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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1959 ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Upper Alton MCWS Edwardsville Maw Charged With Arson FBI EMKRS MISSING RIFLE CASK At WMA The FBI launched an Investigation Monday at Western Military Academy looking Into the Disappearance of two rides and I two carbines which belonged to ithe federal government. The weapons have been missing more than a week. Theft of government owned arms Is a fed- jumping Monday morning at; East Junior High School. The boy was taken to St. Josephs Hospital for examination and treatment and dls- charged.

The student said he hit the cross bar and fell on it. in coming down from the jump. Also treated at St. Joseph's was Cynthia Pratt. 12.

of 3100 Humbert who said a boy had twisted mmie. her arm. X-rays were era I offense and penalties on conviction are stiff. Other investigative agencies CENTER GIVES fire expected to join in the search for the The academy has been hit by other bad fortune, Some 30 ducks end seven geese that live at the pond have been destroyed by dog packs in the past month. The academy also had to destroy a prize steer that was quartered on the campus.

A boy, about 14 years old, deliberately shot fhc animal In the shoulder about two, weeka ago. The boy was soen running from the upot after the shot was fired but he eluded pursuit, AND BUSINESS MEN TO MEET AT SIU High school commercial teach- MEMBERSHIP PINS Pins will be distributed to members of the Milton Youth Cenler, it was decided at a meeting of adulls Monday night, The pins will he used as a promotion project, much like club emblems, spokesman said. They will be given out in addition to the 'membership cards. warrant Mr. and AIM.

George Rafrtbo, 420 Kennedy East Alton, a daughter, seven pounds and 10 ounces, 12:50 p.m. Monday, Si. Joseph 1 Hospital. EDIVARDSVILLE. plans for Mr.

and Mrs. George uHn an auxiliary metropoli- Rt. 1. Grafton, a son. seven; tan ailT)0rt Dllnols side Edwardsville of Gives Up Plans for Area Airport North Alton News Billy Green.

20, of 'JVlortonj728 Birch Rosewood Heights.JAl'berT'ir'Paul! 6aid today. In! place, on complaint of Fire Chief I Alton, a son, eight pounds, vjew program being pursued, pARKBt) CARS ON fcLM charging arson was issued here) pounds, 1:39 a.m. today, St. Jos-; 0 (j 1f Mississippi river have Monday hy Police eph's Hospital. j( )epn shelved by the Chamber of Earl Vuagnlaux npainst Richard; and CFiarlM L.

Executive Secretary Edward Coolbaugh. 2:47 a.m. today, St. ny 1(? Tri-Citips Chamber of DAMAGED At least two cars, parked on Green was lodged in county! Mo ital Commerce to develop nn airport fall on the charge. Police said' mid MM.

Alev Smilh, 1hft Grjm aty arcn he admitted, after hours of! Piasa Stu Daughter seven- Thp TH CJticR chamber hM the north side ol Elm street in questioning, of putting kerosene 1Jnd9 hr an airport study under 100 block wore damaged a me au jl on garages and setting fire fo them. foday Sf block evening, about 8:05 The fires, both of which ilnor damage to garages at 124! Mf. and MM. Ralph (he deas fldva ccd byourcham o'clook. when a car driven by Rt.

1, Moro, a daughter, eight; bpr f) fl mi coincide with Grenzebarh of 902 MrKin- minor damage to garages Springer St. and 422 Springer were extinguished by firemen in a few minutes. Both blazes occurred Saturday night. Adults made plans for art Cast er dance Jtoarch 30. Allen Bres- wii: play from Godfrey Firemen Some 17 adults attended the! session which Is held at Twain School where the 6:28 a.m., Wood River Township Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Lark Belt of Tammas, are the maternal grandparents, and paternal grandmother is Mrs. Effie Henderson of Gary, Mr. Htul Mrs.

