The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 3

1 Pantasraph, Bloominglon, ID. Mar. 16, 1958. Three A SMOKE EATERS WITH GUNS Estimated SIOJ From Machines Police, Fire Mergers Get New Attention From Cities i An estimated $100 in change (i- nanus imaajuiin-. was taken Friday night from three By ROGER MILLER Jcate.

"the first three minutes of ing that it requires real study and coin operated machines at Rob fire are the most important. perseverance. erts Ko-Z Island Restaurant, 1104 Shrinking work weeks, growing budgets are starting more and more cities on studies of po- W. Washington St. Euel Roberts, owner of the res A majority of the fires can be handled by these policemen armed with fire extinguishers.

For the minority of the fires that require A. J. Sella, who led the board of underwriters recent inspection of the city, agrees with Chief Behrend. But Sella adds a comment on the 56 hour work lice and fire department mergers. taurant, told police Saturday that i 1 i i i i I Most merger plans call for policemen to answer fire calls and more expert attention, a reduced- size fire department is called SECO.VDARr JOB doing the initial dousing.

If further fire work is needed, a regular fire crew takes over. BEHREND OBJECTS The shorter work week hai The National Board of Fire Un- robbed the fire Cchtinz profession Gerald R. Melton derwriters, which determines Lre 0f many of its professionals, Mr. insurance ratings for cities over Sella says. Yesterday's fireman Mergers have gone past the studying stages in some cities.

Rec Uly. Dearborn, (popu I1J5 piace ui uusiness nau own entered by breaking a west window and that coin boxes from a cigarette machine, juke box and bowling game had been broken open. Police said that they found two of the three coin boxes in the restaurant along with a pair of hedge clippers. It appeared, they said, that the thieves used the hedge clippers to pry open the coin boxes taken from the three machines. has taken no official stand I nut in 72 hours or mo and that Melton on Maneuvers In Philippine Islands Marine Pfc.

Gerald R. Melton on the merger plan, but does give was all he was interested in. a quarter of a man credit for the (explains. "public safety officers." The Board But today's fireman works only has inspected only one city with one day out of three, and may son of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert E. Melton of 611 Kingsley Nor merge a aepartments luncom, have another job on his days off. Neb.) and in that case the planlThat other too mav mak hii mal, is in the Philippine Islands fire fighting work of secondary lation 131,000) became the largest city in the country to consolidate its police and fire departments. Oak Park, a residential Detroit suburb of 31.000 was one of the first cities to try the plan. Various merger ideas are being attempted in Glencoe, Evanston and Champaign in our own state of Illinois.

HAS BEEN TALKED The Bloomington City Council has discussed the possibility of a merger at informal meetings. Orpheus Club was dropped before the board finished its inspecion. Bloomington Fire Chief Roland importance, Mr. Sella says. The merger idea has run Into strong opposition from police and Behrend looks with disfavor upon with the 1st Marine Division.

He is assigned to the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment. During the first week of March, the division, which left the U.S. Jan. 20, took part in "Operation Strongback" in the islands. The 1st Division acted as defenders the plan.

Chief Behrend. who has: firemen's unions, and thus cities spent all his adult life in fire work, have not tried to force the plan In District Music Fete believes that ere fighting is a job onto the old timers, for professionals who spend their But only time will tell If to-full time at it. morrow's policeman will regard Fire work is now a scientific a fire extinguisher the same as business. Mr. Behrend claims, add-'today's officer values his revolver.

Peoria's city council recently: turned down consolidation by a 5 Twenty-five boys and girls of against the 3rd Division in the mock battle. The units will return Bernard Sipes loosens a bus seat in order to begin laying new floor in one of 28 buses operated by Unit School District 5. Work is part of year round task to keep bus fleet in operation. Running Buses $57,000 Job Yearly for Unit 5 Schools to 4 vote. Town of Normal officials have never given the idea an official to Camp Pendleton, in April.

Pfc. Melton entered the Marines He graduated from finnf evidently feeling mat tne Feb. 15, 1956 the Bloomington-Normal Orpheus Junior Club will play piano solos in the district music festival of the Illinois Federation of Music Clubs Sunday at the Young Women's Christian Association building in Springfield. They are Patti Jackson, Margaret Schrock, Barbara Chicquette, Normal Community High School in Boy Claims He Didn't Attack Girl on Street June, 1955, and was a carpenter apprentice before entering the corps. an average of 7.3 miles a gallon.

bursement for transportation, Stana Sue Riordan, Cynthia At- Fixed bus costs, insurance, stor based on the number of children is able to handle all fire work inexpensively. In Illinois, a new state law has done much to push mergers. The law limits the number of hours a firemen can work to 56 a week. Bloomington firemen have been on the 56 hour week since 1955, and the city has discovered that age and heat, and miscellaneous Board Moves To Get Buying On Annual Basis Report Vandals wood, Pamela Masters, a Webb, Everett Lueck, Tonya Woods and Carol Mekkelson of transported by the unit during 1955-56, was received by the unit during the 1956-57 school year. This sum was used to help meet costs, amounted to $7,010.

