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Tight Twisters Bring Death, Destruction Kemp To Seek Ford County Sheriffs Post Pantograph, Bloomlngton, Dec. 19, 1957. 7 rr SS IT Pi i ill wwwwmw mio PAXTON Fred Kemp an nounced Wednesday his. candidacy for the office of sheriff of Ford County. He will seek nomination for the fe:" 4 -'1 4 aV1K 'ss post on the Republican ticket in 1 A 7 4' JblVy fe jJ the April primary.

Mr. Kemp, who is now chief deputy sheriff, served as sheriff from 1950 to 1954. Prior to that he was on the Illinois State Police force and served in District 6 with headquarters at Pontiac. A World War II veteran, he served in the Aleutians with the Sea-Bees. He is a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Mr. and Mrs. Kemp live at 334 E. Pells St. in Paxton and have two children.

Jerry, an Illinois Wesleyan University graduate, is now completing a tour of duty in the Army. Janice is a senior in dramatics at IWU. Mrs. Kemp is a fourth grade teacher in the Clara Peterson School at Paxton. Lexington Girl Hurt in Accident LEXINGTON (PNS) Mary Lisa Schreiber, 3 year old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Schreiber of Lexington, received a broken leg when the car in which she was riding collided with another vehicle near Braidwood on Route 66 Sunday afternoon. She is a patient at the Morris hospital. Also a patient is her great aunt, Mrs. Otto Holland.

The car, driven by Mr. Schrei ber, also carried three other Farmington, Mo. Debris is piled up against a farm home after a tornado hit rural area six miles south of here. Just across the road, a baby boy was swept to his death. aged when tornadoes swept over Southern Illinois and Eastern Missouri.

Eleven persons were killed and dozens were injured in the stricken areas. ML Vernon () Neighbors check a home wrecked by tornadic winds which hit here late The house was one of dozens here destroyed or badly dam Schreiber children and Mr. Holland. Mr. Holland was hospitalized for a short time and Morton of Puts Up Tree Piper Grade Pupils Plan Operetta Santa To Visit Danvers DANVERS (PNS) Santa Claus will arrive in Danvers at 7 p.

m. Saturday and will pass out treats to the youngsters. The event Central Illinois Hit By High Wind, Rain MORTON (PNS) A community Christmas tree has been put up on a lo tat the corner of is sponsored by the businessmen in co-operation with the American Legion. South Main and East Adams Streets. The Chamber of Commerce put up the tree and the girl Scouts decorated it with PIPER CITY (PNS) A operetta in three acts, "The Waynesville Graders Christmas Thieves," will be pre handmade articles.

Plan Gift Exchange Storms Damage Property, Cut Electric Service ADD SPICE TO HIS LIFE! WAYNESVILLE (PNS) Each grade of the Waynesville elementary school will have a A community sing will be at the site at 7 p. m. Friday. James Caragher will be soloist and leader and Diane Alt will be organist. Special numbers will be sung by a Morton Township High School ensemble, directed by Mrs.

DeLores Brown. Christmas gift exchange at 1 p. m. Friday and will be dismissed Central Illinois was hit by heavy, rain and wind storms late Wednesday afternoon. Power lines were knocked out and property about 2 p.

m. for Christmas vaca tion. was damaged at several points Classes will resume Thursday, Rains heavy enough to hamper Jan. 2. traffic hit most of the area.

sented at 2 p. m. Friday in the high school gymnasium by 240 grade school students. The leads are Linda Ohmart, Anita Gibb, Bobby Joe, Bruce Mcintosh, Billy Lee, Paul Mcintosh, Raymond Lane, Charles Kinkaid, Jimmy Kratz, Dave Bouhl, Jackie Foster, Greg Myers, Judy King, Sandra Hack, Janet Boma. All major parts are played by sixth grade students.

The minor leads are Carolyn Wilkey, Janet Boma, Ella May Wey, Pat Gallahue, Janet Johnson, Charles Osborn, Greg Myers, Jimmy Bork, Carolyn Brauman, Sharon Jensen. Between the acts the kindergarten will sing two songs, and a girls quartet from the eighth grade will sing three carols. Members of the quartet are Janet Clark, Critically III Girl Recovering TOWANDA (PNS) Marietta, the 11 year old daughter of Mr. Deadline Set A large catalpa tree was blown over on the DX service station in Fairbury by high winds that struck about 5 p. m.

