Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 6

Newspapers--Wednesday, February 5, 1986 -Records Bruce responds to Reagan speech -WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Terry Bruce says he agrees with the goals outlined in President Reagan's State of the Union address Tuesday night, but disagrees on how to achieve them. The Olney Democrat outlined his differences with Reagan in a statement released to the press shortly after the television address. "The president said he is profamily, pro-job, pro-future and for but I think when we America," said Bruce. "I'm talk about balancing we need to be sure to balance" the needs of the working family against the needs of the military." Bruce said he agreed with Reagan that the budget should be balanced and that the Grace Commission recommendation to cut government waste should be adopted, and American industry should compete with foreign competitors.

"The president said America should be proud of 37 months of economic growth," said Bruce. "I agree, but we haven't had economic growth in central and southern Illinois." The unemployment rate in 15 of the 18 counties he represents is well above 10 percent, Bruce noted. "The unemployment in several of these counties is over 20 Rep. Terry Bruce percent." According to Bruce, "'The unemployment in Coles County has averaged about 9 percent for the past year. We need to develop a policy that will allow the shoe and textile workers, who have lost their jobs during this administration, to find new work and we need Weather Watch Mattoon data: Temps High.

.60 Low .49 6 p.m. ..55 Precip 1.27 inches of precipitation was recorded in Mattoon between 6 p.m. Monday and 6 p.m. Wednesday. The total to date this year is 1.36 inches.

The 37-year accumulated average is 2.38 inches. Skies Moonrise .4:29 a.m. Moonset 1:16 p.m. Charleston data: Temps High. ....60 Low .47 5 p.m.60 Precip An inch of precipitation was recorded in Charleston from 6 p.m.

Monday to 6 p.m. Tuesday. Skies Sunrise 6:58 a.m. Sunset .5:17 p.m. Records High ......................66 .66 in 1938 Low in 1979 Extended forecast Friday through Sunday: Chance of snow or rain north and rain south Friday and again about Sunday.

Highs from the upper 20s north to the 40s south. Lows from the teens north to the lower 30s south. Area Deaths Lester R. "Les" Roberts CHARLESTON Lester R. "Les" Roberts, 73, of Charleston, died at 4:25 a.m.

Tuesday (Feb. 4, 1986) in the Paris Memorial Hospital, Paris. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Harper-Swickard Funeral Home, Charleston. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. He was born Sept. 8, 1912, in Coles County, a son of Harry L. and Rosa Archer Roberts.

He married Ruby Frazier Sept. 9, 1934, in Rardin. She died Dec. 15, 1970. Survivors include two sons, the Rev.

Ray Roberts of Paris and James of Urbana; three sisters, Mrs. Carl (Helen) Tinder of Costa Mesa, Mrs. Russell (Doris) Grant of Charleston, Mrs. Doug (Dorothy) Trodahl of Arcadia, and three grandchildren. One sister preceded him in death.

Mr. Roberts was the owner and operator of the Purity Dairy in Charleston for many years. He was a tax assessor for Coles County. He was a member of the Montgomery Street Church of God, and the Charleston Masonic Lodge AF AM 35. He was a charter member of the Illinois Numistimatic Association and was a member of the American Numistimatic Association.

Memorials can be made to Camp New Hope. Sheila K. Bennett MATTOON The funeral for Sheila K. Gullion Bennett was held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home with the Rev.

Robert Hays officiating. Burial was in Dodge Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Robert Hays, organist, played "In the Garden" "One Day at A Time," "Good Night and Good Morning" and "How Great Thou Art." The pallbearers were Roger Abbott, Bob Custom keeps Block away WASHINGTON (UPI) John Block, just 10 days away from his departure as Secretary of Agriculture, missed his last State of the Union address Tuesday night due to a custom that keeps one member of the Cabinet away when the nation's leadership gathers in one place. Block was the only Cabinet member not present as President Reagan delivered his fifth State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the packed chamber of the House of Representatives.