Operating costs, including gasoline, lubrication, tires, parts and labor, to Damage Cars Normal, Joy and Jim Gilder-sleeve, Tina and Gary Kaufman, taled $19,104 and drivers wages Two Bloomington motorists told the short week increased fire fight- charges have been placed against him by the girL The mother of the girl, according to police, said that she would let police know Monday if ihl wants to press a charge. Parents of the boy told police that he told them of the- incident Friday night because they questioned him after reading a story A 15 year old Bloomington boy told police Saturday that he was the youth sought in connection with an alleged attack on a 17 year old, girl, but insisted that he was the victim of circumstances. He declared that he did not attack the girL He appeared at the station with By DAVE HAAKB 1956-57 bus expenses. Mr. Stein estimated that 1957-58 bus transportation costs will run police Saturday that vandals had damaged their cars Friday night.

amounted to $30,740. STATE AID UP Not counting an additional Kathy McKmney and Leslie Hm-thorne of Hudson, Carleen Graff of Minier, Diane Harms of Stanford, Sandra Myers of Mackinaw; Two new buses, scheduled for about the same as in 1956-57. How purchase late this spring, will mark the "beginning of a systematic George Seitz of 612ii W. Monroe St. reported that a brick had been tossed through a window of ing expenses by 15 per cent.

Each year when the city's employees ask for wage increases the council becomes more and more interested in the merger idea. TRAIN FOR BOTH In adapting to the 56 hour week. ever, a total of $21,235 in state re imbursement, based on 1956-57 fig Grace Beningo, Leslie Wilcox, Myrna Brent, Betty Jean Wiley, Jennifer Morris and Sharon Ray in the Pantagraph. his car while it was parked in ures, has been received this year zix figured lor depreciation on the fleet, the 1956-57 cost for bus transportation amounted to A total of $19,293 in state reim bus replacement program for Unit School District 5. The district operates a fleet of 28 buses at an annual cost of to help meet current bus trans his parents.

The girl involved identified him Saturday to be the boy in the incident in th 100 block of Bloomington. portation costs. front of his residence. John Dennis of 208 W. Division St.

reported that two fender mirrors on his car had been broken off. The car was parked at 200 N. Evans St. of South Main Street Thursday night IT'S TONIGHT First of two performance by Bloofningtoo-Xormal Symphony with Richard Ellsa.wrr, organ. 1st, and A.

Clyde Roller, guet conductor, 8:15 p. Scottish Rite Auditorium. Mrs. A. G.

Nenne and Mrs. E. A. Wilcox are teachers and Mrs. L.

D. Chicquette and Mrs. Wilcox club sponsors. Leslie Wilcox will participate in the Federation's Stringed Instrument Festival at Champaign High Police related this story he gave BLOOMING! ON -NORMAL DEATHS them in a statement: The youth was walking to town Illinois cities have tried various work schedules. In Bloomington the schedule is for firemen to work one full 24 hour day and have two full days off.

Such a schedule brought this comment in a December article in the American City magazine: "As the trend toward shorter and shorter work weeks continues, it becomes increasingly necessary to find something for firemen to with a neighbor's dog. The dog had run into the street and he School next Sunday. She will play a cello solo. seven grandchildren, and 18 great had retrieved the animal moments before the alleged attack on the Set Church Teacher School A Daily Vacation Bible School Conference for teachers and leaders will be held at Wesley Methodist Church Thursday from 9 grandchildren. girL Mrs.

Mikel, active in work, was a member of the rxf. tiuii In attempting to prevent the ani Mrs. Boulton Home From Southern Trip Mrs. S. S.

Boulton of 1113 N. rrasldcat mal from running into Main Street Aietnodist Cnurcn. Wior to mov do in their waiting and sleeping ing to Kentucky, Mrs. Mikel was an active worker in the church vcstacM flu, 000, $19,000 of which comes from state reimbursement payments. Its cost does not include the unit's annual $12,000 depreciation on its buses.

The unit, In moving to seek bids on the two new vehicles this past week, adopted the systematic replacement program at the urging of Keith Stein, its purchasing and transportation chief. Mr. Stein suggested systematic purchasing now because 12 of the 28 buses have traveled 75,000 or more miles. He advocated purchasing now because 12 of the 28 buses have traveled 75,000 or more miles. He advocated purchasing two or three buses each year to avoid the necessity of buying four to six in a single year.

WELL TRAVELED PAIR The new, 46-passenger vehicles will replace a pair of buses which have traveled a total of 185,229 miles. One of the pair is 12 years old, time." From such philosophy the merger idea is nutured and developed. Colton Ave. returned home Friday after severaL weeks in the at Downs. aavtaf a.

m. to 3:15 p. m. The conference is one of 35 being held throughout the state. There will be work shops for five groups; kindergarten, primary, junior and junior high and one for vacation church school su The "something for firemen to gulf states and the Caribbean.

