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4 What It Does In Crushing Course Arrowsmith -The Walter Sandage home, southwest dation. Foundation is shown just to the right of the of Arrowsmith, was blown about 20 feet off its foun- house. Several other Gibson City--Metal roof from the storage shed at Here it rests against a Stoker Lumber Co. was blown over. a two block area.

and home of Mrs. Serapta McLean, Ford Start Task Of Post-Tornado Clean-up Rural Areas, Gibson City Add Up Damage Residents of portions of McLean. and Ford County Sunday added up damage which may run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the wake of Saturday's tornadic storm. Damage was particularly heavy in the Saybrook, Arrowsmith, Gibson City areas. Clean up crews were busy in the area.

No serious injuries were reported, but the storm brought death to livestock on a number of farms. The howling, twisting winds first struck southwest of Arrowsmith1 and then moved easterly into Gibson. A cattle shed was wrecked on the Roy Brent farm, four miles southwest of Arrowsmith. The storm moved northeast to the Charlie Builta farm, where it took the roof from a hog house and tore a cattle shed off the east side of the barn. Some were killed.

The storm struck another farm a owned by Builta about a mile northeast of the first farm, and wrecked a machine shed and damaged a combine owned by Welby Mosier, whose son and family had recently moved from the farm. The roof was torn the barn and cornerib damaged. Several the windows were blown out of the house. WOMAN, CHILD CUT lives in Mrs. Archie Hunt, who the house, saw storm coming.

She, her children and a brother-in- lenday, March 4, 1061, Saybrook -The entire front was taken away by the storm. of the Roy Nugent home Some furniture remains CENTRAL ILLINOIS DEATHS John D. Shroyer LINCOLN -(PNS)- John D. Shroyer, 71, of East St. Louis, formerly of Lincoln, died at 10 a.

m. Sunday at East St. Louis of a long illness. He underwent brain surgery last June. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.

m. Wednesday at Kurrus Funeral Home in East St. Louis, with the Rev. E. Maul of St.

John Evangel(ical and Burial Reformed will be in Church Mount officiat- Hope Cemetery near Belleville. Visitation will be after 7 p. m. (Monday at born the funeral Lincoln, home. July 17, in 1889, a son of Alonzo D.

and Effie Richardson Shroyer. Surviving are his wife, Fern Theis White Shroyer; two stepsons, Robert and Raymond White, East St. Louis: three brothers, Fred Shroyer, Aberdeen, S. Edward F. Shroyer, Chicago; Larry B.

Shroyer, Lincoln; and a sister, Mrs. Ted Smith, Denver, Colo. He was a veteran of World War and a charter member and past commander of East St. Louis Post of the American Legion, a member of the 40 and 8 of Si. Clair County: Gothic Masonic lodge and Anaid Shrine of East St.

Louis. He was a retired employee of Swift and Co. Kelly Hatmaker GIBSON CITY -(PNS)- Kelly Hatmaker, 77, died at 11 p. m. Saturday at Gibson Community Hospital where he had been a patient for one day.

Funeral services will be held at the Lamb Funeral Home at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday with the Rev. William Edwards officiating. Burial will be in Gibson City Cemetery.

He was born Dec. 13, 1883, 1 in Cold Creek, the son of Joseph and Mary Ann Hatmaker Hatmaker. He married Jennie Jones July 4, 1906, in Clinton, Tenn. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Clara Mae Slayden, Burbank, Mrs.

Ann Ryan, Gibson City; and Mrs. Edith Neveau, Kankakee; two brothers, Wiley and Samuel, LaFollette, one sister, Mrs. Florence Clark, Florida; five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. His wife, two sons, one daughter, one brother, and three sisters preceded him in death. He had lived in Tennessee, West Frankfort and, for the last 24 years, in Gibson City.

He was a member of the Baptist Church and was past recorder of the IOOF Lodge in LaFollette, Tenn. Robert Joe Jones WASHINGTON, -A son, Robert was stillborn Methodist Hospital in Peoria at 6 p. m. Saturday to Wendell and Judith Roehm Jones. He was brought to the Haebecker Funeral Home.

Arrangements are incomplete. Surviving beside the parents are the grandparents, and Mrs. Robert Roehm and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jones of Washington.