Concerns about the smooth transition of power in the event of a catastrophe dictates that one Cabinet member be kept in a safe location far from the scene of such gatherings, which are attended by the president and his legal successors the to develop a farm policy that will allow the farmer to make a profit and keep the jobs they have." Bruce said his skepticism about Reagan's speech was fostered by advance reports that the president plans to call for a 12 percent in- John Block vice president, the Cabinet and the congressional leadership. crease in his 1987 budget while slashing funds for education health and job training. "If we are going pro-future and pro-growth as the president suggests, then we must devote more of our resources to education." Bruce said. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 AM EST 2-5-86 30.00 SEATTLE 29.77 HICK BOSTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO DENVER ST. LOUIS LOS ANGELES ATLANTA 30.00 LOWEST DALLAS TEMPERATURES 30 20 NEW 29.77 MIAMI ORLEANS -LEGENDRAm 12 SHOWERS FLOW UPI WEATHER FOTOCAST 1.

Detroit cy 35 31 .69 New York 35 30 .18 Duluth pc 31 Oklahoma City cy 64 49 El Paso pc 53 39 .16 Omaha 34 33 .19 Evansville cy 62 56 .60 Orlando pc. 80 54 Hartford 27 Philadelphia 34 33 .70 Helena pc 22 Phoenix pc 62 48 Honolulu pc 70 .41 Pittsburgh 55 37 .75 Houston cy 58 2.69 Portland Me. 26 Indianapolis cy 44 .80 Portland Ore. sh 49 44 .08 Jackson Miss. ts 67 62 1.15 Richmond sh 43 38 .36 Jacksonville cy 80 49 St.

Louis cy 69 58 .15 Kansas City cy 40 35 .62 Salt City cy 40 Las sy 64 47 .01 San Antonio pc 76 59 .02 Little Rock sh 59 .65 San Diego 64 53 .05 Los Angeles 76 52 San Francisco pc 63 Louisville sh 64 55 .35 San Juan sh .37 Memphis 67 60 .90 Seattle sh 50 46 .12 Miami Beach sy 75 70 Spokane 36 33 Milwaukee cy 35 32 1.20 Tampa pc 79 58 Minneapolis cy 32 30 Tulsa cy 60 55 Nashville 71 59 .01 Washington sh 38 36 .72 New Orleans cy 77 63 1.35 Wichita cy 47 42 .40 Harriet Maddox Glidden. He married Sophia Hall Dec. 26, 1923. She preceded him in death. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs.

Harriet Redlich of Chicago; two brothers, Benjamin Glidden of Woburn, Maine, and Harold Glidden of Greenfield, and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son and one brother. Mr. Glidden was a veteran of World War I. He was a member of the Toledo Christian Church, where memorials may be made.

Erlene Rardin KANSAS Erlene Bennett Rardin, 79, of Kansas died at 11 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 4 4, 1986), at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Markwell Funeral Home in Casey with the Rev.

Phillip Snider officiating. Burial will be i in the Richwood Cemetery east of Westfield. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. She was born May: 21, 1906, in Clark County, a daughter of Burley and Bessie Stoddard Bennett.

She married Ivan E. Rardin on Nov. 23, 1929. He survives. Other survivors include one sister, Pauline Cox of Kansas; three nephews and two nieces.

She was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.Mrs. Rardin was a member of the United Methodist Church in Kansas. She was a member of the Kansas Eastern Star, where she served as treasurer for 25 years. Robert 0'Banion PARIS Robert O'Banion, 52, of Route 5, Paris, died at 8:52 a.m. Monday (Feb.

3, 1986) in St. John's Hospital, Springfield. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Fairview Cemetery, Kansas. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m.

today at the Sutton Son Funeral Home, Kansas. Mattoon police Charleston police A newspaper vending Marlene L. Rankin, 701 S. machine was reported van- 8th St, and Edwin L. York of dalized at Gill's Drive In, 12th Champaign involved in a were and DeWitt early Tuesday collision Sunday at the inmorning.

tersection of Madison Avenue and Fourth Street. Riley Carter, Sr. of 901 Moultrie reported a hit-and-run The rearview mirror of a car accident sometime Saturday owned by Todd R. Bacon, 1075 evening in the Moose Club 7th was smashed while the Parking Lot. car was parked at his residence on Friday or Saturday.

