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PAGE THREE Deeatrrr, IBinoii, Thondty, May 29, 1958. THE DECATUR. REVIEW 'Hooked by Electrons 0ut-6f-Season ---v-V ,1 h--r Railroad Crew Coes Mshing for Fissures Bnns 4 TUSCOLA BOYS TO BE IN BOYS STATE EVENT Tuscola, May 29 (Special) The names of four boys who will" be. sent to Boys State this summer- have- been announced. The boys are Ed Cox, Jim Pohlig, Jim Mann and Ronnie Colwell.

Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Cox, is being sponsored by Tuscola Elks lodge, and Pohlig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jules Poh Dis Densability M.

Pana Baptists Start Church Pana, May 29 (Special) v' Ground was broken Wednesday night on the site of the new First Baptist Church which will replace the structure destroyed by fire Feb. 8. The new church; will be on the corner of Third and Maple streets. "The Rev. Albert' Rust, pastor, turned the first spadeful of earth.

A metal box salvaged from the By Hal Boyle -Of The Associated Press New York, May 29, If a man wants to find out how CHILD INJURED IN ROAD ACCIDENT NEAR CLINTON Clinton, May-29 (Special) A truck driven by Lyle rural Clinton, and a car driven 'by Fred McGaughey, 20, son of and JVIrs. Fred McGaughey of Waynesville, figured in a collision five miles west Clinton on Route 10 about 1:30 p. m. today. 'The: only person injured was Eddie Coppenbarger, 5, son of Lyle Coppenbarger, who sustained a cut on his forehead.

The child was taken to John Wamer Hospital, treated and released. McGaughey is in the U.S. Marine Corps in Chicago. Dick state' trooper, investigated. Pleads Innocent Tack W.

McOualitv. 24. of Ma lig, is being sponsored by American Legion Post No. 27. really dispensable is, both at home and in the office, all be has to do is to come down with Mann, son ot Mr.

and Mrs. L. H. Mann, is sponsored by the Tuscola Rotary club, and Colwell, son of Mr. and Mrs.

R. B. Colwell, is sponsored by the Tuscola National bank. an out-of-season illness. One of the arts of staying happy cornerstone of the burned build in this world is knowing when to lilPk tea fir i fall ill, and when to stay healthy.

Illness 'at the right time, sav By Freaerick W. Miller Of Hie Review Staff Fishing for fissures is the electronic job of the rail detection car f. the Illinois Central Railroad and its four-man crew. A fissure, to railroad men, is an internal flaw -or break of a section of railroad track. The rail detection car left Decatur May If headed north for Clinton, seeking "defects in the mainline track.

During the last three weeks the two-unit, self-propelled has been inspecting freight line track between Decatur and Mattoon, Decatur and Pekin, and Decatur and Centralia. Electrically charged shoes on the underside of the car test the strength of the rail in five different ways. As the car passes over a section of track, the track is magnetized and charged with five different degrees of voltage. Four tests are made for transverse defects, the other for longitudinal defects. The voltage through' the five test shoes on each rail remains constant so long as thert is no break or defect in the rail.

Joints, engine burns, switches in the dead of winter lends a Information Filed An information was filed in County Court yesterday charging Thomas Melvin Shepherd, Deca- 1 1- 1 man stature in his community. ing was opened. It contained 1925 copies of the Pana Palladium, Illinois State Register- and Illinois Baptist Journals. It also had church papers and coins in it. The original church was built about 100 years ago and an addition built around it in 1925.

rur, witn aerrauaing dv This is the season to be sick, and people more or less respect you for it. They may even be proud of you if your 'ailment is interesting and your struggles are con, pleaded innocent in County Court yesterday to a charge of driving while intoxicated. Pre trial Shepherd is accused of passing, a bogus $33 check at the Sears-Roe- V.nf-1' cfrw Maw OX conference was set for June 23. dramatic enough. They reward you with sym 3 SUPER LIQUOR STORES NOW pathy, attention, flowers, books and get well cards.

After all, it is winter time, there isn much else going, on and, besides, their turn may come Rule Broken But a man who shows the bad grace to fall ill at the wrong time, nois Central Railroad rail dctec-: car's electronic equipment. tor Making a hand check for a defect in the rail J. Calhoun, right, operator of the Dli-. Fortino, Decatur, track, supcrvis- or, W. Bennett, and Arthur L.

