Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 3

Decatur, Illinois, Friday, November 21, 1952. LOCAL DECATUR HERALD Merris Answers Question at Meeting Sewer Bond Issue Quickest Financing Millikin Drive Opens today With Luncheon Millikin University's science hall i DAMAGES DENIED Verdict Returned For Field I Short In $15,000 Suit "A Macon County Circuit Court jury yesterday denied damages of $15,000 sought by Charles H. Goodmiller, against the Field Shorb Company. A verdict in favor of the company was returned after the jury studied the case 90 minutes. Circuit Judge Grover V.

Watson gave Goodmiller's attorneys 10 days to file a written motion after they had made a request for a new trial. Goodmiller had made the $15,000 claim for injuries he said he received in December, 1950, while iron pipe was being unloaded into his truck from a freight car on the company's premises. Revised Landing Fee for Ozark Legal Problems Delay Seal Donations Service Charge Method Include Thanks By Don W. Roberts Qf X-ROVS Of The Herald Staff tu a Thank you messages for the free Decatur Sanitary District officials X-Ray examinations have been last night a general obligation ing into the Macon County Tuber-bond issue is the only immediate culosis and Visiting Nurses Associa- tion office along with contributions metnod ot financing interceptor acwer construction. Attorney Walker Mills and Dr.

W. D. Hatfield, district supcrin- tendent, told a League of Women Vrfav. .1 -L 1...: wu.is iincwiig mat me MJiuuon 10 legal problems of sewer service cnarges tor Uie district are at least; two years away. On the other hand, the personal many early contributors have in-opinions expressed by both city and eluded a message of thanks for the sanitary district officials present; free X-ray they had in the mobile pointed toward development of big unit maintained by Christmas seal Corporation Counsel Byron M.

Merris answers a question at last night's League of Women Voters meeting on sewer developments for Decatur and Decatur Sanitary to the 1952 Christmas Seal Drive. The total contributions for the first three days was $1,373.75, Mrs. Frank Riede'l, drive chairman, re- i i ported last night, inis total was $200 more than the receipts in the first three davs of the 1951 drive. Drive workers said vesterdav that fund: W.Eldorado Ban Opposed The Citv Council vesterdav received a petition requesting a park- ing ban on East Eldorado Street and ri.l J- C. Mrs.

Smith's Reader Fans Ask For Old Recipes in 'Lemon Jelly Cake' city tenet sewers dv tne service method, which presents few problems for cities. Financing thus far has been the biggest question raised in discussions of the proposed 8 million dollar city and sanitary district sewer expansion program. Dr. Hatfield and Corporation Counsel Byron M. Merris also agreed that once interceptor sewers campaign will open today with a kkkotf luncheon at noon in the Decatur Club.

The drive is for $300,000 needed to start construction of the new-science hall next spring as the climax of Millikin 's semi-centennial year. Total cost of tb new building is estimated at around $750,000, but $450,000 of that amount has been raised in previous fund drives. Dr. R. Zink Sanders, campaign chairman, announced yesterday that about 150 volunteer workers, most of them Millikin alumni, will attend today's kickoff meeting.

They will receive their campaign materials and assignments, he said. Each worker will be assigned to call on five persons and ask for contributions. The campaign organization consists of a general committee headed by Dr. Sanders, a women steering committee, men and women team captains and men and women team members. The women's steering committee consists of: Mrs.

J. F. Gauger, Mrs. Kenneth E. Evans, Mrs.

E. K. McDonald, Miss Charlotte Meyer, Mrs. Andrew Neureuther, Mrs. Jack Powers, Mrs.

J. L. Tallman, Mrs. E. M.

VVoare. Members of the general commit tee were announced previously. AW0L SOLDIER FACES AUTO THEFT CHARGE A federal charge ot driving a stolen car over a state line has been placed against an AW UL soldier captured in Decatur Wednesday, Sheriff David M. Peters said. Robert W.

