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i THE PANTAGRAPH, Monday, Ocl. 30, 1989 C5 HEALTH ACTIVITIES Edna D. Hinshaw DEATHS Central Illinois Margaret L. King CHA1SW0RTH Margaret L. King, 93, of Chatsworth died at 11.13 p.m.

Saturday (Oct. 28, 1989) at Fairbury Hospital. She had been ill the past seven months. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Chatsworth United Methodist Church, the Rev.

Paul Mallory officiating. Burial will be in Chatsworth Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Culkin-Diggle Funeral Home, Chatsworth and one hour prior to the service Tuesday at the church. She was born Jan.

6, 1896, in pdla Township, a daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Ranacher Dehm. She married Lloyd E. King Oct. 12, 1921, in Weston. He died Feb.

16, 1983. Surviving are four sisters, Mary Wallrich, Fairbury; Minnie Frieden, Chatsworth; Tressie Baker, Rochester, and Alma Jirasek, San Bernardino, Calif. She was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. She was a member of Chats worth United Methodist Church. Mrs.

King and her husband had farmed in Charlotte Township until retiring in 1960. Memorials may be made to her church or the American Kidney Foundation. Laurence E. Henson PAXTON Laurence E. Henson, 59, of Rankin and formerly of Paxton, died of cancer at 1 a.m.

yesterday (Oct. 29, 1989) at Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Knapp Funeral Home, Rankin, the Rev. Larry Manship officiating.

Burial will be in Rankin Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born June 21, 1930, in Paxton, a son of Jesse and Ethyl Painter Henson. Surviving are three sons, Rich ard and Kenneth, both of Hoop-eston, and Larry, Tuscola; two daughters, Marcia Mayberry, Oakwood, and Karen Finnell, Grimsley, two sisters, Evelyn Anderson, Rankin, and Lena Morrison, Macahensley Park; three brothers, Orville and Archie, both of Paxton, and Jesse of Rankin; 10 and one greatgrandchild.

Mr. Henson was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and a sister. He was employed on a railroad section crew. Memorials may be made to the medical center. real i i.

oiiui MASON CITY Pearl L. Stith, 74, of Mason City died at 3:25 a.m. yesterday (Oct. 29, 1989) at St. John's Hospital, Springfield.

Her funeral will be at 2 p.m Wednesday at the Mason City United Methodist Church, the Rev. Leland Bear officiating. Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Cain Funeral Home, Mason City.

She was born Dec. 19, 1914, in Columbia, a daughter of James and Martha Powell Burton. She married Joe Stith June 2, 1939, in Palmyra, Mo. He died Aug. 31, 1975.

Surviving are one sister, Priscilla Onken, Easton; and two brothers, Edgar Burton, Indianapolis, Ind. and Minter Burton, Lebanon, Ohio. She was preceded in death by six brothers. Mrs. Stith was owner and manager of Lee Brothers Clothing in Mason City.

She was a member of Mason City United Methodist Church and Mason City Women's Club. Memorials may be made to her church or to Mason City Area Nursing Home. Freeman L. Henry MASON CITY The funeral of Freeman Henry, 78, of Mason City will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mason City United Methodist Church, the Rev.

Vern Long-enbaugh officiating. Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Cain Funeral Home, Mason City. Mr.

Henry died at 5:55 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 28, 1989) at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln. He was born Nov. 24, 1910, in Auburn, the son of John and Mary Walters Henry.

He married Margaret Leesman Oct. 29, 1931, in Mason City. She survives. Also surviving are one daughter, Louise Beal, Linden; one son, Larry, Mason City; one sister, Cora Hawton, Peoria; four grandchildren; and one stepgrandchild. Mr.

Henry was a retired farmer and was a member of Mason City United Methodist Church. Arts and crafts show DWIGHT There will be a show by the Dwight Arts and Crafts Guild from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 11 at Dwight Township High School and Dwight Grade School gymnasiums.

More than 120 exhibitors will have displays. Proceeds will be donated to school and community projects. Nursing home dinner FAIRBURY Fairview Haven Nursing Home will host its annual grilled pork chop or chicken supper from 4 to 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at the facility.