Nancy O. Vail of. Sullivan reported a hit-and-run accident in the Jewel Parking Lot some- Mirrors were smashed time Saturday evening. Saturday on cars owned by Eastern Illinois University stuHarold F. Gentry, 66, of 1008 dents Mark R.

Hague and N. 13th was given a ticket Donald Borschel. Both cars following an accident at Ninth were parked at 710 Buchanan and Broadway. Gentry struck a the college residence of car driven by Barbara J. the two students.

Tipsword of 319 DeWitt. Gentry was cited for failure to yield at a stop intersection. A sliding glass door window at the First Christian Church, Kenny L. Birch, 18, of 411 Jackson was Briar Lane was given a ticket discovered smashed Saturday. following an accident at 12th and and Champaign Monday night.

A toilet, light fixture Birch failed to at an in- mirror at the restroom at stop tersection and struck a car Gasland Sunoco, 900 Lincoln driven by Lynaya M. Hooker of Ave. were smashed sometime 917 N. 13th. between Friday and Saturday.

Hospital Notes Illinois temps City Weather HI Lo Pcp Chicago O'Hare 37 32 0.70 Decatur cy 60 39 0.65 Moline 37 34 1.13 Peoria 43 36 0.50 Quincy 41 35 0.62 Rockford cy 36 33 0.80 Springfield cy 58, 42 0.31 National high-low The highest temperature reported Tuesday by the National Weather Service, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, was 84 degrees at Laredo, Texas. The low was 15 degrees below zero at Saranac Lake, N. Y. National temps By United Press International City Fcst Hi Lo Pcp Albuquerque pc 49 24 Amarillo sh 57 32 Anchorage pc 28 20 Asheville sh 68 49 Atlanta sh 70 49 Baltimore sh 40 35 .83 Billings cy 34 31 .52 Birmingham sh 74 55 Bismarck cy 30 23 Boise cy 47 31 Boston 33 19 Brownsville pc 81 63 .11 Buffalo sh 38 28 .25 Burlington Vt. 24 b9 Charleston S.C.

pc 74 57 Charlotte N.C. pc 71 44 Chicago 37 32 .70 Cincinnati 47 .92 Cleveland 34 .77 Columbus 58 43 .90 Dallas ts 71 54 Denver cy 46 21 Des. Moines cy 35 33 .86 Gullion Trent Huckstead, Mike and Steve Manning, Paul Gullion Wayne Miller Jr. and Leonard Humphrey. Mrs.

Bennett, 40, of 708 N. 22nd, Mattoon, died Jan. 31, 1986, in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. L. Evelyn Price NEOGA L.

Evelyn Price, 71, of Chatham, formerly of Route. 1, Neoga, died at 3:25 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 4, 1986) in Springfield Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Thursday in the Swengel-O'Dell Funeral Neoga, with the Rev. Carol officiating. Burial will be in the Neoga Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1:30 p.m. Thursday until service time.

She was born Feb. 11, 1914, in Shelby County, a daughter of Nye and Grace Storm Kennedy Pruet. She married J. Harold Price Dec. 23, 1937, in Kent, Ind.

He survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Doris) Ludwig of Decatur, Mrs. Wesley (Judy) Parker of Springfield; a half-brother, William Calvin Kennedy of Aurora; three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Steele rural Mattoon, Mrs.

William (Susie) Latch of Bunker Hill, Mrs. Adam (Helen) Campbell of Naperville and one grandson. She was preceded in death by a brother. Mrs. Price was a member of United Presbyterian Church of Neoga and the Good Neighbors Club, Neoga.

Carl Glidden TOLEDO Carl Glidden, 89, of Toledo, died at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 4, 1986), at the Odd Fellows Home in Mattoon. The body will be cremated with a memorial service to be held at a later date. Barkley Funeral Home in Toledo is in charge.

