The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 20

Decalur, Illinois, Tuesday, February. 1, 1935. THE DECATUR REVIEW TWENTY PAGES TODAY. i 1 I Austin Taxpayers To Share $30,000 DHS Classes For Adults Start Tonight Illinois Power May Absorb Gas Increase Only 2 Tracts Delaying 36 Right-of-Way. Settlements have been reached on all but two properties involved tal in 2ettin the state law changed 1 1 to permit the distribution of school Township Landowners Get Pro-Rata Taxes Taxpayers of Austin Township Second semester adult education section revenue directly among tax-pavers of the Township, through credits upon their school taxes.

Power Company may be classes will open tonjght at Decatur will Pro rata, shares of able to "absorb" a 10.7 per cent 4-; -kJit i Vt Hih School. The $30,000 credit this vear in state condemnation suits for $30,000 to be received today by County Treasurer John Alsup from land commissioners of the Town- will amount ot more than 30 3 east rj0ht-of-wav, Attor-cent of all school taxes in the! i Rcsenbe jj t0. Tnu'mhm vvhirh vpar amount-! 1 0 Classes which will meet for the first time this evening are cabiner making, advanced sewing, short The $30,000 represents current ed to and accumulated income from the section of school land owned bv Rosenberg said he is trying to get a trial set for the remaining con- When an Austin Township propel tv owner pavs bis taxes this Panhandle Eastern Pipeline rate increase without passing it on to customers. President Allen Van Wyck said yesterday. Van Wyck made the statement after Peoples Gas Ligt Coke Company of Chicago, asked the Illinois Commerce Commission for a rate boost, citing higher pipeline costs.

The Chicago utility is served bv year, he will be cred.ted with his if riaj aJ in Grcuit snare or tne dju.uuu, pro rqw, hand II and welding. Holding their first sessions tomorrow evening will be the following: Blue print reading Bookkecpinc 1 Cabinet making Ceramics English for the foreign born Interior decorating Machine shop Oflice machines SewinR 1 Shorthand I the Township. Originally, section 16 in each township in Illinois was designated as a school section with income to go for school purposes. Austin Township is one of the few in the state still owning a school section. Before 'the recent movement to the basis ot the amount ne is taxed for school purposes.

The same procedure will be followed each year. In the future, rVi amnimr tirryA intft thp rmintv Meanwhile, he said, "We are always open to negotiation and we hope to settle them, but the prospects aren't too good at the several tiielines. as is Illinois treasury will be less than $30,000, jP10111 tlme- ward consolidation of school dis- A condemnation suit filed Nov. sketching Typing Thursday night's schedule ofitricts, it was possible to distribute it was said, since the amount this 1 1 1 28 named 23 property owners and Power Company. The Panhandle pipeline supplies Decatur.

Panhandle increased rates 10.7 per cent Jan. 1 under bond, and must refund any of the revenue increase the Federal Power Commission later finds unjustified. The Panhandle increase will year includes botn revenue trom the income among school districts classes will be as tenants in the area of the Route the school section last year ani within the township. 36 improvement from Eldorado and some accumulation from previous years. Fred Wentworth, secretary of the land commissioners, planned 20th to 22nd and Prairie.

Rosenberg said settlements have been reached with all but Anna P. and cost Illinois Power Company be TO But, with the creation of districts like the Warrensburg-Austin-Latham-Kenney district, school districts became larger than the townships, lurning income from the school section into school funds gave a benefit to taxpayers outside Bookkeeping II Bridge Drafting Office machines Sewing I Shorthand III Spanish Typing I Typing II "Welding Television theory Persons wishing to register may report on the night of the first session, according to Norman Gore, Louis E. Tipsword. tween $250,000 and $300,000 vearlv, Van Wyck estimates. A second suit filed Dec.

25 rector, and Richard Protzmann is adult program secretary: (Herald and Review Photo) two new staff members this morning. Gordon C. center, is the. new physical dj- C. G.

