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3 DECATUR SUNDAY HERALD AND REVIEW Decatur, Tlllnoia, Sunday, SpplembVr 22, 1974 'Accountability Sessions' Part Government Home welfare recipients by $100 a month. Amid laughter he told a little girl he couldn't do anything to improve the quality of her school lunches, but promised to have the State Superintendent of Public Instruction look into the problem. jtf I 1 fePKlL-- -saw kSm Of Bringing By William C. Wertz Jacksonville (AP) The nation's governors are being seen more and more often on Main Street these days. "There is a feeling in this nation that government is too' distant from the people," says Illinois Gov.

Dan Walker. "There is a feeling that government cares about the powerful and not about the ordinary guy. I want to change that." Twice each month Walker travels to some high school gymnasium or civic center to tackle questions and complaints from the people. The governor calls these face-to-face meetings with thp nennle "accountability sessions," and he has held nearly 40 in cities, towns and villages throughout the state since he took office in 1973. PAGES 13, 14 Balloon Race Gets Response From Finders Tuscola No, it isn't Santa Claus's weather balloon but merely a balloon from Tuscola's "Great Balloon Distance Race." During Tuscola's Old Fashioned Days Festival Sept.

13, about 930 balloons were released tagged with the name and address of their owners. Finders were to return the tags to the Tuscola Chamber of. Commerce. One balloon was found by a five-year-old boy Franklin, Ind. His mother sent the tag with a little note to Gale Cunningham, who was chairman of the balloon race.

"She wrote that her five-year-old son was convinced that the balloon was Santa Claus's weather balloon checking out the weather before his visit," Cunningham said. "She added that they live in the middle of corn fields and a heavily wooded area but the balloon luckily landed right in the backyard next to the swing set." The balloon holding the greatest distance so far is owned by Mrs. Rex Speer of Tuscola. Her balloon was found in Corner NewFoundland. Both the owner and finder of the balloon traveling the greatest distance will receive $25.

Second prize will be $10, Cunningham said. Winners will be announced Mondav. Union Okays Contract Charleston The union representing service and clerical employes of Eastern Illinois University has accepted a one-year contract with EIU. James Woodard, director of negotiations for Local 981 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes (AFSCME) union, said the membership ratified the contract Friday by a 97 per cent vote. The contract provides for changes in vacations; holiday schedules as to provide for a four-day weekend: union security: super-seniority bidding rights for certain local union officials: and an increased night Sjhift differential.

The contract also provided for a wage increase of up to 21.8 per cent. Forty-nine employes in the maid classification will receive a wage increase of $126.53 a month. The wage rates are retroactive to Sept. 15. SHELBY DEMOS Findlay The Shelbv County Democratic Central Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 1 the Findlay American Legion, There will be free sandwiches and I FASCINATION OVER the artistry of a German harmonica player is evident in "Some of them are very rough. I've been to some, I'll tell you, where I really took it on the chin," Walker said. The Council of State Governments reports a growing trend on the part of the nation's governors to bring government to Main Street. A recent Council survey found: South Carolina Gov.

John C. West has used the state educa tional television network to conduct statewide ''town meetings," during which state residents call in questions toll-free. Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia holds a "Speak Up" day 'eas' once a month when anyone can visit him with no appointment required. Town hall meetings are held twice weekly throughout the state by Gov.

Thomas J. Meskill of Connecticut and weekly by Wisconsin Gov. Patrick J. Lucey. Idaho Gov.

Cecil D. Andrus has listed telephone number so that citizens can call him at home. Walker fielded more than two dozen questions in his most recent accountabilitv session in Jacksonville, a West Central Illinois town of The toughest question came from a Baptist minister who demanded to know why Walker had signed a bill creating a statewide lottery after opposing it as a candidate for governor. "The Bible was hardly cold from the oath of office when you put us all in bed with the Mafia. We have been betrayed and deceived," said the Rev.

Harold Hendrick. "I never said I was against the lottery. I said I was troubled by it," said Walker, explaining that he had thought the lottery might take needed money away from the poor. I became convinced that I was wrong and I am man enough to admit it," he said. You oppose the lottery on moral grounds, but a lot of peo ple 'have fun with it." The governor's response drew enthusiastic applause.

In response to other questions, Walker assured the audience that a local mental hospital would remain open, promised to oppose any state tax. increases and said the state could not afford to increase benefits to 4 to Discuss Impeachment Rock Island Four Midwestern members of the House Judiciary Committee will discuss "Impeachment Hindsight" during the fall convention of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association. Reps. Robert McClory and Thomas Railsback, both Illinois Republicans, and Democrats Edmund Mezvinsky of Iowa and William Hungate'of Missouri are members of the panel that voted articles of impeachment against former President Richard The broadcasters will meet Oct. 4-6 in the Sheraton-Rock Island Hotel in Rock Island.