White, two of Calhoun's on from- left are Paul Looking THE PINES 401 N. BROADWAY THE PLAZA Shopping Center Broadway at North St Shopping Center say on the eve ot -summer, aoes SPECIALS TIIURS. Fill. SAT. so at his own peril.

He is as lonely as a hippopotamus at the North Pole. He has violated one of the l-VH- Buy One Get One unwritten rules of civilized living. Here is what happens: You might, for example, wake and honest to goodness defects cause a drop in voltage, which is recorded as a jump or peak on a straight line being drawn on a moving sheet of paper. Engine burns are spots -on the rail caused by locomotives spinning their wheels. These burns can often penetrate the track and cause its eventual breakdown.

While traveling at five miles an hour on a test and a voltage drop is. recorded on the chart, a dab of HEUBLEIN'S READY MIXED COCKTAILS fl: FREE OA Imported from France up with a bad sore throaty There is a change in the house, Father, the-' tall column, is com JSC. vhM. I plaining now from a horizontal viewpoint. Strength overnight has become weakness.

As the head of bricht creen paint is sauirted on the family you try to give your final orders. the spot which caused the voltage ttf Your ultimate benediction is drop. Ji never quite translated because, feel utu a giccii-sjAjucu died tun- tinues to register positive with the ing father is at death door, mother and child summon the doctor. iqauune, me car is sioppea ana a i -x hand test is If negative the JO machine goes on. fSkS Ihe doctor, a practical man, pulls you back from death's door very swiftly.

"Such nice weather, llf positive, the defect is located exactly, is typed and marked yellow so the rail gang can remove the section as' soon as possible to preysnt a possible wreck. On a test run from the IC's north junction, just south of Leaf-land Avenue, to Pershing Road, throat," he murmurs crossly. Humbly, as vou accept his prescription, vou realize that a hidden defect in drawn by electronically controlled pens as he and Arthur L. T. J.

Calhoun, right, follows with a pencil the "10 lines vour ancestors a thousand years ago White look ior defects in track the Decatur yards of the nois Central Railroad. the rail car made nine re-runs to has suddenly cropped out and interrupted his golf game. Family Abandons You check engine burns. All proved negative when put to the hand test. Many times a chisel and ham Alerted to the fact that father has both feet firmly braced against Heads Named For Camporee mer can be used to chip off the death door, mother and child "SHOW FRIDAY Monticeljo Jaycees Plan Memorial 7 Day Jambftree 4 i Monticelld, May 29 (Special) Set'eral thousand people are expected to gather at the Jaycee park, north of the citv, on Memorial Day for a "hillbilly jamboree" sponsor Is Approved burned metal which caused machine reaction.

make the patient as comfortable as possible. Then they abandon him Committee chairmen for the an- to go ofr on a wild sing ot end MARTINI BORDEAUX martini WINE MANHAnAN saCcsupSks or 3 ImU lldi" 'If BUY ONE ns.s-S rr our FIFTH Si I MARTI -a 1 GET ONE il lJ 3 free 29 Different Beers IMPORTED Fl from 19 Different Countries yThe World's Finest IZl VCI1CI Kentucky Straight Bourbon ilfi l9JCjCL Tears Old 100 Proof i Ml mm Under Gov't Supervision rlS IT Bottledin Bond TV II KENTUCKY CABIN fefe SWfiQ $98 Si fl' MwwwMBunr A Full Quart BURTON'S y-V 6 Year Old 7 I Blended Whiskey Jj JWsk 55)69 IS F.ir Tr.a rU I OH" J2'5 Sale of a controlling interest in television station WTVP to a Chi Of the 10 straight lines being drawn on the paper, the two which are second from the center Lnual Lincoln Trails Council Bov of-the-year nursery school birthday cago group was approved yesterday parties. Scout camporee June 6, 7 and 8 space are watched carefully. ed by the local Junior Chamber of by the rederal Communications You lie alone on your bed of in Sullivan's Wyman Park '-have lhese lines show the voltage Commerce. been announaed by Donald E.

Commission. .1 pain and arise three dozen times a Berg, chief council executive. Price of the sale, as shown in day to answer the phone and the The main attraction for both the afternoon and evening will be the changes on the gauge or inside edge of the rail. It is mandatory to recheck all engine burns or door. It is the cleaner; it is a door- P.