Thomson, left, general secretary of the Decatur YMCA, explained the "YV program to Asked vesterdav if Illinois named 15 property owners and Power might follow the Chicago to deliver the $30,000 check to Treasurer Alsup this afternoon. The chanced method of using the revenue will stop the growing number of objections to school taxes for the W-A-L-K school district, which have been filed in re- tenants along Route 36 southeast of Nelson Park Bridge. Rosenberg said settlements have been reached the township to the detriment of those within the township, who were entitled to benefits from the utility's lead in asking higher Van Wyck said the effect of the pipeline rate boost is still un night school director, or may tele with all but Margaret S. and school section. YMCA Staff Members Arrive Peterson, Protzmann Start Decatur Work Two new staff members of the; the promotion of men's member- der study.

215 Aliens Sign Forms phone their registrations in advance in to the public school office. Arthur S. Shields. The state wants The Austin Township land com- cent years on the ground that the I don know it we re going Several of the offered courses are to do anything now," Van Wvck missioners, Marion Alsup, William school section revenue was not r. closed, he announced.

used exclusively for the benefit of Jones and Joe Goretzkc, aided by Decatur 1 MCA officially started ship. Those which will not be able to owners of property within the their attorney, Thomas H. Arm said. "We may be able to absorb it." The pipeline's Jan. 1 rate in- A graduate of George Williams! I their duties this I The I ceived take more students are the cabinet Township.

strong of Decatur, w-ere instrumen- Decatur Post Office re-215 registrations from livin" the Decatur Gordon C. Peterson, 30, new i College, Chicago, Protzmann 140 feet of right-of-way on their property, formerly used as a dump. Rosenberg said he hopes to get a trial set as soon as the Court's congested docket will permit. The Court will probably make some allowance for urgency of the public improvement and se: an earlier-than-usual trial, he said, but the lsi making and sewing classes, Tues ti cicdac 13 flwuui lm.1 fci id Richard cj iiauens mm" me uadiui aica physical Uirector, am in area al day night welding, Thursday night originally ickcu uk Commission to approve. Dore 11,, Commission to appro Power married and has two children.

Peterson is a 1949 graduate of the University of Illinois and a former fullback on the of I football team. were weicomea ai a stair office machines, Thursday night typing I and TV theory. Some of these courses do not at The FPC denied Panhandle an 18 ni Homesite Development this mormn" bv G. nr font- rafp hnnct I IPC. hilt A n'mcfritinn Prt 1 i nrpspnt navp siift'iripnt pnrnllmpnf fold the pipeline it could raise morning that only one "straggler" j1 tnera' sccretary-rates under bond enough to earn brought his card' in after regular who was formerly 5 per cent, subject to later hear-business hours vesterdav.

assistant adult program seer of tpvW. TW 'W the 1 Ivde Department, Chi- He has been a physical director tQ alow them t0 be given Gorc at the Sterling YMCA since but he has not crossed them wnirt can be expected to put everything aside to hear the condemnation suits. C. C. Waidelich, assistant district engineer, said the Highway i 'i and held a similar post two vears cr tu Wmo.

fVu-v larl- nr.lv Gains Backing Van Wvck estimated the 18 pcr'rW cU oiven nut this vear. I "S0 YMCA, xvffl be in charge of; prior to that the Fort Wayne, or thKe reoistrations and he the Savov Club (voung adults) YMCA. feels that thev are likely to get ccnt pipeline rate boost would 'the clerk said, but this doesn't have cost Illinois Power about mean 10 unregistered aliens are anch Frwe UUD Vmar- reierson is aiso married anu nasi these in the first one or two class the area. A number of cards were dancing), Jason sessions. I Skuares (square dance groups), both men said they will move; $500,000 a year.

That much of a boost, he said, might have forced the utility to seek higher rates. ing out governmental forms, and Industrial Qub and.the.r families to Decatur as soon as'doubtfu, ca blue print 1 1 ciiuw Viuu. lie will iiiau iiaiiuic i iiututa ut ivjuiiu. reading, intericr decorating, sketch Early-Bird Parkers Hog Most of Space, Parking Survey Finds No wonder you can't find a parking place! The first finding of a new citv parking survey is that in one downtown block of North "Water Street 80 per cent of the cars are parked for at least six hours. It is the habit of many downtown workers to park early in the morning and then make hourly trips to the packing meter during the dav.

usually don't issue tickets as long as the meter is paid. A planning engineer, Russell Rilev, yesterday advised city officials that time restrictions on downtown parking spaces should be shortened and enforced and space made elsewhere for all-day parktrs. The parking study is being made in connection with citv plans for two new municipal lots. UlllLi U11UUUULCUIV U1C LU3 directly to St. Lftuis.

so construction can start this a $40,000 allocation for develop- i spring. Bids can't be taken until ment of Lincoln Homesite Park the state has all the right-of-way near Harristown, Director Robert i required. Milevof the state Division of Parks': nff bidding date is Feb. 1 2b, but bids must be advertised two said yesterday. weeks before that.

