Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 11

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1952 ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH FAOE ELEVEN Woman 9 Club Board at Wood River Plans Year WOOD RtVER-The executive board of the Woman's Club mot Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Elmer Gillls, 824 Kast Lorena avenue. Mrs. Glllis is the president of the club. for the coming yeat were completed, and new projects discussed.

The group voted to donate $25 to the Jaycees for the street sign project they are sponsoring. Fellowship WOOD RtVER-The Fellowship Class of the First Church of Christ (Christian), met Friday night at the church, with Mrs. K. Lawson, president, conducting the meeting. Members were urged to prepare for the coming revival meeting begining Aug.

17, and the August meeting of the class has been cancelled due to the revival. Hostesses were Mrs. Harry Kincaid and Mrs. Russell French. Atnoman Have Breakfast WOOD RIVER Mrs.

Luke Waltrip was hostess for the First Baptist Church Amoma class Thursday for breakfast at her cottage in Clifton Terrace. Twenty members and six guests attended, and surprised the husband of the hostess with a birthday cake. Hostesses asssisting Mrs. Wallrip were Mrs. W.

W. Hawkins, Mrs. Gus Bangert, and Mrs. Roy Thorny ton, Vacationing In Minnesota WOOD RIVER Mr. and Mrs.

Steven Paynic are vacationing in Walker, Minn. Paynic is an instructor at Burbank School in Roxana. Mrs. Paynic teaches at Roxana Community High School. Four Initiated Into Wood River Moose WOOD new members were initiated into the Loyal Order of Moose Friday night.

They were Louis Eden, Zina Johnston, Cyril Ferguson, and Frank Lovell. Lovell was class representative. Officers who gave the ritualistic work during the ceremonies were Jess Howell, governor; Karl Stahlhut, junior governor; Jack Grissom, prelate; H. Wehrman, orator; James M. Crouch, sergeant-alarms; and Leroy Schuster, assistant sergeant-at-arms.

Refreshments were served following the meeting to members and their families. The club rooms will be closed from 1 p. m. to 6:30 p. m.

Sunday in order that members may attend the district picnic at Edwardsville. Price Ready tor Action NEW YORK JP Eddie Price, champion ground gainer of the National Foofball League, has signed with the New York Giants and is ready to pick up where he left off last season. Price is the Iron Man fullback who in 1951 carried the ball more often than any player in NFL history. The former Tulane ace rushed 271 times for 971 years. A 70-yard run which was nullified by an offside penalty, revented Price from being the fourth player to reach 1000 yards in one season.

House Wins in East Alton Ping Pong Tourney Singer at Morning L. J. Jordan of St. Louis, will sing Sunday at 8 p. in Morning Star Baptist Church.

AIR-CONDITIONED FOR YOUR COMFORT THE CISCO KID AND PANCHO IX "PYGMY ISLAND" I "Daring Caballero" Shown at 2:40 5:80 8:20 I Shown at 1:25 4:15 7:00 9:55 JOHNNY WEISSMULLER As Jungle Jim IN I SERIAL TWO CARTOONS SUNDAY MONDAY I MUSICAL "SINGIN'IN THE RAIN MM TECHNICOLOR i I DONALD MIKf OWCHI IWCMI low MM, nc CARTOON NEWS EAST ALTON Robert House svon first place in the senior division of the ping pong tourney underway at the East Alton playground for several days. Robert was presented with a cup. Kenneth Fralley, second place winner, received a medal presented the daytime directors of the Playground, Miss Eugenia Day, principal of Blair School, and Ron Fisher. More than 100 small children per day have used the wading pool opened this week. The pool will continue on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 1 p.m.

until 7 p.m. The pool Is drained each evening and is refilled the follow. Ing morning after a thorough clean, ing Job. The children are supervised at all times while the pool is open, according to J. Louis Roller, recreation commission chairman.

Thursday one of the largest craft classes of the season showed up for the morning session. Following a period of work the entire group had a wiener roast at the north end of the Playground in the picnic area. Recent winners of the junior section of the ping pong tourney were Gilbert Walmsley and Alfred (Corky) Leavell. Pusses Night EAST condition of Ralph Booten, who underwent major surgery Monday at Barnes' Hospital, St. Louis, is improved, according to relatiyes, but, he spent a restless night, last night.