K. Simroth of Decatur FCC records is $200,000. with Bill Stubblefield of Sullivan will to-door salesman; it is a wrong slight defects on the gauge. be co-chairmen of. the event, which number; -or ft is the fulltime boy Une inch on the white paper friend of the part-time will be called a Safety-ree in keep represents 16 teet ot rail.

The doctor savs you should rest ing with the 1958 national Boy William L. Shellabarger, previously the majority stockholder, retaining a 5.3 percent interest. Sale of. the controlling interest, pending FCC approval, was announced here April 1," though the price was given. The buyers Operating car's electronic equipment is T.

T. Calhoun of (wo days more but you dress your bcout safety Oood lurn. Committee chairmen aref Dongcla. He is assisted bv W. self and totter into the othce.

Oh, duty! There, overcome with your own sense of quiet heroism, you David Mitchell, Decatur, pag Bennett of Henin, Harold Yates of Carbondale and Arthur L. White. are George president of a Chicago advertising agency, and appearence of radio and television personnel from Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, who, will present stage shows at 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 m. In addition to the stage -shows, rides will be provided for the child-jen, local merchants are planning displays and a ham and bean dinner will be served by the Jayettes, wives of the Headlining the Grand Ole Oprv cast will be Lester Flatt, song leader and master of and Earl Scruggs, banjo player, with their Foggy Mountain Boys; George folk music recording are greeted The car is a home as well as a eant camphre Hany Kaplan, Decatur, registra tion Ira Barnes, Decatur, judging "How did you enjoy the fair valuable and useful piece of equip in Brussels you look pale, you ment.

It is equipped with four 'unnamed associates of his. 5 "The station first went on the air in August, ,1953. Its tow dog? Robert Hundt, Decatur, safety bunk beds, three lounge chairs, trek 'Boy, what a night club tan! desk-table combination, and toilet er and transmitter are located on Capt-Rajinond Cook, facilities. How is it in Havana? And the boss savs: South Side Dr. demonstrations The electronic equipment is at the rear if the second unit, which The Rev.

Earl O'Neal, Mat- vacation, has done you a toon; church lot of good. It shows in your also contains the sleeping living mist, and Pat Kelly and his Rock Frank Mattoon, race. here did vou gor AMENDED COMPLAINT IN -CAB-CITY ACTION FILED An amended complaint seeking an injunction against the city of Moral: Never claim you feel quarters. The front section is the cab and diesel engine which powers the car. fun monies Guy Goodwin, Decatur, and fellowship I cad wnen the sun snines on everybody else.

Rain makes the au and Roll Shamrocks. In addition to the Grand Ole Opry entertainers, entertainment will also be furnished by' Uncle John Barton's Jamboree show from Station WHOW, Clinton. Decatur to prohibit! interference with George" Chasteen's livery service has been filed in Circuit Court. dience. Richard Piatt, vMattoon, trading iJuzzers and bes are used as signals between Calhoun and Yates, the driver, when Yates wants an order to mow or stop, post The original complaint was dis LINCOLN BIBLE SCHOOL James Cooper, Decatur, 'Order Blatz or Fox Deluxe BOTTLE BEER No Deposit I $5.49 Fl Blacl; 5 125 missed May 14 on the grounds it or the Arrovy and when Calhoun wants him to COMMENCEMENT SLATED Paul Breyfogle, Lejvis Clark and did not" allege' a right by Chas- do Lincoln, May 29 (Special) teen to operate his livery service.

Don Colhns, all of Decatur, service i When working on any district of the railroad, the track supervisor In the amendment Chasteen cites Two master of arts degrees and 45 bachelor of arts degrees will be James Logan, Sullivan, plumb Estate Tax A state inheritance tax of $195 has been assessed against the net estate of Irving Ellis, Macon man who died last 29. The tax" will be paid by his widow, Blanche, who received the entire estate. awarded at the 1 3th annual com Kl ing utilities the right and privilege under the Illinois Constitution' to engage' in lawful The new 'complaint states the city has no power and -a train -crew must accompany the car. Track supervisor Paul Fortino worked with the crew around Decatur. mencement of Lincoln Bible Institute at 8 p.