Richey, 17, of Marion, was taken from Macon County jail to Springfield yesterday bv United States Marshal Cr K. Townsend. Federal Bureau of In vestigation agents questioned Richey here. Decatur police arrested Richey early Wednesday in a Nelson Park parking lot. He admitted that the Duiit.

mctnods wu. be tound to had word that another petition laterals to serve homes which f0 parking restrictions on do not now have sewers. I West Eldorado Street is on the ay. Alex Van Praag, president of. i iwi 44i "uu" Jl petition odjcci-j people nave a better time and to re-ling to the parking ban on West ax a There is so much un- on Sewers prepared by Warren Van Praag, shows existing and proposed major sewers.

(Herald and Review Photo) Yet Petition Dismissal Asked The County Board of Supervisors vesterdav filed a motion Cir cuit Court to dismiss a petition of the veterans Assistance Commission which seeks to force a $7,400 ap propriation. Circuit Judge Martin E. Morth- land has scheduled a hearing for Monday in which arguments will be heard regarding the petition as MifW as the motion to dismiss. In the petition filed Oct. 1 the commission had asked the court to order the board to appropriate money necessary to maintain the Macon County Veterans Center and pay its officers and employes.

The commission has charged that the County Board has failed and refused to carry out an order of' mandamus issued earlier by the court. In its September meeting the board cut the Veterans Center's ap propriation request of $7,400 to $4, 000 after considering leaving it out entirely. In to dismiss yesterday State's Attorney Kenneth E. Evans contends that the issues are different now than when the original mandamus was ordered, that the parties are different and the facts do not constitute non-compliance with the court's order. CHURCH WANTS PART OF LOTS FOR PARKING The Foursquare Church, Leafland Avenue and Warren Street, asked the Citv Council for permission yesterday to use the rear of two lots for parking during services.

The lots are at 281 and 305 E. Leafland Ave. The church said the! lots would be surtaced with cinaers. I he Council referred the request to the Citv Plan Commission for hearing and recommendation. Licenses Okayed Public place of amusement (juke box) licenses were approved by the Citv Council vesterdav for Geneva Ybung for Geneva's Cafe, 867 N.

Calhoun St. and Emit and Goldie Walker for Walker's Cafe, 621 Water St. I Lldorado from Edward to Univer sity will be filed bv Dec. 1. Mrs.

C. H. Rollins, 1827 East tldorado handed the Council book. She said she has had numer-151-name petition asking that Eastjous requests for the old recipes, in- warren van rraag, saia there is an "absolutely urgent demand for health and safety to spend 1 i nir ft i I 8 million dollars" for sewers, Dr. R.

E. Greenfield, a vice president of the A. E. Staley Mfg. Company, recalled the city's past experience showed that when densely populated areas develop without sewers, "vou're headed for trouble." Dr.

Hatfield said difficulties experienced in the C.lencoe Avenue area tin's summer where the West-lawn sewer is overloaded is "a little picture which might spread." Sanitary district officials appeared most eager to proceed with their interceptor program two big sewer arms surrounding the city to collect waste from citv lines. More than 100 persons attended last night's Book Fair program in the Public Librarv to meet Mrs. Madeline Babcock Smith, Decatur author ot the recently published novel, "The Lemon Jelly Cake." "I like to think of it as a pleasant little book." Mrs. Smith said. "Mv numntf in writino it wq tn nrln r.

pleasantness in the world." Many fan letters have come to Mrs. Smith from readers of the eluding one demand for "How to Cook a i lusband. Mss Mildred Price, principal of Chest Fund Lacks $16,800 The Community Chest fund cam- paign yesterday reached $237,702, gain of about $2,400 since Wednes Merle A. Quiglc, general chairman of the drive, announced the new figure following a report meeting yesterday afternoon. It is about $16,800 short of the campaign goal.