Booten is the owner and operator of the Booten General Store, East St. Louis avenue. His nephew, who has made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Booten for several years, Edward Walker, is spending a 15-day leave here assisting Mrs.

Boolen with the work of the store. Airman Walker is stationed at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, in the purchasing and contracting office. He will report back Aug. 3. Return to New Boston, EAST and Mrs.

Joe Clevenger and son, Donald, New Boston, returned Friday after visiting for several days with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chamberlain, 877 Haller avenue. Chamberlain and Clevenger were together down most of their service period in World War II. After their return to life this is the first visit they have been able to make since the birth of the Clevenger's son, Donald, namesake of Chamberlain.

SPACESHIP Next Monday, the children of -Alton will have a chance to see and Inspect the space patrol ship, the Terra IV. Exhibi tion hours will be 2 to 8 p.m. at Trl-Clty store, State and Kim The popularity of science-fiction is In evidence everywhere. Space patrol club have been formed all over the country. All the children who come to the Trl-CIfy store next Monday will have a chance to view a completely equipped $30,000 space ship showing all the spectacular Instruments.

Upper Alton amices Baptist Chnrrh Sunday school will begin at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at North Alton Baptist Church. The Rev. William Robertson will preach at the morning worship at 10:45, sermon will bo "As We See The Lord." The BTU will meet at 6:30 and the Rev. Robertson will bring an evangelistic message at 7:30.

The church softball team will practice at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Milton Heights diamond. It will also be work night at the church. The Training Union executive committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the church and a church officers mooting will be at 8.

OHoRHtopi to Shift Members of the Westminster Family of New Play Director At Roxana Given Reception Read Telegraph Want Ads AIR CONDITIONED LAST TIMES TONITE 'Calling Bulldog Drummond' 4:00 6:50 0:411 "Trttsun of Lest Canyon" 5:30 8:20 SUNDAY MONDAY "SINISTER JOURNEY" 1:00 8:30 6:00 8:30 "CHICAGO CALLING" FREE LITTLE CHIEF RIDES, PONY RIDES, MERRY-QO- ROUND UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT BOOK OOL.UMHD AVE. ALTON, ILL. TWICE NIGHTLY OPENS 7:00 ENDS TONIGHT- 2 BIG HITS Walt Disney's "ICHABOD AND MISTER TOAD" Sung: by King Croiby Robert Stack In "BULLFIGHTER And the LADY" COME AS LATE AS 10:26 AND SEE BOTH HITS SUNDAY 5 ACADEMY AWARDS! AND MONDAY NO ADVANCE IN PRICES SHOWN AT 11:52 East Alton Attend Junior Board Meeting EAST Cecil Crosnoe, president of the East Alton Junior Woman's Club, and Mrs. Donald Ott, vice-president, accompanied by Mrs. Francis Manning, president of the Wood River Junior Woman's Club, attended thr Junior District board meeting Thursday at Granite City.

Mrs. Crosnoe reported that the junior district project for Ihe year will be Trail Rangers. The annual fall meeting and President's Day for the district will be Sept. 29, also at Granite City. Six Junior Woman's Clubs comprise the district organization, Return from MYF Conference EAST ALTON Miss Wanda Pritchard, Miss DeLois Roberts, Miss Mariann Brown, Miss Jnnet- lea Brazier, Tommy Richardson, John Fry, Marvin Maneke, Ray Unterbrink, and Miss Nancy Moore, all members of the Youth Fellowship of the First Methodist Church, returned to their homes, Friday afternoon.

The group of young people attended the sessions of the Southern Illinois M. Y. F. conference Monday through Friday on the campus of McKendree College, Lebanon. Mrs.

Darrell James, sponsor of the group, also attended the conference. VIVIEN LEIGH wto wmitdM imeh (o ftoy a My-' Youth Caravan Reaches Godfrey youth caravan arrived in Godfrey Friday evening to work with the young people of the Melville and Godfrey Congrega tional Churches in a program of work, program planning and worship. Under the youth caravan program groups of four young people each, are sent ogt over the country to work with churches desiring assistance with their youth programs. The caravans are 1 sponsored by the Evangelical and Reformed churches with co-operation ol the Congregational -Christian churches. The members of the youth caravan: La Verne Brady of North Carolina, junior at Elon College majoring in music and religion and planning to teach.