Cost is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children under 12 when purchased in advance. Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $8 for adults and $4 for children. Tickets may be purchased from nursing home employees or Hub-ers Clothing, Fairbury; Rieger Motor Sales, Forrest; Bauer Farm Service or Eldon Steffen Insurance, Cissna Park; or Gridley Hardware Store. Carryouts will be available, and delivery service will be available for a small fee. Library program offered FAIRBURY Dominy Memorial Library will offer the "ID'S and Their Kids's" reading program in November.

Parents will read to children at least 15 minutes per day. Parents who complete the program will have their names placed in a drawing for a gift certificate. The program begins Nov. 1. Federation officers CISSNA PARK Sarah Och, Milford, has been elected presi- i 1 aeni oi ine iroquuis uuiuy t-n Federation.

Other officers include Jeff Senffner, Clifton, vice president; Jenny Ash, Watseka, secretary; Sara Neuschwander, Watseka, treasurer; Kathleen Gillespie, Ashkum, reporter; Tyler Wilken, Danforth and Catherine Caise, Beaverville, recreation; and Senffner and Jeff Creek, Watseka, Youth Council representatives. 4-H House open house Young women in 4-H will have an opportunity to visit 4-H House during 4-H Days Nov. 10 and 11 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The cooperative sorority was founded in 1934 as an economical home for women attending the of I. It Drovides social enrichment through involvement in Pan-, hellenic Council and the university's Greek system.

Members share in the management' of the house and in a variety of social activities. To become a pledge member of the house, a young woman must have completed at least five years of 4-H club work. Details are available by contacting Shelley Schlipf, interviewing chairperson, 805 W. Ohio Urbana 61801. Isn't this nice? In this self-service, carryout world, isn't it nice to know that some things come home-delivered? For early-morning delivery, call 827-READ Toll-free: 1.800-747-RE AD For more circulation information, call 829-9000 and enter these category numbers on your touch-tone phone.

1401 How to subscribe 1402 Foot carrier information 1403 Motor route information 1404 Mail delivery inforrtlation 1405 If you're 1410 Single copy locations 1411 How to pay by mail 1412 Missed today's paper? 1413 Compliment your carrier 1414 Service problems? 1415 Applying for a route CITYLINE 829-9000 grandchildren; and 12 greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, one daughter and three brothers. Mr. Mapel worked at The Eureka Co. for 10 years, retiring in 1961.

He was a member of Masonic Lodge 43 AF AM and Machinists Lodge 1000. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. EDUCATION- Receives radio internship Mike Burton, a disc jockey at WZND, Illinois State University's student-run radio station, was the recipient of an internship offered to minority students by the Illinois Broadcasters Association. The senior mass communication major will receive a $3,000 grant for a 16-week internship at WDWS radio station in Champaign plus academic credit for the completed internship. His was among 12 grants offered annually by the IB A.

Through the program, he will gain professional experience in sales, promotion and production and other areas of radio broadcasting. Literacy workshop FAIRBURY A literacy, training workshop will be offered Nov. 4 and 11 through the Prairie Central Adult Education Literacy Program. The workshop will serve as a refresher class for individuals already trained, and a training session for people wanting to be a reading tutor. The workshop, presented by Marge Kroehler, a Laubach reading trainer, will be from 9 a.m.

to 2:30 p.m. in the Prairie Central High School library. Breakfast and lunch will be provided at no cost. Reservation deadline is Nov. 2.

Questions may be directed to Tim Dever, Prairie Central High School, or Mary Ann Ulfers, Westview Elementary School, both in Fairbury. Japan visitor FAIRBURY Donna G. DeMuth of Chatsworth, a fifth-grade teacher at Westview Elementary School in was the recent recipient of the Illinois Excellence in Elementary Mathematics Teachers Award presented at the annual meeting of the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She has been a presenter for the annual ICTM meeting and has served on its program committee. She also has been a member of the Illinois State Board of Education mathematics learning assessment committee and its advisory committee.

