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The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 2

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The Pantagraphi
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PiUgrph A-2 III. Auj. lfrt -rr ft. -V. 5 Following fairs a good life for 'roustabout' and family i it i i Mil i ii 4m.

the Ksjr jean he has been worklrg with Rudy, the family Is on the road, rutting the fairs la summer and port n4 boat howi in the winter. It Ii a goid life for a man like hlmM If, iv.b sav. and his daughter is gcttlrg almost as gA at pitching as be Is. The McLean County Fair continues with more Judging and selling and in-tttrg and loii'g and grandstand hhowlrg thrwigh Saturday. Aards were mad Wedneday to the two lop commercial exhibits out of III at this year's fair.

Top award for an InMdc exhibit went to Don Curry's Custom Installation. For the best exhibit outside the tfnts. Ihc award went to Miller Dbk Ffllrbury. II I). Lcffingwtll.

vice prt'ldcnt. Today Is Merchants Day at the ex-piitlon. with participating merchants giving free fair passes lor children 12 and under and reduced price carnival rides unul pni. Myron Floren of the Lawrence Welk Show, along with Glenn Haywood and the Schrcfbcrs Chimps, heads Iwo free grandstand shows at (30 and 1 30 tonight. Wliaf at fair 4:10 p.m.

Myron Flore. 1:30 p.m. Myron Floron Fridoy I o.m.-Hor ond poy JO l.m. Flower arrangement boih activity. a.m.

B'ke 'e at homo ectnomict building. a.m. Pigeon udging. 10 a.m.-Wemen'i activities I p.m. Carden tractor pull, cat judging.

I p.m. Sale of chempiont. p.m.-Sutan ReyeCI'y Hart Show. 1:30 p.m.-Sutan RayO Clay Hart Show. "If you don't catch any fish, you can take our idioes off and clip jour tors." says Bob.

About Iwo months out of every )car Rob lives with his wife and daughter in Cambridge, Kan. The other 10 months r- By Jomot Ktrn Rob Latham never cnuSJ sff-m it j'l ry hug, ni thai he ftr wanted to. I kind of a roUitabut all n. life" I prr.t tttn potviri lit bcirj an at tor. a cab driver, a hheep herder, a U'r bouncer, a primer, a cornmerclal artist and hoiogroncr and a part lime gold prwp.tor.

That was fore he finally ctt led don to a job that he cs have to rttle down lo. lie now a pitch man for Rudy Mavv "Snell Tjer." Rudy li a B.iuc who came to America many jears ago as a high wire perfumer with Ringllng Bros. Orcu. quit that to In-come a movie actor and eventually the original Tonto. and finally a manufacturer and pitch man hlmclf.

Dying art form R-b Hunks Rudy is about the greatest pitdi man In the country today, and pitching is a dying art form. "Rudy can pitch a rrowd In ttir than iinvone I've ever ccn." hays Bob. who Miid ab4it 120 "Snell Tycrs" during the first 21 hours of llw McLean County Fair. He concedes it a little difficult lo pilch at a fair because a practitioner of the art needs at least a small rrowd before him when he docs his lit. But a half dorcn Interested parties wdl do.

mijs Bb. You concentrate on the one jou know will buy-there at least one in every crowd because "if you can get one guy to reach in his iwckct and pull out a dollar and a half, you'll sell five of them." The "Snell Tjcr" Itself anyway, says Bob. For tlic fislierman gels an instrument that holds a fishhook at one end. with two little slots at the olher which the line goes through. Ready for battle Al.su included arc directions and diagrams telling the fisherman how to twist iiiid loop the line through the hook, there New frain No work, N.

to covor orrlvol of now Amlroh troini ond Inougurol rvn to Chicago nit ek. Firtt from it ichedwlcd lo orrivt in Chicogo for public diiploy Aug. 10. (AP Wirophoto) Long journey le bring modern rilwy p4tgr tervict to Midwest bcqari with loading of tvrbolnr Carl into thip in Frjnce. Pntgrph reporter Bll Will will bt d.plched to GIRL'S GYM SUITS LETTERED Name lettered on left leg of uit FRKK.

Approved by NCI IS, On. Catholic H.S.. Trl-Valley. All Ordrrn Ml ST be in by K'. 1Mb olher Ue a umall rricc charge will br applied.

AUo available (JirlV (Jjm nuiU, g)m orln. BUS (fjm uil) In Moek loo. (3 Blocks Wo it Of I.S.U. Horton fioldhouio) CALLANS SPORT SHOP Youth drowns on vocation 900 W. Colleje, Noimol fiee PoiVing Ph.

