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Strength for the Day He faileth not. 3:5. Witt jforum Vol. 49, No. 233 Maryville, Missouri, Saturday Evening, March 7, 1959 Cloudy and Warmer Cloudy and warmer tonight and Sunday.

Low tonight near 25. High Sunday about 47, SIX PAGES Patrons in Four Proposed School Districts to Vote Tuesday on Reorganization Members of school PTA groups and other community groups have been conducting a personal campaign for approval of the Maryville R-II reorganization plan in the school voting Tuesday. Each member of the canvassing group has been briefed with the basic reason for the need of reorganization for the Maryville area. Each has been given information about the need foi reorganization in the county. The Maryville area included In the proposed district is no more than the areas from which rural students are now attending at a fee less than the per capita cost of educating a town student.

Below are some of the questions asked during the personal canvass, with the answers given by quali- educators and school administrators: How many of the rural districts in the proposed Maryville R-II area now have closed schools? A Records reported from the office uf the county superintendent show that 12 of these are closed. How many of the pupils from the districts in the proposed area are now attending Maryville schools? A About 217 pupils from these rural districts are attending the Maryville Public Schools and the Horace Mann Laboratory School. How many children are attending the other 11 schools in the rural districts of the proposed R-II area? A. Only 130 pupils. How would R-II district approval affect the Horace Mann School? A It is doubtful that it will have any effect on the elementary school at lit Mann If it does have any eifect on either the high school or elementary school the administrators of the College and Public Schools are of the opinion that any problems can be satisfactorily solved.

How is the cost of educating Children ffom closed rural schools TURN TO QUESTIONS ON PAGE 2 Patrons to Vote Between 6 7 P.M. Tuesday The voting precincta for balloting Tuesday in the four proposed reorganized districts are printed below. A simple majority is for approval. Each district approves or rejects a specific proposal separately. Each can be passed or rejected without helping or hindering the others.

All persons living in specific districts must follow, generally, the requirements for voting in other elections. They must be a resident of the state for one year and of the county for 60 days. They also must have been in residence in their precinct of the specific district for at least 30 days. The polls will be open from 6am to 7 p.m. The office of Claude Pierpojnt, superintendent of schools, will be open from 7 p.m.

until 10 p.m. Tuesday night to accept returns and determine if any one or all of the proposals are approved or rejected The polling places for the four districts are; DISTRICT ELMO SCHOOL for patrons residing in Elmo No. C-38 and White Chapel No. 10. CLBARMONT SCHOOL for patrons residing in Maple Lawn No.

16. Cl ear on No. 35, Hedge College No. 45, and those segments of Independence No. 18 and Prairie View No.

33 included in the R-I proposal. LEGION HALL in Burlington Jet. for those patrons residing in Lorain No. 41, Evans No. 44.

Gray Grove No. 46, Hard is ty No. 68, Burlington Jet. No. 70, and those segments of Lone Valley No.

47 and Wilcox No. C-79 included in the R-I proposal. QUITMAN SCHOOL for patrons residing in Fudora No 73 Star No. 76 and Quitman No. C-102.

Our Kountry Kousin Observes CITY FIRE STATION for patrons In the proposal residing east of Highway 71 and extended public road at and north of East First Street and Highway 46 be.vond the i city limits. MOTOR COMPANY for patrons in the proposal residing west of Highway 71 and extended public road at and north of Highway 46 and West First Street. OUTLET STORE for patrons in the proposal residing south of High(Continued on Page Feeble I xplanution Its March and Missouri Its the time and place that the uncertain, unpredictable, unusual and unexpected can happen. Why, only last Sunday the weather was so spring-like that took long auto trips Hi.st to be and to enjoy the day; they talked of ot spring woik. and some actual.

made explorations relative to futuie lung It was a grcit day. The tux: two or three days were aL ttit, perhaps to a lesser But by Thurroay there was no cun: a One of the worst in a long time struck a knockout now to the area A heavy sncvviali whipped by of high velocity paralyzed the area and conditions were extremely hazardous Schools were dismissed early but even then the buses became stalled before routes were completed Commuters were stranded and phone lines were kept busy as laimlu. made every effort to be sure of the whereabouts and safety of their Highway maintenance crews, utility fuel deliverymen, wrecker crews, rural letter carriers. truckers, and many workers spent long, tiring hours the battle against the relentless storm. ers encountered countless difficul- (Continued or page two.) Community Welcome To Be Held for 'Hounds Frank Strong, president of the Maryville Public School Hoard of Education, will he master of reremonies at a community welcome for thr Maryville High School Spool who are playing tonight in the finals of the State Basketball tournament.