The project may The governor is very favorable also require federal approval, about that matter and wants some-j which normally takes about six thing done," Milcv said. "I know weeks. that the governor is for it because! With onlv two weeks remaining he told me so." obtain right-of-way and federal The $40,000 item is listed as approval, appears 'the Feb. 28 All cards turned in at the Dc- TAXES REFUNDED Railroads, Pipeline Company Get $7,292 in Tax Refunds Five railroad companies and ing, bridge, dralting and Spanish. Public speaking will be offered beginning next week if -enough persons register for it this week, Gore English for the foreign born, a course for teaching basic English Injury Suit Asks $25,000 catur Post Office vill be sent to i Louis todav.

i 1 Last vear, 221 aliens were reg-; one pipeline -re 1 here. ueMiauie in uie livimuii uuu- target date is out Doris O'Eryan, Blue Mound, to Decatur's immigrant citizens, is filed suit for $25,000 today in the! being offered for the first time in Macon Countv Circuit Court on aitllrce vcars- -Agnes Armstrong -u i Burglar Discovered, Pleads to Escape, Then Does Just That A burglar discovered at 6 a. m. todav in Tippitt's Market, 755 S. Franklin escaped.

Elmer Tippitt told police he found a Negro man in die basement, when he opened the market. "Let me go," the man pleaded, then left through a basement window. Tippitt gave police a description of the bur- get, which probably will be before The next biddino date is April Chicken Pox Leads List the budgetary commission sometime 1 i i win icauii uie class, claim lor personal iiijuiib in an Millinery classes at the Masonic Temple, also part of the DHS adult education program, opened ceiving trom county Treasurer John Alsup in refunds of taxes upon which County Court objections were sustained. Objections were made to a total of 1 The objectors, amounts protested and refunds allowed, are: Illinois Central Railroad, $3,066.56 protested, refund of $2,008.54. Illinois Terminal Railroad, protested, refund of plus an amount to be fig unusual accident near one of the entrances to the Illinois State Fair grounds last Aug.

21. HOWARD LANCASTER DIES Former Schudel's Employe Was Christian Church Elder this month. Miley said he hasn't vet heard when the budgetary commission will take-up the parks budget, but said he will support the Lincoln Homesite appropriation when he vesterdav and registrations are now Communicable diseases reported to the citv health department in January showed an increase over Howard L. Lancaster, 69, 959 W. Decatur died at 1:05 a.

m. appears before the commission "I think it's going to come out; todav in St. Mary's Hospital. December, according to a report issued todav. Chicken pox and measles lead the list.

LINCOLN FILM all right," he added. He was a retired Schudel's Miley credited support by Sen. Laundry employe, having stopped f55 Rainfall Above Normal The Implement Specialty Com- being taken by Mrs. Nell Ellison, pany of St. Louis and-Robert Hay-teacher, at the Temple, wood, identified as an agent for A total of about 370 persons the company, are made defendants have registered so Gore said, in the action.

which is a larger number than for The plaintiff alleges she wasjthe spring semester of 1954 but walking on a highway" reserved for I considerably, less than last semes-pedestrians near-Gate 10 of thejtei's record of-over 400. fair grounds when Havwood drove I an automobile, with a hay baling' COUNTY OFFICIALS STUDY The January figures, followed Transportation Club to See 'Mr. jtlbert b. amitri ot Uecatur with work in 1953 atter 41 vears serv-; winning Stratton's backing for the ice. bv December's, are: Lincoln Goes to Gettysburg' A color film, "Mr.