Quigle said the next report meet ing ot Lhest campaign leaders will be at 1 p. m. next ednesday in the Chest office. i With a demand from the public, in 400 block West Eldorado and the district board could arrange athat "partnership" drives maLp if car in n.cn ne was eeping naa pafk anJ Associatjon been stolen in Indianapolis. Lf Qn, representatives and The young soldier also admitted! rsnn(.

uho up1j th. Prairie Given FCC Permission ForTV Station The Prairie Television Company's application for permission to build the first television station in Decatur has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C Notice of the commission's action was received herey esterday. W. Shellabarger, president of Prairie T-l 1 cL-ll-l i cicviMun, miiu iviu a. tHKriiauiir- ger, secretary, were not available for comment.

In its application the company said it proposed to erect a 350-foot tower three-tenths of a mile west of U.S. Route 51 and 1.35 miles southwest of the Lake Decatur dam. Company officials have estimated the initial constructioi. cost of the station at $181,230, but have not announced where it will be located. W.

Shellabarger has said the station will have a visual power of 18 kilowatts and will cover a radius of about 40 miles. The permit granted in Washington is for ultra high frequency channel 17, one of two-UHF channels assigned to Deecatur. Very high frequency telecasting is the type most commonly in use in the United States now, but there are several UHF stations in opeia-tion as well. The FCC did not allocate very high frequencies to Decatur when it was allocating channels last spring. Springfield and Champaign each received a VHF assignment.

The Illinois Broadcasting Company is one of the applicants for the Champaign VHF channel. Radio stations WSOY and WTAX in Springfield own the controlling interest in the Sanga mon valley Television Corporation, one of the applicants for the Springfield VHF channel. Receiving sets now in use will not tune in UHF stations. However, manufacturers have provided for adaptation of VHF sets for re ception of two or more UHF sta tions. POWER SHUT OFF AFTER TRUCK OVERTURNS Street lights in the southeast section of the city were off 30 minutes early last niht following a' traffic accident on Route 121 be-, tween bast William and bast Wood Streets.

A Railway Express Company truck driven bv Harry Nelson, 461 Church went out of struck and broke off a telephone pole and overturned. Nelson escaped with a minor forehead cut. The circuit lights were turned off. while the truck was being righted because of the closeness of the i UUUNUIL iwrURtvitu ur DUTELLE APPOINTMENT lllllllll ill. lUHlit ll lvvi, mule unit i streets, tne suic miivny uciuncin informed the City Council yesterday.

Dutelle, who took over the post Nov. 1. succeeds the late George H. aeu Ur? was Baker's assistant. James A.

Smith, former chief of the streets section, succeeds Dutelle. Traffic Arrests James C. Johnson, 2601 W. Main was fined $14 for speeding 50 miles an hour from 1400 to 1900 North Main Street. William T.

Leihser, 275 E. Leaf-land was fined $9 for speeding 45 miles an hour from 1000 to 1300 West Eldorado Street. Mrs. Betty Nicol, 23 Green Ridge was fined S9 for speeding 45 miles an hour from 400 to 700 South Jasper Street. Thomas F.

Stone, Casner, was fined $14 for speeding 45 miles an hour from 1600 to 1200 East Prairie Avenue. Frederick E. Dcnnison, 2195 W. Center was fined $14 for speeding 50 miles an hour from 1700 to 2000 West Main Street. James Moninger, Rural Route 3, was fined $14 for speeding 45 miles an hour from 2000 to 1700 West Main Street.