August O. Quenon PEKIN -(PNS)- August Omer Quenon, 57, of Port Angelas, former Pekin resident, died Thursday at Olympic Hospital in Port Angelas. He will be brought to the Noel Funeral Home in Pekin. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. He was born Sept.

16, 1903, in Coal City, the son of Louis and Elzira Jaumotte Quenon. He married Minnie Allen. She preceded him in death. He later married Opal Baker. Surviving are his wife, four sons, intact in the former school to Gibson City after the Miss Flora Watson FORREST -(PNS)- Miss Flora A.

Watson, 91, died at 1 a. m. Sunday at a Frencesville, Ind. nursing home. She had been there two years, Her funeral will be at Tuesday at the Culkin Funeral Home, the Rev.

W. R. Hampton officiating. Burial will be in Forrest Cemetery, Visitation will begin at 7 p. m.

Monday at the funeral horne. She was born Jan. 16, 1870, at Forrest, a daughter of Henry and Emma Francis Watson. Surviving is a brother, Thomas of Winamac, Ind. A brother preceded her in death.

She was a member of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Bena Freidinger MORTON -(PNS)- Mrs. Bena Salome Freidinger, 62, of 523 Glen, died at 4:10 p. m.

Sunday at her home. She had been in failbeing health for years. Her funeral will be at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday at the Ludwig Mortuary and at 10 a.

m. at the Morton Apostolic Christian Church. Burial will be in the Church cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 p. m.

Tuesday at the mortuary. She was born May 1, 1898, daughter of Emanuel and Lydia Schlupp Jacob. She was married Oct. 8, 1922 to Ben Freidinger. Surviving are her husband; daughter, Mrs.

Ralph Rocker, Morton; rural three sisters, Mary Huette, Peoria; Mrs. Chris Ackerman, Mrs. Carrie a brother, E. D. Jacob, Morton; three grandchildren.

Two brothers and four sisters preceded her in death. She was a member of the Morton Apospolic Christian Church. Claude Lucas -Claude Burke Lucas, 44, formerly of McLean, died of a heart attack at 2 a. m. Saturday at his home in Hinsdale.

His funeral will be at the Bethel Lutheran Church at Westmont at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday. The Peiffer Funeral Parlor at Hinsdale is in charge. He was born at McLean, April 1, 1917, a son of Claude and Florence Burke Lucas.

Surviving, are his wife, the former Marian Wismiller; two sons, Gary, Dean, 'two daughters, Karan, May, at home; a sister, Mrs. Evelyn Kasper, Memphis, brothers, John Herbert, Tipp City, Ohio; Robert, Lockport. He was member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Anna Parsons PEKIN -(PNS)- Mrs.

Anna Parsons, 78, of Pekin, died at 1:30 a. m. Sunday at her home. She had been ill, a year. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.

Tuesday at Abts Mortuary, 11 a. m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.

The Rosary will be recited 8:15 p. m. Monday at the mortuary. She was born Oct. 17, 1882, Sand Prairie Township, daughter of Frank and Anna Meier Birkmeier.

She was married to Charles Parsons Jan. 1, 1913, in Peoria. He died Aug. 8, 1932. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.

Thyrza Godby, Pekin; a sister, Sister M. Odelia, Peoria; grandchildren. She was a member of St. Joseph's Church and the Altar and Rosary Society. Mark Churchill CHENOA -(PNS)- The al of Mark Churchill, 70, will be at 2 p.

m. Wednesday at the Pils Memorial Home, with Dr. Moses Crouse officiating. Burial house. The family moved storm.

Pantagraph Photos by Bob Simpson buildings were also damaged. cannon at site of old library Bane. Ahlenius, Lucas On Committees Two Bloomington savings and loan executives have been named to committees of the United State Savings and Loan League, trade organization of saving and loan a associations. Edward R. Ahlenius, vice president of Bloomington Federal Loan Association, was the investments and nameanto mortgage lending committee.

Stanley J. Lucas, executive vice president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association, will serve on the management committee. Official Inspects Jackson Facilities L. O. Brown, district manager of Import Motors of Chicago inspected the facilities of the Bloomington Volkswagen dealer, Bert Jackson Motors 410 Front, last week.

The sales official's visit was in connection with the Jackson agency's first anniversary as a dealer in the German-made compact automobile. Mr. Brown said the local dealer has established an outstanding sales record during the first year as Volkswagen dealer, Tipsy Driving Count Jails Cornell Motorist PONTIAC (PNS) Thomas Millis, 40, of Cornell was arrested city police at 1 a. m. Sunday and charged with driving while intoxicated.