Lincoln project. Smith has said he will in- Born Sept. 3, 1885, near Arm-The year 1955 has started off a bill for the project if the ington, he was the son of James warmer and wetter than normal, S40.000 is cut out of the state parks I and Sarah Lancaster. He was mar-There was precipitation on 19 budget. jried to Mabel Florence Woods of the month's 31 davs for a total ReDrcsentatives Rarrrrr F.

Roo- Feb. 16. 1910 Fffiror.m Chicken pox, 3971 1 1 Measles, 15592 Scarlet fever, 7 6 Whooping cough, 5 0 Meningitis, 2 0 rack at the rear, along the high-1 VOTING MACHINE USE Goes to Gettysburg," will be featured at the dinner meeting of the Transportation Club of Decatur at p. m. next Tuesday in the Hotel Orlando.

wav. y.n She alleges the rack caught the ured by the county treasurer trom ITRR's payment to the City Public Hospital fund. Baltimore Ohio Railroad, protested, refund of $365.03. Panhandle Eastern Pipeline $1,082.85 protested, refund of $315.75 Pennsylvania Railroad, protested, refund of $828.02. Judge Greanias said objections to the taxes were made and refunds ordered on the basis of technical legal grounds.

were in Rock Island today to study of 2.80 inches. Heaviest rainfall ers, Atlanta; David M. Peters, De- Mr. Lancaster moved to Decatur use of voting machines. The study was on Jan.

5 when 1.59 inches catur; and Robert W. 1913 from Tazewell County. strap of her right foot shoe and was authorized in the December i of rain was recorded. The 12-minute movie will be threw her violently against the rear I shown bv J. J.

Jaspers, general bumper of the car. She alleges she I Lincoln, have agreed to support the i Fie was an active member of Cen- mfwitinn rV fho I ftimtn- Knlrrl rl Mrwimtfinn lrr 1 I 1 1 agent tor the Western Maryland1 Railway Company. suttered permanent injuries, tace cuts and loss of some of her teeth. iui iiiuihu in me iegisiarure. trai inristian v-nurcn, navino Supervisors.

.48 of an inch higher than nor-j Miley said the reasonableness of served 31 years on its board of In the inspection group are mal. jthe request should help win ap-lelders and' as-a Sunday school Webber Borchcrs, Don F. Muir- Mean temperanire for January proval for the project. The teacher 35. vears.

He formerly was heid and Charles Livingston, was 29.2, or 1.1 degrees higher would nav for roads, narkino arra. active in Bov Scour wrvrl- anrl via Guests and people interested in STREET LIGHT REQUESTS Tuberculosis, 2 7 German measles, 2 1 Mumps, 1 1 Dog bites, 811 Cat bites, 10 Pre-Natal Course A preview of the "Baby's Cirth-dav" will be the subject of the fourth session in the current prenatal coussp at St. Mary's Hospital at 2 p. m. tomorrow.

Mrs. Mary Grigsby, R. will be the speaker at the class, to be held in the hospital lecture hall. A tour of the maternity floor will follow the talk. DRAW NO OBJECTORSjmembcrs of the County Board elec-jdian the normal mean for the walks, landscaping and a marker i a member of the Modern Wood-.

The City Council hejd two more tions and jurors committee; Coun-j month. the site of Abraham Lincoln's! men Lodge 1626. DHS REGISTRATION INCREASED BY 17 street 'light, hearings Monday, Judge Gus T. Greanias, Countv Highest temperature' recorded first home in Illinois. Fie leaves his wife and.

two sis- seeing the Lincoln film are invited to attend, according to George Lovell, club chairman. Tickets are $2.50 each for the dinner and may be purchased by contacting Lovell at the Wabash passenger depot, or A. S. Lukey, traffic manager at the A. E.

Staley Mfg. Company. again, there was no one to beiClerk Laurence Tangncy and was on Jan. 5 when the mercury The site has been a state park climbed to 59 degrees. Lowest for vears, but is undeveloped.

heard. County Auditor llenry ivi.1 lo- One hearing was to lor a vak. temperature was six below zero re corded on Jan. 27 and Jan. 29.

tcrs, Misses Jessie and Julia Lancaster, both of Decatur. Services will be 10:30 a. m. Thursday in Central Christian Church with burial in Effingham Memorial Cemetery, Effingham. Friends mav call at the Dawson One Traffic Death One traffic death occurred in light in the 1 100 block South 20th Street; the other was for seven new lights in the neighborhood of the Disorderly Fine Tesse B.