Featured speakers during the convention includes CBS network news correspondent Charles Osgood and Terry Brunner, director of the Better Government Association. Problems broadcasters face with the new Illinois lottery will be discussed at one of several seminars on news operations. Salem Mayor President of Trail Group Salem Mayor Charles L. Mackin of Salem was elected president of the George Rogers Clark Trail Foundation. The foundation has been formed as part of a three-stale venture to commemorate the heroic efforts of George Rogers Clark and his small band of men, in the march to capture Ft.

Sackville (Vincennes, during the American Revolution. The Bicentennial Commissions of Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana have each allocated $10,000 to the foundation to help finance the purchase of signs to mark the trail between the three states. The foundation hopes to have the complete trail in operation by the beginnini of 1976. The signs will De red, white and blue and portray the bust of Clark with the wording "George Rogers Clark overcome his opponent's lead in the horseshoe pitching contest. He finished fourth, Many prefered to sit and listen to the German bands, right, but for some, impromptu dancing on the grass seemed a better way to express the spirit of the day, above These accountability sessions aren't a big thing," says Walker.

"But if I can make people feel closer to their governor and their government by giving them an opportunity to ask questions right to my face, then I'm going to keep on doing it." Five Complete Sheibyville 'Skate-a-Thon' Sheibyville Five Sheibyville youths gave a shout of glee Saturday evening ar they completed 12. hours of roller skating for a "skate-a thon" against cystic fibrosis. The fund raising event was held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m Saturday at Boley's Roller Rink in Sheibyville. Each skater had to supply his own sponsors.

"We raised about 5210," Mrs. Lyle Boley said. "They each skated for anywhere from one to three dollars an hour. Ten skaters started the skate-a-thon" at 7 a.m. and throughout the day 17 skaters participated in the event, Mrs Bolev said.

The five skaters able to com plete the event were Joyce and Paul Stevens, Pam ana nusty Downs and Mary Ellen Bolev. "To keep themselves occupied while they skated, the group read books, plaved ball, made animals out of balloons and had a bubblegum blowing contest," Mrs. Boley said. "The sportsmanship of the kids was great. They kept laughing, and joking to try and keep each other going." They 'were given five minute breaks every half "To keep themselves going they reminded themselves that, they wouldn't be able to skate if they had.

cystic fibrosis." Mrs. Boley said. "They wanted to give someone else a chance to make it." When the event was over there were many sore feet and blisters. "Mary Ellen Boley skated the full twelve hours with a broken toe," Mrs. Boley said.

Rather than skating until only one was left, the group decided to quit at 7 p.m. and draw for the prizes. In addition to $3 and $5 gift certificates, radios and other prizes, a $25 savings bond was awarded. 4 Injured In Collision Charleston Four persons were injured Saturday night in a two-vehicle collision at the junction of Illinois 16 and Harrison Street Road, one mile east of Charleston. Driver of one car, Dave Smith, 18, of Moweaqua was not injured.

A passenger in Smith's car, Steve G. Hargis, 22, of Charleston was treated and released at Charleston Com munity Hospital. Driver of the second vehicle, Michael Thompson, 16, and one passenger Brad J. Starwald, 15, both of Jewett, were treated and released at Charleston Community Hospital. A second passenger, Melvin Pitcher, 15, of Montrose, was transferred from Charleston Community Hospital to Carle Clinic in Champaign where a report of his condition was not available Saturday night.

According to State Police in Pesotum, the Smith vehicle, a pickup truck, traveling south on Harrison Street Road and ran the slop sign Jit Illinois Ih. Thompson vehicle was traveling west on Illinois Hi, and was struck in the right side bv Smith's truck. ST. MARY'S SOCIETY PLANS SMORGASBORD Lincoln A smorgasbord supper will be served by St. Mary's Society of Lincoln from 11 a.m.

to 3 p.m. next Sundav. A choice of meuts, salads, vegetables, beverages and desserts will be offered for $3 a meal. A children's meal will cost $1.50. Carry-outs will be available.

Tickets can be purchased from members and at the door. Pnoros by Mik Coif Young, Not-So-Young Gather For Schuetzenfest at Altamont very happy. The staid and the' exhibitionists confined their ac- the face of Cindy Ballard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ballard of Chrisman, above.

But the real business of the Schuetzenfest was competition, and at the top, Ray Martin, Philo, tries in vain to Lincoln College Chautauqua Features Mime Lincoln-Mime Daniel will' headline the second season of the Chautauqua at Lincoln College in Lincoln. a student of Marcel Marceau in Paris, was a favorite at last year's Chautau qua. He is scheduled to pertorm at 8 p.m. Thursday. Poet Paul Zimmer 3) ecologists Robert Joan Erickson (Oct.

10) and Buddhist minister Gyoko Saito (Nov. 14) are also on the bill of fare for the fall chautauqua events. AH performances will be at 8 p.m. There will also be performances by the University of Iowa Center for the New Performing Arts 31). the University of Illinois dance department (Nov.