William E. Saddler do" is usually police work. A 10 day cruise took her to Jamaica, the Dominican Repub Cities that are trying the plan William E. Saddler, 51, former Bloomington resident, died unex I mmur Jl yr If mmi 1 I yr id Coughlin th fcat Caerol Afrat wy at caviar Cattaawaca ak ai a a 7 a a Fa. aa ar aaaa.

lic, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is have just about stopped hiring new firemen. Instead they hire po a second time, the youth gave chase and accidently brushed againsi the girl. He said he grabbed her in an attempt to keep her from falling. When the girl screamed and a man started to run across the street toward them, the youth said, he became frightened and ran. A witness, the man who started to run across the street, told police the youth ran down Olive Street and disappeared on Madison Street.

Police released the youth. No perintendents and administrative leaders. pectedly Thursday morning follow- licemen and train them for both ing a heart attack at his home in lands for 3,200 miles in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Most of her time was spent in Tampa, Fla. The program is held each year to' police and fire work Las Vegas, Nev.

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Mr. Saddler was born April 27, 1906, in Bloomington, a son of Mr. She spent the last two weeks with her. son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

J. in Birmingham, Ala. The Christophers are moving soon to Alamo, Calif. having been inherited by the unit -land Mrs. T.

S. SarWlpr TT -of raiuatecl from Bloomington High station wagons in merged cities) are equipped with fire fighting equipment, such as large extinguishers. Then the police-firemen answer all fire calls. The ever cruising squad cars usually can make it to the fire scene more quickly than a summoned fire truck, proponents believe. And, in the words of one advo- -i mi i School and attended Illinois Wes- Reports Gun Stolen John Kratky of 407 S.

Western Ave. told Bloomington police Saturday evening that a U.S. Army 30 cal. carbine rifle had been stolen from his car Thursday. He said the car was parked in the 100 block of South Center Street when the rifle was taken between 2 and 3 p.

m. l01U-UMt 'S' Lions Club To See 1 leyan University. He left Bloomington when a young man. rum on I in tan Surviving are his wife Vel- Mrs. Eleanor Mikel Mrs.

Eleanor (Nell) Mikel, Plan Your New Home Mow Here is just one of the many plans available in Our Home Planning Center ma, and a son, Joe, both at Members of the Bloomington who lives at former Bloomington resident, died home; his mother, Lions Club will see a color and Ames. Iowa: four sisters. Mrs. at 4 a. m.

Saturday at her home George Dyer, Atlanta; Miss Ada Saddler, Peoria; Mrs. T. F. Keel district from Normal Community High School's old fleet. Scheduled for a trade-in on a new bus, the 1946 model Chevrolet has covered 93,043 miles.

The other bus, a 194S model International with 92,186 miles of service, will be kept for scrap. Its parts will be used to keep seven other 1948 model buses in operation. Nine of the 28 buses in the fleet ere 10 years old or older, nine have been in service between five and nine years and 10 have been added to the fleet since 1953. Mr. Stein estimated that a bus should last an average of 13 years or 100,000 miles.

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Dr. Larry Hedmark is program chairman. ing, Durango, and Miss Jane Saddler, Ames, Iowa. Services and burial will be In Las Vegas. i in Hickman, Ky.

Mrs. Mikel, who was 86, had been ill for some time. She was brought to the Metzler Memorial Home where funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Monday.

The Rev. Daniel Gret-zinger will conduct the service. 'REFRESHER COURSE' Perma- Cleaning isunfniREi (Advertisement) Owner Finds Car Reported Stolen i AUTHORS WANTED Burial will be in Hopewell Ceme tery at Downs. John V. Wunder of R.

R. 2 re ti ,1 The unit purchased eight new Visitation will begin today at BY II. Y. PUBLISHER portea to police Saturday morning that his car had been stolen the memorial home. Mrs.

Mikel was born June 22, between 10 and 10:30 p. m. Friday 1871, at Bloomington, a daughter at Jefferson and East Streets. New York, N. Y.

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Mikel who died Dec. 31, 1942. The found the car parked at Chestnut Michigan buses in 1948, added three more in 1949 and purchased an additional pair each of the following three years. A single new bus was added to the fleet in 1953, but the unit bought six new buses in 1954. The board skipped purchasing buses in 1955, but bought two more in 1956.

The decision to reinstate its curtailed bus service last fall forced the present board to buy another new bus last Chicago 4. 111. (Main Mikels moved to Kentucky about and Mason Streets. Office: New York.) 42 years ago. Surviving are four children, 3 bedrooms dinette basement entrance way built-in kitchen porch I 1 I foot In 1948, the board paid $4,100 IT'S AMERICAN FAMILY SHOE WARDROBE TIME Jbzz out Mrs.

Clarence Thomas, Cropsey; Mrs. L. A. Berner, 1108 E. Washington Herbert Mikel, Hickman, and Sylvanus Mikel, R.

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