Grandon. 53. Rural A total of 1,894 students registered yesterday for the second semester at Decatur High School and began classes todav. The registration is 17 more than ended the last semester, the additional students including seven returnees and 10 new students. The total is more than 100 less than began the fall semester.

Prowler Reported Decatur in January, police report- WORKER HURT Leroy Snyder 35, an iron- intersection of North Broadway Route 8, was fined $28.20 for dis- Mrs. S. Guinn. 609 Forest ed todav. Harlev Lowman.

63. of AddrfcSS Changed Worker tor the I. L. Simmons anu tdM: iviLrvinicy nvtnue. iorderlv conduct following his ar- told police she saw a prowler i 1241 N.

Broadway, was injured Wikoff Funeral Home after in the back yard of her home about! on Lincoln Square on Jan. 18. Heinoon Wednesday through Wed- Ansel Smith, whose address is! Construction Company, was e3ny yesteraay Jn tne vvaDasfl 7:30 p. m. vesterdav.

'died Tan. 22. jnesdav evening and at Central Depot. mined to Decatur and Macon 2iven as 827 N. Warren St.

i one tor ana two against, Countv Court records, does not County Hospital with knee Christian Church atter a. m. Thursday until funeral time. non ot tne two petitions against i- ii i- i r-ii now live ar mat address according muuu illikin Victory Will Be Known revealed that, with the exception that with the later ponce records, o.mti. "5 0f one signature thcv Were iden- sentenced to the state farm for one i Caterpillar Company plant at 9:15 Two Improved Helen Sparks, 32.

the credit, according to disapproval of the auiet signal. the credit, according to disapproval of the auiet signal. serves Mrs. and lOt year vesterdav tor driving while a. m.

todav. rie was raKen to tne The Council postponed a deci Head. Bowman, into whose office at Mrs. Thelma Whitarrp. in- under the influence of liquor, afterj hospital in a Brintlinger ambu-; Illinois Central Gives Whistle to University The next time Millikin Univer Mrs.

Couch Dies Funeral services were held Friday at Hot Springs, for Mrs. Ziipha Couch, 76, former Decatur resident, who died last week at her home in Hot Springs. Mrs. Couch, the former Ziipha Heironi-mus, was the mother of Ilarl V. Powell of Decatur.

She leaves lance. sion on the light by referring it to the commission of public prop he violated probation. Back visiting his alma mater at IC the new whistle was dc-jjurcd vesterdav in a two-car crash homecoming time last year, Samp-. livercd last week, is absolutely cer- north of Latham are reported in Son Was horrified at the faint tain it will rbp mn nnicp- UatUfi-rnrv pnnrltrinn trAir iw n. erty, citv engineer and Illinois sity wins a football same tbe Power Company "for investigation! md of j.

fa O0. sounds given" out by the present loving of Millikin fans. catur and Macon Countv Hospi-jand report lu-histle. Up ralli-rl it a 'Wanut! Ar ire 1: r- The Devil You Say? Popular Song: Let Go by Decatur her husband and several sisters and brothers. 1 The seven lights on North, aoout it.

(whistle," according to Head, and locomotive it was blown bv 200 to Division St. and Mrs. Whitacre Broadway East Mckinley andj This promise was made vester- promised 0 l0UJL.r. 250 pounds of steam. It' can be at 128 Longview PI.

EI-cn other Aortn Morgan btrect were, ap- Jav bv Prof. Carl I. I lead of mLp lin wfc ouiuoiLu x'- i'ji a nine ij iisuiia iicaicu ior minor in- Homemakers Meet Thp arllllf llioh srlinnl llnmp. juDiversity engineering department, Millikin grads, remembers the pounds of pressure, howexer, Bow- juries received in the collision of sad," were added to a tune origi-' ti-a. ho married hed Foley al I barn dance tame, died about v.

non in XvFIIp HI-FLIER EMPLOYES HOLD making class will meet Thursday nalIy written Overstake, at 1 p. m. in the home of Mrs. I former Decatur resident, to make and H. J.

