Church. She was born May 8, 1887, in New Holland, daughter of Mrs. Hazel Horn FAIRBURY (PNS) The funeral for Mrs.

Hazel Horn, Whittier, who died last Sunday, will be at the Burk-hard Funeral Home, Chicago, Monday morning. Burial will be in a Chicago cemetery. Mrs. Horn was a sister of ir- "4 A i ii i fi A 111' Vlta v- i-r George William and Nora Bol linger Blaum. She married Jer ry Brumns June 22, 1922, in Peoria.

He died in 1953. Surviving are a son, Burnett, Mrs. Tom Milne and Mrs. Edith Pekin; two daughters, Mrs. Florence Patten.

Pekin. and 1 Rusterholz of Fairbury, Sailor Returns to the Sea Honolulu (AP) Sgt. Robert Bode, former merchant seaman who died In action serving with the 23th U.S. infantry division in Viet Nam, is buried at sea off the shores of his Honolulu home. Bode's widow, Flora, said it was his wish.

She and his six children were aboard the destroyer escort vessel USS John Perry during the services. Men of the Schofield Barracks garrison, whert Bode was once stationed in Honolulu, fired a rifle salute as the body was com mitted to the Pacific ocean. Mrs. Katherine Cohenour, South Pekin; three brothers, Harry, Arthur and Fred Blaum, New Mrs. Ella Anderson LINCOLN (PNS) Mrs.

Ella Precautionary Measure Cleveland (AP) Police search riot area youths here as trouble continued Saturday with reports oi shooting and minor incidents. Holland; five sisters, Mrs. Anderson, 85, died at 7:20 p.m..