The reception will he held Sunday afternoon on the west side ol the square. The 12-man traveling squad and coaches, William Norton and William ain, are exported back in Maryville about p.m. The spool hounds will meet the St. Agnes. Springfield, tonight in the first place game of the Class State Tournament, being held at olumbia.

Tuesday will be Day in Maryville and three other areas in Nodaway County. Tuesday will be the day when patrons in four proposed school districts will vote to accept or reject plans to reorganise rural and town into new districts totaling some 5W square miles. Tuesday will be the day when fathers and mothers and other school patrons in four proposed districts vote to send 2.940 elementary and high school to four school systems, as compared to 24 rural and eight town school units, i The four school districts would have assessed valuations of $26.503,720 for I school tax purposes. If all proposals, which have been approved by the Nodaway County School Board and the State Department of Education, me approved by patrons in the four districts, the county's 3.859 students will attend eight schools Based on 1948 Law The proposals are being presented for approval under a 1948 Missouri school statute designed to the quality and quantity of education" in the 114 Missouri counties. Only two reorganized districts exist in Nodaway County at present.

Graham R-III and Ravenwood- Parnell R-V. The former was creat- i ed in 1951 and the latter in 1956 by positive votes of the patrons in the two districts. Outside of the present pair of re- organized districts and the four proposed areas, two other public schools exist in the Skidmore and Jefferson of Conception, both consolidated school The districts to be voted on are: R-I learmont. Elmo. Burlington Jet.

and Quitman and adjacent rural districts. K-II and all or portions of 23 rural school R-IV and Guilford and adjacent rural schools. VI District Hopkins and Pickering and adjacent rural schools distrists. At present there are 24 operating rural schools and 13 high schools handling the 3.859 elementary and high school students. 1.199 being in I the latter group.

In contrast, 1.300 more students. 5,159, attended school in 1932 in 115 rural and 17 high schools. Declining rural population brought about the decrease. A State Department of Education spokesman asserts that the 1948 reorganization law is one based on equal educational opportunities for all students in the county. He pointed out that Nodaway has some districts with low as $6,000 valuation per student, while in others it was as high as $73 000.

Assevsment A minimum standard is an assessed valuation average of $10.000 per student. With that minimum, each student in a district is assured a sound education that is equal to any program in the state It also was pointed out that parents want their children to stay in school longer now days. Formerly the rural school with eight grades was the full extent of education for many rural Today few have not completed high school. Others I want college and mast have i training. Thus, the overall program better education for ail an I education which will allow them to (Continued on page two.) Judge Finds Driver Guilty In Police Court A Grandview, man whom police stopped early Thursday morning was found guilty in police court Friday afternoon of operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquors.

Judge Dalton fined Donald Eugene Brown, 32. $50 after hearing the arresting officer tell the court Brown's driving was impaired" by the fact he had been drinking. Brown pleaded innocent to the charge. Brown reportedly swung out at high rate of in the middle of the 500 block on North Main Street about 1.30 a.m. and drove south on Main.

Patrolman Eldon Bears said Brown ran the red light at First and Main streets and weaved in his own lane. A 62-year-old Maryville woman who claimed another car was not behind her when she got in her own vehibcle was fined $3 in police court Friday afternoon for failing to yield the right-of-way to Mrs Margaret Dolores Wallace, 50, 901 E. 4th St. Mrs. Lillian August Workman.