He appeared before Justice of the Peace Joe Green who placed bond at $1.000 and continued the case until March 15. He failed to post bond and is being held at Livingston County Jail. Fire Damages Clinton Home August Jr. and Allen. both of Sepulveda, Raymond, Waco, Leonard Michael, Tucson, Mrs.

Margaret Flick, a Audauchter, Mary Pratt, Pekin; 10 grandchildren. He was a member of the Lodge at Glasford, and had worked as a truck driver until last ber. Andrew Leadingham CULLOM -(PNS)- Andrew J. Leadingham, 81, a retired Cabery farmer, died at 10 a. m.

Saturday at his home after a brief illness. His funeral will be at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Cabery Presbyterian Church, with Dr. F.

McMaster Kerr officiating. Burial will in Mount Hope Cemetery at Cabery. He will be taken to the church at 11 a. m. Tuesday.

He was born May 22, 1879, in Kentucky, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Leadingham. He married Viola Clark in Kentucky, Aug. 5, 1902.

She died in 1951. Surviving are six sons, Thomas, Emington; Elijah, Joliet; Noah, Cabery; Robert, Buckingham; James and Walton, Dwight; two daughters, Mrs. Almeda Nolan, Mrs. Bess Scuteri, Joliet; five brothers, Robert and Melvin, Portsmouth, Ohio; Walter, Dayton, Ohio; Richard, Ashland, Cleveland, Morehead, two sisters, Mrs. Polyl Parsons, Mrs.

Jane Whitt, Portsmouth, 45 grandchildren and 46 great children. A daughter preceded him in death. Van Sellar Mosley WASHINGTON, ILL. -(PNS)- Van Sellar Mosley, 86, died at 3:20 a. m.

Sunday at Peoria Methodist Hospital. He had been a patient there two weeks and ill three years. He was brought to the Haebecker Funeral Home for services at 2 p. m. Tuesday, with the Rev.

Richard Mader officiating. Buriali will be in Glen Dale Cemetery. Visitation will begin at m. Monday at the funeral home." He was born July 2, 1874, in Edgar County, a son of William and Rosina Pitcher Mosley. He married Mrs.

Emelyn Kinsinger July 5, 1904, at Paris, Ill. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Miss Mary Marguerite, at home; two sons, Meredith, Kankakee; Marvin, Palm Springs, a sister, Mrs. Kathryn Gray, San Jose, and four grandchildren. He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Washington Municipal Band for nearly 40 years. He was a contracting brick mason.

Mrs. Naomi Sommers NEW HOLLAND -(PNS)- Funeral services for Mrs. Naomi Sommers, formerly of New Holland, were held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Church of Christ in Havana.

Her burial was in Richmond Grove Cemetery at New Holland. Mrs. Sommers died Wednesday morning at Havana. She was born at Cambridge City, Feb. 8, 1884, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Heinbach.

She was married to Herman Sommers and he died April 19, 1943. Surviving are six sons. Harry, Lincoln; Cecil, New Holland; Theodore, Kenny; John, Auburn; Fred. West Chester: Otto. California; a sister, Mrs.

Edith Britton, Springfield, and several grandchildren. CLINTON -(PNS)- Fire of undetermined origin caused loss estimated at $3,700 at the Leonard Lee home, 200 N. George, at 9:45 p. m. Saturday.

The fire burned inside the walls of the house and $3,000 was set as damage to the house and $700 to the clothing and furniture in two upstairs bedrooms. will be in Chenoa Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded at the cemetery, Friends may call at the memorial home after p. m. Tuesday.

Mr. Churchill died Saturday morning at Dwight Veterans Hospital. He was born March 10, 1890, at Castle Hill, Maine, a son of Nathan and Lucy Corliss Churchill. He married Gladis Smith at Woodland, Maine, January, 1921. Surviving are a son, Llewellyn, Rumford, Maine: four brothers, Milford, Washburn, Maine; Thomas and Harold.

Wade, Maine: Kenneth, Idaho; a sister, Miss Friedith Churchill, Holton, Maine; and four grandchildren. A son, and an uncle and aunt, with whom he made his home, preceded him in death. He was a veteran of World War and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Billie B. Cooley PEKIN (PNS) Billie Cooley, 52, of Pekin died at 1:30 a.

m. Sunday at Pekin Public Hospital where he had been patient for 12 days. His funeral will be at 8:30 a. Tuesday Abts Mortuary, and 9 a. m.

at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Joseph's Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited p. m.