7 1 and the of I Black Chorus (Nov. 21). Arizona Youth Shot to Death In Clinton i Clinton Robert Villiido. 17. of Willcnx, was shot to death in Clin ton early Friday evening.

Villado was dead on arrival at John Warner Hospital in Clin ton. According to coroner Charles Hollibaugh, Villado had traveled With two other boys from Arizona to find work in the Clinton area. He was shot in air apartment there, The incident is under in vestigation by the city police and county officials. Herington Calvert Funeral Home in Clinton is in charge of Stan Kenton Concerts Scheduled The latest Stan Kenton creations and a few of his oldies will be performed by the jazz man himself, 30 at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloom-ington, and Oct. 5 at Western Illinois University, Macomb.

While at Illinois Wesleyan, Kenton and his orchestra will participate in an afternoon clinic. In his work with music students in high schools and universities, he said he hopes to bring about a change in music education. "I feel the student is being short-changed if he is offered only one side of music," Kenton said. "We bring jazz to the campuses because we feel it is one of the important musical forms which youngsters should be exposed to." Kenton and his orchestra will perform for the public at 8 p.m. 30 in the Scottish Rite Temple in Bloomington.

The concert is co-sponsored by the Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music and the National Endowment for the Arts. Tirkets arc on sale at the of Music office. Stan Kenton will also perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 5 in Western Hall on the Western campus in Macomb.

In addition, he will appear during the half-time show of the WIU-Eastern Illinois University football game that day. His band will join WIU's Marching Leathernecks and selected high school bands in a musical salute to WIU's Diamond Jubilee (75th anniversary). All seats for the Oct. 5 concert will be reserved. Tickets may be obtained from the student union ticket office at $4.

S3 and $2. Student tickets are $3, $2 and the horseshoe pitching arena, as each urged is favorite on. ij I. I 10 an uaunyaiu norsesjioe pitcner, seemeu they needed little encourage- ment. Rare were the tosses that missed the stake.

Also added to the royalty was Cathy Kuhns, Altamont, named as the queen of the 1974 Schuctienfcst. Piatt County Archived Room Established Monticello A Piatt County archives room has been established in the basement of the courthouse in Monticello. The room will house historical documents which are not a part of the official records of county offices in the courthouse. The room was provided by the Piatt County Board, and Mary A. Shaw, county clerk and recorder, was named custodian.

Alicia Winder of the county clerk's office will catalog the documents. Items already received include papers and books of the Piatt County Historical Society, historical and genealogical books belonging to Remember Allerton Chapter, DAR, and Monticello High School yearbooks dating from 1915. The juinuals, collected through the years by the late Burl A. Edie were presented by Mrs. Edie.

Persons who have information and documents of interest in Piatt County and who would like to place them in the archives room may see Mrs- Shaw at the clerk's office. By Mike Carr Altamont The young and the not-sc-young gathered in Altamont A1 1 A 1. Til? iroin uirougnoui enirai Illinois this weekend for their ethnic Woodstock. They packed the Effingham County Fairgrounds, not to listen to rock music, but to listen to German and polka, bands at the annual Schuetzenfest. And the smell of marijuana was not heavy in the air, as' it is often reported to be at rock festivals.

But one felt out of place without a bucket of beer in his hand. And most everyone was very, Cerro Gordo To Request Sewer Loan Cerro Gordo Cerro Gordo city officials will turn in the application for a sewer loan to the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) office in Monlicello Mondav. according to Village Board President Dale Born. Born said he expects to hear within about a month whether or not Cerro Gordo will receive a share of the federal funds available to FmHA this year. About 90 per cent of the village's residents agreed to hook up to the proposed system, which required a $25 deposit.

Bom Subscription by at least 85 per cent of the residents was one prerequisite of the FmHA application. The village is hoping for a $653,000 loan to apply toward the estimated $1.6 million cost of the new sewer system to replace the private septic tanks now in, use. UVlUCa IU U1C U11UI.I the grandstands, where they they performed the polkas schottische. and the The more exuberant danced wherever they happened to be when the spirit took them. In the food tents, on the grass, in the roadways.

It made little difference. The spirit was one of abandon and good fellowship. Some were carefully programmed numbers such as the three year old Chrisman girls who joined the German band on stage and performed dance routines, while an adult prompted them from the front row. Others were more on the spur of the moment, such as the circle of college age people dancing in the street while the main dance was going on under the grandstand. And some were totally unin-volved.

Small groups of people, young and old. sprawled around ihc grounds in almost every corner. But the real purpose of the Schuetzenfest, at least according to definition, is to determine the best shooter in the area in this case the best trap shooter. An added attraction this year was the competition to find the Hufeisenkoenig the horseshoe pitching king. HorsesJioe pitching turned out to be a better spectator sport.

The onlookers at the trap shoot seemed hesitant to boo when one of the contestants missed. No one likes to criticize a man with a gun in his hand. But the cheers and the encouragements were common in arrangements,.