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Page 10 Southern Illinoisan, Sunday, April 20, 1986 Deaths What's Coming Police shortage focus of Benton council By Thresa Urban Southern Illinoisan Correspondent The need for additional police department manpower drew the attention of Benton officials during a special City Council meeting Friday. Mayor L. Gene Hill told the council that a temporary police officer was needed because of "a shortage of manpower in the police department." One of the now-temporary officers will be leaving the department May 4 and the merit board has asked the council to replace him. Council members recommended the merit board appoint Thomas R. ryor to the department "for a period not to exceed 60 days." Pryor, 39, is a former West Frankfort officer described by Hill as "a very qualified gentleman." Pryor will not be required to live in the city or take any of the testing required of the police officers since his will only be a temporary appointment.

Following a settlement of the wage dispute between the city of Benton and the union local representing police, firefighters and dispatchers, the council had previously agreed to hire a probationary police officer at its next meeting, as well as a second officer soon after. Police Chief Raymond Bain has filed a request with the merit board that two probationary officers be hired immediately to increase the manpower of the department. "I'll change that from two to one for right now," Hill said Friday. In the past few years the number of officers has decreased from 11 to six. Two have resigned in the past year.

The top person on the eligibility list for probationary patrolman is Phillip Saupe of Mount Vernon, leading to discussion among council members about the possibility of hiring a Benton resident. "Do we have to go out of town to get everyone? I'm for local people first," Commissioner Walter Anderson said. Hill replied, "Every member of the council feels the same way, but we have to follow the grades of the merit system and their recommendations." The council unanimously approved the request to the merit board for the immediate appointment of a probationary officer. PIP Program being offered The Jackson County Health Department is offering PIP (Parents Improving Parenting) Program to the communities of Ava, Carbondale, De Soto, Gorham and Murphysboro. Two-hour sessions, from 7 to 9 p.m., will be held in each community.

Locations and topics include: Ava Library, Monday, tobacco use; Wednesday, De Soto Village Hall, substance abuse; Murphysboro Health Department, Monday, April 28, decision making; Gorham Methodist April 29, tobacco use; Murphysboro Health Department, Wednesday, May 5, latch-key kids; Carbondale LIFE Community Center, Thursday, May 6, discipline; Ava Library Monday, April 12, decision making; De Soto Village Hall, Tuesday-, May 13, decision making; Carbondale Eurma C. Hayes Center, Monday, May 19, parents panel on sexuality; Gorham Methodist Church, Tuesday, May 20, decision making. Historian to speak on CCC camps Mrs. Kay Rippelmeyer, author-historian, will speak and show slides of Southern Illinois Depression-era CCC camps. NACCCA Chapter No.

102 will be host for a meeting at 7 p.m. April 21 in the Metropolis Moose Lodge. All interested people are welcome, especially surviving relatives of deceased CCC enrollees. Bring CCC photos and momentos. Enter through the side door.

Last in archaeological series slated The third and final installment in a series of archaeological slide and videotape shows at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale will complete a review of 10,000 years of prehistory of Southern Illinois. "The Prehistoric Peoples of Southern Illinois" will be presented at 7: 30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in Davis Auditorium in SIU's Wham Building. The show is free to the public. Mississippian farms and towns of Southern Illinois in the period from A.D.

900 to 1500 will be depicted. Staff archaeologists will be on hand to answer questions and take appointments to show the slide series in area communities. More information: Lynne P. Sullivan, Center for Archaeological Investigations, 536-5529. Exporting is conference topic The ABC's of tapping the rapidly expanding overseas market will be the focus of discussion at a Conference on Exporting, Tuesday, April 22, at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

The conference, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Student Center, will help firms learn how to break into exporting. Area business representatives interested in exploring international trade represent the target audience. Topics to be covered include services provided by an export management firm, "the people side of international business," trade protectionism and help available from foreign banks. Among speakers are Dennis Smith, vice president of the Chicago branch of Mitsubishi Bank; Harvey Timberlake, trade specialist with the U.S.