He was born Sept. 11, 1896, at Waldoboro, Maine, a son of Ernest and Admitted Monday Leo Abbott, Arcola Julia Alier, Casey Steven Borntrager, Humboldt Cleaves Branson, Mattoon Erika Bridges, Mattoon Donald Collins, Charleston Lyn Carruthers, Neoga Sherry Crawford, Tuscola Truman Cloyd, Humboldt Clinton Fornshell, Neoga Yvonne Cohoon, Mattoon Ralph Green, Westfield Jacob Cox, Charleston Linda Highland, Mattoon Viola Halsey, Charleston Kathy Hopkins, Tower Hill Kathy Hopkins, Tower Hill Baby boy Janes, Mattoon Dolly Kilgore, Charleston Kimberly Locke, Mattoon Karen Layette, Mattoon Michael Moody, Mattoon Lisa Logsdon, Shelbyville Edith Smith, Arcola Baby boy Nichols, Charleston James Stewart, Mattoon Dorine Pearcy, Westfield Freda Wright, Oakland Bruce Rayhel, Paris Harold Wuersch, Charleston Paul Shafer, Mattoon Alice Zarka, Casey Herman Stone, Mattoon Jessie Tichenor, Mattoon Births Monday Doris Wood, Redmon Released Monday To Larry and Sharon Nichols of Charleston, a boy Lottery CHICAGO (UPI) The win- was 269. The Pick Four number ning number drawn Tuesday in was 7846. The estimated Lotto the Illinois Lottery daily game grand prize was $11 million. Marriages Steven Lonnie Keefer and Anita Kay Keefer.

Michael Kirk Collins and Ronald Lee Coad and Wanda Karla Jo Hackler, both of Kaye Coad. Charleston. Terry Ray Allen and Kellie Ann Allen. Harold E. Tarter, Jr.

and Novalena Ann Tarter. He was born April 11, 1933, in Vermilion son of Virgil and Lillie Dodson O'Banion. He married Nellie Wright May 17, 1956, in Macon, Ga. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Robert and Jack, both of Kansas; one daughter, Mrs.

Aron (Sarah) Combs of Kansas; his mother of Westville; three brothers, Peter of Tilton, Wendell of Waterloo, Iowa, and Virgil Jr. of Westville; two half-brothers, Larry and David Delva, both of Westville; one sister, Mrs. Billie (Sarah) Spencer of Westville; and three grandchildren. Mr. O'Banion was a retired farmer.

Marabel Bendler FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. The funeral for Mrs. Charles Bendler, formerly of Charleston, were held Saturday in Chicago. Mrs.

Bendler of Ft. Lauderdale, died Jan. 28, at her home. She was a graduate of Charleston High School and a retired registered nurse. Survivors include the widower of Ft.

Lauderdale; five children; one brother and three sisters, including Elizabeth Bird of Paris; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Florence E. Moore JERSEYVILLE Florence E. Moore, 79, of Jerseyville died at 10:50 a.m. Monday (Feb.

3, 1986) in the Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home, 708 W. Carpenter, Jerseyville, with the Rev.

Mike Michels officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville. She was born Jan. 25, 1907, in Humboldt, a daughter of Frank and Anna Mowery Shirley. She married Donovan Moore June .6, 1930 in Arthur.

He survives. Also surviving are two sons, Phillip of Jerseyville, David of, Springfield; three daughters, Shirley Moore, Springfield, Betty Sims of Cambridge, Marilyn Page of Forest City, N.C.; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a brother. Memorials can be made to the Kidney Foundation. Personals SPECIAL THANKS OUR SINCERE THANKS To all of those who gave Perhaps you sent a lovely gifts, flowers food to the IN MEMORY OF card, Family of Frances Huff- Or sat quietly in a chair.

man in our time of sorrow. Kimery K. Kerns, who Perhaps you sent a floral James Huffman, Jim passed away 1 year ago. spray, Linda Huffman, Max Gone but not forgotten. If so we saw it there.

Pridemore, Tom Donna Family Perhaps you spoke" the The Huffman, Allen Jill Huf- kindest words, fman Jim Marlys IN MEMORY OF As any friend could say; Stutzman. Perhaps you were not there Ralph "Mike" Goodwin at all, You left us so suddenly 5 Just thought of that THANK YOU ALL years ago today, Whatever you did to There 'is us day, conFriends family that never a day passes that you sole our hearts helped make our 45th An- are not thought of. Wife, We thank you so much for niversary such an en- Daughter your part. Grandchildren joyable day. The Family of Francis Mary Kastl.

Leah H. Moberley.