Driving Charge Denied Harold D. Hendrickson, 23, of Arthur yesterday pleaded innocent to a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and as released under $500 bond pending further court action. State police arrested Hendrickson on route 36, near Long Creek. Chess Match A 10-member team of the Decatur Chess Club will fravel to Bloomington Sunday to play a team from the Peoria Chess Club. The game will start at 1:30 p.

m. in the RICA muurauo parking De banned rather than the street widened. i coin petitions relate to routing Highway 5b through the citv on Eldorado Street. The state highway division wants four traffic lanes when this is carried out. Last week the Council agreed to the West Eldorado parking ban to avoid acquiring expensive right-of-way in exchange for state aid in widening East Eldorado.

i i i .1 I. iwrs. lcck saia mere is no a ev difficult for visitors of residents to find a place to park. The East Eldorado residents ask a substitution of a parking ban for widening in order to save trees and wide boulevards. 1953 Street Projects Added The City Council revised its five-year motor fuel tax street program vesterdav to include new projects for The 1952-56 fiv e-vear program i ill LJ l- i.

mat lie luua ii ui uuiuii Deputy S. B. Lane from his driveway late-Wednesday night but aban- doned it in a police chase Richey said he was AWOL from Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. BALLET RUSSE STARTS AT 8:15 P.

M. TODAY The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, second in a series of fine arts pro- O.r errr nit jim iMium i a vi ne anonymous gilt ot 5500 i i orams being sponsored bv Millikin Club served refreshments at a social C. i.i i i il .1 District areas. Officials seated at the table are Walker Mills, sanitary district attorney, left, and Dr. W.

D. Hatfield, district superintendent. The map behind Merris, Dennis School, told how Mrs. Smith happened to write the novel describing the life and folkways of a Central Illinois village about the year 1900. Following the talk, Mrs.

Smith autographed copies of her book and visited with her admirers in a social hour. Saturday's program for the Book Fair brings Airs. Marguerite Henry to Decatur for two appearances. Mrs. Henry is the author of children's books, notably "King of the Wind." She will speak to children in the Public Library at 2:30 p.m.

and to adults at 8 p.m. Copies of her books will be autographed either in the afternoon or evening. DECATUR MAN ARRESTED ON MANN ACT CHARGE James L. Fogel, 25, of 1705 N. College has been arrested on a federal charge of violation of the Mann Act in the alleged transporta- tion of a girl over state lines for im moral purposes.

Federal 'Bureau- of Investigation agents arrested Fogel here Wednesday. Yesterday U. S. Marshal C. K.

Townsend transferred Fogel to Springfield. He will be taken to Indianapolis for arraignment. A warrant for Food's arrest was jed Columbus, O. R. N.

Hostenv, special agent in Delaware 0t, Mav Authorities said Fogel married and the father of four SANTA AGAIN GETTING NEW SUIT THIS YEAR Little children are not only hard on the knees of their own jeans, thev also wear out the knees of Santa Claus's red velvet suit every year. Miss Freda Combs, Recreation Department supervisor, said yesterday that a local dressmaker is busy making a new velvet suit for Santa to wear when he moves into his Central Park house for the Christmas season. With thousands of little children climbing up on his knees to whisper into his ear, predictions are that Santa's trousers will be worn threadbare by Christmas again this year. FIRE INSPECTION CARDS GOTO PROPERTY OWNERS Decatur property owners and tenants whose buildings were spected tor fire hazards eatly iry October will receive cards within few davs asking them to report the hazards which they have Elkin, Springfield, secretary of the Illinois State Fire Prevention Association, yesterday said that the mailing of the reminder cards was delayed because of the unexpected death of Herbert Endi-cott, former association secretary i tk- pjre haMtds were found in more than gg cent the Decar buildings inspected bv the associa Commerce fire prevention corn- mittee. Horses In Show Robert E.

Jones, Farmer City horse breeder, will exhibit Perch-eron horses at the International Live- a Is Approved The park board last night voted to revise an ordinance which sets landing fees for commercial airliners at Municipal Airport. The action was taken in answer to a request from Ozark Airlines. Park board members said the change will mean slightly lower landing fees for Ozark at present, but the fees will increase as the airlines Decatur business increases. Park district. Attorney Ralph Monroe was instructed to revise the ordinance so that Ozark will pav 2 per cent of the revenue produced at the Decatur station for landing fees.