Rt 2. told the court she left Condon's Drug Store about 5 p.m. Wednesday and got in her 1953 Plymouth parked on the south side of the corner business. Piano Students to Present Recital Ike, Khrushchev Locked In Struggle to Sell Program for Germany Piano students of Charles Kuhn, Northwest State College music instructor, will be presented in a formal recital to be held at 8:15 p.m. Monday in the Horace Mann School auditorium.

Kuhn, seated, is shown with some of his students, 1 ft to right, Mrs. Sharon Mooney, Miss Judy Klamm, Miss Eva Lee Hess. Marjorie Guinn, Mrs. Kathryn Adams, Miss Helen B.ihr, Miss Martha Whitehead, and Miss Sharon Kiel. The recital will be sponsored by the division of music and the Piano Repertoire Club.

HAPPENINGS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ALBANY POULTRY SCALER SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS She reportedly backed out of the i Pled Andrtw Harrla. anale parking space into a 1949 Ply- Albany poultry and pro- WASHINGTON Presidents Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Ni- kita Khrushchev are locked in a strange kind of trying to convince the other his side is united on the issue of Berlin's future. With Secretary of State John i Foster Dulles on the sidelines figuring cancer, Eisenhower moved into a more active foreign affairs role. In East Germany, Khrushchev was busy assembling his allies. Ike May Makr Talk on TV Officials said today Eisenhower may make a radio-television appeal for public understanding and support.

They the President does not yet think the situation warrants such a broadcast. But they foresaw its as a possible move if there is a further heightening tension. But Eisenhower was taking other well-publicized steps. He met for 90 minutes at the White House Friday with the four top Republican and Democratic Truck Hits Drift, Blocks Highway 71 Traffic was blocked for two hours on Highway 71 Friday night when a tractor-trailer truck jackknifed miles northwest of Maryville about 11:30 p. m.

Doran Francis Crenshaw, 30. Hiwasse, Ark, told the State Patrol he was driving west when he met another truck at a point where a large snow drift extended across from the north side of the highway, making two-way traffic impossible. Crenshaw reportedly was forced to the snow bank just as the oncoming east-bound truck passed by. His 1968 International tractor-trailer jackknifed upon hitting the drift, leaders in Congress. He followed kink the highway.

mouth driven by Mrs. Wallace who was stopped in the westbound lane of East Fourth Street. Mrs. Wallace said she was stopped for a red traffic light at Fourth and Main Streets. Mrs.

Workman pleaded innocent to the charge but Judge James Dal- ton found her guilty after hearing testimony concerning the incident. A police report stated the Wallace vehicle sustained an estimated $25 damage. Mrs. car was not damaged. Another $3 minimum parking incident fine was assessed Mrs Mari- duce dealer, was sentenced to two years in the Missouri State Penitentiary last Thursday afternoon by Circuit Judge Ray Weightman.

Maryville. Harris had entered a plea of guilty to a charge of molesting a 9-year-old Albany girl. According to the information Prosecutor Fred Kling had filed in circuit court at Albany, Harris had been convicted in Minnesota three times on offenses similar to the charge in Gentry County. Harris was taken to the Missouri penitentiary bj Sheriff Everett Bowman. lyn Joan McCullough, 21, 503l2 W.

1st after she pleaded guilty to R(M PORT LI MBER CO. leaving a vehicle unattended Mon- CHANGES HANDS IN FAMILY day ROCK PORT The Snowden Her 1952 Ford reportedly rolled Lumber Rock Port, part of a from a parallel parking space in chain throughout Kansas and Mis! the 200 block on West Third Street into a car operated by Mrs. Helen Barger. 38, 322 W. 1st St.

Mrs. Barger was stopped in the westbound lane on West Third Street, waiting for another vehicle to back out of the Safeway parking I lot The McCullough vehicle had oeen parked on the north side of the street. Police damage to the Barger car at $60 souri. has been purchased by Pennell Snowden from his brother. Robert Snowden.

Robert Snow den has been president of the company since 1938. VACC IN ATION CLINIC FOB STAN BE KR A' SCHOOL CHILDREN STANBERRY Six hundred Stanherrv school children are expected to receive smallpox vacci- Damage to Mrs. nations and Salk polio vaccine shots McCullough's vehicle was set at $20 I to the left front. A charge of not having a city vehicle sticker brought against I Keith Edward McBride. 20.