Monday at the mortuary. He was born Dec. 28, 1908, Louisville, son of William and Lucille Cooley. He married Marjorie Leary Jan. 2, 1945, Bloomington.

Surviving are his wife, two sons, Robert, Cincinnati, Ohio; Ronald Paul, Pekin; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Kinker, Cincinnati, Ohio; Deborah Ann and Rebecca Kay, both of Pekin. He was a member of St. Joseph's Church, the Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus, the Order Alhambra, Powerton Club, Pekin Elks Lodge, the Pekin Peoria Sp tsmen's Clubs and the Industrial Supervisors' Club. He had been employed by Commonwealth Edison Co.

for 31 years. Edgar Mackowski WASHINGTON, ILL. -(PNS)The funeral of Edgar L. Mackowski, 38, who died at 6 p. m.

Sunday at his home here, will be at 10 a. m. Wednesday at St. Patrick's Church with the Rev. Henry Schubert officiating.

Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Cherokee, Iowa. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p. m. Tuesday with recitation of the Rosary at 8 p. m.

at the Habecker Funeral Home here. He was born Feb. 17, 1923, in Bantry, N. A son of Frank and Ann Mackowski. Surviving are his wife; parents, three sons, James Neal, Alan Lee, David Lynn, all at home; four sisters, Mrs.

Edward Miller, Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Fred Grauer and Mrs. John Lawncazak, Cherokee, Iowa; Mrs. Carl Hahn, Fresno, three brothers, Julius, Cleghorn, Iowa; Louis, Los Angeles, John. Detroit, Mich.

The family moved here 11 years ago. He was a tool analyst at Caterpillar. He served three years in the Air Force and was a member of St. Patrick's Church. B.

a m. at St. at in in law tried to flee the storm in a car. The debris flattened the tires on the car a short distance from the house and one of the children was cut by glass when the car windows were blown out. The home of Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Sandage on the Mrs. Gertrude Builta farm was blown 20 feet off its foundation damaging the building extensively. Wind also damaged most the other buildings on the farm. Mrs.

Sandage was lying on a couch in the house when the storm struck. She was showered by flying glass and several stitches were required to close a cut on her leg. She was also treated for shock. MISSES TOWN The storm missed the south edge of Arrowsmith by about an eighth of and then struck the farm tenanted by Mr. and Mrs.

Ivan West. Here it wrecked a machine shed garage, tore the roof from the corncrib, partially wrecked the barn, and blew windows out of the house. Farther east at the Frank Smith farm the storm wrecked a $7,500 hog house built last year and killed number of hogs. Leroy Furnish, who works for Mr. Smith, and his small son were in the structure when the storm hit.

They sought refuge behind a tractor and were not hurt. Every building on the Reed Vawta farm was damaged or destroyed. Planks were blown through the upstairs part of the house. The Vawta family was not at home when the storm struck, but learned of the damage upon returning home to find the road in front of the home littered with debris. HOUSE FRONT TAKEN Near Saybrook the entire front of the Roy Nugent home was blown away leaving the house looking like the back of a doll house, with the furniture neatly in place.

They moved their possessions from the house to another in Gibson City. Part of the roof was blown away, trees ripped up and debris scattered across the road and into a field on the other side. The Phil Schaefer farm was also hard hit. Windows were blown out, the barn damaged and his corn dump ruined. Gibson City was also hard hit.

Roofs were. blown from buildings, houses damaged, garages blown away, trees uprooted and a large sign registering the time and temperature was blown off the newly built Gibson City Federal and Loan building. LINEMEN HAVE JOB Power company and telephone linemen worked throughout Saturday to restore damage to the stricken area. Arrowsmith was without electric power until 11 a. m.

Sunday and telephone service restored earlier Sunday to the community, but linemen were still working south of Arrowsmith Sunday afternoon. Saybrook was without phone service nearly all day Sunday. Electric power was restored at 1 a. m. Sunday.

Grocers drove to Bloomington to get dry ice for their frozen food cases. At Gibson City the greatest danger was from downed wires but power company men worked feverishly to cut the and restore service, I wires.