The office section On 4-H Projects of the brick and concrete build LINCOLN (PNS) Enrollment ing was smashed, wiring was torn up and gasoline pumps were dam aged. and Mrs. Robert Evans, who has1 been critically ill with pleurisy and a ruptured appendix at a hospital in Watertown, is re-1 covering. Marietta is a pupil at; the Bethesda Lutheran Home in: in several 4-H projects in Logan County clubs should be made by Wesley Woodward, manager of January 1, Assistant Farm Ad GIFT SET. the station, said the entire build viser Glenn Bevington has an Watertown.

nounced. ing was badly "jolted" and repairs would probably cost more than $1,500. The damage is covered by Baby beef, junior beef feeding, Pat Schnurr, Sharon Blevins and Ardis Eshelman. The operetta is Murphysboro (ff) Rescue workers directed by an Illinois state trooper search ruins of home here after tornado lashed the city. One person was killed in this house.

beef cow production, purebred beef production, purebred dual insurance. under the direction of Miss Shirley Two large signs were blown up Ross, vocal instructor. against a car parked at the west Compliment fie 'msft-gtoomeS cnan wftb invigorating Old-Spie i i Mter Shove lotion oncLoksqJ deao Oto Spice Cologoo brisk os an oceoo beexe4 pottety-gloss bodies In a new fed git box, with tfw Wence officiating. Burial will be end of the station and electric in West Lawn Cemetery. lines were knocked down.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS DEATHS He was born at Danforth Dec. ELECTRIC SERVICE CUT purpose cow, purebred sheep flock and market sheep flock projects should be registered. The third and fourth years home grounds improvement and second and third years of forestry should also be started by January 1. More complete Information can be obtained from 4-H club leaders or the farm adviser's office. 10, 1881, a son of Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Lenz. He married Ida Kim- Toll Road Commission May Condemn Land SPRINGFIELD (U.P.) The Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the power of the state Toll Road Commission to condemn A large electric sign on the Fultz Studio across the street from mel Dec. 25, 1904, at OPEN FRIDAY NITE Till 9 P. M.

an ideal time to buy a PING PONG or TRAIN TABLE! SCHWULST Lumber Coal Co. 416 S. Robinson St. Phone 4-3261 Surviving are two daughters, officiating. Burial will be in Glen the station was knocked loose.

Witnesses said the wind seemed to come from "all directions" and Mrs. Pauline Anders, Ferndale, Cemetery. Mrs. Mabel Bentley, Cul- Visitation will begin Thursday Emmett ForHer CHENOA (PNS) Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at St. Mary of the Lake Church in Chicago for Emmett E.

Fortier, was accompanied by a loud roaring sound. evening at the funeral home. lom; a son, Harry, Fontiac; a brother, Phillip, Gilman; six BIASI'S DRUG STORE 217 N. Main St. Dlivr Regiittr lo Win Frt Res Bowl Trip for Tw grandchildren and two great He was born March 29, 1886, at Fowlerville, a son of J.

G. land for highway use. A group of landowners had ap-i pealed to the high court from -the i Cook County Superior Court. Theyj argued the Toll Road Commission had only the power to condemn land that had previously been devoted to highway use. I Electricity was off in Fairbury for several minutes, and utility company spokesmen said lines ARROWSMITH Mr.

and Mrs. W. H. Holderly left Tuesday for Sacramento, where they will visit their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

Ray Lohr. grandchildren. 64, sales manage for Brach Candy Co. there and a former Chenoa and Agnes Garnett. He was Pat- were down between there and For His wife; a son, a daughter, three brothers and three sisters ton Township assessor many years resident.

rest. Surviving are a brother, Hugh, He died Saturday in St. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago, after a long ill Electricity was also reported off Columbus, Ohio, and a nephew, ness, at Cullom and Forrest PRCH TORN OFF preceded him in death. John Waugler EL PASO John Waugler, 18, of EI Paso died at 9:43 p. MSTfflLTS Mr.

Fortier was born in 1894 in Chenoa, a son of E. G. and Mary Rodney Garnett, Columbus, Ohio. He was a member of the Federated Church of Paxton, the Paxton Masonic Lodge, the Royal Arch Masons and the Mount Olivet Commandery. At Mason City a sudden gust Fortier, and was a graduate of Chenoa High School.

He married Wednesday at Mennonite Hospital Gertrude Kearney in Chenoa in Bloommgton. Arrangements are incomplete. He is survived by one son, Rob Paul Lenz To Give Concert $T10 DOWN DELIVERS THIS COMPLETE GROUP TO YOUR HOME! ert, of Chicago. Will J. Garnett PAXTON (PNS) WiU J.

Garnett, 71, died at 7 a. m. WENONA (PNS) The We-nona Unit No. 1 school bands and choral groups will present a con CULLOM (PNS) Paul Lenz, 76, a resident of Gilman and Cul-lom, died about 9:30 p. m.

Tuesday at the Livingston County Home in Pontiac, following a long illness. His funeral will be at 8 p. m. Friday at the Stewart Funeral cert of Christmas music in the Wednesday at Paxton Community Hospital. He had been ill a month.

school gymnasium at 8 p. m. Fri day. ms lunerai will be at p. m.

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Paul Sneid-er. The wind was reported to have "swooped down" from the south. It lifted the Bagby porch over the house and deposited it in the yard on the other side. A television antenna on top of the house was knocked down. The same porch on the Bagby house was damaged in a similar storm last March.

The window at the Sneider home was pushed into the living room and Mrs. Snieder barely escaped being hit by flying glass. BARN BURNS Lightning struck a barn on the Fred Reed Farm three miles northwest of San Jose during a heavy rainstorm about 3:55 p. m. The barn and about 25Q bales of hay and straw were destroyed, but San Jose firemen managed to salvage about 2,000 bushels of com stored in the building.

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