Robert Brown, Seventh Wood River, plans." Blvd. sideswept the cars. A meeting of mayors and rep-j On entering her car afler leav- resentatives of chamber of cdm-jing a meeting at Elm Street merce groups in Edwardsvllle.iI Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Jamesj Collinsville and Granite City, lo-rp. Springgate of 424 Mechanic gether with civil aeronautics found a note asking her to! ministration officials and repre-j ca i ne Alton police station about! of Southern lpr car being damaged.

la son. Robert Dale, first chil'H ftxp laro center also was In operalion last night. Three new members were received, Some 185 young people attend- Answer 6 Alarms in five pounds, 10 ounces, 1.J: 19 Attnn Memorial Alton iviemoriHi University, had been 'called to; Kxamlnaliqn showed damage! a possible airport to the back of the car. On calling! -jvelopment last Oct. 29 at Sunset, pol Springgate learn i ic n- for ills Count) Club re crl how the accident had occur- pital.

Mrs. Blown IK the for-j At that ()mc (hoso a em ngl Carolyn FflyeSleclman.j 0 form a lc GODFREY Godfrey Fire De-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ever-! i ra lrtl nr hls Mrs. Allied ers from a wide area will meetjnd the youth center session.

A with representatives of industry parlment answered sbc alarms rtt of Rox.na, the Monday, five of them were gra.ltern.1 grandparents are Mr. and Hi Alton S1U Center, Saturday, possi- Louis regular session will be held next FOUR MILLION HORSES to discuss employment bilities in the AJton-St. area. Meeting will open at 9:30 a.m.!'- Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. Fire Chief Bill Nicolnt issued a warning to residents of the fire Chaperot.es were: Mr.

and'trirt cautioning them to exercise lx)iiis AyrCK, Mr. and Mrs.jcaiv in burning grass and rubbish. Russell Patterson, Mr. and Mrs.j "Burning should not he done at Mr. and Mrs, Harold a ii on a indy day such as Mon.

and continue to noon. Teachers dav will learn from thc j. a Mrs. ChU1Xlhl Landrc(h v- i mi i. mil, jui ui i i ty asi ts of the high school Ralph nub- iFimnnn answpred lhe aiarm 8bout trving on the pane, for ld will be Carl Najjcl.

office lJ an hour before putting it out. try Otis William D. I.Hnglord, Mrs. Mrs. Curtis Brown of Wanda.

Sun Power For Vehicles In Space WASHINGTON. (Science Service.) By using the heat of Carl i Another grass firp" was th sun 1o generate thermoelec- al( sam. 'j 1C mos( grass hlaxe in a field off of Tolle lane.i Cham- l.vo had beeru ber had no particular site in mind nor-was proximately four mtlHon and furnished about three-fourths of the total power required to escape the earth's gravitational pull. Mechanics are shown ij tuiiwu.uu lit and if such is the case they at tJape uanaverai, ana sent it working on the engine at the RocketJ ment of a new airport. in touch thc streaking toward the moon and beyond dyne plant at Canoga Park, Calif.

(AP xansion Iv concerned with the devclop- tomobiles might also have been; Thls is rean-iew of the first stage of a Jupiter engine, similar to the one that Monday night pushed the second U. S. deep space probe, from the launching pad at Gape Canaveral, and sent it he said, was given to expansion) and development of existing Pf The sports car sized engine develops to have about 150,000 pounds ap- CAA authorities at the meeting; 1 0 "timing home after treat. had pointed out that other air at a phys.c,an office, port provisions should be HEAR Wirephoto) works auditor, Laclcde Stcd Ralph Mattley, personnel de-j BOOKMOBILE TO STOP partment, Millers Mutual; Dor-JlN RODOKItS PAKK oihy Kellev, personnel Olin Mathioson Chemical The Hayner Public Library: will begin the tmck was dispatched by rudio to Belmont Village to extinguish developed for on this side of the Mississippi; River. Paul! said that some ol; those in attendance at the meet- The Elm Street United Pres- Business Education Students Visit Capitol ers.