She also is a consultant and has given workshops on problem-solving for the Illinois Mathematics Goals for Educational Service Center 13. In October 1988, she was one of 20 teachers from Illinois who traveled to Japan under the sponsorship of the ICTM. Appointed ISU director John R. Sigle, manager of facilities and services at Sangamon State University since 1976, has been appointed director of Space Planning and Analysis at Illinois State University effective Nov. 1.

Sigle will coordinate ISU efforts in the planning, allocation and management of space, including classrooms, instructional and research laboratories and offices. He will Teport to Richard Runner, assistant vice president 'for physical planning and operations. Sigle graduated from ISU in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in political science. He has a master's degree in public administration from Sangamon State University. He was an urban planner with Chicago's Department of Development and Planning from 1974-76 and has been at Sangamon State for the past 14 years.

Named survey president Illinois State University graduate Michael Wiant of Springfield will be installed as president the Illinois Archaeological Survey Nov. 3 at ISU and will be among the speakers at a public workshop on Illinois archaeology Nov. 4 at ISU's Capen Auditorium. More than 150 archaeologists from academic and governmental institutions and private businesses belong to the survey. Wiant is from the Illinois State Museum.

The free workshop will begin at 8:15 a.m. Saturday and include a slide presentation on "The Contributions of Avocational Archaeologists to Illinois Archaeology" by the Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology; a symposium on non-traditional sources in historical archaeology at 9:30 a.m. by Charles E. Orser director of the Midwestern Archaeological Research Center at ISU; and an 11 a.m. keynote address by Pamela J.

Cressey, director of Alexandria Archaeology in Alexandria, Va. After lunch, Wiant will lead a symposium on the Archaic Period in Illinois. Christmas toy run There will be a Christmas toy run at 1 p.m. Nov. 5 beginning at Spbrtland Honda Yamaha Sea-Doo, 2045 Ireland Grove Road, Bloomington.

A reception and toy collection will be after the run at the American Legion Hall, Heyworth. Admission is one toy per person. There will be a potluck dinner and music by the Upsetters. Toys also may be taken to Sportland Honda during business hours. Toys will be given to needy children in the McLean County area.

Scout leaders meeting There will be a "leaders' enchantment" meeting for volunteers in the Centrillio Council of Girl Scouts from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 6 at Miller Park pavilion. The program will help leaders with troop programs and personal development. Representatives from Illinois Power, Bloomington Public Library, The Women's Center in Bloomington, and the Audubon Society, John Wesley Powell chapter, will speak.

No registration is required. Towanda spaghetti supper TOWANDA The Junior Woman's Club will have a spaghetti supper at the Towanda Community Building from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 3. The menu will include spaghetti, garlic bread, relishes, choice of drink and a homemade dessert for $4 for ages 12 to adult, $3 for 6 to 12 year olds, and free to those 5 and under.

Carryouts are available. Tickets may be purchased at the door or from club members. 4-H Officers elected EMDEN Lori Wibben has been elected president of the Hartem Achievers 4-H Club. Other officers include Holly Byrd, first vice president; Darien Ritterbush, second vice president; Kim Schleder, secretary; Angie Bruns, assistant secretary; Jason Wibben, treasurer; Melissa Zinser, reporter; Kim, Kristin and Branden Traum, recreation; Stacy Cross, historian; and Jerod Wheeler and Greg Magate, sergeant-at-arms. Leaders are Diane Osborn, Barb Wibben and Janet Cross.

Green-Leafers meet Book reports will be given by Matt Grumblatt, Cassie Spera and Courtney Mapes when members of the Green-Leafers 4-H Club meet from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 4 in the Normal Public Library Community Room. Demonstrations will be given by Dale Sanko, Stephen Cox and Daniel Lloyd. Beth Racki will lead the club's members in a game, and Becky Ichniowski will lead a song.