Under the ordinance as it now stands, the airline pays landing fees of $5Q a month for each of its first two scheduled flights, $25 a month each for' the next four and $15 a month for every other flight over six flights. Ozark has 10 flights through 'Rec' Activity Movies Shown at Council Meeting Movies of Decatur recreation de partment activities from f934 to 1952 were shown last night to about 80 persons at a special meeting of the Adult Recreation Council. Citv officials, members of the recreation program here were special, guests. During the meeting, the council elected Gerald L. Hammond as its new president, succeeding Marvin Cazier.

Other new officers are: Earl Isome, vice president; Mrs. John Buckles, secretary-treasurer. The Garfield Adult Recreation hour wnicn rouowea me meeting. GAME TONIGHT TO RAISE MILLIKIN CHEST rUNUI tn the Millikin: CU, Ariv v-l 'tcrdav totaled $760, Ken Merwin, uimvuii; -w. co-chairman, announced, The main monev-raising event on today's Campus Chest schedule game at 6:15 p.m in the Millikin gvm.

The campaign for 52,000 will end tomorrow night with a school carnival in the gym. MC left to right are: General Foreman Louis H. Burdick of the S. E. McDaniels William L.

Rhoades, chief engineer of the hospital; Karl Kornew aid, fireman, and Leslie Rhoades, boiler room foreman. 1 University, will be presented at 8:15 p. m. today in the Masonic p. m.

today in tne iiasonic Temple. am tets for the performance out on Monday. No seats Tesened. The doors will open at 7:15 p.m. Mrs.

W. A. Meis, head of the' ticket committee, vesterdav said that! she has a aiting list of persons who becomes thev 1953-57 program with i tinue our cfforts t0 nlcct 8oa1-" these additional projects, slated next Totals reported by the eight cam-vear: divisions and the percentage I i t- tneir quota reached are as tol-ldenine and resurlacino Faf were unable to get tickets for the.wjll be a faculty-student basketball Eldorado Street from the Illinois Central Railroad to East 20th Street; Resurfacing East Wood from Broadway to Maffit; Resurfacing North Water from Green to Kenwood; Fire Lighted in New Boiler at referendum "within two months" for a vote on bonds to finance this 4 million dollar program, Dr. Hatfield said. Citv officials were more cautious.

Mayor Robert E. Willis said the Council wants "ward politicians' answers" to the question of "how much will it cost to get a sewer to mv home Citv and sanitary district revenues are not sufficient to finance engineering studies to determine this, the mayor continued. At a recent meeting, he said. Chairman John Crocker of the Association of Commerce sewer committee volunteered to attempt to arrange for the funds. "That; where the matter stands." The mayor said he doesn't know if there is full Council agreement on a sewer service charge method of financing some 2Vx million dollars in sewers to relieve overloaded trunk sewers in the city.

"But I expect that's probably the best combination, he said. Both Merris and Dr. Hatfield said their personal opinion is that the sanitary district should use general taxation bonds and the city levy service charges. They pointed out that the sanitary district interceptors serve the whole area and should be paid for by all residents of the district including some who will use them in the future. Service 'charges, it as generally agreed, were more applicable to city relief sewers which more directly benefit those who pay the charge.

Van Praag also pointed out that the service charge can build operate and maintain sewers something tax-paving bond issue cannot. ivicrris nau argument advanced by city residents against taxes for the outlying inter- I 1 1 1 nHf.a.A In. IKa MnlnrC Ilf mm IIK IT lUllim "You mav be paying for some Douy cisc uiu, uui rvu.t nd of somebody else sewage men could be dangerous yuu. Dr. Hatfield stressed that since 1917, residents of the sanitary dis II.

trict who nave not naa scwci schh. have paid, in taxes, 16 per cent of the cost of operating the sewage treatment plant for the benefit of reported at yesterday along with three gifts of $100 each -nd several smaller contributions. "I hope we can complete most of our solicitation by the report meet- ing next week, Quigle said. However, the $254,500 goal is money desperately needed bv our agencies. We owe it to the community to con- lows: Rrsldtml! Commercial Industrial Downtown Mercantile Special gl(tl Public County IB.