and Moreen Dixon. Miss Vocational Education, Alton, and Mary Lou Focht, sponsor, accom-jDr. Mary Margaret Brady of the panled tlie group, i Alton Residence Center of South- Those attending from the dis-ern Illinois University, who was- Members of Thc Distributive tributive education classes were ing wanted to restrict the airportibyterian Women, in meeting and the Office Occu-j Mary Jane Fearno, Pat Camp nrtiviiv to thrpe chips in Madisoni'the church, Monday classes attended the Overath, and Dave Me- the pastor, the Rev, Leadership Training Con- oy. Herbert Ross accompanied or space vehicles, ac- wardsville and Granite City. Ham R.

Kimbrough on the Consti-jference Springfield last week.jthe another grass fire at noon. Other grass fires were at Highway 67 and icording to Dr. J. C. R.

Kelly 5:40 p.m., in a Robert Homer, employment man- noo non ne Kln aK Owens Illinois; and R. 811 wc lv stc )S at Rod ci Horrors, manager of the trcas-; 1 to A1 on -iihan the earlier fire, -v Shell Oil Co bookmobile will make (hej Horn for the conference will bei firsl st Wednesday. 10:30 a.m..; Kenneth Martin, SIU instrue-; 0 ar avenue, and each Wed- iSame PoU'OfflCiaiS tor of business, who will serve thereafter. panel moderator; and Dr. Mary; Residents of Rodgers Park: At Last AJlOh Margaret Brady, associate pro-jmay apply for regular city cards fessor of secretarial and business i Wednesday, Mrs.

Ruth Buxton, lane, of the partment of the Westinghouse East St. Louis Chamber of Com- tution of the Church. After ex-; The students toured the Guests of the two organizations 01 dun i nrf ain tTo Laboratories. Pitts- wnfs-- 'liiirch merce representatives, including'plaining some of the government.jtoric'al points of the city and 'Wilbur Trimpe, Superin- Mayor Alvin G. Fields, did noli discipline and obligations, cr in the evening.

Rep. Paul Si-; tendent of Schools. Madison a panel member on one of discussion panels. Britain will participate in 1959' trade fairs at Houston and Corpus Tex. Tourist travel from the United States to Britain was up 22 per different section 1)urRh Pa attend the October meeting.

Pauli i pastor then answered spoke to the group at a County; George T. WilkJns. State! ccnt 5n 1938 over 195T. education, at Alton SIU. JEFFERSON YOUTH CENTER ADULTS TO PIJVN DANCE acting chief librarian, said.

Non-residents of the city who use the tax supported library are required to pay $2 a year for a An adult meeting will be held (card. City residents get the serv- at Jefferson Youth Cen-jice free. ter next Monday night, it was an 'UflVFR IFAF HOW nounced at a regular session of ER LEAF HOME the center Monday night. UNIT TO MEET Plans for a St. Patrick's Day Clover Leaf Home Bureau Unit EAST ALTON-Mrs.

Rhea Vro- rnan, president of grade school district 13 Board of Education. Tuesday night during a meeting of the group, appointed election judges to serve aUthe two precinct polling places during the April 11 annual school election. said he had been told by a chanvjtrom the group. representative in East Miss Dorothy Paddock, banquet. Thc second day, 1 Superintendent of Public Instruc-j To illustrate already 1 wr rcprcsemanve r.

as A ss x- a uu attended business C. R. Wright, Director of.Road Telegraph Want Ads Daily ni hirnSectrtin Louis "xxe c-an't find anybody evangelism of the and panel discussions on Jllrt'JG in inrrl niOKlt-Ctl H. i i StV Kcilv presented a demonstration interested." Mayor Fields. hurch Session conducted the here tonight that was "all done W- did not respond to period, stressing the al Christian education.

rieiab etc. The judges who will serve at with mirrors" for the special! benefit of the 40 winners of the! 18th Science Talent Search andj members of Congress from winners' home districts. I In the demonstration the light and heat of an electric arc, substituting for that of the sun, was beamed from a curved mirror to a second mirror some distance! The second mirror concen-1 the meeting. Saturn Rings Composed of Ice Chunks Tickets for the UPW banquet April 6 were distributed. The i-efreshment tables were decorated in green and white in keeping with St.

