The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 22

Decatur, Illinois, Friday, April 21, 1961- THE DECATUR REVIEW TWENTY-TWO PAGES TODAY 0 Jft 6 flPK Bill SPR NS ST. GREENWOOD CEMETERY modern mathematics which students and student teacher Bar Tax Bills Late Certification to Change Mailing to May 30 pavilion, tot lot and playground in the center and Softball diamond at the south end. The present street layout will be changed as shown. ICC Asked To Okay Bus Fare Zones Decatur City Lines, as prom ised, yesterday filed a petition for zone bus tares witn tne lmnois Commerce Commission. The commission, which meets Tuesday and Wednesday in Chicago may take the matter up at that meeting.

The bus line told the city a week ago that it would propose a 15-cent fare for the area roughly within a mile of the Transfer House. If this doesn't -work out, the bus firm asks the ICC for permission to return to the full 25-cent fare for all routes. The experiment with the zoned fare is one of the ideas proposed or agreed to by the bus company to survive in Decatur. The zone test is expected to last 120 days. The zones will extend as follows, with the bus route named first: Edward to and from the Transfer House and the intersection of Monroe and Green streets Clay to and from the Transfer House and the intersection of Clay and Jasper streets Van Dyke to and from the Transfer House and the intersection of Oakland Avenue and Wil- liam street Jasper to and from the Transfer House and the intersection of Prairie Avenue and Jasper Street Morgan to and from the Tfans- jfer House and the intersection of Broadway and Orchard Street Water outbound, from the Transfer House to Water Street and Leafland Avenue; inbound from Leafland and North Main Street to the Transfer House Eldorado to and from the Transfer House and the intersection of Eldorado and Illinois streets.

West Main to and from the Transfer House and the intersection of Decatur and Boyd streets Riverside outbound, from the Transfer House to Franklin and Marion streets: inbound, from Cantrell and Webster streets to the Transfer House. GREENW00D CEMETERY CLEANUP IS SUNDAY Members of Decatur veterans groups will meet Sunday for the annual veterans cleanup of Greenwood Cemetery. William H. Munch, chairman of the Combined Veterans Council of Macon County, said the work this year will be done on graves of veterans of the Civil War. Munch said tombstones will be straightened and the grave sites cleaned.

Lunch will be served to the vol unteer workers. Veterans are asked to meet at the cemetery at 9 a.m. Sunday. Beating Reported A janitor at the Decatur Labor Temple, 254 E. Main is in fair condition with injuries he said were received in a beating.

He is Robert Edwin Alsup, 34, of 2981 Laura Road. He told city police he was beaten by two men who accosted him in the temple office and asked for money. MILLIKIN GRANT Fathauer Foundation Give; $2,500 for Research The Fathauer Foundation has given Millikin University a $2,500 grant for a research project. Dr. James W.

Drenan, associate professor of chemistry, will di rect the project. The study will involve the physical properties of organic mater ial as applied to agriculture. George H. Fathauer, a former Millikin student, made the grant. He is president of the foundation and of the Radson Engineering Corp.

in Macon. Fathauer is a 1942 graduate of the University of Illinois. Golf Course Is Delayed The weather has set back the opening of the new Faries Park Golf Club. The new course was scheduled to open May 30. Park Board members, who have visited the new course, feel the fairway grass will not be tough enough to start play at that time.

Local golfers have said they would rather wait than ruin the course by premature play. The commissioners will inspect the course by June 1 to determine an opening date. The weather has also delayed work at Muffley Park, where baseball diamonds are being built, and on the Grant Park pavilion. Herald and Review Photo bara Kumler, right, arranged at Roosevelt Junior High School. fies them to the county clerk, was supposed to have completed its work by Dec.

1. This deadline was extended by action of the Board of Supervisors. The board didn't complete its work until March 1 this year. The law provides that payment of taxes can not be demanded until 30 days after the bills are mailed. Curry said no particular difficulty is caused by a delay in mail- ing the tax bills.

He said that failure of some tax supported bodies to receive tax 'money on time may cause them to borrow money for a short term. ACTION IS TAKEN ON nmwrnp i ipmrrp i umvtna tiucnoto Action against three Macon County drivers has been taken by the secretary of state's office. The driver's license of Dale R. Gillmore, Route 7, was revoked on grounds of driving while intoxi cated. The driver's license of James E.

Cunningham and Robert L. Jepson, both of Macon, were re voked on charges of committing a felony involving a motor vehicle. A probationary permit was is sued Wilbur W. Traylor, 2628 Church St. O'Dell Wins In Speaking John O'Dell, son of Mr.

and Mrs. W. Roy O'Dell, 3160 Fulton was winner of the Optimist Club oratorical contest last night in the Elks Club. John is a sophomore at St. Teresa High School Second place winner was Dan Durbin, also a sophomore at St.