4S7-S2M Labor charge filed agalnsf area theaters A charge of unl.nr Inlxir practice was mailt: against Keravtes Enterprises Inc. Wednesday by the National Labor Hel.i-timis IJonrd Tlie charges involve theaters ojnTaled in I 'online and where Kerasntes has the Caslle thealer. Dmc-in and Cinema I and II. A hearing on the complaint, filed by locals 13.1 and Cmt of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Emplou-i and Motion Picture Machine Operators, is for Sept. 20 in Peoria.

Hie unions charged that Kcrasoies unilaterally changed' existing wages, hours and working conditions. This was done. I hey said, by severing relationship with the unions, laying olf all projectionists and refusing to bargain with the unions about automation and the layoffs. I Withers Public Library 100CC SALE ii By Kathy McKinnty A 13-yfarld Normal boy drowned Tuesday fvfnine while on with his family in the Dull Shoals area of northern Arkansas. Joseph T.

Mortimer a I Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mortimer 3 Arditli Inc. Normal, apparently (ell cr slippt-d from a dock while he was fishing, Ik-could not swim. The family had lecii vacationing at the Ked Arrow Kesort.

Lake View, Ark. Joe was on the duck, fishing by himself Tuesday evening, his father said. "When he didn't come back when he should for supper." Mr. Mortimer said, "a younger son. 10.

went down Kt him. He was going to walk back with him." The brother. Tern, came back in a few Any Item Any Item It: A J.i To Be Held At 204 E. Front, Bloomington Friday Saturday August 3rd 4th 9 em3 pm 1S 5 by tieing one of six different knots guaranteed to hold a hook through the toughest battle a fish ever put up. Rib says Rudy, who now keeps clo.se to the Tver factory in Burbank, invented the fisherman's helper a long lime ago after he had been on a fishing trip high in the mountains and his hands became so cold he could not tic a knot.

He also invented a "Clipper Hook Retriever" which will remove a I look from a fish or clip a line with case, and 5000 'volumes of hardbacks, paperbacks and children's books, records and magazines. i Joseph Mortimer Jr. Itiillis Mr. and Mrs. James Kopp.

fifW Hovey. Normal, a boy born Wednesday at llrokaw Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bier, Mobil-Land Mobile Home Court, a boy born Wednesday at Brokaw Hospital.

ATLANTA Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Watkins, a girl born Tuesday at St. Joseph's Hospital, Bloomington. liKOADWELL Mr.

and Mrs. Roger Payne, a boy born Tuesday at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln. CROp.SEY Mr. and Mrs. James Smith, a girl born Wednesday at Fair-bury Hospital.

Guest pastor named GRAYMONT lPNS-The Rev. Norman Rostrom of Pontiac will give the sermon on Sunday at the First Baptist Church. mew men mwr i 1 lit the Mrtilcr Memorial llmnc. with Dr. Harold IJ.

Martin officiating, liurial will be in Kastlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be an hour before the service at the funeral home. He was born April 22. 1W0. in DeKulb.

a son of Jo.eph T. and Huth Anderson Mortimer. Surviving are Ins parents; two brothers. Thomas and Jay, at home, and grandmother, Mrs. Eva Anderson, 1111 W.

Jackson. He was a member of the Metluxlist Church in Danville. minutes. He said he had found Joe's rod and reel with a fish on the line, but he couldn't find Joe. "The best we can piece together, he made a misstep and fell in the water." Mr.

Mortimer said. "I imagine he was excited, he had jut caught a fish, and I imagine he just lost his equilibrium and stepped the wrong way." Divers (rem Mountain View, searched fur the boy. He was found about 8:20 p.m. Tuesday in 35 feet of water about 25 feet from the dock. The lake is 50 to CO feet deep.

A steep dropoff occurs close to shore. "The best we can figure, it was an accident. The lake is deep. And maybe the dock is not guarded as well as it could be. There is no rail." the boy's father said.

Young Joe was a golfer, known for an ability beyond his years. He had played golf less than two years he finished eighth in the fourth flight of the Bloomington-Normal Medal Play Golf Tournament in June. He was described in a Pantagraph story afttr the tournament as "unbelievable." His playing partner during part of the Jim Cagnell. said. "The DOCOOOCKXOOOOOO at Corn Belt Bank! Passbook Accounts Now Earn Daily interest is paid and compounded quarterly.

No minimum balance is required and withdrawals can be made at anytime' without notice. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY ONLY a Other new increased Saving rates are: FALSTAFF kid unbelievable. Of course, he didn't hit the ball as far as some of the big guys but he was always right down the middle. "Besides that, he was always polite and just a real pleasure to play with." He would have been in the eighth I grade at Chiddix Junior High School. 1 The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m.

Friday Informal talk set on student problems i Dawson McAllister, of La Mirada, will give an informal talk on the problems of high school students Friday. The public session, sponsored by (Campus Crusade for Christ will be at 7:30 p.m. at Illinois Wesleyan University Dugout located in the Memorial Center. Group singing will be lead by Tim McBurney of 118 W. Cherry, Normal.

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