Patrick's Day. TEENS, PRE-TEENS MEET MONDAY EVENING Students attending from the office occupation 'classes''were. Sandra Alsobrook, Charlene Mey- the Kraneis Blair "School, 300 A the heat rays and focused; rings are made of ice Washington are: Mrs. Ruth, small thermoelectric! cb unk 8 the nation's 40 top youn MrSi llene Reams, Mrs. Mae is improved at St.

Joseph's Hospital, to which he was admitted two weeks ago for treatment of stomach ulcers. Miller has had Teen-Agers of several danced Monday evening iM ler said and is no allowed Hoffmeistcr Shelterhouse, with; to have Visit0) them on a i generator which directly convert-i $25.00 REWARD "For Information Leading to the Recovery of the FOUR U. GOVERNMENT RIFLES Stolen from the WESTERN MILITARY ACADEMY scientists, winners of the Science i 10, tt-tn i 1 ct UH" and party will be discussed. A meet. Thursday, 1 Wrs 'Vd the heat oncrgv into sufficienti Talenl ere told hcrc chaperones.

hop will be a feature of -thejat the home of Mrs. Vemon EJ-l Ruth Saxton 512 Broadway; and; Rje( jc to un a gmaj mo Dr. Harold ShapJey. former di-; scnt- H.m.n the voune neonle decided.iliott. 3115 Rav AVP.

IMrs. Theda Boetger, 712 of Harvard College Obscrva-: Arthur Farmer There were 60 i Boys may wear blue jeans and; Mrs. Elaine Wendler, county the girls slim Jims or bermuda home adviser, will give le Dr rhosc by Mrs. Vro-! (or Drpi pn a ion of fJJ 1 r'lJ Dancing will be from .7 to rnaJQr )csson on Treated man to serve af the East Alton-i clial lnE ncvvM loldl p.m. jand Today's Homernaker." Membership dues are payable Guests are welcome, now, a spokesman said Mr.

and Mrs. Ralph Narrup were presented a gift certificate from the center last night for the work thehy have done in the past year for the project. Narup was president of tfhe center and Mrs. Narup was the secretary. About 100 young people attended the session last night.

Chaperorieg were: Mr. andj Mrs. Romeo Rizzotto, Mr. and COUNT WCTII SETS Mrs. Analdo Webb, Mr.

andi.MKETING PLANS BOARD TO MEET AT MAIN METHODIST Official board will meet Wednesday, 8 p.m., at Main Street Methodist Church following the regular prayer service at 7 o'clock. Jerry Dooling will be in charge of the youth sen-ice. and Mrs. George Miller, Mr. Mrs.

Narup, Al Wininger, Frank" Singer, Mrs. Robert Mrs. Oren Buchanan, Mrs. Yost. A regular session be held, next Monday night.

YOUTHS GKAB ATTENDANT VI.KK FROM ALTON STATE Two youths escaped from Woman's Christian Communrty the School, preempt 2. are: rs.t Dorothy Shortal, 932 Whilelawi 1 1 was dine Fosha, 803 and Mrs. Muriel Rt. 1. Wood Rollf, Woodhurn Students from Southern Illi-jf hc i(orj'.