902 5th was dismissed Friday when it was learned he had not been a resident in the city more than 90 days. McBride told the court his home was in Arkoe, but he had been staying in Maryville since the last I of December. Scouts to Celebrate Girl Scout Week, 47th Anniversary The Girl of Maryville will join with the more than two million of the organization throughout the country in celebrating Girl Scout Week. Mar 8-14 and also the 47th anniversary of Girl Scouting in the United States Wednesday afternoon, according to Mrs. Irene Groom, grade principal.

Two Stanberry Milligan and A L. Carlin will donate their to the immunization clinic. VANDALS SMASH WINDOWS THREE PEACES IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH Vandals late last Saturday night smashed 77 in the water works building at Savannah! The same night 10 windows were broken at the Savannah High School, and two were shal- Continued on Pace Six) PW to Sponsor Annual Style Show Thursday Evening to Know You Maryville will be the theme which Mar. 12. according to I of the annual Maryville Mer.

Weather Data MISSOURI WEATHER Generally fair this afternoon, increasing cloudinevs tonight. Incoming mostly on Sunday; Slow I rising temperatures; low tonight extreme north to 3035 elsewhere; high Sunday northern border 50s elsewhere. WEATHER RECORD 35 Maryville 'Hounds Will Have Height, Rebounding Prowess Edge in Game with St. Agnes The undefeated Maryville High Spoof will In to extend their perfect season to 30 games at 8:30 o'clock tonight for the State Class basktlbail championship. They will meet the St.

Agnes Irish from Springfield, holder of a 29-1 record this year. If successful. Coach Bill crew will bring to Maryville tlieir state cage title since 1937, The St. Agnes five will be giving some height to the Spoof- houmls. Their starting five averages 5 feet, inches.

I he Spoof- starters average about 6 feel, inches. The comparative starting hrights are: Noon at 7 a m. -i it il i ng inght 7 pm. Friday Highest year ago today Lowest year ago today Highest on record 06 Lowest on record -5 Run acts tonight bua tuia aunday degrees degl rea iS 1 4 I'd $8 43 29 17 44 Jim Dinsdale, 6-3 Jim Sanders. 6-i Din VMilis 6-5 Dick Hicks, 6-4 Bill Tobin.

5-11 Alike Meek. 5-11 Vinte McCormick, 6-0 Mike Keohane, 6-1 Ci Jim Wyrsch, 6-0 Pat Gray. 5-9 St. Agnes is noted for tight zone defense and fast breaking plays. The Shamrocks send in high jumping Meek for many of its shots, with Keohane following.

Meek and Keohane lead the scoring parade for the St. Agnes five In winning their quarter round gainr. Meek scored 20 Keohane, 15; Wyrsch, II; and McCormick. 7. Keohane the leading rebounder for the Irish, although the 5-11 Meek hteu out-jumping many taller opponents.

Jtui Dinsdale is the top scorer and top reliouiidrr for the Maryville club. in rebounding and Tobin follows In scoring, also coming in third in rebounding. Tobin leads in free throws made, closely followed by Dinsdale. The game tonight will tie the last for Dinsdale, Tobin, lluks of the starting live, since they are seutors. Quentin Gray, council president.

The seven-day observance will open on Girl Scout Sunday, when the will attend the church I of their choice and ait with their parents during the service A 2 p.m, Sunday afternoon the Girl Scout of Maryville will present a program using the theme, Can Count on Her." at the Maryville High School auditorium The script for the program has oeen written by Mrs Clarence Lloyd and Diane Whitney will be the narrator with Joan Simmons providing the piano accompaniment. The program will open with the flag ceremony by Troop 12. with Mrs Donald Peel, leader; Spangled Banner," by the group; the history of the flag and Girl Scouting by Troop 6 with John Taylor, leader; Troops 8 and 27, under the leadership of Mis Marlin Moo rehouse and Mrs. William La.n- hart, respectively, will give the Brownie promise; Troop 16 will sing the "Playmate song, with Forrest leader. A for Sister will be pre'ented by Troop 24 with Mrs Donald McGarey leader; Troop 29 will present a musical skit, Brownies," under the di- of the leader, Mrs.