Teresa, and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Durbin, 637 W.

Cashing St. Tom Wyne, freshman at Eisenhower High School, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wyne, 1905 Indiana Court, was in third place. The winner will take part in the contest May 12 at Havana.

City Parking Ticket Time Limit Ruled City parking tickets will be pay able within 72 hours, starting Monday. Finance Director Jack W. Loftus said today. This means that a motorist who gets a parking ticket can redeem himself for $1 if payment is made in three days. After three days, however, the price of redemption goes to $2.

And after the sixth day of non payment, a warrant may be sworn out against the offender. The provision for doubling the fine if not paid in three days was included in the new city code's traffic chapter. "This provision was inserted in the code to encourage prompt payment of tickets for parking vi olations," Loftus said in a memorandum to Police Chief James H. May. was done only after a complete study was made by the finance director and the lieutenant of traffic of similar practices of: cities in the area.

"Boomington, Peoria, and Springfield all have provisions for additional penalties for traffic tickets not paid for within a designated time," Loftus said. The provision for 72-hour pay ment or the price doubles will be effective only on tickets written Monday or afterwards. Presumably tickets gathered today or in the past by motorists will keep the $1 value until warrants are issued. WTVP ASKS PERMIT Rebroadcasting of Programs in Champaign Area Sought Television station WTVP, Deca tur, has filed an application with the Federal Communications Com mission for approval to install a UHF translator station. The station requested permis sion to rebroadcast its programs to the Champaign-Urbana commu nity on channel 77.

Its present broadcasting is from channel 17. Bob King, vice president of WTVP, and WTVH, Peoria, ex pressed hope that the new stations would be in operation for the new fall season, pending FCC approval. The Peoria station is seeking to improve its coverage in the La-SaUe area by rebroadcasting programs of channel 19 on UHF channel 79. Both stations are affiliates of -the ABC television network and members of Metropolitan Broadcasting, a division of MetroMedia, Inc. Musical at Eisenhower A student composed musical, "Colorado Crescendo," will be presented at Eisenhower High School at 8 p.m.

today and Sat urday. About 250 students are in the cast for the musical which concerns a modern dude ranch entertaining a senator. The home economics, music and art departments are sponsoring the production. Mrs. Shirley Renshaw is direct or.

Co-chairmen immediately under her are Janet McQueen, pro duction, and Sharon Heifers, bus iness. I hose two girls are among a group of Advanced Choir dents who wrote the musical, others are: Karen Newcome Karen Miller Martin Miller Judy Steinman John Birk Tickets are 50 cents for dents and 75 cents for adults. stu-The stu- Held in Jail Roy E. Drake, 33, of Niantic, was held in the county jail today on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was arrested by sheriffs deputies at 4:50 a.

m. today two miles north of Niantic. Dog Show Saturday The Sandemac Kennel Club's all-breed dog show will be from 7 a. m. to 9 p.

m. Saturday at the Macon County Fairground. In the afternoon there will be an exhibition of Whippet racing, under the direction of the American Whippet Club. A total of 3S6 dogs have been entered in the show conducted under American Kennel Club rules. I Housing for 40 Women Millikin University officials are continuing their search for off- campus housing in the university area vicinity.

Dr. Byron L. Kerns, dean of students, said housing will be needed for about 40 women for the first two months next school year. The reason for the housing need is that remodeling and renovation of Aston Hall is not expected to be completed until about Novem ber. He said the university is solicit ing owners of residences for facil ities for two or more women each.

Persons who have such facilities are being asked to contact Dr. Kerns. Work on Aston begins this June. The capacity of the residence will be cut from 100 to 78. The new Walker Hall will be oc cupied next fall by about 80 wo men.

When Aston is reoccupied. three of the five smaller housing units will be closed out. They are Essex, Mafair and North halls. The other two are Fairview and Kent halls. 25 More Tax Suits Ready Suits against 25 additional individuals who have failed to pay personal taxes will be filed in County Court Wednesday.

Basil G. Greanias, state's attorney, filed the first 25 such suits two weeks ago. He said 12 of the individuals named in the suits made settlement out of court. The suits, filed in an effort to get judgment against the delinquent taxpayers, are a joint effort between Greanias and Henry B. Curry, county treasurer.

Suits will be filed in County Court until the list of delinquents is completed. Judgments gained in the County Court action will be placed as liens against personal property and re.al estate to et satisfaction oi me Currv sa'd that more than $85 000 in delinquent personal property taxes has been collected by the county since the first of the year. $64,000 BIRKS ESTATE Mrs. Myrtie May Birks left an estimated estate of $64,000, according to a petition to admit the will to probate filed in County Court yesterday. According to the terms of the will the estate is left to a grandson, Robert B.