said lhat studies of sunlighti noU Sl hooj wno assisted in from the rings showed, ovening entertainment wereil of composition was very similar Gene Gelzinnis, David L. Wlialcy.il ')f ar ca ot Mi Braun, Sue the hieh noint of a' Kmper es IPat Fverett fe seivatoo-, Williams Bay, Dunng the meetin of the Pre- uu cl Concluded that Saturn's rings werejj 66 1 offices esses to their congressmen for composed of frosty ected- David Bazzell is what Wateon Davis, director ofi Concerning other new information prcsident; James Skelton is vice Science Research, described as on the planets, stars and prcsjdent There was also dis "the annual meeting of the Select, Dr Shapley said a most important; cugsion on lhe formation of Committee on Science Talent was the conf.rmahon of thc feam (he Little Leaglie A rS tlie House of Representatives, of an expanding universe as A mecting to further the At Jacoby's NEW CONCEPT IN HOME LIGHTING Union met Monday at the home of Mrs, at 3315 College Ave. Plans were made for the spring institute and the annual county convention and the men's honorary supper. Spring institute will be held in James Partridge and son, Jimmie.j wWch ma serve only thoge by waves. i foe h(f Thuraday a who have been residing on a rarm; membcrs of Congress fortunate! Drs.

A. E. Lilley, now at Yale flt 306 P(x)ley Boys north of Bunker Hill, have moved; pnouh to have winncrs fromlOhscn-aiory, and Dr. E. F.

McLain; )( hc mld tecns are back to their home in North Wood-; thph distri(: ts jof the Naval Research Laboratory, gjh Dr. Kcllv showed the Select Washington, for the first time de-, the business meeting the Earl Gill who broke his leg while Commjttee and the yol)ng 8cien tecied red shifts the radio had trum of distant galaxies. Tlteyj burn. work at the. Alton Boxboard sometime ago, is now able to walk on crutches.

Mr. and Mrs. George Rose entertained Sunday in observance ofi lists additional examples of developments in thermoelectricity by demonstrating such solid state found Hie speed of recession of ALTAR SOCIETY- TO pair of galaxies ii) Cyghus the TONIGHT devices as a copper teakettle, same as measured by radio wave-1 The A1)ar Society'of'St. -Am- birthdays of five members of their ctrjo lhat converted with a base containing as by optical measures hmse parish wi meet at family, Mr. and Mrs.

George Rose, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Rose and Mrs. i mf, tinjvii kt ill I Alton Stale Hospital Vo od River in April. Committee Mclv Lawre cp Otllers present night after grabbing an attend-j so for the event is made lhe I DC- off ljghu heat Hnd C0 i lin A.lnltiiHtni..>iHHx>«.

i the heat of a gas flame into enough power to run a small nio- toi and radio; a thin panel that 11 tv. ant by the throat and taking hisl of Mrs Sophic 0f Melvm Lawn eys. Mrs. Ruth Smith I Henr Kreumme and Illarrod, Mrs. Ruth Smith.

One of the escapees was 17 and i iBunkerHill. Kreummelbein ran and a thermoelectric generator about 10,000 miles per second. ish hal at today Dr. Arthur E. Ruark, chief ol the; Atomic Energy Commission's con-lVFW AUXILIABY WILL trolled thermonuclear branch, out-ijviEET WEDNESDAY lined some of thc many methods; The VFW Aux ii iai yi os now being tried to tamr the wm mec( Wednes day at motor, a fluo-lsonie fury of hydrogen bombs for p.m.

at Veterans "Memorial Cen i County convention will be held thc other 18 ea old- A bra.j at ARon Jn Soplembe) Coi)lmit ham Simon, superintendent, said that neither could be described as dangerous. The attendant, Harry Riner, was not seriously hurt. lamp, a 300-s'olt electro-i peaceful power purposes. The ex- el Dc lmar avenue. Viva LcR(ltt of Plllaski iluminescent panel, a 50.000-volliperlmental work is concerned with lee in charge will be made up of visited several days last week wilh! spark gap and a full scale public Mrs, Lois Jenkins, Mrs.

Clarence Owens, Mrs. A. L. Sliafcr. Honorary supper will be held Mrs.