Department of Commerce; and Robert Wilson, partner in the international management placement firm of Heidrick and Struggles. Registration is $10 per person. More information or registration: Small Business Development Center, SIU, Carbondale 62901; 536-2424. Logan College offers GED class John A. Logan College will offer a free nighttime class for students who wish to prepare for the General Educational Development test.

This class will meet on Monday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Registration will be April 21 at 6:30 p.m. in room 147. Instruction involves review subject areas including English, mathe: matics, science, social studies and reading skills, as well as the U.S. and the Illinois constitutions.

More information: JoAnn Obis, Director, Adult Basic-Secondary Education, 549-7335, 542-8612, 985-3741, 937-3438, or 1-800-851-4720. Food distribution for Makanda Surplus cheese distribution will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 21, at Makanda Township Fire Station on U.S. 51 south. Edith Cleo Thompson MARION The funeral for Edith Cleo Thompson, 78, formerly of Marion, will be at 1 p.m.

Monday in Wilson Funeral Home, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. She died at 5 p.m. Friday, April 19, 1986, in Memphis, Tenn.

She was of the Baptist faith. She was born Feb. 25, 1908, in Marion, to Henry and Minnie Troutman Gamble. Survivors include six sons, Robert Thompson, Evansville, Harry Thompson, Johnston City, Ralph Thompson, Marion, William Thompson, Collinsville, Richard Thompson, Marion, and Don Thompson, Will-mington, N.C.; two daughters, Anna Ruth Patrick, Walls, and Jody Resnik, Carterville; 22 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one brother, Howard Gamble, New Athens; and three sisters, Thelma Ahrendt, Annabelle Gamble and Pauline Gamble, all of Marion. She was preceded in death by one son and three daughters.

Memorials may be made to Hearts Helping Hearts of Marion. Louis Van Hook Jr. CARBONDALE Louis Van Hook 38, of 402 N. Washington died at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 1986, at his home.

He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was born May 5, 1947, in St. Louis, to Louis Sr. and Frances Shepard Van Hook. He married Pamela Armstead in 1962 in Carbondale.

She survives. Survivors include two daughters, Eudora Armstead and Latisha Smith, both of Carbondale; one sister, Corrine Hughlett, Carbondale; one brother, James Green, Decatur; and other relatives. He was preceded in death by one brother. Graveside services will be Tuesday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the House of Prayer Apostolic Church in Carbondale. Jackson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Robert C. May MARION Robert C.

May, 50, 309 N. Hamlet, died at 12:40 p.m. Saturday, April 19, 1986, in Marion Memorial Hospital. He retired from the Navy in 1975 with the rank of chief petty officer. For the past 10 years he was a security officer at Marion Memorial Hospital.

He was a member of VFW Post 1301 of Marion and Marion Masonic Lodge No. 89. He was born Feb. 2, 1936, in Marion, to Herman and Freida Gilley May. He married Esopena Portaliza in 1970, in the Phillipines.

She survives. Other survivors include one daughter, Joanne M. May; one brother, Steve May, Jonesboro; three sisters, Carol Hill, Creal Springs, Mary Kel-ton, Owensboro, and Jennie Ea-zarsky, Vienna. There will be a Masonic service at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

ry iw A 4, a hi If I if I -r Nil 1 Flossie E. Varnum MURPHYSBORO Flossie E. Varnum, 87, of 2015 Pine died at 5: 40 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 1986, in Jackson County Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of the Eastern Star of Murphys-boro and St.

Joseph's Auxiliary of Murphysboro. She was born July 6, 1898, in Du Quoin, to Joseph Johnson and Nora McDonald. She married Oren Maclin, who preceded her in death. She then married Noah C. Varnum on Oct.

4, 1941, in Oma, Wise. He also preceded her in death. Survivors include one granddaughter, whom she lived with, Barbara Benz, Murphysboro; one grandson, Michael Maclin, Alto Pass; one sister, Eleanor Marlow, Tamaroa; one brother, William J. Johnson, Ma-roah; and six great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by one son, Willie Dean Maclin, and two brothers.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Nine Mile Cemetery in Pinckneyville. Memorial contributions can be made to the Nine Mile Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 52, Pinckneyville, IL 62274. Crawshaw Mortuary of Murphysboro was in charge of arrangements.