She has held offices in the Methodist Youth Fellowship and is the church organist and children's choir director. Margy Riesinger, a public teacher from St. Louis and is planning to attend Eden Theological Seminary. Last summer she was a work camper in Italy. She teaches Sunday school, and is active in the and 'Youth Federation in the Christian Youth Council in St.

Louis. Alice Stevens, from Shelton, and plans to attend college this fall. Alice plays seven instruments, and has been working in the United Christian Youth Movement as a member of the call committee. Jim Swander, of Tiffin, who graduated from high school thip year. He is a Pilgrim Fellowship president and an usher in the Trinity Church in Tiffin.

An informal reception was held for the young people in the God frey parish house after their arrival. A recreation period will ho spent this afternoon at the parish house. Two of the young people will at tend Sunday school at each churcl and teach classes and then wil conduct the worship service at the Godfrey Church Sunday morning Work sessions will be conducted each afternoon next week and dis cussion and planning sessions eacl evening. The group will meet a Melville Monday and Wednesday and at Godfrey on Tuesday am Thursday. Russian Hospital In China SAN FRANCISCO.

Rus sians have opened a hospital in Pieping, the Chinese Communist report. A Peiping broadcast re corded here says the hospital i "directed by Soviet experts, staffei with Soviet doctors and nurses pharmacists, laboratory and X-ra technical directors." Lloyd DeWestcr wife of the president of the Recreation Board and Park Dis- rict, of West Third street, enter- ained Thursday afternoon in hon- of Mrs. Edward Kerr and son, Michael, of East Tydcman avenue, vife and son of the newly recreation director. The party was an informal gel- acquainted reception and was at- ended by wives of the park board nembers. Mrs.

Donald C. McLain Vtrs. William Jacoby, Mrs. George rante, Mrs. Oscar Kleinert.

Other guests wore Mrs. Herschc Velson, president of the Roxana Voman's club, who was active in the park, and Mrs. G. former president of the Voman's Club and park commit- ec chairman of the club. Services At Nnznrene Church ROXANA Dr.

Wayne Gardner load of the theology department of Olivet College at Kan- will be guest speaker Sun- lay at the morning service of the Church of the Nazarene. A quartet from Olivet College vill offer special music. The Rev J. H. White is pastor of the loca church.

KntcrlnliiH Club ROXANA Mrs. Marie Hill of Idler avenue entertained mem bers of her club Wednesday afternoon and pinochle was the diversion. Prizes were won by Mrs. Eva Shaver of Roxana and Mrs, Callv rine Bowman of Alton. Refresh' ments were served.

Other attending were Mrs. Carm iazen of Alton, Mrs. Margy Clark of Wood River, Mrs. Virginia No- Mrs'. Theda Whittington, and Mrs.

Helen Kravanek of Roxana The club will meet in two weeks with Mrs. Shaver on Maple avenue I'vt. BUI Johnson Home ROXANA Pvt. Bill Johnson Ft. Knox, is spending a two week furlough with his parents, Mr and Mrs.

Roy Johnson of Sevent street. Upon completion of his furloug he will report to Ft. Sam Houstoi in Houston, Tex. Pvt. Johnson am his.

parents are spending the week end with relatives in Murphys boro. Presbyterian News ROXANA. The Rev. E. E.

De Long, pastor of Ihe First Presby erian Church, which is currenllj meeting at the Community build ng, will use as his sermon topi it 9:30 a.m. worship services Sun day, "The Value of Low Returns from Hoapltul ROXANA. Miss Rita Rawlins daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rober Rawlins of Tenth street, returned Friday afternoon from St.

Joseph' rlospilal, where she underwen jone surgery on her leg. She wil bedfast in a cast for sorm ime. Rita was a student, at Roxana ligh School and a member of Jun or Achievement program. She vilh a group of other students were en route to Alton to attend a Junior Achievement meeting when heir automobile was involved In an accident with a transport truck on Broadway, near Laclede Stee Co. Her friends may visit her a he family home.

BaptlHt ROXANA. Rev. L. E. Mus tain, pastor of the First Baptis Church, will speak on "Children of God" nt the morning worship service beginning at 9:45 a.rn.