Thompson Loyd. Several persons from Woodhurn The 40 students in Dr. Kelly's audience, most of whom were ob- attended funeral rites for Mrs. served to be absolutely taking very dilute and very hot gas, MOTHERS TO fined by magnetic fields. Such a WEDNESDAY gas is called a plasma, he told thc 8Uxi ij 8 ry of Boy Scout young scientists.

Troop, No. 7, will meet at 7:30 conducted annually by Wednesday at Elm Street 'one of the youths had been atat Alton in October. Committee Lpmllel Millei a tormcr Woodburnlnotcs. arrived in Washington on conducted annually by atient for several years and the charge will be made up ol a the acoby wlse Fu-iTlmrsdav for a five-clay Science of Amenca as an activity ihm- ns at the hospital only Rhea Show, Miss Joan Gab- Hnmp in nm filll Tnatimtr. Science Service and is sup-: nikr at the hospital only Rhea Show, Miss Joan Gab- and Mis.

H. A. Stickler. the youths was de-j Unions represented at yester- scribed as fi feet 1 inch, brown ic meeting were: Edwards- few days. One off hair, blue eyes, wearing blue jeans and red and white striped shirt, and the other is about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, brown hair, blue eyes, blue shirt and pants.

WSC8 QUILTER8 TO MEET WEDNESDAY Quilting circles of Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet Wednesday, 10 a.m. at the Main Street Methodist Church. A potluck dinner will be held at noon. Devotions, roll call and the business meeting will follow, MINOR AOOnJENT AT COLLEGE, WASHINGTON A collision between two automobiles occurred at College and Washington avenues Monday morning. Drivers were listed as Mrs.

Dorothy A. Bruce, of 1425 8th Cottage Hills, and Donald E. Feilbach, Rt. 1 Brighton. Fejlbach had stopped for a moment at the curb in the northbound lane of Washington and Mrs, Bruce was making a right turn from the northbound lane of Washington into College when lhe accident happened.

STUDENT HURTS LEG IN lUAKINd HIGH JUMP Stilwell, 315 McCJure suffered a legjnjury while high ville, Mrs, Edward Abenbrink, Mrs. Ida Smith, Miss Mary Olive; Wood River; Mrs, L. L. Harrod, Mrs. Sophie Webb, Mrs.

Ruth Smith, Mrs. Alice Graham; Hartford, Mrs. James Wright; Granite City, Mrs. Glen Cundliff, Mrs. Dotson, Alton, Mrs, Lois Jenkins, Mrs.

C. C. Owens, Mrs. Robert Nessl; and Upper Alton, Mrs. Henry Stulz, Mrs.

Russell Harris, Mrs. Steven Show, Mrs. IClmer Tyner, Mrs. fred Paris, Mrs. Carl Johnn.

Mrs. Gabriel is president of the county union. Opening prayer was by Miss Olive and Closing prayer by Mrs. Nessl, AHS Orchestra Plans First Concert March 9 The Alton Senior High School; Orchestra, under the direction of C. M.

Stuchlik, will present Us first full evening concert Monday, March 9. at 8 p.m. In the high auditorium. Australia was iirgt settled by the Dutch and called New Holland. The British did not take 1 over until 150 years later, in 1768.

Alton visited Saturday at the home of Mrs. Leonora Elliott. neral Home in Bunker Hill Institute. The Institute to give these top lovei young research scientists a unique opportunity to know each other, to meet eminent scientists. to visit world famous laborator- REPORTS PROWLER Mrs.

William Gross, and to be interviewed by the called police at 6:25 a.m. today after observing a supposed "prowler" looking in at a window of her home. She gave police a description of the man she had observed, in his sunrise prowl, but policemen who imme diately scoured the area in two Science Talent Search board of judges to determine the distribution of $34,250 in science scholarships and awards. The Search is patrol cars were unable to trace clown anyone of the description given. NOW! FREE 10-DAY SAMPLE SATURA -the famous moisturizer by Dorothy Gray For jroanger look, try With regular you'll get free timple! If not return only Urpurchsie for full refund.

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