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The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 12

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The Pantagraphi
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Bloomington, Illinois
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12
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Bloomington-Normal, EL March 12, 19G7 12 The ran ta graph a limited suppWl Minonk Schoo Hit By Fire 7 We have the cast album of the March 6 TV special: 1 TMJ i 4 i -f-V 4 report of his condition was available. Mrs. Julia McNamara discovered the fire about 2:30 a.m. when she saw smoke. Minonk, El Paso, Benson and Rutland fire departments fought the flames until 3 a.m.

Firemen believed that the fire started about 1:30 a.m. from defective wiring in a soft drink machine in the basement. MINONK (PNS) Fire early Saturday morning caused damage estimated at $8,000 to $10,000 at St. Patrick's School In Minonk and canceled classes at the school for Monday. One fireman, Larry Gerdes, was overcome by smoke and rushed to St.

Mary's Hospital in Streator where he remained hospitalized Saturday night. No rH jam i I'M i s. Art all-time favorite on Broadway tnST i i 1 1 14.71 now a smash hit on JVl starring kodsit Gootet Peter Falk, Sally Arm Howes, and an all-star cast Sutfte4 rtutt pic -V Earl W. Uniicker, Retired Rail Civil Engineer, Dies Earl W. Unzicker, 78, of 8 Come in today for this special offer And while you're here, be sure take a test walk on Woodruff Drive was dead on arrival at Brokaw Hospital at 1:15 p.m.

Saturday after he had suffered an apparent heart attack on a city bus in front of the Normal post office. mm iinmnn in i rniiirnriinnmii inn 1 1 ir rm in in iiorm-imim in hmmiiiii iiiiml iniri in He was taken to the Beck Memorial Home. Damage Inspected VINYL CORLOIf Underfoot comfort and quiet you A civil engineer for the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad he was division engineer before of Centennial Christian Church, Wade Barney Masonic Lodge, Bloomington Consistory and Peoria's Mohammed Shrine. Club To Hear Pat Asper MINONK (PNS) Miss Pat Asper, safety education director of Country Companies of Bloomington, will be guest speaker at the Monday meeting of the Minonk Junior Twentieth Century Club. The meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m.

in the home of Mrs. James Ryan. Hostesses win be Mrs. Donald Mohar and Miss Dorothy Oyen. Mrs.

Mohar will give a project report on education. fire early Saturday morning. The rest of the schoolrooms sustained heavy water and smoke damage. (Vallow Photo) Minonk Firemen inspect the charred remains of St. Patrick's Catholic School recreation room which was damaged by retirement.

He was born in Holyoke, Sept. 9, 1888, the son of Daniel and Gail Ziems Unzicker. He married Vera Johnson never dreamed possible in a vinyl floor. You have to walk on it to believe itl STANLEY PAULS OF NORMAL BliiiIiisStii-MofisialBatli May 3, 1936, at South Bend, Ind. Surviving are his wife; a R.R.

one sister, Clara Kiper, McDaniels, two grandchildren, and six great-grandchil daughter, Miss Ruth of Elkton, Md. ler Memorial Home after 4 p.m. Monday. Mrs. Bess was born at Le Roy, a daughter of Mr.

and OPEN FRIDAY N1GIITS 114-23 E. Beaufort Mr. Unzicker was a member dren. Two brothers and a sister also preceded her in death. Mrs.

William Temprence. She was married to Charles James, She was a member of the FT Methodist Church. who preceded her in death. She was then married to Bloice Bess Oct. 23, 1952, at Gary, Ind.

Mr. Mrs. Frank Eberlin Mrs. Frank Eberlin, a former Mrs. Nellie Cotton Mrs.

Nellie Cotton, 71, of. 709 W. Chestnut died at 4 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Hospital.

She had been ill several months and entered the hospital six days ago. Her funeral will be at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Stamper Memorial Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church.

Friends may call at the memorial home, beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, and the rosary will be at 8 p.m. Mrs. Cotton was born at Monmouth Nov. 13, 1895, a daughter of Michael and Bridget Boozan Lee.

She was married to John D. Cotton at Monmouth Jan. 2, 1926. He died March 28, 1958. resident of Bloomington, died Bess is head football coach at Bloomington High School.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Gail Friday at the Masonic Home in Sullivan. She and her husband, a sales Riordan, 611 N. Main, and Mrs. Beverly Freeman, Cal man for many years in the yard goods department at ifornia; two sons, Gerald James, R.R.