Henderson of Ur-bana. Mrs. Birks died in Decatur Feb. 1. Everly said his firm has 25 years of experience in this spe cific field and had done more than 1.000 buildings for a wide range of clients.

Heinzelman is the principal de signer of ice rmk and rink-swim ming pool combinations for municipal and commercial custom ers. Everly said their proposed building was suitable for all occasions, including band concerts and worship services. He advocated wood as the pre dominant exterior material because of the building's rustic setting. The log cabin buildiig is pre fabricated by a Michigan firm. A model of one such building was shown to the board.

The nearest real building is in Michigan, Heinzelman said. While steel would be the cheapest material Everly recommend ed laminated wood, which would add about 50 cents a square foot to the cost, for esthetic effect. The log cabin would be ideal for the warming house, he suggested. The logs, 3-inch -white cedars, could be put up by the Park Dis trict staff. Everly said his firm would agree to Park District job inspection, working with a local archi tect and other points discussed previously with Donoghue.

ine price, Based on completely contracted work, could be revised downward if the Park District acts as its own general contractor. The board members and Mrs. Jean P. Daily who will become a commissioner May 4, expressed interest in the McFadzean-Everly proposal. i I Carol Archer, left, and Tom Vaughn look at a display of MODERN VS.

TRADITIONAL Display at Roosevelt Shows Dif ferences in Mathematics Traditional and modern mathe matics examples are being exhib ited in a display case at Roose velt Junior High School. The exhibit was prepared by students, instructor Wendell Seaney and University of Illinois student teacher, Barbara Kumler of Bellflower. Students of above average abili- tv in math nrp talcinc cnppinl course involving the modern iiiauitruiaui-a lrum ocaucy uiic day each week. It is in addition to their regular classwork. Disagree on Tax Class i woju.ouun wl uti viicu property was the only point of dis agreement between two Decatur legislators and some 150 Farm Bureau members last night.

One legislator, State Rep. John W. AIsup, Democrat, said he agreed completely with the stand of the Illinois Agricultural Asso ciation (IAA), the state Farm Bureau group. State Rep. Hilmer C.

Landholt, Republican, said he agrees on most points but differs with the farm group on classification of personal property for tax purposes. He would classify to increase the tax on revenue-producing items, such as farm machinery, while the Farm Bureau takes an opposite stand. The Farm Bureau contends the property tax base penalizes the land-owning farmer. The IAA calls for an easing of real estate taxes and a graduated income tax with a 5 per cent limit, plus classification of personal Drooertv. William Funk, Milam Township director, presented the IAA view last night at the meeting.

One other item discussed last night was annexation by cities of unincorporated land. There was no disagreement on this as Plan Director Charles B. Ford and Donald F. Muirheid, chairman of the bureau legis lative and public affairs committee, discussed the matter. Ford said that cities were no longer anxious to annex large areas of land haphazardly be cause of the cost of providing city services to these areas.

Okay Closing Of State St. The city traffic and parking commission voted unanimously yesterday for vacation of the 200 block N. State St. for the con struction of a multi-level, privately-financed parking structure. The City Plan Commission will consider the same matter at 11 a.

m. Monday. The recommendations of the two commissions will then go to the City Council Monday night. Last Monday night the Council and two commissions, plus a standing room only crowd, heard the Citizens National Bank and Citizens Building Corp. make their presentation for the parking structure.

There were no. objectors at the public hearing. The bank and building corpora tion plan to build an shaped, three-level garage on State from North Park Street to East William Street and on property the groups own on the south side of the 200 block E. William Street. The Park Board has voted to buy this 5'2-acre site in the Greenwood urban renewal area for $48,225.

A wooded area is planned for the north end with a Purchase of Greenwood Park Okayed The Park Board agreed last night to buy a 5li-acre park site in the Greenwood urban renewal area. The price tag, $48,225, was decried to the end by the board, which pointed out it was about four times their normal price. The site will include all utilities, City Manager John E. Dever said. The city, pressing for a favorable decision on the park site, rolled up some impressive witnesses on its behalf.

Mayor Robert A. Grohne said the Park Board's cooperation was! especially needed in this first project. He added that recent speedups ordered in urban renewal pro cedures enabled Decatur to get moving on the Greenwood project. Hence a decision by the Park was needed as soon as possible. Lee Henderson, chairman of the urban renewal advisory group, stressed the need for speed and the need for a park in the devel oped area.

John Schaefgen of the city plan ning staff presented charts, maps and sketches of the park to back up the witnesses. Two residents of the area testified to children playing in the streets for lack of a park facility "It's fortunate we haven't had any accidents," one said. Commissioners R. Zink Sanders, W. Lindley Huff and Norman 0.