Pearl Thomas Flatt CHRISTOPHER The funeral for Pearl Thomas Flatt, 90, 301 Ray will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Gilbert Funeral Home, with burial in the Masonic and Oddfellow Cemetery, Benton. Friends may call after 6 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Mrs.

Thomas died at 5 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 1986, in her home. She was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge No. 841 of Zeigler and a charter member of the Eagles Auxiliary of Christopher. She was of the Methodist faith.

She was born Feb. 7, 1896, in Benton, to Munroe and Mary Sullins Owens. She married William Edgar Thomas. He prededed her in death on Nov. 11, 1950.

She then married CD. Flatt, who preceded her in death in April 1974. Survivors include two sons, Cecil Thomas, Murphysboro, and Dick Thomas, Zeigler; two daughters Mary Eckhardt, Milan, and Lorene Malloy, Buckner; eight grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Charles and Newton, and one sister. A service by the Eastern Star Lodge will be at 7 p.m.

Sunday in the funeral home. Raymond Arro CHRISTOPHER The funeral for Raymond Arro, 65, 222 E. Market will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Bush Funeral Home, with burial in the Masonic and Oddfellow Cemetery in Benton. Friends may call after 6 p.m.

Sunday at the funeral home. Mr. Arro died at 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, 1986, in Skilled Nursing Care Unit of Benton. He was a former iron worker and recently retired as owner-manager of the Savoya Restaurant in Christopher.

He was a baptized member of the Christian faith. His memberships include the Elks Lodge of Benton, Fraternal Order of the Eagles of Christopher, Italian Lodge of Du Quoin and Iron Workers Local 782 of Paducah, Ky. He was born March 1, 1921, in Christopher, to Pete and Madalena Borgra Arro. He married Ruth Evelyn Neal. She preceded him in death on Jan.

11, 1984. Survivors include his mother; one daughter, Doris Morgan, West Frankfort; one sister, Dena Miche-letto, Christopher; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father; one son, Raymond Andrew Arro; one sister, Kathleen Simion; and an infant brother. Kenneth Leon Newbold MURPHYSBORO The funeral for Kenneth Leon Newbold, 69, of Route 6, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Huffman Funeral Home, with burial in East Lawn Memorial Gardens near Williamson County Airport.

Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mr. Newbold died at 3:13 p.m. Friday, April 18, 1986, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

He retired in 1982 from State of Illinois Maintenance. He formerly was self-employed in auto repair in Carbondale. He was a member of Lakeland Baptist Church in Carbondale! He was born Dec. 8, 1916, in Parker City, to James and Hulda Hancock Newbold. He married Wilma Travelstead in 1938, in Benton.

Survivors include his wife, of Murphysboro; one son, Garry Newbold, Roanoke, one daughter, Carole Starling, Villa Ridge; two sisters, Verna Holmes and Bernice Boyd, both of Carbondale; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Levis Brazitis ELKVILLE Levis Brazitis, 66, Route 1, died at 11:25 a.m. Saturday, April 19, 1986, at her home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Vantrease Funeral Home in Royalton. Hospital Notes FRANKLIN, Benton ADMITTED: April 18 Neikes, Robert, Sesser DISCHARGED: Gulley, Daniel Hammond, Roy, Sesser Jennings, Claudia and son Justice, Jason Reinheimer, Velma, West Frankfort Photo for The Southern Illinoisan by STEPHEN KENNEDY On display: Don Luczak (left) an SIU-C senior in aviation maintenance, shows Steve Lupkey of West Frankfort the cockpit of a T-33 airplane MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Carbondale ADMITTED: April 18 Grissom, Shirley, Murphysboro Post, Lola Bonds, Alyne, Carterville McKee, Ashley, Anna Painter.