Lee Bantz; Tioop 15 will give a chants Easter Parade Style Show, sponsored by the Business and Pio- feaaional Women Club. The event will get underway at 7:15 p.m Thursdas at the Tivoli Theater according to Mrs. Eileen Boedeker, general chairman Mrs. O. W.

Stephenson, club president, will open the show and present Caileton Schinner, St. Joseph, who will be the narrator. The show will be in three sequences. the Easter parade, casuals and on Parade The sequences will be introduced by models dressed approp Those charge of part of the show include Frederick Wright, Wilma Hall and Willa Garrett Proceeds from the event a.11 be used to sponsor the Doll project, to bring happiness to an adopted Iriend and help sponsor several Mrs Boedeker has named the following committees charge of Tickets, Mrs. David Suetterlm, Blanche Kissinger, Mabel Gay Miss Hall and Donna Wood wardrobe Mrs.

Basil Moore, Mrs, George Kirchhcfter, Miss Verna Kennedy, Mane Lyons, Mrs. Ogal Livengood; mimeographing, Miss Sara Donaldson; work Be. Stiong and Mrs Dale Jones, script Mrs. Fire Truck Gets Stuck in Snow; Farm Home Burns The large two-storv frame home of Mr. and Mrs.

Denzil Henry, Barnard. burned to the ground Friday afternoon. Snow-blocked roads, which prevented the Barnard fire truck from reaching the Henry farm, two and one-half miles northeast of Barnard, are blamed for the complete loss of the house. The fire alarm was given out by Mrs. Henry at about 3:30 p.

and the fire truck immediately started for the farm, only to be bogged down in the drifted roads. The exact cause of the fire has not been determined, but the blaze appeared to have started in the walls. Although the house burned slowly, the lack of assistance prevented halting of the blaze. Many who would have assisted in fighting the fire were unable to reach the Henry farm. The were able to remove much of their furniture with the help of some neighbors who did manage to get through the drifted Both Mr and Mrs Henry were at home at the time of the fire.

Partially Blocked Street Is Given As Accident Cause An unidentified motorist received an illegal parking ticket this morning after police were called to investigate a minor collision in the 100 block on East Fifth Street at 9:25 am. Mrs. Dorothy Irene Dredge, 27, 902 E. Halsey St. told police she attempted to stop her eastbound car i to let Glen Lawrence McGinnis.

50. 547 W. 3rd St. drive west through a partially blocked street. Mrs Dredges 1948 Pontiac slid into the McGinnis vehicle when she applied her brakes, however.

Police said a parked car on the south side of the street wa.s left attending in loading zone, an illegal parking violation Damage to the Dredge car was set at $10 to the left front. Estimated damage to McGinnis' 1958 Buick was $7 to the left rear fender. Mrs. Kirk Patient at C. W.

K.rk. Hopkins, entered the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Tuesday. Dr. and Mrs. Kirk drove to Rochester Sunday.

that up with a White House session with eight other key Republican and Democratic members of Congress. A proclamation of complete bipartisan support came from the four top leaders Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson and speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, boih of Texas, Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois and House Republican Halleck of Indiana. Khrushchev, busy talking up peaceful coexistence at a trade fair in Leipzig, East Germany, letdt be known Friday he will consult with his satellite leaders next week in East Berlin Would to Commie Block Khrushchev has proposed that Poland and Czechoslovakia attend a foreign ministers meeting along with the Bsc Four and both Ger- manies Officials said this would probably be at the center of the East Berlin talks but that Khrushchev apparently was trying to show as much solidarity as he could to counter efforts. Weather Warmup Forecast for State The trucker was not injured, but the right rear of the cab and right side of the trailer sustained moderate damage, according to Trooper E.