Sun day. The church is now having a tria unified service, which began th first of July, and is proving satis factory. With this service, the Sunda; school class per'od immediatel; follows the preaching service, wit no intermission, and dismissal i at 11:15 a.m. The evening topi will be "A Punch in the Ear." "ellowshlp of Elm Street Prcshy- erian Church, who attended the amp and conference meetings evoral weeks ago, will sing two ongs at the morning worship at Sunday at the church. The group will also make a conlrlbu- ion to the church improvement.

at Church of God Unified morning worship will begin at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the 'irst Church of God. The Rev. W. Skipper will preach on "The Christian Atlilude In Time of Dif- 'iculty." The evening service will icgln at 8 and will be a youth night service.

William Smart, who homo on vacation from the Pacific Bible College, Portland, will have thp The Churches of God in Ihe St. Louis area are joining together for. a picnic basket dinner at 1 p.m. Sunday at Monks Mound on Highway 40 oast of East St. Louis.

There will be recreation periods for the children and young people. The Rev. J. R. Lee of South St.

Louts will bring the mossage at a special devotional service. The Missionary Society will meet all day Monday at; the church. READY FOR police of Osaka, Japan, crouch behind the aluminum shields with which they have equipped themselves in anticipation of Communist nots. South Roxana Both Teams Win SOUTH ROXANA The Junio Boys Club softball team defeate the Eagles of Wood River at Woo River Memorial field Thursda evening, 9 to 5. Sonny Eades, pilcher, struck out eight.

The Girls Club team defeated the V. F. W. Teentoners of Collinsville Thursday evening on the Roxana playground diamond, 21-20. Mary Lou McDonough pitched.

Telegraph Want Ads "CUCK 1 1 MT7n KTA SHR ETAOIN-NP Luthrrnn Services Milton Rudnlek, student from Concordia Seminary, will broach at the morning worship at 10:45 a. m. Sunday at Faith Lutheran mooting in the Odd Fellows Hall on State street. Sunday school service will begin at 9:30, Wednesday Evening Club Wednesday Evening Club met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Herbert Allen at 311 Parker street.

Honors were awarded to Mrs. Emil Werner, Mrs. George Glass- bronnor, Mrs. Birdie Burke, Mrs. Vincent Hassler, Mrs.

Lee Hartley and Mrs. Allen. The next meeting will be at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, Aug.

6, al the home of Mrs. Henry Malloy at 828 Hawley avenue. Visits- With Aunt Miss Shirley Ann Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Roberts of Fordsville, visited this week nt the home of her aunt and uncle.

Mr, and Mrs. Harold Schilling at 311 Brentwood boulevard. Boosters To Play Hnrdln Norlhside Boosters will play Hardin at 8:30 tonight at the Northside Playground. The 51 Boys Club will (ravel to Carlinville Sunday evening to meet the Farmer and Merchants Bank team. Girl Scout Camp Entries for Week The names of Girl Scouts who attended Camp Coon Hollow this week were announced today.

Alton girls were Janet M. Allen, Joyce Dunnagan, Betty J. Clement, Vera Enos, Susan Gabriel, Velma Harlman, Bonnie Kramer, Ann Kuhn, Helen Lancaster, Ruth LaVelle, Barbara Lindsay, Martha Lindsay, Beverly Metcalfe, Gcrai- dine Kay Ann Simon, Barbara Spring, Sandra Stork, Patty Theisen, Carol Lea Witzig, Sharon Lewis, Ann Hopkins, Delinda Dee Scheer, Sandra Ann Scheer, Kay Schwaab, Mary Louise Manson and Linda Hayes. Girls from Wood River were Barbara Berry, Barbara A. Brown, Marcia Lee Danford, Joann Eslinger, Jane Flaherty, Phyllis Hargis, Judith Hewitt, Delorcs Hoorman, Patricia Ledbetter, Carol Powell, Glenda Loy Springer, Barbara Volz, Jqdy Volz, Sue Tucker and Carole Houscr.

East Alton scouts were Mary Lynn Smith, and Janet Sue Wools. Edwardsville atlendantes were Joan Aubrechl, Anne Blatt, Barbara Brooks, Judy Hamlin, Marilyn Kuchta, Toni D. Ladd, Betsy Mac- Grcgor, Cynthia Ann McKea, Jo Ann Vohradsky, Joan Weber, Etta Sally Flagg. Others were Barabara Thomas Lewis, Patricia Cunningham and of White Hall, Sandra Schoonover of Salem, Leslie Fairbands of Clifton Terrace, Judith Bleich and Kaye Machtinger ow University City, and Eve Decker of Piqua, lii Mttrf Out of Service With Men of Afen t.l. Thompson In Japan In August, Lt.