Allison and John Musick will provide refreshments. Members of the club will tour the library. Busy Bee officers TOWANDA Jeff Marquis has been elected president of the Towanda Busy Bees 4-H Club. Other officers include Lisa Brokaw, vice president; Rhonda Gibson, secretary; Sara Brokaw, treasurer; J.J. Lehan and Jim Pul-okas, reporters; Karen Marquis and Stephen Gibson, historians; and Sara Brokaw and Jeff Marquis, federation officers.

I Dare You winners CISSNA PARK Seven Iroquois County 4-H members were recipients of the I Dare You award. Jennifer Ash, Ashkum; Cathy Caise and Tara Curby, Beaverville; Laura Dillman and Chris Garner, Watseka; Luke Wagner, Onarga; and Mark Wilken, Danforth, were selected for the award based on leadership, scholarship, physical fitness and character. EDUCATION China program EAST PEORIA "Turmoil in China" will be the title of the free program offered by the Illinois Central College Lecture Arts Series. The first of the series will begin at 11 a.m. Nov.

6 in the Lecture Recital Hall. Doris Stone, ICC professor of history, will share observations gained in conversations with ranking party members, students, faculty and friends during trips to China. While on sabbatical leave from the college in 1983 and 1987, she taught in Chinese universities and was elected model teacher at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing. FREE EXAM 2 X-rays FOR NEW PATIENTS ONLY Dr. Jeffrey L.

Jonas D.D.S. 305 S. Linden Normal, II. 454-5830 Organ donor meeting LINCOLN A seminar on organ and tissue donations will be at 7 p.m. Nov.

9 in the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital basement conference room. Rebecca Beck, transplant coordinator of the Regional Organ Bank of Illinois in Springfield, and Bonnie Hartman, vice president of the hospital's patient services, will speak. Women's lecture set "Women and Assertiveness" will be discussed by Bettsey Barkowski, assistant prof' sor at Illinois Central College, at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 a't Eastland Medical Plaza next to St.

Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. The cost is $5 and registration is due Nov. 3 by contacting the Women's Center in the plaza. Auxiliary president elected LINCOLN Pat Mikelson of Lincoln was elected president of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial HospitaK Auxiliary. Also elected were Irene Franz, vice president; Lorraine Bayer, secretary; and Janet Rivero, treasurer, all of Lincoln.

Elected to three-year terms on the governing board were Shirley Dittus and Martha Sasse, both of Atlanta, and Mrs. Bayer. Elected to complete unexpired terms were Doris Bartman of New Holland and Mrs. Rivero. Free scoliosis screening A free scoliosis screening will be offered to children in third through 12th grades Nov.

4 at Stout Chiropractic Clinic, 305 S. Linden Normal. Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine. Call the office for an Health fair set Care at Home, 904 Eldorado Road, Bloomington, will sponsor a health expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nov. 11 at the Moose Lodge, 614 IAA Drive, Bloomington. There will be free blood pressure screenings, and cholesterol screenings will cost $4. Eleven health care agencies will have exhibits. Admission is free.

Blood pressure screening Heritage Manor Nursing Home, 700 E. Walnut Bloomington, will offer free public blood pressure screenings from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 1. CPR classes offered The McLean County Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer a cardiopulmonary resuscitation class from 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Nov. 4 at the chapter house, 709 E. Douglas Bloomington. The cost is $15 and registration is required.

Participants will receive a one-year certification. Open house scheduled Parkside Recovery Center at Mennonite Hospital's third floor, Bloomington, will have an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 9. Divorce seminar "Rebuilding After Separation or Divorce" will be the topic of a 10-session seminar beginning at 7 p.nir Nov.

1 at the Memorial Student Center of Illinois Wesleyan University. Ron Maier, a counselor and psychotherapist, and Katheryn Torn-quist, nurse psychotherapist, will lead the seminars. There is no charge for the first meeting. Cost of the 10 sessions ist $120, and there is a $20 discount for early payment. Personal care training LIFE CIL will offer free personal care management and personal care assistant training courses in November and December.

The management course, for those interested in becoming a personal care manager, will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursdays Nov. 2 through Dec. 7. The six training sessions will include communication skills, employer-employee relationships, disability awareness and related areas.