F. Christman. Sheriff James Tucker assisted the State Patrol during the roadblock. Trooper Christman investigated two reported 35 minutes apart. The first, at 3:30 p.

m. Friday, oc- Leader Charles curred when a 45-year-old Hopkins man ran into the rear of a road grader plowing snow on Highway 246 about miles east of Harry Aimon Foxworthy reportedly was driving west when he came over the crest of a hill and collided with a 1959 Caterpillar road grader operated by Carl Chester Ewart, 32, Sheridan grader is the property of the State Highway department, the third in two days to be hit and damaged. 1958 Chevrolet sustained moderate damage to the front. The State Patrol reported only very minor damage to the rear of the grader. A second report came at 4.06 p.

m. after a car driven by Miss Merllyn Ruth Russell. 20. Graham, ends" on County Route A two miles east of Graham. According to Trooper Christman, the Russell car swung around into the path of a 1957 Oldsmobile driven by Mrs Emily Jennie Rother, 25.

Maitland. No one was injured in the KANSAS CITY 81owly rising temperatures are ahead for Missouri. But the weatherman expects the accident. to be mostly cloudy on Sunday. Mrs.

Rother, who was cited for The tonight will be in the having an expired operator's license, in the extreme north to 30-35 was traveling west when Miss Rus- elsewhere with the highs in the sell's eastbound car slid around, along the northern border to tne Damage to the left rear of both 50s in other parts of the state. vehicles was slight. Some low readings this morning The Russell car, a 1957 Ford, ap- Included Kirk.svllle 17, St. Joseph 19 parently was driven too close to the and West 20. GEORGE ATC HISON LE AVES TO A I II NI) Si HOOL Mr.

and Mrs. George Atchison and son, Maryville, left Friday noon ior Dallas. where Mr Atchison will attend the Dallas Institute, College of Mortuary Science. Mr Atchison is a graduate of Horace Mann High School, served a tour of duty with the navy, attended Northwest State College and erved as deputy sheriff of Nodaway County for six months. The Atchisons will live in Dallas during the nine mouths Mr Atchison is in school there.

Dean Move to Mr. and Mrs, Dean Nobiet and sons, Terry and Robert Eugene, recently moved to Hopkins from Maryville Mr. Nobiet is employed at the Elevator at Hopkins. Louis Lanning Attends Sales Meeting Fail May Store manager, attended the 27th May store managers held last week in Slien- Worst Aid with Dean Duff, Victory Dalbev, Mrs John Bewefi, leader; Troop 22, a Mrs T. Eckert, Mrs.

Stephenson demonstration, with Mis. Howard I and Mrs. Suetterlm; George, leader. Mary Tobin, Mis. tCuuUnued on Page i) I (Continued on Page 6) Loins Lanning, loc annual sales meeting a andoah.

la. The group toured the largest refrigerated rose storage in the world. Over a million anil a half ruses are stockpiled there to be ahiplied to the 38 May seed and nursery stores in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. In the photograph are William Ruse, Nebraska City, La nig Maryville: Edward president of the firm; and Ted Foil Dodge, la. right shoulder and went out of control when it hit soft snow.

12-Item Agenda Faces Council The Maryville city council meets Monday night at 7.30 p.m. for regular monthly session. They face a 12-item agenda of routine city bu mess matters Only new business scheduled for the meeting is the presentation of ordinance accepting certain sewers on the north side of South owned by Mi and Waitet Patterson and Mr. and Mrs Jack Patterson. Old business coii'ists of consideration of subdivision ordinances.

City Manager Robert Pieice will report the State Board of approval for the extension of a wa- main on West Lieber Street. Roger Higgins, city engineer, said today construction on the foo' water main may begin in about six weeks Other water being installed ate iocated on South Prairie Street and on Clayton Avenue Girl Scout Cookie Sale To Begin This Week The Girl Scout cookie sale will get underway next week under the direction of Mrs, Leo Wolfer and Paul Fields The leaders are to gel the cookies for their between 10 am, and I p.m Monday at the home of Quentin Gray, 204 W. 11th St. There will be two prices on the this year. The mint cookiea will for a box.

whiio the creme sandwich will cost 35- per box The moiiev derived from the ject will be used by the to attend the camping sessions summer. The cookie sale carried out each year by the during Girl Scout week. Anyone desiring and not contacted my call either member of the committee or Mi's, Gray, council.