Robert A. Thompson, 24. will have completed five AP Newsfeattire years in military service of the United States. Monday evening he telephoned his parents Mr. and Mrs.

Robert B. Thompson of 409 East. Ninlh street, and Miss Jean Struif at 619 East 16th si reel. Prior to Ihe Korean War, Lt, Thompson a stationed for two and one-half years, at Sondai, Japan, where he earned his wings as a paratrooper with Ihe 188 P. I.

R. of the llth Abn. Div. When the llth division returned to the United States. Lt.

Thompson remained at Sendai to serve with the 558th M. P. and laler wilh the C. I. S.

One of several men seloctod to receive officer training, ho was flown to F1. Riley, Kan.f from pan to enter officers candidate school. Graduating there he went on to Ft. Benning, for further training, returning to Ft, Rlley, where he volunteered for a (our of duty in Korea, He sailed from Ft. Lawton, arriving in the combat Feb.

23. At time he placed the calls to Alton he was in a rest camp in Japan, his first, trip to such camp since he entered combat. Pvt. Copley In Georgia PVT. WILLIAM H.

COPLEY, whose wife, the former Miss Dolores Holland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Holland of 230 Rozier street, will join him next week at Camp Copley is presently attending a radio operator's school at the base where he was Shell Oil Roxana. He attended Alton High School. son of Mrs Leona T.

Copley of Route 2, God frey, he marrieij Miss Holland in February, 1951. Mrs. Copley, who works in the office of Western Cartridge Co. has taken a six months leave of absence from her job. Peck's Claims Conquers Rome By JERRY QU1GG twatenttire one woman to another I've Just had what we've all wanted: A whole day with that Gregory Peck.

His pretty wife came along, too, darn the luck! So did a few thousand Roman film fans who mobbed at us at every stop asking for his, not mone. Not even his wife's. The tall he-man film star Is here for the summer to play a 'leading role as a foreign correspondent In "Roman Holiday." Foreign cert-respondents I tee every day around the not Gregory Peck. He brought hit wife and three children, and enrolled the children In an Italian summer school. They like to have something to do, too," he explained.

Haven't we all wondered if he could possibly be all that the movies make him appear? just about is. We set off to see Rome on his first day of sightseeing In the city they call eternal. Instead It was Rome's blasting early summer heat. I was warm enough. But Gregory sported a dark blue jacket and gray seemed cool and crisp all day long.

Not that he was the frosty type. He really enjoyed the day. When we got to the jagged silhouette of the ancient Colosseum he piled out of the, horse-drawn carriage as eager as any first-day tourist. "Pictures," said he. And he pulled out a couple of cameras.

He insisted on posing; his wife at half a dozen angles for with the i5 Colosseum background and asked me to get some of him too. Pvt. Copley, 26, completed basic training at The Signal Corps Replacement Training Center, July 18. Set. Langacker In Arizona Lloyd Langacker, with his wife, the former Bernicce Bryant, and two children, Frances Ann 3, and Johnny, 7, are residing at Luke Field, near Phoenix, where he has been for the past year and one-half, as supply officer.

With credits for overseas duty in World War in the South Pacific, Sgt. Langacker's military time is equivalent to 13 years. He first entered service at Scott Air Force base, remaining there four years. His parents are Mr. and Mrs.

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And they all flocked around with notebooks pens tor autographs. It was a bit wearing to a gal having a "whole day with Gregory." But he did not seem to get tired of It at all. He signed and signed and smiled and joked. And through a whole day which would have worn out a couple politicians, he never wilted. Only at lunch-time did he "shy 1 a little, suggesting: "Let's eat irj some quiet That was easier said than done.

We found a place that was quid when we got there. But by th' time the film star was well Inlr. his big plate of spaghetti thr waiters were beaming, the other customers were smiling and nodding and autograph were hurrying to the scene. All the same, it was something! Alexander Jones. They (the NATO countries' should remember that in case ol any conflict, Yugoslavia will contribute to them much more than they expect.

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