The assistant training class will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Fridays Nov. 3 through Dee. 8 and include personal care assistant duties and information. Registration may be done at LIFECIL, 1544 E.

College Normal. Alzheimer's benefit dance PEORIA The Central Illinois Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association will celebrate National Alzheimer's Month with a gala dance, "A Night to Remember," from 8 to 11 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Pere Marquette Grand Ballroom. The theme of the dance is the 1940s.

Bill Houlihan of WEEK-TV, Peoria, will be the evening's host. Entertainment will be provided by Nancy West and the Colleagues. Tickets are $10 and available at all Bergner's, the Alzheimer's office in Peoria, South Side Bank, Peoria, and Bartonville Bank. PONTIAC iuia mil- shaw, 81, of Pontiac died at 120 (Oct. 29, 1989) at Livingston Manor, Pontiac.

She was taken to Raleigh J. Harris Funeral Home, Pontiac. Bloomington-Normal Robert McCorkle Robert "Tiny" McCorkle, 62, of 406 N. Walnut Normal, died at 1:22 a.m. yesterday (Oct.

29, 1989) at Brokaw Hospital, Normal. He uaa Deen ill five months. His funeral 'will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Stubblefield Funeral Home, Normal, the Rev. David P.

Dees officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery, Blooming- ton. Robert Visitation will McCorkle be from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born June 13, 1927, in Osman, a son of David F.

and Ne-lle Peters McCorkle. He married Alice Breidenbach Nov. 9, 1963, in Normal. She survives. Also surviving are one brother, Owen McCorkle, Decatur; and one sister, Alice Floyd, Clinton.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. Mr. McCorkle was a member of the First United Methodist Church in. Normal, Loyal Order -of Moose and Legion of the Moose, 787 Rubber Workers Union and was past president of the Association of National Fraternal Lodges Clubs of McLean County. He had worked in the curing department at Firestone Tire Rubber.

Memorials may be made to his church or American Cancer Society. Benjamin L. Boitnott The funeral of Benjamin L. Boitnott, 77, of 808 W. Washington Bloomington, will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday at Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington. The Rev. Tim Mitchell will officiate. Burial will be in West Twin Grove Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

today at the memorial home. He died at Benjamin Soo Boitnott urday (Oct. 28, 1989) at his home. He was born May 19, 1912, in Boones Mill, a son of Joseph and Delia Mae Abshire Boitnott. He married Norma Gibson Feb.

24, 1936, in Bloomington. She survives. Also surviving are three sons, Merle, Moneta, Earl, 1705 S. Bunn Bloomington; and Le-noard, R.R. 3, three daughters, Sharon Foley, 806 W.

Washington Bloomington; Sandra Mann, Roanoke, and Brenda Nettleton, 808 W. Washington Bloomington; two brothers, Robert Boitnott, Carlock, and Walter Boitnott, Chenoa; three sisters, Josephine Zink, 409 E. Cherry Normal; Ollie Mae Gambrel, Wood Hill Towers, Bloomington; and Mary S. Foley, Boones Mill, 23 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; 22 greatgrandchildren; and one stepgreat-grandchild. He was preceded in death by one daughter, one brother, tRree sisters, five grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Mr. Boitnott was a member' of West Twin Grove Church and farmed in the McLean County area for 50 years. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. Oran F. Mapel Oran F.

Mapel, 93, formerly of 1104 S. Clinton Bloomington, died at 2:30 a.m. yesterday (Oct. 29, 1989) at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, El Paso. His funeral will be at 10 a.m.

Tuesday at Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington, the Rev. Kenneth Zinn officiating. Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the memorial home.

Masonic rites will be accorded at 8 p.m. He was born July 18, 1896, in Hartford, a son of Thomas and Alice Ambrose Mapel. He married Elsie L. Kennedy Nov. 10, 1917, in Bloomington.

She died March 29, 1988. Surviving are one son, Wayne, 402 E. Summit Normal; seven 1.

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