270 130.357 90.386 18S7 $38,810 S32.021 all. 880 $5,371 104 'i 8 06'i 5 3'i O'i Commerce and the National Asso- ciation of Radio Broadcasters. and Television Driving Charges Informations were filed in Macon 1 i vxwntv vxurt vesterdav in which i-h men were charged with driving! while under the influence ot intoxi- eating liquor. i I 1 fTTrr Installation of traffic lights at the ST. TERESA NAMES 4 Broadway Prairie and Jackson FOR SPEAKING CONTEST Wood intersections.

Four St. Teresa High School stu- One and five-year programs must! dents were chosen last night to combe filed with the state highway divi- pete in the "I Speak for Democ-sion if the city is to continue re- racv" contest next week, ceiving motor fuel tax allotments Marna Gralike placed first. Bar-after Jan. 1. jjaja Heatherton second, Rosalyn The 1953 program, in contrast i Cushing third and Ronald Beyers to the 1952 plans, concentrates fourth.

They were selected from 15 spending on tw major projects rath- i students by a faculty committee of er than spreading it over several judges. All 15 are members of smaller ones. American History classes. The contest will be Nov. 27 or service charges, "the method is of 28 in Decarur High School.

It is no particular value to us at the pres-' sponsored by the Junior Chamber of i vr 1 ballet. She said that persons who have tickets but will be unable to use them can call her and she will arrange for them to sell the tickets to someone on the waiting list. Hospital, and the Macon County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, beginning Dec. 1. One of two 260 horsepower boilers was damaged in an explosion May 30.

The other smaller boiler has carried the summer load. In the pkture, enf ue i Mills indicated that the Legislature mav he asked tn clarifv tHe law eliminate these questions, rjut subsequcnt court tests mean two to an(j a haf vears -ar)d I 1 1 ihhuc ii uire me way 1 is clear for sanitary districts to deal mciiuc mums, ue sjiu. ur. said mat 1 sew- ers neen omit in tne spring field area recently to connect rcsi dences to larger sewers. I Tt 1 11 mey are not tecnnicanv financed on the special assessment law but bv groups of-people "getting together" to pay for them, he said il liliam rl.

Iaylor, il, ol Motion The inspection was part of the Charles was arrested Nov. loca observance of Fire Prevention 1 16 hile driving in the 700 block sponsored by the Association II- I I C. i 1 "est street. Kenneth E. Workman, 22, Mo- weaqua, was arrested Sept.

6 follow- ing a traffic accident on route 51, a mile south of Macon Dispenser Licenses The Citv Council vesterdav ap- The first fire is lighted in the new 542-horsepower boiler at De- catur Macon County Decatur residents. These are the kind of sewers Mills did not go into detad con- which must be extended into such cerning legal problems of the use of areas as Oak Grove and Brush Col-sew er sen ice charges by sanitary dis- lege, once sanitarv district intercep-tricts, except to say that "discrimi-! tors are constructed, nation" is involved. I Merris seconded Dr. Hatfield, But because attorneys for bond- noting that the city is pushing water buving firms will not recommend mains into areas of this type by tap-purchase of revenue bonds based on ping fees paid over a period of jears. proved food dispeiser licenses for stock Exposition, show officials said pital.

It will burn for 10 days to Elmer Burns for the Empire Tavern. 1 vesterdav. i cure the brickwork and then the 245 E. William and Tom Mor The livestock event will be held; boiler can be put into use, carry-ford for Tom's Package Liquor, Not. 29 through Dec.

6 at thei ing the winter load of the hos-Store, 1864 Is. Water Sl 1 Union Stock Yards, Chicago. pital, nurses' home, City Public.