m. Friday at First Harold Jones, parade arris Aldridge, bullivan, elec Jfa BEER (01 Gj 12-os. Cans II' CASE24 Mj. r-Q Christian church. President harl to prohibit his livery service.

tricity Tohn Christ, Sullivan, wood Full Hargrove will Edwin Hayden of Cincin Dr. Phil Best, Sullivan, health OUT OUR WAV nati, Ohio, will be the commence Quarts and safetv L4 Jack Romine, Sullivan -public Imported ment speaker. The invocation will be given by Alva Beeman of Fairmount, Minn; the scripture ity About 1,500 scouts' and explor reading will be by b. Leslie Jones, COME OUT HERE ANP TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS, MA ITS ONE OF HIS SNEAKY TRICKS, HOOKIUkSTHE BALE Or COAAe OUT HERE AND OM.VBAH WELL.I JIST.OUlETOpWN, Ifc TAKE A CLOSE LOOK HAPPEWEP TO BE WATCHIN" BOTH OP YOG, AT THIS, ITS ONE HER SHE BUMPEPfcJTO I BEFORE VOU 1 OF HIS SMEAtcy TRICKS, IT AM" 60T IT HOOKED BRIM OUT THE HOOKING THE BALE OF ON THERE BEFORE SHE NEI6HBORS-- PEAT AH05S ON HERE" BACKED OUT OF TrF 6AR- I'LL BERI6HT MAKE HIM CLEAN A66 AN' 5HE'S TRyiW TOJ OUT TO HAND IT i-rril BLAME ME FER HER JS. DOWN A I DUMB DRIVM' MAKE V' VERDICT 7 nT HER CLEAN UP HER nr Tn ers are expected to attend the three- FOX Deluxe graduate student, of Green bush; and benediction will be by Trew day camporee.

Highlights of the event include a parade through Sul VV. Lockhart of Springfield. Degrees will be presented by BEER FEDERAL ROAD FUNDS FROM COLES $124,000 Charleston, May 29 (Special) Passenger car operators in Coles County contributed $124,000 toward the federal aid highway program during its first year, according to the U.S. Chamber of Most of the money came from the cent-a-gallon increase in the tax on gasoline which went into effect in' 1956. The added expense of motoring is reflected in the receipts of Coles gasoline stations, according to the Chamber of Commerce report.

Receipts were $4,007,000, compared to the previous year figure of livan and a Court of Honor tor Eagle Scout Awards and Explorer From Holland ZuyderZee Dutch Beer FIRST TIME IN THIS COUNTRY Beer Brewed and Bottled In Holland It'i extra dry and the- most excellent keer Tea're ever bit-ed. The enly Beer with a money hack mraBtee. Selli reralarlT at Me a battle. buver Awards. John M.

Webb, dean of the undergraduate and Enos E. Dowling dean of the graduate school. Awards will be given by 12-oz. Bottles Case 24 CHARLESTON MAILMAN WINS OFFICIAL HONORS lohn h. Mann Jr.

Music will be presented by Charleston, May 29 (Special) Floyd Tolly has leceived a Professor J. Leroy Boldon, direc tor; Mrs. J. Leroy Boldon, pianist; certificate of commendation from Weber BOTTLE BEER Postmaster General Arthur E. Sum-merfield on the occasion of bis re tirement from the postal service.

Mrs. Billy Chambers, organist. Professor Marion W. Henderson will be marshal. Graduate degrees will be awarded to Ellwood Beeman' of Sciota and Robert Sloniger of Palmyra.

i OTCMJjH Postmaster Ivan rather- made mm I Bottles I I the presentation. Tolly completed 45 vears and three months. He was Bottles city carrier for- 37 years and 1 -1. Youth Selected Waynesville, May 29 (Special) Jerrv Nelson, son of Mr, and Mis. jCerald Nelson, Waynesville, will ittend Boys' State at' Springfield June 22' through June 29, sponsored by the American Legion 1 ir- FREE 1 Extra Bottle With Purchase of 3 Bottles worked a rural route -i eignt tin Sick Ruth Ann.

Gordon, 1831 E. Case 24 vears. Limit 1 Case to Customer) Clay is a patient in St. Mary's L'tfiLViC MM MOTHER 6ET Ra7 Doe bites? Tolly remembers Hospital and may have visitors. eight of them.

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