Bowman, assistant su-jdas wlien a blast on the victory; man said, and the 1C is standing a station wagon driven bv Mrs. perintendent of the Illinois Cen-jwhistle could wake the whole; by to make the adjustment for thelAIbert Powell, 37, of 1660 N. tral. Railroad. town.

But that paragon tooted its university. Broadway, and a car driven by CREDIT UNION MEETING Lucille has lived in recent vears guaranteeing that tne word ot uastDacKin i'tu. Actually the whistle is a tairly Kenneth White, 38, ot 305 S. George C. Burke, 1436 N.

top hit tune, "Let Me Go 'in Texas. Miss Lavonne Smith yesterday and the members will go in Lover." Jack Carson, VVSOY announcer was elected as a new director in a group to the home of Mrs. Jack The story of the song appears and western music entertainer, has the Hi-Flier Employes Credit Un- victory is carried throughout the It had developed a rusty gurgle valuable gift, since the brass in it 20th St. ill be 80 pounds of brass instead of a strong blast, Head ex city w- is worth about $150 on the scrap Hackei. Airs, tsther Andrews will The Town Journal and de-jan original recording of the Over-1 ion annual meeting.

locomotive whistle, which will be market. plains, someone took it apart to instruct tne group in rabnc paint-. scribes the Decatur composer as1 stake song under the title of "Let Two other directors. Mrs. Pearl hooked up to the school power A number of whistles and bells rix it and didn get it back to Brother Dies V.

J. Cahill, Rural Route 3, received word today that his brother, gether stored again right away. It was. trom the old-fashioned steam loco-in the power plant and 'motives have been given bv the IC "Jenny Lou Carson, a one-time Me Go Devil." jNeal and Mrs. Viola Malott, plant sometime before fall.

Salvation Army worker and an old The song, according to the re-elected. Obtained from a discarded hand at singing hymns on 'SkidjTown Journal story, originally de-! AH officers also were re-elected. 'steam locomotive of the Illinois Keil on Panel somebody, not recognizing the vie- to institutions wanting Joseph V. (Jamil, lite-long resident of Bement, died at 7:30 p. m.

yesterday in Ft. Myers Beach, Fla. Mr. Cahill, a farmer in the Bement area, was on vacation in Florida. He leaves a Lulu Cahill, of Decatur; another brother, -r.

i Otto C. Keil, president of the! Row' in Decatur." scribed the evils of jThey are: Mrs. Amy Miller, presi- Central, the whistle will replace whistle in pieces, threw it out. Bowman said, to save them from Decatur Board of Education, will This description appears to he a i It was discovered by Mitch Mil-; dent; Mrs. Mella Stout, vice presi-! the more or less quiet tootler which Millikin was whistleless for a being scrapped, serve on a panel to discuss school little far-fetched except for the fact ler, who in recent months has 'dent; Mrs.

Viola Malott, secretary, has been used in lieu of anything! few years, Head said, and then! There is quite a heavy demand financing problems at the state.that Lucille Overstake did take the proved that he knows a hit tune land Mrs. Neal, treasurer. I louder for the past couple or three someone came up with the present I for bells, he said, particularv from I whistle. meeting ot the Illinois Schoolmas- Iname ot Jenny Lou Carson alter! when he hears one, and revamped! Membership increased bv 22 in 'years. hardly hear it on tets Friday in Bloomington.

A she went to Chicago and the his simple, sexv and sad formulaT954, credit union officers rebort-l Harold Sampson, Millikin i "You can 1 ri-. i.l.- t- churches. It's harder "to find homes for the whistles. After all, how many places need that much noise. wire, ruur auns ana a uaugnier.

Funeral arrangements are incom numDer or Decatur ana areajstake trio of Lucille, Eva and Eve-j to "Le-ut me go-ho, le-ut me Twenty-seven loans were madejalumni president and a vice presi- campus," says Head, concurring lyn, billed as "Three Little i ho, le-ut me go-o-o, lover." I during the year. jdent of the Railroad, de-jwith other old time Millikinites in schoolmen will attend the meeting ting. plete..