Lents all expressed concern over the price tag. Lents noted the cost was quad ruple the highest price paid so far per acre. Sanders, who proposed a credit for enhancing adjacent lots, and Huff also thought the city should help the district. What clinched the city's argu ment was Gronnes tmal comment. "Dollars are not as important as enhancement of an area and its people," the mayor said.

"We believe it is the best purchase in the public interest "We are both servants of the people," he added. The board was impressed. It let a motion to consider and decide at its May 4 meeting die in favor of immediate action. The commissioners voted unani mously to proceed with the park. Feed Firm Burglarized Four hundred dollars was taken today in an early morning burglary at the Garver Feed 222 Wabash Ave.

City police said the money was taken from a desk in the company office. Police Lt. Clyde Freeman said entry into the building was made through a second floor window and down an elevator shaft. Freeman said the burglars evidently entered the window from a roof. Detectives said a spokesman from the company told them the money was hidden in a desk drawer and under some envelopes.

A safe in the office of the com-i panv hasn't been used for several Warming House Proposed New Plans Advanced for Fairview Ice Rink County tax bills will be at least 30 days late in being mailed out. Randall Roberts, chief tax ex tension deputy in the county clerk's office, today said he would not be able to certify the tax books to the treasurer until about May 30. This, Roberts said, means the Penalty for P3 and real estate taxes will be shoved back until about July 1. The penalty date has to be fixed by the county treasurer, Henry B. Curry.

The bills from the treasurer probably will be mailed early in June- The traditional date for mailing tax bills is April 30 but because of work encountered bv the Board nt kpvipw ttip Apart inp u-1 nnr hp met. The Board of Review, which checks all assessments and certi- Annexation On Agenda Lakeview annexation, salary schedules and bus transportation are on the tentative agenda for the next Decatur Board of Education meeting. That will be at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the Otto Keil Administration Building, 101 W.

Cerro Gordo. A letter from the Wabash Railroad Co. urging the board to sign the Lakeview petition will be considered by the board. The board will receive a new proposal from the Decatur City Lines for operation of the school buses. Discussions will be continued on teachers' requests for salary scneauie revision Carried over from a public meeting last Monday is a motion to restore and add several items to the school curriculum.

The board is expected to approve restoration of 36 teachers and addition of about 60 persons for noon-hour supervision at the scnoois. inis proposal nas re- ceived unofficial approval of the board. Next school year's calendar will be up for approval. The board will also consider bids on floor seal, plastic floor finish and groceries. Luce Estate An estimated estate of $50,000 was left by Mrs.

Velma H. Luce, according to petition to probate the will filed County Court yes terday. The estate was left to Fern Nor- ris of 1161 W. Main St. Mrs.

Luce died in Decatur April 10. Sales Tax Down $5,000 City sales tax in the fiscal year now coming to a close totaled a arop or 54,999 irom a year ago. This is a drop of less than 1 per cent; according to Finance Director Jack W. Loftus who also figured the city received 98.34 peri cent of its original estimate of $650,000 this year. Last January, the city scaled down this estimate to $640,000 and still missed by some $700, getting' only 99.88 per cent of the revised estimate.

The budget for the new year starting May first carries an esti mate of $631,500. By Charles E. Ramsay Of the Review Staff A log cabin warming house for the proposed Fairview Park ice rink was suggested last- night to the Park Board. The building, 40 by 70 feet, would be attached to a pavilion-rink 80 by 145 feet in size. The pavilion-rink would be built of other materials.

The proposals were made by Robert V. Everly Jr. and John Heinzelman of McFadzean, Ever ly Associates, a Winnetka firm specializing in park and recrea tion buildings. Cost of the proposed building was set at $148,000 complete and ready to use. An earlier plan for converting the now-razed Fairview Park pa vilion to a rmk was to cost an estimated $134,570 but this eludes extensive remodeling.

J. L. Donoghue, president of Ralph H. Burke Inc. of Park Ridge, designed the original build ing after extensive study of other rinks.

He will speak to the board in informal session next Thursday. Everly said the proposed build ing would be drawn up in a more specific form- for presentation to the board by their May 4 meet ing. Their proposal last night, they said, was based on a hasty look at the Fairview Park site. Their plan had a rink 70 by 140 feet rimmed by a five-foot walk way. A 20-by-70-foot spectator area and a 20-by-70-foot warming house would be located at the west end.

The warmino hnnsp u-miM hp a iiiaumn will OCI lliiu a natural slope. -V. vears when it'wac rtamacrpri in oiqKavo mmln'naiir wtnm Herald and Review Photo Optimist Contest Winners Winners of the first three their trophies. Left to right are places in last night's Optimist Tom Wyne, third: John O'Dell, Club oratorical contest show first, and Dan Durbin, second. previous burglary..