Cecile, Herrin ADMITTED: April 19 Clark, Oleva, De Soto DISCHARGED: April 19 Leverett, Linda and daughter, Stonefort Tabb, Regina and son, Ullin Spiller, Gilbert, Carterville Yates, Dolores, Herrin Williams, Helen, West Frankfort Grammer, Robert Yadro, Paul, West Frankfort Melvin, Vicki, West Frankfort Lankfort, Herman, Perks Shelton, Mary, West Frankfort MARION MEMORIAL ADMITTED: April 18 Geralds, Delbert, New Burnsi-de Boner, Genevieve Groves, Amy and daughter DISCHARGED: Talandis, Tracey and daughter, Harrisburg Geralds, Delbert, New Burnsi- de ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL, Murphysboro ADMITTED: April 18 Akers, Jeanette, Carbondale Porter, Mary Gillooly, Diane Hutcherson, Zelma Beach, Ruth DISCHARGED: Tuter, Juwairiah Haji and daughter, Carbondale Edwards, Helen Dobbs, Sandra Gunn, Zelma UNION COUNTY. Anna ADMITTED: April 19 Harris, Madge, Vienna DISCHARGED: Pickles, Clarence, Dongola Carter, Beulah Marvel, Robert Hileman, Edna, Jonesboro White, Robert, Jonesboro MEMORIAL, Chester ADMITTED: April 19 Conner Timmy, Willisville Momberger, Leroy, Percy Vogel, Ruth DISCHARGED: Rosendohl, Kenneth, Cutler Bigham, Lydia. Modoc Vinson, Jack, Sparta Meyerhoff, Martha, Percy Mahnken, Sondra and daughter, Steeleville MARSHALL BROWNING. Du Quoin ADMITTED: Not available DISCHARGED: Not available UNION.

West Frankfort ADMITTED: Not available DISCHARGED: April 19 Menees, Laura Smith, Eugene Margaret Funkhouser HARRISBURG The funeral for Margaret Funkhouser, 78, of Route 1, will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with burial in Sunset Hill Cemtery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at Gaskins Funeral Home. Mrs.

Funkhouser died at 1 a.m. Saturday, April 19, 1986, in St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, Ind. Her memberships include the PEO Sisterhood, United Methodist Women Evergreen Garden Club and Delta Theta Tau sorority. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Harris-burg and was on its administrative board.

She was born Oct. 22, 1907, in Eldorado, to Ranse and Elizabeth West-brook Martin. She married Dr. B.G; Funkhouser on Jan. 1, 1930.

Survivors include her husband and one daughter, Dr. Anne Goff, Plantation, Fla. She was preceded in death by one sister, Nina Pillers, and two brothers, Dr. George Martin and Dr. Cecil Martin.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the First United Methodist Church of Harris-burg. Cressie Hancock MURPHYSBORO Cressie Hancock, 89, died at 2:13 p.m., Saturday, April 19, 1986, in Jackson County Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Crawshaw Mortuary in Murphysboro. Dean Faulkner SIMPSON Dean Faulkner, 70, Route 1, died at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 19, 1986, in -Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky.

Funeral services are pending at Whitnel Funeral Home in Vienna. Edwin H. Jones RICHVIEW Edwin H. Jones, 77, of Route 1, died at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 194 1986, in Barnes Hospital in St.

Louis, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending at Pyatt Funeral Home in Ashley. Rowe, Laura Willhite, Ethel. Marion Woodrow, Opal HARRISBURG MEDICAL CENTER ADMITTED: Not available DISCHARGED: April 19 Saqib, Bushra and daughter, Norris City Emery, Cathy and daughter Rose, Edith, Golconda PINCKNEYVILLE COMMUNITY ADMITTED: Not available DISCHARGED: April 19 Stevens, Shirley McGough, Bertha Ahlers, Myrna HERRIN HOSPITAL ADMITTED: Not available DISCHARGED: Not available WASHINGTON COUNTY, Nashville ADMITTED: Not available DISCHARGED: April 19 Crocker, Delphine, Du Bois Haun, Delmar Hummert, Patricia, St. Libory Kowalski, Jutianna Smith, Marian Naomi Williams, Willard Murphysboro The Charles Lunnemann residence, 1109 N.

7th suffered heavy interior damage in a fire that broke out at 7:27 p.m. Friday. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. A Murphysboro firefighter said the fire broke out when no one was home. MURPHYSBORO: STRACK.