4, and James James, Jo- liet; two stepsons, Ron Bess and Robert Bess, both at the Kelmm's Department Store, moved from Bloomington to Peoria about 25 years ago. University of Illinois in Ur-bana; four sisters, Mrs. Letha Herman Klinqberq Cavens, Ellsworth; Mrs. Lillian Herman Klingberg, 88, of 405 Roth, Mansfield; Mrs. Blanche W.

Emerson was dead on arri Sparrow, Atlanta, and Mrs Surviving are three sons, John Chicago; Frederick 706 N. Allin; Howard 1204 N. Hinshaw; two daughters, Mrs. Delores Edwards, La Pu- val at Mennonite Hospital at Goldie Crooks, Arrowsmith; a brother, Clyde Blevins, Denver, 10:20 p.m. Saturday.

He was taken to the Flins- enta, Mrs. Beverly Gay- and 12 grandchildren. Mrs. Bess was employed at the Irvin Theater many years pach-Kurth Memorial Home. Ior, Atwood; a brother, Earl Lee, Sciota; two sisters, Miss Visitation will begin Monday and until her illness was as afternoon at the memorial sociated with the Paul M.

Ball home. A daughter, Mrs. Ralph Young of 925 S. Vale, survives. Realty Co.

Prior to that she was with the McMullen Realty Co. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Margaret Lee, 709 w. Chestnut; Mrs. Florence Irving, Chicago; 22 grandchildren.

Nine brothers and a sister also preceded her in death. She was a member of St. Patrick's Church and its Altar and Rosary Society. Elmer E. Beck Elmer E.

Beck, 77, 805 E. Buchanan, a retired farmer, died at noon Saturday at St. Joseph's Hospital. He had been hospitalized three days. Hazel M.

Bess Mrs. Hazel M. Bess of 214 Magnolia Drive died at 8 p.m. Saturday at Mennonite Hospital following an illness of several weeks. Her funeral will be at 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the First Chris tian Church, with Dr. John D. 1 Trefzger officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery. 4 IF if If it I 11 Pantagraph Phones 829-9411 Friends may call at the Metz- u(Q)jn i til III iWlJ His funeral will be at 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the Metzler Memorial Home. The Rev. Samuel Buck will officiate. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the memorial home tonight and Monday evening.

Mr. Beck was born July 19, WE SAVE YOU MONEY ON DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTIONS "PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE" FREE CUSTOMER PARKING StH Giv S4H CrMfl Stamp" lAMMl II I I Ml inlUMH'lll. i.MMMBM GOOD HEALTI GOOD HEALTH TO ALL FROM REXALL Main and Front Streets Bloomington 1889, at Niantic, a son of Alva and Ida Boughton Beck. He married Mae Williams Jan. 14, 1914, in Niantic.

She died Nov. 7, 1958. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Anita Keiser, 805 E. Buchanan; Mrs.

Doris McNatt, 13 Broadway Place, Normal; a son, Ernest Beck, Zion; a sister, Mrs. Maude Whiteside, Niantic; three grandchildren. Two brothers and a sister also preceded him in death. Mr. Beck, a farmer near Hey-worth until 1958, was a member of the Methodist Church at Hey-worth and the Modern Wood 1 Mr.

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Ferdinand J. Noll Ferdinand J. Noll, a former Bloomington pharmacist, died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria.

He was brought to the Metzler Memorial Home. Mr. Noll lived at 1519 E. Olive until 1956. His brother operated Hohenstein's Drug Store at 121 S.

Center for several years. Mrs. Dora Gannaway The funeral of Mrs. Dora Gannaway, R.R. 2, will be at 3 p.m.

Monday in the Stubblefield Funeral Home. The Rev. R. J. Zehr will officiate.

Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Gannaway, 87, died Friday afternoon at Brokaw Hospital after six months' illness. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Sunday. Mrs. Gannaway was born in Kentucky Oct. 27, 1879, a daughter of John and Mary Noblett Mattingly. She was married to Jesse Gannaway in McDanials, Ky.

He preceded her in death. See the Heavy Duty washer and matching dryers at yourWettlnghotiM dealer. White 5 CSNG Fabric Care Center 07 East Oakland Ave. Phone 967-9286 i)jllHIE3IEllllt1llll1im Surviving is one son, Ivan,.

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