Karen and Louis, a daughter, Tuesday, April 1, 1986, in St. John's Hospital in Springfield. COBDEN: ALBRECHT. Ken and Cindy, a son, at 4:37 a.m. Saturday, April 19, 1986, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

CARTERVILLE: REDMON, V. Noble and Jane, a daughter, at 8:47 a.m. Saturday, April 19, 1986, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. ENERGY: AGNEW, Mark and Lisa, a daughter, at 11:53 a.m. Saturday, April 19, 1986, in Memorial, Hospital of Carbondale.

Today's Calendar Shawnee Composite Squadron: Harrisburg-Raleign Airport, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. 937-3791, 937-1590. Fire Births Attendance is grounded by weather By Cathy A. Monroe Of The Southern Illinoisan Marine Capt.

Charles Ward happened to be glancing at a list of approved air shows posted at his base near Pensacola, when he noticed a listing for an air show at Southern Illinois Airport near his hometown of Murphysboro. Ward, 32, an instructor pilot at the Naval Air Station at Whiting Field, grabbed the chance to come home for an impromptu visit, signing up to fly a T-34 turboprop for what the military calls "static display." In civilian terms, that translates to letting kids climb over your aircraft at will and ask "the usual 10,000 questions," in Ward's terms. "I'm used to it," he said. "You get that every day from your students anyway." Several other branches of the military also supplied static displays at the third annual air show sponsored by the local chapter of the Rotor and Wing Association of America. Kids swarmed over an Army OH-58C scout helicopter and through an Air Force C-9 Aeromedical Evacuation jet.

Spec. 4 Scott Bridges, supplied by an Air Cavalry unit out of Fort Campbell, said ruefully, "They ought to hire those kids for their testing. They're really doing a number on it." Military helicopters also drew a response from more mature members of the crowd. Said T.E. "Tom" Hay-hurst, a Marine Reserves captain Adit who co-piloted a UH-1E (Huey) from Glenview Naval Air Station in Chicago, "We always seem to get the vets coming up and saying, 'This is the one that saved me when I was in Quang or somewhere." But for most, the day's highlights were the acrobatic displays and the fly-by of several classic airplanes.

Air-devils Bob Davis, 53, of Woodstock, flying a homebuilt Laser, vied for attention with Tim Nealey, 38, of Downers Grove, who flew a Pitts Special. With the airport closed down for the day, the two had the skies to themselves and seemed to use all of it they could, climbing straight up, hanging there awhile, then tumbling end over end in a maneuver called the lomcevac, and sweeping within a few feet of the runway. "This would be breaking all the rules any other time," Nealey said after one display. Some classic airplanes expected to be on hand did not fly in, one because of insurance problems and another because of carburetor problems. However, most in attendance had plenty to point their cameras and vi-deocams at, including a glider, the Bird Dog that towed it in, a hot-air balloon and radio-controlled model airplanes.

Vintage planes on hand included a BT-13, one of 20 remaining from the 12,000 originally built in 1942. Overcast skies and temperatures in the low 60s made for good flying weather, but kept attendance at lo-wer-than-hoped-for levels. Don Barnes, vice president of the local Rotor afid Wing Association chapter, estimated the day's attendance at upward of 2,000, down considerably from the crowd of 12,000 to 15,000 drawn by good weather last year. SPARTA COMMUNITY ADMITTED: April 19 Higby, Daisy Frederiksen, Margaret, Coulter- ville Smith, James DISCHARGED: None Find something inaccurate in The Southern Illinoisan? Please let us know. Call Peter Selkowe, editor, on the Accuracy Hotline: 529-5454 ext.

216. Clara Miller DU QUOIN Clara Miller, 93, of Sparta, formerly of Du Quoin, died Saturday, April 19, 1986, in Randolph County Nursing Home, Sparta. She was a homemaker and a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Sparta. She was born Oct. 20, 1892, in Du Quoin, to Joe Miller and Kate Eisen-hauer.

Survivors include cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, with burial in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Du Quoin. Friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Monday at McDaniel Funeral Home..